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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
Snowballing Among Roses.
From the Sunset Magazine.


Although California Is the land of flowers
to which snowballing. except In the noun
tains. generally is forbidden. exceptions to
the rule may be compelled. Such an excep-
ton, during the past winter, or rainy sea-
son, WAS witnessed in San Jose. One of the
stage drivers to and from Mount Hamilton
brought from there barrel carefully pack
ed with snow, and presented 1t to the pu-
pills of the Grant school in the garden city.
Then the fun began. Most of the children
had not seen snow before except on the dis
tant mountain SUBMITS. They wanted to
SNOWFALL. but they didn't know how, and
they approached the problem tentatively
And-here Is the browning absurdity of tho
situatioa-some of their teachers didn t
know how to teach them: although they
were adults, never before had they come
In contact with snow.
Some Of the little chaps. after cautious in
vestiga:ion, declared that the strange white
stuff burned their fingers, 1t was so cold,
and others, who had read or been told about
IL, feared that their hands would be frozen
by the first contact with it, The expert
mental stage soon was past however and
then the fun was fast and furious. 1t was
such ecstasy as eastern children know
with the zest of novelty added to it, For a
brief time school traditions and the proprie-
Ties were THROWN TO the WINDS, and there
was none SO high or so low that a snow
ball might not batter him when least ex-
pected. The white missiles whizzed through
bushes laden with roses or clipped the
stately Gala lilies from their stems as
knife might have done. It was a touch of
winter introduced into q garden of bloom
and beauty. and. all. but the boys, big and
little. enjoyed 1t. For all of which some
sort of reverence might be done to the
Mount Hamilton stage driver-he has not
forgotten that he once was a boy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
The Prescription Bath.
,verybody's Magazine for July.


The bath house at each of the famous
health resorts of Europe Is the most impos-
ing building In town, with stately facade
and inviting entrance. Inside are long cor
ridors-lad!es to the right and gentlemen to
the left-lined with dozens OF little cell-like
rooms. each containing a bath tub,
couch, and thermometer. At the door is
a strong-armed masseur There Is much
comforting between the doctor and this at
tendant, repeated testing OF temperatures
and mixtures Of water In the tub. After
the patient gets into his tub the doctor
waits outside the door, watch in hand, TIM
ing the immersion. Then the ma sseur gets
TO work with vigorous rubbing. still timed
by the doctor Finally the patient appears.
dressed and refreshed. The doctor talks
automatically on favorite symptoms sym
pathiZes a little, fiatters little more. and
with a sweeping bow hands his victim into
a carriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
The Cost of Leap Year

From the Detroit Free Press
The fact that this is a leap year carries
with 1t al effect apt 10 be overlooked.
which Is that the annual expenses of gov
erning the nations will be considerably in
creased by the Inclusion Of the extra day.
This comes home with the greatest force
to those governments which have the lerg-
est armies to feed and provide for The
French budget commission was met by the
fact that the one day will add TO tie ex-
lenses of the war Office for 1894 "A sum of
nearly S00OO0 francs, which will he
pended in rations for the men and forage
for the horses. When all the various state
departments are separately considered The
total sum runs into several millions OF
francs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
Facts About Glass.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
The Oldest specimens OF glass. says an
authority on curious information. are trac-
ed back from 800 to 900 years before
Christ. These are of Egyptian origin.
Transparent glass is believed to have been
first use,l about $50 years before the Chris
tan erl. The Phoenicians were supposed
by the Gncients to have been responsible
for the invention and the story will be re-
called of the Phoenician merchants who.
resting their cooking pots on blocks of ma
tron. or subcarbonate of soda, found that
the union under heat of the alkali and tho
sand On the shore produced glass. There Is
Little doubt. however. that the art of glass;
making originated with the Egyptians. 1t
was introduced into Rome I'm the time OF
Cicero and reached q markable degree OF
perfection among the Romans. who produc-
cd some of the most admirable specimens
of glass ever manufactured an instance ia
tie famous Portland vase in the British
Museum. Glass was not used for windows
until about A. d. 300.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

this unusual woman. none il stranger than
her resistance of masculinity and fanati-
cism. Through 1t all. she has kept herself
Tor herself She had been making her dar-
ing rescues for seven years before she ever
let newspaper have her photograph for
publication. even then she did II under
pressure that amounted to compulsion. and
she speaks of ii yet with horror. She who
has faced down the highbinders-she tells
as her most narrowing experience the time
that she appeared before the police commits
stoners on a busy Saturday night to ask
that Jim Len might have permission to
carry a revolver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
A Sane Woman Reformer.
From Everybody's Magazine for July.

One might suppose that the strenuous
doinss OF Donaldine Cameron. head of the
Presbyterian Chinese mission in San Fran
cisco. had made Of her strenuous woman
probably fanatic Of the Carrie Nation type.
undoubtedly masculine. Imagine instead a
slim. dainty gentlewoman. of quiet and SIM
pie ways. touch Of old-fashioned quaint
ness In her manners. and a bit OF scotch
Tilt In her voice. There you have her ex-
ternalD. OF all the strange things about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

At West Point Va. yesterday the plant
of the West Point Oyster Company. owned
by United States Marsha! Treat was
burned to the ground.
A large. two-story. ten apartment fat at
the Merchant Coal Company's minc No. 2.
In the MeyersdaIe tMj9 Aold. where Q
strike Is on. was burned Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

$l.0O grade soft vici kid.
patent tipped Oxford Ties M
all sizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

Arniea Cream. 29c bottles. To- ooc
morrow's special price. .....-...-. ~
vs row.: ,J Est.'e s.ies q O.. 1onor Csc
Nicholson Egg Shampoo. Tomor- 27c
rows spectal price. ~
Ponce de Leon Florida Water. To oac
morrow's special price. --..--... >JS
Haruisch Nail Enamel: Soc Jars. no
TomorrOw's special price. ......... ~
Murray & Lanman Florida Water. 1cc
T0mOrrOv's special price. To-
Hand SapOliO Soap: 10c cakes. Qr
TomOrrow's special price, w
C0ke's Dandrun Cure. 81 bottles. 100
TOmOrr0w's special price. /S~
SILK Sponge Bags. Tomorrow's ro~
special price. ..--.-......... -Jo
Nickel Soap Foxes. DC kind. To- re
morrow's special price ...-.-... -
Prophylactic Tooth Brushes. To- or,>
morrows special price. .......... ~
Silk Sachet Bags. Tomorrow's ore
special price. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OO|
Bath Mitts: 15c value. TomOrrOw's Joc
special price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Bathasweet Powder; 25c value. yQc
Tomorrow's special price. ......... ASS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
ion Army Success.

Saon army ouccess.
The Salvation Army congress Is an event
unparalleled In the history OF mankind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
Mourn for Clement Scott.

Despite the many controversies into
which he was drawn by his impulsive dis
position and vehement outspokenness. few
men have ever had a moro attached circle
of private friends than Clement Scott. One
OF the kindlfest and most sympathetic Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
Belts at Csc.
Three New Styles.

White Belts in all sizes. For sale
in leather goods department. Note
that usual DC belts are here at 19c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
The PalaiS ROYAL.

f holiday Friday is now the busy day. It's
ne PaIais RoyalEbut less than remnant
t wanted goods, in every best style, size,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
Ribbons at 12C.
All Worth Ioc.

All-silk Robbons inches wide, In
all the best shades. Ample quanti-
ties-l. 2lJ pieces have lately been re-
ce!Ved: only 12c yd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

with some stores and their patrol
Petticoats, .88.
Some Were So.
Long Cloth and Cambria with elab-
crate rufiies and fiounces OF laces
and embroideries. Beauties on third
floor.
kimOnOS at SOC.
Some Were 75c.
Batiste and Lawn Dressing Sacques
and kimonos; this seasons prettiest
soc to 75c garments at only 39c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

Collars and Stoles of lawn. pique
and madras. All white and white
edged with colors. Plenty are worth
81. Choice for PC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

COrSetS at 60c.
All Worth ST..
The famous &C. B." Corsets with
attached carriers. Early visitors viii
find all sizes.
C0rSetS at ST.
All Worth $1.5o.
The maker will not permit tho
name advertised in conjunction with
reduced price-like an ostrich hid
Ing his head in the sand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
1ST. BERNARD COLLEGE AND MONASTERY NEAR PULLMAN

are clasped behind him as he meditates 'apon the spiritual and the religious.
 Reminders of the Past.
 It is these silent figures, who as the abbey bell rings move quietly but not hurfiedly to the chapel for mass or vespers. or who noiselessly move In and out their narrow cells to resume their spiritual meditation, which rouse the fancy and stir the interest. About the big monastery there are vivid re- minders of the old romances, the old ballads. and the old poems. It arouses one to this memory, as they appeared in his reading of the subdued beauty of the cloister, the chimes of the ves- pers bell, the sweet ands solemn chant of the monks, the perfect peace of the monastic refuge for the hopeless and the broken hearted.
 And yet to one who comes fresh from the strife and the contending of the outer world. one who comes with the noise of the contending fresh In his ears there is no understanding of the sacrifices which make up a monastery. He may know that there are cruel wrong and heartlessness and selfish ness In the world, but he knows that there Is charity, there Is helpfulness and therex is strength in the outer world, and knowing this he may fall to value as it's full worth the serenity and the spiritual exaltation of the clolster life. @
 There are spiritual joys and they must be deep and moving for the sac- rifices which are paid that they might be had, There comes no doubt seren- ity and a, strength from the knowledge that in the uplifting of the unfortunate. in the teaching of the young and in the spreading of the faith one has sacri- ficed his life. But how dear Is the cast of this serenity when 1t Is purchased at the sacrifice of keen and satisfying joy that comes from the confding clasp of tiny fingers. the music of the baby's lisp. the warmth of the freside and the shining eyes ofslove.
 Through Narrow Corridor.
 These thoughts troop in upon one new to moffastic scenes as he walks down the plain oaken steps and passes through narrow corridor of bare walls in which are the cells or sleep ing rooms of the monks The tall mar row doors, almost as broad. however as the. cells into which they lead open and close noiselessly. The monks are constantly going. Your conductor. sell contained and polite. stops moment.
 Tn this part of the building" he says, mo woman has ever set foot. Noi will one ever be seen here. We have visitors of both sexes, but they are re- ceived in the hall and in the parlor."
 Across the narrow corridor with cells on either side of 1t. Is the library of the abbey. One of the younger members
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

governments are established and over thrown. but republic or kingdom, mon archy or empire, the church of this or der lives on. -.
 The Teachiag of the Young.
 It Is awe-inspiring to come face to face with the immutability of It's in- stitutions. institutions like a Benedic- tine monastery. And now in Alabama as in Italy, as in Germany. a thousand years ago. they are teaching the young. The monastic life is immutable and un- changeable, but their teaching, the edu- cation they impart evolves and moves forward. The college of St. Bernard s at Cullman is like the colleges of the middle ages only in its thoroughness.
 It IS the monastery, its uniqueness in Alabama that seiEes the interest of the visitor. but to the great order. to the church the monastery Is subordinate to the college. Both the monastery and the college are here for teaching. for the dissemination of learning.
 It would seem to the thoughtless ob- server that the great brick and stone structure, which contains the Benedic- tine monastery of St. Bernard. and which houses the college of St. Ber- nard. would be out of place in Alabama of the twentieth century. It would seem that the retirement from the world. the seclusion. would be incoGg- rous with life in Alabama in the twen- tieth century. Yet the monks do more than pace back and forth. their hands behind them and their chins sunk upon their breast
 They teach the young and they teach them effectively. There are learned men among them. men whose lives from boyhood have been spent in acquiring and imparting knowledge. And there are artists among the brothers of the order too. Upon the walls of the mon- astery hang paintings of the highest order of merit, paintings of which any artist might feel proud.
 Nor do these Benedictine' fathers dwell solely in the learning and the arts of the past. The click and the rattle of the typewriter echo through the corridor and break upon the ear of the dark-robed figure whose hands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Alabama, Pennsylvania. Kentuckys Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee and Cuba.i The college is well patronized and notwithstanding its youth 1t has g. high standing.
 Special attention is given athletic and field sports at St. Bernard's- The co.'s leKe has a large and extensive ath- letic field and 1t boasts football and a baseball team.
 The Benedictine Sisters unders the auspices of the order of the Benedicts last September, opened a convent on as hill near Cullman and a mile from St. Bernard's, The convent is known as the Sacred Heart. Its first building has been completed at a cost of '3s0.0e0. Other buildings will be erected until the structure shall represent a cost of s150.000. The convent in this ita first year has a satisfactory patronaga. It is under the auspices of Sister Mary Olello who has with her an adequas@ efficient corps of sister instructors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

the order will go to Cullman to attend the ceremonies. Abbot Menges. whom I saw in his office, which looks at once like the ofice of a business man and the workshop of literary man, Is of strong, powerful physique and his face Is also indicative of strength and kind illness.
 There are thirty priests in the mon astery. They manage its affairs. as- sist in the farm and other work and to serve as instructors. There are also there seventeen students for mon- nastic orders. It takes seventeen years of study and spiritual broaden ing of character to entttle the student to monastic orders. The course Is one year greater than the course for the parochial priest. The entire communi- ty of St Bernards numbers sixty-sev- en souls.
 Tn addition there Is q body of stu dents at the college who number nine ty-slx. These students come fronS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
St. Bencdietine Brothers and Their Noble
 Work.
Education of the YeunE Carried On witA the Developnept ea Their Religious Life--Reutine of Past in Twentieth Century
 Alabama.
tBy w,n T. sAeeAan.>

Cullman, Nov. s.-tStaff Correspond
 ence.)-The life of the seventeenth
 century is being lived in this twentieth century on an Alabama hill The
 stately proportions of the St. Bernard
 College and monastery, rise from
 lofty eminence a mile and a half east ! of here. S.
 l The solemn melody of the abbey bell floats over the ,encircling hills now
 gorgeously arrayed in autumn robes of
 scarlet. bun and gold. It falls upon
 the ear of the Alabama farmer as he
 tolls with his children in the gathering
 of his crops. It meets and is thrown back by the shriek of the locomotive or the scream of the mill whistle in the distance.
 But as its melody breaks upon the evening air the k-robed monks file quickly and silently Into the chapel for vespers and their solemn offices. And, returning. they pace tirelessiy back
 and forth. the long corridors of the
 monastery deep in spiritual medita- ton.
 The cloister Is here touched with the solemnity, the romance that are of and belong to the abbeys and the priories of the past. Even as the monastery was in the seventeenth century and still remoter times of the past, so 1t is now. The monks rise now at the morn 1 ing hour Of {. after the seven hours of sleep allowed them; they fervently offer up. their prayers now as their predecessors did in the faded past: they sink their chins upon their breast and 1 with hands ciasped behind them. medi- tate upon the spiritual and the. relig- ious, even as did the medieval monks. And rooted in Alabama soil. the ivy, l the symbol of age and perpetuity thrives and the vine clings to the wall of the monastery and the dark, ever green leaves glisten and shine in the Southern sun. Nations rise and fall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Father Benedict Menges. whose mind loo.,csived the Alabama college and monastry. to whose energy Its estao- iishment and successful maintenance ..'oa largely due was its first abbot. He was a learned man of great ad- rninistrative ability with gentle, low anle nature. He died few months ago, deeply lamented. A spiendlo nsinting of him by Father Placidies hangs over the mantel in the parlor. If shows a strong. benevolent counten- ance, a face framed in long silvery beard.
 Iypon the death of Abbot Menges his nenhew. Father Bernard Menges, was selected as abbot. He is now the executive head. of the community of St. Bernard's.
 The Abbot Mengea.
 He will on November IT have the or ders of the abbot bestowed upen him with solemn ceremonies. A number of hiEh dtenitaries of the church and of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-15
BULLETIN.

London. June 15.-A Central News
Toxic dispatch filed this afternoon says
naval engagement is now in progress
off Tsuschima island, in the Korean
straits between three Russian cruisers
which escaped from Vladivostok and a
number of Japanese ships. The dis
patch adds the Vladivostok squadron
was first reported. June IA. from Oki
island (off Kioto, Japan sea. Japan.
Later in the day cannonading was
heard northwest Of Nagato. Straits of
Korea. The captain Of a Japanese mer-
chant ship reports this morning that
his ship was fired upon by a Russian
warship. Heavy cannonading was
heard early this morning in the neigh
borhood OF Oki island, and dispatches
from Toxic and Nagasak this morning
state naval engagement in progress
off Oki island.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-15
A RUSSIAN RAID.
vladivostok Fleet May Cause Havoc to
Japanese Shipping.


Japanese Shipping.
Toxic, June 15.-The reports of can
nonading have been received here from
various points, but the exact nature Of
the operations OF the Russian Vladivo-
stok squadron are not disclosed. 1t is
possible the Russian vessels surprised
and captured three transports, which
left Shimonoseki today for army bases
lin Korea and China. The course of
these vessels would take them close to
the place where the Russian ships We're
seen. 1t is possible also that the Rus
slams are pursuing the merchantmen
and the cannonading reported is the
result of such pursuit The Japanese
war ships in the vicinity are hurrying
to the scene. Sasebo Is being closed
and there is a strong possibility a
naval engagement will take place soon.
No southern Japanese city is exposed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-15
WIN SPECIAL PRIZES
List of Winners of Special Prizes at
Iowa University Announced Today
From Iowa City.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, June 15..-The winners of
special prizes for excellence at the state
university were announced today as
follows:
The I.owden, prize in botany, s25, was
divided between Maude Smith of West
Liberty and Mary Griffith. Of Iowa
Falls.
The I.owden geology prize of SIS. A.
Q. Thomas, Williamsburg.
Lowdan prize in Greek, SIS, to Julia
Swanson. Webster City, and $40 to
Louis Mueller, Iowa City.
Lowden Latin prize, SIS Mildred
Price. Iowa City, and $40 to Sadie JAG
obs, Burlington.
Lowden mathematics. Eda knauer,
Des Moines. $50.
MacNyer prize, silver cup for excel
lenee In athletics and scholarship,
Dwight Griffith.
Bryant price. economics. $40, j.
johnson, Waterloo.
House surgeon university hospital,
Charles krause. Garp'in.
House surgeon Mercy hospital. Dav-
enport. DIR. Roy Kulp.
Housn surgeon Mercy hospital, Sioux
City, DR.. j. Nafizger, West Liberty.
Interres homeopathic hospital, Iowa
city, Perry Ingersoll Charles Clark.