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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20

Wisely, too-for it contains host of
things that are both serviceable and orna-
mental, and the prices asked are only
shadow of the proper figures.
Special price-cuts are being made on
all the daintier pieces OF furniture as we
are determined to take full advantage of
this opportunity of disposing of the goods.
Rockers, Desks, Morris Chairs, Parlor
Cabinets, Work Tables, Music Cabinets,
Combin alton Cases, Book Cases, Parlor
Chairs, Tables, China and Crystal Cabinets,
and Brass Beds are selling especially fast.
63 to $50 Massachusetts Ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20
Cricket Club Elects Officers.

The Washington Cricket Club held It's an
nual meeting last Monday evening for the
election of officers. Reports of the retiring
officers showed its membership increased
its financial condition satisfactory and the
past seasons record on the field successful
Some changes in organization were effected
and the following officers elected for 1908:
President. Col. Cecil Clay: secretary, Henry
G.. Croker; treasurer, Harry Holmes; cap
tain, Robert W. Cemins; subcaptain, J. G.
Simpson. All Washington cricketers arc
cordially invited to join the club. Full in
formation can be obtained by addressing
the secretary at II Iowa circle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20
Horse Fatally Hurt, Cart Demolished.

An accident occurred on the N street
crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
this morning about $50 O'clock In which .
horse was fatally injured and cart demol-
isi,ed. A young c0iored man named Albert
Bush was employed az driver Of the animal
by Frank Faunce. the owner. The driver
escaped injury. but the animal sustained .
broken leg by coming In contact with an
engine, ana was shot by Agent Rabbit Of
the Humane Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20

Returns Of the trafiic receipts Of the six
great railroads In France show IN aggre-
ss~sv loss Of u. 81. 100 In nine months e the
present year. with . total OF o1z9ooojeoo
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
It's So.

More than any other country of the
present time, with the possible excep-
tion Of the Russian Empire, the Unit
ed States may be regarded as a COM
plete homogeneous entity. 1t is
able to grow all the corn it requires, it
can raise all the live stock that it
needs, its cotton plantations are suf-
fcient to supply all its requirements,
its mineral resources, both of base and
precious metals, are extensive, and its
coal mines are inexhaustibIe.
Add to this every year enormous nc.
cessions by immigration Of carefully
selected adult able bodied and skilled
workmen to assist in the development
Of these very varied resources. The de-
velopment Of that country is probably
due in large degree to these causes.
We may be sure that in the future It
VIII become more and more independ-
ent Of all other countrles.-London Sat.
urday Review.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
NIanhnttnn,s Err snnpIy.

"The man who could get a corner on
The egg market just in little old Man
haitian Island alone" said a produce
dealer, could shut up shop at the end
Of a year and have a good time for the
rest Of his life. It takes more than
3O,OOO,GOO dozens OF eggs a year to
keep the island in omelets, eggnogs
and other things that can't be made
without eggs. They cost on an aver
age twenty-five cents a dozen for 'em.
That figures up to the neat sum Of ST.
100000, all in hard cash.
"Those eggs come from all over the
country. If New York State, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts
should turn over to the Manhattan ISL
and market every egg their hens lay,
they would no more than supply the
demand, so we have to go out West,
down South, and even to Canada to
get enough
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
Hints 20 Tenants.

A landlord, who is also a philosopher,
has been giving his views on tenants
in print Here is a passage with "meat
In IT." 1T isn't always the tenant
who pays the first Of the month who is
most desirable. Your prompt tenant
is likely to hold you his debtor for that
virtue, and feel perfectly free to ask
for numerous improvements. My best
paying property is leased TO a man who
is always two or thEee months behind
IN his rent. OF course, lose the inter-
est on my money for that time, but
that is all. In the three years in which
he has rented Of me he has not had the
nerve to ask me even to paper a room
Tor him. l haven't done it, either. In
one instance he had some plumbing
done at his own expense when BE
should have charged it to me. am
constantly afraid that he will get pros
porous some day and want to pay me
on time. Just as sure rs he does |
VIII have to spend several hundred
dollars on the house."
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
WISE WORDS.


The only cure for grief is action
G. II. Lewes.
There is not a moment without some
duty.-Cicero,
Every moment Of resistance to temp
tation is a victory.
Patient waiting is in its time the
highest duty of a faithful soul.-H.
Clay Trumbull.
Adversely links men together, while
prosperity is apt to scatter them
DR.. W. f. Hunter.
The world needs an ever present
God; we need the consciousness of the
truth that there is an omnipresent
God.-Ananda,
1 believe could serve anybody to
the death If only were allowed to
speak my whole mind about him once
a week.-Anthony Hope.
1t is hard to tell whether the world
suffers more from the optimist, who
has no sense, or the pessimist, who has
no sight-United Presbyterian,
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
Like a Soldier of Ancient Rom e.

The japanese soldier is more like
the soldier Of Caesar than the world
has seen since Rome fell. "He comes
about as near being an impersonal
quantity as it is possible" said lead
ing army officer. 1.-THE authorities Of
Japan are not troubled by dsgruntled
members Of the army writing home
from Montauk Point about III treat
ment and bad food, and thus stirring
up Congressman 10 swarm down upon
the Administration and the War De-
partment. The japanese soldier is al.
lowed to send nothing home in the way
Of mail but card, containing no in
formation save that he is well. He is
not allowed to tell where he is" He
submerges his personality below his
character as a fighting citizen. He is
a unit in a great whole, which has but
one object, viz, to win the battle. He
has no feelings for self. He is a sol
der Of Japan. And yet he is humane
and not cruel, This was not said OF
the Roman soldier The little brown
man is the marvel Of the twentieth
century.-Terre Haute Tribune.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29

Some interesting experiments have
just been conducted at Bienne, France,
for testing the practical utility Of cap
tive military balloons against infantry
or machine gun fire. The Paris corre-
spondent Of the Newcastle Chronicle
states that at a height Of 500 yards a
few rife volleys sufiiced to shatter the
balloon, the range, 1t should be stated
being known in advance. At an un,
known altitude, varying from HOO to
1000 yards no fewer than twenty-five
rife shots were needed to fix the range.
1t was only the slxty-fourth volley that
hit the balloon, without however, do
ing it any apparent damage. The ex-
periments are regarded as showing
that rife fire is not very effective, even
against captive balloons at uncertain
ranges, and still less against balloons
that are not captive.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
uEg oF A CHILD IN CHINA
6oys Have Many Presents and Feasts ana
May Have Three Names.

At birth it is supposed tina. many
spirits, both good aud evil, attend the
Chinese child. Red candles are lighted
In the birth chamber, as for a wedding
md attendants must speak only good
words. The little one must not he
frightened. but is to be received with
Joy. The baby boys head is shaved on
the twenty-eighth day, but the cere.
mony is on the thirtieth If the baby Is
a girl, and in either case this is done
tefore the ancestral tablets or the
shrine of the goddess call Mother" A
boy receives many presents, while girls
are, not altogether forgotten, the gifts
taking the form of ga little caps 0rna.
mented with tassels and bells, and
gold, silver or copper images of Budd.
ha. to hang about the neck. Although
fhe baby receives his first name at this
time. it is changed by his schoolmaster
when he is old enough for school, he
receives another when he is married,
and If he succeeds at the examinations
which may not happen before middle
age. he receives n third.
Often such names as vagabond. dog,
cat. good for nothing, ugly. are given
the baby, that the spirits may think
the parents do not love him, By the
time he is old enough to go TO school
it Is supposed that the spirits have for
gotten about him, and he may be given
a better name. When a child is year
old there is a feast, always with n diff.
ference in favor Of boy. These feasts
for the boy are repeated every ten
years.-Good Housekeeping.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29

During the third quarter Of the inan-
clai year Of 1904 American shipbuilG-
ers completed III vessels of 55,OG6 tons
gross, as compared with 1877 vessels
OF eS,oSs tons gross in the correspond
ing period of 1908. Thirteen measur-
ing 5o,O33 tons were steel steamers
a year ago the proportion was twenty
OF 4l,so3 tons-Atlantic and Gulf ports
contributing seven Of 1854 tons, as
compared with eleven Of 1882 tons.
and the Great Lakes four of 1874
TONS as compared with fiye of 1895
tons. The grand total for the nine
months Is ~, 1888 tons, as against 230,
1S7 tons in 19O2-3
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
Some DeriNntInns.

Carrasaljo, the name Of the New Jer.
sey lake, has Spanish sound, but It
comes from a combination of the
names of the three daughters Of the
man who named the lake-Carrie. Sal
lie and Josephine. Bucoda, Wash, was
named from three settlers-BuclSley.
Coloton, and Davis; Kenova, w. Va.
from Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia.
near the intersection Of which the
town Is; Delmar, Del, from Delaware
and Maryland; Texarkana, Ark, from
Texas and Arkansas; and Cynthiana,
county seat Of Harrison County, Ky.
is named for the two daughters-Cyn.
thia and Anna-of Colonel Harrison.
for whom the county was named. Ne
praska has a town called ohlowa, the
derivation of which is easily seen.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29

|
the breach was made in the fire line
they divided their forces and followed
the boys who were sweeping the
flames In order to extinguish effectusl-
ly any which might be left. Unextin-
guished spots were left sometimes by
the plunge Of a scorched horse jerking
the drag of the line Of fire, or by its
striking a great bunch Of hard turf and
jumping over a spot.
The boys following with the rolled
slickers leaned from the saddle and
brushed these places out, and they
did 1t so quickly after the drag left
them that the blaze had no time to
branch out into a formidable fire
again. All Of this work was done
with the horses running almost at full
speed.
II the fire had made much headway
the line might be twenty miles or
more, but many cowboys had struck
it at other points and were doing the
same as those described. In the dis
tance ahead Of them they saw the line
Of fire diminish and knew that others
would meet them, and the clatter Of
their horses hoofs on the dry prairie
soil was soon heard, and when they
met, their part of the work was fin
ished.
Horses and men were hot, tired,
thirsty, scorched and were not sorry
that the battle was over. The fire
under control, thousands Of dollars
were saved to the cattlemen in grass
and cattle. Whole herds sometimes
perished in a prairie fire. II the cat
tie wers to the windward and the wind
strong they were nearly certain to be
destroyed unless they could get to
some ravine or creek, which was far
away on the plains.
When the strength Of cattle failed
they were overtaken and burned to
death. If they had turned and met
the fire, selected some weak spot
where the grass was shorter and the
flames not so fierce, and dashed
through, many could have escaped; but
they would run until they fell with
exhaustion and, unable to rise, the fro
finished them.
Very often cowboys that carry the
drags had to hunt weak spots to
cross, or else there would be danger
Of horse and rider perishing in the ef-
fort to get through.
Before the plan described was put in
practice, wagons loaded with water
and tow sacks were run to q fire, and
the boys had to dlsmount and fight the
flames with wet sacks. They were
supplied with these by men galloping
back and forth between the wagons
and fire fighters. The dry, hot sacks
were carried back as fast as wet ones
were furnished.
The other plan was the best, being
more rapid and efficient. Horses would
get crippled and men burned at times,
especially when the wind was high
those on the windward side being most
exposed. Some have been known to
stay in their saddles during a long
run until the skin would peel from
the side of the face that was next to
the line of fire.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
WINpLN.THE.HAIR AND RAlN.IN.THE.
FACE.
nY ARrHuR au1FERMAN.

BY ARTHUR GUITERMAS.
Windin.the-hair and Rain-in.the.face
Are friends worth the having, and yours
at command;
For many's the hour and many's the place
We've frohcked together on ocean or
land.
They'll brighten the darks Of your gloom.
ist mood,
They'll strengthen your heart with their
boisterOus plny,
They'll buffet your anger until it's subdued,
They'll sport with your sorrow and whisk
it away.
Don't clutch in your curis with that grasp
Of despairl
A tear oh the cheek is a drop out OF
place,
I'll rimple vour tresses!" rOars windin.
let me do your crying." trills Rainin.
the.face.
No seven-,eague boots like q pair Of old
shoes
No wish-cloak that equals a rain.beaded
To take you away from the realm Of the
blues,
To give you the will that grips care by
the throat
How petty our griefs under Gods open
SKY!
How often but ghosts Of a coniuring
brain,
How quickly they dvindie, how lightly
they fy,
When winnowcd and washed by the
wind and the rain,
Then, on with your shabbiest, hardest
wCarl
(The kind that the womcnfo.li term "a
disgTaceH)
And swing down the highway with Wind.
in.thehair.
Or splash through the pudd.es with
Ran.inthciaccl
Youths Companion.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29

simple he was to come and tell her
about It." a
But what about the other glriY" de.
manded Rachel.
"well. she must have been very
foolish to allow him to act like that"
1T was in the conservatory, wasn't
itT' said Winifred. pensively.
"Yes-but what has that to do with
itg'
"Weil. of course don't exactly
know, but novellsts seem to think that
the conservatory is more than half 10
blame for that kind Of thing. l don't
know whether it's the maiden.hair
ferns or the palms or the orchids, but
there's something about a conserva-
tory that sets the tender feelings
a-growing." Winifred smiled, Ida gig
gled, and Rachel gazed in stern disap-
proval at both Of them.
"You're-you're talking like Ella
Wheeler Wllcox's poetry" she said
scornfully.
But other poetry talks that way,
too" continued winifred. "Look at
Tennyson and his Come Into the
Garden, Maud Do you suppose that
he would have allowed them to 60 into
the kitchen garden, where there were
cabbages and onions? It's because
poets Know human nature that they
send lovers out among the lilies and
roses and mignonette." Winitred took
her b. A. degree at Varsity last June
and the other two girls were some
what impressed by this philosophy Of
the dollhouse,
Here's jack" said Rachel Ford, as
her brother came noisily into the hall.
I'm going to ask him what he thinks
Of it,"
DON'T said Ida Starr. suddenly.
Then as the others looked surprised.
she added in confusion. He'll think
we're so silly to talk about things like
that"
"He thinks we're silly any way, so
one more instance Of feminine folly
won't NATTER said Wlnifred with a
glance I'm the mirror that showed her
hat on straight.
Jack" said Rachel, solemnly. 1--WE
want your opinion about something
and she proceeded to inform a some
what impatient young man Of the
momentous situation they were dis
cusslng.
"Do you mean to say" demanded
her brother, that any one was so
foolish as to write stun like that? or
course a woman wrote 1t. Any man
would know that a brother man would
never be so hanged silly as to tell
the girl he was engaged to about an
episode like that"
"Do you call it merely an episode"
demanded Miss Starr. Jack visibly
weakened and stammered feebly.
"Well, OF course no man would think
Of mentioning such a matter to his
fancee. But it's quite untrue to life,
| assure you. When a mans engaged
he has something more serious to think
about than flirting with girls he
doesn't care a cent for"
But at that moment Mr.. John Ford
caught a wicked CLEAN in the eyes Of
Miss Winifred Marks and be suddenly
several things; first, that
he had become the accepted lover of
Miss Starr two months ago, although
the world was as yet ignorant of the
fact; second, that he had sat out two
dances with Miss Marks at the Island
during one delightful August night.
But the latter lady possessed that
which is of infinitely more value than
the literary instinct or the artistic
temperament, the sense of humor, and
merely remarked, with quiet deci-
sion:
1T is only a story and If 1t did hap
pen the girl in plnR was the only one
who seemed to live happy
ever after"-Toronto Saturday Night.
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29

u y Y II chel, OrOusly.
o q Whats 1t aboutg" asked
II Winifred Marks. a demure
WOW young woman with dark
eyes which had a way Of reading be-
tween the lines.
TITS just Rachels extravagant way
Of dlsposlng Of things that don't suit
her. explained Ida Starr, the third
member Of the "fye-oclock tea" con-
ference. "The story is rather good,
even II you think the people were
foolish. 1t is called The Unfaithful
Loverl and Of course that sounds like
Laura Jean Libbey. But it's by that
English woman who wrote The
Would-Be-GoOds' and it is fine because
1t Is so proyokingly like life. A girl
and her lover both had the literary
sense, so that they could not bear to
have things happen in q commonplace
and humdrum fashion. They met at
an ugly railway station on a freezing
January day and they went to a stuffy
little place for tea. Then he said he
had something TO confess. He had met
a girl in pink at the Simpsons dance
and had kissed her after supper in
the conservatory. He was awfully
sorry about it and thought he should
tell Ethel, the girl he was engaged to-
about II. But he assured Ethel that
she was the only girl he really loved
and all that sort Of thing. However
she felt that the only proper thing to
do was to be furious. So she lust
raved at him, although she don't
mean it, and he grew digniied and
said 'good-by,' leaving her to pay for
the tea. She didn't think he would
stay away, but he went off to South
Africa and died there. Now she is
unhappy ever after and that's the way
the story ends"
"And l repeat that it's a fool Of
story said Rachel, obstlnately.
"The people may have been foolish"
argued Ida, but the story is Just as
true as it can be, Ever so many girls
do the dramatic thing and then wish
they had been sensible instead. What
would you have done in Ethels placer"
she asked the young critic.
"I-I-well / think he was foolish to
tell her in the first place." said
Rachel. 1T wasn't fair to the girl
whom he met at the party. Don't you
suppose that Ethel would go and find
out who the girl in pink was and tell
the Simpsons all about what a shame
less hirt the pink lady had been. OF
course she would. If the man had
really been gentleman he should not
have confessed, for the sake Of the
other woman. Then he was mean
enough to say that the girl in pink
looked as II she expected him to act
that way. think 1t was a very good
thing for him to go away and die OF
fever"
"Then you approve Of the unforgiv-
ing Ethel" said Miss Marks, quietly.
what would you have done, Wlnl-
fredT asked Rachel and Ida. in duet.
Il really don't know" was the reply.
ut wasn't q pleasant situation, and
should certainly resent having to pay
for the tea"
'That's your good Scotch blood"
said Ida. "0f course no girl would
like it when her lover was so weak
minded, but I'd have far more conf
dence in a man who had owned up
like tiat 1t showed how honest and
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
FTREMEN OF THE PLAINS
SYSTEM EMPLOYED BY COWBOYS
ON BURNING PRAIRlES.
THE BUTCHERY OF LIVE STOCK TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF THE
HERD-ATTACKING THE FLAMES AND HUNTING THE
WEAK SPOTS WORK SOMETIMES
CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE

sscl<> HE "frenen Of the plains
work with a system-each
~ q man knowing what is ex-
Il pected of Rim and bravely
9go9 executing it like hremen
The new enterprise., 1904-12-29
@ @ @ O O. @ o

ySeoE~, rs a fool of a yarn" said
a " Y Rachel, vigorously.
Q Q whats 1t about;" asked
u - Winifred Marks. demure
WO1 yOunu woman with dorl;
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
Churches and Sunday Schools

pRESBy TERRAIN CnuRGil. Preaching
every Sabbath morning and evening alter.
nxtely. sabbath School mt 10 n. N.
WIN, Ict'lashen. Supt.
samuel Linn, Pastor.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
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An Open Letter.

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The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20

CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCHOOL every sun.
~ daynt2p ". m. ut school house.
Mlss Frances Phillips. Teacher.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-05-20
SANTA FE
TIME TABLE
GOING WEST.

UOTNU WEsT.
No. local passenger, l:40 a. m
No. 5 f-Denycr express. l2:23 IA. m
No. ~ Way frcight....... 1886 IA. m
GOING EAST.
No. 6fLCalifornia express. l2:3J a. IN
No. & Mexico and Califor-
ma prtns..........."..s...'.S l;VS p. III
No. ~ Way freight ....... : 300 p. IN
All passenger trains except Ne. =
carry tourists and Pullman slccpers.
No. = carries day coaches and Pull
man sleepers.
ANY information concerning train
services, ticket rates. etc, checrfully
given. II. =. HORsT. Agt.