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then the voting began. The men to pc
voted for happened to be officers who had
already served and who were up for re-
election. The name of each candidate was
called out by the sheriff In a voice that
was almost, II not quite, a roar. Then
came the question: viii you replace
him.
No one moved. but at the question "Wm
on the instant: and so 1t was I'm every case
Such absolute unanimity was refreshing to-
see. Apparently there was no division into
parties. The people knew their men, and
knew what they wanted. The vote Is unan-
INDUS for each man, but one of the Judges
had died In October and his place was to
be filled: so after the others had been con-
firmed the landmann called for nomina tions
to nominate any one he pleases who is a
citizen and resident of the canton. So from
out the crowd one heard names called.
Now and then a would-be wit would pro-
pose name that raised a laugh. but IN
the main the nominating was Serio:ls
enough. When some half dozen names had
been chosen they were read aloud and pro-
posed for vote one by one At each name
there came sprinkling of hands over tha
crowd till the name arrived that the ma
jority of the crowd had evidently fixed
upon, and then came the same unmistak-
able upraising of hands in such numbers
that there was absolutely no doubt To
who was elected. and his election was de-
cIared at once by the landmann.
After all the officers were elected the
iandmann took the oath of Office. and then
the whole crowd, raising their right hands,
took the oath of allegiance, repeating aloud
the formula in concert, as it was read from
the platform. If any of the officers wish
to resign the designations must be voted
on and then the question Is "Wiil you ac-
cept these designations? 2" II the vote is In
the negative the officers must continue TO
serve whether they wish to or not. as their
service. though very slightly paid. is as
obligatory as is the voting. the only alter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-22
Creeks Medicine Man.
From the Indian Journal.


The medicine man of the Creeks Will not
eat anything scorched in cooking; in treat
ing gun or arrow shot wound he, as well
as the patient. will fast four days, only
drinking little Cruel
He will not allow woman to look at his
patient until he is weE or dead. If his pa
tient dies the medicine man takes a lot Of
medicine himself in order to cleanse him
self from the fumes or oe,or OF the dead.
The pallbearers. as we might cali those as
sisting In the burial. also take the same
cleansing process.
And again when an Indian committed
murder. even in self-defense. he went to the
medicine man and took the cleansing rem
edy. claiming the remedy appeased the
crime and the trouble to his mind. The
medicine man has a horror of women, keep
ing out of their company as much as posi-
BILE. At the fall of each moon It was the
custom of the bucks to drink medicine
made by the medicine man to cleanse their
system. In camp the Indian killed nothing
which was not eatable.
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HAVE CURIOUS VOTING SYSTEM.
How the Swiss of Several Cantons
Choose Their Officers Every Year.

From the Churchman.
In some parts of Switzerland the people
vote all together and at once by showing
their hands. The Landesgemeinde Is the
name given to the system of voting prac-
of Switzerland, and election day is the last
Sunday I'm April. This form of voting Is
the oldest in Switzerland.
More than 10000 people may be gathered
in the big market place. Some of the
men have come twenty or thirty miles TO
vote, for every man of voting age Is fined
II he does not report at the voting place.
Every voter carries a sword. often of an
t;oue and beautiful pattern. This sword
serves merely as a badge to indicate that
the bearer is peaceful voter. and Is usu-
silly carried in the hand. strapped up with
an umbrella. The yellow platform on
which the candidates stand also Is deco
rated with two huge swords.
Before the voting begins, and while the
voters are assembling, an escort of nal
berdiers parades three times around the
market square. and the band plays. These
kalberdiers and the sheriffs wear parti-
colored costumes in the colors of their can
tens, and when, as in the case of Geneva,
the cantonal colors happen to be scarlet
and yellow, the result is very gay; but In
Appenzeil the colorS are black and White,
and therefore not SO striking
The ceremony in the particular election
under consideration began with solemn
march of the dignitaries from the house
where they had been waiting to the plat
form. Then followed the singing of the
Appenzell hymns and the long address by
the landmann, during which every man
removed his hat. After the address there
was silent prayer Of half a minute. and
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Rig Bear killed by Engine.

From the Jacksonville Times Union.
On the night of December ., as the ATTAIN
tic Coast Line through freight, en- route 10
jacksonville, arrived within ten miles OF
ooala, the engineer noted big black oD-
ject walk on the track and then jump oH.
When the train came within q Few ieet Oh
the spot the object again jumped on the
track The engineer could not account Ior
the object and did not stop TO investigate.
The next morning the northbound pas
senser train picked up a 4O0-pound black
bear. This bear was turned over to the en-
ginser OF the freight train, who has had the
skin cured and is keeping it. The citizens
of st. Petersburg where the engineer re-
sides, Toasted on bear meat the next day.
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Bath Tub Comes Handy in Kansas.
From the EIdorado {Kan.) Gazette.

Nothing is so smart as a smart woman
This particular smart woman lives in EN-
poria, and she has two society smart daugh-
tiers. who braid their eyebrows of nights
before going to bed. It was Wednesday
night and everything was ready for big
Thanksgiving dinner. Everything? No. 1t
dawned upon this smart woman about IL
o'clock at night that there was no ice, none
in the nelghborhood, and no iceman. What
could she do? An inspiration. She put
the portable bathtub on the back porch,
ran three inches of water in 1t and trusted
to the weather. Thursday morning she
had three inches of ice--ice to burn. The
blue Points were served in chopped.
crushed, pulverized Ice. Iced everything.
and the dinner was all right And the
girls? They had TO go over to the neigh
bors' Thanksgiving to borrow their baths.
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Why Wood Rots.

From the New York Globe.
Prof. Brewer Of the Sheffield Scientific
School at New Haven showed some re-
cent visitors an interesting exhibit. con-
sisting of pieces Of wood subjected for
years to the action of air and water. which
were as solid as Ii just sawn out of the
tree They are used to illustrate the fact
that vegetable. like animal. decay is a
matter Of germs. Wood will remain solid
almost indefinitely when protected from
infection. If, however, the merest par
ticle of rotten wood gains access to the
vessel containing it decomposition rapidly
occurs.
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native for the unhappy candidate being
IN eaye the canton

to leave the canton .,,,
In the voting. when there arises DOUBT
as to the vote the voters are marched IN
front of the platform in fours and counted
After the vote for officers the question OIL
changing the constitution, that the goye an
Inant might be carried on in a more mod
ern fashion, was brought up. and promptly
and unanimously voted down. one reason e,n
why the people are SO satisned WIN .hs,
present form of government is tnat' VIM h,te
they had expended large sums In puDne
work without raising the taxes IN aas
way. the public debt OF the canton anton ~ srs
nIaces in Switzerland that cam boast pet
ter than this. In Stein am Rhein the PEG
Die not only have no taxes to pay, put On
,,,'oI diyidand from the communal property.
Naturally, citizenship in this place IS haiu
TO acquire. vote
The whole business of the annual s ee.s.
,,as settiea In about an hour, and after
n few final words from the ianamanh 'ho
people scattered to seek refreshment.
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life. One of the granddaughter, let us say.
is the authors chief concern, and the whole
book revolyes around her personality.
Now. If the book is based upon intelii-
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Columbia Theater.

The scene of Weather Beaten Benson"
in which Ezra Kendall has made the con-
spicuous success of his career, and which
comes to the Columbia next week is
boom town in the Indian territory. One of
the first to stake a claim in this town is
Benson" who starts a cake and bean
bread factory. His dream of fortune begins
to disappear when serious drought comes
on, and, to make matters worse, his
hacker, who is the woman he loves, begins
to doubt his business sagacity. Naturally
he feels badly at the thought of losing
both her money and her esteem. His pray
ers for rain are answered by a timely
deluge, and all ends happily. There is
abundant humor in the play and no end of
amusing situations.
Edith Taliaferro, who enacts the role of
Little Miss Moses" in weather Beaten
Benson" is one of the most precocious
youngsters on the stage, and has made a
success which quite equals that of her elder
sister Mabel in Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Sunday Concert.

Tomorrow night at the Columbia Theater
a popular concert will be given by the De
Koven Symphony Orchestra. Mr.. De Koven
will direct The orchestra is returning from
a short southern tour. AS the Washington
Symphony Orchestra name is no longer in
existence it was considered proper and adj
visable to rename it after its conductor. In
all probability the Sunday night concerts
will be indefinitely continued at the Co
lumbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

custom to reward good behavior by read
ing aloud to her class for few minutes
during the afternoon. The selection to De
read was made optional with her pupils
and she observed with some surprise tnat
these young folk were prompt TO recognize
the declamatory possibilities of Shake
speare. One day she was reading scene
from 'sThe Merchant of Venice when the
superintendent of schools entered the
scboolroom. He waited at the threshold
until the reading was completed and then
placing his hand on her head exclaimed:
young woman, you have extraordinary
talents; perhaps even genius.
1t was The opportunity the class had long
waited. Order was forgotten and the
schooroom broke into tumult of ap-
plause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
r1INGATTRACTIoNS
New National Theater.

William Gillette in THE Admirable
Crichton" will be the attraction at the New
National next week. Only one matinee will
be given during this engagement THE
Admirable Crichton,'' which is from the
pen of ]. NJ. Barrie, and which is described
by its author as comedy fantasy, has
been Mr.. Gillettes vehicle for the past two
season. Although this is the first time he
has been seen in it here its success in this
country has not been second to that en-
joyed in England. Mr.. Frohman produced
it for the first time on any stage at his
Duke of York Theater in London three
years ago. ''Crichton"-played by Mr. Gil
lette-is role which differs in almost
every point from those in which Mr.. Gill
lette has heretofore scored his successes.
He impersOnates butler in the family of
an English nobleman, and is represented by
the playwright as conservative of the
conservatives. Opposed to this conser-
vatsm of the butler in the radicalism of
the master the Earl of Lam, who breaches,
and, in a way, practices the theory of the
equality of man. By the turn of fortunes
wheel the earl, his three daughters, a party
of friends, the butler and one maid are
wrecked on an uninhabited island in the
South Pacific. Practically they are thrown
back on the conditions which confronted
their primeval ancestors, and in this emer-
gency the butler proves himself easily the
best man in the party Social relations as
they existed in England rapidly re-
versed. The master becomes the man and
the butler becomes the master of the island,
developing into a sort of petty king. To
his strength of body and ingenuity of mind,
the whole party owe their lives, and their
admiration for him is mixed with much
affection. ''Crichton' falls in love with
the Lady Mary Lasenby, the daughter of
the earl and under the changed circum-
stances he has no hesltancy in proposing to
her This proposal is accepted eagerly not
only by the lady but by her father who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
SURGICAL POLICEMEN.
English Boobies Being Taught First
Aid to Injured.

Aid to Injured.
According to a report made to the State
DEPARTMENT by Consul Halstead at Biz
bingham, England, the residents of that
city have the comfort of knowing that ere
long every policeman there will be
capable of rendering efficient first aid in
time of need. That condition is the result
of a thorough system of instruction in first
aid to the injured. During the past two
wears $50 policemen of various grades have
been awarded certificates for efficiency in
that respect and it is reported that out Of
a tota! strength of $50, SIS policemen have
rassed the first-aid classes. Since 1902 first
aiC has been given in over 1000 cases by
policemen who were thus enabled to save
lives that otherwise might have been sacri-
feed for lack of immediate attention.
lit is no small advantage that in a popu-
lOus center where accidents, unfortunately,
are of daily occurrence" says Consul Hal
sand stalwart and energetic men to whom
a request for medical assistance may be
confidently made. The police Of Birming-
ham have already earned and received the
thanks of the community for their exer-
lions in various departments of social and
phianthropic work, especially in connection
with the association for the clothing of des-
titute children, and the new departure
which the watch committee has wisely in
augurated cannot but enhance the esteem
in which they publicly held. The police
association for the clothing OF destitute
children serves efficiently not only the pur-
pose which it's title indicates, but has the
very important effect of establishing a good
understanding between the police and the
very poor of a great city, who are thus
taught that the police can really be their
best friends; besides, 1t must counterfeit in
the police themselves the hardening tend
ency of their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

HOW KENDALL TELLS A STORY
Nothing is easier says Ezra Kendall,
than to tell a story. Now, for instance,
just suppose yourself travelling on rail-
way train, no dining car and the
worst kind of eating rations. You
are up against it, but the man OPP
posite you has the food problem
beaten to FRAGILE. You say to the au-
dience that he opened up the game with
home made combination sandwich. Per-
haps one person laughs, perhaps all-it all
depends on their knowledge of sandwiches.
But right here you turn TO the audience and
ask it if it ever had homemade sand
wich. Then you repeat the question, laying
the foundation for joke number one: Ever
had one of m ever had a homemade COM
bination sandwich you ask, with every
thing in it they don't want at home? Then
you say quickly: Everything in the ice
box that wants to leave quickly travels IN
that sandwich Now you have impressed
the mans sandwich on your audience and
you begin to use few illustrative gestures.
You go on: The first thing he did was to
unbutton the sandwich'-with pause just
long enough to let that work in-then he
pickles and a stove litter and closed it
again short pause. Then he opened
his mouth'-and you get in a little side quip,
such as I never saw such an alcoye in
mans face before Continuing, you say:
After he'd eaten the sandwich he began
to devour a mince pie, and after that he
began to double up and shut like jack
knife. Here you place your hand on your
stomach and move backward and forward
a little. I asked him what was the mat
ter you say, and he rejoins, L think my
wife put some nuts in that pie without
cracking them You say then: Can you
crack 'em that way? If so, I'll eat mine
with the shells on and crack EN- when I
feel like it, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
TIE MAGIC KETTLE.

"Our Honeymoon" is the comedy in which
they now appear. THE Magic Kettle will
be the sensational attraction, and the mys-
FERROUS powers of this commonplace look
ing kitchen utensil win be demonstrated by
it's European dlscOyercr, josef Narrick, who
has become a modern vaudeville reallZa-
ton of aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.
The phenomena it presents are said Ia
transcend and reverse many of the known
of the kettle only boil when placed upon
cake of ice The list of attractions also in
cludes Sydney Grant, with wit. anecdote,
song and story: the Great MoZartO instru-
mental duetist: Martini and Max MILAN.
modern magic; Lavender and Tomson. in
their acrobatic satire of foot ball, entitled.
"a Touchdown Kelly and Niolette. in
singing and dancing act, and the motion
pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
UWondland.n

A distinct novelty in comic opera III
promised at the Columbia on Monday
evening, February 20, when Henry w.
Savage's latest musical production, Wood
land" will be given in this city for the
first time. 1t is the new piece by Pfxley
and Luders, who wrote 1.-THE Burgomaster
king Dodo' and 1.-THE Prince of Filsen"
The characters are all birds. and the novel
effects which this permits in costuming and
scenic incidents are said to be striking and
pleasing The object has been to suggest
in the dressing of the characters the birds
actual appearance of the birds. Mr.. Savage
has gone to great outlay in staging the
1ece, and the company. it is promised. Is
me of excellence. embracing such we'll
xnown principals in light opera as Alexan-
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LIE Cantori Napolitani.

Miss Cryder will present her company of
italian players and singers, lie Cantnri
Napolitani, in public recital at the Wash
ington Club ITO l street, on Tuesday aft
ernoon, February IA, at 4:30 This COM
pany is modelled after the bands of street
singers and players in Naples and Venice.
The personnel of LIE Cantori Napolitani in
cludes Mademoisele Jeanne Nusla, soprano
soloist. and quartet of instrumental
players, Messrs. W. E. Todd, jr.; w. L.
Holt, A. E. Yundt and H. e. Galleher.