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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18

the best of medical attention. but refused
to remain at the hospital. This morning,
however, he again appeared and consented
to remain. Dr.. Whitney, who treated him.
pronounced his condition serious, and the.
woman who is locked up In Virginia may
be compelled to answer for two murders
The patient at the Emergency Hospital
says that the trouble started between him.
self and the woman, whom he refers TO as
his wife. He says they. went to Anderson,
Va, and Wednesday last were engaged In.
the killing of some hogs. During the
slaughter the woman objected to some
thing that her husband had done Grasp
ing a knife she fourished II In the air and
started toward John Henderson. When.
Wanford saw the danger TO his brother. be
determined to interfere. He ran between
the couple, and the woman striking at
John. hit Wanford. The knife struck a Vital
place In his chest and, It is alleged, soon re-
suited In DEATH Before the interference OF
the brother John had received his injuries
but he did not consider them serious az
first.
When the Virginia authorities heard Of
the trouble. the patient sRys, they located
Emma Thompson and arrested her for muir
der. The man In the hospital hare exone-
rates tAe woman OF any intention to kin
his brother, saying that sl1e was trying to
strike him at the tineL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18

Business High Schools were organized,
kindergarten schools We're first established,
the manual training courses in the respec-
two manual training schools now known
as the Mckinley and the Armstrong were
organized
+ Mr.. Benjamin p. Davis was for one year,
in 1871, superintendent of the county
schools.
The first superintendent of colored schools
was Mr.. A. e. Newton, formerly a member
of the board OF school trustees. He was
succeeded by Mr.. George F.. T. Cook, a
son of the Rev John r. Cook. one Of the
early teachers In the colored schools To
Mr.. Cook. more than to any one man. is
due the high standard in discipline and In
struction which the colored schools have
reached today. Mr.. Cook gave the best
years OF his life to this work. serving con-
tinuously from 1871 to 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18

school as school that offers absolutely
claim them
."The period from 1905 to 1874 NAV be
characterized as the era of the pauper
school, the charity school or the free school,
as distinguished from the pay school
Two Boards Created.
In 1916 the city council concurred with
the suggestion of the trustees and establish
ed two boards instead of one in whose
hands the management of the schools re-
NAMED until the reorganization in 1914,
When they were succeeded by single
board of twelve trustees, three from each
OF the four wards of the city of Washing
ton. During this period the schools of
Georgetown Were under the control of the
trustees of the Georgetown Free School,
afterward known as the Lancasterian
School, who were succeeded in 1872 by the
board of guardians. they. in turn. giving
way in 1871 to the board of trustees of the
Georgetown public schools
The first school for colored children was
organized in 1907. The first public provision
Tor the maintenance of colored schools was
made In 1862 by the act of Congress which
established board of trustees of colored
schools for Washington and Georgetown.
The first board of trustees for the county
schools was established in the same year.
In 1874 four separate boards of trustees
those of Washington and Georgetown and
those of the county and the eolored schools
were merged into q single board of nine
teen members. This number was reduced
In 1882 to nine, and increased In 1895 by
the addition of two women to eleven, and In
1900 new organic act was passed by Con-
gress constituting the present board OF
seven members.
Era Of Organization.
The period from 1865 to 1885 was distinct
ly one of organizations period, as we re-
member, of reconstruction in our national
life, and also the time when the far-seeing
Shepherd was engaged in his monumental
task OF evolving a new Washington
Six things came to pass during this time,
any one of which would have marked an
epoch in any system of public schools They
were.
First. The appointment of a slperintend-
ent of public instruction. No system of
public education can live without expert
Second The Introduction of the graded
system.
NAL school.
Fourth. The awakening Of the popular
mind to the Importance of providing suit
able school buildings for our growing needs:
Fifth. The extinction of the pauper school
idea ana the complete establishment of the
public school system in the favor of the
people This long-deiayed recognition was,
of course, thes direct outgrowth Of the In
creased efficiency of the schools and the In
evftabie corollary of the splendid improve
ments have noted.
First High School.
Sixth. The establishment Of the first high
school In 1875, which was known as THE
Advanced Grammar School for Girls. fol-
lowed in 1877 by school OF kindred char
acter denominated as an Advanced Gram
mar School for Boys" The two were
merged in 1885, and in 1882 occupied the new
&c Central High School, then just completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18
FOR SCHOOL JUBILEE
Centennial Anniversary to Be
Celebrated Tonight.
PROGRAM OF EXERCISES
DISTRICT OFFICIALS RENDERED
RECEPTION By THE PRESIDENT.
Commissioners, Board Of Education
and Persons Identified With
Public instruction.

Public exercises for the centennial ami
versary of the establishment of the public
school system will be held tonight at the
First Congregational Church. Rev. Edward
Everett Hale. chaplain of the Senate will
make the principal address Mr.. William
Taft. Secretary of War, will be present,
representing the general government.
The President of the United States at 2:30
o. clock this afternoon received the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18
Exhibits in Four Buildings.

The exhibits of school work will be shown
in four buildings The main exhibit of
white graded schools will be seen at the new
Business High School, directory Of exhib-
its of which has already been given IN Ths
Star Manual training exhibits will be
shown at both Mckinley and Armstrong
Manual Training Schools. The work of the
colored graded and academic high school
viii be shown at the NJ Street High School.
The following is an outline and descrip-
ton of the exhibit: First corridor. opposite
yelopment of education for the colored race
1905. Grouped about this chart are photo
graphs of some of the principal school build
irgs
First floor-Room 3. kindergarten; room 4.
first grade. room 5. second grade; room g,
third grade; room Z. fourth grade; room 8.
fifth grade: room 0, sixth grade; room 10,
seventh grade; room IL, eighth grade.
Second fioor-Room II, carpentry; room 10,
carpentry; room 20, sewing; study hall,
work of high and normal schools.
The walls of this room are covered with
a dull green paper. upon which Is displayed
some of the regular work of the high and
normal schools. Four large tables are
erected near the corners. of the room, with
racks built on their tops. These racks are
surrounded by a platform. decorated with
palms. Upon these tables win be shown
some of the frst second, third and fourth
year work of the high school
In the center of an open space In this hall
Is erected flag tree: rooms II and 13, bio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18

a series of models, made by Mr.. Hunster,
showing the development of the colored
schools in the District of Columbia.
Models of school buildings. beginning
with the school house built by George Bell,
Nicholas Franklin and Moses liverpool in
1907 and extending to the erection of the
old Anthony Bowen School, 1857.
The figures in the groups are made of
plaster and painted in natural colors. They
are from two and a. half to nine inches
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j. Holdsworth Gordon,
President Board Of Education.
photo by Harris-Ewing.)

tEhOlo Dy hafrls- EWlngJ
members and former members of the board
of educa ton. school officials and others
identified with the development of the pub
lie schools in connection with the COM
memorative exercises of the establishment
of the system.
The persons present at the reception given
by the President were: District Commits
sioners, former District Commissioners.
members of the board of education, former
members of the board of education, former
school trustees. president Board of Trade,
former presidents of Board of Trade, presi-
dent Business Mems Association, former
presidents Business Mems Association.
presidents of the citizens associations.
chairman school committee of the Board OF
Trade and Business Mems Association,
presidents of universities, commissioner OF
education. former commissioner of educa-
ton, superintendent of schools, former
superintendent of schools. secretary of the
board of education, school officials, seere-
tary of the Board of Commissioners, secre-
taries to the Commissioners, editors of the
local newspapers.
The program of the exercises at the First
Congregational Church will be as follows:
March, STARS and Stripes" Sousa; Sc
lection, prince of Pilsen,', Luders: med
ley overture, Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt. The
Music That Thro' Tara's Hall, Aud Lang
Syne;" invocation, Rev. J. G. Butler, D. D.,
pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church;
selection, "Sextet, Lucia di Lammer-
moor" Donizetto; introductory address Mr.:
J. Hoidsworth Gordon. president board OF
education, District of Columbia; waltz.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale; address. Henry
B. F. Maefarland, president board of Com
missioners, District of Columbia; selection,
Bohemian Girl" Balfe; march, Uncle
Sammy" Abe HoltZmsan; benedictlon; pa
triotic selection Star spangled Banner"
Kew.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
LONG PENDING
Case Decided by Judge Parish Last
Week.

Judge Parish, who presides over the
Ashland county circuit court, has just
rendered decision in litigation result
ing from the levying of taxes on a stock
of lumber at Ashland in 1908, which
was in controversy between the city,
the Barker q Stewart Lbr. Co. and the
Edwards Hines Lbr Co. The case may
be of interest to our readers inasmuch
as the first named company has its head
quarter in this city. At the time men,
toned, about S100,000 worth of lumber
was piled on the docks of the Barker IL
Stewart Lumber Co., which lumber, it
was alleged, was owned by the Edward
Hines Lumber Co, and which the city
of Ashland assessed and taxed. The
latter company claimed that it did not
own the lumber, but that a sale had
been made to the White River Lbr. Co.
and the John E. Byrnes Lbr. Co. The
board oil f0view therefore assessed the
lumber to Barker q Stewart on the
ground that the lumber was in their
possession, being piled on their docks
The latter company, by its attorney,
went before the board of review and
produced large amount of evidence,
showing that the docks were under the
absolute control and lease of the Hines
company and that the Hines company
should be assessed for the lumber, as it
had possession of the stock as agents,
even if the lumber had been sold.
1t was openly charged that the Hines
Lbr. Co. had fixed up contracts of sale,
so as to avoid the assessment. Officials
and employees of that company, it is
said, disposed of their books that the
city might not ascertain whether the
lumber was sold or not, and also told
conflicting stories regarding it. The
board of review finally assessed the
property to the Hines Lbr. Co. and
that company brought suit against the
city. The case has been dragging
along for over year and Judge Parish
has just decided in favor of the Hines
Lbr. Co. The decision of Judge Parish,
it is said is openly criticised by the
people of Ashland. What will be the
next move is speculative. Whether the
Barker & Stewart Lbr. Co. is released
from further trouble in the matter is
not known at this time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
CHEAP SILKS.

They Do Not Wear Well Because
They Are Heavily AduIternted.
The woman whose silk skirt splits
the second or third time she wears it
is apt to sigh for the silks of her
grandmother's day, with their seeming
ly imperishable qualities, but as mat
ter Of fact silks are much better now
than they were before. The ancestral
silks, which were woven on hand
looms, were never of an even texture,
whereas with modern machinery the
last inch of hundred yard piece
comes out exactly the same as the first
one. The art of dyeing, too, has been
brought to a state Of perfection never
known before, and communication be-
tween the silk workers of the world is
so rapid til a discovery made by one
Is soon kroNgn to all the others. The
reason so Iany modern silks do not
wear is because they are adulterated
to meet the demand for cheapness,
their wearing ability being In exact
proportion to the amount of silk they
contain. Cheap silks are largely made
up of dye and dressing A good quail
ty of silk is defined by manufacturers
as one which has not more than four
ounces Of weighing to the pound,
and none have less than two ounces.
Most of the Weighing is put in during
the dyeing process, and when q man.
ufacturer sends a quantity of silk to
the dyer he says that he wants it to
come back weighing so much, accord
ing to the amount Of adulteration re-
Quired.-New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
MAN AND THE HORSE.
Animal Conquest Marked One of tho
EpOchs In Civilization.

Animal conquest Marked one OF the
EpOchs In Civilization.
The conquest of the horse by man
and its final utilization for all pur-
poses which are discharged by steam
and electricity today marked one of
the great turning points In the history
of civilization. In the great earth and
sand preglacial deposits of Europe the
true wild horse is as widespread,
though not as varied, as in America.
It is not at this stage associated with
the remains of man, because no pre-
glacial man except the pithecanthro-
pus or trinil man of Java has been
found. In the interglacial or postgla-
ctal period the remains of man and
the horse are first found together. The
first association occurs in the middle
Of the paleolithic or rough implement
period. The discovery of all the posi-
BILE uses of the horse came very gradu-
ally, however, for there is abundant
proof that man first hunted and ate,
then drove and finally rode the ami
NAL
The prevailing drawings of the pa
leolithic horse represent him as hog
named, with no forelock to conceal the
low bred Roman nose. A second type
in the Mouthe cave, bearded horse
with long, bristling name, long ears
and convex forehead, is regarded by
M. Riviere as another species. But 1t
is not clear to my mind that these
drawings represent more than the
summer and winter coats of the same
animal Besides these Roman nosed
types to which Ewart traces the mod
ern cart horse, there are others with
small heads and fiat noses, which
Ewart associates with the Celtic pony
and possibly with the origin Of the
thoroughbred. Other cave drawings,
reproduced by NJ. Captain, leave little
doubt that the ass was known in Eu-
rope. 1t is also certain from abundant
evidence in the caves of France that
there was a larger horse toward the
south perhaps, while the smaller
breeds may have frequented the colder
northern egions.-Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
BLUE BOOK Is OUT.

Marathon county's Representatives in
the legislature of last winter have been
notified that they may soon expect to
receive their quota of blue books for
distribution among their constituents.
There is a great demand for the book
this year because it is more complete
than any heretofore issued.
Costing approximately forty cents
each, the edition totaling S1S, 454. 20, the
blue book for the present year is now
completed and will be shipped to the
members of the legislature as fast as
they can be packed. Perhaps never be-
fore in the compilation of this matter
has the department of labor put so
much time and collected so much new
material as will be found in the forth
coming edition. Two years ago the
legislature increased the total number
for distribution to $4,000 of which each
member of the legislature receives $50.
The balance are distributed among the
state Otfic 1rs, Judges, and courts, schools,
normals and colleges, free libraries,
county superintendent and 800 are
given to the secretary of state to ex-
change with like reports of other states
and Institutions. The last legislature,
however, was evidently of the opinion
that two much information was being
spread among the people or else desired
to keep down the expenses of the extra
long session, and cut the number of
books of this years issue to 0,0O0
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08

AS an evidence of the profits to be
made from Northern Wisconsin timber
lands the following taken from the
Rhinelander indicator is a fair ex-
ample:-"Some four or five years ago,
Peter Bruso purchased of Matthew
Stapleton So acres f OF land near r. Lake
owned, for $4,000. Soon after he SOLD
$75 worth of hemlock from one forty
and then sold the forty for $4,000. He
received 500 down on the deal, and
later took the land back, the purchaser
relinquishing his ownership to leave
the city. He next sold to the original
owner Mr.. StapletOn, $4,000 worth Of
pine, after which he sold the forty
again, this time, for $4,000 Thus Mr.
Bruso made good his original invest.
ment of $4,000 and realized a profit OF
$35000 and still retains q forty which
he has refused an offer of SS0000 on"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
THEBES GLASS WORKERS.
The High Art That Flourfshed Over
Forty Centuries Ago

The High Art That Flourished Over
Forty Centuries Ago.
The glassblowers of ancient Thebes
are known to have been equally as pro-
ficient in that particular art as is the
most scientific craftsman of the same
trade of the present day, after a lapse
of over forty centuries of so called
progress" They We're we'll acquaint-
ed with the art of staining glass and
are known to have produced that COM
modify in great profusion and perfec-
ton. Rossellini gives an illustration
of a piece of stained glass known to
be 1000 years old which displayed ar
tistic taste of high order, both in tint
and design.
through the vitrified structure, and he
mentions designs struck entirely In
pieces from a half to three-quarters of
an inch thick, the color being perfectly
Incorporated with the structure of the
piece and exactly the same on both the
diverse and reverse sides. aE
The priests of P'tah at Memphis
were adopts in the glassmaker's art,
and not only did they have factories
for manufacturing the common crystal
variety, but they had learned the vitri-
flying of the different colors and of i'm
itating precious stones to perfection.
Their limitations of the amethyst and
of the various other colored gems were
so true to nature that even now, after
they have lain in the desert sands from
1000 to 1000 years, it takes an expert
to distinguish the genuine articles from
the spurious. 1t aas been shown that,
besides being experts in glassmaking
and coloring, they also used the dfa-
mond In cutting and engraving. In
the British museum there is a beauti-
full piece of stained glass with an en-
graved emblazonment of the monarch
Thothmes Ill, who lived 3,400 years
ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08

THE Milwaukee Free Press calls Neal
Brown, a Wausau poet and philosopher
of some pretensions and of some ability,
"the untamed and shaggy named poet
of the Wisconse" and intimates that,
though"unbrushed and uncombed' he is
very much in earnest. Now we protest
against such personalities being hurled
at our latter day literati. Neal Brown
may belong to the log-cabin school of
philosophy, for which Wausau is noted,
and he may have occasionally dallied
with the poetic muse but he can't be
called "uncombed'' or "unbrushed."
We have seen him when his appearances
were quite respectable and, for genius,
we might say tidy.-Two Rivers ChrOn-
iCle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
TIME IS THE TEST
The Testimony of Wausau People
Stands the Test.

The test of time is what tells the tale.
The public soon finds out when mis-
representations are made, and merit
alone will stand the test of time.
Wausau people appreciate merit, and
many months ago local citizens public
ly endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills; they
do so still. Would citizen make the
statement which follows unless con-
WINGED that the article was just as repre-
sented? A cure that lasts is the kind
that every sufferer from kidney ills is
looking for.
Mrs. James Morrill,, of 112 South First
St., Wausau, Wis, says; Several
years ago | had severe attack of rheu-
matism, and after that my kidneys trou-
bled me greatly. Ihad severe attacks OF
backache and I might say | was seldom
free from it. 1t was almost impossible
to do anything requiring me to bend.
Too frequent passages of the kidney
sccretions annoyed me especially at
night, and usually in the morning felt
as tired as when went to bed. Procur-
ing Doan's Kidney Pills at Albers drug
store they gave me complete relief.
That was at least eight years ago and
have had no backache nor any need fol-
kidney medicine since. MIR. Morrill, has
used Doan's Kidney Pills and recon-
mends them as strongly as l do"
For sale by all dealers. Price Sc
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
KEEP UP YOUR ENERGY.
Stand Erect and Walk as Though
You Were Somebody.


Never allow your physical standard
to drop. Keep UP your energy. Walk
as If you were somebody and were go
ing to do something worth while in the
world, so that even a stranger will note
your bearing and mark your superior
ity. If you have fallen into habit Of
walking in a listless, INDECENT way,
turn right about face at once and make
q change You don't want to shuttle
along like the failures we often see sit
ting around on park benches or lollfng
about the streets, with their hands In
their pockets, or haunting intelligence
offices and wondering why fate has
been so hard with them. You don't
want to give people the impression that
you are discouraged or that you are al
ready falling to the rear. Straighten
up, then! Stand erect! Be a man!
You are q child of the Infinite King.
You have royal blood in your veins.
Emphasize it by your bearing. A man
who is conscious of his kinship with
God and of his power and who believes
thoroughly in himself walks with
firm, vigorous step, with his head erect,
his chin in, his shoulders thrown back
and down, and his chest well projected
in order to give large lung capacity.
He is the man who does things.
You cannot aspire or accomplish great
or noble things so long as you assume
the attitude and bearing of a coward
or weakling. If you would be noble
and do noble things you must look up.
You were made to look upward and to
walk upright, not to look down or to
shamble along in a semihOrizonta! posi-
ton. Put character, dignity, nobility,
into your walk.-Success.