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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
INVITATION TO vIsIToRs-cIRcU-
1Ar1oN STATISTICS.

Strangers in Washington are cordially in
vited to visit the District public library In
Mt Vernon Square between 18th and 9th
streets The present Building was opened
in 1903 through the gift of Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, and as it is, earchiteeturally. one
of che most noteworthy public library
buildings in the country it is well worth
seeing. The library has nearly $4,000
volumes about $1,000 patrons, and circu
lates on an average 1850 books a day. Be-
side the circulating department, it includes
the children's room, the open-shelf room
and the reading room for reference books
and current magazines.
Although the library was open fewer
days in February than in the corresponding
month last year tie statistics of home cir
culation showed an increase of s.l4s. the
figures for February, 1905, being 34,31S as
against 26170 in February, 1904. During
last month 1889 cards were issued to bor-
rowers. This is the largest registration In
any month for more than two years.
A few of the library's recent accessions
follows:
Art and Music. =
Thomas Gainsborough, R. A. A. E.
Fletcher W1O-G125f 3
lGainsborough and His Place in English
Art Sir Walter Armstrong. W10-G125ar
Ruskin's Principles of Art Criticism. /.
NJ. Street. W-St33S.
Illustrated History of Furniture. Fred
erick Litehfield. WW-L116.
Beethoven and His Forerunners. D. q.
Mason, VW10-B393m.
History and Travel.
History and Poetry of the Scottish Bor-
der. John veitch. F43-V5SS
Bright Days in Sunny Lands. A. V. d.
Honeyman. G11-H757.
Rome. W. T. Field. CSC F45S.
Russian Life and Society Seen in 1866
81 Nathan Appleton G54-Ap53S
Lee and Longstreet at High Tide; Gettys-
burg in the Light of OFFICIAL Records. H.
D. Iongstreet.E FS34-LS659. e+f1s-srs
The Northwestern Provinces of India.
William Crooke. G69-CSs5.
= Russian Affairs Godfrey Drage. G54-
D7S2.
Biography. Y
Autobiography. Alexander Balm. E-B162
Life and Writings. A. r. j. Turgot
E-TS44st.
st. Thomas of Canterbury. E. A. Abbott.
E-T3614ab.
Jean-Paul Marat, the Peoples FRIEND.
E. B. Bax. E-M32Sb
Mrs. Lynn Linton; Her Life. Letters and
Opinions G. S. Layard. E-L6oos-
Machiavelli and the Modern State. Louis
Dyer. E-M1S4d.
The Life and Labours of Albany ron
blanoue A. w. Fonblanque. EFF 34f
Francesca Crispi, Insurgent, Exile, Revo-
Iutionist and Statesman. w. j. Stlllman.
E-CS63Ss. $50
Lord Cromer; Biography H. D. Traill
E-CSS3t.
Memoirs: 1ss5-19oo. Henry Willard E.
Wis 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
The Wedding Ring Finger.

From the London Chronicle.
The wedding ring was placed on the left
hand, as nearest the heart, and on the
fourth finger because that finger was sup
posed to have it's own private wire Qn
the shape of a delicate nerve) to the heart.
That finger. too, was called the medicine
finger, and the belief was that by virtue of
the little nerve 1t could detect dangerous
poison II simply inserted In the liquid. From
that belief the idea that wedding rings
the rings worn on that fnger-had special
curative qualities. had its rise. To this day
wedding rings are rubbed over an obstinate
sty on an eyelid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04

week propose to tell the story Of its or
ganization and give an account of some of
the work it is engaged in for the benefit
of bird and man.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
Why.

From the Houston Post
IL ignorance is bliss I'd like
For you to set me right.
Why is ii wives feel sad who don't
Know where hub Is at night?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
"Why was his time, already short,
Cut prematurely shorter?
Because at first he fioored the port,
And then he fioored the porter"

Professor Conington said that it was
Bartlett who invented the word 'squarson'
that now famous equivalent for what in
Suffolk is called a .black squire" The
manufacture of this ''portmanteau-word,
as Lewis Carroll would have termed it, is
commonly ascribed to Bishop Samuel Will
berforce The bishop is reported to have
playfully styled himself a "squishop." and
this may have led to the conjecture that
'sauarson'' was also invented by him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
An Oxford Epigrammatist.

From the london Spect0tor.
The grave has lately closed over the Rev.
r. Bartlett, who was formerly said by his
friends to be the NEST popular man in OK
ford and who was certainly both genial
and witty. The most original of his sal
lies was a skit on the condign punishment
of an undergraduate who, after drinking
too freely, had knocked down the college
porter:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04

GALE. BY Sarah A. Tooley, author
OF personal Life of Queen Victoria"
&c. Illustrated. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentano'S.
Last October was celebrated in a quiet
way in London the ifieth anniversary of
the departure of Florence Nightingale for
the Crmea with band of thirty-eight
nurses. Miss Nightingale then thirty
four years of age. and today, close upon
eighty-five, she retains her keen interest
in all matters pertaining to the public
health and especially in all projects for
extending the beautiful work she inaIgu
rated of succoring the sick and wounded
in war. with which her name has
been and doubtless always will be closely
identified in all lands. The present biogra-
ply was prepared chiefly for the purpose
of marking the Florence Nightingale jubi-
lee, and il is a cause for qualification
that its subject is alive TO read the loving
She is now bed-ridden, and for nine yeats
she has not left her London home.
This work tells simply and effectively
the story of Florence Nightingale's lie,
describes her early training as a nurse
I'm Germany and the inspiration of her
enterprise in the Crimea. 1t traces her
long career of usefulness and mercy, and
in conclusion shows how vast are the BEN
fits which not only the British army but
the whole British public has derived from
her activities and her Intelligent thought
in stimulating higher conception of san
ttation. Her name Is magic word today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04


"MISS CIVILIZATIONS; a Comedy in
One Act. BY Richard Harding Davis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Washington: William Ballantyne &
Sons.
This playlet is based upon a story written
by the late James Harvey Lewis, and shows
the modern girl as a burglar catcher. Hear
ing the sounds of the work of forcing an
entrance. she manages to send an aiarrl
before the intruders can gain the interior
of the house When they have collected the
"Swag' and are being detained by a hun
CRY member of their party who insists up
on getting something to eat, she appears
and entertans them until help arrives. MI
Davis has worked up the situation to god
effect, and 1t is easy to imagine that in
capable hands the comedy would be we'll
worth the attention of an audience.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
MACMILLAN'S POCKET CLASSICS
THE ILIAD OF HOMER, Done into
English Prose by Andrew Lang, M A.
Walter Leaf. Lftt.D., and Ernest Ny
ers, MA Abridged edition. New York
The Macmillan Company Washing
ton: Brentano's.
MACMILLAN'S POCKET CLASSICS -
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDER
LAND. By Lewis Carroll. With illus
trations by John Tenniel. Edited for
school use by Charles A. McMurry.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Brentano's.
FLOWERS OF PARNAsSUs-xxv, THE
BALLAD OF NUN. BY John David
son. With illustrations by Paul Henry.
New York: John Lane.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
What the Bible Is,

Some writer gives the following
analysis of the "Book of books" the
Bible:
1t is book of laws, to show the
right from the wrong.
1T is a book of wisdom, that makes
the foolish wise.
1t is a book of truth, which de-
tects all human errors.
1t is book of life and shows how
to avoid everlasting death.
1t is the most authentic and enter
tanning history ever published.
1t contains the most remote an
tiquities, the most remarkable events
and occurrences.
1t is complete code of laws.
1t is perfect body of divinity.
1t is an unequaled narrative.
1t is book of biography.
1t is book of travels.
1t is the best covenant ever made
the best deed ever written.
1t is the best will ever executed,
the best testament ever signed.
1t is the learned mans masterpiece
1t is the young mans best com.
panion.
1t is the schoolboy's best instruc.
tor.
1t is the ignorant mans dictionary
and every mans directory.
1t promises an eternal reward tc
the faithful and believing.
But that which crowns all is the
Author. He is without partiality anC
without hypocrisy, with whom ther,
is no variableness, neither shadow Of
turning Religious Iutelligencer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
4 arusseas Find.

The finding Of two bodies In an old
box In dense stretch Of woods on the
lands Of Col. A. g. Floyd, near Spartan
burg, beyond Drayton cotton mill,
created something of sensation Friday
afternoon and night. The Rruesome
find was made by q negro who was pass
ing through the woods, when he came
upon an old box and removing the lid he
saw two headless bodies. one being that
of man and the other woman. The
negro lost no time in getting over the
ground and the horrible find was left in
the distance. The case was reported to
the coroner, Sheriff Nichols and others
and late Friday afternoon party in
vested the woods and made an investiga-
tion. 1t was revealed that the bodies
were those used in that city about three
years ago at the annual meeting of the
State undertakers association for demon
strating purposes. One of the bodies
was shipped there from Columbia, the
other from Augusta. After the under
takers had finished disseoting the bodies
they were placed into box and orders
given that both corpses be taken into the
woods and buried. The burial did not
take place, but instead the box contain
ing the bodies was dumped into thick
clump of woods several miles from the
city
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Atheist Died in a Church.

Winnamac, Ind, January 20. = The
sudden death last night of Richard Bossy
during church services in the Wilders
Station Chapel has caused commotion
among saints and sinners alike. Bossy
has long been known as an atheist, al
legged to have said on various occasions
that he had no use for churches. How
ever, last night he entered the church to
seek shelter from the midwinter storm.
Soon after he entered Rev. James McCary
made an earnest plea for gospel recruits,
and during the course of his talk said
"There is one unbeliever in this cougre-
cation, a sinner who cannot be saved
from death tonight unless he becomes a
Christian" The prophesy of the
preacher was soon fulfilled, when BOssy
with an anguish cry of "Oh" fell back
in his seat corpse.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Building Roads at Small Cost.

Jacksonville, January 20. = The Ma
dressed to-day by Henry Long, President
of the Florida Association, who declared
that Florida is building roads cheaper
than the National Government builds.
He declared that the cost in Florida
ranges from 81, 600 to 80, 200 mile. M.
l.. Dodge, national director, said an ex-
pense of $1,000 mile is not considered
excessive in the North for permanent
roads.
An ovation was given Senator Latimer,
of South Carolina, who was introduced
as the author of the bill before Congress
for Federal. appropriation for building
roads throughout the country, the distri-
button to be made upon population
basis. He said:
"We appropriate money for building
canals, cleaning out harbors and rural
mail delivery, but some people assert
that we cannot constitutionally appro-
pirate money for building roads. say
it has beeu done, and that Congress has
the undisputed right to mako such ap-
preparations. A majority in Congress
favors the plan, for L have twice can.
vassed the matter. am not opposed to
large army and better navy. but
say that the money belonging to the peo-
pie of the United States should be ex.
pended in enhancing their happiness and
placing all the people within reach OF
church and school advantages"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
make YOUR TAX RETURNS.

Tho Auditors Office will be open from
the first day OF January, 1905, to the 10th
day of February following for the pur-
pose of receiving returns ~ personal
property and real estate for taxation iu
Oconee county for the year 1905. For
the convenience of tax payers the Audi
tor or his deputies will also receive re-
turns at the following places on the dates
mentioned:
Every male citizen between the ages of
81 and go years, except ex-Confederate
soldiers and those incapable Of earning q
support from being MANNED or from
other causes. shall be deemed taxable
polls. Ex-Confederate soldiers are liza
BILE for pUll tax until 90 years of age.
Note all transfers of real estate since
making your last return, from whom ac-
quired or to whom sold
Under aot of 1904, a capitation tax OF
so cents was imposed upon all dogs, and
the owners of such property are required
to list their dogs for taxation at the time
of making their annual return, and it is
made the duty of the County Auditor
and Township Assessors to enforce the
provisions of this aot.
1t Is absolutely necessary to mako all
returns before the goth day of February.
After that date 90 per cent penalty for
non-returns will be added. according to
law. j. p. KEESE,
Auditor Oconee County, 8. @.
December Ia, 1904. 50-53
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
olsss. Sui. Ia carelln. s.las Settled.


Raleigh, N. c., January 22.-The oldest
law suit In North Carolina is now being
finally settled. It is that Of the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians against w. II.
Thomas and others, involving great
many thousand acres Of land, and also
other interests. Thomas was for some
years before the civil war the chief Of
tho Eastern Band, and raised legion of
troops from among his Cherokees, which
was in the Confederate service, being
one Of the North Carolina regiments
In the roster the names Of entire COM
panies appear as Cherokees, the names
being very strange, some part English
and others entirely Indian. The case
began in 1857, in the Federal Court for
the Western North Carolina district, and
since that date over ninety attorneys
have been employed. Every lawyer who
was first employed has died. The last
point is now under settlement, and the
last legal battle is ending before the
referees.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Costly Fire at Honea Path.

A telephone message from Honca Path
this morning says that Benson's Phar-
macy at that place was destroyed by fire
at 2 o'clock. The origin of the fire is
not known. The building with all the
contents was destroyed. 1t is under
stood that MIR. Benson had no safe, and
all of his invoices and acc cunts were
probably burned. The stock of goods
was valued at about $4,000, and there
Was $500 insurance. The building be-
longed to j. G. Harper.-Anderson Mail,
January 22d.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
FOR SALE BY
WALUALLA DRUG COMPANY.

A good story is told on the better
half of couple who went from a
certain county to spend the honey
moon in large city. One day the
bride, finding that she needed to pur-
chase few small articles, left the
young husband and hotel to 60 shop
ping. She returned shortly and
made her way upstairs to the door
she thought opened into her room.
Knocking gently at the door :
"Honey," she called affectionately,
"let me in" No response came and
she knocked again and called in in
sinuating tones, "lIoney, please let
me in" "Madam," answered a gruff
voice from within, :'This is no bee
hive; this is the bathroom"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
John Clegg is Granted Bail.

Columbia, January 20.-Judge Town
send last night in this city granted bail
to John Clegg, the Greenwood police
officer now in Jail charged with killing
his own son, Scott Clegg, in the sum of
$500. F. Barron Grier, of Greenwood,
appeared for his client. Solicitor Sease
represented the State. No arguments
were made by either. The judge read
the testimony at the inquest and then
granted bail in the sum noted above.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01

A Saluda man who waylaid his neigh.
bor and shot him dead was bailed in the
sum of $4,000. A Greenwood man who
shot and killed his own son was bailed
in the sum of $500. Nan Patterson,
who shot and killed Caesar" Young in
New York, is held in the Tombs prison
in default of $4,000 bail. Mrs. Chad
wick, who defrauded few banks, is
held in an Ohio prison in default OF
$40, 200 bail. Verify, if one wants to kill
man or commit some other great crime
and doesn't want to stay in Jail, South
Carolina is the place for him. .-Ncwberry
Observer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Intensely Cold in Moravia.

walls throughout Moravia. Snow has
fallen to a depth of several feet and a
number of fatalities have been reported
Several children returning from school
in the village of Kras onic were overtaken
Many factory hands have lost their lives
or suffered serious injuries from the
storm or intense cold.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
GA 80 70 REA.
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"Here's to Teddy Roosevelt"

John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
the Democratic leader of the House of
representatives, offered this toast at q
recent dinner in Washington: "Here's to
Teddy Roosevelt" he said, "the man
who as an author has been grossly over
rated by the American people, but who
as politician has been grossly under
rated by the Democratic party" The
toast made great hit with the dinner
company.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
A Niqht Alarm.

Worse than an alarm of fire at night ia
the brassy cough of Group, which sounds
like the children's death knell and it
means death unless something ia done
quickly. Foley's Honey and Tar never
fails to give instant relief and quickly
cures the worst forms of Group. Mrs. p.
l.. Cordier, of Warrington, KY, writes:
case of Group; the doctor said she could
not live. got bottle of Foley's Honey
and Tar, the first dose gave quick relief
and saved her life." Refuse substitutes.
Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lun-
ney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
To Mark Army's Last Stand.

Raleigh, N. c., January A.-The de-
sign for the monument at Appomattox
Court House, to mark the last stand
Carolinians, is approved, and is decidedly
striking. 1t is monument somewhat
in sarcophagus style, and of gray North
Carolina granite, and it will be made by
Raleigh firm.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Fire Almost Destroys Texas Town.

Hillsboro, Texas, January 21.-Fire
late last night destroyed full block of
business houses, entailiug loss of $780,
600, with partial insurance. Fire Friday
destroyed buildings valued at $4,000,
and this second conflagration leaves the
town practically devastated. The fires
are believed to have been of incendiary
origin
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
In tho Merry Srpinatlme.

In the merry spring time the festive
malaria microbe goeth forth determined
to colonize every human organism. If
this arch foe has invaded your system al.
low us to suggest Rydale's Tonic. This
remedy frees the blood from malaria mi
orobes, eliminates poisonous matter from
the system, strengthens the nerves, and
restores robust health. Rydale's Tonic
is guaranteed. Walhalla Drug Co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01

The railroad commission, accompanied
by Supt. III. A. Williams, OF the Southern
Railway, visited Wards last week for the
purpose of looking into the matter of
building new passenger station at that
place. The contract for building the rail-
road from Wards to Saluda has been
given out and work will begin on the
grading within go days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Say "Murray'S."

"Murray's." If druggist gives you
anything but Murray's Horehound, Mul-
lein and Tar you're not getting the best
and surest cough remedy. Make him
give you Murray's. Acts quicker and you
get a SOC size bottle for 25c.
Every druggist has it,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01
Killed.

There is not an ache or pain that can
be reached externally that cannot be
KILLED" in few minutes by the use of
Elliott's Emuisified Oil Liniment. Rub
it on the affected part and the pain will
soon disappear. Full ] pint bottle, 25
cents. Walhalla Drug Co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-01

Net receipts from a charity ball in
Chicago aggregated forty thousand
dollars. That was dancing for pur-
pose and we doubt if his satanic
majesty gathered much comfort from
the entertainments Columbia State.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-03
BAR WILL CONSIDER
kIAGOOH NATTER

Attorney-GeneraI Andrews yesterday
received the following letter:
Lorrin Andrews. Esq, AttorneyGen-
eral:
Dear Sir: You letter of the 9th ult
was duly received. In reply, 1 beg TO
say that l will call a meeting of the
Bar Association to consider the matter
of the complaint of Mr.. A. S. Ballou
against Mr.. J. A Magoon, filed recently
in the Supreme Court.
Under our bylaws, ten days notice of
the meeting must be given.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) A G. NJ. ROBERTSON.
The meeting has been called for Mon
day March Is, at 4 o'clock p. M, no.
tice to that effect having been sent out
by the secretary of the Bar Associa-
ton. The meeting will be held at Re
publican headquarters, 925 Fort street
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-03
PROPERTY-OWNERS
REQUEST EXTENSION

A petition from property owners
on the Queen street extension, asking
the grant'ng 4 he request of the Rapid
Transit Company to extend its tracks
along the extension between Nuuanu
stream and the Iwilei road be granted,
has been received by Governor Carter.
Il understand, said the Governor,
that the principal aim of this pro-
posed extension of the line is not pas
senger traffic, but the transporter ton of
oil. II the track is laid on the proposed
stretch of track, side lines can run up
to the fuel oil pipes and electric oil
tank cars can run right up to these and
get filled easily and quickly. These tank
cars will have a capacity of about sew
enty barrels
At present the Rapid Transit Com
pany will use the oil for it's own con-
sumption only in its power house on
Alapai street However. later on, when
the Government pumps begin to use
fuel oil the Rapid Transit cars can sup
ply these also.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-03

Yesterday United States Marshal
Hendry gathered in a Jap of the name
of TomoZawa on a charge of peOnage.
1t seems that Japanese woman who
has been employed in the household of
George Paris made complaint some time
ago that the man was threatening that
he would take her away, but he disap-
peared and it was thought that he had
given up his scheme. Day before yes
terday, however he went to the Paris
residence and, compelling the woman
to enter a hack, drove away with her
The matter was reported to the United
states authorities, and the arrest of
TOmoZawa followed.