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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Real Self-Control.

From Leslies Magazine
To most people self-control means the
control of appearances and not the controi
of realities. This is radical mistake, ana
must be corrected if we are to get clear
idea of self-control. and if we are to make
a fair start in acquiring it as permanent
habit.
If a man is ugly to me, and L want 10
knock him down, and refrain from doing
SO simply because it would not appear we'll,
and is not the habit of the people about
me- my desire to knocl. him down Is sun
a part of myself, and ] have not controlled
myself until I am absolutely free from that
interior desire. So long as | am in hatred
to another | am in bondage to my hatred;
and if for the sake of appearances, DO
not act or speak from it. | am none the
less at its mercy. and il will find an outlet
wherever it can do so without debasing me
in the eyes of other men more willing than
| am to be debased. My selfish desire to
injure the man l hate is cOunterbalanced
by my selfish desire to stand well in the
eyes of other men. There can be no true
self-control so long either form Of self
ishness dominates my actions. The con-
troll of appearances is merely outward re-
preston, and very common instance of
this may be observed in the effort to con-
troll a laugh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Autographs at Auction.

From the New York Times.
That autographs are very uncertain prop
erty, and depend for their value upon a
great many things besides their interest
for collectors, is very clearly shown at the
sale of the autograph collection of the late
Surrogate J. H. V. Arnold. A Photographic
letter of Colley Cibber, described as
quaint" would seem to be extremely cheap
at $24, but one from Henry Clay to the
governor of Kentucky. resigning his seat
in Congress, undoubtedly authentic, would
appear to have an intrinsic value much
above a dollar and half, especially when
one of P T. Barnum brought 50. The fact
is, not many persons care for autographs,
and very good ones will often scarcely re-
pay the least expense of selling them I'M
less something gives them a brief currency
in connection with a revival of interest in
the persons who wrote them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Fraud in Furs.
Z &C Oek III = ekA y
From Field and Stream.

From Field and Stream
AS a people we are very fond of fraud
We don't care much for law, and we love
to be fooled In no line of commerce are
we more regularly fooled and defrauded
than in the retail fur trade. The ermne
which my lady buys for the collar of her
opera coat cost her some dollars a skin.
She may pay 81 for the black tip of the tail
of a single ermine skin. The trapper who
caught the weasel from which came the
perhaps 3; perhaps nothing. That is not so
bad and no one could object to a CONNER
cial transaction of that kind. A great many
persons know that ermine is weasel. How
many know that muskrat pulled and dyed
is so often sold as seal; that nutria sim
ilarly treated is sold seal or beaver; that
rabbit so treated IS sold seal or electric
seal; that pulled and dyed otter is regularly
sold as seal; that marmot dyed is sold as
mink and sable; that fitch dyed is sold as
sable and rabbit also sold as sable; that
hare and muskrat are sold as mink or
sable, and white rabbit as ermine chin
chilla or fox: that goat is dyed and sold as
bear: that many kinds of lamb are sold as
Persian; that skunk is called Alaska sable
that American sable Is sold as Russian
crown sable; that monkey and lynx and
dog and fox and polecat and muskrat and
cat and all sorts of different furs are sold
under all sorts of high-sounding names.
fox skins and sometimes in sable skins ?
Surely not all of our readers were advised
as to these details There is a vigilance
committee appointed by the London cham
Der of commerce whose duty is to spread
informa ton against these trade frauds We
presume we need nothing of that sort in
America, for here we don't mind being
fooled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Americans Fond of Light.

Mr. David P Day chief of the bureau of
mineral resources of the geological survey,
says that the consumption of refined petro-
leum Is Increasing in the United States, for
il,u initiating purposes. Notwithstanding the
rapid development of electricity the extern
sion of gas works, the use of natural gas
and other lluminators. He also says that
the people of the United States use more
light than those of any other nation.
Even in Paris" says DR.. Day, which
has the reputation of being the most bril-
lantly lighted city in the world, they do not
consume one-half much gas. electricity
and burning fluid as in New York. Paris is
brilliant on the outside-the streets. the
cafes and the places of amusement-but the
houses are dark. The people of Paris do not
read; they do not study our people do,
and they economize in light as much as pos
sible just as they do in other luXuries in
which the people of the United States are
extravagapt. If you will compare the IA
cilities for lighting the private houses OF
Paris with those of Washington or New
York you will discover an immense differ
ence. and the same is true OF all foreign
cities There is a decided difference In the
gas bills of a German, a Frenchman or an
Englishman or any other European, and
those paid by the average American. rms
country Is using several times more hght
per capita than any other country In the
world and, Notwithstanding modern i'm
proyements our people going back to
the use of oil lamps for reading and even
for Illuminating purposes, because they pre-
fer them to electricity or gas. IL you looh
into the statistics on this subject you Will
find that the manufacture of lamps con-
tinues to increase just as rapidly as the
manufacture of electric light supplies"
1 asked DIR. Day about the complaint so
frequently made that our oil is sold cheaper
In foreign countries than in the United
States
THE fact is true" he replied, but the
complaint is not justified. The cheaper
grades of oil are sold in foreign countries.
The people of the United States demand the
best and of course, It costs accordingly.
The people of Europe want a cheaper quail
ity and they naturally get ii for a lower
price The prices of oil all over the world,
like the prices of wheat and other necessi-
ties of life are regulated by the law of sup
ply and demand. They are governed by
competition between Russia. Roumania and
other countries. The business is reduced to
q system everywhere. and the best oils bring
the highest prices, no matter where they are
sold If you go to Turkey or Persia you
will find people using lamps without CHM
news The result is that they do not get
much light but they get all they want, and
use an inferior quality of oil, and 1t may he
that they pay less for il than we are
charged at fashionable grocery store. But
the difference represents comparative en-
liehtenment You can read by very poor
light for one hour. but if you are going to
read for two hours you need a better light,
and our people demand the best and plenty
of it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

Quoted. In the first place. the Winter Pal
ace is the largest residential building In the
world except the Vatican. 1t is consider
ably larger than the palace OF Louis XIV
OF France at Versailles. II Is twice the size
OF the Capitol at Washington contains /. 100
rooms. and, In olden times. as many 5000
people We're sheltered and fed under its
roor- II was originally built by the EN-.
press Anne In 1854, but was reconstructed
at a cost of S25,00o0o0 in 1899, after having
suffered injury by fire.
Inc throne room is magnificent apart
ment OF marble--so large that the entire
White House at Washington might he
erected within Its walls-and there the czar
receives the congratulations of the dplo-
matte corps. the high officials and ecclesi-
astles. the officers of the army and navy
and the mobiles on New Year day. The
hall OF ST George is perhaps the most
splendid apartment In the world being i4o
by ~ feet in size and 60 feet high the walls
being lined with fine Italian m arble and
the ceiling being of carved and gilded oak
mere are several other magnificent apart
ments of state, with long lines of reception
rooms, drawing rooms. art galleries, ban
quet halls, Chinese rooms. Persian rooms.
japanese rooms, Turkish rooms Pompeiian
rooms. Roman rooms and others, setting
fofth, an example of the luxury. the taste
and the fabrics and furniture Of different
ages and races. There is an enormous
ROOM forty or fifty feet square. with walls
and ceilings of purple glass, and others of
yellow, blue and scarlet glass There is a
gold room. a silver ROOM in which the walls
and woodwork are lavishly ornamented
with those metals. red marble room a
green marble room and crystal room,
where there is chandelier of the purest
glass holding 10000 candles.
In this palace at least three times a year
the car entertains at a banquet. foil WED
by a ball. not less than 3.c00 people who
handled in such a way that Their is
not the slightest delay. confusion. disc m
fort or Inconvenience: not nearly as mech
as occurs at the ordinary entertainments at
the White House The guests are elias. ed
according to their rank. Each class Las
its separate entrance and dressing 70 pms
and reaches the throne room the Hall of
st. George. or wherever the ear may be
receiving, by its own route; and at md
night, when supper is served. each guest
find his table in the room iadirsted
upon the card which accompanies his invi-
tation. The car, his brothers. uncles and
the other grand dukes do not sit down at
the tables. but go from room to room dur
ing the feast. theoretically to see that their
guests well served and comfortable.
The cZarina presides at the first table. with
the senior ambassador as her escort. The
supper is quite elaborate. and Is served ~
l SEQ liveried attendants If any one cares
to know the details he can find a graphic
description in a charming little book called
1.-THE Cars Window by Miss Stoughton.
the daughter of a former minister OF the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
spain,s, Blithe Young King.
the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle
There is grave crisis in the history of
Spanish etiquette. King Alfonso XIII, who
is described by French journal as very
impulsive, and at the same time very
sporty" wishes to make royal progress
through his kingdom In an automobile
Horror of the prime minister! Such a We
hicle, says he, is beneath the dignity of a
monarch to whom the constitution has in
trusted the "sumptuous car of the state -
The sumptuous car must not be driven by
petrol. Horses are still harnessed to the
chariot of the sun. But Spanish Etiquette
does not prevent the monarch from travel
ing by rail. Lady Currie tells a story of a
young man who jumped into compart-
ment one day on an English train and
started a conversation with an old lady
who greatly admired his pleasant manners.
When he was alighting she asked his name,
and he announced blithely, alfonso" He
was Alfonso XII, then cadet at Sand
hurst The anecdote will probably be read
at Madrid with pain and ncredulity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
The Grit of a Kings Doctor.

From Harper's.
A sturdy seventeenth century doctor who
sometimes bluntly prophesied the death OF
his patients, and correctly, too, was the IA
nous Dr.. John Radcliffe. DR.. Radcliffe
was physician to William III, who dotted on
him until one day the doctors grim can
dor was carried too far, and he informed
the king: "Why, truly, l would not have
your two legs for your three kingdoms"
The king banished him from court. and as
the worthy doctor departed he predicted
the day of his angry sovereigns DEATH
prediction promptly realized He also
auarreled with Queen Anne, told her that
her ailment was nothing else but the va
pors" and because she resented his indie
pendence declined to attend her on her
deaf bed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Startling Significance.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
TRY These On Your Piano."
This sign was all right, and placed over
the sheet music 1t would have been quite the
thing.
Through some error. however. the window
dresser had hung it over an array of large
sized ladies hosiery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
How to Mend Amber.
Circular-weekly.

From the Jewellers Circular-Weekly.
To mend amber requires certain
amount of care, though the process is a
simple one.
Apply some linseed oil to the broken
edges, and then hold the oiled parts over a
gas jet, covering the rest of the amber
meanwhile with a cloth. AS soon as the
oiled parts become sticky with the heat
press the edges which are to be united to-
gether and hold them very carefully till
cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Would Give Up.

From the Houston Post
Papa-"Whati'
Daughter-'I wish to marry the duke"
Papa-"Well. I'll give upv'
Daughter-'I knew you would, you dea
old pepper you, but the duke wants t,
know how much?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
The Winter Palace.

AS have said, the entertainments at the
Winter Palace, which occur upon certain
anniversaries. are more magnificent than
those at any other court of Europe, and are
unsurpassed both for magnificence and for
the orderly manner in which they are con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

Magistrate-"You are bound over to keep
the peace toward all his majestys sub
Jects."
Prisoner-"Then heaven help the fust
furriner ! meets.''-London Tit-Bits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Her Wish.

From the Houston Post.
"Help!'' she shrieked.
''Never mind" said he encouragingly,
wen be washed ashore"
I'm not looking for a bath" replied she,
frigidly, II desire to be rescued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

After all, there is only one law which the
rogues among golfers, If any there be, will
observe, and that is the eleventh COM
mandment of the decalogue.-Golf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
The Duty of a Physician.

From the Roman Catholic Messenger Magazine
The physician who refuses to advise his
patient of his danger. but allows him to
be surprised by death, deserves to be flung
in disgrace from profession of gentle
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Hidden.

From the Houston Post.
She covered up her cheeks with rouge
And padded left and right;
And the Sangv man was right VINO Sald
That she was out of sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

'Roosevelts BOOSTERS" is the alliterative
and odd-sounding name of a new juvenile
organization in Washington. the members
OF which hope to make their first appear
ance on parade in the inaugural pageant
March l. The Boosters are coIored boys
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-16

no osan seguir una llnea de conducta
declsiva, porque les consta que 81 fue-
ran mayorla Y ostentaran un inhujo "
una fuerza,, no 10 deberon 4 sus me-
dos polftico> II I Is medios electo-
rales, sino al favor escandaloso del
Gobierno y al auxilio eiicaz de los go
bernadores.
EllOs, solos, abandonados 4 81
mlsmoS. ST reducirian 1 una serie de
grupos urbanoS 8 rurales. con unos
pocos municipios feles con cinco 8
dlez representatives en- la Camara. Per-
dleron en- los comicioS de 1904 por
3o.000 votos: perderlan en- los conf
clos de 1906 por 10000 y POGO 4 POGO
descenderian 4 una rinicula suma de
electores.
Les sostirne la esperanza de en-
pleos futuroS, que fortitica 4 sus sec
tarlos. Huida esa frajil esperanza, ,c0-
mo Sc marmarIan las falanjes y como
reinarla en- el ComHf dc terru0li0 en-
los Comitfs de distrito la soledad la
muetc.
ConOciendo yerdatles tan llanas,
dejan 4 suS 6rganos que ataquen Y
maldigan, TN tanto que ellos, los de
arriba, los del hist6rico sinhedrio.
guardian una reselWa que les permitira
caer donde mejor les cuadre, que sera
slempre ii la vera dc los elementos of
ciales. dispensadoreS de sonrisas V
mercedes.
Due1o cada cual de proceder i su
albedrio, procedan los republicano Sc
gun les acomode y les aprovechc. Pero
sepan que cuando un partido sufre 10
que sufren ellos 4 la hora de ahora, nc
da grandes pruebas de altivez plegan-
dose y sometiendose, sino resistiendC
combatiendo.
Bien haya 81 el gobierno conti-
lida malcnando como M. cha Y los re-
publicanos lie celebran y le aplauden
porque al fin, 81 no estan ellos en- Ia
oposicion vi nosotros tampoco, Sc ha.
bran acortado las distancias y sera
mas facil la concordia que predica-
mos Y practicamos.
ALL RIGHT,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-16
NO rs EXACT0

The Puerto Rico Sun da una lista
de representatives en- la Camara que,
segIn 81, aceptaron empleos incompa-
tibles con sus cargos legislativos.
Supone que de Diego sera FISCAL.
Que Matienzo tomara otra breva.
Que nombraran & Montalvo alcai-
de de una carcel.
Que nombrarAn q Gambia segun-
do jefe de obras pIblicas.
No es exacto.
El senior CamufIas admiti6 el nom.
bramiento de penales despues de con-
sultar la Junta directiva de la Union.
81 a alguien SO propone otro desti-
no, consultara tambi6n procedera Sc
gun la Junta resuelva. Y 81 aimite
sera porque debe sdmitir, dentro de la
dignidad politica y de las necesa AIDES
polftlcas.
Recojs velas The Puerto Rico Sun,
Los unionistas saben 10 que hGcen J
no marchan 4 tontas y q locas.
Ansde el 6rgano msximo que enc
hay conciencia que valga para arreba
tar s,t moduS rirendi los republica
nos.
Y bien; ese m0duS riuendi 5no fut
arrebatado aver q los que no eran re
publicanos? No debemos censurar
los que nos imitan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-16
ROtas de AtecibO

En- ell cafe del senior Florit exhibe
ell habil artista don Ildefonso V6lez
una collection de retratos al crey6n de
personals conocidGs de Maysgnez y
otros pueblos que acreditan sl inteli.
gente pintor. El senior Velez SO pro-
pone hacer una excursion por la isla.
En- vista de la SUPPRESSION de 10
escuela industrial el departamento de
enseflanza ha concedido la cresci6n de
seis escuelas mas gradudadas, y las
cuales ser&n instaladan en- ell mismo
edfcio que ocupa hoy la industrial.
Sc dice que pronto Sc publicar&
en- esta ciudsd un peri6dico obrero.
La distinguida protesora sefio-
rita Psquita Quintana sufri6 una cal
da de un caballo en- los momentos
que regresaba de Ia clase que de en-
su escuela, ocasionAndoae varias con.
tusiones que af0rtunademente no son
de gravedad
-Aquf Sc ha visto con satisfaction
el nombramiento del sehor Csmunas
para ell cargo de jtfs de prlsiones con
que el gobierno 10 distiugae.s
CoRRESPoNsAL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-16
UN ASUNTO
QUE RECLAMA
ATENC|ON
La ciudad progresa; pero hay
Iunares oscur0s
SERIOs PELIGROS
SERIOS PELIGROS
Fijese el ayuntamiento en- es-
ia question

rs innegable que esta ciudad ha
progresado mucho en- cuanto Sc refe-
re al servicio de sandal, que cuida es-
crupulosamente de la hygiene p1blica
no solamente en- San Juan, sino en-
toda la isla.
Todo Sc reforma, todo SURE cam
bios y modificaciones el .ayuntamien-
to ha enmendado 1ltimamente muchas
ordenanzas y reglas, moditicando
ell articulo 4 del acuerdo sobre reu-
niones, diversiones y fiestas la sec
ci6n "a de la ordenanza relativa al pa
go de arbitrio por acometidas & la al
cantarilla; la regularizaci6n de la
venta de alimentos en- pdblica subasta;
la ley sobre cierre de establecimienos Z;
la ordenanza acerca de animales de-
tenidos que Sc entregan en- ell dep0sito.
Y al ayuntamiento y la sandal, que
han hecho tan buenas cosas, no Sc les
ha ocurrido todavla reglamentar
cierto ofcio.en San Juan, que va to-
mando proporciones alarmantes.
La prueba existe en- los hos
pitales y en- las casas de salud, y tam
bien en- la prohibition terminate de
los jefes de los cruceros que fondean
en- San Juan, los cuales impidan el
desembarque de la tripulaci6n, con
notorio perjuicio del comercio, que Sc
ha quejado en- muchas ocasiones,
| llamando la atenci6n acerca de la cau-
sa que motiva la suspension de los re-
feridos desembarques.
En- la conciencia de todos esta que
no existe una ley siquera, en- las or
denanZas municipales, que reglamente
de un modo serio ciertas cosas,
d fin de evitar las deplorables conse-
cuencias que sufre y llora la mayor
parte de la juventud.
Hojeando las resoluciones del Con-
sejo municipal solo encontramos en- ell
articulo 3, dos lineas on las cuales Sc
dice, entire otras prohibiciones, la de
que la policia impedira con todo RI
gor la estancia en- la via pd Lea de
las mujeres escandalosas.
Mientras votemos fuertes cantida-
des para matar ell microbio de la un-
cinariaSiS: mientraS realicemos aSam-
pleas para combatir la tuberculosis;
mientra, los ofciales de Sanidad Sc
reunan para extirpar las enfermeda-
des que propagan los mosquitoes, y no
Sc ponga remedio, 4 otros males con
leyes rigurOsas, este hermoso. trabajo
de reconstruction social Sc vendra
abajo.
| Trabajese para buscar una solu-
ci6n en- este sentido, es decir en- la re-
glamentaci6n del vicio que Sc lamenta,
| el cual desgraciadamente, Sc encuentra
en- complete abandono con mucho Pc
sar de todos cuantos estudian los es-
ltragos que produce la cola negra.S
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-03-16
FL SENIOR HERNANDEZ LOPEZ DESAUTOR|zA Al PRIMER
PERODC0 De SU PART|DO
ACT|TUD vAC|LANTE
jApauden yapoyan Ia potGa del gobernoS fepubNcanos?

The Puerto Rico Sun escrib6 an
teayer que su 'partido republicans cs-
ta EN- LA OP0SICl0N. Y no rectifca
sus declaraciones. Antes bien las
mantiene con ma, fuerza. razonando.
las dentro de una l6gica que, no por
SUI generis. deja de ser firme cerrada.
Ell impetu0so compaI1ero afrma,
y eSta parece una 'erdad de Pero CRU
llo, que no son posibles dos colectivi-
dades politicas juntas en- el gober-
no. Y ahade que ell torneo de las ur-
mas debe determinar, para los vence-
dores, int1uenciaS en- ell mundo ofcial:
paralos otros, critica sobre 81 mundo
Official.
Es muy justo; pero aqui resulta
que ell senior Hernandez Lopez, sol d.
sdnt jcfe de nuestros adversarios, de-
clara, & su vez, en- La Colr4a9oadenciu
de aver tarde, que The Puar'9 Rico Sua
no es 6rgano de sus amigos en- la
prensa. Lo cual es, & toias mces,
una Decentralization clara sencilla.
De hoy mas los articulos de ese
diario tenljran un valor solamente: el
que alcancen como producto de la i'm
preston, de la opinion, del criterio per-
sonal de los hombres que 10 redactan,
y que nj siquiera nos dicen quienes son
nj como Sc llaman.
Pero yeamos 10 que ,ignihca la
carta del senior Hernandez Lopez 4 La
C0rrespondencia. FL leulet republicano,
al desautorizar d The Puerto Rico .Sua
despu6s que este Sc hizo op0aisi9a'%u,
fila de una manera impfcita la actitld
de su partido, QUE NO Es In oP)sl-
CIoN.
GCual es entonCe5 Z Aplauden los
republicanos est modo de dirigir los
asuntos que practica el Gobernador ?
Z Les complace que Sc prescinda de su
consejo, que 50 ;ponga aparte su cor
curse, que no les atlenda, segdn Is
atendi6 anta1o, Ia Mansion Ejecutiva?
Z Les impresiona bien el desvio que ha
de acogerlcs ali donde en- dfas no re-
motos les = 'ihian la cordialdad y la
con fraternilai?
All, nj. Semejante desenyalo nj
les gusta nj les complace pero es que