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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

THAT the moon, sister planet, was
originally torn away from the assS1s
earth, forced to believe.
The period of it's birth we locate some
where between fifty million and five
hundred million years ago. But there are many
facts connected with this great change which still
lie in the realm of speculation and theory and some
of them brought home to me last summer,
while | was studying the Hawaiian volcanoes, with
emphasis which worthy of special note.
In the Hawaiian Islands rise perhaps the finest
group of volcanic peaks upon globe. Enormous
in their height and tremendous in their activity,
they differ from other volcanoes in many respects
which lend them special Importance in the study
of the moons origin. In the Island of Hawaii found,
lying black and sterile amid the magnificent growth
of palms, bananas and tropical foliage, the great
black lava-bed which swept down from Mauna Loa
in 1880 1t burst forth from the side of the noun
tain at height of eleven thousand feet above the
and distance of seven miles from the nearest
wall of the summit crater. 1t continued to flow
for nine months, making straight for the town of
Hio, thrty-One miles away.
As interesting commentary upon original
belief and educated faith, the action of the natives
NAV be noted. In great terror as the molten flow
steadily approached their homes they met constantly
in their churches and prayed fervently that the
flow might be arrested. Christianity had gained
firm hold among them fifty years before, and they
trusted to it in their prayers but finally the great
burning HOOd continuing 10 advance unCneCked,
they lost heart and reverted to Paganism. They
fiocked en- masse to Princess Ruth of the few
survivors of the old line of native Chiefs and inn
plored her to offer a sacrifice to Pele, the dread
goddess of the volcano.
Ruth promptly came to the rescue, and without
emitting single of the ancient sacred and
traditional forms she solemnly sacrificed a pig,
a white rooster and a bottle of wine, vintage not
stated, by throwing them into the on-noving lava,
whereuPon the on-moving lava stopped instantly
a mile outside the town. That it stopped on the
date given is certain, and the Christian propaganda
at Hilo since that day has been attended with
difficulty Skeptical science however, has hitherto
declined to recognize any definite relation between
volcanic action and pig white rooster or even a
bottle of wine.
The crater of Kilauea is the largest active crater
in the world. 1t measures three miles by two,
and near the center is located pit known as Hale
maumau, twelve hundred feet in diameter with
nearly vertical walls, and five hundred feet deep.
This pit is gradually filling up with melted lava
from below, and whenever this lava reaches the
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sition and loved travel. change and exciteme,. :.
up the safe business Of housekeeping and bec, nN
q .s nsae = ,estnoe u with
80 lost every cent Of it. but after this he creas md
fortune. sand
James Harper was one Of the best printers ~.
in New York This would have satisfied m.nN u res
but he desired to become publisher. He savea nan
hundred dollars ana started the publishing house -.
rh,, nh.t -. -o.,a ,,.,,a - -, W 'ne outss
Turner followed the advice given him to become suH
Who would have heard of Daniel Defoe b.s 'soef
manned merchant and factory manager instead -. e
ing to literature and producing Robinson Crusoe," Jun
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IN THE SUNLIGHT.

The clouds came up on a summer day,
And covered the clear blue sky;
They hid the face of the sun away,
While the sudden storm swept by;
And the stricken flowers when the fierce
wind blew
Bent low to the tempest's power;
But they smiled in spite Of their tears
of dew
In the sunlight after the shower.
The clouds came up when my life was
bright,
And covered the sun away,
And my heart grew chill in the sudden
night,
And longed for the vanished day;
But the clouds passed by with the sum-
mer rain,
And then, like the storm-tossed flower,
My heart looked up and was glad again
In the sunlight after the shower.
New Orleans Picayune.
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Breaking HER ENGAGEMENT
~~~~~~~~~


~ EAR MIR. SMITH: You see
even from the first words of
my letter you will gather what
it is l have to say. l can no longer
call you George. In fact I never
ought to have called you George at
all. 1 was young and rash and had
not taken everything into account.
However, it is better that the mistake
should be rectfed now than when 1t
is too late. That is what papa said
last night
Yes, George, told papa last night
all about what was then our engage
ment. He says that 1t can never, new
er be; or, at any rate, we had better
take time to think about 1t. He had
no prejudice against you personally;
in many ways he admires you, as, OF
course, anybody would do who had
the privilege Of knowing you. should
say that he really was deeply attached
to you, but 1t was certainly his idea
that we had better not be engaged at
present. He says that your income is
not sufficient. am not a strong wom-
IN and / have never been used to
roughing it. Suppose fell Ill. Think
Of the misery Of it; You would never
be able to endure an invalid wife. I
know l seem to be In health and that
have generally 4 good appetite and
30 on. but these things are very decep-
tive. Under any strain, a., for IN
stance II had to do any kind Of
work. I feel sure that should col
lapse utterly. So under the circum-
stances. however hard It may be, I
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and that you will never do it again.
This had nothing whatever to do win
my reasons for breaking off our ell
gagement, and I hope you will not De
small-minded enough to think that II
has. am fairly humble and am quite
willing to admit that Edith Brown
has very much the advantage OF me
in age and experience, but am AFRAID
/ cannot regard her as rival; she Is
merely one of the people that on'
takes no notice Of.
l should like you to say what you
wish me to do about your letters anu
presents. My instinct, Of course, IS u
return them. l was crying over tnenl
al! last night and thinking tnat
should much prefer to return tnen'
1t seems almost a pity now tnat 'O'
had the ring altered so as to III n,''
but I dare say a good jeweler coum
put an inch or so on it and tnea
will fit Edith Brown just as well On.
has nice plump little hands' na'.
she? 1 ask you to tell me what 10 "
because I have only my insnnc'
guide me and do not know Wna ~,
the etiquette on these occasions ID
see have never been 1iltea 49,
thrown over like this before n wv,
ever, am not entitled to reproa.L
Won navar +ook the thing very GER
ously myself, and have no w.
that shall soon forget all aDou, -
So you see, George dearest, ". ~.
must submit to papa's superb, -,
dom, and that we must def1nlse' .,ts,
good-by. Perhaps many years ,oa
this we may meet again wnen ,.,4
have married Edith, and ! on'' 18th -.
that we shall meet as friends
fully yours, ,,aoN
p. S.-Have Just received lns' ~,
from the Browns to their oaus ar
wedding reception. She IS .s,nr
little mouse Of a thing, ana I,.na
she might have done better IN
Dissenting minister, but ma"
that it i i very old engaseas,n. IL
do not know II there was any 'I .hould
my letter to imply that We neyet
break on orr engagement Du' ,l.mpa
intended anything Of the kino, M a.n Il
i quite in your favor and ME-
ways make papa do just wn1 ..ael.ids
=. s. mamma says that A''
Jones II 4 cat, too. .vfulr
p. s. 8-Forgive me. ! Z" ..r.~
sorry. But how was 70
Barry Pain, in the Taftlef.
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"PET" AvERSIONS.

Most Folk Have Unreasonable Dis
likes.
1--WE are all born with an aversion
to something, and this aversion is a
thing we can no more direct than we
can fly by merely beating on the at
mosphere with our hands, George Nc
Pherson informs me.
History is rich in the account of
such instances There is Vincent, the
painter, who would faint if the odor
of a rose was waited to his nostrils,
and the great German sportsman,
Vaugheim, would become positively i'll
II he even saw bit of roast pig.
These aversions, often so entirely un-
accountable, are curious things to
study. l became somewhat interested
in the subject year or so ago, and
have since that time been quietly
adding to my store of information on
this somewhat unusual topic by per-
sonaI inquiries among my friends and
acquaintance.
"Not one Of them did find without
his pet aversion, for the existence of
which he could give no good reason.
Generally the aversion was toward
some kind Of food, but not always.
One hated the color of blue, and moth
ing depressed him more than being in
the company Of people who were, for
the most part, CARRIED in clothes OF
this hue. Another couldn't listen to
the music Of harp without becoming
irritated, while third detested lilies
to such a degree that he couldn't re-
main in the room where there was
one.
'None Of the men who had these
diversions understood why he had
them. One man told me he couldn't
touch a drop Of milk or cream without
becoming sick, yet he thought nothing
looked quite SO appetizing as a glass
OF good rich cream. Often he had tried
to partake Of it, but without success
Parental influence will, Of course, be
urged as the reason for these aver
sions, but in the case Of the man who
couldn't touch milk or cream his
mother and father were both very
fond of milk, and another friend OF
mine who couldn't eat a strawberry
had parents who simply loved them. y
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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feel it my duty to write and to break
off our engagement.
What l am going to say now has
nothing to do with the above, but as
l happened to be writing l thought /
had better mention it. Do you remem-
Der saying that Miss Adelaide Jones
was the most perfect and complete cat
you ever met? You were quite wrong.
feel that l ought to mention this in
order that you may do her more JUS
tice in future. / saw her this morn
ing and l have told her everything,
and anything more considerate and
angelic it would be impossible to con-
ceive. She said that she had heard
Of the engagement and knew from the
first that it could never come to any
thing. Then she told me the reason
why.
OF course, George, you are not an
swerable to me in any way now. and
1t is really no concern of mine, but 1
think you might have told me what
passed between you and Miss Brown.
If had known how far things had
gone between you l should never for
one moment have permitted what 1
did.
At the same time you must not
think that am blaming you. OF
course she Is not beautiful, very far
from it; and am not going to pretend
that her manners are in any way
pleasing. Her laugh is far too loud,
and her teeth are perfectly awful.
Still everybody admits that she is ex-
tremely good to her mother, and am
quite glad and rejoiced to think that
this was an attraction in your eyes.
So many men can only take a SUPER
fetal view. You yourself, when you
have been talking to me, have said
lots OF things about my hair and my
eyes, but you have never said one
word about my intellectual qualities.
Yet / should really have valued that
much more, because can get any
amount Of men to talk about my hair
and my eyes. Those are not the things
that really matter.
I really honor you for having no
ticed Miss Smiths devotion to her
mother and for having fallen in love
with her In consequence. know many
men who could not have done It. Only
/ do think that in Justice to me you
might have mentioned 1t, and In Jus
tice to her you should not have allow
cd her to suppose that there was even
tacit engagement between you. OF
course she did suppose 1t; Miss Adel-
aide Jones told me % distinctly, and
she told me all about that week at
Henley, too; in fact, she has shown
herSelf true friend in this trying
time. feel sure now that. ron WIN
b sorry you ever called her ! eat
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The Special Correspondent

the lower part Of the pinnacle, see
nothing. I listen again. The noise has
ceased. I look about. There is no one
on this part of the deck, for the second
class passengers are all forward.
Then I must have been dreaming. and
I resume my position, and try again to
sleep. This time there is no mistake.
The snoring has begun again, and | am
sure it is coming from the case against
which l am leaning my head.
Goodness l say. There must be
an animal in herev'
Now l am off on the trail, 1t must
be wild animal on its way from some
menagerie to some Sultan of Central
Asia.
l light wax vesta, and as am shell
tered from the wind, the flame keeps
upright. By its light what do L read:
The case containing the wild beast IS
the very one with the address:
Mademoiselle Zinca Klork, Avenue
Cha-Coua, Pekin. China.
Fragile, my wild beast! Keep from
damp. my lion. Quite so! But for what
does Miss Zinca Klork, this pretty Rou-
manian, want a wild beast sent in this
way?
My thoughts bewilder me. I have a
two-pound weight on each eyelid. l lie
down along by the tarpaulin; my rug
wraps me more closely, and fall into a
deep sleep. 1t is not yet daylight when
I awake.
I rub my eyes, I rise, go and lean
against the rail- The Astara Is not so
lively, for the wind has shifted to the
northeast.
The night is cold. I warm myself by
walking about briskly for half an hour.
l think no more of my wild beast. Sud-
denly remembrance returns to me.
look at my watch. 1t is only 3 o'clock
in the morning. l will go back to my
place. And do so with my head against
the side of the case. I shut my eyes.
Suddenly there is a new sound. This
time I am not mistaken. A half-stifled
sneeze shakes the side of the case. Never
did an animal sneeze like that!
Is it possible? A human being is hid
den in this case and is being fraudulent
ly carried by the Grand Transasiatic to
the pretty Koumanian? But is it man
or a woman? 1t seems as though the
sneeze has a masculine sound about it..
The eastern horizon grows brighter.
1uc ClOuUS III Luc ZcIulu are lie uTSC 10
color. The sun appears at last all wat
cry with the mists Of the sea.
l look; it is indeed the case addressed
to Pekin. l notice that certain holes are
pierced here and here, by which the air
inside can be renewed. Perhaps two
eyes are looking through these holes,
watching what is going on outside.
At breakfast rally all the passengers
whom the sea has not affected; the young
Chinaman, Major Noltitz, Ephrinell,
Miss Bluett. Monsieur Caterna, the Bar
on Observation-Disclosures, and seven or
eight other passengers. I am careful
not to let the American into the secret
of the case.
About noon the land is reported to the
eastward, low, yellowish land, with no
rocky margin, but few sand hills in
the neighborhood of Krasnovodsk.
In an hour we are in sight of Uzun
Ada, and twenty-seven minutes after
ward set foot in Asia.
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CHAPTER vi.

As may be imagined, it hardly takes
an hour to see Uzun Ada, the name of
which means Long Island. 1t is almost
town, but a modern town, traced with
square, drawn with line on a large
carpet of yellow sand.
AS the train starts at four o'clock
this afternoon, must telegraph to the
Twentieth Century, by the Caspian ca
BILE. that 1 am at my post at the Uzun
Ada station. That done, I can see if
can pick up anything worth reporting.
Nothing is more simple. 1t consists
in opening an account with those of my
companions with whom 1 may have to
dc during the journey. That is my Gus
tom, l always find il answer, and while
waiting for the unknown, write down
the known in my pocketbook, with a
number to distinguish each:
/. Fulk Ephrinell. American.
2. Miss Horatia Bluett, English.
3. Major Noltitz, Russian.
4. Monsieur Caterna, French.
8. Madame Caterna, French.
6. Baron Observation-Disclosures, Ger
man.
As to the Chinese, they will have a
number later on when 1 have made up
my mind about them. As to the in
dividual in the box, intend to enter
into communication with him. or her.
and to be Of assistance in that quarter
il I can do 80 without betraying the
secret.
The train Is already marshaled in the
station. 1t is composed of first and Sec
ond-class cars, a restaurant car and two
baggage vans.
Russians will take US up to the from
tier Of Turkestan, and Chinese will take
us through China. But there is one rep
resentative Of the company who will not
leave his post, and that is Popof, our
head guard, a true Russian of soldierly
bearing, hairy and bearded, with a fold
ed overcoat and Muscovite cap. l intend
to talk good deal with this gallant fol-
low. For ten years he has been on the
Transcaspian between Uzun Ada and
the Pamirs, and during the last month he
has been all along the line to Pekin.
call him No. in my notebook.
1t occurs to me to have look at the
mysterious box. Has it not right to
be SO called? Yes. certainly. must
really find out where it has been put
and how to get at it easily.
The famous box was still on the plat
form. In looking at it closely observe
that air holes have been bored on each
OF its sides, and that on one side it has
two panels, one Of which can be made to
slide on the other from the inside. And
| am led to think that the prisoner has
had it made 30 In order that he can, il
necessary, leave his prison probably
during the night.
just now the porters are beginning to
lift the box. have the satisfaction OF
seeing that they attend to the direc-
tons inscribed on it. It il placed with
great care near the entrance to the van
the side with the panels outward, rs II
It were the door Of cupboard. And il
not the box q cupboard cupboard ]
propose to open3
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Take California. 1t Is half again as big as Italy, and
It will raise products and feed many people
Nevertheless it only million and half popuia-
ton, while Italy has thiry-two millions The irrigation
works California will bring in vast area OF new land
This Is so in other States And then take Texas.
That State could feed whole country and raise enough
cotton to clothe our people for all time to come
The West hardly begun to be. At present 80 per
cent of our people of the Missouri River We can
support fully as many west of that river.
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that careful dress Is insisted upon large Eastern
has recently put its boys who carry parcels from tho ~
to the door in q complete and stylish uniform ma
that Of the drivers upon the wagon and which n t..
neat and even more perfect condition.
One peculiar outcome Of this increased cultivate, .
good appearance has become evident In some yoc.n.
when uniform is not actually worn men empovad
various ways to wait upon the public urged to d,
becomingly and all more less after the same nat.r
With women in the great shops this is not only obu,
tory but for the better uniformity the changes from w
to summer requested to be made upon certh
date. AS for instance, the change from black waists
white made on the 18th of April and back again on tn.
10Th Of October This has resulted in such good taste b
followed that these employees have prestige among tbd,
class both outside well as in the store There ia
satisfaction in claiming acquaintance with people who hav
this apparently superior look which is lost uuoo
friends relatives of the opposite SEX whether men
They to these shops to buy all they can
and according to the superintendent of them t.
rule helps greatly to increase the marriage rate.
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eRtAr FUTURE OF TnE WEST.
n 4ecrafarv Panl Horton,

The West Is at its beginning! Eco
ple talk Of the richness Of the valley OF
the Nile 1t is nothing compared to the
valley Of the mississippi. That is the
greatest and richest valley on earth. 1t
extends from the AlleghAnies to the
Rockies, and its resources are billions.
The corn crop raised there brings In
almost a billion dollars year. A large
part of our cotton comes from there,
and It is a beehive Of mining and man
ufacturing industry. We are adding
enormously to the West by the new
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minister who had never had a prosperous pastorate
became interested in helping country editor get up
paper. He took real pleasure in the found
that this his right nche past 49, he changed occupa
tions-became prosperous influential and is to-day ac-
counted one of the most successful Of
P. L. Barnum country storekeeper limited to the
usual storekeepers small profit had restless dispo-
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movement is spreading to every city and village Rus
STA. We are the Of revolution The Russian peo
pie do not want to prosecute any 1t is the Russian
government which persecutes and it is useless for
Car to refuse the requests of his people Such action
his part shows nearsightedness and this is critical
ment for the people making themselves heard at
the gates of the winter palace.
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Trying to Hedr.

Trying to Hedge.
John, I'd like to have a short
talk with you after breakfast.
Husband-It's no use, Mary. I'm
short myself.
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IF you FAIL IN BUSINESS.


In many cases man finds himself in bust
ness profession for which he has no aptitude
before he has had experience enough to deter
mine what line he would like to pursue; and
then he hesitates to make a change, fearing the
charge Of failure; but experience proves that
those who have recognized their mistake and
have taken steps to remedy it have in many cases
succeeded beyond all expectations
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in the kitchen. 1 understand perfectly why they
prefer cerkshp, starvation where
they mistress of their evenings and
they please and have what company they please Let
sit down and think with herself Would she like
into the kitchen of the family have possibly
evening week grudgngy conceded possibly after
out time for reading opportunity for music
for free companions but to be at the beck and
call of tyranny of whm of houghnessness Of lack Of
sideraton all the time?
If the mistress and the maid could exchange places for
while, long enough understand each other get into
sympathy with each other perhaps these evils would
themselves.
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THE Discomfort IN RUSSIA
BY Nine. BreshkovsfE

No one knows what has taken place in Rusd,
in the last quarter of century Despite oppres
sion, the people have been quietly educated about
their rights until one fine day the American peo
pie are astonished to wake up and find that all
classes in Russia have risen in protest against
their conditions: To those who have kept track
Of the movement, however this is no revelation
they knew that the people were ready. This
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IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL.
~ Robert Node,

So great stress does one of the lar.. ~.
lay upon the details of toilet that it print. .'
booklet, which it distributes to all emnlov.. .
has useful hints as to the care of hair and uat
the wearing of tasteful and fitting dros, Aa au
with many little hints as to the proper do, quo
tune Of both men and women. wv
It is not only inside stores and ofao.,
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WHY WOMEN SHUN HOUSEWORK.

The problem Of housekeeping, they tell me, is
growing worse and worse, and yet II you were
to read the correspondence written 800 or 400
years ago on this subject you would think you
were listening to conversation at an afternoon
tea of yesterday. The same old trouble existed
500 years ago, the same trouble springing out of
the same condition.
I do not wonder that girls do not like to work