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Free press., 1906-04-21
FUN IN FRENCH LEGISLATURE.
Hard Hit at Southern Wine and To-
bacco Grower.


The French find fun in legislation
just as do some of the solons of the.
American states. A short time ago
the chamber of deputies passed a
law Withdrawing from agriculturists
the privilege of crude distillation,
which is chiefly practiced in the
North. Therefore, to ''be lever" with
the South, and get their own back"
Northern agriculture, by one of it's
representatives. in the chamber, has
introduced a bill making a free grant
to every French family of twenty
eight pounds of tobacco and of seven
ty-five pints of wines or spirits annu-
ally for family use. This, of course,
would hit the Southern wine and to-
bacco grower. There is, of course, no
serious idea that the chamber will
pass the bill, but its trainers are most
seriously determined that the cham
Der shall discuss it.
Free press., 1906-04-21
The Only Way to Win.

A traveller who has just returned
from Europe met A. ]. Drexel at Monte
Carlo. Mr. Drexel was entertaining a
crowd Of European nobility, including
a couple of Russian grand dukes. The
traveller was chatting with him in the
casino one afternoon. 81 had been
trying my luck" said the former, 'had
lost on the red a number of 5-franc
pieces and 1 talked rather excitedly
about the Monte Carlo tables. One
thing led to another. Finally 1 said
What would you do if you saw a man
cheating here?' Mr.. Drexel smiled.
Dor he said. why, back him. Of
course
Free press., 1906-04-21
rnore Is no Rochelle SaIts' Alum.
Lime or Ammonia In food madewiIn
Calumet
Baking
Powder
a wonderful powder of rare norIt
and unrlvaled strength
likes Good coniurIna.

The Sultan of Turkey is very fond
of witnessing good conjuring, and
many such entertainers passing
through Constantinople are invited to
appear before his majesty. Not only
is a handsome sum paid them, but
presents are given which are frequent
ly worth very much more than the
monetary reward. The entertain
ments take place in a magnificent
apartment, so built that the ladies of
the harem can look through small
gratings let into a series of private
boxes.
Free press., 1906-04-21
Am Arithmetic Race

In the recent great athletic meet
ing at Canton arithmetic races were
a feature. Pupils from the schools
carried slate and pencil and in the
course of the race they encountered
a blackboard containing a sum to be
solved. The boys were lined up as
they reached the goal, and those whose
calculations were wrong were then
eliminated. The first three left in the
line were counted winners.
Free press., 1906-04-21
Rusv Andrew Lang.

When Mr.. Andrew Lang was a stu
dent at st. Andrews he edited week
" college magazine, the greater part
OF which he had to write himself.
All kinds of work came from his pen
novels, poems, translations, essays,
reviews, etc.-and he also drew some
of the illustrations. 1t is said that
Mr.. Lang made point of reviewing
very severely any books written by
his professors while he was editor.
Free press., 1906-04-21
HoW's This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Caterrh Cure
F j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last IS years and believe him perfectly hon
orabc In all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by HIS firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials free Price as cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Esxc Ha."s FsmIIy PMS for constipation.
Free press., 1906-04-21
trained for the ArtIes.

From boyhood Dr. Nansen. the Polar
explorer, accustomed himself to the
use of snow shoes, and would often
go forty or fifty miles on them with
out taking any food with him. He
had a great dislike to any outfit for
his excursions
Free press., 1906-04-21
Didn't Object to Travelling.

Sparrows, as rule, nest anywhere,
but the following two cases are per
haps as remarkable as any that can
be found. A pair of sparrows actual
ly built a nest in the rack of train
which performed a trip of 200 or 800
miles daily; while another pair at
tached their home to a busy ferry
boat. In both instances a brood was
successfully reared.
Free press., 1906-04-21
TRYING TO AsoLIsH FLIES.
Prize of $4,000 offered to Inventor on
This Method.


This Method.
A prize of $4,000 has been award
ed by the Paris Matin to the anony-
nous inventor of a new method Of
getting rid of houseflies. The meth
cd is strictly scientific, and, it is
claimed. will completely destroy the
eggs, which are usually deposited in
drain pipes. Crude petrol mixed with
water is used for household disin-
fecting purposes. The drain pipes be-
come lined with the oil, which both
kills the eggs already there and pre-
cludes the deposit of others. When
desired the petrol can be poured on
fine soil and the latter sprinkled in
corners. This, it is said, is thorough
ly eficacious in destroying the eggs.
The operations should be carried out
in the spring to obtain the best re-
suits.
Free press., 1906-04-21

To Launder White Silk handkerchief.
Do not put white silk handkerchiefs
in the ordinary wash as they are easily
laundered at home. Make a strong
lather OF Ivory Soap and water, but do.
not rub. the soap on the handkerchief
or use soda. Rinse and iron while
damp with a moderately ho. iron.
Eleanor R. Parker.
Free press., 1906-04-21
What We Need.

Something that will insure natural ac-
ton of the liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels, cure constipation and sick head
ache, something that will purify the ,lood,
Garfield Tea, the mild herb laxative, does
all this
Free press., 1906-04-21

Lost-Only an opportunity to quote
you rates across the water or from
there over to America for your rela-
tives. SANTA FE agent, Wichita,
Kansas, is also agent for all steamship
lines,
Free press., 1906-04-21

A woman can naturally carry her
age better by dropping a few birth
days.
Free press., 1906-04-21

One way to convince woman you
think she is pretty is to convince her
you think her friends aren't
Free press., 1906-04-21

You have probably noticed that
militiamen usually think they know a
great deal about war.
Free press., 1906-04-21

The blisters raised by the snow
shovel are no sooner healed than the
lawn mower raises new ones.
Free press., 1906-04-21

You may have noticed that the pret-
test girl always has the plainest sail
ing.
Free press., 1906-04-21

Let a man think he is having his
own way and you can do anything
with him.
Free press., 1906-04-21

Lewis Single Binder straight sc cigar.
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,
Free press., 1906-04-21

When a girl gets a job down town.
and wears a pencil in her back hair,
she thinks she is it.
Free press., 1906-04-21

Yellow clothes are unsightly. Keep them
white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All
yrocers sell large OF. package, 5 cents.
Free press., 1906-04-21

Men who can pass their ignorance
off for eccentricity are born diplo-
mats.
Free press., 1906-04-21

An actor doesn't mind long waits
unless he has to wait for his salary.
Free press., 1906-04-21

When a man makes a bold stand
for right, his fool friends try to talk
him out of it.
Free press., 1906-04-21

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces in
eammation, aays PAIN wind collie 25cs bottle.
Free press., 1906-04-21

suffer in silence and drift along from
bad to worse, knowing full well that
they ought to have immediate assist
ance, but a natural modesty impelS
them to shrink from exposing them
selves to the questions and probable
examinations of even their family
physician. It is unnecessary. Without
money or price you can consult a wo-
man whose knowledge from actual ex-
perience is great.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation.
Women suffering from any form Of
female weal1nessare invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received.
opened, read and answered by women
only. A woman can freely talk of her
private illness to woman; thus has
been established the eternal confidence
between Mrs. Pinkham and the women
of America which has never been
broken. Out of the vast volume of
experience which she has to draw from.
it is more than possible that she has
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. She asks nothing in
return except your goodwill, and her
advice has relieved thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish
if she does not take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. O.
If you are i'll, don't hesitate to get a
| bottle of Lydia e. Pinlzham' 'sVegetab1e
Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn. Mass, for special advice.
oWhen a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health so many women,
you cannot well say, without trying it,
II do not believe it will help me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
John d. and Russia,

The story that John D. Rockefeller re-
Gently offered to loan tie Russian govern
ment 500 100000 appeals to the magma
ton. regardless of its degree of probability.
Mr.. Rockefeller has the money and the
Russian government needs 1t. What more
natural than that shrewd financier, who
has been uniformly successful In every
thing he has heretofore touched. should be
tempted to take hand in the great game
OF preserving the Russian autocracy from
dissolution? Mr.. Rockefeller is perhaps the
most conspicuous advocate of the trust
principle now in evidence in the world Of
business, and Russia Is one Of tho most
conspicuous instances OF the trust principle
in government. There should be, II there
is not, a strong bond Of sympathy between
the two. The car Of oil and the Gear Of
Russia ought to have much in common.
AS for the details Of the proposition, they
are various and entertaining. First is
stated the plan that Rockefeller be given
the largest block Of the stock Of COM
pany to take over the Russian Imperial
Bank as security for his loan. That would
be entirely characteristic on Rockefellers
part. He has a penchant for control. He
shrinks from the role of minority stock
holder, even as he shrinks from the public
gaze. Another plan preached Is that in ex-
change for his big roll Of bank bills Rock
efeller be given the right to dig q canal
from the Baltic to the Black sea, for the
furtherance Of his commercial interests In
the southeastern part of Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

thing occurred and he fed the field. and
now the call is again for Mr.. Douglas,
who will run II Mr.. Moran will retire and
give him a clear track. But there's the
rub. Mr.. Moran Is not OF the retiring
kind, and Mr.. Douglas Is not Of the fight
ing kind. The result for the time Is
sort of chaos in the democratic party or
the Bay state.
So far as Mr.. whitney is concerned, as
The Star recently stated. the suggestion
of his name was not inspiring. He would
have made a very weak candidate. How
could the Bryanites-and there are now
such men in Observation-Disclosures given
their support to a corporationist of his
himself have failed to deplore the noun
nation? If 1t grieves him to see corpo-
ration man like Roger Sullivan promi-
nent in democratic circles in Illinois, how
could he. have enthused over the PROPOSE
ton to elevate such a man rs Mr.. Whit
ney to the governorship' OF liassachu-
sets? Mr.. Whitney did a wise thing
when he drew out of the contest and be-
took himself to Canada to cool or.
Mr. Moran has proposed that Mr.. Bryan
arbitrate the matter. Like true fol-
lower of the peerless leader, he confesses
his wisdom in all things, and Is willing to
leave all things to his judgment. Well
why not? If the democrats of the Bay
state need a guardian. Mr.. Bryan. as the
most eminent and influential democrat in
the country. has claims upon their con-
fidence and obedience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
Who Decided This CaseP

The other day in this city an aged man,
an inmate Of the Soldiers Home, was ar
rested on a charge Of criminally assault
ing little girl. He was later tried in the
Police Court on charge OF simple assault
and was sentenced to serve a year less a
day in the city Jail. This amazing DISPOSE
tion Of the case has aroused much criti-
cism. The explanation given by the police
authorities does not tend to allay the
doubts in the public mind concerning the
handling Of the crime. 1t is stated
that the charge was changed from the Sc
rious to the relatively Insignificant one on
the score not only Of the offenders years,
but because he is known to be feeble
minded.
What right have the police or the minor
officials Of the Police Court to discrimi-
nate in this fashion and to set the law aside
from mistaken ideas of mercy? If the
miserable man is mentally irresponsible for
his conduct he should be treated as an in
sane person and sent to the asylum. If he
is mentally responsible he should have been
held for the grand jury and forced to stand
trial on the charge which his crime war
ranted. In any case there are methods
and processes provided by the law in such
cases as this which have been entirely ig-
nored and which should be promptly in
voked in correction of what plainly appears
to have been a serious mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
Moran and Massachusetts,.

Last year John B. Moran was the Je-
rome of Boston. His outspokenness. his
aggressiveness. his unconventionality,
made everybody talk and many people
admire. He abhorred political machInes,
and said SO. He defied bosses, and trI-
umphed over them. He took himself very
seriously. and persuaded the electorate to
do the same thing. He was, or thought
himself. the man Of the hour, and q man
of destiny.
This year Mr.. Moran is the Hearst Of
Massachusetts,. His success has broad
ened his aspirations. and the governor
ship of the state Is now his objective. But
the conservative men In his party are op-
posed to him and seek to defeat him.
They are maneuvering for his scalp, and
hope to take II at the nominating con-
vention. He sees their play. and Is him
self in fighting humor and attitude.
The first hope of the anti-Moranitcs
was Mr.. Douglas. who had served a form
as governor. but he declined to stand
again for the ONCE. They then turned to
Henry NJ Whitney. and for a fortnight
he seemed to be their leader. But some-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
Fiction Thrown Into the Shade.

Occasionally the novelists and playwrights
employ in their plots the familiar expedient
Of getting letters into the wrong envelopes,
In order to mix up their characters and
make the trouble which is solved only In
the last chapter or act. Somehow or other
this always seems like an artificial device.
unlikely to occur In real life. But here
comes a new story from st. Louis that
fully justiies the inventiveness OF the
writer's in this respect. Indeed, in this
drama from real life that is now being en-
acted the last curtain has not fallen and
the interested audience is wondering how
1t will all end.
few years ago q handsome young wo-
man went to st. Louis from Virginia,
where handsome young women are as thick
as grasshoppers in a bayfield,. or, to en-
ploy more seemly metaphor, as butterflies
In a flower garden. Immediately she was
besieged by large field of suitors. who
went through a process of elimination until
only two were left. These were young man
of st. Louis and a young man of Kentucky.
Each formally declared himself and was
told to await the lovely lady's decision.
After careful consideration the dafnsel de-
cided in favor of the swain from Kentucky.
She sat herself down and wrote two letters
one to the man Of her choice telling him
her heart was his. and the other to the
st. Louis wooer informing him that she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26

could never. never be his wife. BY some
strange peryersity Of conduct she wrote
both letters without superscrfptions.. No
names but her own were used IN them.
Then she put them In envelopes and sent
them or and with trembling heart awaited
the coming OF the man Of her choice.
After the proper interval she received .
cad from the young man Of st. Louis. who
betrayed his Joy in unmistakable fashion.
The young woman was amazed. She could
find no words to express herself and al
lowed the psychological moment for q
pointed question to slip by unemployed. A
sickening fear overwhelmed her. It grew
into a certainty. She had got her letters
mixed, and the rejected man had received
a notification that he was elected. Bravely.
II foolishiy. she accepted the situation and
not a whisper Of her great disappointment
did she permit to pass her lips.
And SO they were married. as they are In
the story books and the plays, and then. as
only occasionally happens in stories and
plays, trouble began. For. OF course, har-
mony could not be expected in the case Of
a wife who regarded her husband as an ac-
cident. And sooner or later 1t was inevita-
BILE that the truth should be disclosed, and
the trouble rapidly evolved into a divorce
case, and there it hangs today, with deputy
sheriffs looking vainiy for the lady in order
to serve her with papers.
Truly there are stranger things in the
hum-drum life OF commonplace people than
were ever devised by the perfervid imagina-
ton OF the writer of lurid melodramas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
A Hideous Crime.

The attempt yesterday on the life Of the
Russian premier was one Of the most das-
tardly crimes ever committed by the revo-
lutlonlsts of that unhappy country. Or
dinarily the Russian red strikes directly
and singly at his victim. He may be COM
PEELED to sacrifice others who are In at
tendance upon the object of his attack.
but he is ordinarily particular to involve
a minimum of innocent people in his enter
prise. Yesterdays outrage. however. was
committed with .wanton disregard for
even the rules of the game. The bomb
was thrown in circumstances which caused
the death of some twenty-five people and
the serious wounding of as many more.
At the latest reports the object of the as
sault. Premier Stolypin. was not killed. al
though his little daughter died Of wounds
and his son was severely hurt.
Whatever remnants of sympathy may be
left to the Russian radicals will be speedily
dissipated by such monyfoas crimes of
wholesale slaughter. The problem OF res
cuing Russia from the depths Of her de-
spair and degradation will not be thus
solved. The world looks IN with a certain
degree OF Indifference, almost, in some
cases, of satisfaction, when notorious ty-
rants and mischief makers are removed by
the characteristic Muscovite method This
was undenably the case when Won Plehve
was slain, and there were few. If any,
tears shed for Grand Duke Sergius. whose
inhuman treatment of the people Of hos
cow had earned for him world wide repu-
tation as a despot and libertine.
Premier Stolypin, however. has In no de-
gree earned the hatred Of The Russian peo-
pie. Charged with a difficult task, he has
performed it with exceptional ability and
with evidences Of a spirit of progress
against the monumental difficulties incident
to the existing order. To strike down sucn
men. at the beginning Of their work Of re-
construction, will in no wise forward the
cause of liberty in the cars empire. while
the manner of the attempt just made will
evoke sentiment of implac able hatred of
the Russian revolutionists in all civilized
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
An ANTISEPTIC TRAGEDY.

On an isle in the Pacific, in a peaceful Seatiic
and uncivillzed abandon dwelt a people once
Naught of modern ways and fashions for their
quite untutored passions babe them do the
things their fathers and forefathers babe
And they dwet there all serenely TIN one day
storm quite meanly-cast upon their peaceful
island from shipwreck out at sea
most scientific being with a critics eye all
seeing, who was up on modern methods and
as bumptfous could be.
In a far-of, modern nation he had studied santa
tlon, and he told these peaceful people of
the germs and things that grew
In their food and air and water; and he wed the
anofnted to make health conditions new;
For the chieftain little thinking but Of ca ting
and Of drinking, paid him only slight atten,
tion as he went upon his way
Overseeing and advising boiling steamfng steril-
izing fumigating and believing things with
antfseptfc spray.
And he made them boil the water till their wrath
grew hot and hotter. for they loved their
simple privilege of dying as they pleased;
den of their toiling and the public disaf
lection at his orders much increased
For he went about until he had them boiling
telling them he'd sooner be
Paralytic. epieptic than not to be antiseptic and
that germs In boiling water were harmless
So one time with rites quite mystic and a bit
canabalistic, did these simple people seize
MIN at the closing OF the day,
Put him In caldron seethfng smiles their sim
PIE faces wreathing. as they boiled him all
And his antfseptic resting place is there today
suggesting that reforms with simple people
must go cautiously and slow.
anu ali at ,dscttn prtpnyiaetis should be not at
this little tale viii show.
j. W. Foley In the New York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
BANK EXAMINERS

CThere appears to be a demand for certain ouaiin-
cations In a bank examiner.)
II your actions indicate you're full of faith fin
human nature,
II you hate to think a person would do wrong
Ii you're guileless and coniding with a confidence
abiding,
II your eyes have not been open very long
II your views are optimistic, II you're quite ideal
fstic,
II you think a fnancier Is always frank.
II you never put q question with a sinister sugges-
tion,
You're a model for examining bank.
If your dispositions lazy and your intellect is
hazy,
II your notion of accounts is quite remote,
II you do not know q new bill from q credit slip
due bill
Or pen rack from a promissory note.
II you think that figures showing liabilities are
growing
Would be only burrowed into by a crank
That they prove beyond suspicion an extremely
sound condition,
You're a model for examining a bank
II the cashier falls to cash up and there comes
awful smash-up
There will be absent Officer to blame
You can say In explanation you perceived ind-
cation
OF unsoundness and you think that It's shame
You may still roh In clover when the thing has
all blown over.
People only have their heedlessness to thank
That the game not detected, for Ii seems
you're not expected
To examine when examining bank.
-Kennett Harris In the Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
HEARST.

From the Birmingham Ledger.
Mr.. Hearst's friends are telling what
ha viii do with Mayor Mcclellan If he
he elected governor. That kind OF talk
NAV help prevent Mr.. Hearsts being gov
ernor of New York.
From the Syracuse Post-Standsrd
It may be, as the New York Globe says
that trying to keep an eye on Jerome has
given many persons a headache. but "
must be added that watching Mr.. Hearst
too closely has given several others sick
hess at the stomach.
From the Los Angeles Herald.
The typographical union In refusing to In
dorse Wiliie Hearst has risen many de-
grees in the public estimation.
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Mr., Bryan may be scoring his triumphs
over in old Madrid. but Mr. Hearst Is scor-
ing nearer home.
From the Syracuse Herald.
II didn't take william Randolph Hearst
more than twelve hours after the an
rouncement OF Jerome's candidacy for gov
ernor to tie Belmont. Ryan and Morgan
around his neck. Absolutely. the only UNI
trammeled individual In politics today is
William Randolph Hearst-to hear him tell
It