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The statesman., 1906-01-05

Miss Katie Thornton, of 2025
Champa stree t,has been very sick
but is able to be out again.
Mrs. Robert Neely entertained a
few friends last Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs scruggs~of Berlley, Mr.. and Mrs
4 4Iamilton Brown from Park Hill, Mr.
and Mrs Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Kirtley,
Mrs. n Matshbanks, Mr.. and Mrs
Marshall and her sister, Mrs, Allen of
St Louis
Mrs. Lulu Jackson has returned
from Kansas City where she spent
Christmas with her daughter, Des-
demona.
Mrs A V Harris spent Christmas
in EastonyiIe with her mother and
her brother, W. A. Gatewood and fam
ily Of Pueblo, She had a pleasant
stay.
Mrs. Geo. Dunn OF South Twelfth
street, is very much indisposed with
pneumonia.
The statesman., 1906-01-05
A MODERN MIRACLE.

Truly miraculous seemed the re-
coyery Of Mrs. Mollle Holt Of this
place" writes J. o. X. Hooper. Wood
ford, Tenn, she was SO wasted by
coughing up puss from her lungs.
Doctors declared her end so near that
her family had watched by her bed.
sideforty-eight hours; when, at my ur-
gent request DR.. Kings New Discoy.
cry was given her, with the astonish.
ing result that improvement began,
and continued until she finally com.
pletely recovered, and is a healthy
woman today" Guaranteed cure for
coughs and colds. 51c and $l.OO at
all druggists. Trial bottle free.
The statesman., 1906-01-05
S7765
DENVER TO CITY OF MEXICO
AND RETURN.
GIs5

The City Of Mexico invites the
tourist with a thousand different at.
fractions. II appeals to all classes Of
pleasureseekers. Its parks, plazas,
grand old cathedrals, theaters, clubs,
art galleries and museums are among
the finest and most interesting in the
world. The climate is delightful.
Side trips NAV be made from the City
to the ruins Of Militia, Tampicc, Vera
Cruz and other points, Mr., e. A.
Cooper c. P. A., Colorado & South.
ern, 18th and Curtis Streets, will for.
nish full data.
The statesman., 1906-01-05
TRUE REFoRMERs.

To the Citizens Of Denver
We hereby notify You that the dis.
pensation OF So as a joining fee has
expired and all persons wishing 10 be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19

Clerk of the House-AleXander Mcdowell, The
Dewey.
Sergeant A -Arms-Henry Casson, a3 Il st. NV
Doorkeeper of the House,. h. Lyon.
Postmaster of the House-Joseph c. NcElroy, 2l4
A st ,
Columbia road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19
To the "Stage Struck" Girl.

Sarah Bernhard. In Success Magazine
A young girl who thinks of adopting the
stage as a means of livelihood must con-
slider many things. The most important
of these is-herself. Strangely enough TINS
will prove more difficult than 1t appears TO
be at first glance Introspection is not easy;
II is sometimes very unpleasant. There Is,
moreover no definite method by which an
aspirant may learn whether or not she has
dramatic ability. She must not simply think
that she has: she must know 1t. A stage
struck" girl should never allow herself to
enter the profession until she has con-
ouered what may be simply impulse. To
discover afterward that her inspiration was
based merely on desire. and not on self
knowledge, is a serious thing, and the reall-
zation often comes when II Is too late to
turn back. To such one the future will
loom up ominously; years filled with dissat-
isfaction and hard work will come and no
great success will be achieved. At last hope
will die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19
Fish Fond of Minnows.

From the New York Sun.
Tn nature everywhere large fishes feed on
small ones and on other forms of animal life
which they may find in the water. and for
their well being it is always sought as far
as possible to supply such natural food to
fishes in captivity.
In the case of a great aquarium like that
in New York with many captive fishes, this
involves the supplying for food purposes.
among other things, of a great number of
uinnows The larger fishes IN the New
York aquarium consumed last year about
900 quarts of minnows, or about eight bar
relS.
The minnows thus fed range from half an
inch to five inches In length and avera ge
about . 500 to the quart, so that It takes
about 2 500. 600 minnoWs annually to furnish
this item of the aquariums food supplies,
which includes also CLAIMS and shrimps and
cut-up fresh fish and various other things
The largest of the striped bass. fish close
to three feet In length and weighing prob
ably twenty-five pounds, will eat from 200
10 $50 minnows in day. If he should eat
900 a day for 800 days IN the year he would
in that period consume 60 600 minnows
But whether, like the big striped bass
they eat 200 minnows in a day, or like some
of the smaller fishes, only dozen, or half a
dozen all fishes like minnowS, and this fond
ness for them is not confined to fishes alone,
but Is shared by other animals of the sea
as. for instance, by seals, which like min
nows very much. If handful of minnows
are thrown into pool of seals the seals will
dive and swim about after them with grea,
swiftness until they have swallowed every
one.
So it takes quite lot of minnows to sat-
isfy the natural appetites of the aquarium
larger fishes, but the two and a half mil
lions or Whereabouts thus annually taken
don't cut much of figure as compared with
the number left. The minnows for the
aquarium are all gathered within a com
para lively small area neighboring to Graves
end bay.
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Rewards of Stage Career.

Sarah Bernhardt in Success Magazine.
The stage IS like no other profession in
the world. There are no prescribed courses
of study no regular textbooks and no
diplomas, except the applause of audi
ences. and this IS an uncertain quantity.
Above all else it is a profession in which
individuality counts for nearly everything
yet that same individuality has to be sunk
compile tely that artistic success NAV he
attained. paradoxical as this statement NAV
seem.
Thorn-strewn is the path of one artisti-
cally inclined in this profession All. there
IS so much to oyercome-so many heart
breaking disappointments to endurei In
other professions one learns his lessons
and a sufficient number of lessons learned
means proficiency. With the actress II
Is very. very much different There Is NO
end To the study, the lessons of greatest
value are learned through trials and many
earnest efforts often prove to be but so
much time wasted. Hundreds fail where
one succeeds: the selfish tranple onward
over the meek; the modest and una ssIIm-
Ing seldom rise above the foot of the lad
der. But with all this in mind | can
still feel that the dramatic profession is
more than worth while. Great as the
struggle, the reward is commensurate For
many reasons woman may attain greater
fame. greater success and greater intel
lectual heights through being an actress
than would be hers in any other profession
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Twopenny Soldiers.

From the London Mall.
Soldiers at Pad a day are the result OF
the frantic efforts made by the Moorish
government to rehablitate their finances.
In an order just issued for the reduction in
pay of all branches of the government serv-
Ice the military find themselves reduced
from 3iad. to 2Ad. day.
Desertions are very numerous In conse
qrence. as this sum is naturally insufficient
for the daily requirements of the soldiers,
and the more so as prices are ruling very
high through the bad harvests. The camps
of the various government forces at Fee
and Tangter are already being reduced In
number by these assertions, and the sol
diers will be scattered over the country
starving and penniless, and will eventually
be driven to gain living by robbery and
other outrages. as they take away their
arms and ammunition on deserving
The salaries of customs officers, secre-
tartes and police officers have all been re-
duced by half. and 1t is also rumored that
the salaries of the viziers have been totally
abolished. If this is so 1t will lead to more
corrupt practices and extortons on the
part of these high officials, already great
burden on the Inhabitants of the country
The new regulation is said to be due to tie
emptiness OF the state treasury. Since it's
issue the Moorish government have arrang-
ed q loan with some German financiers. in
the hope Of tiding over the present diff
Guilty.
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Papal Avignon.
From the London

FFoW the London Globe.
Avignon has tardily realized that the
ancient palace of the popes one of the sur
yiyals of Its former glories, might be util-
lied TO purposes better than those of a bar
racks. 10 which il has for many years been
put. Napoleon III had some such idea and
&c high politics had not absorbed too much
of his time might possibly have done some
thing. But In the crash of an empire and
the turmoiis OF a republic Ayignon and fits
great remains have been forgotten for
thirty-five years. Now the threads of the
broken legend have been gathered up again
and since the government will do nothing
except e,racuate the barracks the city ia theirs
have determined to act upon their own
initiative. The palace is to be restored to
its ancient grandeur. 1t was In the time
of Gregory xI. and will be preserved as q
museum of religious art
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Cats in Paris.
,ndon Bystandei

From the London Bystander.
Cats in London are often a nuisance to
the householder when they fight upon the
roof ~ the middle of the night, but In
Paris. ezyecially near the Halles Centrales,
they are said to have become public dan
ger. It appears that these animals swarm
in thousands all over the markets. and. as
most of them are NANCY and otherwise dis
eased, It is feared that they will contami-
nate the goods set out for sale. SO the po-
lice have issued an edict that all the stray
cats are to be captured and put into a
lethal chamber, and as a consequence the
kind hearted market women have adopted
many of the cats and now claim them as
their own property. But M. Guichard, the
police inspector In charge OF the markets
will hear of no mercy, and the offending
animals are to be slaughtered without de-
lay. The police are to surround the mar
net at night and to carry sacks in which to
put the captured cats. What Ii to be done
il the cats escape on to the roofs Is not
stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19

cepted a position as colonel IN a New
Hampshire regiment. He served un-il the
close of the war, and the last time l saw
him he held commission as brigadier gen.
eral.
Standing Guard on River Banks.
ITO stand guard upon the misty banks
of the Potomac for six hours at time was
no pleasure, but that was the duty we
had to perform in turn. In this experience
In Washington and on the Long bridge
we saw no actual war, but II during the
stiu watches of the night heavy tramp
ing sound from the Virginia end OF tne
bridge was heard II would awaken US 10
the greatest vigilance. .,,.
ION one occasion our patrol on the White
House ground captured suspicious oHaa
acter about O'Clock in the morning. a,e
brought him to our headq''aI.e, s, harm 70
never fully decided that he meant harHi a., 70
any of its occupants but he was safely us
posed of. just the same
Wars dread alarms finally dled ava 'at ~
peace reigned supreme throughout
length and breadth of our land IN CON-
nemora ton of the war, of its associaioi,,"
and it's friendships. its trials ana IT'S I ,iai
ships, the boys in blue organizeu ~. Va .he
Army of the Republic. / submitted 10 .ils
comma nder- tn-chief of the ndtional ~, 81
ganization the question of the eheioiils
of members of the Clay Battalion 10 hsehi
bershp therein. ...,x
I'm deciding the question ann ma
that officer said: , l.,
That they served cannot De dspuleu "a
face of the letters of Maj. J. W. NSe aia
the letter and order to Maj. Nye ron
simon Cameron, Secretary of war. cohcuL
red in by President Lincoln. Ihey WEI
the very highest type of the volunteer soi
der They served without pay, rations %
clothing. All they asked or recelveu o
the government in the hour OF peru "as
arms and ammunition. They rallied rou JUN
the flag when It was a question Whetne ,
there were any more behind them thinn
they should rank in history with tiie
Minute Men of Lexington ana buhhei
Accept the Offer.
'sThe members of the battalion VINO hoo
received their honorable discharge from the
same nv order of the War Department, DIS
appears from the official documents, were
not slow to avail themselves OF TINS heh
privilege to be enrolled as members OF INC
Grand Army OF the Republic. John r. fo.
fer. a member of Congress, or natioha a
fame and one of the first to resent .hs
aggressions of slave power, VINO had ser w. 90
In the battalion, was very anxious In ms
declining wears to be duly admitted to mehl-
bership in the G. A. X ,..orX
TT would seem that this Verlheo ms
of the CLAY Battalion, which l have given,
and the intimate relation the volunteer
members of the organization sustained "
WA shington during war time ought "
have left an impress strong enough 10 az,
tract the attention of the local historians
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OFFICERS OF SENATE
CHARLES G. BENNETT, Secretary.
DANIEL, NJ. RANSDELI. Sergeant at Arms.
ALoNZO ii. STEWART. Asst Doorkeeper.
2O4 4th s.e
L i1Qa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19

cepted a position as colonel IN New
Hampshire regiment. He served until the
close of the war; and the last time / saw
him he held commission as brigadier gen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19

It PAYS to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds OF situations are filled
through them.
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-elark is king OF the DIFFERS is how one OF
his golhng friends describes it. II tries
hard, but he can't seem to learn
Music is a hobby with Andrew Carnegie.
He doesn't make any himself, but in his
house in uppe Fifth avenue there is a pipe
organ Of the finest quality, and there have
been tales to the effect that when the steel
master is in town he is awakened at a given
hour every morning by pipe organ music
played by a man who is employed for the
specific purpose of lplaying MIR. Carnegie
awake.
Leo s~tokowski, who. despite his youth. Is
one of the first Of New York's c~hoirmasters,
makes athletics his hobby. He is the choir
master at St. Bartholomew g Church, Madi-
son avenue and Forty-fourth street. He
is still in the twenties. His father was
Polish, his mother Irish, and he himself
speaks with a marked English accent.
He is one OF the best amateur boxers in
New York and practises the manly art
whenever opportunity offers at the boys
gymnasium at the parish house and else
where. The choirmaster has Teen heard to
say that he would rather see a good lively
mill than hear a Beethoven symphony.
Bishop Potter's stepson, F. Ambrose
Clark, WINS one OF the best stables Of
steeplechasers in this country and is nearly
always to be seen at the racetrack when any
OF the good races over the jumps are to be
run. In addition Mr.. Clark is known as an
exceedingly clever amateur Jockey and. as
his weight allows him TO do it, he frequently
rides his own horses at the New York tracks.
His performances as a jockey are understood
not to meet with the full approval Of his rela-
tives, as he has had two or three rather nasty
tumbles, but they do not seem to have dis
couraged him in the least.
Clarence H. Mackay before the death OF
his father owned a stable that contained
some OF the greatest thoroughbreds in
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Tobigue, in New Brunswick, Canada, on
which occasion the young Baron Roth
schild accompanied him.
Still another sporting expedition OF his
carried him clear to the Amazon River
and the western coast Of South America.
Mr.. Flint il also fond of shooting, par
ticularly duck shooting. but he is not an
especially good shot and he really prefers
to fish.
Secretary OF War Taft's ~favorite method
Of amusing himself in the open is by riding.
II may well be believed that it takes a real,
sure enough horse TO carry the Secretary
without breaking down. Yet he finds the
right sort Of animals In Washington.
He isn't much for style, and when he
appears srrayed for his favorite sport
all Washington stops whatever else may
be engaging it at that particular time in
order to stare. Mr.. Tafts activities as
spokesman of the President have in the
last year became so pressing and varied
that he hasn't had as much time for riding
as he used to have, and the spectacular
side OF Washington Il greatly the loser
thereby.
Whenever the Secretary has a few spare
moments he likes to rest his mind by play
ing solitaire. The game called Garfield
is his especial favorite, and he keeps an
accurate account OF how 1t comes out in
order to see whether he would ave beaten
the bank II he had been playing for real
money.
Another enthusiastic horseman whose
devotion to any kind OF sport is little known
is President Eliot of Harvard. In his
undergraduate days he was a powerful
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things he has -heerd.'
Talk about folks a-movin',' he drawls,
Il amt M edin' none o them way of
States. They's too many QUAR- creeturs
runnin' loose in EN-.
William, they lived out in Texas, and one
day they seed a snake fifteen foot long and
big as a post, layin' plum aorost the road
a%-sunnin'. Hit wuS n them boey in
structors
hit won't do to shoot him, because ef we
don't git him he'll git US Yes, sir, that's
what he said. And Kildee, he went and
got a club and got up close TO the snake and
hit him back OF the head about eight inches;
yes, sir, and that snake jist snapped eends.
But he was dead, yes, sir, he was dead. He
was q instructor, a boey instructor
YES, sir, they's ba'rs out thar too. Will
lam says them kind thatn hug k a courtin'
Teller, and the meats az sweet as a courtin'
feller's tongue. William says you can
pintedly eat all the bars Fat you can git
around Of you pepper and salt hit right
good, and Std o. sickenin' you. he says.
hitu fatten you.
And William say, the crops thai Is as
toundin', the ground is so rich. He says
he raised n pumpkin, jes' an ordinary
size, too, for Texas, and his old sows she made
a bed in hit fer her peegsI'
o Horatio, Horatio, there are more things
In heaven and earth than are dreamed OF
fhis il a day Of bill paying, Of debt col
Letting.
See that anxious looking man furtively
threading the crowds. That's q man
lodging a creditor. He'll GO home about
noon, poo fellow, after only a taste Of the
court day fun. Hard lines, hard ines for
the man who cannot or will not payi
Sambo, job worker, does some collecting,
too.
-Mistuh Warnock, he's got plenty money,
but he jes' won't pay less'n he hatto,' be
says, but i allus waits twell cote day TO
az him pay me. ! waits twell / sees him
step ia de bank wha' da's a crowd o. de big
felluhs, den / steps in too.
'Mistuh Warnock, boss I says, steppin'
UP TO him wha he's a-talkin' big wid de
big men, 'ef hits entirely convenient. I'd
lax fuh you to Day me dat seyentv-avs
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nine hole course without any Of that pub
LEFTY which everybody knows he finds
annoying.
Difficult of approach az Mr.. Rockefeller
is when ashore, persons who ave been
shipmates with him on transatlantic liners
declare that he makes no special effort
to keep to himself; he mingles freely with
the other passengers. and even takes part
occasionally in a game of . sh~ufleboard.
which is rather less exciting than the pas
time he follows when on land.
The case Of District Attorney Jerome
is most dissimilar. Whenever he has the
time he makes clocks.
When he steps aside for a day or two
from the hurry Of his Office routine he re-
tires to his country home at Lakewood,
Conn. There he has a workshop in which
he loves to potter around at various odd
mechanical jobs. for which he has a gift.
Making clocks is one OF his chief delights.
Charles R. Flint, who was at one time
known as the Father OF the Trusts. ia a
famous fisherman. August Belmont has
often been his companion on his fishing
excursions, as also has William NJ. WINS,
the Republican candidate for Mayor in the
last municipal campaign. Mr.. Flint and Mr..
WINS were schoolmates at the Brooklyn
Polytechnic, and the intimacy formed then
has never been broken.
One Of Mr.. Fint's ~favorite resorts 10 the
Wysndanch Club on Long Island. Its
trout and bass are famous But the Wyan-
danch Club il not the only one where Mr..
Flint fishes. He gets both fishing and
shooting at the Liberty Club in Connecticut,
and he once made an excursion to the Little
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Directly he Is up again, and there are
continuous repetitions Of the performance.
The housewife steps to her door.
What Is the matter with your horse,
Mr.. Dawson2'
oh says the new owner, hits Jest the
wearin' of effects o. high life they give him
yistiddy to sort O. liven him up a little!
l traded old Gray fer HIM"
But idn't you get cheated when you
swapped2' asks Madam.
Dawson grins cheerfully.
Not to say 80 much, ma'aml This ones
false tail the mar had stuck on II did come
of Jest after l left town, n he seems a
little unsteady On his legs, but 1 amt say
I'm cheated 80 much, ma'am. Old Gray
was steadier on his legs, and a mighty good
puller, but he was Jest a little easy now
and then o N a cold collar. Old Gray was
the worst baker in the country
Business, business, all kinds OF court
day business, and food selling most Of all.
The apple and fruit stand men move
about with cricketlike CELEBRITY, the grocer's
clerk oarves cheese and sets forth crackers
as for his life, the restaurant man fries
oysters and dishes out Toe cream as on no
other day, and the town ladies who want
to buy a new carpet for their church serve
n court day dinner in q vacant store room
for a quarter of a dollar.
Gossip n talk, talk and gossip, among
the groups Of men 20 on the day long. An
ootogenarian on crutches ia helped from a
closed carriage 81 the BARRIERS shop by his
ooachman for his weekly shave. Then he is
helped into the hotel Office TO preside at a
meeting of choice friends and air his Opin-
ions as TO the deterioration Of the times.
Here in the court house yard a motley
crowd discuss justice and injustice.
-In the last tw twenty-five years there's been
a man killed in the county for every brick in
the pavement in front Of the court house. .
says O well dressed pessimist, tapping the
bricks with his gold headed cane. and
every fellows got of scot freel'
Shut up, man, " says his old friend who
has timed his visit back home from the State
Of his adoption 30 as 70 be BILE 20 attend
you wouldn't tell that for truth to a West
ern man, would you?"
Further out in the yard the unlettered
.ix and q half foot tobacco raiser tells Of