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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
Rise of the Tobacco Combine.

From Moody's Magazine.
Time has proved that the investor who
in July. 1898, was ridiculed because he
bought 100 shares of the American Tobac-
CO Company common stock. paying 81, $50
therefor. was far shrewder than his critics.
It is sometimes pointed out that money put
out at interest at a given rate will double
itself In thirteen years. 1t Is Just thirteen
years since one could buy American To-
bacco stock at $21.5O for every $50 share.
The person who did this and has kept his in
vestment ever since. taking advantage Of
the various plans for converting his prin-
cipal which have been offered him In the
succeeding years, has not only merely
doubled his money. but has received to date
$3.50 In cash dividends and interest, and
holds securities today yielding him $1,000
per year, having par value OF $4,000 and
q market value October 20, 1906, of $21 600.
Thus, his investment has not merely dou-
bled, but has grown in all from 81, $50 in
1893, to 49,, 4S0. In 1906, an increase of
nearly fifteen-fold. The balloon invest
ment of the early days of Industrial combi-
nation has proved veritable gold mine to
the venturesome investor who was laughed
at for his hardihool and nerve in 1898, and
the end Is not yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
THE SUBWAY FACE.
Changes Caused by a Trip Downtown
in the Morning.

in the Morning.
From the New York Sun.
The subway is playing pranks with the
mouths Of people who are habituaI patrons
OF the underground system" said a stu
dent of faces to a man who has the ferry
boat face. "You know, there was bicycle
face. and Of course there Is the automobile
face There Is reason for both. But I am
at loss to understand why there should
be the subway face.
Take an express train bound for the
Battery at s6th street for starter. The
passenger Is man. He appears to be alb
sorbed in his morning paper. He continues
absorbed until the guard calls out Grand
Central station.
His gaze is diverted. He looks out Of
the car window. His mouth opens auto
matically.
When the train is again under Roadway
he tries to resume his reading. The mouth
closes slowly. but 1t hasn't the same ex-
preston II previously had. The lips are
At first glance you think he Is talking to
himself, but when you look at the face
Of another man you see that it is twitch-
Look at the woman. not the pale sickly
creature whose manner shows that she is
not accustomed to subway travel but the
woman who came into the car with the
I can take care of myself manner.
"The cupid bow under her aquiline nose
has lost its curve. 1t Is straight line. or
nearly so. There is an expression which
indicates uncertainty. a sort Of I wonder
what's the matter look that comes when
a woman suddenly realizes that she has
left something behind.
When the train reaches Brooklyn
Bridge station there is a curl on the lower
lip Of the man. The corners Of the
1.-The woman leaves the train here, and
on her face is a look of doubt. The woman
Is changed. OF course there are traces
Of beauty, but they have been ruf1ed- I
have never seen any indication of smile
the train at the bridge.
Now let us return to the man who is
bound for Cortlandt or Wall street. He
has showed his paper into his pocket or
chucked it behind him. There Is an evil
dent tendency of the lower lip to reach up
and overlap the upper
bridge station and Cortlandt and Wall
streets than there is along any similar
stretch Of the line but the a., appearance nc
struck an atmosphere that fingers about
"By the time the train gets to Cortlandt
or to Wall street most Of the men are on
their feet. Their mouths are closed, but
the signs Of 'phew" are out, and they stay
ou aon the homeWard trip the peculia rifles
are not so noticeable When a man has
been up against it all day downtown he
becomes hardened
I'm the morning he leaves home in a
state of placidity, and as the hustle. rattle
and bang Of the subway break in upon him
these facial changes are more apparent.
The man Is more impressionable. The
shock leaves it's mark.
you won't notice these things in an
occasional trip. But If you come down
every morning and don't care to read your
newspaper you can see what I have de-
scribed unless you are nearsighted or
crosseyed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
American 1naccuracy.
From McClure's.


It is certain that the lack of accuracy In
spelling harmonizes completely with the
lack of accuracy and Of solid discipline In
every other school subject. The blunders
in spelling are more easily visible. but the
"illiteracy' in history, geography and arithss
metlc is in no way less FREQUENT.
1t is, of course not Inspiring that doctor
candidate should have written to me last
week about excepting" a position; but
spelling is there in no worse case than all the
other requisites of education. Are the Ger
MANS perhaps. quicker at figures, or is the
American multiplication table also more
difficult than the German? In highly edu-
Gated Cambridge are two telegraph offices
in the shadow of the university. For years
I have sent from them cablegrams to Ger
many; every word costs 25 cents, and moth
Ing seems simpler than to reckon that four
quarters make one dollar and eight quarters
two dollars. Employees in those two offices
have changed frequently. and yet can re-
port the exact fact that not only has no
employee ever tried to calculate the price OF
the cable without paper and pencil. but that
the result has been wrong two times out OF
three. The last time the cablegram had
nine words. and the young man calculated
on paper that nine times twenty-five make
one dollar and eighty-seven cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
COUGAR AFRAID OF MAN.
Not a Brave Beast and Wrongly Re
garded as Dangerous.

From Sports Afeld.
Regarding the cougar. the largest member
Of the feline family in the United States, 1t
may be said that it Is blessed with more
than q rightful share of names. In one Sec
ton 1t is the panther, somewhere else 1t Is
termed mountain lion. in another locality 1t
Is called a puma. and the old-time back
woodsman will tell you blood-curdling sto-
ries OF the painter. In northeastern Wash
ington 1t is generally spoken of as the cou-
gar.
The writer, In long life rent with rifle
and trap has hunted and killed these ami
mails in their ma i've haunts. and can bear
witness to one truth regarding them all
wherever found or under whatever name
their habits are Identical.
Among many peo''a-and this includes
those who should KIN better-this animal
Is looked upon as Very dangerous. Awe
inspiring stories are told of the cougar
springing from a rocky ledge or an over
hanging tree and rending the hapless way
farer passing beneath. These anecdotes
have been heard by all and believed by
many, nor will deny that such things may
have occurred. but 1t Is safe to say that
practically all these stories are exaggerated
and many of them are downright lies.
Thirty years ago, in company with an old
and experienced fronttersman l was shoot
ing deer. elk and bear and selling the meat
to gang of tie cutters in the Rocky noun
ever saw elsewhere: yet it was per-
fectly safe to roam the woods at will
Rolled In my blankets. have passed many
night under the sheltering branches Of
some big tree without even a fire to scare
these animals away.
1 was never attacked by one unless 1t was
cornered or perhaps SO badly wounded as
to be unable to get away. Under these con-
ditions nearly all animals will fight.
The cougar. when followed by the hunter
on foot will often double on it's trail, make
a long loop and hide until its pursuer passes.
and then perhaps take the back track for
miles. After long chase the man with the
gun comes along still hanging to the trail,
and discovers where the animal lay and
watched him go by-possibly upon some
overhanging rock from which, had 1t been
so disposed. 1t might have pounced upon
its enemy and torn him to shreds. or per-
haps behind a log, under which it had
scratched a peephole.
There are many old trappers living in the
haunts of these animals who have never
seen a cougar except in a trap. All the
large cats are afraid of mankind and retire
quietly at the approach of their enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
A HINT FROM CHINA.
Imperial Edict Abolishing the Use of
Opium.

Itau, The New York World.
Tie Imperial edict abolishing the use OF
oStum in China is state paper which
would reflect credit on Confucius himself.
ii Is drastic. as is necessary to a revolu-
ti,uary reform. but tempered with a pa
terual benevolence; the chains of old hab-
its are not to be broken in a day, and the
CAinese way to stop is not to stop short.
All users of the drug under sixty must de-
crease their consumption 20 per cent a year.
At the end Of ten years those addicted
Go its use will have their names posted
IN public places, while magistrates who
nave not given up the practice will be
csshicred and scholars deprived of their
degrees. Shops selling the drug must re-
usce their stock gradually. Anti-opium
hecieties will be formed to exhort the popu-
lace to repentance and medicinal prepara-
t1Os 10 coCnteract the effect of abstinence
vii be distributed gratuitously.
But Ii Is in the provision requiring off,
Gals and prominent citizens to set the eX-
skplc that the true Confucian nature of the
esiCt is revealed:
Officials above sixty years of age whose
cravings are great will be treated leniently
bat all high officials, princes. dukes. vice.
rsys and Tartar generals under sixty must
lsl screen themselves. They must inform
TIE throne that they are willing to cease
the use of the drug within q certain time.
Daring that time they can have subsu-
tGse. and when they are cured they can re-
sumo their duties All other officials under
Sky, no matter how great their craving,
sugst abandon the vice within six months II
,Isabie to discontinue the habit, they can
retain their rank, but must be retired from
Dffee. Those who falsely pretend to aban-
der the habit and continue the use of
opium secretly will be deprived of both
rank and office. All teachers, scholars,
kaSdiers and sailors throughout all ranks
wKl be allowed three months wherein en-
tFeiv to abandon the habit.
3he east comes to us for lessons In ma
ae4ial progress, but ii Is still competent to
give moral instruction. The opium edict
furnishes a valuable precedent for America.
VAen reforms are undertaken in the flu
fure reforms of financial practices or poll
aiSs Relating or mere inspection or In
Sgyance rascality. why not take the cue
fTacn China and begin at the top, requiring
Ctr Ryans and RoeXefellers and McCurdys
ARs Plat+s and Harrimans to set the ex-
Snple? There is still something In the
EH9e Of the heather Chinee to inspire the
IrsEcct Of the western world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
THINNEss FASHIONABLE.
Not So Hard to Regulate Your Bulk if
You Know How to Relax.
From Modern Society.

From Modern Society.
Although 1t Is the fashion to be thin, I
am inclined to think that plump women
and girls are In the majority, and this fact
If it be a fact-is not one to be caviled at.
for there is always something attractive
and comfortable looking about people
whose bones are we'll covered with firm,
healthy flesh.
A. buxom, bonny dame is infinitely more
womanly looking, too. than one of the
gaunt and scraggy variety. Curved is the
line Of beauty" and when a young girl who
has been all angles develops into a gra-
cious, graceful being with softly rounded
limbs and beautiful curves the improvement
in her appearance is almost magical in its
effect.
Everybody wants, of course, to hit the
happy medium: nobody wishes to appear
like an unwieldy mountain of flesh. nor. on
the other hand. like scarecrow or a skele-
ton. 1t ought not to be difficult to pre-
serve the right mean in this respect.
To be weighed occasionally, in order to
see IL one approaches the average standard,
according to ones age and height, or II
one is gaining or losing weight more rapid
ly than Is to be recommended; to be careful
with regard to. ones diet and the choice
and preparation of ones food generally,
and to exercise the ordinary vigilance pru-
dence dictates as to ones habits and mode
of life. the hours given to sleep. work, rec
reation, leisure, ETC., ought to make 1t. q
comparatively easy matter for every nor
NAL individual to be neither too fat nor too
thin. but Just right
AS rule, 1t Is not the people who eat
too much who are too fat; 1t Is the people
who do not take sufficient exercise or exer-
else of the right kind. And though, as is
well known, thin folk often eat more than
their plump brethren, yet the lean kne'
will always be lean whether they eat much
or little. SO long as they indulge in an i'm
moderate amount of active exercise or pos
sess a nervous, excitable temperament that
forbids them to rest properly, but compels
them to be always on the go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
Tobacco and Crime.
From the New York Herald.


Our esteemed contemporary the Duluth
News-Tribune, INDUCES in a panegyric on
tobacco and attempts to prove that II Is
not bad habit. but rather conducive to
the cultivation of high moral sentiments,
peace of mind and all the other attributes
which imply good will to men,.
To make good this rather bold assertion
It declares that good smokers are never
criminals, although in other respects they
may be considered by some as bad men
who yield to a degenerate habit. For in
stance, anarchists are known as nom
smokers" at least Of tobacco. The En-
glishman who smoked ''to the glory of
God doubtless used the best kind Of to-
bacco. If he wrote with pipe In mouth his
sermons We're probably symbols Of peace
and breathed an air of contentment to his
pleased audience.
The Inference is that criminals. If they
really smoke at ALL cenfine themselves
either to cigarettes or bad tobacco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
ERA OF CENTENNIALs.
One Hundredth Birthday Of Abraham
Lincoln, r. E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.

From the st. Louis Republic.
A proclamation from Gov Jelks Of Ala
bama carries the civil war with all its
memories of bitterness, of heroism and Of
patriotism away further into the past than
the forty-one years which have recemented
the Union since Its close.
The governor recommends that the 10Th
of January next be celebrated in all the
schools of Alabama and by all Confederate
organizations of the state as the centennial
anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee.
No special form of observance is suggested,
but the governor rightly thinks that the
high qualities which endeared Lee, more
than any other of their leaders, to the
southern people may with profit be called
to mind by the rising generation ON this oc-
casion.
In the following year June will be the
one hundredth birthday of Jefferson Davis,
who was born in the same state in which
Abraham Lincoln first saw the light on
February II, 1909.
Following in such close succession the
centennial birthdays of the three foremost
leaders in the greatest struggle of modern
times afford occasion for a series of cele-
brations in which American valor and pa
triotism shall be cOmmemorated without re-
gard to the side on which these high vir-
tues were displayed.
Lee was DIS SlTOHSly lOI lHe OIilOH DIS
Lincoln was, but when the firing line was
drawn he held the claims Of his own peo-
pie and Of his own state paramount to the
claims of other people and of other states
In doing this he sacrificed fortune and the
fairest prospects of promotion In the Union
army for what he believed must prove a
losing cause.
Under like conditions Abraham Lincoln
might have done the same. It was not with
out profound concern and almost prayer
full introspection that he decided in 1858
ito go with them, radicals and ALL" along
the path that made him leader Of the Union
cause during four Of the most trying years
that President Of the United States ever
endured. Like Lee, he made up his mind
to do the right as he saw the right
If Lincoln was a martyr to the Union,
Lee was hardly less martyr to the con-
federacy, whosefi fall left him broken in
fortune and SO broken in heart that he sur
vived it only few years.
The virtues Of Lincoln and Of Lee are the
common heritage of the American people,
who In recent years have shown by fire.
quent and hearty reunions of the Blue and
the Gray that they no longer know the line
Of civil war sectionalism. The coming CEN
tennial anniversaries will prove that the
location Of Mason and Dixon's line would
be wholly forgotten but for the fact that
it was clearly marked out by the engineers
who surveyed the boundary between Penn
sylvania and Maryland a decade before the
war of independence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
Snapdragon.
From Country Life in America.

From County LIE IN AneFlca.
Don't you know what snapdragon Is?
Well, that's a pity. For your benefit let
me tell you. A large dish, the larger the
better is filled with raisins. Over these
a glass or two of brandy. is poured. Then
a large spoon is filled with brandy and
warmed SO that 1t will ignite the more
readily. and while blazing 1t Is poured over
the raisins, and instantly the whole dish
Is a mass of flames. Then the fun begins;
every one tries with more or less success
to take out the burning raisins and eat
them. And. strange to say, the boys usu-
ally get most of them, for 1t takes cour-
age to put ones hand into the fiery mass,
though really and truly 1t doesn't burn
very badly II you are quick. One may
easily flip out lot of nice hot raisins on
to the table and eat them comfortably,
only that is not very manly deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
volition and the Birth Rate.
From Nineteenth Century.

The breeder who to improve his stock must
keep them In great comfort on abundance
OF food finds his greatest difficulty in their
tendency to sterility. Seeing that this law
of fertility governs not only the animal but
also the vegetable kingdom. may we not
safely conclude that human volition has lit
tie to do with the birth rate, and also hold
that the birth rate of a nation Is inyersely
proportional to the wels-being OF its people.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27
Stun in @aibington aeaen ben

Stun in @aibington gegsr ben
unfue Der SrudDerf4menoune norge,
gangsrl tusrbsn iOQ, btrfts bas papisr
biQiasr Derosn. Del unfug, oas 2auo
nit &sben bon @on9reBmiteliebsrn au
hbsri9psmmea, bic an beffsr nisrnals
esbnltsn. seI6wsi9e benin gebrudt 3u
tuerbsn bsrOisntsn, battle gsraoeau ris-
ftse SimenfOnen uneenOmmen. Dds
islbe gilt audubon ben Seieboorlasen.
bsren biele BON ben 3ufdnoisen @omitss
ni9t sinmal beg ginbsridtsns ipertb er.
a6tst uuroen. patrid 5enrp's groBe
&sbe uuroe oamals ni6t in Wilioner
auflaes bur9 oas 2anb bsrbreitet =
unb bod tennt he isosr S9uliungs.
Samit fOltsn f9 bic ebrsei3isen @eisB'
NADER tr6fsn.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27
Nus Der BnnoeSbamptitaot.

Sept. nn9bsm man snbIi9 bottle,
in Der panamatanal.5 rage 10 melt ses
fommsrl su Iein. baB man f9 3u Sun.
fen beg biQigeren S9lsuientanals ents
fdieben babe. tommt So6n 8. WaIace,
Der frti6srs @6sfs Snssnieur Der Som.
milton, unb tptrft Die erlebi9t ge.
elaubts Jraee bon Rsusm auf. gor
benz 5ufdnbisen Senats = ausi9uHs
rsbsts sr lssten Sisntae benz Nibearl.
fanaI nit GROCER Gutf9iebsnbeit bas
Wort. Mit 3uerunbelseune Der BET
benz SuestanaI 9ema9ten Grfabrungsn
f6nne man annebnsn. baB bur4 ben
Banana 2anal id5rli4 10, 600. 600
Sonn.n paiHrsn tpiirben, unb tuenr
man BON Der $onne rar cine @sbtbr
bon sinem Dollar reGne, 10 fomme
man loon auf Elm anndbernoes Sahs
reseinfommsn bon clio, 900, 900, mel.
DIES ausrei3e, I'm bic 0er~ausaabunq
bon $500, 600, 900 fir bas grobs aul-
turpert gu rs&tfertisen. Die genennte
Summs lei gum Bar zines Weeress
nipsau-9 anals %bolfdnbis binrei9enb.
gstrsfs Der Sausr bss gaties bebaup-
tstets 6srr Walaes, bob elm Wesres.
nipsau,9anaI, fals bic arbsit ensrsif9
unb ssi6dftsmdbig unternommen
uerbs, i~nnsrbalb 10 Obsr b69fsns IL
Sabre fertis ssfent tusrosn tonne,
udhrsno bic Ssrfsauns zines S9leu.
fsnfanaIs, rsnn aud nur 80 5ub tber
benz WssrssipiegsI, uur 8 Sabre tusni-
ger tn snfpru9 nsbmen tuirbs.
Wuaaee ipra9 f9 bisrauf fhr
Sur6fhbruns oes sanael Wsrtes burG
cine sin;igs 2ontraftorsri . 5irma aus,
tuel8s bon EXPERIMENTATION unbe'
idfiet bIeiben mhhs unb mom6eliG
apsi Arbsitsri8i9tsn bon ie 10 Stun
ben Arbeitsoauer nertpenben miroe.
6oHsnili9 uiirbs bas Qomits es ab.
lehuen. irssno cine form bes 2anals
su empfsblsn, psl9s es ni&t erm6g.
Ii4t, ben aanal tn Der 3utunft In
einsn Weeresnipeau.2 anal su herman.
bsln, uno apar obne St6rung be-
WsItbanoels unb ansu bobe 3ufab.
TOTEM. Der aOnsrsb tusrbe F@ tuabr'
f9eiuli9 bitten. ben Bau zines Sam.
mes bon srobsn 9imsnRonsn. tuie ben
@atum.S Damn TN GIubtbaI bss Gba'
sres. gui3uheibsn, tuel&sr sins WaKer'
mafe bon unsefdbr IS SUB 6bbs 3u.
ridsubaIisn babe. obne bob feline Sum,
bamsnie auf nrsefiein ober ienft f4e.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

Ser Staotratb iolte ss iih wobl
iibsrlsssn, cheer bic StraBen in benz
i96nen @obnunes : 9ifricf Der 5.
@aro elmer Sabngsisai9aft tn ois
6dnos eisbt. Sas pubIitum mittert
iebt ni9t nit unre9t iberal @raft.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

gum SdInfie Der &oblen.R Ron.
BENTON fOlte bas 2ieb an9sffimmt
tueroen When the Robbins nest
again"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

Die ySnn" bat tannibaliide Ins
uanblungen. sic mill bic y9elbe"
prsfs aufrrfsn.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

gor 6ompers braubt oas &apital
tpobl aud nidt 3u aittsrn. @rOb,s
8srtrausn in i6m tann bic &rbeiters
i6nft ni6t baben. benin bislang hat er
nihts aetbnr rrrl es su peroienen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

@so. u. Remmetter, 224 Ncrb
pine Str.-Dunlles iinb bellies Gapi.
taI eitp Bier ftets Bel MFR 3a bdbsn.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

Ser 0t6rs i9eint nun bod ME elm
2amIi ausgeben Az molten.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-03-27

9pHeHtli@ bsosutet bic Rube in
algsciras ni6t Sturm-