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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-26
A Tribute From a Friend.

An incident that thoroughly shows the
high regard that Mr.. Cross was held in by
his friends was the reading of a poem on his
life at celebration of his SEVENTEEN BIRTH
day anniversary, held several years ago, by
Mr.. c. B. Lower. 1t was entitled Our Good
Old Friend Sam Cross" two verses of which
were as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-26

CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2-Justice Anderson
Morimnra agt. Haggar and Karagensiar
agt Haggar; given to jury; plaintiffs attor-
neys, Wolf & Rosenberg and Philip Walker
defendants attorneys, Tucker & Kenyon
and H. w. Sohon
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ductiye beverages form the liquid un-
derlay of the country entertainment
to-day as they did when silk clad cav
alters escorted stately danes in the
days when George III. was King.
The early Californians found the
hasendao producing
a fine wine from the vineyards on his
hillside, and as the quest for gold
brought out and established the fam
lies Of the gold seekers the ranches
changed owners and the enterprise
that caused the habitant of the East
ern coast to journey TO the Pacific
spread out from the mining camp and
found (what always follows but never
precedes an adventurous advanced an
agricultural outlet. Now the vineyards
OF the Golden State produce wine
which In quantity almost equals the
entire product of the Old World and
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05
In Norway's Old Capital
Sights Of Christania VIII Repay Traveller for Time
Taken in Journey to the North
Especial Correspondence

With regret for the loss of pleas
ures proved in lovely Stockholm. with
anticipation for the joys of a town I'M
tried, with solid nights ride across
country, we three emerged from the
sleeper, wide awake to the interest
and novelty of Norway's capital, re-
nowned for its busy shipping port,
and its fair harbor of long arms and
deep dents, which lend a beauty I'M
r1yaled amid the g1ories of this earth.
The Grown Prince paid us visit,
and for miles away the country flock
ed to the city. Peasant and farmer
ratified in, till sidewalk and curb
were packed with surging humanity
Flags foated from palace and cot
tage; the booming of cannon, the rat
tie of hoofs, and the advance of the
royal guard proclaimed the noble en-
try. The ladies held a charity ba-
zaar, in his honor, and radiant signs
flashed out their greeting. The great
structure never had more than push
ing room, for the crowds which
swept on to this interesting center.
Norway's fairest girls, arrayed in ma
tional emblems, allured the buyer to
their dainty booths, which famed in
colors gay. Stalls outside satisfied
The coarser taste for fries, for yards
Of sausage and schooners of beer
Within, the buyer could choose from
q list that included an iced cake or
cart wheel. Many of the heavier
goods took their chances, being loan
ed as advertisements by the city
merchants. And mint of money
was made in lotteries. This was the
Norwegian magnet. 1t riveted the
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u
not found favor in the serving tc a
party OF diners, whose knowledge ot
the beverage is based on the price Cd
posite the name of the wine on the
card, and substitute a cheap, strong
nquld, with every assurance that had
he known the gentlemen desired the
best they should have had it at first
New York, Ohio and California now
produce some of the choicest wines
produced in the world and find it
very difficult matter to market them
against the foreign wines. An early
fault of the American sparkling wine
was its sweetness and its alcoholic
strengtn-faults now overcome A
dry wine is an imperative condition
to popularity now The Latin palate
Is adjusted to sweet wine, but the
English and American champagne
consumer of to-day wants a "brut"
wine.
While some writer's credit the origin
of champagne to the Benedictine monk
Dom Perigon, the careful stufents
of the subject know him for a bend
er and improver of wines, while the
production of champagne dates frorIh
the Gallo-Roman days; but the cult
walton of plantations required for thi
wine did not become properly devel
oped until the fourteenth century.
Several New York club and many
private residences have what can
safely be classed as among the choici
est collections of wines in the world
There are also many wine buyers who
visit the leading sources of supply in
the interest of their clients, and keeIl
their cellars stocked with the choices
and oldest wines obtainable. When
the late Queen Victoria sherries werq
sold a large percentage of this wins
came here. In one cellar there arr
nearly ten gallons of Madeira brough
to this country by Lord Baltimore
There is port of 1775-1S11 and 1926
stored away in one cellar. New Eng
land urn in the days of the Puritans
brandy and whisky long past the 10
year mark in many places and choic
collections of champagne. Old co
lectors have quantities of ever
known brand of sherry fifty years old
New York Herald.
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Three Thousand Varieties of Intoxicants
in Use Throughout the United States


While we as a nation use and appa-
rently enjoy little more than three
thousand more varieties of intoxicants
than any other peoples. we also rank
among the temperate folk of Christen-
dom.
There are about six thousand more
Or less, generally used kinds of intox-
eating drinks in the world. and we
owing TO the picturesque variety of
our citizens, use a fairly liberal al
lowance of nearly each and every
brand of liquid exhilarator brewed.
termented or distilled for the tenn
porary inspiration of jaded man.
While 1t is an historical fact that
al nations have considered spirituous
liquors proper subject for heavy tax
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a Son of Beecher.

A son of the late Henry WARD
Beecher is, we are told, holding q
minor clerkship in the Seattle city
treasurer's Office. The only question
of public interest in a case of this
kind is based upon the hope that he
viii be competent and honest in his
calling. There is no reason in the
world why Beecher. should not earn
his living in an ordinary vocation, and
no reason why he should wish, in SO
doing. to conceal his identity. The
older Beechers, men and women,
worked diligently and were not
ashamed of work. Harriet Beecher
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ernity out of Lethean slumber; that
mighty Samson who pulled down
THE Pillars of Society,"" yet stood
firm as the rock-based mountains
amid the social devastation While
accepted theories swung back and
forth like cobwebs caught in those
tottering pillars, he stood like a bat
tering ram, lunging again and again
his hard-headed front into the face
of mock modesty, of cowardly sham,
of gilt-edged hypocrisy. He was fear
less and terrible, he was scathing
and shocking, but he was honest, and
we loved him for his loyalty, his
courage before conviction. his right
about face to duty, as he saw it.
Many craven who had long bent the
neck to the yoke of society-as-it-is
knew that the mighty Ibsen had ut
tered truths long ringing in his own
heart. The head had reasoned them
but the cowardly self had not dared
speak them
IL was lbsen's wont, at midday, to
read the papers and sip his coffee at
the Grand, unless curious eyes be-
came too many. In which case he
SHE'D away for intermittent spells. He
does not like publicity or scrutiny.
and the trio was warned that he had
the manners of a grizzly bear. He
would not speak nor be spoken to by
the hoi pollo.. But the general had an
irresistible way of her own, and fear
lessly would she walk up to the can.
mons mouth, or beard the lion in his
den. In very pretty words she aired
her summers study of the Morse. and
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servances of the defenders of any far
"Swecthcarts and Wives" keeps the
memory of home bright, and often the
sip of wine is met with a lump in the
throat of a grim old warrior, whl
through tear dimmed eyes above hS
glass gets a glimpse of his loved onq
at dheir faraway fireside. and u
world is better for a noble sentinel
Wine growing has steadily
creased with the growth of the cou
try. The few vineyards of the sum-
hills of Western New York were I'D
lowed by the many great vineyard
of Ohio. The Carolinas and Virginia
have made wine since the Colonies
were practically penal settlements and
the labor outside the slave lin a
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was supplied by social or political
outcasts and poor debtors.
While the Sunny South is better
adapted to wine growing than almost
any other section of this republic,
it has made less progress in the in
dustry than the more recently settled
districts, and the average Southerner
is content to sip the heavy. rich,
fruity Scuppernong. which has much
of the quality Of port with no ambi-
ton to improve the vineyard or the
vintage, and thus it is that the hos.
pitable South will offer the visitor this
wine to-day as it was produced many
years ago. To be sure, the wine of
the country as far as the South is
concerned, has corn or rye as it's
basis, and the dispenser of planta-
ton hospitality expects the guest to
partake of either toddy or a mint
julep early and often, and these Sc
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05
c!.. for coIumbIa unluar.l,u.

Mrs. a. A. Anderson Of New Yorl
has given 100000 to Columbia univer
sity to start a suitable endowment I,
establish a pure science course lead
ing to the degree OF bachelor of sci
enee. The other members of tho
board of trustees, who have asked
to have their names withheld. have
onered to guarantee any deficit arts
ing from this new course during tha
next ten years up to total amount
of $4,000.
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/ alton for the support of the realm, it
is also a fact that the liquors of two
centuries ago were almost without
exception produced by and invented"
by the jewellers in the mountains.
The natives of North America are
almost the only uncivilized races with
out an intoxicating beverage of their
own invention and production. The
Kafflr and Zulu have their beers, the
Hindoo and Malay their palm toddy
the Chinaman his sam-su. the Japan
csc his saki, Central and South Amer
leans have their carasha, Mexico has
its pulque and mescal, either of which
If introduced extensively to the Amer
lean throat and nostril would do more
In the temperance field than all the
bands of prohibitionists in the land.
as the former resembles liquid limbur-
ger cheese, while the latter can only
be compared to hydrated alcohol
In Southern Russia they distill the
Juice of the watermelon and produce
very fair brandy Wine has been
made of currants, gooseberries, plums.
elderberries, curries, parsnips, rhu-
barb and potatoes. The natives of
Siberia prepare a strong intoxicating
beverage from the field mushroom.
Hippocrates records that wines were
made in his day from medlars, null
berries, asparagus, organum, thyme
and many other herbs. The liquors
and cordials of the Latin American
countries owe their origin TO the bark
of trees, leaves, flowers and fruits of
the tropics.
Chilli produces champagne quality
of wine from the apples of the coun-
try, while British Guiana obtains the
same result from the undeveloped
flowers of the palm
Six thousand separate and quite
distinct intoxicants now find mar
ket here The obscure drinks in use
in the odd corners of the world are
only to be found in the cafes or board
ing houses frequented by newly made
Americans from those places who
have become residents of New Work. !
now the most cosmopolitan city in
the world.
In the history Of the globe there Is !
no great name that is even suggest. /
i've of total abstinence After the IA. /
tigues Of battle the great captains of /
the past were refreshed with a flagon
of wine. Before great mental or phys
zeal effort the great men of the past
were prepared for the ordeal with a
stoop of wine.
Napoleon drank -Vougeot, and
even now whenever a French regi-
ment marches past that vineyard it
halts and presents arms.
The greatest of all ceremonies of
welcome and the browning honor of
the festive board is the "pledging a
health" II is Saxon memento OF the
times when the drinking horn had to
be raised with both hands and the
drinkers pledge" stood beside him
with drawn sword In order that no
enemy might stab him while drinking.
The time honored toast of all ma
ries is "Our Country" or "Our King"
md when the wearers of the uniform
II any nation stand and give this
pledge it does more to endear home
Ind country than all the other OBJ.
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outtonholed the mighty Ibsen quite
as II he were her equal ana
should be honored by the greer.
ing With quaint slips in her
mailing speech she told that literary
non how well he had written and
now well she liked his stories. his Ian
guaee' his country and himself The
professor stood aghast before the
orazen effrontery. The Matron wos
mute The victim was brave ana 70.
'alated with other kindly speeches
when assured the general thai her
skiil in the language did credit n
america. See Tbsen and die" bad
oeen the slogan of the trio. and II
Vaiing the memory Of Christ,an,a,s
glorious harbor, one OF the monv
most beautiful" views In the worI6
above the memory of the shattered
and dismembered viking shin Of con.
turtles past, is the treasured thongbt
OF that towering Goliath OF modern
literature.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

Britain's lawmakers are modest in
their demands for salaries. Fifteen
hundred dollars year would not
seem excessive pay even for MIR. Bal
four.
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Stowe, who may be said to have shec
some luster upon the name of hei
father and brother. wrote her great
book in the intervals of household la
Dor, the tasks of which she' daily per
formed with stained and battered
hands. Oregonian. !.
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Whistllng, according to some doc
tors, will do much toward the deyel-
opment of robust physical frame. 1t
will also do much toward developing
tendency toward homicide.
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Mr.. Labouchere is out of parlia-
ment, but he isn't above giving advice
TO his successor Above all things,
says Labby. eschew eloquence. and
never he guilty of a peroration.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

Conceding that wealth lessons hap
piness a large number of persons will
remain firm in their determination to
be unhappy.
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The sailing lists chronicle the de-
parture of Nine. Calve for Europe.
Also of Mile Calve. And everybody
is privileged to take his choice.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

London Truth remarks that so many
actresses are becoming peeresses that
the aristocracy of the realm should
be known as the actressocracy.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

WIN Princess Ena continue to say
After you, Alfonso" after she is
married?
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According to lady of some expert
y In the courts, the stars are
INST divorce, She's wrong. Stars
divorced almost as frequently as
bus girls.
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In Africa there is a tribe which is
still living in the stone age. Not Sc
different from the rest of the world,
which is living in the age of rocks.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

According to household journal.
one of the best appetizers is orange
marmalade. Another good one Is a
days work on a woodpile
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

1t viii be long time, just the same,
before the National Educational asso-
clation succeeds in popularizing
thru" "bizness," and "tuf."
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It is given out that King Edward is
famed for life. Surgical science is
not yet equal to the job of giving even
king new tendon Achilles.
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Samples of adulterated whisky fur
nisbed by DR.. Wylie were thoroughly
enjoyed by congressional committee.
To the pure all things are, pure.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

AS there appears to be nothing do
Ing IN Morocco, the European war
cloud can pack up and resume its old
stand In the Balkans.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

Let yesterday be happy memory
and tomorrow a sweet anticipation
To-day is the middle of the sandwich.
and therefore the best part of all.
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Still, 1t doesn't follow that every
man who refrains from laughing is
millionaire. Dyspepsia is as bad as
money.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

VIII Mr.. Carnegie kindly lend us a
million so that we can try to hold II
and laugh OF the same time?
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OIL is being tried in Cuba for the ex-
termination of the mosquitoes. Per-
haps Mr.. Rockefeller is down there
working up trade.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

IL is said that insanity is caused by
microbe. That Is why a crazy man
is sent to the bug house.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

scientists have discovered a new
way OF raising ships. What we yearn
Tor is new way Of raising the price.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

In quality and liquid refreshment pro-
duced under the sun.
The wine merchants of Europe call
l. IL inl- nd l.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

A New Jersey Judge has ruled that
beer Is not necessity of life. He had
better keep away from Milwaukee.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

e of the theatrical managers wept
billy because the New York critics
fun of his play But he would
1ably have felt worse about 1t IL
Z had said nothing.
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1t is TO be hoped that this is the
farewell tour the yellow peril is pre-
pairing TO put on In the far east.
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rhq report Of the death OF the dow
Y Empress OF China has not been
fmed, and it is. therefore but fair
pose that the emperor continues
horizontal position under the
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forth on stormy seas to-day In sucn
clumsy contrivance; but 1000
years back this same contrivance was
the proud queen of the waters, the
easy conqueror on a mighty main,
and the lesson she reads us, of past
power and present progress alone is
worth the northern trip, even though
the tomb chamber which buried the
viking king was pillaged of its hero
and its treasures, in remoter cen
turtles.
The Mighty lbsen.
Two mighty monuments, an ancient
and modern, has Christiania, and
at daily noontide, the trio lowered in
the salon of the Grand Hotel, for but
a glimpse of that Goliath of modern
times, whose weighty sledge hammer
nailed to the walls of "The Dolls
House" a verdict which startled mod
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-05

Low. Sweet Chariot" is the
|ggested by the news from
gton that the Austrian ambas.
IS Is running an auto which
Is In its yalJe the odors of Araby
'blest.
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|se officials are naturally slow
Upon the report that the Dow
Impress is dead. Persons who
hcted upon previous reports of a
Mar nature have met the fate OF
j ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS expert
enter.
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( the Vanderbilt ladies' recent
q big price for a thimhle that
On ona - Ornnn umiunhnAh
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ssnion has decreed the floating,
auto vel bmust go A veil on
~ ts~a nuisance, anyhow. and
nt ediet must meet the hearty
Of every man. whether or not
g an auto.
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NNNH I1IEAt1VEtIIs
as a relic. however.
himble win not use
IS her shirt waists
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-22

home here TO attend the sale and
to visit relatives.
Messrs. b. L. and Tilford CAL
vert purchased the Lindsay home
stead, on Friday, at 81, 225.
Mr.. Thos. Horsley has sold his
farm CT 1876 acres to Mr.. w. O.
Calvert. The farm lies on the
Elmville pike and is known as
the Ben Saylor place. 1t brought
So, $50.
Mrs. Julia Wilkerson and Mrs
Amanda Wilson visited Mrs. Helen
o. Wilkerson last week.
Mr.. Noah Moore is assigned to
the Buffalo Spring Distillery this
month, and he and his wife have
taken rooms at the Kelly house.
At the mule show on Saturday
afternoon the get of Mr.. E. P.
Sutton's jack, Mr.. Joe Wilson, of
Long Lick, was awarded the 50
premium, Messrs. A. G.. Goddard
and J. R. Tucker were judges.
Mr.. C. B. Roberts has bought
of Mr. r. G. Head his late resi-
dece, on Main street, close to the
Christian church, for So, 900. He
sold his house on Mulberry street
to Mr.. Charley Thompson for
5000.
Mr.. John Hill, who attended
summer school at Harvard Uni
versity, was at home Saturday
and Sunday and left Monday to
resume his duties as principal of
the Covington High School.
The funeral and burial of Mr..
Alphonso Perry took place at the
Perry burying ground, on Sun
day, near Skinnersburg. There
was large crowd present.
UNO.
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COURT OF APPEALS IN SEES
SION.

The September term of the
Court of Appeals opened on Mon
day, with all the Judges present
except Judge Cantrill (who will
never, IN all probability, sit
AGAIN., and including Judge J. NJ.
Lassing. the new Judge appointed
to fill the place of Judge Paynter
until the Novem Der election shall
choose n successor.
A big docket awaits considera-
ton.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-22
DAY-SCHOOL INSTI-
TUTES.

The State Sunday-school Con-
vention has taken a new departure,
and will hold series Of Sunday
school Institutes.
The following card from Prof.
<. r. Jones, County President,
explains itself:
The Kentucky Sunday-school
Convention has planned series
of Institutes for the cities of this
part of the State. The following
Sunday-school specialists will be
the instructors at these sessions
E. a. Fox, General Secretary
Kentucky Sunday-school Associa-
ton; Robert NJ. Hopkins, Sun
day-school Evangelist Christian
Church; J. F. Watts, Sunday
school Secretary Baptist Church;
T. c. Gebeauer. Field Worker
Sunday-school Association, and
W. J. Vaughn, Field Worker Sun
day school Association.
The Institutes will be held in
the following order: Frankfort.
Lexington, Georgetown, Cynthi-
ana, Newport and Covington,
Maysville, Paris and Richmond.
They are due in Frankfort Oc-
tober 1 and ,, two full days, six
sessions in all.
This is great opportunity for
our Sunday-school workers.
Watch the papers for further all
nouncements and program.
E. r. JONES,
County President.
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DON'T BE SORE.

When two strong men come to
blows, even if they are we'll
matched, it is not a pleasing
sight, but if the man who gets
the worst of it will use Dewitt 5
Witch Hazel Salve, he will look
better and feel better in short
order. Be sure you get DeWitt's.
Good for everything u salve is
used for, including piles. De-
Wits is the original Witch Hazel
Salve and the best. You want
DeWitt's. Sold by J. w. Gayle.