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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
A "souND SECULAR EDUCATION
Examination Of an English Lad II
General Knowledge.

Examination Of an English Lad in
General knowledge.
From the PAN Mall Gazette.
The following incident is true 1t took
place In my surgery two nights ago. A
patient of mine had sent for her medicine,
and strapping lad Of thirteen sat wait
ing for it. While putting it up endeayor,
ed to interest him with few questions
about himself. which proved mine OF IN
terest to me. This Is the dialogue that took
place:
''You are a big boy; left school yet7'
No. doctor"
Where do you go to SCHOOL,"
ITO - Road Board School. SIR
what standard are you in?s
sixth
Good! And what do you learn?'
"rypewriting. shorthand and carpenter
ing"
Really? I suppose you have done with
geography. history and similar subjects?
"Oh, yes: we've passed all those sub
jects.'
Finished them. Ell? Good: but I hope
you haven't forgotten them?'
ooh. dear no.
Did yeu DO all your physical geography.
| too?''
Don't know. sir: what's that7'
why all about the winds currents. time
| and the mathematical geography.
No, sir. Don't know anything ike that.
Well what do you remember OF your
| geography? Where's Timbuctoo?'
| Here he leered up at me with grin that
| plainly said. You're avn me-.
Don't know? Wen-er-where's Cape
| Horn?"
Don't know. sir" and another grin.
Don't know where Cape Horn is: we'll,
now. can you tell me where Cape Colony
is?"
"oh. yes. sir"
"Whore?"
"In India. sir
well, er-where's CeyIon?"
Don't know, sir, never card or IT,
what not know where the tea com'ss
! from?''
| Another ignorant leer was the RESPONSE
so 1 thought I would come nearer home
| and guessing he might be a foot DAN en-
| thusiast inquired:
| "Well. where's Luto1?'
Don't know, sir.
DO YOU know where Londonderry is7''
mo. sir"
Hopeless, l changed the subject and re-
marked:
We'll your geography is certainly beau
tifui. Now how about your history All
"Oh. yes. sir, passed all that; I'm ir the
sixth STANDARD =,
so you said before" I replied. Now tell
me who was the father of Queen Victoria? 2
7 might as we'll have asked him VINO was
Nebuchadnezzar' farrier. or to describe the
"circle of Willis. 80
Never mind: now, when did George III
acoede to the throne?
Don't know. SIR"
Great Scott. boy, can you tell me wren
he died?'
NO. sir ~,
"Weu, who was William the Connuere-Y
"Oh, l know that. SIR he answered de-
precatingly.
well. who was he!
Why he was William the Second
"Oh. Where did he come from?
SDain. sir
Nonsense. my boy; he from
France Was he not William of Nor
mandy"
'.Oh, yes, sir" eagerly.
well. where's Normandy, now
"In France. Sir
GOOD. positively good. BY the bye. what
IS the capital of France?' a.,
with eager response. and gladness on MS
uncared for face, he replied: why. Nor
mandy, sir
The medicine was ready and with a sigh
of relief I sent him home. But ] learned
that there was something amiss, rot win
the boy, perhaps. so much as Win Inc
method of teaching.
And that is what we are paving t"r'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
Borrowing From Women.
from the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
We are tempted to quote all the wise
saws on borrowing We know every time a
case comes into court-there are too many
OF 'em-of woman suing man to recover
moneys by her unwisely loaned to him.
With just enough exceptions to prove
the rule. the man who borrows money from
woman friend deserves watching. and
should be compelled to give security and
pay usurious interest. If he Is reliable he
can borrow from man friend and If he
has no man friend the chances are that
he is not reliable. To wheedle loan out
of a woman Is pretty poor business. It Is
usually confession that the borrower has
a case which win not stand the hard
headed examination of a man. So he i'm
poses on the credulity and the affection
OF a woman, often SO putting his petition
that she stands between love and loss
Loan oft loseth both itself and friend"
said the wise Polonius
Human nature may be over-suspicious
yet 1t commonly wants to know, you
know" every time ii hears OF a man In
debted in a substantial sum 70 q woman.
What was the consideration" 1t asks.
Borrowing from woman puts one In a
false relation The borrowed is servant
to the lender" says the proverh. and II is
not meet that man should be servant to a
woman. Then the transaction reverses the
modesty of nature. II is woman's Office to
borrow from men. and forget to pay. or to
make fool bets with them, and forget to
pay Neither a borrower nor lender
be" is good motto as between a man
and a nnaid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
MANCHURIA.
A Good Farming Country, but by No
Means Flowing With Milk and Honey

From the Journal Of the American Asiatic Asso-
citation.
AS a general proposition 1t may be SAID
that the Chinese business men Will, unoef
existing conditions, continue to transact
the bulk of the business of Manchuria
assuming that they are allowed Tree
hand Foreigners may bring capital Ut
goods in unlimited quantities, but the Chln-
csc will conduct the details of barter ana
trade with the consumer. Fore'grers may
cooperate or divide profits with them; they
may operate through Them but for the
present. and with no prospects OF materlai
change in the near future, the Chlnese ous-
mess men OF Manchuria Will continue 10 40
the business. AS the Japanese population
increases the scope of the japanese busi-
ness man will. of course. be enlarged
With an estimated population of 600
to 10000, 600 in Manchuria, and with large
areas of fertile lands yet to be taken up
by Chinese from the overcrowded provinces
FsQf the vast celestial empire; with one man
required to till an average of five acres.
and a growing demand for foreign manu-
featured necessities, the Manchurian mar
ket promises to Increase steadily in i'm
portance.
Judging from inquiries. some Americans
imagine Manchuria to be a land fabulously
rich in gold, fine furS and silks of rare
beauty, a land of unknown wealth now for
the first time to be opened to the outside
world as the result of the late war between
Japan and Russia. Manchuria is Bood
farming country. to China proper sort of
American ''out west and equally fertile
in its extensive agricultural areas as the
garden state of Iowa; supporting millions
OF Chinese, who have come from the over
crowded adjoining provinces There are
numerous good and some superbly beauti-
full furs, but prices now range high. The
Manchurian or Corean tiger skin ,s prob
ably the finest In the world. Such skins are
scarce and cost a small fortune. however.
Ten or twenty years ago a beautiful tiger
skin might have been had for S2o or 800
gold or even less Now they cost f1ye or
six times that amount at Mukden. the fur
center of this part of the world. Red and
silver fox skins are also costly. fur
resembling sealskin sells for about 90 per
cent of the cost OF real seal.
Gold mining has been carried on In a
small way for many years in Manchuria.
Scientific prospecting and examination by
experts. however. will develop what of real
or extensive value the district possesses.
not only in gold, but in other metals inciud-
ing copper In coal there are a number or
good properties already sufficiently devei-
oped to establish their claim to permanent
workable value.
Silks are freely imported into Manchuria.
Raw silk, the product Of the wild silk worm
industry Of thrifty peasants, is exported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

charged II about two spans deep with now.
ger and then stole off with his prize Ss.
iecting an orange tree mark he aimed
carefully and then fred, the result bein
ma. i the parrei burst and the young gem
tlemans right thumb was all but blown
on The japanese boys who were with
MIN ran away and raised the cry that the
prince had been shot by the strangers gun
ana Pinto was reused by an angry mob
VINO put him into irons, while the
priests-"servants of the devil he STYLES
them-loudly required that he should be
tortured to death. Fortunately the king
carried In chair, appeared on the scene.
and, on hearing Pinto's explanations or
oered him to be set at liberty Pinto at
the same time undertook to heal the
princes wound, and. though no "chirurJ
gion," managed to do 1t in the space of a
month. for which he received fee of Ar
teen hundred ducats- The Portuguese then
returned to Tanega Shima. whence they
sailed for Liampo, which is a seaport of
the kingdom of China, where at that time
the Portugals traded" Liampo being the
modern Nfhg-po.
Some time later-namely, In 1555-when
Pinto was sent by the Portuguese viceroy,
Don Alfonso de Noronha, on a mission to
the King OF Bungo, he found that there
were above thirty thousand arquebuses in
the city Of Fuchea alone He was also
informed by certain merchants OF good
credit that in the whole island of Jappon''
there were above three hundred thousand
firearms and that the japanese were ex-
porting them. by way Of trade. to the Liu-
XIII Islands. There Is not SO small On
hamlet" Pinto writes but hath a hum
dred at least: for cities and great towns.
they have them by thousands whereby ono
may perceive what the inclination Of this
people Is, and how much they are naturally
more delight than any other nation We
know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
White Lady Of Dreyfus Case.
From the St. James Gazette.

Parisians have forgotten the white lady
who has made her temperance with tha
retrial Of the Dreyfus case, and ungaIlanS
thought 1t must sound, admit that /, too.
have forgotten her name. She has always
been something of mystery. She Is q
rich and attractive woman. who must now
be about thirty-f1ve, and for the last twelve
years she has not missed a single one Of
the greater or lesser trials of the Drey fua
case. How she obtains ticket for admis-
sion to the court is as great a mystery az
herself; but she is always present and al
ways dressed entirely in white. Her jewels
are remarkable. and she attracts, or,
rather. attracted. 80 much attention that
on several occasions she has been asked
to sit In quiet corner of the court, where
she would not be quite so prominent a fig
ure. On the first day of the Rennes court
martial in 1899 the white lady was the only
woman on the platform where the judges
sat- Three four distinguished people.
the ex-president of the republic. NJ. Cash
mir Perier, among them, had been allotted
seats behind the judges, but the presence
OF a woman there. and Of a woman dressed
in white and glittering with jewels, created
something Of a scandal The uproar made
in court was such. that. although the white
lady was found to be in possession of the
pink card signed by tie minister Of war.
emitting her to sit upon the platform,
Col Jouaust, the president Of the court,
martial. asked her to leave her prominent
position and provided her with a seat else-
where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
English VS.. American Railways.


The upshot of comparison between Eng
fish and American railways Is that each
country has provided itself with the sys-
TEN that broadly considered, answers it's
own needs the best, and that. when all cir
cumstances are taken into account, neither
has much to learn from the other. Certain
great defects stand out ir each; English
railway financing and American railway
carelessness are both deserving of censure
Yet these defects are quite explainable in
their outgrowth from the physical condi-
lions at hand. and they are not amenable to
any off-hand remedy. Likewise. certain
points of especial attractiveness. such as the
English baggage system and the punctual-
lily of trains. and the American luxury OF
through travel. have arisen from a compli-
Gated set of local circumstances. and could
not be transplanted unless all the circum-
stances were transplanted as well. Most
forclble Of all is the impression gained by
such a study that the essential belief, the
very creed and doctrine of one country, as
regards the economics of its railway work.
ing. may not be much as discussed in
another, where the same ultimate problem
is gotten at in a wholly different way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
The Eighteenth Century Stage.


Until 1862 the actor played on a stage
surrounded by fops and fine gentlemen
"unlick'd cubs of condition." as Cibber
terms them. These persons, Iolling In the
wings, frequently interrupted the actors
and occasionally fought with them. In 1921
q noble but drunken earl, standing In the
wings during a performance of Macbeth"
crossed the stage to talk to friend. Rich,
the manager, expostulated with the noble
man for his breach of decorum, and he
promptly slapped the managers face
Thereupon Quin and two of the other act
ors drew their swords and drove the earl
and his friends from the stage. But the
gentlemen, not to be defeated, rushed into
the boxes and. cutting and slashing right
and left. proceeded to destroy the furni-
ture; they were only stopped from doing
further damage by the resolute action of
Qun, who, calling the watch to his as
sistance arrested the rioters and hailed
them before the magistrates. A less disas-
trous instance of these curious interrupt
lions was that of a gentleman who was so
stirred by the beauty of Mrs. Woffington's
performance of Cordelia in king Lear"
that he could not refrain from coming onto
the stage and embracing her in the sight of
the audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
GOLD HoARDINas AT PARIS.
A Reservoir Of Free Capital Tapped
by the Thirsty Nations.

a Reservoir OF Free Capital Tapped
by the Thirsty Nations.
From the American Monthly Review Of Reviews
Although the annual gold production OF
the world IL nearly f400 GOO. there Is
such tremendous trade activity in every
quarter of the universe that capital Is IN
demand as never before. One thinks Of the
usually well-s,lpplied money market as to-
day cleaned up, bare, In a condition OF
drought But then there is greater reser-
voir Of free capital in France which is be-
ing tapped by the other thirsty nations.
and which. In spite of the drain on 1t. keeps
well filled and shows no sign Of exhaus-
ton. The Bank of France, the largest
hoarder OF gold next to the United states
$500. Co., 600 of the precious metal; two year
ago, it had $465. 00O.0 COO and in lOO0. when
Paris began to slowly forge ahead OF Lon
don as the center OF largest money-suppiy,
the institution held only $375,000.0O0.
How has France, a nation ndustrially
inferior to Germany and with commerce
very much below that OF Great Britain
gained such power in wor.d-finance? The
answer Is. through her domestic economy.
however little one may admire the French
character. one has to admit that for frugal
", thrift, intense application to the work
IN hand. and the very commendable arnbi-
ton to carve from life's labors enough to
make bright the inevitable rainy day and
to cheer old age. the Frenchman has no
peer. To save Is an inherited deslra. The
poorest peasant in the least productive
parish OF the republic manages to put aside
a little each year for competency and
the f1shermen down on the Brittany coast
would havek starved few winters ago.
when the catch was almost nothing. had
they not been able to draw from the saw
ings of more fruitful years. There are tens
OF thousands of small shopkeepa-s inn
keepers, scantily paid government en-
pioyes. who are investors and whose com-
NJ yrtd ad 20
finance many nation and carry 1t through
a lean period.
The population of France Is about 49,
oVo,OVo people: the wealth. of France is near
ly $4,000, Ooo goo Robert'P. Skinner United
states consul at Marsei.le, in some recent
statistics shows how evenly this wealth Is
distributed. The number of estates ed-
minlstered in 1904 was 304, 7S7. and of these
one-half were for values ranging from less
than $4,000 to little under $4,000 Only
three were over $100O00O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
Legend of Hoopoe's Crown.
From the PAN Mall Gazette.


That interesting bird, the hoopoe. is now
represented in the geological society's mem
agerie. Compared with bird of paradise,
the hoopoe Is a humble-looking creature
in it's red sandy plumage. barred with
black; but In its way 1t is beautiful. It has
a large curved beak, and it's head Is adorn-
ed by crest of stir feathers. The hoopoe
is well known in Asia as well az in Flu
rope. There is a Spanish legend concerning
1t which has beerf related by Kingsley.
The story goes that once upon a time
the holy birds who run up and down on the
Prado at Seville among the ladies' pretty
feet had golden crowns on their heads. One
day the birds and beasts all went to pay
homage at the court of King Solomon
among them. of course, were the hoopoes.
When their turn came they made their re-
quest. which was that the king would pray
for them that their crowns might be
changed.
So King Solomon prayed. and instead of
golden crowns they received crowns Of
feathers. Ever since then. the legend con-
tinues, the hoopoes alive as merrily as
crickets in an oven. and also have the
honor of bearing the name of his most
Catholic Majesty King Solomon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
Ibsen and the Anglo-Saxon.

One reason may be suggested for the GU,
rious grudge which English-speakinS crit>
icisul. OF the second order continues to bear
against Ibsen. His moral anger. his vio-
lent appeal to the conscience, are with diff.
ficnlty understood by those who have grown
up in the atmosphere OF Angio-Saxon opti-
misin. Americans and Englishmen are alike
In this. that they admit with extreme diff1-
Guilty the idea that their national character
istics are capable of Improvement. That q
poet should want to diagnose the diseases OF
Gods own country when 1t lie obvious
that there can be no diseases there. seems so
preposterous as to rob the satire of interest.
No one could successfully attack the cons,
ventions of either of the Anglo-Saxon ma
tons except under the disguise OF gross
national nattery. such as Mr. Rudyard Kip,,
ling practices, because in no other way
could he secure any attention. The Gers
manic and Scandinavian races are less con-
fdent OF their virtues. and more amenable
to reflection, and they will sit through q
performance OF such a drama as "rhe Wild
Duck" asking themselves how 1t affects
their inner nature. and what message It has
to their souls. The American or English
audience merely says: What funny peo,
pie Do you suppose they are intended M
be hannyr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
"FEED UP"
IS THE WAY TO MAKE OLD MEN YOUNG

One Of the most remarkable evidences of the
power OF proper food 10 found IN the following
interesting story by Canadian:
81 am now IL years Of age and have been siling
more less ever since was 16 PEARS DID, part
OF the time en- invalid suffering with stomach and
bowel troubles.
About two years ago, having learned of the
good Grape-Nuts food was doing for some friends
OF OURS. resolved to try It myself and imme-
diateiy found heip-more vigor and power Of en-
dnrence.
That summer the heat did not affect me as II
did before I used Grape Nuts and after about four
months constant use began to realize what It
was TO be well and found my bowels adjusting
themselves 50 that now am free from the old
troubles. had long despaired OF such results
and safely say am enjoying better health
today than Ter many years past, for this wonder
full food has literally made new man OF me-"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich
There Is nothing wonderful about II. only sound.
scientific reason that any prove by trial
Look IL pkgs. for a copy OF the famous iittk
book, The Head to wellville."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
"Pogrom."
From the Westminster Gazette.

from the westminster GaEette.
correspondent writes: THE strange
word 'pogrom' has appeared frequently
during the last few days In the daily press
In Geographic dispatches from Wilma and
Bialystok and other places in west Russia
in connection with the nnassacres OF the
Jews in that unhappy portion Of the cars
dominions. 1t may be of interest to note
the meaning and etymology of this word OF
terrible import. The Russian word 'pog-
rom pronounced with stress on the Anal
syilabie) is generally translated 'desola-
tion. devastation The word is related to
the Russian words grom. thunder. the
thunderclash. and to gromit, to thunder. to
batter down. as with thunderboit, to de-
stroy without pity. utterly overthrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19
Walther League Annual.

BUFFALO. N. Y, July I9-The fifteenth
annual convention of the Walther League
of the German Lutheran Church, which has
been in session here for several days. ad-
journed last night. One of the most i'm
portant subjects considered was the ANAL
gamatiop OF the English societies with
those OF the German churches. The COM
mittee had reported in favor OF asking the
English societies to unite with the Wal
Their League. but when the matter reached
a vote 1t was decided to hold It over for
another year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

Judge Thompson at Cincinnati Monday
refused to appoint receiver for the Little
Kanawha syndicate's property In West Vir-
ginia. The motion for the appointment OF
a receiver was made by attorneys repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

Charles Mcmillan. a lahorer. yesterday
shot and slightly wounded Herbert Fox
and then fired three bullets into his own
head sat Warren. Ohio. Mcmillan will die.
while Fox's injuries are not serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

The identity of young man who died in
the Charity Hospital at New Orleans July
III has been established as clifford F. Chop
ton, son Of former Chief Justice C1opton Of
the Alabama supreme court.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-09-07
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
MARY JONES.

Mrs. Kate Powell has returned to
her home in Marion, KY, after a pleas
ant visit to Mrs. ?. G. Reed, OF 534
North Seventh street. Paducah News
Democrat.
We are in receipt OF the Crittenden,
(Ky.,) Record. The Record Is n bright,
newsy paper, and gives much space to
the mining interests Of that section.
Dodd City, Ark. Enterprise.
Miss McCord, of Marion, is the CUES,
of Miss Deboe. Of North Seventh
street. News Democrat.
Miss Fannie Steele. Of New York
City, is the pleasant visitor Of hel
sister. Mrs. J. W. Oliver. Miss Steel,
after visiting friends and relatives IL
Princeton and Louisville, will return t.
New York about October and resum,
nursing. Lyon County Times.
Mrs. Sue Adams. Of i3l Fifth street.
spent Sunday at Eddyvile with friends
attending the camp meeting. News
Democrat.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-09-07
Ruth.

Rev +. Is. Blackburn and ]. +.
Conger Of Marion, stayed with J. W.
Blackburn last Friday night. Rev
Blackburn was cnroutc 10 Dolenson.
where he filled bis regular appoint.
ments Saturday and Sunday. The
Hon. Mr.. Conger was working In the
interest Of THE CRrTENpES RECORD.
Of which excellent paper he Is associ-
ate editor. lie is having hattering
success in his new field. in truth he
almost admitted that heretofore he
had missed his calling.
I. W. Moore went 20 Marion
Wednesday Of last week.
}. T. Morgan went to Princeton
Friday on business.
j NJ Spiekard has the best orchard
Of apples IN this ncighborhood Mr..
Mamie Morgan wants TO return
thanks to him Tor a bot Of choice wind
falls In the way Of Ben Davis and
other choice cooking and eating fruit.
Uncle Thos. Asher will celebrate his
eightieth birthday next Sunday the oh.
Uncle Thomas puts this problem To the
ieachefs q the ccan,y: hos many
birthdays has he seen that occurred on
Sunday? Don't all speak at once
Address your answers 10 him az
Order. Ny, r. +. p. No. l.
Masters Tommic and volhcy Morgan
hauled slabs from a. u. Ashcr's Sa,ur.
day morning ami visited Johnson Wig.
g'nton. ia the Dogwood ncighborhood.
IN the afternoon.
j. NJ. Spickard was in Princeton
Wednesday.
A. ]. Spickard and family spcn,
Sunday Nth John Gray and family.
J. 7. Morgan visited at the pleasant
home % J. r. Dalton IN the Cridcr
neighborhood Sunday.