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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
Don't Be Disagreeable.

Some people seem to be very much afraid
Of telling pleasant truths.
They apparently consider that to be hon.
est they must be disagreeable, and that to
be frank means only to be brutal, as well
as callous. to the sufferings which frank
ness may cause.
Now. there are numerous ways Of speak
Ing the truth as well as looking it.
To be truthful need not mean to be un-
pleasing.
We can be honest without making our
selves hated and Stunned because Of our
brutal candor.
Unpleasant truths may often be sup
pressed without loss of rectitude; or, II
compelled to speak them, we may persist
emily show the pleasing side, and leave the
hearer to find out for himself, If he must
know it, that there is an unpleasing side
as well.
For there is always more than one side
to truth. Two sides at least can be seen
by the most supplemented person, and
those whose minds are complex can read
lily see many sides to the same question.
Tier hands are too big for her gloves"
comments the candid friend.
''Oh no; she only made a little mistake
In buying her gloves size too small" is
the way the peacemaker says the same
thing. says Woman's Life.
Now, If one side is always more pleasing
than the other, why, the question may be
asked. Is it not more honorable to choose
always the pleasant side to present to
friends?
Why deprive the world of Joy we might
have given when We do not hasten to
speak the pleasant truth?
Happiness Is a quality of which we might
obtain larger share than usual II we
determined to discover the pleasing side OF
the most unpleasing truths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
Qualifications of Office Boys.

From the New 1ork Noriu'
Youths to the number of 2S3 took part In
an examination before the civil-service
commission yesterday for the place of of
fee boy In the city departments. They
ranged in age from fourteen to eighteen
years. What subjects were they examined
In? Ability to whistle the latest topical
song? Familiarity with foot ball scores
and race-track odds? Slang, simplified spell
ing, telephone conversational aptitude or
capacity for doing the least amount OF
labor in the longest given time and calling
il a days work? Were the questions con-
ned to branches of Juvenile knowledge In
which they could pass hands down, or ex-
tended to include dull essentials ike PEN
nlanship, arithmetic and acquaintance with
the elements of office duties?
To the making of the complete once BOY
many details go which are not comprised IN
the text books. The race Is not always to
the one best equipped with school diplomas.
Only last Sunday the World printed the
story of a S3-a-week cash boy with PEN
chant for gymnastic tricks who has since
revoutionized the vaudeville stage. ana
there are other cash boys on record VINO
have lived to become managing partners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
Consumption in the Navy.

From the New York Tribune.
According to Surgeon General Rixey the
mortality in the Navy and Marine Corps
from tuberculosis is now relatively, if not
actually, greater than it formerly was.
Leaving out of consideration gunshot
wounds, drowning, burns and local injuries,
consumption ranked second as a cause of
death in 1900, fourth In 1901, and has been
first ever since. Again, whereas in 1895
the ratio Of cases requiring hospital treat
ment was 80 in thousand, it was 81 ten
years later.
The fact here revealed Is deserving Of
serious consideration. The time has gone
by when, among the people of this country
in the aggregate, tuberculosis found more
victims than any other malady. 1t now
causes fewer deaths than pneumonia. To
learn that there has not been correspond
Ing diminution among a class Of men who
supposedly possess more than the average
physical vigor, but that, on the contrary,
there has been an increase in mortality, Is
diSquieting, to say the least
In his annual report DR.. Rixey attributes
the spread of tuberculosis in the Navy and
the Marine Corps to two causes. He fears
that the examination of recruits by naval
surgeons has not always detected latent
disease which developed within a short
time after enlistment. Furthermore, he
thinks that sick men are often discharged
from hospitals before they have been fully
cured, and are thus sources of peril to their
associates. In time both the ships and
barracks in which such sailors or marines
are CHARTERED become infected.
The state of things to which publicity
has just been given for the first time Is I'M
fortunate from several points of view. The
government is put to unnecessary expense
in caring for the health Of its servants and
the efficiency Of the men is not what it
should be. Even more to be regretted is the
fact that knowledge Of the truth will
tend to discourage enlistment and already
1t Is hard to secure recruits. The commend
able frankness with which the surgeon gen.
era1 discusses the subject and with which
he places the responsibility for the evil will
unquestionably lead to an improvement in
the situation, but the effect is hardly likely
to be manifested at once In the statistics OF
sickness and death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR NOTES.

The Christian Endeavor Society of Keller
Memorial Lutheran Chul CHI held its MONTH
y business meeting Friday. November 9. at
ID c. After the business was transacted In
the parior of the home the following num-
bers were given: Plano solo, Mr. William
Weber; bass solo. Mr.. Cummings; violin
solo, Master Eddie Weber; tenor solo. Mr..
W. o. Little; recitation, Mice at PLAY"
Mrs c. II. Butler; clarinet solo. Mr. III
Schmidt; trio. Mrs. Cummings, Mr. Cum
unings and Mr. Little; violin solo. Master
Eddie Weber. At the close of the program
the residents of the home We're invited to
the dining room and served with cake
cream and coffee by the visiting Endeay-
orers The program was arranged by the
whatsoever" committee. under the chair
manship of Mr.. William Weber The social
part was planned by the president of the
society. Mr.. A. w. Cummings. A Jolly
party of thirty persons enjoyed the trip.
The extension department Of the District
Union. under the leadership of its super
tntendent. Mr.. Hermon G. Metcalf of Cur
ley Memorial Church has arranged to hold
committee conferences in the First Pres
byterian Church next Friday November 23)
evening at 1880 o'clock. These conferences
will be attended by members of commit
the District, and 1t is expected that many
new ideas and helpful suggestions for
Christian Endeavor work will be obtained
by the societies which have representatives
present Mr.. James o. Moul Of Baltimore
and vice president Of the Baltimore Chris
dan Endeavor Union will conduct the con-
ference for prayer meeting committees, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
No Company Stores There.

Charles E. Russell, in Everybody's Magazine.
Once New Zealand had many company
stores, and, as with u.s. one of their sweet
results had been that some Of the families
enslaved to these delectable institutions
never saw any money from one years end
to another's. They were continually In
debt at the company store; whatever they
needed they must get from the company
store; the only Inheritance they could
leave to their children was this lifelong
and hopeless account at the company
store. Even when the purchases were
made at reasonably fair prices the thing
was a swindle. The employer owned the
store. He, therefore, in effect paid the
men in goods at retail prices that he had
bought at wholesale prices. But the cases
few, and where the employer made dill
gent use Of his opportunity the game was
burglary. Some years ago, when was
investigating the anthracite coal mines OF
Pennsylvania, I found that the run of
prices at the company stores averaged 80
per cent higher than they should have
been, and the miners were compelled to
buy at those prices or be discharged. At
the same time the law of the state abso-
lutely prohibited company stores, and al
most every coal mine had one Well?
vania, you know, and mans were so easy.
In New Zealand when they pluck up an
old villainy they fetch away roots and all.
They didn't namby-pamby with negligible
laws prohibiting company stores, but made
company stores impossible by providing
that all wages must be paid in cash, and
nothing but cash. and without deductions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.

The junior local assembly Of brotherhood
chapters will hold Its annual meeting next
Monday evening in ST. Johns parish hall,
corner 10th and H streets northwest. at
which an executive committee and officers
for the ensuing year are to be elected.
Roman l.. Harding of the senior brother
hood chapter Of St. Agnes Chapel, corner
eth street and New York avenue, has been
made director OF st. Agnes Junior brother
hood chapter The organization meets every
Friday evening.
The annual report presented by the ma
tional council at the recent convention Of
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, held at
condition of the senior department Of the
organization In this country, show q total
OF 19S active chapters, with a membership
Of S,1OI; also 81 dormant chapters in pro-
cess of reorganization. and % probationary
chapters to which charters have not yet
been Issued.
Active preparations are being made by
the members OF the brotherhood chapters
Of Trinity Church. with the assistance Of q
mission to be held at Trinity Church, cor
ner Sd and G streets northwest, beginning
Saturday evening. December 1, and con-
tinung until Sunday night, December 8.
AL the services OF the mission will be con-
Quoted by Rev. William w. Davis of the
Little Church Around the Corner, New
York.
At meeting of several Of the men of St.
Stephens parish held last Wednesday
evening. st. Stephens brotherhood chap
ter was revived and reorganized, with
Thomas II. Armstrong as director and
Henry H. Tallmadge as secretary and
treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17

decoration is not confined to its windows.
Over the great chancel arch Is inscribed:
HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold.
I make all things new" Rev, xxi:5, and
all around the frieze of the church, bor-
dered with an ancient Gothic decoration,
runs this legend: And /, John. saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
from God and of heaven prepared as
bride adorned for her husband. Behold the
tabernacle of God is with man; and He will
dwell with them; and they shall be His
people; and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God" Therefore it will
be seen that the Church of the New Jeru-
salem tells its story in its very structure.
The New Church here is thought to rank
with the best Of the denominations In the
larger cities of the country in dignity and
beauty. In Philadelphia is the Gothic
group at the corner of Chestnut and 22d
streets; in Boston the impressive Gothic
interior, built some seventy years ago.
whose portal fronts upon the state house;
in Chicago four commodious edifces dis
tributed over the city's vast area. and In
Cincinnati. at Walnut Hills. beautiful
stone church in the English rural style,
with its long range of accessory buildings.
The other more prominent churches of the
denomination are in New York city, Brook
lyn. N. Y; Providence r. l.; Brockton.
Mass; Detroit, Mich; st. Louis, Mo-, and
San Francisco Cal. The General Conven-
ton Theological School Is located in Cam.
bridge, Mass, on a spacious site directly
opposite Harvard Memorial Hail. where its
Gothic chapel is one of the gems Of the
academic city.
Concerning DR.. Sewall.
There are few better known clergymen
in washington than Rev. Frank Sewall,
the pastor the New Church He laid
the foundation of this national church of
his denomination, and not only is the i'm
press of his genius to be found in this
edifice's history, but he has likewise won
for himself distinguished place in literary
and musical circles Of Washington. He is
an accomplished pianist.
DR.. Sewall is a native of Bath, Me-, a
member of the famous family of shipbuild-
ers for three generations of that city. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
EPWoRTH LEAGUE NOTES

The Metropolitan Epworth League Chap
ter is said to be making progress this
year. The first social of the season. of
which there promises to be a number, was
held last Monday night. and was a sue
cess The league is growing in many ways
About twenty-five new members have been
taken In in little over a month and a
great part OF these are young people.
choir OF young people of the Sunday
school has been organized. Last Sunday
night about twenty members were present.
The music Is a feature of the Sunday sery-
Ices, and twenty minutes of the first part
OF the meetings are entirely devoted to
This. The large orchestra supplies music
ana often plays special selections. A male
quartet has also been organized and is
progressing wonderfully
a Bible study class and a mission study
class have been organized under the direc-
ton OF the first and second departments
RESPECTIVELY number have Joined these
classes. The ChautauQua Circle, under the
fourth department, has large class en-
rolled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17

was educated at Bowdoin College, Me-, and
received there his regular academic de-
grees in course of A. B. and A. NJ, and in
1902 was given the degree of D. D. He
pursued an extensive course of university
study in Germany. especially in Berlin
and Tubingen: at the latter university hav-
ing as his special director the famous
Swedenborgian translator and philosopher,
DR.. j. f. Emmanuel Tafel. DR.. Sewall's
first pastorate was in a suburb of Cincin-
natl, Ohio. from which he went to the
presidency of the New Church College at
Urbana, Ohio. which position he occupied
for many years. and resigning which in the
year 1886. he went abroad with his family
for prolonged residence, accepting for
time the temporary charge Of New
Church society in Glasgow. Scotland, and
becoming extensively acquainted, both in
his church and out of it, with life and let
ters in England. Following a residence
of some months in Italy and Germany he
returned to accept the call to the pastor
ate Of the Washington Society of the New
Jerusalem, which he has held now since
1890, during which he has seen erected and
dedicated this handsome contribution to
Washington's many other architectural en-
belltshments.
AS an Author.
DR.. SewalI has, as stated, attracted a
great deal of attention through his writ
ings. being a contributor to not only New
Church but other literature. He is the
translator of the only English edition Of
poems of the renowned Italian poet, Car
ducci, and also Of the Trophies the SON.
nets of the late French academician, Here
dia He has translated from the Latin
SwedeIlborg's de Anima the Soul; or Ra-
tional Psychology" and has published in
London work on "Swedenborg and Mod
ern Idealism.'' In paper read before the
American Philosophical Society at its meet
ing last DecembeG in the Emerson Hall of
Harvard University he pointed out from
recent German, sources what he claimed
was evidence of Swedenborg's influence
upon Goethe In his conception of the two
worlds and their mutual intercourse and
DIR. Sewall's latest work is entitled "Rea-
son in Belief or Faith for an Age Of Sci
ence." Among his other notable works
are: 1.-The Ethics of Service" 1.-THE New
Metaphysics; or, The Law of End, Cause
and Erect" 'tDante and Swedenborg, and
Other Essays in the New Renaissance"
1.-THE Angel OF the State dealing with the
kindergarten In its education of children.
A study OF Pestalozzi. Frobel and Sweden
borg, retrospect of philosophy from Cant
to the present time. and a number Of trans
lationss sss.<ssssszsa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17

Mr.. Frederick Ohrenschan of Baltimore and
president of the Maryland Christian En-
deavor Union will conduct that for the
missionary committees. The lookout and
the calling committees will be united under
the leadership Of Miss Anna W. Fairfield OF
the First Congregational Church. Miss
Nellie Theaker of New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church viii conduct the conference
for social committees, and Miss Emma Post
of Baltimore, president Of the Baltimore
Junior Christian Endeavor Union. will have
charge of the conference for Junior super
intendents and other Junior workers.
GERS led by Mr.. Harry F. Lerch Of Me-
mortal Lutheran Church. This conference
will be held in the lecture room at the close
of the committee conferences, 30 that all
may have an opportunity to attend. There
will be a general discussion of Christian
Endeavor work in the officers conference.
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for indebtedness. True, If a workmans
wages were $50 month and he owed SIG,
it was not possible to give him $14 and a
receipt for the amount he owed. He must
be paid in full $50. even If he returned SIG
of 1t the next moment. Also, wages must
he maid within twenty-four hours of
demand for them, and wages Of less than
SO a week were exempt from attachments
from any source, provision that practi-
cally abolished the loan shark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17

Yeast-''They say the moon doesn't al
ways travel In straight line"
Crimsonbeak-'T suppose they refer toNthe
times. it Is full; and the rule doesn't apply
alone to the moon."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Precipitate.
From Life.

Baby camel: Mama, can have a. drink?
Mama camel: Shut up! Why, It was only
five weeks ago that gave you one.
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49, Why did not the Jews receive CHRISTI
Why did they reject His teachings when
He was among themf
Answer. The Jews were expecting as the
Messiah one who should break the Roman
yoke and restore the kingdom of David.
Jesus did not meet this ideal. Moreover,
nv his plain preaching he exposed the sins
of the people and awakened their Ill Will.
Accordingly, there was nothing in Him
suited to their political notions or their
loose way of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
The window Scheme.

Thus the window scheme extends from
the closed gate of Eden. through the dis
pensation of the Old and New Testaments
to the opened gates of the Holy City. and
thus exhibits the whole doctrine of divin.
redemption as set forth in the word of Rev
citation.
The symbolic teaching Of the church's
The Alaska prospector., 1906-10-18
|nvestigateCab|eOffice Complaints Regarding Leaks in Local
 Office. Investigation Coming.

St. Petersburg, Oct. l3-Many # the nobility are leaving here, ostensiably on q vacation. The famine in the Kasan district is assuming alarming proportions.
 Ledez, Oct. 13-A general strike has been declared here. Five ter rerities were shot yesterday and , one this morning by the arthcri- ties. Business is ell suspended and the streets ere full of troops.
 Havana, Cct.i13-The residents of the Isle, of Pines have sent a petition to congress asking for annexation to the United States instead of a. return to sovereignty.
 Washington, Get. 12-The at torneys for Mover and .Pettibone are arguing an appeal in the United States supreme court against the refusal of the Idaho courts to grant writs of .Loebus corpus. They charge that the prlsonsrs were kidnapped from I Colorado through the conspiracy of the governors of Colorado and 'Idaho. They declare that it i. fragrant malfeasance of the eEecu- tive duty, the contemplation of which would turn all right think ing people against the courts.
 Dublin, Oct. l2-Richard Crocker has brought suit against London magazine for an article allegiGe that he used his power in Tam- many for his own financial benefit. The t.ial will be of interest as it will deal with the honesty of the Tammany administration.
 New York, Oct. 12-The county democratic convention has nomi- mated full judiciary on it's ticket. The Independents intend to in- dorse five of their candidates, including only three independents.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-10-18
Mineral Application No. nc.

In the United States Land office at Juneau Alaska, September %, l906.
 Notice is hereby given that in ursuancc of all Act oi ongrc-s approved May 10, 1872, A. " TibDrtt, whose post piiice address is the City et Alton, State of Illinois, by and through his duly and regularly appointed agent and attor' ncy in fact, Charles Tibbett. whose post office address is ynliez. Alaska, has made applica- ton for r. : Patent for .hi57 linear feet or tirrr'"Chitty' lode bearing gold. copper end other minerals, with surface ground ev0rag inR j82 g1 feet inwidth, lying, being and situate h the Recording Precinct of Valdez, District of Alaska and described by the official plat here with posted and by the field notes on file in the office of the Register of the Jui'eai Land District, Alaska as follows to-wit:
 GRITTY LODE.
 Beginning at the Y. F.. location corner . post | feet.long, inches square, set 20 inchsA bears \. F deg. @ mn. F.. 622i feet. Ttence 33 deg 2l min. F.. 2JOO feet. Bi.roWry cat bears :. 8 deg. g min. ". l0 feet fIst.a-t, ~ feet trail. 5s72D feet s. F.. location cerher,s pp-t marked ef2 Thencc $. {3 deg. as min W. Descending. liI7 4S feet set post feet long, marked d6G 3 <. ". location corner :. 53 deg F min. W. 9i7 feet. Thence \. 9 deg. 24 nit. W, ascending. 575.75 feet \. ". location corner, Il post feet long, marked GSj- Thence \. B deg. g min. F.. ascending tis7 feet t0 Corner No l. the place of beginning Variation Al all corners of this Survey 29deS. F. Area IA. is1 acres.
 The location notice of said mining claim be- ing duly of record in the office of the District Recorder 4, Valdez, Alaska. in Book E. of min. iugIocatinns, At pages l9l-lg2. Of the recordsrf the recording precinct "f Valdez, III the Dis trict of Alaska. Said mining claims being bounded by unknown claims. The survey coy erng said mining eiaim being designated as [. S Mineral Survey No 6j6.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion oi said Chitty Lode Mining Claim, or surface grOnnd are heieby required to file their adverse claims with the Register of tho United States Land Ofire at Juneau. Alaska, during the sixty day period of publication thereof or they will be barred by virtue of the statute.
 JOHs W DUDLEY,
 Register It i. hereby ordered that the foregoing notice be published for t.u -Irrc-.iEc wc'k- in the ALASkA i:.r-FgCTDP, Il weekly HrwspG ger pub lishci at Nd!tez, Alaska.
 JOHS ". DI'DLHY,
 Register. Date oi iir-' publication, Oct. II. 1900.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-10-18

Seattle, Oct .12-Large >nining operators, steamship companies, railroad companies and business men arriving from Valdez are making charges that there is bad leak at the Valdez office of the cable. They claim that the con tents of private messages are known on the streets before they are delivered to the addressee. Complaints have been made to Washington and informal com plaints tiled with Colonel Glass ford have been forwarded by him to the department. Some of these charges were made several weeks ago. The claimants allege that their private information has been given out by some one at the office, destroying negotiations that they had under way, and it is also al- legged that the recipients of these stolen messages are men who are prominent in local affairs. The matter will be thoroughly investi- gated.
 Washington, Oct. 12-Informal complaints regarding leaks in the Valdez cable office have been .re- ceiyed here by the department and as soon as direct charges cen be brought before the department a thorough investigation will be made.