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& s.N|'IiLH for TIC picturesque
~ s.- "a. II at For; Root. JUS
E-N ,..a'.i < mas, 1t"=i--il di'.' -1I
< Z ,ar.-",-. DE-. ly nag uU..''-''-s. tree
ss.". ,arju""rhs. ".e,'y graves,
er..- -.-s.. m 1-ar-ys of many Kinds. and
pr,at ..,..- vt land and water , "asd the
tga. Ser ,.r c HHs ..' 10. II On l"' RIVER
side nr .a..-r t.' Yes FFaii'H through j
gu.r, gateway en- Ih' land SIDE II IS al
u6aa..a a t7r,- btu as m't. t"fy f'S'''a-
ZION IL is retained. though neglected. bN lia
N,.r IeI-rim ut. The place Is u"d"r the
care. tl 'Eg word 'gaT" may De FE""E
used .H connection VIII Fort F"ote' o. MIS-.
T9y..r. VIII OF Ordnance S'rst, q. H.
Tu.h. now on foreign service. Mrs.
Tucker was made "fortkeoper hecause o.
her knowledge OF the place acquaintance
with TIE people of the country roundabout
and because she Is so.iieT-Wiie ana not
afraid To- live alone in such an isolated
place The position is a civil appointment,
subject To competitive" examination. anu
carries with il a salary of $50 a month-a
salary that would seem 10 be as III nous as
the fort. II may lie That the War Depart
ment can dig out Of its records the TACT
that a woman is employed as tortkeeper
somcwieT" els" i'm title ':iied states, put
in that part Of Mary land '"ear Fort toote
il is the belief of ta' p3o.l" tAat MIS-.
Tucker is the only woman lorike Per IN the
country
Most observation-disclosures who PASS summer
know that Fort Foote IS ON the Maryland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Little Sermon.

Bishop Thomas Bowman, on the recent
celebration at Orange of his ninetieth
birthday, spoke wisely OF religious tolera-
ton.
The older one grows" said the -amous
Methodist bishop, the more one disregards
the little. unimpOrtant, useless things that
separate one denomination from another
One fixes ones mind on the great things
that bind all denominations together. And
they who neglecting the great things, ne
electing charity and uprightness and honor,
wrangle over small UNCONVENTIONAL differ
ences seem to an old man as absurd as the
Taoist and the Shintoist.
Perhaps you know the story.
"A Taoist-I think 1t was a Taoist-once
fell down a well, and Shintost-or some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

the train,' said the first commercial tray
eler.
Wrong, wrong!' shouted the second
It's the output of the exhaustion
80 they wrangled for an hour, and then,
on the trains arrival in Philadelphia, they
agreed to submit the matter for settlement
to the engineer.
THE engineer, leaning condescendingly
from the window Of his cab, listened with
an attentive frown to the two travellers
statement Of their argument Then he
smiled. shook his head. and said:
We'll gents, ye're both wrong about the
workin' of the vacuum brake. Yet it's very
simple and easy to understand. 1t works
like this. When we want to stop the train,
we just turn this here tap. and then we fill
the pipe with vacuum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Neat Rebuke.

"The late Julia Magruder, as her bril-
liant books show, detested the married
firt" said a Washington woman. Il once
heard her, at the seashores rebuke mar
ried flirt rather neatly.
'The woman, young and pretty, was al
ways surrounded by throng of adorers-
foot ball and golf and tennis champions
from the leading colleges-very young. but
very handsome, very charming lads.
Late one night, on Miss Magruder's re-
turn from a dinner, she found the young
woman and a young man seated in the hall
Of the hotel alone.
1T was very late. Every one else had
gone to bed. The young woman was en-
barrassed. But she looked up and laughed
nervously, and then, for something to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Real Excuse,

H. ]. Conway Of Chicago. the president
Of the Retail Clerks International Union,
advocated at the recent convention In st.
Joseph the same pay for women as for men
clerks.
when women said Mr.. Conway after
ward, do the same work as men, they
should get the same wages And any one
who argues that this is impossible seems to
me at once as ungalant and as illogical as
the famous husband of Paint Rock.
This husband was returning home from
market late one Saturday night with his
wife The wife was burdened with huge
market basket a broom, a kit of mackerei
dear knows what all. AS for the man, he
carried nothing.
Coming to a steep hill the wife paused
and said reproachfully:
Jack, If you were real man, you'd
help me carry some of these parcels
Jack glared at her in disgust and scorn.
law, how can ~ he growled. Amt I
got both hands in my pockets"
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Out of Babes Mouths.

Hope College, at a dinner in Holland. Mich,
recounted some quaint juvenile definitions.
",They are definitions said Dr. Kollen
given by little children in examinations.
Some of them, / think, are rather good
Some show unconscious, some intended hu-
NOR"
And with that preface he began:
'Perspiration-Whe the heat makes
your body cry all over
"'Fan-A thing to brush the warm off
with
'Monkey-A little boy with tall
Clear soup-A quart of water boiled
down to a pint to make it strong.
"A ballet girl-A lace parasol, with two
pink handles.
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Concentrating Pleasure.
Charities and the Commons.

From Charities and the Commons.
The mardi gras of New Orleans is, prop
erly speaking, the only distinctive example
of the pageant left in our country. which
retains its peculiar color and character from
year to year. An occasional turner, sCheut-
zen or schwaben fest among Germany
friends is to be seen, also an attempt at an
Italian fiesta. Other such contributions may
be discovered in foreign settlements of our
cities. The national touches in these, how
ever in costume, song and dance. are soon
lost in the coarser pleasures of eating,
drinking or AmericaniZed substitute in
sodas ice cream and two-step. Our ath-
letics and sports are not SO much for honor
and the proving of the best man for the
benefit of the bookmaker. Even our girls.
basket ball teams are made commercial ems
terprises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

II the explorer would go to Fort Foote
overland he should take the road leading
from congress Heights, through the nearly
erased ramIarts of Fort Greble, down
swallow HlL across the valley of Oxon
Kun past Rosecroft the fine country
seat OF John Z. Powell of the Treasury
through the settlement of Oxon Hill and on
by way OF the fires rmed ruin of Oxon Hall
ana the graves of the Addisons and Berrys
TO New GIatz
Inc hamlet OF New Glatz up to about
ls"" was called Fort FoOte. Fort Foote
post office was there also the usual stores
the smithy, the school and a few buildings
y number OF German families settled there
III the late eighties and early nineties. and
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How he Knew.

The Rev. D. L. Bass of Cairo, Ill, has Of
late attracted much attention through his
observations on the kiss, which he has very
wildly described as "a cloudburst of excess
sive passion and ecstasy"
Discussing the kiss with reporter. Mr.
Bass said
"Of course it is not necessary for me to
state that l have never personally expe-
rienced the terrible and baleful emotions
whlai, in my discourses. I have attributed
to kisses of a certain type.
I'VE can, you know, understand and ap-
preciate a thing without personal contact
with it. Why, only the other night at a
dinner given by wealthy friend of mine,
as box of cigars was passed about, the
host said:
g L don't smoke, myself, but you will find
these cigars excellent, gentlemen. My valet
steals more of them than of any brand 1
ever had"
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Subtle Flatterv,

Mrs. I. L. Rice, the president of the New
York Society for the Suppression of I'M
necessary Noise was complimented, on the
liner Adriatic, on the work her society has
accomplished.
"Ah." said Mrs. Rice, IT fear you fatter
me. But little work has been accomplished
in comparison with the work contemplated.
You f1atter our poor little bit Of work. It
is the case all over again Of the landed
proprietor and the lake.
This landed proprietor was showing a
guest over his domain. Everything was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Technical One.

THE late Angelo Heilprin," said Phila-
delphia scientist had a most learned and
most lucid mind. He could not merely
master a questionable. could lay it SO clearly
before you that you, in short while, be-
came master of II, too.
Prof. Heiprin claimed that they who
could not explain a subject perfectly did
not know that subject perfectly. And he
used to tell story on this head.
He said two commercial travellers, on
the way from Reading to Philadelphia, once
got into an argument over the action Of
the vacuum brake.
Its the imitation Of the tube that stops
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Just in Time.

Senator Hopkins was discussing at the
Oyster Bay station a political error.
Those people admitted their error" the
senator said. but they admitted it in such
an odd funny way. 1t was like the case
Of the Blenheim spaniel.
"A gentleman sat at dinner in a restau-
and said:
Excuse me. sir, but did you have lit
tie Blenheim spaniel with you, sir?'
Eyes said the guest, anxiously. I left
1t with the boy in the hall outside. What
about IT.?
I'm sorry SIR said the waiter, but I'll
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fine except the lake. 1t, indeed, was very
small The guest laughed at it.
"'Ha! ha. ha" he cried Call that a
lake? Nonsense. Ha, ha! ha!
Nevertheless said the host, somewhat
haughtly, "a man drowned himself in this
lake last year.
1.-The guest laughed again.
"'Oh. hov he said. He must have done
that just to flatter you, then"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Boomerang Joke.

ION our return trip to New York on the
Mnnetonka," said Chicagoan, some one
told Mark Twain, OF. a rough, windy morn
ing, that he looked seasick.
"Im not seasick.' said the humorist.
"'You look It. the other persisted.
Then Mark Twain laughed his short
gruff laugh and told US all a story.
He began by saying that it never paid,
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dress quarters. guardhouse headquarters,
and at the upper or north end of the reser-
walton the officers quarters.
Even the gardens of the fort have a
ruined look, and many shrubs that once
bordered pretty walks have grown wild.
In front of the home of the fortkeeper two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

she extended her handkerchief and MUIR
INJURED:
See, have a knot in my handkerchief,
and 1 can't remember what ii was put there
for
Perhaps. said Miss Magruder, smiling
gravely, perhaps 1t was put there to remind
you that you are married
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

knowing of sometimes disagreeable rule
about taking or not taking photographs on
a government reservation, The Star man
obtained most of the views shown in this
story before meeting Mrs. Tucker. Women
are sometimes literal in enforcing rules
and at other times lax in not enforcing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

have to take back that there stew. There's
been some curious mistake in the kitchen.
It's lucky you haven't eaten moren half
of 1t, SIR
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Hog5E

circular flower beds are abloom with color
and a few potted plants here and there
give slight womanly touch to the place.
Believing that the fortkeeper would not
be met with before reaching her home and
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12
Hunting the Maribou.

Hunting the marabOu Is attended
with great difficulty, as the bird pos
sesses wonderful cunning and often
contrives to Outwit the most skillful
hunter. With laughable dignity It
measures the ground between itself
and It's pursuer and takes very good
care not to exhaust itself by too rapid
flight. If the hunter moves slowly the
bird at once adopts an equally easy
pace, but If the hunter quickens his
steps the bird Is of like an arrow. It
Is very difficult to get within gun
range Of this calculating creature, but
the natives adopt a novel means Of
capturing 1t, which the bird, with all
it's astuteness, Is unable to compre-
bend and falls an easy victim. A
tempting morsel Of meat is tied to the
end Of long stout cord, which the
skiliful hunter filings to great dis
lance, as he would lasso, the bait
falling as near the fleeing bird as he
can aim 1t. He then conceals himself
hastily behind bush or crouches low
on the sand. The marabou, which al
ways keeps its eye on the hunter, see
ing him vanish, quietly stops and de-
YOURS the bait, when it is easily Sc
cured by the hunter, who runs toward
It, eoiling the rope as he goes
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12
Hodw Ibe
Shared Him,

[Originai.l
We were sitting in the arbor under
the grapes, which were quite ripe. We
plucked and ate number of huge
lunches; then she asked what we
should do next. ooh, know" and she
ran into the house and brought out a
book. On the left page were number
of printed questions; on the right,
blank spaces in which to write the an-
swers. 1t was impossible to determine
which were the more stupid, the ques-
lions or the answers that had been
written in it. The book was about
half filled, the writer's having been
both masculine and feminine.
ran my eye down the column Of
questions, such as "What is your ia
vorite color? Your favorite proyerb?
Your age:" When I came to the last
l paused and asked If the women an
sWered that question. She said only
one had, but she didn't count; she was
a practical creature and earned her
own living. 1 went on down the list.
lis life worth livingY' Think of that
to be answered by people from sixteen
TO twenty-six, as most of those who
had filled in the answers were. "What
is your present thoughtT' I paused
again and began to write, 'sThat the
man who"- She stopped me.
Don't write anything disagreeable.
won't have my book spoiled"
had Intended to write, 'aThe man
who got up this book did so for idiots
and to fill his pocket at their expense"
Instead wrote, '"rhe man who Is
asked to write in this book should feel
highly complimented."
That's very NICE" she said. II
know how cynical you are, and /
feared you were going to put In some
thing horrid."
My second thought was that I had
narrowly escaped making an ass Of
myself.
l went on down the list and paused
at What is your ambitionw These
questions were goading me to ruin,
and again came near making slip.
started in to write "To drink all the
champagne there is In the world" but
caught myself when I had written
10 drink and finished dew from
your sweet lips" I had no sooner
Written this, which l had considered
high flown compliment, when real
lzed that it was tantamount to decla
ration. She was looking over my
shoulder, and to get glimpse OF hel
race turned my head. My beard
came III contact with the almost invisi
Ole down on her cheek.
"Oh!" she exclaimed.
Excuse me-" said.
Inc glimpse l got satisfied me thai
mad stepped off the river bottom and
must swim. was startled at the dis
covery, had never been before beyonf
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12

A sentence which could be read for
ward or backward, such as Raw was
I ere I saw war;" If it had nine syria
bles, could be written in the same ar
rangement Of squares and could be
read in 36842 different ways, or dou-.
BILE the above illustration, as it could be
read down from the upper left hand
corner or up from the lower right hand
corner.-BaltimOre News.
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True Charity.

Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Re
moving stones and thorns from the
road is charity. Exhorting your fell
low men to virtuous deeds is charity.
Smiling In your brothers face is char
ity. Putting wanderer in the right
path Is charity. A mans true wealth
Is the good he does in this world.
When he dies mortals will ask what
property has he left behind him, but
angels viii inquire, "What good deeds
hast thou sent before thee Y'-Moham-
med.
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my Oeprn ana an indifferent swimmer
at that. Still confess had been pad
ding around the girl who was about to
well, to drown me. She says I'm
cynical, and suppose 4 am, though !
am somewhat excusable in this in
stance, for the word drown" carries
out my smile. I struck out wildly.
'That won't do" said, Sin a book to
be seen by any and every body. They
might think-I meanwhile it's true
it's-shall scratch it QUIT"
"Oh!
This was no reply to my question,
but it expressed lot Others may not
understand what 1t meant, but I did.
was ratified. made dash for the
next question and read aloud, do you
consider marriage a failure?'
wanted to write as felt. II wish
1 knew which it will be for me IL
settle this matter now" but of course
I couldn't write that, so I temporized.
and man who temporizes with the
girl he courts is lost-that is, IL mar
riage is failure. I wrote, ut depends
upon whether one gets good wife"
It's wonder she didn't laugh when
she saw what I had written, but she
didn't. This was serious business.
Don't you think that a one sided
view to take of it?' she said In soft
voice.
"Upon my wordr' exclaimed. I was
getting more and more ratified every
moment @T1l Ak it," and I wrote on
"but In this CASE stopped again.
"What case?' she asked In the same
soft tone.
ssWhy, the case we were talking
weren't we talking about case? So
we weren't. How stupidr'
"Ohv'
What a convenient word and how 4
girl can use it! I've since tried It my
self, but without the slightest effect.
Think Of man using 1t and with
out the softness Of voice, the surprise
In the eyes, the injured look about the
mouth. One might as well expect a
woman to produce an effect by the use
OF a swear word And yet this girl was
sharing me with it.
"You seem to think began and
paused. Yes, she thought, and she had
a right to think, but what was about
to say wouldn't help matters. She
didn't say "Ohw / wished she would,
or anything to start me afresh. 1 turn
ed to the book for way out. Whist
Ia your favorite method Of proposals.
The question must have been put In
for the women, and women who were
hirts at that. A man might have a
favorite beverage, but never favorite
method Of proposal. But with me all
had depended on the nature Of this
next question, and it had gone against
me. surrendered at discretion. /
wrote deliberately:
"A man should simply say: love
you. VIII you be my wifeY Then !
turned and looked her square In the
face.
| She's got her question book yet. bu(
keeps It under lock and ~.
| EDGAR T. EVANS.
] IN January, 1849. one year after ths
nrst discovery Of gold in California
there were 10000 men mining there.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12
No Use For a Label.

Shopman Ito undecided customer
come to purchase dog trough
you like one with "Dog" painted on Il,
madam? Customer-N-no. You see.
the dog can't read, and my husband
doesn't drink water!- London Punch.
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Forest Of Natural Columns.

There is in Bulgaria group OF nat
ural columns much like the Giants
Causeway In Ireland. On the edge Or
a plateau in the open country rises this
forest of natural columns, which gives
the impression Of an antique ruin. Tne
columns, which are about fifteen to
twenty feet high, are absolutely cylin-
drical, and they are often as much as
three feet thick. The qualification OF
the rock resembles joints and vertical
erosion due to rain has formed Doric
fittings.
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Figure This Out For Yourself.

Calculations offer great many In
teresting propositions for the studious-
ly inclined. J. Dunk Of Baltimore has
compiled rather remarkable arrange
ment of the title of song from mile.
Modiste''-"I Want What / Want
When l Want It." In the following
twenty-five squares the words are SO
arranged that by beginning in the up
per left hand corner and reading across
or down, not up, the sentence can be
read in 18,421 different ways, accord
ing to the arranger There Is no time
this week to verify the count, but any
one may do SO who has leisure. Here
Is the arrangement:
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12
The Glad Ring.

The ideal state of love will never
come to pass until the wooer can use
the glad ring In his voice and save the
price Of a diamond toward provisions
for tine first year in fat-Spokane
(Wash.) Spokesman Review.
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Good Actions.

When we have practiced good ac--
lions awhile they become easy. When
they are easy we take pleasure In
them. When they please us we do
them frequently. and then by frequen-
q OF act they grow into a habit.-Tn-
iotson.
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Corrected.

Mamma, Mrs. Oldcastle just went
Wid over our new bust Of Shakespeare
when she was here this afternoon"
Burst, my dear. burst. Mercy sakes,
how can you use such slang? And
you've been to Europe twice too!'-
Chicago Record Herald.
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ha Didn't Like q Crowd.

Mrs. Gotrox- Mabel, dear, are you
sure Mr.. Woody loves you for your
self alone? Mabel Yes, I'm sure ne
does, mamma. He Is always 50 rest
less when you are in the room.-Bx
change.
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No Joke "a Hin

That fellow" said Tete de veau, .is
Always getting OF the old joke about
the dhncuity OF finding a womans
pocket"
But. You know" L'Oignon explain
ca. smiling: "he married rich wife,
Los Angeles Times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-12

Il thou addest little to little and
doest 20 often soon It win become q
great heap.-Hesiod.
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IN January, 1849. one year after tho
nrst discovery Of gold In California
there were 10000 men mining there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-04
MONEY MISSING.
Police Looking for Porter of the Hotel
 Hartford.

Hartford
 Hartford, Oct S--While the manage ment of the Hotel Hartford mourns the loss of roll of bank bills, the po- lice are looking for Perry w. Rogers, until day before yesterday porter at the house. Rogers has left the hotel, the proprietors think, for good
 It was reported to the police that when Harry F. Ryan, the clerk, was absent from the office Tuesday after noon, talking with man who asked him few questions, Rogers jumped the hotel counter and opened the cash drawer. There was a roll of $1 bills in sight--$57 in all-and he appropriated these, 1t is said, and went down the street towards the railroad station.
 Rogers Is said to be rather slim and dark and to weigh about 130 pounds. If he is over twentytwo years old, he doesn't look It. He had a letter of rec- ommendation from Mount Vernon, N. r., and said ke had worked there and in St. Louis,