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Evening star., 1907-06-29
IndiHerentism.
in the Quarterly Review

Dr. MeComh In the Quarterly Review.
What is most striking in the present
aspect of the controversy over human i'm
mortality is the average mans absolute
want Of interest in the question People
shrug their shoulders and turn to their
newspaper or their business at the mention
or thought Of an after-life.
Evening star., 1907-06-29
Repressing Chinese Revolutionists.

kilograms reaching Berlin from China
represent the province of Shanchufu as In
an appalling condition owing to the
strength Of the anti-dynastic rebellion there
and the savage methods of repression used
by the government Every insurgent who
falls into the hands of the government
troops Is summarily executed, and all SYM
pathizers are similarly treated by the civil
authorities.
At the town of Shanghufu alone GOO men
have been decapitated. and In the trees
that surround the court house their heads
hang as thick as Chinese lanterns on a gala
night. Notwithstanding this repression the
rebellion continues to make headWey.
Evening star., 1907-06-29
WORK WITH A WILL
Mystic Shriners Try to Make
Everybody Happy.
OUTING OF ALMAS TEMPLE.
Nearly Three Thousand Persons at
Chesapeake Beach.
IDEAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
Substantial Sum Realized to Be Ad-
ded to Christmas Charity Fund.
Athletic Events.

In the language of one Of the Jolly
Shriners Of Almas Temple. There was
something doing every minute at Chesa-
peake Beach yesterday. The occasion was
the annual outing for the benefit of the
Christmas offering fund Of the temple, and
from the time the first long railroad train
steamed into the station at the Beach in
the forenoon until the locomotive footed"
all aboard for the return home at 10 o'clock
last night there was a constant round Of
enjoyment. The happy excursionists sang
and danced, caught fish and crabs, bobbed
about like human corks in the salt water
at the bathing beach, sailed over the bay,
ate sea-food dinners at the hotel or on the
pier, watched the progress of the athletic
events, strolled through the woodland.
patrunzed the many features and enjoyed
themselves in other ways.
1t is estimated that nearly 5000 people,
young and old, tall and short, fat and
slender, participated In the festivities at
the resort on the Chesapeake, and that as
a result a substantial sum will be added
to the fund which will be used by the mem
bership of Almas Temple to carry good
cheer into many homes of poverty during
the approaching Christmas holidays.
Mr Frank A. sSebring, potentate of the
Shriners and his lieutenants were in evil
dence at all points, and worked with a
will to make everybody happy. The pink
Almas Temple were purchased by nearly
all the excursionists, and were accepted rs
currency by all the feature proprietors at
the resort.
Evening star., 1907-06-29

smoking there. swing yourself along to the
second window that the red glare is COM
ing from. break the glass and go In and
the deuce are you waiting for?'
For pen and ink, SIR. said the new
man. II want to hand in my resignation
Evening star., 1907-06-29

Pabst Brewing Co.,
1895 N. Capitol ST., Washington.
Phone East 1431.
Evening star., 1907-06-29

John E. Schuyler. sentenced to hang
today for the murder of Manning Riley
was granted a stay OF execution at Flem-
ington. N. j.. which means a reprieve of at
least six weeks. Schuyler was overtoyed
when told the news
Evening star., 1907-06-29
Diversions of the Day.

Many amateur photographers carried their
cameras with them and secured views Of
the beach, including "the white wings that
never grow weary of the sailing craft, as
the vessels passed down the bay far from
shore on their way to the old Atlantic. A
number of families carried baskets laden
with home-cooked dainties. and enjoyed
the day after the fashion of the old-time
picnics. in the surrounding forests, which
Evening star., 1907-06-29
Concerning
Wen-Known People
Too Generous.

A railroad reporter declared In Upton
Sinclairs hearing that freight rebates
were sometimes granted purely out Of
generosity.
Mr.. Sinclair, laughing exclaimed:
Admit that to be true, and then your
generosity Is no better timed than Al
kali Ike's
"A traveller arrived late one night at
the Palace Hotel in Tin Can, and, being
very tired. he ordered his> dinner to be
served in his room.
"As he was peacefully eating hts bear
steak he heard loud noise downstairs.
a bang, an oath. two quick crashes. and
then a bullet shot up through tne floor
Putting down his knife and fork. he
rose and began to hop about the room
with loud groans.- Suddenly the land
lord burst in on him.
the landlord exclaimed, laughing. ''Oh.
air We hurt. stranger? Wall. now that's s
too bad! Ye see. Alkali Ike and Red
face Leary had an argument over their
liquor down in the bar, and at II out
fair and square. Redface fired fust and
missed. and Ike-the all-fired generous
cuss.-he fred in the air. "
Drew the Line.
Fire Commissioner Lantry of New York,
apropos Of his movement toward the es-
tablishment of firemen's roll OF merit"
told a reporter fire story.
TT takes pluck" he began. ITO be a
fireman. A young fellow of only average
pluck was serving at his first fire. and
the chief rushed up to him and shouted:
"'Shin up that ladder to the eighth
story. crawl along the cornice to the
fourth window drop down three stories
and catch that wooden sign you see
Evening star., 1907-06-29
Waiting.

waiting.
At the jamestown exposition Mark Twain
talked about laziness at dinner.
I'VE are all lazy" ne said. but some
Of us fight II down. Some Of US. again.
don't.
II knew . non-combatant OF this class
when I was . boy In Hannibal. His name
was Jim Black. and one fine summer morn
ing I found him lying under tree beside
the river. listening to the birds and watch
Ing the steamboats, glide UP and down the
great stream.
"'well. what are you here for?' I said.
"T'm here said Jim. for to pile them
!" Oh said I. And now you are resting.
no said Jim: I ain't resting. because
I Amt tired I'm Just waiting for the sun
to sink down behind that there hill, SOS I
can knock on work.
Ominous.
rubber" once said Of certain Belgian re-
port: ,s
1T seems harmless on its face. but be-
hidden"
The senator smiled.
'It reminds me-" he said, "of the old
miser of my native Athens. This miser
hated to part with money, and to the physi-
clan who was just bringing him around
from a long illness he said one day:
"'Ah, DOCTOR we have known one an
other such long time don't intend to in
suit you by settling your account in cash;
but I have put you down for a handsome
legacy in my WILL
''The doctor looked thoughtful.
".Allow me- he said, to look at that
prescription again. 1 wish to- make slight
alteration in 1t. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
Simple Query Strains
Germany's Wanted System
Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

LONDON, October &c, 1907.
" HE land of the strenuous ka User is
famous for the excellent system"
which pervades every public de-
partment. Its war department is so fine
ly systematized that it scares half the
officials of England and France out of
their beauty sleep.
A rather amusing experience which be-
fell the writer recently, however, Illus
trates the fact that German System" is
not always all that 1T is cracked up. to
be. 1 had occasion to inquire the parcel
postal rates within the kaiser's realms
and. after trying without success at the
London general post office and various
offices of a continental parcel agency
which handles no inconsiderable quantity
OF the German governments matter, | ar
rived at the German consulate In London
confident that my troubles were at all
end.
musty, dusty hallway led to an equal
| ly musty, dusty office. The single clerk,
who between the puffs of a short cigar
cite scrubbed and scratched in vener-
able-looking ledger, rubbed his head
vigorously when the question was pro-
pounded to him. Five minutes OF DELHI
Grafton convinced him that he did not
know the answer.
Anybody else in the building" I in
quired.
wait here and | will see" answered
the clerk. He disappeared through a
door bearing the word Private" In let
ters big enough to be distinguished u
mile away In few moments he
appeared with the informa ton that no
one In the consular office knew the parcel
m
was disquieting. but perseverance is an
Indispensable part of newspaper mans
makeup.
Il will go up and see the man myself"
l said as l disappeared through the door
marked Private" A short flight OF
stairs brought me to room wherein
found a man negotiating a sandwich be
hind a rather imposing looking desk. His
answer to my question. which by this
time had become riddle rivaIing What
is the age of Ann" left me convinced
that he knew almost everything concern
Ing the German empire excepting the
particular information which 1 required.
The door Of the last room on the top
floor stood ajar. l entered. Three clerks
were sitting around a table on which lay
the remains of nlake-shift lunch. None
knew the answer to my riddle. Then
followed search through mysterious clos
cts for German postal guide. Old vol
umes that hadn't seen the light of day
for weeks without number were pulled
out and introduced to as much sunlight
as streams through a London fog and an
unwashed window. But in vain. Bulky
tones of statistical Information on every
phase of German commerce were offered
to me as a substitute for the Information
l sought, but my riddle remained I'M
answered. l took a seat determined not
to leave until the mystery was solved,
even If the kaiser himself had to be sum-
moned to London.
At last system" triumphed In the
farthest corner OF the topmost shelf, I'M
der a mantle of dust that hid it from
prying eyes, those Germans there found
the guide and l my information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
The Word "Boureeois"

From Nine Pierre de Coulevain Translated bv
Jessie Henderson Brewer.
1 am always embarrassed when asked by
foreigners to give the definition of the
word bourgeois. which Is generally en-
fines it as common, without distinction
1t is not exactly that; pourgeoisism like
provincialism Is a mentality 1t repre-
sents kernel without the pulp and ema-
mates from the shell of the dinner-pot 1t
is one of the props of society; props are
never beautiful nor graceful. Without it,
however, the world could not retain its
equilibrium. yet with 1t alone the world
could not progress. 1t gives to individ-
uals the impenetra bility of a shell. One
often finds its characteristics in persons
who have received a good education; in
those who possess superior culture, who
have taste and a sense of beauty. 1t be-
trays itself by mean and narrow ideas. by
implacable intolerance. by stubborn blind
ness and, above all, by an incapacity to
understand liberty or to accord 1t gener-
ously. This mentality creates a certain
atmosphere which is felt at once. The
workman. the peasant, the artist are not
bourgeois. / could name a king who is
much more so than many of the residents
of our worst districts. Napoleon I. was
bourgeois: Napoleon III was not. Balzac,
Maupassant were not bourgeois: lola
was. England. Italy, pain are not bour-
geois. Germany is, but her emperor is
not-and SO one might continue ndefl-
nttely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
Heirs of Woman Rec1use
Sought in America

LONDON, October 2o 1901
-HIRTY thousand dollars worth Oh
personal property awaits the heirs
! of a remarkable old woman recluse
VINO has Just died in Chiswick, London
suburb Her next of kin are believed by
line police to be living in different parts
az ne United States-one of them, a
niece. having been last heard OF In Cali
fornia-and advertisements addressed to
them by name will shortly be published
fl America.
When they come here they will find an
odd assortment of treasures. for Mrs.
Jane Chutton. the dead woman, appears
To have had peculiar tastes. Although
successfully posing as the poorest of the
poor, living in a dilapidated old house,
with a dog for her sole companion. her
death revealed the fact that she had
slowed away in q back room $1,000 in
bank notes. $500 In government bonds,
diamond rings. brooches. bracelets and
other jewelry worth about $4,000. and a
great store OF valuable silks. rare Indian
and Paisley shawls.
The howell In which size was found dead
lad been her home for many years. A
visited her now and then. A love ro-
nance In tie background may have had
something to do with her solitary life, In
ISL she married john Chutton, butter.
who had passed himself off as man OF
means. and whom she found too in
quislt.ve about her affairs" This was The
nnly r.ason she ever gave for leaving
him at the church door the day OF their
marriage and for never seeing him again.
She seldom left her house, and her Wis
itocs were few and far between.
For several days her nels 'lbor. one Eliz-
abe,u Camp. Lad knocked on her door
and was uuah!" 10 get any reply. So shs
summoned tie police who forced an en-
trance. They found Mrs. Chuttou lying
dead ON the bed. She was almost entirely
uuda ard evidently had been dead Goul
days The house was In = filthy coudl
zion. the dust lying quarter OF an incl
da~r on tine floors and furniture. The
body was terribly cmaciated and the
case looked a good deal like starvation
The coroner reported acute double pneu.
monia rs the cause OF death
s search Of the house Was made. II
one room We're hundreds OF yards of snl
worth g >" yard, rare shawls auG
WRAPS There were boxes full OF beauti-
ful old-fasitioned clothing. and many cost
ly ornaments lay scattered In the dirt
Packed away In on old trunk was
stocking containing the 5000 In bank
notes and $500 in government bonds A
Tin box revealed heap of diamond rings
brooches, bracelets. gold watches and pre-
cioHs stones.
The only food in the house was h small
piece OF bread and little sugar. The
coroner said that he had once attended
her. but had not charged anything, be-
cause he thought she was Q poor woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

bring back to America something worth
while in the way of prizes.
mo, l am not afraid of having my
chickens stolen. 1 have a watch dog, and
he knows his business, besides perfected
system of burglar alarms with which all
the coops are fitted, so as to at once indi-
cate the presence of an intruder. AS to
feeding? Well I begin the raw-meat diet
when the chicks are one week old giving
each a scrap the size Of a worm a hen
would break up among her brood. When
they are ten months old they are half
again as heavy as barnyard fowls,
healthier and great layers. In one month
last year 1 got $40 eggs from forty pull
lets. l believe that is about the record
II have made this a study and a profit
able one l have sold birds for as high
as 5000 each. and eggs at 81 each. 1 have
had lots Of good luck, but some bad. Last
year I refused an offer Of $3.50 for a prize
winning pullet, only to lose the bird few
weeks later. 1 have yet to fail in prize
winning. and have entered in all the shows
Of the last four years. 1t was very graft
flying to score at the New York show in
Madison Square Garden, for there 1 had
to compete against the wealth, brains and
experience of the gentlemen farmers, as
well as poultrymen working for profit,
from all over the country.
Raising chickens is a woman's work,
anyway. 1t will do wonders for them
physically. and, If done intelligently, will
materially increase their bank account"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
FEEDING Her Pc rs

anhood, for she is true-born American
Indian princess, her father having been
one OF the most noted as well as intelli-
gent chiefs of the Choctaws. He repre-
scented his tribe before Congress for TWEEN
resident OF Washington. the poultry girls
EaCthsr: It w2s her father whom Charles
LHekeEs met ON ths Mississippi e.lai aSssr-
ward described In his Amer aeaM 0Sosss''
Es being the best type OF Ams1rcaa gen
SleInan hat he met while in this country"
Her people have repeatedly tried to per-
, suade her to live with them, but without
success.
Miss Pitchlynn's poultry yard Is proba-
bly, the most unique thing Of its kind in
existence. At the back OF her house.
hemmed in by brick walls on every side,
is where the chickens are kept The
ground is laid in brick and cement. and
not blade of grass or a green thing is
10 De seen 1t seems incredible, and many
doubtng fancier, from other states as
"eil as Missouri. has called on her to be
shown She looks after her nets as a
mother would her first offsprins The
1000 Is selected with as much care as for
an infant. Ground bone Is given them to
MAKE them lay, while sunfowe- and millet
Is red to give them the glossy sheen that
Is essential for prize winner Matted
milk, wheat, cracked corn and cornmeal
are also used
X
became interested in the BIRDS Miss
Pitchlynn remarked. as she stroked her
Madison Square Garden prize winner,
about four years ago to please my
brother, and came to love the work. I
began with barred rocks. raising 500 the
first year. but sold them all in the fail. /
They were too lazy to scratch and keep
themselves in trim. They got SO fat they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

didn't lay, and I decided that hen that
won't lay could not play in my back yard.
My coops are as clean as child's con-
science, and l never have to sweep them
out. It's an idea of my own, and good
one. 1 put fresh sheets of paper in the
coops every night and morning, so that in
stead of lot of disagreeable work 1 have
only to change the papers.
Chickens have the reputation of being
a wild breed that need to roam. but my
birds are as tame as canaries. My crown
ing ambition is to raise the finest single
comb brown leghorn ever put on exhibit
ton. Next year I shall go abroad with a
number of my choice birds and hope to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

No lazy person. she declares, can raise
chickens successfully. She is up at day
light every morning the year round and
goes at once to her coops When she ap-
pears in her gown of blue her chickens
flock around her and Cackle their morning
greeting. But let this charming fancier
appear In another color, and these willy
girls and boys" as she lovingly calls
them. come out and eat, but are not talk
alive or demonstrative.
This proves that the chicken mind is
more sensitive to color than to sound The
love of Miss Pitchlynns chickens for blue
Is not prophetic of their success in the
poultry shows. 1t merely means that Miss
Pitchlynn has fondness for blue and is
apt to have touch of it in her gown
when working with the little chicks. Thus
they grow accustomed to 1t and are not
apt to recognize her in anything else.
Miss Pitchlynn's going into poultry rails
Ing was an accident. Her brother started
with a few chickens as an amusement
and Miss Pitchlynn. who was more or less
of an invalid, took an interest in them
largely at first because it kept her in the
open air much of the time, Today she is
q magnificent specimen Of American wom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

Ut took a woman to make the poultry
fanciers of the country sit up and
take notice. They smiled patroniZ-
u ingiy when Miss Sophy Pitchlynn
made her first entry at poultry
show a few years back. But they don't
smile now; they take off their hats in
stead Miss Pitchlynn has shattered all
the pet theories of the poultry fanclers of
this country. the fundamental and indis-
pensable one being that success in poultry
raising could not be attained without
giving the fowls a good run. Miss Pitch
lynn's chicks have only a brick-covered
space. about the size Of an old-fashioned
English billiard table, for exercise, and
| that too. in the very heart of Washing
ton. at 1lo4 9th street northwest, where
there isn't a bit of vacant ground within
a mile
She has been the only woman exhibitor
in the important poultry shows of the last
few years in this country who has carried
off prizes over the heads of men exhib-
itors. She is now preparing to invade this
field In England. and has already selected
her birds and is caring for and perfecting
them for trans portation across the sea
the coming season. She has just returned
from visit to her people, the Choctaw
lndians-Miss Pitchlynn bearing the dis
! tinction OF being an Indian princess, the
daughter OF IA Choctaw chief.
Her chicken yard Is but p by 40 feet
yet within the rows of coops lining the
area and the court in the center in which
the flows run she raises between five and
six hundred brown leghorns each year
Her ambition TO produce the finest single
| comb brown leghorn IN the world bids fair
| TO become a realization. If intelligent in
dustry can accomplish it, II is a certainty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-17
NOT TO HAUL STOCK.
Santa Fe Decides Such Traffic Is No
Longer Remunerative.

Chicago, ILL.,, May Thames Pea
body, statistician of the Santa Fe road.
told the interstate commerce commits
sion Thursday that his company had
practically Withdrawn from the live
stock traffic on account of its unre-
munerative character. His statement
was given when Commissioner Prouty
resumed the hearing of the now ia
nous case, calling into question the
reasonableness of the cattle rates
from the west and southwest.
Mr.. Peabody's figures showed that
the company lost from s6.16 to S67.15
per car load on stock shipments from
points in the west and southwest to
Kansas City and to Chicago. He stated
that the hauling of empties on his
road in one month reduced the earn
ings of the company nearly $4,000.
In respect to the terminal charge OF 81
per car made at Chicago, which the
cattlemen are also combating, the wit
ness showed that on every car deliver
ed to the stock yards it actually cost
the Santa Fe $1.S3, not including
maintenance and fixed charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-17
GOOD FOR As DAYS.
Submarine, Submerged a Day, Uses
las Air Supply.

Newport, r. l., May 17.-With all
hands we'll and contented. with a
bountiful supply of fresh air and with
records of submergence broken, the
submarines Octopus and Lake rose to
the surface of Maria gansett bay, end
ing a test of twenty-four hours under
water.
The Octopus rose first, and the men
bers of the naval trial board crowded
about her as the coming tower hatch
flew open. Samples of air were bottled
every two hours through the test, for
analysis.
The Octopus blew out foul air only
twice during the twenty-four hours.
Only one-forty-fifth of her air supply
was exhausted. The boat could re-
main submerged forty-flve days, pro-
vided the food and fuel supply was
sufficient.
i The Lake also stood the test well,
although a leak was sprung in the SUI
perStructure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-17
LOCAL MENTION.

Reporting to the county commits
sioners for the quarter ending March
31st. ]. M Wilkerson, sheriff of Shaw
nee county stated this morning that
his office had collected fees to the
amount of $33.45 and that there still
remained unpaid fees to the extent OF
$894.85.
Mr.. o. L. Clarke of Galveston, tax
commissioner of the Gulf. Colorado &
santa Fe, arrived in Topeka today. He
will respond to a toast on behalf OF
the ex-members of the club at the
Saturday Night club banquet tonight.
The Washburn college fund has
been increased by the following
amounts during the last few days:
Green & Co., $3.50; L. M. Penwell,
$3.50: Arthur Capper, $3.50; Palace
Clothing Co., $3.50; c. o. Knowles,
500: Frank MacLennan, $500. This
makes $1,000 which has been secured
in the past two days.
Mrs. A. Reinisch, wife of Superin-
tendent Reinisch of the city parks of
Topeka. died last night at Christ's hos
nital after having undergone an OPP
eration last Monday. The funeral ar
rangements have not as yet been
made.
Decoration Day exercises will be held
at 10 o'clock, May 30. at Foster ceme-
tery, three miles south of Topeka or
the Burlingame road. ]. K. Miller will
deliver the address. The public is in
vited to attend.