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The Shaft of RidicuIe.

president HADLEY Of Yale in his
last annual report said that the idle
rich were as great curse to college IS
to community.
''Ridicule. could it but be employed.
would turn the idle rich undergraduate to
industry said President Hadley at a
dinner in New Haven. but unfortunately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
Good Ones.

DR. Henry Van Dyke Of Princeton. who
II handles trout rod almost as deftly
as he handles pen. was praising book
of new flies
"They are wonderful flies" he said.
why, If venture to leave any of them
lying around loose the spiders come and
carry them off"
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the members are in favor of such a
sweeping measure, but a powerful lobby
representing the millions invested In
French distilleries is opposing to the very
limit of its resources the bill, which will
virtually deal death blow to the trade
The Importance of the temperance cru
SADIE in the United States is mild COM
pared to the absolute necessity for rid
ding France, and especially Paris. of the
curse of absinthe. In fact, public men
of that country say 1t would be a bless
ing IL the working men of the republic
could be persuaded to turn to the intoxi-
cants used in the United States, such as
beer, whisky and wine
1t is argued that whatever ill effects
overindulgence in these may have is mild
compared to the devastating horrors of
the green cordial that saps the brain and
in few years converts a strong, healthy,
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7HE United States cruiser
Yankee. loaned to the Naval
Reserve of the District of CO.
lumbia, was ready to put to sea-
1t was just at sunrise. A fresh
breeze was blowing up the river and
here and there white cap glstened for
a minute. The Monument and the Capt.
. toll seven miles away looked very invit-
ing.
1t was the start Of the cruise of the
good ship Yankee" with the District Ma
val Reserve on board They returned
from the briny deep this week and an
ensign. brand new ensign, narrated to
the reporter the story of the cruise, with
additions to the ships log in lighter vein.
AS he rambled on In a deep-sea voice the
reporter jotted down a few of the
yarns and tried to imagine what salt
spray really smelt like.
Commander Marsh was already on the
bridge. He picked up megaphone.
''All ready; forward with the anchor.
'All ready. SIR" said young officer on
the focasle
Hoist away" The steam winch rat
tied the anchor chain in smartly, the
Yankee swung slowly around and began
moving ahead.
They glided out around the point and
the voyage was begun. The crew were
around the ship under the eyes of several
petty officers of the navy, and slowly but
surely finding out that the job they held
Immediately previous was a great deal
more OF sinecure than they had used 10
think. The District of Columbia Naval
Reserve was not the only one on board,
and while most of the citizen seamen
seemed to take hold of things in a very
shipshape manner. the one from Podunk
or some other place equally distant, for
1t wouldn't be polite to give the real
name. was continually showing hat his
real occupation was as corn husger and
II was evident that the aforesaid petty
officers Of the navy didn't think much Of
Podunk as a breeding place for sons of
the sea.
The good ship made good time and she
was we'll down the river by the time that
night fell. man from this same Po-
dunk was put on the forecastle and strict
ly enjoined to report any lights he saw.
The man had never been the lookout on a
man-of-war before. but he was one OF the
best Ice wagon drivers in Podunk.
Light no." he called out.
Where away?" came from the ohcer
on the bridge
There" said the lookout in the dark
ness
Where away" roared the bridge.
There" said the ice wagon driver. in
peevish tones; there where I'm point
ing"
A bos'n's mate. a coxswain and a cox
swain's mate. all detailed from the regu-
lar. sure-enough American navy. fell
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creases his dose from night to night until
eventually his vital organs are completely
ruined, his brain totters, and unless he
first gets into the madhouse some act of
criminality drives him to prison.
This is a mild picture Of the frightful
conditions that have grown up in France.
and to- combat which thousands of
Frenchmen Of repute have signed their
names to a great protest that was re-
French parliament.
Bankers, brokers, merchants, publ
cists, statesmen, physicians and moral
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General he began, but got no
further.
General
Still no answer.
"'General-General l say!' he shouted.
THE old general bouncing high in the
air, turned A purple and frowning face on
his interrogation.
"'Great heavens, man. he cried, cant
you see I'm riding!''
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The Hurry Fad.

<IKHR. Cleveland" said a Princeton
AVA lecturer, had little sympathy with
the rush and hurry that the American
business man so complacently affects-no
sympathy with train and boat dictation.
with the lunch table telephone, the letter
photograph and the other bluffs.
Don't rush So Mr.. Cleveland once
said to me. Lightning might do great
deal more If it wasn't always In such an
awful hurry"
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down in secluded spot where the officer
couldn't see them and were seized with
apoplexy. A new lookout was estab-
lished forward and the ice wagon driver
from Podunk was taken aft for a half
hours instruction by enc Of the navy
men on the subject of compass points,
starboards, beams, sterns and things like
that.
THE Yankee dropped the hook off Old
Point Comfort the next morning.
One Of the fleet. the Prairie. was already
there. but they had to wait for the others.
When the last ship of the fleet of cruis
ers and torpedo boats arrived they sailed
away for Tangier bay for target practice.
Here the District Naval Reserves acquit-
ted themselves in fine shape Six gunners
had six shots at the target Four shots
of each round landed on the target and
altogether three bulrs-eyes were made.
This was the best score made during the
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4 REUSED finally to the frightfui
~ cost of the absinthe habit in
- lives taken and reason de-
u throned, the French government
has at last given its counte-
nance to mighty effort to abolish the
seductive green liquor from the land
The issue is now before parliament,
and 1t is assured that the fight will be
decided in the senate.
When bill making it a penal offense
to sell absinthe in France was intro
duced into the chamber Of deputies it
met with instant support and was passed
by a big majority. President FaIlieres
stands only too ready to give his sigma
ture to the bill, providing 1t can be put
past the senate. Here a large number of
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Absinthe Is Insidious.
There is nothing in the flavor of alb
sinthe to suggest its deadly properties
Compared to the bite of whisky, for ex-
ample it tastes mild. almost insipid
The flavor that stands out most strongly
is the anise, which recalls nothing more
strongly than the old-fashioned paregor1c,
with which mothers used to dose children
But in addition to the anise are other
ingredients. alcohol and oil of NORWOOD
standing out especially strong. and it Is
said that from the oil of NORWOOD come
the deadly traits that have now aroused
a frightened nation into crusade OF
abolition.
The effect of absinthe is at first lulling
Some of the narcotic power of the drug
first exercises it's influence. Then comes
an exhilaration. an excitement. One glass
is nothing; it is only a temptation, an
incentive. Seated at his table. oblivious
of everything but the green poison be-
fore him. the victim of the habit pours
the seductive drug into his veins. 1t acts
like the draught from the opium smokers
pipe or the sensation from the needle Of
the morphine user.
But it is said by neurologists that the
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which it was slowed. AS there were no
officers present during the loading. each
man as the ice passed him would chip
off a little piece for himself and the re-
suit was that by the time the ice reached
the hatch there was only about half the
Ice left.
TT Tangier Bay the maneuvers began
One day when the weather was fine
with a strong head wind that made the
sea pretty choppy. the small boats were
ordered out for drill. They went all right.
but 1t was q sad tale. Every one got sea-
sick including the salty old tars from the
regular navy. On the return to the ship
the captain noticed q solitary youth with
a tired, sad expression on his face, cit
ting there, holding a boat hook IN his
hand and gazing fixedly into tho water.
What are you doing there7' asked the
skipper In surprise.
I'm the anchor guard, sir said the
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me on no account to eat anything be-
fore retiring.'
Pooh, pooh" said the doctor. that
was three months ago. Science has made
enormous strides since then"
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rain and the cold, and when the crew
found that they could not 1nd anythlns
and the time was nearly UP some OF them
began to get cold feet. and they began
slipping off one by one to seek warmer
and drier quarters below.
It was Just at 9:45 when Bang. a tor
pedo hit them in the bow. One or the
boats had stolen up on the ankee anu
torpedoed them unaware. Another minute
and "Bangv' they were torpedoed again.
this time In the stern. And even third
time this happened without the YANKEE
being able to spot the whereabouts or the
assailant. And then a most Illuminating
thing happened.
\ voice hailed them not more than .
hundred feet away:
II thought you were not supposed 10
have any lights showing?"
A torpedo boat had got up that close on
them
The surprised captain answered back:
There are no lights showing except
the candles in the engine rooms
well. look at your ports, them" was
the answer.
Sure enough. on looking over the SIDE
a dull glow was showing out OF the ports.
A hurried inspection was made and about
fortv-five or fifty men were discovered
below, about fifteen at each port. smok.
ing cigarettes furiously. The glow OF
these man-killers was what had given
their position away to the enemy, nearly
three miles away.
This was Jimmy Legs. otherwise the
master-at-arms and general policeman:
supreme chance. and a great many OF
the offenders were clapped into the brig
and mastheaded in the morning.
"Oh, what a gay life said a cute young
thing that was visiting on board. how
the boys must enjoy taking nice cruise
on the bay, with nothing TO do but sing
songs of the sea and wear pretty uni
forms"
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F" A IL Ready! Forward
"A With the Anchor
Podunk Rowboat Artists
Not Much When It Comes
to the Real Navy Business
A Lubber Gets a Job Watch
ing the Anchor From Some
of the Men Who Like Joke
"A Night Attack and It's
elimination = Washington
Boys Praised by Regular
Officers, Who Credit Them
With Working Hard-The
Lights That Were Exposed.
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Happy Ignorance.

FRANCIS WILSON. the noted come
1 dian, apropos Of certain curios where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

THE hardy old salt from the Post Once
Department, who was down on his
knees polishing sixteen feet of brass.
stuffed his cleaning rags in hts mouth.
so as not to say something that would
have been interesting but exceedingly inn
polite.
Three beautiful visions from Old Point
Comfort corralled four or five heroes in
the stern and piled them with questions
isn't it cute to be a sailor?" asked one
of the visions.
"Yessum,' said the hardy tars.
But you're not regular sailors are
you?'
tars.
"Are there any college boys in the
crew." asked one young woman with her
waist covered with college pins.
'Yessum: there's about fifty on board,
said the spokesman.
"Oh, suppose they're admirals and
commodores and majors and things like
that" said the visitor Where are
they? 1 would like to see them"
The college boys are all down below
putting coal in the boilers and can't be
seen until they wash their faces with
the hose, said the hardy one.
''Oh. l think the navy is perfectly hor-
rid" said the fair one in disgust.
Talk about work. Thos, Washington
boys did certainly work some while they
were with us on the cruise" said reg
ular officer.
When the Yankee arrived here before
the cruise it had just been commissioned
and was in a very bad state. 1t was
dirty and needed painting. the engine
rooms were in a horrible mess and the
whole ship needed a great deal OF elbow
grease before it would be respectable
Well. she certainly got II on the cruise.
They painted her from stem to stern and
cleaned her up thoroughly. and her boil
ers were as pretty or even prettier than
If a gang OF experts had spent all OF
their time on them for a month, SO that
she could hardly be recognized as the
same vessel when she dropped her hook
or Alexandria on the return trip.
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Absinthe Is Insidious.

normal man into a maniac or murderer.
i,tl,
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J HE United States cruiser
Yankee. loaned to the Naval
Reserve of the District of CO.
lumbia, was ready to put to sea.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

talon post many OF Oswegos citizens hope will
be done. considerably more money may be spent in
the Improvement of this post, which army men say
is point OF great vantage from which TO transfer
troops quickly either by rail over the lines OF three
railroads or by boat through the chain OF great
lakes. At present, Fort Ontario is garrisoned by
Companies z, I. G and II of the Path Infantry,
colored. under command of Major E. F. Taggart.
Still another important Improvement in which
Oswego is receiving outside aid Is the erection of
the bridge across the Oswego River at Utica
street At 8 cost of $75 600 this structure is being
built by the state. the county and the city, the
state paying for that portion which crosses the
barge canal and the county and city for the re
manning portion the river their share of the
amounting $4,000, two-thirds OF this being
the share Of the city and onethtrd the share Of the
county. The bridge, which IS Of steel and con
crete takes the place OF old structure which had
done service for many years, Work upon the new
bridge begun June and the contract calls for
its completion about the middle of November
Up the Oswego River few miles. at what was
formerly the Ward farm, the East River Road,
the county is building fine county jai!
at a cost OF $50 600. Indeed. such elaborate
and well appointed structure is this to be when
done that its erection has caused end OF COM
ment. Just temptation TO commit crime 70 put
up such jail that" grumbled one oldtime resi-
dent Of Oswego the other day. IN my time any
thing was good enough for criminals they didn't
put them up in hotels" It IS indicative Of the
present condition OF affairs IN Oswego that the work
on the new jail Is being rushed toward completion
10 enable big iron industry 70 extend its ALREADY
plant the site of the present county
Jail.
Unless the Legislature az its next session fatty
refuses appropriate the necessary funds which
is considered extremely improbable. the state VIII
become principal IN OF the most important
improvements of many years In the educational life
OF Oswego. for IL is to be asked TO appropriate
100000 for the erection OF entire home for
the Oswego State Normal end Training School
..d IDr,
Of $4,000 for the purchase of a new location for
the school which is situated in Seneca street,
between 9th and eth streets. in the thckly built mp
western portion OF the city The new site, which
comprises a tract OF twenty-seven acres including
the grounds and residence Of the late Dr. Ed
win Austin Sheldon, principal Of the school from
1851 to 1897. IS situated In the extreme western
portion Of the city. From the shore Of Lake Huron
the property sweeps back and upward TO eleva-
ton from which there is to be had q beautiful riew
OF the lake and the surrounding country.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

from $50 10 SIS or $50 week for few months
OF the year and little nothing the rest OF the
year. Now, although the workrnen make only as
high as SIS week IN the starch factories. SI25 a
month in the iron works and corresponding wages
In some of the other lines of work. their gross
ings FOR the year more and they are better sat
ished than when working few months and lOafing
the rest. A director OF of the Oswego savings
banks told the Tribune that deposits IN that
institution, which thirty-three years ago less
than $4,000. now amount TO over $, SOC, 900.
Luther w. Mott, president of the Oswego Cham
Der OF Commerce. in the additions to the plants
of Oswego's big shops and factories a brilliant in
dustrtal future for the city. Many inquiries have
been received by the Chamber of Commerce. saws
Mr.. Mott from outside concerns which desire TO
locate in Oswego and so brisk has the demand
for quarters for manufacturing purposes that there
IS only five story building left in the city
which is adapted by industry OF any
size. Mr.. Mott predicts that the present rate
within comparatively short space of time the
property along both sides of the front which
Is daily increasing in value. will be given up ex-
clusivey TO great manufacturing plants. He points
out that Oswego's present population OF % goo IS
increasing, and declares that vigorous and prosper
Gus as is the Oswego of to-day II will be cir
cumstance the Osxego of tomorrow, which IS
bound TO rank OF the leading manufacturing
cities in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Figures furnished by James c. Cooper. Collector
of the Port OF Osvego. show that the value Of OS-
wego's exports for the year from July /, 1907. 20
June 80 1905 amounted to s2.9Ss.1sl- Her i'm
potts for the same period amounted IN value 70
81 0O9 Sal %. on these duty OF St55.120 3S was
paid And these figures from Collector Coopers
office do rot include those covering the iportations
and expectations in connection with the great
starch industry which made through the port
New York
Along with the many other Improvements which
are now occupying the attention OF Oswego II Is
interesting that the prospects OF the Oswego
people themselves improving 4 man who has
made a study OF the subject said the other day
that. compared with the present day propserity
Of the Csyvcgo people. the so-caled good old times.
the palmy shipping DAYS from 1875 20 1877. when
from september 20 January the mouth OF the Os-
wego was blocked with vessels unloading the grain
from the West. simply out OF the reckoning.
In those times workman made big pay, anywhere
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
Improvements to the Extent of
Of About SS.OOO.000 Con-
tradict Hard Times"

Oswego. N Y. Oct. 10-When the national the
state andfth municipal authorities combine for
the uplft Of any given community that community
must indeed be deep in the mire OF hopeless COM
mercial degeneracy which does not respond to
their United efforts Osewego is not that Sort and
with something Ike 100000 in improvements TO
her credit. either recently completed now IN pro-
cess Of construction or projected the Starch City
OF to-day is making the Starch City Of yesterday
iosOk rather small
FLOR ii, for they had Oswego down and out long
ago. Used 10 be a great place for business" they
had got into the habit Of saying. but there is
nothing doing thee now"
To be awakened from their day dreams of
rOswego's past grandeur when qs they put it,
''one could walk across the Oswego River from
shore shore on the decks Of the vessels blocking
the mouth b. she forcefu presence Of the present
daytOswego, pulsating with business life and com
meT ciaI energy, IS q situation to which Oswego's
hsmpions Of 1.-The good old times" find 1t difficult
reconcile themselves.
And Il IS q peculiar situation. of those no
tone can rightly explain something which developed
alnannounced and without date. something which
is here IN the vernacu,ar Of the street Just be
cause 1t is here yet something which cannot be
ignored because Of its vital. forcefu, dominating
presence
In SO far as It relates to the past, something OF
what the croakers say is true. Following years
OF great business activity, during which oswego
became known OF the leading commercial
cities Of New York State. and a principal port Of
entry in the United States period Of busi-
ness depression Fire destroyed all save one OF the
great grain elevators and one industry after an
other suffered curtailment Of its product, until al
last the great starch industry, the one above All
others which has made Oswego known in almost
every hsbftable quarter of the globe. was threat
ened with disaster And then. with the commercial
life Of Oswego trembling in the balance. came the
change for the better New Industries TOOK the
ulace Of the old entirely business enterprises
were launched new buildings Sprang up the
federal government reconstructed and reGarrisoned
Port Ontario abandoned few years before by
Congress- the reconstruction Of the great break
water about OswegO harbor was authorlzed' I"eh
came the work on the barge canal, and SEEM
ine,v endless chain Of improvements Instituted by
the county, the city, the corporate interests ana
individuals
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
BETTERMENT OF WATER SUPPLY.

Dr Isaac POucher present principal OF the school,
who has held office sinSe the death of Or. Sheldon
in 1897. and who from 1861 to 1897 professor Of
thernatcs In the institution told Tribune rep
resentatve that with the S10O0O be asked for II
is planned TO erect two buildings-one for the nor
mai and training school and for classes in man
nal training This latter building viii be equipped
with exceptional facilities for instruction In wood
work. forging. moulding and in dietetcs The plans
for the buildings have not yet been worked out, but
both will be OF Gouverneur marble and both viii be
valuable additions to the architecture OF the city.
II is planned finish the work in time TO dedicate
them in June 1911 II is claimed for the Oswego
Normal and Training School that no other normal
school receives scholars from many other states
does the Oswego institution. which has at times
had many sixteen pupils from many other
Since its organization. 1861 the school has
graduated 3073 pupils. Last years graduating class
numbered rs, and In the year ended October l. 1897.
the school enrolled 314 normal school pupils and $50
in the training school The cost of maintaining the
institution IN that period s44 2ss q.
Chief among the improvements going forward
ir Oswego that undertaken by the city alone for
the betternent of its water supply. At outlay
OF over $4,000 Oswego is changing its source of
water supply from the Oswego River 20 Lake on
taro because it>is asserted that the river supply
has become polluted through refuse and sewage
which have found their way into the river from
Fulton PhPnix Battle Island and Syracuse Tests
have demonstrated the purity Of the lake water,
ans Oswegos supply will be drawn from a point
$500 feet from the shore Fifth avenue. where
.,aSihdngs have shown a depth Of seventy-hve feet.
An intake crib IS now being constructed there. and
from It a 30-inch cast iron pipa will be laid
pumping station being erected the lake shore.
From this station 2a-inch main will extend 1850