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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-10-24
A Tough Proposition.

A little boy was reading in Sunday
school paper the story of "A missionary
having been eaten by cannibals.
Papa" he asked. will the mission.
AIRY go to hcaven?'
Yes, my son." replied the father,
And will, the cannlbals go there,
too?" queried the youthful student
mo" was the reply
After thinking the matter over for
some time the little fellow. exclaimed:
well, | don't see how the mission
airy can go to heaven If the cannibals
don't when he's inside the cannibals. y
The Light He Saw.
sailor the other day in describing
the first efforts of youth to become
nautical said that just at the close of
a dark night the lad was sent aloft to
try if he could see d light.
AS he was no great favorite with the
lieutenant he was not hailed FOR some
time-in fact. dawn was beginning to
break when "Aloft therep' at length
was heard from the lieutenant
AYE, aye, sir. !"
do you see lightr
Yes sir"
What light?"
1.-THE daylight. sir"
Spelling Sisters Chances.
Little Johnny while whiting with
his new knife accidentally cut his fin
ger. He rushed right into the parlor,
where sister was entertaining her beau
"Oh, Mr. Brown said he. will you
please cure my tingerT'
But how can | cure 1t for you,
Johnny, any better than your mother
or sister CAM" asked the unsuspecting
caller
"Well the other night sister told pa
that you was sticking plaster, aud as
| can't reach ours without standing on
4 chair thought maybe you'd do In
a hurry up case"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-10-24
The Monotony Of Duty.

The supremacy Of duty is one of the
insistent facts of life. Its calls are
CLAIMANT and will not be denied, and its
claims are often tyrannous. Like the
galley slave of ancient Greece. we
sometimes seem to ourselves to be
chained to the oar, while the constant
drudgery to which we are bound both
exhausts the strength and imbitters
the spirit. The lot Of many lives APP
pears to have but little of poetry in it
and to leave but little room for imagi-
nation. Duty is undisguised monotony.
Strand Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

three, periods. The first was devoted
to picturing the scenes of real life
around him, the second to the delinea-
ton of ideal ones-largely inspired by
the works of Goethe, Schiller, Dante
and Byron-the third and last. repre-
senting all his accumulated skill and
experience with the finer insight of
mature years, devoted to religious
painting. OF this period were his
Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ
"The Three Marys" and The Women
Weeping over the Body of Christ"
scheffer died. in. 1859. He has had a
host of imitators, most of whom have
caught his spirit but feebly.
Plockhorst might be called the German
Bouguereau. SO markedly are his pic
lures instinct with the sensuous charm
of the great French master. Bernard
Plockhorst was born at Brunswick
and studied in Berlin, Dresden and
Paris. after which he Travelled to every
country where there were art centers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

sensuous beauty that dominates mod
ern French art. His Madonnas are
all lovely women, dark eyed and grace
full, ranged against glowing, flower set
backgrounds. His women all have
lovely compilations. for he understood
exactly how to get the best effects in
flesh painting. Bouguereau's Holy
Women at the Tomb" is one of his less
known compositions, but it is par
ticulariy striking, the dark robes of
the women being outlined with sill
houette distinctness against the white
and gray of the entrance to the sep
ulcher.
AIRY Scheffers although known as a
French painter. was born in Dor
Utrecht, Holland. in 1875, but studied in
Paris. His father. Johann Scheffer,
was also an artist and. recognizing his
sons genitls. gave him every oppor-
tunity to develop H. The younger
Scheffer's art career is divided into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

or galleries worth visiting. After hav-
ing absorbed all he could of art from
others he settled at Leipsic and began
painting. He passed from Leipsic to
Berlin and then to Weimar, where he
was professor in the school of art
Finally he returned to Berlin. where
his last years were spent happily. He
was honored as one of the greatest
historical artists Germany has ever
produced. AS a painter of religious
subjects he excels in the loftiness and
truthfulness of his ideas and in the
sweetness of expression impaired to
the figures on his canvas Plockhorst
is well worth studying. for, aside from
the ideal loneliness of his studies. he
displays mastery technique. and he
is regarded as one of the greatest of
colorists. He, was awarded the gold
medal of the Berlin academy. an honor
given only for the rarest excellence
His beautiful picture of the "Resur-
rection." painted in 1867. is one of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

places of honor in the last sad scenes
Of the Saviourss life. Modern painters
have been even more apprecaative. and
one has only to study the canyases
.portraying scenes from sacred history
to see how much has been left untold
by the brushes Of THE older artists.
Modern art has more to do with the
joyful side Of the Sayiour's history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

There are fewer crucifixions and de-
scents from the cross, but more res
surrection scenes. The artists of the
middle ages were somber and tragic
in their point of view.
Hofmann, Plockhorst, Bouguereau.
Scheffer and SAINT are among the most
individual of the new school. Bou-
guereau's sacred works have all the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

" " WHENEVER the Easter sea-
wv son returns it must re-
call to mind that in the
last great fra oedv which

call to mind that in the
last great tragedy which
closed the earthly career of the
Saviour of mankind for courage and
fidelity the part-played by his women
followers was in striking contrast to
the weakness and pusillanimity of
even the lost beloved of the disciples
The three to whose sympathy he had
the greatest claim failed him in the
tortured hour of prayer in Gethsem-
ane. another basely betrayed him to
his enemies, while the rock" upon
which his church was to be built
blasphemously denied his Master to
escape the suspicion of the servants
court.
When all others had deserted the
Christ, 1t was Mary, the beautiful
penitent of Magdala; Salome, the wife
OF zebedee; Mary Cleophas; Mary. his
devoted mother. and other women OF
Galilee who followed on that pilgrim
age along the Via Dolorosa The very
daughters of Jerusalem wept for him
as he stumbled along beneath the
weight of the cross. Even the proud
Roman matron, Pilates wife, inter
coded for him with her husband, say
ing. Have nothing to do with this
Just man, for 1 have suffered many
things in a dream because of him"
According to tradition, the wife of the
shoemaker Ahasuerus. since known to
legend as the Wandering Jew. ex-
postulated with her husband when he
went out to deny the cross bearer a
moments rest on his threshold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

Artists have made much of this de-
votion of the Saviour's woman friends.
Gustave Dore has given us weird yet
beautiful creation in his Dream of
Pilates Wife" and still more pow
erful one in the portrayal of Christ
Leaving the ,Praetorium." The latter
shows the Saviour descending the long
marble steps of the palace. which is
dlled with Roman soldiers, keeping
back the sneering populace, while the
lovely Magdalene and her women
friends lean eagerly forward to behold
their Lord.
to Calvary" yandyke in his "Cruci-i
nxion'' and Titan in Christ Born to
the Tomb" are among the old masters
who have given the holy women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
BIG FIGURES FOR
AVENUE PROPERTY
Commissioners Prepare Esti-
mates for Congress.
TOTAL OF OVER $4,000, 900
Center Market Site and Building
Not Included.
THE SQUARES IN DETAIL
Valuations Made by District As
SCISSOR and the Surveyor-Allow-
ance for Good Will and
Machinery.

The Commissioners OF the District value
the land and improvements in that sec.
tion of the city from Sd street to 10th
northwest to b street southwest at
about S19.3Oo.OOO.'' This estimate. made
by the Commissioners and announced to-
day. was included in a report made to
Vice President Fairbanks this morning in
response to the Senate resolution of Feb
ruary II directing the Commissioners to
report the price of land and all improve
ments within the boundaries mentioned
Included In Hepburn Bill.
This territory because of it's location
has been strongly advocated as the site
for an extension of the Mall upon which
to erect number of government build
ings, and it's purchase is provided for in
the Hepburn bill now pending in Con-
gress. 1t has also been pointed out that
it Is imperative that this land should be
purchased by the government without
delay, as IT 10 steadily increasing In value.
Those advocating the proposition declare
that much money can be saved by buying
the property now instead of waiting sew
eral years.
Immediately upon receiving the resolu-
tion from the Senate the Commissioners
took action looking toward as definite
report as could he made with the means
within their power. The surveyor Of the
District and the assessor. separately,
made thorough and painstaking exami-
nation Of all of the properties In the
blocks mentioned. The Commissioners
made the following estimate Of the low
est purchase price Of the property in
question, arranged by squares:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
to the bill as will insure the acquisition
Of the title to the land.
Favorable Reports Ordered.

Favorable heports Oroereo.
The committee this morning instructed
Senator Long of Kansas to make a favor
able report to the Senate on the Gallinger
bill authorizing the Washington Market
Company to construct an overhead track
siding from the railroad yards west OF
18th street southwest. in to square 32s,
which u bounded by 1lth, 18th, e and F
streets southwest. and to procure by pur-
chase or lease all or part OF that square
to conduct thereon q cold storage busi-
ness and to manufacture ice. also TO lay
a conduit pipe line for the purpose OF
bringing water directly from the river.
The committee amended this bill SO as to
provide that no change should be made
in the present grade Of 18th street. and
that the overhead track have a clearance
above the curb of fourteen feet.
Senator Gallinger was instructed to re-
port favorably without amendment bin
tenauce Of private hospitals and asylums
in the District. This makes it necessary
for such institutions. whether they are
for the reception of human beings or
domestic animals, to secure a license from
the Commissioners. and provides, among
other things. for inspection Of such insti-
tutions by an agent of the health depart
ment-
A bill for the relief of pensioners of the
favorably reported. This apprOpriates
about $4,000 from the District revenues
to pay the amount withheld froma pen
sioners Of the police fund on account Of
deficiencies between June 20, 1894, and
May 81, 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
Union STATION 1RACkAGE BILL
CONFEREES MEET FOR FIFTH
TIME TOMORROW.
Proposition to Regulate the Lines
by Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion Expected as Compromise.

The Senate ard HoLS, coiferees on lhe
IT,inn station Irlrknge bill WI begin
their eth meeting at 80 O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon. with the best outlook yet
for reaching an agreement. 4 new propo-
sition is expected to be formally con-
sidered. which is in the nature of COM
promise that it Is believed will be ac-
ceptahle to both branches. This is regu-
laticn of the street railway lines by the
interstate commerce commission.
All along the conferees have been stick
ing on the questions Of regulation anil
universal transfers. 1t Is true that Rep
resentative Sims. the minority member Of
the committee of managers on the part
of the House, who has been tho greatest
thorn in the sides of the Senate con-
ferees, at first raised the issue of the
location of the tracks. but it is understood
that SO much weighty authority was
brought to bear on the House conferees
on this point that they are willing to
yield in favor of the Senate bill as to
track location.
1t is further rumored that an agree
ment to eliminate the universal transfer
feature of the bill. put on in the House.
however is likely to cause the most trou-
BILE, and If no agreement should be reached
at the coming session 1t will undoubtedly
be because of this House provision
The position OF the House is that the
roads should be regulated by the District
Commissioners, and amendment to
this effect was incorporated in the bill At
the instance of Representative Pete
Hepburn of Iowa. This the Senate con-
ferees will not agree to for minute; but
a counter-proposition to increase the con-
troll which the interstate commerce COM
mission already has over the District
street railways has been advanced it is
said. RumOr says that this compromise
section is not as drastic as the House
amendment. but that it has the virtue OF
being acceptable to the Senate conferees
and at least in part to the House con-
ferees. AS for the railroads, while they
prefer to see this feature entirely elimi-
mated. vet it is said they will not make a
determined stand in case such a propo-
sitiOn is seriously broached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
PASTOR CONDEMNS HIMSELF
1nnocently Ofdciated at Marriage of
Divorced Couple.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
GARRETT. Ind. April 3.-Because he
innocently officiated at the marriage of
couple both of whom had previously
been divorced ihe Rev. Harry &. Stew
ems. pastor of the Baptist Church re-
signed today and will abandon the min
istry to become an exile as a missionary
In Africa.
When the young preacher was called
upon Saturday night to tie the nuptial
knot for Leonard Wignot, Fort Wayne
shoe merchant. and Lucy Miller of this
city he proceeded in the conventional
manner
When it was all over and the couple
was happily united in the ''holy bonds
of wedlock' the clergyman discovered. in
signing the certificate. that both the
bride and bridegroom had been previ-
ously welded and both divorced.
1t was too late to retract. but the
minister was conscience-strcken and he
did not remain for the wedding supper.
Then he prepared special sermon from
the twenty-third chapter of Jeremiah h
and delivered 1t to his congregation.
Toward the close he made reference
to his own violation Of the scriptural
passage, and during the prayer that fol-
lowed he sobbed and his wife wept
Women of the congregation were
touched by the scene and wept in
sympathy. Now the Rev. Mr.. Stevens
has declared himself unfit to preach the
gospel and has resigned the ministry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
STUDENTS BACK WATER.
Strikers Agree to Return to Their
Studies at New York.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. April 3.-The striking
students of New York University capitu-
lated this morning and agreed to return
TO their studies Internationally. after
meeting during which both sides were
heard. The man chiefly instrumental in
bringing about the change of heart is
Edward Rolbiris. an aiumnus of the clas
OF 19OI
Roihiris was very popular in the college
during his student days and was one Of
the university's most prominent athletes
His influence is still felt among the under
graduates. He gave the students scme
plain talk. pointing out where they had
been foolish and hasty. and at the close
the boys looked sheepish.
DIR. Stevenson, the oldest professor and
a great favorite with the students, paved
the way TO better understanding of
things in address in which he said
that Arthur A. Young. president of the
Junior class, was not resting under any
cloud. and that nothing has been proved
against him, but was simply under sus-
pension as representative Of the junior
class. Suspending Young. he explained
was like suspending the entire class.
The boys will go back to their studies
this afternoon.
the students went strike yesterday
WREN Young was suspended in connection
with the hazing OF Henry Block. fresh
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS.
House Judiciary Committee Again
Amends the Sterling Bill.

The Sterling employers liability bill. to
which in an amended form the House jul
dietary committee agreed Wednesday by
a vote Of. ten to seven. was reamended
today. that committee. by a vote Of eleven
to six reversing itself 1t was not a party
vote. Seven democrats combined with
four republicans to make UP the majority
ballot.
The clause amended today is that relat-
ing to contributory negligence. Last
Wednesday the committee amended the
clause so as to conform with the La Fal-
lette bill In its original form. Today the
committee changed the section so as to
read that ''contributory negligence" dn-
stead Of slight contributory negligence)
shall not be bar to recovery. but the
jury shall apportion the negligence of the
employer and Of the employe and allow to
the employe such sum Of money as shall
be in proportion to the ratio which his
negligence bears to the negligence of the
employer"
Representatives Littlefleld of Maine,
Parker of New Jersey and Bannon OF
Ohio will file a minority report declaring
the section as amended today to be un-
constitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
A BUSY WEEK.
Next One to Be Such for House Dis
trict Committee.


Next week will be a busy one with the
House District committee. A prohibition
hearing has been set for 10 O'Clock Mon
day morning April 6: hearing on the
bill to repeal the stock imitation clause of
the local gas act of 1896. for half-past 10
o'clock Wednesday morning. April 3. and
Il hearing on the bill to fix fees in the
Probate Court. for half-past 10 O'Clock
Thursday, April o.
This last-named bill is considered by
members of the committee as one Of the
most imp ortant that has been up this ses-
sion. inasmuch as the question of the fees
which shall be fixed by law is one of vital
interest to property owners and others
having business in the Probate Court
The bill in question contemplates an in
crease Of fees in some particulars and,
more important, Il general adjustment to
bring about more uniformity than now
exists
Tomorrow morning the subcommittee on
streets will meet and endeavor to clear
up about dozen street-opening and
street extension measures now before it
for action. The members of the subcom-
mittee have been all over town of late.
looking at the various properties which
would be affected by these bills. and are
ready to act upon them.
The committee also has before it-al-
though 1t is not expected that action or
even consideration of any of them will be
possible next week-a number of impor-
tant measures. including the public util-
tiles measure and the OIcott child labor
bill. 1t is expected that hearings will be
necessary on this last-named measure
Although the District committee has a
crowded time ahead of it Chairman
Smith has suggested to the members that
the committee meet continuously all day
next Thursday and even sit at night il
this becomes necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
l|lLEy FILES AN AFFIDAVIT
ENLISTED MEN ON SUBMARINES
OF THE HOLLAND COMPANY.
Ferry's Testimony REGARDING
Bowles of Fore River Shipbuild-
ing Company Contradicted.

Representative George Lilley Of Connec-
ticut, author OF the resolution under which
the special committee Of the House is in
vestigating charges against the Electric
Boat Company, today placed in evidence
an affidavit dated March Il and signed
by Carl Foster. residing in Bridgeport,
Conn, VINO swore that during the fall and
winter Of 1902 he served in the United
States navy in the capacity of chief cleo
trician: that during that time ''he served
upon the submarine torpedo boats Fulton
Shark. Adder. Moccasion. Porpoise and
Plunger. all Of which torpedo boats were
at that time owned by either the Holland
Torpedo Boat Company or its successor
the Electric Boat Company, and none of
which at that time was owned by the
United States government. and that dur
ing said period many of the crew of the
said submarine torpedo boats We're sailors
in the service Of the United States Navy
and received from the United States gov
ernment their pay as members of such
service, and In addition thereto received
wages from the Holland Torpedo Boat
Company: and that they performed full
service in their individuals capacities SO
that 1t was not necessary for the Holland
Torpedo Boat Company or the Electric
Boat Company to Independently employ
men to do and perform the services per-
formed by said sailors
This statement was offered in substan-
tiation Of Mr.. Llliey's charges that the
Electric Boat Company has paid money
to enlisted men, >
Ferry's Testimony Contradicted.
Mr. Lilley also presented an affidavit
from John c. Lake, vice president Of the
Lake Torpedo Boat Company, dated
Bridgeport, Conn.,. March 16 to tfe~ef-
feet that about two years ago he had an
interview with Charles Ferry, repre-
sentative of the Bridgeport Brass Com
pany. in which Ferry told him that Presi-
dent Bowles of the Fore River Shipbuild-
ing and Engine Company had asked him
C,erry) to use all influence possible upon
Connecticut congressman TO induce him
not to use his influence in favor of the
Lake company and to use it In favor of
the Electric Boat Company; if he was
successful in this the Fore River COM
pany would make contracts with the
Bridgeport Brass Company for goods to
the value OF about S1OO.OO.
Mr.. Ferry. in his testimony before the
committee Wednesday denied that Presi-
dent Bowles had made him any such
proposition or that he had ever promised
him an order for seeing any one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-03
HE MEETS PRINCE RADOLIN
Assured a Cordial Reception Awaits
Him in Berlin.
AMERICAN EMBASSIES ABROAD
old Problem Of Their Purchase Again
Mooted-Advantages Of
Such Ownership.

PARIS. April 3-Mr and Mrs David
Jayne Hill met the Prince and Princess
Radolin at the reception given by Ambas-
sador White yesterday afternoon. DR..
Hill is the ambassador designate OF the
United States to Germany and Prince
Radolin is sthe German ambassador to
France. Both the prince and tho princess
manifested particular cordiality to DIR.
Hill. the prince conversiug with him for
fifteen minutes and assuring him that the
reception accorded him In Berlin would
be all the warmer on account OF the un-
fortunate affair Of a few days ago. DR..
and Mrs. Hill will return to The Hague.
where Mr.. Hill is American minister,
Monday next.
DR.. Hill has heard nothing Of the Wash
ington report that he is to replace White
law Reid as American ambassador to
Great Britain. and he does not credit the
rumor.
Purchase of Embassies.
The impression holds here that the Hill
incident will help the movement In Con-
gress for the purchase OF BETTING resi-
dences for the American ambassadors
abroad, and thus put an end to the COM
parisons between the embassies occupied
by the successive representatives of the
United States. With permanent homes
for the ambassadors. the national dignity
would be not only enhanced. but the dis
tinction resulting from the personal
wealth of the ambassadors would In a
large measure disappear.
Japan Got in First.
Regret is expressed in Paris over the
report from Berlin that the Japanese gov
ernment has stolen a march on Washing
ton by arranging to purchase the present
residence, Of Ambassador Tower in Berlin,
1t being understood that Warrington had
made Inquiries and intended to buy this
property II Congress granted the author
ity. Should the Bacon amendments appro-
priating 500. 900 for an American embassy
In Paris pass it is considered likely that
the government will purchase the prop.
erty now occupied by Amba ssador, White