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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Grandmother's Garden.
from the Christian Herald.

From the Christian Herald.
GRANDMOTHER garden was gay with
phiox, peonies and ribbon grass. with
roses and day lilies. verbenas and lady
slippers, each flower In It's ovn season
Flowers grew for grandmother. who never
seemed to have any trouble over her gar
den. Occasionally her husband or son
would spade UP the ground for her and
enrich the earth with manure at her bid
ding, but for the most part she did the
work Of planting and transplanting, weed
ing and watering with her own hands
Her flowers seemed to bloom because they
loved her and because they knew the SUM-
shine was bright and the dews were soft
and the showers q delight. Da6odils, mas
turiums, sweet peas, whatever grand
mother wanted she had in her garden: her
beds; they were sometimes in masses and
sometimes In a tumble of sweet wildness
and gay confusion, but they were fra
grant and sturdy and delicate and exqui-
site, and there were always plenty Of
them. No child peering through the fence
reached out a little hand In vain for a
flower. II any one vas I'll, grandmother
had flowers to send her. and IL there
were a coming-out party for q young girl
or bridal bells were about to ring, grand
mothers garden was called upon to con-
snatched away little one or gently
closed the eyes OF a tired pilgrim, grand
mother had white flowers and sweet
geranium leaves to send to the house Of
mourning. or all the flowers in her gar
den none was sweeter than the dear old
fashioned pink. with Its spicy breath and
fringed petals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Art in the Church.
From the Chicaxo Poet.


Something rather new in ecclesias teal
art has been conceived and executed in
st. Marks Church in Leicester. England.
where the walls Of the apse have been
covered with seven paintings devoted
not to the usual ecclesiastical figures but
to labor. Leicester is a rapidly growing
Industrial center and st. Marks Church
is located in the heart of it's working
class district. Close contact with the
problems Of the neighborhood seems to
have made the church. without much
pretems or fiub-duh. a real labor
wallis OF the apse with paintings empha-
sizing the church's concern for the well
fare OF the lowly has come after many
more substantial manifestations OF that
concern.
or the seven panels the two outermost
symbolize labor suffering under oppres-
sion. one representing Mammon-the in
evitable demonstrating on AT the
hopeless toll by which his money bags
are filled" the other depicting the sor
rows OF the poor with society looking
on. unmoved. In the center Christ is
depicted as the fellow workers of those
who toll. and on each side of the central
panel are pictures representing the serv-
Ices OF the sculptor. the artist, the mu-
stefan. the manual craftsman and the
woman in the home. At the left Is a
panel symbolic Of the redemption of labor
by mutual heipfuineSs. Indicated by the
efforts Of q woman to restore q sister,
and on the right, the upward striving
with the glimpse OF factory in the
background-of the masses Of men,
standing shoulder to shoulder.
Just how well all this has been done
We are unable to say. The monocled
critics will no doubt find their way
thither and we shall learn in time. The
interesting thing about 1t Is the realiza-
ton Of the possibilities in freer treat
ment of ecclesiastical art. Like the town
hall. the church, as the natural gathering
place OF men and women-if we may ig-
more. for the moment. the disputed sta
tistics Of church attendance-is the sort
Of place where mural art has a right to
flourish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
An uiad of an Ant-Hill.

0arrett r. SerSfSS In harper weekly.
A crowd of the ants quickly fell to
work about the fly. trying to draw II
into the entrance Of the gallery. At the
same time many began to carry away bits
OF sand to enlarge the opening. Suddenly
a larger ant. more than twice as long
as any of the others. and which 1 had
casually noticed scurrying about in the
edge of the adjoining thickets, dashed
hold OF the fly. which he tried TO pull
away. He certainly possessed the requi-
site size and strength to achieve his pur-
pose, but he had seriously miscalculated
the spirit of those whom he meant to
rob. Hardly had he fixed his pincers on
the prey when he found himself seized
by the legs.
And now began a mill as desperate
as IL was brief swift and decisive. The
sharp mandibles of the dimnutive war
riors must have inflicted torturing wounds.
for the rObber dropped the fly and doubled
himself into knot. He squirmed and
twisted, swapping at his tormentors sew
eral of whom he disabled. but he gave
up all thought of securing the prey and
concentrated his attention upon saving
himself. He was marveiously quick in his
motions, and a sudden dash set him free.
whereupon he ran for the woods like a
whipped dog, with such craven aspect
that unlocking Jove shook with OIympian
laughter. Ii was a spectacle which, un-
like the struggle with the poor beetle
awoke no painful and conflicting SYM
pathies, and the stout little fighters had
all the honors.
At my next visit | supplied the busy
citizens with another fly. threw 1t down
far from any gallery. and near the
edge of the valley, hoping / confess, that
the robbers would take a hand in the
business: and l was not disappointed. The
myrmidons had hardly organized their
engineering operations before several of
the big thieves began to make dashes for
the booty. One OF them quickly paid for
his temerity with his life and the rest
were driven off in panic. Almost In
variably they sought refuge high on the
grass stems. and one bore of a myrmidon
firmly fastened to a hind leg. Every
few seconds he would stop. curl himself
up. and bite savagely at his little enemy,
but the myrmidon never let CO. and al
though / followed them for nearly a yard
through the woods the robber running
from stem to stem, when / finally lost
sight OF them the little chap was still
hanging on with unconquerable tenacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, September 3.-According to
an expert estimate here today, the total
wheat crop in the United States Is 49,
o00.O00 bushels larger than the govern
ment indicated in the August report. In
iuenced by the new figures. the market
closed with a weak tone at q net de-
cline OF xaL to s. The end of trading
left corn at last nights level to Sah be-
low, oats unchanged TO 1.aL down and
provisions at the same price as twenty
four hours previous or varying to 1Jc
gain.
Larger spectators in wheat attempted
to stampede shorts because OF the holi-
day Monday. but the movable short inter-
yesterday and was more disposed to sell
today Features of weakness aside
from the bearish forecast as to the gov
eminent report, were the prospects OF
large receipts northwest next week. heavy
world shipments threatening and the fact
that purchases In Oklahoma and Texas
the last two days were said TO be the
most extensive this season. Barring a
little show Of strength which appeared
at the start and was due to light deiiv-
cries. the market ruled heavy all day
and closed easy al nSdrly the bottom
figures reached. December ranged from
1854. to 1.35s and finished aso1 to q OF
at I.OG4 to f.O3i4 al .H3as-
Corn traders were looking forward to d
liberal run of arriving car lots next week
Demand was slim, especially from the
east December kept between 5I%a57K.
and closed unchanged to a shade lower at
57l1 TO 57N. The cash market was weak.
No. yellow closed at 59I1.
Primary receipts of oats for the week
showed a big falling OFF, but were still
far ahead of last years The market
was inclined to be easy with other grain.
December fuctuated from 36x to 36et.
and closed a shade to MAJ down at 36st
10 36h.
Packers bought provisions, though in a
limited way. chiefly lard and ribs. In
consequence pork wound up unchanged
TO Is dearer. lard at ~ to 10 advance.
and ribs unchanged to a gain Of IA to 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Remington Battle Day.

Prom the st. Adams MesseH
The incoming legislature viii 90 wen 70
/. ho,,.h that near holiday, Bennington Dat
ne day. The Bennington Banner ac-
knovledses that except in Bennington ana
vicinity comparatively little attention -
paid to the holiday" Comparatively III
t,e attention" IL good. AS matter or iact,
the only attention paid to 1t liz In the form
~ ifs perfunctory observance ny puohc
of,ces and banks. This sort OF ooserS
anre dislocates the business life OF tne
Community for q day, and that ID all tnere
To- OF IL. We have just one too many sec
uIar holidays. and the supernuous one -
remington battle day.-Buriington New.
Experience goes to show tnat honory >
cannot be made to order. Where popular
custom already observes some annIVer
sary or celebrates some regularly recuI
ring festival, II will be FOUND inst inc
roots 81 the matter lie farther BACK tnan
an, automatically made law that may
NOD assume TO recognise the event As q
isral holiday. II was q holiday before the
i.~ aver recoGnixed It, and that is why
the law was invoked. But sentiment IS -
not to be manufactured by statute. anu
there il no such thing as popular M
ciination to. observe some sucn occas'o na
arisinr out OF deep-seated sentiment OF
ths habits OF generations. then the ~
that undertakes to establish out OF manu-
nv fat what years Of experience nave
- iIed 10 bring about naturally Will De
miserable fzzle. like Bennington Ds'ic
day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Rival Of Mount Everest.
yron the London News.

From the London News.
mentioned some time ago that the m
dian survey had thrown doubt on inc
hitherto accepted figure Of 29'OOS fset a.
the height of the worlds hisheet noun
tain. Mount Everest. This. however oid
not mean that IL was lover than that'
but that SO many things operated TO pre-
vent accuracy In the trigonometricai
mea surement CT the summit that the
height might be only $500 feet or as
much as 1910 feet.
Until quite recently. however. either OF
those values would have left Everest su-
preme, but q rather sensational state
ment by DIR. Longstan for the f1rst time
places Everest second to the hishest
mountain peak.
DR.. Longstaff is q veteran Himaiayan
explorer. and he tells OF VAST wan o.
peaks he discovered in the herakolam
range, northeast Of the 0altoro pass one
of which he roughly estimated 10 oe over
2JOO0 feet high. On taking ooserva.ions
he made it's height 800 feet. ahc iater'
from more favorable POSITIONS foHe-
thing like 10000 feet"
Unwilling to dethrone Everest, LIZ. Aons-
stan, it would appear. took the lowes'
possible value his observations permitteu'
and as he Is q most Trustworthy au'
thority where mountain heignts are con-
cerned, II 10 possible that TINS pesX;
which he has named Teram kangri. VIII
shortly take it's place in biographies ana
aliases as the highest known mouItaih
on the globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
War Songs Of q Nation.
from the Chicago Tribune.


The French military authorities have
done a wise thing in asking the poets and
composers Of that country to compete for
a number OF prize songs for the use Of
the army. 1t has long been noticed that
ribald and obscene songs were gaining
predominance In the music OF the bar
racks. and the authorities believe that a
few really good songs will not only
stimulate patriotism but have q beneficial
moral effect on the soldiery.
The effect Of good songs In time of war
has been known for ages Sparta recog-
nixed 1t when, after long defeats, she in
to renewed efforts. With his songs In
their mouths the sons of Sparta swept
their enemies before them like char.
When the 'Marseillaise' was new II was
q clarion call to French valor, but not
more SO than were the songs of INLAND
and Korner to the Germans.
Our civil war brought out many lyrics,
ballads and marching songs. most of
which have survived in some OF their
popularity to the present time: but none
had greater effect on the soldiery and
general pOpuiace than THE Battle Hymn
Of the Republic" particularly In the
John Brown" version. A recent writer
In the Independent contends that this lat
to be, but that II represented the popular
Interpretation of the idea for which the
soldiers were going to battle. That the
opposition to slavery could not be stopped
Of victims; that its soul would go march
ing on
Il may be that 1t takes the hour or
crisis for q country to produce real
patriotic song which will live. but never
theless France Is right to try in times
OF peace t. better the songs her soldiers
sing. There n psychological reason for
this deeper than the music or the words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, September 3.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged; spring patents. b.40e5. IS:
winter straights. l.35a4 Is: winter patents.
47oAA1O: spring clears. 4.S5eA0; winter
No. 2 s.SoasSs: Kansas straishss. Asa
500: receipts. 2i,s52 barrels: shipments.
1877 barrels.
Rye hour-steady: fair to good. 4.1oa
$50: choice to fancy. 4.S5a4.45.
Cornmeal-Quiet; fine white and yellow.
$50.
b. New York
Barley-Dull; mailing. 13a76 newell Z.
Buffalo.
wheat-Spot. barely steady; No.i2 red.
LOGS elevator and l.O1h I, o. bS1noat:
new No. ] northern Duluth, 1.23iStf. o. b.
TO arrive. Futures market was duh all
day and generally lower. owing to weaker
outside markets. closing at u net de-
cline. September closed 1.O6.s; December.
l. 1Otsa1. 1O7s. closed 1.1Oas: May closed
1.15lt; receipts. 68O0O bushels.
81 elevator, domestic basis. Futures
market was without transactions, closing
u to y net lower. September closed 60.
December closed 66.
oats-spot steady; new standard white,
80; No. white, 391k: do. No. 3. 3SA; do.
No. 4. 80. Futures market was without
transaction, closing u lower. Septem-
Der closed 3sk: December, Az: receipts.
l3S,1I5 buShelS.
Hay-Bareiy steady: prime, 1.1oal.12s:
). soaso 'a' 70 i'' NO.
Hops-DulI; state common to choice
1909, 20a22; 1903 nominal: Pacific coast
1900, 1Oa15: 1908 nominal.
Hides-Quiet; Central American, oOk
Bogota. 2Oha211k.
I1eather-Quiet; hemlocks first, o4a26:
second, 21a23; thirds, 1sa20; rejects,
-, ..
. O0a15O; short clear. 22.5Oa24.5O.
Beef-Steady; mess. 15,OOa15.t0: family,
10 OOa20.OO; beef hams. 22OOa24.OO.
Cut meats-Dull: picked bellies, 10 to
II lbs. 14Na1Sh: picked hams. 14a14h.
Lard.Firmer; middle west prime
1885; South America, 1850: compound
11a11k.
Tallow-Firm; prime city hhds., rs;
country. "a.
Cottonseed oil-Holiday
Petroleum-Quiet; refined New York,
bbls, 400: Philadelphia, bbls., $50; Phil
adelphia, bulk. 400
Rosin-ouiet: strained. common to good,
6OOa615.
Turpentine Quiet; machine, barrels
74,s
Rice-steady; domestic. 2,4a5x: Patna,
5ka6.
Molasses-Dull; New Orleans. open
kettle. 32a42.
Raw Sugar-NOminal; muScOvadO, %
test, 1892: centrifugal, 90 test, 4.42; mo-
lasses sugar, 80 test, 1857.
Refined sugar-Nominai; cut loaf, sos;
crushed. 596; mold "A" 500: cubes.
$50: xxx powdered, $40: powdered,
5.35; granuiated. SIS; diamond "A" 5.25;
confectionery a. sos; No. /, $40; NO.
2, sos; No. 3. 500; No. 4. 4.95; No. 8, 4.SO;
No. 6. 4S5: No. I. 40; No. 8. 4.75: No. 9.
40; No. TO- 4.65; No. IL, 400; No. II,
4.55; No. 10. $50: No: IA. 4.5O
1&Aw
Cabbages-Dull, unchanged.
F'reights and peanuts-Unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Gypsy FORTUNE TELLING.
"Dukkering" Is Mixture Of Common
Sense and Marvellous.

From the Century.
The fortune telling of the gipsies. or
"dukkering" as they themselves call II.
Is a wonderful thing, and a power I'M
deniably supernormal which reads past.
present and future. yer wish an all We
want to know" But. though the Ro-
many's gifts are marvellous. they cannot
strictly be said to be related to psychical
phenomena Yet they are as interesting.
being delightfully."- human. and as mys-
terious and banning as East Indian Jug
glery.
The Romany's usual method Of divining
the future Is by the palm. though IL is
sometimes by cards. sometimes by drop
ping coins into clear water. and again by
certain charms varied by trifling sleight-
of-hand performances. In the sfpsy's
palmistry there is no book learning and
little science" although she processes
to attach some importance to the lines
OF the heart and life. For the lines and
mounts gipsies have their own explana-
tons which sometimes happen 10 coin
eide with those OF the ordinary gorgio
palmist but which for the most part are
not to be found in any written book.
It Is almost entirely upon face-reading
and a cultivated. keen. ready perception
OF general characteristics that the gypsy
depends. Nothing escapes her quick eye
and brain. The bearing of stranger.
TIE uTeES, spccSH Hidilhcl, ca
preston and type of feature and thou
sand details which would be overlooked
as unimportant trifies by gorgio. count
with the Romany. She refuses to duk-
ker" before more than one person at
time, possibly on the plea that she be-
longs to secret order which forbids
II. or that fortune told in such manner
would not come true. These statements.
though deliciously appetizing, are lacking
In truth. for the fact is only that she
ho al ntf Of he
who consults her in order to get the best
results OF concentration of mind In
justice to the gypsy. II should be taken
into consideration that the atmosphere
gay party Of curiosity seekers Is not con-
ducive to success In the exercise OF any
profession.
The Romany fortune teller is an adept
in the art of fattery. for there are few
exceptions to the rule that nothing is SO
how to draw out unconscious admissions
or confessions by her oft-repeated. DO
ye on 'erstan' me?" and Can We look me
In the eyes an say it is not the truth
Acknowledgement of truths at which she has
already shrewdly guessed. and such adj
missions are the stepping stones by which
her knowledge grows from more to
more" She can. for instance. recognize
at glance the tokens OF sadness to
which the casual observer is blind, and
whether the unmistakable stamp is from
sorrow by visitation of death or the re-
suit of bitter earthly disappointment the
odds are that the gypsy will make the
sitter tell her without being aware OF
having done So
AS a rule, as have said. she fatters
with brave promises of fair future but
If displeased she may SO threaten with
the vigorous. compelling. dramatic art Of
which she is complete mistress that the
horrors conjured from Imagination stand
out before the doomed nearer with
the real effect Of a curse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, September 3.-The stock mar
ket. though quiet, developed a more
cheerful tone on the unchanged bank
rate. and a fair investment demand To-
ward the end of the week. however.
profit taking set in and caused an easier
close.
Consols touched a new low record at
S012 and home rails weakened as the
result of labor troubles in the shipy ards.
Colonial and foreign rails received the
most attention, and Canadian. Mexican
and Argentine securities reached a high
er level.
Americans were neglected after moder-
ate fluctuations, and finished the week
showing little change in prices.
Discounts closed easy on cheap money
rates, the Bank OF England gold pur-
chases and the prospects Of the banks Sc
curing the bulk Of next weeks arrivals,
but the outflow to Egypt and CONSTANT
nople keeps the market in suspense re-
garding the higher bank rate.
PARIS. September 3.-Trading was
more active and prices were strong on
the bourse today.
BERLIN. September "A firm tone
prevailed on the bourse today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, September 3.-Many OF
the large cotton goods houses were closed
during the day, so that the market pre-
sented a holiday appearance. number
of firms. however. opened their doors for
business and these procured q good
amount of orders through the mail. The
house trade was good with the jobbers.
The demand for linen is strong. Orders
are coming in for fall and spring de-
livery Burlap values were f1rmer on
the producing markets. and holders of
spot goods did a fairly good volume OF
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
From the Chicago Tribune.

rom the CnicagO
The unfounded report that an English
murderer had taken refuge In Andorra
called q momentary attention to q corner
Of the world usually forgotten. Perched In
the mountains between France and Spain.
this little republic has maintained NOM
inal independence since the days Of Char
iemaxne. It contains but i7S square miles
Of territory. and It offers ideal situations
for the romantic novelist: only one. how
ever. having ever. 70 far as we are In
formed. set his scene In the mountains re-
public A few years ago Andorra. think
Ing to strut q little. bought a Krupp gun
for its army, nearly bankrupting the
treasury 10 do 50. But when the gun
came IL was found that its range was so
great that II II were fired In one direction
the shot would land In France. and II in
the other II would hit Spain. So 1t has
never been discharged. except with blank
shots, which awaken every Andorran in
the republic. Some day q new Offenbach
will write another 0rande Duchesse de
Gerolstein around Andorra and its Krupp
gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
A Good Habit to Cultivate.
From Success Magazine.

From SUCCESS Masazine
There is tremendous power in the
habit of expectancy, the conviction that
we shall realize our ambition; that our
dreams shall come true. There is no up
lifting habit like that of carrying an
expectant, hopeful attitude, of expect
ing that our heart yearnings will be
matched with realities: that things are
going 10 turn out well and not i'll; that
we are going to succeed: that no matter
what may or may not happen We are
going to be happy.
There is nothing else SO helpful as the
carrying OF this optimistic. expectant at
titude-the attitude which always looks
for and expects the best, the highest. the
happiest-and never allowing ones self to
get into the pessimistic, discouraged
mood.
Believe with all your heart that you
will do what you were made TO do Never
for an instant harbor a doubt of this.
Drive IL out OF your mind II It. seeks en-
trance. Entertain only the friend
thoughts or ideals of the thing you are
bound to achieve. Reject all thought
enemies. all discouraging moods-every-
thing which would even suggest failure
or unhappiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Globular Lightning
m the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
Yesterday the Inhabitants OF Lewisham
were provided with a specimen of that
curious phenomenon known as ''globular
lightning" 1t Is what is commonly called
the fire ball. and IL persists for sew
eral seconds II Is obviously of totally
different character from any other form
OF lightning. 1t is much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning. and its brightness APP
pears to be that of iron at the 'red-hot"
stage.
1t is not. as some accounts might lead
one to infer a solid missile, but IL is al
ways spherical and appears to fall from a
thunder cloud by its own gravity. some
times rebounding after striking the
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
We're Always Right.

The sightseeing gentleman from the
middle west had reached the land Of the
Pharaohs. the home OF the age-oid pyra-
Sphinx.
II wonder" he drawled, as he gaxed
about him. why they call this place
kiro? We've got q town down in I'LL
noys spelt like this and we call II Kayro.
and. b'gosh, / believe we're right"