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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Terrors of War.
From the Chicago Journal.


Much is written of the terrors of mod
ern war Little is written of the terrors
of the wars of old. Yet it is doubtful if
war today makes greater demands on hui
man courage than war in the time of
Grant. of Washington, of Turenne, of
Cesar of Alexander.
Consider a stand-up infantry fight in
the days of the revolution. After the pre-
liminary cannonade and long-distance
musketry practice, the two regiments
marched toward each other in close
ranks At a given distance. frequently at
thirty yards. there was a halt, smashing
volley. and then bayonet charge
through the smoke.
Bullets those days We're large and of
soft lead, and the man who was hit
went down. Over him tramped his COM
rades or the enemy, shooting and stab
bling.
That was the type of infantry battles
for 100 years. To minimize the courage
needed to make a good soldier under such
circumstances is to fly in the face of COM
mon sense.
Modern war requires a different type
of courage from that needed of old. The
old touch of elbows is lacking. The old
feeling of companionship is gone The
modern soldier must be more alert. better
taught keener witted than the olden SOL
low that the modern soldier is the drawer
man.
The men who fought at the bloody
angles" of Chickamauga and Spottsylva-
mia, at Bunker Hill and Oriskany, at Ri
wolf, Zorndorf and Malplaquet, had no
need to learn heroism in any modern
school. 1t was theirs already.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
A POST BOX PROCESSION.

she does it slowly and as though in a
trance.
Next comes a group of schoolgirls.
laughing and chatting. They push one
another aside gayly as they drop in their
DETERMINATIONS, very likely. to a
dance at their school. for one hears their
Il hope he will come and My new dress
is done; it's dream
A middle aged man. walking deliberate
~, approaches the box. He takes some
letters carefully from his pocket, scans
their addresses, feels the stamps. pats
down the sealed flap and puts them into
the box. almost tenderly. They may be
to a married daughter, or a son, off at
college, or to his wife, who is away WIS.,
iting. Anyhow, he has enjoyed writing
them and he is enjoying mailing them.
young woman, neatly though plainly
dressed. is next to pull down the slot.
She was once pretty, but is now, care
worn. She posts her letter carefully and
walks off, as though she had accom-
plished much in the mailing of it. 1T may
have contained part of her salary, sent TO
her mother, or to her invalid father. or
to some loved one dependent upon her.
Shortly after she disappears. a limousine
draws up. luXuriously. Its occupant hands
an envelope to the chauffeur and looks on
while he puts it in the box. He is an
elderly man, with gray hair and fur.
rowed brow He has been man OF
irOn-he has made things come his way.
He has been ruler of men and a man of
the world--hS stern, keen expression ana
fur-clad figure tell all that. Even so, he
is not happy-looking. Does life seem to
him satire upon what might have been?
His letter, in all probability, contained his
club dues.
Next come a man and woman, poorly
clad. They linger to mail their missive.
As they plod away one hears them muir
muir Thanksgiving that they We're able to
send the rent money.
Suddenly two little children appear-a
boy and a girl. Neither is quite big
enough to reach the box. So each tries to
lift the other up, but fails. because they
giggle so in the process. Finally, by
stander picks the boy UP SO that he can
put the letter in and then, after some par
ley, lifts the girl up SO that she can look
in after the letter. Happy and satisfied,
they scamper off.
And thus. day after day and all day,
the post box procession goes on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
The Retort Courteous.

JUSTICE DAY, the terror to evil-doer:
in England. and afterward Sir John
Day, was hanging judge and wher
on the circuit, holding court, expedited
business in a summary manner. On one
occasion the trial of prisoner conclud
ed at dusk. and the judge ordered can
dies to be lighted SO he could try anoth
err case that night.
O'Connor, a noted Irish barrister, de-
Tended and. in protest against night
work. exclaimed, addressing the court:
What, my lord, try men by night
What will men say? That justice is MOI
done by Day?"
He obtained his end, and the next day
acquitted the accused.
This same barrister and Judge Day
were once travelling together. and on the
road they saw one of the roadside glib
bets on which persons who had suffered
the extreme penalty of the law were sus-
pended in chains as an example to 9TH
ers. But this gibbet had no tenant. JUS
tice Day turned to O'Connor and asked
facetiously:
Where would you be if that gibbet
had it's due?"
your honor" O'Connor replied, 81
would be riding alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
FIND BODY OF GIRL.
Versailles Beauty Dies in Forest of
FOntainebleau.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS. January ,. 1913.
In the famous Forest of Fountainbleau
the body Of a lost girl has been found.
She had plainly died of starvation. The
girl, a Versailles beauty, Mile. Jeanne
Eude, left her home ostensibly to visit
a relative at st. Quentin two months ago,
but nothing more was heard of her.
The police ascertained that a couple
resembling Mile Eude and a lieutenant
who was stationed at Versailles (where
her father was an army surgeOn had been
seen at La Rochelle. The conclusion was
that the doctors daughter had eloped with
the officer and the police left the
mystery there.
it is not known how Mile. Eude reached
the lonely spot in the forest-Ehere she
died, but the police believe tnat the Off
Ger abandoned the girl, who. penniless,
but not daring to return home and face
the disgrace, wandered about aimlessly
until death ended her sufferings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Proposed Sale of Nipsic
Recalls Famous Sea Wreck

but also swing back and forth. When
two ships are lying together, If it were
possible to swing in the same direction
at the same time and fixed distances
from each other there would be no dan
ger. but this. unfortunately, cannot be.
They work irregularly. one swinging far
Their one way than the other, and they
are eventually bound to clash. In such
situation We're the Nipsic and the Olga,
and the inevitable occurred. The COLI
sion was unfortunate for the Nipsic. Her
port-side davits and boats, her lower
yards and her smokestack were carried
away.
In the meantime, the acceleration of the
gale caused the sinking of the American
Trenton and Vandalia and the German
Adler and Eber. The English Calliope
made to sea and was saved OF the Ger
man crews about 80 and of the Amer-
can 50 men were lost.
In the morning, with the storm still in
progress. the Nipsic was beached and a
line thrown to shore. Then cable was
carried in and made fast by the native
Samoans. The Samoans We're on shore
helping all the time in the rescue of those
of the different crews who could be
saved. These natives are great, husky.
dark brown people, whose chief idea of
beauty is red hair, which they attempt
to cultivate by the administration of lime
and accompaniment of mystic rites every
Friday night. Whether the lime or the
lamentations accomplish the rosy effect
is easily decided. Their pursuit of beauty
does not, however, impair their physical
strength and their help on that memoir
able March Ii is never to be forgotten.
The Nipsc crew went hand over hand
along the cable to the shore and many
jack tar and marine was carried to
the beach on the shoulders of one of
these Samoans as soon as the shallow
water was reached. so that the weight
on the cable might be lessened.
March II found the harbor compare
lively calm. The crew rested at Apia
for about a week and then started for
New Zealand to have the demolished
parts replaced and repaired. On the way
the Nipsic sprang leak and was forced
to return to Page Page. Samoa. Their
she was conveyed to Honolulu by the
L. S. S. Adams. Here she was hauled
up on the ways. Examination revealed
that she had made the trip of about
1900 miles from Page Page without keel
stem, stern, rudder or propeller. She
remained on the ways about sixty days
undergoing repairs which cost Uncle Sam
$4,000. Then she was relaunched and
anchored in the Honolulu harbor.
OF late years the Nipsic had been re-
tanned at Puget sound as a prison ship
Her passing classes her in sentimental
association with the old guard, which is
rapidly being replaced with twentietl
century models of exchequer- impoverish-
ing dreadnoughts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

TV9ITH the announcement Of the pro-
NJ posed sale Of the Nipsic, aged
gunboat of the United States
Navy, come recollections of her last
cruise, in 1883, and the part she played
in the famous sea wreck at Apia. Samoa,
in March of the following year. 1t was a
momentous trip one fraught with thrill
ing and interesting experiences from the
very beginning.
Following the plan Of the navy to en-
ploy its ships in time of peace to repre-
sent Uncle Sam and protect his interests
in foreign waters and ports. the Nipsic,
in command of Capt. D. w. Mullen, start
ed from New York January IS. 1888. for
the South Pacific Islands, via the Straits
Of Magellan.
She had hardly put to sea when a dew
astating event. seemingly ominous of
her later ill luck. occurred. After three
days of the finest weather possible she
approached the Bermudas. Here, in the
midst Of one of the terrible storms which
frequent the vicinity of these islands and
Hatteras in the winter time. she shipped
a sea the nautical term for the sub
merSion of any part of the ship usually
above water) and flooded her cabin and
tanning the wardroom stores of the Of
ficers, valued at $1,1O0.
-
Pushing on for the Cape Verde Islands
she arrived after twenty-five days Here
repairs were made to the damaged parts
and stores taken on to replace those car
ried away. After lying there about two
weeks she started on for Montevideo
then around Cape Horn to the Pacific, anG
arrived at Callao. Peru. for the Fourth
of July. The day was spent very peace.
fully. the only intimation of the holiday
being the dressed appearance of the
American ships. Starting from Callao
the Nipsic made for Apia. Samoa. stop.
ping on the way at the Tahiti Islands
She arrived at Apia in October and lay
in port all of the winter without mishaI
until March.
The night Of March Is there were sever
ships in the roadstead leading to the
harbor of Apia-three German, the Adler
the Eber and the Olga; one English, the
Calliope, and two American. other thar
the Nipsic. the Trenton and the Vandalia-
besides many pilot boats and other small
craft Beginning this night the wind be
gan to blow and one of the most terrific
typhoons of the South Pacific seas swept
the roadstead and the harbor.
The Nipsic and the German Olga were
lying side by side. riding at anchor. In
such a storm, with the waters rising and
roughening every minute. ships at sea
not only ride up and down with the waves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
MuMed Knocks.

From the Chicago Tribune.
You don't know how I enjoy hearing
you talk on art, Mrs. FoXby; it's better
than going to minstrel show"
Tell me where you buy your cigars
old chap I'd like to pass by there some
day"
Yes, indeed, Mrs. Highsome; 1 think
you're quite good enough to vote. All you
need is some knowledge of politics.
II want to apologize, Chucksley, fol
having called you a red-headed igno.
ramus; see you're hair is nearly black
IT was just going out, Mrs. Xavier, but
I'll be glad to have you come in and stay
minute or So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Mary's Little Lamb.
From the New York Telegram.


Thank goodness there is one dream OF
childhood safe from the deadly work OF
the iconoclast. There really was Mary
who took a little lamb to school one day,
and Mrs. L. w. Owens of Pueblo, Col,
who is now in Boston. can prove it.
Mary was Mary Cawyer of Sterling,
near Worcester, Mass She became Mrs
Taylor and is buried in Waverly.
She became possessed of the lamb in
1914, when eight years old The school
teacher who evicted the lamb was Re-
bekah Kimball, who told Mrs. Owens the
incident. John Roulstone, who immor-
talized the affair in verse. was then
studying for the ministry with the Rev.
Samuel Capen of Sterling.
This comes like sunshine after rain, and
thanks are certainly due Mrs. Owens.
the iconoclast- has had his way long
enough.
Evidence in rebuttal of attempts to de-
stroy faith I'm other cherished beliefs may
be hoped for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Tobacco of Kavala.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
One result of the war has been slump
in Turkish cigarettes, not it is said, be-
cause they are scarce, but because all
things Turkish are out of favor. But all
Turkish tobacco does not go under it's
own name The best tobacco in the world
is grown on the plains of kavala. but
you would ask in vain for Kavala leaf or
cigarette The whole annual crop, valued
at about Ell ,000. 900. is shipped to Egyp
which does not grow an ounce of the
weed itself, and there made up into
Egyptian" cigarettes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Easily Explained.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
HAS the price Of sirloin steak ad
vanced since yesterday"
NO. ma'am.'
Dear me. How do you account fol
it?''
This happens to be the day for tn,
advancement of porterhouse''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

FEW people other than those directly
employed in the federal government
are aware how many letters are written.
dropped into the various mail boxes and
conveyed to their destinations-very
rarely going astray
In the District alone 100000 letters
go out annually. There are employed
mere 3l9 carriers, 416 clerks, 40 laborers
and 6 special messengers If the ink
used by Washington letter-writers We're
collected it would make a lake large
enough to sail on and as doleful as the
RlVer StyX; the pens made into steel rails
might be used in the construction of a
railroad many miles in length; the paper
and envelopes stacked together would
make pyramid as large as the famed
ones of Egypt
To a person dwelling within view of a
post box the constant stream to it of all
sorts and conditions of men is a fascinat-
ing source of never-ending amusement,
equal almost to moving picture show.
Woman in her infinite variety and man
in his nonchalance or haste pause at the
box and give the interested onlooker
and possible destination of the letter. or
the character and condition of the
sender.
A boy dashes up on bicycle. He slips
off. leans the bicycle against the curb.
rests a satchel he has on the seat of the
bicycle and takes from it a handful of
letters. These are business documents or
advertisements he is mailing for his firm.
They are of no especial interest to him
So he shoves them in as quickly as pos
sible and, with never a backward glance,
off he goes. His air reveals his knowl-
edge of his own Importance and his re-
sponsibilty and the necessity of dispatch
in business.
Along comes busy clerk. hardly stop
ping as he slips his missive in. He has
a tired droop to his shoulders and care
less look about his clothes that bespeak
mediocrity and failure.
Then there approaches a woman in
deep mourning. Her grief is new, for her
eyes are red and her handkerchief a wet
ball i'm her hand. She is probably mail
ing replies to her notes of coincidence and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Inevitable Print.

From the Boston Transcript.
kitty-Isn't it a most fortunate thing?
Ethel-What?
Kitty-That people can't read the kisses
,hat have been printed upon a girls lips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
The Last Resort.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
do you believe in Platonic friendship?'
he asked.
Not" she replied. 'as long as there
is q chance for any thing else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

eve tried to propose to Mabel a dozen
times, and hanged If 1 can do it. I've
slumped every time" "And she let you
slump?" yes" my boy. you are court
ing the wrong girl. Boston Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Want Auto Fire Apparatus.


The fire commissioners are asking the
city for the largest appropriation for the
coming fiscal year in order to install g
lot of auto-power apparatus, as well as
for the equipment of a new station
which will soon be ready to go into com
mission in the West End This Will give
the city six fire stations.
The report of Postmaster Mclaughlin
made i'm response to call for the amount
of business occasioned through the loca
post office by reason of the installation
of the parcel post, shows an average OF
364 packages handled during the frs
seven days of the new service, despite
the fact that the period included a holi-
day and a Sunday The number of pack.
ages dispatched in this period was 1.:31
and received for local delivery, LOIS
The service is considerably larger thar
was anticipated, and it is growing rap
idly.
The Garland-RodeS Camp, United Con-
federate Veterans. has elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Commander. Maj. S. p. Halsey: first
Corkle: second lieutenant commander.
w. S. Gregory; adjutant. T. c. Miller
treasurer w. D. Nowlin: sergeant
major. A III. Picker; surgeons, Drs. j.
j. Terrell and G. r. Lewis: color ser
geant e. Fl. Ewart. and color guards.
Z. L. Bell and J. w. Wray. At the
next meeting, in February. a portrait OF
the late Gen. Jubal A. Early is to be
presented to the camp. The annual ban
uuet of the veterans will be held next
Tuesday evening at the Hill City Assem-
bly, Hall.
The school authorities of TaZewell
county are moving for a county school
fair in the future, the question of hold
ing such fair either this spring or
next fall being under discussion at this
time. The Campbell county school fair.
now about five years old, Is the pioneer
organza ton of its kind in Virginia. and
it will be larger than ever before next
fall Already preparations are under
way to bring about this result.
Rev. Joseph NJ Seaton of the Uni
tartan Church. who has been conduct
ing services for members of his faith
in Lynchburg for several months, will
go to Richmond Monday to join Rev
w. |. Lawrence, superintendent of the
Unitarian Sunday School Society, and
they will then go to Washington for a
conference with DIR. S. y. Elliott. presi-
dent of the American Unitarian AS
ISOLATION. and number of pastors from
nearby states. At this conference the
matter of establishing a church of that
faith in Lynchburg will be determined.
If he is not directed to return here he
will go back to Charlotte, n. c., to re-
sumo work left there when ordered to
the Hill city, nearly three months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
MONEY FOR THE FAMILIES
Would Have Men Under His Care
Given Employment for Pay.
SECURES CONVICT
LABOR
st. Louis Clothing Company to En-
ploy Men and Women at In.
creased Pay.
Special Correspondence OF The star.

RICHMOND. Va. January H. iai3
Probation Officer r. +. Poitiaux. who
has charge of the squad of hahituai
drinkers, men who fail To support their
families and the general class of men
who are by the polices classed as too
heavy for light work and too light for
heavy work." has completed his report
for the last year and submitted ii to Or.
j. L. Mastin. secretary OF the state board
of charities and corrections MIR. Poti-
aux recommends that the state enact
law whereby men who are given to drink
or who fail to support their families can
be confined and made to work stated
terms at hard labor the money to be de-
voted to the support of their wives and
children. and the men given chance Ia
get the liquor habit and the craving for
strong drink out of their systems. lie
declares that such a scheme can he
worked out that will prove a blessing in
various ways. The leasing of the men
would afford certain industries a chance
to get capable men: IL would relieve the
city and the state OF the responsibility or
feeding and clothing them. and would
go a long way toward restoring the men
To their normal selves.
In discussing the matter he admitted
that the chances We're that the city might
lose a Few men who We're opposed to any
sort of work. but he opines that the city
and the state could well afford To be rid
of them. Mr.. PoitiauN says that during
the year he collected and paid to help
less and dependent women and children
81 ~ from men who had been COM
mitted to him. He says that the present
law is working WELL and could be made
to work even better If there was a work
house for bringing certain men to their
senses and getting them where the
would have chance to regain control CT
themselves.
Henry {. Stuart of Russell county.
president of the constitutional Con-
vention Members Association. has is
sued a formal call To the members for
"A reunion i'm this city February 10.
Mr.. Stuart says he wants to see each
of the siXty-nine members on hand.
Some eight years have elapsed since
the survivors got together and since
that time some twenty men have died.
the total number dying since adjourn
ment of that body being forty-one
hundred and one having served therein.
due to the resignation of Nirginius
Newton before the sessions ended and
the election of "A successor. The occa-
sion will be marked with banquet
and several short addresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
Auto Show Next Month.

Richmond is to have an automobile
show during the next month, when some
fifty to one hundred manufacturers will
enter cars of various types. The affair
is i'm the hands of a committee, OF
which 7. j. Palmatory is chairman and
Jay Lewis of the Richmond Virginian is
secretary Already much Of the space
i'm the big exhibit building has been en-
gagged, and other applications are coming
in daily. The show will last for "A week.
and the latest thing in the way of auto
mobiles and accessories viii be displayed.
Richmond will, in the course of the
next few months. add very large area
of new territory, due to the rapid growth
and expansion of the city in all direc-
tons. The suburbs. which are at this
time clamoring for admission to the city
are Swansboro Woodland Heights Gin
ter Park Barton Heights. Highland Park
and Forest Hill. All of these places ar.
within less than two miles of the city
hall are pretty Well built up, have am
excellent class of citizens and practi-
cally all are persons engaged I'm business
i'm the city. and have the very class OF
persons which build up cty-merchants
physicians, lawyers, ministers. skilled
mechanics and others. The population o.
the city would get boost which would
land Richmond well up toward 2J0.HD bv
the next census. There are very few
who are opposing the scheme. The sub
urban places are anxious to get i'm so that
they can get an abundant supply of WA
ter at all times and also have police and
fire protection.
Henry {. Stuart one of the candidates
for governor, to be named this year has
already opened his headquarters here
Mr. Stuart says he will add to the force
from time TO time. as occasion demands
and the campaign opens. and he will have
"A capable and well known man i'm charge
to manage the Office and force. This
makes two avowed candidates for thu.
nomination, Harry st. George Tucker
having announced his entry several weeks
ago. 1t is possible that there will be at
least one other candidate in the race.