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The evening world., 1914-05-12
THE NUTMECCERS.

SKED why Connecticut State, shows little emotion
the revelations concerning The loong of tho New York. New
= Hartford, observing citizen of Nutmegga
replied cogently:
because selling things the railroad recognized Connsc
tsut Industry"
sure The lawyers Of Connecticut for two generations have
Ad road Of the
etuns sold their parties the "road judges received their
Appointments subject the X Of the road legislators sold
<Avss the ~road snpsng citizens whose enterprises did
pay sold them the os Every scheme that Connecticut
Ingenuity could look up found ready market with the oad"
snsenos became obsolete the State before the powerful
snensyspsnding road"
Now "osd" been reduced to the sembance Of
Giving skeleton perhaps longer able to buy This ought to
the Sometimes when oupdiy steps
bsisnce steps in7-n New England
Incidentally the Of the Attorney General Of Connecticut
yshn h Light. He might turn Of himself on!
The evening world., 1914-05-12

cause 1t isn't good for anything.
Commercial Appeal.
One reason why talk Is so cheap Is
that so many cheap people are the
greatest takers.
People who live In the halo Of their
ancestors are too dazzled TO profit by
the mistakes OF their neighbour
Macon Telegraph.
Prof. Scott says that fathers should
always be heroes to their sons. The
theory 10 excellcnt.--chicago News.
One half the world certainly knows
how the other half dances.-ColuuSbia
State.
The other way to avoid prevarlca-
ton II to say nothing.-Albany Jour
nal.
The evening world., 1914-05-12
A GREAT SINGER.

. TEAR and long memory for Lillian Norton grand
IN daughter Of old campaigning" John Allen Of Farm
ngton. Me-. and greatest OF the wonderful group of
Maine singers which also included Annie Louise Cary
Emma Eames
The OF Madame Nordicas death side OF
the world brings Of sincere grief nation. The
beautiful voice charmed millions in many lands
where better loved and appreciated among the
people Of her country to whom she gave and
who honored her for the superb American artist
that she
The evening world., 1914-05-12

Of fashion. mon
key dinners: n
they are Of q
more intellectual
type they go In
for clubs. But
these things are
no real outlet for
the vital force of
a woman's mind.
They are simply
useless. T h Q y
m Q q n nothing.
America u full
-Nn
The evening world., 1914-05-12
Letters From the People

change the water every day. and l
found they would die off. But ! read
In q book about the way TO treat
them. and find mine live much lon
ger. l have some now I have had
over two years. l use only the ordi
aaxy - Sssl Ma a.
The evening world., 1914-05-12

down physical condition. imperfect
digestion. improper food. habby mN-
cles and poisoned blood, than a dis
ease OF the nerves themselvea-an
opinion borne out by a study NJ the
works NJ many speeialists and my
oN1a on00DvnAnn"
The evening world., 1914-05-12
Are You "Drone" or "Worker?

author. that their creative energy IL
working havoc" yet the mother OF
many children needs no vital In
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CHpydght. 1914. BY The Press Publishing Co.
THE Now York Evening Wofid).

GG@ UR Idle wives take to society
activities and rivalries.
bridge. dance craxes, fads
The evening world., 1914-05-12
Prehistoric Savings Banks.
THE END

THE FIRST modern bank in England
was established In London about
1868 by Francis Child. But In
ancient Greece. Rome and Babylon
there were banks very similar to pres
ent day institutions. Banking reap
peared first In Italy upon the revival
Of civilization. the Lombards estab-
fishing banks in that country as early
as the ninth century. The busines 81
Of banking spread from Florence all
over Italy and to France and Holland.
The Mint In the Tower OF London was
the depository for the cash Of London
The evening world., 1914-05-12
What We Won
and Paid.


HOOKER Beauregard Stoncwali and host
80 ended
eco hat and
sraton out Of Zachary
denounced as AN mi absurdity" ~ ~ '"".'
The evening world., 1914-05-12
A Psaes.Trsaty
WrangIs.

This Government In
obeyed q
atfytng
dobeence On the other hand
indefinitely
that had enivened
President Polk hesitated a
the President
by Of
to H. And May 30 1s4s the
BY
TON All the
$s2soooothe United
The evening world., 1914-05-12
The Story of Our
First War With Mexico
BY Albert Payson lerhune
publishing Il" Ne" Yors Eenins wOs
NO. H--THE CONQUEST or CALIFORNIA.


local American all before them
cleared all Mexican Stockton and Fremont
seized
submission Montgomery easily captured Francisco
Meantime little led by marched 700
under
Col Dnphan beat the Mecans Chihuahua in two pitched battles and
province.
Of
Iaaa LIN L Trsfl ha
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mere new conpilcation SCI VI. ~
commissioner who had quarrclled SO b
Scot) had been ordered by President
back at once from Mexico. Trist had
had stayed where he was. II was he
the peace treaty.
The Hickman courier., 1914-12-17

Trne waved his hand al his secre-
tary Jimmy. ind a thousand dollars
for this gentleman. Make out the
paper he indicates for the balance.
aud l'll sign H.
Amt you powerful trustiul. Mr..
Trine2 How do you know III do any
thing noren pocket that thousand and
fade delicately away
My dagghier aud this gentleman.
Mr. MEuophat. will accompany you"
"Oh. that's the way Of II. Is ity'
"Nameg" lnteriec,ed the secretary.
writing busily with the top Of his at
taohe case for desk.
"slade.' said the bandit, James
Slnde" Again Trine punciured the at
mosphere with his index finger, The
man whose life | want is named Alan
Law. He IN running away with my
daughter. Rose, accompanied by per
son named Barcus. disguised as Pull
man porter"
The three Of them having recent
escaped from a train wreck up yonder
on the trestle?" HOpi Jim interposed'
You've met theml" Judith demand
ed. Whlrllng round
ABOUT an hour ago. or maybe an
hour and a half" Hopi Jim replied. "a
good ways down the road. They
stopped and asst where they could gel
put up fer the night kindly directed
them on 10 Mesa, down in the Paintet
hills yondor'
The Hickman courier., 1914-12-17

Subscribe for the Courier.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Decay of London's Political Clubs.


Mr. Max Pemberton has stirred London
considerably by declaring that the days
of her political clubs are numbered.
Does any one go to the Reform Club?'
is being asked. And. while answers con-
fiict. the preponderance of opinion points
to decline of popularity and prestige in
London's famous political clubs
One of the most interesting explana-
tfons submitted has an especial interest
for Americans. race oftentimes accused
of possessing no clubs and no club spirit
The very mixed social quality of the
house of commons nowadays has quite
done away with its social prestige -
states one London observer in order to
explain why the clubs of the politicians
have lost caste. An NJ. P may be any
body. and anybody may be an NJ p"
So. naturally, poltlcal CLUBS have become
Impossible"
In other words as the spirit of democ-
racy becomes rampant the influence of
clubs decline. We strongly suspect that
truth lies in this observation and that
the comparative unimportance Of Ameri-
can clubs. political and otherwise. rests
clubs declines. We strongly suspect that
quality, are the product of a reposeful,
aristocratic society. In a seething de-
mocracy where everybody Is somebody
and nobody is anything very long-more
than a generation or two. We meant is
hopeless to expect clubs to be anything
more than temporary gathering places
for more or less congenlal folk.
We can regret the absence of clubs as
delightful as those of London. But un-
skelter, American way of living and set
tie down to established castles and Gus
toms there is little chance of our be-
coming a really chubby nation.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

one of the queer. speckled things. 1t
was very smooth and rolled a little when
he touched it He wondered IL it was
good to eat The only way to find out
was to bite it and find out At first II
slipped away from his sharp little teeth.
He clutched 1t in both sands and tried
again. This time his teeth went through.
and inside was something simply deli
cious! He sucked it all out and it seemed
to him that he never had tasted any,
thing quite so good. You see. he was
very hungry
He had just reached for another Of the
little speckled things when without any
warning at all something sharp hit him
on the head ''Ouch," cried little Mite.
and started to run. And then it seemed
as If a hundred enemies were striking at
him from all sides. and the air was filed
with shril. angry cries. Somehow he
couldn't fight back. All he could do was
to run and run. At last the terrible
blows stopped But little Mite didn't He
wanted to get as far away as he could.
So he ran until he could no longer hear
the angry voice behind him. It was the
voice of Little Friend the Song Sparrow.
for it was Little Friends nest that he had
found and one of Little Friends eggs
that he. had stolen.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Little Mite Steals an Egg.

II Peter Rabbit could have known how
Reddy Fox had been sitting SO close to
little Mite. the lost baby of Danny
Meadow Mouse. that his tail was over
him and that he did not know it at all.
Peter would simply have laughed in his
sleeve instead of being angry and anx-
ious as he saw Reddy coming in his direc-
tion. Not that Peter was afraid for him.
self. Oh. my. no, He had seen Reddy In
plenty of time and he knew that his long
legs would take him to safety. What
made him anxious was the thought that
Reddy would be sure to poke around and
try to find out what Peter had been do
ing.
Now, You know Peter had been trying
to find the lost baby Of Danny Meadow
Mouse so as to take him back home.
and what he was afraid of now was that
Reddy's keen little black nose might md
what Peters eyes had been unable to
find. So Peter didn't hurry away as fast
as he would have otherwise. In fact,
Peter took chances He actually tried to
tempt Reddy to chase him so that he
might lead him away from that place. He
made faces at Reddy and called him
names. But Reddy had found out from
been thougktless, the secret OF the lost
little Meadow Mouse. and he paid no at
tention whatever to Peter. Instead he
began to run this way and that way.
with his nose to the ground. shifting and
snuffing for some trace of Meadow Mouse.
and all the time he was going farther
and farther from where little Mite was.
Now, just as soon as little Mite thought
it was safe to move. he began to run in
the opposite direction. He wanted to get
just as far as he could from that dan
gerous neighborhood. 1t was hard work
pushing through the grass. for there were
no little paths there. but he was too
frightened to mind the hard work and
kept right on. One thing he had learned.
and that was the wisdom of keeping per-
fectly still when an enemy was near ana
hadn't vet seen him. 1t was one Of the
most important lessons he would ever
learn. though he didn't know IT at the
time.
After what seemed to him like a very
long time he came to a tiny path. II
wasn't as good a path as the private
little paths that Danny Meadow Mouse
makes. but Still it was real little path.
and. of course that meant easier going.
He hurried along 1t and then quite unex-
pectedly he came to a little house hid
den In the grass. He stopped short and
eyed it suspiciously. II looked some
thing like his own dear home in the mid
die of the pile OF old cornstalks, for IL
was made Of dried grasses. 1t wasn't
quite so big and 1t had no roof. Little
Mite looked this way and looked that
way. He couldn't see any one about. 30
he crept up and peeped into the little
grass house. Inside were four little,
speckled. shiny things They were the
queerest looking things he had ever seen
and he didn't know Just what to make
of them.
With another hasty look to see. that al
was safe, little Mite crept IN and touched
Evening star., 1914-07-18
FRANKLIN AND HIS KITE.
Interesting Contribution to History
Of Famous Experiment.
Letter to the Philsdelphia Ledger.

Letter to the Philadelphia Ledger,
According to Father Carter, who built
the Church of the Assumption, about
1850, at Spring Garden street, north side,
below 18th street, the place where Frank
lin flew his kite to attract electricity
was in shed attached to the black
smith shop where the iron point was
made and attached to the sticks of the
frame. standing on a bank of Pegs run
and Wissahickon road, now Ridge ave-
nue. and Willow street. northeast side of
Ridge. second door below Willow, now
turned into a store with a new front,
but the ancient walls are still standing
The priest had the design for the IA
cade Of his Gothic edifice drawn with
two towers and spires. and explained the
extravagance thusly: When Benjamin
Franklin determined to make his expert
ment with a storm threatening he sent a
boy from his house, near Front and Race
streets. to 9th and Vine streets with the
kite. The blacksmith made the point at
Franklfn's direction. the boy was called
in and the point affixed to the apex of
the sticks. Then the boy flew the kite,
running over the fields, probably as far
westerly as the line on Broad street.
When he had it steadied he brought the
string on its spool into the shed, where
post in the center. hole being burned
near the top of the post by redhot iron.
Through this hole was slipped the silken
cord from which dangled the steel key
over the Leyden jar. placed to receive
the electric fluid. Ajax defying the light
ming was nothing to this scene. That
was NEUROLOGICAL this the calm phi
losopher risking his life in the interests
of science. and how real the results"
Martin I. ]. Griffin some years ago pub
lished this account, with an electrotype
of a picture on the title page Of q school
book published in 1913, which he pur-
chased at a sale Of old books, verifying
the description. Now, continued the rev.
erend father. the storm coming from
the west. the kite over the site of where
am going to build the church, and as
no man can tell the exact spot in the
air where the kite was steadied, yet
venture to say. somewhere between the
spires two Franklin's electrical kite flew
Recently Wanamaker published a picture
of the scene In the shed, and old en-
cravings show a bridge over a creek to
the left of Franklin.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
He Envied Billy.
From the Delineator.

From the Delineator.
IT wish." sighed Freddie. plaintively,
II wish I was Billy Smith"
why. Freddie.' said his astonished
mother, BILLY Smith has none Of the
nice things you have. He doesn't get
any pocket money, and he isn't as big
as you. and he's not nearly so strong.
His father never buys him presents
Or"
II know all abou that, mamma" said
Freddie, "but-"
And think what nice books you have.
And you never have to go out in the
cold and wet to carry papers and"-
II know" grumbled Freddie. annoyed
by his mothers strange lack of under
standing. But Billy kin wiggle his
ears."
Evening star., 1914-07-18

I come to YOU as one good and powerful.
who can make right great wrongs-''
Tell him to stop talking" thundered
the judge. Has he got lawyer
No"
On the first day of August, about 9 in
the morning in police headquarters did
you throw brick at this gentleman
here?"
1eodoro nodded yes and the i'm
movable smile of the heeler. the city Of
ncial. the subagent of the insurance
company. slightly broadened
Six months In the penitentiary," shout
ed the judge.
died.
The children passed once more through
the dingy offices of the Children's Aid
Society.
The lake in Sicily beside which Proser-
pima once played is now full of mud. and
the brooks from the hill of Emma are
dry.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Whales.
From the London Chronicle.

The Scottish fishery boards annual
report goes far to show that the stock
of whales has been seriously reduced
in recent years. The Scottish old lady
of whom Dean Ramsey tells would
have found in this the fulfllment OF
her forebodings. She protested againss
the introduction of gas on the ground
that it would supersede the use of oil.
Whats the become o the puir whalesr'
she asked.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
''The Man Who Sought Justice !"
Failed to Find It in the U.S..

How family from Sicily America expecting
paradise through warped industrial and political
they lost life liberty and the ability happiness
in the following article Kchelt under the
on The Man Who Sought Justice The given pub
cy through the Survey press purpose is to
and interpret the facts of living working
intelligent effort for social the
Sicians follows:
Evening star., 1914-07-18
A Mean Offer.
from the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
First Maid-That rich young feller
that's courtin' Miss Ethel is awful
stingy.
Second Ditto-What makes you think
so?
First-Why, l heard him say to her;
millionaire, mind you.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Comforting.

From the Boston Transcript.
Rich Uncle-It grieves me to think
that my money will pass into spend
thrift hands like yours when I die.
Wild Nephew-Well, don't worry,
uncle. 1t won't stay there long.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Will Aid You

A Star Want Ad will intro
duce a good clerk to a future
good employer-it will give
the needed help on the very
same day that it is asked.
1t takes but a minute or
two each day to read in the
Want Ad pages of The Star
about all the rooms, all the
residences for rent on any
particular street of the city-a
regular city directory of
rooms and residences for rent.
Telephone your Want Ads to
The Star. Phone Main 244o.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
SAYS CHINA IS STRONG
AND MAKING PROGRESS
DR.. G. E. Morrison Declares Re
public Is in No Danger From
Russia.

LONDON. July 10.-Dr G. E. Morri-
son. political adviser to President Yuan
Shih Kai of China. has demolished sew
eral current misapprehensions concern
ing that country. White Wolf is dead.
China is strong financially. there is
peace almost everywhere and Russia is
not endangering the young republic he
declared.
L gather" he said, that China is
popularly supposed to be in a state of
something like anarchy. In point of
fact the country is in an incomparably
more settled condition than it has
ever been since the revolution or for
some time before it. The best and most
progressive of the politicians of the
Manchu regime have come back to pub
lie life and are working in the fullest
harmony with the pick of the young
China party.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
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Steamers sail daily except Sunday pm. Fast
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Evening star., 1914-07-18
American as Nations Aid.

The parliament it is true. has been
suspended. but a constitution is being
carefully drawn up by a council of sew
enty men. picked from every part OF
China. under the guidance of two of
the ablest jurists in the world, DIR. Ar
riga. distinguished Japanese, end
DR.. Goodnow, president-elect of Johns
Hopkins University"
The White Wolf trouble, DR.. Morrison
declared. has never been of magnitude g
to anect the stability of the govern
ment, although, owing to the outbreak
having been left too long unchecked at
military prestige.
1t is apparently not generally
known" he added, that White Wolf
himself was executed in Honan three
of marauders. harried by the govern-
ment forces on the borders of Knasu,
Shensi and Szechuan. OF course the
outbreak was in no sense political-it
was brlsandage. pure and simple"
On the cohesion of China DIR. Morrison
was equally emphatic. The old and the
new. he states. are coalescing all the
time and on the whole, proportionately
more representatives of new China than
of old are holding the influential political
positions. There is. of course, still a
small, irreconcilable minority, most of
them now in Japan. or England, or
America. A lew OF the leaders are still
prescribed, but Sun Yat Sen and others
of his school can return to China when
ever they please with perfect safety
Financial Outlook.
Questioned on the financial outlook.
the political adviser pointed out that the
Salt Gabelle was bringing in receipts
that altogether surpassed the expecta-
tions of all but the few who knew what
the real possibilities of that department
were. Meanwhile, the provinces We're
making regular and adequate contri-
buttons to the national treasury.
AS to Mongolia, DR.. Morrison was not
disposed to lay serious stress on the
practical loss of the outer province
But what about the classification of
inner Mongolia? he was asked.
There is no classification whatever.
not a shadow of it. On the contrary, it
remains a province of China, and the
Chinese are Strengthening their position
there every month by opening the new
trade routes and appointing additional
agents."
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Starts Out to Seek Justice.

He grew feverish. Oh. for some justice
to change it all. to make life right! His
friends the laborers in field and fac
tice-a judge-if he could tell his story
stimulant. To the Judge all things are
possible. Teodoro tried to straighten his
bent body and went out of the house to
find a friend.
mo one sees the judge except they
who commit crimes" said the friend.
You must get yourself arrested" fl
Then will l commit crime, a little
crime said Teodoro. his eyes alight
against the devil" The friend M S and Teo.
doro started early, for the walk was
long and the man with a mission was
that he carried grew heavy, but he would
not let the friend touch It, Through the
center of the city. across the canal
bridge. up an ugly street they trudged
until they came to certain red brick
The heeler. with his sleek face and i'm
movable smile. came down the hallway
and bowed right and left to his supe-
ridrs. Teodoro raised the brick and
threw 1t. He had not planned where the
brick should strike; he had only planned
to throw it. 1t struck no one. only the
wall. But 1t aroused thought in the
mind of the subagent. Teodoro gained
his point-he was arrested. Like one in
peace after great trouble he limped away
to Jail. and the friend went home.
In his cell Teodoro kept repeating to
himself in ecstacy, Judge. good Judge,
have justice upon me! No misdemeanant
I. but honest man. The fall in the
model factory knocked the power out of
my body, and the big insurance com
pany held my hand half an hour to make
me sign away my maintenance The
ba abies died and Maria NV wife Cod
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Arrives Before the Judge.

So Teodoro waited to see the good
Judge. Suddenly. one morning, four or
five weeks later. they called him. An in
tensity of hope and longing possessed
him. He was ablivious of the officers. the
black wagon. the ride. And the officials
were oblivious of his rights. No one ad-
vised him that he might and should have
counsel Trembling with the emotion of
his great purpose. he was passed into
the room of justice.
The Judge began. What is your manner"
and the young fellow translated
"Agnello Teodorer. and, oh, your honor.
Evening star., 1914-07-18

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