Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1897, Page 18

Written for The Evening Star. “Potatoes are potatoes this season, and are a very valuable thing to have on hand,” remarked a commission dealer to a Star reporter. “Already they are selling at as high as % cents per bushel at retail, and unless more come into the market they will be much higher. Only a few days ago I got a letter from a Philadelahia house offering 85 cents a bushel on an or- der for from one to ten car loads. I have not been able to fill the order yet, and do not expect to. There are a number of reasons for the high price. One of the principal reasons is that those who have them on hand are holding them for a higher price, and another is that they brought such a small amount of money last winter tnat’ but few were planted the past season. The crop was good enough for those who were fortunate enough to plant them. Last year there were such a number planted in consequence of the Pingree advocacy of potato pxtches that the price fell so low that there was no return for the labor put in on then: For several months they were offered as low as 8 cents per bushel all through New York state, while out west there was no sale at all for them, and they were used in ‘sand other big potato-growing for fuel. There were, as the boys it, potatoes to burn then. It is al- together different this year. There were, as in this section of the country, very few potatoes planted. Early in the season the supply seemed to be enough, but all of a sudden they became scarce, and have been growing scarcer all of the time. It is thought that enormous quantities of them are held by those who had sufficient capital to invest in them as a speculation. There was scarcely any time last year when po- tatoes were not to be had in local markets at retail from 30 to 40 cents a bushel. They are selling at % cents now, and, I think, will go up considerably higher. If there are big quantities of them held, they may drop somewhat in price, for they won't keep. but they will average over double last year’s price.” x * £ * * “I understand that the literary executors of the late Capt. Bassett, who was for sixty years connected with the United States Sen- ” remarked one of the relatives of the captain to a Star reporter, “have about given up the idea of publishing the often- referred-to book which the captain had in nis mind for over twenty-five years. It ap- pears that thovgh Capt. Bassett had pre-| pared a great quantity of reminiscences of lls iong experience in the Senate, the great- er part of it was in such a shape that it could not be hanéled by any one except himself. He was kept so busy with his duties at the Senate that he was unable to prepare the necessary narrative. The notes | that he had made were disconnected, and | many of them had the proper names only referred to by initials. In the great major- ity of cases the notes could be transcr bed and filled out, but there would necessarily be many portions which would have to be guessed at. Under the circumstances the Indications are strongly that tae book will never be aublished.” ** * e * “The friends of the game law, which went into operation in Virginia two year ago, are complimenting themselves on its suc- cessful operation so far,” said a well-known sportsman to a Star reporter. “The law has one more year to run, and by that time it is thought the state will be so well stocked with game that it will thereafter furnish all the spert needed for a number of years to come. Rabbits and squirrels, which had beccme very scare, are already plentiful and can be seen on almost every read, at a safe distance from settlements. There will be a rumber of rabbits and squirrels shot this fall in violation of the law, no doubt.but though the slaughter v ill be large, it will not be sufficient to produce any marked scarcity the following year. The truth is, game was nearly all driven out of Virginia, and there was no way to ore it until the thoroughbred sports- men of the state took the matter in hand and secured the passage by the legislature ef the necessary law, suspending hunting for three years. The result will pay every sportsman for his long w : i “So far none of our bands have come this way on their way south for the win- ter,” said Donald Alexander to a Star re- porter. Mr. Alexander is one of the oldest gypsies who reside in this section. He fave up traveling several years ago on account of his age and settled down as a horse tender, though he fs still looked upon as one of the fathers of the various bands of gypsy wanderers. “Some of the people | hereabout speak of me as a gypsy king. I am not the holder of any office or posi- | tion in the bands, thougir five of my chil- ren and over thirty grandchildren are on the road. Just now the most of my kin| are in Ohio and West Virginia, and expect | to spend the winter in North Carolina. I} had some ietters recently from some bands } who are in Connecticut and New York state. They expect to vork their way over the roads to Tennesse> and may go to Florida. My people rule, endeavor to ‘Keep away from the lavte cities, and spend | their time in the country or on the edges of small towns. A city is no place for a » for there is but little that they can them, and, ve without doing anything to cause it we are constant bothered by the police authorities. If you look at your prison statistics you will find fewer gypsies in your jails than any other class of people under the sun in pro- portion to their numbers. The reason of this is that they do not violate the laws, for did they violate them they would be punished the > as © people, and, as a rule, woult b= punished more se- verely. Ail the gypsy wants is to be let alone and allowel to wander as he de- sires. We are nomads born, and it is just as natural f ier as it is for je to want to live in Civilization, however, is curing us, and while there will be some roamers for— ever the rumber grows smaller a the years pass along. If the child is house- born he will "ive in a house: if Lorn on the INGS | one EARD EEN? never yet formally received it—was pushed out onto the eastern portico, and remains there yet. Under the law governing such matters, the architect of the Capitol has no authority to give it house room. He has, however, covered it with a friendly covering of boards, and thus keeps it safe from inclement weather. In the early part of the centennial year Mrs. Deems con- ceived the idea that it would be the proper thing to have all persons holding high»ofti- cial places to sign a document setting forth the position held by them, all to be dated Jaly 4, 1876. In addition to this, she re- quested all signers to furnish copies of the photographs which were locked up in the afe. Her desire was that the safe should remain unopened until July 4, 1976. Presi- dent Grant took kindly to her intention, and started out the list of signatures, as did the members of his cabinet and the great majority of the senators and repre- sentatives in Congress that day.» Hundreds and hundreds of departmental and other officials, the justices of the United States Supreme and the local courts and United States judges in all parts of the country also handed in their signatures and pho- tographs. At the proper moment, and without much ceremony, the big iron safe was locked, the signatures and photo- graphs having previously been incased in air-tight copper boxes. All who were about the Capitol that day were allowed to put their autographs in the safe, and with the others mine went in. But twenty-two years have passed, and nearly every man whose autograph went into the safe has passed away. Some one promised to get Congress to pass a resolution accepting the gift, te which conditions of no kind except that it be kept safely were attached, for Mrs. Deems gave the safe and all her labor in connection therewith free and out of pure patriotism, but the some one forgot to do so. The architect of the Capitol could do nothing else than to have-it lifted outside of the Capitol, for under the circumstances it could not legally find a home there. The law was construed that it was all right it the safe and its contents slept for one hun- dred years on the outside. There it is to- day, and not one pergon in every ten thou- sand persons who see it from day to day knows or ever heard anything of its his- tory, for no sign or anything else indt- cating the contents of the safe will be al- lowed upon it.”” = AND yn —— ee eK “The first theater in- Washington stood upon the site of the present Lyceum Then ter, at the corner of 11th and C street: said an oldest inhabitant to a Star. re- porter, “and I think the present side walls of that theater are those of the original. It was first occupied in 1800, and was de- stroyed by fire in 1830. Previous to that, my father teld me, it was the custom of the residents of this city to attend a thea- ier in Alexandria, where there was a theater established previous to the found- ing of the city of Washington, in . Most of those who attended the theater there from this city drove down in their own carriages, though there was a kind of an omnibus er stage which went to Alex- andria the rights of the performances. It started at 5:30 o'clock, and generally made the trip in ore hour. The ticket for the round trip on the siage was one dollar. The performance started promptly at 7 o'clock, and was over by 10, so that the age returned to this city by 11 o'clock. The performance at the old Washington theater also started at 7 o'clock every evening until after 1827.”" xe KK ow that the oyster is in season again,” said a dealer in oysters to a Star reporter, I presume that some oyster venders will, so as to increase their sales, play the usual tricks upon their customers in the matter of ‘plumping’ their oysters. A small oyster is not a very attractive thing, and, as large oysters will not commence to arrive fer some weeks yet, for big oysters don’t conté’untit cold Weather ‘has set in, some shuckers have a way of making them large by ‘drinking’ them in a bucket of water. In this way oysters are nearly dgubled in size, for foating them in, fresh water swells them up, or ‘plumps’ them, to use the oysterman'’s term. There is no advantage to the consumer by ‘plumping’ them, for the moment they are cooked all the plumpness leaves them, and what looked like large oysters are, by the time they reach the table, as small as when they were originally shucked. There are tricks in every trade, and the oyster = er learns a great many in his expe and it is only natural that he uses some to his advantage.” kK Ke “The National Library is not after all such an exclusive affair as is generally supposed,” said one of the library assist- ants to a Star reporter, “and néarly every one can share In the royal feast in the way of books which is provided by this great institution. It is trve that books are not loaned out promiscuously to every one, for the time that they may need them to take to their homes, but every book is as free as air to those who ask for them in proper hours, without fee, provided, of course, they read them in the library building. To those who desire to take books to their homes, all that is necessary is to obtain a letter from a senator or representative vouching for the person and the return of the book within a reasonable time. If it is the value ef the book, which is about the enly way its return can be guaranteed. All the dictionaries and encyclopedias are in open cases and can be consulted by any without going through the form of raking a written request for them.” eee Corncob Pipes and Ti-Ti Stems, From the Savannah News. The manufacture of corncob pipes has becorre a considerable industry at Beau- fort, S. C. Special machinery has been made for the purpose, and an expert turner is employed to carve out the bowls, which are of many designs. The cobs are of a particular corn grown in the Missouri vai- ley, and are transported to South Carolina by the carload. The cobs have to bé sea- soned for two or three years before they are used. The supply of cane stems, which is obtained from the cane brakes along the Port Royal railroad, in lots of 60,000 stems, capable of being cut into three lengih, al- so employs much labor in the country, to select and gather them. A new and attrac- tive feature of some of these pipes is the u-ti stem. ‘The ti-ti is a shrub, the botanical name of which is “Cliftonia Ligustrina.” It grows up in a long, straight, pointless stem, with a soft center pith, and of various cir- cumferences, from the size of an ordinary THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1897-98 PAGES. THE MOUNTAIN MAID. ~ She Had a Natural Anxiety, Which She Made Manifest. . As my horsé, puffing like a porpoise, drew me and my buckboard up the last sharp acclivity of the mountain road that led out into the pass between the summits rising on either hand, he would have ex- ercised his privilege and stopped a moment to blow, but a hundred yards ahead of us I saw a bright bit of calico gleaming in the morning sun, and driving on I came vp to a buxom mountain maid sitting on a stump at a point where a footpath, .ead- ing up from the valley, mct the main road. “Good mornin’” she said, before I had a chance to step, and there seemed to be an anxious tone in the voice. “Good morning,” I responded, and I was on the point of asking her how far it was to the next place, a favorite manner of starting a conversation on mouniain roads, when she broke in. ‘Air you a preacher?” she asked. ‘No,” I answered, with a smile, for I sa never been asked that question before. fore. ‘Nor a ‘squire?” “Well, Jim Martin’s comin’ along this away purty soon now an’ I wuz jis’ axin’ so's thar wouldn't be no mistakes.” “I don't quite understand your explana- ticn,” I said, completely in the dark as to what she was trying to get at. ‘I reckon not, but I ain't takin’ no chances, an’ I thought I’d better stop you while I had the chance.” “Thank you, I’m sure, but if you will tell me what’s up I may be able to know what you are talking about.” She laughed good-naturedly. Well, you see it’s this away,” she said. “Jim, he’s been a-courtin’ an’ a-sparkin’ ‘round me fer about two ye’r now, an’ last night he popped an’ says ez how ef I'd be here this mornin’ ez he come along we'd go down to Logville an’ git hitched, an’ Jim’s mighty onreliable an’ like’s not ef we got thar an’ the preacher ner the ‘squire warn’t thar, I'd never git Jim in the mind ag’in, so I kinder thought mebbe you might be the ‘squire er the preacher an’ I didn’t want yer to git away. Ef you meet Jim anywheres down the road don’t tell him you seen me, fer I don’t want him skeert.”” —>—__- A NOVEL SUPPER. EXPENSIVE HOSPITALITY. A Host Who Put Up a Sign for the Benelit of Visitors. “Down in nearly any of the southern states,” remarked the New York drummer Sundaying in Washington, “the oppression of hospitality, if I may so express it, is something the northerner has no idea of. I have traveled in New England, as well as all over the south, and I have actual Knowledge of what I am talking about. I never heard of a Yankee being eaten out of house and home by his friends, but I know of a dozen families in different parts of the soyth who have a continual strug- gle for existence simply because they haven’t the courage to put up the bars and shut out their thoughtless visitors, who drop in at any and all times for a meal or a night's lodging, or both, or halt-a-dozen of them, for that matter. Of course they are just as ready to extend a similar cour- tesy, but it isn’t every family who can make itself even by boarding it out, and the result is that burdens are thoughtlessly thrust upon many who are «ept with their roses to the grindstone as long A PERILOUS: EXPERIENCE “When I first hung out miy shingle,” said a prominent New York physician to a group of friends, among them a Star re- porter, “I theaght it would be easy to drum up a good paying practice. But I soon realized my mistake. Patients were few. I didn’tiearn yten dollars the first month, and one day when I felt very dis- couraged and was thinking of giving up the study of the healing:art for a more lucra- tive commercial pugsuit, I met a friend. The latter was the agent for a line of transatlantic steamers, and on telling him of my poor sugcess-as a physician, he of- fered me a pobitionias surgeon on one of his ships. I accepted the berth, and, on the evening of the third day at sea, I had an experience with a madman, which I shall never forget. “The weather was very stormy, and as I, in consequence, had had but little sleep the two previous nights, I felt rather drowsy, and satin .a chair in my state room dozing. Suddenly I was awakened by a tremendous lurching of the vessel. Then I heard a loud knock at my door, and a tail, strange, and very excited dark-featur- ed man hurriediy entered my cabin. The man’s actions were so peculiar that I jumped to my feet and reached for a re- volver which lay on my table. But I was too slow. The stranger had seized the weapon. I then asked the man grufily what he wanted.- He did not reply for some time, and” then, after locking the door and putting the key and my pistol in his pocket, said: = “I'm not sick, doctor. I’ve come here,’ exposing a long Knife from the sleeve of his coat, ‘by order of the captain to cut your throat.” For a moment I looked the stranger in the face, and his wild, steaay stare soon convinced me that I had to deal with a madman. “I am not a coward, yet even now the thought of that moment makes me shud- der. There I was in a remote part of the ship alone with a madman of twice my physical strength, without a chance to es- cape or means to give alarm, and being unarmed, entirely at his mercy. I there- fore decided that resistance would be of the least service to me, and that apparent acquiescence would be best. All this quick- ly flashed through my mind, and according- ly, feigning the utmost indifference I could, I said: I never knew of but ane who had the nerve to inaugurate a new order of things, and he, or she rather, has been at it so shortly that I cannot say how it will turn out, though so far it is a glittering success. This man had a gevd farm and a raft of friends who seemed to think that his house was theirs free of cost, and used it ac- cordingly. His first wife was a native of the same county, and she couldn't turn people away, though she and her husband both felt that they were gradually being devoured and worked to death for their friends. Four years ago she died, and a year ago he married a Pennsylvania wo- man of sense and courage, and with no traditions and customs to observe. She sald nothing for the first six months. but went ahead keeping a free hotel and listening to compliments on the superior kind of a woman she was, and then she called for a change. “She had a comfortable competence of her own, and out of that she took enough to paint and enlarge the house and improve the grounds, and in the meantime she an- nounced that she was going to keep a ho- tel. Of course, while the workmen were tearing things up, the visitors had to stay away, and in this way they quit for a time. “On the 1st of September last she opened up the place, which she had made very “The captain's crders must, of course, be | handsome, and began waiting for guests.- obeyed. But can you do the deed quickly?’ | The only indication of a hotel there is is “Oh, yes,’ replied the madman, calmly |-an archway over the big gate on the nike, surveying the knife which he held-in his| about a quarter of a mile from the house, hand. ‘I'm a butcher by trade and can do| and cn this is a four-foot square sign read- the job easily with this tool.’ ii “Here he paused’ to examine with his thumb the edge of the knife, which looked rather blunt, and as he did so an idea struck me, and I remarked: “Your knife does not seem to have a very keen edge; the trachea is tough, you know, and rather difficult to cut with such a blunt instrument.’ “The madman now looked at me with a curious expression, as if trying to read my houghts, and then, after examining the| |, > nteeraore closely, seemed to think my sug-| “As I said,” concluded the drummer, “I gestion a gocd one; for he said: dcn’t know how the scheme will result, but “Yes, doctor, I think you are right. A| when I was in that neighborhood ten days little sharpefiing will do no harm; so if| ago they hadn't done enough business to you don’t mind waiting I will go to the gal-| Pay for the sign. In fact, they hadn’t had ley and get the cook to help me put an| a single guest, and I never saw two hotel edge on it with his grindstone.’ Proprietors as thoroughly contented and “This was exactly what I wanted, as,| happy over the exceedingly bad business feeling sure he would not lock the door | they were doing. after him, I thought my escape would be ——=__. easy. But picture my dismay when on his] TO RELIEVE ACHES AND PAINS. departure, I discovered that the door was locked as securely ag before. “What waa I to.qo? 1. flung open the rthole and shouted. with all my might for ore : Resistance, but,the-tury Of the gale was | 7m the New York Evening Post. now so great that all my efforts to make| “I complained so much of my aches and myself heard Were ef no avail. Then in a| pairs,” relates an old lady, who’ seems frenzy of despair Iyfooked about for some | never to have either any more, “that my Weapon of defgnse,, but there was not 50] on who is a naval offlees, became inrorenw, h as a stick tobe found in my cabin. a T put my car we the deeyhole, and, thinking | ed in thelr rellef. ‘What you need,’ he sald, I heard footsteps approaching, I impulsive- | ‘is exercise, to keep the muscles supple and ly threw off my; coat, went to the furthest | give strength. We use,’ he went on, ‘ end of the room, and standing as defiantly | the training of our boys and men for the ‘ved to fight to the last. ete eae ees ihe dean bursting open | Raval service, a set of eighteen exercises to and the entry of the madman, not alone, as| Strengthen the muscles, expand the chest I expected, ut. securely .pinioned and ‘at-| and tc give them an ersct carriage. These tended by twoipf the ship's crew. in charge | exercise: of the eccondadicen, ‘Thovrelier of the mo- Sic aaa Saetaies poner te young Tent was so gfeat that it completely pros- | fra reneq: conn sees, YOu may inva eas trated me, ant A eatin a taint poets seer acid have pene thee poss avice, “When I came tomy .senses learnt s is = that the peculian apd. excited manner of eae ee shart mee very, tie maniac, the. lange enife In his posses- | Yours may be glad of necie eeeot oy, sion and his’ anxie sharpen ft, drew | should be tuken to anxiety t za perform the movement suspicion off tim “and induced the officer | just as directed, Whee meecee Sonlen ‘to secure ard bring him to my cabin to} have been seldom used are call 3 ascertain Hiss conalon: “Néedless to £871 ||. tesling of soreness may be tele tees Bee Nee nee ee Gan | Sst Cow taenes; this wilt dinap pear eo tues Kept ae PASTS eee eet in ‘Lives. | tom brings ease in the movements.” and aight ‘ur e's! c| First exercise—Neck. 1.) St pool, where he was handed over to the | rot. Heels on the sone line ead togethes proper authorities. I returned to: New | yect turned cut p saitleek equally, forming with each York on the same vessel, but neve! other an angle of sixty degrees. Knees to sea in the capacity of a surgeon again.” straignt. Bouly erecteone thecnioe res ae eae on hips, Gave Him a Name. the rear, “Elbows eeeee ae The . A great many curious facts connected | Incline the head forward, looking down till with the names of veterans of the late war | CFin as nearly as possible rests on chest. are developed in the work of the civil | (), Soe ee to natural posi- service cominission, which ts frequehtly| ‘Second exercise—Position of the head called upon to certify In regard to the 7 Stand as above described. (1) Rear, service of soldiers who seek to enter the | Turn back the head as far as possible @) classified service.’ ‘This work of the com-| Night. Carry the panies Pucmehieas fay mission develops the fdct that one out of | in, oSsible, face down. @) Left. Carry every eight soldiers who enlisted in the ie left, face up. 4.) Straight. civil war enlisted under an assumed Raise head to natural position. Repeat. Third exercise—Elbows to front and tear. or partial narhe, which frequently makes it difficult to identify them now. A curious | Stand as at first described. (1) Front Bring the elbows forward in line with hips. case has just come to light. It appears that A. L. Holmes, when he enlisted, told And They Never Could Have Had It Before They Were Married. “There is a vast difference between one’s point of view before and after marriage,” observed a well-known man-about-town, to a Star reporter a few days ago. “How so?” “Well, you see, a person goes in for com- mon sense after marriage, while before that eventful period everything is regulated ac- cording to the popular idea of what is good form. My wife and I were speaking of it last evening. We had been to the theater, and after the performance I took her to a nearby cafe. Establishing ourselves at a corner table—we have only been married a year—my wife and I each took up a Dill of fare and glanced down the long list of glorious indigestibles. Separately we frown- ed at the menu for several minutes, and then my wife looked up and exclaimed, with the tone of confidence that denotes a bril in, Hotel Bountiful. : Best Meals and Beds in the County. Everybody Welcome. Entertainment fcr Man and Beast. Prices $5 per Day Up. Single Meals, $1.50. Lodging, $2. No Reductior. by the Week or Month. Dogs and Children Not Admitted. Come One. Come All. MR. AND MRS. BLANK, Proprietor: lack, do you know what I want? ‘ot ice cream, I hope, or any ice cold I replied, with a shiver. indeed,’ laughed my wife; ‘guess ° , let me see,’ I ruminated. ‘I have known you to do away with a good-sized Newburg, a rabbit, an oyster patty and a chicken terrapin at odd times, but some- how I don’t feel equal to any of these to- night. I want something just warm and comfortable like.’ “My case exactly,’ agreed my wife. ‘Let me give the order, and promise not to laugh.’ “When the waiter approached our table I was all ears to hear what my wife would spring upon me in the way of an order. The waiter looked surprised and I looked amused when my wife said, trying to sum- mon forth an excuse of dignity: ‘Hot choc- olate and buttered toast for two.’ “By jove, it was great! The chocolate was steaming hot in a jolly little pot, and when I lifted the cover from the hot silver platter there was the most delicious, golden brown, striped toast that sent up a fra- grance of butter and crispness enough to warm the cockles of your heart.” “My wife gaye a contented Jittle chuckle as she poured out the chocolate, remarking at the same time: ‘Wasn't it a happy idea, Jack? Now, we'll be as cozy as possible. But wouldn't some of the girls laugh to see you treating me to suc ha supper as’ this? Glad nobody is here we know, glancing about. “Just at that moment the door opened, and in walked one of my wife's . best friends. We both knew her to be a stickler as to the proper sort of food for the va- rious meais of the day. Our breakfastlike order would hardly be in her line for an after-the-theater supper. With the young lady was a young man from Baltimore, and he selected a table next to ours. I knew him to be possessed of a long ancestry and a short cash account. However, in obe- dience io the iaws of custom, the usual ‘hot bird and cold bottle’ were ordered, with aftermath of salad, ices and cor- dial. “The Baltimore man had come over to see his fair friend, and he considered it the proper thing to give her a fine supper after the theater. Of course, he could not afford it, but common sense, as I said before, they agreed upon seeing our repast, that were my wifé and I having a very deuce of Some Simple Calisthenics Suggested by a Naval Officer. @) Rear. Turn the elbows back till t! shoulder-blades meet, expand the chart, a time with chocolate and toast, and we | the recruiting officer his name was “‘Al|hcad erect. Repeat. ate and drank every bit before us. At the | Holmes.” The officer wrote the name A.| Fourth exercise—Stand as before describ- adjoining table the other two young people | L. Holmes. ed. .) Up. Raise arms laterally until were mincing at their supper. Probably “No, that is not my name,” protested | horizontal, palms of hands up, fingers ex- they agreed,@ upon seeing our repast, that | the recruit “My name is Albert Holmes.” | tended. Chest well out. (2) Down, with marriage our tastes had deteriorated, “Well,” replied the officer, “I will give | Gradually lower the arms. Stretch them to their uttermost. Fifth exercise—Extension of the arms. Stand as before described. (1.) Place the will never be ashamed of that | closed fists against chest, knuckles down, the officer remarked as the re-| thumbs out, elbows well to rear. ©) cruit stocd speechless. Front. Briskly extend the arms to front Since that day he-has been Albert Lin-| herizontally. (@.) Back. Resume first posi- cola: Holmes: tion (as in pain). (4) Up. Briskly raise you a middle name,” and he proceeded to write the recruits name Albert Lincoln but I leave it with you as to which couple had the better time. No, sir, a man happy and sensible.” The Honest Eskimo. 2 See he! Eee ences to the front. (5.) Web ie ean Weanctes Gucaits If you want anything, try an ad. in The ; Down. Force the arms obliquely bagk, and 5 rad) di Rev. Dr. Stevenson, who, in 1890, went to Sora er er SE a eine re will get an answer. Sixth exercise—Arms in circle. Stand as before. (1.) Raise the arms laterally till horizontal, palms up. (2.) Circle. Swing the arms circularly upward and backward, frcm front to rear, body erect. Arms not to pass in front line of chest. Begin casily, do each set five times, and having done the whole six, rest a bit. Then dc them seven times, then ten times, even grants but do not exercise violently too long. Point Barrow to establish a school and missionary station under the auspices of the Presbyterian beard of home missions, returned from the north Friday night and is stopping at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. He expects to start for bis home in Ohio Tues- Ga! Sas An AH-Right Wheelman. From Fliegende Blatter. 4y. He is accomparfed by three native children he is taking east to be placed in a school for advanced education. “The school was established the first year I arrived here,” said Dr. Stevenson, “and it has continued with the most gratifying results. The natives took a great interest in it and,-in fact, in everything we tried to do for them. They are an intelligent people and it did not take them-long to realize that our efforts were for their benefit and they became attentive and apt scholars. The school had an average attendance of forty dally. Along with the school religious services were held and on Sunday mornings from 160 to 170 were at the meetings that were held in a room not over sixteeen feet by twenty-five feet. At the evening ser- vices there would be about 100 of the na- ——— The Civic Reorganization of Japan., ‘Toru Hoshi in Harper's Magazine. The reorganization of the whole fabric of public administration was. one of the first cares of the imperial government after the restoration. It may be said in general that the aim was to establish an administrative system based as far as practicdble uvon western models. As a necessary result, the feudal lords surrendered their fiefdoms to the central government, and all their ad- ministrative powers and functions, which had thitherto been widely distributed among tives, and at the Wednesday night at home. * JOHNSON» Written for The Evening Star. Once in Awhile. Once in awhile, like the sun that streams Through the breaking clouds on a day of showers, The light of happiness gaily gleams On this -vistful, wearysome world of ours. And the sends of the hour-glass turn to gold, And melodies faint and far unfold, And they lightly clink and our thoughts beguile With mystical music—once in awhile. Once.in awhile, through the battling crowd, The face of an honest friend will pess Or a voice will silence the tumult loud— ‘The tender vcice of a loving lass. But the throng grows fierce and the din grows high As hope and hatred renew the cry. And a frown effaces the careless smile That comes to cheer us—once in awhile. Once in awhile comes the day that’s “best After days of waiting through ‘worse’ and “bad.” The day rest, The day that we long for when life ts sad. How well ’twould be if the tide of years Could be, somehow, turned from the flood of tears; If the hours of darkness and doubt were drained And only the “Once-in-awhiles” remained! * ** Weary. Precocity is becoming so common that have unique thoughts and original methods of express- the child who does not ing them is an exception. A little girl of this city had been very fond of the colored picture books which are turned out for the especial amuse- ment of the infantile mind. She had a collection which in- cluded all the noted fairy tales. Recent- ly ‘she very much surprised her mother “What are you go- ing to do with those?” her mother inquired. child and give them to he things.” “But don’t you like in Boots?’ 5 I like the stories But I know them all by hear: tures sometimes.” “No,” came the positive response. are what I especially object to. getting very weary of this poster craze: * x * Another Klondike Story. “Yes, sir,” said the man who got back from the Klondike. “‘The gold is there.. The All you have to do is to wade into the ice water with a bushel basket and scoop it up and carry it home. The trouble is that you have to be careful not to overload your bushel basket. If you do you're likely to break it.” “But you can get another,” suggested the rivers and rocks are full of it. eager listener. “Of course, you can get another. bushel baskets cost anywhere from $1,500" And as you can’t stay in the ice water long enough to make $500 or so a day, it’s just as well to take smaller to $3,000 apiece. loads and economize.” “I suppose you brought back a lot of money with you?” “Well, I didn’t stay up there so very long. I didn’t have I didn’t get more I was afraid of rheumatism. a particularly rich claim. than $50,000 or $60,000 out of it.” trip.” “Well, you mustn’t forget that you have looked only at one side of the ledger. course, when a man is making money he gets a little reckless and likes to live lib- I guess I must have spent $10,000 or $15,000 for cough medicine while I was there. One day, after I had been particu- larly lucky, I thought I would indulge in the luxury of a few pine boards to keep the wind out of the shanty I had bought. forget how much I paid in ounces for that shanty; but the gold dust came pretty near filling the former owner’s steamer trunk. I could have made a fortune out of it if it hadn't fallen to pieces the week before I erally. les boards?” “Twenty dollars a square inch, without Still I brought It isn’t quite as much | wealthy woman astonished the guests she as I would have made if I had stayed here ut it's enough to cover the ex- pense of my trip back next spring and give | White cow brought out and milked before me something besides to jive on for a few weeks till I get something to do just to pay | course, a Watteau milkmaid, with buckled my board in the meantime.” any rebate for knot-holes. back some money. ¥ ** “Good Old Times.” My grandsire tells of the good old times And stops now and then to sigh; crimes ‘Makes him yearn for the days gone by. And he'makes me feel, while the tear drops | Tung in unison produced the sweetest and steal To my eyes as I mourn my fate, That my ill-starred birth brought me onto this earth ‘ A decade or so too late. that is radiant and sweet with “I wish you'd find some deserving poor was the reply. “But you are not too old to enjoy such “I cannot help it if my taste changes.” ‘Jack, the Giant Killer,’ any more; nor ‘Cinderella’ nor “Puss very much. “But you may want to look at the pic- “They But “That was enough to make it worth the ‘Did they charge very much for the pine as he dropped into his chair in the library and reached for the paper. It was when he perceived, through the daily prints, the colossal opportunities for criticism of the way in which the affairs of the human race are conducted that he grew mosi in- dignant. He reached for a paper and glanced at a headline. With a snort of indignation, he arore and threw the paper upon the table. “There it is!” he exclaimed. “The same old story!” “What's the satter, dear?” came the patient query. “Matter!” he echoed indignantly as he took the paper again. “Look there and see for yourself what the matter is. Look at that headline, ‘Paul Goes to Rome! “I don’t see that it’s anything to’ worry cover now. “Who's Paul? Tell me that. What has Mr. Paul ever done for this country? But that’s the way with every administration. *“hey’re always picking out somebody that you never heard of before and giving him one of the most important and salaried places in the whole diplon service! Of course I have nothing to against him personally. But why shoul] he be selected when the country is full of mea of experience in state-craft and who have international reputations? “My dear, hadn't you bette what paper you were reading “No. I don't want to se more of it I'm going to read a novel or play solitaire the rest of the evening. “You wouldn't object to what it is, would you?” ‘No, not if it will be any satisfaction to you. Although you can’t make me doubt the authenticity of the story because it's Just the sort of thing that I expect.” “Well dear, the paper ts Johnny's “Su Scoot eer and the line that has ven you so much uw: iness is e ton Of last week's Iksson?” es {S the tonic k and see my telling you _ A ROMANTIC ENGLISHMAN. Life Flowery Kingdom, From the Pulladelphia Record. Sid Edwin Arnold, who legalized his union with a fascinating Japanese widow by an English marriage service in London the other day, was always cosmopolitan in his ideas. Surely no Englishman }b mm and bred has ever succeeded in merging his own individuality into that of other People’s as the author of “The Light of Asia” and “The Light of the World” has done. When he was in India in his young days his work showed his intense sympa- thy with the Buddhists, and in the preface to “The Light of Asia” he wrote: “This book was written by one who loved India and the Indian people.” For two score of years he was English to the core of his heart in the editorials he wrote for the London Telegraph, and 1890 he came to America, seemed able to understand us (as few of his c trymen could do), and then he went on to Japan and immediately bygan to tive a ja Japonais. He lived in a native house, left his shoes at his door, slept on a thick quilt, and, they say, ate in true Japancse style. In {his bed room he had a ch Washstand, two Japanese chests ers of white wood and black ironwork. the usual sliding cupboards, into whic was put when it was rolled up iu the daytime. The walls of the room were of tissue pa- per panels, powdered with silver -naple leaves, and a clear glass belt ran around the room “at a height inconducive to pr priety,” as one correspondent of the day remarked. The drawing room was frem floor to ceiling, and the the whole house that hinted izations was. an American stood in one of the corners. With such surroundings it is not much wender that the impressionable poet found himself going through the ceremony of tea drinking with his charming compan- ion of the hour, and that he was content to accept the ceremony as a bona fide m riage is iribute to his kinship.with -enius that since the world began has ever faun*- ed a little the staid laws and regulations that ordinary folk find necessary to com- fortable existence. It was in Japan, by the way, that Si Edwin began “The Light of the World and, indeed, completed it, too, during his stay of several years. He sevs himself that he was in a tea garden one night surrounded by music, flowers, handscme dressing and all the delicate luxuries which Japan knows £9 well how to combine, when suddenly he began to write. So absorbed was he tha he was unconscious of his companions w til one said: “Be quiet, Dana Sama is writing.” and then he found he had put 1{©n paper the first lines of his beautiful lyric: Peace beginning to be Deep as the sleep of the sea When the stars their radiance glass In its blue tranquillity. Sovieeeese Masical Cows. From the New Yox% Commercial Advertiser. Two summers ago, in Newport. a certain glass-pancled oniy thing in at other civ- stove, which of had invited to a lawn fete by having a big the company. The milkmaid was, of shoes, short skirt and panniers, and the cow wore a collar of bells and blue ribbon around her neck. The same woman, who apparently has a penchant for cattle, has been visiting in the Hartz district of Ger- many, and her fancy was captured by the For he says that this era of frauds and | melody of the bells that were attached to the hecks of the cows in the meadow. The bells were of different sizes, and when most harmoniovs of sounds. Madame promptly ordered some bells of a Hartz firm for her beloved American kine, and it is to be supposed that the wanderers in the direction of her “vacherie” next sum- mer will be greeted by the same tinkling tunes that delight one’s ears in the pic- . turesque Hartz mountains. read or woods, is it nge he prefers | Pipe stem to that of the little finger. It | meetings from 195 to 140, ches Le Serene ere "2 a peed oe oon Oren who tok the ntage— ———+e-—______ the road or the woods hea enjoyed the Tepotation;from the ab- 1""icpne: Hakimos” he osuiidued: a th the abolition of hereditary office, and the} ,Th¢¥ didn’t need scenery then— ° ' oi eens s crigines and among southern planters and | most “honest people’ ten ne be iene elevation of: men of comparatively low | Ad it does him etre ee 1 ae “In my long experience as a teacher,” | others, who have ever used {t in prefer- je found. ively good. Locks are unknown among them, d, fact, such articles are not wanted there. 4 often left my house for days at a time, leaving the door wide open, and, though the natives walked in and out as they passes ae ees, articles that were valuable in that country and 1; none of them were taken, waa cleats well treated by them, even by the tribes that were said: to te rae and fierce. I carried no weapons and never occasion to use one.” bers ———+o+_____ The Longest-Lived Animal, From the Independent. « ‘The longest-lived animal in the world is the giant tortoise of the Seychelles Islands. Of some eminent public men. From Harper's Basar. “People didn’t negiect to display respect “What does your Auxiliary Society at the Deliberate and profound, church do?” asked Mr. Hawkins of Mrs. And they’d never waste in unseemly haste | Hawkins, when that good lady returned Their energies getting *round.” Yet the world is moving and tolling still And loving and laughing, too, And honest purpose bends with a will To the work that it finds to do. And mighty, men wield the sword and pen, And the lightning leaps forth to bear ence to any other, not excepting the cherry or fig stem, of best absorbing the nicotine and affording a grateful and fragrant taste. rank to offices of the highest dignity and influence. Such other changes as x ence showed to be nec: said an old public school teacker to a Star reporter, “I have learned one thing pretty well in connection with children, and that is that their eyes furnish an unerring in- dication of their ability to learn. For instance, I think I can lay down this prop- osition as about a certainty: That the rounder an eye the easier it receives im- pressions. I can add also, I think, that it also loses them quicker; that is, while the round-eyed child learns rapidly, the same child forgets the lessons learned much quicker than children with eyes of a dif- ferent formation. The narrower the eye the slower it is to receive, but the im- pressions hold on much longer. I can add also that children with small eyes are usually dull and slow to learn, while those —+-e-+____ Gems of Poctry. garments made by the iris in the St Jonah’s Guild and From Life. young gi make ‘em fit to wear,” replied Mrs. Haw- kins. I was always ‘They are fond of pet names in the royal family. The Duke of Fife is called “Mac- | duff;’ ter Rothschild which weighs a quarter of a ton. Its known length of life is 150 years, its age previous to its transportation to the island of Mauritus being unknown. In I can always tell whether a child resembles its father or mother most, for the brighter and more active the eye the greater is the resemblance of the child to its mother. ** * & * “Probably there never was a gift horse to a Star reporter, “as was the iron safe, its contents, which was presented to Capitol during the centennial year by ‘Mrs. Deems of Brooklyn, The safe, a few| « weeks after its recept! Congress has not handy to secure such a letter books of | atford'thei colase: or ileey not almost any kind are loaned any respectable | hefare marriage for fear of whar nye ont person on leaving a deposit covering may think of him. It takes married peo- ple to be independent and correspondingly