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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
THE RATCLER'S AWFUL. EYE,

Something About Its Strange Power to
Charm Foe.
Letter in the Pomona Progress.
I have a genuine snake story to tell the
readers Of the Progress. and l can vouch for
the truth OF my statements. As l was several
miles out in the country. riding horseback from
Pomona to Etiwanda last Saturday morning.
saw jack rabbit standing still only few feet
from the road. drove up close to the animal,
which still refused 10 scamper away. On the
contrary, the rabbit stood or sat transfixe to
the spot. though making constant nervous.
shuddering motion. as If anxious to get away,
but at the same time being held to the spot
was surprised that the rabbit did not fee
at the approach of myself and horse, and when
looked little sharper l large rattle
snake coiled up under some bushes, his head
uplifted. about six feet from the rabbit. l
shall never forget the scene. The rabbit was
looking with inlescribable eagerness straight
at the slowly approaching snake and needed
nothing else Idismounted, and. seizing a long
stick. by force pushed the rabbit away. when
the snake instantly sWeiled with rage and
sounded it's rattes. / wounded the snake and
then dispatched it. The rabbit for a second or
two seemed benumbed. and was hardly capable
of motion. That was over quickly and the ami
m1l hoped away.
Now this is no doubt pure case Of snake
charming. There are many who refuse to be-
lieve in such things. have always had my
doubts about some OF the alleged charming
powers of the reptiles. but to one who Is IA
miliar with eyes of rattlesnakes it does not
8 EN- unreasonable that they have such power.
If you will examine the eve of one when he is
cold in death you will perceive that it has all
extremely malignant and terrible expression.
When he is alive and excited know of moth
ing in all nature of so dreadful appearance as
he ~ n rat ia To atr ka
with terror more than birds and little animals
| have on several occasions examined the eye
OF rattlesnake closely with strong glasses and
feel with all force what l state, and will tell
you that there are few men the face Of the
earth who can look upon an angered rattlesnake
through good glass-bringing him appal emily
within foot or two of the eye-and stand it
more than a moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
some NInsfachn History.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
"what is the history of the mustache? In
Greece and Rome no mustaches we're worn
without boards, but in the conquering DAYS OF
the Roman empire several half-civilized races
who had come partially under the influence Of
the Romans, and who wished 10 be rid OF tn.
name of barbara or wearers of boards, at.
tempted to shave in imitation of their con
querors; but as they had very imperfect nipple
ments for the purpose, and as the upper lip i,
VIGOROUSLY the hardest part of the face TO shaw,
in the case of any one poorly skilled in the art
they we're unable to make a clean job of it ant
left quantity of hair on the upper lip. Thi,
mark was characteristic of several nations OF
the confines of Roman civilization; of th,
Gauls in particular. of the Dacians and some
others. See the Roman statue of the Dyinl
Gaul in the Museum of Fine Arts-perbaps tho
only classical representation of mustache TO
be found In that institution. The Latin Ian
guage has no word for mustache. This barbar-
GUS accident was unworthy Of the honor Of q
Roman name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
TONGUE TwIsTERs.
Say These over Fast and Hear Your Friends
Laugh.

Boston Globe.
Read the following aloud. repeating the
shorter ones quickly half q dozen times in sue-
cesslon:
Six thick thistle sticks.
Flesh Of freshly fried flying hsh-
The sea cesseth, and it suficeth us
Hugh roller. low roller, lower roller.
A box Of mixed biscuits. mixed biscuit box
Strict strong stephen Stringer SHARED slickly
six sickly silky snakes.
Swan swan over the sea; swim, swan, swim,
swan swan back again. well swum swan.
Ii IL a shame, sam; these are the same, Sam.
IT'S all sham, Sam, and q shame IL n 10 sham
80, Sam.
A growing CLEAN glowing green.
The bleak breeze blighted the bright broom
blossoms.
Susan shineth shoes and socks; socks and
shoes shine Susan. She ceaseth shining
shoes and socks, for shoes and socks shock
Susan.
Robert Rowley rolled round roll round;
a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round,
where rolled the round roll Robert Rovley
rolled roundl
Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl ard oyster.
Did Oliver ogletborp ogle owl and oyster7
IL Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl and oyster,
where are the owl and oyster Oliver Oglethorp
ogled?
Hobbs meets snobbs and Noble; Hobbs hobs
10 Snobbs and Nobbs; Hobbs nobs with Snobbs
and robs Nobhs' fob. That ID" says Nobbs,
1.-The worse for Hobbs jobs, and snobbs sobs.
Sammy Shoesmith saw a shrieking songster.
Did Sammy Shoesmith see a shrieking songster2
IL Sammy Shoesmith a shrieking songster
where's the shrieking songster sammy Shoe
smith SAW
went INTO the garden TO gather some blades
and there L saw the two sweet pretty babes.
All, babes. is that babes. braiding OF
blades. babes1 II you braid any blades at all.
babes, braid broad blades, babes, or braid no
blades at ALL babes.
You snuff shop snuff, I snuff box snuff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
Queer Fads.

From The Girls Own Paper.
Lam we'll acquainted with the descendants of
a venerable lady, an active, healthy woman of
good position, who, if to judge from many of
her children and grandchildren, must have been
lovable as well highly respectable, but had
an extraordinary fad. For many years SIZE
kept her coffin in her room, not (as some orders
of monks have done) as a painful reminder,
but receptacle for her caps. The inside
had been SO beautifully lined, she thought it
would be waste of good material to leave it I'M
employed But this eccentric fancy did not
end here. All sense of the ghastliness of en-
ploying such article for other than its
ostensible use appeared, through habtual
familiarity with it, to have place in her
mind; for it seems that on one occasion. when
invited to stay at friend house. it was with the
greatest difficulty that she could be dissuaded
from employing the pet repository Of her caps
as a trunk to carry her visiting apparel
Imagine the shock to more sensitive nerves had
her hostess and the rest of the family party
seen so gruesome and il-omened an object
carried into the house on a bright and festive
occasion,
1t may not be generally known that one of
the old time kings of Spain, Charles VI had q
brother, Don Antonio, who had a mania for
making sausages, and that the infection spread
to his brother, both becoming victims of the
same extraordinary mania. SO n pavilion was
erected in a lonely spot, where he devoted his
time TO learning the trade. so as TO compete
with his brother. At last the monomania was
suddenly cured by the visit of an English
woman OF rank. who was surreptitiously in
troduced into the grounds surrounding the
pavilion by the British ambassador, to see the
royal pork butcher at work. The king dis
covered her and embraced her." forgetting
the greasy attire in which he was equipped, and
the consequent soiling OF her dress brought
him to his senses and the REIMBURSEMENT Of
this unseenly fad.
In the present day we have a royal amateur
professor of the culinary art, in the person Of
Humbert, King Of Italy, and at which
report says he shows remarkable skill. 1t seems
a queer taste for one born to a throne, although
often development of the kind may be, and
very naturally is. bred in hunter, sportsman
OF explorer, fancy born of necessity, when
not even the limited qualifications of a "gen-
eral." not TO say chef de cuisine, are
available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

THE KING OF SIAM.
the queen, who is the chief of these is his
rnaiesty's half sister. She is a very brigh.
woman and has made herself noted for her
charity. She rules the harem, and when was
in Siam ] was told that she smoked cigarettes
and chewed the betel nut.
THEY WILL CHEW THE sErEL-
The new Siamese legation will undoubtedly
be betel chewers. Every one in siam il ad-
dicted to this habit and there IL big store Just
opposite to the palace of the king in Bangkok
in which / was shown. during my stay there, o
lot Of little china spittoons about the size OF
shaving mug. This store supplied the palace
with goods and these little spittoons were used
by the ladies Of the harem for the expectora-
ton OF betel juice. The betel nut is q native Of
Siam. 1t is about big rs a black walnut and
10 has green skin. 1t is sold in pieces the
size Of hickory nut, and il is of q soft, spongy
nature, having bitter, sstringent taste. The
Siamese mix this nut with lime and to-
bacco the lime is colored red and it is carried
about IN green leaves; having mixed his guild the
Siamese chews and spits and splits and chews
all day long. II makes the teeth black and the
juice which the people expectorate Is as red as
blood saw both men and women using it
when was in Siam and I was told that babies
were given Ii almost soon as they were
weaned- Both women and men smoke in Siam
and children are taught to puff cigarettes as
soon as they are old enough to crawl If any
ladies come with the legation they will prob
ably be smokers and betel chewers, and OF the
kings hsrem half of the women have black
teeth The Siamese say that any dog can have
white teeth. but only those who are rich enough
to buy the Detel nut can have black ones.
OUR FIRST BUDDHIST LEGATION.
This legation will be the first foreign mission
of pure Buddhists which has ever come towash-
ingtou- The ministers from Europe are to a
large extent Ca tholics. The Chinese are Con-
fucianists- The japanese are liberal free
thinkers and the Koreans about the same
Buddhism is the religion OF SIAM and every
man of any prominence there has been at some
time OF his life Buddhist priest. Tho king
himself was at one time a priest and he
once shaved his head and gave up his crown
and harem to wear yellow cotton scarf about
his waist and go about fasting and PRAYING
Any one who wants to become q priest in Siam
can do % upon moments notice. The result
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
Standardization.

From the Austin Statesman.
Imagination has too much to do with man
practice on himself. One who reads tie little
text book on physiology in the schools VIII I'M
mediately discern IN every rumble OF bis IN
testines the kind Of action the gastric juices are
taking on the food that bas gone into the
stomach an1 he soon becomes, If he pushes hls
Investigations further. n monomaniac on ny
giene Ii is true that a man or woman who
has arrived Mt the age OF forty wears ought to
be able TO decide ut a glance the kind OF food
shifted best to their digestive organs, and eN-
perience ought 20 teach them never to touch
any food that dlsagrees with them This is
true also OF drinking. When a man is forty
wears of age he ought 20 understand himself
sufficiently 10 guard against all imprudences in
either eating or drinking working, but that
is about all he ought 10 know about il. He ex-
poets to be employed expert on Others in
his own line of study. and he ought to be willing
to reciprocate by employing 9 physicisn whss
he Is sick.
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and smoke cigarettes As they 20 begging from
house to house. The city is divided up among
these beggaas. Each priest has his beat and at
every door he gets an Offering Of rice or of
something else Of this kind. visited the Budd-
hist temples while was in Bangkok. They are
costly beyond description There is one right
near the kings palace which has 500, 900 worth
OF gold leaf on one Of its spires, and in another
temple there is an idol made Of jewels and pure
gold. Il is about foot high and eight inches
was yet In the crucible, crystals, topazes, sap
Phires, rubies and diamonds were stirred into it,
and before this idol the king comes every morn
ing and worships. / could fill this paper with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

marked editorially the other day that it was
fault in poor republic to be parsimonious-
but in rich republic it crime. Think
OF it, A crime to be economical, That idea
has a great many supporters among the mem
bers Of Congress. The people. though. do not
sympathize with it. They do not begrudge the
money, but they believe that its extrayagant
expenditure is not in accordance with the spirit
Of our institutions. The men who drafted the
Constitution did more than they thought when
they divided this country into states. That is
the greatest safeguard that we have today
against extravaganza and corruption. So long
as we have the example of the careful admins
tration OF the finances Of the states we have
standing argument against extravaganza by the
general government
GEORGE GRANrHAM Balm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

W. D<h - ANO L
called on Judge Hol-
man Of Indiana, the
member Of the House
of Representatives from
the fourth Indiana dis
trict, chairman Of the
committee on appro-
priations in the last
House and famous as
the watch dog OF the
treasury" from his dis
position to oppose the
reckless expenditure Of
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Written for The Evening Star.
Shadows.

Written for The Evening Star.
Shadows.
Evening shadows in their hitting,
In their hitting to and fro,
Seem to whisper and to berkon,
Beckon US to come and 20.
For they tell in noiseless cadence,
In a noiseless, mystic rhyme,
To the heart of JOY or sorrow,
Soon or late there comes time
When the daylight fades TO twilight,
And the twilight into night,
And the shadows gently bury
Earthly memories from sight,
When the day of life Is ended,
When the gulf of life Is spanned,
And the soul returns forever
To the silent shadow land.
June, 1898. CLIFFORD HOWARD.
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is that when a man gets into financial difficult
ties he enters the priesthood. and in this way
his debts are forgiven him. After they have
remained here for some time they come out
and start into business anew. When a man has
done anything very wicked he goes into the
priesthood for a certain number of years to
CLEANSE himself and this becoming q Buddhist
PRIEST is one of the simplest methods Of Samese
divorce. The man who enters the church has
the night to dismiss his wife and <hen he comes
out again at the end of few months or q year
be can marry her again or not, as he chooses.
THE HOME OF BUDDHISM.
Siam is the home of buddhism and while was
in Bangkok 1 saw the pures: OF the Simon pure
article There are %. 900 Buddhist priests in the
siamese capital and these are Of all ages from
sixteen to eighty. They go about with shaved
heads and yellow strips o: cloth wound about
their haIi-naAed bodies. and they chew the beteI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

wives and settle down there for life All of the
governors Of Siam make presents to the king,
and they sometimes pay their taxes in the
shape of gold and silver bushes. In the
audience chamber of the palace saw around
the room trees and bushes of gold. The leaves
of these trees were of pure gold. while the
| trunks were heavily plated with gold On one
side OF the room there were a number of silver
trees, and was told that these were a part of
that years offerings to his majesty from his
governors.
SLAMS DANGER.
7 heard a diplomat who is well posted in
Asiatic matters discuss last night the reason
why the king sent his legation to Washington
Said be: ''The King of Siam is very anxious to
strengthen his relations with foreign powers
He realizes the danger which constantly menaces
his country from Its geographical position. It
is the meat OF the sandwich Of farther India
One slice of this sandwich belongs to France
and includes Cochin-China The other slice
belongs to Great Britain and it takes up the
provinces of Burmah. Siam lies in the center
and it is richer than either. Both France and
England are land hungry and they look with
greedy eyes on Siam. 1t is OIL o Of the richest
plums which still hang on the rec of barbarism
in the far east. 1t produces crop after crop
without the aid of manure and it ships millions
Of dollars worth of rice, pepper and cattle every
year."
THE sIAMEsE ARMY.
w nat kllti OF an army mas SllLl. aShou
"There was no navy thsre when visited the
country
''Ths army is nothing to speak Of" was the
reply. Every man has to serve the state for
three months in the year. but there is no armed
militia In Of war with England or
France Siam could not do much. and its chief
safety lies iu the fact that neither OF these
great countries want the other to have it
suppose it eventually will be divided between
an1 sl,- Ht ~,
for the people. As it is they are practically
would be free. / have no doubt tut that the
thinks that il he has legations atthe other capi-
tails these two nations will be less inclined to
impose upon him."
Row THE KING LOOKS.
The King of Siam is still young man. He
Will be forty wears old on the 2ist of Septem-
be-. He is not over five feet high, but he is
very straight and well formed. In his court
dress he wears a vast fortune of jewels. His
head IS crowned with a golden pyramid OF
Jewels He pats or upon state OCCASION a
coat, vest and brocaded surong which are jus.
loaded down with Jewels, and was told that
be often wore upon state occasions precious
stones which were worth u million dollars. The
Siamese do NOS wear rantaioons and thu
suroug, which tn " tie abCu. the list and ;u:A
Ii In "a. the back takes their place. The kIn.
wears silk stockings, shoes which are pointed
like those of the Turk. and his costume is a
beIIi.ui ols. He l. not bad 10 king man.
his face Is olive brown, his eyes are black, his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

the way Siam is one OF the least known of the
great countries Of Asia and the society people
here are reading up that they may talk intelli-
gently to these princes Of the far east. 1t lies.
You know, at the lower part of the peninsula Of
farther India, and it is cut up by the Gulf Of
Siam The mighty river Menam runs through
1t from north to south and the whole country
Is a network Of canals. In the winter Q large
part of it is covered with water and the people
go from house to house and from place to place
In boats The city of Bangkok. which lies on
the Nenam. about twenty-five miles from its
mouth, Is the Venice of the far east. 1t contains
a half million inhabitants and . hundred
thousand Of these live in houses which float
upon the water. Bangkok is. in fact, sort Of
river city. and it is stretched for q distance OF
ten miles up and down the banks Of the Menam.
Siam is about four times as big as the state of
New York; it contains about 10. 000. 600 people,
and the country and the people, body and soul,
belong to the king. The king has the right to
every man. labor. and any woman whom he calls
upon must enter his harem. He has the most
arbitrary power Of any king Of the east. and he
Is one of the rich monarchs of the world. His
palace in Bangkok is a magnificent structure,
with golden elephants guarding its entrances.
Ii has twenty-five acres of ground abort it. and
IL is said that 900 people live within the palace
walls. The king Is said 70 have 900 wives, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01


From the Daily Easton Argus
A good-sized, well-dressed. rather plump
young msn was in Portland yesterday His
name is Horace ]. Colvin, and he is a New
England passenger agent Of the Canadian
Pacific railway. There is a story connected
with Mr.. Coivin which has never yet been
printed.
Years ago Mr.. Colvin, then a smart boy,
entered the employ OF the Central Vermont
railroad. and by pluck and get-up-and-get won
favor with Agent Cummings, who said word
in his favor to Lucius Tuttle, who in turn ap-
pointed him New England agent for the c. p
r., with an Office in Boston. Everything was
supposed to be all right with Colvin until he
began to take Cinnamon homeward over the C.
p. r.. accompanying them far as Vancebo-o
This he did several times; and those who rode
with him on the trains then noticed that he
talked the language of tea chests and fire.
cracker wrappers with fnency. As il takes
years TO learn the Chinese language the feat
was considered remarkable, and close
scrunity made into Mr.. Colvin's ante
cedents
1t was learned that, although born of re-
spectacle and well-to-do parents in New York
state, Horace kidnapped when baby on
account of his personal beauty and taken TO
Pekin. where for ten years he was court
favorite. and had all that the fiowery king
dom could offer at his disposal. One day the
emperor died, and Horace then big boy, ran
away and returned TO America. He has dis
carded his queue and felt slippers, but he can
still play fantan and talk Chinese vel
any full fedged Oriental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

For all for,us OF di,Jruered stomach Use
Bromo-SeltZer. palatable, prompt cure.
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SLAMS NEW ENJOYS.
The Legation and the Queer Country
and King 1t Represents.
CULTIvATING UNCLE SAM.

rhe City Of Bangkok and It's Thousands Of
Floating Houses - Slams Progressive
Ralor-Ths Danger which Menaess His
Counsry-Ths si.mese Women.
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Modesty I'm Letters.

From Harper's Bazaar
'The inventor Of the alphabet must have
been a modest man." said Hawkins.
'Why SOP" asked Mawson.
because he began it with A." said Hawkins.
Most men would have begun it with l."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01
PUBLIC ECONOMY
An Interesting Talk in Regard to
Government Expenditures.
HOLMAN ON HOLM
He Tells in Detail How Appropriation Bills
Are Put Together-An Economy 10 "Cheese-
ParinE'-A Vicious Contract System ~ to
River and Harbor Work,

written for The Evening Star. Copyrighted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

HE SIAMESE ARE
still anxious to have the
friendship Of Uncle
Sam, and they have
not given up their idea
Of establishing . lega-
ton here. They want
the United States to aid
them in warding OF the
invasions Of the French,
who own countries ad-
joining them, and they
will &c nd some Of their
ablest men here to pave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01

Read the following aloud. repeating the
shorter ones quickly half dozen times in sue-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-05-11
Pension Frauds.

Washington, May 10.-The PEN
sion Department has unearthed what
appears to be series of gross pension
frauds by W. R. Drewey, pension
attorney of Norfolk, Va, who is now
under arrest. A year ago he Was
discovered in frauds and debarred
from practice in pension cases. An
investigation by the present admin
istration shows that he had 166 PEN
sions granted, mostly to illiterate
negroes, and that SO per cent of them
were fraudulent, the notary's name
and seal being forged. The extent
of these frauds can be better appre-
ciated when it is stated that all the
pensions secured carried arrears
The matter will come up in the Uni>
ted States Court at Norfolk on Mon
day. The frauds will probably reach
800, 600.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-05-11
A Strange Case.

Orange, n. j., May 1O.--The
strange case of Miss Mary Mccain,
who has now lain in comatose con
dition at the Memorial Hospital fol
twenty-five days, continues to attract
much attention. On April 18th she
was thrown from South Orange
horse car, and since then has not
spoken nor had a moment of con-
seriousness.
The last few days signs of APP
preaching consciousness have appear
ed, however. She now lies upon
her cot with her eyes open, moaning
and moving her hands in an aimless,
nervous manner. Her trouble is con-
cussion of the brain, caused by the
shock. The extraordinary features
are only in the fact that so long a
time elapsed before a return to con-
sciousness. Since her accident Miss
Mccain has been examined by no
less than seventy-6ve physicians, and
has undergone the most critical and
detailed examination.