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the most fertile brain, and TO which is at
tached as proof CT existence, not the
clamcrings of a vivid imagination, but the
evidence of authentic history.
Millions of Years Ago.
The most striking faunal impression that
would he reflected to the mind which has
thus wandered through the corridors of
time would be the recognition that the
animal life of today Is not the life Of the
past and that its only relationship with it
1T Is true, very important one-is that
which has been established by inheritance
and otherwise on the l-ne of the family
tree million of years ago, or perhaps
two or three millions of years would more
nearly represent the truth-and SO far
conception of time periods is concerned it
matters little whether II was the one or the
other-none Of the commoner kinds of quad
rupeds which today inhabit nearly all parts
of the earth's surface, the dogs. cats.
oxen, deer or sheep, had yet come into ex-
istence: the birds of the time were almost
entirely, if not entirely. different from
those OF the present period; the same was
largely true of the reptiles, and almost
equally so Of the fishes. Man had not yet
appeared. nor. in fact. was he to appear
until the passage of time era almost as
long as that which carries Us back to the
epoch that is under contemplation. At that
time the face of the land was itself diff
feTent from what IL is today. A broad
arm of the sea stretching northward from
the Gulf OF Mexico in the direction Of and
perhaps quite to. the Arctic ocean, separ-
ated -he continent into an eastern and
western half; the Rocky mountains as a
region OF mountains, plateaus and table
lands. had yet to be formed, and to The
eastern United States had still TO be added
that broad lowland fringe, uniting ocean
Win mountains. which constituted the
modern coastal plain-the plain of tide
waters upon which are situated so many
of the more important commercial cities OF
the national domain
We sIeak Of this as an ancient neriod
but ii Is. in truth. measured on the seologi-
cal scale. quite modern. In the sea and in
the fresh waters OF the land-the lakes and
rivers-there lived multitude of the hum
bier forms of life which were barely. If at
all. distingu.shable from their kindred of
today. The oyster built its bank of reef
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Mn ines Ak HHndle AIan

Correspondence Of the New York Post.
The ax-handle man is another peculiar
worker in the Maine woods, and he lives
Just as unconventionally and has lust as
good a time as the hoop-pole man or the
gum-maker. He frequently accompanies
the hoop-pole man in his tours through
the woods in the wake of the loggers. The
saplings needed for ax-handles must be
larger than those the hoop-pole man is
looking for, and consequently their inter-
ests do not conflict, unless 1t is that the
hoop-poe man denudes the forests SO thor
oughly that he leaves very few saplings
behind to grow up for the ax-handle cut
ter The ash saplings are about the only
ones that the latter looks for, and he goes
into the woods in the fall and chops down
every sapling of the desired size The
young tree is then split, and the chopper
blocks out the handle in rough way,
When good collection of handles is thus
blocked out they are buried SO they NAV
season without cracking. If the sun is al
lowed to shine upon these ash handles for
any length of time while seasoning the
fiber loses its firmness. In addition to this
precaution, the large ends of the handles
are smeared over with a greasy paint that
tends further to hold the grain together
In the winter the aX-handle men collect
their handles that have been buried
throughout the forest at convenient places
and send them to the railroad station. and
thence to the factory, where they are fin
ished Off.
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HOW NOT TO CARRY THEM.
Ways in Which Canes and Umbrefia'
May Become Sources Of Danger.

Ways in Which Canes and Umbrellas
May Become Sources Of Danger.
From the New York Sun.
Amy man who feels himself impelled TO
c; rry a cane or an umbrella not In actual
use in any manner except In an approx
mately vertical position by his side" said
Mr.. Glimby, should al once hire hall aid
go there ard lock himself in alone, where
he will not endanger the lives of his fellow
me rtals and where the damages done by
him will be confined to the breaking of
such windows as he may stick the end of
his umbrella through in his sudden turn
ings as he pursues his walk.
"And yet, reprehensible as is the practice
of carrying a cane or umbrella through the
streets in any other than vertical posi-
ton, there are in this as in other crimes
degrees of reprehensibility. The least dam
gerous Of the wrong ways Of carrying a
cane is over the shoulder, with the point
up, at an angle of about rs degrees. the
man carrying q cane in that manner turn
ing suddenly in crowd is not likely to do
much damage beyond knocking off a few
hats.
"a more objectional way Of carrying a
cane is horizontally under the arm, with
the ends sticking out front and back. 1t is
possible for man carrying a cane in this
manner to tab two people at once, rouse
considerable amount of i'll feeling and
perhaps hurt somebody.
The man who ca arries through the streets
4 cane or an umbrella run through the
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straps of a ralise with the ends sticking
out is a dangerous being. for people cannot
see this umbrella till they are very near 10
1t. They might not know CT its presence
at all unless thev should run over it, or
he carrier should turn when they were
close upon him.
But the RIOS: dangerous of all the care
less or thoughtiess cane or umbrella car
riers Is the man who carries cane or a
umbrella horizontally under his arm while
going up a stair way, as for example, up
the stairs leading to an elevated station.
The point of an umbrella carried Is
about on a level with the eyes of anybody
following close and il is a source of great
danger There is but one thing for the
follow to do il happily he shall discover
the umbrella in time and that is TO give
the nan carrying It lots of room"
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the ostrich, emu and cassowary, and are
by many SyStematistS considered to be re-
motely ancestral to these and 10 constitute
the point of departure where the bird stock
diverged from reDtilian stem.
Three Monsters.
Perhaps the most interesting of these,
and in many ways one Of the most str:k-
ingly peculiar of all animals. whether re-
cent or extinct, is the form upon which
the discoverer has bestowed the name of
Stegosaurus ungulatus. This singular rep
tilian monster. which measured approx
mately 20 feet in length and very nearly
II feet in height, was, SO far as it was pos
sible to determine. vegetable feeder. Its
most distinctive external features were the
disproportionately small head. which was
covered in front with horny beak, the
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places might appear not only extravagant
but violently so. The leaves from q note
book of this olden time would be scanned
with the same 81 spicion as were during
the last three or four centuries the ac-
counts of discoveries of vague monsters of
the land. sea and air, or the histories of
still earlier period, the pages of which
were graced with NEUROLOGICAL fancies-
elements of knowledge which have long
since passed into the domain of fable and
Of the impossible Yet the calm, observing
mind that has, perhaps, not found 1t easy
20 worship at the shrine of the dragon or
Of the great devil fish, with medusoid
arms gathered in writhing tumult about
.he topmasts of n vessel, is brought to
contemplate In the discoveries of the last
few years class of creations which
might well compare with the product of
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aquatic plants or some other form of sue
culent vegetation. Associated with 1t was
still more gigantic form, Atlantosaurus
which. with its huge frame of 80 feet in
length or more. was seemingly the largest
OF all known animals, whether recent or
extinct, or as an inhabitant Of the land or
of the water.
Smaller Companions.
These. then. are some Of the curious types
OF animals that were Indigenous to the
American continent. and which roamed
over the marshy tracts and through the
matted jungle Of the far-on period of q
million years and more. With them were
others of their own kind. but small-as the
nanosaurus. Of about one-half the size Of
the common fowl-and having characters
SO eninently bird-like that In some in
stances the greater part Of the skeletal
framework cannot be distinguished from
the similar parts OF bird. Little wonder
that anatomists have been. and still re-
main. puzzled over their relationships. and
that some yet hold that tho animals in
question are not true reptiles. but forms
intermediate between reptiles and birds.
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Mann md Sir.


Forty years ago all small people were
carefully instructed in the formalities of
life. and one of the things especially in
sisted upon was that they should invari-
ably. in addressing their elders, say, "Yes,
ma am,' mo, ma am Eyes, SIR and mo,
SIR
A well-bred child in a later period than
that always rose when older persons en-
tered the room and remained standing till
told to take seat. 1t Is observed by Au-
gustus Hare in his lately published auto
biography that his mother in her girlhood
not only stood when in the room with her
father but even accorded that honor to his
empty chair if she were in the room with it.
In our period a well-trained boy rises when
his mother or other woman enters a room
and stands till she is seated. A little girl,
too, is taught to be soft of voice and gentle
in movement, and 20 slip a cushion behind
| the back of friend, to urge on a guest the
most comfortable seat, to adjust screens
against window glare and freight, and to
avoid interruption and contradiction. But
sir and "ma'am" are not now in vogue
| for children. being considered the appropri-
ate form Of address for servants and for
those of inferior position Children are in
no sense interiors in their homes. They
are socially on the same plane with their
parents, and it Is fitting that they should
be treated with courtesy as well as practice
it.
A child should be taught to say "Yes,
mother" Use, father Yes, Mrs. Smith, -
mo. Mr.. Jones' 1t is always elegant TO
repeat the name of the person you address.
Mother" and father are preferred at
present to any affectionate diminutive for
the speech of even little children, and
mamma" and papa (not momma and
poppa) are in the second place in favor.
Singularly, daddy" and nanny" have
just now established their claims to be
heard in the drawing room, though of old
the laborers cottage was their accustomed
place.
his own generation Is certainly advisable.
Only by the automatic practice Of every
day forms during the years of childhood
can man or woman hope for the uncon-
scious ease which in maturity Is the first
flower of good manners.
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INSECT LIFE IN ARIZONA.
Many Deadly Creatures That Are the
Terror of the lnha bitants.


Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Mason of this city are
entertaining this week two distinguished
naturalists. who have made extensive re-
searches in the western field. The guests
are David Bruce, the worlds greatest en:o-
mologist, and DIR. Richard l.. Kunze a ply
sician of New York city, 9ho has Just
completed campaign of FIVE and a half
months among the insects of Arizona and
is so greatly charmed with Colorado that
he has decided to take up his residence in
this state. DIR. Kunze talked in a most
tertaining manner last evening of his trip
through Arizona, and the peculiarities OF
insect life in the far southwest.
Arizona" said he. I'm the course OF his
remarks. lis the FL Dorado of the entomol-
oSist. The variety of insect life In Arlzo-
ma has for years made the region favor
lite field for students and collectors but
every year new species are found, and now
species will be found for years to come /
began work in Arizona in the first week I'm
April last, i'm the vicinity of Tucson. Dur
ing the season i worked every day, for the
naturalist knows no Sunday when he is in
the field. He just takes the insects in their
prime. 1 succeeded in collecting between
$1,000 and 1900 specimens / could have
collected much larger number i'm certain
directions. but did not want to do so.
The least number of any one species
collected by me during the summer was loo
1 gathered in only 100 of the scorpion CEN
itpede and tarantula family
scorpions. CALCULATED a listener Il
should think they would bite
The naturalist laughed. Yes, they might
bite. If they had chance: but :. is the
business of the collector not TO give them
a chance. You sec, we supplied with
all sorts of paraphernalia for handling the
different insects. Never let an insect seize
you. Do the seizing yourself. Fear is out
Of the question. We face the music and
take the chances.
The tarantula hawk" said the learned
naturalist, lis one of the peculiar little
animals abounding in Arizona. The hawk
preys upon the tarantula, hence his name
He is built for hunting them. and lac does
II to perfection. You can see the hawks
crawling along the ground in search OF
their prey. They have long legs and move
like lightning when a tarantula heaves in
sight. In an instant the hawk pounces
upon the poor tarantula, and before the
victim is aware of the danger the deadly
weapon of the enemy is implanted in his
body. The hawk simply deposits a poison
inside the body Of the tarantula, which
paralyzes him. Ia connection with the
poison he deposits an egg, which proceeds
to hatch out, and n caterpillar is the re-
suit. The young caterpillar feeds on the
body of the tarantula until he is ready to
undertaking housekeeping Oh his own ac-
count There are two species of tarantula
hawks. distinguished by the color of their
wings. peculiar thing is that each spe-
cies has its particular kind of tarantua.'
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fronts into the stately mansions Of our
metropolitan cities. that are read some OF
the most imposing lessons from the history
of our earth. We see in them the impress
of these antediluvian monsters, the evil
dence of the life that then existed; of rifle
marks which showed the nature of the
ground that bore the tread; of raindrops,
which speak eloquently of the meteorologi-
cal conditions which prevailed at the time
of the animals wanderings. Millions OF
years have not served to efface them, and
they stand today monuments of a kind
which is not to be found in book. In 4
few instances the dragging tail had cut its
furrow in the soft mud and today 1t Is the
groove of the hard rock. Some of the rock
ters Of the animal, showing plainly where
ard how it sat.
Their determination.
The problem that perhaps most closely
associates itself with these curious beings,
whose type differs so radically from the
type of the modern reptile. as the crocodile
turtle, lizard, or serpent, is. What were the
causes or conditions which led to their ex-
termination? Not a trace cf such creatures
is to be found in the fauna Of today. nor, in
fact, has it been found a belonging of
any time since the beginning of what geol-
ogists term the tertiary period. In our
present knowledge of the past changes
which have affected our planets, It is. per-
haps, an almost fru:tless research to enter
appearance: but it Is an event in history
which. of its kind. has frequently repeated
itself in the making Of the earth's life rec
ord. Animal groups have slowly come into
existence and have as slowly disappeared; ;
seemingly, no cataclysm has driven them
from the field at once. but in measured
time have they. for one cause another.
found the conditions of existence no longer
favorable. and thereby ab,dcd their for
tunes. The naturalist may or may not DIS
cover what these conditions inimical to ex-
istence may be or may have been the
evolutionists may not be able to trace
the lire Of modification which has turned
an ancient form into its modern representa-
tive; but we know that the progress of life
upon the globe is necessary outcome Of
transformation-the remode1ing of life by
the incoming of new forms and the outgo-
ing of old ones. Man, himself. may rot
have noted the appearance of new types CT
life, except such he himself has pro-
duced through interbreeding domest:ca-
ton, but he has been witness to several dis
appearances. such. for example as of the
mastodOn, m Mammoth. and urus: ard even
row. he sees The rapidly receding battalions
of the elephant and musk OK following
closely upon the lingering remnant; Of the
bison and aurochs.
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as II does at the present time; the sccllcp
and cookie hoped about on the sandy
beach then as they do now: the pond snail
and pearl mussel sought the quieter and
ripplng waters OF the land as they still
continue to do. So nearly. in fact, do they
belong to our own periods that the action
and ravages of time have not yet succeed
ed in all cases in effacing from them the
color markings which a beautiful nature
had provided.
The Terrible Lizards.
Dating back TO this time period, whether
old or new. and TO ages before, belong a
series OF preadamite creations which by
their wondrous types and numbers have
impressed so distinctive an individuality
upon the fauna Of country as to have
virtually made II their own. The natural
lists who less than hundred years ago
framed their systems OF ciassifications
would, were they suddenly brought into
contact with what the earth has since
silently given out. be utterly bewildred in
their conceptions of the organic universe
80 wholly different are the parts today
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Minister Willis as a Lawyer.


The death of Minister Willis in Hawaii
has set Kentuckians at Washington to
storytelling about him. One of them de-
scribes an incident illustrative of his meth
cd Of trying lawsuit before jury. He
was once attorney for a young woman in
contractor of Louisville. The case attract
ed much attention, and the court room was
crowded when the trial was on. The con-
tractor took the stand, and, being of an
easy conscience tried to swear the case
out of court. Then Willis arose in behalf
OF the young woman. He did not seek to
cross-examine tie witness. He turned to
the great crowd Of spectators, and at ran
dom singled out man in the front row.
Stand up and get sworn where you
stand" said Willis to the astonished spec
tetor. DO you know the defendant?'
Yes" answered the spectator.
DO you know his reputation for truth
and veracity?"
YES"
.. lis It good or badT"
Would you believe him under oathr
Then Willis called on another spectator
to stand up and be sworn, with similar re-
suits. Thus he called on spectator after
spectator at random, until he had sworn
fifteen or twenty of them. They all agreed
that the contractor could not be believed
under oath. IT was proof positive to the
jury In impeaching tine contractor, for II
had not been summoned for the purpose of
impeachment Willis won the case and se-
cured verdict Of $4,000 against the de-
fendaut,
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He Paid for the Dough.
From the Pittsburg News.

FROM the PittSburg News.
Il can deal. with men," growled a griz-
zled oil driller. as he leaned up against the
bar In Bay1eys, but hang me If a woman
can't do the best of us. The other day I
brought In well down in Virginy, right
close to the kitchen door of a little farm
house. Jest as we was gittin' to the tick
lish point, where pipes weren't allowed
within forty rod. out comes the farmers
wife, an goes to buildin' big fire in a
Dutch oven. Mebby 1 didn't kick, but she
Jest showed me a batch of dough an said
If she didn't bake 1t 'twould spoil. II l
wanted the fire out I had go; to pay for
the dough. Ten dollars. too. She .est
I didn't touch 1t. neither. 1 jest flashed the
ten. Mebby we didn't git that fire out
quick. If the well had a-broke loose it
would a-blowed me an the hull farm house
to kingdom come. No. sir. 1 don't want
no more dealin's with a woman. They're
too resky."
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Her Apology.
From lid Bits.

In certain part Of Banffshire. where the
roads are as nearly pr ,cipitous as may be
lima gined, a little girl was one day en-
ployed in her usual task of herding the
cows A minister, newly settled in the
parish, coming suddenly upon her, re-
marked:
These are awful hills You have here
lassie'
Overcome, doubtless, with tn. feeling Of
awe for the cloth so common in Scotland
the frightened lassie answered, in apollo
getic tones:
'De.d, sir, they were here afore we
cam"
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How He'd Recognise Him.

From the Elegende Blaetter.
Extract from letter written by the Stu
dent Biersaufer):
II am much rejoiced, dearest uncle, that
you are coming to visit me next Monday.
will be at the station TO meet the train.
AS we haven't seen each other for a long
time, that may easily recognize you. hold
up a hLndred-mark note In your right
hand"
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from what they were at the time of their
own meditations. We illustrate in this
article some of the more interesting and
anomalous types which it has been the
good fortune of biologists to disentomb,
the greater number of them from the ar
cient burial grounds" of Coio:a1o and Wy
oming They all belong to the class of
reptiles which have been designated by
naturalists the dnosauria, i. e., terrible
lizards''-animals which in many points of
structure recall the wiEsess birds, such as
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To them belong the greater number. and
not improbably all, of the three-toed and
four-toed impressions. large and small,
which have long distinguished the red
shales and sandstones of the eastern United
States-of the Connecticut valley, of New
Jersey and of Pennsylvania-and which for
so long time had served as evidence of bird
life in the particular period, the Triassic,
to which they belong.
1t is from these silent shales and sand
stones, many of which enter as building g
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Mr.. Asbury Peppers.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
II observe" said the boarder who likes
to talk about actor folk, ''that Andre
Theuriet. the novelist, presented Sarah
Bernhardt sprig Of wild thyme on the
occasion Of her celebration"
IT wonder" said Asbury Peppers, look
ing thoughtfully at his plate, .I wonder
II 1t was the first Wild time Sarah ever
naWT
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AD II BEEN POS-
sihle for a traveller a
million of years ago
or more TO have wan
dered about what
then constituted the
continent of North
America, and to
make notes on the
animal and vegetable
life of his surround
;ngs. he would have
had much to report
that in these days of
modern cOmmop-
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Sleet and rain at that
Partisan crowds
w h o S e numbers
mount up into the
thousands have been
gathering along the
river Seine beside
the Palais Bourbon.
They wait patiently
until a strange man,
costumed like an
Arab, makes his way
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Twenty-Five cents a
copy. For sale by all
neWsdealers and at The
Evening Star Office.
Evening star., 1897-02-13
Heartless.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Miss Gush admits that she Il close to
thirty"
Thirty! Well. she'd better make q touch
back for safety!'
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MUSSULMAN DEPUTY
The Parisian Legislator Who Prac-
tices Mahonetanism.
HoV THE PUBLIC'2,"REGA Him
Curious and Obsolete \ t Customs He
Follows in Paris Streets.
IN HIS MOUNTAIN HOUSE
IN HIS MOUNTAIN HOUSE

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, January &c, 1897
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When These Monsters Inhabited Our
Western Plains.
OVER A MILLION YEARS AGO
Mammoths With Small Heads, Ia
pering Tails and kangaroo Legs.


Written for Tie Evening Star by Prof Angelo
Hellprin.
Evening star., 1897-02-13

Its value as a ready book of
reference makes it we'll nigh in
dispensable to every one who de-
sires to keep in touch with latter
day events.
Evening star., 1897-02-13

TN ALLY during the
Dpast week : and
~ through snow, hail,
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THE EVENING STAR
AAnANAC
& HANDBOOK.

Every well-informed person in
the District of Columbia should
possess copy of THE EVEN
ING STAR ALMANAC and
HANDBOOK.
Evening star., 1897-02-13

the most fertile brain, and to which is at
tached as proof cf existence, not the
clamcrings of a vivid imagination, but the
evidence of authentic history.