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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
RAN OMU VERSE.
Loveiils not blind.


'ritten for The Evening Star by Edward B. Crime
When Martha Brown and Silas Blake
We're counting. folks about the town
Declared that they could never see
What S;las say in that Miss Brown.
why he's as HANDSOME as can be.
While she, doubt In you could find
girl more homely. Yes, it's true.
As Shakespeare puts 1t, Love is blind"
Some years have come and gone since then
Since they We're wed and Father Time
Has made some changes here with u.s.
As he has made in every cline
One Hateful night, poor Sias Blake
Was MANNED and SCARED alas. for life.
While saving from their burning home
His infant daughter and his Wife
Thro' weary weeks no gentler nurse
Fer watched and prayed by suffering man
Than patient. tireless Mrs. Blake
Who did what only woman can
Her face, aglow with deepest love
Is sanity now, the neighbors say.
Can Shakespeare's famous words be true,
Which he wrote simply for play?
Can love be blind when lovers eyes
See beauty in each others face
Which we may view with careless thought.
Nor seek for charms that they can tracer
Is it not true that love can look
On features plain well as fair.
And see within the heart and mind
The lovelier self that's living there?
When loves revealed to love and holds
In blissful trust communion sweet,
Each soul is mirrored unto soul
And life is blest and made complete
All, love with eyes divine!
1t sees for you 1t sees for me-
Thro' smiles and tears. thro all the years,
Yes, love can see; yes, love can See
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
The USEFUL CAMEL.
something About the Abstinence os
This Remarkable Animal
From the CornhilI.

n
From the CornhilI
There are many fables told about the
camel; riding him is supposed to make peo-
PIE Seaslck; he has the reputation of being
very vicious; he is supposed to have sew
erai stomachs and to go for weeks with
cut water as matter of choice | can only
say that In nearly four years ofeXperience
1 have never met with case of seasickness
or heard of it; neither have l known a
really vicious camel, except when they are
in state called by the Arabs "sairn."
which means fasting" and corresponds
to the "rutting" period in stays. As re-
CARDS the cameFs stomach, l believe 1t is
identically the same as that of any other
rumnant, or that, at any rate there is no
formation of stomachs which would en-
able him to do without water.
His abstinence is merely the result of
training; and it is a faiiacy to suppose that
ne Is better without water or can work as
we'll. In the camel corps We watered our
camels every second day in the summer
every third day In winter, giving them
their fill of water morning and evening on
those days; but If in the summer We EXPECT
ed a long desert march without water we
trained them beforehand by only watering
every third day; but | never found that this
improved their condition. The Arabs keep
their camelS longer without water If js
true. but then they travel slower and their
animals are grazed on soft food containing
a certain amount of moisture; this lowers
their condition and makes them inferior
to a corn-fed camel when hard work and
long, fast Journeys have to be done
We always found that If We put a grass
fed Arab camel alongside of ours 1t failed
in work and endurance; if corn-fed 1t cried
out Tor water as soon and sooner than ours
did. l say cried out" because camel
when 1t wants water means continually.
and there is no more painful sound at
night in the desert than the ceaseIess
moaning of thirsty eamels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
AbOu Ben Adhem.

Abou Ben Adhem (uay his tribe increased
Aw0ke one night from d deep dream Of peace
And saw within the moonlight in his room
Making it rich, and like lily in bloom,
An angel. writing in a book of gold
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold
And to the presence in the room he said
What writest thou The vision raised its head
And, with Il look made Of all sweet accord
Answered, The names of those who love the
lord"
"ind is mine one?'' said Abou Nay. not so"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low.
But cheerly still; and said. II pray thee then
Write me one that loves his fellow-men.'
me anger wrote ana vanished The next night
1t came again with great Weakening light
And showed the names whom love of God hnd
blessed
And To- Ben Adhem's name led all the rest
LEIGH HUNT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Bailade of Lnura'S Fan,


rom the Harvard Lampcon
IL was ncyrr imported from France
WIN dainty Partisan frou-f rou,
Nor upon il do bull-fighters prance
AS only the Spaniards can do
IL was stenciled by no one knows who
lei u give all my coupons and rents
for thht one precious Keepsake from YOU
The fan that cost SO63
On the staircase sat out dance,
Or twenty, for all that | knew;
AT times on the bliss of my trance
The breath If the roses stole through
hut rt'idHr than rose-petals grew
Your cheeks at my swift compliments:
so the Spftest Of hrcezes it blew
The fan that cost $063
III al seemed like fairy romance,
= Below us the laughter and mu-
SIC, while now and again such n glance
As Is given on earth but to few
From the depths of your eyes. fond and true,
SCI me dreaming of all their contents,
Ill woke-somethng hid them from view
The fan that cost $063
ENVOY
My queen, for your favor sue;
III your heart through my pleading relents
To your feelings pray send me one clue
The fan that cost S0-G3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
A CIild's Plea.

From the Spectator. II
l think the world liz really sad,
can do nothing but annoy;
For little boys are all born bad,
And am born little boy
II doesn't matter what's the game,
Whether it's Indians, trains. bSlls
l always know i am to blame,
III amuse myself at all.
l said one day on mothers knee
IF you would send us right away
To foreign lands across the sea,
You wouldn't us every day.
we shouldn't worry any more,
In those strange lands with queer new toys;
But here we stamp, and play. and roar,
And wear your life out with our noise.
The savages would never mind,
And you'd be glad to have go
There, nobody would be unkind
For you dislike your children So
Ihcn mother turned, and looked quite red,
DO not think she could have heard;
She put me off her knee instead
or answering me single word.
She went and did not even nod,
What had l said that could annoy7
Mothers are really very odd
II you ara born q little boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Ireland's Many Names.


From the Waverly Magazine.
Few countries have suffered so many
changes of names Ireland. In the time
of Ptolemy the island was known as SEQ
tia; Diodorus Siculas calls the island Iris,
or fris. in the DE Mundo credited by
some scholars to Aristotle. Il IS called Iron
ne: in the Araganautica of Orpheus II ali
pears as Irlnus; Strabo called IL Irene; Gaze
sar, Taeitus and Pliny mentioned It as ali
hernia; Mela called IL Juverna- The native
names in Celtic are Ir, Err or Erin. Plu-
tarch mentions 1t under the name Of Ogy-
gal. The name Ireland Is no doubt derived
from the native Ir or Fri, but when II came
into general use Is question concerning
which scholars are much at variance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
The Span of Life,

trace r, Olsen in the Boston Transcript.
The Dawn is gray.
And nights dark shadows fade away;
Sing low, sing sweet. the lullaby:
The little one lies StiH and sleeps
While softly through the easement GREENE
The light Of day.
And night winds whisper ere they die
The lullaby. -
Would could tell
What happy thoughts and fancies dwell,
As habys cradle rocks away;
Wide open the dear ones eve $
An unknown world before them Hts:
Yet come what may
The mother weuves her tender spell,
And all is web.
And Morning brings
The soft unfolding Of the wings
The steps Of tiny feet
The prattie none may understand
Save those who dwell in Babyland:
While lips repeat
The nursery songs Of childish things
That mother sings.
The Moons bright rays
Shine down On books and chldhood's plays;
And vanished. by one
Are ragged dolls and broken toys
Nhila now Is heard the fun and noise
When school IS done.
And vet W. miss the baby ways
OF other days.
The tide is high,
And on OF, Idfe's stream the sunbeams lie;
linen comes tender strain
OF happy music. soft and low
Love guides the frail bark to and fro
With sweet refrain.
Youth $ Afternoon gldes swiftly by
While Love is nigh
The Dusk comes On
And hides the glories Of the sun:
Yet all the heavens ring
With wedding bells for life is blcst
Aud happy is the co2y nest
Where Love is king.
His joyous reign hath lust begun
Though day is done
Now near. now far
ihere COMES the moaning of the bar
While LIES bark gIideS along
Long years have turned the tresses gray
1et ueaf ones cheer the onward way
With happy song;
Ana Low" SIN reigns. while shines afar
The Evening star.
Now bent and white
Are tired heads: the failing sight
Scarce sees he shadows creep.
The bark of Life hath touched the strand.
ana Did Age waits with folded hand
The long, last sleep.
BREATH touch of fingers light
And II is Night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
How Sea Lions Capture GulIs,
m The scientific American.

tf"h lAt Scthtinc American
In capturing guils the sea Hon displays
no little skill and cunning. When in pur-
suit of a gun 1t dives deeply under water
and swtms some distance from where it dis
appeared, then. rising cautiously. il ex-
poses the tip of its nose along the surface
at the same time giving Il a rotary motion
The unwary bird on the wing. seeing the
object near by, alights to catch it while
the seq Hon at the same moment settles
beneath the waves and at one bound with
extended jaws seiZes its screaming prey
and instantly deyours It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
From the Academy.

The sun blazing down on a race course
far, far east of Suez, and on a field of hot,
excited horses and men, waiting till the
ecccntricities of the starter and an even
more eccentric horse combine to get US in
line. The patience of the former Is at last
exhausted. Bring up that horse, Come
up on that beasti You'll get into trouble
over this, tell you" and so forth. The
Australian lightweight replies patiently:
y can't help it, sir. This is a cab horse,
this horse Is. He won't start till the door
shuts-and haven't got q doorr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
SPANISH KNIFE DUELS.

Their Frequency is Something Appall-
ing to Foreigners.
From the Anglo American Magazine
The frequency of bloody knife duels in the
cities of southern Spain is something ap-
palltng to foreigners. Among the lower
classes every man carries a murderous
knife, the blade of which is usually twelve
or fourteen inches long and of razor-like
sharpness It Is called a faca. The entire
man and boy population carry whistles,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

Elizabeth Porter Gould. In. the Boston TRANSCRIPT
us that Gods ribbon in the sky
To tie the worlds together
A sweet child asked
On seeing Nature s. rainbow-belt
Worn aftef rainy weather
Or Is it some Of heavens light
A-peekfng through the floor
Or at the open door;
i wish l. knew,
Don't your
She paused a moment
Wondered. thought
Then, with a. long drawn sigh,
Was heard thef old old cry,
Il wish Ged told us more.
Don't yeu?,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
A Little Boys SODr.
:. D. Sherman in Helping Words.

3. D. Sherman in Helping Words
smile, and then the sun comes ont
He hides away wheneer | pout;
lie seems a very funny sun,
To do whatever he sees done
And when 1t rains he disappears:
Like me, he can't see through the tears
Now, isn't that the reason why
ought to smile and never cry?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Monarchical Barbarian.

The situation is not dangerous, but it Is not
pleasant, and though habit accustoms one
to suspicion, 1t is difficult to accept without
question this return of democratic France
to the practices of ''monarchical barha-
rism." Louis XVI persisted upon the scaf-
fold, and the descendants of his execution
ers have intensified the petty tyranny
which cost him his life, Nor has this
tyranny decreased of late.
The "Anairc'' has dipped France deeper in
the mire OF terror and today not only are
citlKens watched. but their letters un>
scrupulously opened. No man hose polit-
icai conNictiC na are well known aud UNI
popular need expect TO receive his cor
respondence through the simple channel Of
the post, ON the contrary. IL viii he read.
sensured and perhaps suppressed. Nor 10
the simple foreigner exempt from this
scrutiny, and a Jews best method of COM
munieation Is a special messenger. The
other day NJ Dreyfus. the brother OF the
condemned man, pointed out quite simply
that he had been Swallowed for five years,
and there is no doubt but that all his cor.
respondence has been austerely sifted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Like Dumb Cattle

Girls for whose hand proposals are thus
made are rarely over sixteen years of AFRO
They cannot read or write as d rule and
th-y reduce the ten commandments IN ono
namely. To obey their parents. Hard work
And years Of meek submission make then,
like dumb driven cattle Hence, when
hiaria i informed by her father that she is
:" marry Jose. the son of neighbOr Juan
she neither shows surprise nor makes oh
I"EJion even If she hardly knows Jose
II on the eighth day Pablo accepts Jose
Tor his daughter Maria. the maria &c
qui, KY follows. At once Jose. his parents
brothers. sisters. uncIes aunts and cousins.
sometimes to the number of twenty. get
into wagons, taking the trunk and trous-
seau with them, and drive TO the brides
house There takes place the ceremony OF
the pendoriu or formal proposal In the
presence Of the two clans, Jose places a
rins on Maria's finger, hangs a pair OF
beads about her neck and says: Il give
you my heart and my hand she replies
10 reclSo' Il accept, and then Winches-
ters proclaim the news 10 the curious neigh.
bors- The night is devoted to dancing.
feasting and drinking. but 1t must be said
that on these occasions rural Mexicans
rarely become drunk or ugly.
Groom Pays the Bills.
And now comes the great drain on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Groom Pays the Bills.

And now comes the great drain on the
groom purse The brides family must
house all the visiting relatives. who are
packed like sardines into all adjacent cab-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

If Gen. Miles wants to 60 to the
Philippines to fight, he should be &C.
commodated. We want somebody ovei:
there that will fght-we have had fuss
ing enough. That yellow-skinned
Aguinaldo, should be run to earth like
a wolf and permanently disposed of
even if it requires heroic measures to
accomplish it. There is nothing sue
ceeds like success, and the way to fight
is to fight. There is plenty of time for
sentiment and gush and soldering af-
ter the fighting is over. We are go
ing to have great army in the Philip
pines and they are going there to kill
somebody. That is what they are paid
for. 1t will cost less lives in the long
run for those soldiers to go over there
and kill off every rebel that stands in
the way, than it would to daily along
and promise and preach and theorize
for two or three years trying to per-
suade those kinky-haired devils to be
good. Now is the time to act and we
believe that the war department is 60
ing to act
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

WE doubt If Senator Nelson wants a State
convention to indorse him for reelection, he
does't fight that way, and can be returned with
out tight.-Taylor Falls Journal
It is not so much for the effect on the
reelection of Senator Nelson as for it's
effect upon the State campaign that
leading Republicans earnestly desire
to see the convention give to Senator
Nelson the same kind of Endorsement
that was extended to Senator Davis.
While Senator Nelson and his friends
are not apprehensive of any danger to
the senator those who desire to- see
the full strength of the party enlisted
in the campaign will be anxious that
all of Senator Nelson's friends shall be
warmly enlisted in the campaign and
heartily in sympathy with the work to
be done. Some of them might, like
the Journal, feel that an Endorsement
was Unnecessary but others might feel
that a failure to indorse him was re-
Election, or at least a slight, upon Sen
ator Nelson and might resent it as
such. At any rate such an indorse-
ment could do no harm to the party
and no harm to Senator Nelson. and
there is no doubt that it would be in
the nature of a stimulant to the manv
friends Of the senator.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24
-THE PRINCEToN UNIoN: THURsDAY, AuGUsT o. 1896

If some mad lunatic should break
loose with a. gun in Paris and begin
operations on the court that has been
engaged in the. trial of Dreyfus, it
would be long odds in favor Of his get
ting" somebody that deserved it,. 81
all the disgraceful proceedings ever
seen in any court on earth this trial
has been the worst. There has never
been even a pretense OF giving the
prisoner fair hearing, and if he is
acquittedit will only~be- through dread
of what mob might do if he was con-
victed. tsThe court, thesarmy and pro-
scouting officials have We'd with each
other in suborning perjury, honoring
treachery and making the prosecution
mere persecution. France should
never hold up her head again until
this infamy is washed out, and until a
rope has warmed the neck of the
scoundrels who conceived and pro-
noted the prosecution.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

The Democratic papers profess to be
pleased at the prospect that the United
States Congress will ''fasten. the cold
standard' on this country If we be-
lieve in the gold standard lets us have
It, and let US haye it straight. 1t pays
a party to be honest in it's DEALINGS
with the people, and if the Republican
party is wise it will say just what it in
tends to do and do just what it says.
we have the gold standard and there
IS no use palavering about bimetallism
or making any false promises to the
silver interests Let's have a clearly
outlined policy which will be fish or
flesh or good red herring.< No votes
are to be made by straddling, and
nothing is to be gained by equivoca-
ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

MINNESOTA' S interest in the Philip
pine campaign cannot be measured by
the mere number of enlistments of
men in the regiments credited to Min
nesota. The Third and Thirty-fourth
regiments of regulars were mostly en-
listed in Minnesota, from Minnesota
men, and they are among the very best
regiments in the army
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

RICHARD CROKER has come out
squarely for Bryan, free silver and
anti-expansion. Only few weeks ago
he was against Bryan, was a pro-
nounced expansionist and never be-
lieved in free silver. The only thing
that gives Cookers opinions more
weight than that of any other tough
mug on the Bowery is the fact that he
has a 5trangle hold on the Tammany
organization. He is a coarse, litter
ate ward boss. and his opinions are in
varlably made to fit whatever Job he
has in hand. Next week he is Just as
likely to be for Whitney, or German or
any other Democrat who can offer the
proper inducement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24
WAR MATERIAL STILL HELD.
Transvaal Must Give More Satisfactory
Answer to Portugal.

Transvaal Must Give More Satisfactory
Answer to Portugal.
PRETORIA, Aug. A.--The government
OF the Transvaal has received a COM
munication from the governor of Lo-
renzo Marques regarding the stoppage
of arms there, to the effect that Portu-
gals obligations to other nations, in.
GLIDING Great Britain, compels the
recognition of the Trans
vaal treaty and as an unsatisfactory
explanation was offered for the impor-
tation of the arms they were stopped at
Delagoa Bay and would be until sat-
lsfactory answer was given, though
doubtless an amicable settlement would
be reached. The government regards
the answer as Extremely delicate"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The new electric line between St.
Paul and Saltwater has begun to carry
passengers.
At Webb City, No., Frank Howell,
aged 70, committed suicide after MUIR
dering his wife,
The Shanghai Mercury publishes a
communication from Pekin to the effect
that the emperor has developed symp-
toms Of insanity.
-Four additional cases Of bubonic
plague have been reported at Oporto,
Portugal. The streets of that city are
now patrolled and the town is com.
pletely isolated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24
EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.
Minister Conger Instructod to Mako De.
mands on China.

N1nAsC0r COn80c' Instructed to Mako De.
" mands on China.
~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-The United
States minister to Chiua, Mr.. Conger.
is expected to visit Shanghai in the
course OF his coming trip on the gun
BOAT Princeton, for the purpose of MAX
ing personal inquiry concerning the
American settlement there. This has
been the subject of considerable nego-
tions Of late, the United States desiring
an extension of the limits Of the settle
ment, while France and some other
countries wished the extension to be
conditioned by like grants to them. 1t
is understood also that Mr.. Conger will
stop at the German naval base, Kiao
Chow, and the Russian base, Port Ar
thur, and thus be able to inform the
authorities here concerning the status
of these and other points along the
Chinese coast which have engaged sd
much attention recently. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

SIR WILFRID LAURIER seems to
have an idea that the international
question involved in the relations of
Canada to the United States can be
affected by his refusal or declination
of an invitation to Chicago social
function. Sir Wilfrid should inform
himself that very little of the business
of importance in this country is
''pulled off, at pink tea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

THE St. Paul Globe congratulates it.
self that Populism is on the wane.
The St. Paul Globe is, supposedly at
least, Democratic paper. Now what
we would like to know is this; if it had
not been for the Populist party how
many thousand years would it have
taken for the Democrats to have
elected John Lind governor of Mime
SOtac
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24

The man in the buggy is now abroad
IN the country among the grangers.
He may be the church parson or the
parish priest, looking after the spirit
ual welfare of the deacons and pillars
OF their respective churches, or he
may be a fellow taking orders for
short-weight and adulterated Chicago
groceries; or he may be a chap with
some fine clothes which his uncle
has struggled in from Canada; or he
may be a slick schemer with a patent
right to sell: or he may be in the
lightning-rod business, or some fellow
begging for an office. When thew
come to your place, always, excepting
the parson or priest, whistle for old
Towser, and get ready for business
These chaps all have tongues hung on
ball-bearings and your best means Of
protection from them is to administer
the grand bounce just as soon as they
set foot on your premises. Keep an
eye out for the man in the buggy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-24
HERE is reason to he]ieva that f.

THERE is reason to believe that the
estimates OF the wheat yield have been
exaggerated, possibly by parties inter-
ested in the markets. Of course an
unusually large crop would have a
tendency to bring lower prices, and
even reported large crop would have
similar tendency. 1t is easy to see
where the manipulators of the market
might be interested to spread reports
of great crop.