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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
Have Faith In the Row.

ON the Elmira Facts,
Have faith in, the boy. not believing
That he is the worst of his kind
10 league with the army of Satan
And only to evil inclined,
bnt daily to Guide and control him
1ohr wisdom and patience employ,
ana daiiy. despite disappointment
And sorrow have faith in the bow.
Have faith to believe that some momenS
In life's strangely checkered career.
convicted, snbdued and repentant,
Inc prJdigal son will appear:
The gold in his nature rejecting
The dark and debasfng ALLOW.
illumlng your spirit with gladness,
Because you have faith In the bow.
Though now he IA maynard and stubborn
ana keeps himself sadly aloof
rom those who are anxious and fearful.
Ana ready with words of repFoof =
nave , iaith that the prayers of mother
His wandering feet will arrest.
Ana turn him away from his follies
10 weep out his tears on her breast.
The brook that goes dashing and dancing
We may not divert from its course
ontil the wild, turbulent spirit
has somewhat expended its force.
The brook is the life of the river
ana II We the future might scan,
wed ind that a boisterous boyhood
Gave Yigor and life to the man.
All! many a boy has been driven
Away from the home by the thought
Ihat no one believed in his goodness.
Or dreamed of the hattie he fought
80 II you would help him to conquer
Inc Toes that are prone to annoy
Encourage him often with Kindness
And show you have faith in the boy,
Have faith in his good resolutions,
beiieve that at last he'll prevail,
Though now he's forgetful and Needless
Though day after day he may fail,
Your doubts and suspicious missivincs
HIS hope and his courage destroy;
So, II you'd secure a brave manhood.
It's we'll to have faith in the boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
THE BEST MAN.
Why He Has n Part in the Marriage
Ceremony.


From the WOman's Home Companion
While We smile at the wife-stealing pro-
pensity of the savage or half-savage ma
tons. We cherish as our dearest form a
custom that had its direct origin in this
very self-same practice. The best man"
who plays so important part in we'll
regulated marriages that nowadays have
any pretense at all to the fashionable once
on a time in Sweden occupied a position
that was useful as well as ornamental In
the old days the Swedish groom found it
desirable, in fact, to have several ''best
men," to defend him from the assaults of
rivals and prevent them from carrying
away his bride. The Scandinavian warrior
of ancient times was far too lofty in his
ideas to condescend to plead for a maiden's
hand. So he patiently waited until some
other man who was more gallant had OBJ
tanned the fair ones consent. Then when
all the details had been nicely arranged
the proud warrior, with a body of we'll
trained retainers. dashed down on the we'd
ding party, and, If strong enough. carried
away tho bride. The best mem (and it
was very essential that they should be the
best men in those days., therefore, became
necessary fixtures to the marriage cere-
mony, and they were so well esteemed and
their popularity became SO permanent that
when the reason fer their existence was re-
moved they We're still retained. Hence the
custom is preserved In the best man. of
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
The Foot Ball Heroes.

John Paul Bocock, IN Lesiie's Weekly
Have you heard of the Fees of Princeton,
The brothers of foot hall fame
Who play for the Tiger eleven
As If life were at stake, on the game?
Well, they are the kind OF youngsters.
These combatiye, keen,eyed Poes,
That your Uncle Samuel ties to
When he goes after bigger foes.
Edgar, and John aTl Nelson,
And Arthur, the Mercufy toes,
Whose ten-second sprint beat the Ellis,
Are only few IL the Foes.
Some day therell be en- eleven
All Poes, In the ofHHgei and black
As fine on their feet the poet
Who was named for them some years back
Princeton and Yale and Harvard
And every brave college team
From the hills # old New England
To the soft Suwanee's stream,
Here's to your Drawn and sinew,
To your hearts stout ana true.
Oh, where would Deweys and Rooseyelt's he
IL they tried to tackle you!
The Astors Inherit houses
The fGnderbilts rails and cars
The Bayards went in for statesmanship,
The Caprons for stripes and stars.
Rose leaves and Diamonds the portions
OF some from their cradles be-
But es for the Poes. a foot ball
Hangs from their family tree.
And they are but shining examples
or the lads we all lore and admire.
Ready with muscles Of iron
For the scrimmage of blood and f1res
Ready to tackle the foeman
Alike upon land and sea.
Columbia. these are thy jewels,
Thy heroes Of battles to bel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

'he the the Golden Hind went round the Horn md
W.. clrcled world unknown cue Aioih anu
Of GER tne TIDES OF God have beat and the winds
io. lne sunrise seas to the shutdown seas bv +bo
", storm nd the spindrift whiried 'e"S' " Tue
mt sons OF the men who sailed with Drake bayo
ruled the water world VII" bfaAe nave
anu h Mhether they sail from Plymouth Hoe or ont or
hes are brothers In blood linked heart 70 beat ,na
- 10 resistless fate ~ ~ heaft ahu
time can never siake N Se"s' WHICH
thu, .h ashie olooh race through Dewey's veins
'hat throobed from the heart Of Drake e"'
bay, "o"h inlo Manila
The Ansio-Sa has sailed and fopy,+ on, ..
gled and Won his way; '00snt a'o strus-
And wherever the tides or God ,,o,, boz.
. winds of God may blow ' ' anu Tue
long ago! ""u II WIS III the
JAMES LINDSAY GORDoN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

swift little river that has shaken the whole
world for a year, as the roar of lion
might startle the Arabs of the desert. was
as utterly dead as IL this snow to your
waist was its shroUd and the granite walls
OF the canon its CONN. Not a ripple of wa
ter IN the ice. under the ice. or anywhere.
These strange rivers freeze from the bot
tom, not from the top, like other we'll
regulated rivers. They freeze first at the
mouth, gorge and block up there first not
at the source. as other rivers. This is be-
cause the whole under world here Is solid
Ice all summer and all winter-an tn, year.
climbed from ice point to ice point The
Winds had blown the highest bare. In some
places the snow was solid as a floor: in
others soft and dusty. up 10 the waist But
II was great fun to wallow through this
from point to point till the further shore of
TINS dead river in its shroud and coffin was
reached, a d then the climb, (The klondike
Is wide, but not deep. l waded IL in ton
boots. dry-footed, many times last sum
mer) The snowshoes had not been thought
OF TINS winter day. What could anybody
think of but the newborn baby sunlight
and the hope of standing once more with
the sun on the mountain top! The climb
was hard and steep and hazardous. l made
my way Up from one clump of trees TO
another. The snow is not deep under the
trees. l took OFF my fur coat. unbuttoned
my skin vest, frightened my belt and at
last, GREATNESS. wet all over, ] stood-stood
where the sun had been. Away over yon-
der, down the Yukon. on the topmost peak
of far out-rea ching spur of the Rocky
mountains, where the snow is always. there
my great golden eagle rested. His pumes
were folded, fading. and he was gone in a
sudden swoop before the pursuing night.
Ever thus. This is the story Of life. We
may climb from peak to peak. and still the
golden sunlight goes ever on before, pillar
OF IRE that we may never lay hands upon.
And who would have 1t otherwise? A saw
age, dog, may await for the sun to come
to him, and bask In II, but he Will still be
a savage, dog. 1t is the endeavor the
aspiration, that makes manhood. Better
TO be beaten in any battle OF life than never
to have lifted your face to combat at all.
Ay, ever have | dared do just such foolish
ventures, If you choose to cali them fool
ish. looking for the light. the high bright
light above, rather than the blackness be-
low. And this has kept me young and
strong and exultant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
UPPER REGIONS OF THE AIR.
ShexplOred Space More Interesting
Than the North Pole.
From the Forum.


Above us there extends a vast unexplored
space far more interesting from a scientific
point of view than the icy regions around
the north pole. No one can reach the limit
of the upper regions of the air and live I'M
less he carries with him air to breathe and
fuel to warm him; for at the paltry distance
of ten miles above the earth the air is too
thin to support respiration, and the Their
mometer would register far below zero. 1t
would be a region of perpetual snow on
peak OF the earth If it should rise to such a
height. A person in a balloon could not
hear friend in neighboring balloon, even
If they were near enough to shake hands
There would be no medium for the propaga-
ton of sound waves. There would, how
ever, still be a medium for the CONJUNCTION
OF electricity-a medium in fact OF great
Observation-Disclosures as good as a metal;
and II Is this medium at even a less height
winch Tesla proposes to use in his methods
of transmitting power hundreds of miles
through the air without wires
We live under a blanket of air which pro-
tects us from the extreme cold of outer
space. This low temperature becomes evil
dent fourteen or fifteen thousand feet above
the surface of the earth, and would as |
nave said. reach point far below zero at
d height of ten miles. At this height we
should no longer observe the twinkling of
the stars; for this scintillation is due to the
movements of cur atmosphere, which at
the height / have mentioned would be ex-
tremeiy rarefied- If one could photogra Oh
the suns spectrum at this altitude we could
greatly extend our knowledge of the short
est wave lengths of light: for the at
mosphere completely absorbs such wave
lengths as are concerned in the X-ray phe-
homena That this absorption really takes
place can be proved in a laboratory.
The heat and light which we receive from
the sun are thus greatly modified by this
bianketinS layer of air. The long waves of
tne energy from the sun are called heat
waves. The intermediate waves are termed
light waves; end we receive these in full
measure The very short waves, however,
are stopped by our atmosphere and are
transformed into-what?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
SUNRISE IN THE KLoNDIKE.
The Appearance of Old Sol Gives Joy
and Pleasure.


Joaquin Miller in Leslie's Monthly.
1t never crossed my mind before, but now
in this dead calm that has followed month
of stormy stampedes and eXcitements
have a mind to risk the prudes displeasure
and be bit boyish-even Childish. l have
not plucked any roses for a long time; nor
sat in the sunlight for months and months.
l have only seen a single CLEAN of sunlight
for a few minutes up at the mouth of Edo
RADIO a high hill top opposite, and ran
the very breath out of me to try and pho
tograph it and keep it with me. But the
sun is getting in his wedge OF gold now a
bit, just a little bit further in between these
black blocks of night, every day. To my
boundless delight, the sun at II m. today
fell like halo on the head of a great
mountain peak across the Klondike, and,
forgive my folly, started to try and reach
1t. Silly? OF course; that is conceded.
But, frankly, 1 would have gone through
fire, floods. anything that man might pass
at almost any price, to feel, to touch, to
make familiar with once more a little bit of
real, solid sunlight.
1t was half mile hard run down the
sled trail to the Klondtke-then not any
trail at all, only the icy river, within It's
great upfands OF blocks and dips and spurs
and angles OF broken ice. The lion was
asleep, % fast asleepi This stormy and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
BROOD OF wOODPECKERs.
Incident Showing What Hemlock
Sawdust Will Do.

From the Stevens Point, Wis, Journal.
F. W. Shepard recently told the North
western Lumperman that the mill of the
Hummer Lumber Company at Chelsea, with
which he is connected. will cut 1900 900
feet of hemlock during the coming season,
also pine and hardwood He says the COM
pany recently sold four car loads of hem
lock slabs, to be shipped to a paper and
pulp mill in eastern Ohio.
"a funny thing happened up to our mill at
Chelsea recently" said Mr.. Shepard. 'Our
mill foreman had been feeding a hen on
hemlock sawdust and meal mixed He
gradually reduced the amount of meal, I'M
til finally he fed her nothing but hemlock
sawdust, and she seemed to thrive on Il.
AS she wanted to set, he gave her a dozen
of her own eggs and she Matched out eleven
woodpeckers and one chicken with a wood
en- leg. I tell you there is merit in hem
lock, even in the sawdust."
This is a curious incident, but Mr. Shep-
ard is former Stevens Pointer, and what
ever he says goes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
From the New York Herald.

Very few persons would suspect how
small the salaries of presidents of republics
are. when the enormous sums crowned
heads receive are taken into consideration.
The foreigner often thinks the $50, 900
salary of the President of the United States
Is merely joke. and that he receives ten
times as much In reality. but the same for
eigner may not know that the French pres
ident. In a country where the weafthiest
monarchs once reigned, receives only 800,
600 year.
The preside 1t of the little Andorra re-
public contents himself with salary of SIS
year. and the president of the Swiss re-
public must be satisfied with 5000,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
RANDOM VERSE.
To a Street Musician.

Fred Gauss in the San Francisco Examiner.
Child Of the Violet tinted skies
OF sunset appended Italy.
Where in the west the mount aims rise
That grandlys frown upon the sea,
Low. lazy clouds at evening float
Above the sleeping harbor bar;
On tired ears STRIKES the remote,
Deep sounding of the seas afar.
The winds biewsfrom the Appepines
And as they come song intone:
1t murmurs 'mopg the mo, ing pines.
The branches yield a lulling NOAH
The scent of 1emon-fower falls
Upon the soft Italian air.
The nghtingalekat evening calls
All, well 1t were II thou vert there!
Here in our colder northern cline
Your songs are somber, boy, and sad,
Like scent there hovers round their chime
The dreams of far, dear days you had:
Around thee stand the gathered throng
Iheir grudging pennies TO thee give
Poor boy, for thy fair sputbland's song
Yet from this pittance dost thou live
love to hear meath northern skies
Your fingers lightly touch the strings
FOR lfkt broken dreams surnise
"A presage of far times II brings
when neil shall question NOT for r,oo
NJ where ms fathers mansion stood
"neh Earth shall be our dwelling laee
ana all The world brotherhood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
A Laugh In Church.

from the Pittsburg Times.
She sat on the sliding cushion,
Inc DEAR wee woman of four;
Her feet, In their shiny slippers
lung dangling over the fioor;
ohe meant to he good; she had promised,
And so, with her big, brown eyes,
She stared at the meeting house windowa
And counted the crawling flies.
She looked far up at the preacher,
But she thought of the honey bees
DroniDg away at the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees
She thought of broken basket
Where curled in dusky heap,
Three sleek. round puppies with fringy ears
Lay Struggled and fast asleep.
Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle,
Such queer little hearts to beat
Such swift, round tongues to kiss,
Such sprawling cushiony feet;
She could feel in her clasping fingers
The touch Of the satiny skin,
And cold, wet nose exploring
The dimpies under her chin
Then sudden ripple of laughter
Ran over the parted lips
So quick that she could not catch 1t
With her rosy finger tips.
The people WHISPERED BLESS the child"
AS each one Miaked from nap,
But the dear, wee woman hid her face
For shame n'her mothers lap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
The Africans Endurance.
From the London News.

TtoH tne Lonuoi news.
Two cases notably Illustrative of the At
rican natives power of endurance are re-
ported from the British Central Africa Pro-
tectorate. In each instance a man was
dragged from his canoe by a crocodile. and
had an arm bitten almost to a pulp. The
men had to be taken long distances over
land On reaching Zomba each had the in
jured limb amputated and quickly recover
ed Dr. Douglas Gray, acting chief medical
officer there, remarks further in his report
upon the growing confidence of the native
IN the European medicos. Reports of cures
more especially in relation to SURGERY
spread rapidly among the natives, and the
one old cure-a fiber band tied round a
nmb above the seat of diseases, he saws.
fast losing its reputation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
One on the Rector.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The little daughter of a local clergyman
has reached the age where big words are
apt to floor her, and where she is very sem
sitive to the remarks of an older brother.
Not long ago she came running in to her
father.
Papa, papa, George called me names~
Why, what did Georgia say?'
"Oh." said the little girl with q strong
expression OF disgust, The said I practiced
what ! preached. don't, do II"
We'll my child. l."
But Cont, do I. papa? don't any
more than you do. do r.
And then the rector cholsed up. But he
took half hour from his sermon and ex-
planned the meaning OF the obnoxious *
preston to the best Of his ability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
Night.

katharine Coolidge in the Atlantic Monthly
Deep In the starry silence of the night
breathe low the mystery of Life and Death
"mie er the darfencd waters wanderefh
A folceless spirit, yelled fro,n mortal sight
Upheld, EMBODIED in the encircling height
vi heaven, the hushed Earth softly draws he.
breath. ~
And ia the holy stiffness listeneth
10 sweeping wings OF farof worlds in fight.
Beauty ascen,s in elemental prayer:
LATED IN worship, lost in wOndcrment,
IL JOIN In Natures night antphony
That y1brates i'll the calm and sentient air:
And through the veil of darkness am content
To touch the garment of Eternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
When Love is Young

Louise Chandler Moulton in Leslfe's MONTHLY
Id summer. when the days are long.
The roses and the lilies talk
IN the trees young lovers walk.
Ann siad birds coo their wooing song
In autumn, when the days are brief.
Roses and lilies turn to dust
Lovers grow old, as all men Inust
And birds sliun trees that have no leaf
Ihsn. youth, he glad In loves brief day,
Time has will Of every man
From leafiess hearts love turns away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
At the Equinox,

benjamin F. Leggett In The Bookman.
nile light and darkness hold the scales in star-r
equipOise, e' Al siaif!
Ahd south winds wake In greenng wales the sprpy-
,, tides budding joys, Ne 'f'
Inc WOO thrush answers tenderly the bluebrd's
The marsh frogs nine a nota 90 IL. l..
the hills, " " '"" VI
Above the growing twilight blush the cry Of wild
geese rings ~ " WIN
Far sailing DER the valleys hush with sunlight on
their wings. AVN -s"' Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

In certain class of Russian schools the
highest reward given Is the initial letter OF
the empress' name. It consists Of the Ia
ttiai In SOLID gold, an inch and q quarter IN
height on a blue bow. Should its posses.
sor ever become q governees. Il WIFI entitle
her TO higher salary than she could 9TH
orwise obtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

Gold Bible Hill, the mound where Joseph
smith, the founder Of the Mormon faith.
claims TO have dug up. under celestial
direction. the golden plates on which was
inscribed the Morbon Bible. is situated on
the farm of Admiral Sampson, near Pal
rnyra, N. Y. The Mornsons tried to-buy
the mount in 1888 to erect upon II q
to ssll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
Too Much il Claimed.

ihere was also DIR. Roberts. who is to-
DAY a shining light in the Presbyterian
Church. and of whom 1t is claimed that as
D cataloguer he never made a mistake If
- he was marvel and n miracle OF cor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
Landed Aristocrats.

In 1896 the total commerce of Abyssinia
amounted to $3.50 0oo. 900. During the same
year the trade of the Italian colony Of
Erythrea only amounted TO $4,000 600,
though the colony is in the hands OF Eu-
ropeans and boasts of a good seaport. The
Italian colony is today in most precarious
condition, whereas the empire Of Abyssinia
is most prosperous and is destined TO a
great future. This is certainly the only in
stance known In which African civilization
has proved superior TO European methods
But, Notwithstanding the fact that the
energy displayed by the Abysslnians I'm
favor of their national Independence, and
the generous conduct of Menelik toward
his vanQuished Italian adyersaries, does
them the greatest credit, they are never
theless, greatly lacking from a moral and
intellectual point of view. Since the Access
sion of Emperor Menelik. the morals OF the
people have. however, decidedly improved,
and this largely owing to the effects of Eu-
ropean Christian missionaries in the coun-
try. Meneiik, lie IL said to his credit has
always encouraged European missionaries
In their civilzing efforts
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-28
FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED
at tSewt0WH. .MissoHri--Others Report
cd Dead in the County.

tN httNk III VIC
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. April 27.-A spe-
clnl to the Journal from Chlllicothe.
No.. says:
A tornado probably the same one
that swept over KIrksvlllc, strucl;
Newtown. a small town In Sullivan
county, tonight. and caused terrible
destruction. 1t is reported that NJ
teen people were killed In the city, and
that many others were killed In the
county. A great number Of, buildings
were blown down. Heavy rain follow
ed the tornado. adding greatly to the
damage. y Chicago. Milwaukee 6 St.
Paul railroad bridge Is said to
have been washed oat.
Only n partial list OF the casualties
can be obtained. The station agent Of
the Chicago. AIilwukee 4 St. Paul rail-
road, AT NewiowD. reports the killed
and wounded as follows:
Killed: Sherman Reaper, wife and
three children. Lnbon Evans and two
daughters. William Hays, wife and
child.
Seriously Injured: Three Hayes child
rrn; Ella Evans; NJ. ]. Jones, wife and
two children.
Slightly injured: Mrs. Mary McGrcgor
and daughters: Mrs. Pierce and sister;
Mrs. Flngg; Mrs. Herman Wilson; Mrs.
Llmbiney: Dave Sanford. wife and
three children: Mr.. McQuiston anu
wife; Nose Guymon and wife; Mrs.
John Johnson,