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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Women as Spies.
From Golfers Weekly.

When the Jameson raid proved such dis
astrous failure, because the Beers possessed
their secret beforehand. 1t was generally
supposed that one of the Engishmen in the
plot had turned traitor and had given the
secrets away. This. however, has proved
to be untrue. Kruger. having good reasons
for suspecting some kind of treachery con-
suited his wife and her advice was to en-
list as spies the barmaids of Johannesburg
This was done. and the secrets which the
English gave out or conversed about over
their cups were promptly transmitted to
Kruger by the pretty barmaids. So well
did this spy system work that President
Kruger knew beforehand all about the prep
arations for the Jameson raid, which placed
MIN In a position to meet every move with
a counter move Military secrets leaked
out In this way, and when the English in
creased their fighting force in South Africa
by secret enlistments Kruger added a larger
number to his regular army Likewise
when more guns were shipped from Eng
land to South Africa Kruger had even a
greater number shipped almost simultane-
ously from Germany and France These
important steps were taken upon the in
formation supplied by the women spies-the
pretty barmaids of Johannesburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21


There is TO question in connection with
the navy which deserves more careful con-
SHERATON than that of a proper supply of
seamen- We have very few. if any native
watermen now to call upon: and while the
state governments are, In a measure, en-
militia organizations Congress should in
crease by at least 10000 men the present
limit of enlistment. and continue to encour-
age the naval reserve force by liberal ap-
preparations and assignments of war mate
rial.
While the enormous increase in our popu-
lation has not in any way diminished the
rear OF some of our people that a handful
OF the rank and file Of the United States
army and navy may follow the presidents
OF history and usurp the reins of govern
raent. our constantly increasing wealth has
seriously augmented the danger of rupture
with other nations. And while there Is not
the least doubt of the ultimate success of
tune to be drawn, We must not lose sight of
the fact that not every conflict will he as
snort and victorious as the recent one but
That immense damage to our property and
great loss of life may result before final
!1ctory. One of The most pertinent assign
ments Of the naval militia is to coast and
harbor defense Had the demands and ne
titions for proper-szed naval reserve been
needed. and force averaging 600 men per
state been authorized, batteries of them. in
structed by the regular artillery in time of
peace, would have provided a splendid sea-
coast defense force, which with sllbma rina
torpedo boats, would have released the reg
ular artillery and the northern squadrons
Tor immediate service in the West Indies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Spanish BeEEars Are Proud.

FROM tne fGuth's Companion.
The begsar in Spain has more pride than
the seif-supporting citizen of another conn
try. 1t Is related that In Madrid a bep~ar
mad from time immemorial occupied a GER
tain step at the entrance to a certain
church. where he held out his hat for aims
from arriving worshiDers. To this church
there came every day certain well-to-do
gentleman to offer up his prayers, and this
gentleman was accustomed to deposit a ten
centavo piece In the waiting beggar's hat
as he came up the stairs. But it happened
that the gentleman fell i'll, and for two
weeks was confined to his bed. AS soon as
he was able to be out again he resumed his
attendance at daily worship, and as he
passed up he put his coin In the beggars
hat and was going on into the church. The
beggar seized his coat tail Pardon me,
senior cabaliero." he said, but have you
not little account to settle with me?'
"What?' asked the gentleman. IAN ac-
count with you? What do You mean?'
why. yes" said the beggar. You are ac-
customed, are you not to give me ten CEN
tavos as YOU come in?" well, have L not
just given you the coin?" "Ah, but you
give me ten centavos every day. You have
rot been here for fourteen days. Therefore
you owe me 14O centavos." "Get outr' an
swered the gentleman. This Is aims, not
absent" The beggar drew himself up lofti-
ly. and flung back the ten-centavo piece to
the gentleman. "Well. then" he exclaimed
IF you have no more honor than that, you
can go and get another beggar! shall
have no more to do with your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

Some reckon their age by years
Some reckon their life by art
But some tell their days by the flow of their tears
And their life by the means OF their heart
The dials Of earth may show
The length, not the depth, Of years:
Few or many they come-few or MANY thew ~
But our time Is best measured by tears
All! not by the silver gray
That creeps through the sunny hair
And not by the scenes that We pass ON our way
And not by the burrows the finger Of care
On the forehead and face have made;
Not 90 do We count years;
Not by the sun Of the earth-but the shade
OF our souls and the fall of our tears.
For the young are sometimes old
Though their brow be bright and fair:
While their blood beats warm their heart lies cold
Der them the springtime-but winter Is there.
And NE old are Outlines young
When the hair Is thin and white;
And they sing in age as in youth they sung
And they laugh, for their cross was light.
A thousand Joys may foam
On the pillows Of all the years;
But never the foam brings the brave bark home:
1t reaches the haven through tears.
FATHER RYAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
From Blackwood's Magazine. e


That evening dined at the hotel, sitting
next to bishop in orthodox Episcopal
garb AT the next table was a a,iiet-look-
ing youth who was heir presumptive to an
English marquisate; another was in a very
similar position, owing to a recent return
among the killed and wounded in South
Africa.
The bishop. if 1 may be allowed TO use
Ting He was doing it softly and unobtru-
sively, but he was undeniably tickled. The
night before he had found himself alone in
a Pullman with prominent rancher and a
Japanese student from an American univer-
sity. They had read all their papers, talked
themselves hoarse. and the rancher sug-
gested a game of whist. To get fourth
they enlisted the services of the colored
porter on the rac. The porter played a
remarkably fine rubber said his lordship.
Sleefully. THE Jap. had only played twice
tefore, hut he picked 1t up in the most won
derful manner; but l wonder what they
would think of such a quartet over in Eng
land! l always did respect that bishop.
| left on the train that right with a cou-
pie of police officers frcm Calgary, in the
heart of the ranching district. where they
were raising another similar corps. enlist
ing some of the finest cowboys in the terri
tories. one man, they told me- presented
himself to the recruiting officer and stated
his various qualifications strongly but con-
cisely.
The officer looked at him hard and said:
Where have | seen you before? Why
ycti ve been convicted three times of horse
stealing
Yes, sir" responded the unabashed vol
unteer. hopefully, and I've brought my
ropei"
The sequel of the story is unauthenti-
Gated. but 1t Is whispered that that officer
Will never be short of a good horse il there
Is one anywhere in the neighborhood during
the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Frenchmen ON Households.


The Row in the Bots il prettier in its sur
roundings than the Row in Hyde Park. It
Is more ample, and 1t commands a finer
landscape The sense Of the time of year.
spring, summer or even winter, Is more
insistent. The personnel may not be quite
so impressive as in the Row, but that is an
other matter. The riding Is little mixed.
Everybody thinks himself entitled to have q
try. The freedom from fear and trembling
with which some Frenchmen will mount a
morse must ever cause fear and trembling
In the behoider. The beggar on horseback
Is not half so Objectionable as the rich man
VINO has mounted late in life The park
riding Is good. but here once more, as in sill
ELSE, II tends to err on the side Of fnesse.
and to suggest the hippodrome. There are
no better circus riders in the world. Who
put they have taught the horse to waltz
and to make his bow? A little Of this affec-
tation has crept into the management of
the cob Ffnesse! finessei you find 1t every.
wnere-eyen IN the Institution Of afternoon
tea The bread and butter Is trile too
diaphanous for human natures daily food.
The sense Of religious rite is a little too
intrusive. When the French copy the for
eigner, they copy with the exaggeration Of
idolatxy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
rom the International Magazine.


Every one goes to them-men. women
priests and children. The cafe is the center
of social life. 1t is there that the policy of
the government is discussed. the latest play
criticised and business transacted. At 4
clock in the afternoon it is with difficulty
that a seat can be had in one of these popu-
lar meeting places. for at that hour every
Viennese partakes OF his afternoon coffee.
which fills the place of the Englishman's 3
o'clock tea.
These cafes are regular reading rooms;
some of them take as many 500 different
periodicals. and often fifteen copies of the
same paper-some popular Austrian or for
eign sheet-are on file. Let foreigner en-
ter, and the experienced waiter Immediately
recognizes his nationality. If he be an
American, New York daily is brought to
him: if a Frenchman, a Paris boulevard
paper is laid before him. and so on. If Il
Russian enters, cigarettes are at once pro-
duced.
Cafes are for the Viennese a second home,
and they all have two kinds of clients, the
stammgaste, or habitues, and the laufende.
or transients. The habitues, commonly
called wirthaus bruder t"cafe brothers'),
have tables reserved for them, and woe be-
tide the man who ventures to take possess
sion of this Sacrad property, There are
many Viennese who for the past thirty OF
forty years have sat at the same table. In
the same corner. day after day, drinking
the same brew of beer brand of wine,
and smoking the sams sort of tobacco in
the same old pipes A stammgast gen.
orally spends from three to four hours
every day at his cafe. the natural result
being great loss of time and money. But
the Niennese are not misery. They live
up TO the German proverb which seems to
have been written on purpose for them
'Leben und leben lassen'' olive and let
liva'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Russia's Wfckedest Town.
Of the Philadelphia Press.

krasnoiarsk is not all as good as 1t looks.
1t Is one of the most notorious centers of
crime In all Siberia and violence is so
common that 1t is hardly noticed by the
townspeople. Hosts of exiled criminals from
European Russia have been distributed in
the region Immediately surrounding the
city for many years past. The gold mines
In the vicinity have helped to attract a
lawless class. not only to work in the
mines. as is usually to some extent the
case, but to profit by robbery of those who
work and get the gold. Murders, robberies
and other crimes of violence are of almost
nightly occurrence. When darkness falls it
Is the signal to stay at home and except
on nights when society functions and en-
tertainments draw the people out in crowds
II is not often that any one is seen alone
In the streets The fear of violence is ever
present. and the people talk about the
latest crime as something of interest but
In no way surprising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

man. where can I find your sergeant
major? I looks at i'm. an I seq, .wot are
your seq I. e seq. Tn a City Imp'rial
Volunteer seq e. or seq I. 'Yus.' SEE e.
'Yus' SEE /, you're a volunteer an I'm a
reg lar seq, an you amt goin' to lord II
over me- / SEE. with yer me man. 1 seq.
don't you forget it. 1 didn't get no freedom
of the city, 1 seq. the only thing the lord
mayor ever Civ me- / seq, was fourteen
days for furious drivin'.' sez- L wasn't
entertained at tea 1 seq. by all the docks
and earis Of London I seq. 1 wasn't
'ugged an kissed as I walked along the
so are you. me lad 'Yus,' seq e. an dam
proud Of it, seq e. so am l. seq /. Well,
come an ave a drink seq e. Right you
are seq 1, now you're talkin',"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

inch. Beyond this the count was stopped
by dry rot and overgrown wounds.
The largest l examined was 33 feet in
girth. or nearly 10 in diameter: and though
l failed to get anything like complete
count. l learned enough from this and many
other specimens to convince me that most
of the trees to 10 feet thick, standing on
polished glacier pavements. are more than
twenty centuries of age rather than scsS.
Barring accidents, for all | can see, they
would live forever. When killed they waste
EN en- when overthrown by avalanches. after
standing so long, they refuse to lie at rest,
leaning stubbornly on their big elbows as
if anxious to rise. and while a single root
holds to the rock putting forth fresh
leaves with grim neyer-say-tie and never
lie-down expression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Avoid Contact With Sick Pets.
From the Ladies' Home Journal.

Dogs and monkeys are subject to tuber-
culosfs and are said to be capable of COM
municating the infection to human beings
large number of the canaries that die in
captivity fall victims to the same disease
Parrots suffer from a malady peculiar to
themselves. The bacillus that causes 1T is
thought to originate pneumonia in man.
cats have been known to be carriers of
diphtheria, and possibly of scarlet fever and
other infectious diseases. Great care
should be taken during an epidemic to keep
pet animals out of the reach of Infection. or
else away from the children, and at any
time a bird or animal that seems ailing
should bs at once isolated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
A Boat to Run Fifty Miles an Hour.

From Appletons Popular Science Monthly.
1t Is. perhaps. Interesting to examine the
possibilities of speed that might be attained
in a special unarmored cruiser. nagnified
torpedo boat destroyer Of light build. with
scanty accommodations for her large crew.
but equipped with an armament of light
guns and torpedoes. Let US assume that
her dimensions are about double those Of
the thirty-knot destroyers. with plates Of
double the thickness and specially strength
ened to correspond with the increased size
length. 40 feet; beam, AZ feet; maximum
-draught. IA feet: displacement $500 tons;
Indicated horse power. $4,000; there would
De two tiers of water-tube boilers; these.
with the engine space, coal bunkers. &c.
would occupy the whole of the lower por-
ton OF the vessel; the crews quarters and
guns would be on the upper decks. There
would be eight propellers of nine feet in
diameter revolving at about 400 revolutions
per minute, and her speed would be about
forty-four knots.
She could carry Coal at this speed for
ABOUT eight hours. but she would be able to
steam at from ten to fourteen knots with a
small section of the boilers more economi-
eaiiy than other vessels of ordinary type
and power. and, when required, all the boil
ers could be used and full power exerted In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
The Miniatures,

From the Chicago Record.
Dear little, sweet little grandmamma tell us:
. DID you take comfort In dresses like those7
say did they help to make grandpapa Jealous
OF riyaling beauxf
Then that poor grsndpapa! Look at bis coIlarl
How did he get in that camel -sleeved coat?
How could he help showing Stiffness and dolor
With that round his throatf
When to your eyebrow he wrote his first sonnet
Did you Ascribe all the glory to that,
Or TO that fearful and wonderful bonnet
A mate for his hat?
II In that garb you compelled alteration,
If you were then nearly as sweet
what Would gown-say some modern ''crea-
Have brought to your feetl
Still. youth and beauty always in fasfiop
ID en- In the sU's: for each fchu'd belle
The handles and beaux could get up q passion
That did very we'll
Forty years hence-and they soon Will be flying
As they have flown by with you, happy patri-
We shall have some Of our grandchildren guying
The Clothes that We wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Dangers of Newspaper borrowing.
From the Kansas City Journal


From the Kansas City Journal
Here is the latest story Of the man who
is too stingy to take his home paper: "A
man who was too economical to take thIs
paper sent his little boy to borrow the cuny
taken by his neighbor. In his haste the bow
ran over "a stand of bees. and in ten min
utes looked like warty summer squash.
His cries reached his father, who ran to his
assistance, and failing to notice a barbed
wire fence, ran into that. breaking 1t down.
cutting handful Of flesh from his anatomy,
and running 81 pair Of pants. The old COW
took advantage Of the gap In the fence and
got into the oornheld and killed herself cat,
ing green corn. Hearing the racket thu
wife ran, upset four gallon churn full OF
rich cream into a basket Of kittens, drown,
ing the whole flock. In the hurry, she
dropped 81 set of false teeth. The baby,
left alone. crawled through the spilled milk
and into the parlor. running q brand-new so
carpet. During the excitement the oldest
daughter ran away with the hired man; the
dog broke up eleven setting hens, and tbs
calves got out and chewed the tails on four
fire shirts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
A Typical BOer Spy.
From Scribner's.

One man in particular, a German called
Muller. lived out beyond the Guards camp
on the way to Jacobsdal. He was a very
useful person. because he supplied Us each
morning with milk and eggs. AMI We should
have been very sorry to lose him. But
that he was a Thoroughbred scoundrel who
gave Information to the Beers at the same
time he was selling forage to the British
government and eggs to the correspondents
at equally exorbitant rates l have not the
slightest doubt. A few days after the bat
tie of Magersfontein four Beers were seen
riding away from his farm in the morning,
and yet he is still at large; and he was
only one among many who could easily pro-
cure information in camp and retail it to
Gen. Cronje. And as though nature might
weep to cover our advance. we certainly
took no mean advantage of the Boer by
coneeaiing our movements in other ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
The Monkeys of Mauritius.

ooAhaiAA"
Nothing can be much more beautiful than
the view from the back veranda at RE
duit." as the fine country government
house built by the Chevalier de la Bril-
lane for the governors of Nautilus more
than a century ago Is called. Before you
spreads an expanse of English lawn only
broken by clumps Of gay fo!iaged shrubs
or beds of flowers. and behind that again
is the wooded edge of the steep ravine
where the mischievous "jackos" hide, who
come up at night to play havoc with the
sugar canes on its opposite side. The only
day Of the week on which they ventured
up was Sunday afternoon. when all the
world was silent and sleepy. 1t used to be
my delight to watch from an upper bed
room window the stealthy appearance Of
the old sentinel monkeys. who first peered
cautiously up and evidently reconnoitered
the ground thoroughly. After a few mo-
ments of careful scouting sort of chirrup
would be heard, which seemed the signal
for the rest of the colony to tumble tu-
multuously up the bank. Such games as
then started among the young ones, such
antics and tumblings and rompngs! But
all the time the sentinels never relaxed
their vigilance
They spread like a Gordon round the gam
boiling young ones and kept turning their
horribly wise human-looking heads from
side to side necessarily, only picking and
chewing blade Of grass now and then.
The mothers seemed to keep together, and
doubtless gossiped, but let my old and per-
fectly harmless skye terrier toddle round
the corner of the veranda, and each female
would dart into the group of playing mon
keys, seize her property by its nearest leg,
toss 1t over her shoulder and quicker than
the eye could follow she would have dis
appeared down the ravine. The sentinels
had uttered their warning cry directly, but
they always remained until the very last
and retreated in good order, though there
was no cause for alarm. as Boxers
thoughts were on the peacocks, apt to tres
pass at those silent and unguarded hours
and not on the monkeys at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Yesterday and Today.

Written for The Evening Star by Mary W.
Slaughter.
But yesterday the dreary winters rain
Which swayed the forest trees beat furiously
Against the shelter of my window pane
And sent the dead leaves whirling madIy by.
Today hear the MARBLE of a thrush,
Singing love song to its laggard mate
The liquid song notes from his full throat pusb
Now loud and clear now low and passionate
The south wind blows its breath upon my brow
And bids my heart forget the winters rain
1t whispers to my waiting spirit now
That spring and hope have come to earth again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Tratnlng a N0ge.

From Harpers Bazaar
Mothers should care for the noses of the
children and see that they grow properly.
The soft Tissues Of the organ can be mold
ed in early life. thick nose can be made
thinner by regular treatment, such as COM
pressing 1t daily, either with the fingers
or with instruments made with springs and
padded ends, 80 as to clasp the nose, A
ciothespin has been used and 50 adjusted as
to bring about the right amount of COM
preston. Many noses are wrung and twist
ed out of shape by the vigorous use Of the
handkerchief. The delicacy Of the structure
Of the nose Is not appreciated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
Cedars Twenty Centuries Old.
Iohn Muir In the Atlantic

Some cedars are undoubtedly more than
two thousand years old. For. though on
good moraine soil they grow about as fast
Is oaks. on bare pavements and smoothly
glaciated oyerswept granite ridges in the
dome region they grow extremely slow. One
on the Starr King Ridge. only feet IL
frches in diameter, was l. 140 years old. An
other on the sa ne ridge, only 1 foot 1h
inches IN diameter. had reached the age Of
Ssi years The first fifteen inches from the
bark Of a medium-sized tree-6 feet in d.
ameter-On the north Tenaya pavement,
had $50 layers Of wood. or ftfty-seven to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
A New Use for Balloons.
From the London Globe.

NJ. Letorey. French architect, has ap-
piled the captive balloon to the cleaning or
decorating Of cupoias. high roofs. towers
and monuments. The balloon can be raised
or lowered from q wagon by q windlass,
and 1t can be steadied by stays from the
side Of the envelope It has two platforms,
or "nacelles." one on the top. the other
underneath. and these communicate by a
ladder up q central tube. The balloon
and safe In many operations, such ss now
require steepie Jacks; for example, the
wreathing Of Nelson's column. and also In
wireless telegraphy as an aerial station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
The Old Quarrel.

We loitered where strains Of glad music
Met the breath of the rose in the air:
The years had been kind since We parted
Still, still she was giriish and fair;
We had gone from each other in anger
That night in the long. long ago
was wrong and was ready to own it
The lights giimmered softly and low.
caught her gloved hand and / held it;
''ForSive me-" cried, 'you were right
And ! was d coward for saying
The things said to you that night!'
She thought for q moment and asked me-
HaH under her breath, bali aloud:
sWhat was It you saidf I've forgotten''-
And then we strolled back to the crowd