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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
From Lippincctt's.

llppncNtt 8.
We telephoned to the intelligence office
for a cook. AS Annie was the only name
given on her card from the office, We in
CURED her surname.
Annie said. what is the rest of your
name?"
THAT is It," was the reply.
Yes" continued Il know your name is
Annie, but Annie what?"
THAT is it, 1 tell you, missus," she said
with broad smile.
You have two names surely" l insisted.
"a first name and a second name. Now,
what is your second name?'
''Oh, missus, she exclaimed with some
Impotence, Il tell you that is it,
With rising displeasure. thinking she was
trifling. 1 said very decidedly, Your name
is Annie what?"
oh" she cried enthusiastically. 81 am
SO glad you know! 1 tink you will never
know. Yes, that is it,"
For a while L sat in silent despair, the
girl eying me with rueful countenance.
Finally a happy thought struck me-
Annie 1 asked very mildly, what is
your fathers name?'
Michael" was the doleful reply
Michael what?" I almost gasped. feel
ing that L was suddenly becoming a par
rot.
But, like the eternal "Nevermore" of
Poes Raven" came the echo, THAT is
itr'
A sudden illumination, Perhaps mine is
the dull brain.
What do you put on your fathers let
ters?" 1 next interrogated.
That is what L must put or he would
not get Them was the sObbing response.
Unwilling to give up after such trial
of patience on both side, L asked gently,
How do you spell it?''
Slowly came the solution of the enigma
"W-a-c-h-t."
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The Care of Cage Birds.


How and where will you keep your bird?
That cleanliness is obviously of the first
Importance. and that it Is hard to keep
fanciful cages free from dirt and parasites
is enough to condemn them. Swiss cot
tages, pagodas and the like, hung with
pendants and sparkling with metallic orna-
ments. are both tasteless and dangerous.
The bird will pick at the bright points and
dangling spangles until it poisons or chokes
itself, and the corners and crinkes are so
many lodgings for dirt and vermin. Wood
en- cages are to be avoided because subject
to impurity, and brass ones on account of
the great danger from verdigris. for the
gliding soon wears Off The cleaning wires
are also harmful to a birds eyes. and they
offer no contrast with its yellow plumage.
If you must have a cage of the popular
bell shape get painted one, and repant it
as often as seems desirable.
Where you shall place your canary or
other bird to good advantage is a matter
to consider carefully. In summer weather
he enjoys being out of doors or in an open
window, but not in the direct hot sunshine
nor exposed to a shower, nor where dogs
or cats, hawks or shrikes can seize him
or perhaps frighten him to death. Remem-
Der that these little creatures may easily
be frightened into Illness or even death.
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The Delightful Cockatoo.
From the CornhIll.

PROM ti- COFnnlu-
A light chain securely fastened on the
cockatoo's leg promised safety, but he con-
trived to get within reach of my new cur
tains and rapidly devoured some half ward
or so of hand-painted border which was
the pride of my heart. Then came an in.
terval Of calm and exemplary behavior
which lulled me into a false securitv
Cookie seemed to have but one object in
me which was to pull out all his own
ieathers. and by evening the dining room
otten looked as though a white fowl mad
Deem plucked In II. consulted a bird doc
tor. but as Cookies health was perfactIv
good. and his diet all that could be recon-.
nended. 1t was supposed he only pluclssa
himscf FOR want of occupation and fIra-
wood was recommended as a substitute
This answered very well. and he snant HE
leisure in gnawing sticks of deal -onIS
when no one CHANGED to be in the room, n.
used to unfasten the swivel of his chair
leave 1t dangling on the stand, and De-
scend In search Of his playthings When
the fire had not been lighted often found
half the Goals pulled out of the CRATE and
the hrewood in splinters- At last. with
warmer weather. both Goals and wood were
removed. so the next time Master Cookie
round himself short of Job he set to work
on the dining room chairs, first pulled out
an thelr bright nails. and next tore holes
IN the leather, through which he triumph
antly dragged the stuffing.
AL one time he went on q visit for some
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Born in Boston.

OF course you know Miss Blodgett came from Bos-
ton,
Or born In Boston was the phrase she used
If some poor native of that place was tossed on
A barren island, and the waves refused
To bring him succor, believe the lost one
When he met Death-the monarch oft abused
Would make to that grim king the important state
ment
That ..be was born in Boston," with eIatement
They have a monument a few miles out
On Bunker Hill; tits small. but rather neat,
native who was showing me about
Was asked Its height; reply, ''One thousand
feet
They think their town would put the world to
rout-
And when twelve houses burned Beacon street
Their papers printed, In confusion dire,
Partial destruction of the world by fire."
They always go to church Sunday morning
And hold that il this world should cease to be-
They would receive a previous special warning
In time TO pack up for eternity.
They talk about New York In tones Of scorning,
And claim to be the lords Of land and sea-
They-and here end my truthful Boston scenes
Are chiefly fed on Goldfish, pork and beans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
The Musical Mouse.


Any cowboy on the upland plains will tell
You that at night. when sic eping out, he has
OFTEN heard the riost curious strains of
birdy music in his half awakening hours
a soft, sweet, twittering song with trills
ana deeper notes, and if he thought about If
at all, he set 1t down to some small bird
singing In its dreams. or accepted his COM
rade's unexplanatory explanation thai IT
was one pt nose prairie nightingales,' But
what mat was he didn't trouble himself to
know. 'eih "
have often heard the strange n,,b,
song, but not being able to trace it home
set 1t down to some little bird that was
100 happy to express it all in daylight
Several times at night 1 overheard from
my captive long-drawn note, before If
daWned on me that this was the same voice
as tnat that often sings to the rising moon
did not hear him really sing l am sorry
10 say. L have no final proof. MY captiye
was not seeking to amuse me- Indeed. his
attitude toward me from first to last was
one OF unbending scorn. l can only saw
thlnk land hope) that it was the same voice
But my allegiance is due to scant science
ON! why didn't l take the other trail? for
then l should have been able to announce
mere. as now do not dare to, that the
sweet night singer of the plains and the
plush-clad fairy that nightly danced about
my door are the same.
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Snake Charming.
From the FOrtnightlY Reyfax

From the Fortnightly Review.
Snake charming, the genuine as well as
the fictitious. has a certain fascination for
all who visit the east, from the first intro
ductton of the tourist to fangless cobras
aboard their ste amer at Alden or Colombo
to the more attractive exhibitions on shore,
But the men, after all, who handle these
reptiles, even possessed of their lethal an
paratus intact, are accustomed to the traf-
nc, often fortified, as l have seen them in
southern Morocco. by strong religious belief
IN their own immunity. The younger gen.
Grafton OF Moorish Aissawa (as the sect IS
called that affects these pursuits) may per-
chance add the precaution of cautery and
a morsel of ambergris. but their fathers
nave faith alone in Incarnation to their pa
iron saint Snake handling, however, by
white women, such one sometimes sees
on the continent. is at any rate merely dis
gushing. unless the snakes be of small and
harmless kinds. The dealings between
snakes and ladies date back to a painful
story of common interest, but they should
be suppressed on the modern stage Even
the larger boas, to which. If the pictorial
evidence has any value, the first historic
serpent belonged, can strangle one almost
IN moment. A large Australian python of
my own once coiled itself about my neck
while l was attending to its box. on board
snip, and 1t was some moments before with
the aid OF steward, 1 could unwind the
living rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
Twentieth Century Drama.
Blanche Trennor in Harlem Life


The woman she sat In her dusty den
Her paper all scattered about,
While she toilsomeiy sought, with pipe and pen,
To straghten her business out,
When sudden cry
OF agony
From her husband smote her ear.
Help! help! be quick
Oh, 1t makes me sick
shall die if you don't come herer'
The woman she strobe across the floor
An anxious frOwn On her brow
And she tenderly said, as she opened the door
What troubles my poppet now?'
For perched on chair
High up in air
That frantic man she found,
And he gave a shrek
AT every squeak
OF the mouse that played around.
"JuSt look" he sobbed with his coat held high
As he poised the tip of his toe;
What savage jerk Of his tail! oh myI
1t will run up my clothes, l know,
How its eyeballs glare!
And Its mouth, see there.
Oh, it's going to jump! Be Quick.'
Thus the man walled
Till the mouse was gone,
Scared of by the womans stick.
The woman she smiled at his petty fears
In fond, superior way,
While he strove TO check the bursting tears
As he breathlessly watched the fray.
Then the man to the floor
She helped once more,
And lovingly kissed and caressed.
Her strong arms she wound
His frail form around
And he wept out his fright on her breasti
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
SprinX-TIme.

Spring; with that nameless pathos in the air
That dwels with all things fair
Spring. with her golden suns and silver rain
Is WITH US orce again.
In the deep heart Of every forest tree
The blood Is all aglee:
And there's look about the leafiess bowers
As II they dreamed Of flowers,
Yet still on every side we trace the hand
OF winter in the land
Save where the maple reddens on the lawn.
flushed by The seasons dawn;
Or where. like those strange semblances we And
That age TO childhood bind, $1,000
The elm puts on. as II in Natures scorn,
The brown Of autumn corn.
As yet the turf is dark. although YOU know
That a span below
thousand germs creeping to the light
And soon will glad the sight.
Already. he re and there, on frailest Stems
Appear some azure gems,
SIlal! as might deck. upon gala day.
The forehead of fay.
In gardens you may see. amid the deartb.
The cro"us breaking earth:
And, near the snOwdrop's tender white and pree,
The violet in It's screen.
Along the budding grass,
And weeks go by before the enamored south
snail Kiss the roses mouth.
sun, there's sense OF blossoms yet unborn
In the sweet airs of morn;
One almost looks to find the very street
Grow purple at his feet.
At times fragrant breeze comes floating BY.
And brings-yOu know why
= feeling as when eager crowds await
Before a palace gate,
~ PEW wondros pageant and you would start
blue-eyed dryad, stepping forth shou,d saw
Behold me- am May"
HENRY TIMRoD.
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TONS OF HONEY.
where the Wild Bees Abound is VAL
verde County, Texas.

Serue county, Texas.
Del Rio Te1.) Corr. Chicago Record
There is enough honey in the brakes of
Devils river to make any man rich who will
get 1t to market. There are tons OF II; in
clefts in the rocks, in hollow trees in caves
and in the famous Devils Punch Bowl"
which is great sink in the Devils valley.
and out of which bees swarm always in
clouds so thick that at distance of two or
three miles it has the appearance of A great
signal smoke The hills and valley land
along the river are covered for a great part
or the year with an endless variety of flow
ers, and in the winter season. which is
never cold enough to freeze the bees there
Is an abundance of decaying fruit-cactus
lpples ana berries of many kinds-so that
tney never have to stop working on account
OF lack of material or bad weather, and
thus go on piling up their wealth through
cut the whole year.
The business of gathering this HONEY,
While fairly profitable. is not followed to
any great extent. for the reason that there
Is little IN the work of the honey hunter
winch is anything like sport AMI every
thing connected with it is full of nr,va tjo,,
ana danger. The country is so rough that
IL is impossible to get anywhere near the
money caves unless one goes on foot pack
ing ms camp eQuipage on his back or on a
hGrro; water is not overplentiful and much
OF mat to be found is unfit for use and be-
sides all this the actual getting of the
money is no easy task. Sometimes tho
caves are in such inaccessible places thar
the hunter has to let himself down the face
OF Cliff for 800 or 300 feet and hang there
az the end of his rope while the bees sting
MN half to death, while he digs out a few
POUNDS OF honey; or, again. he may find a
cave easy to rob only to find that he must
carry the spoil several miles on his back
before he can get it to place where he
can load it upon his burros
Several years ago a hunting party made
ur OF Kansas City men went into that coun-
try on trip after big game for there are
plenty of deer in there even now and at
that time bears We're numerous. When they
got up into the honey country they began
hguring on the fortunes to be made out of
1t, and having heard of the Devils Punch
BOWL. locally known Devils Sink Hole"
they decided to go and see 1t and il posi-
bic devise some scheme whereby they might
get the tons of honey it contained.
When they reached it. like every one else
seeing 1T for the first time. they were
amazed at the proportions of the wonder; a
hole forty feet in diameter yawnng open
in the middle of a wide valley, with per-
feet torrent of bees rushing up from it like
dirt blown from some mighty blast and all
the while roaring loud that of a great
CO taract; looking down into the abyss, for
the hole widens Immediately below the sur
face. they saw the festoons of honey hang
Ing there which the bees had strung along
the sides of their mammoth hive after they
had filled the hidden grottoes and through
the upward swarmS could be seen the
CLEANS of combs built no doubt many years
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
A Useless Drink,
From the London Leader

From the London Leader.
Frederick Villiers, in his letter about
Magersfontein, relates this incident: After
the battle he came on some of the wounded
enemy. The Scandinavian in command
had a bayonet thrust through his stomach
and was dying. He signed to me that he
was thirsty. i lifted him up and gave him
a cup of condensed milk. A wounded COM
panion lying by his side said. in very good
English: It's no use to give 1t him, sir; IT
only runs out of the hole in his stomach
This was true, but still the poor fellow had
the sensation of the refreshing draught
passing down his throat. 1t was his last
drink. i can see his eager. hungry look
even now, and, though an enemy. / wish L
could have done more for him. A few hours
afterward he was buried by the side of the
heroes of the Highland Brigade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
A Big Kentucky Oak.
From the Breckenridge News.

]. p Harl of Barrett's Ferry. near Fords-
vile. cut from his farm one white oak
tree that measured ninety inches across the
stump. He got forty-eight feet of trunk
which he made into saw logs and fioated to
Evansville. He paid Heighbor who owned
a log wagon s25 teshauI the tree one-half
mile on level ground to Rough river 1t
took eight horses to haul it. one cut at a
time. each cut being about twelve feet long.
A nine-foot saw was purchased in Owens
boro' by Mr.. Harl.4to He'll this monstrous
oak. There would have been about sixty
feet of trunk instead Of forty-eight feet,
but the top saw log was ruined on account
of splitting when the massive top struck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
Life,
From the Philadelphia Press.


One says that life's a game of whist.
Where players bold ard players shy
Make diamonds trumps down all the list
OF hands. howe'er the deal go by:
The schemer wins. they say but I
care not deuce for long-suit arts
fig for knavish bowers. Why,
ind life but a game of Hearts,
LIES poker" others will insist.
1t matters not how you may try
knowledge and skill are never missed
Luck and bluff are the things" A Iist
A word, a look. smile, a Sigh
VIII win jackpot. Cupid's darts
Make all the chips But poker? Fief
1 lind life but 4 game of Hearts.
Old Omar called 1t chess but hIstr
He found 1t simpler, by the by,
When maidens wanted to be kissed
OF ardent eyes cajoled reply.
Why any more the fact deny1
Though each man plays Il thousand parta
Yet each Is nodded by one die;
md life but game of Hearts
Princess, though pessimists decry
Loves wound. because, forsooth, 1t smarts
Heed thou them not: though stakes be high
L find life but game OF Hearts
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Growing Young.

From the Boston Journal
President Eliot's sixty-sixth birthday re-
minds me of story he told a good many
years ago at Harvard alumni dinner In
form something like this:
81 cannot acknowledge that as the years
go by I am growing old. have evidence
to the contrary. When I was a proctor at
Cambridge few years after my graduation
I learned that the students spoke of me
habitually as old Eliot A few nights ago,
on the other hand. i met group of stu
dents in the street, and when had passed
them heard one say to the others I won
der where Charlie has been SO late"
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Forget Me Not.
Mildred Mcneil in New Orleans Times-Demccra

ildred Mcneil In New Orleans Times Democrat
Forget me not! Forget me noti
So say her gentle eyes
Those homes of Maytime and Of bloom
Those shining wells Of purple gloom;
Forget me not!
And what can
But yield me as she idles by,
And dreams Of constancy and true
Young love, the while her eyes renew
The ohen tale full tenderiy
Forget me not! Forget me not!
1t were q happy lot!
Forget me MT! Forget me not!
Oh, maiden, guard thine eyes;
For where's the hapless wight can brook
The lily sweetness OF thy hook?
Forget me not!
Unthinkingly,
The pleasant bidding she doth send
To stranger and to cherished friend
To me. alas, full tenderiy!
Forget me roti And yet-and yet
Her dear Lips say, "Forgetr'
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The English COastguard.

TUW IHH1hDtrs JUtIfUdl.
First and foremost, a coastguardman is a
man-of-war s-man. He belongs to a partic-
ular ship of war, on board which he is liable
at any moment to be called upon to report
himself. He knows his place and his duties
on board that vessel; and he and his per-
sonal belongings are in perpetual state of
readiness for active service on her decks in
her stokehold or otherwhere, as the case
may be. We learn that he must have served
for at least ten years in the royal navy,
afoat, before joining the coastguard; and
that he is kept in touch with the latest
nautical practice by yearly periods of train
ing on board an ironclad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
Firedamp Explodes on a Steamer.

While the steamer Olivia, with 1900 tons
OF Welsh coal from Newport, Wales, was
discharging at Bordeaux last week, a re-
markable explosion of fredamp took place,
by which seven of the men We're badly in
jured. The force Of the explosion was very
great and damaged the ship extensively
The men were taken to the hospital The
nredamp is stated to have accumulated in
the water ballast, there being a connection
between that and the coal bunkers. This is
supposed to be the first accident OF the kind
attributed to this cause, and constitutes a
danger to be guarded against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

From Punch.

As thro' the Strand at eve we went,
The Strategist and /,
We taught the generals their trade,
We threw Won Moltke In the shade
We knew the reason WIZ.
U blessings on the good conceft
That never need be shy,
That could each difficulty meet
And every peril spy
For when We came to Char ring Cross.
And would have passed thereby,
"A Bronpton bus we did not see
Came ut us-bang,
And where were we?
The Strategist and II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

up-to-date sofa cushion searches through
the dealers stock for a stamped pattern
which pleases her and then proceeds to
cover the lines indicated with outline. or
with what is sometimes called crewel
stitch, which is a sort of back stitch taken
from left to right, instead of in the ordi-
nary plain sewing way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
Primitive but STRAIGHTFORWARD.

Il don't believe" said the young man.
that any man even courted a woman with
out telling her lies"
There was Snch courtship once" said
the middle-aged man.
when you were young?"
Huh! I'm young yet. / meant back In
the early days of the race. In those DAYS.
you know. when q man loved a woman. he
sneaked UP and knocked her out with a
cruz and took her to his lonely home and
they lived happy ever after"
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weeks ard ate up everything within his
reach in that friendly establishment. His
bag for one afternoon consisted of a ven
cradle fern and n large palm. some brary
books. newspap ers. pack of cards and an
armchair. And yet every one adores him,
and ne is the spoiled child of more than one
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

First Club Man-"What on earth have
you got In your pockets?'
Second Club Man-"The striking gonRs
from the clocks at home. I was afraid
they'd keep my wife awake."-New York
Weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

Spring. with that nameless pathos in the a,,
That dwelk with all things fair
Spring. with her golden suns and silver rain
Is with orce again
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WHALE HUNTING OF TO-DAY
MODERN METHODS AND APPLIANCES
AT GREEN BAY, N.F.
The Popular Idea With Regard to the
Industry Is Rather Apt to
From the New York Times.

BE Erroneous.