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Evening journal., 1900-03-28
THE LYRE BIRD.
A VentrlIoqulst Who Makes Enough
Noise for a Dozen Birds.

The ground is hidden beneath a
mass Of jungle grass. sword grass and
fern. all bowed under a weight Of
moisture, and this forest is dreary,
damp and cold, Il is hilly country.
and you hear the notes of the differ.
ent birds echoing and deceiving you
They are all high, piping sounds. save
now and then when a thud-thud like
a thunderbolt seems TO strike the
earth. Il Is a frightened wallaroo. or
wallaby. who is leaping. pausing to
listen, and leaping again over the
green coating Of the earth.
Now you hear a Tyre bird before
you. Doubtless he Is not more than
twenty yards ahead, for the sound
seems to rise under cover of your gun.
which. with very nervous hands. you
are holding before you. But that bird
is a rascally venriloQuist knowing
how to pitch his voice and send Il
in any direction Never mind--he Is
singing. so you move on toward him.
Take heed to your surroundings and
to the weight OF your football. Should
you run foul Of some rambling vine.
OF put down your foot too quickly the
Tyre bird will gather up his music
and his tail. and you will hear him
no more You must stand still as
death and wait, II need be. half an
hour for his second performance.
When he is well on with IL. you may
go on. too, for his own excitement and
/ the sound of his own voice will kill
out all other sounds and he will not
hear you stealing on him.
He is deportlng himself on a mound
or vegetable mold FIVE OF six feet in
diameter which he has earthed up.
Around him are long grasses and
/ ferns. through which he has made
holes into which he can dart at will
, to elude enemies. Above is one clear
branch on which he will leap when
instinct tells him he is safe from
harm. Here he win perch and plume
himself previ9s to winging his fight
to some other play or feeding ground.
BY avoiding every obstacle and paus.
ing breathlessly whenever the singer
lowers his note. you have managed
to steal almost upon him. Therel see
his beautiful tail. bowling peacock-like
over that mass Of nodding grass as its
owner courtesies to the ground. and
chatters and calls and shrieks as II
he were addressing a multitude on
the ground before him. He is only
initiating a tribe Of black cockatoos
(you swear there were at least forty
voices in chorus). Now he is rivaling
half a dozen bellbirds, and the next
instant there Is a long-drawn smack.
ing sound. which you may put down
as the music Of a falling branch OF
the call Of the "whlpcracker" Ca tree
climber) National Review.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
The Missing Commandments.

The brilliant young preacher, when
he makes his parOchial calls, endeav-
ors to cultivate an acquaintance with
the development Of the younger minds.
thus after a fashion keeping tab upon
his Sunday school teachers.
The other afternoon while he was
waiting in the drawing-room of a
beautiful Cass avenue residence for
the delayed appearance of Elsie's
mamma he was entertained by the lit
tie daughter herself Taking her upon
his lap. he began a review of the
church lessons that had been given to
little maid of five.
"Can you tell me, Elsie, how many
commandments there arey
yes. sir; seven or eight"
"Oh, no, dear, there are ten"
"Yes. l know, there used to be, but
l heard papa tell mamma yesterday
that you had broken two or three OF
them at least, and that would leave
only seven or eight, you know."-De-
troit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
No Others Like Them.

Three extraordinary idols of brass
have just arrived in Liverpool from
India. The weight of each figure is
about 1880 pounds. and they are most
wonderfully and brilliantly made. One
Of the figures stands nine feet high.
another six feet, and one is in re-
clining position, with the head resting
on the hand. This last is the largest of
the three, measuring nearly 10 feet.
They are the property of William
Cross, of menagerie fame. who claims
that no similar relics are possessed by
any museum or by any private indi.
viduals in Europe or America.-Lon-
don Echo.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
FIGHTING FOR a 200.
Prot. Lanoley's Persistent Efforts to
Preserve Wild. Animals.

In an illustrated article on "frhe Na.
tional Zoo at Washington. Ernest
Seton-Thompson, the authorartist,
tells what hard work Prof Langley
had TO do before Congress woul pass
e bill 70 establish such an institutions:
In 1887, when the newly appoint
ted Secretary OF the Smithsonian In.
stitulon. Mr. S. L. Langley. who.
though an astronomer and a physicist
had been very strongly impressed 10y
the fact that all our largest and most
interesting native animals were rapid.
ly approaching extinction. conceived
the idea OF securing tract OF country
as primitive as possible. that might be
made a lasting city of refuge for the
vanishing races. This was the main
idea when first Mr.. Langley went be-
fore Congress 20 urge the establish.
ment Of a National Geological Park
In all ages lt has been the custom OF
potentates TO keep collection of wild
animals for their amusement. and the
American people, being their own rul.
or. had numberless precedents. before
them when urged to make this much.
needed collection Of animals.
In such a case the advantage Of q
monarchy is that only one man must
be convinced. whereas In the republic
the consent OF q majority of seventy
millions had 10 be obtained.
This took time. Fierce battles had TO
be fought with ignorant and captious
politicians. One objected that he did
not see why people should pay to
have the Nebraska Elk and Florida
AlligatOrs cooped up" If they had 10
spend money for II they would want
things they could not see at home
Dog-faced Balloons, Kanmroos. Man
eating Tigers. etc Another. fervent
patriot, objected to any money being
spent on exotic species, as Il was con.
trary TO the spirit Of the Constitution
, 10 encourage or import foreigners.
Altogether the Secretary Of the
Smithsonian found II no easy bin 10
carry, though it was indorsed ny near
ly every scientist and educator IN the
country.
After three years OF persistent ef.
fort, involving vastly more worry than
the management OF the whole Smith
sonian Institution for three times that
period, Mr.. Langley succeeded in car
rying both houses Of Congress over
the successive stages Of ridicule. toler
alton, and favorable consideration. tc
the point Of accepting and providing
for the scheme
An appropriation was made for
National Geological Park to be estab
lished in the District Of Columbia fol
the Advancement of Science and IN,
Instruction and Amusement OF tn,
People" as well as a city Of refug,
where those native animals tha
were threatened with extinction
might live and Derpetuate their spc
cles In peace"
Evening journal., 1900-03-28


who form most of the population, had
no means to buy breadstuffs. The
deaths from starvation were few until
nearly the end Of the year, but the
misery of the enfeebled people steadi-
ly increased and now they are dying
by thousands.
The appalling growth Of the evil is
shown by the tremendous increase in
the number Of persons employed on
relief works or to whom relief is ex-
tended. In the second week of Decem.
Der last the number was OBS. .S42 in
the third week it was ,357 967. Lord
CurzOn cabled to London n few DAYS
ago that the number of persons now
on these lists is 4.374OOO As many
persons as possible receive employ
ment on public works which are start.
ed in the stricken districts, the idea be
ing that it is best, as far as practica.
BILE, to have works of public utility TO
show for the immense sums that must
be disbursed to relieve distress.
OF course there are hundreds of
thousands who must be cared for and
who can make no return. Since 1877
Government agencies have been estab-
lished for the application Of speedy re-
lief, and though it seems impossible to
prevent an enormous death rate
where the lives Of so many millions
are jeoparded, yet the evils of famine
have been greatly mitigated Of late
years by the relief extended from
Government and private resources.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
BOTTLE OF POISON.
Lord Kitchener Always Carried II to
Cheat His Enemies.

Cheat His Enemies.
There is a pretty general impression
that the work undertaken by the spy
Is invariably disgraceful work, and
that the professional military secret
seryice agent is a more or less degrad-
ed degraded that is, for the
time being. by the very nature Of the
mission he undertakes. OF course,
Nothing could be further from the
truth. There are spies and spies. The
paid renegade, who for mere pay, un.
dertakes TO pry into and betray the Sc.
crets Of his friends. stands entirely up
on an entirely different footing from
the officer who. taking his life in his
hands. ventures into the enemy's
camp in order gratuitously to obtain
information which may turn out to be
Of infinite value to his own intelli-
gence department
Lord Kitchener was n spy OF this
latter sort, and Il was his cleverness
energy and resourcefulness in this ca.
pacity which first attracted to him the
notice Of his superiors. Alone and un.
armed he plunged into the revolted
Soudan In the autumn of 1882 and
succeeded in penetrating, disguised as
a peddler of hurra cakes, as far as
Omdurmah itself. Here he saw a fell
low spy stripped naked, hogged TIL
the flesh hung in ribbons from his
body. and then crucifed face down
ward In the blazing sun Ever after.
ward, in his wanderings among the
wild desert tribes Kitchener carried
with him tiny phial of cyanide of
potassium. AS he tersely put it: Il did
not fear death-but such = deathT'
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
An American Reporter.

They have a reporter on one of the
Williamsburg papers, who may not be
much on style. but for placid, nervy
get there he is a jewel. A little
while ago he was assigned to a politi-
cal meeting and asked to give a good
report of it, Now, it happened that
the festivities were conducted entire
ly in Polish, a language of which the
young man knew nothing. This. how
ever. did not feaze him a bit. He
made his way through the hall, push
ed up TO the platform and sat down
with the secretary. For several min
utes he industriously took notes. and
presently the secretary turning to
him, pumped out a volley of Polish.
Il am not in 1t, dear boy" retorted
the young man as he turned again to
listen to the speaker.
The secretary looked surprised.
Finally he went out and brought in
a man who asked in English:
Are you Polish reporter?'
Nope" was the reply. I'm an
American one"
do you understand our language?''
Il never heard it before" retorted
the scribbler, but think have pick
ed up enough since have been here
to give a rafting good story"
And he did.-New York Press.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Moo Than s.ooo Ynara on.

The Egyptians had many names for
their sun god, among these, one for
the rising sun when it set in the west
The very biggest idol they ever made
was TO represent this sun god. 1t is
what we call the Great Sphinx OF
Gizeh.' No one knows who made this
sphinx, or when It was made but, in
all likelihood. it was already there In
the desert more than 5000 years ago.
when the first king OF Egypt whom
we know anything about ruled over
the country.-St. Nicholas.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
An American en- Louhert.

The London correspondent Of the
Matin has wired some extracts from
the letter OF an American volunteer
with the Beers. The writer describes
General Joubert as an old fox. who
knows his business we'll and who will
not move unless he is sure of success.
He says that he leaves the attack to
the English. the result being that
while they lose five men he loses only
one The English artillery is good,
though the guns are inferior in range
TO those of the Beers. but the English
cavalry is far less useful than theirs.
London Telegraph.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Spread Of our Language.

Writing on the decline Of the French
language. NJ. Jean Finot points out
that at the end Of the last century
French was the language spoken by
the greatest number OF civilized peo-
Pile whereas now it stands fourth.
English is spoken by 116.O0O.OOO. Rus
sian by S5,OOO.OOO. German by 80 600.
900 and French by 5s,O00,OO0.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Nine. PATHS Parrots.

Among the possessions of Nine. Pat.
Ii are two parrots, one of which talks
all day long and initiates its mistress
trills, while the other is dumb, though
he has only been so since his purchase
by Nine Patti. Before that he was the
most wonderful talking parrot in can
tivity, and was valued at $500 the
price which she paid Tor him in New
York.-Indianapolis Press.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Humanity Of Beers.

The BOer treatment Of war prison
ers is forcing commendation now even
from the English papers. Here is an
instance Of their humanity. Twenty.
five wounded officers and men cap
tured at the Nicholson's Mex disaster
were handed over Internationally to
the British medical staff by the Beers.
These men have since recovered and
are now proceeding to the front again
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
He SAYS We NEED NOT De
If We Will But Follow Certi'r
Scientific Rules.
VIEWS OF PROF. TYNER

He Claims That Death Is Not Inherent
in Living Matter, But in the Viola
tion Of Natural Laws-Yet Probably
We Shall All Die Just the Same.
Prof. Paul Tyner, lecturer on ap-
piled metaphysic, says men and wo-
men may live forever If they follow
scientific methods. Says this professor
Of the New Thought:
Life is not in the flesh, nor in any
organization OF flesh in itself. 1t is in
the universal ether and in the sun
shine that warns and lights an atmos.
phere.
Il contend that life in its very es-
sence is universal, infinite and mex
haustible; consequently the living, hui
man organism must be consciously
controlled and directed so as to absorb
or appropriate all the life it can use
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
The Lot of Woman

"You certainly can't call the ell
skirt very sensible"
mo, it seems to be decreed that a
woman cannot show good lines and
good sense at the same time. De
troit Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
STARTLING Instances.

Last week a delinquent subscriber
said he would pay up if he lived. He
died. Another said: Il will see you to-
morrow" He's blind. StiIl another
said: "I'll pay you this week or go to
the devil" He's gone. There are hun
.dreds who ought TO take warming Of
these procrastinators and pay up now.
Finley Is. d. slope.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28

Why pretend longer that there is a
populist party? The followers Of Allen
are simply democrats at heart, and
they are waiting for a chance to sur
render to Bryan.-Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
discretion After Investigator.

They were speaking of the new wo.
man movement.
IF a girl proposed to you." she said.
"you wouldn't dare refuse her"
III girl had the nerve and the de-
termination to make a proposal" he
replied, Il wouldn't dare marry her"
In view of the circumstances she de-
cided TO wait for him to speak first.
Chicago Evening Post.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
WHAT NO Won vANT-

Advertise your wants IN the Evening
Journal. Employment wanoed. help
wanted. 20 let, for rent. for sale. board
ing. and lost and found ads. WILL be pub
lished. three lines. one time. for a dimei
three times for . ouarosr.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
|ND|ES AWFUL DISTRESS.
The Great Area In Which the
Famine Is Raging.
THIRST CLAIMS VICTIMS
Drought Has Spoiled the Crops and
the Natives Suffer the Pangs of
Hunger-sufferers Numbered by the
Million.

Hunger-sufferer Numbered by the
Million.
The shaded portion of this map
shows the vast region in India in
which the prevailing famine is most
severely felt. Some districts outside
this area are suffering TO a less ex-
tent, but their position has not been
clearly indicated, as attention is CEN
tired upon the regions where relief is
most imperatiyely demanded AS a
rule, the famines which now and then
affiict India are most severely felt in
regions which in normal years have a
sufficient supply of rain. and those re-
gions that are always deficient in rain
fall are more likely to escape famine
because they are supplied with irriga-
ton canals fed by streams coming
from the mountains and very often
have enough water in years of drought
to raise crops.
The famine-aifected area, marked on
the map. includes about three hundred
and fifty thousand square miles. or
WV "a ANhAh VI thG aANAA VI Alt Aulltu
States. 1t embraces the central prov
inces, the southeast and central Pun
jab and RaJputana, and though none
Of the most densely peopled regions is
embraced in this territory, its popula-
tion is about thirty millions. The fam.
inc is due to the fact that throughout
last year there was scarcely any rain
in that part of India. Many thousands
Of people began to suffer the pangs Of
hunger in September last and there Is
now no possibility of relieving the dis
tress by the growth of local crops till
q year from that time.
Thirst also claims many victims, for
in some large districts drinking water
has almost entirely failed. Crops were
sown as usual, but after peeping
through the ground the young blades
turned yellow and perished. Grain has
been imported from more fortunate
parts Of the peninsula, but in Decem-
Der last the price had risen to four
times the usual cost. and the poor.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Attendanee al Paris Expo.

On the basis of results Of previous
exhibitions at Paris it is assumed that
30. .5ss. $50 people viii pass through
the turnstiles and 1t is possible that
the total number may reach 100000 900.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28

1t is rather odd circumstance that,
of the two ablest and most eminent
Vermonters Of this generation, one has
just died at his home. in New Haven,
and the other is living in Philadelphia
Boston Herald.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
WHAT DO You wANrf

Advertise your wants IN the Evening
Journal. Employment wanted. help
wanted. 10 let. for rent. for sale, board
ing. and lost and found ads. will be pub
hshed, three lines. one time. for a dime
thres times for = quarter.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
WHAT DO YOU WANT

Advertise your wants in the Evening
Journal. Employment wanted. help
wanted. to let. for rent. for sale. board
ing, and lost and found ads. Will be pub
lished. three lines, one time, for a dime:
three times for q quarter.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Healthiest Town.

The healthiest spot In the world
seems to be a little hamlet in France
name Aumone. There are only 40 in
habitants, % Of whom are so years Of
age and one is over 100.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28

The republican party down in Texas
continues to be rent on the color ques-
ton. There's the Green faction and
the black faction. The white faction
doesn't seem to be in it.-Boston Her
aid.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28

WHAT DO You wANrf

Advertise your wants In tha Evening
Journal. Employment wanted, help
wanted, to let. for rent. for sale, board
ing and lost and found ads. will be pub
hshed, three lines. ono time, Tor a dime
threa times for q uuarte<.
Evening journal., 1900-03-28
Honey and Moneu-

The bee industry employs 100000
persons and the revenue from II is
about S2O,0O000O a year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-28
GROVE in MANY PLACES
Police Are Seeing Him All the Way From
Chicago TO lsoston--Former Owner
of Pony Found.

Omaha. Dec. 2S.-The police CHANGED
upon clue yesterday which. they
hope, will mark the beginning of the
end of the kidnapping mystery. 1t is
by all odds the most important devel-
opment in the case thus far, as it
clears up the identity of the pony at
Pacific Junction, traces it directly into
the hands of the bandits and furnishes
more accurate description of the out
laws than the police had previously
secured. 1t was learned that the pony
was sold Dec. IA by Daniel Burris,
who lives at 1919 Grand avenue, to
two men. one of whom answers the
description of Pat Grove.
Grove is the most ubiquitous man
in the United States. In the space of
4S hours he has been simultaneously
seen by police of three cities and
sleuths all the way from Denver to
Liverpool are looking for him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-28
TELEGRAMs TERsELY TOLD.

\
Six hundred miners of the Berton
Coal companys mines near Minesboro.
Pa, are on strike.
Honolulu is about to have q temper
ance crusade, led by the w. G. I. U.
and the Ministers union.
Captain Hank Haff has been selected
master of the Boston boat to be built
to defend the .America's cup.
Announcement was made Thursday
of the acquisition by the .Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe of the Pecos
Valley and Northeastern railroad.
The suffering and want of the Rus.
sian settlers in McHenry county
North Dakota. is great. A number OF
them are said to be actually starving
j. A. r. Elliott defeated William r.
Crosby at Kansas City Thursday in
a contest for the cast ironS shooting
championship medal by score of 9t
to 81.
The Berliner Post, summarizing Ger
many's naval progress this year, says
that seven vessels have been launched
including two battleships, one large
cruiser and four small cruisers.
At a meeting of the prosecuting off
GERS of Missouri, held in st. Louis
Thursday, resolution was adopty.
to recommend to the state legislatG
the passage of a law making kidnaE
ing capital crime NJ 81
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-28
PICKED UP AT SEA.
Thirteen shipwrecked Sailors Rescued b.
the Transport Garonne.

Thirteen ShipwreclSed Sailors Rescued by
the Transport Garonne.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. 2S.-Particulars
of the rescue by the United States
transport Garonne of 13 shipwrecked
seaInen of the ill-fated schooner
Theresa Maria in Philippine waters
were received in this city. While en-
route from lYigau, with 12 sick men
from the Third cavalry and Thirty
third infantry and 56 insurgent pris-
oners. the Garonne sighted wreckage
with ssien cling;ng to it on ner. star
board bow. Captain Conradi brought
his ship around and dispatched life
boats to those clinging to the wreck.
age, and all were rescued and taken
aboard the Garonne.
The Theresa Maria was bound from
Santa Cruz to Manila with rice and
sugar and encountered squall which
swamped her The members of the
crew were three days and nights in
the water without food or anything
to drink. Meanwhile several vessels
passed them. all failing to observe the
Maria's distress.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-28
RIOT IN BROOKLYN JAIL
Matron and Warden Beaten by Maddened
Female Prisoners.

Female Prisoners.
New York, Dec. 2S.-Twenty mad
dened female prisoners in the Ray
mond street JAIL Brooklyn, rioted yes
terday and tiercely assaulted Matron
Fannief Handy and Warden McGrath.
There was no attempt to escape The
riot was the consequence of nothing
but Ill feeling. Miss Handy was trans
ferring prisoners from one corridor to
another in the woman section, when
she was attacked by Nellie Jones, a
powerfully built woman, who had
been sent up for ten days for intoxi-
cation. Miss Handy was felled.
Nineteen other prisoners then as
saulted her. While the blows rained
thick on her head and body she man
aged to push a button that rang bell
in the warden's Office. Warden Me
Grath rushed to the woman's depart
ment without waiting to call for as
sistance and they jumped on him.
The blows were fast and furious and
McGrath went to the floor. Eat pins
were brought into play and his face.
head and neck were gouged.
Miss Handy made her way through
the crowd and again rang the alarm.
The sheriff and five deputies replied.
They had much trouble in subduing
the women. but succeeded and two
! of them were put in straight jackets.