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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
African Big Game.
From tho London Leader.

From tho London Leader.
The big game of Africa Is safe now from
determination so far as good will to keep
them safe can accomplish. The interna-
t!onal committee. which for some weeks
past has been discussing the question Of
preservation. has concluded its labors, and
the representatives Of the nations concerned
in Africa have come to a perfectly amicable
agreement,
Sir Clement Hill of the foreign office, who
has taken the keenest interest in the big
game and got the committee together, is
delighted with the result. and the agreement
arrived at is on the lines he suggested
The big. the beautiful and the useful wild
animals Of Africa are to be protected now
by a CLOSE" season.
The only difficulty that now remains Is
how the CLOSE time is to be maintained.
The committee felt that If they had TO deal
only with sportsmen 1t would be sufficient
to proclaim the period during which shoot
ing was not permissible. But the wanton
shooter Is the trouble in Africa, just as the
poacher Is here. and. of course, 1t is i'm
possible to appoint a stan Of gamekeepers
for an entire continent.
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Song Birds.

Written for The Evening Star by O. n. Doing.
Sing little bird. your sweetest song.
And let each note, throat-warn and clear,
Float on the breezes far and long.
To charm the listening ear.
The trill that swells your vibrant throat
And nils your little heart with glee,
Finds in my breast an answering note
Akin to ecstacy.
And blended with your tender lay
Comes the soft Inurmur Of the stream,
Like wind harps in the boughs that play
Sleep-music to a dream
Lute-like it fingers on the breeze,
Then slowly fades. and. fading. dies,
Like spirit voices In the trees,
Half laughter and half signs.
Among the locust's blossoms faint
And drunk Of perfume, mods the Jay.
The mourning dove. with sad complaint,
Fits through the alders gray.
The sparrow chirps within the grass,
Joe-pie-weed hides the whistling quail.
The blackbir,is at their daily mass
Chant anthems in the swail.
The brown thrush in his trailing flight
From shrub to hedge. from hedge to vine,
The frecklss on his breast as bright
AS bubbles on new wine,
Will drop a soulful lyric here,
half-song sonnet there,
In notes rs running water clear,
Beseeching as prayer.
Here and everywhere and always
The dangerous summer throuch
In briery, vine-wreathed hallway.
The tatbirds song is due.
He sings the summer sunshine in
The autumn sunlight down,
While l. in hoInely stdnzas. pin
These pla1dits In his crown.
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SUGAR AS A sTIMULANT.
Swiss Guides and Canadian Lumber
men Aware of It's Value.
From the Philadelphia Record

Swiss Guides and Canadian Lumber
men Aware of Its Value.
From the Philadelphia Record
The Swiss guides fully appreciate the
value Of sugar as stimulant, and always
carry 1t in their kits. preferring lump sugar
or highly sweetened chocolate. The mus
cular lumbermen of Canada consume an
extraordinarily large amount of sugar dur
ing the season in the woods, taking it in
the form of molasses. They sweeten their
milkless tea with 1t. make cakes with it
and even add 1t to their fried salt pork,
which Is the only meat they get during the
time they are in the woods cutting lumber
and this is practically half the year. In
the BLACK belt" Of Alabama the staple ar
ticles of diet are also molasses, salt pork
and cornmeal. These simple articles form
the diet day In and day out. year about.
ana yet the negroes seem to thrive on them
But 1t Is on the sugar cane plantations
perhaps, where the value of sugar as an
article OF diet Is most apparent. A pamph-
let entitled Sugar as Food recently is
sued by the Department of Agriculture, re-
ferring to this fact, says: For months
the chief food OF the negro laborers on the
planta tons Is said to be sugar cane, and
they are seen to grow strong and fat as the
hard labor of harvesting the crop and come
out in fine condition, although they began
1t weak and half starved"
1t should be added, however. that the en-
tire juice of ripened cane is more complete
food than sugar. containing. as it does,
other FOOD constituents besides carbohy-
drates.
Children have natural craving for sweet
things. and the sugar of milk which makes
up from to per cent of it, forms an i'm
portant part Of baby's first nutriment, TAX
ing the place of starch until the childs
stomach Is able to assimilate it. SO that a
two-year-old child drinking two quarts of
milk a day consumes in this way about
three ounces of sugar
A lump Of sugar contains as much nutri-
ton as an ounce Of potato and Is far more
easily assimflated. In times Of great exer-
ton. as are likely to occur in army life,
this feature is particularly valuable In
warm countries sugar takes the place of
rat and either sugar or sweet fruits, as
dates. hgs, etc, are eaten In large quaint
ties in tropical climates. AS a source of
muscular energy sugar is rapidly becoming
recognized, so that training diets are some
times made to include large quantities of it
as. for instance, In the rowing clubs Of Hol-
land.
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by an era of land jumping, and a good
many of the present fortunes in Denver
date from that event. The safe of the city
hall was never found. although some relics
of the food including portion of the press
OF the Rocky Mountain News. are now III
the rooms of the State Historical Society
CloudburSts are sometimes very destruc-
tive of life as we'll as of property. They
come up so suddenly that it Is almost i'm
possible to escape if the wayfarer is caught
in the bed OF the creek. Campers in the
mountain regions usually select the high
ground above the creek rather than pitch
their tents close beside the gently ripping
water. which may become roaring tor
rent while they sleep. sweeping them TO
destruction before they know that danger
is near. 1t was from neglect of this pre-
caution that many lives were lost IN a
cloudburst near Morrison. Col. in the spring
of 1887. Some people were camping along
the borders of the stream and. as IL was
just after dark. and had been raining heaV-
lily. they had sought the shelter OF their
tents. Suddenly they heard the awful ana
peculiar roar of the approaching cloud
burst. 1t grew louder every second Real
izing what had happened, the unfortunate
camperS-men, women and children-ruSh-
ed from their tents and tried to reach the
higher ground. In the confusion and dark
ness some turned the wrong way and were
soon struggling in mad torrents, bathing
with tree trunks and wrecks of cabins ana
immense masses of moving stone IN the
bosom of the flood. Thirteen lives went
out in that dire night. The bodies found
later showed the MARKS Oh win
the debris in the flood of waters and IT is
believed that few. if any. of the unfortu-
mates lost their lives by actual drowning.
A Peculiar Incident.
Occasionally the sudden downpour OF rain
will be prec:pitated a soft, yielding SOIL
and instead Of taking the form of cloud
burst with wave of water carrying every
thing before it. the whole surface OF the
ground will take on the consistency or mo-
lasses and roll slowly but irresistibly down
the water courses. This happened in Chalk
canyon near Mount Princeton, in Colorado,
three years ago. Chalk cliffs are peculiar
formation at the head of the canyon. the
so-calied chalk being of a lime nature
which, after being dissolved in water
quickly harIens again ike cement
cloudbjrst began high up on the sides OF
the mountain, washed away tons OF mate
rial from the cliffs and rolled the mass
slowly over the railroad tracks ike the
pour of lava from Nesuvius- The tracks
were covered to depth of six feet A gang
of worknen was put to work on the de-
posit but it oozed in on the tracks as fast
as the men shoveed it out. Finally al
work was suspended. and the overflow
hardened so quickly that a track was built
over it. Within six hours of the breaking
of the storm trains Were running over the
deposit So hard did the chalk become
tha> the railroad has never penetrated 10
the Nd tracks. and in the excavatng that
was done in re!ayiug the tracks permanent
ly dynamite had to be used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
Stumps Drawn by Wind Power.
from the Farmers Adyocate.

Utilizing tae wind as stump puller is
an Oregon invention It was tho idea of
the farmer at the state penitentiary. whose
task was to clear six acres. and with the
aid Of the wind he cleared the whole tract
In six weeks. although the timber was
dense growth. the first measuring from one
to four feet in diameter. The winds in the
quarter blew strong from the south at this
season. The farmer put his men to work
on the north side of the fir grove. They
out log and dragged It close to the north
side of the bases of tho fir trees. and then
cut the surface roots Of tho trees that were
to be felled. The preparations were made
during the first day. and then the men went
home and slept while the wind did the rest.
During the night a strong south wind blew
the trees down, and they. in falling across
the logs. pulled up the tAproots. The next
day the men sawed up tho fallen trees.
burned the brush. aad laid their logs for
another lot OF trees. They proceeded in
this way until the whole grove had dtsap-
peared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16

pipes and forced into the other. Various
changes were made in later ironclads of
this period. In some the air was drawn
down the turrets and forced throughout
the vessel, thus rendering them more than
ever liable to suffocate the men below in
battle, while in others the supply was OBJ
tanned through armored cylinders and
forced out through the turrets.
1t was in the early ironclads that pc
cular disease developed which. being con-
fined to those vessels. was soon designated
ironclad fever. In this affection the initial
symptoms were much like those of typhus,
but in short time severe occipital pain
was followed by complete aphonia, and
this by coma and death. The introduction
of ventilating appliances caused the disap-
pearance of this singular disease, and in
time these metal boxes. almost entirely
submerged. came to be regarded as prob
ably the most salubrious vessels afioat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16

rom the Cnautiusluau
From the election of Washington in IFS,
to the election of Lincoln in 1850. period
of seventy years eighteen persons who re-
ceived support in the electoral college, either
for President or Vice President. were de-
feated, prior to the adoption of the eleventh
amendment in 1904; but from this time till
1860 twenty presidential candidates were
defeated. as were thirty-three more who as
pred to the vice presidency. OF the eighteen
down to 1904 John Jay. Oliver Ellsworth.
and Charles c. Pinckney were college men.
and of the twenty after that date Pinckney.
Webster. Birncy and Hale were college men,
and Scott was a graduate of West Point.
OF the thirty-three who after 1904 were de-
feated for the vice presidency twenty were
college men, and Donelson was from West
Point. The institutions represented were
Princeton, Yale. Pennsylvania. Columbia.
William and Mary. Harvard, Pennsylvania.
Dickinson, Dartmouth, Mt. Zion, Bowdoin
and the University of North Carolina. In
the aggregate the candidates for the presi-
dency and vice presidency during this
period represented every state in the
Union. The distinguished public serv-
ices of many Of the defeated candi-
dates, whether for first or second
place on the ticket. are a permanent monu-
ment to their memory. The names of their
successful rivals are almost forgotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
IrOnclad Fever.

In the fight between the Monitor and
Merrimac 1t was found that there was not
sufficient air in the turreted steamer for
the crew. and that the suffocating gases
generated by the explosion of gunpowder
found their way below and rendered it
practically impossible for the men to work
Necessity therefore compelled the intro
duction of some apparatus for artificial
ventilation. The old methods in vogue for
hundreds of years had been retained even
striking exhibition Of direct interference
with fighting capacity would have remain
ed for many years longer. In the Monitor
was placed a rotary blower, worked by
steam. Air was thus drawn from one
half Of the vteamer through Z SyBtem Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
The Irish Squirearchy Today.
from the Gael

A hint Is said to have been given to lead
ing members of the Irish aristocracy that
their presence in Dublin during the queen 8
visit would be appreciated 1t Is now a
great many years since Maria Edgeworth
wrote her famous story, THE Absentee
which gave rise, probably, to the conun-
drum once in every ones mouth, What is
that which makes treason reason and Ire
land what it is?" The absent st" But the
absenteeism has continued Among the
grandees there are but few who. like the
Duke of Abercorn and Lord Dufferin, make
their Irish home their chief place of resi-
dence.
OF late years the squirearchy have. from
reasons Ineligible enough. migrated
largely to Dublin and its neighborhood. a
circumstance to which Is due the great
growth of the suburbs on the kingstown
side. where Lord Pembroke owns the Bel
gravia of the Irish capital. The Irish
squire who can no longer afford to enter
tain naturally finds life within easy reach
of Dublin moro agreeable than in remote
country house. Except in the County XII
dare and few other favored districts
there is now scarce any hospitality. The
jovial social life depicted by Charles Lever
came to a close with the establishment of
the incumbered estates court. The days OF
an Irish gentleman are now very dull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
Junetime.
evette Wilson In Puck.

Wood Levette Wilson In Puck.
Now summer, verdure-crowned, her scepter wtelds
And fruitful promise smiles from waving fields
The Khaki suit the human form adorns,
And cooling draughts supplant all fiery horns.
The habble Of the brooklet seems subdued
As II 1t were to silence almost woOed,
In restful bowers tinkling glasses CLINT
For man has learned the proper Of mint
The robins flute sounds roundly from the beech
The bluejay wings its flight with startling screech
The knickeTbockered man with bent end clubs
The sod from unresisting earth rubs.
Far through the stiffness Of short Swallowed noon
There comes the cadence OF the ring doves Groom.
Then. while these lengtheuiDx shadows eastward
creeD
The good hing On earth to Do b slesp.
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Rock-a-By Land.

hOck.a-by Lima.
E. A. Brininstool in Atlanta Constitution.
Ho and away for the Rock by land
The rolicking. frocking Rock-a-by land.
Where the little go on the hush ably ean
To play peek-a boo with the silvery stars.
''r1s the ARREST fairest land that know
Is this land where the dolles and sugar plums grow
The dream train is ready. with love In command,
For the
Frolickinz
Rock-a-by land.
Rock-a by land
Sweet ROck-a-by land
Dancing and singing while bluebells are ringing.
Close your eyes. little one;
Soon you will stand
On the borders of far-away Rock-a-by land.
Such a queer little car for the Rock-a-by land
The rollicking. frolicking Rocka-by land:
All quilted and cushioned for babys long ride;
Past asst sumberiand hills and the heights Of By low
We are OF on a journey. delightful and grand
Frolicking
Rock-a-by land.
Rock-a-by land
Dear Rock.a by land!
Stars are a-gleaming while baby Is dreaming
OF n fairykn band
In the PARKWAY beautiful Rock ably land.
oh. what a trip to the Rock-a-by land.
The rollicking, frolicking Rock-a-by land
There's dancing and singing and musics that sweet
And peek a-boo dreams that are tiny and fleet.
We glide past Loves river, which ripp1es and
CLEANS
Through blossoming meadows in silvery streamsj
At Sound Asleep station finally stand
Rolicking.
Frolickfng
Rocka-by land.
by land
Charming Rock-a-by land!
Fairies wnging while baby is swinging.
Nestle close. little one.
Now hani in hand
Well wander and dream in the by landl
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From the London Leader.
Interviewed on behalf of the Leader. Mr..
Gardner said his Testament in braid Scotch
or braid Scots, as the pedant has it
which is still only in MS, would not be in
the Glasgow or Paisley Scotch of the pres
ent day, but would more resemble Burns.
1t would not be archaic, but neither would
1t be corrupt. Here, for instance. is the
Lords Prayer" said Mr.. Gardner:
Father o. us a, bidin Aboon! Thy
name be hole! Lat Thy reign begin! Lat
Thy wull be dune, bath in Yirth and
Heeven, Gle us ilka day DOR needfu' feud-
ing. And forgie US a. oor ill-deeds, as we
cen forgae thae wha did US ILL., And lat US
no be siftit but save US frae the Ill-Ane!
For the Groom Is Thine ain, and the MIGHT
and the glorie, for evir and evir Amen!'
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Vocation.


I'M the Spectator.
II l might choose my simple lot
Far from town and quite forgot,
All In a sheltered nook and warm,
IT'S l would have u violet farm.
No daffodils should me entice,
Nor hyacinths with their breath Of spice,
The tulip with her painted hood
For me should wtther where she stood.
Instead Of sheep upon the sward,
The modest violet ! should herd;
Instead of golden heads Arrow,
Should See my violet harvest blow,
Under an arch Of wild. wild cloud,
Below an opal mountain bowed,
All in humid world and cool,
With winds and waters beautiful.
What airs across my farm should farsi
IT'S sweet where pinks and roses are,
But pinks and roses hide the face
Before u yiolet-peopled place.
No shortest day of all the year
Should fade without a violet's cheer,
Invisible sweetness hid within
And folded up in swathes of green
Though white and purple babes be bon
When Daffodil his flaming horn
Der quiet hills and wales shall sound
And stir the sleepers underground;
What country bliss can equal mine,
With violets for my flocks and kline
With violets for my corn and store
What could a mortal wish for more.
Under a mountain pansy-dark.
Loved Of the eagle and the lark
And set too low for fear or harm,
It's l would have violet farm.
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Take Heart.

John Allen Guilford in the Boston Transcript.
Though fearful storms have swept in wrath
About thy tOilsome, rugged path,
And thou hast ofttfmes been cast down
And sore dismayed by Fortunes frown,
Faint not, but bravely bear thy part,
o fellow man; once more take heart.
The storm is followed by the calm,
And winter gales by airs Of balm,
Dark night gives place to sun-bright dayst
Let Hope still cheer thee on thy way.
Beyond the cloud still shines the SUM
Press on until thy work is done.
Perchance thou many times hast failed,
Some weakness over thee prevailed,
And thou hast faltered In the strife
And sadly rued thy blighted life:
Though great thy grief and keen thy pain,
o weary one, take heart again.
Dwell not upon thy mournful past.
Arise. and for the right stand fast;
Be strong and brave. fold not thy hands,
For thee still flow LIES golden sands;
To better things sweet voices call
And God In love rules over all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16

The old maid of the past-sour. scandal
loving. sharp of temper and Of features-is
now almost an unknown quantity. The I'M
married woman of today who has passed
her twenties Is CHEEKY. active. busy and
useful. Generally she is in business or has
some special art. profession or accomplish
ment to which she devotes herself. Any
way, she Is not idle. She finds many
things to employ her hands and brains.
She has little time for gossip and less in
clination. Culture and occupation have
broadened her nature and given her char
ity and wisdom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
o, Vert Thou in the Cauld Blast

o, vert thou In the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My p1aidie to the angry ART
I'd shelter thee I'd shelter Thea.
Or did misfortune's bitter storms
Around thee blaw. around thee b1am
Thy shield should be my bosom.
10 share 1t a, to share 1t a..
Or were I In the widest waste,
Sac black and bare, sac black and bare.
The desert were a paradise,
II thou vert there, II thou vert there.
Or were I monarch Of the globe,
With thee to reign, with thee to reign
The brightest Jewel In my crown
Wad be my Queen, wad be my Queen:
ROBERT BURNS.
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A Parable

There stood 4 humble penitent
Without tn eternal gate,
Who feared to knock-her virtue spent r
And only dared to wait
holy eremite there came,
In cowl Of dazzling white;
Could man or saint dispute his claim
To Join the host Of hshtf
Thsn swung the door Of heaven Wi6A.
And forth ths glory burst;
And he who kepf the portal cried,
'yorgiveni entsr drstt''
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without u Scar.

-" thOut u scar.
The ecstatic makes a few more passes.
| and after wrapping scarf previously pre-
pared over the body as If to cleanse it from
the gore in which it was stepped, suddenly
he stands upright casts all his upper gar
| ments from him and displays body I'M
| marked by a single scar. Gesttculations.
cries. shouts subside; low murmurs of adj
miration and worship pass through the
GREATNESS assembly, and then the Bokt.
clasping his thin hands and elevating his
glistening eyes to heaven. utters. in deep.
low tone far different from the shrill wall
of tise half-dead sacrifice, a short but
fervent prayer Of thankfulness. and all Is
finished
A Florentine traveller succeeded in pene-
trating in disguise to Potala shortly after
the death of a Dalai lama, and describes
what he saw in connection with the REIN
carnation of the Buddha who had taken
up his abode in the body of young child.
IAN altar Is ready in the temple to re-
ceive the resuscitated Buddha found by
the initiated priesthood. and recognized by
certain secret signs to have reincarnated
himself in a newborn infant. The baby.
but a few Gays old. Is brought into the
presence Of the people and reverenttaliy
placed upon the altar. Suddenly rising TO
in loud. manly voice the following sem
fences: I am Buddha: am his spirit. and
I. Buddha, your Dalai Lama, nave ieit my
old decrepit body at the temple OF
and selected the body Of this young babe as
my earthly dwelling"
The Florentine says he was permitted BY
the priests to take the baby In his arms
and carry 1t of some distance. so as TO
satisfy himself that 1t was no trick OF the
yentriloquist The infant opened his eyes
and gave him such look that 1t made his
flesh creep. and then repeated the Same
words so there could be no mistake about
It, This account Is confirmed by Able Hue,
who states that the child answers Ques-
lions and tells those who knew him in his
mast life the most exact details Of HIS an.
terror earthly existence.
This incident 10 inexplicabfe. but II Is not
without collateral support from independ-
emit sources.
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The storm of 1864,


One OF the most destructive storms of this
nature so far az its manifold consequences
are concerned. took place in the spring OF
1864, when a cloudburst occurred at the
headwaters of Cherry creek This is a
small stream. dry most of the year. but no.
torious for Its eccentricities. II flows
through Denver and empties into the Platte
river. within the confines of the city. just
ut nightfall the water swept down this dry
creek In a wall said to have been ten feet
In height, carrying everything before IT.
Many people were drowned and many build
tngs were washed away. All night long the
creek flowed bankful of water that was
thick with wrecka8e. People were rescued
during the night on RATS and improvised
boats. The most serious loss was the city
hall. which was swept away by the water.
together with all the records on file there
These records included not only those of
the state and city. but also the United
States land filings. Tho food was followed