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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
A Weather Clock,


From the London Engineer.
Sir William H. Bailey Of Sale Hall has
presented to the new Sale Park meteoro-
logical clock, which is to be an improve
ment upon any similar apparatus of the
kind in the country. This clock will indi-
cate the time on large dial and the move
ment will also actuate a drum upon which
there will be graphic diagrams Of the duc-
tuadons Of the barometer, the direction Of
the wind. the rainfall and variations of
temperature, the diagrams giving a weekly
record. This clock Sir William Bailey has
designed as a modification of previous sim
iiar instruments made by his firm, and it
Is claimed to be the first one of its kind in
the country that will record all these yaria-
Tons on one chart. 1t is to be erected in a
suitable tower, which will be named the
Joule Memorial Tower. to commemorate
the TACT that DR.. Joule, the discoversr of
the mechanical equivalent of heat and one
OF the greatest investigators of the age in
physical science. was for many years a res
ident in Sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
A Dinner of Mule and Axle Grea..
From london

The following Is an incident of the siege
OF Ladysmith narrated by Sir William
MacCormac: IAN officer related an incl
dent which will serve to illustrate the
lengths to which things had gone as regards
food shell fell into the mule lines one
afternoon. killing one mule. In spite Of
other shells following the first one in rapid
succession. so as to make occupation Of
the spot very dangerous, the men in the
vicinity made rush at the mule like so
many ravenous creatures, cutting off the
hesh with their clasp knives in great
chuhks. They then in safer quarters built
nres, toasted the meat and swallowed it
at once. To make them more palatable
the men fried their biscuits in the axle
grease provided for the carts. The want
OF fatty foods and vegetables was greatly
1elt In spite of all their hardships, no.
body ever thought of giving in. The gen
eral inquired as to how many horses in
the camp could carry their riders six miles,
IN view OF a sortie being made. and the
answer came back that only twelve horses
In the who.e camp could do it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
A Helping Hand.

II l should see
A brother innguishing in sore distress
And should turn and leave him comfortless
When / might be
A messenger Of hope and happiness
How could ask what denied
In my own hour Of bitterness suppliedf
II might sing
A little song to cheer q fafnting heart
And should seal my lips and sit apart.
When / might bring
A bit Of sunshine for lffe's ache and smar4-
How could hope to have my Rrief Relieved
If kept silent when my brother grievedi
And 90 I know
That day Is lost wherein I fail to land
A helping hand unto some wayward frfsnd.
But II II show
burden nghtened by the cheer sent
Then do bold the golden hours we'll spenf
Aud lay me- down to rest 70 sweet coutent
-NDITH v. BRANDT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
An incident In the Philippines.

u.
An Incident of campaigning in the Phil
lpplnes as related by James Douglas. a
fhAlnpsburg soldier boy: During my first
watch wanted a chew of tobacco. I had
TO loosen my belt to get it, and so I set
my rifle down. 1 had just taken a chew
and fastened my belt, and was In the act
OF reaching for my rifle when heard the
report of rifle and felt singing SEN
sauon along my right side. I dropped to
the ground, and as l did so 1 saw a rebel
In the act of taking another bead at me.
He fired and missed, and then started to
run. but ] canght him on the go. The bull
let hit him just at the nape Of the neck
and passed through his brain. His first
shot took my first aid package out OF NV
right shirt pocket, and just burned my side.
l was scared, too, l can tell you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Wind on the Sea.

Arthur Symons in the Saturday Review
The loneliness Of the Is in nv heart
And the wind Is not lonely than this yrav
mind. e1N'
! have thought far thoughts, have loved i have
loved and tnd 1870
Love gone Thought weary, and l. alas. left behind
The loneliness Of my heart is in the sea-
wind @ ei"s
W 10 shall stay the feet of the sea or hind
lLe wings OF the wiEd? only the feet OF mankind
Grow old In the place Of their sorrow and bitter
Is the heart ~
lhat may not wander as the wind or return as
the 5000 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
HindOO English.

From the Golden Penny.
Inc following advertisement of q hotel Is
taken from Calcutta newspaper. and Is
an amusing sample of Hndoo English:
Gentlemen who come in hotel not saw
anything about their meals they will be
charged for, and if they should say before
hand that they are going out to breakfast
or dinner. etc, and if they say they not
have anything to eat they will be charged
ana II not SO they will not be charged, or
unless they bring it to the notice of the
manager of the place. and should they want
70 say anything. they must order the man.
ager Tor one, not any one else, and unless
they bring not 1t to the notice of the man.
ager they will be charged for the least
thing according to the hotel rate, and no
1uss Will be allowed afterward about it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Digestive Powers OF the Ostr;.t,
ENrnrn


The digestive powers of the ostrich have
long ago passed into a preyerb: the birds
Will swallow almost anything that thew
can get into their beaks. They are amus-
ihgiy greedy. and will gulp down whole
oranges more rapidly than they can take
them into their stomachs. so that half a
dozen may be seen passing down their long
necks at the same time. each orange pro-
ducing queer-looking protuberance. When
visitors stand near the fence of one of the
lnciosure the birds will peck in a. most
persistent manner at any bright object
such as the head of an umbrella or a wall,
ing cane. watch chain. locket brooch or
button 1t does not surprise us to be told
prevalent malady among ostriches and
usually IS responsible for their death. IT ia
sac that an attempt is sometimes made TO
isii ~ ss tnetr systems of an accumulation
gallon of castor oil in one dose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Spectacles for the Blind.
rom the London Family poTtor

From Russia comes the news that Prof.
Norsheweski has invented an instrument
the principle of which Is the sensitiveness
to light OF selenium and itellurium, both of
which change their quality as conductors
OF electricity with variation in the light
TO which they are exposed. In stating that
the blind can see by this instrument rela-
tive meaning only is Indicated While their
actual vision will be unaffected they will
feel the various effects exchanging light by
ITS action. 1t is claimed that a totally
bllnd man has been enabled to find the
WINDOWS IN room, and after some prac-
tice to distinguish approaching objects The
inventor hopes to make the instrument so
efficient that the blind will be able to tell
almost certainly when they are approach
ing an opaque or transparent substance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
When the Birds Go North Again.

ola Higginson in the New York Tribune,
Oh. every year hath its winter,
And every year hath Its rain
Bnt day is always coming
Wien the birds go north again:
When new leaves swell In the forest,
And grass springs green on the plain,
And the alder's veins turn crimson
And the birds go north again.
Oh, every heart hath its SORROW
And every heart hath its pain
But a day is always coming
When the birds go north again.
IT'S the sweetest thing to remember
LIZ courage be the wane
When the cold dark days are over
Why, the birds go north again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Changing the Russian Calend,

From the New York Herald.
1t is no easy matter to change a calendar.
Russia is experiencing this fact. The COM
mittee of the St. Petersburg Astronomical
Society is having no end of trouble in its
efforts to have dropped the excess of eleven
days in the Julian method of reckoning, so
that Russia may come in with the rest of
the civilized world under the Gregorian cal
endar. The people do not want it. They
feel as the people did in England when the
change was made there hundred and
fifty years ago. They say that the govern
ment Is trying to cheat them out of eleven
days of life; that to call the first of the
month the twelfth is robbing them of lust
that much time. Then they object to the
upsetting of their religious and secular
festivals. and say that the days win ali
ne wrong under the proposed change, and
that tney VIII lose their effectiveness.
But the change Is to be made, and the
plan Is to use both dates until the people
become familiar with the new style The
Jaw will make compulsory the use of both
dates on all private and public documents,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Rebirth,

The flowers are dead" we cry as wintry cold
And winters sullen rain resolve to earth
The sweetest smiles that greet the summers
birth.
But still we know that from the sOdden mold
Another hope shall spring. flower unfold
The same and yet another. Can we then
Proclaim as dead the thing that lives again?
In yonder pool. once dark and bare. behold
From fetId depths uIsiraUn to sunlit air.
The trembling lotus rising like prayeri
D, soul, be brave for death is but name,
From withered hopes all sodden deep In tears
purer Joy, fairer hope appears
Perchauce lotus, white with heart OF flame
MARY MCNEIL FENOLIJO SA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
A Little Sermon.
rom the Baltimore American,

ON the Baltimore American,
What this troubled old world ueeds
Is Less OF qutbbling over creeds.
Fewer words and better deeds.
Less of Thus and so shall Won
ihlnk and act, and say and do"
More of How may be true?''
Less of wrapgling over text;
Less of creed and code perpIexedf
More OF charity unvexed.
Less of shouting: 81 alone
Have the right to burl the stone
More OF heart that will cundone.
Less of ruling: Hear! You must
Hold this tenet, wrong or Just
More of patient, helpful trust,
Less Of microscopic scan
VI the faults of feliow-Inan.
More OF brave, uplifting plan.
Less of dogma, less pretense,
More belief that Providence
VIII sanctify our common sense.
More of chords Of kindness bieut
er the dfScordS of dissent
Then Will come the great content
Just to be good, and to do good -,
Simpfe- plain, for him who would
creed that may be understood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Brick Tea.
From Good Words,

From Good Words.
Our endurance would be tested to the
breaking point were our only resource the
brick tea of Tibet, made and favored after
the true Tartar recipe. This tea, for the
convenience of porterage on cameIs, is
made up in the form Of hard, solid, brick
like Jumps which are supposed to consist
of the stems and leaves of our ordinary
tea plant But. in the majority of cases,
brick tea is merely the off-scourings of the
tea plantation. together with dust and adul-
teration OF endless other plants. There Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Down the Trail.


lillian Iuclus Graves In East and West.
VIII all the trees be budding
When | am laid a-grave
Across the meadows flooding
The spring break like a wayef
VIII orcha rds green and vhiten
And turn to red the same
And daylight pale and brighten
When | am but q name:
VIII all the maids I've cherished
And all the lads I've known,
Forget that | have persisted,
a leaf to darkness blown?
Why. yes; an hour o. weeping
An quick with grief we re donel
For every lad that's sleeping
There wakes & better one!
Then here's my mouth for kisses,
My eyes for lovers mlrthI
Blithe- hearted love who misses.
Loves never under earth,
And here's my hand that's aching
In comrades TO be set;
All, you whose hand L IN taking.
Dear lad. Will you forget?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05

Arthur Munby In the London Spectator.
Thou art my own. my darling and my wife:
And when we pass into another Life
sun thou art mine All this which now we see
Is but the childhood of Eternity;
Ana thou and |, through trials and through team,
The joys and sorrows Of our earthly years
Are growing up into d single soul
Tod Workmanship; s clear completed whole
naae oat OF twain Our love is but begun;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Lasting Ware.

From the indianapolis Journal.
my cook broke three two-dollar teapots
in one month"
'How dreadful"
YES: then 1 bought 1O-cent one. and
It has lasted a whole year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
Enbittered.

From the Chicago Record.
PA, what Is commercial rivalry"'
well, commercial rivalry is the wav
your mother tries to spend what 1 make
faster than Mrs. Dash, next door. spends
what her husband makes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05

A recent compilation of statistics shows
that In 1899 American dealers bought mora
than S500.OO0 worth of foreign cosmetics
and perfumes
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

resolutions accepting the statues OF Ben
ton and Blair were adopted.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
CHINESE STORES CLOSED.
Merchants Alarmed NJ the Movement
to InOculate Them-Try to
Ieaye the city,

SAN FRANCISCO. May 19.-The condi-
ton of affairs in Chinatown today, as a
result of the attempt TO inoculate the m
habitants of that quarter against the
spread OF the plague, Is critical All the
large stores and many OF the smaller ones
are closed and no business ~ being done.
The merchants look upon the attempt TO
inoculate them as an outrage and Will not
submit to it. They assert that five chm.
ese bound for the interior were inoculated
a few days ago and that two nave since
died from the effects.
When 1t became known in Chinatown
that the board of health had determined
to inoculate the residents of the Chinese
section. groups of Chinese gathered on
every corner and denounced the action of
the board as outrageous. Some OF the
more wealthy of the indignant Chinese
hurried their families into backs and other
vehicles in the attempt TO send them out
of the district. Some succeeded in getting
far as the city limits where they were
stopped by the police.
Others attempted to leave the city en-
trains. Several merchants endeavored to
obtain passage on the steamer Maru which
sailed for the Orient today, but there was
no room for them on the steamer. The
doctors detailed to froculato the Chinese
are having very hard time OF II, every
possible obstacle being placed in their way
by the Chinese.
Consul General Co-Opsrating.
The consul general Is cooperating with
the board of health as much as possible,
but several demonstrations among the Chi
nese have caused him to keep quiet in
the matter He has urged his people re-
peatedly to submit TO the demands of the
board. Yesterday small mob surrounded
the consulate and stoned the building.
This action resulted in detachment Of
police being detailed to protect the con
silats.
Or Vincent p. Buckley. a member Of the
board of health, stated to an Associated
Press representative today that there have
been no deaths as result OF incubation,
bulletins posted in Chinatown by Chinese
to the contrary notwithstanding DIR. Buck
ley stated that. unless the Chinese submit
to the operation. Gordon OF police or
soldiers will surround Chinatown and no
one not supplied with proper certificate
will he allowed 20 pass through the lines.
DIR. Buckley stated that while the heads
of the Six Companies seemed to be willing
to cooperate with the beard, 80 far their
efforts TO influence their ceuntrymen had
not proved a success.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

POsTOFFICES IN HAWAII.
Full United states Postal system tn
He IustRIlcd,

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelisencer
WARRINGTON, May 19,--No Nicely bust
ness will he tolerated In the Hawa allan ISL
ands. The United States postal system
will he installed there June IA. and on
June 13 every postmaster In the island will
he required to balance his accounts and
send TO this city every Hawaiian stamp,
postal card. wrapper. etc, on hand on that
date, for destruction In the regular gov
erument furnace.
United states stamps. cards, envelopes,
etc, to the value OF $4,000 have been
sent TO the islands and will be placed on
sale June IA
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senator Turner's Address.

Turner spoke Of Grant as the great.
silent soldier. who lies upon The bank us
the Hudson AS ne struck the hardest
blow SO was his hand first to pour the
healing balm into the wound thus made"
He considered Aim as combining the 0ual-
files OF both Won Moltke and Wellington,
for he planned with the precision OF the
former ana carried forward HIS plans with
the tenRcity OF the latter.
Caytsy Gali q bTIsS tyihutA 'Io tba uA-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
In a Bad Plight.
Young Man Tells an IntereStiRQ
Story.

SPRINGFIELD. iLL.-Willam J. IL.
Smell. = O. BOX 20. this city. says: Il
was subject 10 bilious spells, had head
ache. dizziness. loss Of appetite. pimples
on my face ! always had that tired
feeling. A friend seeing my bad plight.
recommended Hoods Sarsaparilla 10
me. He said all his family took Il In
the spring and were greatly benefited by
il. J got bottle. took It and felt bet
ter. Then ] got another and another,
and my condition steadily improved. I
was relieved ~ headaches the dizziness
and tired feeling disappeared, apd the
plmples on my face vanished.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
VIII Marry His Daughter Well.

NEW YORK, May ls.-It Is announced
that Senator Clark will give his daugh,
ter: Miss Katherine Clark. Jewels val
ucd at $1,000 upon the occasion Of her
marriage 10 DR.. lewis Rutherford Nor
ris, Six thousand wedding invitations
viii BE- issued, and II Is said that the to-
tai cost of the wedding win be at least
Sl25.0O
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
STEAMER QUEEN INSPECTED.
Government Orders Examination Of
Vessels From San FranctacO,

PORT TOWNSEND. May 1e.-Under or
ders from the treasury department Quar-
antine Officer II. NJ Foster. made thor
ough inspection If the steamship Queen.
arriving from san Francisco today for
indications OF bubonic plague
He has also received Instructions to In
speet all vessels arriving from that port
whether coming direct or via British CO.
lumbia ports.
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R|OT|NG BY CHINESE
NARROWLY AvERItD.

Continued From Page One.
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lively. and several times wTuns round
after round Of applause from floor and gal
leries
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
q. A. r.. Statue of Grant.


After "a handsome eulogy by Harris. Tlr.
lev delivered "A notable address from the
view point ~ "a private soldier IN the ranks
* the Confederate army. He said the
sentiments If the people " tho South MAJ
In recent YEARS changed toward Grant.
and eya tualiy had become those NJ cor
fiatty and esteem He never could reach
ern peoples hearts That was occupie1
alone hv the Immortal Lee" whom the
people ~ the Southland love because he
was the very incarnation Of their cause
Turley said ~ do not think Of Grant
as = commander or as a president so much
as Re thought o. him as the gallant SOL
der the friend ~ Lee, and the protector
~ the private soldier IF the COME }erste
army. ana MS su-h soldier ne maid tribute
n the memory If Grant
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20
HOODS
SarSapariIIa

Restored me 10 perfect health and put
me in a condition to realize that life is
worth living I am now % years old"
Hoods SarsaparilIa is America :
Greatest Spring Medicine Sold By all
druggists
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

toms greatest military chieftain" and then
Allen concluded the speechmaking with q
view of Gen. Grant from the viewpoint
of a ''private soldier who served with
HIM"
The senate then at 5;45 p. m. adjourned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-20

Railroad and steamship companies re-
fuse to sell tickets to Chinese.
The courier., 1900-03-10

Jones, Herrick, Turner, Hammond, Abb
bott. Oakley, Blish. Harpham, Webster,
Brown. Clarke, Ewing, Turney. Balm
well. Kennard. BabcOck, Billmeyer. Par
ker, Preston. Perkins. Pitcher. RICHTER,
Edminston, and Casebeer Misses Ait
ken. Oakley, Hammond, Tel -. Bar.
ber, Hammond, Aitken and Pitc. &.
Six handed euchre has been very
popular in Lincoln for two years One
OF the most enjoyable Of the parties
given this winter was given by MIR. and
Mrs. Clinton r. Lee on Wednesday in
honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward Jones.
Lovely Easter lilies were used to de.
corate the rooms and music box add
ed its lively strains to the voices of the
guests. Miss Ricketts, and Mr.. Mana
han won first prizes. Mrs. Lee was as
sisted in serving the supper by her
daughter, Miss Catherine Lee. The
guests were: Messrs. and Mesdames
Merrill, Needs, Manahan, Curtice, AL
ley and Livringhouse. Misses Graham,
Fowler. Jones Of Denver. Kelley. LaLs s.
ing, Ricketts,. Hooper and Hoover.
IMessrs. Morrison, Butler, Chapman.
Smith. Folsom, Paine, Marley and
Turpin.
Miss Beatty. Miss Hall, Miss Den
man and Miss Seybolt entertained at
Walsh Hall on Thursday evening.
Dancing occupied most Of the evening,
but cards and crokinole were also en-
joyed. The decorations were in red and
white and carnations decorated the ice
table. A tent was erected in one room
and fortunes were told by gypsy for
tune teller. The parents of the young
ladies chapeioued the party. The fol-
lowing were the guests: Misses Aud,
Loomis, Powers. Williams. Bowers. Bull
lock, Williams. Hale, Meyers, Clements,
ZuebrIgan, Wickersham, Schwartz, Zue-
brigan, Griggs. Thorp, limerick, Hous-
ton. Enslow, Alexander, Reed. Crerling,
House, Gere, Smith, Backus, Mdlliner,
Tyler, Andrews and Warner. Messrs.
Alexander, Pacal, Albine, Burllngim,
Griggs, Warren, Beckman. De Patron,
Hallett, Hedge. DonneIiy, Shean, Bo-
hannah. Sullivan. Thornbury, Finerty,
Loomis, Green. Robb, Eager. Winters.
Zuebrigan, Bailey. McGreer, Cobb.
Pacal, Enslow. jennings. Schwarz,
Stratton, Spurck, Ewing. Henck, Belts,
Chambers. Stevens, Herman, and
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hutchins enter
tained the Monday Night Euchre club.
A very pleasant evening was spent by
the following guests: Messrs. and Mes
danes Garoutte, Whiting. Casebeer,
Turner, Morris, Parker, Sine. Hibner
and Jewell. Mr.. and Mrs. Turner will
entertain the club next Tuesday night.
The E. E. ID. Kensington was enter
tanned by Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. Yoho
on Wednesday afternoon. No special
amusement was furnished, the guests
passing the afternoon very delightfully."-
with Deedlework and conversation. De-
licious refreshments were served to the
following guests: Mesdames Ernst,
Miltonberger, Hayden, Baldwin, Dob
son, Mayer, Bur!ingim, Hyde, Auld,
De Witt, Granger, and Mc(ireer. Miss
es Ernst, Hass and Curtice.
Miss Gladys Garoutte will celebrate
her fourteenth birthday this evening by
giving crokinole party to her friends.