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The Washington times., 1902-10-05

And mingle with the ocean spray.
A patriot of purest mould
With heart and soul like virgin gold
He ever soothed the bed OF pain
And never worked for greed or gain;
Who knew no color, race or creed
But rut his words iii doing deed.
Full knowing well upon this sod
All men are equal with their God.
We often roamed amid the mart
Where men contend with trade and art
And heard the wrangling voice Of gain
Discussing in the snow and rain
The price Of trout. ducks and collars
All for pence, dimes ard dollars.
And then upon tine rumbiing car
Through street and lane we'd ride afaR
Until the burning. setting sun
Went down on glorious Washington.
And when the stars with magic light
Illumed the curtain of the night,
Upon some rocky pyramid
We'd listen to the katy did.
While far away amid the hills
The ho6ting owls and ripping rills
Would echo back the poets sigh
That futteINd through the evening sky
When Lrna and her gorgeous train
Diffused their beams Ger mount and maiD.
But. now, alone upon the stream
/ drift at twilight in a dream.
Yet Whitman. ghost-like by my side
Repeats his words that never died:
.-Be true and kind to all you meet
In forest aisles or crowded street
And ever go with willing feet
To help comrade in retreat
The Washington times., 1902-10-05
ANIMALS WHO Suffer FROM HYSTERlA

The pathology of the lower animals
has been extensively studied. both for
its own sake and for the light which il
throws on the disease of man. 1t is per.
haps In the nervous system that the
least advance has been made in COM
parative pathology. especially in the
domain OF the psychoses. At first though,
the mention of mental affections In the
lower animal is apt to excite incredulity.
or even a smile. But the occurrence of
hysteria among them has long been
recognized. In fact. there is nothing odd
about this. Many OF the lower animals
are endowed with the most lively emo
tions: and their disordered emotions
are fruitful causes OF various psychoses.
The emotions of the dog. cat. and the
horse are familiar to all.
A French veterinary surgeon. NJ. Lep
irary has just discoursed entertaininsly
IN La Nature on this subject. Fear
and joy. according to Lepinary. are the
two emotions which act most disas-
trously upon the nervous system of ami
mails Thus dog was separated from its
mistress for several months Of each
The Washington times., 1902-10-05
WHITMAN IN HIS LAST DAYS.

birds made music through the forest
aisles-
Half naked colored children and old
tottering "uncles" from the Freedman s
in exchange for punches of daisies and
wild flowers, and 1t was as funny as
circus to see Whitman empty his pocket
of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
the group of smoked Yankees scram
bled and tumbled for the filthy lucre.
In climbing through the woods of Ar
lington we passed through the dilapi-
dated Confederate graveyard just out
side the red sandstone wall inclosing
The Washington times., 1902-10-05

magazine articles have sailed on the sea
of literature. all bearing the imprint of
Whitman's strong, elephantine strides,
like his African prototype rushing
through the jungles Of sophistry. hy-
pocrisy. and tearing away the tangled
brush of scholastic philosophy.
frequently roamed around Washing
ton with Whitman. riding through rain
and shine on the old street cars, talking
with drivers and conductors and pass
ing early morning and twilight evenings
in confab with the common run OF hu-
man chubs, suckers and sharks, blend
ing our ideals with the web and woof of
working life, where truth is mostly
found
The Social Ladder.
The higher you climb the ladder of
society the more frigid become the in
habitants and the more disgusted an
honest man becomes with pelf and po-
litical people who live by a system of
financial chicanery. join parties AMI
combinations, rob according to law. en-
dowing churches. hospitals and libra
ries. and then go down to an hon0red
grave!
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What has become of Reuben Where
are to be seen his lank yisage fringed
with scrubby beard. his suspenders tied
with twine, his carpetsack and linen
duster?
You loiter along the crowded down.
town thoroughfares and watch in vain
for the wiry-fram med. innocent eyed fig
ure Not one of the hurrying throng
carries carpetsack. Not one cranes his
neck in an effort TO read the signs on
the 'steenth story windows.
Has Reuben been SO warned that he
will not leave the farm? No; for every
incoming trains bring Reuben 10 town.
! He comes TO give his wife good time
on her semi-a annual shopping trip. to
attend a "thrashermen's convention"
or TO see about subdividing some acres
he used to- work near the city limits.
He wears a coat that. If not in the
latest cut, is at least unobtrusive. He
carries bag that, If guiltless of the
labels of the travelled, is the conven-
tional dress-suit case as to shape. He
has his Chicago banker and his Chicago
lawyer-probably. school friends-with
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year; when the time for reunion came
1t was necessary to act with great eau
tion otherwise the excessive joy of the
animal caused Il nervous crisis the eff
fects of which lasted several months VI.
Lepinary had canary bird which
while singing in Its cage. was frightened
by prowling cat. The bird fell uncon-
scious and was revived with difficulty.
Complete aphonia resulted and iasteo
for six weeks; this ysterieal stigma
then disappeared suddenly juss as in
The human subject and the bird resumed
its singing. A traumatic shock can cause
historical paraplegia in cat. as was
observed by Lepinary. The animal was
attacked and bitten by dog. and was
left completely paraplegic. dragging it's
hind quarters as 1t tried to walk This
persisted for two months. when the
animal was suddenly cured by being
thrown from window by a cruel ser.
want. 1t jumped up and ran away
This subject has been studied by the
French. and has not been neglected bv
GILES dc la Tourette in his treatise on
hysteria. Philadelphia Medical Journal
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THE STAGE "pEuBEN' IS NO MORE

whom he lunches and dimes, apparently
undisturbed by the stir OF lights and
music.
But Reuben has vanished, too, from
the country station, the shady lanes
far from travelled roads. from the farm
Itself. He has gone and taken his pic
turesque language with him.
Country fair grounds are crowded
as ever. but the talk one hears. while
quite as uncivilized. is the barbarity
of the pavement and not of the dusty
road. Slang, whose picturesqueness
depends on background OF alleys and
brick walls, seems strangely out Of
place among The elderberry thickets,
bramble bushes and ragweed.
Reuben no longer chews bit Of
timothy. as he leans against a pic
turesque fence. nor sits aloft like an
admiral aboard his flagship as he goes
through billows of grain.
Alas. Reuben has indeed left us. to
smile only in hollow mockery from the
pages of the so-called funny papers,
or to appear now and again in dreary
travesty upon the vaudeville boards
Chicago Evening Post.
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On Decoration Day. May 80. 1868, at
Arlington, Walt Whitman and myself
walked across the Aqueduct bridge
along The river road on the Virginia
side to the National Cemetery and lis
flcial memorial held in honor OF the pa
triot dead.
The day was bright and cool, while
the waters OF the shining Potomac
flashed and twinkled in the sun, as va
grant zephyrs skipped across it's placid
bosom. The wild flowers peeped from
every nook along the roadside, while a
sheet of daisies covered the fields ami
hills like garb of snow, and fitting
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Whitman's Varied Career.

Whitman was born in West Hills. N.
Y, May 81. 1919, and died in Camden,
n. j.. March 26. 1892. He worked in a
lawyers and doctors Office after quit
ting school. afterward taught school,
learned the printers trade, owned news-
papers ard was editorial writer on the
journals.
His first venture in literature was in
1855. when he launched his unorthodox
Leaves of Grass" that has been re .
vamped and enlarged until it has run
into twelve editions.
Drum Beats" Autobiography and
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the Union dead. In our scramble up the
hill Whitman strolled ahead and when
l finally caught up with him he was
standing under weeping willow beside
rough headboard, marked Frank
Gordon, Company A, First Georgia" "
reciting the following verse of poetry:
Those in their robings of glory.
These in the gloom of defeat
All with the battle blood CORY,
In the dust of Eternity meet.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Under the roses the Blue,
Under the willow. the Gray.
This to me was a great. generous pic
ture, to behold Walt Whitman. the 10y
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WHITMAN IN WAR TINES. Photo by Brady.

dor, love, and truth. AS army nurse
during the civil war, he was the philan-
thropist to both blue and gray. Whit
man scared away in the sky of truth, far
above creeds, fashion, and policy, and
while he was dismissed from a clerkship
in the Interior Department for writing
an immoral book, and using blant
language. the Secretary who wreaked a
short-lfved religious vengeance on the
grand old army nurse is forgotten, or
only remembered by his bigoted tyranny
over a genius In literature
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death is in a subtle sense prophecy Of
spring."
lay this poetic spray upon the hon.
ored grave OF my old friend. av c.yl
Photo by Brady.

/ lay this poetic spray upon the hon.
red grave OF my old friend. av c.yl
WALT WHITMAN.
In youth I knew the grand old man
Who lived upon the God-like plan
OF doing daily every good
Tc ~ his human brotherhood.
roamed with him among the hills
And heard the music OF the rills
That echoed back the redbird's call
Where leaped the sparkling waterfall.
And giant oaks in rhythmic tune
Made music in the leafy June
We talked of flowers and birds and trees
While through our locks the bslmy breeze
Went tripping on with Joyous glee--fsr
The heir of every sun and sea,
While wood-nymphs with their wistful eyes
Looked out with innocent surprise.
And when we tried their realm TO pass
Tney tangled Up with Leaves CT Grass.
While lustful Pan through woods and weeds
Pursued fair syrant to the reeds,
That still give forth their troubled tune
Amid the flowers OF May and June.
Through mystic gods the good gray Seer
Invoked Dame Nature. year by year.
And from her breathing bosom brought
The richest gems of ripest thought.
That down tie ages shall endure.
And keep his memory green ard pure.
We saw Potomac roll away
Mid wales and hills of green and gray
Forever running night and DAY
To plunge at last into the bay - np"-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CLIMBING AUTOMOBILE.

A rather curious performance has
just been made with an automobile at
Copenhagen. The town possesses a
circular tower 100 feet in hight, which
was formerly used for astronomical
purposes. Its top is only reached by
ascending a spiral passage ~ feet
broad, which winds between the outer
wall Of the tower and an inner circular
wall. An automobile of five horse
power, weighing 200 pounds, and car
rying three persons, assembled the tow
er recently by this passage, taking one
minute to do the journey, and after
ward making the much more danger
GUS descent with equal success. 1t is
of interest to recall that the Gear Pc
ter the Great, on visiting Copenhagen
in 17l6, made the same ascent and
descent in a carriage drawn by four
horses.-The Pilgrim.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
PLAGUE IN new YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. I6.-Ihrcc Of >bubonc plague
under reaement in the Swnburnc island hospital quarantine
The sufferers the first and second cooks and the second
ard OF the Prince line Saxon Prince, from Durham
The first taken ill., according the report OF Capt ami
the second cook. He first complained the captain
when the ship weeks. The left Durham
November o.
The other appeared about weeks The his
tory of the make complete chain of infection from the time
of the exposure of the first Durham and undoubted
" there that the disease contracted.
The first patient is convasCen but the other still
The total number of the thirty There
are passengers board-a and four children The
will be discharge the water and sand bal
board Durham. She will then
tine and passengers will be transferred Hoffman
island where they will be held days for observation Health
Do says that there danger OF spread OF the
plague as the whole matter is we'll in hand.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31

Prepared by DrJc Aver & Co.. Lowell. Mass, U.s.A.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
ANCIENT PICTURE GALLERY.

A picture gallery dating from the
stone age has been unearthed in a ca
vern near Eyzies, France. The pic
lures, all of prehistoric animals, were
not only cut in the rock, as is usually
the case with such representations, but
were painted in several colors,, and
give some evidence of artistic skill
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31

There are so pictures, of which 40 rep
resent bison of various kinds. The pig
ments used, in shades of red and
brown, have been found, on analysis
of Moissan, the eminent French chem
list, to be ochres mixed with minuta-
fragments of transparent silica.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
HIS LITTLE Joke.

LaMontt-"Say old chap I know
where anybody can go and take all the
drinks he wants on the house"
LaMovne-"Get out! Where Is it?"
LaMontt-"Why, at the roof garden"
Chicago News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
Ayers
Cherry PeCtOraI

Weak Threats and weak lungs easily
give way. Some extra strain, as a
fresh cold, and you are down with
bronze hits or pneumonia. Better
strengthen these weak places before it
is too late. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
heals these irritable threats, gives tone
to the relaxed membranes, and imparts
strength to the lungs.
There are many substitutes and imi-
tations. Beware of theml BE sure
you get Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Two sizes. Large and small bottles.
Prepared by DR.. j. c. Aver Co.. Lowell. Mass, U.SA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31
S. X. AK & CO..
MAUNAKEA STREET BELOW KING
NOTICE.

Persons needing, or knowing of those
who do need protection from physical
or moral injury. which they are not
able to obtain for themselves, may con-
suit the Legal Protection Committee of
the Anti-Saloon League, 9 Mcintyre
Building.
W. H. RICE. Supt.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-31

Want ads in Star cost but % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
CARE OF THE HANDS.
How to Keep Them White and Pol.
fish the Nails.

| HOW 10 heep Inem mnINc ana POLE
fish the Nails.
Because a woman does housework is
no reason why she should have rough,
red hands, with carelessly kept nails.
If not for their looks, then for comfort
the hands should have some care.
Dishwashing will not hurt the hands
if they are not put into too hot water
and are washed and rinsed well after
ward and thoroughly dried, says the
Boston Traveller. The woman who does
not have to work and has plenty Of
time 10 take care of her hands soaks
them in warm water every, day before
she trims her nails and polishes them.
After washing dishes the hands are
we'll soaked, and it is a good time to
give a few minutes to trimming and
cleaning the nails and pushing back
the cuticle, to show the pretty white
crescents and prevent hang nails. Nev-
er use n hard instrument for cleaning
the nails, as it roughenS them and
makes them much harder to keep
clean.
One needs n pair of curved nail scis-
sors. a nailbrush and a fine nail file.
If the nails are brittle, rub little oil
or vaseline into them at night. After
cutting the nails rub the edges smooth
with the file.
If you wish to polish the nails. pol
Usher may be bought. or n piece OF
chamOis skin will answer the purpose.
There is powder which helps the pol
ishing, but only little should be used,
putting a little cold cream or vaseline
on the nail first and not rubbing hard
enough to heat the nail. After this the
hands should be washed to remove all
the powder.
If the hands are stained, tomato or
lemon juice will usually remove it.
When pairing fruit, if strips of cotton
are wrapped about the forefnger and
thumb they will prevent staining and
cutting also. Children should be taught
Ehile young to keep their hands tidy.
The habit of caring for the hands and
Of brushing the teeth cannot be formed
too young, for the effect will add much
to the personal appearance of both
child and adult.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
AIRING SLEEPING ROOMS.
How and Why They should Be Ven
tiIRted.


Thsre is nothing more essential to
health than fresh air and sunshine, not
only in outdoor exercise, but in the
home. Especially must the living and
sleeping rooms have sunlight and ven
tilation. Many cases of inactive skins
and scalp troubles and poor complex
ions are due to sleeping in badly ven
tilated rooms, says the New York
Press. 1t should be understood gen
orally that one of the missions of the
sun is TO deodorize and purify. There
is vitality in sunlight.
The sun is the great enemy of dis
ease germs. Let the sun have chance
to do its work in the sleeping rooms.
A prejudice in favor of having ones
Homework done early in the day should
not beguile the mistress into having
her beds made up before they are aired
thoroughly. The care OF the beds and
bedding bears most directly on the
health. At the convenience of the maid
or some member of the family the bed
clothes are tossed off the bed. and the
making takes place Immediately.
This is wrong. Every article of cloth
ing should be removed from the bed,
piece by piece, as soon as the occupant
leaves It and placed where the fresh
air from the open windows may cir
culate through the fabric. The mat
tness should be exposed to light, and,
if there are two, the top one should be
thrown back and the other permitted
10 cool and air.
In chambers having western expo
sure the beds frequently should be left
unmade until the afternoon in order
that the clothing may have the full
benefit of the sun. No false notion Of
tidiness should be permitted to defeat
the higher purpose of keeping the home
pure and healthful.
Poisoned air is inhaled all night long
when the windows have been opened
and the room aired in the morning for
a few moments and closed then until
the next day. The Odors from the diff
ferent departments of the house are
not confined to the lower part of the
house, but reach the sleeping rooms as
well. This is the kind of air thousands
of intelligent, educated persons breathe
in the cold months. Even on the cold
est days the window should be down
at the top and up at the bottom, if only
n few inches. This will give good ven
tilation, the impure air going out at
the top and the pure air coming in at
the bottom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
The Polka.

The polka is the natural dance for
the feet of the people. Take in evidence
its origin. A Bohemian peasant girl
was seen dancing ''out of her own
head" eXtemporizing from the sheer
joy of her heart song, tune and steps.
This she did on a Sunday afternoon in
Elbeleinitz. and an artist, one Josef
Neruda, who spied her. made note of
all he saw. The people of the town
adopted the dance and called it the
pulka. half step. In 1885 it reached
Prague and Vienna in 1910; thence it
spread rapidly through Europe. When
NJ. Cellarius introduced it to the Pari-
slams, we hear that all else gave way
before the all absorbing pursuit, the
polka, which embraces in its qualities
the intimacy of the waltz with the VI
vacity of the Irish jig."-CasselPs Mag
aZine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

politeness requires he shall write her
Il note assuring her she has done moth.
ing to offend him; that being angry
: with her is the least of his thought.
His thought really is how to break
away. from her and, without being
rude to get out of this ENHANCEMENT
into which he is being drawn; but, of
course, he can't tell her that. He begs
her pardon If he has caused her any
unpleasant feeling. Then she writes
to him again, long letter. Now, what
is n fellow going to dog
Ibid he answer that last Ietter?'
said l.
mo, he didn't" answers the young
man emphatically; then he blushed, for
he perceived that I perceived he him
self was the young man. 1t was out
at last, modest though he was. He did
not tell me how the affair came out,
but continued:
Il wish you'd tell girls they ought to
be more independent about men-not
let them see so plainly that the girls
like them"
II thought men didn't like independ-
znt girls" 1 said.
.'Oh. / don't mean in that way;
mean about girls chasing after men.
Men don't like it. and they don't like
fhe girls that do it. They think men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
LIFE's UPS AND DOWNS.
The Magnificent Revenge of a Gov
ernOr of Missouri.

The Magnificent Revenge of a Gov
ernOr of Missouri.
While Robert Stewart was governor
of Missouri n steamboat man was
brought in from the penitentiary as an
applicant for Il pardon. He was Il large,
powerful fellow, and when the govern
or looked at him he seemed strangely
affected. He scrutinized him long and
closely. Finally he signed the docu-
ment that restored the prisoner TO lib
erty. Before he handed it to him he
said, You will commit some other
crime and be in the penitentiary again,
fear"
The man solemnly promised that he
would not. The governor looked doubt
full, unused n few minutes and said:
You will go back on the river and
be mate again, suppose"
The man replied that he would.
"Well, l want you to promise me one
thing" resumed the governor. 81 want
you to pledge your word that when you
are mate again you will never take a
billet of wood in your hand and drive
sick boy out of a bunk to help you
load your boat on stormy night"
The steamboat man said he would
not and inquired what the governor
meant by asking him such Il question.
The governor replied: Because some
day that boy may become a governor,
and you may want him to pardon you
for Il crime. One dark, stormy night,
many years ago, you stopped your boat
on the Mississippi river to take on a
load of wood. There was a boy on
board who was working his passage
from New Orleans to st. Louis, but he
was very Sick of fever and was lying in
a bunk. You had plenty of men to do
the work, but you went to that boy
with n stick of wood in your hand and
drove him with blows and curses out
into the wretched night and kept him
toiling like n slave until the load was
completed. L was that boy. Here is
your pardon. Never again be guilty of
such brutality"
The man, covering and hiding his
face, went out without n word.
What n noble revenge that was and
what a lesson to bully!-Success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
How to Preserve Cut Flowers.

A bouquet sprayed with water and
placed under a bell will last many days
longer than if simply placed in a vase
Or bowl, while if buttonhole or spray
for the hair is required to look fresh
all day or at an evening fete dab Of
sealing wax at the end of the stalks will
keep the flowers fresh for many hours.
Violets, primroses and many other SIM
pie flowers if placed in bed of sand
and kept moist will keep fresh for
SOME weeks, while such flowers as fox
gloves, campanulas. etc. If placed in
water with the bottom leaves on the
stalks kept under water will last twice
as long as if the leaves were stripped
off the stalks.