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Evening star., 1902-03-22

.Id ride like sin and make my pistol
blaze" George answered when l asked
what be would do if he should happen TO
fall into the hands OF the enemy. Then ne
added: But don't you worry about me,
Dick: YOU lookout for Dorothy and Aunt
Cattle You are too young to go to war.
but southern boy is never too young TO
take care of the women of his family.
Then he rode off to join his regiment and
left Dorothy and Aunt Catherine weeping
and me suiking. 1t seemed pretty hard
luck to he left behind merely because L was
only twelve years old when was as eager
to be il soldier ard fight for my country and
my principles as any of the men who
marched to the front.
Georges letters were infrenuent and
short. Just a few lines scTibhled before and
after each battle When we had news Of
the second Shiloh he wounded and i'll
prison Dorothy and | set out.
Ten days after the battle. aS ap-
preached the camp of the victorious army.
the boom of heavy artillery came across
Evening star., 1902-03-22

my heart seemed in my mouth. She closed
the door, dropped the key in her pocket and
stars sslnsd. AsF uas smiling her eyes IKE
sure caafis WOULD w eTsSss nevsr forgive 1 a me
for showiAg You the mysteries of her toilet
her staysHnd Wopskirts.
When ~ sau them out, Jenkins NUT
eosea and potsd tse
| front door DorSthy threw her arms around
my neck ina ave me regular bears
oh. RRaard my brother. you are the
tell how nrlch Hove you.'
The town clocf began to strike
Heavens" dorothy exclaimed. Dick,
She ran down the hall and burst into
Aunt Catharine's room. 1t had been years
since l had seen my aunt without her
stays. The figure which met my startled
eyes was unustfal. the two portions had
apparently melted and run together. the
| head bristled with little knots and tails.
and the half-yard of ankles that appeared
from the bottom of the short skirt were
not slender
Aunt Cattle. you" Dorothy began.
MY dear those thievish soldiers carried
| of the key to my closet: and that lazy
| mink of Sukey slipped off without laying
| out my night dress. Fortunately l had a
second key, but / will be late to bed. the
| first time in 20 years that l have lost one
SSCOflu OI my Deauty steep. 1Ou De
more careful of yourself. my dear, if you
wish to preserve
But Aunt Catty you can't go to bed
| now. There may be a Yankee in the house.
Those men swore he came in, and they
did not You surely
Don't be foolish my dear. You should
learn to control your nerves. Nothing in
jureS the complexion SO much or produces
wrinkles as soon. l am not the least con-
cerned about our safety Here she Slipped
the key into the lock and Dorothy ran for
ward. her hands clasped.
Aunt Cattle. Dear Aunt Cattle"
My dear. you really must control your
silly fears. How can you appear SO cow
ardly? Why. I would not forget my dig
nifty if ten, hundred, Yankees were to
walk into this very room 1 certainly would
not be made nervous over She turned
the key and the door opened.
"O-o--o peel
Aunt Catharine's shrek was as wild and
ear-spltting as an Indian s war-Whoop. She
fled from the closet door. and with the agil-
ty Of a trained monkey ran up the step of
her high bed took a flying leap, landed in
the middle of the feather mattress and
dragged the bed clothes up over her head
and ears-as Col. Kellogg stepped through
the closet door
The next day tdings of Lees surrender
at Appomattox reached us Six months
later Dorothy fulfilled the promise she had
made President Lincoln.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
MISSING LINK IN JAVA.
Monkey That Prof. Haeckel Has Been
Studying.

From the New York Sun.
Prof. Ernst Haecke tells in his latest
book, of a species of the gibbon which he
had an opportunity to observe for several
months at his own residence in BHiten-
zorg. Java. This species is found only in
Java, its scientific name being Hylobates
lencisus. The natives call .-.e animal GA
on account of the characteristic sound it
utters.
When the little animal stands erect it is
scarcely taller than child of six years.
The head is comparatively small, the waist
slender. the legs short and the arms long.
The face Of the oa, says Professor Haeckel,
is more human than that of the orang-
outang. the large red-haired anthropoid ape
that lives in the trees of Borneo and Su
matra. i
THE physiognomy of the little gibbon at
my house." wrote Professor Haeckel. re
minded me- of the manager of an insolvent
bank pondering with wrinkled brow over
the resuIts of the crash The distrust of
the animal toward all While Europeans was
very noticeable. but on the other hand, ne
formed an intimate friendship with the
brown Malays of our household. and es-
pecially the small children. He never
crawled on all fours When he was tired
with runnfHg he stretched himself out on
the grass and let the tropical sun shine on
his body. Usually he placed one arm under
his head apd assumed exactly the attitude
| Of weary wanderer who lies down on
his back inHthe shade of a tree. '
When / held piece of tasty food Just
out OF his rea II he cried like a naughty
child. 'huite. huite, huite.' a sound alto
| gether different from the 'oa, oa which
| he used to express different emotions. He
uttered third and shriller sound when he
was suddenly frightened.
THE speech of these human monkeys
has not many different sounds, but those
! given are modulated and altered in tone.
| strength and number of repetitions. The
animal also uses many gestures motions
| with the hands and grimaces In such an
| expressive way that the careful observer
| can detect different wishes and various
emotions.
Besides milk and cocoa he liked sweet
wine He grasped the cup very skilIfully
with both hands and drank like child
| He peeled bananas and oranges
Most Malays do not look upon the eib-
bon and orang- -outang as animals The
former they believe to be bewitched men
the latter as criminals, who, as punish
ment. were changed into monkeys. Other
monkeys, they believe. are. in fact men
who are In the course Of metempsychosis.
In other words they believe the souls of
human being at death enter into the bodies
of these monkeys"
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Horses and Autos in Paris.

From the London Tclegraph's Paris Message.
Owing to the spread Of automobilism.
horses In Paris are dying out. According
to official statistics the number OF these
four-footed servants reported to the min
lstry Of war as being available for requis-
tion in the case Of mobilization In the cap
ital shows a dimnution upon the CORE
spending figures Of last year Of over 1900.
The omnibus company had nearly 1000
more horses in its stables a twelvemonth
ago than 1t has now. The chief hackney
carriage owner In Paris has reduced his
stud of animals by $50. The remainder of
the diminution is mostly accounted for by
private persons having discarded horse
dra wn vehicles for motor cars. There
are still, however. 90 76 steeds employed
for various purposes in the capital so that
some time will elapse before the, equine
race is totally extinct In Paris A young
enthusiast in the cause of the new locomo-
tion. commenting on the topic, points this
out regretfuly. He finds consolation. new
ertheless In the reflection that. as he In
genuously observes. 1T must be candidly
confessed. that the horse as motive power
has a certain value. after all. In spite OF it's
many and great drawbacks
Evening star., 1902-03-22

keeping back nothing. and at the mention
of his own and Georges graduation ana
the Iatter's. subsequently Joining the con-
federacy. the frown on the brow, or the
Secretary of War deepened.. Not so with
Mr. Lincoln. When Jack finished his state
ment the President turned toward Dorothy.
QuiZzicai smile lighting his KIND, hOmeiy
face. =ssSes
"It appears to me, Miss Fletcher" he
said, that your brother stands to the
United States government about as Colonel
Kellogg does in your esteem We love him
and have told him 50, but he persists In
fighting under the wrong flag. Now I
have proposition to make: II the United
States government grants your brothers
exchange
Mr. President must remonstrater' the
Secretary of War exclaimed. turning his
chair SO as to face the President.
'If the United States government grants
your brothers exchange. gives him this
one chance of life the President con-
tinued. disregarding Stanton's Interrupt
ton, will you at the end of the war-of
course. all wars must end-will you prom
Use. as return of the courtesies, to give
Colonel Kellogg his one chance of life?''
Dorothy's cheeks famed scarlet, and her
eyes sought the floor. 1 saw Jacks face
flush. and he held out his hand appealing.
Then she raised her eyes and looked Mr.
Lincoln squarely in the face.
Il will promise. l give you my word OF
honor, Mr.. President" she answered.
We got George home, one foot gone and
one arm OIL above the elbow. HIS nght Tor
life was long and desperate. Sherman was
marching to the sea and rumor came of
troops approaching. just across the river
Then we heard of skirmisheS with the
handful of confederates commanded by Hill
and stationed at Augusta. So.
1t was an uncomfortably warm night and
leaving the other members of the family. L
Strolled out to the seat under the magnolia
at the side of the house There was some
commotion UP the street. pistol shots, loud
Ghnrl nd
Then down the street came rapid footballs,
and | saw a man running, l knew, for his
life. He dashed under the street lamp at
the corner, Yankee officer in full uniform
His pursuers were hard on his tracks. and
| saw the blaze of more than one weapon
as he passed through the circle of lamp
light. On he came, straining every muscle.
My heart bounded to my mouth. He clear
Evening star., 1902-03-22

the common people of Europe as well as
OF their rulers. 1 have heard him likened
more than once to Emperor William.
which. perhaps, President Theodore would
not consider an uhmixed compliment. But
William the Sudden is settling down TO
his life work. and will live I'm history. I
believe. as brilliant, Woodworking. con-
scientious. Godfearing monarch. He Is
ever winning, more and more. the respect
and esteem of his own people, and the rest
OF the world as well No ruler need be
ashamed To be compared with him.
In a Clean Land.
The journey from Berlin to Copenhagen
occupies about twelve hours-ten by land
and two by sea-and after a broken nights
rest. one wakes up on his northward Jour
ney to find himself in the great. clean,
somber. prosperous capital OF Denmark.
IL Germany Is an example Of how great
country can adapt itself to the modern
situation, take on new life, and obtain vast
prosperity and enlargement after years of
division and comparative stagnation, Den
mark Is an example of the way in which
a little kingdom. surrounded by powerful
rivals, can be equally prosperous In her
smaller way. Despoiled by Germany or
her richest province. a few years ago;
rent and battered by the fortunes OF war
for many generations; occupying only a
cold and bleak peninsula. jutting out into
the Northern sea. Denmark has accepted
the situation. and is showing the world
that little nation can become rich. con-
tented. happy and progressive.
What has contributed tc her recent pros
perity? Largely the mild-eyed COW. the de-
spiSed pig and the humble hen. Denmark
makes immense quantities OF butter aud
cheese. bacon and hams. and sells them.
together with countless dozens of eSSS. u
Great Britain and her other neighhorS.
Through these modest animals and birds
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Three World Types.
,e New York Mail and Express.

From the New York Mail and Express
Men who may be called world types are
not common. Yet any hour may bring the
news of the death of three such men. Toll
stoi. Ibsen and Cecil Rhodes are all i'll. past
hope Of recovery. They were three strong
men. And the linking of their names is
not without excuse, for each has been a
masterful extremist In widely different
paths of modern thought. Each did more
than lead a crusade. Each founded re-
ligion that lacked only the one, but that
the chief essentiai-inspiration. The Rus
sian the Norwegian and the Englishman
were each racial and national in work as
in personality. Yet the influence Of each
was felt in every country of the earth. And
the reason Is that in their lives may be
seen the inner meaning of the nineteenth
century-TolSto the ethical: lbsen. the
esthetic: Rhodes. the material.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Things That Went Wrong.
From the Chicago Tribune.
THE RUSTY WEAPON

THE RUSTY WEAPON
In the absence of the head of the family
the needless young man took down from
the wall. where it had hung undisturbed for
years. a rusty old musket that had belonged
to his grandfather.
He pointed it in playful way at his little
sister.
She escaped in most remarkable man.
ner.
1t wasn't loaded.
THE SALESMAN AND THE CUSTOMER
Have you any of DR.. Rybolds Specific
for Grip?" asked the customer.
NO" replied the salesman at the drug
store. I've are out Of that"
Then let me have something lust as
good
1--WE haven't anything as good" said the
salesman.
THE REPORTER AND THE RANKER
The Bank of POkerville had failed.
Eventually. 1 presume" said the report
er, who had called on the president for in
formation. the depositors will get dollar
for dollar
''In my opinion" responded the president
Of the bank. 1.-The depositors will never get
a burned cent" A.s-a' Hft
Evening star., 1902-03-22

days, and as one of them said to me sig
nfficanty. IF the British have South At
rica on their hands, you have the Philip
pines" l could not altogether see the an
alogy. but 1t was evidently plain to him.
The Best of Friends.
1 do not mean TO say that there IS un-
friendly feeling between the rulers and Of
fetal classes of these countries Quite the
contrary. Has not Kaiser Wilhelm had a
magnificent yacht built in one of ship
yards? Has he not sent his brother over
to be dined and wined? Has not the
Prince of Wales been hoo-nobbng with the
Evening star., 1902-03-22
9randpa's Reverie.

Written for TIE Evening Star by r. s. C..
The lampsts lit, athe shades drawn down.
And in they come to while away
The 'chiidffsn's hour in grandpa's den
Two LITTLE girls o'erspent with play
Not sleepy, the'Aoh, not bit.
But still aleftEto hear once more
The same old stories. newly dressed,
And heard as IL ne'er heard before
And so with Joan upon his knee,
And both with listening ears and eyes,
Old grandpa reals OF yards and yards
OF most un1nitigated lies!
At last the littleseyelida droop.
GOOD night Is slowly. sadly said.
sleepy kiss Is given. aud then
The wee things toddle OF TO bed.
But grandpa's face II grave, his thoughts
Have wandered forward to day
HAPPY not diatant-when he sees
Two children pause amid their play
- tJoan's gray eSes ciouding up Tor rainD
And all because m old arm chair
STANDS vacant-did they think to see
Their grandpa aiwaSS sitting there 49,
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She is regaining her oli-tme prosperity.
and adding to it, and whether she sells
keeps her islands in the West Indies iS Of
little consequence TO her 50 long she
Sells her butter and eggs | mean this aS
no contemptuous siur for | have a great
admiration for the sturdy Dane. for his
fertile country and his beautiful capital
filled with treasures of art and history.
and in accepting the situation and making
the best of it, he has shown rare common
sense and deserves all his present pros
DeritV + F. c.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
No Satisfaction in That.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Yes" he explained. "she is very angry
with him" 81 sN
''Why?" 1i1e asked.
"Oh. he t4ught her doing in the ham
mock and Kissed. her"
While she waa asleep?'
yes" a,.,e y
And didn't knew what was happening?"
How inaaotans,derate I should think she
would be ap8ry,ssc
Evening star., 1902-03-22
Why She Was Backward.
g Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
She's been trying To master the bicycle
for two weeks. hasn't she?"
Fully that long"
do you think she'll ever learn To ride
No" answered the knowing girl.
thoughtfuly. lat least, not long she
has real nice young man To hold her on
while she's trying.
Evening star., 1902-03-22
DiScord.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Nexdors-"My daughter. you know.
is quite lover of music.
Mrs. Newcomb Pepprey-'You don't say?
Then that constant drumming on the piano
in your house must annoy her dreadfully.
Evening star., 1902-03-22

Hodman-''Snawley tells awful stories
about his wife. OF course they cannot be
true"
Wi'lems-'Oh I don't know. A woman
who would marry Snawley would he equal
10 almost anything. Chicago Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
{CHOoAS
(9tLE"Es

The will of Mrs. Susan Brown, Just
brobated, leaves to Princeton University
real estate valued at $4,000, to be spent
as ex-President Patton shall direct.
About 1000 students of the Michigan
Agricultural College at Lansing remained
away from classes because several of
their number had been suspended for
taking part in a rush.
Kate Drexel, the philanthropist who
Is now inspecting Indian missions in the
Southwest, has decided to build an ex-
tensive mission school for the Navajo
tribe, in Arizona.
collection of $4,000 insects, repre-
setting the careful work of many years,
has been bought by the University of Chi
cago from John Akhurst, noted ento-
mologist of Brooklyn.
The grand total of 1925, 230 pupils
attending the public and private schools
of this country is recorded in the annual
report of United States Commissioner OF
Education William t. Harris for the year
ended June 80. This is an increase OF
$500 over the previous year. Besides
these nearly 100000 were enrolled in the
special night and trades schools of the
cities. Val1e of school property rose to
1916, 963 ,OS9, excluding colleges. The ex-
nenditure per capita was 1898, as COM
pared with $1.64 in 1870 and $2.S3 last
year.
The second annual report of the col
lege examination entrance board, repre-
senting the heads of all the leading
schools of the country, shows that ex-
aminations were held in 40 places for
1862 candidates seeking entrance into
thirty-ive colleges. This board stands
for the principle of cooperation between
colleges in favor of uniformity of cduca-
tional standards and cooperation of see
/ ondary schools.
The total enrolment In Yale Uniyer.
sity this year is 2,S75, an increase OF lOc
over last year, and the largest in the his
| tory of tia university.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
The Blood.

The blood is life. We derive from the
blood life, power, beauty, and reason, as
the doctors have been saying from time
immemorial. A healthy body, fresh mp
pearance, and generally all the abilities
we possess depend on that source of life.
It is therefore the duty of every sensible
man to keep the blood as pure and nor
NAL as possible. Nature, in its infinite
wisdom, has given us a thermometer in
dicating the state of the blood, which
appeals to our reason by giving notice of
it's impurity. Small eruptions of the skin,
to which we scarcely pay any attention,
headache, ringing noises in the ears, lassi-
tude, sleeplessness, are generally sign
that the blood is not in it's normal state,
but is filed with noxious substances.
These symptoms deserve our full atten-
ton If more attention were paid to
those symptoms, and steps taken to re-
move them, then many illnesses from
which we suffer would become unknown,
and the human body would become
stronger and healthier. Attention there.
fore should be paid to those warning
signs, and the blood can be purified and
poisonous substances removed from it by
the use of DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg
Drops, discovered more than sixty years
ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
Couldn't MISS II.

An amusing incident occurred recently
at one of the large new London hotels.
A scullery maid, in writing to her
friends in Ireland, used the hotel letter
paper. The surprise Of the manager
may be imagined on finding letter one
morning addressed:
Miss NJ,
Care of - Hotel.
"All modern improvements; lift.
Tariff on application.
Terms moderate.
London,
England"
1t was evident that the maids irish
friend was determined the letter should
not miscarry for want Of full directions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29

;, a., = burned the Alexandrian
:, ~ r Inc great library of Matthew
4nN1a ,S OF Hungary, which con-
NJ, ,,', y volumes. When Granada
/ f. N@Fd,nal Nimenes retorted in
!, S r'S,Soyms all the Korans and
WAS 10 be found in the city.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29

nervous irritable mother often on the of Mysteries
herself The trouble between children and their mothers
too often IS due to the TACT that the mother has female
that governing child Involves impossible for her anything
calmly She help it. her condition due suffering and
shattered caused by of the uterine system
with baahe headache and all kinds PAIN and she the
OF prosraEon.
mother finds that be calm and quiet with her
children she and she
than Pinkhams Vegetable
This medicine will build up her system strengthen her nerves.
enable her calmly handle doeden child without The
children will realize the difference and their mother quiet
will themselves become quiet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29

Ersands of people have catarrh who
be surprised to know it, because
been called some other name than
h. The fact is catarrh is catarrh
ver located; and another fact
] is Of equally great Importance is
Peruna cures catarrh wherever
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29

It is asserted that if new tinware is
rubbed with fresh lard and then thor
oughly heated in the oven before it is
used it will never rust afterward, no
matter how much it is put in the water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
The Poor Chipmunk and Noble Man.


The little chipmunk has no soul
Such as resides in noble man;
Poor thing, it's home is just hole
No architect was called to plan.
Its richer brothers will not need,
When winter dims the distant sun,
To take things from their stores to feed
Its cold and hungry little one.
Ere billiards. howl across the hill
The soulless chipmunk takes good care
To stock its larder and to fill
The home with all that gladdens there.
Nor does the chipmnnk pile away
More than it needs ten thousand fold,
Or fight it's brothers so that they
Must starve when nights are long and
cold.
Poor soulless chipmunk! Ah how wide
The gulf 'twixt it and noble mani
With what it needs it's satisfied,
And quits at last where it began.
Chicago Record Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29

The most curiousfy decorated graves
in the world, perhaps, are the negro
graves in Zululand. Some of these
mounds are garnished with the bottles
of medicine used by the departed i'll their
final illness, and the duration of the NAL
ady is easily guessed by the number Of
hotties
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-29
Hopeful.

Il suppose you expect that your rev
play will be a great hit" said the friend.
II do" answered the manager. II
got several disinterested people to look
at it before 1 accepted it. Two of them
said it was so improper that they re-
fused to read it through. "-Washingt
Star