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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
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WASHINGTON, D. c., February %, 1908.
Dear Aunt Dorothy: I have Just re-
ceived the pin which makes me member
of the E. 8. 8. c. C. and now I am going
to write you little story.
When / lived in Nebraska my brother
bought little dog. We named him Fudge
because he was a pug dog. We got him
when he was six weeks old, and we kept
him till we left Nebraska. When we came
away we gave him to lady who took
him to Sioux City, Iowa, and he soon
learned to like her as well as he did US.
We taught him many tricks which were
hide and seek. jump over a stick and shake
hands. When my brother or 1 would sleep
overtime my mother would send him up
stairs to wake us and he would rush up
stairs and lick our faces. paw at the pill
low and bark until we spoke to him. We
got him nice collar with his name en-
graved on it. FRANK 7. FULLER
I. the undersigned, do hereby certify that
this Is the work OF Frank T. Fuller.
Oils mother) MRS. FRANK FULLER.
Tell US more stories. dear children, about
your pets-we like to hear from you In this
way.-Ed
Dear Aunt Dorothy: This Is my first let
ter to The Evening Star. My brother gets
1t every week. / like the Kings Rubies"
very much. I like to read the chiidren's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
All About a Frog.

When a frog Is born it lives like fish.
1t has pair of giils, all fringed, with
which it breathes. 1t has long tail, a fat
head, and goes darling through the water
like a streak. After a while 1t has very
strange feelings, for 1t finds II has a pain
of legs. Very soon 1t has another pair.
Then it no longer needs a tail, and some
day it Is lost. Its head changes its shape,
the gills disappear, and instead the little
fellow has pair of lungs and can breathe
the air without first taking drink OF water,
as it had to do before. Now 1t goes jump
ing in and out swimming in the water or
summing itself on the land. It can live
where It pleases. BILLY BOUNCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

paid for your effort. Those Of you who live
in the country or Suburbs notice the woods.
there are TaEs esr t-aas so- aH a,,atsnc S
Do you know how the different species
vary in the color of their buds and young
leaves7 A grove Of trees Of various kinds
presents most beautiful color effect when
the young leaves first appear. Keep your
eyes open for the beauties Of nature and
tell me what you see 81
How many of you can tell me from what
poem the following lines are taken and
who wrote 1t:
'"To him who In the love Of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she
speaks
A various language
Yours sincerely,
DnRnTHY DAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

lie Brown, book; Urban Rosen, book;
Christine Quick, book; Helen Haight, book;-
Marie Carter. book; Pearl Philpitt, book;
Bowen F. Reynolds, book: John Lyon,
book; Marvin Towne, book; William. Baum,
book; Inez Jenkins, book; Ida Thomas,
book: Mary Adams. book; Edward Robson,
book; Virgie Humphrey, Ellie Albert, Pau
line Irwin. Guy N. Church, Mayne r. Coe,
Alice Moran, Ethel Sunny, Willie Daily,
book; Frank Fuller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
Important Notice.

Do not send contributions which you ex-
pect to have returned. We cannot promise
to return any contributions sent in by the
young folks. Our mail is too heavy to al
low us the time. The best efforts are be-
ing Kept for a book for you all. Editor.
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Roll Of Honor.

Correct answers to all the puzzles in The
Star of February 81 have been received
from Charles White. Puzzle answers have
been received from the following:
Stanley Snodgrass. Sewell Webb Hodge.
Helen Frey. Elizabeth Monroe
Helen Russell. Helen SUNNY
Emery LASER, Dorothy Kinkaid
Ethyl SUNNY. Philip Taylor
Ruth Harveycutter. Mary Radford.
Katherine OMeara please call at The
Star office for a prize of 81 awarded some
time ago. Her address has been lost
Letters, stories. drawings and other CON-
tTibutions OF interest from the following
children are hereby acknowledged with
thanks:
Flora DeHwfg. Helen Kelley.
Ruby Quait. Herbert Poole.
John Sheehan. Ruth Hutson.
Ellie Crawford Elizabeth P. Smith
Lille A. Smith. Grace Walton
Don Morrill,. Frances Stewart
Alice Stroniberger.
Names for February gifts.
Margaret Daniels. st. Nicholas subscrip-
ton: J. Z. Levy, book; Helen Per-
kins. book; Jane Gould, book; Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

ENIGMA
My first Is in red, but not in blue;
Ny second is in falsehood but not in true;
MY third Is in robin, but not in sparrow;
MY fourth is in pike, but not in arrow;
My fifth Is in nose, but not in ear;
My sixth is in smell, but not in hear;
Ny whole is something that will sing
And tell you of the coming spring.
LADDER
$3.50 Uprights-Left, a girls name.
Right, a girls name.
ssss Rounds. A girls name.
2. A French law.
SQUARE WORDS.
Square the home of a bird with a word
meaning eternal, another meaning dry or
withered and a vegetable of great beauty.
RIDDLES.
Why are good intentions like fainting
ladies?
Why is the world like music?
What Is the largest room in the world?
BEHEADINGS.
A word meaning a piece of furniture; be-
head and get word meaning can.
A word meaning autumn; behead and get
a word meaning everything.
A word meaning at no time; behead and
get word meaning always.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
A True Friend.

On cold winters day when the snow fell
thick and fast poor lost kitten was out In
the cold 1t had been wandering from house
to house for food, but was either chased
away or left till he went away of his own
accord. go,
Every one seemed cruel to the little Kit
ten but one little girl, who took him In ner
arms to her home, beautiful mansion
surrounded by many evergreens She lalu
him on a rich Persian rug before large
open fireplace also provided the hungry
waif with a large saucer of milk w ME
the kitten was enjoying this the niue siri
was asking her mother whether she mlgnt
keen him. At first her mother refused, but
seeing how cruel it was to put MIN OUT ~
the cold she said that she might keep MIN
till spring.
The days passed quickly and spring came
soon. but her mother was so pleased Win
the behavior of the cat, which IT mao no"
grown to be, she readily agreed that ne
might he kept always. During the spring
the little girls mother bought beautiful
little rabbit. The cat liked the rabbit very
well and the rabbit followed the cat "hef-
ever he went. ,+o ona,
one day they found the yard gate open
and went out After they We're lar from
their mistress home a large dog mace tne
rabbit run down the lane. me car hia a.,
aged to keep the dog at bay WINE nt -
friend ran. After the cat had grown weak
the dog caught him by the neck anu
dropped him to the ground dead. Inc M
tIe girls father arrived with the frightened
rabbit In his arms. He guessed What hau
bannened and the cat was buried WIFI as
',inh honor as a cat so brave deserved
niu'i URBAN R.. Aged ten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
Children's Sunshine League News.

The Sunshine Bulletin of March publishes
in detail the amounts sent in to the chill
dren's relief fund by Washington members
Of the Sunshine Junior and Childrens
League members.
This bulletin may be had by applying to
headquarters, 96 9th avenue, and sending
80 cents for a years subscription. The
regular price Is 80 cents, but each circle
or member of our Star circles, which
means all our readers, may keep u cents
Of the 90 for their local fund, and send in
the rest, asking that 1t be done in the name
Of The Star Circle of the Children's Sun
shine League. There is Children's Page
contest every month in the Bulletin also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
A Special Call for Help for Sailors.

Your president has started a movement
for the establishment of libraries for the
ships of the revenue cutter service, and it
Is expected that the government will event
ually supplement this work by making ap-
preparations for the purchase of such books
In the meantime three of the ships, the
Thetis. the Bear and the McCullagh are
about to start for the arctic regions, and
the chief of the revenue cutter service
Captain Shoemaker, advises us that the
work must be done quickly If we wish to
help the sailors of these vessels before
they get beyond our reach for many months
We all know they will welcome the books
We send, so please let each circle send in
one book at least to Captain Shoemaker
chief of the revenue cutter service, Treas
ury building. Washington, and say that YOU
send the book in the name of the Children's
Sunshine League. By direction of the
Children's League president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

when we go over in the park. he goes with
us, and climbs up trees, but no cherry tree.
When we give him a doll to play with he
hugs it as a child does with her dolls, then
falls asleep with the doll in his front paws.
Now don't laugh, for 1t is certainly true
about George Washington, for 1 think a
great deal of him, for he has never told a
lie. GERTRUDE A. R1NEHART.
5S7 I'd street southeast QocaD. Age twelve.
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MEMBERSHIP COUPON.
International President and Director,
Mrs. Louise E. Hogan.

International Headquarters,
96 9Th Avenue, New York, N. Y.
International Secretary. Miss Hortense
Mckee, Box 205, Washington, d. Z.
National Weekly Organ, the Saturday
Edition of The Washington Star.
PLEDGE.
promise to try every day to add
happiness to some ones life by being
kind or passing on some kindness given
me.
1 promise TO try to earn each month
penny, a postage stamp, nickel or
dime and keep it ready to send to any
one our president may tell US is In need
of such help.
/ promise to write to my president
once a month and tell her what 1 am
doing to help others and what can do
to help her help others.
Please enroll my name and send my
badge in inclosed stamped and self-ad-
dressed envelope.
Name ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Street ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Town or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
State and Country. .........................
Age of Applicant, II under 20............
Date of Applicat
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A Southern Tale.


At the close Of the civil war there was jill
old lady in New Orleans, La, VINO was
,.rsonaI friend of my folks. She mad
boautiful home and a parrot named Col
,at+e who was noted for her intelligence.
ST. ,onId sing, recite poems and snort
stn,,es which her mistress had taught ner;
ColIette had a bank, and when she reclteo
~ sane for her mistress company sne
would nut the pennies they gave her into
this bank. ,o+r,aen a
nenny a dime and a quarter. There was one
story called THE Old Southern Tale winch
She would not say for less than quarter
Sometimes the gentlemen would say, Col,
iette saw for US The Old Southern iale
for a dime" then she would reply, can
COW "The Old Southern Tale for less than
quarter" ooro ,ool,
we're making cake in the kitchen, when the
mistress slapped the cook for dropping
some eggs on the floor. Collette flew up
stairs to a front window, screaming, 70
lice! Police! they're killing a niger up
here" The Union soldiers were stlu on
duty in the city, and one of them came. IN
to see what was the matter, and insisted
on searching the house from cellar 10 gar
ret looking for the corpse.
One summer Collette's mistress took ner
to the plantation. She used to go to the
field every day with the hands to watcn
them work One morning she had herce
battle with a hawk in the fields, IN Whicn
she met her death before any one could
come to her rescue. ELLA v. A.,
Age ID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07

Dear Aunt Dorothy: This Is a picture Of
my pet cat, who came to our house just
one year ago on George Washington's birth
day, SO we named him George Washington,
and I think we could not have given him q
better name. Don't you? In the summer,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

have, ana the farmer who prepares
himself now TO raise something else
besides boil weevil food viii be In Il.
I don't mean to quit cotton entirely,
but by all means raise . few hogs.
/ have noticed now for several years
about the time the farmers get
stocked up on hogs, drouth comes
cuts off the corn crop and away goes
the hogs. The farmer from now on
who prepares permanent pastures of
alfalfa and other grasses and can
raise few hogs regardless of the
drouths is the man who is going to
make money. Hogs sold in Fort
Worth last week for TBS.
kept sober in Fort Worth and
greatly enjoyed the day and do
hope our readers will, when they
have opportunity, go up there and
take in the sights as / did.
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Innocence
at the > .
PaCkerieS
How Cattle and Hogs
are Slaughtered and
Prepared for Market

| said in last weeks paper i would
leave my impress on whatever l
came in contact with while IN Fort
Worth, but the impress came the
other way. | flatter myself on being
first rate at descriptions of men,
women, children, horses, cows,
farms, ranches and SO on, but when
it comes to describing million dollar
packing plants it Is just little too
much for a scrub newspaper man to
comprehend. However, / promised
to writeIt. On account of the rains
and the roads not as MANY attended
the opening as intended to.
At 6:25 Friday morning ! boarded
the cars and it is rough sailing over
the railroads now through this black
land. Wrecks are almost daily oc-
eurrences. | carry a pretty large
accident policy on my life and after
passing Midlothian and seeing two
box cars piled up along side of the
railroad caused by recent wrecks
and our car leaning to one side as
though it wanted to turn over, | be-
gan to think my better half would
get to use that life policy | carry.
Very slowly and cautiously the en-
gineer crept along.
Getting off at FIT. Worth and lott
ering around the hotels while look
ing at the cattle men, we next strike
street car up by the Tarrant county
court house, down the mountain and
across Trinity river. Three miles
north of the city we step off at the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

packing houses. They have "A new
postoffice over here called Marine
and it is already quite little city.
Hundreds of houses have gone up
in it IN the last six months. The
first place we inspected was the
stock pens and there are several
hundred of them and there is an inn
mense tall shed built over them
and the pens are floored with vitri-
fed brick and over the brick is a
deep coat of sand. There are Inn
mense cement cutters running
through the pens that can be flooded
with water to cleanse the pens
when desired. When we reached
the pens they were full of fat hogs,
sheep and cattle brought here by
their owners from every quarter Of
Texss u contest for the premiums
offered and then to be sold to the
packeries. There were also quite a
number of thoroughbred bulls,
heifers and cows here for sale tothe
cattle men, a great many of whom
came here TO buy this class of cattle
with which TO improve their herds.
Up one row of pens and down an
other / struggled, feasting my vision
on the finest cattle, hogs and sheep
in Texas. Herefords and Durhams,
principally; Red Jersey, Poland
Chinas and Berkshire hogs, and /
think two of the prettiest pens of
hogs / looked at were the REQ Jer-
seys. A pen fan of fat ones, such
as beheld here, are pretty indeed.
Down in one corner of this big shed
the attendants were washing fine
bulls and heifers and them crimping
the hair on them to make them look
pretty and from here they were led
into the show ring 10 be sold or for
the judges TO pass on for the premi-
ums. This show ring is an immense
big space under the big shed with
seats arranged around it, and here
all the fine animals are inspected.
A speakers stand is arranged On one
side near the middle and from this
stand | witnessed the auctioneer
sell fine bulls from $50 to 500 each,
and here we heard several fine
speeches. Mr.. Skinner, who was
the first manager of the stock yards
here, but now manager OF the Chi
cago stock yards, said that many
years ago, as he smoked cigar on
Sunday evenings he could then see
in his imaginations these immense
paekeries. He knew that a stock
country like Texas was bound to
bring them. Mr.. Holloway, an old
eattleman Of FIT. Worth, who helped
to cut the shrubbery of the ground
where the big packerIes now stand,
to build the frs; stock pens and dug
the first hole to put In q corner post,
said In a speech, that this was the
lproudest day of bis life; said he
this improvement makes @ bettel
market for my cattle and hogs anc
not only for me but for every farinel
aud cattleman In Texas, and said he
IL is up TO the Texans now as q
whether they would avail them
selves of the good markets here af
forded, quit raising so much cotton
and 20 to raising alfalfa and oths
grasses and raise something 20 sci
'te these packsries where q read,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13
II X TIME TABLE

How do you like the sunshine?
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Ii is not a matter of state pride
that private citizens have to come
TO the rescue of our State Universal
ty. George w. Breckenridge, of
San Antonio, recently gave the Uni
versity SO, 900 to be used in COM
plotting certain improvements which
the Legislature had failed to ade-
quately provide for. Since the es-
Establishment Of this university Major
Breckenridge has contributed near
ly 500 900 towards it's betterment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

Mckinney, Meeting Board Trus-
tees Texas Presbyterian Univer-
sity etc; tickets on sale March I7th
and 18th, return limit March 2lst.
Fare $3.50.
Dallas-Account the Banda Rosa
Concerts. Tickets on sale March
9th, 10th and llth. Round trip fare
$50.
New Orleans, La, United Confed-
crate Veterans Reunion; tickets on
sale May 18th and 18th, return limit
May oath, with extension privi-
leges. Fare 5000 for round trip.
T. H. BARROW, Ag't.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

Hon. Jack Beall took the oath OF
office and began his duties as con-
gresham from this district, sue
ceeding Hon. Dudley Wooten.
While this paper was an active
partisan of M. Wooten, it does
not intend TO disparage the
efforts of Mr.. Beall, whom we hops
will meet with great success in
properly representing this district
He should have the hearty cooper
alton and encouragement of his en-
tire constituency in making AT
efficient representative. ID 9 II al
Democrat.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

CROwNINsHIELD has resigned
from the Navy and his resignation
was accepted by wire. Gradually
the cabal that tried to rob Schley Of
she victory of Santiago is being re-
iieved of the strenuous life"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

HAVING ascertained how many
relatives of department heads are in
the employ of the state the question
now is: what is the House going to
do about 1t?
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

ACCORDING to Gov. Hogg the rail-
roads last year issued $1,000 more
free passes than there were votes
east in the general election. Evil
IDENTIFY somebody did deal of riding.
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:. j. ERWIN.

CONTRACTOR = BUILDER
Estimates furnished end plans drawn
on short notice. Knowledge OF the
constructive details pertaining 20
Masonry. Bricklaying, Carpentry,
Joinery, Etairbuflding, Roofing and
Painting II essential to the perma-
nency OF al structures Knowi-
edge, combined with skill. enables
me to get the best possible results.
Residence los North College Street.
Waxahachie, Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13

CITIZEN HOGG talks straight from
the shoulder and he tells some un-
palatable truths, but it is some
times best to know them.
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49, makes a chef
~ OF a COOK
lessass than iAswT)
KIHSlO


The regular meeting of WaxahA
chle Chapter No. -, will be held
this evening ~ 7:0. Work in w
n. and p. NJ.
Walter Asker, II. r.
~. l.. r. Leigh, See.
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THOSE Spring gardens are now
under way.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-29
PANAMA HATS
why This style OF Headgear soil
E.rst In Front in Onr Large
Cities.


.aNot being in the city every day r
said an occasional visitor to town,
may make me more observant9ofs small
things than you folk who are here all
the time. have noticed, for Instance,
that most men who wear panamas
ARE the possessors of dirty headgaar.
, ''This doesn't apply to the whole
slat, but only to the front The front
may be quite dark, while the back is
nice and clean. suppose it happens
so because there is much seft-coal
smoke in the air and they are walking
or riding against il every cay have
never seen such a thing here before.
|. TT seems strange, however" com
cluded the visitor aecording5fo the
New York Mail and Express, ''thatthe
use of soft coal should so change et.n-
iitions here that you get a better
impression of man when seeing him
from behind than when you meet him
face to face
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-29
Not Over w Use.

There is an old allsgorical picture
of girl sacred as a grasshopper,
but in the act of heediessly treading
on snake This is paraileled by
the man who spends large sum of
money building cyclone cellar,
but neg'ecfs to provide his family.
with a bottle of Cham berlain's Cot
ic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe
guard against bowel complaints,
whose victims outnumb Der those of
the cyclone hundred to one. This
remedy is recognized as the most
prompt and reliable medicine in use
for these diseases. For sale by AL
len q Woodward.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-29

Oyster Bay, Aug. rs Secretary
Root, under date OF August 10 pre-
seated his resignation form lily to
the Presiden'. The resignation
was accepted by the President with
the understanding that Mr. Root
continue as secretary of war al.
least until January 1. Governor
General William H. Taft of the
Philippines. will succeed Secretary
Root as secretary of war.
President Roosevelt today au.
thoriged the following statement:
.sThe Prasi-ieut some months
ago rendered the secretaryship Of
War 70 judge Taft. aud at that
timeit was arranged that he would
suec ted Secretary Root. Secretary
r ut will get. out of Office som g
time in J .n9ary, and Judge T.ft
will assume the duties of thu office
shortly afterwarG''