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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
THE BABIES OF THE ZOO
Queer Things Done to Keep
the Youngsters Alive.
BOTTLE PLAYS A PART
MRS. BABooN IS A GOOD MOTHER
AND so ARE OTHERS.
But Some Kill Their Young by Over
kindness-Danger in the
Business.
BOTTLE PLAYS A PART

Written for The Evening Star by Holland Morant.
"Oh. mamma look! The dear, little baby
monkey! Isn't he cunnin'? ?"
That is the kind of exclamation heard
continually at the ZOO in any city of the
United States. whether 1t be the New
York Geological Park in the Bronx-the
finest of it's kind in the world-the Zoo
in Philadelphia, or in San Francisco. or
Boston, or Chicago. The keepers will tell
you the same thing.
1T is the babies of the who are the
favorites with all our visitors. The cages
in which our baby animals are confined al
ways have crowds around them. while the
finest grown-up specimens are unheeded.
Give the public few funny four-footed ba
bies to look at. and it is happy: but the
Zoo without babies is a dead show"
This is not surprising. Baby animals,
like baby humans have many captivating
little tricks, and the maternal love dis
played behind the prison bars of the Zoo
would put many careless human mother
to shame
Mrs. Balloon, the Pattern Mother.
Take Mamma Baboon-the mother of that
dear. little baby monkey There is no
better mother in the world. She sits at the
back of her cage all day long, watching
every movement of her offspring with hap
by pride. She let's him gambol about as
much as he likes. so that he may grow
strong and agile: but the moment she
thinks he is running into the slightest dan
ger she springs upon him. cuddles him
tightly in her arms. and retreats to the
back of the cage. Chattering furiOuSly.
LAS a rule. said her keeper. "she is one
of the best tempered monkeys we have got.
but now that she has this youngster it's
dangerous to go near her. We used to be
great friends. but now she snarls at me
even when | bring her food She seems to
think the whole world is in conspiracy to
hurt the kid"
While he was speaking. the baby baboon
clambered up the side of his home to look
at some orang -outangs in the next cage.
The cages were not separated by bars. as
is usual in ZOOS. but by a thick plate glass
partition. Resenting the babys inquisitive-
ness, the orang-outangS screamed GROSSLY
at him
Mamma Baboon's anger was aroused in
monkeys speak unexpectedly to her beau
work hor way through the glass partition so
that she might tear them to pieces. She bit
and clawed and butted and kicked. and
when at last she found il was impossible to
get through she Contented herself with tell
ing the orang-outangs what she thought of
them in language which sounded highly
profane
a photographer came along and tried to
take the baby's picture. The little fellow,
insatiably curious like most babies, was
willing enough to come to the front Of the
cage and examine the little black box. But
the mother was suspicious. Again and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

as he spoke he imagined he saw the red
mustachios move. while one eye certainly
glared with intelligent hatred upon the
doctor and turned with anxious soIicitude
upon his master. The latter Immediately
knelt by the bedside and laid his hand upon
the already cold one of the soldier.
Speak" he said.
1t was the command of an officer to
trooper, authoritative bidding, and
seemed to summon last rallying energy
from the failing heart. The mans gaze
showed that he understood. From the
free baron's eye flashed a glance of savage
power and force.
Speak" he repeated, cruelty, impera-
lively.
The mustachios quivered; the leader bent
his head low so low his face almost touch
ed the soldiers. voice-was it a voice. SO
faint it sounded? -breathed a few words:
THE emperor-Spain-Caill gomez
Quickly the free baron sprang to his feet
The soldier seemed to fall asleep. his face
calm and tranquil as campaigners before
the bivouac fire at the hour of rest; the
ugiiness of his features CLOSED by new
found dignity: only his mustachioS, strange
ly fierce. vivid. formidable, against the
peace and pallOr of his countenance. The
leech looked at him: stopped stirring the
drug: leaned over him; Strengthened him
self; took the vial once more from the table
and threw the medicine out of the window.
Then he methodically began gathering up
bottles and other receptacies. which he
placed neatly in a handbag The free baron
passed through the door, leaving the cheer
less practitioner still graveiy engaged in
getting together his small belongings.
Soberly the kings guest walked down the
echoing stairway out into the open air OF
the court The emperor in Spain? 1t SEEM
ed not unlikely. Charles spent much of his
time in that country, nor was 1t improbable
he had gone there quietly, without flourish :
of trumpet, for some purpose of his own
His ways were not always manifest; his
personality and mind-workings were char
acterized by concealment. If the emperor
had gone to Spain. messenger. riding
post haste. could reach Charles I'm time to
enable that monarch to interpose in the
nuptiaIs and override the confidence the
free baron had established for himself In
the court of Francis. An impediment Offer
ed by Charles would be equivalent to the
abandonment of the entire marital enter
prise ,4e=
70. be continued Monday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

reminds one of the lumber regions of the
United States. Many of the roads are
through great woods filed with ferns. The
ground is carpeted with ferns, and the sill
yer trunks Of the birch trees rise out of
rocks of all shapes. The air is moist ana
the moss grows in the crevices of the
rocks; here it Is green; there silver gray,
and in other places almost sky blue.
Leaving the cities, you pass many little
towns, go in and out Of the forests, now
crossing little farming regions with big
barns and little log cabins. Many of the
log cabins are built with the logs perpen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

making iron. steel and machinery as we'll
as sugar and beer 1t has cotton factories
and also shipbuilding works. 1t has many
fine stores. and in them much American
goods. The town is perhaps the most en-
terprising in Sweden, and in many respects
it surpasses Stockholm.
The Gotha Canal.
On this trip across Sweden 1 visited the
Gotha canal. stopping at Trollhattan.
where the wonderful falls are. and exam
lining the locks by which the ships are
raised and lowered to and from Lake Wen
nern. The canal has been cut about the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
He Got the Prize.

From the LafOr Leader.
A minister was one day walking along
road. and to his establishment he saw a
crowd of boys sitting in front of 4 ring
with small dog in the center. When he
came up to them. he put the following Ques-
ton: What are you doing to the dog?' One
little boy said Whoever tells the biggest
lie wins it." oh said the minister. Il am
surprised at you little boys. for when l
was like you l never told lie There
was silence for while. until one of the
boys shouted. Hand him up the dog!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

drons below. Here there are g.eat pit- of
boiling waves speckled with foam. A lit
tie farther on the torrent dashes down
mighty cliffs with a deafenng roar, and
then flows on into the green river below
The force is such that it gives a water
power equal to 100000 horses all pulling at
once. A number of factories have been
built to take advantage of this power. and
Trollhattan is fast becoming an industrial
center. FRANK CT. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

His TaoIe Manners Are Excellent.
again she dragged him far from the evil
eye of the camera possible until the
photographer had eventually to give up in
despair
Are all monkeys mothers as good as this
one?" the keeper was asked.
Yes he replied They are the best
mothers in the world. Most animals make
good mothers. but the monkey is the best
of all The most pathetic sight l ever saw
monkey mother mourning over her
dead baby.
Zoo Babies Are Not Common.
Not many monkeys are born in Captivity,
especially OF the larger kinds. Balloons and
chimpanzees rarely breed in ZOOS. There are
more monkey babies born at the Bronx Zoo
than in any other American institution.
and. indeed more animal babies of every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
The Only Qualification.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Where is the old man."
Coin to school"
What! At his age?''
Yes; you see they're a-goin' TO run him
fer office, an he wants to larn how to
COUNT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
CHAPTER XIV.
An Early Morning Visit.

In mood OF contsnding thought. the free
baron left hts apartments the next morning
and traversed the tapestry-hung corridor
leading toward the 'servants and soldiers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26

grizzly the bottle. He used to nurse 1t
in his arms just like a child, give it It's
milk ard its pap. and sing lulabies to hush
it to sleep. 1t grew quite fond of him. and
as soon as it could walk it used to follow
him about the place like a dog.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

saving that we must acQuIcsce IN the
most open and shameless and over power
ing temptation, when Law can lay rs
heavy hand upon the evils and make
them al least hide their diminished
heads. The paper published at the Thorn
well Orphanage. our Monthly, said the
other day. thanking God, that there was
= generation OF young people growing W
in south Carolina who DE- not have the
word bar-room in their yocabulary. Who
shall lay that that IS not a gam.
No, We cannot make people good by
legislation. But VIC can send them 10 the
devil d heap faster and = heap more o.
them If We let an evil 80 unrestricted
and unrebukcd. To bring the thing down
to i fine point, murder IS both a crlmc
and a sin. Legislation does not keep
men from committing the SIN OF murder
IN their hearts. But It saves the victim
from being murdered and the murderer
from the actual shedding OF blood. Not
~atWays. Law i broken. a its penalties
Tor beng broken would imply. But rs
peal the law against murder, or rape. or
robbery, or all three, and see whether
legislation would not be needed again,
and soon, ere we went Il a state OF
dnarchv.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
HOW THE LAW MAY LIFT TO
A BRIGHTER AND BETTER LIFE
A Thoughtful and ForcefuI Reply to the Argument
That You Cannot Legislate Righteousness
Into People.
presbyterian Standard.)

will be impossible for them to do
wrong. The world Is not governed
enough. Pass more laws
We are OF the opinion that -four hun
dred chlldren's lives, to say nothing OF
the lives Of adults, and the manning Of
hundreds more OF both adults and chIl-
dren, are worth saving. In Charlotte no
fireworks are permitted within the city
limits. There were therefore no acci-
dents from fireworks IN Charlotte. 1t
seems unquestionablc that a similar or
dinance could be enforced III every city,
large or small, in the United states.
Fireworks tell their own tale. Offend
crs are easily caught. And the evil,
which is a real evil if we count four
hundred children as worth anything,
easily prevented.
We therefore over-rule the point made
by our contemporary as not we'll taken.
But as all roads lead to Rome, the
real objective point of this argument j. q
defence of the saloon. We are not ques-
tionlng the sincerity OF Inc arguerS.
There is IN general a pesslmlstlc feeling
as to the evil of drunkenness. 1t seems
such a hopeless thing to cure in the IN
divldual, and such a constant temptation
to so any that there IS q tendency to
fall back upon that atheistical law OF the
Jungle, the survival Of the fittcst, and
say that law can throw no protection
around men against this evil. Lst them
alone, and thus let those who viii go tC
the devil go their own gait.
Let it be admitted that legislation alone
does not make men righteous. There Is
cnly one power that can do that and
that is a Higher Power. But Christ HIM
self declares that lit must needs be that
ofrenses come"
AS long as there is sin in the world
there Is going to be crime. But Christ
also says, Woe to that man by whom the
offence comcth. And he teaches us to
pray, Lead us not into temptation. His
own prayer for his disciples was, l pray
rot that thou should&t take them ont
of the world. but that thou shouldcst
keep them from the evil.
Now in our time and IN our favored
land, the religion of Christ is a prcdomi-
mating force. The KinIdom OF God Is
being established amoug men. And the
instrument for the enlistment OF that
kingdom are men, Wltis all the human
agencies that can be used to that end.
Take three of the ellis which are more
or less the subject Of L gislation il all oul
cities, gambling, drunkenness and the
social evil. Does any one dare to say
these evils cannot be remcdind IN any
degree by proper laws properly enforced
The saloon promotes drunkenness. IT
ttmpts men to excessive and to hab1tua
drinking. Some reforllers have laid sc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
AMID THE GLORIES OF MILAN
w. II. Townsend Writes of its Superb Cafbo..,
Which Gothic Architecture Burst Into EIo.

on July 27th Ne travelled from Venice
to Milan. 10 miss over = plcture-4le
country a. heart could wish. Milan. the
capital Of Lomba-iy, ! the mos; prost,
sive city in Italy Its ~pea!a ~tate~ am
bazaass vcrc the finest seen IL All rms
land. ana we're an irresistible Temptation
to many travellers. This mountain ms
t~.opolis was IN important city under The
Romans. WAS sacked By Atl,lla ~ is.
aud destroyed ly Frederic Bagbero~>a II
1872. Today IL fame IS world Wtle irom
IL great elth.dral-the larsost ~ -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

We have been noting Tor quite a while
the appearance and appearance in diff
foront farms NJ ell. argument that Won
CANNOT leloIm '''t' - ""' '""' %
not legIsI2t6 1z!t1eoa~nc ss INTO people.
The argument IS generally used as a pro
test against interference with the whiskcy
traffic ovcn in s. most revolving form.
~
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"o - = ma.n
7 a.S.I =; ,,-ina ~ palo;ob
~ IA h,1f aozcn
49,. cta4 -inh4 49, hoor
P"PS!7 80 y" ~ .o a', -.
chosel' me h'hle9 VI WHICH VIZ" '''"-
10 'hell own ie'"o1'
~, hia f,au .bo proshv
r1oamI.
=" "' c,rita Av
~ - 800. So ~
I'll hava a;ad f,o,a minimize
N'u ~ ,I- ~
ioNot'Ou on
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49, aon1a w. not ~
tolS ~ 'n'' d s'op u ~ =
t"'' "
'"n
Mhlic our 1rlchd IS ABOUT IT, can
he INSIST on a Ia" ina VIII prevent
that Is needed, we must De sure 10
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
His w hisk-y and HIS Meat
tRoxboro CourIer.)

Two colored BARRIERS, one an cid man
and the other a younger one, had the
shop. The younger one took OF his
apron AID started for the dcor.
"Io's gwan TO get drink asked The
elder.
Oats what Use gwan to do"
60 and get our drink. | used to do
de same thing when | Wuz young. When
/ wuz fus' married dab Wuz q gin mill
next to de shop what | wicked; an L
spent III it fifty and sebenty cents a day
outen de dollah an half | earned, Well.
one maWning | went INTO the butcher
shop, an who shood come n but de
man Who KEEP de likkar shop.
Glib me ten or twelve pounds porter
house steak, he said.
He got it an went out. | sncaked up
to de butchah and looked to see what
money ! had left.
what do YOU Want?' said the butcher.
Glib me ten cents wuf OF hbber,' wuz
my remark.
1T Wuz all could pay fur. Now you
90 an git your drink. You'll eat libber.
but dc man what sells you de stuff VIII
hab his po'terhousc steak. The man
btLin' de ba' eats po'tcrhousc etcok-the
man IN front eats libbcr. ] amt touch
cd dc stuff 70 thirty yeas and [ am cat
in poterhouse steak myself
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(FrOm New York PrCSS.)

GFrom New York Prcss.)
Money can talk an awful lot without
boring US.
Women enjoy being happily married al
most as much as they do a wcepy novel.
It's about an even thing between men
and women on pigeon toes, but on knock
knees they nave all the best Of it.
Women are 50 QueCr that when they
are dying to marry a man they reject his
proposal So as to be able 20 be good and
miserable until he asks her again.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

wcrld except that Of st. Peters Rome.
ana seville, in SPAN. It IS perhaps the
finest specimen Of Gothic architecture the
world affords. It is 4SS feet long. IS
feet wide, eco feet high. The walls. ,.il
ings and floor arc all Of marble. III
painted windows as exquisite a. rainbow
hucs. The exterior IS adorned with 1000
statues and %pinnaclcs every pinnacle
surmountcd by a marble statue. From
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01
$500 Hackney Buggy Free
{. B. Ray, Prop, Wyatt Harness Gonna

Send guess Q Farmer and Mechanic or North Caroinian, Raleigh, N. c.
to person making the nearest guess will give the buggy and they "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07

The beef trust has been compelled to
raise the price of beef and pork pro-
ducts in Missouri to recoup, it is pre-
sumed, losses met by having to pay a
fine of SIS, 900 for violating the federal
antitrust law. The packers meet it is
claimed the same as usual to fix and
agree on prices, just like Baer of the
Reading road and his coal carrying COL
leagues who meet to settle on the price
Of anthracite coal. The beef trust is
to have competition and the National
Live Stock association, representing
millions of dollars in capital and con-
trolling the bulk of the live stock of
the country intends to erect system
OF Strengthening and packing plants
throughout the country to compete
with the big packers. The Elkins' law
which brides the railroads of the
country with a stronger bit than ever,
and vouchsafes all shippers equality
and equity, will have much to do to-
ward stimulating the industrial traffic
OF the country and gives the "small
fry'' a show for more freedom of COM
mercial traffic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07

ONE Of the latest and most popular
books from the press is Irving Bachel.
ler's 'Darrel of the Blessed Isle.'' 1t
is called by book reviewers as good as
"Eben Holden'' if not better. Darrell
is an old. and odd tinker with sound
philosophy, and bright wit and hearty
laughter. He is made to speak to the
youth ''Trove" in ways that make his
talks generally interesting. Here is
one of his sayings: mind thee; boy,
the law O. truth is great, but the law O.
love is greater. A lie for the sake o.
love-think O. that long time, think
until thy heart is worn with all fond
ness an thy soul is ready for it's God,
then judge it -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07

The trial of DR.. Ames is almost fin
1shed, and if the chain of evidence in
troduced by the State has no weak links
it will be hard for the defense to break
1t. DR.. Ames was placed on the stand
and denied that he ever ordered anyone
to levy tribute on the ''roomers'' oil
Minneapolis for police protection, AND
his attorneys will try and prove that
Ames is not OF. sound mind and has for
a long time been mentally weak. The
case is attracting considerable atten.
+iOr
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
The first of the agricultural collee

The first of the agricultural college
text books have been issued from the
press and are now being distributed to
the schools throughout the country
The books or bulletins are designed to
aid teachers in giving scholars instruc-
tions in elementary agriculture and by
practical lessons and suggestions
awaken a keener interest in farm life
and work. The book is issued in &C.
cordance with an act of the legislature
passed in April, 1901, which provides
that the department of agriculture of
the University Of Minnesota shall be
intrusted with the work of helping to
introduce subjects of agriculture and
household economics into the rural
schools. An appropriation of $4,000
was made to begin the work. There is
no question but what there is great
need Of some kind of instruction in
agriculture in our country schools and
this plan and system ought to prove
beneficial in that it will educate the
boys and girls of our State who will in
few years be running the farms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07

The attempt Of Russia to "kidnap''
Manchuria callsto mind the poem of
Rudyard Kipling on ''The Truce of the
Bear" an categorical poem based on
thetczar's, plea for the disarmament of
the armies of the world. The poem
tells of "Matun, the: old blind beggar,
bandaged from brow to chin and Of
his encounter with "Adam-zad, the
bear that walks like man." The old
blind beggar, once a great hunter who
forbore to kill the great bear, says Of
the bear that reared up like man:
Nearer he tottered and nearer, with paws like
hands that pray
From brow to jaw the steel-shod paw it ripped
my face away!''
this is the time to fear,
When he stands up likes tired man, tottering
near and near;
man-brute guise. "
When he wells the hate and cunning OF the lit
tie swinish eyes:
When he shows as seeking quarter with paws
like hands in prayer,
This is the time of peril-the time of the Truce
of the Bear
The poem at the time it was printed
in Literature created considerable COM
ment, because of it's fearlessness and
sharp sting and pointedness. Russia's
attitude the last few years in her deal
ings with nations has not been stamped
with sincerity, and recent pledges Of
good faith in her international inter-
course have been taken with grain Of
salt. The ''bear that walks like a
man" is destined to nose about quite a
little in the worlds hunting grounds
for years to come.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07

THE United States paid $4,000, 900
for the Louisiana Purchase, a territory
embracing S75,025 square miles, and
almost equal to one-third the area of
the entire Union, and greater than
that of the thirteen original states.
The sum was a large one for the strug-
Cling states to pay for the territory,
but the purchase was masterstroke
of craftsmanship, for it removed the
barriers that blocked the march of a
free empire across to the Pacific and to
the isles of the far east. To show how
we have grown bear in mind that the
sheep interests in the states and terri
tories of the Louisiana Purchase, pro-
duce enough wool in a single year to
-pay the purchase price of the territory.
The territory has nearly a billion dol
lars worth of live stock and farm
animals, and the main agricultural
products of the territory will amount
each year to over $80o,0oo,o00: When
Jefferson bought the territory it con-
tanned $4,000 white people, while to-
day the school children alone number
3,5oo,ooo. That We grow and prosper
is significant from the fact that the
national government, the state of Mis-
souri, and the city Of St. Louis will
spend as much on the exposition at St.
Louis as Jefferson paid for the Louis
lana Purchase, and over $50,00O,000
will be expended by this country and
foreign nations in making the Louis
lana Purchase exposition the greatest
worlds fair the world ever witnessed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
Promotion for DIR. Forbes.

The many friends of DR.. Forbes will
be pleased to learn that he has beer
elected assistant secretary Of the board
of extension of the Methodist Episcopal
church by the board of bishops in ses.
sion at Meadville, P, this week. The
appointment opens to him wide field
and one for which he is well fitted.
: It is said that the position comes tc
DR.. Forbes unsolicited and at an oppor.
tune time, for he is now serving the
last of the six years allowed by the
church regulations for a presiding cid.
or. DR.. Forbes will remove to Phila.
delphia to engage in his new work. T..