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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-01

York
city. The marriage will occur in the early
spring.
Mrs. c. S. Curtis. 144s Q street northeast,
will be at home on Fridays during the sea-
son.
A very quiet wedding took place Thurs
day morning at the parsonage of the I'M
maculate Conception Church. the contract
ing parties being Miss Sadie NJ Barrick
and Mr.. Lawrence L. Dulin. Only few
intimate friends were present, and after the
wedding breakfast the couple left for an
extended trip north.
Mrs. VIM. E. Clark and Miss Hopes of
212S Wyoming avenue will be informally at
home Thursdays in January, after O. clock.
Wednesday evening Miss Harriet Shaw,
younger daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, B. F.
Shaw Of Capitol Hill, gave a party to a
number of her. friends. The parlors were
tastefully decorated in holly, mistletoe and
other evergreens for the holiday season.
After enjoying an evening Of games and
dancing the guests were served a dainty
supper in the dining room, which was also
decorated with evergreens Those present
were the Misses Lillian Hynson, Alice Earn
shaw, Elsie Brock, Olga Moskedal, Ethel
Paxton, Elenor Church, Edna and Harriet
Shaw, and the Messrs Robt Earnshaw
Chas D'Andelet, Clayton Paxton, Ralph
OBrien. Lewis Isaac, Raymond Gallagher
and Brook Durham.
A pleasant birthday party was given last
night to William Donaldson at his residence,
1905 9th street southwest. Those present
were: Miss Bessie Smoot, Miss Lizzie
O'Brien, Misses Katie and Mamie Barrett.
Miss Viola Philips, Miss Ida Walker, Miss
Edna Donaldson, Miss Grace Wilson, Miss
Agnes Hagen, Misses Florence. Mabel and
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y yes Of Notable Men.

New York Commercial.
Richard Olney Of massachusetts
will bc 60 on september Is.
Grover Cleveland will be 67
March IS.
Alton y. Parker of New York
will he 81 on May Il.
Arthur Puo Gurman Of Mary
land vii! be IS on March II.
David B. Hill of New York will
be 81 on august 20.
George Gray of Delaware will
be 64 ON May
William } Bryan of Nebraska q
will re 4 ( on March 16.
President Roosevelt OF New
York will be 10 on October 81.
John Hay of Ohio will he Sc
on October s.
William II. Taft of Ohio will
he ~ on September 15.
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Almost Dead, But Hanged

81. Joseph, Mo Mnrch IL
Martin Dunn was hanged here
this morning for the murder of
Fred Fcnton, a wealthy farmer,
at Rushvillc, in july 1902. Dunn
was sentenced TO be hanged March
II. March I he escaped from
jail, overpowering the guard and
thren; ened to kill him. he had
two ravolvors which had been
smuggIcd into his cell. He Rept
to the woods two days and nights
and was finally captured at tho
home Of his brother-in law, where
he went for refuge. He was said
to be dying with pneumonia
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The fics' Prescription for Huf0,U
Chills and Fever is bottle of
Groves Tasteles, Chill Tonic. 1t
is simply Iron and Quinno and
tasteloss, No Cure No Pay.
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Fewer ga':ons wear lonYer Deyue
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La grippe coughs Yield qUir1l y
to the wonderful curative qualities
of Foley's Honey ani Tar There
is nothing else ''iu~t as good. -
For sale by "fundcrourk' 5 Pharm
ucv".
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Hearst Gets One State.

Rhode Islands delegation TO
the national Democratic convcn-
ton will vote solidly for William
Randolph Hearst for President.
After the State convention here
today had nominated eight dele
gHtcs TO The national convention
Xix were avowcl iienrst men. The
delegates net IN caucus and
adopted the unit rule which makes
he delegation solid for Hearst.
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rs the wise man knows he Is a
fool and Is miserable; the fool
imagiues he is wise and is happy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

lating herself on her escape, until she
found ship sailing gaily through the
waters, and she followed it eagerly.
When the men came to look at her,
she sang to them. diving sometimes
and coming up in another direction,
clapping her hands in delight as she
saw their surprise. At last she swan
too near and they threw a net over
her. AS she felt it closing around her
she struggled and succeeded in break
ing loose; then she fled, so frightened
that she did not look in what direc-
tion she was going, only rushing for
freedom.
When she stopped at last, everything
was strange and she could see in the
distance a strip of land. She was wary
now of strange things, so she only
ventured a little closer, and then rest
ed after her long chase.
It was day again when she awoke,
and she swan a little closer to the
shore; then she heard a strange. sweet
sound that came from the water and
she sank slowly to find it's cause.
In delightful wonder she found
little town beneath the sea, although
she did not know what the buildings
were. She knew her own home of
rocks and moss; she had seen the
gorgeous Coral Castle, but never
such strange things as this And here
she found the strange, sweet sound
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21
THE PICTURE PUZZLE
OF THE MONKEYS IN
THE BAMBOO TREE
How Did They Hide Away So
That None Interfered With
the Other?
BY j. w. MULLER.

King Rigamajig of the Inkyink tribe
in the heart of Africa was worried al
most out of his velvety black skin:
for Winker, Clinker. Tinker and Bin
ker, four apes from the forest, had
conceived the idea of annoying him
in peculiar and subtle way that was
enough to drive any one out of his
skin, king or no king.
The trick that Winker, Clinker,
Tinker and Blinker had studied out
was to hide in. a bamboo tree directly
in front of the Kings palm leaf
matched palace-it was only a hut
and you had to crawl into it on hands
and knees, but it sounded more royal
and kingly to call it a palace-and
then to stare at him until he went
nearly wild.
What bothered him most was that
the tree was so small that he couldn't
see for the life of him how the four
monkeys could hide in it, especially
as he knew that they were of a quar-
relsome disposition and that no mon
key of that tribe would ever let an
other one crowd him.
King Rigamajib became so much
annoyed by this problem that he was
almost tempted to kill the four tor
mentors. But he knew too well that
even king could not dare to do this
without being slain by his people, for
the Inkyinks believed Implicitly that
all their relatives turned into mon
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

the farmer cannot overtake us, even if
he follows, and we need not run now.
We must, however, go forward at a
fast walk, as he will probably set the
constable after u.s.
And will we be bitten by dogs?''
asked Yuly as her lips trmbled
IF the dogs come we will climb a
tree and escape Them
After walking for another mile under
cover of the woods the runaways head
ed so as to come out on the highway
again. Just as they reached it a carter
came along driving two big horses be-
fore an empty wagon. He had been to
market with a load and was now on
his way home. He was a man about
thirty years old, with a jolly, good
natured face, and as he saw the chill
dren standing by the roadside he
stopped his horses and called out:
''Ah, now, but whom have we here?"
Hans understood fairly we'll what
was said, but before he could reply the
teamster continued:
II see it is a couple of fat and good
looking children, and if you are going
my way come up here and ride with
me. Come right UP and don't be afraid
of Carl Dondewetter."
To be continued.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

his big, fat body and his little, puffy
face and his crown might possibly
seem unusual to his playmates.
However, it was too late now And
just then Prunella Tramplehopper,
who had flown so high that she was
only a speck in the sky, came back
with a loud whoop and exclaimed that
she had found a way to get home.
And the next moment Lycurgus and
Lucinda and Prunella were landed
with a terrible bump on the road just
outside of Wishy Wishy; and far
away down the road they could see
their own village. with three mothers
standing motionless, but expectantly,
at three doors, each with a large stick
in her hand. This sight annoyed Ly-
curgus Sulfermister noticeably and
Prunella Tramplehopper at once
hoped off into the bushes with a howl
of dismay.
THE best we can do" said Lucinda
Candisister. lis to take these things
off"
I'VE can't" yelled Prunella Tram
plehopper from the bushes. I've been
trying to get off this broom of mine
and can't badge it,
And my royal robes seem to have
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

misfortune has overtaken them 1 am
sorry, but they can't be allowed to
roam around the country this way.
We will let them lie here on the
kitchen floor tonight, and in the
morning l shall call the constable to
see what he can make of them"
Hans and Yuly could not make out
the words, but they felt that they had
got into trouble and were much down.
cast over it. When the family went
to bed some straw was spread on the
kitchen floor for the children to sleep
on. and the door was locked so that
they could not steal away in the night.
When morning came they were asked
to eat breakfast with the family, but
it was no sooner over than the farmer
put on his hat and took up his stick
and said to his wife:
Il will now take these children to
the house of the constable and solve
this mystery He can speak all dia-
lects, and he will soon have their
story. If they are runaways the pa
rents will be sent for; if they are or
phans the law will provide for them.
Come on, YOU
Hans knew that they were going to
be questioned again. and feeling sure
that they would be found out as run
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21
THE ROMANTIC TRIP
OF HANS AND YULY
Searching for Pigmy Land.
CHAPTER III.
They Escape from a Fuming
Farmer.

When Hans and Yuly were aroused
from their sleep under the haystack
by the farmer and his sons, they could
make out some of the words addressed
to them: but Hans whispered to Yuly
to keep silence and let him answer
AS. soon as they were at the house the
farmer said:
Now, then, I want you to find your
tongues and tell me all about it. You
may be all right. but it is a strange
thing to find two children wandering
over the country by themselves"
While Yuly stood with her finger in
her mouth and her eyes cast down,
Hans replied to the farmer. That is,
he talked and motioned. but he knew
that not one word in ten would be
understood. If he could not under
stand the farmer he was sure the
farmer could not understand him.
That proved to be the case. After he
had talke" for five minutes, and the
people =. the house were no wiser,
the farmer held up his hand and cried
out:
Stop your talk: can understand
nothing. l don't knew what part OF
Germany you have come from that
you speak such a lingo. II my dom
key couldn't do better than that
would sell him for a dollar!"
Then he turned to his wife and said.
Il think they are brother and sister
and perhaps they are orphans who are
seeking to find a friend or relative. II
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21
THE UNHAPPY FATE
OF THE MERMAID

In the Palace of the Sea. the Queen
lay stretched upon her bed of sea-
weeds, while the fishes darted to and
fro. scarcely daring to flap their tails
lest it might disturb her; for the
Queen had a headache.
Then the shy little Rainbow-trout
suggested that the Mermaids be ask
ed to sing for her that it might put
her to sleep, and word was sent for a
Mermaid to come at once. She came a
little Inwillingly for she had wanted
to go TO the surface of the sea with
the other Mermaids, to see what hap
pened there.
Alas, for the Mermaid! The Queen
was so delighted with the singing that
day after day she had to sit by the
Queen, singing, when she longed to
be up and away.
One day the Mermaid hid among the
sea-weeds when she heard a Goldfish
ask for her favorite to come and sing
away another headache.
All day she swan about. congratu-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

taken root on me-" said Lycurgus Sui
fermister gloomily.
What you've got to do" said lit
tie voice close beside them, lis to take
swim in the Unwishing Spring be-
hind those bushes there"
1t was the lizard that had shown
them the way to the land of Wishy
Wishy.
Immediately the adventures rushed
to the spring and dived into it. And
the moment the waters closed over
their heads, the broom and the royal
robes fell from Prunella Tramplehop-
per and melted away like soapsuds.
And the rubber feet and the puffy
cheeks and the crown and things flew
from Lycurgus Sulfermister and burst
like soap bubbles. And Lucinda Cam
disister climbed out, the same nice
Lucinda that went away from home.
Then the three wended their way
quietly and solemnly toward their ma
tive village, and the three motionless
figures with sticks began to move.
The rest of this adventure would be
of kind to grieve sensitive children,
and therefore we will conquer the
temptation to describe the scene that
then ensued. The End.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

"Done!" yelled the monkeys. ''If
you will give us the donation and If.
in addition. old Rigamajig will guess
just how we mack ourselves away in
the tree without interfering with one
another or overlapping, we will go
away and stay away"
"Alas!" thought old Hokipoki to him
self THE King can never guess it. 1t
makes him tired even to remember his
own name / wonder where l can get
hold of a good guesser."
Nothing easier!'' said the King,
when old Hokipoki explained the trou-
bic TO MIN. We'll go out and catch q
guesser, and if he doesn't succeed We'll
catch another one and so on till we
catch one that will work
So the Inkyink tribe dressed itself in
leopard skins and stuck skewers into it's
various noses and put feathers on its
various heads and sharpened its var
ious spears. Then it went forth and
i'm the next village it caught an intelli-
gent and industrious native who look
ed like good guesser.
King Rigamajig told him what he
would have to guess; and to encoura ge
him he explained to him that If he
didn't guess it before 5 p. m, Green
witch time, he would be tied to a tree
and used for a target But" said the
on you, and no arrow that hits you will
count unless it's in the bulls eye. so
don't you worry. We will do every
thing according to the International
tournament rules"
The guesser decided on the spur of
the moment that the best thing he
could do was to guess against time, for
he had not had enough experience as a
target to feel confident that he could act
as one with complete pleasure to HIM
self So he guessed till his hair actually
sizzled from the labor
And at Abs p. m. by his crocodile skin
chronometer he had worked out the po-
sitiohs in which the hidden bodies of
/ the monkeys were. So they let him go.
And the monkeys seized the donation
and retired from the scene.
In the picture you will see how the
monkeys were hidden in the tree Can
You adjust the bodies to the heads so
that no monkey will infringe on his
neighbor?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

raft on the wide. wide sea. and sailsa
awav.
When she saw the three strare,
companions on the shore. she clappeo
her hands.
Poor little things" she said. "thev
certainly need some one to take then,
out of the cold" so she landed then
and there.
The Tabby Cat came rubbin,
around her feet. but the Lame GuiI
and the Fiddler Crab stood hal
half afraid: but when the Wise IJttIa
Girl turned her pleasant face to them
and spoke to them in her soft. sweet
voice, they followed her straight n
the hut.
The Wise Little Girl knocked at tha
door of the Hermits hut once. then
she knocked twice, and then She
knocked three times. and as no one
answered she opened the door and
went in.
1t was a dull. cold little place. The
floor was dirty and there were cob
webs in the corners. for the Hermit
poor man. was ALWAYS too tired when
he came in to clean up properly, and
there was no one else to do it.
My" said the Wise Little Girl
what a placed" and she opened one of
the dusty windows and let the cold
fresh air blow in. Then she looked
around carefully.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

keys when they died.
There was some reason for this be-
life. Winker, Clinker, Blinker and
Tinker looked most amazingly like the
Kings grandfather and his brother
and his aunt and his unble.
King Rgamajig was not a person
who loved to ponder and think.
Thinking gave him pain in his head
Yet the four monkeys were in the
/ bamboo tree whenever he looked at it,
and so he simply had to think and
think till his wool pulled at it's very
roots and he would roar with anguish
You can see Tor yourself that ii
would not be delightful to have four
/ unwinking monkey faces looking at
you from dawn to night from your
bamboo tree, so that whatever you
did. whether you played the piano or
sharpened a spear or Gid embroidery
work or sentenced your enemies to
death, you would be doing it under
eight staring eyes that never turned
away from you. And then, if you had
to wonder how four big monkeys
could pack themselves away in small
tree, you would surely get a headache
King Rigamajig got a headache. 1t
was the first and only one that he had
felt since the day when he was hit
over the head by big warclub full of
spikes when he went on the warpath
against King Whisselsissel of the Ma
karonee tribe.
When kings have headaches. their
subjects may soon expect to have no
heads at all. This thought made the
Kings prime minister. Hokipoki the
Wise Man. anxious to get rid of the
four monkeys. So one morning be-
fore the sun rose he went to the bam-
boo tree and lifted his voice.
"Oh. noble and dp9hittan hrOthqrS
of the woods!" he cried you are
worrying our noble and majestic mon
arch Rigamajig into an early grave.
Go away! Please go away!"
Cllnker. Winker. Blinker and Tinker
laughed aloud
I'VE viii have a donation party for
you if you will most graciously con-
descend to go away" continued old
Hokipoki. 1--WE will give you four
teen bushels of bananas and seven
lunches of planta-ins and sixty-five
cocoanuts."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21
THE HERMIT AND
THE WISE LITTLE GIRL
BY Temple Bailey.

UGH" said the Tabby Cat. II hate
this weather." and she sat under the
steps of the Hermits hut. where she
was slightly sheltered from the cut
ting wind, and tucked her paws under
her.
IF l could fly" said the Lame Gull,
wistfully, Il should not mind the
cold"
The Fiddler Crab scuttled up a sand
hillock and gazed out over the gloomy
sea.
1.-The cold doesn't hurt me any," he
said. but the poor old Hermit will
suffer. He needs some one to take
care of him, at his age"
That's it," said the Tabby Cat and
the Lame Gull together. He needs
some one to take care of him."
Now the Hermit lived on a little
point of land that extended far out
into the sea, so that there was blue
water to the north of it and blue water
to the west of it and blue water to the
east, but to the south there was just
sand and little scrubby wind-beaten
trees.
Every morning the Hermit went
a-fishing. and the wind blew from the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21

Scarcely had Lycurgus Sulfermister
wished that Prunella Tramplehopper
would fly around and find some way
for them to get home before Prunella
went swooping UP into the air on her
broom as fast as a gull, only not quite
so gracefully. Prunella did not really
want to leave WHISKY WHISKY Land,
but she couldn't help it once Lycurgus
had made his wish.
Lycurgus himself began to have his
doubts about going home almost the
minute he had wished it; for it oc-
CURED to him that his rubber feet and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-21
I'VE NEED HER HE RE ALL THE TIME"

east and from the west and from the
north over the wide, cold sea, and
shook the little hut where the. Tabby
Cut and the Lame Gull sat and SILVER
ed by the fireless hearth, while the
Fiddler Crab dug deep into the sand
outside
Its long wait until evening"" said
for the Hermit to come back" But
the watery sun that glimmered
through the gray haze showed that
it was just noon, and the Hermit never
returned until after dark.
"Why, there he is now" said the
Fiddler Crab, whose popping eyes had
made out black speck riding on the
top of the waves.
"Hesis early" said the Tabby Cat,
as she rose and stretched herself.
TT isn't the Hermit" said the Fid-
dler Crab, suddenly, tits a raft with
a small person on it, and she is hold
ing on tight"
They all ran down to the edge of
the curling waves, the Tabby Cat TAX
ing long leaps, the Lame Gull half
limping, half flying, and the Fiddler
Crab going sidewise, and working his
one claw like a sail.
When they reached the beach they
stood in a row and watched the raft.
On the raft was Wise Little Girl.
She was an orphan. and she had lived
for a long time with an aunt, but one
dav the aunt had married a man with
five children. and after a while the
Wise Little Girl. who was really very
wise indeed. found that the food and
clothes that were given to her were
needed for the five children. so she
packed a little bundle and started
away to seek her fortune. and" said
srI eIal v.,l
and travel and travel until find some
one who needs me very badly and
then I shall stop"
So she kissed all the five children
who were sleeping in their little beds,
left a note for her aunt, launched her