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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

And far from near, and depth from height,
And false from true, and good from ill,
With limits set for them to fill?
"Let glory go, care not for gain!
Thy great reward shall still remain
The good for which thy toiling days
Were given without heed of praise,
Thy intimate and splendid thought
Made actual in beauty fraught
With joy, with passion and with power.
Not in some far predicted hour,
But even now thy heart shall know
The wells of gladness. To bestow
On beauty all the benefit
OF being, all thy skill and wit,
Thy purpose and thy endless pains,
Is thy great task. One thing remains
Thou knowest-one and only one,
Without which all were left undone:
Love. Hast thou freely given with all
Thy life's endeavor beyond recall
Thy love each day? For love must be
Poured out and spent ungrudgingly,
To give thy work soul-the fire
Of understanding and desire
And lovelinesS-to help the end
And purpose of creations trend.
Else were all effort vain. and thou
Vert judged and sentenced even now
By thy own hearts tribunal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
90 Yea.

The difficult and ancient way
To beauty lies through urge and stress
Where knowledge walks with love. Unless
Great Love arise and take thy hand
In that unknown and doubtful land
Not all thy cunning can avail
To read the signs and keep the trail;
Not love of self and Selfs employ,
But the untarnished seraph'S joy
In serving others with the best
Hand can achieve or brain attest.
| charge thee in this world, above
All other things, destroy not love
For life must spring from life, and soul
Be given Sustenance of soul.
And knowing love with toll, thine eyes
This day shall look on Paradise.
Wilt thou not also follow me 2"
His smile was like the April sea,
His presence like the hills at dawn
And then in silence he was gone.
What think you-with that mental twist,
A mailman or an optimist
At all events there stands to-day
My "Galilean." Say your say:
But life took on a change, believe,
That memorable Christmas Eve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
7 II Z G

IOu WOllueI HOW ever QftW
That Gallean Workman who
The model could have been to give
My work the charm that makes it live,
That gracious yet compelling men
So full of power and poise, that keen
Yet calm unfathomable gaze
OF one who looks upon the maze
OF human folly and still sees
More than our mere infirmitieS,
With lips that almost smile.
My friend,
painted that at one years end,
Long ago now. The SWiring snow
Down from the sky, up from below,
Smothered my window with strange light
That morning in world all white
came from battling with the storm
Into the studio, all warm
All welcome with its atmosphere
OF patient beauty, work and cheer;
Built up the fire; and turned once more
To seek the one thing striven for
So nightly by all our tribe,
The magic no one can describe,
The final touch and miracle
Of beauty meaning, "All is WE'LL"
had a sense of quiet peace,
SecluSion, respite and release,
At being snow-bound for a day,
With interruptions shut away.
Hardly had begun to paint,
In that full mood of unreStraint
So typical of Christmas Eve,
When some one silently took leave
To turn the latch and enter.
There,
With his serene though wistful air,
AS if too modest to assume
Ny need of him (although the room
Was radiant with his manIineSs
And quietude of proud address,,
Fronting the world in all mems sight
From his uncompromising height
And bearing of sweet dignity,
He stood at pause regarding me
A foreign model, as, thought,
Seeking employment, till ! caught
The brow's repose, the eyes command,
The mouths compassion. Then the hand
Was laid upon the bowling breast,
The Orient's way, the head depressed
To honor me; while all my heart
Went out to him, alone, apart,
And far above the mortal men
My sight had looked upon till then.
Speeches. | was before him there.
And then the glorious head, the hair
-. III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

A mass of wavy coppery gold,
Was lifted up. My hand took hold
OF the chair-back instinctively,
AS the clear eyes were turned on me.
Then with diction pure and fine
And Statelier than yours or mine,
And in a rhythmical clear voice
heard him saying: Friend, rejoicei
The time is drawing near-the hour
When love, intelligence and power
Shall be made one, as once they were
In the beginning, when the stir
Of will took thought and for the sake
OF beauty babe the world awake.
ais the time long, and do the years
Outwear thy patience? Are there tears
Beneath the proud triumphant strain
Of art, the struggle to attain?
Does doubt at moments do away
The light within the lamp of clay?
go workman, conscious of the hint
Of glory in the line and tint,
And searching for the truth, take heart;
For the one secret of thy art
Shall be made clear, and thou shalt know
How earth was fashioned long ago
How all the wheeling stars were made
And their appointed orbits laid,
How space was bridged and time was Spanned
And power was harneSSed to command,
Till form emerged from measured space,
And rhythm was born of time-the trace
OF mind upon eternity
And power Ia tide within a sea)
Became within its ordered grooves
Not only that which lives and moves,
But that which cares and understands
Behold the work of thine own hands
Is it not so therein? First springs
From vague unmarked imaginingS
The sweet desire; then sudden thought
In some strange secret fire is caught
And hndled; and there stands newborn
Thy fresh ideal, dear as morn
And tender as the evening Then
Remains the gOdlike task OF men,
To realize that fair design
In sound, in color or in line,
Till what was dreamed of good and true
Takes on the guise of beauty too,
AS faith compeS and means afford.
This is thy passion and reward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24


Thy arts endeavOr to transcend
The here and now with something more
Than ever was accounted for
BY rule and learning Take thou heed,
And in the hour of thy SOULS need
Despair noti Only set more high
Above the days idolatry
Thy shining mark, then wait unmoved
Until events thy faith have proved;
And the round world shall bless thy name,
Seeing at last thy only aim
Was but to feed its multitude
With truth, with beauty and with good,
The water and bread and wine of life.
is not thy longing and thy strife
To mold the plastic medium
To form and rhythm, endow the dumb
Material with speech, awake
The spirit in the clay, and make
The soul within the color sing
For rapture like the birds of spring?
Does not the muSic-maSter fill
The silence with desire and will,
And give to vague and wandering sound
Order, significance and bound?
And what is that but to give soul
To substance, reason and control
To formless chaos, taking part
In the ilIimitabe art
Whose Spirit moved upon the face
OF the great waters under space,
And shed the darkness from the light,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

So is the world renewed at length
In wisdom, holiness and strength;
The vision of the perfect good
Imposed upon the void and crude;
And the benign creative will
Slowly ascendant over i'll,
Accomplishing the sweep and plan
OF the development of man.
No hue upon thy palette's rim
But leads the minds eye up to Him,
The godlike One who is to be
The Crown and Lord of destiny.
No line upon the canvas laid
But shall declare how, unafraid,
Adventuring the bold and new,
Thy spirit dared bid hope come true,
Aspiring to supreme success
The miracle of loneliness.
, 1905-02-21
The prospects for plenty of irriga
ton water are exceedingly good.
ABLE PUBLIC MEN.

The Republicanmost heartily indorses
the following complimentary reference
by the Cheyenne Leader to worthy and
able representatives who reside in the
northeastern portion of the state:
The gallant fight made by Senator
Baird and Representatives Johnson
and Jefferies for the normal school at
Newcastle has aroused the admiration
Of their colleagues. 1t is safe to say
that the bill would never have passe {
the senate had it not been for the great
personal popularity of Senator Baird
and the high esteem in which he is
held by his fellows in the upper house
His ability, integrity, courtesy and af
liability have won for him a proud posi-
ton of influence and regard in the
state senate"
, 1905-02-21
MORE EVIDENCE.
It Is Coming In Rapidly In Lar
annie.

Evidence on the following subject
will prove of interest to every Laramie
reader. So many people go through
the same experience daily. This pub
lie statement should be proof positive
to every wavering 1oubter. Read 1t
carefully:
James Larson, of o15 First street,
says: owing to a strain caused by
ov%erexerting myself l suffered a great
deal for a year Or two from a pain
like rheumatism in my right arm and
a dull aching in my loins. During that
time l tried different remedies but if
l had obtained any marked success,
never would have gone to the Laramie
Drug Co.'S store for Doan's Kidney
Pills. They quickly, quietly and very
thoroughly created a healthy action
of the kidneys and when the secretions
from those organs became normal
backache ceased. l cannot speak too
highly of the merits of this prepare
ton"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
, 1905-02-21
NOT GAME
OF CHANCE
GREAT AMERICAN CARD AMUSE
MENT so PRONOUNCED BY
JURY IN MISSOURI.
Revival Of Question In Europe Brings
to Memory Of Kentucky Editor Cir
cumstance Occurring In Lewis
County-SkiiI Against Lack Of
Skill and Matter Is Settled.

IL is HOt merely III the united states
that politics makes strange bedfellows
and n~eCessltates curious decisions,
says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Even in the Duchy of Onledrod it has
become necessary TO decide that poker
IS not a game of chance. This decision
vas requisite to convict certain editors
OF libels. They had said that the Min
lister of Justice, Mr.. Ruhstratt, was a
gambler, or participated in games OF
chance. Mr.. RunstIatt stated that he
mad eschewed roulette, but admitted
that he played poker. So he swore, in
effect, that poker is not a game OF
chance. The editors were convicted O.
libel, but are not yet satisfied that
poker is purely a game of skill.
1t is not at all surprising that this
question should be treated in Europe
as still an open mere integra, as
the lawyers sometimes say. At all
events, if it is res adjudlcata they wish
to know it. 1t is recalled that our eX-
ISVilNlt lNllu, INT bONelh " d.
Tor Knott. has a story of a case that
occurred in the early judicial history
OF Missouri.
According to the story, somebody IN
northeast Missouri-perhaps in Lewis
cCunty-was indicted for playing a Ger
tain game of chance known as draw
! pnLar The lafnnJanf ? JNlv and
demurred to the indictment on the
ground that draw poker is not a game
of chance, but a game of skill. The
judge though that the court, what
ever might have bee the experience
of the judge as an individual, could
not judicially show that poker is a
game of skill and not Of chance. Ac
lcordingly, he decided that this was a
Question of fact and not a question of
law, and he let it go to the jury. The
jury a made up of six skillful poker
players n six whose knowledge of
the game was rudimentary. When the
jury took up the question of the ma
ture of the game they divided them.
selves into two sections, the expert,
enced poker players on one side and
the inexperienced on the other. They
sent out for a sufficient number of
decks of cards and sat down to see
what chance would do for the men
who lacked skill. The court, the law
yers. the defendant went to bed. but
the jury remained in session all night,
determined to find out by actual *
perience the real nature of the game.
When the morning dawned the half
dozen experienced players were mas
tiers of all the wealth of the jury. By
the time the court reassembled in the
morning the jury was agreed upon a
vedict, and unanimously decided that
poker is a game of skill and not of
chance.
, 1905-02-21
THANK OFFERING TO SAINT.
Chapel Erected by Grateful Citizens Of
New Orleans,

New Orleans
In a remote corner Of the city OF
New Orleans, the vieua care between
It. and the spreading town which Is
fast changing its nucleus into a
quarter" stands the shrine celebrat-
ed by Charles Dudley Warner, Joa-
quin Miller and other charmingly
loquacious travellers. the chapel of st.
Roch or the Campo Santo, built in
fulflment Of a fervent vow by Father
Thevis who pledged himself were the
members Of his congregation but
spared from a terrible plague then
raging-the fatal season of sc and e.
to build with his own hands a chapel in
honor Of the saint he invoked. the pat
ron Of good health, Saint Roch. -" .
The result of the vow was a quaint
Gothic chapel, a memorial Of and
thank-offering to that saint who gave
during his life time his wealth to the
poor, devoting his hours to the plague
stricken countries of southern Europe,
~bequeathing his power which vas I'M
weakened by death-so the quaint
story runs-to the faithful believers,
protecting them from the plaques
dread horrors.-Ednah Robinson in
Sunset Magazine.
, 1905-02-21
neafne,. cannot be cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only n way to cure deaf.
ness, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an In
AIMED condition of the ucou lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
is inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is
entirely closed, deafness Is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which is moth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness lcaused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls catarrh cure Send for circulars,
free.
J. F. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. TIC.
Take Halls Family pills for consti'
, 1905-02-21
Rounding Up Wild eurros.

A party is being organized at San
Bernardino. Cal, to round up and cor
raj the wild burros which the
desert in the vicinity of Borak lake.
There are many hundreds of the little
animals running wild there and the
purpose is to force the droves into
some canyon where they a be cor
nered and captured.
These burros had their origin in
others which from time to time have
escaped from the ranches bordering
on the desert. and from animals
which have survived their masters II;
making desert trips.
1t is believed hat at least 1000 ami.
mails car be captured in a single
roundup. A good burro is worth, in
the markets Of the west, from IS to
$40, SO that the enterprise is liable to
prove a profitable one.
, 1905-02-21
The Woman and the Dou.

II the average Belgian farmer were
deprived of the services of his wife
and dog he would o succumD. The
women and dogs do very nearly a full
half of all the work done or the farm.
Here on chill days when an overcoat
and gloves are very highly appreci
ated by a pedestrian taking a brisk
walk, on all sides are seen women
working like beavers in the fields,
wedding turnip fields, hoeing out pota.
toes, doing all sorts of work. In some
Instances, the man is by her side. but
she is generally alone. excepting for
the companionship of from one to fou
or five little tots" boys or girls. who
gather up the potatoes or pile up the
weeds.
, 1905-02-21

80 ur'vins In Moscow. 1t is a fearful
lesson to . naughty house that non
ore o the ingenuity and des,
perat'on q the secret forces OF an out.
ragged people.
victim Of this bomb was a young.
'isofoas man; he was but forty-seven
sesrs 81 ase. For many years, but es.
pecaaiiy since his nephew assembled the
throne. be has been a powerful and
mahsn influence in Russia. He has al
ways been the forefront of the party
OF oppression mt reaction. He scorned
the idea that the people have any po
iiticai rights. Or that the masses should
nave any part in public affairs. He
was III outspoken leader OF the war
party in the Japanese conflict. as he
mas been the champion of every move
to invade weak countries and encroach
upon neashboring peoples. He had no
Idea that Japan could resist, either for
herself or for Korea, therefore he was
keen for war.
1t Is probably not too much to say,
that In every evil course Russia has
taken Of late years; in every cruelty
raracity; in every active and bloody
depression Of the popular voice, the
Grand Duke Sergius has been the stea,
dy and powerful figure on the malign
side OF the question. And while we
abhor assassination and every evil de
vice Of the sort, we are obliged to say
that II bombs must be thrown, then
men like Sergius are their proper
marks.-Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1905-02-21
But the Disbursement.

Ir. Wallace Wood, of the Univer-
sity OF New York, was talking about
the love Of beauty.
The love of beauty" he said, "is
not SO firmly planted In the peoples
minds as Il should be. Things only
that are useful are considered valn-
able; beautiful things too often are
regarded as unimportant.
This popular idea Of the useful's
urspeakable superiority owe the
merely beautiful may be illustrated by
a happening in a barber shop.
"A barber. in cutting a young mans
hair, shipped OF a piece of his a r
THE young man leaped from the
chair. He cried in anguish and
horror:
"'oh, you have cut a piece of my
ear on
But the barber answered in a pat
ronizing, soothing way. as one speaks
to a child:
"'Sho! Don't carry on so. boss.
'Tain't nun to effect you hearin,.'"
49,
, 1905-02-21
Precious Manuscript Long Hidden.

A precious manuscript Of Titus
Livius. the Roman historian. was dis.
at Bamberg. Germany. The ancient
binding of a manuscript attracted the
attention of the librarian, who, upon
examination. found that each page OF
the book vas made up of two leaves
OF %sheepskin glued to each other.
Careful work in separating the sheets
rewarded the librarian with the dis.
covery of the complete work Of the
famous writer, which had long been
believed lost.
, 1905-02-21
Had Of Understandings,

Queen Victoria was greatly moved
on the occasion of the distribution Of
medals at the close Of the CrimeAn
war, but her grief was not apparent to
those less sympathetic. Was the
queen touched?" q lady asked Lord
Panmure. BLESS my soul, no." was
the reply; 'she had 4 brass railing be-
fore her and no one could touch her!"
II mean was she movedf" the lady
continued. and was answered:
Moved? She had NO occaxion to
move"
, 1905-02-21
Have You Ever
Visited Florida?


Here is what a visitor has to say OF
Ormond: Waving palms, pungent
pines. groves Of glossy leaved orange
and lemon trees their branches bending
under the weight Of the golden globes
of fruit. tropical drives and walks, the
Halifax river with Its launches and
beats, inviting to fishing parties on one
side, and the great OF the other.
all combie to make Ormond one Of the
drawing cards on the east coast of
Florida" Low rates to Florida points.
New Orleans. Galveston and San An.
tonic will be given and attractive lit
erature sent on application.
T. e. FISHER,
g. P. A., G. Z 8. Ry.,
nch3T Denver Colo.
, 1905-02-21
ADDRESS A WORK OF ART.
Presented to Retiring English Cover.
nor CT Ceylcn.

Freseh1eu 10 recurring EhgHsH 0oVer'
nor ct Ceylcn.
On his retirement from the COVER
norship of Ceylon, Sir West Ridge.
way was presented with an address
from residents in the Balapityan dis
trict.
The address was in stanZas of Pail,
the sacred language of the Buddhists,
and is inscribed on palm leaf. or ola,
prepared in the name of the tenn
pies. gilt-edged and %perfumed with
sandal-wood rosin.
Each leaf bears thumb-nail sketches
of local scenes and objects, executed
with great skill. The elias are bound
, 1905-02-21
THE LATEST ASSASSINATION.

Another assassination in high paaes
has cast it black pail upon Russ
The Grand Duke Sergius, uncle O.
speror Nicholas, was blown to peelleqe
yesterday by a bomb thrown by : ~
olutionist under his carriage Whit -
, 1905-02-21
In On. Choir Seventy Years,

MI. James Ayres has completed
his SEVENTEEN year as a member of
the church choir at Ellsworth. Mr..
Ayres, who is 81 years of age, was
in his place in the choir on New
Years day.-London Chronicle.
, 1905-02-21
Sheridan Willing to Help

Sheridan and Casper conducted a
state fair the past two years at their
own expense. No other town dared
to offer to take the Industrial conven'
ton and fair and try to do as well,
This being the case, the legislature
had to make an appropriation for a
state fair, which is all right and pro
Per. Sheridan is always willing to dc
her share. and then help her neigh
bors.-Sheridan Post.
, 1905-02-21
STATE PRESS
Evanston Headed Right

Evanston Headed Right
We have been asked by several why
Evanston does not have a free delivery
mail service. Well, the trouble seems
to be that We are not entitled to it,
First the requirements are, a popula
ton Of 10000 or an Office with mini
mum receipts of 1000 pei annum.
With either, such service is hen due
and can be claimed. The receipts OF
the Evanston Office for last year were
5000, scarcely over half the required
amount. and with a population a few
short Of the specied number, we have
lost In both instances and it will be
seen that we shall necd a few more
boosters at work before the desired
change can be accomplished. In towns
Of $4,000 population. free delivery is
compulsory. Happily, Evanston is
headed that way.-Evanston Press.
, 1905-02-21

The 50, 40 600 worth OF Oregon fru!
raised in 1904 was distributed as fol
lows: Apples. $SS5 coo; prunes. $50
900; pears. 100000: peaches. $l75
900; small fruits, $4,000.
, 1905-02-21

e. T. Lucas, Wingo. KY, writes.
April 25th. 1902; For 10 to u years I
had been aniicted with q malAdy
known as the itch" The itching was
most unbearable; l had tried for
years 10 ind relief. having tried all
remedies l could hear Of, besides .
number Of doctors. l wish to state
that one single application Of Baliard's
Snow Liniment cured me- completely
and permanently. Since then I have
used the linimeat on two separate oc-
casions for ring worm and It cured
completely. CSC. Soc. and $1.0o bottle
Sold By Red Cross Pharmacy.
, 1905-02-21
CIadstone's Speech,

Facsimile OF notes OF Mr.. Glad
stones official stenographer. From a
speech made at Norwich, May iG.
1890. Taken from the original note.
book of Mrs. James Duncan. 81
, 1905-02-21
To Prevent the Grip.

Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world
wide cold and grip remedy, removes
the cause. Call for the full name and
look for signature of E. w. Grove. Csc.
, 1905-02-21

by a silk cord in two silver-mounted
tortoise-shell covers. The book,
wrapped in yellow silk, is inclosed in
a silver casket.
The casket is held by a life-size
jointed steel hand, gloved in white
velvet and mounted in a heart Of tam.
ar,nd and ebony base.
, 1905-02-21

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, 1905-02-21

years of age and the youngest report
er in the gallery house Of com
mons. He accompanied Mr.. Gladstone
on his famous East Anglican tour and
rerorted all his speeches verbatim.
, 1905-02-21

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