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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
my Birthday"
BY j. G. WHITTIER.

Beneath the moonlight and the snow
Lies dead my latest year:
The winter winds are wailing low
Its dirgcs In my ear.
grieve not with the moaning wind
As IL loss befell:
Before me. even as behind.
God is, and all is well.
His light shines on me from above.
His low voice speaks within
The patience of immortal love
Outwearying mortal sin.
Not mindless of the growing years
OF care and loss and pain.
My eyes are wet with thankful tears
For blessings which remain.
If dim the gold of life has grown,
/ will not count II dross.
Nor turn from treasures still my own
To sigh for lack and loss.
The years no charm from Nature take:
As sweet her voices call.
As beautiful her mornings break,
AS fair her evenings fall
Love watches DER my quiet ways,
Kind voices speak my name,
And lips that find it hard to praise
Are slow. at least, to blame.
How softly ebb the tides of will!
How fields. once lost or won.
Now lie behind me green and still
Beneath level sun.
How hushed the hiss of party hate.
The clamor of the throng!
How old. harsh voices of debate
Flow into rhy thmic song!
Methinks the spirits temper grows
Too soft In this still air; o
Somewhat the restful heart foregoes
OF needed watch and prayer.
The bark by tempest vainly tossed
May founder In the calm.
And he who braved the polar frost
Faint by the isles of balm.
Better than self indulgent years
The outfiun. heart of youth.
Than pleasant songs In idle ears
The tumult of the truth.
Rest for the weary hands is good,
And love for hearts that pine,
sBut let the manly habitude
OF upright souls be mine.
Let winds that blow from heaven refresh,
Dear Lord, the langiid afr;
And let the weakness of the flesh
Thy strength of spirit share.
And. IL the eye must fail OF light,
The ear forget TO hear,
Make clearer still the spirits sight,
More fine the inward ea-i
Be near me In mine hours OF need
To soothe. or cheer. warn,
And down thpsa Stoves - sunset lead
AS NJ the hills Of morn!
(By permission Of Houghton. MINI & Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
Reformatory Prison for
Society's Spoiled Pet
Special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON. November 80 1907.
r ONION has invented new terror
for Its animal pets. A prison for
refractory cats. dogs, monkeys and
In fact. animals of every kind has just
been opened. The first prisoner, a Man
dalay monkey, much to his evident dis
gust, is now serving a three weeks term
behind iron bars for willfully tearing a
woman's dress.
The prison Is a new department of the
animals tHospital." an institution al
ready famous in its way. Erring animals
are received for solitary confinement or
other punitive treatment without ques ton
as to the Justice of the sentence which
has been passed upon them by their mas
tiers. Behind heavy bars and restricted
to diet from which all Injuries are rig
orously excluded they learn to rue the
WAYS that landed them there.
Although the Mandalay monkey is the
only four-footed individual who has. to
date. undergone confinement, the prison
is not an experiment. says the matron of
the Animals Hospital.
You can soften the temper of the most
sullen and sulky of animals by few days
of salutary confinement. Especially is this
so In the case of the over-pampered pets
of the society madames who miss the soft
cushions and special foods to which they
have been used Under confinemen mt they
are HliSeTdple anu lTeuueHtiy CRY loI DAYS
at time without let I'D. Release brings
humble ness
The convict monkey however, appears
to be withstanding the softenng effect of
confinement to a degree that does not
speak hopefully for his future liberty. He
sits all day long scratching his head in
gloomy contemplation. His chief failing
seems to be confirmed hatred of women,
for he resents with a snarl the approach
of petticoats to the CELL Toward men he
is a different creature. amiable and
friendly. I
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monkeys VIII learn to vent their dislike
of the fair sex in other ways than tearing
eXpe nSive frocks.
But if monkeys are to land in Jail. it
will not be long beofre they lose the ex-
allied standing in the upper crust of So
ciety they now occupy. No longer will
they be seen at exclusive Mayfair dinner
tables. Society DANES will no longer
hurry to Park Land Ito meet Chico at
afternoon tea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

takes long time and hard scrabbling
to work ones way home.
Admiral Evans will arrive at San Fran
cisco with fewer men missing probably
than any admiral of the American navy
ever had on reaching home port with
large number of ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

1tNc OIoSocS Oh Ddtt1eoHIPs.
Five distinct classes of battleships are
represented in the feet. popularity known
as the Kentucky, the Alabama, the Maine
the Georgia and the Connecticut class.
The newer types come first in the line.
The Connecticut type. OF which the
Connecticut louisiana Kansas and Yer
mont will be in the first division, are OF
IL OOu tons displacement, with a speed OF
eighteen knots. each carrying 300 tons
Of coal. and having an armor belt OF
from IL to inches. the armor on the
main turrets being II inches thick For
their armament they carry four Pinch,
eight S-inch. twelve finch, twelve 81
inch and twenty smaller guns. The COM
plement of men is 800.
The Georgia class is OF $1,000 tons dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

The idea of prison for animals opens
up an interesting field for thought AS
yet. both the theory and the practice are
chaotic. Undoubtedly. in time we wiz
have a Blackstone to write its laws
courts to erase and rewrite them, lawyers
to argue and distort them, and animal
criminals to evade and beat them. If
three weeks is to become the accepted
term for communicating, Mandalay
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Cor. F
s. 18th
N. w.
Wireless Telephones to Be Tried

of sentiment under which every man.
Jack Tar or officer, sails.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
It May Be True,

A Pittsburger who was stopping at
hotel in this city was having a much
more hilarious time than the manager
Of the house thought best for the COM
fort of the other guests, and he was
invited to leave. The man was feel.
ing about as happy when the invita-
ton was extended as at any other
time since his arrival in town. He had
his suitcase partly packed in the
checkroom of the hotel, and sent a
bell boy up to his room after the rest
of his belongings. The boy came back
with a good-sized armful of shirts
neckties and linen.
Standing in the lobby of tho hotel
the Pittsburger dumped the whole
mess into the case and closed it. Then
he bade the manager adieu anu start
ed out, with shirtsleeves, neckties.
and legs of unmentionables dangling
from the case. The manager directed
the Pittsburger's gaze upon the array.
Boy" ordered the happy one, "a
pair of s-s-schissors. A few minutes
later he proceeded before an amused
crowd to triW the suitcase from stem
to stern. Then, leaving the trimmings
on the lobby floor, he tackled toward
the door.-New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

official drove them out with noisy i'm
precation. asked him what allied the
wee one, which seemed to be suffering
sorely. He said the children are
homeless orphans, and that the one
rag which covered this little ones
shoulders was it's only protection from
the penetrating cold. Still it did not
occur to him to help. Two mission
aries were with me, and calling upon
the children to follow, one of them led
the way to his home, where he OBJ
tanned some garments belonging to
his own child and gave them to the
little sufferer. The spectacle of three
foreign men, and an old coolie, trying
to dress that Chinese waif In the kits
country can scarcely realize that a ma
ton should be Indifferent over the
impending death Of 100000 of its
and pantalettes of a Scotch laddie
was highly entertaining to great
crowd Of Chinese. Incidents could be
multiplied by the score. all drawn
from personal observation, showing
the utter heedlessness on the part of
the Chinese of neighbor's suffering
Chinese Grafters Hinder Help.
From the American consul-general
here learn that considerable is being
said in America about the danger to
missionaries at this time. This is
only another adroit manifestation of
the Chinese crafty, CRAFTY politics.
The officials here are merely trying
by these wiles to force the foreigners
to place the disbursement of the re-
lief funds in Chinese hands.
1t is matter of first-hand knowl-
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Shanghai, China. The whole
world has heard of China's great
famine, but there are no evi-
dences, from this viewpoint, that
the world knows of the connection
Of the missionaries Herewith, which
is An interesting story by itself,
although 1t cannot be separated
from the warp and woof of the trag-
ic tale OF this overwhelming calam-
ity. BY an interesting coincidence,
just at the moment of Sir Ernest
SatoW's attack upon missionaries In
China, the latter are silently answer
Ing his and kindred criticisms. and
Justifying their presence in the in
terror OF this enigmatical country, by
saving the lives of thousands, tens of
thousands and hundreds of thousands
OF starving Chinese. l have returned
from months tour of the fam
Inc district, which is so remote
from the treaty ports that 1 was in
formed that no other traveller had
ever been there before us; and am
prepared to say that the presence of
the missionaries alone makes it pos
sible for the worlds relief to be ad.
ministered, and that were it not for
these Americans most of the myriads
Of starving people would be permit
ted to perish.
Missionaries to the Rescue.
Noi all people in America clearly
understand that there are practically
no white men, except missionaries,
living in China outside the treaty
ports. They have no right to reside
or do business elsewhere. The for
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Not Entire.

The aeronaut, after painfully ex-
tricating himself from the wrecked
balloon. hmped to the nearest farm
house.
MADAM" he said to the woman
who answered his knock, "can you &C.
commodate with a nights lodging q
balloonist who has come to grief?"
I'D be glad to-" she hesitated, but
you are an entire stranger to"
"Not an entire one," he interrupted,
with some acerbity. "For I have left
my left ear, three teeth, and certain
portions of my nose back there with
the ruined car
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
GIFT NOT ALL A GIFT.
Generosity That Was Purely the Re-
suit of Accident.

A missionary bishop told this story
about F. Marion Crawford, the famous
novelist:
mr. Crawford went to school" he
said, "in Concord, and one day he was
taken to call at a Concord clergy.
mans.
"The clergyman had a missionary
box on his drawing room table, and.
time hanging heavily on the BOYS
hands, he amused himself with try
ing whether a silver dollar-it was
all the money he had in the world.
and he had converted it into that ri.
gantic coin for safety-would 20 into
the slit in the box's top.
1T was close fit, but unfortunate
ly it did go, and the coin slipped out
of the embryo authors fingers. There
was a terrible crash of silver falling
among the coppers-and then the boy,
as the novelists say, knew no more
when he came to himself he found
the clergyman and his family in rap
lures over his generosity"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by cuticura.

Last year, after having my little
girl treated by very prominent ply.
sician for an obstinate case of eczema
I resorted to the Cuticura Remedies.
and was so well pleased with the al
most instantaneous relief afforded that
we discarded the physicians prescrip.
ton and relied entirely on the Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Gu
ticura Pills. When we commenced
with the Cuticura Remedies her feet
and limbs were covered with running
sores. In about six weeks we had her
completely well, and there has been
no recurrence of the trouble.
In July of this year little boy in
our family poisoned his hands and
arms with poison oak, and in twenty
tour hours his hands and arms were
mass of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, and in
about three weeks his hands and arms
healed up. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Fairmont, Walden's Ridge Tenn, Oct.
l3, 1905"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.

When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left of.
There is no end to the nervous con-
ditions that coffee will produce. It
shows in one way in one person and in
another way in another. In this case
the lady lived in S. Oak. She says:
L have had to lie awake half tho
night with my feet and limbs out of
the bed on the coolest nights. and felt
afraid to sleep for fear Of catching
cold. I had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking Of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
l have been unable to go to church or to
lectures because of that awful feeling
that must keep on the move.
when it was brought to my atten-
tion that coffee caused so many ner-
vous diseases, I concluded to drop
coffee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see If my trouble was caused by coffee
drinking.
Il only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast but that was enough to do
the business for me. When I quit it
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way. Now have no more
OF the Jerking and twitching and can
sleep with any amount of bedding over
me and sleep all night, in sound, peace
full rest.
Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth its weight in gold to me-"
There's a Reason" Read the little
health classic. "The Road 70 Well
yille" In pkga :. =. ~, .z1
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
FIELD.

BY an Ancient Chinese Custom, Con.
demned Criminal May Exact Toll
from All Traffic Entering the CITY
Gate. This Thief 10 Taking Fuel
from the WheeIbarrows Of Famine
Sufferers Who Have Torn Down
Their Houses and Torn Up Their
Trees to Sell.
territory which the officials declare to
be so dangerous. We went through
the refugee concentration camps and
even ventured to give assistance to
especially needy cases, which, it has
been Owlishly averred, would be al
most certain death to any one at
tempting it. Absolutely alone, with
no other foreigners near. nor any
English-speaking Chinese, we attend
ed Chinese execution, and were tho
center OF a mob of many thousands,
gathered to gloat over and f1endishly
enjoy the decapitation of criminals:
and not so much as hostile look did
we receive, although Chinese crowd
Is proverbially in its most dangerous
mood at an execution.
All the missionaries in the afflicted
area are absolutely unafraid: the only
frightened one I met was young
southern Baptist at Chinkiang, which
is an open port, with British police,
and outside the famine belt; his sa-
credness has been matter of jest
among his fellow missionaries during
the entire two years that he has been
on the field. One OF the mission
jokes is his request to a naval officer
to keep a warship at Chinkiang!
The ugly aspect of this situation,
though, is that these officials who pre-
dict trouble have the power to make
their own prophecies come true. If,
before this article is printed, or later,
trouble occurs in the famine field it
will probably be directly due to the
avaricious officials who, by obstruct-
ing the free movements of the mis-
sionaries, and by various other tac-
tics, are hindering the work of relief,
all with the object of securing
squeeze" for themselves. But the
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

- mercury will surely destroy tho sense Of smell
entering 1t through tho mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
viii do 10 ten fold the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
curry and IL taken internally, sctine directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Cstarrh Cure be sure you get the
Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take AAlps Family Pills for constipation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Evil Of 1ippino system.

Although there is great effort made
to keep secret the thefts in hotels and
restaurants in New York, it is quite
evident they are on rapid increase.
The manager of a large restaurant
says the system of having servants
depend almost entirely upon patrons
for their pay lowers their moral stan
dard and causes them to look on those
they are supposed to serve as their
legitimate prey.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
She Experimental.

A little girl of five was taken to
church one Sunday, and listened with
unexpected attention to the sermon,
which graphically told the story of
the stilling of the tempest on the Sea
OF Galilee, and how Christ walked on
the waves. In the afternoon her moth
er missed her and began an anxious
search of the house. AS she neared
the bathroom she heard sounds of
splashing, and hurried to the door to
behold small, excited face peering
over the rim of the big white tub, and
to hear a small, excited voice ex-
claim: Say, mamma, this walking
on the water is quite trick"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

with my back and
kidneys. I doctored
and used many rene
dies without getting
relief. Beginning with
Doan's Kidney Pills,
I found relief from
the first box, and two
boxes restored me to
y -
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
ACQUISITION to Literature.

James Ford Rhodes, whose history
of the civil war has added so much
to the authentic annals of the United
States, was until recently an exten.
sive iron and steel manufacturer Of
Cleveland, o. =
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Always say kind word when you
can, if only that it may come in with
singular opportuneness.-Helps.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

tion. My wife and many of my friends
have used Doan's Kidney Pills with
good results and I can earnestly rec
Ommend them"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Colleges Undesirable Fire Risks.

Colleges Undesirable Fire Risks.
Colleges are now regarded as rather
undesirable insurance risks, and it is
probable that the rate will be gen.
orally increased. In 1S years 784 fires
have occurred in college buildings, en-
failing loss of $10,500,000 in money
and heavy loss of life. This makes
the average money loss over $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Lots of people manage to keep the
truth pretty busy with it's struggles
to rise.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

All men want to be able to work,
but all men do not want to work.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

What man can do is his greatest
ornament and he always consults his
dignity by doing it.-Carlyle.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

edge that the sentiment toward for
eigners in the famine region is wholly
friendly. I found the peasants ex-
pressing distrust and haired Of their
own officials, and looking to the for
eigners for help. With no escort
whatever and with no Chinese-speak-
ing companion. Mrs. Ellis and 1 trav-
eled through hundreds of miles of the
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

1t is not those who read simply, but
those who think, who become enlight-
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Girls Destined for Har,

Girls Destined for Haren1s.
The Circassians, who live in tho
northwestern part Of the Caucasus,
and who think it is more honorable to
live by plunder than by industry, make
it custom to bring their daughters
up to be sold as slaves to the Turks
and Persians. Circassian beauties,
therefore, shine not in their native
land but in the harems of the orient,
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Though we may be learned by the
help of another's knowledge, we can
never be wise but by our own wisdom.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Ladies Can Wear ShoAo

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. A certa in cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c Ac-
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
McMurrav's Vanilla

Painting is an art with some men
and habit with some women.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Hjuh Cream Prices.

Write us to-day for particulars and tags.
MILTON DAIRY CO., St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Worth dollar a drop, sold by all Gro
GERS at low price.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Burglars Pathetic Wall.

Burglars Pathetic Wall.
A burglar arrested in London the
other night remarked regretfully: ~
knew the time when I could do 20
houses in two hours. But l am get
ting DID,"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Ship Your Cream to Us.
We always pay the highest market price.
Samels Bros, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus reduces IN
asys pain, cures wind collie. 2sc bottle
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

You must love your work and not
be always looking over the edge of it
wanting your play to begin.-George
Eliot.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

! Nothing is mare tedious than the
pursuit Of pleasure as an occupation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Does Your Head Ache?

If so, get box of Krause's Headache
Norman Lichty Mig. Co., Des Moines, Ia.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
F5.I-
DOES YOUR BACK AchE7
Profit by the Experience Of One Who
Has Found Relief.

James r. Keeler, retired farmer.
OF Fenner St., Cazenovia, N. Y, says:
about fifteen years ago I suffered
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Fault~inding women frequently step
on their own corns. "Y'S" @9-~-s
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
We Pay Top Price for Cream.

Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. St. Paul. MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Fnono9raph Oea1eT8 Wanted.
Victor, Edison or Zonophone. WriteW.J
Dyer & Bro. Jobbers, 10 w. 5th St., st. Paul.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13

Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc.
Lowest prices. Write for free catalog No.
n. w. Hide g. Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-13
Physicians Recommend Castoria

has met pronounced favor part pharma-
ouca societies and medical authorities It used by physicians
results most gratifying The extended Of Castoa unquesionaby
result Of three c fTh diputabe evidence it is harmless
not only ays stomach pains and qes the nerves. but a
as the food % agreeable and perfect substitute OIL
absolutely SAFE It does not contain any OPIUM Morphine
and does not np unlike Soothing Drops Godfys
Cordial etc. This good deal for Medical Journal say. duty
ever danger and record the advancing health The day
tor poisoning innocent children through greed ought end To
knowledge Castoa remedy produces omposre health BY
regulating the senot by -and our readers are entitled to
the in0rmation- Journal of HeozM.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-02
AUBURN BEATS
PUYALLUP

AUBURN. Wash. March s.~frhel
Auburn hiEh schools debating team
Won an important contest Ia The
race for the state championship iant
evening, when Il defeated the teain
II the puyaiiup high school. ehasn-l
piann % Pierce county
The subject WAS the nhip anhstdy
bill. Auburn debating on the mega
tive side. Auburn has won a ssffeH
af victories. and hopes 60 defeat the
heat tom nf Eastern WILMINGTON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-02
NEW POST CARDS

A new style of picture post card,
which permits the address and the
to be written on one
side with the other entirely de-
voted 60 the picture. have been
issued by the postofflce department
They went into use yesterday
Dealers In this city began selling
the cards yesterday They ohylhtc
the disfigurinK Of picture poatals by
writing ever the pictures.