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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY S. 1908

dies. Strange to say, her own health remained
poor, and gradually she became SO feeble that from
day to day her death seemed imminent. But her
parents resolved to do all they could for her,
and at last bethought themselves of placing her
in the hands of the much talked of physician,
Justinus kerner, who lived in the pleasant valley
town of Weinsberg and was said to be adept in
every branch of the healing art, notably in the
mesmerism which alone appeared to benefit her.
To kerner therefore, she sent; and it is not
difficult to imagine the delight with which she
dant meadows and fragrant vineyards of Weinsberg.
Kerner, who is better known to the present
generation mystic and poet than physician,
justly accounted one of the celebrities of the
day. Eccentric and visionary, he vet
of solid learning and intense patriot. 1t
owing to him. as his biographers fondly recall,
that WeinSbergS most glorious monument the
well named Webertrube, not suffered to fall
into utter neglect, but instead restored to
mind all Germans of that distant day, in the long
gone twelfth century, when the women of Veins
berg, securing from the conqueror the promise that
their lives would be spared, and that they might
take with them from the doomed city their most
precious belongings, staggered forth under the
burden not of jewels and treasure but of their hus
bands, whom they carried in their arms or on their
backs. Thus massacre averted and thus did
the name of "Woman's Faithfulness" attach itself
to the castle in the shadow of which Kerner spent
his days. But at the time of which write neither
the castle poetry held first place his thoughts;
instead, he absorbed in the practice of his pro-
fesson. And so, with the ardor of the enthusiast
and the sympathy of the true physician, he well
coined to Weinsberg the sufferer of whom he had
heard much and of whom he to become both
doctor and biographer
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1t was in November, 1926, that he first met her.
She then twenty-five, and thus had been for
six years in state of almost constant i'll health.
Her very appearance moved him profoundly. Her
fragile body, he relates in the graphic word picture
he drew, enveloped her spirit but as a gauzv
veil She extremely small, with Oriental
features and dark dashed eyes that were at once
penetrating and prophetic" When she spoke his
conviction deepened that he looking on one
who belonged more to the world of the dead than to
the world of the living; and he speedily became
commune with the dead Less than a month after
her arrival at Weinsberg, and being in the trance
condition that was now frequent with her. she
nounced to him that she had been visited by ghost
which insisted showing her a sheet of paper
covered with figures and begged her give it to his
wife, who still alive and would understand its
significance and the duty devolving upon her of
making restitution to the he had wronged in
life
kerner thunderstruck at recognizing. from
her description Weinsberg lawyer who had been
dead for years and thought to have de-
frauded a client out of large of money.
Eagerly he piled Frederick with questions among
other things asking her to endeavor to locate the
paper of which the ghost spoke
Il see it said she dreamy 1T lies in building
which is sixty PAGES from my bed. In this see a
large and smaller room. In the latter sits tall
gentleman, who is working at table Now he goes
out, and now he returns Beyond these rooms there
is one still larger, in which some chests and
long table. On the table is a wooden thng,-1
cannot name 1t,-and on this lie three heaps of
paper; and in the center one, about the middle of
the heap, lies the sheet which SO torrents him
knowing that this was exact account of the
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spider throwing band after band of sticky ribbon
about some struggling prey as large whale
would be to Tighter and tighter the threads
are drawn until the victim swings poweress,--
swathed body head, and limb. If we can watch
such encounter through hand lens, we cannot
but shudder at the satanic skill of the eight-eyed
1asso thrower whose larat is woven from its own
body.
Another method of catching birds is by means of
twigs dipped in sticky lime, and in this are
minded of the ant eater, which draws in hundreds
of ants with lick of its long curling tongue,
coated with glutinous saliva.
A Dumb Electrocuter
A T first thought the electric chair, which sends
\ the criminal to his doom, would to be
fnement of invention possible only to mans genius;
but the electric eel can benumb horse so that it
will drown before recovering from the shock, and
the fercest fish is rendered helpless by the genlest
touch of this creature. Small wonder these ees
flourish in their native waters and seldom fail to
find food enough and to spare!
AT any rate, the gentleman angler casting his fly
upon the ripple is unique-surely animal can
match the rod and line Yet there is fish with a
long slender flament dropping forward from it's
head, tipped with feshy, wormlike appendage.
The fish lies quietly on the bottom and awaits
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nbble. Soon mnnow makes dash for the wav-
ing luscious morsel The huge mouth opens and
the fnny angler has dined! veritable Shylock
this, with rod line, and bait of his own flesh and
bone
Perhaps the most terrible invention of man is
the rifle by which he can say when far from his
victim. And this fact makes the shooting fish of
Java a more interesting creature. A fly alights
leaf, foot more above the surface, basking in
the sun, its many faceted eyes the lookout for
danger in all directions except below. small fish
rises slowly through the water and carefully pro-
trudes its long pointed snout into the air. long
wait follows, when the fish is apparently taking
aim, and then silvery stream of drops shoots un-
erringly upward and tumbes the fly headlong into
the eager waiting mouth. The natives keep this
of its curious habit. When it becomes accustomed
to its surroundings it will readily shoot at
fly or bit of meat held between the fingers.
Appearances Are Decsiving
THE painted faces and blood curdling cries of at
lacking Indians and the mock dragons and tin
pan noises of the Chinese soldiers are all supposed
to aid in ntmidating the foe, and this is method
widely practlsed among the lesser creatures: Thus
threatening motions deter their enemies from de-
vouring them, mistaking them for singing wasps
and there edible butterflies which manage to
deceive the birds by mincking closely in color
and flight other conspicuous species whose acid
juices protect them from all danger
Wild dogs and wolves are terribly certain in
their methods of hunting. When once they start
trail, Indian like, nothing turns them aside,
and tireless on and on they lope, until the quarry
sinks exhausted or is pulled to earth Wolves and
coyotes often employ guerrilla tactics, hanging upon
the outskirts of herd of buffalo and watching their
chance to kill calf or wounded animal.
Of the opposite method of hunting may be
toned the alligator, which lies quietly for hours
at the drinking place of the deer, drifts oglke
upon its unsuspecting victim The boa constructor
also lies in wait, and then makes lasso bolas of
its own body, crushing and strangling the victim
to death.
The poisoner of the medieval ages is correlated in
nature by the sinister moccasin and cobra; while
a bel in fair r,aI
and the lie is passed by cowboys before guns are
drawn, so this serpent gives warning before it
strikes.
Even the human poacher who sneaks at night
into the guarded preserve and illegally snares the
game is represented among birds by the unfortunate
ly selected emblem of our country, the bald eagle.
1t swoops with menacing scream upon the fish hawk
and pursues it numerically till the fish is dropped,
when the eagle regans before it has fallen to the
water, and flaps off to its aery with its i'll gotten
booty
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HOWEVER complex the motives of mankind
i i underlying MURDERS feuds, and wars may be,
yet the actual killing is in way different from the
killing among the lower animals. One sngle-ceed
drop of living jelly may encounter another and
absorb it; roaring lion may leap upon and ami
hilate an antelope; savage may brain his fellow
with stone; by the touch of a button the jailer
may end the life of the criminal in the electric chair;
or tiny submarine torpedo may instantly destroy
the greatest battleshp with its crew of thousand
men,-the result is in all cases the same: death.
Through the past history of mankind UP from the
brute plane of life, when might right, any
invention of weapon gave the possessor an i'm
mense advantage in the struggle for life. and when
we come to review the weapons of the human race
hardly one is found that is not duplicated in the
world of animal life.
One of the fist weapons of the savage was doubt
less simple branch of tree, which, stripped of
its twigs, formed club and in the mode of defense
of the bear there is similar use of the powerful
fore leg and foot swung with terrific force the
animal stands on its hind legs.
When you are swimming lazly along near the shore
and experience the feeling of thousand needle
prcks across your chest, will realize that you
have crossed the path of singing jelyhsh and
for week two the experience will remain wildly
in mind While it may not soothe the irritation,
yet it is interesting to know that you have had
myriad tiny harpoons discharged into Your skin,
each from coiled spring gun affair, as efficient in
its way any whale killing swivel which was ever
swung by up to date whalers.
Nature Trappers
WE read Of the tiger traps in Inda,-great pits
w dug in the ground and covered lightly with
plant bamboo. The tiger steps upon the false top,
and before it retreat is precptated into the trap
Walking along sandy road, look for tiny circular
pits sunk below the surface and then sit down and
watch an exciting episode in the life of the little
still hunter which has dug the pitfal 1t is invisible,
and for sometime the whole affair seems lifeless
Then ant comes laundering along, and without
warning topples over the edge and begins to slide
down the incline. But the insect fights hard for
life and seems about to make its escape when 10!
the sand grains heave upward at the bottom and
with jerk are hurled like miniature catapult at
the ant knocking it and rolling it to the bot
tom. The ant lion, for such it is, now seizes it's
prey and after sucking its juices casts the dry body
away and mends its pit against the coming of an
other: victim.
We know how all too successful the nets of the
fowler, entanging sometimes hundred more
birds at once; and anaogues there spiders
webs which many times more efficient in snar-
ing flies and grasshoppers. We marvel at the skill
OF the cowboy who hurls this lasso with unerring
aim and brings the horse helpessly to earth;
but his art is clunsiness itself compared to tiny
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this, she solemnly assured it that by prayer alone
could it's sins be forgiven and its pardon obtained
and thereupon set herself to teach it to pray
Ultimately with a most joyous countenance, the
ghost told her that she had indeed led it to its Re-
deemer and its release; and at the time
seven tiny spirts-the spirits of the children it had
had earth-appeared in a circle about it and sang
meodiously. Nor did they leave her until the pro-
tecting apparition of her grandmother interrupted
their thanksgiving and babe them be gone
Whether the happy ghost notified others in
kindred plight of the that had attended her
efforts it is certain that if the contemporary records
to be accepted, the few short years of life
manning to her were largely occupied in ministerng
to the wants of distressed spirits. Phantom monks,
MOBILES peasants pressed upon her with terrible
tales of misdeeds unatoned, and begged her to in
struct them in the prayers which essential to
ELEVATION. There was one specially importunate
group, the apparitions of young man, a young
woman, and a new born child wrapped in ghostly
rags, which gave her no peace for months. The
child they said theirs and had been murdered
by them, and the young woman in her turn had
been murdered by the young Naturally they
able to send them their way rejoicing their
conduct and language were extravagant that they
appalled, her more than did any other of the
GUS seekers for grace and rest.
Ministering the Living
THE dead were not the only ones to whom she
ministered. Side by side with the gift of ghost
seeing and ghost conversng and with the no less
markabe gift of speaking in an unknown tongue and
of setting forth the mysteries of the hereafter she
developed the peculiar faculty of peerng into the
innerost being of spirits still in the flesh detecting
the obscure of disease and prescribing reme
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-16
HOSE CART HITS !.
P. il. SMITHS BUGGY
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT DURING
FIRE YESTERDAY.
Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
While the fire department was an
swering a call turned in from South
lTwenty-ninth street and First avenue
yesterday afternoon, q horse and bug
.gy driven Nv r. II. Smith was struck
by the heavy hose wagon and Mr..
Smith was thrown to the. ground while
his light buggy was almost demol-
.ished.
Mr.. Smith was driving along First
avenue north when the fire team and
wagon came rushing out of the sta
ton. Mr.. Smith attempted to stop his
horse. but the animal insisted on back
ing and the result was a collision.
Fortunately no m vas hurt serious
ly.
The fire was in a brick cottage a
few doors south Of the Presbyterian
church and was confined to a clothes
closet. The blaze was extinguished
with the chemical engine before 1t
gained much Roadway. AS is not un-
usual the fire was the third within "a
hours.
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races, a baseball game and a special
of festivities. Fireworks

races, a baseball game and a special.
program Of festivities. Fireworks
and q dance insthe evening will con
cllde the days entertainment.
Mr.. O'Donnell declares . that the
new settlers are DESTROYS Of properly
observing their first Fourth OF July on
the project and that they are making
great plans for a celebration.
Huntley already has a baseball team
organized and the team has played.
several games with q n aggregation
from Ballantine. It is probable that
the Huntley team will try to secure a
game with one Of the Billings teams
on independence day.
The picnic Is to be held in a beau
.tiful grove a short distance from the
town on Pryor creek and 1t is not i'm
probable that a pavilion will be erect
ed there. Visitors from Billings and
surrounding towns will be invited to
attend the festivities.
Those who are promoting the move
ment are confident that a big celebra-
ton can be held and are doing every
thing in their power to make it a sue
cess,
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compelled to either walk or drive, and.
choosing the latter they madesas good
progress as possible over the muddy
roads. sssss8 Nm
That the cyclone was severe one
is attested by a letter.FeceiVed by w.
"A. COMBS, a well known real estate
man OF this city, from relatives in
Geneva, a city h. Nebraska that mar
rowly missed rsing devastated by the
storm. The letter states that the
storm passed throuPa the outskirts of
that city and SWEET everything before
it in such a clettn and uerfect way
that there was MT much left behind
1t.
Crops, stock and 4arn property suf-
fered greatly not only IN schickley
and Geneva but in other sections Of
northern Nebraska. Attic ugh much
damage was done there we're but few
deaths resulting from the cyclone, the.
Moore physician suffering more per-
haps than any other person in losing
both Of his parents.
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n. P. CLERKS WIN
FROM THE BANKERS

From Sundays Daily.
# Easom had only connected with
lhe ball in the first half Of the ninth
inning, when the bases were full and
SO nen we're out and the was
S u i In favor Of the N. ". Clerks the
Bankers might have won But he did.
not. Howell struck him out.
That tells the final story of the
game, which was played yesterday aft
ernoon at Country Club park between
the bank clerks and the railroad
clerks and which the latter won. lne
bankers tried three pitchers, but it
was OF no avail. Ten Of them struck
OUT and the majority Of the rest sent
little pop.up flies that were easily
caught. Eight Of the N. P.'s struck
out, but they seemed to be able to
connect with the ball at the time the
bankers intended making errors Thus
they got all their runs In fact, err
rors were responsible for all runs.
They were too numerous to mention.
A special train carried the players
and most Of their % friends, who saw
the performance, to the park. It only
took 2 hours and 81 minutes to play
the game.
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oRcHARDlsTs OF VALLEY MAY
PERFECT ORGANIZATIONS
ORCHARD HOMES
Park City Farmers May Plant Fruit
Trees and Retail Land In Five and
Ten Acre Tracts for Orchard
Homes-Gardlner Promoter.

From Saturdays Daily.
G. I. Gardiner, local inspector for
the state board Of horticulture, re-
turned to Billings yesterday from
Laurel and Park City, where he has
been attending to business affairs for
several days.
During his stay in Park City Mr..
Gardiner interested the farmers in an
orchard home proposition. Several
have agreed. to plant fruit trees or
from 40 to 80 acres Of their land and
retail the orchards in five and ten
acre tracts to homeseekers. The
proposition seems to meet with gem
eral approval among the farmers who
reside in the immediate vicinity Of
Park City.
AS a result OF Mr.. Gardeners visit
to Laurel 1t is very probable that q
Yellowstone County Fruitgrowers' as
ISOLATION will be organized. a score
or more Of the largest fruit growers
in the county are Interested In the
project and their hearty endorsement
of the movement augurs well for the
future Of the proposed organization.
Purposes Of Association.
The purposes Of the association will
be to promote the fruit growing in
dustry in the Yellowstone valley.
primarily. and to protest the fruit
growers by establishing storage
houses where the fruit can be stored
until such time as the market is not
glutted. Under present conditions
fruit growers are forced to put their
fruits on the market at a time when
prices are the lowest. The harvest
ing season coming at a time when
fruits are shipped in here In such
large quantities is the cause for this.
"a set Of bylaws and the constitu.
ton Of the Montana State Horticul-
tural society will be secured and or
ganization Of a fruitgrowers' associa-
ton. will be perfected q g soon as pos
sible.. w. r. westtrook OF Laurel Is In
terested in the organization Of the So
ciety and is n Of its promoters.
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DAIRY SPECIAL
IS POSTPONED.
WAsHoUTs DISRUPT PLANS OF
DAIRYMEN's ASSOCIATION.
CONTEST IS DELAYED
Many Ruttermakers Of State Unable
to Make Their Entries Owing to
Dlsorsanized Condition Of Train
Service In Montana.

From Saturdays Daily.
The following notice Of the post
ponement Of the buttermakers' scor-
ing contest and Of the DAIRY spe-
cial" has been received by The Ga
zette from w. j. Elliott Of the Mon
tana State Agricultural college:
Owing to the disorganized condi-
ton Of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads in this state, the
scoring contest under the auspices of
the Montana State Dairymen's assoc
citation will be postponed Until a later
date. Definite notices will be sent out
in a short time regarding the date on
which that scoring contest will be
held.
II the association was to hold its
scoring contest on June 18 as an
nounced, about half Of the Dreamer.
les in the contest would not be able
to get their tubs Of butter to Helena,
SO in fairness to all scoring contest
was postponed.
Owing to the severe washouts on
the Northern Pacific road, the dairy
train which was to be run under the
auspices Of the dairy department of.
the agricultural college has also been
postponed. Definite notice regarding
the particular dates for the towns
where the special is to stop will be
sent out In a short time. lsigned).
w. j. ELLIOTT.
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GEORGES CAR
y CLIMB POLE
REAL ESTATE MAN WAS ACTING
AZ INSTRUCTOR.
YEGEN AT THE: WHEEL
white Steamer Longed to BE in Bal
loon ciass-Pete Stayed to See the
Whole Show, But Il Wasn't His
Fault Entirely.

From Sundays Daily.
w. B. George is nursing a bruised
shin and arm and has less skin on
his forehead than formerly as a re-
suit OF an attempt to teach Peter
Yegen now TO drlve a White steamer.
Nj. George is not a professional in
structor In this line but Mr.. Yegen
was Interested and the real estate
man INDUCED his whim when he want
ed to drive the cal.
IA farmers team and a telephone
pole on the south side Of the Twenty
ninth street crossing proved Mt.
Yegen's undoing and gave MT.
Georges ambitions to teach novices
the ms and outs of an automobile
quite a setback.
Eyewitnesses OF the affair declare
that Mr.. Yegen was driving across the
crossing when suddenly the machine
jumped ahead and before 1t could be
stopped started climbing a telephone
pole. MI. George was not content to
stay with the car when it hit the pole
but kept right on going until gravity
overcame the momentum given him
while the car was in motion, and he
hit the ground with a great big thud.
MI. Yegen stayed in the car to e
the whole show-but it was not his
fault that he did so. The steering
wheel saved him from the same fate
that befell Mr.. George.
George Saves the Day.
It seems that MI. Yegen noticed q
fractions team approaching and want
ed 10 turn out so that the horses
wouldn't be frightened by the automo-
bile. He made a quick grab for the
steering wheel but grasped the throt-
tie, which Is a small wheel just In
side the steering wheel, instead. The
machine started to buck and George
shut of the power, but not in time to
avoid a collision with the pole. It
would take a vivid imagination to pic
ture the finish If George hadn't shut
of the mower, as it is very probable
that the car would have backed OF
and persevered in the practice OF
butting the polo until the obstacle
was removed or the engine so badly
crippled that further effort would be
Impossible.
The damage to the car has not
been estimated as Mr.. George has
been too busy receiving congratula-
lions Of his friends owe his narrow es-
cape to take stock.