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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21

Although London has police force Of 10, 700
men, the World feels called upon to express it.
self as follows SIT is necessary to put the mat
ter plainly, and to say at once that for the pur-
pose ofthe prevention of crime, the protection
Oflife and property, the detection of criminals,
the suppression of ruffianism. the London police
are, if not impotent, scandalously inadequate.
They are equal to the task of regulating traffic.
They can keep order ON levee or drawing-room
day, and can turn back intruding carriages from
their accustomed line of route in St. James
Park with an imperious gesture and peremp-
tory tone worthy of dowa9er duchess hall
porter. But when 1t comes to be a competition
Ofintelligence and capacity between the habitual
and determined criminals on the one hand and
the guardians OF the public peace on the other,
the cOnstabalary of the capital are literally not
in it. Can a single case be mentioned during
the last two or three years in which the police
have effected really clever capture of MUIR
derer or thief-a single case, in fact, in which
the criminal has not escaped scot-free-unless,
LEROY and Lamson committed murders which
were as clumsy as they were cruel. Yet the po-
lice at first were strongly disposed to let LEROY
go. Within the last eighteen months there are
known to have been eight murders-there have
OF course. been many more of which nothing is
knOwn--whose authors are still at large. We
do not go back as far as the HOxton the Ethan,
the Great Coram Street, and the EustOn Square
tragedies. We restate our general proposition
that it is the exception for the myrmidons of
Scotland Yard to unearth hOmicides cutthroats,
and robbers, who display address and intelligence
In cOncealing their crime. The machinery of
detection and prevention Is pitted against that
OF assassination. outrage, and theft, and it can
not stand the strain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
Cremation in Europe.
In Don NTon n a 1okfo


The cremation of Garlbaldi which is to be
carried out In accordance with his last will and
testament, will tend to revive public interest in
controversy of which little has been heard for
some time. At present the practice is not popu-
lar; for the most Of us it is not even possible.
Even at Milan the number of erematiOns does
not exceed one hundred per annum. The re-
port Of NJ. Georges Martin on 'the Proposition
Cadet" submitted to the Municipal Council of
Paris, contains the latest and most Trustworthy
information on the subject of cremation. NJ.
Martin agrees with NJ. Cadet that cremation in
short time will be regarded as the only posi-
BILE solution of q problem which in great cities is
ever increasing in urgency; but he contents HIM
self with proposing that for the present crema-
ton should be rendered optional. The crematory
however, is as yet but In an early stage of
development. Under the stimulus Of cOmpe-
titiOn 1t is probable much nearer approach to
perfection may be made than has yet been
attained The regenerative furnace of NJ
Siemens at Dresden only cost ESQ, and is one Of
the best yet invented. Combustion is effected
by heated air. and the process is very rapid. The
BRUNETTE crematOry is complicated and slow.
1t takes four hours to consume a body and
necessitates consumption of a hundred-weight
OF wood. The most CHASTITY of all the apparatus
of cremation is the KubOrn, which is devised
for use on the field of battle. In this dreadful
machine as many as II bodies can be burned
at one time, the operation lasting from an hour
to an hour and half A dozen Kuborns work.
ing day and night could dispose of 1850
corpses in q hours. Thirty years ago it was
proposed to dispose Of bodies by passing them
into gas retOrts, and since then many inventors
have sought to use gas as the agent for reducing
them to their elements. The apparatus of NM
POllica and Clericetti in which many cremations
have taken place, is one OF those in which gas is
used, much on the principle of the ordinary gas
oven. The process is complete in an hour and
a half, and the charge is 2Of. On an altogether
different principle is the crematory of Prof
PaOlo GOrini, of Lodi He processes to be able
completely to destroy human body in 20 min
utes. at cost OF ST.. by immersing it in a chem
ical solution heated to high temperature. The
composition of this solution he keeps strict
secret, but chronic acid is believed to be one of
its chief ingredients. The best known crema-
tory in Europe is that erected by NJ. Keller in
the cemetery Of Milan. In this monumental
crematOry' two bodies can be consumed at a
time without producing any odor. The process,
which is completed in an hour, can be watched
through small glazed openings, and at the close
the survivors can carry home with them four or
five ltres of fine ashes weighing about sixty
ounces. The cost varies from 15f. to 25f
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value of Locnr rss.,orie,.

An extremely interesting, and in all ways a
worthy feature ofthe book-collecting mania of
our time is the mania for local histories. If
any form of the disease shall survive to remote
ages. it will no doubt be this, and surely it
ought to be this. Strong interest in ones ma
tive town Is part or common human expe-
rience, and, much as a man may roam over the
world, and wide as his interests and sympathies
may In later years become, he is, after all, mex
tricably bound to the scenes of his earliest ex-
perience of life. Almost like the pine trees and
the naples, he takes root In the first soil he
dwelis upon, and however much transplanted
Is never altogether free from his earliest sur
rOundings. Forget them he does not, and
wholly to outgrow them Is altogether beyond
his power. Local histories are priced solely
because they are local histories They are
often the worst of literature In respect Of style,
OF taste. and Of skill; they are always badly
printed. and as for their bindings, the best of
them are, as Dibdn would say, ''murderously
bound in calf" The sale of such books is uni
formly slow. and the editions are wisely small,
and yet forty years after they are issued the
prices OF them advance probationary, Even in
our own country this ia fast getting to be true;
in England, however, 1t has long been true, and
with eacn year more and more impressive does
the truth become. There was q sale of such
books in London last month. and the prices
they brought may fairly well surprise even
by dealers upon local histories Here are a few
OF the books and the sums paid for them At
kyn's Worcestershire" which sold not long
ago for $50 brought $685. Bl0omfield's Nor
folk" with extra illustrations, $780, Dalla-
ways "Western Sussex four volumes, 1915;
Dugdale's ''Warwckshire," two volumes, with
additions, 1926; Hodgson's northumberland"
$3.50; Hoare's "Modern South Wiltshire" six
volumes, $40, and collection of old London
views, S725. Every one knows In this country
hnv or6 OBJ 70
for the publishing; how the local magnate
writes the sketch of his life himself and pays
literally for this and for the portraits and the
views of his mansion, and his weather-vane
capped carriage house; how, moreover, and by
what arts many poor farmer is inveigled into
subscribing SIS for the book. when his sons and
daughters do not possess a single volume by
Dickens, by Hawthorne. or by Shakspeare-au-
thors whom they might learn something OF for
One-1fth of those five dollars. But when our
land has become an old one the heirs-at-law Of
these farmers may yet get their reward, at least
in mOney.-Ne,o York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
What Became Of The Eggs.


When General ROsecrans came back to Chat
tanooga, on the second days battle at Chicka-
manga, and was assisted of his horse (unneces-
sarily the General says) b. at least one member
OF his stan, be found himself In the presence of
two OF his corps commanders, leaving the army
at the front without the General-in- Chief, and
with only one corps commander, whose name
luckily, was George H. Thomas There Is ex-
celient authority Tor stating that Rosecrans did
not at once order McCook and Crittenden to re-
turn to their corps. and that, while Rosy sat in
a brown study, the headqEartersco cook proceeded
to prepare some eggs which was not inap-
propr.ate, as the generals had lost several
neals, and were evidently in need of some OF
the pr0topiasm without which the best soldier
must ct length become inefficient. Presently
On orderly dashed in, bringing the news that
Thomas held his position Rosecrans sprang
mp, much in the manner Of one intensely sur
prised, waved the dispatch over his head, and.
turning to McCook and Critteudcn said: ssGen-
t!smen, this Is no place for ron. Go at once to
your corps" They went, OF course. The
question now comes mp "Who got those
cggs?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
Too ReIigiOuS-

A young man with very bad voice, but who
firmly and steadfastly believed that in the arti-
Gle of voice he was the superior Of Brignoli, en-
gagged teacher to give him lessons When
asked how he liked his teacher, his reply was
that he was good master, but he was alto
gether too religious for him.
'.How too reIigious!"
'.Why, while am practicing he walks I'D
and down the room wringing his hands and
praying"
"What Is his prayer? What does he p.ay
about?"
Heavenly Father. how lone must endure this?'
There was doubtless something the matter with
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
How the Judge Crossed the stream.


An Anecdote by General James Craig.
Well, we were riding along the road one
chilly day in November, talking about court
business and legal talent, when we struck a
small stream that appeared to be about thirty
yards wide. ''Hello," said Judge Norton, of
Missouri. 'ths is q new stream to me. How
shall we cross it," Taking advantage of his ig-
norance pretended to survey the situation,
and after emerging from the thicket solemnly
inquired: Judge, can you swim?" 'Like a
fish," he replied, while his eyes twinkled in the
expectation of displaying his ability in that d.
rection. 81 can't" said I, $50 suppose you
strip of and swim across, testing the depth as
you go, and give me the advantage of your ex-
perience." IAN right" he said, dismounting
from his horse. Then he removed all his cloth
Ing, tied them together, placed them safely be-
tween his teeth and started cautiously into the
creek. choked my handkerchief into my
mouth to keep from laughing, while the Judge
gravely waded across through exactly four
inches Of water; but you would have died to see
his look Of unutterable disgust when he reached
the opposite bank. His feet were blue with
mud, but his ankles were scarcely touched by
the water 1t was three straight days before he
spoke to me again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21


ALI the nutrtive functions and actions of
growth proceed more vigorously and rapidly in
childhood and youth than in mature life, not
merely as regards the solids and ordinary fluids
but also In the production Of those .imponder-
able and interchangeable forces which have
sometimes been personified as nervous fluid and
muscular force Using the latter form to am
plify my meaning, the excess OF nervous force is
In the Child most naturally and healthily reduced
by its eonversiOnint0 muscular force, and at very
short intervals during the active or waking
period OF life the child instinctvely uses its
muscles and relieves the brain and nerves of
their accumulated force, which passes, by the
intermediate contraction of the muscular fiber
into ordinary force or motion, exemplifed by
the childs own amusements and by those OF
some object or other which has attracted its at
tentiOn. The tissues of the growing organs
brain, and muscles are at this period of life too
soft to bear long continuance of their proper
actions; their hbers have not attained their
mature tone and f1rmness. This is more especi-
ally the case with the brain fiber. The direct
action OF the brain, as in the mental applica-
ton to learning, soon tires; If it be too long
continued the tissues are unhealthy affected:
the due progress of growth, which should
have resulted in fiber fit for good and con-
tinuOus labor at maturity, is interfered with:
the child, as an intellectual instrument is. to
that extent. spoiled by an error in the process
by which that instrument was sought to be inn
proved. The same effect Cd the muscular sys-
tenn is exemplfed in the racers that are now
trained to 81 or 81 years old for the grand
prizes at Doncaster or EPSON. The
winner of the Derby never becomes an
Eclipse or flying Childers, because the muscu-
lar system has been overweight two or three
years before it could have arrived at full de-
velopment, which development is stopped by
the premature Over-exertion. II the brain be
not stimulated to work, but is allowed to rest.
and II at the same time the muscles be forbidden
to act there then arises if this restraint be too
prolonged, an overcharged state Of the nervous
system. 1t Is such astate as we see exempli1ed
in the Gagged quadruped of active habits, when
it seeks to relieve it by converting the nervous
into the muscular force to the extent permitted
by its prison, either executing succession of
bounds against the prison bars. like the agile
leopard. or Stalking. like the lion, sullenly to
and fro; If the active child be too long pre-
vented from gratifying tie instructive Impulse
to put In motion its limbs. o. body, the nervous
system becomes overchafged, and the relief may
at last be got by violent emotions or acts,
called passion or 'tHas1gsltiness !" ending In
the fit Of crying and flood 81 tears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
Terrible Possibility.

FROM the Detroit Free Press
The increase and multiplication Of the
English sparrow In our midst Is assuming pro-
portions which may well excite alarm. We are
not arraignlng him now for .he offences whereof
our correspondent In Germany recently &C.
Quilted him by unanimous vote In opposition
to the testimony of all Americans familiar with
the sparrow. We are not asking that he be
condemned for driving away the song birds, the
jays. the martens the robbins and the thrushes
We waive, for the present, any indictment for
MS then and there, with malice afOrethOught
stufiing the caves and the spaces between the
brackets with dirty rags and pieces of CARPET
which render the house a loathsome object
Here and now We invite attention to him as the
grim destroyer OF the future, instead of the
tneffable nuisance of to-day.
Those who have kept pace with the researches
OF the evolutiOnists must be aware that the
nature Of the hitherto peaceful birds Is under
going change. In Australia one of the mild
est OF the known species, the kea or night-par-
rot, has been completely transformed and be-
come not only carnyorOus, but predaceous.
For some reason expainable only by evolution
he has developed a wonderful appetite for NUT
ton and is destroying the sheep of Australia at
q fearful rate
There is nothing to prevent lust such a
change In the English sparrow. Indeed, there
is every reason. in what is known OF him. to
expect just such change. He has always been
oi0odthirsty bird In intent If not in act; and
his following the evolutionary example Of the
Australian kea Is merely question of time
But in the case of the sparrow 1t will not be the
mutton that will suffer when the carniyorous
appetite is developed. He n denizen of the
cities where mutton on the hoof Is q rare sight
The sparrow, therefore. will content himself
with such flesh as the cities afford In the first
place, no doubt, 1t will be the flesh of cats and
dogs, to which there will be no objection But
when the cats and dogs are gone what? Clearly
1t VIII be the turn of the horses; and then
there VIII be objection. But by this time the
sparrow will have become invneible and the
horses win follow the cats and dogs
And then? What can possibly satisfy the raw
enous rascals then but human flesh, Beginning
with the cantankerous old fogies who will not
be missed, and following these up with the
ofhce-hOlders, whom they will be pardoned for
removing because of the vacancies created, the
OmniyOrous birds will gradually deprive our
cities OF everything in the way Of humanity that
Is anywse edible A few of the toughest NAV
possibly escape, but their lonely lives will be q
burden to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
The Artillery FlOWer-A Plant WhOse
BUDS are ssussded.

While strolhng through &c, John Pearson's
greenhouse Jersey city reporter observed q
handsome, fern-like plant. thss attracted his at
tention. The proprietor informed the scribe
that it is the PLEA, or artillery flower, aud he
explained how the name was given to the plant.
Breaking of q branch covered with small red
buds, he dipped it in q tuu ef water, and then
held 1t In the sun. In few moments one of
the buds burst. throwing into tie air the pollen.
In the shape of small cloud Of dust. ft was
followed by another aud another, until the
branch fesembled a miniature battlefield, puts
Of smoke, apparently, being seen in every Dor
ton Of the plant. As EACH bud bloss0med, It
assumed the shape Of Geneva cross, which,
under magntYing glass, presented q beautiful
appearances. The plant Is not generally known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21

1fopi ns Cosln4ton EntefHrfse.
A Coyington, Ca, topper planted himself by
our stove during the rain Monday and remained
,there perhaps an hour. We asked: "Captain,
ere ycu dry" DRY? Thunder and lightning,
yest Dryer than a last years soup bone. Don't
you see your hat full of stale dust bile out of Eay
mouth every time I jar myself by seuattiug
down on that ink keg? It's been two hours
anee washed the cobwebs out of my drouchty
thfoat." We armed him up with q silver dime
and he stepped out OF the back door singing:
"a looked up the street and seen the dus: rising.
10, NaliDd0, ho-0-el"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21
The Sale of Louisiana.


Lieutenant Colonel jung of the French army
has just published the first two volumes of q
new work entitled "Lucien Bonaparte and His
Memoirs" Oneof the most interesting features
of Lueien's memoirs are reports of converse
tions, In which the interlocutors are almost in
variably Napoleon, Joseph and Lucien Bona
parte. Lucien denies that Napoleon was I'M
communicative; az consul, he says, he talked a
great deal and very well. At times, according
to Lucien's account, the brothers appear to
have had regular Guarrels and Joseph, as
the elder Of the three, did not measure
his words There Is one scene, apropos Of the
sale Of Louisiana to the United States,
which Is highly comic. The cesson Of Louisi-
ana to France by Spain had been one of the
triumphs of Lucien's diplomatic career as am
bassador at Madrid. One day. in 1902 Joseph
PUSHES TO Lucien's house and tells him that Ma
poleon intends to sell Louisiana TO the Ameri-
cans on his own responsibility, without consult
ing the Chambers. the object of the sale being
to obtain money for carrying on war. And here,
In parenthesis. let US cite a sentence Of Luz
Glen. who says, aprOpoS OF this incident, in
another place: Il wish it to be clearly under
stood by my readers that / am not of tine num-
Der of those who believed. and who persist in
believing. that my brother Napoleon made war
against his own will at any epoch whatever.
On this point 1 knew too well his innermost
thoughts. particularly at the time of
WHICH aHl speinfiS EoHeV9, Joseph
and Lucien determined to remonstrate with
their brother. and to try TO prevent this coup
detat- The next morning they called upon him.
The First Consul had just entered his bath. the
water of which was clouded with an abundance
OF eau de cologne. The conversation began with
talk about poetry, about NapoleOn's early lite
rary efforts, about Corsica, about Pao,i about
the Concordat- Neither Joseph nor Lucien
dared to breach the subject of Louisiana At
last Napoleon began the topic himself, still re-
Ginning in his bath. The discussion grew hot
Meantime the valet came in to aid his master in
his abutions. In the heat Of angry debate with
Joseph. Napoleon half issued brusquely from
the bath, slipped back again and splashed the
water all over the room and all over Joseph
The valet. terrified by this Olympian perturba-
ton, tainted Joseph went home to change his
Clothes, and Louisiana was sold to the Ameri-
cans for eighteen million of francs which enabled
Napoleon to prepare that series of wild and use
less campaigns which ended In Wa erloo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21

TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS
O'dnatts Pe1'son9-Sarah Bernhardt; her hus-
band.
ACT I.-Beforc the Performances.
S: B.-Oh, my dear ] do hope you will make
hit! CLASPS her hands and prays fervently).
ACT II.-Durlng the Performance.
8. Bob, my dear, you are making a hit,
(Wafts kiss to him from wings).
ACT III.-After the Performance.
s. B.-Oh, you wretch what did YOU make
such a hit for? CHits him with a stuffed club
and goes into Mysteries. Quick Curtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-21

From she Wall Street News.
'sHow is the soil Of Kansas?" asked one OF the
group as the traveller paused.
Richest In the world, sir, !" was the reply
81 know New York statesman who went to
Kansas seven years ago with only $18 In cash,
and he Is now worth go, 000n
.sWhew! What did he raise principaliys"
II believe It was q check, cir; but they
couldn't exactly prove It on him! Think OF 8
soil that win raise hank check for $3.50 to
1000, and h backward season ct thatl