Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Saturday Smiles.

ooh! George" Boston girl intensely ex
claimed while gazing at the comet, chow
transcendently beautiful and rapturously pre-
cious 1T is; should so love to study botany
Rochester, Post Express.
When a young man kisses his girl goodnight
about 1.3O am he may have nearly mile to
walk before reaching his home, and he envies
his girl. who. he suppOseS, jumps into bed and
is fast asleep ten minutes after he leaves the
house. He doesn't know that she must first fish
seventy-nine hair-pins out Of her head, one at a
time, and twist her hair up into bits of paper sc
that 1t will crimp nicely next day, and that he il
in bed snoring before she turns off the gas. II
he was aware Of this fact, perhaps he would
leave earlier.-The Judge.
It's too provoking. After all the thousands
1t has cost the government and the great
amount of costs and time and one thing and
another. this star-route prosecution hasn't yet
settled the question whether we should say
''star rout' or ''star root" 1t begins to look
as though we never would Observation-Disclosures
Hd,ckeye
Folger declines to reveal his attentions He
does. not intend to give himself away, nor his
office. either, until he is obliged to.-BostOn
Transcript.
When man declares himself tout of politics.
he does not intend to be further out of money.
Said Timothy, LAY hands suddenly on nc
man." He was probably recovering from the
effects ola GLOW are you?" with simultaneous
slap on the shoulder, when he gave utterance
to this admoniton. Transcript.
Many man who prides himself on being q
man mettle is possessed only of brass, and
brass is not metal.
Small boys are used as cigarette holders
Neec Orleans Picayune.
1t Is the young girl of engaging manners who
naturally becomes engaged tirst.-Ne,o Orleans
Picdyune.
1t is rumored that the esthetes will allow
that stork to stand on the other leg this winter.
Providence STAR
1t is popular error to look upon the wearcr
of the ''mutton-chop" whiskers as mutton
headed.-Ae,c Orleans Picdyune.
The man who will invent some practical sub
stitute tor the ordinary wooden knob for
drawers desk doors and the like. OF some way
OF keeping the ordinary knob on. will make a
fortune and die respected.-Lo,ceu Courier.
The True Remedy Against Sewer
gas.
1t has already been intimated that those to
whom the public has been accustomed to look
for counsel upon this and allied subjects do not
differ SO widely as some have supposed, but that
there is actually very strong conveyance OF
opinion as to what needs to be done.
Professor Willard Parker, one of our most dis
tinguished physicians, after listening to the dis
cusslons of the Academy, said: "IfI were to
build house, would not have it connected In
any way with a sewer. would construct q
sort of annex" Into which, Professor Parker
was understood to say he would gather all the
pipes and fixtures, water-closets, baths, and
wash-hasns. He further remarked 81 sup.
pose most of you would object to having vault
filled with dead bodies few yards from your
house, and connected with it by a pipe. Yet
this ispractically what we do Water is nc
protection from the poisonous germs which
generate and live In this foul air. This matter
demands our most careful attention, for we are
In very critical and unhealthy condition"
Colonel George B. Warning, jr., sanitary en-
gineer, addressing the public through the daily
press, gives the following advice: Let us take
no step backward in the essential improvement
OF the adjuncts Of our daily life. Let us only
top or luxurious superauities, and seeithat what
is really needed Is good. sThereis no doubt
that the luxury of wide distribution Of plumb
ing appliances throughout thu, whole house has
led to- great increase of risk and to a wide
distribution OF dangerous defects. sThe use OF
stationary wash-basins in bedrooms not immedi-
ately adjoining soil-pipes is Ito be deprecated;
and everything should be reduced ITO the sim
plest elements that will give the necessary SAM
tary control of the waste matters Ofithe house. .
From "Seaoer- Gas" dy Dra Franz II. Hanail
tom, IN Popular Science Monthly for Nooena-
her.