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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
SENTIMENT AND SCULPTURE.
Decided Views in Regard to the Dis
pOsal of Bodies.

Decided Views in Regard to the Dis.
pOsal of Bodies.
From the London Spectator.
1t is certain that great majority among
us do care about the disposal Of our bodies.
In every part of Europe the Resurrection
tst," who was once regarded by scientific
men Of high character as a useful member
Of society, is looked upon with as much abb
horrence as a cannibal and If caught at
his grewsome trade would infallibly need
energetic protection from the police to save
his life, and in many countries would not
get It, The horror Of being dissected after
death rises with many men to a mania,
and has repeatedly inspired legislative acts,
drawn with a punctilious desire at once to
forward the knowledge Of surgeons and to
respect feeling too strong to be dealt
with by any kind of argument. Millions Of
Christian men and women would be hor-
rifed at the idea of lying in unconsecrated
ground. though not one Of them could say
clearly what was the difference between
one side of the cemetery, provided it were
equally protected from dissertation, and the
other
Every day good and pious men pick out
the spot in which they should prefer to
be buried, or leave the most earnest in
structions not only that certain spot
shall be chosen, but that, If it be possible,
hour shall strike for the dearest of those
who survive-a singular. yet as we all feel.
a natural. interference with their equal
right of selection. We have known at least
a dozen men penetrated with wish to be
buried in a country graveyard, grove, a
garden, anywhere except In suburban
cemetery-a feeling which this particular
writer. even while his reason repudiates it
with scorn, acknowledges to be in his very
blood and bones. The feeling Of the very
poor is different, being concentrated on the
avoidance Of pauper funeral; but among
the cultivated probably more thar half
form and express distinct wish as to the
place and method Of their own interment,
and would feel acutely If, for any reason,
that request was refused-which it never
is, though we have known personally at
least one case in which such a request
involved immense expense and something
very like elaborate lying, in order to con-
ceal from superstitious crew the burden
they were involuntarily escorting to the
grave. Men wish to be inferred as their
forefathers were and say so oftentimes in
wills with some peremptoriness and inten-
ton to compel.
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Copyright by Bachelor, johnson & Bacheller.)
Almost any pilot will tell you that his
work is much more difficult than you
imagine; but the pilots of the Hugh know
that they have one hundred miles of the
most dangerous river on earth running
through their hands-the Hugh between
Calcutta and the Bay Of Bengal-and say
nothing. Their service is picked and sifted
as carefully as the bench Of the Supreme
Court. for a Judge can only hang the
wrong man. but careless pilot can lose
four thousand ton ship with crew and
cargo in less time than it takes to reverse
the engines.
There is very little chance of getting off
again when once you touch in the furious
current of this river loaded with all the
fat silt of the fields OF Bengal. where
soundings change two feet between tides
and new channels make or efface them
selves In a season. Men have fought the
Hugh for 200 years till. now. the river
owns a huge building with drawing, sur
vey and telegraph departments devoted to
its exclusive service. as well as a body of
wardens who are called the port commits
sioners.
They and their officers govern absolutely
from the Hugh bridge to the last buoy
at Pilots Ridge, 40 miles away, and out
In the Bay of Bengal where steamers first
pick up the pilots from the brig.
A Hugh pilot does not bring papers
aboard or scramble up rope ladders. He
arrives in his best clothes with native
servant or assistant to wait on him. and he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
SECRET OF OLD AGE.
Difference OF Opinion Among Those
Who Have Lived Many Years.

Difference OF Opinion Among Those
Who Have Lived Many Years.
From the Popular Health Magazine.
The famous French scholar and politi-
clan, NJ. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire, who re-
Gently entered on his ninetieth year full Of
physical and Intellectual vigor, has been
writing in the British Medical Journal how
1T is that his days have been so long in the
land. 1t is. we are told. the effect of strict
adherence to the Old precept, early to bed
and early to rise with steady work dur
ing waking hours. Every grand old man
seems to have a secret of his own. Mr..
Gladstone, We believe, attributes his lon
gevity to his habit Of taking a daily walk
in all weathers and to his giving thirty
two bites to every morsel Of food. Oliver
Wendell Holmes pinned his faith on equa-
bility of temperature. The late Mai. Knox
Holmes swore by the tricycle., which, in
the end, was the cause of his death. DR..
Z. II. Van der Weyde, an American octo-
genarian. not long ago offered himself 'as
an example of the benign influence Of the
study and practice of music" Some aged
persons give the credit of their long lives
to abstinence from tobacco, alcohol meat
or what not; others to their Indulgence in
all these things. One old lady, of whom
we read not long ago as having reached
the age Of one hundred and twenty or
Whereabouts maintained that single bless
edness is the real elixir vitae, and she
ascribed the death of brother at the ten
Ger age OF ninety to the fact that he had
committed matrimony in early life NJ
ferdinand de Lesseps believed In horse
riding. Carlyle was also great rider al.
most to the end of his long life, and he
rot only rode, but, We believe groomed his
morse himself. On the whole, it must be
concluded that the real secret of longevity
banded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
AN INSIDIOUS VICE,
is More Dangerous Than
Drunkenness to business Integrity.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Gambling is the skulking, poisonous foe
to business Integrity" said an experienced
business man. You can see the signs Of
drunkenness he said, land guard against
being damaged by drinking partner or
employe, but more often than not you know
nothing Of the gamblers downward pro-
gress until your losses tell tho tale. have
seldom seen a case In which the habit of
gambling did not have the companion habit
Of lying. The lying gets worse as the
gambling becomes confirmed. Your gam
bling associate comes along with such a
cheerful mask of falsehood that you are
indignant when somebody intimates that
he is treading the dangerous path of dali
lance with cards or horses.
Some years ago I had a little expert
ence which I've no doubt many merchants
can duplicate. l was a managing partner
In branch of one of the most extensive
houses in St. Louis. We had a salesman
whom we valued highly. 1t came to our
knowledge that he was falling in love with
poker. l said that he must be warned.
The other partner thought he was all right,
but consented to the warning. In a few
months the man collected a bill and lost
the money at poker. I then insisted on re-
porting a discharge to the main firm, but
my partner stuck to his faith in the mans
promises. Finally we compromised by re-
tanning the delinquent on condition that
my partner notify the firm that he would
be personally responsible for losses caused
by a repetition of the occurrence. We also
sent to every customer notice that all
bills should be paid directly to our head
quarters.
Before six months had passed the sales
man managed to collect bill Of 1880, and
lost every dollar.
pocket and reimbursed the firm. 1t is not
necessary to tell anybody who knows gam
blers that he never received q cent from
the man he had befrended.
1.-THE preacher and the lawmaker may
grade other vices as more heinous, but
the merchant and the banker who know
what is good for them are more afraid of
gambling than of anything else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
TEETH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Some Statistics Which Show That
They Arc Much Neglected.

They Arc Much Neglected.
r,or, tho American Medical Association Journal.
In one school Of 700 pupils. 500 from ten
to eighteen years of age. I distributed
printed slips with the following questions:
Do YOU cleanse your teeth with brush
every day? Do you cleanse your teeth
with a brush twice a day? The teachers
requested the pupils to answer the cues
lions by writing the word yes or no 70
each question. The slips were Immediately
gathered up. On summing up 1T was as
certained that out Of 800 pupils 30 cleaned
their teeth twice a day; 275 used brush
sometimes. while 175 did not own orusn.
Notice, the ages were from ten to eight
Gen. In the primary department OF 200
pupils from six to ten years OF age, the
teachers said they did not think there were
10 children in the department who used
a tooth brush.
This school is not an exceptional one
in this matter. as further inquiry and In
yestigation demonstrated. In fact, its grad
yates take high rank at our universities,
and If there is any difference 1t is in ad-
vance Of most schools in percentage Of
those who have clean mouths, as well as
neat clothes and bright faces.
When there is so much neglect and SO
little real care Of the mouth 1t is not at
all strange that the sixth-year molars have
to be sacrificed daily, because the parents
have them preserved thinking all the time
that this valuable tooth is deciduous, and
soon to be replaced by one that Is bacteria
proof and will last forever in a mouth that
has never been properly cleaned.
The school of 700 pupils mentioned,
where only 30 made any pretense to reg
ular care for the teeth, shows what a field
for instruction and training every teacher
has What an opportunity for philanthropy
and missionary work!
Our children's teeth must be saved. Ex-
perience has taught us that it Is impossible
to repair the ravages Of decay, except in
a limited degree. Prevention through
cleanliness and proper care Of the teeth
is the only way possible and practicable to
limit the wholesale destruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
THE GIRL OF THIRTEEN.
Unless She Has Care She VIII Make a
FOrlorn Woman.

Unless She Has Care She VIII Make a
Forlorn Woman.
From the New York Sunday Advertiser.
The girl of thirteen is the future woman
and very important parcel of humanity
She is a child and Just growing into wo-
manhood, and this transition which to
grown-ups means only sudden shooting
up beyond all bounds, and tendency to
stopped shoulders, Is much more to the
girl who leaves childhood behind and is not
yet young lady. Fast growing Is a very
great drain on any childs strength, and as
at thirteen she usually has considerable
mental work at school, both mind and body
are called upon to do double work. That Is
why she needs care.
Good food, rest and congenial company
are some Of the things which are necessary
for the girl Of thirteen. She should not
read which tax her thoughts too much as
her mind develops only too quickly at this
age. and everyday life and lessons are
enough to occupy her. She should go to
fast she should eat Strengthening, bone
making food. oatmeal. oranges, brown
bread. eggs and milk. For her midday
meal she should h nave SON sus
she Is to grow up into strong woman.
Hot soup and chop and baked potato
every day for three months will make her
stand up straighter than braces will
She should have q walk in the open air
every day; If she does not get this she will
grow nervous and sleepless, have fantastic
notions about an early grave and running
away from home, or worse STILL grow SEN
timental and write morbid little verses and
weep over the poor. These are all true
symptoms of the girl Of thirteen. She be-
gins to think she is very old as soon as
she gets into her teens, and the RESPONSE
bilities affect her sensitive new mind to an
appalling degree-if she Is given time to
think of them.
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argued that If the pilot brig was getable
land Jim himself had not the ghost of a
notion where she would beg McEwen would
find her before 1 o'clock. 1t was blazing
hot day and McEwen fidgeted the four
master down to Pilots Ridge with what
little wind remained, and sure enough.
there lay the pilot brig, and Jim felt cold
up his back, as Erh-Tze paid him his hun
dred and twenty rupees, and he went over
side in the junk's crazy dinghee.
McEwen was leaving the four-master In
a long slashing whaleboat that looked
very spruce and pretty, and Jim could see
element among the pilots on the brig.
There was his father, too. The ragged
Chinese gave way in ragged fashion,
and Jim felt very unwashed end dis
Ewen's oars alongside, and McEwen say
irg: James Trevor. I'll trouble you to
come along with me-"
Jim obeyed, and from the corner of one
eye watched McEwen'S angry whiskers
stand up all round his face like the frill
of royal Bengal tiger, while his face
turned purple and his voice shook.
"An' is this how you break the regula-
aware O. the penalties we've laid yourself
open to?
Jim said nothing There was not very
much to say, and McEwen roared aloud:
MAN, we've personated a Hugh pilot. an
that's as much to say we've personated
mel What did yon fellow heather give
you for an honorarium?"
Hundred and twenty" said Jim.
AN by what manner O. means did ye
get through the James an Mary?"
Father" was the answer. HE went
down the same tide-and I've steered by
him."
McEwen whistled and choked: perhaps
it was within anger: Made a stallin' horse
O. your father. Jim. boy, he'll make an
example O. you"
The boat hooked the briggs chains and
McEwen said, as he rolled on deck:
"Yon's an enterprising cub O. yours. Ire
vor. Ye'd better put him to the regular
business or one O. these fine days he'll be
acting as pilot before he's qualified and
sinkin' junks in the Fairway. If we've no
other designs I'd take him as my cub, for
there's no denyin' he's a resourceful lad,
for all that he's an unlocked whelp.'
That, said Trevor, reaching for Jim's
left ear, sis something we can remedy"
and he led him down below.
The little knotted colt that they kept
for general purposes on the pilot brig
stung like hornets, but when 1t was all
over Jim was an unlocked cub no longer
He was McEwen's property, and q week
later when the Ellora came along he bun
died over the side with McEwen's enam-
eled leather handbag and a roll of charts
and little bag of his own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
REPAIRING AN OCEAN CABLE.
Delicate Work, for Which Wonderful
Instruments Have Been Invented.

AANsS AS>AA AAA >~~e>N'
From the New York Morning Advertiser.
It Is said that one submarine cable is laid
at a depth of 5000 feet. But there are at
least three cables working at a depth of
nearly 1900 feet, and four in about 10000.
The vast majority lie in water about 1900
feet deep or less. Repairing cable is
hard work. The apparatus has also to be
at once sensitive and strong. AS is gen.
orally known, the repairing steamer pro-
ceeds to the point where calculation shows
the break or damage to have happened,
and then lowers a grapnel, which it slowly
drags across the route of the cable at right
angles. AS soon as tension on the Crap
mel rope Is noted, due to catching the cable
it has hooked, great pains have to be
taken lest the precious treasure-trove slip
off at any stage of it's Journey up to day
light. Special grapnels have been devised
for this important work. In one Of the
latest the prongs project from hood like
the claws Of a crab or turtle. Should any
of them come In contact with rock
on the bottom Of the sea they recede with
in the shield sufficiently to let the grapnel
glide over the obstruction. The writer has
seen chunks of prehistoric granite as big
as ones fist brought up by a clogged
grapnel from more than 1000 fathoms of
water In this new grapnel the prong, If
II has hooked a blight of cable, will still
hold on when it retracts into the shell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
BOARDED BY A CASN.
A Strange Incident While Lying To
Oh Cape Horn.

From the Morning oregonian.
City Physician Wheeler has two bottles
OF claret Of uncertain age and still more
uncertain flavor, which he delights In Of
fering to his friends, not because Of the
fine quality of the wine, but because 1t
gives him chance to tell again q story Of
tho sea that is little out Of the ordinary
The claret is put in lime bottles. such as
may be found aboard any long-voyage YES
sell and, while Its most pronounced flavor
Is cross between lime Juice and salt wa
ter. there is st,ll a smack In 1t that re-
minds one that 1t must have been at one
time prime stuff" DR.. Wheeler was pre-
sented with the bottles by Capt. Dexter
of the British ship Samaritan, which re-
Gently left this port In cargo for Liver
pool. and the captain told the following
story of how he came by them:
I'm the fall Of '93 we were bound from
Liverpool to Shanghai In ballast, and were
nearing the Horn, when a big storm over
took us. We hove to and drifted about 200
miles of shore. The storm was one Of the
worst l have ever experienced in twenty
years Of seafaring life, and one dark night
when big seas were breaking over us.
big hurley fellow from the forecastle came
aft, knife IN hand, and walked directly up
to me- I thought for a minute that mutiny
was aboard. and. drawing my revolver,
ordered him to stand back But I soon
saw he was terribly frightened and, with
chattering teeth. he told me that fright
ful-looking object was noundering about
amidships.
81 went with him to see It. and, sure
enough, whenever q wave struck us
huge black body glowing in the phosphor-
cscent blaze Of the tropics, could be seen
floundering about on deck. / soon ascer-
tained that 1t was nfeless. and then pro-
ceeded to Investigate. 1t proved to be
nothing but a huge wine cask. every stave
of which was encrusted with barnacles,
and it had probably been left on deck by
receding wave. Visions OF dead bodies
buried at sea in casks doomed up before
me as I dashed the trophy to the rigging,
to await daylight before Investigating.
when the storm cleared away / tap
ped the cask, and by means Of long iron
rod ascertained that there was nothing
but liquor In 1t. / drew OF some OF the
stuff and tried 1t on two Portuguese sail
ors aboard. They pronounced IT primo, so
we all took q taste. After that drew on
all the wine and stored 1t in these lime bot
ties the only thing I had handy. Tho
cask I placed In the British museum at
Shanghai for It was a real curiosity. The
chances are that cask Of claret was thrown
overheard from some wreck, and 1t must
have hoated about IN mid-ocean for three
or four years at least before 1t came
aboard u.s. Barnacles do not form on float
ing wood In less time than that. and the
oask was so covered with them that not q
bit of the wood was visible"
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holes tied I'D I'm Diamond harbor for the
night Jim would row from one ship to the
other through the sticky, hot air and the
buzZing mosquitoes and listen respectfully
as the pilots conferred together. Once, for
a treat his father took him down clear out
TO the sand heads and the pilot brig, and
Jim was joyfully sea sick as he tossed and
pitched in the bay. So he had to go down
three or four times more with friendly
pilots till he had cured his weakness. The
cream of life. though. was coming up in a
10 Calcutta over the James and Mary-the
terrible sands christened after a royal
slip they sunk two hundred years ago.
They are made by two rivers that enter
the Hugh six miles apart and throw their
pwn silt across the silt of the main stream
40 that with each turn of weather and tide
the sands shift and change like a cloud
II was here (the tales sound much worse,
when they are told In the rush and growl
of the muddy waters) that the Countess
Of Stirling 1900 tons. touched and cap
sized in ten minutes; and 1000 ton
steamer in two; and pilgrim ship In five;
holding down her men with the masts and
shroudg as she dashed over. When a ship
touches on the James and Mary the river
knocks her down and buries her, and the
sands CULVER all around her ana reach out
under water and take new shapes.
Young Jim would lie up in the bows OF
the tug and watch the Straining buoys kick
and smother in the coffee-colored red cur
rent. and the semaphores and flags signal
from the bank how much water there was
In the channel till he learned that men who
deal with men can afford TO be careless on
The chance Of their fellows being like them;
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follow her out. So he made an enormous
breakfast Of rice and boiled fish while
Erh-Tze lit frecrackers and burned gilt
paper with ostentation. Then they heaved
up thelr rough and tumble anchor and
made after a big, fat, iron four-masted
sailing ship heavy as q hay vain. The
junk, which was really very weatherly
beat and might have begun life as pri-
vate pirate In AMMAN thirty years ago.
followed under easy sail, and the four
old McEwen's hands and she waddled
about like a broody hen, giving each shoal
wide allowances. All this happened near
the outer Floating Light, some hundred
parently in this open sea. Jim knew old
McEwen's appetite and had often heard
him pride himself on getting his ship to
the pilot brig between meal hours SO be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
HON. THOMAS G. ALVORD.

"At times the fever seemed to establish itself
and then all the symptoms of general reaction
would come on. l suffered from general weakness,
and an effort to move my limbs or body was at.
tended with feeling Of WEAKNESS and exhaustion.
In fact, my whole organism seemed to be giving
out. was unable to obtain relief except by
lying tat upon my back, and even this relief waS
only temporary"
''But how comes 1t that you are now in such
good healthF"
Listen, and I will tell you. I determined to
take my case into my own hands, and therefore be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Looking Forward.
From Town Topics.

From Town Topics.
Fly" he implored.
The maiden pressed his hand to her lips.
Fly, besaech"-
And he strove to push her from the
room.
You. hear mamma coming in her
heavy walking boots"
Even as he spoke dark form appeared
in the door and swore violently, after
which there was the sound of conflict and
the beautiful boy was weeping alone.
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gan using q remedy Of which had heard q great
DEAL 1t benefited me at once, and continued its
use until completely restored to health, and
kept in good physical condition. and all through the
use OF Warmers Safe Cure"
Your experience, governor Il certainly q most
important and valuable one"
Yes, indeed, and am satisfied that for physical
ailments, and especially those incident to declining
years, there is nothing equal to Warmers Safe
Cure, and certainly am a good living example Of
what II can do
All who know Governor Alvord need not be told
that his statements reliable and his experience
valuable. As such they are given herewith for
the benefit Of those men women who may BE-
suffering and who desire health and long life.
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Disappointed Travellers.

From the Boston Transcript.
About half the people on this ship are
going back to America with sad hearts. ;"
said a German on board a westward
bound German steamer one day last sum-
mer 1--WE have, most of us, been back 10
Germany to see our old friends, and we
are disappointed because they all seemed
mere eager to know how much money wa
made In America than glad to see u.s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

hon. Thomas g. Alvord, ex-speaker Of the New
York assembly. e1-lieutenant governor, first vice
president Of constitutional convention and a men,
Der Of the former constitutional convention. is q
man universally known and respected Although
Ex-Governor A1vord is nearly ninety years of age
he is still hale and hearty. and. was tested in
the constitutional convention last summer, in as
perfect mental condition is that grand old man,
Mr.. Gladstone.