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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
THE BICYCLE SADDLE.
1t is Thought That the Present Style
is Too Narrow,

From the st. Louis Republic.
The one improvement that physicians de-
mand before prcnouncing the wheel entire
ly safe and healtfful, the chief improve
ment which manufacturers are now trying
to produce, is saddle that shall be wider
than the ones now used, and with a short
er peak.
The really hygienic saddle will be wide
enough to extend under and support the
ischia bones, thus throwing the weight of
the body on the parts intended by nature
to support it in a seated posture. This will
prevent the dangere us pressure on the soft
parts of the body caused by the use of
saddle too narrow to press the lilac bones
The saddle for women requires exactly
the same improvements, only to a greater
extent. 1t should be wider than that cor
rect for men, and the peak should be short
er and narrower.
With these improvements, the only OBJ
jections now raised against the wheel as a
means of pleasurable exercise will be for
ever removed.
The English are trying to Introduce wider
saddles; they find it takes a little effort to
become accustomed to the seat as a slight
ly different movement is required, but the
reward Is great, not only from the hygienic
standpoint, but from the fact that the firm
natural seat thus obtained gives much
more power n the stroke of the limbs and
is of specialabenefit in uphill work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

four miles beyond. Space has been pro-
vided for the erection of other stacks,
which will contain . 900 volumes, and
1,0O0,OO0 in addition could be stored in the
court yards. Thus, though 1t is expected
that the Library of Congress some day will
be the largest in the world, there Is yet
collection has reached 100000 volumes
every one of them will be accessible at
moments notice.
That collection is the third largest in the
world, having 1DO.0OO volumes. The ma
tional library of France is the biggest in
existence. containing 2,225.O00 books. The
British Museum has 100000 volumes and
the Russian national library LOCO 600 vol
umes. Thus 1t appears that the library of
Congress holds only the fifth rank in re-
spect to magnitude The Boston Public
Library is little more than half the size
Of the library Of Congress, possessing 400
GOO books.
The bookstacks of the new library of
congress are mere skeletons of iron. Thus
the books will be kept cool and we'll ven
t1lated, which Is very important, inasmuch
as heat causes them to decay and bad air
makes them moldy. They cannot be de-
stroyed by fire, because there is no inflam-
mab'e material at hand, and books by
themselves will only smolder and do not
burn. Besides, the building will be heated
entirely by hot water from boilers some dis
lance away from the structure itself and
under ground Ventilation will be furnish
ed artificially, the huge plate-glass win
dows that admit floods of daylight to the
stacks being never opened. Such artificial
light as is required will be supplied by in
candeScent electric lamps
Immediately surrounding Mr.. Spofford's
desk, in the center of the great reading
room. will be book cases containing TO- 900
books or reference, such as encyclopedias
dictionaries, photographers ETC. Readers
will be permitted to help themselves to
these. volumes without signing tickets, and
thus keys to all the world of books will be
placed at their disposal for the trouble of
helping themselves
This reading room, which will have desks
for 300 readers, arranged in concentric cir
cles around Mr.. Spoffords desk is the most
beautiful room in the world. For its ceiling
it has the great dome of the library. The
dome is lined with exquisite sculptures
which are set eff with brilliant effects in
gliding. The walls of the room are of Ital-
ian marbles. and are surmounted by groups
of statuary and colossal allegorical figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
AN INVENTORS DREAM.
Elias Howe Learned While AsIeeD
to Locate the Needles Eye.
From the PHILADELPHIA TImaa

Elias Howe Learned While Asleep
to Locate the Needles Eye.
From the Philadelphia Times
Elias Howe almost beggared himself be-
fore he discovered where the eye OF the
needle of a sewing machine should be To-
Gated. His original idea was to follow the
model of the eye at the heel. 1t never oc-
CURED to him that 1t should be placed near
the point and he might have failed alto
gether if he had not dreamed he was build
ing sewing machine for a savage king in
strange country. Just as in his actual
waking experience, he was rather per-
picked about the needles eye. He thought
the king gave him twenty-four hours to
complete machine and make 1t sew.
If not finished in that time, death was to
be the punishment. Howe worked and
worked ard puzzled and puzzled, and finally
gave it up. Then he thought he was taken
cut to be executed. He noticed that the
warriors carried spears that were pierced
near the head. Instantly came the solution
Of the difficulty. and while the inventor
was begging for time he awoke. He jump
ed out of bed, ran to his workshop, and by
Q a needle with an eye at the point had
been rudely modelled. After that 1t was
easy. This is the true story of an impor-
tant incident In the invention of the sewing
machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

The houses are cozy and homelika, the
stores lastly arranged and attractive to
the passer-by-so alluring, in fact, to me
that 1 nearly lost myself following a de-
ightful trail of quaint shops through a
winding street. For peaceful, lovely city,
give me old Lubbock, but give me no more
of the marZipan, for which it is noted.
Marzipan is the most indigesti5le substance,
except putty a railway station sandwich,
that my interior ever came into contact
with Marzipan Is a very sweet and rich
substance, besides being raw. 1t isn't cake
and it is cake You'll simply have to keep
guessing. 1t must be tasted to be realized,
and my advice is, don't taste it.
There is nothing to recommend abont the
laundries that have unraveled my under
wear in Hamburg. In England the vandals
commenced the destruction of my fine
linen, not to speak of a magnificent assort
ment of silk, cotton and flannel goods.
Here the job is being completed. In Eng
land they started in by bringing me speci-
goods line that OTHER fellows had sent to
the wash and by putting saw edges on my
new American collars-peace to their ashes.
The chambermaid said, with a great air,
that they haC a steam machine to do the
clothes with. In my case the laundry ma
chine must have been mislaid and har-
veSter substituted.
In Hamburg they do up shirts like your
mother used to do 'em. But what is the
use of being severe about such trifles? 1t
is more than probable that there is a starch
famine in town. Yet. from the laundry list
they gave me to make an inventory on, 1
was led to expect wonders. 1t was in three
languages, and had the general appearance
of an internal search warrant.
The citizens of Hamburg wear their mus
taches-of course, l mean the male citizens
in the prevailing STYLE the military style;
and it is effective, If not actually pleasing
to the eye.
Three American tourists whom I met in
r hoo L. t111,
which was held there until few days ago,
let their BARRIERS bush their mustaches in
German style, until the natives thought the
tourists belonged to the vaterland, and no
longer expected tips from them.
They say that the German men all wear
their mustaches in the same fashion that
the emperor wears his. haven't seen
him. but his photos depict him as a hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

Nnggi1g is a disease. says eminent physician
in the North American Review. 1T is often"
says DR.. Eison, 1.-The result of disease condition
or of strains on the strength"
1t is the nervous mon and women who most
readily fall into that unfortunate class, and any
thing that does away with nervous weakness will
cure the depression, rritability and the n, gging
habit that so often accompanies a rundown, nerv-
condition
Persons who lead an active life need something
to invgorate their nerves and to give them fresh,
rrddy blood. 1t is the rebellious overtaXed
by domestic duties added to the constant living in
the vtiated atmosphere of Indoors that reduces
the nervous strength of SO many
Prof. Edward E. Phelps. Md, LID, presented
to his profession the results of accurate investiga-
tions in the medical laboratory. His formula for
recruiting WORKOUT nervous tissues and building
up the nerve centers when exhausted this renal ka-
BILE formula known the world over rs Pane's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
Observations More or Less Wise by
a Travelling Humorist.
PUT ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR
Teutonic Manners Compared With
Those of America and England.
UNIV Ate HE'D P A R K S


copyright. 1895. by Bachelor. Johnson & Bachcer)
HAMBURG. October 8, 1895.
A chilly feeling of disappointment came
over me when I first struck the town. 1t
was so much like Chicago, including the
smoke, that 1 felt that 1 had made a mis-
take in coming here, expecting as did to
find everything different from America.
With its six hundred and odd thousand in
habitants, with its hustle and rush, Ham,
burg has a passably metropolitan aspect.
The buildings, while not so high as ours,
are nearly all modern. and the streets in gen.
eral remind one of the states. even If some
of the cars are double-deckers run by dunn
my engines. But the feeling that vas at
home again wore off after while, as the
strange things doomed up in rapid success
sion. My quarters are in a magnificently
appointed hosiery on the Jungfersteig, a
street forming one of the four sides of the
Alster-Bassn, charming water park in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
RAIDED THE POST OFFICE.
An Incident in the Career of Lord
WOlseIey in India.

An Incident in the Career OF Lord
WOlseIey in India.
From the Springfield Republican.
To illustrate some of the disagreeable
things which the soldiers suffered in the
Soudan, Mr.. Nourse tells the following an
ecdote of the postal service, which also
we'll shows how democratic was Lord
Wolseley. the commandant. Nourse went
into the post office at Korti to look for
some letters. The postmaster was ma
tive and not very much at handwriting.
and said that there was nothing for him
after a superficial glance at a big pile of
papers and letters. Nourse asked to see
the pila of letters. and while he was look
ing them over a man with nothing to des-
ignatc his rank came into the office in
company with another. He took in the
situation at glance and said: Let's
clean this thing out" Whereupon they
jumped over the counter and bundled the
postmaster out, neck and heels. Then they
began the examination of the office and
found it congested with mail for the army.
They search ed every nook and Granny and
threw the letters for one regiment into one
corner, those for another into another,
with all the newspapers in the center of
the floor. Then they went through each
pile and separated it into companies, and
before night every letter was in camp and
distributed, and the next day the papers
were out Nourse at the time did not know
who his companion in the good deed was.
He asked him his name and his answer
was: They call me Charley" Some time
afterward Nourse was going to see the
commandant. and sitting near his tent saw
his companion of the post office. Hello.
Charley" he said. I'm looking for the
commandment; wherell find him." We'll"
said Charley" ''you won't have to look
very far. I'm the commandant. Come in
side and have a bit to eat and drink" It
was Lord Wolseley. and man worthy of
the title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

celery compound. has become familiar to every
medical practitioner and family physician.
breakdown and nervous prostration come" say
these physicians, unless the great centers
promptly fed upon proper nutritive material"
faine's celery compound is the one great nerve
feeder and nerve restorative. By its means all
the functions Of the body receive fresh supply
Of nerve food. L encourages the bcdy to manu-
facture an abundant supply OF this indispensable
vital force, without which there can be no health.
strength nor happiness in living. From the lack
of nerve force men and women are driven TO
dependency. melancholia, insanity and suicide.
Thousands of letters like the following from Mrs.
Lizzie Arnott of Mansfield, Ohio, received by
the proprietors Of Paine's celery compound every
north in the year:
Il have used two bottles of Paine's celery COM
pound for nervousness. and have found great
lief from it's use. 1t is truly wonderful remedy.
1 am better and am using more medicine now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
ABOUT APPENDICITIS.
The Necessity of Resort to an Opera
ton Questioned.

The Necessity of Resort to an Opera
ton Questioned.
From the New York Ledger.
1t is many a long year since SO much
unscientific and unnecessary butchery has
been INDUCED in as Is recorded in tho treat
ment Of appendicitis in the last few years
Severe pain and certain symptoms that
might be attributed 10 a dozen other causes
are charged to appendicitis. and a coutin-
uation Of them suggests experiments to
the minds Of the DOCTORS and the operat-
ing table looms UP in the immediate fu-
ture as the only hope for life. There are
yet many physicians who insist that op-
erations of this sort are absolutely neces-
sary, but it Is a hopeful sign of the times
that some Of the more conservative and
experienced doctors declare that only in
exceptional cases is surgery positively
necessary AS a simple home treatment,
several patients have been Immediately
relieved by drinking large quantities of
pure salad oil. This appears to have a
beneficial effect upon the entire lining
membrane of the almertary canal the oil
seemed to spread over the surface, allay-
ing irritation and softening whatever food
products may have lodged in the appen-
deal sac.
The nonsehsical theory put forth by enc
member of the medical profession that no
was ~ oPSii ~ cQuippCu iof AilC uhiI
by surgical means it had been deprived of
the vermifcrm appendix, and thus fortified
against future danger, is too silly to de-
serve moments consideration.
Millions Of people have lived and died
without ever knowing that there was such
a thing, and the proportion Of deaths that
can by any possible means he attributed
to this cause is extremely small. Some day
doctors and patients will realize that
thorough washing out and cleansing of the
interior of the body is quito as beneficial
as the same process applied to the ex-
terror. 1t is asserted by those who have
had sufficient experience to entitle their
statements to consideration that the thor
ough washing out of the digestive cppar-
atus by means Of tepid water properly
purified would prevent at least half Of the
diseases from which humanity suffers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
verywhere. standing room only is
ign no more needed than keep off the

everywhere. Standing room only is
sign no more needed than keep off the
grass
There are besides plenty of places where
music is provided and places for the shelter
OF thousands in case Of sudden showers.
But at the theater the behavior of the
Germans is simply scandalous. We Ameri-
cans like to have people act like mourners
when they are in parks and such places of
recrea ton, but at the theater or at the
opera we have right to expect something
different.
What Is the use of people going to a the
alter if they don't chatter while the per
formance is going on? And for what
earthly reason does your best girl buy a
cart-wheel hat if not to wear it at the
theater? The attention that is given to the
play or the opera in the Hansaic cities is,
as l have said, scandalous. can find no
better word than that. These people didn't
move or make a sound until an act is over,
and then they all go out to a big hall
corridor or foyer seems too small to ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
A Narrow Escape.

From the Cleveland Paindcaler.
Capt. Gen. Spinner-"I may have tran
scended military discipline, sir. and per-
haps ought to have captured the whole
band of Insurgents"
Gen. Decampus-"You had fierce battle,
I understand"
"we-er-made . stapd. sir. and when
we saw them coming over the distant
hill
"You charged them! Bravo. bravo. my
boys T.
"Ah, trapped themn.. Bring in the villains
Wen have jolly killing"
mo, general, 1T may be erred on the
side of mercy, but when saw them march
ing defianty over the distant hill, L"
"Ycu what?"
give them a chance to bury their dead"'
Good! Bravo. boyss Well have them
wound up in a jiffyr'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

These girls" are rever abducted. Theirs
is style of beauty that is unique. but very
much out of date.
The parks of the three German cities that
I have visited are all fine. 1t is not neces-
sary to put keep off the grass" signs in
the parks in this country. The people are
too Well behaved Their early training has
been full of things that they mustn't do.
and besides they know they'd take a good
chance of being cut down by the swords of
the sparrow-cops if they walked on forbid
den places. But 1 shouldn't write in this
manner when 1 know full we'll that the
parks in Germany are placed in the care of
the public. Every one is put on his honor
to assist in keeping everything in the best
of order. There isn't that desire here to
climb under the ropes that there is in the
land where the eagle screameth, and where
the sovereign people. when untrammeled,
delight in giving a public park the appear
ance of a dumping ground. Perhaps If the
commissioners of the parks in American
cities would be as lavish in the matter of
seats and lunch tables as are those in
charge of the parks in Germany. there
" ould be less complaint against the picnic
parties in our parks. Here the people are
not compelled to squat the grass in
order to eat their basket lunches In fact,
there is profusion of sit-down places
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
A Matter of Music.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A Sd street ma ms neighbor had bought
new piano, and the daughter had been
banging away on it ever since it had been
in the house.
Got new piano, I hear" said the man
over the back fence to his neighbor.
Eyes. Got 1t en- the insta1lment plan"
SIS that SO? Wonder if your daughter
can't let us have the music from 1t in the
same way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
A Tale of the Wheel,


From the Minneapolis Journal.
Now fades the glimnering landscape on the sight
The heavy lady mounts the sporty wheel;
The thin man holds her on with ali his might
While neighboring walls re-echo back her squeal.
To hold ths lady on with furrowed brow
In vain will he his fabby muscles tax,
Erstwhile the small boy from the nearest fence
SIS free with his advice Of cit an ak"
What now avails the large fat bank accountf
The laws Of gravitation hold their sway;
She Of embonpoint has lost her mount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
He Had Raised Many Families.

From the Denver Catholic.
The elevator boy in the big fiat was air
ing his views to a passenger on the proper
conduct of children.
what do you know about it7" laughed
the passenger. You're not married, are
your"
well. no." replied the boy, "but I've
brought up great many families in my
time" and then he gazed up the elevator
with q rapturous expression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

press it-and chatter for all they are
is the use of chattering If You can't SPOIL
somebody elses enjoyment, should like to
know.
Hats are no more permitted in German
tkeaters of the first class than are dogs.
The gentlemen are even expected to check
their hats and canes.
Don't we do these things better in tho
states?
The Hamburgers are a sporty people, in
their way. The people who frequent office
buildings specially are athletes-made SO
by the elevators in these buildings. They're
athletes of the same kind as are our people
who live on the lines of the electric and
cable cars that seldom stop-only the ele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
Add. to Hi. stock of Facts.

From the Chicago Tribune.
English tourist (out wesD: "Is it always
to travel about your
country as 1t is now?"
Native: Great Scott, no! This Is the time
of year when the train robbers are always
doing their biggest killing and robbing.
That's why we call 1t the Indian summer"
English tourist whipping out his note
book: Good 'eavens4'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

await purchasers for their sweet-scented
wares. They are dressed quantity IN a
costume that has been In vogue among the
flower sellers of Hamburg for ages.
These girls" are rever abducted. Theirs
is style of beauty that Is unique but very
much out of date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
A Difference.

From Pick-Me-Up
did Jack propose to you this EVENING""
well, not exactly; he asked If could at
ford a husband.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

Got cold? Take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19
Library Of Congress Has Started to
Leave the Capitol.
an ELECTRIC RAILWAY ON STILTS
Forty-three Miles of Shelves to Hold
Fourteen Miles of Books.
A BIG JOB FOR MR.. SPOFFORD

HE MOVING OF
the books from the
Capitol to the n e W
library Of Congress
has been b e IN.
Within the last few
days great quantities
of duplicate volumes,
foreign parliament
a y reports a n d
other stuff of no i'm
mediate usefulness
to anybody have
been transferred. Mr..
CnnffnrI nrnnnSao RI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-19

President Cleveland and Mat Quay
Among Them-Tom Platts Cat julius.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-23
Staotratb.
Common gouncil, Is. 9lu,

Common @ounciI, Is. 4ugut.
Gin Brief bes Stabt Gontroleura
Dibmaper ipuroe in bieler 8eriammIuup
psrleien. in tpel6em Serr Mibmapsr bic
Stabtrdtbe barauf uufmerfiam madte,
oaB nitt aenus 9eIb sur Ssrtisfeluns
beioer 8riifen an Sanb iei ober iein
tperbe unb nur cine Bride nit bem Dor,
banbenen unb su ertpartenben @eIbe fers
tis seitellt iperben fam. glad einisem
Gins unb Serreoen iiber bieie bDbft Der,
bldffenbe 3uidrift wurbe beidloiien, iie
bem Suiti3s Gomite sur grIebisuns su
iibertpeiien, tpel4es in Der ndditen Ser,
iummluns bariiber beridten fol-.
Cine Rsiolution bon Sneenep, baS
nod porbunbene 9eIb sur SertieftelIunp
Der 8oarins 8root Bride 4nfabrt ,u
sebraubsn, tpurbe ni6t aneenommcn,
ionbern benz Gomite iiberfpieien, mo iis
nabti6einli6 aud bleiben pirb.
In9ebote sur Seiauns beS SranfIin
Dampfipribenbauies tpuroen berIeien unt
benz betreff. Gomite bann ibertpieien.
Das OffupationSs febment bon gis
ienbabns Gonbutteuren tpuroe bon 800
luf s75 berubseieBt.
Der Seuerdef ipurbe bur9 cine anse.
nommene 8eioluticn aneemieien, ben
llnfan Der Century SdIau6 @ompanie
,u unteriu6sn unb bann bem Staotratb
~ beri6ten, oh ben babel 8erlebten
iraenb peI6e Gntfddbisuns fir .3eitper.
luit unb drstIi6e SsbanbIuns eritattet
psrbsn ioa.
gine Oroinans sur 2esuns bon Stsin'
pIatten Seitenpesen an 9ufapstte StraBs
BON Rain sur sSilmore Ipenue ipurbe
einaereibt uno sum Druid beproert.
Cine Orbinan3 aur 2Bsniirung bon
Iuftiondren nit s75 Steuer idbrIi1,
paHirte ,tpeite 2efuns.
Die 8sioIution sur Gr5ffnuna bon
Dpomins Ipenus untsrbaIb Sim StraBe
sur pollsn 8reite tpuree anaenommen.
Die Ortinans sur BHaiteruna bon
@ebltsr Ipenue tpurbe sum Druid beors
bert, nodbem bas @omite ben Suiab sur
nidt 8srenseruns Der SiraBe aussetri.
den unb mebrere 8uidBe bes Staotan,
ipaItes sur Orbinans sefiiat paren.
Der Select Council iolte au6 all bies
fem 4benb cine Sibuna baben, aber bas
nbtbise Quorum fanb iid ni6t elm.