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Evening star., 1898-09-17

From the Philadelphia Press.
Lemon juice sweetened with loaf or
crushed sugar will relieve a cough
For feverishness and unnatural thirst
soften lemon by rolling on a hard sur
face. cut off the top, add sugar and work
it down into the lemon with q fork, then
suck slowly.
During the warm months sense of cool
ress, comfort and inauguration can be pro-
duced by the free use of lemonade For
six large glasses of lemonade use six large,
juicy lemons; roll on hard surface so
that the juice can be easily extracted. Peel
and slice. Add sufficient sugar TO sweeten
ard stir 1t well into the juice before add
ing the water.
Hot lemonade will break un a cold if
taken at the start. Make IT the same as
cold lemonade, only use Boiling water in
stead of cold water, and use about half as
much sugar.
A piece of lemon, or stale bread moist
ened with lemon juice, bound on a corn,
Will cure II. Renew night and morning.
The first application will produce soreness
but if treatment is persisted in for a reas-
enable length of time a cure will be eff
fected.
The discomfort caused by sore and ten
der feet may be lessened, if not entirely
cured. by applying slices of lemon on the
feet.
To cure chilblains. take piece of lemon,
sprinkle fine salt over it and rub the feet
well. Repeat If necessary.
Lemon juice will relieve roughness ard
vegetable stains on the hands. After hav-
ing the hands in hot soap suds rub them
with a piece of lemon. This will prevent
chapping and make the hands soft and
white.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Girls Hat Chains.
Frcm the New York Herald.

Frcm the New York Herald
That a woman's hat never blows off Is
the tradition. That under no circumstances
could it blow off. skewered to the hair as
1t Is by deftly hidden pins, is no less a
fact. The following fashion, therefore,
would seem to have no rhyme or reason
The mode, nevertheless, admits of no de-
nial. Were it the idea for men to wear
chains TO their heaGgear it would seem
appropriate. But instead of men 1t is wo-
man that must do this.
The hat of the girl at the resorts now
has tiny gold chain. 1t is SO slender that
II seems little more than filmy thread OF
gold, and its links must show the highest
degree Of workmanship. Both on the brim
and on the waist of the wearer's frock
this chain is secured by small jeweled pins
These must be unobtrusive and the entire
effect dainty, like the chain.
My lady thus presents a novel appear
ance as she trips along country roads Her
nat cannot possibly blow off, cannot move
ao inch and the chain is quite useless but,
all said and done, II Is pretty and effect
i've,
Evening star., 1898-09-17

of their insolent interference in the affairs
of the whole world. and their desire 10 rule
everywhere. Audacity is always fmpras-
stve. People think their success is due to
shrewd political calculation, but # is
actually due to nothing else than the fact
that they always keep 3oO,oo0 soldiers ready
to back up thair policy. That alone. and
not their political intelligence, has enabled
them to carry things with such a high
hand. We must get rid OF this fiction.
-. In political affairs the French are,
In the fullest sense of the word, narrow
minded nation. They have no idea how
things look outside of France, and learn
nothing about II in their schools. The
French educational establishments. for the
greater glory of France, leave their pupils
in the grossest ignorance as TO everything
beyond her frontiers. and so they have not
the slightest knowledge OF their neighho-s:
that Is the case with The emperor, or at
least he is not much better, to say nothing
of Grammont, who is ,rindvIekl.
Napoleon is ignorant ut bottom, although
he has been educated in German schools"
Break With the Emperor.
A few days before Bismarck sent in his
now famous letter of resignation, speaking
to DR.. Busch of the friction then existing
between the emperor and himself, he said:
1T is question of three days, perhaps
of three weeks, but L am going for certain.
l cannot stand him any longer. He wants
TO know even whom 1 see and has spies
set to watch those who come in and go
out"
As instancing the frankness with which
Bismarck was accustomed to speak at
times the following extract is of interest:
Busch-"When he (referring to the young
emperor) falls into distress and difficulty
he Will himself come and fetch you back,
serene hfghness. He will have to beg and
implore you"
Bismarck-'No. he is too proud for that.
BUT he would like to keep Herbert only
that would not do: that would be sort of
mlxed-goods train, and l should always
EaVe TO bear part of the responsibility
moreover, although Herbert would doubt
less stand being lectured and censured by
me, he would not stand 1t from Imperial
Chancellor Botticher" CHe therefore
seemed to think that tho latter had been
selected as his successor and knew nothing
as as yet OF the choice of CapriviD Besides,
tiley nave treated his father badly"
Evening star., 1898-09-17
ALLIGATOR EATS ITS MATE.
Had u Fight and the Victor Swallows
the vanquished.


From the New York Journal.
A duel to the death was fought in the
menagerie at Central Park one afternoon
last week, the adversaries being two lusty
alligators, and the victor celebrated the oc
casion by swallowing it's adversary.
How the trouble started no one knows, for
when the struggle was first noticed the two
creatures were busy as Spaniards lodging
American cannon balls. They were not
equally matched in size. One was exactly
three feet in length, while the other was
nearly six inches shorter The latter, too
was considerably leaner than his antag-
onist.
No two bulldogs ever fought with more
savageness than that shown by these two
alligators. First the longer animal swoop+
ed down on the smaller fellow and banged
him over the left eye with his closed paw.
Then he turned quickly, as though to run
away, but, instead landed another blow on
his opponents head with sudden jerk of
his tail.
Two such furious blows might well have
crushed a foe less plucky, but the smaller
animal dashed at his retreating antagonist
and grabbing him by the end of the body
tore off a whole strip of his hide and pro-
ceeded to eat it without more ado Infuri-
ated by the pain of his torn skin, the big
alligator rushed a second time at his ad-
versary. but the latter, profiting by his ex-
perience, dropped the hide he was consum-
ing, and stepping aside, executed flank
movement on the enemy and charged at
him goat-fashion. He plunged his head into
the side of the big animal and rolled him
over and banged him in the stomach.
This seemed to put more fire into the big
alligator. He recovered himself and strug-
gled upon his feet again, while the small
er saultan drew off to the further end of
the inclosure.
The alligators faced each other for a mo-
ment with a space of probably five feet be-
tween them. Then, as If by the signal of
a referee, they rushed at each other and,
as they met In the middle of the space,
their heads came together with a bang.
inns seemed to stun the smaller animal
and the big fellow, seeing his opportunity
punched him in the side, rolled him over
and pounded him furiously with his tail.
Without waiting for his opponent to have
chance to recover, the big alligator seized
him by the neck, chewed off his head, swaI-
lowed it in three or four bites and then Law
down on his stomach and slowly swallowed
the body OF the vanquished animal unit!
nothing but the end of the body protruded
from his jaws.
Evening star., 1898-09-17

sells visit st. Eustattus annually Yams
and sweet potatoes are exported. The cli-
mate is moderate and generally healthy,
but furious hurricanes and terrific earth
quakes cause uneasiness to the natives dur
ing the months of the heated term from
May until November.
Where Tobacco Grows.
Like Curacao, st. Enstatfus suffers from
a scarcity of water. All the land is under
cultivation, and tobacco, the principal pro-
duct, is raised on the sides of the extinct
volcano, great pyramid-shaped mountain,
which is fertile to its very crest.
AT one time St. EuStatius carried on an
extensive contraband trade with South
America. The Dutch have held the island
since 1885, but their claim to it was fire.
quently disputed by both French and Eng
lish. The sovereignty of Holland was not
confirmed until 1914. Since that time Hol-
land has been left in undisputed possession.
Over Saba also the Queen of Holland
holds nominal sway. This little island is
only dozen miles in circumference and
has only about 1900 inhabitants, yet it is
claimed at here was established, by the
descendants of pirates who had settled on
the island the first republic in the western
hemisphere. However, we are told that
these proud republicans, who date their
freedom back well toward the beginning
of the eighteenth century, do, on Sundays
and holidays, fly the flag of Holland which
they modify by embellishing it with green
cabbage in the left upper corner
The island is perfect Gibraltar, and vir-
tually impregnable. 1t is surrounded by a
high wall of rock, in which there is but one
rift, where steps have been formed in the
steep gorge to permit the Sabans to descend
to the one harbor.
Shelled by Many Ships.
English, French, Danish, Swedish and
Dutch vessels, all, at one time or another,
tried vainly to subdue the little island.
Finally the Sabans acknowledged the pro-
lection of Holland, but refused to be taxed,
and to this day they appoint and pay their
own governor and retain in every way their
freedom.
Small as these possessions of the Queen
of Holland are, and utterly insignificant as
they seem in comparison with the great
islands of Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica and Porto
Rico they yet demonstrate in most strik-
ing way the efficacy of proper colonization
and good government. They prove that a
state may be well regulated and prosperous
in the vicinity of the equator as well as in
the temperate zone
Evening star., 1898-09-17

or lace with long ends decorated with a
fCuEce or bunch of violets.
A very striking military cape is of red
cloth with black and white check and fas-
tened with large white pearl buttons. There
is hood lined with the Cntck and fringed
with red.
'Toreador' red is much fancied by the
gay part of the fashionable word and
jackets and independent shit waists are
stepped in this CORY hue, to be worn with
black and white checked skirts and large
plumed black felt Rembrandt hats--a style
well suited to young face aad 1.-THE figure.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
EDUCATED FEET,
HlndoO Tradesmen Make Good Use
of Their Pedal Extremftfes.

of Their Pedal Extremitfes.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Inc French ethnologist, Professor f. Reg
nault, has made special studies in the far
east IN regard to the ability of the Hin
zoos to make use of their feet as auxillaries
or their hands. This ability is particularly
hotlceable when one watches Hindoo
tradesmsn at their work. The carpenter
employs his feet wise. and as a gauge;
the shoemaker holds the shoe between his
feet, leaving both his hands free to work
Upon 1t; the Hindoo butcher holds a knife
between the big and the second toa and
cuts his meat by drawing it across the
knife and pressing 1t down with both
hands. The help of the feet is most valua-
Die IN weaving, and it is a wonderful thing
10 US to See a Hindoo artisan Use both his
hands and his feet in handling his loom
Regnault also observed child climbing a
tree and graspng the branches of the tree
between the two first toes of either foot
whenever hold could thus be secured.
Ihls collaboration of the feet with the
hands. 1t would seem, is the resul. of sew
eral changes in the physical development
Whlch the Hindoo race has undergone in
the course of time through outward agen-
cies Their hip joints are much freer and
more timber than ours, and will permit
them to squat on the ground and at the
same time approach the feet SO near to
their hands that they can grasp with their
feet the work in hand and hold it with
some expense of strength. The ankle Joint
Is also Timber, and works freely, and the
big toe is more developed and can be
moved by them at Will as regards it's bend
ing and stretching, its separating from and
approaching toward the second toe.
The normal foot of the Hindoo shows a
large space between the big too and the
second; this, however. is due solely to their
wearing sandals, which are neld in place by
wooden peg placed between these two
toes. The constant muscular exercise prac-
ticed in holding the sandals naturally tends
to strengthen these toes and the use of the
feet being a general custom and tried even
by children of the tenderest age, has grad
ually changed the Hindoo anatomy.
Evening star., 1898-09-17

The Eskimo count by their flngers-one.
two. three, four, fve. Above five and up to
ten they use the second hand. Above ten
they employ the toes, Twenty they de-
scribe as "a whole man." They seldom go
farther than this, but they can DO 20 if
necessary: for example. they express twen-
ty-two by saying. two on the second
man; thirty-seven by toes on the second
mans second foot" Forty Is the whole
of a second man." They cannot or DO not
count beyond one hundred, which Is tho
whole Of the fifth man."
Evening star., 1898-09-17
just Before the Engagement.
From Puck.

Miss Sweetly-"When 1 was being shown
over the treasury in Washington they let
me hold a package of bills worth million
dollars in my hand
Mr.. Loverly-"And it didn't increase your
value one Bit
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Estimate of the French,

1.-THE French are not 80 astu.s as people
generally think. AS a nation they resem-
BILE certain individuals amongst our lower
classes. They are 1arrow-minded and
bruta-great physical force, boastful and
insolent, winning the admira tion of men of
thsir own stamp through their audacity
and violence. Here in Germany the French
are also considered clever by persons who
do not think deeply, and their ministers
are regarded as great statesmen because
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Not At All Feminine.

| From Puck. .-
| Aline-"Is she SO very masculine?"
| Anna-'Masculine! Why. actually, I
heard her confess that her shoes were too
| tightI' IL Il
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Natives Speak English.


Spanish is the language spoken in Cura-
Gao, but owirg to the coming and going Of
American sailors English is understood by
many of the natives
Buen Aver and Oruba are chiefly inter-
esting for the fine cattle raised upon their
one hundred and twenty-nine square miles.
and a population of five or six thousand
Oruba has an area of only siXty-two square
miles, but its population is larger than that
of Buen Aver. Only the southern part of
the Island OF st. Martin belongs to Holland,
twenty square miles belong to France,
eighteen square miles to Holland. ST. Mar
tin is mountainous, some of it's hills reach
ing fourteen hundred feet above the level
of the sea. Much of the land Is unsuitable
for cultivation. In 1882 the great salt-paus
which belong to Holland, produced over
two hundred thousand tons Of salt Sugar
cane Is cultivated, and some sugar is ex-
ported Horses, CATTLE sheep, goats and
pigs arc profitably raised for export
Marigot is the chief seaport and capital
of the French portion of st. Martin while
Philippsburg is the Dutch metropolis The
population of the entire island is estimated
at about 1000, equally divided between the
Dutch and French,
st. Martin was first occupied by French
freebooters in 1888, and by the Spaniards a
little later In 164S 1t was divided between
France and Holland.
st. Eustatius is another of the Dutch pos
sessions. 1t Is small island of volcanic
origin. In 1882 the population was 2,247
There is pretty little village. Orangetown,
which Is defended by two forts. Many ves-
The evening times., 1898-09-10
GENERAL SHAT TER.

troversy, and refused TO talk about any
thing appertaining to the army and the
campaign in Cuba.
Gen. Shafter reached this city last night
at $50 o'clock, accompanied by Lieut.. Col.
]. D. Miley and his Cuban valet They
proceeded direct to the Ebbitt House, and
the general retired at once, declining to
see anyone.
While he was with Acting Secretary
Meiklejohn today, Lieut., Col. Miley said
that Gen. Shafter intends to remain in
this city until the early part of next week,
when he will return to camp at Montauk.
The colonel added that Gen. Shafter is
exceedingly anxious to return to his COM
mand in the Department Of California,
with headquarters a San Francisco. The
War Department has promised to permit
him to do this as soon as the Peace Com
mssioners have completed their labors,
but not before.
Lieut.. Col. Miley probably expressed
the views of Gen. Shafter when he said
that nearly all Cubans and Spaniards who
own property in Cuba are anxious to have
The evening times., 1898-09-10

retary Allen the proposed voyage. of his
ship and the Iowa around the Horn to the
Pacific Coast II can be stated positive
ly that Capt. Barker will remain in COM
mand Of his vessel. Ii is confidently ex-
ready to sail by September Is
Lieutenant Commander Richard Vain
wright. commanding the converted yacht
Gloucester, has been instructed TO pro-
ceed with his vessel to Boston and Glou>
cester. Mass, and Newport, r. l., re-
manning several days at each place to give
the people an, opportunity to see his little
craft.
The Navy Department has announced its
intention of honorably discharging all Of
ficers of the navy who were appointed
during the war with Spain. Examination
of the law under which the appointments
were made convinced the department that
ii had no authority to extend the ap-
peintments beyond the emergency for
which they had been called into service.
In accordance with the departments rul-
ing, about twenty-five discharges were
made yesterday, and 725 officers holding
temporary appointments will be discharg-
ed as rapidly as possible.
While in Samoan waters the gunboat
Bennington will make a careful survey of
Pago Pago Harbor, which is 10 be the site
of one of the most important coaling sta
tions of the United States. Commander
Taussig. commanding the Bennington
was formerly in charge of coast survey
work. AS showing how important the
Administration considers the coaling sta
The evening times., 1898-09-10

Jules Laborde the great French phys:-
clan, has said: THE American uses up
his health to make money and then is
forced to spend money in seeking to re-
gain his health" True il is that the
strain of business cares and the sexual
excesses incident to this nervous tension
Inherited or acquired. are fast wrecking
the health of American men today. This
alarming condition has long been fully
understood by physicians, and the great
est minds of the profession in this and
foreign countries have given their best
efforts to meet it. 1t remained for France.
the nation that leads the world in scien-
tific medical research, 10 discover at last
a specific that will supply the system
those vital forces which men of this gen.
Grafton waste so wantonly in youth and
early manhood.
Prof Laborde is the most eminent of
all his countrymen in this one great
branch of medical science. After many
years experimenting he discovered the
preparation called "CALTHoS." which
has created more talk in medical circles
than any other preparation in the past
fifty years. 1t is. in fact. such certain
cure for Lost Manhood and Sexual
Weakness that the French and German
governments have by law adopted it for
use IN their standing armies. That is
why the soldiers of those countries are
known the world over as the finest speci-
mems of manhood ever seen.
The Won Mohl Co. of Cincinnati. Ohio
a long-established house. who are the
largest importers in the United States oi
standard preparations, sent represent
tive TO Europe to investigate the claims
made for "CALTHOS." Finding the rem
edy all that physicians abroad claimed fl
The evening times., 1898-09-10
MR.. GRosvENoR KISSED.
Forced to Quit Speaking at a Fair
mt ZanesyiIIe.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Sept. 10.-Congress-
man Charles S. Grosvenor. the commonly
accepted spokesman of the Administra-
tion on the floor of the House was Missed
yesterday, and after speaking seventeen
minutes gave up the effort
The supporters of Congressman Van
Voorhis secured control of the Muskin-
gum county fair board and started an
Innovation by inviting Congressman Gros-
venor TO come and make an address on
the late war. Prominent citizens of both
parties protested, and the Democrats in
sisted that il GroSvenor was to be
brought here to assist Van Voorhis that
John J. Lentz also be invited, but the
Van Voorhis followers refused the re-
quest.
Grosvenor had opened as TO the causes
of the war and the splendid success Of
the American arms, and was just begin
hing to get warmed up on the subject
when a large contingent began to shout:
Give us the races, the races etc.
The Athenian stopped and slowly at
tempted to turn the interruption by TAX
ing a drink, but the people wanted no
speech from a politician, and Congress
man Grosvenor was escorted from the
platform amid calls for the races
1t was apparent that the Congressman
was hurt by the reception, but the peo-
pie desired to rebuke the men who
sought to use the fair for political pur-
poses The result has been a boomerang
for Van Voorhis, and it is evident that
he has the fight of his life before him.
The evening times., 1898-09-10


the United states annex lhe island. If
left to popular vote, Lieut.. Miley said,
annexation would be carried by a very
large majority.
When Gen. Shafter left the office of
the acting secretary, facoompanied by
Gen. Corbin and LieutahCol. Miley, he
called on Gen. Miles, where he remained
for short time. 1t Is understood that
the visit was purely professional one.
Gen. Shafter remained with the Presi-
dent for an hour. On leaving the White
House he said that his report would
probably be filed with the War Depart
ment on Monday and that he would leave
on that day for Camp Wickoff. When
asked whether he had heard of any devel
opments with regard to the proposed in
vestigation of the War Department, he
said: "Why, no; they would not tell me
anything about that"
He declined to state the nature of his
interview with the President, but 1t is
said that it related almost entirely to
the conduct of the Santiago campaign.
Gen. Shafter appeared to be in fine health
and was in excellent humor.
The evening times., 1898-09-10

Pittsburg, Sept. 10.-Russell A. Alger
passed through Pittsburg last evening
on his way to Detroit. AT the Union s;a-
ton he said:
II have no desire to discuss the silly
charges about ill-treatment of soldiers
The stories absurd. nonsensieal. and
had the effect of alarming the friends of
the soldiers.
Just one complaint has been made to
the department, and that was by the
brother of a soldier at Tampa, who said
he was starving to death. Gen. Coppin-
ger was instructed to investigate the case
and see that nothing was left undone
for the comfort and good of the man. The
complaint was found to be grossly exag-
gerated. The man was fever patient,
ccnvaIescing and asking for the kind Of
food he should not have.
why, my son there Is doing the same
thing. He is also recovering from fever,
having been i'll six weeks, and i, COM
planning loudly that We are starving him
to death.
1.-The truth is that soldiers have had too
much 10 eat. | mean of that kind of food
which is harmful to them. People in mis-
taken kindness have offered them fruit
Then, again, the men bought food that
was not good for them and drank water
which they were ordered not to use for
that purpose. They were told to drink
only boiled water, but they would not
obey orders.
Most of the stuff we see in the papers
is due 10 a wholesale desire on the part
of the soldiers for furloughs. When the
requests for furloughs had reache1 such
proportions as to attract the attention of
the department halt was called.
Then hostilities were engendered. The
same thing occurred when the men grew
restless in camp and wanted TO change.
Because they We're opposed in all tn s
some newspapers took up their cause
ana talked about ill-treatment. / do not
believe the soldiers are making these
complaints at ALL
Asked If there would be an investiga-
tion, Secretary Alger said:
THAT is a matter that wholly belongs
10 the President"
IF there is an investigation will ii in
clude the charge of General Miles?"
The Secretary's face flushed.
II do not care to discuss that matter
In the newspapers" is all he would say.