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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Cities Wear Out the Horses

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Horses wear out much faster In the large
cities than they do in country districts.
Immense numbers of these animals an
nualy succumb to hard usage, combined
with the inevitable labor of hauling heavy
leads over granite-paved streets. AS fast
the city supply becomes exhausted it
must be replenished by horses from the
country or from foreign parts. 1t Is stated
that in the suburbs of London alone there
are $4,000 horses in use and that 100000
horses must every year be sent into these
suburbs to take the place of those worn
out. The city of Berlin takes 100000 new
horses every year. A large number of the
horses used in omnibuses and on tram lines
both in England and on the continent are
imported from the United States The
horses from the United States are shipped
from the ports of New York and Boston to
the ports of London, Liverpool and Glas-
gov. and quite a large number are trans
shipped at London for the ports of Ant
werp and Havre. The ocean rates on
horses from New York and Boston are
from So to $50 per head, including feed
and attendance. insurance for the voyage
and for ten days after landing and dock
charges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

stance ash was used. and the pins which
secured the felloes were of fossil bone
This description applied to the chariots of
almost any of the nations of antiquity, the
difference consisting chiefly In the mount
ings. Thus the chariots of the Egyptians
and Assyrians, with whom the bow was
the principal arm of attack were richly
mounted with quivers full OF arrows, while
those OF the Greeks. who used the spear,
were plain except regards mere decora-
TONS The Persians and the ancient Brit
ons used a class of chariots having the
wheels mounted with sharp. sickle-shaped
blades, which cut to pieces whatever came
in their way. This was probably the in
Ventfon of the Persians.
The use of the battle chariot really be-
longs to the heroic period. The warrior
standing by the side of his charioteer was
driven in front of the line to invite hostile
warriors to single combat. After the stra-
teg1c skill of a commander superseded the
demands on his personal valor the chariot
was transferred from the battlefield to
the hlppodrome, where alone is original
form was preserved The description of
the Homeric battle chariot therefore to a
great extent also applies to the historic
charlot Of the race course. The small d.
ameter Of the chariot wheel may he eN-
plained from the desire of preventing the
chariot from being opposed by the impcd-
iments in the battlefield, such as debris or
dead bodies. The rim vas usually formed
of four felloes in which the four spokes
were let. The upper rail, which was OF
either wood rmetal. varied greatly IN
form, and was intended to be grasped by
the warrior on jumping onto he chariot.
while the front part served for fastening
the reins and the traces Of the wheel
horses In the Roman triumpha chariot a
covering of leather served % ward off
missiles, and later the sides wore com
posed of strong boards. Unfortunately we
cay use. They nearly all seem to be a va
rlety OF what we now term the gig"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
The NaIneless Hero,
From the Denver Sews,


There are countless heroes who live and die
OF whom We have rCver heurd;
FOR the great, big brawling world goes by
With hardly Il look or word
And one Of the brayest and best of all
OF whom tE" list can boast
Is the man who falls on Guty's call
The man who dies at his pest
While his cheek is mantled with m; MOODS bloom
And the pathway Of life looks bright
he Is brought in a Cment to face the gloom
Surrounding the final night
lie buoyantly sails o er a sunIit sea
And Is dashed an unseen cOas+-
I'LL the ship goes down at the helm stands he
The man " no dies at his post
Who follows the glorious tide of war
Ana falls in the midst of fight
lie knows that honor will hover Ger
Ana cover his name with light
fut he who passes unsung. unknown,
VINO hears no applauding host,
Goes down IN the dark to his fate, alone
The man who dies at his post.
Who bears with disease while death draws near
who faces his fate each day,
\ et strives to comfort and help and cheer
His comrades along the way
w ho follows his work while he yet NAV do
And smiles while he suffers most
III seems to me Is hero true
The man who dies at his post.
There are plenty TO laud and crown with bays
The hero who falls in strife
But Few who offer u word of praise
To the crOwnless hero of life
he dots his duty and makes claim:
- Ana tonight ! propose toast
10 Ihe silent martyr unknown to fame
Inc man who dies at his post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Soda Water to Relieve Hunger.

FROM Modern Medicine
Water charged with carbonic acid gas
in other words, soda water-is now pre-
scribed as palliative for hunger, especial
ly for an abnormal sense of hunger due to
disease. Carbonic acid gas has the sin
gular property of lessening the sense Of
hunger, and may profftably be remembered
In dealing with cases of diabetes In which
bulimia abnormal hungep Is prominent
symptom. The seat of hunger is found in
the solar plexus. BY the use of water
charged with carbonic acid gas the branch
es of the solar Dlexus distributed through
the mucous membrane of the stomach are
influenced In such a way that the abnor-
mai irritation of the plexus. which is the
foundation for the rayenous hunger often
present In diabetes and certain forms of
Indigestion, may be greatly mitigated. II
not wholly appeased Water charged with
carbonic acid gas may likewise be en-
pioyed with advantage in many cases Of
hyperpepsia in which there Is a sensation
present in the stomach described by the
patient as gnawing sensation, .'goneness,"
emptiness, etc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
THE BATTLE CHARIOT,
Grim Reminder of the COmbats of
the Heroic Period.

A Grim Reminder of the COmbats of
the Heroic Period.
From the Scientific American.
The chariot was used in antiquity for the
battle. the chase. in public professions and
In games. 1t had two wheels and was
drawn by two horses. and when one or two
horses were added they were attached to
| each side Of the main pair by a side trace.
fastened to the front Of the chariot. These
chariots have only come down to us In
fragments, with the exception of the one
| in the Archaeological Museum of Florence
which is unique example of a war char
lot, the so-called "Biga di Frassino" found
by Rosselineo in a tomb at Thebes. 1t is
certainly as old as the fourteenth century
B. c. 1t Is probably a trophy obtained in
the north by some Egyptian warrior There
Is an entire absence of metal in the con-
struction. Immediately on the axle with
out springs of any kind, rests the basket
or body of the chariot which consisted of
a floor to stand on, and semi-circular
guard around the front and about half the
height OF the driver. 1t Is entirely open at
the back so that the combatants might
leap to the ground and up again as became
necessary by the exigencies of action.
There was no neat and generally in war
chariots there was only room for the COM
Blatant and his charioteer to stand in The
pole, as in the present instance. was usu-
ally attached to the middle of the axle al
though 10 outward appearances II looked
as though it sprang from the front of the
basket At the end of the pole was the
yoke which looked like a rams horns De-
pending from this by leather thongs wss a
Y-shaped piece, which preferably took the
place of the modern horse collar. Probably
broad bands were also fitted around the
chest of the animals. Besides the harness
of each horse there were bride and a psi
of reins somewhat in the same style as In
use at the present day. These were made
of leather and were ornamented with studs
OF ivory and metal. The reins were passed
through rings attached to the collar. and
were long enough to be tied around the
waist of the charioteer in case of his hav-
ing to defend himself The wheels and body
were usually of wood strengthened In
, places with bronze or iron. The wheels
had from four to eight spOkes and the tires
were Of bronze or iron Gin the present in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Minimum and Maximum of SIeep

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
The old rule of eight hours sleep is
sheer nonsense" said a New Orleans ply
sician. chatting after office hours. Nat
ural sleep is something that can't be reg
ulated by any formula. The body takes
what 1t needs, be it much or little, and the
necessary amount varies with the indivd-
uaL In a general way 1 would say that
four hours is the minimum and ten hours
the maximum for people in fair health.
Either more or less Is a pretty sure sign
that something is out of gear-usually
something in the brain. I have two ma
uents who sleep only four hours. and keep
in tolerably good condition. Both are mid
dle-aged men, and neither of them works
very hard They are simply 50 constituted
that nature can repair its losses in four
hours of Inconsistencies. In many other
people nearly three times as long is re-
qulred; the nerve cells work more slowly
why, nobody knows. The uueeresr case
that ever came under my personal observa-
tlon was that Of bookkeeper of this CITY
VINO used to sleep two or three hours a
night through the week, and on Sunday
would catch up in a twenty-hour nap
That is no exaggeration, but an actual
fact, well known to all his intimates He
seemed to be able to store away nervous
energy as a camel stores water. His gem
eral health during the twelve OF fifteen
years L knew him was excellent but he
finally died of an attack of pneumonia. All
the lower forms of animal life require more
sleep than man. with one exception, and
That Is the ant. As far as we know the
ant doesn't sleep at all'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

From the Saturday Review.

From the Saturday Review.
The fez is of Grecian origin, but 1t is
worn among the Moslems with much i'm
proved style. The original looseness of the
fez and the too bulky tassel have been dis
carded and the car is generally now lined
with finely wOrked-Out reed or mat-a
Turkish innovation which has been adopted
by others, the Egyptian and Soudanese SOL
diers excepted The town OF Fee, in Mo-
rocco, gives its name to the cap which is
manufactured there and the fez had some
antique connection with FezZan, in Tripoli.
1t is very comfortable cap. but the con-
tnuous wearing of it brings about bald
ness which is probably due to the excess
sive perspiration it causes. Ottoman
Greeks Orientalsed Europeans and some
Asiatics adhere to the fez in CONSTANT
nople. but unlike the Turks, who love the
red-stained fez, they prefer one of dark
ish color Persians admire the plain black
fez and the Russian Moslems favor coarse
black. The vast extension of the fez from
the Turks to non-Turks, particularly the
co-rclfgiOnists of the Turks beyond the
borders of Turkey, is due, firstly, to the re-
ligion of the Moslem preventing him from
wearing a shade to his eyes, and, secondly.
because the Turk Is looked upon by Mos
lens as the defender of the faith
A turban generally consists of from eight
to ten yards of Goth and is, as a rule,
only worn by emaums or Moslem priests,
those who made the hadj or pilgrimage to
Mecca among theological students and by
d few As1atic tribes. Turbans .are also
made OF silk, and the colored turbans of
the British Indian soldiers, together with
their red uniforms. all contribute to give
the army a most pleasing and warlike ap-
pearance. Among Mosems, those who are
attired In green turbans claim to be de-
scendants of the prophet, but since the
color of the Islamic banner is also green,
green turbans have become fashionable
among the orthodox. Indeed, green tur-
ban Is merely an external sgnifcation Of
the devotee being a Mahomedan, such as
the affix 'Muhammed" to a proper name
of a person universally and also to a
proper name of place in Turkey. as well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
The Automobile.

From the Chicago Times Herald
1t doesn't shy at papers
As they blow along the street;
1t cuts silly capers
On the dashboard with its feet;
II doesn paw the sod up all around the hitching
1t doesn't scare at shadows as a man would at a
ghost:
1t doesn't gnaw the manger
1t doesn't waste the hay,
Nor put you into danger
When the brass bands play.
1t makes no wild endeavor
To switch away the flies;
II sheds hair that ever
Gets in your mouth and eyes;
II speeds along the highways and never looks around
g-oundi
II doesn't mind the circus,
1t not at all afraid;
And 1t doesn't overwork
When the elephants parade.
1t doesn't rear and CULVER
When the train goes rushing byf
1t doesn't stand and shiver
When the little flakes fly;
1t doesn't mind the thunder the lightning
binding flash:
1t doesn't keep you chirping and connecting with
the lash;
1t never minds the banners
They display on holidays;
It's thing Of proper manners,
Which II shows in many ways.
When you chance to pass its stable,
You do not have care,
Or cluck for all you re able
To keep from stopping therei
1t VIII work all through the daytime and still be
fresh at night;
There Is one arrest YOU IL YOU do not treat
it right
Its wheezings ne er distress YOU
As it moves along the way
Farewell old Dobbin; bless youi
You were all right in your day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
PLAYING IN THE DIRT.
Mothers Too often Deny Their Chill
dren This Pleasure.
From Harper's Bazaar.

FROM harpers Bazaar.
The mother who would have her children
healthy must not be afraid to have them
occasionally dirty. While cleanliness is
akin to godliness, there is a clean dirt that
comes from contact with the sweet earth
that Is wholesome. Have the little ones
bathed frequently, insist that they come to
meals with Immaculate hands and faces,
but between meals have them SO dressed
that they are free to run and romp as they
will.
An overcareful mother of an only child
complained to a physician that her baby
was pale and delicate. He asked to see the
child. and the nurse brought in the two
year-old from the veranda, where lie had
been seated on a rug. looking at a picture
book. His dainty nainsook frock was spot
less. as were also the pink kid boots and
silk socks.
What the child needs is wholesome
dirt, was the physicians verdict. Put a
g1ngham frock and plain shoes on him and
turn him loose on the lawn or in the fresh
earth. If he Is not rosy and happy in a
month let me know"
AT the expiration of the prescribed time
the baby was transformed. The eyes that
had been heavy were bright the skin had
acquired healthful glow, the arms and
legs were plump, and the languid, tired lit
tie patient had become a rollicking boy.
he freedom, fresh air and clean dirt had
in months time wrought a greater change
In the childs system than all the skill of
the medical fraternity could have effected.
Mothers who take their little school boys
and girls away for vacation should let
them romp at will out of doors fish in the
brook, ride on the hay, and wear strong
shoes and clothing of which they need not
be too careful. A child is much happier if
untrammeled by too many "donts." And
the mother Is happier, too if she need not
say don't every hour in the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
En- Voyage.

Whichever way the wind doth blow
Some heart is glad to have 1t so;
Then, north or south, east west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.
My little err IT sails not alone;
A thousand fleets from every zone
Are OUT upon a thousand seas;
And what for me Were fayoring breeze
Might dash another, with the shock
OF doom, upon some hidden rock.
And so DO not dare to pray
For winds 10 watt me on my way,
But leave ii to q Higher VIII
To stay speed me; trusting still
That all is we'll, and sure that he
Who launcheu my bark viii sail with me
Through storm End calm, and will not fail,
Whatever breexes may prevail,
To land ME, every peril past,
Within mis- shelterng haven at last
Then, whatsoever wind doth blow,
My heart is glad TO have ii so;
And, north south, or east or west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.
CAROLINE A. MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Clocks for Queer Uses.


One Of the latest developments of the
common domestic. clock is worthy Of Sc
rious attention. It comes from Switzer-
land. and takes the form of photographic
attachment to an ordinary clock, which at
any desired hour of the morning will shout,
1t Is CD o'clock: get up Now. don't go to
sleep againi" The possibilities of an extern
sion of this principle are immense. There
might be clocks for the boxing ring, saying,
Time. gentlemen and clocks for the par
ilamentary bore, with cry of wide
vide" Church congregations which have
suffered many things at the hands of long
Winded preachers might subscribe for a
clock which should utter a sonorous
Amen at the end OF a suitable period
Equally valuable would be a timepiece
which should convey gentle hint to the
unwanted caller; indeed, this particular de-
velopment is so attractive that am think
ing of enlisting it's aid for the purpose of
shortening editorial interviews at Truth
office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

In Switzerland a death Is attended by a
custom which calls upon all charitable and
Christian people to show their sympathy
A notice edged with wide black line ap-
pears in the daily papers setting forth the
day and hour when sympathizers must as
semble before the house of the deceased
At the time named a little cloth-coyered
table supporting a good-sized jar is stood
before the nouse-tabe cloth and Jar all
being of the same somber. ebony hue--and
into the latter small mourning cards bear
ing the name and address of their owners
are deposited. The day the funeral takes
place is tho day selected for the exhibition
OF the jar No ladies are allowed to follow
At Q Swiss funeral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Autumn,

to my blood " ~
Touch Of manner, hint of mood.
And my heart is like a rhyme
with the yello" and the purple and the crimson
keeping time.
he scarlet Of the naples can shake me like a cry
OF busles going by; ~
And my lonely spirit thrills
10 see the frosty Tsters like smoke upon the
hills "P'" '"e
There is something in October sets the gypsy blood
We must rise and follow her
When from every hill Of fame
She calls and calls each vagabond by name
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Indian Summer.

Alice Van Leer Carrick In the New England Magazine
A soft wind moves through all the garden walks,
And stirring gently, 1t onward blows,
Bends down the tail heads OF the ollyhocks,
And strips the petals from a faded rose.
Light whispers all across the grasses run,
That sigh and pause and sigh again and SWAY.
And pigeons. preening burghers Of the sum-
Strut In Its warmth the whole exultant day.
The velvet nights. the days of leasening heat
The growing symphony OF Autumas strain,
All weave In one melody complete.
The echo fatnt Of Summers last refrain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
The Living Dead.
Edith Bigelow in the Criti,.

Edith Bigelow in the Criti..
What shall we do with our dead,
The dead who have not died
Who meet US still in he very paths
Where they once walked by cur side
Not those that we love and mourn
At rest on distant shore
But the lost yet living women and men
Whom We loFed-and 1--we no more
There are shroud and flower and stone
To hide the dead from eur sight.
But these are ghosts that will not be laid
They come twiIt and the light:
And the heaven loses its blue
And the rose has worms at the core
Because OF the living women and men
Whom We loved-and love no more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
The Wrong Man.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
I'VE have already made a rate Of one and
one-third fare for the round trip on account
of the fall festival said the railway man
ager to the committee
But we think you ought to make it one
fare" urged the spokesman. '1n view of
the largely increased traffic it will bring
you.'
presume" rejoined the railway mag
nate. you are making a corresponding re-
auction In the rates for visitors at your
hotel, Mr.. Bunnyfuss?'
"Why err"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Twilight,

Alice pAlcho In the New England Magazine.
Along the marshes deep the shadows lie
And deeper stiil among the somber pines:
While isr o erhead in the clear amber sky,
One homo star shines.
us brightness growing with the gathering gloon
midway twt1t earth and heaven II seems to poisf
As happy souls, when LIES long day Is DONE
LOOK back. serene. nor mourn its bsuished inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Both Meant the Same.

Playwright-''I haven't dared to ask yet
whether my tragedy is a success or not,
but I've Just glanced at an account which
says there wasn't dry eye In the
audience"
Manager (grimly)-"Yes. Here Is an
other account that says they laughed TIL
they cried"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

Hicks-''What Is your opinion Of the new
woman?.
Wicks-"About the same as my wife's
opinion OF the new girl. She Is all right for
a little while. but she very soon develops
Into nuisancs."-BostOn TRANSCRIPT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-06
Lord Salisbury Accepts
SAMOAN COMMISSION WILL NOW
BE ORGANIZED.
It Will Tranqulize Warning Elements In
Samoa, then Frame Scheme to
Submit to the Powers.

The President has not yet made Sc
lection of the commissioner who shall
represent the United States Government,
but decision is expected very soon
He has before him several 1ames of
prsons who rank high as publicists or as
experts in international practice. Promi-
nent among the latter is Thomas w
Cridler. the present Third Assistant
Secretary of State, who has been sug-
gested principally because of his thor
ough familiarity with the subject, having
made study of Samoan affairs from
years ago.
Dr. Wilhelm Solf, the newly appointed
president of the municipal council of
Samoa had a busy day to-day, comforting
with officials, Government and diplo
matte and taking the preliminary steps
in the approachment of the three Gov
ernments concerning the islands. During
the day representative of the Asso-
ciated Press saw DIR. Solf and talked
with him on current Samoan affairs.
Il am glad to observe the most salts
factory feeling prevailing in Washing
ton" said DIR. Solf. land | am conf
dent that the German and American au-
thorities would have little or no difficulty
in arriving at a most harmonious under.
standing on Samoa. So far as | am
concerned my duties are not of n p>iiti-
cal character. and my instructions, re
ceived before leaving Berlin, are, in eff
feet to use every endeavor to promote
good feeling between the three powers.
and to avoid in every way possible
cause for disagreement. Naturally. I
ann DESTROYS of realizing that high aim.
and of assisting in the quiet and orderly
administration of Samoa"
DIR. Solf was asked as to his visit to
London en- route here. and the general
feeling entertained i'll British official cir
cles He said he had met Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Co
lonial Affairs. and Mr.. Villiess, under
Secretary of State. whose special prov
ince is Samoa. Their expressions were
most friendly. and a general sentiment
was evinced 10 have an end to the per-
picking differences over Samoa.