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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

be in position to convey direct and in
slant suggestions to ali the other members
OF the floating aggregation Of entities
which for the nonce exists as an individual.
To that end the ship has a delicate and
highly organized nervous system consist
ing of an infinity of tubes, wires dials and
bells.
0ne-Man Power.
From bridge or pilot house the captain
or executive officer dominates the entire
massive fabric as readily as he dominates
the members of his own body. A desk
equipped with a number of labeled electro
cal buttons enables him to control instantly
his signal lights, high up on the masts-
to fash message to any passing ship or
to any station on a nearby shore. The
same keyboard enables him to communi-
cate with any compartment of the vessel
to summon any man or men of his COM
pany.
Beside the keyboard is the electrical
telegraph or teleseme. more properly.
which leads to the engine room. Il is out
wardly glass-faced dial on a tall brass
standard. little hand line controlling an
indicator and the printed divisions in the
segments Of the diaI's circle show fits use
and purpose, ahead" 'astern,'' hat
speed full speed stop Those are
the few orders which the bridge must send
10 the engine room frequently and instant
ly. The teleseme does it by a mere turn
of the lever to the proper signal.
OF barometers, seXtants, range finders,
compasseS and chronometers every mod
ern ship carries dozen or more; but they.
like the patent log, trailing far astern and
registering the ships speed. are instru-
ments, not machines-adapted to the solu-
ton of problems of geographical position
and meteorological condition, not to the
solution of the basic problem of relieving
the man of physical labor and multiplying
his working efficiency.
The old ship was a graceful fabric in
which man was the slave and plaything
OF the elements. The modern ship is
scientific instrument in which man is the
dominant. serene controller of the natural
laws and natural forces which for 5000
years have had their whimsical will of him
and his.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

az you could hold in your arms and she
is carrying it home.
Behind her comes a young mother with a
similar bundle and baby in her arms.
See, she has stopped to make a purchase
of that orange peddler over the way. No
bending her back. There she has picked
up a half dozen oranges and stuck them
in among the fire wood and is walking off
without trouble But, wait, the woman
is calling her back The young mother
returns, and. putting her hand away down
inside her chemise, takes out coin and
gives 1t to the peddler, who in turn drops
it in at the neck of her dress. The bosoms
of the women are their pockets. and before
they make change th5y often have to fish
for some time for the coins.
And so we go in and out through the
crowd, jostling and being jostled by wo-
men with bags of potatoes. baskets of
corn, fire wood and bottles the tops of
their heads. We beg pardon at every step,
for we fear that push may throw bas-
ket of eggs to the ground or chunk of
raw, red meat on some womans head may
be thrown off on our clothes. There is
no danger, however for every woman can
handle her burden on her head quite as
well as though she were carrying it in her
arms.
Costs Little to Live.
The market is n good place to see how
little 1t costs for poor Paraguay family
to live. Everything is sold in small guam
tity. and 1t cannot cost much for the
average woman to keep house. The clothes
Of the poor are exceedingly scanty. All the
women go barefooted and all go barehead-
ed 1t does not cost much to dress Them
and full suit can be bought for 50 in gold
Nearly all wear shaws about their choco-
late or cream-colored faces. Some have the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11
housekeeping in Paraguay.

The common people here have indeed but
few wants. They do not seem to care much
for money, and think one who works like
n foreigner is very foolish indeed.
I venture that the average family of Par
aguay does not spend as much in year as
the family of our average laboring class
spends a month. The houses outside the
cities, Of which l shall write more here
after, are huts Of poles chinked with mud
and rooted with brown thatch. They have
dirt floors, and there are, as a rule, neither
fences nor gardens. The usual hut is not
more than fifteen feet square, but it often
has an open shed of the same size joined
to it. As it is warm, the shed is frequently
the most comfortable part of the house.
There is little furniture. hammock or
so, one or two cot beds made of canvas
and stretchers, a table and a couple of
chairs form a good housekeeping outfit
The cooking is often done over an open fire
in the shed and cook stoves are not COM
mon.
The chief meals are breakfast at II and
dinner at g. with cup of mate or Para
Suayan tea in the morning. The food is
chiefly puchero, soup of boiled beef and
vegetables, and mandioca, a kind of a po-
tato like root which is dried and ground
into a flour The soup is often eaten first
and the boiled beef and vegetables brought
in as second course. But little coffee or
tea is drunk at meals and the only liquor
used by the common people is a vilainous
rum made of sugar called canya.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

and respecting their President. Every vis-
tor who in any way resembied Spaniard
or foreigner of southern birth was watch
ed by three or four sets of keen eyes. The
President was probably not aware that de-
tectives were in the White House. The ar
engagements for them were made by the
late Major Moore and Secretary Porter,
who felt that it was best to have the men
around. There were several times stories
of suspicious people around the White
House at night, and of an attempt to poi
son the spring from which the White
House gets its supply of water. None of
these stories was true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

Djihan Begun is believed to be the small
est monarch in the world. This tiny queen,
who is over fifty years old, but is no larger
than child of ten, reigns over more than
1,000000 subjects in the Hindoo vassal
state of Bhopal. But in this dwarf's realm
peace and prosperity are supreme, for, de-
spite her size, she has a firm grip on the
reins Of government. and her rule is as
strong as II she were ten times as large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

of perfect health. The
bright glow of health,
bright eyes, clear skin,
red lips are more attrac-
tive than any mere reg
ularity OF feature. A
woman can't change the
shape of her features
but any woman may
have the beauty of
b c alth. No healthy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11
New Devices That Tighten the La
bors Of the Men.
STEAM TAKES TIE PLACE OF MUSCLE
Has Put an End to the Romance
of a Sailors Life.
INCREASES HIS COMFORT
Written for The Evening Star.

: I . 1 + A NJ A n u
electricity have, as
has been said, killed
romance at sea-" they
lave also relieved
Jack Tar and his off,
GERS of most of the
soul-killing work and
a majority OF the
perils which former
iy made their practi-
cal lives anything but
romantic in fact.
Most of the mod srn
ships heavy work is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

|, y ~ ~ - = L Il a ~ l. - -
paradise of South
America. Its climate
is delight full, its
semi-tropical vegeta-
ton as luxuriant as
that of the Garden
of Eden. and it has
about three Ewes to
every Adam. I have
never been in n coun-
try where there are
so many W o m c Il.
They swarm. They
+-nt 10 Z hn canrnC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11
She Was Innocent.

From Puck.
Mrs. Gotrox-"Bridget, some of my jew
elry is mlssing!"
Bridget-"Well, don't come to me about
1t, mum! I'm no keptomaniacw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

The little god of love turns away from a
sickly, sallow, nervous, head-achey, back
achey, lifeless woman. Every woman
should have the beauty. vivacity, and vigor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

She-"You might have been a hero in the
war If you had wanted to-
He-I was. I ate everything that was
placed before me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11
A Land Where There Are More Wo-
men Than Men.
THE PARADISE OF SOUTH AMERICA
Interesting Scenes in the Big Mar.
ket Of Asuncion.
HOW THE NATIVES LIVE

Copyright 1899 by Frank G.. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ASUNCION, December IS 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

shawls thrown back so that you can see
that the low-cut chemise which reaches to
their feet. forms the rest Of their clothing.
The shawls look Ike bed sheets, and I am
told that they are used such in many
cases at night so that woman takes part
of her bed for her clothes when she goes
ont to walk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

during the time feel just well as at any tine
and am never confined 10 my room as once was
can eat anything I want and can work at any
Eind OF work-soInethiug could never do tiff
inns summer. Everybody who knows me thinks
u wonderiul that am not sick any more.
tnank GOD Tor this friend of woman. this blessed
favorite Prescription The very name sounds
sweet to me ] am causing many of my friends
TO use 1t and all are improving. I can never tell
You how thank you, dear Doctor for your kind
advice and good, fatherly letter. TO me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-11

woman can be ugly. No sickly woman
can be beautiful
Regularity of the functions of the distinct
lyfemlnine organism is the first essential to
woruanly happiness, comfort and beauty.
Miss Laura Brooks of Clinch, Hancock Co.,
Tenn, writes II thank God for such rem
edies as DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery for myself and
friends honestly believe that had il not been for
these wonderful medicines would to-day 49,
be in nv grave. ] am sure that / could ~
not have lived many days in the condition
was in at the time FIRST consulted III
you. was only praying to die and III
be free from pain. I was simply ~
shadow and we had tried "a
almost everything, when, -
through a friend, 1 was IN ala l.
advised to write to you, NSGlp
which / did, thinking all Ny NfS'ISf
the while that it was only NJ I
foolisbness to think that such WIZ
!. ! :.
case as mine could be cured w ~
But do not think so to-day 4 >z,SK<
After the first weeks treat W Al W.
ment just as YOU prescribed, IXzzM No
felt like another woman and /IN nv
i hardly believed that suchLIHI 4 INN
could be, when the first WIN IN
riod was passed without pain M 4 IN
1continued the treatm eut un-II
til had used about SEVENTH
bottles of the Favorite Pre-M11--l
scrlptiou' and some of theW
Discovery and now am a>3~ol
well woman. ] would have
g1vea any amount if I had IL -
just for the rest il has already
given fne-rest from pain / never
know when the periods are coming "
on now, as am free from Main and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
GAY FUNERiLS.
MOURNING CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
SOUTHWEST.
Warcs.


SOUTHWEST.
From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
I'm the hotel at Santa Fe last summer the
notes of a brass band playing the tune March
ing Through Georgia. with great vgor. called
me to the window" said tourist who recently
returned from New Mexico and California. 1T
was a Mexican funeral procession that / saw
advancing toward the plaza The mCUrners fol-
lowed the hearse on foot. and in advance
marched the local Mexican band AS il reached
the plaza the hand changed its tune to "Therell
BE Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, and
to this melody the procession moved across the
public square on its way TO Campo SantO. The
expression Of the mourners was grave and dec
orous, and some Of the people on the plaza UNI
covered their heads as the procession passed.
This marching to music was the time -hcnOred
Mexican way Of showing respect to the dead
4 New Mexican friend explained To me that as
the musical repcrtory Of the band was limited 70
three or four pieces it was necessary to make
the same tunes do duty at a funeral. merry
making or a political meeting.
con passing the ancient Indian village of
Iseta on my way by train down the Rio Grande
a man described to me the funeral of an Indian
chief that he witnessed there. The body, laid
out in state in the open air before the church.
was wrapped from head to foot in gay-coored
ribbons and was watched by band of war
riors attired in the ancient war dress of their
tribe with feathers, beads and antique weapons.
Three musicians OF the tribe with tom toms
sat on the ground. beating time to a doorous
chanting which they kept up, while the guard of
honor joined in the refrain. All the people of
the town were dressed in holiday attire in
preparation for the procession and burial.
which though conducted under the rites of the
Roman Catholic Church. were to have many
features peculiar to the Indians. vestiges Of the
heather customs Of their ancestors The
monies concluded with a funeral feast for which
bread, tortilas, mutton native wine and aguar
diente had been provided in profusion.
"In the quaint New Mexican town OF Mesllla,
with its great willow trees vineyards and broad
irrigatng canal winding along the main street.
through the plaza / heard the church bell clang
ing loudly one day at noon 1t was for the
funeral Of young child and the procession was
just entering the plaza. Four brown skinned
girls, baroheaded and gowned in white with
flowers in their hair. held each corner Of a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
THE FIRST SIGHT or INDIA.
BOMBAY LIKE AN ELABORATE DREAM OF
STRANGE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

poMRAY LIKE AN ELABORATE DREAM OF
STRANGE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
G., w. Stevens in The London Mail.
The first sight Of India is amazng eh honpn,o
oworn gradually; Italy leads up to the i'eNaht.
and Egypt passes you on insensiby 10 me ues'
orr Landed in Bombay you nave strayeu ih'o d
most elaborate dream. infinite in variety Diurreu
with complexity, gallery OF strange races d
buzz of strange voices, RAINBOW Oh stranSe GU
ors a garden of strange CROWNS. a pooh OIL
strange questions a pantheon Oh sttahse SO
Different beasts and birds in the street. diner
ont clothes to wear. different mealtlmes. anu
different food-the very comnonest thlngs are
altered. You begin new life In new "oilu;
II takes time to come to yourself AZ Hlsl
everything Is so noticeable that you notice nOth-
ing. When things begin TO come sorted anu
sfted. Bombay reveals tsel as " e'J Vi i"0H
strOus contrasts. 49, -. 80,
Along the sea front one splendid public build
ing follows another-varegated stone facades,
with arch and colonnade, cupoa and pinnacle
and statuary. At their feet huddle himsy nuts
Of mating matched with leaves. which a day S
rain would reduce to mud and pulp. You SIT
I'm a marble-paved club, vast and airy as a
Roman villa. and look out over gardens OF
heavy scarlet and purple flowers toward chokiHS
alleys where half-naked saVages herd by fam
lilies together in opcn-fronted rooms. and flth
runs down gullies to tester in the sunken street
In this quarter you may see the weaver tWirl-
ing his green and amber wool on hand loom
q skeleton simple and fragile that KICK
would make sticks of it: go to the street corner
and you see black smoke bech from hundred
roaring mills, whose competition cuts the throat
of all the world. In the large, open space Parsees
bowl each other underhand full-pitches ana
cry Tank you, tank YOU" after the ball; by
the rail squats HindOO. who would like, If only
the law would let him, to marry babies and burn
widows.
Yet for all its incOngruities. Bombay never
let's you forget that II is very great city. II it
had no mills 1t would be renowned for its port;
if it had neither it would be famous for its
beauty And if ii were as ugly as 1t Is fair 1t
would still be Of the most astounding coll
lections of human animals in the world Forty
languages, it is said. are habitually spoken in
its baZaars. That TO him who understands no
word of any Of them. is perhaps more curious
than interesting. but then every race has its
own costume, that the streets of Bombay
are a kaleidoscope of Vermilion turbans and
crimson, orange and flame color. Of men I'm blue
and brown and emerald waistcoats, women in
cherry colored satin drawers or nantes. drawn
from the head across the bosom to the hip. OF
blazing purple or green that shines like a grass
hopper. II you check your eye and ask your
mind for the master-cOlor In the crowd il is
white-white bordered with brown or lawn or
damson legs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

board swung between them. On this the BODY
lay under white cloth strewn with hoWers;
Behind them walked six or seven women ana
haif-provn children The bell continued TO
clang until the procession entered the church
where the simple burial service was to be per
formed After that the body would be taken
10 Campo Santo, the great white sandDdilh
which was the burial ground for the commoner
sort of Mexicans-an uncertain spot for flnal
resting-placc. for the sands shifted with me
wind and the caprici0us Rio Grande IN one o.
its sudden changes of channel might WASH away
or cut through at any time Inc MeXicdn9
make no mourning over the death or lniahtS,
believing that they at once enter upon happy
future existence as angelitos-little Angels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
MORE NEW PLAYS.
NUMEROUS CHANGES AT THE THEATRES.

CHARLES COGHLAN's "CITIZEN PIERRE"-Mfs5
JULIA MARLowE AGAIN AT THE KNIcKER-
BocKER-ExTRA SEASON AT THE LYcEUM
Another busy week is promised in the theatres.
Several new productions will be brought for-
ward for 4 few Of which a good degree of pub
lie attention is fairly to be expected. The man
ayers are catching the last few fleeing moments
Of the season, and are trying to interest the
theatre goers all they can before the weather
begins to get so warm that It will be impossible
to interest anybody in anything
Charles Coghlan will come again to the Fifth
Avenue Theatre, where he so prosperously acted
his play THE Royal Box and will present there
this week new work by himself. entitled "Cti-
zen Pierre" The announcement has been fire.
quenty made in these columns before, together
with some remarks about the play, and
nothing more is now necessary than reminder
that the production is at hand.
The Knckerbocker Theatre will be revisited
this week by Miss Julia Marlowe. year ago
Miss AIarlowe gave number OK the plays Of her
repertory at this house, and was greeted by large
audiences who found no small enjoyment in her
performances. This season she has new play.
entitled "Colinette." This will occupy the first
part of the engagement and probably the
greater part Of it. but some OF the plays in which
Miss Marlowe is already familiar are likely to
be revived for few nights each before the close.
The stock company Of the Lyceum Theatre has
ended its seasor at home, and has gone 70
spread its influence abroad. The theatre will
be occupied this week by James X. Hackett and
his company and they will try TO aid the im-
petus which has already been given to the
romantic drama by playing the stage version Of
Anthony Hopes sequel TO The Prisoner OF
Zenda." Rupert of Hentzau"
Adolf Sonnenthal will continue his short en-
gagemcnt at the Irving Place Theatre this
week. Tomorrow night he will repeat Sardou's
"Old Bachelors" The next two evenings will be
devoted to THE Death of Wallensten," and the
rest of the week to The Daughter Of Fabri-
cius" Herr Sonnenthal will then make short
tour and will reappear at the Irving Place on
April p. in "Hihrmann HenscheL" Only four
performances will be given in the return en-
gagement, all Of the same play. and Herr Son
nenthal will then sail for home.
James O'NeiH and his company will play Tho
Musketeers" at the Broadway Theatre for only
one week more but this is a week In addition
to the original engagement. The play and tho
performance Of it have steadily increased In
favor. Souvenirs are promised for tomorrow
night
No new thoughts suggest themselves in rc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
OPERA AND FIELD GLASSES.
THE FINE POINTS OF FIRST-CLASS IN
SHIPMENTS OF THIS SORT

WHAT THE BUYER SHOULD CONSIDER IN SELECT
ING A GLASS RECENT IMPROVEMENTS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

No new thoughts suggest themselves in rc-
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-18
BEES IN BOX HIVES.
en- Twsnty-Onc Days After
HWnrmthE.

II II 90 much more convenient 20 dc
anything with bees IN movable comb
hiycs that it has been a common prac.
tiCr 10 transfer FROM box hives into
movable comb hives 10 fruit bloom.
There 10 growing belief. however, that
10 Is better 20 delay transferring until
20 days after the bees In the box hive
have svurmcd. Indeed, where increase
be- desired 10 may be- as well not 10 trans.
fer az all. hut 90 keep the old colony
iu the box hive from wear 10 year. 50
long o. sWarms are desired. ln Eng.
land many bees are stlll kept In the old.
fashioned straw Hkcps. and the follow.
ing advice regarding them in the Brit.
lsh bee journal may apply equally &c
box hives: "liy far the safest aud best
way FOR a beginner 90 Increase from q
single skrp 81 to allow the bees 90
swarm naturally. N sou prepare two
frame hives and nurse the bees 10 Ga.
duce early breeding, Il 10 nearly Ger,
tain that you will have two swarms
the first OF which may. u fed for q week
after hiying. give Won some surplus
honey. Hive the second swarm ON
about five frames fitted with fun sheets
Of foundntion. and " may easily make q
good stock for next year, so, with the
skcp still occupied, you may In good
season aud with decent management
increase your stocks from one To three
and get n little surplus honey. Surely
this viii be satisfactory, to say the
least"
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-18

Justice Laughhn, in Supreme Court, Buf
ialo has ordered q permanent injunction,
with ccsls. saa .;:!! accounting 81 saie.
10 issue agains, Paul u. Hudson, manuiac.
turgr Of "Dr Clafk's Foot Powder" and
also aes'ss. : retail dealer q i'To5kiyn, ir.
straln,ug them from making or selling Dr.
Clark's Foot Powder, which is declared iu
the decision VI the Court, an imitation and
infringement Of "Fool-EaHe. the powder
for tired, aching feet 20 shake in your shoes,
now 10 largely advertised aud sold al over
the country. Allen s. Oiaaed. Of ile Roy.
y. y, g the owner OF toe trade mark Foot
Fare and be is the first individual who
ever advertised a foot powder extensively
lie will send a sample Free tD any one who
writes him for A. The decision Ia this ease
uphg'ds bis trade mark and renders 40 par.
iics liable who lraudulcntly attempt TO
profit by ibC extensive Foot Ease adyrr.
Using in placing upon the markr, q spurious
and similar appearing preparation. labeled
and pnl up 20 envelopes and boxes like
Fuat-Easp Similar suits viii be- brought
against others who are row infringing on
the Foot Ease trademark and common
law uRhts,