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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Possess Delicate Touch.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
''One often hears it said that the blind
learn to see with their finger tips re-
marked an old mint employe, land the
smile is not so far fetched as might be
supposed. The extent to which thu sense
of touch may be trained and developed is
amazing. Here in the mint We have women
employees who can detect a counterfeit com
the moment they lay hands on it, yet If
you asked them how they do it they would
be utterly unable to give an Intelligent ex-
PLANTATION. The only thing they can say
is that it feels wrong Such experts
never make a mistake and will spot a
spurious piece when the most delcately
adjusted mechanical coin detector passes
it as o. X. They will know a coin is gem
ulne even after the inscription has been
practically worn off by hard usage, but a
counterfeit, old or new. is instantly thrown
out.
"Of course, they use their eyes as we'll
as their hands in the work, but their main
reliance is placed in their finger tips, and
to see them run over a pile of money
occasionally pushing aside a bad piece ia
we'll worth trip to the mint In NV
younger days | possessed the faculty NV
self. but find / have lost it to some extent.
l believe as one grows old the skin hardens
lmperceptibly and the touch becomes less
sensitive. l know that exposure to cold
will affect the hands in that respect for
several days at a time. There used to be
a young man in the Carson City mint who
was celebrated for his skill as a handler
OF money and for the accuracy with which
he could distinguish counterfeits. He told
me on one occasion that he felt his touch
greatly blunted by playing tenpins, a game
-or which he was very fond For some
time ne was at loss to locate the cause.
out II nnaily occurred to him and he aband-
all right "e was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

From the Chicago Record.
The chances of evading fares on the
street cars of German cities are very slight
When passenger steps on the con-
ductor Immediately asks where he is going
and then prepares his ticket, which serves
also as receipt for the fare. The preparl-
ton of a ticket consists only in detaching
it from a block and punching it or mark
ing it with pencil This process involves
much more work than the simple process of
America; but the task is lightened by TIE
Tact that only a certain number If persons
are permitted to ride a car at the sa me
time The number of sitting and standing
places Is plainly marked on each car. II a
car IS designed to carry thirty persons no
more than thirty persons will be permitted
on that car at the same time. When any
thing in Germany is forbidden it is settled
once for all.
In order that every person who rides ,hall
get the prescribed ticket, inspectors are
employed who spend their time in ascer-
their duty. These inspectors step into tn.
cars and ask the passengers for their.
tickets. They note the number of the tick
ats and whether they correspond with the
stubs retained by the conductor The clerk
who gives out the blocks of tickets to the
conductors notes the number of the lE,Der-
most ticket and at the return of each bloch,
collects from the conductor who returned
II as many fares there are tickets de-
Jachcd. The rate Of fares varies from .1L
cents to }, according to the distance. SmlII
children are carried for one-half fare and
any one Tor the sum OF sou may secure
a ticket which entities him 70 ride as much
as h. wishes for one month. When a car
Is 1uH the conductor displays a placard
bearing the word Occupied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

He Came Pretty Near to Making n
Big Strike,

1T Is mostly all luck in the mining bust
ness" said II. A. Frederick. a Klondiker
from Seattle, and that gold is I.-lere you
find it is surer proposition than any
specification of a mining expert. Let me
give you couple of instances. In the WIN
ter of 90 | was working near Gold Hill in
the FL Dorado district and one Sunday
was at the cabin of DR.. Carper of my town
who was treating a lame shoulder | had
After the professional part of the call was
over, the doctor and I. who are old friends
Were talking of mining. he being in it him
self more than doctorng. and l tod him
We ought to go over on the opposite hill
next to claim worked by man named
Lancaster, and stake off a couple of claims
But he would not have it nv way at all
and insisted that if there was any gold
there OmtbOdy would have claimed the
territory which did not have a stake on 1t
except Lancasters. | listened to him and
We didn't stake claim, but in June fol-
lowing the doctor paid $1b.Uu for four
claims each 1o1 feet square. on the same
site, and out Of thirty-twO square feet Of
one of them he took S22.UoO. and he is still
working them. That same year, at Christ
mas he was feeling pretty good, and the
day before Christmas he told his brother
and couple of men who Were working for
him that he wanted to give them a Christ
mas present, and they could go into the
it might be- worth. The three took him up
and went hunting for the richest dirt they
could find One of them didn't want TO act
the hog, he said, but he overcame his
scruples and got into the richest ground
as the others did. and when they had
panned their selections. one man got 81.
one got $113. and the brother hit it for slfl.
Think of that for painful. when a man
can get rich at it if It pays him a dollar a
pan regularly. The pay streak in this
mine is seven feet thick and in places the
gold actually giitters in the gravel
But | am getting ahead of my story
ON the following Sunday | was with the
doctor again. and | called his attention to
another unoccupied hillside where he could
stake claims, and again the doctor turned
me down He insisted that | was throw
ing away my right in the district to stake
Il claim in that locality, and for a second
time | listened to him. On the same spot
that season luckier man took S.HT1 out
of his claim and afterward sold it for stiJ-
'-N- The claim. | finally got did not lose
me any money, but / didn't get any big
winnings. as | might have got if my luck
and my nerve had been with me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
: One REASON WIN

I'm not surprised. remarked the debon-
air dry goods drummer. that those people
down in Kentucky don't drink any more
water than they. do,, I have just heard
from a customer of mine in Emnence, a
pleasant town not far, from Louisville, that
a well-known citizen, i here, who has been
troubled for long time with a hacking
cough, had a severe Spell of coughing the
other day and raised two square blocks of
some kind of hard substance His son sent
them down to a Louisville chemist, who
reported that they We're blocks of lime
cougher had been drinking. I may add add
that the cough doesn't trouble him any
more, but just think Of the liability a man
is subjected to down there of having his
bronchial tubes and his alimentary canal
macadamized from Dan to Beersheeba. I'd
rather drink moonshine than run such
risk as that. l shore would"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
a correspondent writes as follows from
Rfvage de Questichou, a small watering
place on the coast Of the Cherbourg prom
ontory: For the last two or three months
this coast has been visited by a perfect
octopus plague. They have quite ruined the
fisheries, and many men have laid up their
boats in despair. They devour everything
even crabs and Holsters and oysters and all
shell fish The other day man employed
at the large oyster beds near here told me
he had that day found one that had eaten
eighteen oysters that tide. The shore is
Strewn with octopus, and the other morning
along hiSh-Water mark l counted sixty
eight in a distance of mo yards. 4 friend
here measured one, and II was ) feet Z
inches across the tentacles, but there are
far larger ones than that. Some of the suck
erS are as large as a two-Shillng piece
They are most loathesume beasts. Unless
the cold winter destroys them there viii
be no bathing next summer along this
coast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
MlneTHINOS ~@
IHEAPD ~so<fTE
5s E@ z:V

bermen's uses are made as high as shoes
with horsehide Innings and thick soles.
Some very fancy moccasins intended for
house wear made of mousehde. elk
hide and various other soft skins carefully
tanned and profusely Ornamented. The
cheapest mOccasins are worth from s1.25
to s1.115. while the finest ones cost from
s. "a to $50 per pair
X !:
"A rather curious and very economically
managed railroad is the Nantucket Central,
which runs between Nantucket and Sias-
cOnSet. distance of about eight miles,
remarked an old resident of Martha's Vine
yard to the writer recently. "A round-trip
ticket on this road costs 81 cents for the
passenger and another SO cents for his
trunk. A second trunk is carried for 50
cents and n third for ~ cents, but as the
schedule allows for only three trunks the
conductor has, several occasions, ruled
that at the fourth trunk he must begin
over again at 80 cents.
Only one pass is issued the Nam
tucket Central and that is used by the pro-
prietor Of the road. The conductor is the
general manager of the road. train dis
patcher and division superintendent. The
engineer is master mechanic chief of trans
portatioE. and overSeer of the roadbed and
track. The fireman drives the express wa
gon and keeps the books between trips. Last
year some 30 round trips We're made. and
novelty introduced during the summer
season was the entire abolition of the steam
whistle, partly because of its waste of
steam and partly because 1t frightened the
blue and other fish off shore.
The rolling stock of the road consists
of two locomotives and six or seven anti
quated passenger cars. The earnings of the
and the operating expenses We're little
over S6.OoO.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Protective Photography Instead Of
the Microscopic Lens.
ADVANTAGES OF THE new METHOD
Unavoidable Mistakes of the Old
Are Done Away With.
now IT CAN BE USED

Written for The Evening Star.
The microscope has become almost indis-
pensable in many branches of modern sci
ence and microscopic photography is of
great value in making scientific records.
Yet the mistakes made by microscopists
and the false Impressions produced by mi
croscopic photographs have been very nu-
merous. There are two main reasons for
this.
The first is that the lines and markings
shown by the microscope are often ex-
Iemely indistinct and uncertain. On more
than one occasion the lack of exact defini-
ton under the glass has led the observer
to exercise his imagination with results
that were little short of absurd. The sec
ond reason is furnished by the "fiatneSs'
of the microscopic image. This defect is
augmented in something akin to geometric
ratio as the magniiication is increased
When lens of very high power is used
the object appears to have neither depth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
MEANING OF THE FLAG.
4 Patriotic Sailor Who Had 1t Deep
in His Heart.

If those who go down to the sea in ships
to fight the battles of the nation are all
of the brand of this sailor. it is no Won
der that the United States is invincible
on the ocean. He standing on the
conner of LIST and b streets southeast, hav-
ing been viewing the Capitol. when half a
dozen young men came from the Congress
sional Library, and met the tar. who was
waiting for a car. He was in regulation
uniform of a sailor on land, and his roll
ing walk. as well as his scanned and griz-
zlcd face, gave evidence that for many a
year he had sailed the brny deep. The
particularly noticeable thing about him
was a small silk flag, about six or eight
inches long, which he Wore pinned straight
across his broad breast This flag aroused
the fun-lOving prOpcnsities of the young
men and they began to Cham the sailor.
Say. Jack" protested one. what are
you wearing that flag for? This isn't
Dewey day"
"Naw"' returned the sailor, lit isn't
Dewey day, but it's today. isn't it,
Well? responded the young man.
Yes. it's we'll me hearty. It's today
and every day in this God bleSsedest of
free countrys is flag day. and sure thot's
well"
"Jacky, your mighty patriotic" voIun-
teered another. but that isn't the only
flag in the world
Please. God it's the best one quickly
lads, l loves this flag. / wants to feel
the folds of it the last thing when | goes
to sleep. and / wants to see it the first
thing when | wakes up. 1t don't mean
much to young blokes only to make things
purity when there's p'rade To me, that's
got no home and no country but this'n
which amt no morS Il stcpmOther to me-
though she do be kinder and generouscr
than most own mothers, this here nag"
pattinS it with tender hand, this here
flag says, while yer honest and loyal to
yer stepmother, she'll purtect you and
lick the livers out of any foreign lubber
that attacks you. Amt she done it?' he
asked suddenly of the laughing boys. L
say. amt she kept her world"
You bet she has was the hearty re-
Spouse.
Now, see here. you can crack yer Jokes
on me and be blessed to you. but you let's
this here flag alone tapping it sgnifi-
cantly. Lads. listen to Jack" he con-
Guided, hitching at his trousers and step
ping out to take the car looming into
sight. Il never hurried woman in me
life. because me mother is a woman |
never done nothing that hurried the flag
because it's me stepmOther. Now Won
just remembers that and do likewise, and
you'll be some decent. But if you comes
around Jack a houtin' of either you gifts
your visages smashed into smithereens
The bloke that amt lover of this flag
amt fit to live"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

nor thickness. only fiat expanse. no matter
what its true shape. The shortcomings of
the hlsh power lens are bad enough in the
microscope proper. In microscopic photo
graphs they are worse, especially when it
is sought to reproduce such photographs
for purposes Of newspaper or magazine il
luStraton. Only the fainteSt and most I'M
satisfactory notions OF the objects pictured
can be presented. There is no suggestion
of solidity, Of perspective, of rounded form
In such circumstances scientists wishing
to publish illustrations showing the results
of microscopic investigation have some
times resorted Ia line drawings from the
plates. But even these have been unSatis-
factory, because lines indicate altogether
too much sharpness of outline.
"Projective Photography"
Recently, however, scientific photograph
er in New York has succeeded in making
enlarged photographs of microscopic OBJ
Jects. in which many of the faults shown
in microscopic photographs are avoided
A certain degree of sharpness has been
lost, but rounded and other irregular sur
faces are made to appear as they really
are, and not fiat. as the same surfaces
would appear in photographs taken with a
microscopic lens He calls his work pro
jective photography" The principles he
utIlzeS have iong been known and taken
advantage of, but he seems to be the first
to use them for making large pictures of
dlmlnutlVe things. such as small sections of
animal tissue, minute insects and the like
And. as 1t Is impossible TO patent his plan
it is likely that it will be used extensively
IN the future in preparing illustrations for
scientific publications of various sorts.
work on entomology and the like
Professional photographers and MANY
amateurs Will understand his method whom
it is explained that protective photogra-
ply is a modification of the methods used
IN reducing and' enlarging camera. To
those not converSant with Photography il
may be explained that the same principle
is employed in the magic lantern Magic
lantern slides are never more than two
or three inches in size. yet the image
thrown upon the screen covers many square
feet Its size depends upon the distance
between the light and the slide and be-
tween the lantern lens and the screen The
rays of light passing through the lens
spread as they extend outward showing
larger on the screen in exact relation to
the space separating it from the lantern
Were the light strong enough, and the
image on the slide of sufficient definiteness.
there would virtually be no limit to the
possible magnifying power Of the lantern
W ere the screen 4 gigantic sensitive plate
the result would be an enormous nhoto-
graphic negative. All Photographic en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
An Elastic Currency.
From Harper's Bazaar.

T .
What we need is an elastic currency"
said Mr.. Geezer, who was calculating the
money question to his wife.
Then. why doesn't the government print
banknotes on thin sheets of rubber?.' de-
manded Mrs. Geezer, with the air of one
who has solved mighty problem,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
In Wall Street.

Wayfarer from Arcadia-"As 1 came up
Wall street it struck me as being sordid
rift in something. 'Sordid rift is good but
what's it a rift in? Eh?"
Dcnizen of the Street" 'Sordid rift Yes,
that's good. What ails it's being a rift in
the loot?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

!Vh Iutk.
Quericus-'Let's see; the married men
have better halves, don't they?"
Cynicus-''Yes'
Quericus-'Then what do the bachelors
have?
Cynicus-"Better quarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
A Curious Man
From the Boston Transcript.

the Dun called to see If you could
settle that little account today"
The Debtor Really. do You know.
think you are the most curious man ever
Knew: To think you should take so much
that" 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Discretion.
From Puck.

PCCK.
Weary Willy-.Did yer get anything?n
Prayed Feeter-'I didn't ask! I seen de
lady was a-trying ter cook suthin' on a
chatting diShl''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

She-"Have YOU seen my father
Fresh-"There was no need. 1 had NV
lawyer look up his stand:ns.''-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
Mrs. Jobson


you do any better than to regale him and
load him up with stuff such as a Miss Tot
tie COughdrop sets before her chorus girl
friends when she asks them to am
feed?'
But you brought him so unexpectedly
and
What kind o. stuff do you think grocery
store sliced ham is to set before one of YOUR
husbands guests? Couldn't you have runs
in some cold boiled onions? What kind Of
a way is it, anyhow, to send a black serv-
ant somersaulting and hand-springing out
the alley gate after Zinc-inclosed eatables
when guests are sitting in the parlor wait
ing for something wherewith to appease
their hunger? Why couldn't you have had
some nice homemade oyster patties for
instance? How about a couple of fried
chickens? Wouldn't they have been about
the thing? Do you ever cook anything
around here, anyhow, except the stuff that
you dole out to me at dinner? Have you
ever got anything fit to eat slowed away
in the ice box, like other civilized people?
Do YOU
But today is wash day, and"
1T wouldn't make any difference if it
was Decoration day, or Independence day.
or Labor day. or any other old day: you'd
have to kite that servant out the alley and
oh. and by the way, it's mighty funny
what becomes of all the beer-not even
bottle of beer to give the man. I'd like"
Now, you know that nobody in the house
touches 1t but yourself, and
Mighty queer where it gees; mysterious
10 say the least. whole thing was the worst
frost, the dismalest make-believe for a
luncheon that ever saw, and that's no
But Mr.. Swiftboy said that lie really
enjoyed it. and he said
Yes: 1 know what he said. That was
sarcasm. Mrs. Jobson-plain. everyday sar-
casm. I'll bet he said to himself while he
was getting off those remarks that the next
time any friend of his hailed him for 4
home luncheon there'd be blue apples on
peach trees! And that's what the-e'I bo
the next time invite a friend up here far
a bunco luncheon, Mrs. Johson-just re-
member that-'
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-12-01

The real estate men OF the city re-
port business improving. ]. N. Moore.
The Second street broker, reports quite
demand for vacant lots during No
vember. Among the sales made through
his office during the month are two lots
corner Third street and Baca avenue !
purchaser going to built. Two lots on
New York avenue. near Judge Rodey's
residence. and the purchaser will erect
a fine residence In the spring. Three
lots in the Highlands near owen Dins-
dale's property; two residences to be
erected at one Three valuable lots on
Tijeras, bought for investment. Three
lots on Marquette avenue. near Sixth
street; investment One lot near hos
pital; purchaser building a residence.
fine residence lot on East Railroad
avenue: purchaser will build this win
ter. A lot on South Second street. for
business purposes. Mr.. Moore also re-
ports considerable inquiry for business
property on First street, between Cop
per and Coal avenues.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-12-01
LIBRARY MEETING.
The Members Protest Against the Action
of the Directors.

OF the Directors.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Albuquerque Library association was
held this Saturday morning In Miss
Fields school room. Present Mesdames
Leonard, Wroth. Dobson, Halloran,
Johnston. Keen, Clancy. Parsons.
Hathaway, Pearce, Saint, Beattie, Goss,
Hubbs, McClerkin, Haynes, Walton and
Hazeldine. The following proxies were
also represented: Mesdames Walter
Hadley, Harding, Cornish Doutherlt
Hodgln, Childs, Baldrldge. Kunz. A.
ROsenwald and Mr.. w. B. Childers for
Mrs. Chllders and Mrs George Crazy
The minutes OF the two previous
meetings were read and approved; also
the report OF the treasurer showing a
balance on hand Of Sl93. the November
bills not having been paid.
A letter from Mrs. N. B. Field 10 the
members OF the association was read
by the secretary. The Librarians report
was also read. Mrs. Johnston then
moved that the treasurer be requested
to pay the November bills. Mr.. Child
ers stated he had notified the treas
urer that II the action Of the associa-
ton at the last meeting was valid, she
had no power to pay bills, as the mon
ey belonged to the city. The following
motion was introduced by Mr. Childers
as proxy for Mrs. Childers:
Resolved, That until the termination
OF the unfortunate controversy which
has arisen in consequence OF the action