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Evening star., 1900-08-18

From the Chicago Tribune.
The public will be in sympathy with the
efforts Of the Amalgamated Walters So
ciety of London to abolish the tip evil. They
are tired of being forced to live on tips, and
apparently the only way to better their con-
dition IS to put an end to the system. 1t
would be well il American walters were to
make a similar stand and demand that
their work be paid for like that Of other
men. The tipping system Is relic Of bar
bartsm, a survival of the feudal days, be-
fore the relations between labor and capt.
tai had been clearly defined. 1t has always
been prevalent in Europe. and unfortu-
nately 1t is on the increase in the United
States. The straits to which 1t has driven
the London walters is a good Illustration of
its demorahZing effect. Instead of receiv-
Ing wages. the walters of many cafes pay
their employers from 35 cents to 81 a day
for the privilege of working-and their la
bors consist largely in getting extra money
from the patrons. The walters must get
their money back and make. a living be-
sides. and in order to do 1t they must fawn
upon or neglect the patrons. according as
the prospective tip requires. The evil IL
threefold-it Is unjust to the public, 1t de.
bases the waiter and 1t demoralizes the
proprietor. who gets the idea that walters
need not be paid for their work. It also
drives away large number Of desirable
patrons. especially In the United States.
for the tipping idea II repugnant to the ma
tority Of Americans. They would rather
pay a little larger bill than have q waiter
hanging about them forfa tip, Walters. as
a class. would get better pay tn the long
run IL they would make q united stand
against the dpping system. h+ N ;
Evening star., 1900-08-18

From the Albany Medical Annals

From the Albany Medical Annals
The recent eclipse of the sun does ,ot
seem to have been prolific of superstitious
displays In the United States, and tbere-
fore We all the more welcome an amns,ng
instance related by DR.. W. H. Morse. Ac.
cording to DR.. Morse it is the custom in
Cuoa Tor mothers to expose their youne
ehloren entirely naked on the ground dur
ing the whole time of the observation or
me sun or moon, in order to prevent thar
peing hit by the eclipse"-and. inciGentaI-
" ny any devils that NAV he InrLino
apout: ~ II the child takes bronchitis a. ,s
mt; II 1t escapes 1t is blessed Th,s en-
persutlon chung to a Cuban woman living
IN New Jersey. She accordingly axnosa5
Her Two Infants, aged three months and
luur,een months. respectively, during the
wnoie eclipse. with the result that tha 'n
IoItunate innocents both took sewers hron-
chltis. The husband, going for the dontnr
announced. In terse Spanish that "a nnnth'
er ana two daughters are three dev,,s e.
father" At the same time the nr,sst r,os ros
summoned and he, being a level .hesdaS
ana good-natured frishman, lost na ttr,a
In saying prayers, but took the docta.,
prescription to the drug store to hays AHA
fortunately, no harm resulted for fha ~
pies, after severe illness. recovered The
mother. OF course, believed that thew h.S
been hit BY the eclipse" and gave ali the
credit for their cure. not to the doctor hut
to the priest. and especially Tor 1the sr,en.
did holy. water. which,. he had h.n,'ssh.
and which was the doctors prsscription 81.
eucalyptoli y. - - AoF
Evening star., 1900-08-18
Iceland's Anniversary Celebration.
From the London ChroniclA

Iceland is celebrating this month the ninth
century of the Introduction Of Christianity
by Olaf King of Norway. and many will
doubtless be curious about this remote Dam
ish possession on the edge of the polar cir
Gle, which has no cable communication with
the rest Of the world. although It is now
being made. Iceland has supplied ten thou
sand colonists to Manitoba, and these are
valued by the government that every
year an agent is dispatched to bring over
as many more as he can. Nor are these
colonists mere untutored Doors. Half 8
century ago Lord Dufferin. In his Letters
from High Latitudes," described the Icet
landers as a highly cultured people. They
speak the oldest living language in Europe,
the Morse, while there is scarcely an Ice.
lander, however humble his station. who
does not know something Of at least one
language besides his own. while many OF
the guides who pilot visitors about the
country have q moderate familiarity with
two or three.
Evening star., 1900-08-18
ADDING MACHINES IN DEMAND,
Inventors Are Busy in Devising Auto
matte Mathematician.

From the Chicago Record
There is unusual activity among invent
ors at present in the effort to produce ma
chimes for mathematical purposes, and per-
haps the largest number of applications
received at the patent Office for any one
line of invention these days is for patents
for improvements upon adding machines
The electric computers In use at the census
office have reached a higher degree of
accuracy and speed than any other auto
matte mathematicians, but there are many
other devices for making computations al
ready in use throughout the country
which are being rapidly improved and
even in their imperfect state are a great
advantage where large calculations are
necessary
For many years many ATTEMPTS more
or less successful. have been made by In
Ventors to devise what are known as add
Ing machines" said Commissioner of
Patents Duel in Washington the other day,
but not until recently have such ma
chimes come into general use, for the
double reason that they are easily thrown
out or order and cannot be repaired by
the ordinary mechanic. and. secondly, be-
cause they are not accurate, especially In
carrying over from one denomination to
another, as from units to tens, tens to
hundreds. etc. Adding machines are now
coming into extensive use in banks count
Ing houses and large business concerns
/. where long columns of figures are to be
recorded and added. and they serve to
make an expert accountant out of any one
who can become skilled in manipulating the
Keys, for the machine, even in Its present
state of development, Is less liable to error
than the human brain. because it never
gets tired.
The adding machines upon which in
Ventors are now working with consIdera bIe
activity ts one in which the number or unit
types are set up by means of KEYS in posi-
tion for printing. Connected with these
number types are what are known as total
number wheels, which, when the number
types are restored to their position CON
dnue to move in the same direction until
all the numbers have been printed, These
total number wheels are moved at each
operation OF the machine a distance corre-
spending to the key operated, 80 that as
soon as all the separate numbers are print
ed one may read off from the total number
wneels the sums of all the individually re-
corded numbers, thus frequently saving a
long and arduous mental calculation.
ne earlier machines had MANY attach
ments that have been found to be useless
ana by omitting these inventors have made
the present adding machine comparatiyeIv
simple. 1t 1s now their main effort to de-
Neiop machine that will not make errors
rms Will probably be accomplished bv i'm
proving the apparatus that prevents the
lhertla or the overthrow movement at the
end OF each operation, by keeping the narts
iockeu except during the instant OF time
that the operator Is pressing the kew onS
py perrecting the mechanism for transfar-
iihs from one denomination to anOther"
Evening star., 1900-08-18
SHEDS HIS SKIN ANNUALLY.
Queer Case of n Human Being in Mis-
souri,.

From the Scientific American.
A resident of Clark county. Missouri, Mr..
s. o. Buskirk. has shed his skin annually
since his birth, which occurred in 1850 He
is well-built. robust and agile. and was
never ILL., He takes very little medicine for
the annual attacks when his epderns is
shed. Physicians have tried to prevent this
eXfoliation, but they have been unsuccess-
full. and Mr. Buskirk, notwithstanding the
fact that the operation Is disagreeable and
debiltating, has decided that he will not
make any more attempts to prevent 1t by
medical means. The operation requires sew
eral days, and for the last FIVE years has
begun exactly on Juae7 2E, Prior to that
time 1t came either SIN July or August.
About a month Is consumed in discarding
the old cuticle and thu appearance of the
new. During this TIME the finger and toe
nails become loose and are discarded, new
nails come in, and more time is required In
growing the nails to ,nfatupity than is ordi-
narily needed. After che odd skin has been
shed he says that he> feels like boy Of
eighteen. The discapieddeuticie looks like
thin, white rubber glo1esiG
The peeling Of the, hands begins at the
root of the fingers and srssdually spreads In
all directions. The Gharasned skin begins
to break away from the qew skin which Is
forming underneath, and Hit, is tapped with
lead pencil gives of, q sharp sound, like
OF stif leather. By opening and closing the
hands often the skin par IS along the edge,
and a, then by he helping along the process with
penhnhle the piece comas on whole. He
form Of patches Of skin which he has shed
from his hands and feet at various times,
and in every instance they present perfect
come.
The thick. callous-like skin from the
hands retains it's lines. and this remarkable
palmistry. being evidence that the lines Of
the hands change with time. and are not
unaterably preserved. as has been sup
posed A pdeos Of the skin taken from his
right hand when he was ten years old
shows that the: general eonformation OF the
lines correspond with those Of his hand to-
Gay. STU the nav .Rpes, are longer now
growth Of the member aSta whole. Fully
9. thigd has been attached to- the length OF
the the fs1Sus % ..lss,a linz. Evldsqtly- nature
Of life, This y not altogethaf suxpFfSing.
Az e. Hs 2. fstnsf . q now Y3 and his srandfathsr
Evening star., 1900-08-18

pleasing and smart. In addition, some of
the socks are crossed with the same under
colors In narrow stripes, set about one inch
apart For evening dress the black silk
sock with laced front, showing some fancy
color underneath, is the correct thing
Some exceedingly handsome things in the
way of lounge smoking jackets are being
worn just now. The latest variety of this
luxurious garment is made of best Spital-
fields silk in a sort Of subdued royal blue
lined throughout with black silk quilted on
to a thin layer of cotton wool. The collar
lapels, which are cut shawl pattern and
very low, are In terra Gotta silk, continued
round the collar and repeated in three-inch
deep cuffs. Terra Gotta silk cording forms
the fastening apparatus in front, breast
pocket decorated with the same cording in
fancy loop design completing a very strik-
ing and rich-looking garment.
With the steady advance Of the black
morning coat into favor again we are con-
fronted with a distinct probability of the
revival of an old-time fashion. Braiding
threatens to re-establish itself. record it
with mixed feelings. but it is true. Moth
ing less than black f1ne-ribbed brading.
about half an inch wide. all around the
edges of morning coats and waistcoats; also
inches from the end, At the moment of
writing the innovation is principally con-
fined to the morning coat. I have heard
% dire I, rumors. however. , that the frock coat
the old cashmere material. which could
not be we'll finished without braiding, is
returning also. The soft vicuna and the
rougher Angora still hold their own. AS
for change In cut or style there is simply
nothing to, record. and. as far as can now
be seen. this applies to the fall also. 30.
long as the national tragedy Of war contin-
ues. 20 long Will the subdued hues Of mas
culsne garb maintain their sway Dark
gray Ii the most q 5maH- permits himself in
any departure from the customary solemn
black OF -<hesfrock O. morning coat, and 30
1t will continue through the autumn. BY
the way, eoaoss Of any kind have quite dis.
2 So pronounced Ii fayqr las. The aaane,
suit b6tons That thsro - . Sfphabi1iN q
Evening star., 1900-08-18
STORIES OF KING HUMBERT.

Some of the Human Characteristics of
Italy's Murdered Ruler.
From the London News.
A striking example Of the kings flial
piety was furnished very early in the new
reign Victor Emmanuel had been lavish in
his expenditures. and had left some debts
behind him, which parliament, in harmony
with the sentiment Of the nation, was fully
minded to pay on. King Humbert would
not hear Of IT, His fathers debts were his
concern. he said. He must pay them or
He overhauied the finance Of the royal es-
tAhlishments,- initiated economies to fulfll
his hudabIs purpose, and not only cleared
the debt but accumulated q fund for char
tiles. to which. he most literally subscribed
ITALY has had her share OF national disas-
terss iuore particularly OF late years, The
Evening star., 1900-08-18
Nothing There to Laugh In.

From the Chicago Post. 49, '''1t is;iodA.
You're very unobservant," commented
his sister. She's Been laughing In hsr
sleeve ali the time you've been talking to
her." = - 7T-s-=s- =
1-whatr' he cried '1.9n= rhssa ,basii cos
tune! iPrsposteroas."y e,s-.s.e. -;
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17
The Jap.s Regard for the Fox.

All over Japan you will see images
of foxes-old foxes, with their noses
Clipped and their ears broken of;
older foxes still, with growth OF
moss on their backs; sly, alert, foxes
with noses perked smartly in the air;
great foxes and little foxes, sages and
clowns, all kinds and degrees-show
ing the prevalence of this belief in
the land of the wistaria and the far
and also showing in what respect the
fox is held says traveller. 1t is curl
Gus to note that in all countries the
fox above all other animals has beer
considered to exert great influence ant
power. All nations have legends o.
which the cunning and intelligence o.
the fox is the theme.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17
The First Coaches In London.

Riding was the only alternative TO
walking at the beginning of Eliza
beth's reign, and lady never rode
without six or seven serving men to
carry attire suitable to all contin-
gencies, and the means to repair a
toilet which might suffer on the Jour-
ney. To diminish this cost coaches
came into use. They were introduced
in 1864 by a Dutch coachman of the
Queen, but we are told "a coach was a
strange monster in those days" and
the sight of it put both man and
horse into amazement; some said ii
was a great crabshell brought out OF
China, and some imagined it to be one
of the pagan temples in which the can
nibals worshiped the devil. But at
length these doubts were cleared and
coaohmaking became a substantial
trade. So rapid was the increase CT
coaches that in 1901 an act of parlia-
ment was passed "to restrain the ex-
cessive and superfuous use of coaches
within this realm" In spite of this in
novation, no method could be devised
which made locomOtiOn pleasant
through streets which were alternately
torrents of dirt finding their way to
the Fleet ditch, and thick deposits of
black mud, which furnished ready
weapon to any one who wished to ex-
press disapprobation. 1t is difficult for
US to picture London without either
cabs or ominbuses.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17

Mrs. A. told her new man-servant-
a colored youth from the country-to
make q fire in the drawing room. Com
ing in soon after, she found him hope
1esslv contemplating the andirons.
tongs, and so forth, while pile of logs
by his side large enough to warm a
regiment. Have you never made a
fire before, William" she asked, some
what sharply. We'll, ma'am, l amt
never made what yo' call refined fire
no ma'am," was the puzzled reply
Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
NOT SO FREQUENT IN RECENT
YEARS.
Travel on American Trains Safer Now
Than Ever Before Work of Guard
ing Against Accidents Is Being Dill
gently Followed Up.

There are $4,000 f1agmen, switchmen
and line watchmen employed on the
railroads OF the United States, and the
duties which devolve upon them relate
primarily to the security of passing
trains. The use by them of lanterns
at night and flags by day, while de-
sirable in a small way as a measure
of protection, especially at crossings,
is by no means 80 important as the
signal lights which are displayed from
towers and which are regulated by tel
egraph!c communication maintained
along the line Of track. Under the sig
nal rules adopted by the American
railroad association, the application of
which is general not only throughout
the United States, but in Mexico and
Canada as we'll, a red light whenever
displayed signifies danger and calls for
a stop; green light cautions and COM
mands "go slowly" white indicates
safety and commands "f4o ahead" a
blue flag by day and blue light by
night displayed at one or both ends OF
workmen are engaged on or about it.
When thus protected 1t must not be
disturbed. One effect of the more gen.
eraI use Of uniform signals has been
the steady reduction of the number OF
fatalities on American railroads, the
total number OF which is now consid-
erably less than 1t was ten years ago,
though In the meantime railroad travel
has increased enormously. The total
number Of passengers carried on Am
erican railroads ir year is not far
from coo, 900, coo, and the number OF ia
talities to passengers average less than
$50, or less than one tWo-thousandth
of l per cent. While the number Of
passengers carried is increasing, the
number of accidents is diminishing in
consequence of the fact that while
some railroad accidents appear to be
absolutely unavoidable, serious acct
dents entailing the wreckage of trains
and wholesale disasters are very much
less frequent than formerly. The adop-
ton and maintenance Of a complete
system of railroad signals entails a
considerable expense upon railroad
companies, but it is much more than
made up by the advantages attained,
which include greater security in
travel, a high rate of speed for pas
senger trains, much diminished dan
ger OF track obstruction and a practi-
cal diminutlon in the number and
success of suits brought for damages.
The work Of making travel safe on
American railroads is going ahead even
faster than is the work of railroad
building, actively resumed since 1907
New York Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17
PAPA FROG AND THE TADPOLES
His Children Cling to His Back TIL
lr

His Children Cling to His Back TIL
They Are Zig Enough to Leave.
A male frog with little tapoles liv-
ing on his back was discovered lately
by DR.. August Brauer of Marburg, Ger
many. For little fellow it has a
pretty long name, but perhaps its pa
ternal devotion has earned it the long
boottger 1t has been noticed before
that in some species of frogs living IN
Venezuela and the island of Trinidad
the male bears the young on its back,
to which they hold by their mouths.
But this new species is the first one
on which SO many as nine little ones
were discovered and besides they do
not hold on by their mouths, but seem
to be stuck to the papa frogs back and
sides by some gummy substance which
holds them in place until they are
large enough to care for themselves.
1t is a wonderful device of nature, that
the female sometimes deposits her
eggs on the back of the male, where
they hatch out, and the little tadpoles
grow until they attain certain size.
Such is, of course, not the case with
our common frogs, but in these rare
species only lately found by natural
lists is a strange reversal Of what seems
to us to be the usual law that the
mother takes care Of the young. In
this species the eggs are not laid on
the back of the male, but on the
ground, and only after they are
Matched do they take up their position
on papas back. And there they ride
until they are big enough to walk
around and look for their own food.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17

After Hon Foster NJ. Voorhees, was
elected governor of New Jersey the
usual portraits of him were published
in the newspapers. They made an in
teresting variety. In one instance an
enterprising journal drew upon its
cabinet and used a cut of the presi-
dent of a small western university,
showing a young man with the hair
carefully parted and curled, and with
eyeglasses that stood prominently in
the picture. He looked about 20 years
of age and the face was smooth and
smiling. The governor had a good
laugh over this particular picture as
we'll as over some of the other inter
esting variations of his countenance.
He is not an old man by any means,
being only 43, but he has the look of a
serious student and man OF AFFAIRS.
His home is in Elizabeth, N. J.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17

Three travellers, one of whom is on
American. were in Abyssinia recently
One afternoon after their midday COT
fee they lit cigars. Hardly had they
done so when an official who was pass
ing informed them through an inter
prefer that smoking was prohibited in
that country, and that it would be well
for them not to indulge in the practice
In public. The travellers took the hint.
The use of tobacco, they learned after
ward had been prohibited in Abyssinia
since the year 1912. At that time
priests were in the habit of smoking
in churches, and the main object of
the law then passed was to stop this
practice. After few years, however,
the law was made applicable to all
classes Of the people. and today strang-
ers in Abyssinia are politely informed
that If they want to smoke they must
go where none of the natives can see
them or can smell the seductive weed
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-17
MAKES HER SICK.
New Jersey Woman Who Is Strangely
Affected by Light.

Affected by Light.
In Spruce street boarding house
there is now living an elderly spinster
who for thirty years has avoided the
light She is TO misanthrope, no re-
cluse, nor does her aversion to light
arise from any constitutional defect.
OF wide information, chatty and fond
of company, her peculiar condition pre-
cludes enjoyment of society in circum-
stances making social intercourse most
pleasant. In the evenings when the
corner, and hidden under an umbrella
especially constructed to ward off rays
of light, she holds converse. Thus she
sits for hours, like some seeress I'M
seen by those in the same room, and
not seeing those to whom she talks and
charms with her fund of bright and
interesting things. Not that her eye
sight is affected-it is as good as that
of any woman 60 years of age. She
simply cannot bear the light to strike
her. Diffused sunlight as a rule does
not trouble her, but tiny ray illum-
mating nearby object upsets her
physical system and is followed by an
attack of nausea. The patient is Miss
Ford of Moorestown, N. J.,a descendant
of the Fords in whose house Washing
ton made his headquarters while in
that part Of New Jersey. She came
here recently to be treated for her pc
culiar malady. The physicians who
ho tn nha will NOT cav
whether her condition is pathologically
natural or reflex. Her ailment has ex-
listed for thirty years For all that
time she has been unable to suffer the
| radiance of gaslight, and when electric
light was introduced her retirement
from its presence was rendered i'm
peratiVe. It's effect upon her nervous
system is so baleful that she is made
i'll, as though some nauseating dose
had been administered to her. So SEN
sitive has Miss Ford become to the
irritating effect Of light that should a
suns ray invade her corner and flicker
upon the hanginGs, or tint the window
shade, she would be Immediately
thrown into a nervous spasm. The
sun which brightens and cheers all the
world is to her a dread visitor, whose
benign sparks are malevolent messen
gers. The effulgence all nature glories
in induces only adherence in her.
When she drives out, except on cloudy
days, the curtains of the carriage are
drawn and draperies so arranged that
there may be no invasion of distinct
rays of light. The most peculiar fact
connected with Miss Fords unique
condition is that it is not necessary for
her to see the ray of light to be ad-
versely affected. It's mere presence
in her immediate vicinity, at her side
or behind her back. renders her sus-
ceptible.- North Amer
lean.