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The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
Morse Soldier. Us, the Ski.

In Norway the ski is in constant use
during the winter and the ease with
which great distances can be covered
is surprising. Peasants are thus able
to get about their work and visit
friends in far-away district. Sports
men. with gun on back and stick in
hand, set out in pursuit of game on ski.
and the soldiers are reduced to this
means of getting about when exercis-
ing. "A regiment Of soldiers on ski
is sight by no means uncommon in
and around Christiania.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
COULDN'T find THE MAN /;

eS:S.S.S.c.S.So.<.S.S.TsI
One OF those drummers who does a
good deal of driving about the country
delights in telling about an old-time
boniface who runs a country hotel
within a days drive of Detroit, says
the Detroit Free Press.
Sharp as tack" declared the
drummer. Always as smooth as oil
until some one tries to make run on
him, and then he can get back harder,
faster and in fewer words than any
man | ever heard talk.
81 saw a man come in there one day
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
oonsrs..mnn'. rroub,o About . Shave.

Congressman Mondell of Wyoming
had an engagement with theatre
cal party in Washington the other eve
ming and at the last moment dashed
out to get shaved. He found the bar
ber shops closed and, having no ra-
zor Of his own, borrowed one from a
friend. He almost sliced his left ear
of and now swears that at the next
session Of congress he will introduce
q bill compelling barber shops to keep
open all night.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
:" WHERE'S THE MAN? ASKED
THE OLD CHAP"

from the city. He is all right at home,
but was feeling his oats that day, and
opended up on the old landlord by say
ing: Hello. granddad, get your frame
into circulation. Don't set around here
like bump on log. l want accom-
mediation for man and beast
where's the man?' asked the old
chap. in a flash"
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12

limitations of American products are
being sold in Sweden in large quanti-
ties. One wholesale hardware dealer
has disposed of big lot of forks,
which are represented as American
manufacture. and which are sold at .
very low price.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
CAKE-BEATING MACHINE.

operate the apparatus is to attach the
beater to the end of the shaft, insert
it in the basin of liquid and run the
treadle with the feet. The accompany
ing cabinet of drawers should also
prove itself great convenience to the
housekeeper
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
George H. Adams nu,id. Hotel.

George H. Adams, for many years
Milwaukeean, who went to Colorado
thirty years ago. is erecting hotel at
DenverAtsa cost of 3125.000 The hotel
will have q roof-garden 125 feet
square.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
RESISTANCE OF BACTERIA TO HEAr

Many persons have erroneous no.
tions as to the ease with which bac-
teria are destroyed by heat. In fact,
the thermal death-point" for bacterial
organisms varies widely Some forms
of water bacteria are killed by simple
blood-heat, while pathogenic bacteria
develop best at that temperature. Dur
ing their multiplying and vegetating
phase of life bacteria are more easily
destroyed by heat than they are after
passing to the resting or spore stage.
Some spores derived from the soil re-
quire boiling for sixteen hours to en-
sure their death. Moist heat in the
form Of steam is the most effectual
disinfectant. No spore. however re-
sistant, remains alive after one min
ute's exposure to steam at 140 degrees
centigrade. But no degree of cold has
been found sufficient to destroy bac-
terial life.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
AND
RoGRESs

can be maintained without sighting
the work. When the spone has become
coated with the dust the cover of tho
sweeper is lifted and the sponge taken
out for cleansing.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12
SCIENTIFIC JOTrINGs.
Attack on the south Pole.

The present year will see the start
ing of at least three expeditions, rep
resenting three different nations. in an
attmpt to solve some of the mysteries
of the south polar regions. One will
sail from Germany, another from En-
gland, and third from Sweden. The
Swedish expedition is the latest to be
organized, but it has been undertaken
with enthusiasm, and King Oscar will
personally give it financial aid
The Dolores star., 1901-04-12

Mother Provincial Mary Amandeus of
Helena. Mont, she had gone to see
Pope Leo.
Kolinzuten is an inmate of the con-
vent of the Ursuline nuns at Helena.
Mont, an institution where nearly 500
Indian children are being educated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

every gentleman carries a dress suit with
him If he goes away from the railroad
he usually has extra horse for his bag
gage. or he may take his boiled shirts and
store clothes in saddle bags on the back
of his horse. The people are the soul of
hospitality, and it is taken for granted that
whenever you call you will be asked to
stay.
FOrty-MiIe Ride to a Dance.
The social life on these big Australian
farms is largely made up of parties and
dances and afternoon teas 1t is not an
uncommon thing for young man or young
woman to ride or drive five ten or fifteen
miles to take Il cup of tea with friend.
At the dances people will come forty and
fifty miles, riding all day to get to the
place of feStivity, dancing all night and
then starting back home the day breaks.
The Australians are fond of racing and
there are tracks connected with every town
which are attended by the men from the
stations from a hundred miles about There
are hops and receptions at the larger sta
tions, and there is omethng going on in
nearly every section all the year through
Both men and women pay a great deal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
AROUND LONDON.
Primitive Appearance of the Farms
and Farm Buildings.

From the London Saturday Review.
The physical fact that London is sur
| rounded by farms and woods and meadows
| and that it's streets, terraces and rows of
semi-detached houses do not extend to a
distance of more than nine miles from it's
| center is merely one aspect of the fact
| that London is not larger than it is 1t is
| not, however, this physical fact alone
| which tends to render the aspect OF cur
| suburban country strange.
What is most striking in it is not the fact
| that it is country, but that in many direc
| tons it is country of curiously primitive
| character. The villages have all the air
| of villages of the last century. There are
| old inns unchanged since the days of coach
| es. There are public houses with signs
| swinging in the public streets just as we
| see them represented in HogarthS pictures.
| There quaint, secluded dwellings, half
| cottage, half villa, which seem to belong to
| the time of Stra wbery Hill.
There are farms and farm buildings,
| carelessly and picturesquely irregular, like
| those which George Eliot has described so
| well, characteristic of the England
| which existed before the railways and the
| first reform bill. And far more strkingly
| primitive are the looks and the demeanor Of
| the people. The rural laborers within
| fourteen miles of London leiSurely
| in their gait. and seem strange to the
| encounter one slouching along Shropshire
| lane or lifting their cider kegs in a remote
| Devonshire bayfield,.
In point of dress, indeed, the former are
| often more primitive than the latter. 1t is
| in the country close to London that the
| smock frock has survived longest. Smock
| frocked ploughmen only a few years ago
might be seen among their burrows within
| a gunshot of the Alexandra Palace; while
| from one of the towers at Sydenham man
| with a good telescope might detect today
| on the village green of Kent men and
| women who might be denzens of the
Sweet Auburn of Goldsmith. In this
| fact there is indeed, something striking
| this persistence of traditional and local
| habit among all the changes so distinctive
of modern progress. nor is 1t by any means
exemplified among the poorer classes only
In spite Of the cosmopolitan spirit which
rapid travelling generates, the spirit of
| locality is still strong, is shown by the
vitality of the innumerable local newspa-
| pers, which flourish in districts .lmast
within sight of the metropolis. To readers
of these journals the club flower show, fete
and cricket club are far more important
than any similar events in London The
clergyman, the doctor. the villa residents
the farmers, all revolve round the same
local axis, and the rumor of London merely
reaches them like tale of little meaning,
though the words are strong"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

From the New York Herald.
Criminals are very expensive members of
the community They cost the people of
this country about 81 OO0, 100000 a year. IL
their increase could be prevented it would
be paying investment to give each Of the
100000 accepted criminals a monthly Den ..
sion of $780, the condition that they
| take life vacation from the strenuous de-
mands of their profession. But we accept
the criminal as part of our civilization
or barbarism-and pay the enormous cost
of maintaining him.
The average annual income of profess
SiOnal criminals is estimated at about
$1,000 This means that the community
pays them yearly salary Of $4OO, O0O, 600
After this is spent for their maintenance
we pay annually s2DO,OOO.OOO for their de-
lection. conviction and support, under ma
tional, state, county and city auspices. The
urban population has to pay the larger
share of this or 30y0O0,O00 people in cities
have to pay $10o, 600, 000-$35O per capita,
and the suburban population Of 40 600 600 81
each, or $45,0O0.O00. In addition to this
there is a federal and state expense of
500, 600, 600.
Add to this the loss by malicious de-
struction of property, the money value of
human life lost through crime, the ex-
penditure necessary in the attempt to
guard against loss through law breakers,
and we find that 100000 900 is not a large
estimate.
Imagine, If you can, the effect Of abolish
ing crime and then you will appreciate the
ramifications that crime runs into, and why
it Is such an enormous expense. Think of
there being no criminal courts, with their
experienced officers attaches and build
ings; no jails or penitentiaries with their
costly maintenance; no police force except
ing to look after matters entirely outside
of the realm Of crime; no coroners or cor
oners' juries. no incendiary fires or other
criminal injury to person or property; no
necessity Of safes or safety deposit vaults
excepting to protect property from fire; no
locks. bolts or bars; no detectives or other
expensive means and methods Of guarding
against defalcations on the part of public
and private servants; and none of the tens
Of thousands of things made necessary by
the existence of crime. Utopia!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

furnishes profit or loss. Some of them
are experimenters. They study Sheep
breeding and claim that they can increase
the wool clip by doing so. One for in
stance, who has charge of 10000 sheep
recently asserted that he had raised his
wool crop more than 5000 pounds a year
by improving the character of the stock
Seventy-five Thousand pounds of wool at 10
cents pound are worth 81 $50, and an in
crease of 1880 to the profit account will
more than pay the salary of an expensive
manager.
The Shearers and Their Unions.
Sheep shearing is a profession in Aus
tralia. There are thousands of men who
do nothing else. and they form one Of the
most important classes of Australian
workmen. They have one of the biggest
unions Of the world. and every colony
makes laws for them. There are regular
blank contracts for shearing sheep. hav-
ing been agreed upon BY shearers and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

sauatters. and these, as. a rule. are risidiy
lived up to. Not long ago there was a
strike of the shearers of Queensland pc
cause the squatters claimed they had the
right to employ non-union men II they
wished The strike was declared at the
beginning of the shearing season. and the
country was patrolled by the union mem,
bers on horseback, armed with rlnes ana
revolvers, to keep out the non-unlon1sts
Many wool sheds were burned, but the
government sent out police and eating
guns to escort the non-union laborers to
their work, and thus broke up the strike,
although it cost more than Sl,OOooOU TO
do so.
Make S5 Day.
The shearers make good wages. They
are paid about cents a sheep, and good
man can shear a hundred day, so that
the average wages are about $ day dur
ing shearing time. The shearing season
lasts for nine months. 1t begins early in
the year in Queensland, where t Is warm,
and extends from there south from station
to station until South Australia is reached,
and then still later in Tasmania.
Every station has its shearing shed, with
barracks in which the shearers are to
sleep. They furnish their own food, buy
ing it of the squatter at wholesale prices.
Each gang of shearers has a cook, and, as
a rule they live very well.
In the past many of the shearers were
drunkards. They would work at station
until they had finished. and then take
their wages to the nearest public house
or saloon and there consume them in
liquor. Sometimes, 1 am told, they
would hand their money over to the land
lord and tell him to keep an account and
put them out when the money was done,
which agreement was promptly carried out
on the part of the latter. Today many of
these men are frugal and temperate. They
shear for few years, getting all the way
from $500 to 500 or more a season, and
then invest their savings in stock of their
own.
Shearing Sheep by Machinery.
At present there are millions of sheep
shorn every year by machinery The sheep
shearing machines are run by steam COM
pressed air and electricity. The force is
communicated. through flexible tube like
that of the dentist for drilling out teeth.
to clippers like those used by the BARRIERS
in cutting your hair. The clippers consist
of little knives which move backward and
forward over each other like those of a
moving machine. They go at the rate of
900 movements per minute. cutting through
the wool a hot knife cuts through but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

of the ordinary sheep farmer. Most OF
them well educated, many are college
bred. and their establishments show all the
evidences of culture and taste. There is
one squatter who has picture gallery
which has cost him S125 600 Others have
fine libraries and music rooms. and in all.
You will find the leading Australian and
London newspapers, especially those of a
sporting character. There are large sta
bles connected with these establishments
with horses for riding and driving as we'll
as those for the men employed on the es-
tate On most stations you will find a good
supply of guns and fishing tackle and not
infrequently tennis, cricket, croquet and
golf grounds.
The people are more careful as to mat
tiers OF etiquette than in the cities 1t is
the usual thing to dress for dinner. and
although there may not be stranger
within fifty miles. the men will appear
night after night in evening suits, and the
ladies in decollete dresses while the SER
wants who wait upon them are I'm livery.
In travelling through the country here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

81 attanrion TO Dress Some Of the bellies
of the Queensland Bush come regularly TO
brisbane and carry back Wardropes TO as
tonish their rivals. The fair country girls
of New South Wales get their fashlofls
from sydney and those of Victoria SEMI
annually to Melbourne for their clothes. a
great deal OF ordering is done by mall ana
the latest fashions are as much desired on
one of these stations a hundred miles from
nowhere as in the Australian metropolis.
The sun-Downers.
Sneaking of Aust ralian hospitality calls
attention to the tramps or sun-downers.
These men are of the same character as
our tramps in the United States. The most
of them will not work, but they travel
about on foot from station to station, each
carving a can AMI a blue blanket. From
the blanket they are sometimes called
Humping Blucys." When they arrive at
the station they call upon the manager and
ask for rations. They are so common that
a fixed ration has been allotted to them.
This consists of one pound of flour, one
half pound of sugar and one-eighth OF a
pound of tea. In some places there are
little Shacks or shantieS which have been
nut up to accommodate such men over
night They cook their own meals and their
blanket is their only bedding.
Station Employees.
Among the employees of every station are
the boundary riders, men who ride about
the fences day after day and see that
everything is all right. These men spend
all the time in the saddle. riding forty,
ffty and sometimes a hundred miles daily.
They carry their blankets with them and
at night sleep on the ground, hobbling
their horses beside them. Some of the
boundary riders are apprentices. and a few
of them sent out here TO learn the bust
ness, get wages.
Indeed. they have ncknames here for
the different classes of hands on a station
calling them jackeroos and CHASING them
as gold tails silver tails and copper
tails" The gold tail jackeroO is young
man who has come from England to learn
stock farming. He pays something for the
privilege of Watching the sheep and learn
ing how to handle them. He usually
stands we'll with the proprietor and has
something of place In society. The ''sil-
yer tail' pays nothing and, a rule gets
nothing except experience, while the cop
per tall Is paid d small stipend for his
work.
Every station must have it's manager and
it's overseers. On the larger stations there
are bookkeepers and storekeepers. Nearly
every one has its blacksmths and carpen-
ters. It's gardeners, hostlers and men Of all
work. The managers get high wages
They are skilled men, and it depends large
~ upon them as to whether the station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
So 1t Seems.

From the Chicago Record-Herah
What is poetic license?''
The young versifier who had been harshIv
criticised looked up at his questioner sadly.
Poetic license" he said, "is a license
that IL issued to the man with a reputation
and denied to the man without one It's a
mighty difficult job to acquire the right to
use &"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
Net APtiatic.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
First artist Observation-Disclosures evil
IDENTIFY believes in painting the sort Of bosh
the public wants, and not in following art
for arts saker'
Second artist (deprecatingly)-"Yes: he
believes N art for the stomach's sakafs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

These novel mechines are the invention of
the distinguished expert. NJ. Herve, director
Of the Revue de fAeronautique. Thanks
to them, n. Herve. on a recent voyage, was
able, without the aid of any kind of motor,
to direct his balloon over the North sea
and come to land near Yarmouth, when
Without such Auxtliar1es he would inevt-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

These maXims Jowett once wrote out
for statesmen and Others" Never quar-
rel. Never fret. Never disappoint. Never
fail. Never fear. Never spare. Never
telI."-London Chronicle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

presence of tails in the orient was taken
as sign of brute force.
Tale of Paraguay.
Here is remarkable story from Para
quay, where a tribe Of long-tailed Indians
is said to have been discovered: Zone day
a number of workmen belonging to Tacura
Tuyn, while engaged in cutting glass; had
their mules attacked by some Guayacuyan
Indians The workmen pursued the In
dams, but only succeeded In capturing a
boy of eight. He was taken to the house
of Senior Francisco Galeochoa at Posedas
and was there discovered to have a tail
ten inches long. Upon Interrogation the
| boy stated that he had a brother who had
tail as long his and that all the tribe
| had tails"
Emanuel KONG. son of a doctor of laws,
had such an appendage half a span long,
which grew directly downward, causing
| much discomfort" according to one au-
thority. Emanuel was alive in 1890 but
the writer neglects to state where he lived.
| His caudal appendage was gracefully coil.
| ed. Blanchard, a European naturalist. de-
scrfbes a like adornment fully a span in
| length" DIR. Think of Broussa, in 1920. de-
| scribed Kurd Of twenty-five who had a
posterior attachment containing four YER
tebrae.
Before the Berlin Anthropological Society
| there were lately exhibited two adult male
| Papuans, lin good health and spirits. .
| tail containing bones.
In Cochin China was found a boy of
| twelve years who had tail a foot lonr.
He was known as ''the Moi boy" and was
| studied by scientists. DR. Bartels a Ger
man pethologist, describes twenty-five hui
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-03
THE MAYORS VETO
Upon the Ordinance Creating a Chief
Health Inspector.

Upon the Ordinance Creating Chief
Health Inspector
Had the council met yesterday Mayor
Woolford would have submitted the follow
ing veto upon the ordinance passed at the
last meeting Of the council creating for Dr..
Brumby the office Of chief health lnspec-
tor
To the Members Of the Councils / here
with submit my veto upon the ordinance
creating chief health inspector for the rea'
son that the city attorney had already ad-
vised that this ordinance was Invalid be
ing contrary to the provisions OF the char
ter in attempting to put person INTO
office without nomination by the mayor ana
for the further reasons that II is an at
tempt on the part OF the council to confer
upon n health Inspector the power 10 per
form the duties of city health officer which,
under the law, it has no right to do NIL, Wii
further state that so far as DR.. Brumhy
Is concerted. have discharged him AMI
do not recognize him az health Inspector
Of the city. ,,.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-03
A RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT.
The Churches Were All Well Attend.
ed at Brenham Yesterday.
REV. OSCAR SAMUtLS IS STILL ALIVE
A Price for the Cotton Still Remaining in
Washington County to Be Fixed To-
day--St Louis Fair Commission.

Brcnham, Texas December . The
growing interest in the Christian religion
In Brcuhnm, town that has becu crrou
cously accredited with being tho wiCkcdrst
town in the state was well illustrated
sunday. The attendance at tho sunday
schools has doubled in the past few
months at several Of the churches, ana
there were more people at the scrviccs
sunday than there has been In ten ycnrs,
except when there was a revival In prog
rcss. All the churches were well attend
ed, aud some OF them crowded to thNlr
utmost capacity
At the German Lutheran church sun.
day night there WINS large audience TO
hear Rev e Griffin. one of the teachers
in the Lutheran college. who preached
from the text, Love Of God II was a
coincidence that two German preachers.
both preaching ia English In three blocks
Of each other, should preach their entire
sermons along the Same line. BctA used
mother love to illustrate the love Of Christ
Rev Griffin was horn in Germany and
never came to this country until he was
sixteen years OF age, hut his pure Eng
lIsh aud his splendid logic sunday nj ht
was favorably commented on by h,s d, ar
ers. 1t was an able and eloquent sermon.
Rev G. r. Addicks Of the Nes4c. an
college OF Alssouri preached 10 NlSc
and apprccativc audience at the Mvth.-
dist church Sunday night lie took or
his text the fourteenth verse OF the ten
chapter of St John. 81 am the good shtp
herd and know my sheep, and am known
Of mine He npologi2ed for not beng
accustomed To speak ia English. and haN-
ing To follow such M able sermon as
had been delivered from the same pulpit
by the bishop in the morning H. showed
from the text ot the good sntnncrd III
relation Of the Father TO Ills people with
tho shepherd and his hocks the mother s
love for her child and Chrlst's agony over
tho lost.