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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

the best for workers who lead, as a rule,
rather inactive lives physically.
Brain Food.
1t cannot accurately be stated that any
one kind of food is best adapted to nour-
ish the brain. 1t has been found that the
brain contains phosphorus salts, among
other constituents; but it cannot be shown
that any food substance goes directly to
nourish any one part of the body. Some
people seem to have an idea that the food
taken Is absorbed unchanged and that
muscle Immediately forms muscle fat
forms fat, &c. If this were literally true
by following out this form of reasoning
we could come to very ready conclusion
that a diet of calfS brains produces a no.
tlccable result in some cases. OF course
such deduction is absurd to any thinking
person, as all the food is broken I'D from
its very first introduction into the body:
its diSintegratiOn beginning even before
1t enters the mouth and by the various
processes of digestion and changes wrought
by the various digestive fluids it is finally
utilized in different ways the body needs
1t: perhaps to build up wasted tissue or
perhaps the energy inert in the food, is all
that Will be used. 1t is impossible there
fore, to demonstrate any class of nutrients
as brain foods their mission may be
varied according to the economic demands
closely into cause and effect, and apply
such food substances in individual cases
that seem, from marked results, to best
sustain the body in good working condi-
ton and keep the brain well balanced and
equal to a reasonable amount of labor I'M
posed upon it.
Lack of Exercise.
1t is often impossible for the brain work.
er to obtain, without seriously inconven-
fencing himself the requisite amount of
exercise, and the inevitable result is some
serious disturbance in the bodily functions
which lead to still greater complications.
These tendencies may be to a certain ex-
tent prevented countera cted by proper
diet. The liberal use of fruits, Gel eals
fresh green vegetables, especially the So
called salad vegetables or green's and the
use of vegetable oils, are all helpful and
generally effective.
We have frequently dwelt upon the i'm
portance of cultivating a habit of water
drinking, as this fluid plays a very impor-
tant and necessary part in the human
economy.
Avoid StimuIants.
Stimulants should be avoided by all per-
sons subject to nervous strain. The club
woman who allows herself to depend upon
tiny glass of wine, cup of tea or
strong coffee to sustain her through some
trying ordeal, such as reading a paper or
making a public address before her So
ciety, is surely making trouble for herself
in the not very distant future. She can
preserve her nerve much better If she
does not attempt to brace herself in this
! way. The demands Of public life upon the
strongest woman's constitution are sufa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
A Remarkable Grove Of Trees on the
JERSEY Coast.
DISTORTED BY THE OCEAN GALES
They Have Assumed All Sorts of
Unusual Shapes.
GU E Err r E Sc Nj BLAN NOES

Written for The Evening Star.
In Japan large salaries are paid to skilled
gardeners who can twist and torture trees
from their normal forms of growth into
the likeness of animals, boats, houses and
other designs. OF late years the custom has
been imported to this country, and with 1t
the oriental tree twisters Not the most
skillful of them, however, can beat ma
lures distorters of vegetation, the persist
ent winds, and the Japanese experts could
learn lessons in the surprising and fantas-
tic from a grove of trees on the Jersey
coast.
The place is aptly called Wildwood 1t
forms part of an island cut off from the
mainland by a narrow arm of the ocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

No Alternative.
From the Detroit Journa1.
"And you have actually bought a geneal-
ogy?" 1 exclaimed
The man hung his head.
II know 1t is foolish of meT' he faltered.
But what am 1 to do? Were to lease a
genealogy, folks would at once say l was
too poor to buy!'
No true American, Of course, could en-
dure to be thought without means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

the best for workers who lead, as a rule
rather inactive lives physically
Rrni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

pecially where some of the limbs grow
from one tree directly into the trunk of
another and have not been forced against
the outside. A number of examples of
this form of growth are also to be seem
The owner of the grove has cut out some
of the most striking distortions of the
trees which have died. One represents a
harp without strings, while another is in
the form of triangle, and another seems
to be modelled from a water pitcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
Table and Kitchen.
Practical Suggestions About What to
Eat and How to Prepare Food.

This matter will be found to be entirely
different from and superior to the usual
run OF food articles, in that every item is
a nugget of culinary wisdom and eminently
practical.
Conducted by Ida Ames Willis Mar
quette building, Chicago, to whom oil in
Quiries should be addressed
All rights reserved by Banning Co. Chi
cago.
DIET FOR BRAIN WORKERS.
The subject of suitable diet for brain
workers has been, and is being at the pres
ent date, very widely discussed and the
opinions expressed by different authorities
vary greatly: but one conclusion arrived at
seems TO be generally accepted; that a
simple. easily digested, nourishing diet is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

Those who eat
the best will live the
best, will think the
best, will feel the
best.
If you drink Mil
ler's Cocoa t IN rec
times a day, you
are assured of the
purest and most
nutritious bever-
age. Costs half the
foreign, and is just
as good.
GEORGE MILLER & son CO.. Philadelphia
mh23-s. tn. III -3gt-42
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
A Jibe.
From Puck.

Bronco Bill (of Frozen Dog)-'We've got
Baptist minister here now"
Grizzly Pete (of Last Gasp)-''That so7
What does he do for uving7'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
WHAT THE BIG STEEL TRUST is.
Comparisons which Help the Public
to Realize Its Scope.

r. S. Baker, in McClure's Magazine.
The capitol Of the United States Steel
Corporation is in New York, just below
Trinity Church, and convenient to the head
of Wall street 1t is a precipitous building,
twenty-one stories high, called the The
Empire. Around a corner and one short
block away is the office of ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, to whom of a bright morning comes
President Charles NJ. Schwab, of the steel
corporation, walking down from his capitol
"a plain, sturdy man. in a worn sack coat
and black derby hat. a stones throw
below The Empire. toward the Battery.
rises that other capitol of industry where
the inscrutable Mr.. Rockefeller directs the
colossal business of the Standard Oil Com
pany. The two capitols are connected by an
invisible but by no means tenuous web,
spun in the pattern variously known as
community of interest" combination"
community Of control"
President Schwab occupies an office on
the eighteenth floor of The Empire, where
he can look out over the smoky top OF West
New York across the Hudson and far into
New Jersey. On the floor below him are the
offices of ex-Judge L. H. Gary, chairman
of the executive committee, ana around
about them are the vice president, the gen.
eral council, the secretary, the treasurer,
the members of the executive committee,
which may be called the president 5 ca binet,
and the rooms of the board of directors,
which is the corporations congress. Here
also are grouped the headquarters OF sew
eral OF the subsidiary corpOrations-the
Carnegie Steel Company the Federal Steel
Company, the American Steel and Wire
Company and others, once regarded as
giants OF industry, but now OVcrshadowed
by the new power. Several of the greatest
rivals of the corporation. as If 10 night ar
close quarters, occupy offices on other floors
of the same building
From this brain center is directed a bust
ness so extensive that few people possess
anything but the vaguest concep tion OF its
magnitude, organization and methods OF
operation. 1t is Unfortunately denomi-
mated a trust" a "cOmbina ton" mo
nopoly'' and abused or eXtollcd oThand
according TO the political or financial pre-
disposition of the individual. One who at
tempts 10 grasp il abstractly N its entire
" finds the process like trying 10 realize
the extent and purchasing power OF a bill
lion dollars in gold cages. We have beer
thinking in terms OF hundreds or thousand
OF dollars, and find ourselves suddenly
called upon 10 think IN billions. and BE-
cause We do not Immediately succeed. W
feel somehow that the organization and
operation Of the great corporation are in
tentionally shrOuded In secrecy But this
Is hardly the case. In their recent testi-
mOny before the industrial commission OF
the United States Congress Mr. Schwai.
Judge Gary and other prominent officers
and attorneys OF the Steel Corporation
spoke with the utmost freedom OF the o.
ganizauon and purposes OF the so-called
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
SOZODONT for the TEETH Zoe


trust" and of its component corporations,
even to the extent Of furnishing statistics
relative TO certain branches Of their busi-
ness.
1t is difficult 10 convey any adequate idea
of the magnitude of the steel corporation.
A mere list of the properties owned or con-
trolled would fill an entire number of this
magaZ zine. 1t receives and eXpends more
money every year than any but the very
greatest of the worlds national govern
ments; its debt is larger than that OF many
of the lesser nations Of Europe; II abSo-
lutely controls the destinies Of a population
nearly as large as that OF Maryland or
Nebraska, and indirectly influences twice
that number. It's possessions are scattered
over half a dozen States, from Minnesota
to New York and Massachusetts, with its
chief interests centering at Pittsburg, Chi
cagO and Duluth, and the whole controlled
from New York city. 1t owns or controls
115 fine steamships on the great lakes, and
six important railroad lines and several
smaller ones. In Pennsylvania its coal
possessions cover over 1900 acres of land
worth 81 200 an acre, besides $4,000 acres OF
other land and Quarries, and 5000 acres
fewer than 1899 coke ovens, being the
largest coke producer in the world. OF
blast furnaces il owns eighty, producing
100000 tons of pig iron yearly, and Of steel
plants it owns about $50.
And yet the steel corporation cannot be
called a monopoly; liz does not control pro-
duction or prices, although its influence
on both must be profound. In general
way the corporation may be said To own
something more than two-thirds OF the
steel industry in this country Tin the tin
plate industry a considerably larger pro-
portion), the remainder being controlled by
a number of lively rivals. Here are the
comparative figures of steel production for
1899, being practically the same for 1900:
Produced by the United States Steel Cor
poratiOn, 100000 tons; produced by indie
pendent companies. .. 10000 tons: total for
the United States. about 10. 200. 600 tons: total
for Great Britain QS99), 4,933.Ol0 tons; total
for Germany QS99) $50 434 tons: total for
the world. including the United States
QS99), &c, S4S 755 tons.
These figures show that the steel COR
poration produces more steel than either
of our two greatest rivals, Great Britain
and Germany, and more than quarter OF
the entire production of the world. The
production of the independent companies.
given at 100000 tons, is divided among
some twenty or thirty rivals OF the steel
corporation, a few of which are powerful
concerns, owning their own coal and iron
mines, and therefore independent in the
matter OF competition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
Literary Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Record.


So many young men of Philadelphia have
published books of late that Chestnut
street on bright afternoons may without
hyperbole be said to be thronged with
authors. In their costume these authors
are alike in an addiction to the Windsor, or
freely-flOwing bow cravat, but in other de-
tails they are quite dissimilar. The great
est of them, for instance. has been wearing
this month pale, decadent sack coat,
gold-cOlored half shoes, crimson hose. a
cloud-gray yachting cap and blue goggles.
The second greatest is wearing an immense
brown hat of felt with leather strap
around it by way of hatband, and is car
rying an archaic and distinguished cane
of clOuded amber Most of the other au-
thors (and the most of minor poets follows
them) go CARRIED in black-not dull black,
but the shining black of broadcloth, q fab
ric that they are trying to make fashion,
able in literary circles. All the crew was
shocked the other day to perceive that one
OF their number was beginning to raise a
mustache. a mustache is, of course, sign
of the bourgeois, the Philistine. This mus
tache-raising person said in reply to his
friends tauntS: Don't you know my pho
tograph is in a lot of Chestnut-street win
dows, and in the photograph have a mus
tache? Well, l must conform to the pho
tOgraph, mustn't L? L must be recognized
upon the street."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
Local Observations on Friday.

Bar Their. r II. Wind Weather. Pre-
: ,. m........3o.25 So IS seast. Clear SOS
Maximum temperature IS; minimum tempera
ture. -.
Comparative statement Of the mean tempera-
ture and total precipitation on oct. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
MATTOX MURDER TRIAL.
Defense Seeks to Prove Victims
Wounds Not NecessariIy Fatal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct 25.-The de-
Tense in the trial of Alonzo Mattox for the
murder of Ted" Britton at Alum Cave has
begun with its testimony. The defense is
seeking TO prove that Britton was the ag
gressor in the ARRAY in which he was cut
by Mattox, but more emphatically that
Britton's injuries were not necessarily
fatal When the physicians testified for
the State the defense asked if the wounds
were such as could not have been success
fully treated. The State objected to this
testimony but the court admitted it. In the
course of such cross-examination it was
brought out that although Britton was cut
at s o'clock in the evening he did not have
medical treatment until 2 o'clock in the
night.
Another physician who attended him at
noon the next day said that had the sew
cred artery in the arm been tied when
treated at o'clock he would have lived,
but that when ne tied the artery at noon
the next DAY BrittOn had lost so much
blood there was little hope of saving his
life He died that evening. This physician
also testified that he met Mattox that day
and told him that Britton would die and
that MattOX said he had sent for another
physician. n constable testified that he
tried to persuade Mattox to give him his
weapons some hours after the tragedy, buL
that MattOX refused.
In sustaining an objection made by the
State TO question put TO a witness for the
defense in the trial of Mattox, Judge Piety
made the remark in the presence of the
Jury that MattoX could go on the stand
himself and testify TO the fact. The DER
tense Immediately asked to have the jury
discharged and new one empaneled.
Judge White overruled the motion and the
defense took an exception which, il is
thought. will insure new trial should Mat
tON be found guilty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26

How Acquaintance Was Made with
Attractive Animal.
From Lady Lee. "

From Lady Lee"
1 first met her in country lane She
was trotting toward me with all the ease
and freedom of young and healthy crea-
ture, while l was trudging along with all
the depression of faded dilettante. She
stopped suddenly, and looked at me with
luStrous eyes whose depths and gentleness
L afterward learned 10 fathOm. She had
no fear; ii was only surprise and mild
curiosity. AS for Newell. il was a case
of love at first sight. i spoke TO her. and
attempted to approach her. At first she
seemed disposed TO rtpel my advances; but
presently with ears erect nostrils dilated
and neck arched. she suffered me TO come
TO her and stroke her. i recalled that
Hans Christian Anderson always carried
fruits and sweetmeats I'm his pockets for
the little folks he might meet I'm his walks.
and just then L would have given all the
loose change l had in my pocket for a
single lump Of suar. il pleased me. though,
to see how well she liked caresses Most
horses, unfortunately, have little or no ca
pacity for affection. a dog must love, must
of the qualities OF an anchorite. But the
trim and jaunty FLY L was then patting
seemed to delight in friendship, in SYM
pathy and love.
While our very pleasant visit was in
progress one Of the participants suddenly
seemed TO remember somthing-just as a
man Of business will sometimes start and
look at his watch. She made a quick move
ment. arched her neck gracefully, swept
her long tail proudly, and. with a Queenly
step, pranced from me I'm the direction
watched her she disappeared, increasing
her speed every instant, but never once
abandoning the perfect trot which seemed
10 be her natural heritage.
On the following day / found myself
again in the same lane, and, to my surprise
not less than qualification, I again met my
acquaintance of the day before. This time.
fortunately, j had some bon hons in my
pocket. the remnants OF a package L had
distributed among the children on the pr
aZZa of the hotel. i could see at once that
the little hlly was unaccustOmed 10 sweets,
and l watched her face wnne she tried the
first mOuthful. II was "a charming study
OF animal expression. Her eyes seemed 10
cilate with pleasure. her nOstrils expanded.
her breath came quicker. and there was
an ca cerness in the way she turned toward
me that was more eloquent than words.
She knew the juices Of the sweet grass
she had $50 often cropped. and from which
her abundant life came; she had received
sacchaTine haVOrs and foretastes IN the
corn and oats she had consumed: but here
was sweetness IN its most concentrated
form. II was a new and pleasing discOv-
cry in her life. and she was plainly grate-
full 10 the one who had revealed IL 10 her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
The>Boy and His Grandmother.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

Yesterday during an idle hour this proud
father spoke as follows to an interested cir
Gle of listeners: Georges grandmother
came to see us one day last week-and by
the way, she still fingers. The old lady has
always been an object of great curiosity to
the boy on account of her-well, We'll say
for politeness, embonpoint. Very few won-
that ] have seen can compare with her
for stoutness. On the morning after her ar
rival she had comfortably ensconced her
George was playing on the floor, every
once in q while cycling her quizzically
Finally the. old lady said to him: Come
laddie, sit in my lap. and I'll tell you q
story The boy stood alongside of her for a
moment, seeming to take in her immense
proportions at a glance, and also noticing
that her body, from her chin to her feet
was almost perpendicular. At length, with
a dubious look, comical beyond description
he exclaimed: Put out your lapr"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
Yesterdays Temperatures.

W. T. BLYTHE.
Section Director.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
Turns of a Baby Horse Thief.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 25.--James Dyer,
eyed six years, last evening stole the horse
and buggy belonging to VIII ludlow, re-
siding nine miles south of town. from in
front of Meyers grocery, where it was
hitched. The first knowledge of the theft
came when ludlow wanted to start home
late in the evening. Detective Weinhardt
was put at once on the case and after sew
eral hours hard work succeeded in charg-
ing the crime TO the boy. Young Dyer was
found at his home and confessed the theft,
stating he had turned the animal loose
after driving home. ludlow later found
the animal near his farm grazing by the
roadside. Young Dyer but a short time ago
took the horse and rig belonging to A. b.
Wahu. of this city. The lad was arraigned
IN Police Court this morning, Judge Hem
derson turning him over to his father. who,
in turn, turned him over his knee and adj
ministered a most thorough spanking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
MEN WHO SOLD LIQUOR
Blamed by Coroner for Death of a
Clay County Resident.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CLAY CITY, Ind, oct. 25.-Coroner Mer-
shon fixes the blame for the death Of Sher-
man Woods on Otis Melton and Burl Kress,
whom he charges with selling the victim
liquor, (which made him so drunk that
after he was put on his horse he fell to the
ground, killing himself
The coroner says in his verdict that these
two Snen, the former a bartender for DICK
Kress and the latter a brother, are en-
titled to receive the most severe censure
for their action.
This tragedy has aroused a storm OF in
dignation against the saloon keepers Tor
their open violation of the law, and against
the officials who prosecute for petty drunks
and let the arch violators go. me saloon
keepers, with few exceptions, run IN open
violation of the law on Sunday, Keeping
their blinds up and allowing persons TO en-
ter their saloons. One justice OF the peace
was fined for drunkenness one evening, ana
the next day sent man TO jail In deIauIt
OF bail for a similar OffenSe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
Pleased with the Hour.
Louisville Times.

Lieutenant Heffernan was saving the
other day that he had hardly ever seen an
lrishman who wasn't ready with a quick
retort no matter what the circumstances
might be.
1T was about three years ago that ar
rested a certain fellow. He was about the
drunkest man [ ever saw to be still stand
ing on his feet AS soon as | got hold of
him he wanted to make trouble. He was
just like many others from the 'ould sod
when they get full of bad booze and they
think there is a chance for a scrap. He
made a pass at me, but 1 reached over and
tapped him once on the head with my stick
He became quiet right away, and he looked
up at me and said:
And what tonne is it?
"Of course l couldn't help but answer:
Just struck one
We'll. if thot's so, he answered, Dim
DUN glad yez didn't hit me an hour
sooner "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.


QUEENSTOWN. Oct. 25.-Arrived: Luz
cania. from New York FOR Liverpool. Sailed:
New England, from Liverpool FOR Boston.
NEW 4 RK. oct 25-Arrfved: Campania
and Germ nc, from Liverpool and Queens
town. PEI lsylvanla. from Hamburg.
CHERBOCEG. oct. 25.-SaiIed: Auguste
Victoria. from Hamburg and Southampton
fc- New York.
YOKOHAMA. Oct ARRIVED: Empress
OF India, from Vancouver for Hong Kong
GENOA. Oct. Z.-Arrived: HohenzoIIern
from New York. via Gibraltar and Naples
MANILA. Oct. 23.-Arrived. Hyson, from
Tacoma, via Hioga, etc, for London.
ANTWERP. oct. 23.-Arrived Vaderland
from New York. via CherbOurg.
MONILLE. oct g. - Sailed: Tunisian
from Liverpool for Montreal.
KOBE. Oct. 2f-Arrived: Yang-Tse. from
Tacoma FOR Suez
HAVRE, Oct 25.-Ar. wed: La Bretagne,
from New York.
LIVERPOOL Oct. Z5.-sailed. George,
f-r EeE York.