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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
THE VACATION HoMEMAKER.
Ingenuity Employed in Making Ones
Surroundings Attractive

From the Boston Herald
We are in the season when the homemak-
ers talents are of the utmost Importance.
There is a popular idea that al fresco life
needs no home surroundings, that II is suf-
ficient to live in the open, picnic at meals
and do nothing the rest of the time but
amuse ones self. In establishments of the
first rank these fancies never prevail. Ex
istence is full of pleasure or duty there
as in the camp, the bungalow, the cottage
let for the season, and unless the Head
possesses that delightful quality, domes-
ITCHY, the rest of US ha We to suffer. Some
body must see to things Fortunate are
those who have that somebody with the
gift of inspiring comfort and coziness in
places whose sole attraction is the out
doors"
The real homemaker will transform even
barren hotel bed room into Semblance
of the livable, and during the long summer
In distant farm house has been known to
build nest where friends made rendezvous
when wind and weather were obstreperous
The o clock tea, the new books the fresh
Wild flowers in their jugs, and, not least
the cracking fire on the hearth, are evil
dences of civilization any one could have
yet not everybody understands bringing to-
gether with taste and sympathy. But the
homemaker knows how. She does II all
without effort, and a mere shantv on the
beach would become beautiful and "cozv',
II she CHANGED to occupy it, With a few
resources at command what wonders can be
done! For nave We not seen the born home
maker In her element? Have we not been
lucky enough, some time, when stranded In
strange places called resorts to meet with
one of these beings whose great charm is
she does not know why she Is the center of
the home, only that she is 1T"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
GAVE BOON TO MARINERS.
Flavio Gioja is Entitled to Credit for
Perfecting the Compass.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Historians have long been at odds as to
the man entitled to the credit of having in
vented the mariners compass, but al, are
now agreed that to Flavio Gioja is due the
honor Of perfecting it The little town of
Amalf. in Italy, is just now preparing to
celebrate the sixth centenary of the in
ventor's birth. If not actually the inventor
of the mariners compass, Flavio Gioja was
at least it's "perfectioner." The Chinese
compass. such as 1t was up to the sixteenth
century, was very different from the pres
ent one, and was moved by water. Marco
Polo mentions this.
But whether Flavio Gioja took his idea
from this or invented quite new one it is
his compass that is used and not the Chi
nese one. In any case, Amalf has every
reason to be proud of her great citizen
He was originally called Gili-it seems
then Gira, and. finally, Gioja As Gioia he
was known as bold pilot and sea captain
The year of his birth is still uncertain II
Is put by some at 1902 while others put it
between 1900 and 1920
1t must be remembered that at this
period Amalh was as great en- the seas as
Pisa, Genoa and even Venice.
In all references to the subject it is al
ways Amalf that is quoted as the birth
place of the inventor, whatever may be the
real name Of its inventor. The town of
Almalf has also compass In its arms
which compass was added to the city arms
after the compass had been invented by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
Monogamy Among Pe1iguins.

FROM L>aSile's Monthly.
In their family life the penguins seem SUI
premely happy. They are monogamists
with great respect for matrimonial con-
tracts, and great morality seemed to rule
In these crowded cities of the antarctic con-
tinent. The female lays two eggs the first
one appearing in the beginning of Noyem-
Der, and they take a month to hatch. IT
seems remarkable that they are able to
maintain the necessary heat for the hatch
ing OF their eggs during the heavy snow
squalls which, even in midsummer wran
their colony in whirl of snow drifts We
put the thermometer under one, and after a
NUMBER OF attempts to register the heat
produced, frustrated by the penguin which
persisted In picking up our precious Their
nometers and philosophically carving
them away in her beak some few wards off
we at last succeeded in securing the ther,
mometers IN such a way that the bulb only
appeared as a round pebble between the
eggs Whlie the rest was covered by the
stones on the nest. In this way we discov-
ered that some 81 degrees more or less
seemed to be the uniform temperature
aimed at and generally maintained by the
penguins around their eggs The mall bird
very appropriately takes his turn n the
work on the eggs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
HISTORIC ELKS' TOOTH.
Taken From the Body of an Indian on
the Wounded Knee Battlefield.
the Kansas City Star.

EEoII tAc hdHSas lily star
Eiks' teeth worn as watch charms or cuff
buttons are becoming popular sas emblems
or badges Of membership in the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks But there is
one elk tooth. owned by a Nebraska man,
who is In Kansas City for few days. that
has value aside from it's worth as an or
nament or emblem. This particular tooth
has a history. Its owner is S. d. Butcher
of Broken Bow. Neb
Mr.. Butcher is not an Elk, but every time
he meets member of that fraternity, who
notices his unique charm, he is asked the
usual question:
Where do you belOng?"
1 have been asked hundred times If |
was an Elk said Mr.. Butcher, and. of
course. l had 10 tell how | came in possess
stances under which | acquired it l would
not take so for the trinket That tooth
was taken from the body of one of Big
roots band of Indians on the battlefield of
W ouEded Knee in the spring of 1891
MI. Butcher is a travelling photographer
and something OF explorer. He IS the
author OF Butchers pioneer history of Gus
ter county and several short sketches of
early days in Nebra ska.
Being a camera fiend and anxions IN got
pictures on subjects of more than ordinary
interest, said Mr.. Butcher, Il went into
the indian country during the uprising. de-
- u ~ tdht any chances OF getting
hurt- 1 wanted to photograph the Sioux In
MS war paint / was too late for the big
nght, but l arrived on the ground the dav
the soldiers and settlers buried l6l dead
INDIANS IN one pit. They turned the church
IN flne Ridge into hospital for the wound
eo- IL was hard sight. | made several
attempts to photograph the wounded In
dlans, but whenever the camera was turn
60 on Them whole rows OF heads would dis
appear under their blankets. Only two or
three, too far gone to care were nboto.
sraphed Among the many mementoes OF
the battle that l brought AWAY was This
eIh tooth II seems to have aroused a
So uedl OF curiosity, owing to the pc
cullar blood-colored tint on the lower d.
ing OF the ivory. l have been told thar il
Is very valuable on that account
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
SILK CULTURE.
Movement to Revive the Industry in
the South.

| From the Boston Transcript
| That is an Interesting movement which In
going on in South Carolina just now for the
revival of silk culture in the south The
project is in the hands OF a scientific ex-
pert. Miss Henrietta Aiken Kelly OF
Charleston, who was commissioner of silk
culture, appointed by the governor for the
Charleston exposition. Miss Kelly. it
| seems. is an educator of wide repute in the
south. who has recently concentrated her
ATTENTION on botanical and biological re-
search. and from that has gone on to silk
culture. She has studied at the Sarbonne
and Jardin des Plantes Paris; at the Royal
theological Institute, Padua, Italy. and in
Vestigated the culture Of the mulberry tree
ana silkworms for three years in the prov
1nce OF Lombardy and at MAan, Italy, on
the estate of the Due de Litta- Visconti-
Arese. where silk culture has been carried
on for nearly six centuries and is nearly
perfected.
The results of her work have been such
as to attract the attention Of the national
department Of agriculture, who have be-
come interested in the plans Tor plating
scientific sericulture in the south, and for
whom Miss Kelly will prepare a simple
manual for public distribution. Though the
fact that silk can be raised in many of the
states needs no demonstration, II is proba-
bly, true, as Miss Kelly points out, that
none of the thousands who have raised silk
worms In the United States have attempted
to educate" them; nor has any rational
culture of the mulberry tree, on which
successful culture Of the worm depends
ever been attempted In this country These
things, 1t appears. are what Miss Kelly 4.
undertaking to promote. The initial move
In the establishment Of a si,k-culture club.
to provide the necessary instruction, - r
sensible beginning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
PROFIT I'm FROG RAISING
BIRDS, SNAKES AND SMALL BOYS
THE WORST ENEMIES.
An Interesting Industry in Maryland
Fresh Water Better Than
Stagnant.

From the Baltimore American
The breeding and culture of frogs must
be to the epicure a subject of interest and
sumclenuy strong to excite curiosity as to
how and where this business is carried on
Any one who delights in a choice bit of the
pr1ncely food would no doubt avail himself
OF an opportunity to inspect the place
where these frogs are nurtured and pre-
pared for the market,
One OF the largest farms, perhaps. of its
KIND IN the state Is located within the lin
Its OF Baltimore city. 1t is situated on the
line OF the Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, within a quarter of a mile Of
Guilford station. Probably few of the
many who have seen the pond have been
able to form correct opinion of it's use
Located In swampy ground to the left of
the tracks, the pond itself is tnclesed in a
stockade of wire and fencing about ten
feet high. 1t hardly suggests to the eve
the purpose for which it is used. although
the muddy pool in the center could hardly
be put TO any other use. Nets surround the
pond. and standing in the middle of the in
closure is long pole with the familiar
figure of the farmers scarecrow.
Three Serious Enemies.
. Birds constitute an inveterate enemy of
the frogs. and the crow is about the onlv
means to be employed in keeping them
away. A more deadly enemy and far
harder to combat are the snakes that prey
upon the young frogs. Attracted by their
food, they can be seen almost daily In the
vicinity OF the pond, and a constant war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
The Brook Farmers.
ON the Kansas City Journal.

Ffohl the Kansas City Journal
The death OF Rev. John S. Brown at tho
great age of ninety-seven years. at Iaw
renee, Kan. probably removes the last ~,
Ing member of that rare coterie of tdealistic
souls who founded the socialistic COLONY
known as Brook Farm" Brook Farm
oinered from most of the social expert
ments which preceded and followed It. In
teLectualiy IL was on a higher plane than
anything known Of a similar character
When Mr. Brown went to it, he was per-
United to associate with such exalted dream
ers as Nathaniel Hawthorne. George Rim
ley, Minot Pratt, Charles A. Dana. William
.. Allen, Marianne Ripley, Ralph Waldo
emerson. A. Bronson Alcott and Sarah
margaret Fuller. Besides these there were
horace greeley, George William Curtis, the
poets Lowell and Whittier, and other IA
miiat hgnres. such as Story, Higginson,
D"ignt, Brisbane, Claiming and Cranch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
Saks and Company, Pa. Ave. ame

rare Is necessary to keep them out. A sin
sle garter snake not more than eight inches
!ong can easily swallow a good-sized young
irog or tadpole. The little serpents, not a
bit thicker than a small finger, with an
squaly small mouth, possess a peculiar
t oone formation about their mouths. ena-
Dllng them to devour the frogs. Each bone
III the frame Is separate, and in conse-
quence can be strung apart as the prey Is
forced In. These snakes, being so small,
are very elusive.
small boys, too, have been known to
eVlnce decided taste for the epicurean
diet, and their night raids on the Enclosure
are are Ioilowed by very material shrinkage in
TIE NUMBER OF frogs In the pond.
Difficult to Raise.
The raising Of the frogs is In itself quite
a problem. After the first stocking the con-
slant attention Of three or four men is nee
essary Their work. too. is particularly
ardnous minute inspection of practically
the entire pond and the inclosure as well is
daily required, and the utmost care must
be taken with the netting guarding the
water outlet df.
White the freshest Of water is not neces-
sity for the life of frogs, still, water bor-
oertns on the stagnant Is hot to be desired
Ihree periods are distinct in the life of a
frog. These are the tadpofesS. breeders and
tne taole frogs. The yeriest small boy IS
oH ihtlmate acquaintance with the former
~ inc Three. DEVOID of legs and living In
the water much after the same manner Of
a hsh, he is quite easy of capture. A few
months brings about the development Of
ms legs; he sheds his fshlike form and
tsinerges full-fiedged young frog. The
Keeper then separates them into the breed
srs ana table frogs. The latter, Of course,
receive REG the more attention after this period.
ana the utmost efforts to faiten them are
p i, noIIh. however the breeding is more
important consideration.
Parents Eat Young.
ABOUT the end of June thousands of eggs
are laid, but Of this number large per-
+cehtage tail to hatch. The frog il an enc
my to its own progeny, and in. the form of
esss ana even later as small tadpoles they
iah oy the hundreds victims to the older
eat indeed. this tendency of frogs to
~ u .eeo IN certain seasons almost entirely
w tue youngsters. Many survive the vo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25

raclty of their parents, however, and live
TO delight the palate of the epicure at 81. 80
or more per dozen.
The preparing of frog for it's final end
ing has in years past undergone radical
changes. Time was when the legs alone
were considered the fit morsel. Even yet
some chefs bar any other portions from the
pan However well-known epcure stated
yesterday that he had found to his own
JOY that all but the head of a frog may be
eaten with relish. The simple manner of
preparation is to cut off the head and lay
the frog open. Season and then fry as one
would chicken. But there are any num-
Der Of ways Of preparing the frog
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25

Amalfitan. The sculptor Ba,zico has
made a very fine statue of Gioja in celebra-
ton of his sixth centenary. He is repre-
scented in the mariners dress of the period
with j dagger and pouch hanging from his
belt, and in one hand he holds compass
which he is studying with great earnest
ness. ships cable is at his feet. The
face is noble and very expressive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25

peen met with. Croakers there are who
predict nothing but failure for the whole
business, but, despite these and all other
dlscouragements. the work is being pressed
forward with admirable energy, and next
year, or certainly the year after. will see
the canal open for traffic. The expense is
being borne by the state, aided by local
funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25

LAS matter of fact" said this passen-
ger agent, "a conductor cannot read and
understand such mass of conflicting and
overlapping contracts in the hurry of work
ing his train. He is helpless from the very
. conditions under which his scrutiny of
tickets has to be made. If he had the time
to sit down in quiet and spend half an
hour over the ticket he could work out
just what it meant and know what to do.
The conductors are skilled in such work
and can get at the gist of the thing as
quickly as the next one, no matter who he
may be"
1t is no unusual thing for conductors to
get such tickets as the one described, and
the fact that they turn up frequently has
brought about the move in favor of the
uniform ticket for interline business. Not
only uniformity, but simplicity of struc-
ture, is the demand made by the ticket
agents and the conductors, as well as their
superior officers.
One general passenger agent told the
other day about his experience with tickets
when they were even worse than they are
now, though that seems almost Incredible.
Several years ago there was condition
existing under which thousands of tickets
were issued that were not recognized by
many lines. These tickets came from all
over the country and the lines which OBJ
jected to hOnoring them were likewise sit
Va ted in all sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
TICKET SIX FEET LONG
PASSENGER AGENT PRODUCES A
CURIOSITY.
It Would Make, if Printed in News
paper Style, Two Columns
of Reading.

| From the Chicago Chronicle.
The committee charged with the duty of
providing a form of railroad ticket which
can be used by all railroads in the country
and which is to be the one adopted for all
business originating on one line and trans
ferred to another will be ready to report be-
fore the time set, September /.
One of the passenger agents of one Of the
largest systems centering in Chicago the
other day produced for INSPECTION ticket
which represents about all the vices of in
dividual form run wild. The ticket issued
by an eastern road for a comparatively
short trip. was nearly six feet 10 length.
To be exact, the passenger agent applied
a rule to it and found it 20 be FIVE feet
eight inches long. There were two little
lnconsplcuous coupons attached to this roll
of paper, the coupons being less than two
inches long
The remainder of the ticket was made
up of seven or eight contracts, each of
which if made operative nulliied the 9th
ers or in some way nulifed the conditions
under which the holder of the ticket was
to be allowed to travel, stop over, changed
routes or delay the time of return. 1t was
estimated that if the whole long strip of
reading matter making up the ticket were
printed in the ordinary newspaper 1t would
make over two columns of solid matter.
The passenger agent was asked what
conductor would do If dozen persons were
to board a crowded train with tickets like
that, or even approaching it in monstrous-
ness and all differing in some minor par
tiCularS. The agent did not know what the
conductor would do but haZarded the guess
that if he himself were confronted with
such proposition and the traveller said
he wanted to go to San Francisco or even
Yokohama he would punch the ticket and
pass him on to the next conductor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
Many Tickets Not Good.

This condition made necessary the publ
cation of the official bulletin describing
tickets not good Each road had bulletin
of its own and conductors were provided
with copies for their guidance. In the case
of one road there were 1900 such tickets
described, any one of which might be pre-
scented on any train that ran on a given
day.
The conductor in those days was in some
thing of the situation of the merchant and
the banker in the days when state banks
OF issue were as plentiful as leaves in Sep
TENDER, and the current value of the script
varied with each day. 1t was expected, of
course, that the conductor would consult
his book of 1000 tickets and see if the one
under scrutiny was on the tabooed list.
One old conductor was remarkable for
the small number of these that he reported
or turned in. The rule was, of course
that If he did take up of the bad tickets
the amount of the fare was charged up 10
him. On one occasion. however he turned
in one, and the clerks in the headquarters
office discovered that it was on the list If
tickets not to be honored. The conductor
was called upon the carpet. and when
not TO be honored replied that his daughter
kept that at home. 1t was revealed tina.
he turned in his tickets at the end of the
run to this daughter, who went over them
and discarded the bulletined ones; then the
conductors report made up and the
good tickets turned in.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31
Serious Mock Marriage.

A New York special tells Of mock
marriage which bids fair 10 get a lot
of folks into serious trouble. The
special says: Great CONSERVATION
among the members Of Jewish society
at Yor kers has been the outcome OF
the recent Pusiam hall.
During the evening 100 couples
went through a mock marriage cere-
mony. Now the rabbi who ofiiciated
is said TO have declared that the coup
les SO married are bound in the eye of
the church and therefore in the eyes
Of the law.
The young people are at their wit )
end to decide whether they are really
married. Some of those interested in
the matter declare that the man who
started the story did so for selfish mu-
tive-that he has family Of eight
daughters, all ,of whom were mar
ried at the ball" Several Of the Rab-
bis are expected to have consulta'
tion and their collective decision is tt
settle the matter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31
OUTWITTED ICE TRUST.
A Shrewd Business Man Makes Money at
the Trusts Expense.

A business man near New Orleans
ought to be presented with gold
medal. He got ahead Of the trust one
time. A special in the Commercial
Appeal Wednesday tells how he did
it:
New Orleans May 27-The fight be-
ing made against the local ice trust
has developed an extraordinary turn.
The trust has some opposition, among
which is the ice plant at Thibodeaux,
small town nearby, which has been
shipping ice to this city and selling
at $4 per ton, whereas the trust sells
ice here at s6 per ton. The trust
concluded to run the Thibodeaux plant
out of business and has been shipping
ice to Thibodeaux and selling it there
delivered at 10c per hundred or 81 per
ton. 1t now develops that Manager
Claudet of the Thibodeaux ice plant
has been quietly buying up all the
trusts product at Thibodeaux at s.
per ton and reShipping it back to New
Orleans and selling it again on the
trusts own territory at 81 per ton
twice what the trust is getting for 1T
product in ThibOdeauX and 81 per tor
less than the trust gets for its ice Ii
!. New Orleans.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31

A young lady asked Editor Ward
this extraordinary question, Do you
think it is right for girl to sit on a
young mans lap, even if engaged:
In reply this modern dispenser
of wisdom gave her this; Our expert
ence in the matter at issue is limited,
but if it were our girl and our lap,
yes: if it were another fellows CIR
and our lap, yes; il it waslour girl anc
another fellows lap-well not on YOU
life. oh no,-Dixie Press
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31

1t is often asked how such startling
cures, that puzzle the best physicians,
are effected by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. Here's the
secret. 1t cuts out the phlegm and
germ-infected mucus, and lets the life
giving oxygen enrich and vitalize the
blood. 1t heals the intlamed, cough
worn throat and lungs. Hard colds
and stubborn coughs yield to Dr.
Kings New Discovery, the most in
fallible remedy for all throat and lung
diseases. Guaranteed bottles SOC anc
81. Trial bottles free at the Seconc
Glass Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31
Won't Follow Advice after Pay
ing for it.

In recent article prominent ply
sician says: 1T is next to impossible
for a physician to get his patients to
carry out any prescribed course of hy-
giene or diet to the smallest extent;
he has but one resort left. namely,
the treatment" When medicines are
used for chronic constipation, the
most mild and gentle obtainable, such
as Chamberlain Stomach & Liver
Tablets, should be employed. Theil
use is not followed by constipation as
they leave the bowels in natural anc
healthy condition. For sale by the
Second Glass Drug Store.