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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
"HARDENINGu OF CHILDREN.
And Some of the Ill Results That Are
Ant to Follow

From the New York Medical Record
Hecker is outspoken In his objections to
the methods pursued in the so-called "hard-
ening of children by the means of cold
douches or baths. AS rule, children thus
treated are more susceptible to nasal
catarrhs, throat affections, bronchitis and
pulmonary infiammations than those who
have not been subjected to the hardening
process. Furthermore. such measures FIRE,
Quently give rise to pronounced anaemia
and various disorders of the nervous sys,
tenn. Children SO hardened are especially
prone to acute and chronic intestinal dis.
orders.
While in healthy children properly con-
Quoted hardening process is often Of ads
vantage, it must be remembered that there
are no hard and fast rules, and that every
case must be treated according to the Inc
dividual indications. The fundamental
principles Of a proper hardening" system
are as follows: % Gradual acclimation to
the air of the room; CD gradual acclimation
to outdoor air; CD gradual acclmation to
cold water; (4) suitable clothing-varied ac-
cordng to the weather and time of year.
Great care should be observed in acclimat-
ing the child to cod water, and the effects
of the same should be carefully watched.
the endeavors being at once suspended on
the first appearance OF any unfavorable
symptoms
On no account should any of the hard
ening measures be commenced until the
nursing period is passed, and in all cases
the process should be one of gradual adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Railroads for Everybody.
/ the New York World.

From the New York World.
Roadmakers throughout the country WIN
be interested in the experiment now being
tried in Murray street this city. where by
permission of the local authorities the Au-
tomobile Club of America has laid one
block of steel wagon tracks as a sample.
The tracks are simply fat plates forty feet
long and one foot wide, laid at the STANDS
ard wheel width apart. They offer less re-
sistance to traction than good macadam,
less even than asphalt; one track is wide
enough for any but the most unskilled BIZ
cyclist and the automobile can easily and
smoothly follow the track, except possibly
at racing speed This system has been for
some time advocated for our ordinary counr
try roads. 1t can be put down for 5000
per mile, about the cost of the narrowese
macadam; wider and better macadam runs
as high as $4,000 a mile. and the steel
tracks with frequent "turn-outs,' are con-
siderably cheaper. Questions as to their
durability and the annual repair bills can,
of course, only be settled by the test OF use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
LEPROSY.
Some Facts About This Most Loath-
some Disease.

From La Vie Hustree.
OF all the diseases which desolate fumani-
ty leprosy Is perhaps the one which pro-
duces the most terror among all peoples,
and 1t Is with the greatest satisfaction that
we learn that this terrible evil has just been
the object Of an admirable effort on the
part of DR.. Filaretopoulo, professor in the
faculty Of medicine at Athens. For the past
six months he has studied the leper in the
very hotbed of the disease the Ieper houses
Of Crete, returning full of nope and courage
1t is too generally believed that the leper
has disappeared If not from the world, at
least from our own land; but 1t is not neces=
sary to go very far to find him, and this
suffices to justify all the measures which
are taken against him. These measures are
Of general interest, more general than one
thinks, for 1t is nearly certain that leprosy
Is but an aggravated form of tuberculosis
and that that which destroys the one will
surely lessen the other DR.. Filaretopoulo
has come with his figures, and he tells US
that at present there are 800 900 1epers in
the world. This figure is very much lower
than the actual number. for it represents
only the certain cases, and the statistics for
the orient, where the disease has full sway,
are of doubtful accuracy
Have not these figures a terrible elo-
quence and does not every one feel, In con-
and energetic action? This is all the more
the case since, according to Dr. Filareto-
poulo, If the disease is taken at it's COM
mencement it is durable, it's slow evolution
five to six years in general-permitting a
continuous effort to arrest its progress.
Leprosy Is hereditary, and probably con-
tagious, and however great the restrictions
the lepers contaminate others. 1t Is this
contagion which 1t is first necessary to do
away with. DR.. Fliaretopoulo states that
the danger proceeds from want of care In
the pesthouses wherein lepers are kept;
they go out when they so desire, beg in
the villages, tend sheep, and sometimes
marry healthy persons Although DR..
Filaretopoulo has noticed some cases In
which the patients improve, there does
not seem at the present time any positive
cure. At the same time 1t is necessary to
state, with scientific brutality, that this
particular point has only a relative i'm
portance, for when the house burns it Is
better to protect the movables close by
than to attempt to save some broken-legged
chairs. The leper is to be pitied, he is to
be cared for; If he can be helped one should
not hesitate to do SO; but every effort
should be directed to establishing around
those infected rigorous defensive Gordon;
for If in the present state of science it is
not possible to uproot the evil we must
prevent its germ from spreading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
A Potato Dinner.

From the Kennebec Journal.
potato dinner was the unique feast
which one of Biddeford's charming host
esses spread before her guests last week.
In the dining room four tables were set
and profusely adorned with autumn leaves
and vegetables. For a centerpiece each
table was supplied with large squash.
Around the base red. yellow and green
leaves extended outward for fully two feet
and thanking the sides was an artistic ar
rangement of vegetables and fruits. Inc
only illumination in the room was FURNISH
ed by large candles. Beside each plate
large potato rested on an autumn leaf IN
The potato was a small hole, into which the
candle fitted. The menu cards were dainty
and as unique as the other details. TheT
were i'm the shape of potato, and each was
painted in water coiors. AS souvenirs OF
the party they were admirably appropriate.
The dinner comprised many courses. ana
each one was marked by having some form
of the potato as it's chief feature. There
were soups. salads, croquettes. etc, in turn
but fine, new potatoes, just harvested from
the fertile soil of York county, were em-
ployed In making them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
GROWTH OF SOCIALISM.
Immigrants Have Swelled Ranks With
Every Ship.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


During the last decade there has been an
extraordinary growth of socialism in the
United States, a growth as phenomenal as
unnatural, because under our free institu-
lions of government there should be no spot
Of ground on which that rank weed of pop
ular unrest could take root or fructify. How
commonly 1t has taken root and expanded
in this country is suggested, at least, by
Governor-elect Bates of Massachusetts, who
In a recent address at Boston stated that
on the day of the late elections, November
4, "some 10000 men In Massachusetts and
some 700 men in the nation stood UP and
were counted for naked socialism,
The truth Is that socialism is not a ma
tive but foreign growth and that In large
measure Its noXfouS development may be
traced directly to the increase of the Hit
crate immigrants from the old world. Our
defective immigration laws, instead of
checking the influx of undesirable immi-
grants, promote 1t. From the lowest strata
of European ignorance, penury and political
class expressions come mutitudes with
every newly arriving steamship. who only
know that constituted government and So
ciety have kept down them and their for
bears, and consequently they come here sui
lenly arrayed against both, not knowing the
difference between the harsh political and
social conditions of the old world and those
of the new to which they have immigrated
The United States has imported socialism
on every ship from abroad which has borne
to our shores the illiterate and down. rod-
den peoples which have crowded the steer
age. In 1875 20. per cent of the population
of Massachusetts, was foreign born: in 1890
1t was 81 per cent. What wonder then that
with the steadily increasing tide Of aliens
ignorant not only of our political and social
institutions, but of our language even, the
vague and intangible discomfort which fills
with unrest the masses Of continental Eu-
rope should be transferred to this country
by those who suffer from it there?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
POWERFUL LIGHT.
Beacon at the Navesink Highlands
The New Bivalve Lens.

From the New York Evening Post.
The new "bivalve" lens which has been
installed In the lighthouse on the Nave
sink Highlands is expressive Of It's appear
ance. Instead of a cylinder Of glass re-
volving around the light, it consists of two
great convex discs Joined at the edges by
thick brass bands. The value of the bivalve
lens is that each face throws immense
beam, concentrating the light rays that in
the ordinary lens are dissipated by being
shot to many angles. A bivalve Of the
fourth order will throw flash of 5000 can
die power from a light Of only $50 candle
power, but only few of them have been
installed as their cost is heavy, a third
order lens costing $4,000. Although not
first-order light, the new lens at Navesink
makes 1t the most powerful in the world.
1t throws a flash every five seconds, and
the lighthouse department has a report
from a ship captain who declares that he
saw the flash seventy1five miles out at sea-
1t is probable however. that he saw the re-
Election of the flash on the sky for the
Navesnk tower is 246 feet above the level
of the sea. and the hefizea.is only twenty
two and one-quarters Blilestfrem that point.
The light is so powerful however, that it's
Illumination of the sea and sky can be seen
from distance many miles beyond the
direct reach of it's Afays!l The glare at
twenty miles in clearnweather is binding.
The bivalye light, of course. must be re-
volved much more quickly than any cylin-
drical lens, and as a lens Weighs from two
to three tons, according to It's class. the
problem was a difficult one in practical me-
chanics. since all the lights of the country
are revolved by clockwQrk. A system of
chariot wheels mounted oh, steel ball-bear-
ings has been perfected, pow that carries
these great masses ,Iof ground glass SO
smoothly that the touch of finger is suf-
ficient to set them revolving. Once, as an
experiment, big third-order lens was set
revolving in the lighthouse headquarters at
Tompkinsville. s. l., by man with power
full lungs who blew 1t until 1t turned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
FEN1AN FLAG AS A RELIC.
One Carried Into Canada Presented to
Buffalo Historical Society.

From the Buffalo Express. ;
A faded green silk flag. with one corner
torn into ribbons, has been placed in the
collection OF the Bdnafb Historical So
ciety. 1t is a relic Of the Fenian invaders
who crossed into Canada from Buffalo on
the night of May 31- 1885, and who had
to come back a few daysllater, after hav-
ing thrown Canada into a spasm Of terror.
This flag went through what is known as
the battle Of Ridgewpy, which village is
now more familiar to Buffalonians as the
town back of CrystalBeaeh
The flag was formally presented to the
Historical Society by James McElroy, In
whose family 1t had been for a long time,
ana oy y; +. Mahoney. The exercises were
held In the -society's lecture room. About
2oo persons We're present. President An
drew Langdon, in response to few re-
marks made by Mr.. Mahoney, said he was
reminded of an incident that came under
his observation while in the Office of the
president of a large New York bank. 1T
was during political campaign, and one
OF the other officers coming into the room
nuns up the portrait of one of the candi-
dates, he said. '~rhe president immedi-
ately said: Take that down We have no
pontlcs here It's the same way with us.
we accept relics whether we approve Of
them or not, and we accept this flag for it's
historical interest
ialonians who took part in the invasion,
Is nine feet long and six feet wide. In the
upper left-hand corner q golden sunburst
was once painted on the background OF
green SILK. but its outlines were destroyed
by a Canadian ball that tore through the
nag at the battle. OF Ridgeway. That por-
ton OF the flag is merely a collection of
tatters now. Running in line slanting up
ward and that begins beneath the sunburst
are the fonowing words; in golden letters:
Buffalo, Seventh Regiment, Irish Army
or Liberation" Beneath this is the follow
ing inscription placed on the flag after the
Fenians had returned from Canada:
RidgeWay and Fort Erie, June 2, 1885,"
Occupying the center of the right hand half
OF the flag Is the following, also in golden
letters: Presented by the Fenian Sister
hood of Buffalo. May 6, 1866" Part of this
lettering Is torn, the result Of bullet
The flag was carried to Fort Erie, Ont,
with the 800 Fenians who took part in the
INVASION After having driven the Cana
dian militia near Ridgeway to retreat, and
then having to retreat themselves before a
BODY OF Canadian regulars, the Fenians
hurried back to Fort Erie. While trying
to cross the river the Fenians were arrested
by American forces. Later they were re-
leased The United States government au-
thorities returned the torn flag to the local
Fenian organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
DO WE EAT TOO MUCHP
Americans Consume Too Much Food
Habit or Survival of Savagery.

Americans Consume Too Much Food
Habit or Survival of Savagery.
From the Chicago Tribune.
When DIR. Lorenz has not been engaged
professionally his time seems to have been
occupied with submitting to snap shots, in
terviews and banquets. His professional
services are performed with enthusiasm be-
cause his heart is in his work. He submits
to the snap shots with the utmost good
humor. likewise to the interview, which he
recognizes as an American practice to
which he Is now fully accustomed. AS to
the banquets, that Is another story.
Upon the eve of leaving Baltimore for
Philadelphia the doctor in an interview re-
marked that he was heartily weary of the
banquets he had to endure with their end
less variety of foods. Being a man of simple
tastes he liked plain, simple. solid food. DO
not think said he. that L am insensible
to the great good will which your hospitali
ty illustrates But so much eating! Why,
II Is wonderful 1t Is extraordinary
Unquestionably Americans are too much
given TO eating. So are Britons. So are
DIR. Lorenz's own countrymen, for as to eat
ing and drinking a German kommerz Is
pTodigious as compared with an American
banquet, and most Americans who should
try to keep up with Teutonic spreads for
any length of time would end as physical
wrecks. All the northern nations are great
eaters as compared with the Latin and
other southern nations. 1t is partly the
survival Of savagery, partly the effect of
climate. The Goths and Vandals were
huge eaters and the Anglo-Saxons hardly
Inferior to them Much depends, after all
upon the individual capacity. DIR. Lorenz
may not be a fair specimen of German all
mentatveness. Perhaps, having more in
innate acquaintance with the human body
than most persons. he appreciates the bless
edness of plain, simple living. rF
Still, 1t cannot be denied that many of our
feasts are Gargantuan; that. as rule, we
eat too much and too often; and that our
chief way of expressing our hospitality is in
lavishly feeding our friends. 1t is not alone
the public banquet which we give the dis
tinguished guest, which sometimes he
wrestles with successfully, as did Prince
Henry, and sometimes unsuccessfully, as
did the Grand Duke Boris. The private
banquets go on like the brook, forever"
Society must have It's refreshments upon
every occasion. Ministers get together to
discuss theological affairs and straightway
proceed to eat Women's clubs meet to
listen to paper upon some important or
unimportant subject, and tea must be pour
ed and salads served. The birthday, the
wedding day. the funeral day, each must
have Its appropriate menu, and the holidays
cannot be fittingly celebrated without
sumptuous spreads Perhaps there is no
way OF reforming our eating habits, bnt,
all the same, as DIR. Lorenz says 1T is
wonderful! 1t Is extraordinary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
m rAvoR OF DEPENDANT.
Judgment on Verdict Entered Of Rec
ord in Circuit Court.

A judgment on the verdict. which was n
favor of the defendant, has been entered
in Circuit Court No. /, in connection with
the case of the American Security and
Trust Company against Birch and others.
The object of the proceeding was to re-
cover $4,000. alleged to be due under a
bond Of 10000 to secure the rent of prem
ises Nos. 1918 and 1920 F street. under a
lease executed by the plaintiff to the w.
H. Houghton Manufacturing Company.
The defendants commended that the plain
tiff in levying a judgment for rent, had
directed the marshal to take possession of
the premises and put the tenant out, claim
ing that this action amounted to an evic-
ton, and that they were thereby released
from liability on the bond. The jury rem
dered verdict in favor of the defendants.
Attorneys MILAN and Smith appeared for
the plaintiff and Attorneys Jesse Wilson
and Leon Tobriner for the defendants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Helpless Woman Cared For.

The police Of the second precinct took
Jane Spriggs to Freedman's Hospital today
where she will remain until the board of
charities arrange for her removal to the
Washington Asylum. Jane Is about ninety
years old, and her condition when the police
found her indicates that she is entirely
helpless She was found living in a shed
in rear of 121 Pierce street alley. Accord
ing to the statements of the police she could
not possibly have been protected from the
weather, and she seemed to be suffering
for want of proper nourishment. The
police found a bed In the shed, which was
made of carpets and rags, and she had a
few dishes. There was no food in the
room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
The Bald-Headed Nobleman.
From the London Tia tier.

One of the most striking results Of board
ing school education in this country is the
way in which mere men and women are
being banished into limbo. Every human
being nowadays is either a lady" or gen
tleman.'' / read the other day in a So
called society journal of lady authoress.
which deserves to be bracketed with our
old friend, the lady laundress," and recalls
the story of a certain peerless, who. having
occasion in a shop in Regent street TO refer
to something she had bought the previous
day, was asked. WHO served you, m lacy!
WAS IL the tall gentleman or the gentleman
with a beard pa at wasn't either, she re-
Piled, 1T was the nobleman with the bald
head"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Livingstone's Compass.
, Westminster Gazette

From the Westminster Gazette.
There has just been added to the colIec-
ton of relics of DIR. Livingstone which the
Royal Geographical Society already pos
sesses a boats compass which belonged to
the great traveller. The instrument is one
which was used by DIR. Livingstone quite
early in his career as an African mission
airy and explorer, being employed by him
the first time he descended the Zambesi
valley in 1856. 1t was left with other ar
ticles of the travellers ifnpedinanta at the
Portuguese station at Tete and. after hav-
ing passed through several hands, finally
landed In those of Mr.. III. r. Wallace. the
British consul there, who has p.esease1 1t
to the Geogra pilical Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
PROPOSALS OPENED.
J. II. Shelton Will Remove Fifth Pre-
cinct Building

Proposals were opened today by the Com
missioners for the removal Of the old fifth
precinct police station building at the cor
ner of 9TH and South Carolina avenue
southeast. Bids were as follows: w. N.
Morrison, informal, will remove building
for material; J. H. Shelton will charge $50;
]. NJ. Dunno will ask $500; w. Rothwell
wants $3.50; r. w. Darby will do the work
for $500, and James Frawley made a slOO
bid. The work will be ordered Immediately
so that the new station, which was designed
by local architect and will be of thor
oughly up-to-date character, can be con-
tracted for at once. Mr.. B. F. Pyles is the
architect The contract for removing the
old station will be awarded to Mr.. Shelton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
Proceedings for Divorce.

Proceedings for divorce have been In
stituted In the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia by James M. Holmes
through Attorney L. A. Bailey, against
Bertha M. Holmes. The parties were mar
ried November 49, 1886, and lived togeth-
er until August Is last. They have three
children. Infidelty on the part of the de-
PENDANT is alleged and a correspondent Is
named.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

( IT believe" said the young physician,
that bad cooks supply US with half our
patients
That's right rejoined the old doctor.
"And good cooks supply us with the other
half."-Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17

William Chiids. coiored. twenty five years
old. employed at the Hotel GO.cen, was
taken 4 the Emergency Hospital this morn
In s,f.s Hitig from sprained ankle. He re-
ce.cf injury while playing in the hotel.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-08-28
Notice 10 Delinquent Taxpayers

AS you ought to know, person.
al taxes are due October LIST of
each year, and are delinquent
and subject to distress warrant
being issued Feb. LIST of each
year following. Land tax is due
oct. 1st, delinquent May LIST, and
advertised Oct. LIST, and sold to
highest bidder, or at private sale
Nov. LIST after date of becoming
due, 50 govern yourselves accord
ingly. The law says you shall
appear at the treasurer's Office
and pay your taxes, and if you
do not, the county treasurer shall
collect personal taxes by distress
warrant after the above dates.
| believe that nearly everybody
wants to pay their taxes without
costs, and | have concluded tC
take this means of notifying
everyone through the press. Dc
not neglect this matter, but at
tend to it as soon as possible, as
| do nat want to make you any
extra expense, but | must and
will collect delinquent taxes ac-
cording to law, as | believe that
was what | was elected your
treasurer for. w. A. GEORGE,
7 If County Treasurer.