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Evening star., 1902-08-08

twenty-four hours onward-from noon on
one day to noon on the next day. The sit
uation OF the line has been located quite
ortuitousiy-namely. by the circumstance
whether any given place was first reached
by civilized man journeying from the east
or from the west. The discoverer brought
with him the almanac from whence he
came. and IL he came from the west the
time in the new country would be later. and
If he came from the east it would be
earlier than the time in the country he
came from.
America was reached by civilized man
voyaging westward, and China by man
travelling eastward and the result is that
the line that marks where the days begin
lies between these two, in the Pacific ocean.
and instead of being "a straight line, Zig
zags about, dividing islands which happened
to be discovered from the east from those
which happened to be discovered from the
west. There must still be many islands in
that ocean where it is not yet decided to
where. If one were put down, one would not
know whether 1t were today, tomorrow or
yesterday. There must also be many Is
lands there which, never having been per-
manently occupied by civilized people.
change their day from time to time, so that
ship calling there coming from China
might arrive on Tuesday, while another
ship calling at the same time from America
would arrive on Monday. There must be
people living near this line that by go
Ing few miles they can leave today and
get into tomorrow. or by going back can
find yesterday. How convenient for trou-
blesome appointments.
Many other curious considerations occur
to one. but l have said enough. 1 think. to
show-what every one does not. perhaps
realize-that there is a place in the world
where the days begin.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Splitting From Open Cars.
From American Medicine.


Now that the season has arrived for open
cars on the trolley lines passengers are
again liable to the annoyance Of repeated
sprayings of saliva from those who expec-
torate from the moving vehicle. 1t Is not
only the splitting passenger who offends in
this matter, but as often the tobacco-chew
ing motorman, who at regular intervals
bends over the platform rail and empties
his mouth of an accumulation Of spittal
that is distributed by the rush of air i'm
partially over the passengers behind him.
The anti-spitting crusade has done much to
rid our cars, depots and streets of a nui-
sance and source of infection, and the filthy
and useless habit Of splitting should be at
tackled on every possible occasion. Spit
ting from the front or sides of moving open
cars should be strictly forbidden. and the
thousands who have felt the disgust Incl
dent to being obliged to wipe the Shiny
salivary spray from their faces. or who
have had an otherwise pleasant ride spoiled
by the necessity of hiding behind fan or
newspaper to avoid being intermittently
besprinkled by some thoughtless boor
ahead, will appreciate action on the part of
trolley superintendents looking to the
abatement Of this nuisance.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Soul of the Flower.
From the Toledo Times

From the Toledo Times.
One OF the principal manufacturers OF per-
fumery in the world has declared that he Is
quite certain that flowers actually possess
souls. The fragrance of a flower Is really
its soul and 1t exists when the flower itself
has nerished. This he maintains, Is not
poetical fancy, but an established fact. Ger
tainly the fragrance of a flower Is not
dead thing. This seems to be a curious
q, s,atement to make, but it Is a fact that
uben certain conditions are fulfilled part
Of the life of a flower never seems to die.
Although the fragrance Of flowers dead
wears ago may have undergone all sorts OF
manufacturing processes to extract 1t and
to fix It, vet 1t never dies. When the flow
ers of the kind it was extracted from bloom
l. exhibits a marvellous sympathy.
Take, as an example. the case of jonquils.
A. the end of the year the smell of the per-
fume Is constant, but in the spring change
appears In May, when the jonquils are In
full flower the colorless liquid has it's scent
exalted to a surprisingly high degree. When
the flowers are in bloom, the bottled es-
sehee is very perceptibly stronger in
odor AS the flowers droop, SO does the
perfume lose it's potency in strict agree
ment. This mysterious sympathy between
flower and essence never dies. but ever re-
spends to the proper seasons. There is
room for reflection in the thought that
every scent bottle holds the souls of hun
dreds upon hundreds of flowers. Az eighty
ounce vase viii hold the souls of seven
tons of roses
Evening star., 1902-08-08
WHERE THE DAY BEGINS.
Proof That There is Such Place II
the World is Submitted.

From the st. James Gazette.
Seeing that as one moves westward the
time gets earlier ands,earlier, SO that when
1t Is Monday noon IN London 1t is some
time on Monday mornthg in America. 1t fol-
lows that. If this principle were continued
without limit all the way round the world,
at the same moment that 1t was Monday
noon in London K would be also twenty
four hours iater-ehaeois, Tuesday noon. In
London. As this Isl reductia ad absurdum,
we have to look for the limit. which does,
in fact, exist. on the e-princlple that as one
moves westward ithe time gets earlier and
as one moves eastward gets later
Before the circnfnnaY Yfgation of the globe
there was no diffion1tyQl When on Monday
the sun stood over Iapndon it was Monday
noon In London. asAs HE sun moved do use
the popular phrazef westward and stood a
little later over Habfn it became Monday
noon in Dublin, aHd so on until he reached
the western limit Of the known world
When the sun passed over that limit ina;
was the end of noon for that Monday, and
nobody knew what the sun was doing un-
til he reappeared on the eastern limit OF
the known world. bringing with MIN Tues-
day morning. 1t Is evident, therefore, Ihat
while the sun was in the unknown abyss
between west and east he dropped the at
tribute of making the time at al places di,
rectly under his rays Monday noon and
took to himself tho attribute OF making II
Tuesday noou
AS. the confines Of the world were pushed
farther eastward and westward. respective
iy. the unknown abyss where this change
OF attribute had to be made got narrower
and narrower. until. when the globe was
circumnavigated. the place OF change be
came simply line. This line exists and Is
the place where the days begin. AS the sur
crosses this remarkable spot the time Jumps
Evening star., 1902-08-08
IS A FROG FISH OR GAMEp
This is a Question That Experts in
Canada Are Trying to Answer.

Quebec Correspondence New York Sun.
The Canadian department Of marine and
fisheries is wrestling with the problem as
to whether frog Is fish or game.
Owing to the enormous increase in the
export of frogs legs to the United States
some fear is felt that unless restrictions are
placed upon the killing of Canadian frogs
there will soon be none left in the country.
If frog is a fish the department at OF
tawa has the power to institute close sea-
son for it. If. however, 1t should be de-
cided that the frog comes under the cate
CORY of game the question of a close sea son
must be settled by the provincial authori-
ties.
If the law officers of the different gov
ernments interested fail to come to an
agreement on the subject the matter will
probably be submitted to committee Of
experts. Everybody agrees that something
must be done to prevent the total destruc-
ton of valuable article of both food and
commerce. If 1t should be decided that
the frog Is neither fish nor game it may be
necessary in order to secure law for its
protection, to obtain from the imperial
parliament the passage of an amendment
to the act of British North America.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
A DIFFERENCE IN BACHELORS
The American and the Corean Con.
trasted
From The New York Tribune.

From The New York Tribune
The matron was disgusted with the bach
elor. There was no doubt about it. She
said she was.
For the fourth time he had foiled her
most skillful efforts at matchmaking She
had given him every opportunity to fall in
love with four girls. any one of whom was
prize. They would have taken him. too.
had he asked them the all-important ques-
tion, for he was decidedly a catch" But
he was happy In his single life and did not
care to take risk
Il wash my hands Of YOU" she said
Never again, never, shall | introduce YOU
to another girl, and | hope YOU may never
know the happiness of being married TO a
charming woman"
Il second that hope with all my heart"
he added, smiling.
She glared.
Il wish you had been born Corean."
she cried.
Cant second that proposition" he re-
piled. American birth is good enough for
me. But why a Corean? Surely you would
not have me pigmy, that you might beat
me-"
II wouldn't touch you,'' she answered.
shortly: but IL you had been a Corean you
would forget this bachelor madness. Until
you had married you would have to wear
hair i'm braid, keep quiet In company and
be without rights as a man. That would
bring you TO time quickly enough
I'm not so sure he said. Let us see
what rights come to the Corean by mar
riage. He can pile his hair on top Of his
head. he can squat instead OF sitting down
properly and he can jabber away in COM
pany.'
But you forget that until married he
cannot smoke tobacco
She knew that was telling shot Had
he not been punctuating his remarks with
rings from his shining briar?
Il did forget the smoking" he said. smil-
ing IF l were a Corean | would certainly
marry"
Brute" she cried, as he left her.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
FALSE PIsTAcHIo NUTS.
How the Demand Has Been Supplied
by Various Subterfuges.

From the New York Evening Post.
What with the popularity of green ice
cream and confectionery, and the growth of
immigration from Mediterranean countries,
there has been a steady increase in the
consumption of pistachio nuts. So extern
sive has been the change that many. mer-
chants have yielded to the temptation Of
initiating the pleasant vegetable tissue. In
flavor it is like a mild almond. and the
chief perceptble difference between the two
lies in the color. The unscrupulous dealer
blanches his almonds, crushes them and
colors them with chlorophyll or spinach
green. The imitation is so close that only
experts can tell the difference between the
two. The Greeks in New York seem to
have been the first to discover this ingenius
fraud. and seldom sell the pistachio paste,
which was once In vogue. They import and
keep in stock medium quantities of pis-
tachio nuts, which are said to be grown in
Greece, the Greek archipelago and Asia
Minor. These nuts are smaller than the
average and are harder and dryer. The Ar
menians use a larger size, which is said to
come from their own country. Syria and
Persia. To an American palate the nuts
are not very agreeable. They are trifie
too hard and suggest biting on a piece of
wood rather than any nutritious kernel.
Both Greeks and Armenians employ them
for variety Of purposes. In nearly all
cases the nuts are hulled, scaded and
skinned. The kernel is then crushed dry
or broken and softened by hot water. 1t
may be boiled into soft substance, a trifie
harder than a baked potato. or 1t may be
roasted. although the operation gives it a
burned and not altogether enjoyable taste.
The Greeks utilize the nuts in many va
rieties of cake and confectionery, while the
Armenians employ 1t in stuffing fowl, lamb,
and in making piau and other savory dishes.
The pistachio nuts are not over-expensive,
costing about the same as the almonds. 1t
is possible that We will have some of native
growth ere long, the experiment of rails
ing them is now being tried in souther CAL
ifornia.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
MILITARY FORCE OF JAPAN.
Equipped, Organized and Drilled Like
European Armies.
From the Philadelphia Times


The Japanese army is equipped. organ
lied and drilled like European army ard
many of its officers have received their efu-
cation In European countries. Conscrip-
ton was introduced into Japan in 1873 ard
the regulations now in force were adopted
in 1883. Every male citizen between the
ages of seventeen and forty years owes NIL
itary service. which is given three years la
the active army. four years in the first re-
serve five years in the territorial army and
eleven years in the national army or the
second reserve. For the year 1901-I2 the
budget provides for thirteen divisions cf
twenty-four brigades OF infantry. each brf-
gade composed of two regiments or three
battalions each.
The cavalry comprises seventeen rest-
ments or fifty-one squsdrons. The artillery
has nineteen regiments or ia Held and
present twenty-eight companies and viii
soon have thirty-nine. The army service
corps has thirteen battalions OF two COM
panies with one battalion (three conipanits)
Of railway troops and one battalion (three
copopanies) of telegraph troops. Besides the
thirteen divisions of infantry there are three
regiments of coast guards and two bat
taiions of foot artillery and special bril-
eade of four battalions OF infantry, cavalry.
artillery and engineers (the Xesso brigade).
The aggregate is SIG officers and 155. 533
is 200 go men and ] Cos guns. the reserves
excluded When II Is remembered that re-
cent campaigns have shown the Japanese
army to be OF hrst-rate quality It Is obvious
that the military power of the new nation
of the Pc cii.c Is formidable.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
THE CAT IN SUMMER.
Better Kill the Household Pet Than
Turn 1t Adr:ft.

From the Boston Herald .
What are you going to do with your cat
this summer? Has he enlisted. or doesn't
he mean to fight anything worse than feline
rivals? At any rate, don't leave him to
forage for himself when the time comes
to shut up the house and go away TIL the
schools begin again. Pets will always be
provided for, but the Kitchen cat" as he
has been termed, is pretty sure to be turn
ed adrift. unless somebody is merciful
enough to have it put out OF existence.
Far better to kill the poor creature than to
leave it to starve, wandering about the
back yards and streets. The well-cared-
for puss may hate being transported TO
strange places. but with a little care he
soon accustoms himself to the change OF
scene and will be as happy as a king.
1t is a satisfaction to note how many
more people carry their cats into the
country than happened to be the case
few years ago. Since the cruelty OF board
ing them out, or. worse still. of simply
leaving them, has been brought to their
attention. much greater consideration is
shown to these sensitive creatures. Let II
be said that Kindness to helpless dumb
animals always pays; at least 1t is be
lieved that the average human being feels
happier for sacrificing a little time and
thought to their welfare. There are va
rious ways of travelling with dogs and cats,
but as the latter are less amenable to rail-
way methods and are timid and nervous II
is usually deemed best to shut them up in
basket. The consequence is the cat
nearly dies Of terror and suffocation. But
the best method of inuring the creature to
rapid transit is to put him in a bag, with
his head out Then he can see where he il
going, and any attempt to run away will
be made futile. Tragic and ridiculous are
often the experiences of the best intentioned
cat owner for il must be confessed X Is
difficult to control an animal with such a
nervous organization. and one would rather
manage a case OF hysteria than a fright
ened feline. Both emotions are uncontrolla-
tbrouph
Evening star., 1902-08-08
BLACKLIsTING BY SERVANTS.
Way in Which, Domestics Get Even
With Former Mistresses.

From the New York Times,
There is one side to the servant girl ques-
ton that is seldom heard of, although it is
very importantf one and concerns the
mistress personally. The trouble with this
great domestic question has always been
that it as supposed to have only one side.
If one wishes toVhearGthe other side, and
at the same time learn something of human
nature. all he has to do Is to pass away an
idle hour In one of the many employment
bureaus scattered all over the city.
Seated in these bureaus can always be
found servants waiting for places. These
girls are not likely to be conyerSant with
the affairs of the day so their talk is
rather personal and of reminiscent order.
Ihey discuss the many places where they
nave lived. how they were treated In each
and what manner of woman the mistress
was. They handle their former employers
without gloves. and it Is possible for a girl
with grievance. In the course Of a few
days Of idle gossip In the various bureaus,
to suander a woman so that her reputation
Is known to every servant girl from the
Battery to Harlem. But it must not be
supposed that all these stories are untrue
Indeed, 1t Is quite the reverse. for this Is
the only method the girls have to save
themselves from getting into unconsenial
households.
Il wish there was no such thing as SER
wants blacklisting employers said the pro-
because 1t hurts business. 1 often hava a
fine lady drive up here In her carriage and
perhaps order a full retinue Of servants.
II she Is on the blacklist when 1 send the
girls to her they won't say a word to me,
but they never think Of going near the wo-
man. The chances are that she will re-
turn the next day and insolently demand
why l didn't send any girls to her. OF
course 1 can't tell her just what the trou-
Bile is and she iounces out of the Office In
high dudgeon.
While it is provoking to lose patrons and
commissions in this way, 1T is impossible to
blame the girls, who, nine times out Of ten,
tell each other only what Is true. The COM
plants they have against mistresses are
many and various, but the most common
one Is that of scoldng. 1t has been said
that nagging woman will drive husband
insane in three years, but the average serv-
ant girl has such a dread Of the habit that
she will not knowingly submit to 1t for q
month. Mischevous children make no end
of trouble and keep trained servants away
from many house. Then, again, some Wo-
men have the reputation Of being poor pay
or of looking through a girls trunk all the
time / wish some Of the mtstresses would
come around here some day while they are
| being discussed. They would learn more
about themselves than they ever knew be-
| fore"
Evening star., 1902-08-08
WARSHIPS OF NATIONS
GERMAN, ENHL1sH AND AMERI-
CAN TYPES.
Differences in Construction and Equip
ment-Kaffsers Interest in
Naval Affairs.

From the London Mail q
AS the house OF commons is the mother
OF parliaments. sf thasBritish navy is the
mother of f1eetsJoThs German navy is a
copy, but not a siavishSS SScopy. of its English
parent. The differences. though slight, are
noticeable.
1t Is a mistake to believe as Is often al
legged In British naval literature, that the
German navy Is destitute of the spit and
polish policy which Is SO often attacked by
naval reformers. There Is brasswork on
board German men-of-war, and the BRASS
work is polished as religiously as in British
ships The paint work on the German ships
Is kept as carefully as the paint work in
the British navy, but the paint Is of a dif-
ferent color.
Paint and Linoleum.
Vivid whites are avoided. The battle
ships of the Kaiser class are now painted
the same leaden color as that of the Baltic
and the North sea. The leaden slate hue
Of the German battle ships Is admira bly,
adapted for concealing them on a cloudy
day; but the smoky coal used by the Ger
mans practically neutralizes all advantage
to be derived from adopting the protecting
hues Of the home waters in which they
float The smoky coal used by Germany in
her warships is the source of much search
ing of heart In the German admiralty The
use of spirit and OF oil fuel Is vigorously
promoted by the kaiser, without whom
nothing is done that Is done in the German
navy
The German battle ship Of the future, II
Is said, will be without tunnels. so as to Sc
cure an all-round fire from the big guns:
without bunkers, as there will be no coal
and with the whole OF the fuel Of pro-
pelling purposes contained in submarine
tanks. Already engines Of 5000 horse pow
er, constructed for use with potato spirit,
are actually on trial.
Experiment and Invention.
When Prince Henry's squadron visited
Ireland a correspondent of London news
paper declared that on the quarterback Of
the Kaiser class and elsewhere all over the
ships "the men walk on linoleum, which
gives good tread, Is silent and is kept
clean easily" AS a matter of fact, the use
Of linoleum has been discarded on board
every ship Of the Kaiser class with the ex-
ception of the Kaiser Wilhelm H. and in
that case the linoleum was ONLY retained
after permission had been received from
the highest quarters to do so.
The chief point that strikes the stranger
about German battle ship Is that the
German authorities are reader to try ex-
periments and to relinquish them if unsuc-
cessful than is the case with our British
admiralty. The French models for ship
building were followed by British naval
architects during considerable period of
were retained in the British navy for a
long time after the French Germans. Rus
SLAMS and Americans had adopted the
breech-loading system Smokeless powder
stockless anchorss& qnick- firing guns and
now oil fuel and capped shell are instances
not of the lethaItgy, but Of the conserva
tism of our nava3s authorities as compared
with the admiralttes OF other countries.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Floods Fierce Work.

At Blossburg. N NJ, Wednesday. cloud
burst drowned Mrs. francesca Domingues
and three children, and family Of hus-
band. wife and three children are reported
drowned at Terceo. They were seen just
before the arrival of big wal. of water.
but all efforts to find them since have
failed.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

Charles Blane formerly a sesdtng mer-
chan, and banker OF Lwddingten, Mich.
died yesterday, aged sixty years.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

wide belt made Of the largest silver coins
OF the realm. A bookmaker will often take
with him a tout dressed In a sort of modi-
ned Jockey coStume-jockey cap and silk
jacket, and shepherds plaid riding breeches
with cloth riding CATERS. The man thus at
tired helps in the shouting and serves TO
attract the crowd with pretended tips"
some OF the most outrageous patterns in
tweeds and checks are worn by book
makers. and nowadays by bookmakers al
most exclusively. Sporting men of the
public usually dress much more quietly
In no article OF masculine attire Is color
so conspicuously and variously in vogue as
in underwear. SILK undervests and draw
ers, of light weight. present all the c1iors
or the rainbow and often more than one at
time. A deep. rich purple, with white or
gold double bars Is one of the effects An
conceivable degrees and tones of salmon
pink and Of pale blue are also offered But
evening socks are worn very plain, gener-
ally in black and black. Colored orna-
mentation. though much offered in shops,
Is nowhere seen on the socks OF really
smart men.
A Coming Canard.
You are going to hear. very soon, that
double-breasted morning coats are now be-
ing worn in England. They are neither
being worn nor likely to be worn. What
will give rise to the canard is that as morn
ing coats are now never worn buttoned up.
some Ingenious West End tailor has started
the idea that they will look better and
more symmetrical IL. instead of useless but
ton holes a second row OF buttons shall he
put where the button holes ought TO be-
down the left forepart. Even this limited
movement VIII certainly not go far, in
spite OF the authoritative sanction that has
been given to 1t in London monthly. first
because there is no real or logical slgnifi-
canoe in two rows OF buttons and sec
ondly, because 1t is extremely annoying to
De absolutely unable TO button a coat. In
this weather, no one wears an overcoat In
the daytime, and. IL there is a little wind
blowing in ones face the Tapping and
blowing about of the fronts Of a coat or
jacket are troublesome. Moreover. the
wind. coupled with the rapid pedestrianism
of a good walker. will end by throwing the
fronts wide open, when the armholes of the
walstcoat will be exposed together with
patch of white shrt-an almost indelicate
exhibition.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

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