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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Physicians and Surgeons in Session.

Washington ought to learn much about
the Ills of flesh and the ways of cure dur
Ing the present week. With four national
conventions of medical organizations in
session practically at once there is little
need of ignorance at the capital on any
subject connected with medicine or sur
gerry. First will come the American Acad-
envy or Medicine, membership in which Is
restricted to physicians who hold the de-
gree OF bachelor of arts or its academic
equivalent. Then will follow, tomorrow.
two other bodies the American Therapeu-
tic Society and the Congress of Ameri-
can Physicians and Surgeons. Finally on
Thursday the Castro Enterological Assoc
citation will assemble. Medical and sur
gical science has made such great strides
during the past few years that the lay pub
lie is kept in a state of constant expecta-
tion of discoveries and inventions and
methods which will contribute to the proc
ess OF prolonging human life and alleviat-
Ing suffering. One of the most significant
announcements OF the past few months,
which will doubtless be thoroughly dis
cussed during the meetings Of this week.
Is that of the isolation of the source or
cause of smallpox. which, strange as 1t
may seem to those who have been led by
repeated discoveries by psychologists to
expect marvels in rapid succession, has I'M
I'll now remained one of the mysteries of
disease This isolation comes rather late.
long since the disease has been stripped of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Mr.. Bryan as an Authority.

Mr.. Bryan does not seem to be convinced
of Mr.. Cleveland's vote-getting strength by
the mad cheering of the crowd at st.
Louis. And here is point upon which the
Nebraska man is entitled to most re-
spectful hearing He is not financier, nor
yet political economist. His knowledge
of the law must be slight. because he has
given so little time to the profession. In
deed. he abandoned 1t for Journalism and
the lecture field when he retired from Con-
gress. But he knows the crowd, and what
moves it. and what its enthusiasm does and
does not mean. He has sounded all the
depths and shoals of a surging mass OF
holiday-seeking, holiday -making humanity.
and can tell you that the vote does not al
ways follow the cheer by long shot.
There is no better authority on crowds
than this victim of their teasing instab ility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Admiration.

There's one thing l must say for Char
ley" said young Mrs. Torkins," and that is
that he has a wonderful talent for econo-
my. I suggested yesterday that We could
save a considerable amount of money If he
would cult smoking"
What did he say to that?"
HE said it was splendid idea. But he
remembered that the war between the to-
bacco firms Is likely to make cigars cheaper
than usual. So he's going to wait year
or two and quit when the saving will be
greater"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
One or the Other.

"You say he was very eloquent when he
proposed to your" said Miss Cayenne.
very" said the confiding young woman.
Don't you think that indicates sincerity?''
Sincerity or experience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
A Wish.
I wisht I was an elephant,

/ wisht I was an elephant,
With nothin' else to do
Except to join in the parade
An walk an hour or two.
Then take it easy in a tent,
While people come an go
An crowd around to feed me
Its the easiest life know!
/ wish 1 was an elephant,
To travel round the track
With silk-embroidered blankets
To decorate my back.
He amt so very handsome,
An his manners AIM SO fine,
But he's naturally lucky
JUS like certain friends O. mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Preparations.

80 you are preparing for further airship
experiments?'
II am.
and plans?"
Certainly not. It's too early for minor
details. I've been going through my scrap.
book of newspaper notices to make up g
prospectus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
The Moods of the Mighty.

Said the lion to the poodle dog, How dare
you speak to me?
Permit me to remind you that your man
ners are too free"
Said the poodle, very humbly, Il have spoke
no word Of ILL.,
Said the lion, "Sir, how dare you be so i'm
politely still?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Even If Mr.. Morgan has bought some
bogus art treasures, he has the satisfaction
of knowing that some people of undoubted
artistic judgment have been fooled In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

There is no way of preventing the man
who invents a new mixed drink from be-
coming famous faster than the man who
makes scientific discovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Mr.. Bryan is prepared to offer an enthu-
siastic Endorsement Of any reticence MT
Cleveland may show about being candi-
date again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

There is complaint among the poets nc-
cause SO few words rhyme with Reliance.
But the supply, limited as 1t Is. is greater
than that vouchsafed to Shamrock Ill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Japan continues to expend large sums OF
money in developing navy. The fact tnat
it is only an island need not limit It's ampl-
ton so long as it has plenty of ocean on
which to perfOrm,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

1t wouldn't surprise Richard Croker to re-
turn to New York and find the town ready
to be re-reformed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

General Miles may congratulate himsell
on having managed to express a few opin-
ions without creating any especial DIS
turbance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

People who learn to live on 10 or Is cents
a day invariably write magazine articles
about it so as to provide for more elabor-
ate menu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

There Is just enough diplomacy IN base
ball to keep the American peoples liking
for politics alive during the summer months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Chicago refuses to admit that the re-
NiVat or large pun neckties has anything
to do with the laundry strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

President Roosevelt endears himself even
more to the western statesman by talking
irrigation than he does to the fond mother
by taking notice of the baby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

If President Castro Is not careful Mr..
Bowen will be almost as big man in
Venezuela as he Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Mr.. German realizes that boom Is like
ly to be seriously damaged If carelessly ex-
posed to the weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
An Unwelcome Thought.

..Think of our ancestors" said Earle
Rvrd when It was intimated that he ought
to go to work.
81 don't like to-" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
II am believer in the theories of Darwin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Mr. Baer continues to assert that the car
boniferous age was designed for his espe-
cial benefit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

Investigations and all, 1T Is a pretty wide
awake and efficient postal service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
SHOOTING STARS.

The weather still contrives to keep tn
owner Of a Panama hat in suspense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
The Real Cause of Dam
druff and Badness.

At one tine dandruf attributed to be the 70
suit of a feyerish condition Of the scalp, which
threw Oh the dried cuticle In scales.
Professor Unna, Hamburg. Germany, noted su-
thority on skin diseases explodes this theory and
says that dandrur Is germ disease.
This germ is really responsible for the dandrur
and for SO many bald heads. 1t can be cured II 1t
is gone about In the right way. The right way, Of
course and the only way. is to kill the germ.
Newbro's Herpcide does this. and causes the hair
to grow Mxuriantly, just as nature intended it
should.
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
Man.. wonderful stomach.

Tho human stomach possesses most
wonderful powers of adaptation to cir
cumstances. When Lieutenant Bligh
and his eighteen men were east of
from the Bounty by the mutneers In
an open boat, they subsisted for forty
one days on a daily allowance of one
twenty-ffth Of a pound Of biscuit per
mar and a quarter of a pint Of water.
DR.. Tanner In 1880 tasted for forty
dsys, subsisting, 1t is said. on water
rIone, and Succi and other fasting men
have since excelled this.
Kafirs, North American Indians and
the fat boy In "Pickwick" may well
be quoted MS fearful examples Of yo-
racity, but even their gastronomic feats
are exceeded by the full grown Eski'
mo, who will daily eat twenty pounds
Of flesh and oil II he has the chance,
while on the authority Of Admiral Sar
itchef q Yakut of Siberia has been
known to consume In twenty-four
hours 'the hind quarter of a large OK.
twenty pounds Of fat and a quantity
Of melted butter for his drink"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
~lsreuchipg

The author of The History of Bra.
kir' tells of a speries of monkey called
preachers" Every morning nnc
evening these monkeys assemble III
the woods. One takes a higher posi-
tlon than the rest and makes a signal
with his fore paw. At this signal the
others sit around him and listen. When
they are all seated. he begins to utter
a series of sounds. When he stops
these cries. he makes another signal
with his paw. and the others cry out
until he makes a third signal. upon
which they become silent again. This
author. Mr.. Maregrove. asserts that he
was a witness to these preachings.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
JAPANESE JOTTINGS.

Chrysanthemums served rs a salad
are a favorite article Of diet among
the japanese.
At a japanese banquet 1t is con
sidered a compliment to exchange cups
with Q friend.
japanese cooks are the most cruel In
the world. They cnt every atom Of
fesh OF 4 living fish piecemeai with.
out first causing death.
The lower class Of the Japanese en-
ploy hardly any other material than
paper for their clothing. Where wages
are exceedingly low. cloth is an liz
possible extravaganza.
Every hotel in Japan has a fan, spe-
cial to itself, containing a view of the
hotel and a blessing from the writ
ings Of Confucius. One of these is al
ways given to the departing guest
Many Japanese ONE are under
going the slight surgical operation nee
essary to s~traighten the slant of the
eyelid. which distinguishes them SO
Enthusiastically from Caucasian women.
The Japanese eat fish than any
other people in the world. With them
meat eating is a foreign innovation,
confined to the rich. or. rather, to those
rich people who prefer it to the ns-
tionai diet.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
lin O,Brienfs Enitnph.

81 suppose our western country has
furnished more funny things III the %
itaph line than all the rest Of In,
worlC." remarked a Colorado * o
gresham.
II remember one that alarne, tha
cemetery at Leadville III the ItalAnY
days of that great mining camp. 1t
seems that in the oursc Of a harrooIn
broil one Jim O'Brien. n woll Known
character, had his existence tcrmiaat-
ed prcmaturcly. He was n good fell
low In the main and not without
friends. G @ of the dead mans asso-
ciates, in 4. ep grief over his demise.
erected a wooden slab over his grs 80
on which he had written In large let
teys:
".vim O'Brien departed for heaven at
$50 a. n.
-. local humorist happened along
soon afterward and appended the fol-
lowing:
"Hea ven. 4:20 p. m.-O'Brien not yet ar
rived. Intense excitement Thu worst is
feared"
Washington Times.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

Several stories are told Of Tenny-
sons thoughtless speeches. what fish
is thisY' he once asked his hostess
where he was dining. whiting" she
replied. 1.-THE meanest fish there Is"
he remarked. quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any ones feelings.
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through 1t for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson vas very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton. a neighbor
at Freshwater. The next day he came
to her house with a great cabbage
under each urn.
81 heard you like these, so ! brought
them" he said genially. 1t was his
Idea of q peace Offering.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
IN MANDALAY.
Thousands of Pngoda Belts Ring NJ
the Setting of the Sum.

Thousands of Pagoda Belts Ring NJ
the Setting of the sun.
Mandalay has its own sky, soft and
gray and incurying like a tent, with
white cloud lines that seem meant for
scrolls II one could read. 1t is the
Very Sacred City, the city Of contem-
platien, the city of all the monks. A
thousand pagoda bells give tongue to
the wind there when the u goes
down; a crumbling thousand more give
up to time the testimony of outwor1i
things.
1t lies in a curved arm of blue hills
I'd something broods over it with SO.
licitude. This you suspect from the air
of the place and the way the shrilI
talk of the parrots and the complaint
Of the goats and the laughter of the
people come to you wherever you ars
sitting. Afterward you go out, as
did that morning with the commission
er. and see under the very zenith, where
the low gray sky Is caught up. the
square Of the dark red crenellated
walls of the old royal city, three miles
each way, az ! outside the walls the
parallel clear moat thinking back at
the sky, and then you are sure that
over and above the government of In.
.dia some spirit is In possession here.
some spirit that bends In affection over
finished and forgotten things.
Seven rooted kiosks stand at inter.
walls over the gates In the wall-they
are called pyathat, but they strike the
eye like peaceful conclusions-and low
white stone bridges raised In the mid
die span the moat. The buttresses Of
the gates are painted deep gray and
white, and the bank that slants steeply
from the wall to the water has here
and there a low, twisted, spreading
tree on II, purely for decoration. You
may stop at a corner and look two
ways along the rejecting water, with
bridge after bridge receding across,
and pyathat after pyathat diminishing
above, and each red and gray and
white vista so picked out and finished
cnder the quiet light slipping adorably
into the near blue of the hills.
Mandalay seemed aware with bunt-
ing that day. flags and arches of wei
come everywhere and crowds focking-
aware and almost awake-but you
looked again and saw that she only
turned in her sleep and smiled, as at a
dream.-Exchange.
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.clxed Heart.

"Once there was a lawyer out heal
Galesburg." said an Illinois congress
nah, who made a brilliant defense In
a certain case. Men praised his effort.
VIII he make his mark for ability os
an advocater some one asked. No.
replied the veteran lawyer. His abll-
ity begins here at the Adams apple
and extends upward. He must have
something under his left breast" The
congressman cited this as an example
why some speeches fail in the house
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

A curious and not uncommon effect
Of lightning is the formation of certain
arborescent or treelike marks upon the
body. By early observers they were
believed to be due to the presence of
neighboring objects, which were pho
tographed upon the skin. Various ex-
plantations were offered by different au-
thorities. Richardson has shown by ex-
pertinent that the blood Is the best cleo
trical conductor of all human tissues
and that these marks are merely the
Impressions Of the blood vessels on the
skin, due to the action Of the lightning
on the blood In the vessels.-Exchange.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
Eear.

Fear causes more disease than do
microbes, more deaths than famine.
more failures than panics; it costs
more than war, is always a failure and
Is necessary. Fear weakens the
hearts action, induces congestion. in
vites indigestion, produces poison
through decomposing foods and is thus
the mother of autopoisoning, which Ell
Their directly causes or greatly lids in
the production of quite 90 per cent of
all our diseases.-G. f. Meacham, NJ.
D., In Health.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

Birds Eggs roo Much For Science.
1t Is not often that science acknowl-
edges herself at fault in an apparent
~ simple matter. but she frankly does
SO in regard to the color and marking
Of a large proportion Of birds eggs.
A reason there must be for their in
finite diversity; 1t cannot be an @s-
thetlc one, and all we can say with
any confidence is that the ever per-
vading instinct of distrust is probably
exhibited In eggshelis as In more im-
portant things, and the main idea il
their scheme of coloration has been
the securing of safety from many enc
mics by ~harmonizing them with their
surroundings. But it Is a scheme full
of perplexing exceptions. which any
one can study for himself.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
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SHREWD VICTOR HUGO.
The Quiet Way In Which He fulfilled
the Theatrical Managers.

InG 4uIGt IN IN n
the Theatrical Managers.
Here are the methods which Dumas
the elder and Victor Hugo employed
when they had a new play to offer to
the theater. Dumas would write to this
director of the Porte st. Martin:
Ny Dear Friend-I shall bring ycn on
Monday a play In five acts. l shall need
Mile. Georges. Nine. Dorval. Bocage.
Lockroy, Provost and five new scenes
This extravaganza would alarm he
director. who would put off the produc-
ton of the play till better days.
Then Victor Hugo would appear and
shyly draw a manuscript out of h5s
pocket. He would agree to everything.
The stock company would play his
piece admirably. since all he wanted
was a good ensemble: no new decora-
lions would be needed nor any change
at all.
So the piece would be read, and as
the roles were distributed Hugo would
say muslngly. "Dieu. how fine Freder-
lex would be in that part!" THAT Is
true" Horel would murmur. and a few
days after he would that
Frederick was engaged. Hugo would
then demonstrate that this destroyed
the equlpvse of the cast and Raucourt.
Laferriere and Mile. Geore IS would be
engaged. Then Hugo would attack the
stage setting. Old scenes. th1t the pub
lie had tired CT, were almost an Insult
to these great artists. II Ht.rel showed
reluctance at this, Hugo would threat.
en- to withdraw his piece. And so thu
game would go on. till. little by little
Hugo had obtained everything he
wanted. even to changing the paper
tnnxings in the stage L0xes.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
A o OF CESAR.
The Quality of Mercy as Exercised
by the Great Roman.

by the Great Roman.
Cesar Travelled with the retinue of a
man of rank, and on his way to
Rhodes he fell In with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the
Egean, his vessel Is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried HIM
70 Pharmacusa. al Island OF the Ca
eian coast, which was then In their pos
session, and there he was detained for
six weeks with three of his attendants,
while the rest of his servants were
sent to the nearest Roman station to
raise his ransom.
The pirates treated him with polite
ness. He Joined in their sports, played
games with them, looked into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could. frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be hanged.
The ransom, a very large one. about
s1D,000, was brought and paid. Caesar
was set upon the mainland, near Mi
le.us, where. without a moments
delay, he collected some armed vessels.
returned to the island, seized the
whole crew while they were dividing
their plumber, and took them away to
Pergamus. the seat Of government IN
the Asiatic province, where they were
convicted and crucifed. Clemency was
not a Roman characteristic. 1t was
therefore noted with aome surprise
that Caesar interceded to mitigate the
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretches were strangled before they
we're stretched on their crosses and
were spared the prolongation of their
tortura.-James Anthony Froude.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

For the love of country. as such, II
would be difficult to decide between
the highlander of Scotland and the
mountain born inhabitants of the Tyrol.
Both will wander in search of fortune
to the ends Of the world and yet look
back to their native mountains as their
only real home. The same Is true Of
the Swiss, although in n lesser degree.
1t is a very sin, Jar fact that inhab-
itants of mountainous countries pos
sess this feeling of attachment In a
much intenser form than those of Hat
countries.
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THE FEMININE MIND.
Some Men Think They Fathom IT,
but They Are Mistaken.

Some Men Think They Fathom II,
but They Are Mistaken.
A man can very seldom tell what Is
passing In a woman's mind. He talks
with another man, and he can follow
his processes; he gets his point OF
view; he can read between the lines;
nc can make a shrewd guess as to
how he came to say that or why he
refrained from saying the other, says
the Waterman.
But q woman's mental processes are
not those of a man. Her mental ma
chinery is geared differently. You hear
what she tells you. You can make In
~ferences from 1t. They will be wrong
because you do not know how she
rame to say what she did; you do not
have the clew. Try to guess what she
will say next, and you will find that
you are all at sea
The mar who sais that he under
stands woman Is himself a woman.
No man can understand a He
may love her. There may exist be.
tween his soul and hers that indie
Enable and celestial sympathy which
Is the sweetest thing OF earth. but he
does not understand her.
Her mental operation, her ways of
thought, her point of view. will always
be as inscrutable to him rs the mental
processes of an angel. Whether wom'
en- understand each other Is not quite
certain. A greater part of the delight
that men find In the compa nionship of
women arises from their inscrutabllity
You cannot measure or exhaust them.
Their charming inconseqnence, as
It seems to you, will never cease to
puzzle you, and every fresh converse
tion reveals a novelty OF attitude OF
opinion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03
The Parental Plot.

Nellie, DEAR" whispered the Wash
fngton youth. II see my mother and
yours are In earnest conversation over
there. 1 wonder what they're talking
about"
Maybe" said the Washington maid
en-, with a bright blush. they think
they're holding a steering committee
peeting."-Chicago Tribune.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

II the average man who is unlucky
In love spent half as much energy in
hunting up some other desirable girl
as he does In chasing the girl who il
unkind to him. he would soon be o
good deal happier .-Somerville (Mass.)
Journal.
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Accidentally.

Hoa1-How did he make his money?
Joax-Quite by accident.
H0ax-How was thatf
Joax-He lost a leg In a railroad
wreck and recovered damages.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-12-03

Sister-What is the best way to re-
tain a mans love?
Brother-Don't return it.-Ch.cago
News.