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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
LEMON JUICE IN WATER.
Chicago Bacteriologist Advises Its Use
to Stop Fever Infection.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Chicagoans who -or any reason fail to
boil the water they drink are advised to put
plenty Of lemon juice in 1t and thus render
typhoid fever germs practically harmless.
This advice, so timely in view of the bad
condition of the lake water. Is based upon
comments made by DR.. w. X. Jacques, the
bacteriologist in charge Of the city labo-
ratory. upon alleged experiments recently
made by European psychologists to dis
cover a means of protecting the public
health, but particularly soldiers, against ty-
phoid infection from impure water. Ty-
phod fever Is a water-borne disease and SOL
diers have neither the facilities nor the
inclination to purify their drinking water
by boiling it,
The European School of Tropical Medi-
cine said DR.. Jacques yesterday, has
been experimenting long time to discover
a means Of protecting the health of troops
Aon the march against the impurities of the
stagnant water of the tropics. They have
at last produced tablet Of citric acid
I WHICH best answers the purpose.
Lemon juice is one form of citric acid
and If not too greatly diluted will so injure
typhoid bacteria as to make them practi-
cally harmless.
end something like the fins of a fish, by
which it propels itself. The effect of lemon
juice or any other citric acid is to shriveI
up those filaments. which prevents the germ
from penetrating the tissue or entering the
blood"
While DR.. Jacques advocates the liberal
use of lemon junce as preventative of ty-
phoid for those who lack facilities for boil
ing the lake water. he further says that
neither citric acid nor lemon juice has any
curative properties after typhoid fever has
developed.
Typhoid fever" he said, els caused by
the germs penetrating the tissue and en-
tering the blood. They do not remain in the
intestines. as was formerly supposed. Once
the tissues have been penetrated and the
blood becomes infected the germs are be-
yond the reach Of citric acid. They are af-
fected by 1t only when they are fully ex-
posed Even then they will not be de-
stroyed, but simply deprived Of their power
to penetrate the tissue and infect the
blood"
The discovery Of the European bacteriolo-
gists in this respect Is not altogether new,
according to the same authority, as many
attempts were made during the civil war
to induce the northern troops In the south
to use lemon juice freely in drinking water
as preventive Of typhoid. and several of
the Oldest practitioners in Chicago have
prescribed lemon juice for years for the
same purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
MAGIC MIRRORS.
How instruments Used by Magicians
and SWindlers Are Made.

From The New York Evening Post
The aphorism of Barnum that the public
loves to be humbugged finds illustration in
the success Of the oculists in this country
who sell magic mirrors to credulous in
diyiduals for S. and SO, which cost one
tenth those figures. Some of these charia
tans. with sublime assurance, have called
the law to their aid to protect them from
rivals or 1t may be to add prestige to their
merchandise, as several of the mirrors are,
or claim to be. covered by letters patent.
copyright or trademarks.
The mirror makers can Justify their call
ing with precedents numberless. The belief
that bit of bright metal or glass could be
SO charged by the black art that it would
reflect in visible form the invisible things or
beings about us is as old as civilization.
Egypt and Babylon. Persia and Ind "a.
Japan and China, have made and used these
occult instruments from early times. Those
which are made in the far east possess
qualities which at one time were puZZing.
but which, when the secret was discovered.
were found ingenious affiliations of optical
laws 49,
The simplest is the japanese lucky mir
ror, a fair model of which the writer SAW in
a Broadway shop a couple of days ago.
This is fiat plate and handle made of a
metal resembling steel. One side is
highly FURNISHED that it reflects as well az
the best silver-backed looking glass. The
reverse is chased in low relief with figures
Of vines. birds. clouds. and ideographs or
talismans. When employed in the usual
fashion it does not differ from ordinary
mirror, but when large beam of light is
thrown upon it and reflected upon a dark
wall ceiling, in the reflected circle APP
pears a luminous face, Telegraph, or other
figure The result is secured in the original
welding casting of the mirror, when a
piece of metal Of different composition
shaped like the figure it Is to produce Is
fused into the circumjacent mass.
A similar effect Is produced In slvered
mirrors by just laying on the rejecting
character in one kind of tin foil and filling
In the rest Of the surface with foil OF the
same appearance, but different rejecting
quality. Akin to this style OF work are the
magic lacquers which at certain oblique
angles disclose figures and lines which are
invisible when looked upon at right angles
to the lacquers surface. oldest of the
oriental mirrors are those set at the bottom
of a cylinder or truncated cone, whose sur
face Is waved or undulating. The base re-
fleets in ordinary manner; the sides In such
a fashion to produce foci or focal circles
at various points. From one point of view
the locker sees a faint halo about his face
at the bottom of the cylinder; from a Sec
ond point a misty human face alongside of
his own; from a third face looking at
him through his reflected eyes.
The principle which underlies these odd
images is the same as that used by Cooke
ard Maskelyne In LONDON I'm producing
their ghosts and seems to have been en-
ployed with great skill by Cagliostro in the
eighteenth century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
YACHTING ON THE ICE
An Exciting Form Of Sport in
the North.
SWIFT AS THE WIND
THIS IS THE BUSY SEASON ON
THE SHREWSBURY RIVER.
Big Fleet Of Boats-Intense Rivalry
Racing for the Cham
pionship.
SWIFT AS THE WIND
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special correspondence OF ne LSeuluS StdT.
= RED RANK, N. J., January g. 1908.
The late William Curtis of New York, the
father of athletics, used to say that RedE3ank
was the ice yachting center of America. Mr.
Curtis knew what he was talking about,
having gained his knowledge In this respect
while acting as referee of the national
championship skating races decided here
several years ago. 1t was when Johnny
johnson wrested the championship title
from Joe Donoghue the@boy from Newburg,
who for years held the championship hon
orS.
AS a confederation of "Father Bits"
statement. it is only necessary to visit Red
Bank a brisk, cold winter day when an
ice yacht race is on. Even the natives Of
the town, who have been familiar with ice
boating for a half century or more take
such interest in the sport that they
couldn't be hired to remain away from a
race. This is especially true when big
event is to take place, like the sailing of a
pennant race. Naturally, the fun draws
the curiousy inclined who have never seen
an Ice boat race. The latter class quickly
become Interested and excited, and conse-
quently their visits during the remainder of
the ice boating season are very frequent.
An Exciting Sport.
There is certainly an element of excite
ment in an ice boat race that causes every
nerve In the body to Jingle. Imagine. If
you will, boat body shaped like a Greek
cross, with mast sticking out where the
upper section Of the cross intersects the
longer piece of wood. The mainsail and
jib, If the yacht be sloop rugged, like
those of a regular yacht. The day is cold
and the wind Is blowing strongly that
it Is well nigh impossible to stand upright
on the green. f1inty ice. The yachts sails
are nearly bursting with the force of the
wind upon them, and the boat Is skimming
along at the rate of nearly mile minute.
Two or three men in small cockpit at the
extreme end Of the cross are holding the
boat on her course, and when the craft
spins around a stake boat they are COM
PEELED to hold on tight to keep from being
thrown out of the crowded pit. Outlines,
when sailing too close to the wind the
yacht shows tendency to capsize, and the
windward runner Is more than once lifted
high in the air, only to come down with a
bump the Ice when the boat Is paid
off bit. This is only rough picture Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
ONLY A SUGGESTION.
But 1T HAS PROVEN OF INTEREST AM
VALUE TO THOUSANDS

BUT 1T HAS PROVEN OF INTEREST AND
VALUE TO THOUSANDS
Common sense would suggest that II one wishes
to become feshy and plump 1t can only result from
the food we eat and digest. and that food should
he aibuminous flesh forming food like eggs
beefsteak end cereals In other wor.. the kinds Of
food that make flesh the foods which form the
greater part OF our daily bills Of fare.
But the trouble IL that while We eat enough
and generally too much the stomach, from abuse
and overwork. does not properly digest and as
simulate 1t, which Is the reason many people
remain thin and under weight: the digestive or
gans do not completely digest the flesh forming
beefsteak and eggs and similar wholesome food.
There are thousands of such who are really con.
frmed dyspeptics. although they may have no par
tlcular pain or Inconvenience from their stomacbs
II such persons would lay their prrjudices aside
and make a regular practice Of taking after each
meal, two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
the food would be quickly and thoroughly dgested
because these tablets contain the natural peptones
and dsstase which every weak stomach lacks,
and by supplying this want the stomach Ia soon
enabled 10 regain Its natural tone and vigor.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets digest every form of
flesh forming food, meat eggs, bread and potatoes
and this Is the reason they quickly build up
strengthen and invisorate thin. dyspeptic men,
women and children.
Ihvallds ana children. even the most delicate
use them with marked benefit. they contain NO
strong. Irritating drugs. no cathartic nor any
harmful ingredient.
stusrt's Dyspepsia Tablets II the most successful
and most widely known Of any remedy for stom-
ach troubles because II IL the most reasonable and
scientific Of modern medicines.
stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets sold by every
druggist In the United States and Canada as well
In Great Britain. at SO for complete treat
ment.
Nothing further Is required to cure any stomach
trouble TO make thin, nervous, dyspeDtic peo-
pie strong. plump and well. 3a7&9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
Reaches Seat of TrOu BILE.
Don't TRY To CURE HEMORRHOIDs WITH
EXTERNAL APPLICATION


When 1t Is such a Unknown fact that hem
orrhoi,is piles Is disease originating In the
morbid iila;ation Of the veins Of the lower part Of
the r.ctum 1t seems Incredible that people afflicted
with this painful trouble should go doctorng
with external salvcs and washes, when the dis
cascd parts only be reached by an inward
application.
The snppostories used in Pyramid Pile Cure are
composed of the most soothing and healing oils end
lotions known to MaterIa Mcdica. and act the
diseased veins and surrounding tissues like magic,
giving almost instant relief The dilated blood
vessels are relieved. the Irritation of the mucous
membrane ceases and bleeding IL stopped
The preIiSposing causes OF piles are such as pro
duce fuliness Of the hemorrhoidal veins and impede
The return of blood from them, such constipa-
ton scd"ntary habits city lfe pregnancy, corsets,
etc; in fact the causes are all fully covered in a
very inter sting little book published by the
Pyramid Drag Co., Marshall. Mich. and the same
will be free to any address upon application.
The general principles OF treatment are accord
ing to the evident causes. active habits attention
diet aud other hygicnlc rules. etc. avoidance Of
constipation and each night the injection Of Il
Pyramid suppositOry to heal and cure the afflicted
parts.
That this treatment has been effective is in
stanced by the Testimony of thousands of people
who have been permanently cured anu by the evil
dence of druggists; the Of Mr.. Samuel Gouldie,
526 Moyamensing ave-, Philadelphia Is fair
sample:
FOR twelve long years suffered terrible torture
frcn piles. / had been under two surgical opera
tons, once In Cleveland, Ohio, IN the year 1885.
and once In Toledo, Ohio, in 1900, and also. tried
II number Of saves and ointments from different
doctors. l at last found permanent cure by only
using two ffty-cent boxes Of Pyramid Pile Cure.
The first two three applications give relief
at once. / am entirely cured and thank Gcd
for finding such medicine as the Pyramid File
Cure" 1a6&9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
Salt Of the Earth.
m the American Medical Journal.

From the American Medical Journal.
The press cables report that Doctor Kou-
lapye Of st. Petersburg removed the heart
from a child who had died twenty-four
hours before and by the use Of certain
salt solution made 1t beat with normal
regularity for one hour. The statement IL
confirmed, Is of great interest. The use Of
massage. needle puncture or stimulation by
electricity or alcohol has started hearts
that had ceased to beat and prolonged life
for some hours. and even carried the pa
tients beyond the crisis to safety. but this
new achievement is a step In advance Salt
seems to be concerned In some very vital
processes. 1t has been urged that its oyer:
use causes cancer, and evidence appears to
favor the contention. Not long since 1t was
reported that by means of salt solution
in which chloride Of sodium figured promi-
nently ova could be developed without the
necessity Of any male element entering
into the process. In view Of the trend OF
events, 1t Is certainly matter for con-
graduation that the distribution. of salt on
the earth Is not such as to lend itself kindly
to the grasp of a monopoly so that. when
salt becomes the most potent OF earth's
forces, 1t still may be had by all people.
Perhaps in the future we may appreciate
why three-fourths Of the earth's surface Is
occupied by salt water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
The Liar and the Lady.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
A gentleman who spends his life entirely
immersed in books has a wife who never
reads anything. but she likes to OCCASION
ally pretend an interest in her husbands
hobby: and so from time to time she goes
to the library and takes down a book just
for sake of appearances.
II chose a book this morning." she re-
marked the other day to her husband "by
an author named Voliv. Is he considered q
good writer
"Voliv?" said the good man, In a puz-
Zled tone. And then not liking to confess
himself ignorant Of one Of the books in his
own library, he added: Yes. my dear. a
writer of very considerable power. who pos
sesses remarkable insight into his sub
ject."
But when she had completed her elabo-
rate toilet and had gone off to make a So
cial call, he sneaked into her room to dis
cover the book Of the author of whom he
had never heard. 1t turned out to be a
volume of Browning's poetry. which hap
pened to have been bound with no name
TO the back. where 1t merely bore the
legend vol. Nv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09

ference to the North Shrewsbury yachts
men. but 1T provoked their brothers on the
other river. Finally, Edward Taber of
Long Branch a member of the South River
club, concluded that 1t was about time to
wrest the Georges laureis from her. Ac-
cordingly- he constructed yacht. which he
named the Leroy. The boat was not only
built for speed but she was built to with
stand any sort of a gale, from a thirty
mile zephyr to a cyclone The Leroy did
the trick, and Captain Irwin was COM
PEELED to admit that the George had at last
found her conqueror. The race occurred
here last winter. and the pennant waved
over the South Shrewsbury.
The conditions for sailing the pennant
race require that all contests shall take
place on the grounds Of the club holding
the streamer. The race this winter will.
therefore, be sailed on the South Shrews-
bury. One Of the results has been that now
a rivalry has sprung up among the owners
of the third-class boats. All OF them are
represent the North Shrewsbury club In the
race on the other river. This in itself viii
cause an interesting period of boating this
season at Red Bank, as trial races must
yacht In the fleet here. Captain Irwin viii
be one of the competitors with new boat
William White will be another and Charles
Burd will also be in the struggle.
Sharp Rivalry.
It is not certain that the North Shrews-
bury boys will go up the Hudson river
to race for the challenge pennant OF Amer
lea. The Red Bank yachtsmen feel positive
that they have an able representative IN
James B. Weaver's Scud,> which has at
tempted time and again to snatch the pen
nant from the. Hudson river club How
ever, they believe that the presence OF the
boat here would mean an added interest In
ice yachting at Red Bank. as there are but
three Of the big racers in the local fleet.
the Scud, Capt. George Coleyk, Rocket and
James B. Doughty,s Driadn9 light Last
winter the Scud and Dfetdnah Shtg were up
the Hudson, leaving only the Rocket
home and there were~noraces between the
big flyers. Both of the Red Bank boats
made an excellent showing against the
Hudson river yachts, but their quest OF the
pennant was in vain.
There are not less than thirty iceboats
in the north Shrewsbury clubs feet, rep
resenting an expenditure Of several thou
sand dollars. Besides these there are the
little yachts which are-terHaed the mos
quito fleet on account OF their diminutive-
ness and their apparent, ability to dodge In
and about the other boats with the utmost
ease. There are at leaft> fifty boats. all
told, on the river, when ME boating condi-
lions are perfect, and the combined fleet
forms quite an Armada of.icH yachts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
Letters Written in Wrath.

From the Boston Christian Register.
Because everybody does not know or re-
member the story of Abraham Lincoln and
Secretary Stanton We tell it once more. 1t
Is good for use. Stanton had been exa sper-
ated by the conduct of one of the generals
in the field. He complained of him to Pres
ident Lincoln, and said he was going to
give it to him hot. That's right" said
Lincoln. Write him a letter and tell him
just what you think of him. Make a clean
breast Of It." With heat Secretary Stan
ton wrote his letter and showed 1t to the
President. Then he folded it to be inc,osed
and directed. President lincoln said:
What are you going to do with that letter
Stanton?" why, l am going to send it
to him. of course" "Oh no." said Lincoln:
put 1t In the waste basket. You never
ought to send a letter Of that kind. You've
got the thing of your mind now: let it
drop" In ninety-nine times In a hundred
the place for a letter written In wrath Il
the waste basket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
Bell That Called Columbus.
From III, Pittsburg Dispatch,

from IhI P1ttsburH DBpdtcn,
There Is a bell at Washington whose his
tory dates back to the very beginning of
modern civilization on this continent. 1t is
trifing affair as regards size. its dimen-
sions being only by 61s inches; yet its
notes sounded to call the great discoverer,
Columbus to prayer and sacred worship.
It was brought from Spain In December.
1893. and set up In church at San Do
mingo. 1t was the special gift of King
Ferdinand, and bears the, initial of his
name CsF.'O in old Gothic characters upon
its surface. When La Vega, the new city
of the plains. was founded church and bell
were bodily removed, to 1t. There its notes
smote upon the air to summon the tardy
Spaniards to mass. and served. how fire.
uuently none can tell, to recall to the minds
Of the ventureseme explorers memories of
their sunny homeland located tar away
across the sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
CAUSES OF INDIGESTION.
How Certain Ills Which Affect the
Stomach Become Chronic.

From the Youths Companion.
The causes of chronic Indigestion are man.
ifold, but usually. and almost always in the
beginning. even when the stomach finally
becomes actually diseased, the condition is
due to improper eating. It may not be that
the sufferer eats too much-aIthough very
many people who are not gluttons do that
but he eats improperly. One who suffers
from dyspepsia, or who wishes to avoid
such suffering, should remember that the
stomach cannot do all the work of diges-
ton. Before 1t enters the stomach the food
must be finely divided and mixed with the
saliva. which is as certainly digestive fluid
as Is the gastric Juice. Gladstone, it is said.
used to chew every mouthful of food thirty
two times, one for each tooth. before he
swallowed It.
Long mastication Of the food is useful in
many ways. In the first place, It should ap-
peal to all who delight in the pleasures of
the table. for II the food is savory 1t is
tasted longer and better when well chewed.
Again. long mastication mixes the food
well with the saliva and begins its diges-
ton, and this sweetens the starchy food
and improves its taste. Finally. If one eats
slowly he will have less time to eat much
and hunger Is appeased and q feeling Of
safety Is attained before the stomach can
become overloaded.
w nile one Is chewing, the 1000 should be
moved from side to side Of the mouth that
the admixture with the saliva may be more
thorough.
Too much fluid should not be taken with
the meal. but 1t is not wise plan to take
none. as Is sometimes recommended. The
gastric juice should not be too much diluted
but If the food is well moistened the Juice
acts better and more rapidly. One glass Of
water with meal Is about the right
amount. Cool water moreover, in moderate
quantity stimulates the secretion. Of gastric
Juice and winegiassful Of ice water taken
before the meal gives a FLIP to the appe-
tttes without any of the drawbacks Of
liquor.
If in spite Of all precautions chronic indi-
gestion persists. one should try the expert
ment Of eating only one kind of food at
meal-meat, fish or eggs. without bread and
potatoes or bread and butter without ami
NAL food. The stomach which rebels at
mixed meal will often do Its work salts
factorily II offered only one article of food
at time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
Japan's China Bank.
From Bradstreet's.

Japan, though remote. has no need to be
unfriended or melancholy, and 1t is en-
phatically not slow. A cable dispatch an
nounces that the government of the island
empire has introduced bill establishing a
China and Japan bank for the purpose OF
financing japanese enterprises il, China. The
capital of the concern is to rbe 20,000, 900 yen,
of which the, government Is to contribute a
little less than third. The charter of the
bank is for fifty years, ard branches of the
bank abroad will accept deposits at COM
pound interest and will issue premium-bear-
ing bonds. The statesmen of Japan are wise
In their generation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09

yacht This condition of things existed
for several years. until finally Charles ?.
Irwin built the George. v The boat proved
herself a wonder She had no difficulty in
showing her heels to all. the boats of her
class in the Red Bank fleet, and she was
equally successful In her races with the
South Shrewsbury yachts. 1t made no diff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
A Wise Woman.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
They say her husband gratifies her
smallest wish"
Very likely. She knows better than to
have any big wishes"