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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-02

cent bonds were the first in demand at an
advance in the bid price over that of yes
terday, and 5000 in the bonds were traded
in at S7B an advance of Is over the bid
price of yesterday and a fraction off the
price asked for the bonds on the same mar
ket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
The Patriotism of Ants.
From Harper's.

..
Many times and in many ways the devo-
ton of ants to their commune has been
tested. The rule is we'll nigh invaria BILE
OF instant and absolute self-abnegation. and
surrender of personal ease and appetite,
life and limb to the public welfare The
posting of sentinels at gateways is custo-
mary, and they are apt to know first tho
approach of danger. With heads and auiv.
ering antennae protruded from the opening.
these city watchmen not only dispatch
within news of threatening peril, but rusr
out with utter abandon to face the foe
With ants patriotism is not second na-
ture;' 1t is instructive, Unborn seemingly
as strong in the callow antling as IN the
veteran brave.
1t must be confessed however, that 1t g
rigidly exclusive. Racial catholicity Is not
an emmetorian virtue. Ants are without
that elastic hospitality which embraces and
assimiiates all foreigners. Even the slave
makers hold their domestic auxil.aries
strictly distinct. 1t may be due to overi1as-
tering patriotism that one fails to discover
individual benevolence in ants. Friend
ships and personal affection, In the limited
and specialized sense familiar among do
nestle animals. are yet unknown. Ard
thus it is with other social insects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

vention will be of especial Importance il
military affairs Messages cannot be picked
up. To quote the inventors own words:
In sending message you are sending two
ether waves which allow you choice CT
hfty-sfx signs. and these are given Gireer
print, either as letters or figures. Absolute
secrecy is thus obtained. The only way to
intercept messages would be to employ a
similar instrument. which would have to be
synchronized to the same degree as the
transmitting instrument. Lastly, these ma
chimes will receive their messages (Which
are given at present at a speed Of twenty
five words minute) without anybody being
present, and would thus be Of great adj
vantage in signal box, as the signal man
will receive clearly printed instructions
should he be absent at the time the mes
work only without wires. I gave lecture
in Paris before the Society of Civil En-
sineers, of which / am a member during
which L sent messages to Brussels, while
telephonic communication was going on
over the same wires. 1 have sent messages
also between Berlin and Frankfort
The apparatus consists of a typewriter
which. by depressing key sends two i'm
pulses Each letter requires only two inn
pulses. and the different letters are obtained
by means of the time interval between
these impulses. For wireless purposes these
impulses operate switch connection with
the induction coil, thus making the sparks
for sending the ether waves. The induction
coll Is connected with an aerial as well as
an earth wire. To turn the apparatus into
receiving instrument it is only necessary
TO move switch which is placed beneath
the typewriter This makes all the con-
nectlons to the receiving apparatus, which
consists OF coherer and very sensitive
relay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
MONTEZUMA,
Objection to the Name Proposed for
New Mexico and Arizona.

From the New York Tribune
Heaven defend us from the creation of a
state of MonteZuma. With the comparative
merits of the two-state proposition, the
fc ur-state proposition and the no-state
proposition we are not now concerned. This
is an article on nomenclature. 1t is said in
washington that two-state project is
again talked of, and that the people of
Arizona are to be forced unwillingly into a
state called Montezuma by submitting an
enabling act for union with New Mexico to
the combined populations of the two terri
tories. 1t is calculated that Arizona would
rather remain territory than accept such
statehood, but by this little game of bunco
they are to be permitted to be minority
in voting themselves on a general ballot of
both constituencies into the Union The
morality of that scheme might at another
time arouse interest but we are too
deeply impressed by the horror of Monte
yuma to be moved by any such minor mat
ter! Better TO dwell iii d perpetual state of
slavery than be pitchforked into a state
of Montezuma,
Who was Montezuma that sovereign
state of the American Union should bear
his name? What associa ton has he with
the land to be admitted? MonteZuma is the
more or less incorrect name of more or
less mythical Indian chief who at the time
of the Spanish conquest dwelt about a
thousand miles from the territory in cues
tlon and probably never saw or heard of it.
He was not great warrior or statesman
but appears to have been an amiable weak
ling whose misfortunes cast about him
halo of sentimentality. 1t would be about
as appropriate to call the proposed state
after the last Incas, Pocahontas, Toussaint
LOuverture or the legendary Tammany
Representatives picking out such a name
suggests romantic mother calling her
child for the heroine Of the last novel she
wept over.
If these two territories are to be COM
bined there are already two good names
available. Arizona is euphonious and firm
~ fixed to one part of the soil. Descrip-
lively and historically New Mexico is even
better, and the only reason for abandon
ing ii would be the jealousy of Arizonians
New Mexico has been the name known the
world over for that region for four CEN
turtles. 1t has been in every geography
since the arrival of the Spaniards. It is
as thoroughly naturalized as Florida or
Louisiana or Texas California. 1t is
older than Massachusetts or Virginia II
is no more un-American than the names
of any of the other territories which have
come down to us from Spain bringing their
titles with them, and no more a seryile
imitation than New York or New Jersey
or New Hampshire. The name should run
with the land. 1t is of historic Importance.
Wantonly to blot it from the map to re-
place it with some stupid new invention
would be a piece of verbal vandalism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

leather whips commanded the khan
1t was done. After over a hundred strokes
the man tainted. He was revived and taken
back to the kibitka. but again he refused
to kneel or pay any kind of reverence to the
enemy
Then the khan. mad with rage. subjected
him to favorite Turcomau punishment
sword was plunged into a brazier until
IL was white hot and then passed in front
or his eyes, at the distance of about two
nches burning away his sight forever.
sun the blind hero. In his agony. adhered
10 ms resolution, until at last the khan
heart
This story is told to recruits in the Rus
SIAN army as an example of the manner in
Wflleh they should uphold the honor and
piesuge OF Russia among her enemies.
All for the Gear.
To teach them to be ready to sacrifice
themselves cheerfui1y for the car. they
are told of the heroic conduct of a COMPANY
OF infantry in the Khokhandese campaign
The artillery was badly needed. at the front
IN one of the battles. but its advance was
stopped by deep ditch. Instantly the foot
soldiers threw themselves into the ditch and
hiled it up with their bodies so that the
guns could gallop over them and engage
the enemy.
Dogged determination is the main char
aeteristic of the Russian soldier as ii is
" inc russian nation. lie Is used to re-
verses, ana they make little impression on
hm- No soldiers have been more frecrllent-
~ beaten than the cars, but in the ma
!otlty or cases they have won in the end
week after week and month after month
their furious assaults on Plevna were re-
pulsed with terrible losses; but Plevna was
ultimately taken
NO series of campaigns was ever more
disastrous than those against the Turco-
mans n the years from 1873 to 1879 Dur
ing that long period the Russians had to
Dear up under an uninterrupted series of
reNerses. which eliminated in the crushing
defeat and rout of the Lazareff- Lomakin
expedition. Yet next year they took the
field again under SkobeleT. as fresh and
ready for fight as ever. and they conquered
the Turc0mans in less than two months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
Foot Exercise a New Fad.
From the New York Times.


Foot exercise is the latest fad among
fashionable pedicures, not only for making
the feet pliable and graceful, but for the
removal Of corns and bunions that will not
yield to the usual treatment The exercise
takes about half an hour each visit. costs
81, and requires about three months for the
course By that time the toes are said to
respond to Individual control as easily and
as fexibly as the fingers
The treatment is very simple said an
uptown chiropodist, and, unlike most
fads, it is not imported. The process was
thought out and taught to others by a man
who used to have large patronage in the
Turkish baths in this city, but who has
now retired from business. The toes are
twisted and wrung, one at time. until
they are quite pliable like babys. Then
the patient is told to exercise them. There
are hve movements-up. down. right, left
and rotary. We do a great deal of this
sort of work for women particularly those
who have to dance much on the stage or
those who have crippled their feet with
high French-heel shoes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

Rice drops nis sing-song and prepares for
action. His orders to the men are sharp
and snappy. Carelessness at this stage
means the 'oss of valuable fish, for II the
ropes are not held taut the shad can escape
over the top. Sometimes the veteran leaves
his post between the lines and takes a hand
himself at the hauling. AS soon. however,
as the fish begin to come within seizlng
distance Capt. Rice takes the center of the
stage, so to speak. for no one but the lead
er and his trusted lieutenantS handles the
fish. A boat is propelled into the middle
of the mass of shad. now in comparatively
shallow water,e and the fish are caught and
thrown into the boat.
Ready for Another Try.
They are usually so numerous that they
can be picked up by hand from the meshes
of the net When the catch seems to be
all in the boat the net is hauled up. the
last remaining stragglers taken out of the
meshes and deposited with their friends
and relatives in the boat and the net is
Immediately Sot ready for a second cast.
Then the spectators descend from their
posts of vantage on the bank and bid for
the fattest sh1d in the heap. 1t is considered
something to ba proud of to be able to say,
Il bought Shad al the fishing bank. fresh
from the river. still kicking. My, but it
was fine. So quite a profitable business IS
done as soon the net is hauled in. pro-
vided the day is fine and the spectators are
many.
The sharps predict an unusually fine shad
season, for the signs are propitous and thu
rivers have teen well stocked. A good
catch will net many as three thousand
shad at one haul. although the record haul
is much greater than that. The men arc
paid by the week and boarded by Capt
Rice. They usually gather for the shad
fishing at the same time every year lust
a : sraf fpr he hary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
CALIFORNIA LIONS KILL DEER
Method of Hunting Much Like That of
Big Cats in Africa or India.

From the Les Angeles Times
More deer are killed every year in Cali
foinia by the mountain lions than by the
bullets of the hunters
Next to the jaguar. our mountain lion is
the largest cat in the two Americas. and
ne is the champion deer slayer of the world
Within thirty or forty miles of Los Angeles
he catches the fieet-footed graceful crea-
lures, and wakes fat on the sweet flesh He
knows no deer season other than all the
time
wherever there is good deer country in
this or any other southwestern state there
also Is the best place to look for lions, and
that Is one OF the reasons why the large
NERDS or deer are restless, seldom staying
long in one locality. There is nothing they
fear more than the sight or smell of
mountain lion. Not even the sudden ap-
pearance OF hunter will so quickly drive
them from range of hills.
The lions method of hunting the deer is
not unlike that of the big cats of Africa
ana india in the pursuit of the antelope
ana deer of those countries. Having found
spring or pool where the desired game
comes to water at nghtfall the lion selects
an oFerhalglng limb or ledge of rock.
whence one leap will carry him to the back
or throat of his prey, and thereon laws him.
self out in perfect accord with the limb it
sell In the gathering dusk the imperfect
eye or the deer has little chance against
thIs hidden terror, and the wind, usually
MS faithful ally, can help him none now,
1or the lion is far and away too old a cam
paIgner not to lie up wind from the spring
me deer comes; one leap from the limb
or ledge, and the sharp teeth and powerful
paws soon break the tender neck: and don't
You believe it when any one tells YOU that
a California lion can't carry away a deer
Inc writer has followed the plain. broad
trall of the heavy pads for over half a
mile, and then come suddenly on the place
where the killer had stopped TO rest There
In plain outline was the imprint of the
deer S body; but for that whole distance the
hon had carried 1t well up and clear of the
ground Such "portages' are not infre-
quent in the career of hunting lion. as
these animals never eat their game where
they Kill 1t. Sometimes they hunt in pairs
but in six or eight years spent in the hills
the writer has seen but one such hunting
pair.
Like the rest of the cats the world over
the mountain lions mainstay in hunting ia
patience. He will wait for hours on a mar
row nmb or no a rocky ledge in the coldest
night rather than get out like COYOTE and
scour the slopes for his supper: with feet as
holseiess as an owls wing. he will follow
an Unsuspecting rabbit or belated spike buck
until favorable opportunity for lean
presents. and then it is generally ''aU day'.
for'the hunted. But of all things the lion
loves deer meat and while he will dare "a
great many dangers for young pig. his
liking for deer is even greater than that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
Is Smoking Demoralizingp

from Iiarper's Weekly
DIR. Seaver, the physical director of the
Yale gymnasium Is quoted as saying that
he has observed that high-stand men at
Yale do not smoke and that the smokers or
the college are of mediocre attachments or
low standing.
There is no question that smokers man.
ners need to be ameliorated. If they are
bad at Yale Ii is no more than can be OBJ
served elsewhere. If they can be improved
In the case of college lads so much the
better But DR.. Seaver's reported observa-
tons on the moralizlng mental and phys
zeal effects of tobacco will stand little
more discussion. He says the high-stand
men at Yale don't smoke. Against that wa
record that here in New York most of tho
mgb-stand men seem to be smokers. Ordi-
nary observation indicates that a large ma
jority of the leading men in New York
Judges, politicians, merchants bankers.
lawyers, doctors-smoke tobacco. And
some of the ablest ministers do the like,
though perhaps not majority of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
st. Nicholas Bones.
From the London T.lerranb

rrom the LONDON Telegraph.
Bari and Venice have always disputed as
to which of them possesses the authenti.
bones of St Nicholas, but there woul
seem to be no doubt in the mind of the Rus
sian general, Bogdanovitch. who. on seeing
them. offered the Cathedral of Bari 600
600 rubles (about f105, 000) for them. with
the intention of taking them to Russia.
where this saint is extraordinarily popular
1t appears that Gen. Bogdanovitch was
visiting Bari when he saw the relics. which
are at the bottom of a species of well. the
bones being crossed and water springins
from them continually. He became very
thoughtful, and then exclaimed: II Will
give You 100000 rubles for them" When
those present smiled. thinking that he was
Joking. he repeated his offer several times.
but. OF course. ii was refused. The present
czsr. as cZarowitch. visited the same relies
while the cathedral was the scene OF
Queen Helena's adjuration of the ortho-
doN creed and her conversion to Roman
Catholicism. 1t is thought that the matter
VIII not end here. and that the general will
make further efforts to secure the bones,
but, of course. he has no chance of success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
Suggestions for Arbor Day.

From the Southern Workman.
In many schools arbor or tree day is now
regularly observed. Fathers cooperate
with the children, and in their own wagons
bring trees and shrubs from the woods to
plant in the school yard. In the south fall
is the best time for transplanting most
trees and shrubs. as web as flowers and
ferns, except Very delicate flowers which.
should be transpianted in the early spring.
Some practical farmer In your neighbor-
hood VIII explain how the transplanting
should be done, and by consulting him you
will enlist his corporation. Care should
be taken to carry plenty of. earth with the
roots of the bush or tree, and to dig hole
for it deep enough to accommodate all the
roots. The earth should be firmly packed
about the roots; IL any are broken they
should be cut off. and the branches should
be cut back to correspond with the loss OF
roots The plant should be we'll watered
until firmly rooted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
In Queer Japan.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Zee.
The Japanese do not know how to kiss,
II Japanese girl learns to kiss it shows
the work of a foreign instructor. She does
it as an accomplishment, not as an enjoy
ment.
The Japanese woman does not blacken
her teeth under the mistaken idea that it
makes her attractive She does 1t to make
herself unattractive. Her husband is sup-
posed to know her value
Give Japanese back yard ten feet
square, and he will have Chinese garden.
with any number of paths of glittering
white quartz. But give a prosperous Jap
anese few acres-one acre-round his
house in the suburbs, and he will make an
attractive landscape garden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
THE ZEROGRAPH.
An Ingenious Machine Which Sends
and Receives Messages.


From the Inycntiye Age
A wireless telegraph writer. or zerograph.
as it is called for>ihe sake of brevity, has
been invented by an Englishman The
zerograph in appearance resembles an ordi-
nary typewriter, but it is of simpler con-
struction, with keyboard figured with the
signs of the letters and numerals, which
can be printed or telegraphed to any num-
Der of instruments. Each instrument, the in
yentor explains, is at once a receiver and
a transmitter, enabling operators to con-
verse with one another in writing, and thus
obviate misunderstanding, which are apt
10 occur in telephone communications So
far messages have been sent only for a
short distance. but Ii is intended to expert
ment over wider spaces, and 1t Is hoped
that messages can be sent to any distance
that ether waves will carry. The machine
is always ready for immediate use, and as
there Is no mechanism which requires to
be wound up in. order TO obtain synchro-
nism. the operator has both hands free for
manipulation.
Another advantage claimed for the IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

Gunner-"What is all the trouble in that
big building"
Guyer-'Why, the dentist and the mani
curist are at war as to who shall occupy
the second floor"
Gunner-"H m! 1 suppose they'll fight 1t
out, tooth and nail."-Chicago News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05


The courage of the man behind the Rus
sian guns has been amply proved time and
again. No nation can point to heroic deeds
of it's fighting men which cannot be paral-
leled from the annals of the Russian sery-
ice. Englishmen are justly proud of the
logged pluck of Moyse, Sir Francis DoyIes
drunken private of the Bluffs" who hay-
ing fallen into the hands of the Chinese
during the opium war, was ordered, oil, pain
of death, to perform the rotor to a man
DARN. He refused, saying that he would
not PROSTATE himself before any Chinanar
alive. whereupon he was immediately
knocked on the head and his body thrown
on dunghill.
That incident has almost an exact parallel
in the behavior of a soldier OF the Persian
Dragons, who was captured during the
Khiyan campaign, and ordered to kneel be-
fore the khan, to whose ..kibitkap {audi-
ence TENT he was taken
II only kneel to God and the emperor,
said the Russian.
Take him outside and fog him with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

Of notwithstanding rock
Now and then D. picked up some.
Now and then filed pocket.
Each time We took bearings and labeled
the specimens, to find the spot again if
need be.
Here's another spring.
We filled another can, about three quarts
You know.
We grubbed up sediment
And the sun mounted high and started
down the other side. We Iunched on goat S
milk cheese. black bread and tnin sour
white wine, found at q cottage lost in the
hills. Our pockets were filed with bits of
ore. Our cans were filled with varied min
eral waters We saw an eagle. four rab-
bits. two squirrels, three pretty girls, and
eIghty-seven goats. And that is the way
ones goes prospecting IN France
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

From tho National Geographic Magazine.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-02
COMMERCIAL
Mendixabal v Ca.

po- haberse extinguido el tempo
Enarcado en- el contrato social ha sido
elisvelta Ia sociedad que giraba en- es-
IA plaza con la raz6n de Mendizabal y
Ca quedandO Z cargo de la que Sc
-s.stablece con el mismo nombre para
Ia liquidation de la extinguida.
De la que ahora Sc ha tornado son
-secios gestores don Leonardo Echega-
ray. don Generoso Candina y don Pc
.ziro castafios, y comanditaIio don Ri
-s>1r6e MendizabaL
Deseamos la nueva sociedad toda
szsner1e de buenos negocios.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-02
BrBLIorEcA DEL BoLErM MERcANrIL

Que e corazon recaba independence sus fueros por
snuy sometdo que este las sugestones de la vida prae
tica Panlo Sc qued6 la camara mortuoria por un
impulse noble, pas6 hora tras hora, absmado en- su
pena ante la gura yacente de Adea. La cara de esta
haa perdido rgdez prmera aquella mueca del tram
site supreme tomo una expression de sueno.
Custodio no neces6 hacer grandes esfuerzos para
poner su Amino en- consonanca la tristeza de La ca
a Triste estaba e tambien abatido tanben tena su
nuerto: loaba la perdda de sus usiones querdas, La
runa de sus palacos que habfan venido terra 10 mso
que los castios que corsruan hijos con los tomos
arrumbados Habfa perddo 10 mas soido de So vi
da squella hermosa fe ST msmo, de donde durante
tantos aos sac6 la de uu fondo nagota
hle haba perdido hasta Ell dmo asidero de Ia rea-
ldad rl destno de los reina duros Ahora senna hum
drsele e tereno baJo los pies contemplate misero
intti para todo hasa para evar pan su casa, donde
dfa tras dfa habase egado al extreme de no haber que
conner cogio uuos ejempares de su bro para il men
digar alg1n dinero.
-Pero isl no vende, ssfor Custodio- -dijeronIe
los breros con odiosa urbanidadAqi estan todos los
ejempares de Ia otra vez
al volver los libros aborrecibles. los
zr6 en- TN rnc6u con despecho acudi6 al empeho de
Rss ropas los tmos restos del caudal del boero ante
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-04-02
GUZMAN Ell MALo

tro aquea fente helada aquelos oos donde acaaha de
apagarse la vida.
-iPobre niaat-exclam6 Urfa con hondisima pie
dad-Pura delcada flor! iDuerme duce cratura, duer
la eterna paz
Todos los que estaban la saa acuderon al cuar5O
miranda silenciosos aquela de duelO El zutC
desgarrador de las dos mujerss conmoy6 todaS IdS
corasones y arganc6 lagrimas q todOs los ojOs-