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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Moon Superstitions.
From the Chicago News.

FROM tue Cnica2o News
Most superstitions relating to the moon
have to do with the weather. Besides, there
Is the superstition that sleeping in the
moonlight especially If the moon be full,
induces insanity. By the word "lunacy"
this belief is expressed. Farmers believe
that the moon exercises a certain influence
over vegetation, and that beans should be
planted when the moon is light and pota-
toes when it is dark. Many believe that a
change in the weather will come at about
the time that there is q change in the moon.
Prof Pickering points out that since the
moon changes every seven and a half days
every change in the weather must come
within four days of a change in the moon.
AS seen by different persons, the size of
the moon varies from that of cart wheel
to silver dollar. To many it seems about
a foot in diameter, from which Prof. Young
concludes that to the average man the dis
lance of the surface of the sky is about 10
feet. 1t is certain that artists usually rep
resent the moon much too large in size In
their paintings. Occasionally they repre-
sent 1t in evening scenes with the horns
turned downward instead of upward
whereas they must always point away from
the sun. The true angular size of the moon
Is about half degree. SO that 1t can al
ways be concealed behind a lead pencil
held at arms length.
Probably even in prehistoric times men
have noticed the face of the man in the
moon" Plutarch noticed it, and even wrote
whole book about the face in the moon
But besides this, many other objects are
supposed to be visible. The dark markings
to monkey pounding rice. In India they
are said to resemble a rabbit. To the Per-
slams they Seem like the earths oceans and
continents reflected as in a mirror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
CAUSE OF COLDS.
One of the Common Reasons is Over.
eating.

From Science of Health
The invariable cause of colds comes from
within. not without. No one takes cold when
in vigorous state of health, with pure
blood coursing through the body, and there
is no good reason why any one in ordinary
health should have cold. 1t may come
from insufficient exercise. brea thing of foul
air. want of wholesome food. excess of
food. lack Of bathing, etc. but always from
some violation of the plain laws of health.
There can be no more prolific cause of
colds than highly seasoned foods, as well
frequent eating. These give no time for the
digestive organs to rest. and incite an in
creased flow of the digestive secretons
Thus larger quantities of nourishment are
absorbed than can be properly utilized, and
the result is an obstruction. commonly call
ed q cold which is simply an effort of
the system to eXpel the useless material
Properly speaking it is self-poisonlng, due
to an incapability of the organism to regu-
late and compensate for the disturbance.
A deficient supply of pure air to the lungs
Is not only a strong prediSposing cause of
colds. but prolific source of much graver
conditions. Pure air and exercise are nee
| essary to prepare the system for the assiml-
lation of nutriment. for without them there
can be no vigorous health. The oxygen OF
the air we breathe regulates the appetite
as well as the nutriment that is built up
in the system.
is to sleep in a room with the windows
wide open, and to remain out of doors every
day. no matter what may be the weather,
for at least two hours, preferably with
some kind of exercise, If not more than walk
ing One should not sit down to rest while
the feet are wet or the clothing damp. "A
person may go with the clothing wet
through to the skin all day, if he but keeps
moving. Exercise keeps up the circulation
and prevents taking cold
The physiological care of colds is the pre-
vention of their occurrence. The person
who does not carry around an oversupply
of Authorization in his system and further
more secures purified circulation by strict,
sanitary cleanliness. thus placing himself
in positive condition, is immune to colds.
A starving man cannot take cold.
A careful diet would exclude the use of
all narcotics and all food that is not thor
koughly appropriated. An overfed person is
worse off than one who Is underfed, because
the overfed body is taxed to dispose of what
cannot be appropriated, and when not prop
erly disposed of remains only to be an ele-
ment of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
DON'T ALWAYS SEE SNAKES.
Delirium Tremens Patients Frequently
| Have Pleasant Hallucinations.
From the Pittsburg Post.

FROM the PlttSDurg Post.
The generally accepted belief that when
man is suffering from delirium tremens
ne sees snakes in his boots was dispelled
by hospital superintendent, who saws
that he has observed several thousand
cases. He declares that he never encount-
cred one patient who imagined that he
saw serpents, but that on the contrary
the Authorizations of some Of them are
very happy. He said that it was GUS
tomary in the local hospitals treating such
cases to keep the men fresh from pro
ionsed sprees In a general room where
they are allowed to play cards or other
games and engage in conversation with
one another. For misery likes companv.
~ reia'es as an Illustration of the freaks
OF men so deranged the case of a bar
tender who was happily playing cards in
TINS general room, seemingly at peace with
an tne world and to the average person
denly began to tell a story. laughing
heartily as he did so. He said that he had
Just served two gentlemen with drinks of
WHISKY and that when he turned to re-
guests disappeared though by magic
He had turned but an instant, but the
empty glasses were all that were left
70. TO ihalcate that any one had been there
me bartender said that he leaned over
the bar to see if the men had hidden there
TO avoid payment and that he could not
see them, but that to satisfy himself he
mad stepped around the bar to the front
DO you know" said he, relating the
story, that those fellows had shrunk to
little bits of fellows not more than sig
inches tall, and they were engaged in a
spirited argument over who should pay
AS walked up to them one of those lit
tie fellows leaped into my right pocket
and the other jumped into my left trousers
pocket, and, do you believe it, try as much
as would, could not dislodge them?"
AS the old habitues of the tremens de-
partment of the hospital listened to this
story, relates the superintendent, they
looked knowingly at one another and
quietly walked to a drainpipe passing
through the room and vigorously raped
on it, 1t was a signal for the attendants
below, who came in with handouts and
removed the story-teller bartender to the
"booby hatch below, a name they have
given to the padded cell in which recall
citrant men crazed from liquor are thrust
for their own protection and for that of
all concerned. The hospital superinten-
dent told me that that fellow was raving
like mad bull within half an hour, and
that for three days they despaired Of his
life. He said that in their raving condi-
ton the victims believed that someone
was pursuing them, and that to all in
tents and purposes they were maniacs the
only cure for which was sleep, induced by
more liquor. He said, however, that the
premonitory signs of approaching mad
ness were always some queer speech such
as that of the bartender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Market Day in Africa.
,ondon Magazine Of Commerce.

Commerce.
In northern Nigeria there is very general
prosperity. due mainly to the Hausa's I'M
deniable industry in commercial pusuits.
Accounts of market day in the town of
Zaria are very Interesting. At least 10000
people were crowded together in a huge
square and it's neighboring streets, so that
1t was only with difficulty horse and rider
moved at all. Everything appeared to be
Systematically arranged, separate areas
being located. under head market men (who
also collect tax from merchants), for
produce of cotton. cloth, gutta percha very
little RUBBER hides, leather and leather
work, ivory. ostrich feathers, indigo and
fiber; for food stuffs of various cereals,
such as Indian corn, Guinea corn, millet,
rice, barley. vegetables-such as onions,
pumpkins. ground nuts (the so-called
monkey nut), yams and sweet potatoes
along with fresh and sour milk, butter,
shea-nut butter dried and fresh meat;
while the live stock market was we'll rep
resented by fowls, turkeys, goats, sheep,
cattle. horses and donkeys even solitary
camel being present. Cowrie shells land &C.
casionally Maria Terese dollars) are used
as standard of value. magnificent
war horse was paraded for sale at 2, 800 600
cowrles. our equivalent being about f4O to
ESQ. Useful mounts can, however, be OBJ
tanned from anything over FLO. Along with
the aforementioned principal articles are
also found the kola nut, most highly
priced luxury, coming, as 1t does, over a
thousand miles from the hinterlands of the
gold coast and Ashanti; anthony (for dye
ing eyelids), tin and iron represent the met
ais; salt and natron from Lake Chad, be-
sides articles of foreign import, which are
of -infinitesimal value compared to the nat
ural produce, and mainly consist of cop
per wire, cloth. knives. sword blades, razors,
needles, beads, &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
DEGREE OF TEMPERATURE.
Should the Freezing Point Be Adopted
as Zero in the Scale?
From the Hartford TimeI

rom the Hartford Times.
The temperature of the air has forced
itself on public attention during the present
month, and, as contemporary remarks, it
is unfortunate that the method of express
ing 1t is not more scientific. The critical
point for us is that at which water solid
| ifies. Water is so important to life, animal
and vegetable, that the temperature at
which it freezes ought to be the zero point
or beginning OF the scale
The boiling point varies with the pres
sure of the atmosphere, a drop of the ba-
rometer an inch lowering the boiling point
almost exactly degree, but the freezing
point remains substantially unchanged The
temperature of steam arising from the sur
race of wafer when the barometer stands
at twenty-nine inches Is, however, fixed.
and this might we'll have been taken as the
other fixed point of the scale and the space
between it and the zero point divided into
100 equal parts, as is done in the centigrade
thermometer used invariably in physical
experiments.
Fahrenheit, whose Thermometer we use
knew that the temperature of melting ice
was constant, but he thought that the low.
est temperature which could be produced
was that of a melting mixture of salt and
snow. He took this as his zero and il Is
fortunate that he did not know of LIQUID
air, for, If he had begun to measure from
n ometers might today be marking as much
as 300 degrees above zero. He thought
that the temperature of the blood of a
healthy man was interchangeable, in which
he was nearly right, and he marked the
point which his instrument indicated when
placed under his arm "a. This made the
freezing point of water s. Finding the gra-
dations inconveniently large he divided
them into four parts which he called de-
grees. This made the freezing point OF
water 81 degrees. and blood heat SO de-
srees. He had tried several other scales
before and intended to make this one duo
decimal or Invisible by twelve. 1t is. of
course, unfortunate that he did not make il
decimal and start from the freezing poins
of wa ter, making blood heat exactly 100 de-
81 eeS. But we owe too much to this scien-
fist of the early eighteenth century to be
willing to find fault with him. He was Ger
tainly more sensible than of his prede-
cessors, who made boiling water his start
ing point and graduated downward. Per-
haps, too. 1t is not bad idea TO have
zero" represent something worth mention
ing, and below zero" something extraor-
binary rather than merely freezing water.
1t would be about hard to reform the
Fahrenheit scale as to introduce the metric
system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
TO BEGIN TOMORROW
IN THE CASE OF sENA-
TOR SMOoT.
Owing to the Absence of Mr.. Worth
ington This Morning Proceed
ings Were Postponed.

The hearings in the case of Senator
Smoot of Utah. involving his right to seat
in the Senate, will be begun in earnest to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The COM
mittee expected to have the first hearing
at 1890 o'clock today but Mr.. A. S. Worth
ington of counsel for Senator Smoot was
engaged in court case elsewhere, and on
that account the proceeding was postponed
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning
The committee has fixed the hour Of meet
ing at 10 o clock in order to make as much
progress as possible. The committee will
sit from 10 to II o'clock every morning and
from to o'clock every afternoon. With
these sessions it is expected that during
the present week all the witnesses that
have been called by the protestants will be
heard.
Notice has not been served on several
witnesses desired by the protestants, owing
to their absence from the country. One of
these witnesses is in Canada, another in
Mexico. and the third in Cuba. They will
be heard at some later date when they
have returned to the country and notice
can be served on them.
1t is not yet known whom Senator Smoot
will call to testify in his behalf That will
be determined after the case of the pro-
testants has been made out. which will al
low Senator Shoots counsel to see just
what line or testimony they desire 10 reDut
such evidence as may be offered.
When Chairman Burrows called the COM
mittee to order today Waldemar Van Colt
of Salt Lake, Utah. one of the counsel for
the defense, asked for a postponement UNI
til tomorrow on account of the unavoidable
absence of Mr.. Worthington, who has
charge of the case for Senator Smoot. The
attorneys for the protestants made no OBJ
lection to the continuance, for the reason
that the witnesses they desired to put on
the stand in opening the case had not yet
arrived from Utah. The one witness pres
ent was E. B. Critchlow, former United
States district attorney in Utah, who has
prosecuted number of cases against Nor
mons. Former Secretary of the Treasury
j. G. Carlisle and former Representative
Robert w. Tayler, attorneys for the prose-
cutiOD. We're present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Anacostia and Vicinity.

A Waterman reports that freight car No.
9S149 of the PENNSYLVANIA line was broken
open yesterday morning in the Anacostia
freight yards and sixteen pairs of Douglass
shoes were stolen therefrom. They were
consigned TO Joseph johnson Of Richmond,
Va. The police are investigating.
The flooding of the pavement and street
with water after each rain at Jackson and
Pierce streets adjacent to the Masonic
Hall. has led the District Commissioners, IN
response to complaints. to order the install
lation of a catch basin at that point. The
work was begun yesterday
Mr. Eugene e. Thompson has begun the
erection of handsome frame two-story
dwelling at premises 2G9 Maple avenue.
Anacostia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
The Tallest Cathedral.
From the st. James Gazette.

from me 81 JHmes Gazette.
The most remarkable and striking fea-
ture of the new Liverpool Cathedral will
be the height of the vaulting of the nave
and choir--measured in the barrel vaulting.
116 feet, and into the high transepts. 40
feet-whioh cannot fail to produce a very
magnificent effect No cathedral in the
country approaches its height. The near
est Is Westminster the nave of which ha 8
a height of 102 feet while York measures 90
feet; then Salisbury "a, and Lincoln 80
Chester reaches only IS. The whispering
gallery of ST. Paul's cathedral is 100 feet
from the floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Cattle Disease disseminated

United States Consul General Guenther
at Frankfort. Germany has sent decree
to the Department of Commerce and Labor
which was issued by the Prussian minister
of agriculture, domains and forestry, stat
ing that the foot-and-mouth disease which
has for decades damaged German agricul-
ture most severely is now as good as ex-
tinct in Prussia
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28
FORT STREET

have small political influence at Wash
ington. Other naval and military sta
tons have Senators and Congressman
to pull wires for them-to get appro-
priations and push along the depart
ment heads. 1t is hard for Hawaii,
with merely a delegate, to exert influ-
ence. Events have to exert the infu-
ence for her. They are doing so now.
The happenings of the past few months
have surely been enough to show the
need of action If the war lasts we
shall get it. But if peace suddenly
comes we must not be surprised if the
present collection Of options is added to
the rest, to slumber among official rec
ords until something happens to call
them forth again.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28

As bearing upon the japanese sue
cesses in taking such places as Nanshan
Hill, the following, written by General
Butler some years ago, is interesting
THE main lesson learnt in South Africa
appears to have been that infantry can
successfully take almost any position
provided the attention of its defenders
can be diverted by fire directed by
bodies of troops other than those engag-
ed in the actual assault. The best meth
Cd of arriving at this end is by the CO.
operation Of the two or three arms, but
if that cannot be done a second body
of infantry or machine guns should be
employed in favorable positions to
pump lead upon the enemy while the at
lacking troops are advancing to the as
sault."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28

Australia is having something of a
military awakening. The Sydney Her
aid publishes the following: In his
annual report upon the Commonwealth
military forces, Major General Sir Ed
war Hutton, in dealing with the fu-
ture military situation in Australia,
observes that it is impossible to view
the situation, in face of the momentous
changes taking place in the balance of
power in the East, without grave mis-
givings. The victories of the japanese
arms within the last four months have
astounded the whole civilized world by
their brilliancy, and by their astonish-
ing rapidity. The future and far-reach-
ing results of the war have yet to be
felt, but it is safe to predict that the
opening up of China will follow as a re-
suit which, together with the opening
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28

the cable recently stated that
Count TolstOy had come out with a
severe denunciatiOn of the war and of
the Gar. The text of the great Rus
SLAMS criticisms show that he is al
most hystericaI in his writings on the
Smhiect and that he not only de-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28

"Will YOU condescend to honorably
hear my sorrows" is the beginning of
stcry from Yokohama, which tells of
the grief of a father whose son had
gone to the front 1t appears, not that
the son had been killed but that he was
coming back wounded. According to
the spirit of the story, this was a dis
grace almost TOO heavy for the old
mans shoulders 1t was the first time
the family name had ever been trailed
in the dust ana the father could only
say How said tEtt he was not killed b
This Is called Samurai view of the
matter. 1t is 7mgularly different from
the occidental, assuming that it repre-
sents an actually existing sentiment.
The son who goes to war and comes
back wounded is welcomed with glee
by many a mother and father of the
ptrtern nations. He has gone and
fought and fallen and is safe, with duty
done, and doubtless many u parent
hopes he will linger long enough in Il
hospital so that the war may finish
without him going forth to danger
again. At the same time, the mothers
and fathers of the white races have
shown hiatt they can give up their own
readily enough when occasion demands,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28
Count TOIStOy'S
Burning Words


Japanese
it, but advises his The severity of
his criticisms the is well shown following Samples:
inns entangd young man recognized as the leader OF i3o
continually deceived contradict himself
in defence OF lands which with yet less right he also calls his All pres
hdeu which the
Gated believe which unearnd beginning
bow down the ground before these kOns kiss them and
deceitfu speeches which really
Wealthy contribute insignificant portions of their
qued riches for this cause OF murder the organization of help in con-
with while
annually collects mard likewise giving
their mites also The Government nctes and crowds of ders
who walk with the Tsar singing shouting
cess All over Russia from the Palace the reotest village the pastors
calling Christians
Joined ones the God CT Love HimseO help the work
of the devil further the slaughter of
"Supefd by exhOrtatns PROFESSIONS pictures
and the cannOn es hundreds thousands uniform
dressed carrying divers deadly weapons leaving their parents "Nes
children with hearts of but with artificial pghtness where
kng their lives will commit dreadful killing
whom they do not know and who have done them no HARM And they
followed who somehow imagine that home
suffering
those who engaged sughterng each other Those who remain
home gddened by the murder when they eaa
they call G6d
As this not enough o another portion of his long datbe
responsible continues
thank encourage calling
lives feet of him CALL with their lips their adOred Nom
desiring distinguish
the fathers and the
their families them slaughter
Vhen will cease and deceived
WELL hear Tsars MikadOs Minister'S
Bishops generals editors Spectators however be call
shells bullets wish
and will 60
YOu Russians at this
the Japanese what they desire
factory his factory and accomPshes
the work whch is aoed MN WITHOUT "al WI" Dc e
his labor In the soldier acts carrying out the will
his commanders religious fulfilling the work prescribed
to him by God without arguing to what precisely WI" come OF that work
question whether
him he that which
he should do He knows that besides life and death nothing happen and
that life and death are in the hands OF God whom he obey
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-28
The Old Familiar
Investigation

Sometimes imposing
headed Major 1ue carefully
either remind
Hawaii Pacific, that Uncle Sam
the ene than they the days after Ka
laau made his famous purchases field and when there
sort o PunChbOwI
tons Hawaii would be interesting know just what
been with them just what stood in the path all
beyond getting options That the situation thoroughly
Investigated reported by board several
Numerous of them the
approached aganwere the finding what
sell That ended the matter then
and the options
telling big the Notifications Pearl abOr
further Failing options which its
suits
for in gold coin of the realm The land there
when regards D Chinese witnesses
telling Judge E about the fabulous raised
Of rocks and sand
the War and Navy Departments
CrcumlOcutiOn
them the needs of aOT Hawaii
Spain Washington
pigeon Perhaps crisis will
begin the piles of options and military
affecting Hawaii
delay due the fact that Territory
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of a canal across the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, will materially alter the existing
political and commercial situation in
the racific. 1t is certain, he adds, that
commercial supremacy in the Pacific
will be the aim and ambition of the
leading naval and military Powers of
the world, and that Australian interests
must thereby be seriously compromised,
if not imperilled, unless they are effect
lively secured by a reasonable measure
of military defence"