Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-12

ct ALWAYS makes me weary to hear peo-
pie complaining of feeling unwell,' said
man not "a member of the medical pro-
fession to a Star reporter. ITS true that
most people are suffering from colds or
some form of the grip. but 1t is not neces-
sary that they should shower their bad
feelings upon every friend they chance to
meet. There was a time when l did the
same thing, but 1 got bravely over 1t, and
now | always say I'm well.
with me it was usually a case of i'm
agination. 1 found out later Every time
q friend would mention a remedy off
would go to a druggist and squander my
money until the list of remedies was about
exhausted. The last recommendation l lis
tened to directed me to go to market and
get herbs from one of the old cOlored
grasses. 1t was in the springtime and the
old aunty told me my face didn't show no
signs of dissipated Fiction and said lit
tie herb tea was all needed.
She gave me the herbs, and when I got
home l made the laughing stock OF
the family and was complained against by
my boy because had not bought my med
1cine in bottle and had thereby deprived
him of a sale to the rag man.
The herb tea started me to thinking
and when l realized that had spent more
than Sloo in remedies and was still COM
planning to every friend who asked how I
L.
What effect. If any, the herb tea had can
not tell. but my condition changed and, the
man who now hears me make complaint
VIII receive good cash present"
x x x x x
Detectives Evans and Muller were sent
on journey through lower Maryland not
long ago and their associates at police
headquarters are still engaging in a bit of
gossip about the trip. 1t was necessary for
them to drive through Piscataway and Sur
rattsville while looking for man who IS
wanted in this city to answer a criminal
charge.
The roads were in bad shape" remarked
one OF the sleuths upon his return 'tand
there was not even any foliage to vary the
mOnotony of the long drive. We had driven
a long distance without seeing ANYTHING
but an occasional house and three hogs
The amin lis followed our team the same
as dog would follow his master over the
road, and we were unable to explain the
incident. When we made stop and the
ANIMALS seemed to have desire to get at
us We We're more at sea than ever 1t was
only after some persua sion, in which force
WAS used that we were able to drive off
the swine
Can you offer any reason for being fol-
lowed III this way?' one of the detectives
asked.
None whatever was his response.
y resident of the county who happened to
be present 1t the time solved the problem
by saying the animals thought there was
something TO eat in the carriage.
Ihey were on a par with the dogs az
occoquan' Va, he said. THE CANNES there
never neglected to go to the river when
trey heard the whistle of the Washington
excursion boat blow, for they knew they
would get what was left from the dinner
tables.
The Virginia dogs may have gotten
scraps from the tables of the excursionists."
one of the detectives concluded ''but the
Maryland hogs were sorely disappointed if
they o-Dected anything to eat from our car
riage. for we We're trying to solve the
food problem when they were following us
"One of the great curiosities to Amer
leans who first visit the Philippines g" said
am army officer who has just returned
after. a three years detail in the archi-
pelago. is he method of decoration used
in the churches and cemeteries especially
in the matter of the statues of Christ and
the Virgin. Almost all the statues of the
Savior in countries w'ose population is
dark skinned are of an Ethiopian hue and
bear the facial characteristics of the ma
tives 1t would never do to Lepict a Fill
Pine Christ as white man. for the reason
that the natives would not understand or
respect it highly as they would divine
lFdueF VI thelr own race. AND 1t follows
that the mother of Christ must also be a
black. nr. a least. of dark hue
But one of the funniest things that ever
caught my eye was a statue in a cemetery
I'm Luzon. There was a glass case as high
as a man and perhaps four feet square
placed In prominent part of the city of
the dead that caught and held the eye
Upon closer inspection the case was seen
Z" contain a statue of woman. She was
Euwned in the most elaborate fashion
known TO the Filipino dressmaker and a
modern hat of the uaiLsborough type was
Sc Jauntily over her ear. the broad brim
falling away in a dasling style from her