Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11

The naval recruiting stations in the va
rious parts of the country have peen espe-
cially enioined to accept no man for serv-
Ice In the navy unless his teeth are SOUND
regardless OF his other qualifications TWO
thirds of the men presenting themselves Tor
enlistment are rejected because of physical
deficiencies. and in many of these cases
the rejection was on account of defective
teeth. 1t is held by naval surgeons that a
man with unsound teeth or who is short the
proper allotment cannot masticate his food
properly, and therefore is too susceptible
TO disorders of the digestive organs, which
cause general impairment of his reliable
ity and efficiency as a working machine on
board a fighting ship The naval require
ments are for sound and healthy men, and
a perfect digestion is essential to good
health.
Eva Booth of the Salvation Army, who is
known as "the Child of the Sums while
on her visit TO Washington recently gave
her definition of those gossip mongers who
traduce the characters of others without
cause She defined this class human
hycnas who sniffie back over a man career
and dig into the grave of the past TO ma
And having found them. they are hauled
forth from the dark depths and paraded
Extensively to the eyes and ears OF all tan-
minded people.
One of Seth BuIlock's cowboys, while dis
cussing various matters and things with a
group of visitors at the National Hotel the
other day. denounced In unmeasured terms
the proposed adoption of the whipping post
for wife beaters in the District of
Columbia
'.TaIk about barbarsm in the west, he
said why. if a man out there would pro-
pose such a barbaric practice as the lash
to be applied to the backs of human be
inss we would drive him from the country.
We are a little rough, we westerners. but
we have a spark of humanity left IN us
yet.
by the way" continued the cow puncher.
IAN old lady stopped me on the street yes
terday and asked me If | was one OF those
COW chasers' she had been reading about.
/ informed her l was a cowboy and she
wanted me to explain to her what was
meant by our chaps, and qulrts ana iaSsoes.
l explained to her. and when / pulled out
my uuirt from an inside pocket she ex-
claimed: .
laws o. mercy it's a whip. Now, If you
will let me have that Quirt. as you can H.
/ viii preserve it, and when the whipping
post comes in vogue. as l know IT VIII,
will send the quirt to Major Sylvester TO be
used the first wife beater that Is SEN
fenced to have the lash LAID on NM
mo ma'am" | replied. you cannot nave
my quirt for any such purpose don IKE
to use it on fractions animal, ana am
used on a human being. should the WHIP
ming proposition become a law. and nope
il never will, for the fair name OF your
city and this free country, which is not d
back number and never will be-eVen py
going backward nearly 100 years to resur-
rect the whipping post
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At a recent campfire of the Spanish war
Veterans of Washington Capt. Lee M
Iipscomb former corps commander of the
rod interesting
stance connected with the 4th Regiment of
United States Volunteer Infantry, other
wise known as the 4th Immunes.
I'm Company H, which l commanded,
said Capt. Lpscomb, were two men who
were 'bunkies' in the war with Spain but
afterward fought against each other in OPP
posing armies in the South African war
One of the immunes cast his fortunes with
the Beers IN that struggle, while the other
went on the English side as a member OF
the Canadian forces.
Now, it developed afterward that these
two adventurous American soldiers in one
of the fights in South Africa confronted
each other in battle array and fired rifle
bullets at each other. each being uncon-
scious of the fact that his former 'bunkie
in the opposing battle line.
Another member of my company of the
4th Immunes." added Capt. Lipscomb, was
with the American troops in their advance
Tientsin, China, and was awarded a
medal of honor for gallantry in leading one
Of the daring charges of our men,
There were many ludicrous incidents
during the inauguration parade last Satur-
fay" said a citizen to a Star reporter.
zone that came under my personal obser-
vation." said he. happened on the south
tide of the avenue opposite Willard Hotel
An enterprisIng individual who was so far
back from the curb that he couldn't see
the parade very well climbed on top of a
barrel and was having a fine time seeing
things until he began hopping about in
his excitement. Then the head of the barrel
gave way and the man disappeared up to
his middle. He was of large girth and
made a good flt of It. He wasn't hurt by
his sudden drop and took 1t a joke until
he tried to get out and found he couldn't
do it. When the head of the barrel fell
In II gave the supporting nails a decided
slant downward. so that when the man at
tempted TO raise himself the nails caught
him on all sides. some even scratching his
tesh. 1t being impossible for the man TO
yet out that way it necessary to roll
lie barrel with the man In II on Its side
and knock out the bottom, using care to
break off the points of the nails. The man
was much relieved at his rescue In spite of
his scratches and torn clothing but he
didn't take any more chances in seeing the
remainder of the parade
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IT see," said a naval officer that an
italian professor of physics has invented
a device for pneumatically lubricating the
hulls of ships and thereby accelerattng
their speed. II it works, it's a great
thing, but I'm from Missouri, and you'll
have TO show me, you know As 1 under
stand it. the device pumps air into the wa
ter surrounding the ship and In that way
reduces the density or resisting power OF
the water. The plan is analogous to the
fabrication of machinery with oil 1t Is
said that satisfactory tests have been
made with ships at Leghorn, and that