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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
BENEFIT OF COLD BATHS.
Effect of Frigid Water on the Health
London Doctors Opinion.
From the London Chronicle.

With the approach of milder mornings
those person whose state of health does
not permit of indulgence in the matutinal
bath at the temperature of the winter and
early spring atmosphere gradually abandon
the dash of hot water in their tubs and
take the water as they find it. Young peo-
at the cultivation of the regular cold bath
habit, so as to accustom themselves gradu-
ally to the rigorous joys of late autumn and
winter tubing 1t is therefore an appropri-
ate season for discussing the alleged merits
and dement's of the cold bath. so that those
who are likely to derive benefit therefrom
may be encouraged to persevere with 1t.
and those who will probably derive more
harm than good may be warned IN time
against its Injurious influence Seeing that
two persons are constituted exactly
alike, 1t is highly improbable that the prac-
tice of the cold bath will have similar
effects on all and sundry.
The cold bath is as rule beneficial to
the robust, to young men and to men in
the prime of life; it Is, however, generally
unsuitable for early childhood, for women,
for the delicate and for the aged. Since,
nevertheless, there are exceptions to every
rule, each adult Is able to discover the
for his or her individual constitution by
giving it a trial. On taking a cold bath;
that is. a bath In which the water is below
the temperature OF 20 degrees-the first
effect experienced Is sensation of cold,
with perhaps slight shiyering and a. gasp
or two for breath. The system. in short,
receives a shock. The skin becomes pale
driven out of the surface capillary vessels
by their sudden contraction. and the tiny
elevations of the skin, called pApillae, be-
come distinct, causing rou8hnsss OF the
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ing tub the water is mainly employed a
vehicle for the application to the surface
of the body of that powerful form OF en-
ergy we call cold. Under its influence the
rate of oxidation of the tissues is increased.
Tissue change is accelerated. the excretion
of carbonic acid and urea from the system
augmented, and appetite consequently in
creased. The susceptibility of the Gu
taneous nerves and through them. OF the
cutaneous envelope as a whole to the in
Guence of cold. damp air Is very much
Iessened. and the liability to chill is re-
duced almost to vanishing point.
There are, of course gradations of the
cold bath. Persons to whom the plunge
bath, in which the whole body is immersed
at once is too formidable a shock, may
take 1t by easy stages. bathing the head.
neck and shoulders before getting into the
bath, and the feet and legs before under
going complete immersion. In this way the
nervous and arterial systems are prepared
for eventualities, and the shock" to the
system (Which is of the essence of the cold
tub correspondngly minimized. The mild
est form of the cold bath is the cold
sponge down. and this may be recommend
ed to the less robust as satisfactory
tonic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
WITHIN THE EVERGLADES.
Luxuriant Growth of Plant and Animal
Life.

From the Century.
The Islands of the Everglades are covered
with luxuriant virgin forests The liveoaks
and the bays are present in large numbers,
interspersed with wild cucumbers, wild
lemon and wild orange. The papaya, the
custard apple and the prickly ash are of
very frequent occurrence, and here and
there governed by the size and elevation OF
the islands, are the cabbage palmetto and
the pine. Wild rubber trees are also found
in some localities, growing to enormous
size. Throughout the region there is
phenomenal growth of vines. The morning
glory and honeysuckle attain great size
and almost everywhere. The wild fig,
which fastens Itself about massive trunk
of liveoak or bay, lives its cannibal life
til the supporting tree trunk has been de-
stroyed. Wherever the land is dry enough
the coontie plant hourshes. This plant is
really the Florida arrowroot. 1t is the
mainstay of the Seminole. From its root
he extracts -four ard starch, both of which
are delicate and digestible.
There is a remarkable variety and pro-
fusion of wild flowers. Water lilies and
spider lilies abound. Orchids found IN
great numbers and are of great beauty.
On many OF the islands grow giant ferns,
the fronds of which measure ten feet in
length
The shores of the streams by which the
Glades are entered are covered with rank
tree grows all about the edge of the
Glades, producing blue fruit on the eastern
edge and white fruit toward the west. The
fora of the whole region is unique and UNI
studied, and contains, no doubt, scores of
plants unknown and unclassified
The Everglades are not sportsman's
paradise, in the usual sense of the term,
Nevertheless. animal life is fairly abundant
in that portion of the area where the
larger islands lie. Deer are found on both
the eastern and western edges and now
and then bear is seen. The panther has
not entirely disappeared, an occasional one
finding its way into the explorers camp.
Offers are plentiful. and the Seminoes,
who hunt both the otter and the alligator
for their skins, derive considerable rev.
enue from otter trapping. The alligator is
often SEEN and his gentle roar is by no
means unmusical On the Soutfeas stern
edge the crocodile (Crocodilus Ameicus) Is
found in small numbers. though his more
favorite haunts among the mangrove
Businesses between the Glades and the
bays and sounds about Cape Sable.
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cutaneous surface, called "goose-skin;" the
cutaneous exhalations are checked, and
the senses dulled; the action of the entire
nervous system is depressed, and the pulse
falls ten or twenty beats per minute, II
the water is very cold.
So far the action of the bath has been
sedative. If the bath is continued for more
than two or three minutes there is a dimi-
mutton In the temperature of the skin. On
leaving the bath, however, in the case of
one with whom the cold bath agrees
different set of symptoms succeeds; a sem
sation or glow soon comes on, with in
creased circulation in the capillaries of the
skin. This is called the reaction" and ii
is generally sign that che bath has agreed
with the subject On the other hand in
the case of the weakly and delicate. the
glow Is slow in being established. and, in
deed, may be barely established at all,
while the feeling of cold and the state OF
nervous depression may persist so long as
to be distinctly harmful. Such persons
may find their fingers and toes numbed,
and the cutaneous surface blue for a long
time afterward, and they are obviously not
mt subjects for the cold tub. Injudicious
friends sometimes encourage the unfit to
persevere in the use of the cold bath in
the hope that they may become accustomed
to Its rigors and SO derive ultimate benefit,
but such course can only be productive
of mischief.
The cold bath is best taken in the morn
ing before breakfast, and never should be
taken after the system has been fatigued
ny cOHSiueIdDle SAeTtion, dS quich "dihhtS'
running, cycling, dancing, and SO forth,
when the skin is unusually active. Persons
who have weak. fatty hearts. or a tendency
to apoplexy, should avoid cold baths, and
very cold baths should not be taken by per-
sons suffering from varfcose veins, Such
baths are also bad for persons with a ten
dency to congestion of any of the internal
organs
On the robust the action of the cold bath
is chiefly tonic and bracing, its cleansing
or detergent properties being of the slight
est. Thoroughly toscleanse the skin warm
water Is necessary, In the ordinary mori-a
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the water in any direction from well for
ward to we'll abaft the beam. The ship is
also equipped with davits for rehoistinS
aboard those torpedoes with dummy
noses" used in the practice drills. When
one of these swimming shuttles is launched
from It's tube it's weight is about that of sea
water. but as its compressed air discharges
through its engines the steel shell becomes
more buoyant and when its run is fin
ished 1t floats until recovered, recharg9d
and retired.
The employment of this odd ship means
that our navy is studying the automobile
torpedo with increasing interest, and in
tends that all seaman gunners shall be
well drilled in its bloody science. The
Navy Department has collected statistic
showing that before the Russo-Japanese
war broke cut there were nine attacks by
Of twenty-seven torpedo boats employed
in these attacks, sixteen got under fire and
used the torredoes, while two were lost.
or the jfJ men engaged in this warfare
less than per cent were killed. In these
Line attacks the torpedo boats sank eight
vessels, including battleship, two ar
mored cruisers, three protected cruisers,
one tug end one schooner. According to
these statistics the chances for q torpedo
beats destruction when under fire are one
cut of eight. and, considering the fact that
four vessels were sum, TO each torpedo
boat lest this means OF warfare would
seem to be successful especially in view
of the fact that three of the vessels stung
by these wasps We're heavily armored levi
athans OF the battleship and armorcd
cruiser types.
But the Navy Department is waiting for
reliable reports from our naval attaches
detailed to watch the naval battles between
Russia and Japan before making any det-
Unite deductions.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Range of Bees for Nectar.
the Milwaukee Free Press.

From the Milwaukee Free Press.
THE range of honey bees Is but little
understood" said F. Frank Kilbourn.
MANY suppose that bees go for miles in
quest of nectar, while others think they
go only for a short distance. 1t may be
curious to many to understand how any
one can tell how far the bees may fly, but
this is simple when understood. Years
ago when the Italian bees were first in
troduced in the United States, these bees,
having marks different to the common bees
already here, were easily distinguished.
and after any beekeeper had obtained the
Italian bees they could be observed and
their range easily noticed. II bloom is
plentiful close where bees are located, they
will not go very far. perhaps a mile in
range. but If bloom is scarce they may go
five miles. Usually about three miles is
as far they may go proftably. Bees
have been known to go as far eight
miles in a straight line. crossing body
of water that distance to land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Wind Versus Steam.
rom the Philadelphia inquirer.


Those who think that sails entirely
old-fashioned are requested to note that the
average rate OF sailing by the victorious
Atlantic across the ocean of her own name
was faster than most of the steamers which
plow It's waters. We do not refer to the
fast liners, which make six, seven or eight
day voyages. but to the great mass of yes
sells which come and go over the seas by
means of steam. The Atlantic made the
voyage in little over twelve days, actually
reaching land within twelve days, but ham
dicapped at crossing the line by calm
The average speed was over twelve knots
an hour. while on one day she averaged
nearly fifteen, or more than sixteen statute
miles an hour The sails which carried
these yachts over were specially designed
the craft were not laden, and there vas as
much sacrificed to speed as safety would
allow. 1t Is much to be doubted whether
the result will be an immediate Increase in
sailing clippers. but one thing is certain,
that there Is always a safe reliance to be
placed on sails when there Is occasion.
Perhaps we are drifting away from ali sorts
of wind-driyen craft, though Il must be with
a feeling of sadness If such proves the
case. There are lots of US who remember
the days when the American clippers were
uHrivaled, and when our sails whitened
every sea and were the admiration of the
world.
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SCIENCE OF SLAUGHTER
To Be Taught Aboard Unique
Naval Vessel.
THE OLD VESUVIUS
CONVERTED INTO A MODERN TOR
PEDo TRAINING SHIP.
Will Be Used for the instruction Of
Officers and Men In How to
Operate Torpedoes.
Copyright, 1905. by John Enreth watkins,

Copyright, 1905. by John Elfreth watkins)
Distinctly unique in our navy is the tor
pedo training ship just put in commits
sion for use at the naval war college and
torpedo station, Coasters Island. New
port.
Aboard of her elaborate experiments will
be made by the naval ordnance department,
demonstrations will be given for the bene-
fit of classes of officers detailed at the
war college in the warm Irritation season."
and drills will be held for those seamen
sent regularly to the torpedo station to
qualify for the grade of seaman gunner
Strollers along the cliffs of the billionaires'
Mecca will not recognize this novel drill
ship as a once famous Yankee man-of-war
made over; will not perceive that she is
the ci-devant demon of the deep We
suvius"-that floating volcano, far-famed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24

In the days of Santiago when the Span
iards broke out in goose flesh at her APP
proach. AS the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
she has these seven years languished IN
plant of the navy" Brought into being as
the fad of naval officer she was designed to
sow concentrated hades on land and sea, to
clear mined harbors at $4,000 per square
mile, and to plant earthquakes on terra
firma, wherever she might design. Fated
from the first to be unique. she was the
only dynamite boat in any navy. But to-
day, after expenditure OF S2o0,00O about
all that remains of her old self are her
hull and engines. and even these are en-
tirely new In many parts.
Course in Internal Machinery.
The science of slaughter, par excellence.
will be devised and taught above and be-
low her decks. Small wonder that our del
egates to The Hague convention shifted at
the pledge to refrain from balloon bomb
throwing and refused to sign on grounds
that such a swearing of would be gross in
consistency so long as nations still plotted
to open below their foes the food gates
of a fiery hell, The torpedo is indeed the
most terrible of all legal Internal machines
devised by man and compared Herewith
the anarchists bomb is a mere devil chaser
of Fourth of July.
The government has two distinct schools
of this internal machine engineering-the
offensive and defensive. The former belongs
to the navy and the torpedo training ship
will be the floating university thereof. But
our defensive" dynamitards wear upon
their caps the brass castles of the army En-
gineer Corps. Their internal machines are
only sprung in rational defense, wherefore
they trust thar at the pearly gates ST.
Peter will be more merciful to them than
to their fellow Internal machinists of the
navy.
The Vesuvius is equipped with torpedo
tubes firing from both sides. Instruction will
be given with automobile torpedoes only
and these of the Whitehead pattern, now
used almost exclusively by every great
naval power Of the world. No engine of
destruction has wrought such a radical
change In the fighting machinery of ma
tons as has this invention first perfected
by Robert Whitehead, a experimenting en-
gineer employed at certain iron works in
Fiume Austria. Since its advent the ar
mament of ships has undergone radical
change and all fighting leviathans have
had to be equipped with secondary bat
teries OF rapid-fire guns prepared to hurl
from ten to fifteen shots per minute at APP
preaching torpedo boats Since we first pur-
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eight knots for nearly a half mile. The
tubes OF the vesuvius will project such
torpedo either under or above water, ana
It VIII be given a start by exploding sew
eral ounces of powder or discharg1ng con-
pressed sir in the rear Of the tube. As II
leaves the tube a latch will trip valve
admitting the compressed air 10 It's en-
sines and thus setting its little propeliers
in motion.
The marvel of It all is how such a me-
chanical fish can be trained before start
ing. TO run at high or low speed, to stop az
any distance and there dive or rise, as
needs be. TO continue along the surface
of the water or at any desired depth up
TO twenty feet. how. even IL accidentally
detected from It's intended path IL imne-
diately brings itself back 10 this original
direction or turns itself through any de-
sired angle. to the right or left, before re-
Stunning this straight path.
The "Secret Chamber"
A peep into the secret chamber'-into
which none but the eyes of the very elect
could penetrate until very lately-reveals
the most original and Ingenious device OF
all-that which keeps the steel fish at a
constant depth beneath the surface. In a
nutshell-almost literally speaking-this
consists of a spring and piston. whose ten.
sion is equal TO the pressure OF the water
at the depth where the torpedo is intended
to run II ii sink below this level the great
er pressure of the water there forces the
spring and piston until they raise a hori-
zontal rudder, and so. vice versa, IL the
torpedo goes above the required level the
less water pressure there lowers the rud-
der. Eat newer ana more wonderful de-
vice. hidden In this secret chamber. rem
ders the accuracy OF the steel fishs aim,
from SIDE to side. so great that after IL has
buffeted the pillows for "A half mile IL is
almost sure TO strike within eleven yards
OF the central point upon the hostile hull
aimed at. To explain this device ii need
be simply said that II has the same proper
ties as the fascinating gyroscopic spinning
top which you played with when a child.
and you well remember that peculiar top
within ring. which would spin out side
wise when the point was balanced on a lit.
tie upright. Just as the top always
stored its equilibrium. this steering attach
ment-the invention OF one Obrey. an AUS
trian-has the power of restoring the tor
pedo TO n straight course. Its perfection
has recently made the automobile torpedo
well nigh an instrument of precision. 1t
automa tically turns valves which throw
the vertical propeller over until the tor
pedo is brought back to the original line OF
fire.
Receiving Practice Torpedoes.
The torpedo tubes of the training ship re-
volve on circular tracks that their au-
tcmobile projectiles can be discharged into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Glamour of the Footlights.

From Grant Dun's Notes From Diary
Mary Anderson Navarro talked also
good deal about the stage and told me that
no one who had not lived behind the scenes
could have any idea how utterly, hopelessly
wearisome II was to live in a world where
all things from the sun and the moon
downward were shams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Progressing Slowly.

From the London Daily News
II am sixty-five years of age" said Sif
Hiram Maxim to an interviewer yesterday,
land 1 remember distinctly that my father
told me that his grandfather had said that
England was evidently going to the dogs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Automobile Internal Machines.

The visitor observing one of these prac-
tice drills will see the automobile White
head with all improvements up to date.
Hauled out In position for launching. 1t oc-
cupies on deck much space as man
carrying canoe of good size. being sixteen
and a half feet long by foot and half
in diameter The visitor sees only a cigar
shaped shell of steel. with a complicated
propeller at the rear of the tapering point.
or stern. In wartime there is screwed to
the blunt head or bow the war head of
bronze, containing from 100 to 200 pounds
of gun cotton Projecting out from this ex-
plosive chamber and ending in a sort of
burr Is the war nose" carrying a firing
pin extending back into the center of the
charge. Immediately behind this pin and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
BLACK FRIDAY.
BY FREDERIC S. ISHAM,
Author of Under the Rose, The S.rolls.,.

Copyright 1904. the Bobos- Merrill compsnyJ
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chased the right to use the Whitehead tor
pedo it has been improved from year to
year until II stands today as the most In
genious piece of machinery ever devised by
human brains.
Machine That Thinks
In fact. one of these automobile bombs IS
not only complete warship In miniature,
but 1t might be said to have brains of its
own, sufficient to carry out the designs of
the commander Enchanting II. OF late years
II has been SO greatly improved that It's
speed has increased from six to thirty knots
and its accuracy has improved from an un-
certain hit or mss chance to surety that 1t
will strike within few yards of the mark
aimed at, and this regardless of the eternal
restlessness of the waves and currents of
the deep. Even today skilled engineers are
burning the midnight oil to further perfect
it. and their improvements are being peri
od1cally announced.
In the compartments of the torpedo In
struction ship many of these automobile In
fernal machines will be stored They will
be regularly used in practice drills. and the
greatest care will be taken of them. for
they are expensive playthiugs, costing any
where from 5000 to $500 apiece. Thus
any one of them represents the money
which the average citizen tolls for a life
time to invest I'm home for himself and his
posterity
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From the Tattlcr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Receiving Practice Torpedoes.

The torpedo tubes of the training ship re-
volve on circular tracks. SO that their au-
tcmobile projectiles can be discharged into
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-19

Does 1t work?
You should see the results Do the
working people want steady work and
steady wages? Do the merchants,
clerks, lawyers and teamsters as we'll
as other citizens? Do the manufacture
ers appreciate steady peace! DO the
railroad owners care to have each town
on the line humming along day by day
and the railroad employees living in
satisfied peace? Is it worth while for
people in Il community to enjoy a
steady flow of prosperity in place of
the badly broken condition of Industrial
warfare now and then fixed on many
communities? To produce effective
work the National Association must
have financial means to carry the cler
ical force and employ a small army of
competent organizers in the field. Some
prominent men, keen to detect the
practical workings have contributed
literally. Manufacturers can afford 20
contribute from $10Q to $4,000 each.
"A strike is as bad as a fire" and this
is simply a very easy and certain form
of strike insurance. Merchants can
we'll afford to expend SIS to $25 a year
towards the work. Philanthropic peo-
pie with a motive for helping their
fellows can invest their public good"
funds in no more practical way and
the working man and common citizen
of small means who feels desire to do
his little share towards a great ma
tional movement for industrial peace,
can send 81, fifty cents of which makes
him a member a large of the National
Citizens Industrial Association and the
other fifty cents pays for the Square
Deal" the monthly magazine devoted
to the work The Square Deal tells in
plain words what a square deal is and
applies that principle to everything it
prints. Each month the current ques-
lions of the day are treated and COM
mented on. analysed and clarified so
that the Common Man" may get
facts facts!. facts!!!
The rank mental poison spread
among workmen and the public gener-
ally by the yellow journal and the vio-
lent labor papers, seems to rot the
mind of the steady reader until it mas
about as much capacity to think
sanelv as Worn out rubber shoe.
Anarchy and lawbreaking is being
Taught by these riot breeding papers
10 such an extent that any thought
f,,1 man would be startled to know the
facts The condition of unrest, is cul-
tivated by the yellow and labor papers,
constantly teaching the wage Garner
to hate every man who owns a house
or has saved a dollar The outbursss
Of rioting and violent talk against
police protection. the civil courts and