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Scientific Street Cleaning.
ON American Medicine.


An example of what can be accomplished
by honest endeavor, controlled by scientific
Knowledge in the administration Of affairs
concerning the public is furnished by the
work of Street Cleaning Commissioner John
NJ Woodbury. of New York. Not satisfied
with the old and inefficient method of cart
sprinkling and sweeping, he introduced the
plan of washing the streets by means of
compressed air machipes, or with hose from
the hydrants. Instead of laying the dust
by sprinkling, ne says the streets should
be washed clean that there will be no
dust. During the past year an average of
sixty miles of street has been washed daily,
between the hours of l and in the morn
ing. By washing DR.. Woodbury. means
applying the water with sufficient force
to remove the gum which clings to the sur
face Of asphalt; this, he says, Is the only
sanitary way to clean such pavement.
The proof of his assertion Is found not
only in the comparative freedom from dust
as raised by the older methods, but also in
a more positive way by bacteriologic tests.
The latter show that bacteria are very
largely removed from the streets by wash
ing them as described An agar plate ex-
posed at point on Fifth avenue just after
the passage of a sprinkling wagon de-
veloped 400 colonies of bacteria second
plate. exposed at the same place for an
equal time after approved flushing of the
street. showed only ten colonies. Another
proof of the efficacy of the plan adopted
is the low death rate in the part of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
How Balzac Toiled.

From the London Chronicle.
BalZac killed himself with work if ever
author did. His books, each one of which
(when he had settled down to the Coincide
HUmaine') he proclaimed a masterpiece,
were vertable obsession. We know now
with what ceaseless and almst insane toll
he brought them forth, and can see him
wrapped in the monks robe OF white fan
mel, the big throat laid bare, veins swollen,
the great black eyes aflame, agonizing over
plot and scene, supplicatiEg and cursing
the pharse that would not come, sustaining
this through days and nights of three
dreadful weeks at a stretch in the sealed
and curtained chamber where the candles
were never extinguished. Then liVld, I'M
washed and half clothed, he would drag
himself to the printers Thus only in
nation of stylists could the man that never
achieved a style make himself the first
novelist of his day and classic. Wearing
and wasting as this travail was, Balzac's
ready return Of his inspired and seer-like
periods, his quenchless belief in himself and
intrepid faith IN the future enabled him to
continue 1t, with a minimum OF repose, for
thirty-one successive years. And what
bulk of work! From 1921 to 1894 he wrote
thirty volumes, and in 1924 he was but
twenty-five years of age and had not even
begun to think of the "Comedie Humane.
Between 1880 and 1912 seventynine novels
all this the great work was never COM
pleted. On his death bed he pleaded with
his doctor for six months, six weeks, six
days in which to conSummate his task and
sank into coma while pleading for SIX
hours.
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Advance of the Telephone.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
AS far back as 1861 one Robert Hooke
of London, proclaimed the principle of the
telephone By means of a wire he trans
mitted sound over considerable distances.
A century and a half later. I'm 1921, the
word telephone" was first used. being ap-
piled to Wheatstones apparatus by which
sound was transmitted through wooden
rods.
The first patents for the Bell telephone
were taken out in 1876. Long distance tele-
phoning is twenty years old this very year,
At the beginning of 1904 there were
3,779517' telephones under rental in the
United States. The number of messages in
year passes beyond 3,000.O0O,0OO. A cur
rent news item predicts telephone COM
municati0n in the near future between New
York and San Francisco.
With the continent crossed by the speech
carrying circuit there remains the problem
Of trans-oceanic communication By tele-
phone. 1t Is not to be doubted that a So
luton will come. The rapidity Of telephone
development, after its first fair start. as
indicated in the dates given above, seems
to promise that the browning achievements
In long distance communication by voice
may not be far In the future.
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be held up as the emblem of all that Is evil
and mschievous. AS things are it's in
EQUITIES pale into insignicance beside those
OF its eray-necked cousin. The very name
of the latter bird is sufficient to raise the
Ire of the righteous man. To call the arch
villain of the bird world 1.-The splendid" Is
mere mockery of words. Jerdon the ia
nous Indian naturalist, "often regrets that
such an inappropriate specific name should
have been applied to this species, for it
tends to bring into ridicule among the I'M
scientific the system of nomenclature"
The Indian crow is able to utilize most
things. A Calcutta bird has made itself
famous for all time by constructing a nest
OF the wires used to secure - corks OF
soda-water bottles. Bombay is jealous of
Calcutta, and the crows. OF course, ape
their betters The Bombay birds deter
mined not to be outdone by the Calcutta
corvidae.
Accordingly one of the former promptly
built her nest of gold and silver spectacle
frames stolen from Lawrence & Mayo's
factory. The value of the materials used
in the construction of this nest was esti-
mated at 800. But crows will appropriate
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CHARM OF A SOFT VOICE.
American Women Are Too Often
Strident in Speech.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Foreigners, however they may compli-
ment American women, frequently comment
that their voices are harsh" remarked
a writer in a current magazine. And the
pity of it is that in too many instapces the
criticism is we'll founded. Too often the
American woman speaks noisily, stridently
and snappishly, instead of softly, easily
and f1uently.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle and low; excellent thing in woman''--
Thus wrote Shakespeare. and here the
wise bard let fall truth in harmony with
his vast treasury of wisdom. First impress
sions can be controlled utterly by a wo-
mans voice. An ugly face can be beauti-
fed by soft, gentle, low voice, while q
beautiful face can be undone by loud and
metallic tones. Gentleness, the most desir-
able quality in a woman, is at once sug-
gested or expressed in her manner of
speech, while bodness, fippancy and mas
culinity are as readily proclaimed in the
utterance of a word.
1t may not be profitable to inquire into
the causes of harShneSs in the voices of
many American women, but it is plain that
the defect may be remedied without much
difficulty. A little thought is the main
thing. If when she speaks a woman will
bear in mind, at all times and always,
that soft voice charms and loud one
repels, she can add greatly to her powers
to attract. A shrill voice loses much of its
sharpness when controlled and subdued by
this thought and this will.
1t is true that by some singular chance
more low soft voices are found among
women of the south than those of any
other section, but there Is no good reason
why they should not be universal. If all
women in all places would only give atten-
ton to this important matter they would
succeed in making even more glorious their
most glorious of sexes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
Regulating Marriage in Kansas.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The freaks are coming to the front rapid
ly at Topeka First 1t was a bill to estab-
lish conditional marriages-to separate all
husbands and wives after they had lived to-
gether ten years. Then came a bill abolish
ing all divorce. Then bill providing that
If man was not married at thirty years
of age he must espouse woman selected
for him by state commission. And now
comes a crank from Cherryvale who wants
the Legislature to establish the whipping
post for the man who corrects his wife
with trunk strap or the soft side of
two-by- four scantling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
For People of Thirty.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
IF you reach the age of thirty without
having had any serious illness you will be
likely to live till seventy or more" said
physician. "All the old folk know reach
ed thirty without any alarming maladies
scored against them.
From thirty on all you need do is TO be
careful, to observe a few simple rules OF
health. 1 should say that these rules-and
they are the rules that have been adopted
by the German emperor-were simple and
good.
Eat fruit at breakfast and at luncheon.
Avoid pastry, mullins, hot bread and
bUttered toast.
Eat potatoes only once a day
Walk at least four miles in the open afr
daily.
DO not drink tea or coffee
Take a daily bath and wash the face
with warm water before retiring
Sleep eight hours"
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things for which they can have no possible
use They commit larceny for the love of
the thing. The Indian crow is the incar-
nate spirit of mischief. The bird will wan
tonly tear a leaf out of a book living omen
on the table. My gardener, adds Mr.. De-
war, puts every morning fresh flowers in
the vases This operation is performed in
the veranda. One day the man was called
away from his work for couple of min
utes. During his absence a crow swooped
down and succeeded in taking a beakful of
flowers and breaking the vase in which
they We're placed
A retired colonel who lives in the Hima-
layas is an enthusiastic gardener and the
crows are the bane of his life. They root
up his choicest seedlings sever the heads
OF his most superb flowers from the stalk
and fly away with the little pieces of ma :
per which he places in cleft sticks to mari;
where seeds have been sown.
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ready sold than were produced all last sea-

ready sold than were produced all last sea-
son. The barefoot sandal is here to stay.
Not only are they being made for the little
ones, but many adults are buying them for,
house slippers, because of their wearing
qualities.
A salesman, just returned from his west
ern trip, says out west there is as much
demand for sandals east and SOUTH
While the barefoot sandal was originally
intended to be worn at the seashore and
summer resorts, this salesman remarked
that there were hundreds OF children out
west who never saw The seashore that wore
barefoot sandals, being to them the ideal
comfort and health shoe.
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CROW IN INDIA'S LIFE.
Anything He Can Garry Away Falls
Prey to This Pest of Tropics.
From the London News.

1t IS quite impossible for any one who has
not sojourned IN 1.-The land of regrets &c
appreciate the important part played by
crows in the daily life of the Anglo-Indian.
India without it's crows is unthinkable; 1t
could only be likened 10 London without
Its fogs. Wherever human beings have their
abodes there are multitudes of corvidae to
be found, for the Indian crow is insep-
arabic appendage of town and village. Two
species exist side by side in India-the great
blaekbrd known to Anglo-Indians as the
corby. and the smaller gray-neeked species.
Both birds lead lives of aimless vagabond-
age; both are scoundrels of the most pro-
nounced type; both are sinners beyond re-
demption.
Did the black crow exist alone it would
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Popularity Of Barefoot Sandal.

Contrary to all expectations. the barefoot
sandal Is here to stay. and thousands OF
pairs are daily being made up for next sea-
son. It was the general opinion last sea-
son, when so many of them were worn, that
the sale must have reached its climax, but
more than twice as many have been al
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city which has been so cleaned for con-
siderable period of time. Extended COM
ment upon these facts would be superfiu-
Gus. They are made possible by putting
the right man in the right place consum-
nation devoutly to be desired in many of
GU" graft-cursed cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
Their Future Homes.

The thousands of Russian refugees now
temporarily domiciled in the cities OF other
European countries do not look upon their
present location as permanent. Few OF
them are at work, for the labor market Of
Europe is not at this time in receptive con-
ditiOn, there being scarcely sufficient en-
ployment for native labor. The Russian
exiles naturally drift together, those of the
poorer classes seeking shelter in certain
districts of the cities, and as most of them
are of the Jewish faith, they are given
friendly hand in the Jewish communities,
which are a feature of every large Euro
pean city. They gather on the streets and
in the cabarets where the cheap wines OF
the country are sold, searching the daily
papers eagerly for news of Russia and of
the progress of the war in the east. Those
who are we'll to do find entertainment in
more expensive places, and soon make ac-
uuaintances among the business and pro-
fesslonal men of their own nationality or
religion who are TO be found in nearly
every calling known to European life.
1t is more than probable that a large
number of these people will in time find
some way of returning to Russia without
serious consequences to themselves, but in
the meantime many are drifting to Eng
land or to the United States, realizing that
they have finally severed such ties as for
merly existed with their native land. Con-
ditions in England are so desperate at this
time that few laborers are so unntellgent
as to seek London as a place for employ
ment, and if the money can be secured it
is not long before ticket to the United
States is purchased and the Russian exile
al-inspiring possibilities through one of
the Mediterranean ports to the south one
of the German Belgium ports to the
north j. d. WHELPLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06

SO the men of the British garrison ar
tillery are to be given "a general knowl-
edge of the characteristics of submersible
boats Here's hoping that they'll all como
safely up again.-Boston Globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06

Thousands Of situations have been OBJ
Star.
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How a Passport is Secured.

The Russian system of securing a pass
port is the most complicated in the world.
and because of this fact the business of
passport broker or agent is recognized
calling If broker is employed-and it is
generally necessary to employ one-an extra
fee is involved for Ibis services The cheap-
est possible price at which a Russian pass
port can be secured is S15, and only those
issued under the most favorable circum-
stances cost less than twice that amount.
centagc of those who do not intend to re-
turn to Russia trouble themselves to Sc
cure passports unless they are leaving nv q
route, such as Russian seaport. where
out the requisite paper |--
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Mayer & Co., 415-417 9TH ST.

would certainly work no injustice to the
Russian government and possibly AFFORD as
sistance in controlling those liable to mill
tary duty, but it would De a serious matter
for the thousands of Russian citizens VINO
leave their country without passports, for
the simple reason that they cannot apply
for them without exposing themselves to
blackmail and possibly to ruin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
Pillow. Specials.

All-feather Pillows. good ticking,
size IS by IS inches, weight, each. 2at
pounds: regularly $1.75. Spe- O9c
cial price. per pair. .......... >OSo
Good Feather Pillows. fancy ticking.
size 20 by ~ inches, weight, each, 49,
pounds. Regularly $3.50. S1 80
Extra quality Live Feather Pillows,
size 20X5I inches, full weight, fine tick
ing. Worth $500. Special SD OK
price, per pair. W. Z"
Extra fine selected Goose Feather
Pillows. best narrow blue stripe tick
ing, size 20X2I inches, full weight.
Worth 500. Special price, S.3 20
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Underground Methods.

Underground Methods.
Ihere Is an irregular traffic in permits TO
leave which, unless the applicant is in
very great hurry to get away and the minor
officials are aware that they have him at
their mercy, costs only about half as much.
The people inhabiting the villages and
towns on the frontier are entitled to what
Is known as polupasek free of expense,
This is a pass which enables the holder
to come and go across the frontier throueb
the police lines in the conduct of their req
ular business. When an emigrant arrives
at the frontier he can get one of these
passes for a consideration. which will en-
able him to cross. After he has made his
escape the pass is sent back to its owner
either by mail or through the friendly Of
ices OF some one returning to Russia
Failing to get either an official pa ssnort
or a frontier pass. plenty of means are nro-
vided for smuggling people across the from
tier. OF the thousands who reach the Ger
man ports not 10 per cent have any form
of permit to leave Russia. Since the war a
regular business has grown up in the com
Quoting Of emigrants across the Russian
frontier. Russian emigrants arriving In
London have talked without reserve of the
methods they have been forced to employ
to escape from their native country They
tell of secret meetings in the forests and
forced marches at night. and of hiding bv
day of the bribery of the frontier police
g
trian town near the Russian border These
people are then placed upon trains on the
German or Austrian railroads and shipped
direct to ports of embarkation for En-
gland or the United States. There is an
parcntly considerable variation as to the
manner in which the German railroads
treat their emigrant. passengers for those
who are taken in hand at the regular and
official points of departure from the Rus
sian border are required to show their
Russian permit to leave, and also to be in
possession of at least $15 in money. No
such demand is apparently made upon the
irregular traffic and the only requirement
is that the refugee SHOULD have enough
money to pay his fare to German port.
Fear of British Restrictions.
Great alarm is now felt among the Rms
slams for fear that the English government
will adopt some measure of immigration re-
striction which I'LL neeessitate a passport
from every emigrant seeking a landing in
the British Isles. The proposed immigra-
ton in the British parliament, contains a
clause to this effect, and should it become a
law and be strictly enforced, it would
greatly change the tide of travel between
Russia and Re west. People leaving Rms
STA without passports would be forced
either to remain in other European conn
tries or an increased number would find
their way to the United States.
1t is argued In England that, as Russia
requires a passport from every foreigner
entering her territory. 1t would be no in
Justice to make the same requirement of
all Russians entering foreign countries. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06

50-pound Felt Mattress. two parts,
guaranteed not to get lumpy or lose its
shape. Regularly $500 G1D DE-
50-pound Double-SiZe White Cotton
Mattress, two parts, fine ticking. guar
anteed to retain its shape and be a
thoroughly satisfactory bed. SN 9M
Worth $1,000. Special. .......p UeOS
Full size Cottontop Mattress, straw
filing, good ticking and well G1 MO
made. Special value. " IVY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06

la California Wool
Blankets; the number
retailed at $3.50. ......
ia Extra Fine Cali
fornia Blankets. These
are best $40 kinds.
Comforts. GOV ere d
with extra fine quality
silkoline. Usually So.
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Other Outfits.

White Enameled Iron Bed
with springs and mattress i,
Guided. Single bed size, +
S5.9S; double bed size, for S6.4
Inquire on fourth floor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-09
De Manatf
Noviembre 5, de 1926

NOv1embre 5, Gle 1925.
Los sefiores Taboas hermanos har
!esta blecido desde Ell d1a del Corrlente
|un servicio de coches entire este pueb bic
" ell de GALES, a Is centavos asiento
|Esto favorece los muchos pasajeros
|de ambas localidades.
Ell dia ocho en- curse Sc inaugura
Ira solemnemente la biblioteca escolar
|prometiendo el acto quedar lucidi
|simo.
Don Diego Rios Sc ha hecho car
leo de la Fonda denominada LA Stem
pre- viva" sta en- los bajos del doctor
Rlazquez.
Sc dice que varias escuelas rura
es Sc piensan abrir.
La respectable DANA dofia Provi-
dencis Pozo de Rogue, ha salido para
Camuy.
Un ranch6n propiedad del sehol
Case, ardio hace pocas noches, que
mandose algunos becerres. NADIA sa
benos detalladamente.
Corresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-09

Although MIR. Post mas Deen actinSl
las Governor only. about forty eight|
hours already encountered djsagrea
sble surprise.
The most determined adversary of
the League of Municipalities possibly
lima gined that by opposing-with eve
3rv trick and artifce he can command
the municipalities contributing to the
maintenance of the League. that the
necessary work of the aSSocia ted
would fail.
Pehaps he labored under the delu
sion that with the Erst obstacle en-
|countered the defenders of the Lea
que would feel themselves vanqui
shed.
Mr.. Post has done everything in his
power to bring about the failure of the
work of the assembly, thinking-and
perhaps saying-that in three months
b body would give any thought to
the League.
Mr. Post was signally mis- taken. AS
lis always the case when he thinks of
|anvthing, discusses anything. or favors
Zanvthing. the most complete and alb
solute failure crowns his hopes and
ambitions. The people continue thi'.
sking about the League; its lnitlators
! also
Mr.. Posts scheme for blocking tn
League has proved dismal failure
liz has only served to demonstrate tht
popular enthusiasm and the general
zinterest in maintaining the organiza
$tion'
The popular subscriptions made
! with the above object have give the
result looked for.
The municipalities being resign
! ed to accept the centralizing impos
3ition of the government which in this
case has also shown itself hostile tc
! the collective desire-have been able
2to carry to flush the work of defen
&C without the supposed violation OF
+ the law with which the Secretary OF
Porto Rico threatened their treasurers
The Portoricans are not SO mercur
Hal and volatile as Mr.. Post evidently
Ebelieves. They know from bitter
Experience, aud have comprehended-
! though tardily-that from the lnsu
liar government it is useless to look
flor the redress of wrongs and inju :
Stices.
The country has come to know their
tutors we'll 1t has OWNED their in
stentions and discovered their inter
aested and selfish - olives.
If Justice is not Obtained frocl Wash
2ington, there is absolutely nothing to
abe hoped for from the tunctlonaries
! swho divide the colonial booty.
On this account the League o.
1 municipalities is a necessity. for this
treason is an organization of true re-
/ pre- entation needed. one like thi:
League, free from the fetters. of tht