Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

Beauty is the name of a pet cat that
makes it's home in some greenhouses on the
BIadensburg road. and its owner, Mr.. Hugh
A. Kane thinks there Is not another feline
in all the world that can equal his tabby.
She has made no record as an exterminatcr
of rodents and her master denies that she
belongs to the back fence colony of mid
night marauders.
'She is simply a pet cat" he says. land
knows enough to come home when dinner
is ready"
Because of the amount of ground that is
covered by the plant it is necessary to use
a big bell such is IN use on farms. Flor
lists about the premises know from the
number of times the bell is sounded just
who is wanted or If it is time for meals.
"And the cat is equally WISE" says Mr..
Kane.
He had boosted SO much about his pet
that a friend called one day and tried his
hand at the bell to see if the story OF
Beauty had been overdrawn. 1t SO hap
pened that he reached the place about one
hour after breakfast and sounded the bell
the number of times to summon the men to
dinner Beauty stood on a pile OF dis
carded plants. looked up and then walked
the other way. The visitor remained about
the place until the dinner hour, and then
the sounding of the bell brought the cat
to the house before any of the men could
reach there.
'"Tho cat would get it's dinner" remarked
one of the men on the place. ''if We had
to go hungry.
X Il X
A process whereby radishes can be con-
verted into potatoes has been invented by
Frenchman and is attracting consider
able attention In England. according to a
report received at the State Department
from United States Consul Mahin at Not
tingham England. The process OF trans
formation IS interesting The operator
takes very young radish and cultivates
IL In glass retort, after a process invented
by Pasteur. in concentrated solution OF
glucose. Starch then develops plentifully
In the cells of the radish, which swells out,
loses Its pepperness and acquires practi-
caliy the consistency. flavor and especially
the nutrftive properties of the potato. 1t
Is not claimed, says the consul that the
latter vegetable will be at once superseded
or yet that 1t will be cheaper to change
radishes into potatoes than to cultivate the
latter in the ordinary way. Nevertheless
the invention is regarded as one which may
have far-reaching consequences.
X x X
An American private soldier who was
with the regulars when they charged so
CALAMITY up the San Juan hill, and was
struck in the fleshy part of his left leg by
Mauser bullet fired by a Spanish soldier
in the trenches ahead, recently described
how 1t feels to be HIT
The sensation produced" he said, was
like that which would result from a sting
ing and forceful blow from a rawhide or
whip. We were advancing through a
thicket. and 1 remember my first impress
sion was that a bent sapling had sprung
up and struck me on my calf I gave a
laar intn ha oil nd vHla ty,,nd Tart
salemr' or something like that but con-
tinued to rush ahead with the boys. In
about three or four minutes l began to
feel sick ard faint. and upon examination
found l was wounded, but l had fired
several shots before l made the discovery"
The private added that for a time he
was overcome by nauseau, but eventually
managed to apply first aid and then got
back to the rear for treatment. In few
weeks he was ready for service again.
But" he concluded. 1.-The Spaniards had
put up their white flags and l was cut out
OF any more fighting, much to my disgust"
X
As a result of recent tests at Fort Myer,
Va, 1t has been decided to provide six
ganoping ambulances for the cavalry
branch of the army. This style of ambu-
lance is imported from the British medical
service The vehicle Is drawn by one
horse and Is so constructed by springs as
to minimize the jar and shock when driven
over very rough country at a high rate of
speed. In a test at Fort Myer it was
demonstrated that the ambulance could be
drawn by the horse at fast gallop over
uneven ground, with no appreciable dis
turbance to the occupant of the vehicle.
Further tests will be made at other sta
lions, with a view to more general adop-
ton of the ambulance should 1t prove adj
visable.
Judge Scott of the Police Court recalled
some OF his experiences while steamboating
on the Ohio river years ago during the re-
cent hearing of a smoke law violation case
in his court. An attorney had just ex-
planned that smoke was the natural result
OF stocking or adding coal to the fire when
more steam Is wanted
YES" said Judge Scott, Il remember
when steamboats, were racing on the Ohio
river and more steam was required that the
fremen threw into the furnaces hams. bar
rels OF lard and other things. A dense
black smoke, and sometimes an explosion.
followed"
Il r r
Two middle-aged colored women came to
Washington a few days ago to make their
first visit to a city. Both were born and
raised on an estate down in the old do
rninion and had never been off the old place
in their lives. One of the ladies of the
family owning the estate has lived in Wash
ington several years and 1t was desire to
make a visit to Miss Nellie" that brought
the old servants from their familiar haunts.
There was a rolling of the whites of cof-
fee-colored eyes from the time they landed
at the railroad station until they got to the
house of their old friend and mistress, and
wonder at what they had seen was the
principal topic of their conversation when
they were safely within the sheltering
walls They had seen steam engines before,
but the largest house down in that section
does not rise above three stories and when
they got a glimpse of the broad avenues and
streets and the tall buildings they gasped
with amaZement.
But their wonder did not stop there. They
were to meet with the climax of their ex-