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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

New kind of wireless from your wash-lady?2
says l.
Shorty" says he, 1ettin' my vaudeville lead go
over his shoulder, come inside and shut the door.
Then when we'd locked ourselves in the dressin'-
room, he opens up. Did you ever hear of Sicily?"
says he.
Is it a breakfast-food or new kind of ciga-
rette?" saws l.
Its an island, says he "off the toe of italy
l was there last summer. In Sicily l met girl,
native, who-well, she saved my neck. Now she
is somewhere in this city probably in the Italian
quarter and she needs help. She's in trouble,
serious trouble. I'm going out to look for her
Think she's mixed up with the Dagoes?" says I.
It's quite likely, says he, kickin' off his gym"
shoes and reachin for his shirt.
Coin alone?" saws l.
Unless you're willin to go along" says Ro1ly.
Then that's Hey Rube for me, says I.
In ten minutes by the watch we were dressed and
rattlin' down Broadway in one of those 1ectric
hansoms, with the throttle yanked wide open.
Il know Dago roundsman, says |.
NO police in this, says he. I'm going to call
the Italian consul. He's a friend of the old
gentleman"
Maybe we broke the speed ord nance some. but
just in time to catch Mr.. Consul on the
fly, for he was about punchin' the time-card and
shuttin up shop when we blew in. He wore rich
set of Peter Cooper whiskers; but barring them he
Wel-hnjshed old gent When Rolly let
VINO ne was ne gave us DOW Ihat was an ADDRESS
of welcome all by itself and the way he showed out
leather chairs you'd thought he maxim
present of EN- to us.
But Roly didn't have time for fourishes.
He comes right to cases: wants to know where the
Sicilians usually head for when they leave Ellis
Island what sort of gangs they have in New
York; and what kind of Black Hand devitry they
were most given to- He asked forty questions and
never answered one. Then he shook hands with Mr..
Consul and we chased out.
ut looks like the Malabistos says Roly. They
have a kind of headquarters over a basement
restaurant. Perhaps they've shut her up there.
Wen look at the place, anyway"
lot of good it did US, too! The spaghetti works
in full blast, with gang of husky 1ow-brows
gon in and out, smolin' cheroots half as long as
your arm and acting if the referee had just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

G. p was bumpn' the bumps. That's how It
comes that Rolly's a student of mine
Saws the old man to me. Roily's a good boy
when he's kept busy He'll have enough on his mind
in about two months for I've fixed up deal to
marry him off, and after that m going to take him
into the firm He don't take very kindly to either
proposition; 50 in the meantime, Shorty, I'm
going to leave him to you He's just got back
from abroad with some fool notion or other in his
head. haven't had time to find out lust what it
is: but if it's anything you can knock out hammer
away
So Rol1v and me has been having two-hour sessions
every dayIgloves, mat, medicine ball. and all that
and for a voungster that began by goin' short
Of breath after the second round he's turned
out well. But say. there's a few things that's
clean out of nv line Plavin' shappyrone is one
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: : !. !. u. j. j. !.
rS<~-SszAl declared a draw The
A opening for a couple OF
bare-fsted Investigators
wasn't what you might
- call promisin Not having
- their grips and passwords
didn't feel though
we could make good in
their lodge.
L could round up a
gang and then we could rush EN-, says l.
That wouldn't do, says Rolly. Strategy is
what we need here"
I'm just out of that, 3" says I.
Perhaps there's a back door, says Rolly.
So We moseys around the block huntin' for an
alley. But that amt the way they build down in
Mulberry Bend. They chucks their old rookeries
slam up against another to keep EN- from
fallin' over, L guess Generally, though, there's
some sort of a garlic fue through the middle of
the block; but you need balloon to find it.
Hist" says I. " Hold me head while l thinks
a thunk. Didn't I come down here once to watch a
try-out? Sure! And it pulled off in the
Palatial Parors of Appetite Joe Cardenzos Chowder
Association, the same being back room two
flights up Now if we could dig up Appetite
joe"
We did. He was around the corner, close to a bar
playing scope for branded pums; but he let go
the cards long enough to listen to my fairy-tale
about Want1n a JOINT where could give my friend
private lesson.
Sure!' says Joe, passing out the key. But
you breaka da chair | charga tecfty cent.
There two back windows, and the view
wasn't one you'd want to put in a frame. 1t was
almost dark; but down below l could make out a
court filed with coal boxes and old barrels and per-
fumed like the lee side Of Barren Island But catty-
corners across was the back of that spaghetti mill.
We could tell it by the two-decker billboard
the roof. In the upper windows we could see Dago
women and kids, but the windows the second
floor were black
Iron shutters" says Rolly. And that's where
she is, if anywhere
Got a sca1in ladder and jimmy in your
pocket" says l. Then III have to run around
to a three-ball exchange and dig up outfit"
patent fre-escape and short handled pick
AK was the best l could do We made the board
jumper fast inside and down l went. Then there
was acrobatics: swingin' across to that three-nch
window-ledge, balancin' with one foot nothing,
and sngle-hand work with the pick-ax. Lucky
that shutter-bar was half rusted away. She came
open with bang when she did come, and it near
sent me down among the barrels. My eyelashes
held, though, and there l was up against a dark
window.
See anything?" says Roly.
Room to rent" says l, for it looked like we'd
pried open vacant fiat.
Just then the sash goes up with run and some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

YIN ? Why, that's
= Rolly. Sure thing!
No, l amt lookin'
for tips on the stock-mar-
ket; il I was I'd go
straight to the old man
and get EN-. Do l know
the old man? Didn't [
put him in shape to stand
that gruelin' he got when
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
No Better Place.

A young editor Of a country weekly
who thought himself possessed OF a
high order Of talent was lamenting his
narrow fate one day to lady who was
of acknowledged literary ability, mar
rates the Jefferson County Wis.)
Union. 'If I only had city paper TO
write for" said he. chow much better
could do. I would then have an au'
dience appreciative Of my talent"
The lady looked at him for a moment
and said: my dear sir, you are making
a most serious mistake. If you have
talent and are ambitious Of distinction,
why don't you give evidence Of 1t In
the columns of your own paper? Your
audience is appreciative enough II you
will but give them something to ap'
preciate." There is no better place tor
frst class editoriaLwork than the co'in'
try newspaper, and it is a pity that the
men who control its columns 90 not
see that it is the actor, not the THEATRE
that marks the character OF the play
and in reality attracts the audience.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
DIFFUSION Of METALS
Solid Gold Sends Its Atoms Though On.
melted Lead.

Solid Gold Sends Its Atoms Through On.
melted Lead.
According to an official Of the Geo
logical Survey, very wonderful expert
ments have been made in recent years
with reference to the diffusion of solid
metals" 1t has been proved, for in
stance, that gold, without being melted,
will diffuse it's atoms through mass
of solid lead. OF course, the amount
CT the diffusion is very slight, but it Is
easily measurable.
In some Of the experiments cylinders
Of lead about two and three-quarter
inches in length, with gold placed at
the bottom, were kept at high tenn
perature, but not high enough te melt
either Of the metals for various periods
Of tirae. In three days enough gold
had passed upward through the solid
lead to be detected at the top OF the
cylinders. Gold and lead kept pressed
together for four days, without being
heated above ordinary temperatures,
were strongly united.
Solid gold also diffuses in solid silver
and solid copper. =
These facts are regarded as confir'
nation of the view long held in certain
quarters that the three conditions OF
matters, solid, liquid and gaseous, prob
ably always exist in every liquid or
solid substance, but that one predomr
mates over the others.
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Fattened Oysters Dangerous.

When oysters are removed tom
more saline water to that which Is less
salt. says DR.. William K. Brooks, pro-
fessor of zoology in the Johns Hopkins
University, who has made the oyster
a life study, they absorb water quickiy'
and become plump, or "fat," but the
fatness is nothing but water. Inc
"fattening' is usually carried on in the
mouths of rivers, which are always
near towns and polluted by sewage.
Every "fattened" oyster is too sus-
picious to be eaten raw, and the out
breaks Of typhoid fever which nave
been traced to oysters most clearly have
been traced to "fattened'' oysters. All
the fresh water that a "fattened"
oyster has absorbed is at once extract
ed by cooking, so that the "fattening"
of oysters that are to be cooked is
not only an unnecessary expense. but
fraud on the consumer, who is sold
filthy water from the harbors Of cities
at the price of oysters.-New YORK
Tines.
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but gasolene engine the speed cannot
be regulated as perfectly for railroad
car as for an automobile, and that the
addition of the electric machinery
makes control of the running easier
than otherwise.
Nevertheless, a few companies are
trying to make the gasolene engine
alone do the work. One of the roads
on which that plan is being tested is
the Union Pacific The first expert
mental car was built only about two
years ago, and several more have since
been constructed. The latest, No. 7. is
supposed to represent the lessons Of
experience derived from the others.
In size it resembles No. 2, but it has a
side entrance, instead of end doors.
The roof is twenty-four inches lower
than those of ordinary passenger
coaches, and a steel frame imparts
great strength to the car. One Of the
most noticeable novelties is the
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adoption of a round shape for the
windows. The sashes are said to be
air tight, water tight and dust tight,
and to be an Improvement on the
double windows of parlor cars. The
seating capacity of No. I is seventy
FIVE. The interior is finished In Eng
lish oak. The weight is $4,000 pounds,
and the length ffty-fve feet. The car
is especially designed for climbing
grades, and is not geared to as high a
speed as some of the previous cars.
According to the Manufacturers Rec
ord, whose illustration is here repro
duced, the new car was run around the
railroad yard at Omaha for a few days
after it was finished to Timber up" the
machinery. Then, about month ago.
it made a long distance trip. 1t started
out on the main line westward short
time after the Overland Limited left.
The motor car gained on the train to
such an extent that at Fremont, forty
six miles from Omaha, it was held
back six minutes by block signal.
Owing to a heavy wind and meeting
trains from this time on, the schedule
was not maintained; however. the total
time of the motor car from Omaha to
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
Match Prices Advanced.

Owing to the troubles in Russia, the
Austrian manufacturers Of matches
find 1t impossible to procure the neees-s
sary quantities Of Russian poplar wood
with which the so-called Swedish
matches are made.
The largest Austrian match fac
tories have been obliged to reduce
their production on this account. As.
in addition to this, the cost OF other
materials required in the manufacture
of matches has increased and tho
workmen demand higher wages than
formerly, all manufacturers have made
an increase of $1.02 per 1000 sacks IN
the price of Swedish" matches.-N.
Y. Herald. -.
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contrast between the chilly fastnesses

contrast between the chilly fastnesses
and the warmth about US.
= And the Swiss spring! Still Switzer-
laud is most businesslike. 1t invites
you to witness the final bout between
the seasons, when the snow retreats
and the flowers win. Just now you
may dig a stick into the melting snow
upon the heights above Montreux, and
discover the triumphant blossoms that
have been waiting for the moment. OF
release. Thousands of, feet above the
level of the sea! But Switzerland, the
businesslike, has arranged for all that.
1t is scarcely necessary to set one foot
before another. You may be dragged
by all kinds Of mechanical transport
aioft. Even as you tremble at the
transit of the funicular railway that
takes you from Territet to Caux and
will finally convey you to Les Avants
and the neighborhood Of eternal SHOWS,
you will see the flowers, tenderly trucu-
lent, thrustiug their heads through the
stone walls that border the ascent.
Printed notices implore you not &c
stretch out a hand and pluck them.
One might as we'll pluck water lilies
from the Thames. Both acts were
murder of the first degree.
Contemplating the heights and living
on the level we are polyglot crowd
in the hotel, and most Of US are here
upon a hint from some doctor or other.
Medical regulations are here spun upon
the point Of all epigram. There are
Russians and French and Germans. a
sprinkling Of Americans. few Eng
Nsh and Persian. But the central
figure is the Anglo-Indian, who has
been imprisoned here by doctors or
ders for several months. he knows all
the people in the hotel-their past and
their symptoms. Every evening after
dinner. while the lake lies in glory
and Mont Blanc is catching the final
reflex Of the sun, he spreads his cards
for a game Of Patience. The nations
of the earth gather about him, and
give advice in many tongues. Those
who speak in many languages shout in
all of them. Especially the amazing
girl who seems to talk all languages in
one sentence-all but Hindustani,
which is the final refuge Of the Anglo
Indian. There was move Of the
cards. And the girl broke out:
"No, no! TeneZ! Tenez! You break
me the head! Sic Gehen zu Schnell!
All! la! la! So"'
Then the hotel proprietor, having
stolen up unobserved, remarked in half
a dozen languages that the move was
right, and the Anglo-Indian went to
bed with the happiness of a triumph.
They know their business-in Switzer
land
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Grand Island, 1886 miles. was 5 hours
and u minutes, with delays amounting
to 40 minutes on account of orders,
meeting trains, etc. The actual run
ming time for the 1886 miles was 4
hours 80 minutes, or 81 miles per hour.
There was no delay whatever on ac-
count of the motor car, and the ma
chinery was in almost constant motion
from Omaha to Grand Island. On the
return trip, on April Is, the actual
running time was hours 10 minutes.
or 1868 miles per hour. From Elkhorn
to South Omaha, a distance Of 24.3
miles was covered in SO minutes, or
~ miles per hour. A maximum speed
of SO miles per hour was attained on
this trip.
One Of the motor cars built by the
Union Pacific is in operation between
Houston and Galveston, Texas. Acct
ylene gas is used for lighting these
ehicles.
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MARINE NOISE MAKERS.
Tin Horns, Mechanical Fog Horns
and Various Other Modern
Contrivances.


Tin horns, such as venders bring
out by the wagon load in the citys
streets on election night, are stock ar
ticles Of sale the year around In the
stores of dealers in marine supplies.
On every boat bigger than a rowboat
a noise maker of some sort is as nee
essary an item Of equipment as the
anchor, to give warning Of the YES
sells presence or approach.
Thousands Of tin horns Of various
sizes are annually sold to fishermen,
oystermen and men using boats, In
many waters, in various pursuits, and
such horns are sold, as well, for boats
used for pleasure. A big horn Of this
kind might be heard mile.
For larger vessels, such as schoon'
ers sailing in open waters and not
equipped with power with which to
blow whistles, there are provided me-
chanical fog horns that can be operat'
ed by hand, and that can be heard
three or four miles away.
With the multiplication everywhere
within recent years Of pleasure craft
there have been introduced still 9TH
er sorts of noise makers. One OF
these is a bellows horn, with the horn
attached to the top board of trinity
finished bellows of oblong shape, to
the top board of which also is attach
ed a handle. This bellows horn can
be put down anywhere and operated
simply by pressure. Though not as
big as the mechanical fog horn 1t can
be heard for considerable distance.
A still smaller bellows noise maker
has in place of horn an air whistle.
Another whistle contrivance has a
small upright metal cylinder in which
air is compressed by means of han
die worked like a plunger. The whis-
tie which may be one Of single tone,
or a chime, is attached to the outside
Of the cylinder.
Still another modern noise maker
IS an air blown whistle with a light
contrivance attached. When the whis-
tie cord is pulled the light shows as
the whistle blows. Obviously the light
attachment is for use at night to To-
cate the boat from which the whistle
is blowing.
While these later sound producers,
DESIGNED more especially for yachts
and launches and tenders and other
pleasure craft, are rather more elab.
crate, they are used for precisely the
same purposes as the old tin horn,
namely, to give warning in case OF
fog, for signalling in crowded water
ways for blowing for landings or for
bridges.-New York Sun.
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Famous Actors as Negro Ministries.

Famous Actors as Negro Ministries.
Jefferson said he thought he was
one of the first men to black his face
after the appearance and success OF
"Jim Crow" IT. d. Rice.
"I suppose" said Mrs. Drew, there
are very few men in this company
who have not at one time or another
been associated with minstrel per-
formances."
'T played Brudder JONES'" said
Mr.. Jefferson.
Everybody knows was in the
minstrel business" Goodwin exclaim-
ed. "Yes," I remarked, because we
were there together. WELL" joined
in Crane, 81 was on the tambourine
end with Campbell's minstrels." l
remember telling this at Lawrence
Barrett's house at Cohasset, where
the rest Of the party consisted Of
Edwin Booth and Stuart Robson.
Booth then told how he and J. S.
Clarke were minstrels in their young
er days, and he followed this up by
declaring that he used to "pick a lit
tie on the banjo" 1 laughed, and
Booth inquired the reason, and
added, ooh, nothing much, only Booth
and the banjo seemed such an odd
combination" ."-Francis Wilson In
Scribners Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
CLEVER DOCTOR
rnred a 20 Years Trouble Without
Any Medicine.

A wise Indiana physician cured 20
years stomach disease without any
medicine, as his patient tells:
"I had stomach trouble for ~
wears, tried allopathic medicines.
patent medicines and all the simple
remedies suggested by my friends
but grew worse all the time.
"Finally a doctor who is the most
prominent physician in this part OF
the State told me medicine would 90
me no good only irritating my stom-
ach and making it worse-that l
must look to diet and quit drinking
coffee.
'I cried out in alarm, Quit drink
ing coffee!' why, What will I drink?
"'Try Postum said the doctor; l
drink it and you will like 1t when 1t
is made according to directions, with
cream, for it is delicious and mas
none of the bad effects coffee has"
"Well, that was two years ago, and
am still drinking Postum. MY
stomach is right again and I know
Doctor hit the nail on the head when
he decided coffee was the cause OF
all nv trouble. I only wish I had quit
1t wears ago and drank Postum IN its
place" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich.
Never too late to mend. Ten days
trial of Postum in place OF coffee
works wonders. There's a reason.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
hook. "The Road to Wellville."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
Milel of LocuAtk.

Locusts are again devastating south
ern Algeria. The swarms first made
their appearance a few days ago, and
now they reach proportions that almost
defy the imagination. 1t is not easy
to realize to the mind an almost solid
phalanx Of moving life 12o miles long
by six miles broad. Unfortunately.
the devastation which such myriads
of insects must create in vegetation
is not so difficult to appreciate.
Wherever the host has passed nothing
green remains. Even the houses are
Becoming uninhabitable. The Oran
province seems doomed for this year.
London Globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-05
10 cents a package.
For sale by all Grocers
Cold Storage. Game.


The startling disclosures Of the
practices of the meat packers may
well give pause to the consumers OF
cold storage game. If it be the COM
mon practice of the packers Of beef
and mutton and pork and sausage and
canped chicken to use deadly chem1-
Gals for preserving the meats, for re-
storing the color Of diseased flesh and
neutralizing the odors Of that which Is
rotten, what may we not assume to be
done in the same direction by the
dealers In cold storage game? AS Is
we'll known, immense quantities OF
game are kept in the cold storage es-
tablishment for year, whence the
product is removed for consumption
as opportunity offers. Anyone VINO.
has ever seen the stuff in mass knows
what a disgusting object it sometimes
is, and will readily understand tnat
some of it must be subjected TO q
meat packers process OF renoVatlon
before it can be served, even TO the
most confding and ignorant consum-I
er OF course, much of this cold stor-
ase game is eaten by persons WEo
have game served to them because
It is the correct thing, who have g.
notion, too, that game to be game
must be "high," and who eat the bird
that is set before them, no matsers
how alarming it may be in color and
favor. In the light of the Ch1cago
packing house revelations, the con-
SINNER Of cold storage game may not
unreasonably view the dish with sus.
nicion, and refrain from It with prns
dence.-Forest and Stream.
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LIFE Net.

Equally important with the saving OF
life at sea is the rescue Of persons
from burnins buildings. When i'm
prisoned in the upper floors, with the
regular means of exit cut off, it is Of
ten necessary to resort to extreme
measures. Under the stress Of excite
ment persons in such predicament,
especially women and children, lose
their self-control and leap from win
dows, regardless of the height from
the ground. The apparatus shown
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here was designed especially for such
emergencies, when thert is not sufti-
cient time 10 raise the ladders. 1t
consists of /. strong, yet flexible, net.
supported upon a stout frame. The
entire apparatus is constructed to he
rigidly attached to wagon, and When
not in use folds up into a small space.
1t is operated by means of a crank
and handle, the turning of the latter
spreading the net out to the right ten
sion. Obviously, it can be transport
ed to the exact spot desired. and per-
sons unable to escape from the flames
could Jump from the windows into
the net with assurance that they
would be saved urinjured.
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A Remedy For Faintness.

Sneezing is the best brain clearer
known. Many persons conclude an
attack of faintness. or fa;nting, with
a violent sneeze. Our ancestors took
snuff from belief in the efficacy Of
.sneezing. But tobacco so taken is in
part absorbed into the blood, and hurts
the system, says Home Eotes. Tick
ling the nostrils with 6 feather or
straw will act as we'll as taking snuff.
Try it when you feel faint; it cannot
do harm.