Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

ment and this sketch would not be COM
plete without a word Of tribute to the
officers and men who have worked 80
faithfully. often under most tr,ing cir
cumstances. to justify the hopes and the
enthusiasm of the surgeon general. High
Charles 7. Hibbet, L.. S. Navy. who. aside
from his professional management. has by
his skill as administrator and organizer
transformed this decaying army post in
to a life-giving sanitarium. and to Sur
geon b. l.. Wright. l.. s. Navy, whose
self-sacrifcing and indefatigable profess
sional work. among the patients and in
the laboratory. has attracted the atten-
ton of the medical world
key. according to a consul. I'm many
parts of Turkey the old steel and flint
finder box are still in general use The
Older peasants do not approve of spend
ing money for matches when they can
obtain fire in other ways
An inventive German has perfected .
composition composed mainly of potatoes
which does away with the use of expen-
slve cedar wood covering for lead pencils.
While OF the same size, form and appear
ance. these pencils admit OF sharpening
a little more easily. and can be produced
at very nominal sum.
Italy Is up-to-date in many ways, and
especially in the number of moving pic
ture shows. In Milan. it is said. there
available hall is being turned into a NOV
ing picture show. The audiences prefer
dramatic and tragic scenes, natural
scenery and comical farces Bull fights
In Spain. winter sports on the snow and
ice in Switzerland and railway scenes are
sure to fill the house.
Belgium and Beer.
Belgium wins the international beer
drinking tournament. according to figures
of the English chancellor OF the excheo-
uer. The per capita distribution gives
Belgium ass gallons, the United King
dom 27.1 gallons and the supposed cham
pion Germany only 26.3 gallons for each.
man. woman and child.
Paper yarn a product OF Chemnitz
Germany. presents a smooth glistening
appearance. and is employed to some ex-
tent for edgings. girdles, suspenders and
the like. while Sweden is experimenting
with paper made from peat Straw
braid is staple article in China, and in
Barmen. Germany. success has been met
in handling bark cloth imported from
Africa
Germany mas hit on a new proposition.
which may come into vogue In America,
and consists in penalizing merchants who
advertise or offer goods for sale as being
part of the stock of bankrupt. unless
such person has actually been authorized
by legally constituted authority. The
penalty applies also to falsely announcing
Total closing out sales account Of
DEATH ITO reduce business or ION ac-
count of lack of storage room." or Ito
get rid of old stock
So-called 'nicotineless tobacco" in
France Is simply tobacco, treated by
washing with water until the ordinary
proportion OF 2le per cent of nicotine has
been reduced to ! per cent. In this form
it finds favor among smokers who prefer
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affections.
A chemist OF Victoria, Australia. has in
vented a method of powdering eggs,
which can then be kept in an ordinary
package for an indeAnite length OF time.
The eggs are Reconstructed by the
simple addition of water, and il Is said
that the resultant mass is indistinguish-
able from newly beaten hen fruit