Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-22

except IN places where scalpers do not occupy
the ground.
general passenger agent of one of the trunk
lines. speaking of the brokers. said it was
astounding the amount Of business they did.
The relations of some of them with railroad
companies were. he said. very close and the
latter lost nothing by making terms with them
CANNHBALISM IN FIJI.
Massacre Of a Ships Crew with the
Story Told by SURVIVOR.
From the London Times.
Details have been received at Plymouth from
Sydney of the recent frightful massacre of a
portion of the crew of the trading schooner lsa-
bella on one of the islands of the Fiji group.
The narrative was furnished by Mr.. J. E. Haw-
kins, the master of the Isabella The starboard
boat. with Mr.. MAR, government agent, on
board, left the Isabella for the Island of Santo at
a. m. on November 12. The day passed with
ont the boat returning. Mr.. Hawkins sent
boats in search, but without result Next morn
ing another boat was sent ashore They met a
boat from the steamer May Queen of Queens
land. which reported that two of the
missing boats crew had that morning
swan of to that vessel, which was at
anchor some four miles from the scene of
the massacre, and that both were severely
wounded. Two boats then proceeded along the
shore in search of the missing boat which was
found hauled some distance into the BUSH She
had been Quilted. and natives were lowering
about at respectful distance. Two oars were
found in the bush, on the opposite side of a
small; small creek; The landing party then proceeded
inland, leaving man in each boat to keep them
afiOat and to be i'm readiness. The search party
came to village, at which was found some of
the gear belonging to the missing boat As the
search party only consisted of one white man
and five natives it was thought advisable not to
further m fA fn no
vessel and report what had been done. AS the
party returned to the boats the head of Mr.
Mair the government agent, was found among
the rocks frightfully tOmahawked. In the re-
suit stronger party was formed consisting of
two boats from the May Queen. two from the
Surprise. and one from the Mavis They landed,
and in village further in the bush than the
one visited already they found parts of human
body. The boats having returned to the ship,
Capt. Hawkins decided to bury these remains as
well as the head of Mr.. Mair, which was done
The survivors of the massacre were two half
caste FljianS. viz, Maakai and Jimmy-bOth
serving on board the Isabella as boats crew.
They state they saw the two white men killed
e.. Mr. MAR. government agent, and Mr.. Hamp-
shire, mate-alsO the two others of the boats
crew.. e., Don Juani and AmOsi, half-castes
The boat was attacked when about to leave the
beach, having recruited three men. No offense
was given to the natives, who had brought down
the recruits themselves. Maaka had two Sc
the left side penetrating the skull The blow
must fortunately, have been a slanting one:
it was three and half inches long. but the
brain was snOt cut into. The other wound
was on the forehead, between the eyes. These
wounds were sewed up by the captain of
the May Queen. The other man saved had
knife wound on the forehead. These two state
that they jumped overheard and swan away
The natives pursued them, but they were able
to land and hide among the rocks. When the
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themselves, slept awhile, and at daybreak swan.
with the assistance of logs of wood, to the
schooner May Queen. They both state that they
saw Mr.. MAR shoot a man through the BODY
with his revolver. but he was Overpowered by
numbers. MIR. Hampshire was shot through the
body and received a cut from tomahawk in
the side. He fell overheard and tried to swim
away. but was surrounded by the natives and
hacked TO pieces. as was also Don Juani. Amosi
was shot dead and fell overheard All having
been done that could be done, as the natives
had retired far back in the bush, and it would
nave been impossible to get at them Capt
Hawkins deemed it his duty to proceed at once
TO FIJI and report the matter to the authorities.
Hints Oh the Care Of the Eyes. by n
Professor.
Prof Lnndy. of Detroit, at a late sanitary
convention in Ann Arbor. Mich, read a paper
On Hygiene in Relation to the Eye" in which
he said:
Not long since high school pupil applied to
MIN for advice. She spent nearly five hours q
day at school, in badly lighted school rooms,
and at home she was obliged to study five hours
more. During winter, three hours of the study
were done by artificial light. She complained
that her eyes became tired and painful before
her tasks were completed. When asked how
long she could walk without becoming fatgued
she replied: "About one hour Although the
muscles of lOcOmOtion become fatigued by mod
crate exercise within All hour. yet she could not
understand why the use of the eye and eve
muscles continuously for five hours and under
unnatural conditions, should have produced dis
comfort.
We see men and women reading newspapers
and badly printed books for several hours at
time while riding in railroad cars We
see young people, and old people too, who
habitually sit in the dim twilight porting over
some cheaply-printed novel or continued story
paper. We see people reading for hours
by pickering gaslight, which is probably six
or eight feet distant from their book or paper.
We know Of people who read for long periods at
time while lying down; often, too, when that
time should be devoted to sleep.
In many of the school rooms which have ex-
amined the pupils who sat near the windows
enjoyed the advantage of abundant light. while
to others remote from the windows the amount
Oflight furnished was less than one-third what
it should have been. 1t has been generally
tentiOn to it, and who are most competent to
express opinions upon the subject. that the win
dow space in school rooms should be equal to 30
to 90 per cent of the floor space. Any one who
has taken the trouble to investigate this subject
for himself will be convinced that proportion
OF window surface less than one-fourth the
floor surface will not light school room prop
eriy.
An abuse which is ever crying out for cor
rectiOn is the displacement of blackboards In
our public schools. To the best of my recol-
lection, have not examined a single school
room in which blackboards were not placed be-
tween windows Light coming from the front
irritates the eye. even if the eye is not turned
directly toward the light. Furthermore, black
boards so placed cannot be well lighted, and
besides, they absorb much of the light which
falls upon them.
Pistols in Arizona.
From the Tombstone Nugget
The high-handed Outrages of the roughs