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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06
IMAGINATIVE SEAsICKNEss.
How the Mind Exercises Quite as
Potent an Influence Ms Rough
Water,

Dr. Carpenter
1t may have happened to many Of you to feel
degree Of seasckness, or, at any rate. of the
discomfort In which that state ordinarily COM
mences. from the mere contemplation of an
agitated sea, especially In view of ship toss
Ing about in it. And / remember very well
that when, at one Of our semi-scIentiflc or pop
ular exhibitions in London. there was a small
model of ship, which 1oated Gas it were) upon
sea OF goldbeater's skin, and was made by q
concealed combination Of levers to go through
series OF movements remarkably resembling
the pitching and rolling OF q ship at sea. with
an occasional sinking down into the trough of q
wave, many persons said that they could not
continue to look at it without sensations which
made it desirable for them to turn away.
l was once told OF a lady who accompanied
friend to see her of by steamer think across
the British channel and on whom the sight of
the rough sea and of the heaving vessel at the
pier was sufficientto excite real and complete
seasckness. Clearly 1t was the mental state, in
these cases, that called up physical condition
OF the central organs so far corresponding to
that which the actual experience would have
done as not only to produce the sensation, but
the reflex act prompted by It. 1t was not the
mere sight. but the associations connected with
the sight, that brought about that feeling
There Is an old story told of himself by q very
able physician of his day, Van Swieten, which
is an excellent illustration of this tendency to
the reproduction OF former physical state by
strong mental impression. He says that he
once happened to pass place where there was
body of dog in state Of such Ioathesome
decomposition asto produce upon him the physi-
Some years afterward, in passing the same spot.
the remembrance Of what he then saw and
smelt came upon him with such vividness as to
reproduce the same result,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06
BRAIN.PARALYZlY HAIR DYE
Hut Ii woa,s Hurt the Dudes.
From Che New York Sun.

from the New York Sun.
In bleaching the hair the chemical used is
said to be peroxide Of hydrogen. So much of 1t
ls used that factory In this city is devoted en-
tirely to making It. Formerly the nature Of the
liquid was Q secret, and the stuff was imported
from France at Q cost of six dollars bottle
Then French chemist, who gained the know.
ledge, came to this country. set up a shop
ana reduced the price to four dollars.
Next an American made up his mind that
the substance was none other than that which
Rad long been employed by workers in hair
goods to bleach with, but which had been con-
sldered too dangerous to apply to hair that was
still growing on live heads. This was peroxide
OF hydrogen, and so a dangerous poison has
been recklessly employed by inexperienced
hands at three dollars q bottle. The special
peril IL not so much that the hair may be burned
OF as that paralysis Of the brain may be induced
If like really cures like, Of course the contents
who gives the above facts and who tells the fol-
lowing story: 81 will forbear to name the most
perfect Development Of the dude at present in
New York. but will tell about the hirsute change
that has come over him. When he went to
Europe last fall his hair and moustache
were black. At that time his ideal
perfect gentleman was English, and all OF his
own speech, manners. and dress were In as close
as possible imitation of London arstocratic
usages. But he spent several months In ST.
Petersburg, and comes back remodeled on the
standard of the Russian swell He makes his
own tea In samover, he drinks the fieriest
champagne obtanable, he eats caviare, and he
can't endure our hot weather, positively or
course the June temperature will not permit
him to clothe himself in Russian furs, but I'm an
other way he puts on the looks of the Russian
aristocrat, as personiied by the sons OF the Ro-
manoffs. They have very light hair and boards;
SO has he. He has bleached his black almost to
white. after the manner of our artificial blondes
of the other sex"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06
Whistling SuperstitlOns.
From tho Popular Science Monthly.

From tho Popular Science Monthly.
In whatever way regarded, either as a grace
full accomplishment or as the spontaneous ex-
preston OF light-heartedness, whistling has In
our own and foreign countries generally at.
tracted considerable attention. Why 1t should
have been invested with 80 much superstitious
awe it is difficult to say, but it is curious fact
that the same antipathy which 1t arouses among
certain classes OF our own countrymen is found
existing In the most distant parts Of the earth,
where. as yet, civilization has made little
or imperceptible progress: Thus Capt. Burton
tells Us how the Arabs dislike to hear person
whistle, called by them el sifr. Some maintain
that the whistlers mouth is not to be purified
for forty days; while, according to the explana.
ton Of others, Satan touching . mans body
causes him to produce, what they consider, an
offensive sound. The natives Of the Tonga
islands, Polynesia, hold It to be wrong to
whistle, as this act is thought to be disrespect-
same objection to whistling, and 90 far do they
carry their supersttious dread Of It that 'if one
swings about him q stick, whip, wand, or aucht
that makes awhistling sound, he scares from
him the Holy Ghost" while other Iceianders,
who consider Themselves nee rom snper:titions,
Tor who knoweth what is In the air7" However
eccentrie these phases Of superstitious belief
may appear to us, yet 1t must not be forgotten
that very similar notions prevail at the present
day In this country. A correspondent Of ''NOtes
and Queries" u879. 9th series, XII, 0o), for In
stance, relates how one day, after attempting In
vain to get his dog to obey orders to come into
the house, bis wife tried tQcoax it by whistling,
when she was suddenly interrupted by o SER
want, . Roman Catholic. who exclaimed In the
most piteous accents: TT you please, ma'am.
don't whistle. Every time woman whistles the
heart Of the blessed Virgin blceds!" In come
districts Of North Germany the villagers say
that II one whistles In the evening 1t makes the
aneeJs weep.
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Saddle Horses.


From the New England Farmer.
The most desirable points I'm saddle horses
are what are known as saddle gaits, the most
useful, and, therefore, the most important OF
which is the walk
The gaits, although common to all horses.
are what are known as saddle gaits In the most
important Of which there is as wide range Of
excellence as at the faster gaits Of trotting AMI
| running. The average rate OF speed at which
horses walk in harness or under the saddle "a
probably no more than three miles an hour,
while really good walker can cover FIVE, and
In rare cases six miles under the saddle Being
| the easiest gait on both horse and rider such
| horses viii make wonderful Journeys without
distress What is known a. the fox trot is also
a very desirable gait and is easily taught to
| most horses 10y urging them slightly beyond Q
walk. and when they strike the right GAIT hold
| them to it; it is trife faster than the walk,
and near approach to the single foot.
Nearly all saddle horses will take few steps
to this gait when changing from walk to
trot. but will not keep 1t unless trained to L..
The speed differs from four to seven or eight
miles per hour. Horses viii learn TO like the
gait, and it Is an easy one for the rider, AMI
next to the walk the best long-distance gait
Single footing Is nearly the same as the fox
trot, and Is an exact intermediate between the
walk and the trot, each foot appearing to move
In sort OF g0-as-you-please manner, and con.
sldering that it is an exceptionally easy gait for
the rider, and that an average single footer
Will cover nine ten miles per hour IL Is worthy
of cultivation. The rack and pace are nearly
alike, the only difference being that in tho
former the hind foot reaches the ground
a trifle in advance of the fore foot on
the same side, while at the latter gait the
feet on each side move exactly together-a
purely lateral motion. Either the rack or the
pace is much more desirable than the trot under
the saddle and the pace is at least as fast If not
q faster, gait than the trOt. In addition to pos
sessing all OF the above saddle gaits the model
saddle horse should be level-headed. courageous
and kind, and should be active. an easy mover
at any gait, have a sensitive mouth, respond
readily to the touch on the bride rein, be sure
footed. able and willing TO trot, gallop or run.
as required, and, above all, sound upon his legs
and perfect in the wind.
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The Way of FO0IishneSs is Sin
rom the PhiiadeIphis preas

Phil Thompson had his say when he blackened
his wife's reputation to save his own neck
| Since then Mrs. Phil Thompson has published
her ''vindication." To most decorous people
| leading seemly lives, it will seem not vicious.
but vulgar. A hopeless faint Of careless life
and low manners runs through her story, lust
as ThOmpsons act, his excuse for it and his
defense are all alike the acts Of man brutal,
cowardly and savage, low type Of low civil
fzation which in a century has produced neither
picture. statue nor poem. neither art nor litera.
ture, and for all the good it has done the higher
! needs OF the race, save by the production of q
| speaker or two, differs not widely from the saw
| age.
Mrs. Thompson's pItiful tale is not so much
wicked as vulgar and ill-bred. This woman
who drank ApOilinaris water around hotel bed
rooms at late hours, sat warming herself before
| her male friends fire near midnight, and at last
retired to rest In q room which she now saws she
believes had been left empty by her female
friends lover a half hour before, did nothing
blankly, bluntly immoral; but she was leading
low, easy, vulgar life, and out Of such lives evil
comes, as free waters from full fountain-asin
this case, murder and two homes ruined.
Mrs. Phil Thompson does not stand alone In
this. There are great many weak and silly
women and some silly and weak men-men In
general being mercifully preserved from leisure
by labor-who drift along lax and loose, not In
their morals but in their manners. If they are
school girls, they are perpetually breaking rules
to make casual acquaintances, near or distant;
II they are young women grown, their idle days
are passed in nibbling at the edges of the lesser
proprieties. You find them at the seaside on
the beach at all hours to midnight and beyond;
you flush them in the country in secluded spots
In the woods; and in the winter they are al
ways running small risks and taking small lib
critics. These things are not vicious, but they
are very vulgar. They point to the lack Of SELF
respect, and self-regard and sef-controI In which
all high breeding roots, and from which good
breeding blossoms.
The women, young and old, who do these
things are not bad-far from it. May the day
be far distant when careless behavior in Ameri-
can women points to moral corruption. These
people are simply vulgar In their manners, their
motives and their lives. They are ignorant that
society-which is older and wiser than most of
us-long since discovered that carelessness
opens the door to crime, and that vulgar beha-
vior makes vicious acts possible. Probable, 1t
does not make them, American women being
what they are; but the network of restraining
forms and constraining ceremony, which good
manners put about men and women are all safe
guards, not merely from vulgarity, but also
rom vice. and the man or woman who neglects
them does so at peril OF morals as well as OF
manners.
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MIR. Tilden's Little Trick.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
When yon catch your Uncle Sammy Tilden
asleep you will rise at an early hour. About
six months ago he hired broad-shouldered,
smooth-faced man, about forty-fve years old,
to work in the grounds of Gramercy Park. In
q few weeks the newspapers began discussing
Samuel AZ presidential candidate and his ex-
treme age was brought forward as an objec-
tion. Then reporters were sent out to discover
his real phYsical condition. When they arrived
at the house they were received by 6ammy's
private secretary, who always begged them To
come again, as Mr.. Tilden was taking his
daily physical exercise. He would then
lead the reporter to q window of tho rear
library and point out the hired man, saving:
'There is Mr.. Tlden now. See for tcurielf II
he Is decrepit man." The hired man would
then occasionally roll back his shirt sleeves And
show his biceps, which would excite the envy OF
q professional athlete. He would then lift q
l0O-pound weight and throw It over q i've
barred fence, and turn few back handsprincs.
t taeing an axe, he would chop down q tree OF
Two ana split them up. servant would bring
MIN hearty meal of corned beef and cabbage.
and, after eating 1t the hired man would pick
up aF1oe and 60 hoelng potato patch. The
reporter, filled with admiration, always went
Dack ana wrote up a glowing account Of Mr..
Iloens splendid physical condition, which the
prIvate secretary never failed to read to what
seemed q huge bundle Of bones. clothes and
Danoages, which sat n. in bed and emitted q
Iaugn to which the ding of saw was heavenly
melody.
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Wednesday Whatnots.
That fish INCREASES our supply of Drain

That fish increases our suppIy OF brain
We've oft been told by Sages. Well, we wish
The SageS' schemes may show the converse gain
That brain Increases our supply OF fish.
London Punch.
The cru shed strawberry color that was SO
fashionable for time has been succeeded by a
shade called spilled molasses.--T eJas Siftinqs
Hostess-Now. Cont stay out here all the
evening. Host-We'll join you in ten minutes
Hostess-Miss Screechy is going to sing, yoU
know. Host-0! well-say an hOur.-LIe.
Commander Gorringe says that the new ste ell
cruisers about to be constructed by our govern.
ment will be too slow to compete with the war
vessels OF other nations. We doubt 1t. wheu
1t comes to siowness, no foreign navy can CON-
pete with our nayy.-1eIas Sifttags.
The boy clum the tree and made the cooc
git, wrote Burke county teacher on the black
board. Now, pupils, where's the bad gram
mar in that sentence? 2" None dared hazard G
conjecture. The pedagOgue called them set of
wooden heads, with brains "a soft as squash pie.
Then he triumphantly altered the "git " Into
get, and bade them admire the pure, unadul.
terated sentence as 1t stood, fresh from the
hands OF q master.-Sapanndh (Gd.) Recorder.
"What's that. papa ?" asked O small boy
That, my son, replied the father. a. look Of
intense disgust fitted across his face, that 10
hammock" "What are they good forf"
''Good Cor the doctors, my boy."-Aew FORK
Commercial
"where is the Ohio democracy on the liquor
question: inquired q fresh interviewer. Where
upon the Chicago Inter Ocean rises with the
tioni" ~ " '' ~''''' wv
Some men are always ready to offer remedy
for everything. The other day we remarked 70
one of these animated apothecary shops ga
idea struck US yesterday"-and before we could
finish he advised us: Rub the affected parts
with arnica!"-Doctor's Diary.
Nose Schaumberg always charges two per
cent month on all the money he lends A few
days ago Gus de Smith and Gilhooly happened
to be In Schaumberg's store, and Gus said:
''Ar. Schaumberg, would like to speak to
you privately for Q few moments"
''Dont, don't, Gus, +" whispered Ghooiy, shell
charge you two per cent . month for the use Of
his ear."-Terds Strings.
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The Canal Interests Of the District.
THE VIEWS OF THE COMMISSIONERS AS EXPRESSED
AT THE MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS BY Mr..
EDNONDS.
1t was stated in special dispatch from An
napolis, Nd, to The STAR Monday that at the
meeting OF the stockholders OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal company that day, last years
president and directors were chosen. with the ex-
ception OF Thos P. Morgan, who declined re-
election, and that Judge Edmonds nominated
Gen. j. r West and claimed that the United
states and District were entitled to Official repre-
sentatton, which claim the board OF public works
report OF the proceedings from the Baltimore sun
Is OF special interest to the people OF the District
N, mr. Edia9nds OF washington, said he had been
instructed by his coad1utOrS OF the board OF Com
missioners OF the District OF Columbia to ask for
a continuance OF the representation which had
been afforded that Official body when Mr. Morgan
had been elected. Mr. Morgan was no longer a
commissioner OF the District and the board de-
sired TO maintain its relations with a work In
when the cities or Washington and Georgetown
had so much interest, and which had its terminus
there If permitted, he would suggest the name
or MI f. j. Lydecker, the boards engineer. AS
Mt Morgan had been asked for by his associates
Oh the board, so, now that he was no longer in the
board, some one else was the choice Of that body
for the place, as it the deliberate judgment Of
the board that 1t should be represented in the
canal directory by one Of its own number.
Mr.. Heating said he thought II the request had
been made for the reelection OF Mr.. Morgan it
would have been conceded, no doubt, as he had
had been entirely pleasant. Mr.. Heating did not
understand, however, that Mr.. Morgans election
mad been asked In the first place simply because
he was at the time member OF the board OF COM
miSslonerS OF the District OF Columbia The con-
troller did not know why there was now request
lor o change, though Mr.. Morgan had mentioned
that there was opposition to him.
Mr Edmonds said he had succeeded Mr.: Morgan
as Commissioner, but he did cot wish to be
understood as antagonizng him. Mr. Morgan en-
1oyed the unbounded regard and respect OF the
commission, ana II he Is put out OF the canal
directory 1t will be the act of this meeting not of
the District Commissioners
The meeting then proceeded to vote Mr. Edmonds
voted for the whole ticket except Mr.. Baughman,
substituting the name OF j. X. West Mr.. Berret
voted for the ticket with Mr. MOrgan'S name In
stead OF his own.
At this juncture Treasurer Compton produced
letter, which he said had been sent to the board
OF public works. 1t proved, On being read by the
secretary, to be from Mr.. Morgan declining re-
election. The letter had been overlooked.
The board is as follows Hon. p. Hamill, Gar
rett county: John Humbird, AIlegany county; j..
g. Berret, Washington, ID. c.; Jas. a. L. Mcclure.
Baltimore city; Spencer Watkins, Montgomery
county; L. Victor Baughman, Frederick city.
President Smith was elected last August until
July of this year.
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From the Boston Sunday Budget.

Sergeant-at-arms Bright, having found q
necessary to discharge Henry r. Hayden. chisl
engineer Of the Senate. has promoted 10 an
the vacancy thus created Thaddeus A. Jones,
the frst assistant engineer Mr. Jones. who \
. native Of Washington, N. H., Is practical
machinist, and was, when the rebellion broco
ont in 1881, employed in West Virginia. 1No
confederates wanted to obtain his services a
their armory, and on his positive refusal towosk
there at 90 per day. they Imprisoned him IN O.,
tie Thunder, where he remained for nearly TIVE
years. Mr. Jones has been In the service Of ~
Senate for fifteen years, and his mechanical
skill, with his ability to please, have made HIN
q general favorfte. l~l1s9 :
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Az Lomasville, Ga. two eolored children.
1eeu and y, forced sand into the mouth of q
Nee-year-old tin she died. They were bronab :
before Judge, but discharged on the score of
age. o 'S'A' "
A dog luncheon here-that II, q recen. ,nncb-
con to pet dogs Of daintics served on delicate
Porcelain-cost $500. Did any extravaganf
.ohy OF eid monarchical aristocratie France ever
S1rpass this?-G 7. Sun.
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Peters i'm Luck.
From the Globe Democrat.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-Norris Peters observed
Decoration day, as he can well afford to do. bv
giving an excursion on the Potomac to his
friends In ofi1clal life. The yacht he keeps has
to be its chief proprietor, and from signal SER
vice FUNDS he fed congressman so often and so
high that he was never at loss for friends
when 1t came time for the passage of an appro-
pIlation Oil; Peters was, as he is now, an en-
the signal service work. Peters is now more in
luck than ever. He has things so fixed. It is
said, through influences he understands' that
he gets every dollar Of the GAO 900 appropria-
lion iof doing the hthogrsphing work at the
Patent ofl0e. He got an amendment slinned in
BY the Senate committee, aud in the rush of the
closing hours OF Congress It became a law
The clause In question limits bidders to Aims
doing business IN Washington. For this reason
oussiocls arc NOT asked to bid for the work, and
through this operation no other bidder ever oets
any Of the work. ss''
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Elmo Rhetoric and Cold Eaces
From the Philadslphia Times.

Mr.. Nerrtok continued to excoriate the tar
route defendants and irritate tho defendants
counsel yesterday. He il taking TO pieces the
ane rhetoric Of Colonel IngersolI and arrayinr
Tor the confederation Of the jury the cold facts
In way that u not only Uncomfortable for
Brady and Dorsey, but peculiarly provoking al
well. He has promised to finish this week. how
be any relief to the uneasy defendants. -
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marble statue of Gen. Zachary Taylor d .
be unveiled next month at his grave, eight mild
from Louisville.
The Sunday trans on the Hcusatonic railroad
were stopped this week by the Massachusetts,
authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06

1t is sagaciously noted that to determine the
value Of building stone q ramble among the
tombs b wise. In Ear fewer years than most
imagine monuments are In decay.
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| TWO-1iOrse Load of Tooth Picks Daily.
| From the Boston Common wealth June

TwO-HOrse Load Of Tooth Picks Daily.
From the Boston Commonwealth, June I'd.
Where do the toothpicks come from? A
Maine newspaper states that the little town of
Sebec at the outlet OF Sebec lake, Piscatao uis
county, In the interior, has one of the best
water powers in the state, but has never been
fully developed. A toothpick factory there is
doing large business, using over thousand
cords of poplar and birch wood annually, turn
ing out twO-horse load Of toothpicks daily.
and employing from 10 to IS girls and or 10
men. A private letter from the place states
what the newspaper omitted, that "the tooth
pick mill gives employment to as many girls az
can afford to pack hundred boxes for IS cents.
and feed themselves" This seems very small
wages for women. but board is cheaper there
than in Boston. and probably many Of them
board at home, and would be unable to earn "a
much otherwise. The little stream was damned
and utilized for fulling mill. grtst mill, and
saw mill sixty years ago; later for q shinele and
clapboard mill, and more than forty years AGO a
wooden cloth mannfactory was erected there.
which within the past year has proved a failure
the company Offering Is per cent to the credi-
tors.