Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-01
IN OTEL CORRIDORS

Inc oid style or crtnollne that jumped
into feminine favor again year or two ago
has been the means of resurrecting another
once popular fashion from the grave Of dis
use in England, at any rate" said NJ. X.
Hubbard of Atlanta at the Ebbitt last
night. II have just returned from a visit
TO the old country. ard while in London 1
was struck by the number of women in the
best society who were wearing their hair
In the old waterfall style. They wore the
once familiar net to keep the hair in place
also, and from the class OF the fair ones
who Were arranging their back tresses in
this way, L have no doubt the renais-
sance Of the waterfall, With all of its possi-
bilties for hideous ugliness will soon be
heralded on this side of the water"
The divining rod is associated In the
minds of many with the mad stone and
similar articles supposed to be gifted with
supernatural qualities, and those who be-
lieve in the efficacy of any of them for
the purposes they are alleged to be intended
for are set down as densely ignorant and
rrespondingly superstilious," said S. r.
Philips OF Geneva, n. Y, at the National
last night. Il suppose 1 will lay myself
open to the charge of being both when 1
say that i saw a divining rod worked re-
Gently with successful results. A farmer
named Harris. living on the edge of the
Cattauraugus reservation, had sunk several
wells on his property for the purpose OF
getting a water supply. but without success.
A man named Quackenbosh. who was en-
ployed foreman by Harris said that he
had learned how to use q OWNING rod in
former years, and that If Harris would
pay the expenses he would go 10 Beaver
Falls, Pa, where he knew there was such
rod. and bring it back Harris agreed
and the man made the trip. The wonderful
affair was nothing more than a twig of
hazel wood about swelve inches long, with
two small branches at the larger end cut off
about two inches from the stick Itself.
Quackenbosh took these two small ends
betwe the forefinSer and thumb of either
hand and started over TO Harris place.
When he reached a small hillside near the
house the twis. which had been held In a
horizontal position, bent down toward the
earth. Again and again the little wand
did the same Thing, although II seemed
preposterous to think of getting water IN
such a place. A well was Immediately
commenced on the spot and water in pro-
fusion was struck at a depth Of twenty
seven feet. All the persons living IN the
vicinity OF the Harris place are familiar
with the facts as have stated them. and
water is said to have been discovered on
several other places in tie same manner"
What surprises me most in America is
the small salaries laid to the bench and the
Arnold Gray, a lawyer from Manchester,
England at wormiey's yesterday. Indeed,
1t is quite incomrrehensible to me how your
government, which believes so much in the
ability of young men. can secure the SER
vices Of really able lawyers in the prime of
life at the miserable salaries paid. Your
Attorney General, / understand, receives
5000 per annum. The income Of the British
attorney general is not less than 100000 a
year. The lord chancellor of England re-
ceiyes as much salary as the President of
the United States. and the lord chief Justice
is given only $4,000 less. or $4,000 a year
for his services. The lords of appeals re-
ceive $4,000 a year each, while all other
judges are paid $4,000. With such salaries
IL is possible for our government TO avail
Itself of a high character of legal services
and 1 cannot understand why the United
States does not pursue the same generous
yet altogether sensible policy
THE papers have been poking lots OF fun
at Gov. OFerrall and his oyster navy" said
C. A. Puryear of Richmond at WIZARDS
this morning. The pronunciamentos OF the
governor on. the subject OF the pi-atical
Marylanders who overran the waters of
Tangier and Pocomoke in search Of oysters
and crabs have been the source of no end
of an usement to photographers and other
wits. but the facts are that the governor is
n good deal more serious than many people
imagine. and those who know him best feel
pretty well assured that he is going to carry
out to the letter every declaration he has
made IN connection with this subject The
Accomac, which is about the best boat In
the Virginia oyster navy. was fitted up when
the recent trouble began, and her equipment
improved by the addition of a Hotchkiss
gun. Capt Hudgkins. the commander of
oyster hQa ~ he
Accomac one day not long ago and discoy-
cred some Maryland crabbers working in
Pocomoke sound. inside the Virginia line
Hudgkins opened fire on them with the
Hotchkiss gun. which was loaded with shell,
and the trespassers skipped out In a hurry
1t was something uncommon for them to
nave pieces Of Iron falling all around them
from boat about two miles away, and
great commotion has been created At Cris-
field. Nd. which is the rendezvous of the
crahbers over the new danger that awaits
them in Virginian waters"
There is something like a counterpart Of
the miraculous shrine at Lourdes in the
church OF lie Eonne Ste Anne or the Good
Saint Ann. near Quebec" said James Scott
OF Toronto at the Riggs House last night.
The anniversary of this saint is July "a
and last week hundreds of pilgrims fiocked
to the place for the purpose OF either view
Ing the miracles which were expected to be
wrought thereon Of seeking evidences Of the
wonderful power in their own behalf The
belief Of the faithful in the cures performed
by the spiritual efforts OF the good Saint
Ann Is simply perfect. relic OF the saint
is exposed. and consists of her wrist bone
which was presented to the church by
Pope Leo two or three years ago. Several
cripples were reported to have been miracu-
lously cured at the shrine last week and
Cardinal Taschereau was present, while
many other important Catholic dignitaries
of Canada and the contiguous parts of the
United States were also there. The several
cures reported appeared to be fairly well
authenticated. I understand. but there
were hundreds OF cases uncured where one
was alleged to be relieved. and the disap-
pointment OF these poor faithful sufferers at
not securing relief must make their bodily