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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
THE SERGEANT LAUGHED.
So Did the Reporter and the Pick
pocket, but Not the Officer.

From the New York Sun.
When they searched the prisoner at the
sergeant's desk they found in his pockets
three watches, four silk har dkerchiefs and
two of linen, a copy of the works of Rabe-
lais, bunch of cigarettes, small piece of
Turkish rhuparb and wad of greenbacko.
'Thim's from some wonsns purse" said
the officer who had made the arrest.
How do YOU know that?" asked the re-
porter. SCI.
well, you see," said the officer. who had
read Conan Doyle, "a man do always dib-
BILE up his nCotes warce or twish at the
nloast; but woman do creash thin up in
a little bit of a Lund-lukking wahd and
DRIVES thin into her little dam fool Of a
purse. Iis, sorr, that money do come from
the pokkit of some poor faymale that may
be now is crying of her eyes out owver
the loss ov it."
rs that so?" asked the reporter of the
thief. Was this money stolen from some
woman
The pickpocket who was a little vicious
specimen of the cockney lag, contracted his
monkey face into hundred wrinkles
Il giss it's Gawd's truth" he snickered.
II nipped the fiimsie5 out of that ere Very
copper's pocket ven he was harvesting me
and we vos avn little bit Of a rough
and tumble, doncherknow.''
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throne Of Japan was the prize Of wrestling
match. The emperor had two sons. Whether
they were twins or not don't know but they
both aspired 10 the throne. Their father
told them to each pick out a champion
wrestler, and the one who backed the victor
should be emperor. The boys agreed to this,
and the successful hacker succeeded his
father. From that time to this wrestling has
gone on all over Japan. and Japanese his
tory is filled with the exploits of wrestlers.
There are regular matches held every year
in the big cities, and those in Toxic and
Osaka last for weeks and the champions of
the eastern and western parts of the empire
are pitted against each other. Not long ago
wrestling became q great fad and one of the
cabinet ministers, / told, entered the
ring. while the neblest men Of the empire
were ready to meet all Corners. In 1850 ount
kuroda; the prime minister, gave wrestling
a great boom. and during the past year some
of the most famous matches ever held in
Japan have taken place.
A Great Wrestling Match.
I saw famous matches in both Toxic and
Osaka. and l spent one day at wrestling
match In the japanese capital. In which one
hundred and twenty of the greatest wrest-
lers of Japan struggled together. The wrest-
ling began at 10 In the morning and lasted
until in the afternoon, and there was not
a minute during this time that wrestlers
were not IN the ring. But let me give you
some idea OF one of these Japanese prize
fights. Imagine the biggest circus tent you
have ever seen to be spread out upon net
work of bamboo poles 50 that 1t covers about
ten thousand people. These sit on the ground
and in boxes or on platforms which are built
up perhaps ten feet above the ground. and
in the center Of the crowd there is a little
pavilion about twenty feet square, supported
by four posts as large around telegraph
poles. .... ....
This pavilion is trimmed with red. and it's
posts are wrapped with red CLOTH while
about its top there is a curtain of blue. 1t
has a raised foundation perhaps two feet
high and a ring of rice bags runs around it's
floor. inclOSinS a circle twelve feet in dame
ter, which IL tioored with black earth. This
Is the famed wrestling ring Of Japan, and in
such rings all these matches are fought
The giants struggle inside the rice bags and
If one can throw the other over these or can
fling him 10 the earth he is proclaimed the
victor At each corner of this pavilion
against one Of the RED posts, sits a sober
dark-faced. heavy-browed Japanese, dressed
in black kimOno. He is raised upon cush-
Ions. and sits cross-legged. and he forms
Of the four judges in case there is dis
pute as to the decision of the umpire. In
the center of the ring stands the umpire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
CALLING A HALT on PICKLES.
boston school Girls TO De Deprived Of
Their FavOrite Luncheon.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Considerable interest is being manifested
in regard to the luncheons now provided at
recess time for boys and girls ia the nigh
schools. At almost every high school in
the city the majority of, the pupils buy
their luncheons from the lunch counter
kept by the janitor. and the food so pro-
vided consists largely of pies and cakes
'bake.house stuff as some people call it
and pickles. The janitors keep that kind Of
food because the pupils will buy it in
preference to other more wholesome kinds
and also because there is probably more
profit in it. Nevertheless, the parents of
the pupils are anxious that some different
system may be adopted in the matter OF
furnishing luncheons. They think IL high
time that something was done about IL, for
in schools where there are no lunch coun-
tiers peddlers of cheap candy, cocoanut
cakes and other unwholesome compounds
make their appearance at recess and are
generally well patronized by the hungry
boys and girls
The first official step toward lettering this
state of things was taken yesterday. when
an order was passed by The school board
providing that all luncheons sold in tae pub
lie schools should be such as are approved
by the committee on hygiene and physical
training. Moreover, the committee Was in
structed to report at the next meeting of
the board a plan for providing suitable
luncheons at proper places for the high
school pupils. -rsSa<tsS'e-
Just what the committee intends to DO
is hard to say, but severaf persons inter-
ested are hoping that it will be able TO
make some arrangement with the New
England Kitchen whereby soups, sand
wiches milk and other wholesome articles
of food may be furnished directly to the pu-
pills at moderate prices. The Kitchen has
its main sta ton on Pleasant street and an
other station at the North End. 1t Is
thought that soups might be carried from
the kitchen to the schools in tanks, just as
coffee Is sometimes tran spofted, and in that
way might be served hot. Such a system of
providing luncheons would be- more favor
able to the health Of the pupils. and there
fore more acceptable to the parents. AS for
the old system, the janitors are not thought
to merit any blame. for they simply pro-
vide what the pupils would buy; but now
that the committee has taken the matter
in hand, 1t Is likely that most pupils will
have to give up the practice Of making a
luncheon on an eclair, - piece Of pie or q
pickle.
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New to the City Man.

From the Lewiston Evening Journal.
A gentleman who went into the woods
region on a hunting excursion and put
I'D" at a farm house in a remote clearing,
was annoyed during the daytime with the
abundance of flies that found access to the
house But when twilight of evening came
he was treated to an exhibition of fly
catching that more than repaid him for
his veXation. The windows were opened
as the darkness settled down, and the
hostess's tallow dip only partially dispelled
the gloom in the old-fashioned Kitchen
when he suddenly became aware of odd
creatures darting to and fro in the room
often coming almost into his face, while a
queer little noise of snip, snip, snip"
seemed to follow their yelyety futtering
motions. For an instant he was startled
not knowing what to make of such in
truder5.
Its only the bats" said the landlady
quietly, as she pursued her work. They're
catching flies. Don't you hear EN- snip off
their wings? Therell be hundreds of fly
wings on the floor here in the morning."
The gentleman arose early and looked
for the wings, and sure enough the floor
and tables were Uttered with them.
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wearing the old brocade costume of the days
of the Daimios. He has black lacquer fan
in his hand, and he looks like chump. He
screeches out his voice as though he had the
collie and was screaming with pain, but his
shrill cries penetrate to every part of the
circus and he is man of great Importance
and long training. The spectators squat on
the ground back of the ring, and on these
platforms. Each has a little tobacco box
before him, with some Goals of fire in ii. All
sit cross-legged, and nearly all smoke little
metal pipes with bowls as big as thimble.
One Hundred and Twenty Naked
Giants.
But let US take look at the wrestlers.
There are scores of them squatting about
the ring, just outside of the rice bags They
are entirely naked, with the exception of a
band of blue silk, four inches wide, which
runs round their waists and between their
legs and is tied in a knot at the back. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

past, but 1t Is doubtful whether they will
be of much use in connection with Calling
guns and Winchester rifles. They form a
curious class of the Japanese people, and
they are like no other athletes the
face of the globe. They have entire
ly different methods of training from
our prize fighters. and John Sullivan
or Corbett would laugh at their cor
pulent frames. They would think them puff
fly and fiabby. and would expect to see
them go all to pieces at a blow. Still. 1
venture the Japanese giants could stand
several rounds with either Sullivan or Cor
bett, and they could probably throw either
of these Muscular Americans in a wrestling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

men. 1t is, you know, n baby victoria, on
two wheels, and these men pull you about
in these little carriages at the rate of five
to six miles per hour. l have had some
human Steeds which could make six miles
an hour without turning hair or getting
outside of the shafts. L went twenty-five
miles in four hours last summer, with two
of these men to pull me. and we stopped
for lunch on the way The road was COM
paratively level, but we had some hills and
on a days ride these men could make bet
ter time than a horse. L have heard of
their making seventy miles in twelve
hours and they do this not on meat and
milk but on rice and fish. Their calves are
wonderfully developed, and they sweat pro-
fusely.
How Human Muscle Runs japan.
1t is. in fact, human muscle that still
runs the land Of Japan. There are few cat
tie. and outside Of those used by the caval-
ry there are few horses. The fields are cul-
tivated with hoe, a sort of a spade-Rke
implement with hoe handle. and you see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17

little blowing. Merchandise Is carted
through the cities by men The boards used
by the carpenters are all sawed by hand,
and mighty temples costing millions of dol
lars are now being made in Japan without
the use of machinery. Logs which are used as
beams are carried up by an army of men
along a road which has been built up to the
roof for this purpose, and which will be
taken away when the building is completed.
All classes of workmen use their toes al
most as much as their hands, and the
cooper holds his tub between his feet while
he squats on the ground and pounds on the
hoops. In mountain travelling you are car
ried by men, and 1t is only along the rail-
roads and in the cities that you realize that
Japan is fast becoming a modern machine
ry-usinS nation. The rice fields are all Gull
tivated by men and women, and the tea
which we drink is picked and fired by hand
Nearly every leaf of tea is picked over care
tully, and a pound of tea, which, L judge,
contains a least a thousand leaves, has had
each leaf handled by a japanese girl about
a halr dozen times. 1t is first picked from
the bushes 1t is then dried in the sun. 1t
Is next put into great basins of clay or
iron, with fires under them, and is rubbed
about again and again by hand by q half
naked, sweating japanese girl, whose beady
drops OF preparation now and then fall
down and soak into the eXhilaratng leaves
After the firing it is again sorted, and all
the poor leaves are picked out and put into
lower grade of tea, while the others are
carefully examined and each given its
proper place. 1t is again handled when it
is packed, rehandled by the grocer until
each leaf has had chance at the bacilli of
about score of mortals on this continent
and Asia. L hope some day to write let
ter on Tea Without Frlls" when | will
describe some other little appetizing mat
tiers in connection with the Chinese and In
dian tea, which may add to the gusto with
when IL is partaken of at our afternoon
parties. -
1
Japanese Massage.
Speaking of the physical DEVELOPMENT of
the japanese, they understood massage
long before it was brought into America or
Europe, and nearly every Japanese work.
man is shampoosd two or three times a
week. Every wife is supposed to know
how TO knead the muscles of her husband,
and one of the most affecting stories of
japanese fiction is about the dear little girl
who leaves her play and her COMPANIONS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
WOMEN IN WALL STREET.
They Are Not rs a -Rnle Successful aa
Spectators.

From the New York Herald. "~'''r'' 81,
women customers? Nor said a nom.
Der of a well-known Wall street firm, I'VE
have no women customers, and do not de-
sire them. Up to two years ago We had a
few women in town dealing with us, and
received orders by telegram from women
living out of town; some came from the
west, but more came from UP the Hudson,
but now our books closed to tho fair
SEX" ...... 4...s -..... ..,...
What caused you to discriminate against
women customersY".I asked.
'Well. it is a long story, but IL you care
to hear it will tell you. First, let me say
this. New York city is full, of men who
know how, who are always making roney
out of those who don't know how. Women
who go into stock specializing, Us a rule,
do not know how, and instead of being
willing to trust to honest and reputable
firms to do business for them, they think
they know ii all, so they go into bucket
shops to speculate, where they have as
much chance of success as a hayseed has
in a gamblers den where the dice are
loaded and the cards Stacked.
NO! Women had better Keep out OF
Wall street; they are either zoo ttIuid or
too reckless to be successful stock specu-
lators. Members of the stock exchange do
not care to deal with women, and no firm
belonging to the stock exchange has PAL
lor for women customers.
do you know of any women who are
successful operators on the street, was
asked.
Yes, one. Hetty Green; but she is not q
gambler in the sense that other women are
The difficulty with most women is that they
do not know the trick OF the trade, so TO
speak, while the secret of Hetty Green's
operations is that she comes and pays for
what she buys and does not hold on mar
gins for speculation. She deals in very lew
stocks, and in those only where she knows
the inside.
.'She has the knowledge of large stock
holder and always calculates the effect of
every event on the market Her holdings
enable her to control certain prices, the
same as Jay Gould did. But Hetty Green
would make money anywhere. she has not
only the money making, but The money
keeping nature. While she, with her keen
insight has made money IN stocks. many
another woman has taken her husband
hard accumulated earnings ana sunk them
all in bucket shops.
In spite of all the discouraging sent-
ments expressed by the member OF the
stock exchange against womens success
in stock Specializing. there are many wo-
men who deal successfully IN wan street.
as well as I'm the uptown offices.
1t is well-known fact that T Brigham
Bishop, who fitted up the first bucket shop
In New York for women eight years ago,
failed through the shrewdneSs OF his wo-
men customers; they beat him at every
point II is said they began going to this
beautifully appointed establishment in Wall
street by the street cars, but before long
they drove in cabs and carriages aud used
to order from Delnnonie os expensive lunch
con, with champagne &c.
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~ press her little fingers all over the skin
ana squeeze every bit of the meat on her
SrandfatherS bones. A large part of this
shampcoing is done by the blind. These
men make a profession of 1t, and there are
no blind asylumS required in Japan. They
go about with pipes in their mouths on
which they whistle. and in the past they
were the money lenders of the country.
They had blind mans union, which, l be-
women and men. L took many shampoos
during my stay in Japan, and il is wonder
ful how II takes the tired feeling out of YOU,
L usually stripped myself and put on long
cotton Japanese kimOno, and then sent my
servant for shampoOer He would bring
in bald-headed fellow with door-knocker
cue fastened to his glistening crown, and
with eyes which We're almond Sits with no
light behind them. The man was always
dressed in one of these night gown like
kimonos and he would pull his sleeves up
so that his arms were bare to the shoulders.
He would be led over to my bed or, in the
country, to the place where l lay on the
floor, and would at once begin to pass his
hands over my body. He would gouge my
nerve centers with his thumb, and my
whole frame would CULVER. He would
stretch each OF my fingers and toes until 1t
cracked, and he found out hundreds of
muscles which L never knew existed. All
of his motion comes from his wrists, and
he pounds the flesh again and again. He
continues his work until every molecule of
your frame has been put into action, and
you feel at the time though you had
been run through corn shelter. At the
end, however, this sensa ton passes off and
has gone, and you are again glad that you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
e 7,v~K Y. Cat.rsAa~
THE CITY'S ROAR.

How 1t May he NOtated and Used in
the Coming Years.
from the New York Sun.
II see," said a well-known musician,
that the Sun has been publishing the
opinion of some artist fellow that each city
has its color tone. 1 suppose he's right; 1
don't know much about red splashes and
green smears. But the publication of that
item brings up to utterance point some
thing that I've had in my mind for many
years, and that is the actual tone the
sound tone, the keynote of cities.
"You know every sound of nature has its
notation, whether it is the buzz Of insect
life in August or the roar Of Niagara in
late April So, too, l believe that every
city has it's especial sound, and that the
roar of its traffic could be reduced to no
taton and individualized. / am positive
that the roar of no two cities is alike, any
more than the roar of two lions is alike.
'Of course, the roar of a city differs in
depth and intensity according to the time
of the year, week and day. The roar of
New York on Sunday morning in August,
for in stance, is a very different thing from
that of New York on a Saturday morning
in October and again very different from
that of any time in the dead of winter,
when all the streets are covered with snow.
But these different sounds could be cata-
logued, and herein will lie the practical
utility of the thing. Travel and warfare
in the air are bound to come, you know,
and when they do the catalogue of city
notes will be much of 81 necessity as a
compass and barometer.
Take an example now. You are travel
ing in a balloon and the wind has been
blowing a gale for a week. The captain
doesn't know how much he's out in his
reckoning, when he hears a loud-booming
note coming up through the clouds. What
note is that he asks Of the mate The
mate puts the electro-tuning pipe to his
ear and hcllows back that it is BIB fiat
below the staff. Triple Il fiat below the
line says the captain, and this is Sunday,
November f. Why, that's New York. Let
out the gas there, my hearties.' And In
five minutes more you're safe at the Cen
trail Park Aerial Landing Enclosure. Why,
sir, it's the thought of the age"
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Carpenter, Wrestler and Interpreter
bout They seem to be of a race of their
own, They are taller and heavier than the
ordinary Japanese. and many of them are
over six feet in height. The Japanese man
is no taller than the average American girl.
He has long body and short legs. He is as
straight a stick, but he is stocky rather
than tall. These wrestlers weigh from two to
three hundred pounds. and they are noun
tains of fat and beef. They eat quantities
of meat, while the other people of japan
live largely upon vegetables, rice and fish.
They drink soup and beer by the gallon, and
Professor Burton of the Imperial Universe
ty, who has taken the best photographs of
them, told me how two wresters whom he
was entertaining one day in order to get
their pictures each drank two dozen bot
ties of beer and great quantities of soda
water, ginger ale and claret. These wrest-
lers have features much the same as the
ordinary Japanese, though their heads are
much larger, and more like cannon balls
than anything else. They wrestle almost
stark naked. and the only hair 1 could see
on their bodies was under their armpits,
and that which was put up in the old Japa-
nese style on the tops of their heads. They
shave their heads from the forehead 10 the
crown, leaving that over the ears and at
the back to grow long, and tying 1t up on
the top OF the head In queue like door
Enccker. They are by no means fierce look
Ing and when / visited the wrestling
matches / was taken among them and
chatted with some of them through my in
terpreter. / felt their muscles, and they
were as hard as iron, and what / had sup
pc sed to be great Jumps of fat / found to
be bundles of muscle.
How n wrestling Match Made an EN-
perOr.
These wrestlers date back almost to the
beginning of Japanese history. The Dali
mics kept a corps of them about their per-
sons, and when the princes travelled over the
country they always had some of these men
with them. They gave exhibitions at funeral
and wedding professions. and they are men
TONED in Japanese history as far back as
twenty-four years before Christ. About five
hundred years before Columbus and his band
Of Spanish pirates discovered America the
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Oregon Claims n Record.
ON TIE Morning Oregonian.

From tie Morning Oregonlan.
Oregon has long been celebrated as the
land Of big, red apples and red-cheeked
children, and the supply of both is pretty
we'll maintained. Some do more in keep
irg up the record than others. but a couple
on the east side, Jarrett by name, have,
1t Is believed broken the record for Ore
gon and are probably world heaters.
They have five living children, born to
them within a period of one year. The
triplets. two boys and girl, are about
three years of age. and the twins, a boy
and a girl, are less than a year younger
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett came from Missouri
to this state az