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Shophanthfdin, From an African
Plant,aa Atom OF which a Dangerous
To the best Of our knowledge, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. the most deadly poison is
that which was discovered by Prof Frazer
Of Edinburgh. Scotland, and known as
shophanthidin. He separated t from the
African poison plant shophanthus hispidus,
by means OF ether and alcohol As little as
a one-thousand-millionth part Of an ounce
OF crystallized shophanthidin produces a
distinctly Injurious effect upon the heart,
and very small quantity Is fatal Another
deadly poison 10 cyanogen gas. the principal
ingredients OF hydrocyanic or prussic acid
AT ordinary temperatures IL IN simply q
gas, but can be condensed by cold and pres
sure into q thin, colorless liquid and be-
comes q solid at 30 degrees Fahrenheit The
Inhalation In its gaseous state OF q most
minute quantity would cause instant death.
One OF the most deadly poisons n arseniur-
cited hydrogen. or arsenic, which IN formed
by decomposing an alloy OF arsenic and
zinc with sulphuric acid IL IN a coloriess
gas. possessing a fetid odor OF garlic, and
acts as a most deadly poison.
Adolph Ferdinand Gehlen, q chemist born
about 1775 at Butow. IN Pomerania. was the
discoverer Of It While experimenting with
IL at Munich. on July Is. he inhaled q sim
gle bubble OF the pure gas and died In eight
days from the effects. The accident occur
red through his smelling at the joints Of
his apparatus to discover q flaw. Others
engaged In chemical operations have died
from the effects OF this poison In three days.
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paths so rough that only men can travel
over them All the information. dispatches
and mails which go to the capital of China
have to be carried over dirt roads. and be-
fore the telegraph lines were put into Pek-
ing important news was sent from all parts
OF the empire by messengers with relays
Of horses.
Such a messenger service exists In some
parts of China today, and 1t is said that
Kublai Kahn had three hundred thousand
horses which he used for this purpose and
bis relay stations numbered ten thousand.
Some of the provisions for the palace at
Picking are brought by relays from Tien-
Tsin and today the courier service between
China and Thibet Is by ponies. The cou-
riers travel night and day. Their clothes
these seals cannot be broken until they
have delivered their messages. 1t is said
that they are lifted from one horse to anoth-
er at the station and that they sometimes
die on the way from fatigue.
Boxes of Bullion.
Nearly all the money transactions OF
China are done in silver. and 1 saw boxes
OF bullion scked into carts and shipped
from one town to another. The bullion was
nailed up in pine boxes, and such as ! saw
being shipped out of Picking did not have
soldiers to guard II. I was told at the
banks. however, that all money that was
sent far into the interior had to pay q
Commission to the bands of brigands and
robbers. A certain sum was given to some
one connected with these bands. and they
furnished an escort to go with the money
The robbers in China have a sort of trades
union, and there seems to be such honor
among Chinese thieves that other bands
will not modest caravans which have paid
toll to the robbers. Some parts of China
are full of brigands. and north Of Corea
there are all sorts of guerrillas.
The two greatest cities Of North China
are, you know, Picking and Tien-Tsin, and
these are the most interesting points in the
present struggle. If the Japanese could
take them. the war would be practically
settled. and the Chinese would change their
rulers from Tartars to Japs. Both of these
cities are not very far from the sea. Tien
Tsin Is about fifty miles back UP the Peiho
river. and Picking lies about eighty miles
to the uortkward. Both cities are frozen up
during the winter, and from December till
March Their, Is no communication except by
rude carts and ponies which go overland
from Shanghai and Cheefoo. / made sew
eral trips this spring from Tien Tsin to
Picking, and 1t will give You a good idea of
the situation in China for me to describe
the connections or trunk lines between these
two mighty cities. Peking is. you know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

the capital of the great Chinese empire. 1t
contains between a million and million
and a half of people. 1t is where the ruler
of five hundred million almond-eyed mortais
lives. and il Is the greatest seat OF govern
ment on the globe. Tien-Tsin Is the home
of Ii Hung Charg. 1t Is the New York of
North China 1t is the port where are
landed all the goods which supply these
hundreds of millions of the north and of
those which are carried from 1t far beyond
the borders of the great wall into Man.
churia, Mongolia AMI the great province OF
III. Its inhabitants number more than a
million. and upon Its wharves goods are
stacked like hay, aggregating in value
every year hundreds of millions of dollars.
These two cities are about as far apart as
are New York and Philadelphia, and the
land between them Is as fiat as the floor of
a ball ROOM All Of the supplies of the capt.
tai, including those for the mobiles and the
court, come first to Tien-Tsin, and there Is
q stream of goods flowing continually from
one place to the other fully as large as that
which passes over the railroads between
New York and Chicago. Through what
channels does 1t flow, and how long does
1t take to go from one city to the other? /
travelled nearly two whole days and nights in
making my journey by land, and the aver
age trip by way of the Peitro river Is from
four to five days. These two cities have
not even a decent wagon road connecting
fhem. The slow freight Is wheel barrow,
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gallon crock which stands on the roof. 1t
would be very bad taste to look over the
fence of a Chinaman's house, but ! was
forced to see into some Of the yards as
stood up In my cart when riding by. Dirt
and squalor reigned supreme. There was
no grass and no flowers. Gaily dressed
boys and girls ran in and out Of the gates.
They wear clothes Of the most horrible
colors, and the brightest Of green Is the
favorite. The little babies have their heads
shaved in spots AID the girls and womea
lather themselves with rouge and powder.
They stick paper flowers in their hair. and
they hobbe about on their heels, turning
their pitiful little feet upward and not
toching their toes to the ground. All Of
the old women carry canes, and those who
have the smallest feet have to be helped
along by others. 1t makes you sick to look
at the females, and / saw many little girls
who made their way over the rough roads
with their faces full Of pain. Their feet
seemed to be resting on live Goals. There
is no uglier costume In the world than that
Of these poor peasant women of north
China. The shirt-lika gown which falls
from the neck to the thighs shows no sign
drawers Of highly colored cotton or silk
fall to the ankles. where they are tied on
just above the brilliantly clad, but horribly
deformed, feet The hair Is combed straight
back and put up in all sorts of ways. They
look by 10 means clean and, though am
among the most susceptible Of men, have
yet to see the Chinese maiden whom think
could love.
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North China Farmer I'm Winter Dress.
lars to make the trip to Picking. Each
house boat has lot Of sailors and a. cap
tain, and you carry your own cook and
your own provisions.
A Big Captain.
My captain was over six feet in height.
He was clad In wadded blue cotton, and his
gown reached to his ankles. He lived in
the back of the boat, and my quarters were
In the middle. slept at night under q
piece OF mating. and my servant cooked
my meals. When the wind was in the right
direction We put up the sails, and when 1t
died down the sailors pushed the boat along
with poles which they dug into the bed Of
the river or fastened long ropes to 1t and
dragged 1t along by walking on the banks
we did not know how long the VOYAGE was
going TO take. and we considered ourselves
haPpy In having made it In four days.
Inc Chinese cart Is surer means of
lccomotion, but 1t Is by no means so pleas
ant. The roads are full Of ruts. The dust
sweeps over you In storms and your bones
are racked with the jolting Of the cart I
doubt whether there Is a clumsier vehicle
In the world. and certainly no other could
stand such roads. The Chinese cart has
TWO wheels. each as big as the front wheel
OF buggy, and each has a weight about
ten times as great. The wheels have mas
sive iron tires Their spokes are as big
around as base ball club. and the wooden
axles are as big as your arm where they
come through the hub. The shafts are as
large as telegraph poles. and they are fast
ened directly to the axle and the body Of
the cart rests upon them without springs
The bed Of one of these carts Is five feet
long and four feet wide. You cannot
stretch yourself out fat upon 1t without
resting your feet upon the shafts. There Is
no seat connected with 1t, and you lie or sit
fat on the floor. A little box-like wall runs
about the edge of the cart, and there is
blue canvas covering three feet high
stretched over It. Sitting upright, your
head almost grazes the roof of this, and 1t
would be impossible to put q seat Of any
kind within the vehicle. Each Of these carts
Is drawn by either one or two mules, which
are fasten ID to the cart by a harness Of
rope and rawhide When two mules are
used they always work tandem, as the road
Is too narrow for a two-horse team. The
driver sits cro5s-legged on the shafts. and
directs the mules with a pair Of rope lines
and long whip
FOrty-Eight Hours In a Cart.
1t was in such an outfit that l went to
Picking. 1 had two carts and four mules
and the trip took me In the nelghborhood Of
forty-eight hours. / paid eighteen dollars
for my carts. and had great trouble in
getting them on account of the examina-
tons which were going on in Picking had
secured two at twelve dollars While they
were being brought to the hotel one of the
mandarins saw them and he forcibly seized
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This runs through one of the most sparsely
settled parts Of 1t, extending from the city
OF Tlen-Tsin to the point where the great
Chinese wall juts down into the sea at the
head Of the Gulf Of Pechili. All of the
traffic Of the rest OF The country Is carried
on In boats. carts and wheelbarrows, and
China has no means of transporting
large masses Of men or provisions to feed
them The roads are more like bitches cut
through the fields than anything else They
are full of ruts. and in the rainy season
they are turned into rivers. 1t Is said that
there are four thousand roads in the en-
pire. but I venture to say that not one Is
macadamized. and the great highway over
which the caravans pass in going to Mon
golia is the bed of rocky mountain tor
rent and the brick tea which to the
amount Of thousands of tons is carried into
Russia and Thibet Is taken over mountain
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Why Librettists Have Lost Heart.


Eyes," said the librettist to his friend Of
the Chicago Record. i've written the nb-
retto for that opera. and it's q good one.
Some Of the lines I'm really proud of.
They've got point and the rhymes Just
fairly Jingle. Just look at this stanza from
one Of the songs"
And he offered his friend the following
verses to read:
There was a Jolly bachelor,
And when he died one day,
%s wSs his had p saS s to 'oSs %ad
And in his will he did explain
He felt he owed to those who had
Refused 10 be his wife.
CHORUS
For a bachelor hilarious
Has pleasures sweet and variousS
His ways may be precarious,
But he has lots OF fun.
He may show ecceDtricity
Or firt with bold Implicitly,
But he's bound to have felicity
So long as shines the sun.
"And now" said the nbrettist, "just como
to the theater tonight and hear those verses
sung. Ths lines, OF course, gain in effect
from the staging and musjc and costumes"
And the friend listened for those verses
at the theater, and this Is what he heard:
The wuzza jolabacheloo-re,
nd wennydide one day,
e willdzmunny to summaids
Wbowunce sodium Nay"
And inizwilly didex pla-a-in
The bes-z-zzz-um life
He felltyode t'thz who h-a-a-d
Refusedobei zwffe.
CHORUS.
F-o-o-r a b Oh lorilaryious
Zzhw-sz-varyious
'Zwayszumze de aryious
Yam dO-do-do-zum.
rnmaysho ecceEtrioity,
Oflummpty airy iccity.
Um-u-u-m-br-r-r-licity
Solonguzshuins the Zun.
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Il one man were to do nothing but ride
Up and down In q Broadway cable car all
day for q week.. what q chapter OF episodes
he might compile. Hints OF Tragedies are
there disclosed keys to many q human his
tory are furnished. but more often than
anything else 10 q comolete little comedy
acted out, and nine times out OF ten to an
appreciative audience.
A crowded car ran down the other even
ing. Within was . fuil-blown. eye-giassed,
drab-gaitered de.apparently satisfied that
he was damned in among an admiring
community. On the car platform q CHEEKY
young mechanic was INVITING the conduc-
tor and occasionally throwing q remark to
q fresh oncomer. Everybody took n In good
part as q case OF inoffensive high spirits,
all but the dude. who evoked a strong dis
gust.
When the young man called out, sit out
here. guv'nor. on the back piazza" to an
old gentleman. or Don't crowd there; stay
where the breczes blow" TO another. the
dude looked daggers. and at last. grabbing
the conductors elbow and indicating the
young man by q nod OF the head, evidently
entered q protest Every one saw Il So
did the young man. and he gathered his
wits together like q streak to finish that
dude. He did Il an with an imperturbable
good humor and seriousness which would
carry conviction to the most doubling.
well, I never" he began, poking his
head inside the doorway with an air Of
comic surprise "Jes to see you a-sittin'
there. dressed up like that. Catch on TO
them CATERS. will you? Amt you got the
nerve to go fixed up like that up and down
Broadway, and your poor father and mother
workin' hard at homer Amt you 'shamed OF
yourself. and your father a honest, hard
workin' driver and your mother q decent
respectable washwoman7 Y amt no good,
or you wouldn't have gev up your place
and think I'll go look after Il myself and
put a decent man IN It"
He stepped OF the car as IL bent on do
ing IL at once. and unable to resist the rid
icule OF the situation or defend the attack
the dude hastily stepped OF after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29
wOman's Onward March.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
She Is still advancing. At Fort Scott.
Kan, a robber with a revolver commanded
a young woman. who was alone in a busi-
ness house, to open the SAFE Instead Of
complying and then swoonins in the ap-
proved style, she calmly locked the safe
and exclaimed: Nov, shoot! The robber
fed in terror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

America, but few
seem aware t h a I
within short distance
and easy reach from
Washington there is
a group Of places in
close proximity which
were the scenes Of
many Of the most i'm
portant and signifi-
cant events in Amer
lean history. No
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

stimulant In often needed to ncurish and
strengthen the roots and to keep the hair natural
color. Halls Hair Remover IL the best tonic for
the hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

question which Is
troubling China to-
day in her war with
Japan Is that of
transportation. She has
q big population, but
IT Is scattered over a
C ntry one-third
larger than the whole
United States. This
vast extent of terri
tory has only one
railroad about two
hundred miles long.
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Sam Is going to build
will realize the dream
Of Jules Verne.
His account Of the
cigar-shaped Nauti-
lus, which voyaged
10000 leagues under
the sea, Is a pretty
fair description Of
the newest wonder
of science as applied
to navigation.
s u C h secrecy Is
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A Ninety-Mile Ride Over the Great
Plain.
CHINESE METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION
The Travel Between Two of the
Greatest Cities.
THE COUNTRY PEOPLE

Copyrighted. 1894. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Written for Tie Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29
The Peninsula of the James and Its
Noted Past.
A PILGRIMAGE FULL OF INTEREST
The Ancient Ruins Of jamestown,
Williamsburg and Yorktown.
THE REPUBLICS INFANCY
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

~ VERY ONE VISITS
IL Mount Vernon as the
Utmost sacred shrine Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29
The Fancy of Jules Verne Will Be
Given Practical Shape
UNCLE SANS EXPERTS AT WORK
A Boat That viii Dive and Swim
Like a Fish.
BY STORAGE BATTERIES

Written for The Evening Star.
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What They Would Do to Get Even
With the Hated Germans.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18
ELKINs FOR SENATOR.
The Ex-Secretary Of War Declares Him.
+ z.@s.. self q Candidate.

The Ex-secretary Of War Declares Him.
z.@..' self q Candidate.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-Ex-Secretary
of War Elkins is at the Holland House
and looked quite well. Mr.. Elkins,
being asked if he intended to be cam
didate for the United States senate
from West Virginia, said: II should
not be surprised if should run. OF
course we cannot tell If the next legis.
lature viii be Republican, but are going
to do the very best we can to make
it So"
Being asked as to the prospects for
defeating Congressman Wilson, the ex-
secretary of war replied chat West Vir-
ginia was protective tariff state and
it's industries would be ruined If the
free trade policy of Democracy were
carried out as intended. You are likely
to see political revolution in West
Virginia, concluded Mr.. Elkins.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18

A LETTER TO MIR. JONES

CARSON, New, Sept. Ex-senator
John p. Jones of Nevada has been re-
quested by the Republican state central
committee to resign his seat in the
United States senate, to which he was
elected by Republicans.
This request is made in a long letter
which was drafted by Chairman Tren-
nor Coffin and approved by the state
central committee at meeting held in
this city. The letter exhaustively re-
views Senator Jones' letter of Aug. 90,
to the former chairman of the commit
tee, Enoch Strother, in which Jones
announces that he left the Republican
party to join the Populists, and severely
criticizes his course of action, conclud-
ing as follows:
Some Peculiar Mental Process.
"But by what mental processes you
arrive at the conclusion that the great
principle involved requires you to part
company with the Republican party OF
Nevada, your letter entirely fails to
disclose. You concede that we are true
to the cause of silver. Then why do
you abandon us? five are true to silver
why does not devotion to that 'princi-
pie of which you write so eloquently
require you to remain true to us? Not
only have we been true to the cause of
silver, but we have been true to every
other great principle that you hold dear,
and more than that we have been fidel.
ity itself to you. Then we ask again,
why have you abandoned us?
.u Left without a Party.
"The silver party does not accept
your name, while the Populist party
does not accept your creed, so that upon
every recognized political principle, you
are literally left without party in the
state of Nevada.
s'In conclusion we desire to remind
you that you were elected to the United
States senate as Republican, by the
Republican party. In the strictest
sense that Office is political one, and
the Republican party is entitled to rep.
resentation for the full term of six
years from the 4th of March, 1891. As
you now announce that you can NO
longer act with the party that elected
you, every consideration of propriety
and delicacy requires you to resign In
the name of the Republican party of
Nevada, we respectfully request you to
do so. !" -@ SO. .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18
NEWS BRIEFLY REPORTED.

Jacob Schlie of Nicolett, Mimi, fell
from load of hay and broke his neck.
AT Eldora, Ia, Peter Hansen, section
foreman, was cut into by switch en-
gine.
AT Hastings, Mimi, Judge Crosby
sentenced John Ivan, the murderer, to
hang.
Mrs. John Wilson, living near Rice
Lake, Wis, was thrown from her car
riage and killed.
Reddy Larson was found guilty of
cattle rustling in the Stanley county,
s. D., court. He will likely get long
sentence.
AT Neigh, Neb., Barrett Scott was
convicted of embezzling $4,000 while
treasurer of Holt county.
A special dispatch from Lima, Peru,
says Cerro Pasco and Port Casm has
been taken by the rebels. .
Secretary Gresham has returned to
Washington from his visit to Chicago
and to his farm in Indiana.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18

follower, has just informed the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent that he will
not sanction any movement to have dis
trict committee arbitrarily decide in
favor of Breckinaidge, and says that ii
Owens has won the nomination, there
is no danger and no Intention of de-
priving him of il. Without Welch's
vote, Breckinridge could not win. The
reports on the street are that Breckin.
ridge men practically give up the fight
and will not contest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18
WOMEN IN WAR.
A Corps of Female soldiers offered to the
Japanese. #aa

A Corps of Female soldiers offered to the
Japanese.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1S.--Advices
received in this city from Yokohama
state that corps of trained female
nurses has been dispatched from the
Toxic training school to the military
hospital at Seoul, and others are being
trained for this service. w s.es
Throughout all Japan the women
have caught the war fever and the
greatest enthusiasm prevails. A num-
Der of ladies of rank have offered to 60 to
the seat Of war as volunteer nurses, and
Others have even offered to raise corps
cf finale warriors, an offer not so
strange as might at first sight appear.
~ all Japanese ladies OF good family
are taught the use of the sword and
halberd and many of them are very ex-
pert with these weapons. 1t can, how
ever, be safely predicted that the last
offer will not be accepted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18
WELLarAN I'm LONDON.
He Declares 10 Has Been . had Year
Arctic Exul0raAsona.

He Declares IL Has Been . had Year For
Arctic Explorations.
LONDON, Sept. l8.--Mr. Walter Well
man, the leader of the American Arctic
expedition, whose plans to explore the
far North were frustrated by the sink
ing Of his vessel, the Ragnvald Jarl,
which was crushed by the ice, viii sail
from Southampton for New York on
Wednesday next by the steamer Spree.
He win be accompanied by the Amer
icara members Of his party.
I'm the course Of an interview with
the representative of the Associated
Press. Mr. Wellman said that the fail
ure of Lieutenant Peary to reach North
Greenland shows that, like the Well
man expedition, he met with unusual
difficulties, arising from the extremely
unfayorable season Altogether. Mr..
Wellman declared, ii had heen b bad
year for Arctic exploration.