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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
WHERE IS DAISY GREGORY.

A Father's Pathetic Search for u
Daughter stolen for Ransom.
From the st. Paul Daily Globe.
Remarkable persistency and fatherly at
lection are displayed in the search of Allan
r. Gregory for his daughter. who disappear
ed mysteriousIy from her home near Val
lejo, Cal, about ten years ago. Mr.. Greg
DRY is now in St. Paul at the home OF
friends on University avenue. HIS daugh-
ter was fourteen years old when she dis
appeared and 1t was supposed that she was
carried off by bandits or stage robbers,who
infested the neighborhood of Vallejo at
that time Presumably she was kidnapped
for ransom, as Gregory was a wealthy cat
tleman. and abundantly able to pay large
sum for her return.
A week after her disappearance Gregory
received a communication saying the girl
would be returned to him on payment of
5000. The letter appointed place OF meet
ing, and expressly stipulated that he was
to appear alone. Thinking to cireumvent
the outlaws and secure the girl without
payment of the heavy ransom demanded.
Gregory approached the meeting point at
tended by score of cowboys ana cattle
men of the neighborhood. They waited in
the deep shadows for an hour. but no mys-
ter;ous messenger appeared The vicinity
was then thoroughly searched. but not a
trace of any one could be found. From
that time forth Mr.. Gregory's search has
two years ago. he secured trace of her in
Boston, but lost the trail eventually, and
was as much at sea as ever. He has spent
thousands of dollars in his wanderings
about the country. but is no. nearer solu-
ton of the mystery than he was the night
the child was stolen away. The girl was
fourteen years of age when kidnapped. and,
If alive is now a woman grown. Her name
was Daisy Maria Gregory, and her father
fondly recalls her as the prettiest young
girl in all California
Gregory, though but fifty-three years of
age, has the appearance of a man OF
eighty. He looks careworn and haggard,
and his hair is almost snowy white, all
caused by the agony he has suffered during
the ten years of his loneliness.
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in a blue gown standing beside IT. He
has box of money near him and his Gus
toners are many. He is selling something.
1t looks like horse hair. and those who
leave carry away long strands. which he
takes of from nails which have been driv-
en- into the white wall 1t may be he is
selling fly brushes. Let US get closer.
No. they are not fly brushes, they are
long switches Of human hair. which the
Chinese buy to braid into their cues.
There is a great trade in hair. and cart
loads of it are brought from Corea every
on a regular business. 1 bought a cue my
self In Hankow. 1t cost me . cents. and
my Chinese servant bought two cues at the
same time. l carried my cue for some
weeks. and when changed my servant 1t
disappeared. and I have no doubt but that
my boy Chang Is now wearing it.
In n Chinese Restaurant.
AS we go on with our walk We find hun
dreds of curious stores, and we see every
where evidences that the Chinese appetite
is Gargantuan, and that the mighty Chi
Lese stomach takes much to fill It,. There
are stores. which sell nothing but fowl and
dried ducks. Geese and chickens hang from
lii es stretched across the front of the
store so that they make a veil shutting 1t
CIT from the sidewalk. There are butcher
shops where pork and mutton are offered
for sale, and there are little booths, In
which there are great watts OF water filled
with live fish. We stop and watch the fish
peddler serve a poor customer. A small
footed woman dressed in long. blue cot
ton gown. wants q pound Of fish, and the
peddler- pulls a large squirming fish out OF
the water and lays 1t on the counter. He
takes a long knife, which is as sharp as a
razor, and cuts slice out of its Quivering
side. The blood flows, and he throws the
remains Of the now half-liye fish into the
| water. hoping that it may live until another
customer comes along to buy the balance
Here is a Chinese restaurant. Let US go In
| and get bite to stay our stomachs, which
| have been turned over and over by the dis
gushing sights Of our trip. It-consists Of q
dozen rooms, separated by screens OF
| carved Chinese fretwork, on the back Of
which white paper is pasted. Each room II
| filled with Lakewood tables, which lool
| like ebony, and which are about four fee
| square There are chairs beside them. an6
we take our seats while the frouzy servan
brings in cups Of tea, with the saucer!
turned over their tops to keep in the aroma
| We take off the saucers and tilt them 81
| they act as strainers for the cups. JUS
| touching the tea and keeping the leave!
| back as We drink. We are next served will
| a soup, filled with little bits Of pork. ant
then with the stew, which is thick will
cubes of chicken, about the size Of dice
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and there are hundreds of curious tribes
and clans which are practically unknown
to the people of the western world. Iake'
for instance. the Hakkas. How many
Americans have heard of them? The ordi-
nary Chinese cannot understand them, and
still they live here and there all over emma
and have villages and customs OF their
own. They do not bind the feet. They
wear broad-brimmed hats instead OF caps
and the children wear rings OF silver
around their necks. There are clans IN
China who do nothing but beg. and there
are other clans who are thieves from gene
ration to generation. Who has ever VIII
ten up the porcelain districts of China, and
how little information we have about the
provinces bordering on Burmah and Thib-
st? Numerous descriptions Of Chinese
SiAies have been published, but these are
usually from travellers who have been
carried rapidly through Shanghai and Cam
ton. They will tell you that all Chinese
cities are the same. Whereas, the fact Is,
the Chinese towns differ as much as our
American cities. and every great center 1
have visited / have found full OF strange
things, which saw nowhere else.
A Walk Through Hnnkow.
Take a walk with me. for instance,
through the great city of Hankow. 1t con-
cego 1t Is surrounded by a wall as high
as three-story house, and so wide that
three railroad trains could run side by side
upon it without touching. Inside these
walls there Is a mass of narrow streets,
lined with one, two and three-Stor1eu
houses. Cutting through these there are
lanes and cross streets. and most OF the
streets are six feet wide. The lanes are
often not more than two feet wide, ana
both streets and alleys are covered with
the vilest of slime. and you pick your way
through a mass of indescribable filth as
you go through them. The widest of the
streets are the great business thorough
fares. walled with stores and shops.
and which are packed with mass
of Chinese humanity from sunrise until
dark. This mass surgeS this way and that
1t is worse than jam at county fair.
end laborers carrying all kinds of wares,
push their way through it. The narrower
streets are little more than alleys walled
with houses, comprising factories. dwell
ing and business establishments. The en-
trarces to many of these are merely hotes
in the walls. Others have wide doors lead
ing into courts, and others introduce you
into the shops of mechanics, where you see
half-naked coolies doing the thousand and
one things of a busy Chinese city Walk
ing through these lanes. the foreigner
seems to be taking his life in his hands.
staLd in the middle and press the opposite
walls with your hands. Two men can
hardly pass, and you instinctively squeeze
yourself in your efforts to tighten your
skin and keep out of the collisions which
appear imminent at every curve. Here
comes a coolie, bare-backed and bare-leg-
ged. He is one of the thousand siop car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

From the Boston Herald.
Take something to drink said. his
friend.
mo, thank YOU
. mo! Why not?"
"In the first place." said the party in
question, because I am secretary to a
temperance society that is to meet today,
and 1 must be consistent In the second
place. this is the anniversary of my faith
er's DEATH and out of respect to his MEM
ory have promised never to drink on this
day. And. in the third place. l have just
taken something"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
YOUR FAT
Can Be Reduced.
Washington Physicians In
dOrse DIR. Edison's Obes-
ity Pills and Fruit Salt.
Can. Be Reduced.

Call at agents and examine our supporting
and Obesity Bands and learn about me Treatment.
Says James g. Lyon, ex-auditor OF the Treasury
Department: Il have worn DIR. Edis0n'a Obesity
Band and reduced the size OF my abdomen tOlk
tnches. The Obesity Pills helped me to re1ncs over
- pounds"
Says Mrs. Cordelia Messenger, Secretary OF the
Metropolitan's Woman's Club, Author OF .'Woman's
Duty to Woman" In Q letter to Loring q Co: Il
have used three bottles OF DR.. Edison's Obesity
Pills and four Of his delicious Obesity Fruit salt
and obtained wonderfully coed results Ny strength
was nearly gone from chronic kidney and liver
obesity. Ny physician said that had fatty de-
generation Of the heart and kidneys; that could
only obtain partial relief and be comfortable, while
the disease would ruin my life. After had taken
three bottles each Of the Pills and Salts was
the road to fast recovery. As / lost about
50 pounds Of dangerous unhealthy surplus fat
felt stronger and breathed easier when I walked.
no longer suffered from my old troubles and feel
about As we'll ever. wish that all who have
suffered ! hare could know how much virtue
the little sweet pills and the Fruit Salt contain
Our goods may be obtained from G. @. O. SiAMA,
COZ. New York ave and 18th 81.
Cor. 11th and r sts.,
Keep 4 full line OF Obesity Bands, Pills and Fruit
Salt in stock. Ladies' will lind a saleslady here.
MRS. L. V. CODY,
parlorS-1204 G st. NV.
Sent by mail receipt OF price.
The Bands cost $3.50 up: the Fruit Salt. 81 per
bottle. and Pulls. $50 bottle, or bottles for
ioRfNG CO.. e West ID st.. Department No
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A Vigorous Centenarian.

From the London Daily News.
A Norwegian illustrated" gives the por-
trait of a countrywoman, Kirsti, Eyleifs
daughter, 1O6 years of age, resident at the
Sc gnefiord. At the age of 102 Kirsti. after
stay of several years with her son in
another valley, returned to her birthplace
at Sognefiord, and walked a considerable
part of the distance. At the age of 1O4
she went to provincial exhibition with
spinning works and won a prize. Her
eyesight is still remarkably strong In
1891 the old woman was obliged to take to
led for influenza, but recovered easily.
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FLOWERS AND THE VOICE.

Curious Eject of Perfumes on Singers
The Violet the Worst.
From the British Medical Journal.
Miss MAY Yohe has confided to an inter-
viewer the interesting fact that she cannot
bear to have flowers near her when sing
ing, as their perfume utterly destroys her
voice. The lady added that she could not
account for this curious fact" The effect
of flowers on the voice has recently ex-
cited a good deal Of attention In France.
and Dr. Joal of Mont Dore has published an
elaborate paper on the subject. He relates
a number of cases which have come under
his own observation in which thickness
huskiness and even complete loss of voice
are always caused by penetrating odors
In some persons it is only the perfume of
particular flowers that produces this effect;
in others the odor Of incense or musk, or
the smells of the kitchen, lanyard or
smithy act in the same way.
The bad effect of flowers on the voice Is
so well known among singers that NJ.
Faure, Nine. KraNse and other eminent
teachers caution their pupils against hav-
ing them in their dressing rooms, and
Jealous prima donna has been known to Sc
of a rival by treacherously presenting her
with a magnificent bouquet just before she
went on the stage. Testimony to the EVIL
effects of flowers on the voice Is borne by
singers, and by laryngologists like DR..
Fauvel and DIR. Gouguenheim OF Paris.
The flower which has the worst reputa-
ton in this respect is the violet, but there
is no evidence that it is really more harm
full to the voice than other sweet-smelling
flowers such as the rose the mignonette
the heliotrope. the lily of the valley, the
gardeuia, the lilac and the tube rose. The
explanation Of this curious idiosyncrasy is
probably to be found in a special sensitive
ness Of the elfactory mucous membrane to
the action, mechanical or chemical. of GER
tain odorous particles. The mechanism Is
roughly speaking, congestion of the mucous
membrane of the turbinate bodies, which
1t will be remembered, is largely erectile
followed by reflex vasomotor disturbance OF
the vocal apparatus. DIR. Joal says that the
effect maniftsts itself not only in conges
ton of the nose, nosopharynx and larynx
but in paresis of the constructor, muscles Of
the CLOTHS and spasms of the bronchia
tub IS. The respiratory capacity, as testeG
by the spirometer, is notably reduced, ane
the voice not only loses brilliancy and vol
ume, but part of it's compass, and thu
singer is much more easily fatigued than il
| his natural state.
The moral seems to be chat singers VIII;
| are the subjects of this particular infirmity
must Danish not only flowers, but all stront
| perfumes from their environment If the!
wish their voices to be at their best; II
| particular they must be careful not to &C
| cept bouquets from injudicious admirers o
| rival artists.
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Another Tradition Obsolete.
.op, Tho w.uR

Yesterday a new departure was witnessed
without any protest in the ceremonial OBJ
servances of the house of commons. The
of the royal household, in full levee cos
tune, was the bearer of a message from
the throne. Having delivered the message,
Mr.. Spencer advanced up the floor of the
chair 1t has been the invariable practice
on such occasions for the controller. on
handing the message to the speaker to
retire down the floor of the house, stepping
backward, facing the chair, and bowling
al intervals.
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parts or the empire
the poorer people eat
snakes. In Annoy and
Swatow snakes are
sold for food and
they are used to
make soup. They are
quite expensive, and
a good-sized snake OF
the right variety Will
brin g seventy-hve
cents. I found the
Chinese restaurants
we'll patronized. and
there are peddling
cocks everywhere.
The average laborer
h,,vq hia lun oh where
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present war may
bring about an era
of travel and explor-
alton in China. As 1t
is, many great cities
Of the empire have
never been visited by
foreigners. There are
ert ain provinces.
containing more peo-
pie than the whole
United States. In
which 1t has always
been unsafe to travel,
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he works II he belongs to the cities, ana
wherever there Is a band OF WoTKmeh you
find from one to dozen lunch peddlers 1t Is
the same as to smoking. On nearly every
corner you find q table with q lot OF pipes
upon 1t, and q man standing beside II ready
to rent them out fora fraction OF cent
smoke. The pipes are made Of copper. and
they are q soft of a water pipe, with wncn
you draw the smoke through the water pc
fore 1t comes into your mouth. The poWis
hold about q thimbleful of tobacco, and tae
pipe has to be lighted about every two min
utes. OF late years the Chinese of the sea-
ports have taken to smoking cigarettes
and you find great quantities Of American
cigarettes consumed in Shanghai and Can
ton.
Slime and Filth.
In my walks through the Chinese cities
the things that impressed me most were
the things that I did not see. looked IN
vain for street lamps. There was no sign
of sewerage, and the public buildings were
more like stables than anything else. The
only fire preventives were wells which
had been dug here and there, and which
were kept fun in order to use In case OF
CONGREGATIONS and great clay Jars whicn
were placed on the roofs of some OF the
houses I was told that the houses were
numbered, and at the corners saw CHAR
acters which gave description or census
Of the families of the neighborhood. Most
of the streets of the cities which visited
outside of Picking were paved with stone,
which had been worn smooth by the bare
and shod feet Of a thousand generations of
human beings. Outside of the hogs and
the dogs, you see few animals In one OF
these big towns There are no carts ana
no carriages. The men ride through the
streets in chairs. and the merchandise Is
carried by men or pushed and dragged
through the city in wheelbarrows. There
are no statues and 70 public squares, ex-
cept, perhaps, where a place may have
been left TO- a market. There are no tele-
graph lines and no tall buildings. The roofs
are of heavy black tiles, and most OF the
city houses are built Of blue brick with q
foundation of stone. l saw no signs OF Gel
lars, though under some Of the streets there
are drains and some have cutters Both
drains and cutters are usually stopped up,
and they form the breeding places for dis
ease and. bad smells.
The filth of a Chinese city Is, In fact. be-
You'd description. Picking Is worse than a
! America Is cleaner than the mud through
| which you wade in walking through
| Hankow. You have to keep your eyes
on your feet, and there is no bone fac
| tory in the United States which sur
passes the smell arising from the streets
| on a wet day. Here and there along the
| business streets or in the side streets, just
| off of the most thronged parts of the city
| you will pass great watts splashed with the
| closets They are owned by private parties
| who grow rich by selling the sewerage to
| the farmers.
| You go on and on through scenes like
| those 1 have described until you can stand
| it no longer, and give your guide directions
| to hurry you back to your hotel.
| FRANK. G. CARPENTER.
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Remarkable.


From Life.
Mrs. Twickenham Ito Mrs. Longlane on
her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
What young looking man your husband
is! l was just telling him that it didn't
seem possible that he had lived with you
for twenty-five years."
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Edward Everctt's Classical Joke.

From the Worcester Gazette.
1t was utter one of the late Mr.. Vaux's
political speeches in Boston. but on the
same evening, that there was waited into
a certain Boston newspaper office bit of
paper bearing only the words, in neat
handwriting we'll known in that office:
Vaux, ct preterea nihil.
1t was twisting of the Latin word vox,
of course The phrase means "a voice and
Eothing more" The lines can still be found
in the trifle column of the files of the Daily
Advertiser, and the handwriting of the
copy, If it existed, would be found to bear
a strong resemblance to that of the late
Edward Everett. Mr.. Everett had a lively
sense of humor which would never be
guessed from his orationS.
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The Kodak Can Lie.

From the Strand Magazine.
The amateur photographer who is also
an angler is well aware that his camera
will back him up when boasting of his
piscatorial prowess. One photo 1 saw rep
resented a huge fish, the length of which
appeared to equal that of two-foot rule,
which was also shown. In reality the
take" was little dace or carp. and while
being photographed it had been held very
close to the lens. The rule, of course. was
taken some distance away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
Counterfeit Beverages Made by the
Government for Odd Purposes.
how TO DETECT FRAUDULENT DRINKS
The Materials Used in Initiating the
Genuine Article.
Written for The Evening Star.
HOW 1T Is DON E

QUART BIO T T L E
OF rum stood yester-
day on the desk of
Prof. Wiley, chemist
OF the Department of
Agriculture. It was
not the real article,
but a counterfeit.
Nevertheless, nobody
could have distin-
guished 1t by taste
or smell from the
genuine stuff.
This bottleful Of
liquor represented a
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such signboards. These signs are pushed
this way and that by the crowds which
continually move through them What
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-20
DEAD ANIMAL STENCH
MAYORS UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY
DOWN AT SELLERS FARM.
Carcasses Left Exposed-Treating
Night Soil with Mn rI-Appointment
OF a city S%anitarfau.

Mayor Denny, accompanied by the mem
bers of the Board Of Works. Drs. Hays and
Jameson of the Board of Health. and j. N
Hurry, city chemist. visited the garbage
crematory and Sellers farm yesterday aft
ernoon. The crematory was visited first.
Several loads of garbage were brought in
while the party was there and dumped into
the furnace. Everything was clean about
the place and there were no odors. The in
srecting party was very we'll satisfied with
this part of the garbage company's plant,
but at Sellers farm II was different.
There no attempt has ever been made TO
comply with the terms of the contract, ex-
cept two or three efforts which were merely
in the nature of experiments. The members
of the party were surpi Used, however, to
find that the night soil, axposed in the open
trenches, as it was in several. which were
not yet ready to be covered, gave out so
little offensive odor. The opinion prevailed
that the little odor which came from the
place could hardly be called unsanitary, as
1t did not extend a hundred feet from the
open trenches.
Burying night soil is very unsatisfactory
as a permanent means OF disposing of it
and Mr.. Bachman mad a proposition en-
bodying his plans for the future. He pro-
poses to build a number of sheds in the ex-
treme south end Of the farm, where the
night soil will be treated and prepared for
fertilizer. Mr.. Bachman has shipped a large
quantity of mari from Ohio. wrich he will
mix with the night soil, and then place the
mixture OH shelves under the sheds to dry,
after which it will be sold for fertilizer.
Marl contains a large proportion of car
Donate of lime, which sfii prevent any odor
arising while the mixture is drying and will
also add to it's value as a fertilizer This
proposition will be considered at the Cabi-
net meeting tonight
DR.. Jameson and DR.. Hays will discuss
the question to-day, and. after considering
the various propositions they have received,
will submit the entire matter TO the cabinet
with recommendations.
Mayor Denny was very much displeased
with the manner in which Rauh & Sons are
carrying out their contract for the DISPOSE
ton of dead animals from the city. He said
he found sixty or seventy dead animals ly-
ing on the ground at the farm. Some of
them had been skinned and others had not.
He said he was informed that some of them
were carcesses of horses which were burned
in the Scudder livery stable fire, which oe-
CURED nearly two months ago. He de-
scribed the stencil from them as horrible, :"
and said something must be done to remedy
the matter. This question will also be con-
| Sidered by the cabinet tonight.