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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
A Unique Collection.


A letter, written by a woman and with a
womans name signed to it, has been re-
ceived by an official of the city, asking
how she will proceed to obtain the skull
of the man who was killed by Jordan, the
janitor. The letter further has this: Il
am collecting skulls of eminent people and
criminals"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
Watterson on Kisses.

From the Louisville Courier-JournaI.
There is a bill in the Indiana legisla-
ture to reduce the price Of stolen kisses
from $500 to $3.50 each. This is a poor
sort of bill No stolen kiss is worth $3.50.
and the only kind that is worth $500 is the
ratis-for-nothing" kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
Breathing CarbOnic Acid.

From Chambers Journal.
1t is well known that very much larger
proportion of carbonic acid than usually
exists In the atmosphere can be inhaled
with impunity. but only recently have we
been aware of the large quantity that can
be breathed without actual danger. Ordi-
nary fresh air contains four parts in
10000 yet the carDonic acid has to reach
per cent. or 100 times the usual quantity
before any difference is noticed In the res
piration. AS the percentage rises the per-
son breathing 1t begins to pant, but with
air containing as much as 10 per cent only
a headache Is produced, although the pant
ing Is violent. The actual danger point Is
not reached until the carbonic acid rises to
Is per cent.
Foul air in a room where a number Of
persons are present Is not dangerous on
account of the carbonic acid 1t contains,
but owing to a poisonous organic sub
stance given off with the breath. Carbonic
acid Is not a direct poison. but when the
danger point Is reached the air can taks
none from the blood in the lungs, so that
the fires of the human engine are extin-
guished by their own smoke, as 1t were. 1t
is really wonderful what the human engine
will endure, for a candle goes out when
the oxygen in the air sinks to 1875, instead
of the usual 81 per cent, and the carbonic
acid rises to %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
HypnOtism and Music.

From the New YORK treSS.
The recent researches of Cesar Lombroso
into hypnotic conditions have startled the
scientific world to such a degree that We
are continually hearing OF new and success
full experiments In the hitherto unknown.
Thus that grave and learned Journal the
Medical News, now offers with authority
certain remarkable results proceeding from
the influence of music on mesmerism The
experiments in question were undertaken
by Alfred s. Warthin, demonstration Of
chemical medicine in the University Of
Michigan. In his extremely interesting
article Prof. Warthin declares that he was
tempted into this investigation by an OBJ
servation of the effects of German music
on it's admirers. While he was attending a
series of performances of Wagner operas
he discovered that certain people in the
audience were in state Of self-nduced
hypnosis Further study of this condition
enabled him to determine that these music
lovers were for the time being complete
ly absorbed by sounds that all external re-
lations were removed from them; that they
were in a state wherein nothing but music
existed. or, in other words, that they were
completely under the hypnotic influence Of
the music drama.
These conclusions led Dr. Warthin into a
series of experiments. the results of which
are now presented for our consideration.
He could not afford to employ an opera
company to hyp1otize people. So he did
the next best thing, and tried the effect of
the music drama on the people who were
already hypnotized. His first subject was a
brother physician. This gentleman was
placed in hypnotic state and Wagner's
Ride of the Waik,re" was played at him
on a piano. Immediately the subjects face
showed great mental excitement, his body
twitched with violent emotion his legs
were drawn up in seeming agony, his arms
tossed wildly in the air and he broke out in
prOfuSe perSpiratiOn. On being awakened
from his trance the patient declared that
he had not perceived the music as sound,
but as feeling, and that feeling was the
sensation of excitement as If he were riding
furiously through the air. Another subject
experimental with the fire music of
1.-THE Walkure" gave every indication that
he felt himself In the midst Of flames. The
"Walhalla" motive gave third patient the
firm belief that he was climbing a lofty
mountain and surveying a landscape OF
much beauty and grandeur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
Passes for Public Officials,

From the Chicago Record.
The action Of the New York constitution
al convention in forbidding the use of rail-
road passes by all officials has evidently
brought the question into such prominence
as 1t has not had before, for similar propo-
sitions are being seriously considered in
other states. A bill to that effect is already
before the Indiana legislature, and the
matter Is much agitated in Wisconsin,
where Chairman Thorn of the republican
Undoubtedly the action Of Mayor Hopkins
In forcing passes for himself and party
from the Pennsylvania road by using the
police force as club has caused people to
think in Illinois.
Mayor Hopkins speaks boastingly of his
triumph in securing the passes because
they were for the purpose of carrying
citizens to Washington to secure much
needed post office building. Nevertheless
it cannot have escaped the thoughtful per-
son that the method employed smacked
very much of the Matchmaking schemes
unearthed by the Lexow committee in
New York II mayor can use police
force to coerce road into giving passes
in one instance, why not in all? In view Of
the fact that the railroads give out thou
sands of dollars worth Of passes in I'LL
nois alone every year, 1t Is pertinent to
suggest that they do so because they dare
not refuse-in which case they virtually
are being blackmailed-or because they get
value received. If the railroads do get
valuable favors in return for passes, 1t is,
of course at the expense of the people
There Is little justification in reason for
the custom, and If the people had not be-
come used to 1T they would consider 1t
preposterous. 1t Is especially 1ncongruous
and in view Of a growing suspicion Of
corporate influence over the Judiciary. Inn
polite that judges who hear cases affecting
railroads should hold passes from those
same roads for which they render no con-
sideration that Is evident to the people.
Abolish passes for public officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

oysters from the mud. Then the men turn
the windlass and wind up the dredge with
its collection Of oysters to be emptied upon
the deck. This is the work. all day long
from the break of day until sometimes far
In the night or perhaps until morning. 1t
Is wind, wind, wind on that windlass, and
lift and tug at the dredge. Feet and legs
are soon wet to the skin and their hands
are chilled with the icy water and cut by
the oyster shells. while the brine from the
salt water eats into the flesh and makes
dreadful sores.
II a stiff wind Is blowing 1t Is difficult
work to maintain footing on the slippery
deck as the schooner rises and falls, for
there Is no rail around the edge. The
dredges can work at night as we'll as day,
and in this case the hardship is increased.
1t Is very difficult for one housed in COM
Portable quarters and barely hearing the
wind outside to imagine the lot of these
poor oystermen on the deck of Chesa-
peake schooner. facing the bitter gale. with
the salt spray dashing in their eyes and
freezing on their cheeks as they tug at the
creaking windlass.
The pay for this work Is from s12 to SIS
a month and board" The board usually
consists of black coffee, cornbread. and.
under more fortunate circumstances. salt
meat. The men are not even allowed to
eat the oysters which they dredge unless
they pay for them. The captains of these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

oysters to some of the dealers-and packers
in the vicinity. On Cone river and Yeo-
comico river and at other places on the
lower Potomac several packing houses have
been established in recent years, where
many hundred thousand gallons are bought
and shipped every season. The steamers
that ply between Baltimore and Washing
ton furnish rapid transit for the oysters
from the dredgeboats to the markets of the
east.
One establishment located near the
mouth of the Potomac ships 1000 gallons
OF oysters day. 1t Is not an uncommon
sight to see 200 schoonerS and vessels of
all descriptions anchored around the place
unloading the results of two or three days
dredging. The oysters are shucked and
shipped from this place in tubs. These
oysters are shipped in bulk. and go to the
interior cities, supplying the country as
far south as Texas. When they reach these
distant states they are in small tin cans,
packed in sawdust and ice.
The oysters that one finds In restaurants
in the shell come to Washington by steam
boat, packed in barrels, or by schooner
load in bulk. They are then shucked at
the wharf or in the oyster houses and fur
nished to the trade. The choice brands of
Lynn Haven bays and Saddle Rocks are
brought by steamer. They are very ex-
pensive and are handled carefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

Sailboats furnish the ordinary means Of
transportation. the sea yields food and &C.
cupsfion. and the land is only considered
as something to tie to In rough weather
In summer life Whereabouts Is careless,
comfortable and happy go-lucky. In WIN
ter existence is the hardest. sternest kind
OF reality, In biting winds. sleet-coated
decks and rigging, and choppy seas that
drench all hands with icy brine.
IL from the deck of steamboat LAYING
her course from Piney Point light to Wolf
Trap shoal one looks to the right and left
he sees the hazy shore line that seems to
stretch in unbroken length parallel with
the course. Half an hours steaming out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
of $1,000. For the preparation of the Re-
vised Statutes a the United States. first

of $1,000 For the preparation of the Re-
vised Statutes a THE United States first
edition. $51,O0O fwa3 appropriated. three
commissioners receiving $4,000 each. while
years, for clerical and incidental expenses.
The cost of the publication Of the compila-
ton Of the Distfices laws. as ascertai ns,l
from figures furnished by the public
printer. was $11.5Tl.S7.
DisprOpOrtiOnnte Amount Allowed.
An examination 81 these figures will
show at once how disproportionate an
amount Congress- has allowed for the COM
pilation of a work which has been SO long
and SO sorely needed, and one which the
District judicial and executive authorities
have highly approved. Recognizing this
fact, the authorities have, as above ex-
planned. recommended that Mr.. Albert be
appropriately recompensed. They have,
therefore. recommended that he be paid
the sum of 5000. Such a sum, they state,
would be reasonable and just, and they
point out that II the amount Is added to
the cost Of the compilation the payment of
the sum to Mr.. Albert would involve no ul-
innate outlay of public money, and could
be included in the price at which the COM
pilation could be sold-$375. Provision for
such compensation had been made by
Senator Hunton. who proposes to amend
the District appropriation bill. now before
the Senate, by providing that sum not
exceeding $1,000. to be paid wholly out of
the revenues or the DlStr1ct, Snail De palQ
Mr.. Albert upon the order of the District
Supreme Court. which sum shall be added
to the cost of the compilation and the
price for which the same shall be sold.
Senator Hunton's amendment also pro-
vides that the District shall be reimbursed
in said amount from the proceeds of the
sale Of the compilation, after the amount
arising therefrom shall equal the cost of
its publication. and the Secretary of the
Interior, after distributing 214 copies to
the President, judges and other officers re-
quiring them Cor official use, is directed to
sell the remaining copies at 1915 a copy.
There has been an impression prevailing
among some people that the compilation
will be the law of the District. Such, how
ever. is not true. The work is only what
its title signifies compilation of the laws
Of the District-that Is, laws relating to
and apparently obtaining here. But until
the compilation Is made by special enact
ment of Congress to be prima facie evil
dence of the laws contained therein it
cannot he taken legally to be the law of
the District. Such a course was pursued
by Congress in the matter of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and it is
probable that Congress will follow the
same course in the matter Of this compila-
ton of the laws of the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
NEW TELEPHONE PLAN.
Ringing the Bell to he Supplanted by
Electric Lights.

NACCtT1c AABAtSs
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Under a new system, partially and sue
cessfully in operation, the Chicago Tele-
phone Company is going to take 1.-The
crank" of the telephone that is, the
handle by which the hello girl is rung up.
and sometimes wrought up. Soon the only
thing subscriber will have to DO Is to
take his phone Off the hook, and, putting
his mouth to the transmitter, say: "Give
me two-two nines." to get 90. and 1t will
be done without any exertion OF ringing or
turning crank. Or, II one should want
main 900. for instance, take of the phone
and whisper in the transmitter: two.
aught ut must be ''aught," for the hello
girl insists upon calling "naught' "aught'D,
nine. and you will get connection without
further trouble.
The new system Is simply making the
eve assist ct what the ear. the telephone
ear, of the hello girl has had to do unas-
sisted.
At present when q subscriber rings up
central an "'annuncfator," like unto those
in hotels, falls and tells the operator what
number wants to talk. This annunciator is
replaced by an electric lamp or incandes-
cent miniature light, which flares up In
front of the operator. Connect me with
two-'ought'-two." and the proper plug is
put in on the switchboard. another light
flares up, showing connection is made. and
then both go out and are dark so long as
talk Is held between the two lamps. So
soon as one gets through and hangs up
his phone her lamp is ht and the operator
knows he's done talking, but waits until
the other lamp looms up before severing
the connection, and thus putting out both
lamps.
If the central makes no reply to the first
hello the phone hook can be moved up and
down, making a pyrotechnic display before
the eyes of the operator, which she must
quench by answering, lest she be blinded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

of the regular track of navigation would
show this shore line broken and indented
In a hundred places with bays and inlets
and coves: with winding creeks making
down from the interior. and forming
deltas at their mouth. Here and there
wider creek would be pointed out as q
river, and the funnel of a coasting steamer
appearing apparently out of a corn field
would show that there was deep water
some distance inland. This Is the land of
the oystermen, and these wide stretches OF
water and the wider bay beyond are the
fields of their operations.
Within the range of the naked eye, II
there Is a fair breeze blowing, one can see
hundred or more vessels. schooners,
PUNCHES and bug-eycs, under SAIL moving
along slowly, close hauled to the wind SO
as barely to give good Roadway. Further
In shore are many more smaller sail
boats with masts unstepped, bobbins up
and down to the gentle swell, while their
occupants appear to be very busy over the
side with two long poles. The first are the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

around on the bottom until he strikes an
obstruction. rakes and scrapes In the mud
until he gets lot of oysters. which he
then empties on board running crosswise
his boat Directly, when he has collected
a pile. he culls out the small and young
fellows. throwing them back into the water
to give them a chance to grow. When he
has collected load he proceeds to shore
and sells them to a dealer or to a schooner
captain. This Is the process of longing,
and very tiresome and uninteresting
thing 1t is.
The oyster dredgers are the men who see
the hard. dangerous and toilsome side of
the life. They work in winter time. of
course. They are never afloat unless the
wind blows. and as the prevailing wind is
the norwester or noreaster. the weather
is nearly always cold and sQually. Their
small crafts are usually drenched with
spray and the men work in the wet and
the ice all the time. When they go to bed
to get few hours sleep 1t is in damp and
dingy forecastle. and they are more fire.
quently hungry than otherwise.
The dredge boat Is schooner or pungy
carrying a crew of from six to ten men,
part of whom to work the ship, while
the others operate the dredging machines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

ScnOOnerS are ire
quently hard and
brutal men, whose
harsh treatment COM
pletes the misery of
the un Z or I u n ate
dredgers. When a
dredge captain has
secured his load of
oysters he has two
ways of getting rid
of them. He can sail
his vessel up to
w a 8 h 1 n g ton or
around to Baltimore
and offer his cargo in
open market or he
can diSpOSe of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

OF this city Is a sec
ton which to all in
tents and purposes
might be a foreign
C o u n try. so I'M
familiar is IL to the
general public, so
different in its Gus
toms. physical con-
formity and its peo-
pie. 1t is an aquatic
neighborhood, { n g
habits of life there
abouts are bound I'D
In and dependent up
on the water and
tides. and winds rule
the affairs of man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
Written for The Evening Star.
In Golden Sleep.

The soul sees Bacon, grand at court,
In velvet cloak and golden chain,
With glory to the Woolsack brought
'Mong all the triumphs men attain.
The great his mighty genius laud
In classics, science, history, law;
But mid the glitter and the gaud
The Seal Is not without q flaw.
Tho soul sees Shakespeare, Fancy's king,
A very man Of very man;
Though monarch with the signet ring
Most human since the world began.
A poet breathing dairtiest dreams;
A playwright, master of mankind,
Whose brain illunines like the beams
OF sunshine that the harvests bind.
DAVID GRAHAM ADET
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

On eltner SIDE or the
vessel, just about
amidships, Is a ma
chine which resem-
bleS an ordinary
windlaSs, with two
handles for turning.
Around the wlndlass
is wrapped a chain
and at the end of it
Is what Is called the
dredge. This Is q
collection of iron
prongs, bent so that
as the schooner sails
and drags the dredge
over the bottom it
will scoop up the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

or cares to know the various stages
through which they passed from their
Shiny. salty bed at the bottom Of the
Chesapeake inlet to the buttered surface
OF the chatting dish. If, however. after
they have been served piping hot and
eaten, and you lean back comfortably to
enjoy a cigarette. you care to know some
thing OF these matters. listen while a Star
man tells the story.
1t Is a story of hardship, danger and pri-
walton to those who gathered the oysters.
Every one of those toothsome morsels
which gave you much enjoyment has
caused SOME one to suffer in the procuring
of 1t. There is not an oyster that comes
upon a table but, could IL talk. would tell
a tale that would arouse your sympathy,
often your pity. for the men through
whose hands it had passed from the time
1t was wrested from its oozy bed. In the
very nature of things, the gathering of
oysters Is toilsome task, beset with
every kind of hardship. and attended with
a certain amount OF danger. The condi-
tons surrounding the business are such
that 1t is impossible for IL to be otherwise.
A Star man who visited the oyster beds
of the lower Potomac n few days ago is
competent to tell of the matter from per-
soral observation. II any one Is discon-
tented with his lot in life. let him imne-
diately console himself with the thought
that at least he Is not an oyster dredger.
The bulk of the oysters supplied to Wash
ington consumers come from the water
ways adjacent to the lower Potomac and
Chesapeake bay. Within a hundred miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
can Accomplished Fact"

From L'Annunzatore.
Grandma. may take that piece Of
chocolate you left on the table7 will be
so goodv
Yes, you may take It."
(The little girl does not move).
why don't you go and get it?'
"Oh, grandma. dear; 1 ate 1t firstP'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
A Soft Answer.

From Pearson's Weekly.
Actress (angrily)-'Did you write that
criticism which said my impersonation of
the Abandoned Wife was a miserable
failpre?"
Critic-"Y-e-e-e-es; you see, you looked SO
irresistibly beautiful that it was impossi-
BILE to fancy that any man could abandon
YOU"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

OR THE LIQUOR HABIT POSI-
lively cured by administering DR.. Haines Golden
Specific. 1t can be given in cup of coffee or
tea, in food, without the knowledge of the
patient 1t is absolutely harmless, and will effect
permanent and speedy cure, whether the patient
Is moderate drinker alcoholic wreck.
It has been given in thousands Of cases, and in
every instance perfect cure has followed. It
never fails. The system impregnated with
the Specific. 1t becomes utter impossibility
for the liquor appetite to exist GOLDEN sPE-
free. To be had of +. S. WILLIAMS & CO..
9th and SITS. NV; 3. +. WARE, under Eb-
bitt House, Washington. n20-tu, th&s ,3ms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26

III SoSS CASe - SSSA
ing the bottom of the
bay for oysters, and
the others are the
"tongers" engaged in
the same business
upon q smaller scale.
When an oysterman
goes longing he Sc
lects a spot where he
thinks there are good
oysters below and
proceeds to work.
The tongs resemble
nothing more than a
double garden rake.
These he lowers ever
board and, feeling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
A Strong Company.

From Life.
First Theatrical Misunderstanding to
have a tank in your piece this season.
Second Theatrical Manager Enthusiastic
ally.-"Every man in my company Is
tank!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-26
A Star Man Visits the Oyster Beds
of the Potomac.
Cow TIE BIVALVES ARE PROCURED
The Dredger Pursues His Calling
Under Difficulties.
WASHINGTON A CENTER

s THU TEMPTING
door rises from the
chatting dish and the
fat oysters simmer
IN their own Juice
which must he dip
ped out as IL ac-
cun,uiatcs-the per-
son who Is gloating
in delightful antici-
Ia ton of the coming
feast probably never
gives a thought to
the origin Of the
pan full of oysters.
The Meeker herald., 1895-12-21
Bitter Taste.

Daniel Webster in the famous White
trial in Salem, Mass, years ago declared
that murder will out" This maxim
has been found applicable to many
other things besides murder. House
wives know it to be true when there is
alum in baking powder. A bitterness
in the bread at once betrays the alum S
presence. 1t can't conceal its true ma
ture. The alum bitterness Twill out y
and because it will, physicians, who
understand the harmful effect OF alum
OH the system, are at a loss to know
why people continue to buy baking
powders containing it. All baking pow
ders sold for twenty-five cents pound
and less contain alum. There is surely
no economy in using these cheap pow
ders. For pure cream of tartar pow
der. as DR.. Price was shown to be at
the worlds fair. goes so much further
and gives so much better results, there
is no doubt of its being more economi-
cal in the long run.