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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

Waugee sticks are a Chinese production,
and are valued because of their peculiar
irregular points.
The favorite among Germans Is the
Weischel 1t is cut from a wild cherry
that is said to grow only in the Black
Forest. Naturally this stick is very crook
ed and gnarled. In order to get straight
sticks the German peasants build frames
around the trees and train the young
shoots upon them by fastening strings to
the tip ends, passing them over pulleys. A
light weight is attached to the other end
of the string, and as the branch grows
stronger the weight is Increased. The gen.
uine Weischel is distinguishable by its
pungent odor. which comes from the end
OF the stick at the root after it has been
cut down. While the odor is the strongest
in the newly cut stick, 1t Is quite noticeable
for several years. 1t Is curious thing of
Weischel that although 1t will grow seem
its native home, sticks cut from the trees
that have taken root in the new soil lack
in the distinguishing odor of those grown
in the Black Forest. The stick known as
the Turkish Weischel Is really the Ameri
can Wild cherry. Although quite pretty, 1t
is lacking in the perfume of the genuine
article
Blackthorns are always popular. For 81
one can get an excellent specimen to show
friends as just from the Gould sod You
may always know the blackthorn by the
three sprouts at each knot There is the
twig and the two thcrns that flank it.
his ~ the IdVOTlte WdihlHS SllCh
and right here the difference between Il
walking stick and a cane might be speci-
fed. The former is heavy stick, while
the latter Is a light hollow reed or rattan
such as the bamboo and Malacca. The
walking stick first came into common use
as sort of weapon carried by the English
gentry on their rambles through the woods
and forests of their castle grounds, while
the lighter stick or cane was reserved for
the promenade with the ladies through the
flower gardens The same distinction is
yet adhered to with adaptation to modern
times.
One of the most startling novelties re-
Gently brought out is a cane with silver
dagger as a handle. In another a hunting
scene is represented by stag that has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
sAvAGEs OF CIVILIZATION.
A Contribution to the Study of That
Animal, the Boy.

Contribution to the Study of That
Animal, the Boy.
From the London Spectator.
The history of our public schools affords
plenty of examples of boys who have tor
tured their fellows in a way which would
have disgraced a savage 1t is to be
feared, indeed. that it is accident more than
anything else which saves boys of this kind
boys whose feelings have become petri-
fied-frcm actual crime. They are unable
to feel. and their lack of experience of the
world makes the fear of punishment but
small deterrent. 1t IS not to he wondered
that boys in such a temper Of mlEd may
be converted, by series of unlucl<y chances
and opportunities, into the thougLtless per-
petrators of really grave in.quities. Fortu-
nately, these boys of petrifed feelings do
not necessarily grow into bad men. The
hardening of their nature as often as not
underGoes u complete change with man.
hood. Their characters grow sensitive
again, and the lad of twenty would be ut
terly incapable of doing things which the
boy of fourteen could undertake without
the 'faintest touch of remorse We believe
that schoolmasters of experience will bear
known plenty of utterly callous boys who
later have entirely lost the savage faint,
and have turned into normal men. In this
dangerous insensibility TO which boys are
Is not father to the man.
1t Is difficult to say whence this insenSi-
bility comes, and why the child may be
full of right feeling, the boy almost callous
and the man again perfectly sensitive 10
the promptings of the heart and conscience.
Though we are not among those who would
make the moral nature nothing but an af-
fair of physical well-being, and the soul
matter for clinical treatment. we are in
clined to believe that the temporary and
partial petrification of the feelings and the
the great physical changes that are con-
current with it. Those changes affect the
boys whole body. and absorb all his ener
Sies. After all, seTsitiveness Is form of
energy, and the boy has little or no energy
left with which to give his heart its rights.
Every one knows how difficult thing is
2-o,clock-in-t he morning courage, and how
hard it is to feel kind and self-sac:ficing
when one Is half asleep. Sleepiness OF tx
tent, callous and indifferent, and insensible
to the fate of others. Well, the boy who Is
growing up and down and across, all at
once, and with speed which takes ones
breath away, is physically as much op-
pressed as the man who is weary from
overwork or loss of sleep. 1t is true that
the exhaustion of rapid development takes
a very different form; but it exists none the
less. No doubt there are boys whose In
sensibility is deeper, and can only be ex-
planned on the same lines as defects of
normal boy however, whose insensibility
is not permanent but temporary, the best
explanation is. we believe, that which we
have suggested. The stress of growth, to
certain extent, puts the moral nature under
q sort of chloroform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
ANCIENT TRADE IN ILLINOIS.
Antiquities Along the Southern Shore
of Lake Michigan.

Antiquities Along the Southern Shore
of Lake Michigan.
From the New York Post.
Some interesting facts concerning the
early local history of Chicago, with theo-
ries Of the archaeology of that region. have
been made public in a paper prepared by
John F. Steward, an archaeologist who has
given much study to The antiquities of the
Lake Michigan shore. He GTds that 1.-THE
archaeology of Chicago blends into the re-
corded acts of the French explorers, more
than two centuries ago" Tie geography
cal Importance of Chicago first spelled
"Chicagou'D was recognized by the print
tive inhabitants, and there are evidences
that the place was center for traffic
among the Indian tribes before it's written
history began. 5-r
In fact, it is Mr. Stewards belief that
"as commercial center Chicago began not
long after the subsistence of the post-gla-
cial waters that sifted and shifted the
sands and gravels of the Mississippi valley
and turned, in part, the new-formed lakes
through the Gulf Of st. Lawrence and
partly into the Gulf of Mexico" Continu-
Ing the search for facts concerning this
early time, he says: at is impossible to
read rightly the story that our archaeolog-
ical finds might tell; whether the stone
hearths that are so abundant on the lake
shore wer, laid by the French, as they
camped over winter or perhaps only for
days waiting for storms to abate; or
whether they were laid by the great Illi-
nois nation, the Pottawa tonnes, or other
later tribes that frequented this vicinity, or
laid by the so-called mound builders. AL
though there are many mounds In the vi
cinity, l have never found anything that
seemed in any way like mound builders
Notifications, except upon the brow of a
high hill near the village site. There is to
be seen circular area of an acre in ex-
tent, one-half Of the circle consisting of the
steep hillside ITSELF and the other half of
a ditch and embankment. The entrance is
still we'll defended, and a bank is seen to
close it.
1.-The Frenchmen have told US that wher-
ever they stopped they fortified themselves
and they may have done so here. The
abundance Of potsherds shows that the
people we are considering cooked their
foods. We know that the later ones raised
corn, beans. melons and some vegetables,
for the early French explorers tell us so.
Shells that show the action of fire show
that they INDUCED in clambakes. They
made maple sugar, and boiled their saga
mite in the maple sap, and thus made a
dish we'll liked by La Sale and his men.
The wild onion, still so abundant, served
them well. We find their hoe blades, usu-
ally made of flint, often well worn by use.
1t is my belief that smcst Of the relics we
find in the vicinity of Chicago were left by
the Illinois confederation, which consisted
of several tribes that, during the time of
the French explorations, held possession of
nearly the entire state, now known by their
name. The mounds are probably older"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
A Record Breaker.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Il saw in today's Constitution a story
about Charleston niger having his
tooth Knocked out by lightning" said a
gentleman who was leaning against the
news stand at the Aragon, land 1t panied
me to observe a spirit Of levity In the re-
port of the occurrence, which indicated
some degree of doubt as to its truthfulness.
Now, / had a little experience of that
kind myself" continued the speaker, in a
reminiscent tone of voice. land TIL tell
you about it If you'll promise to believe
what say. The incident 1 refer to hap
pened in 10. the same year that silver was
demonetized, though don't know that that
mad much to do with 1t. / was standing in
the door of my 'dobe, in Brazos county.
when a bolt of lightning came whizzing
down from a clear sky right spang into
that there door. and hit me on the jaw"
What became of the nghtning?" asked q
listener, tentatively.
LAS / was a-goin' on to say, that light
ming went plum through my jaw and tack
led the plugs in my front teeth, an, gentle
men," said he, solemnly, as he glanced at
the faces of the eXpectant crowd gentle
men, l hope nobody'n never believe me
again IL that there blamed lightning didn't
melt sixteen silver plugs and one gold one
and mix EN- all together in a lumpi
"Of course" he added as he turned to
leave, Il don't pretend to say that 1t meant
anything. I just happened to think of it
while reading the story in today's paper"
The narrator was Capt. Francis Seawell
of Brownsville Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
Hard 70 Kill
From Pearson's Weakly.t

rroui feilrSOu y We31ilysJ
The following Story Of scorpion getting
into boot is tola at the expense of an off,
cer'who was stationed with his regiment at
Allahabad. He was sputting on his boots
one morning, and was just about to stamp
the heel down when he felt a sharp prick.
Several scorpions had been seen about the
barracks for the past few weeks. 70 that he
naturally concluded that 1t was one of
these pests that had stung him.
"Well. the harms done now" he mutt
tered, with a mental henediction upon the
head of his servant for being so careless:
but. anyhow, may as we'll kill the brute.
It'll get away If 1 take the boot off.
Accordingly, he began stamping violently
on the floor. with a view to crushing the
life out Of the scorpion. Every time he
stamped 1t gave him the greatest agony
but he stuck bravely to it, until at last he
thought that the Objectionable tenant must
be dead.
When he took off his boot. however. he
felt both relieved and vexed, but was glad
that he had not summoned assistance. It
was years before he could tell the real
story of his scorpion, for during half an
hour he had been stamping upon and trying
to kill q backing brush which his servant
had accidentally left in the bottom OF his
boot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

BOUND BY 0ATHS
A Chinese Secret Society's Extensive
Ramifcations.
CAUSE OF The RECENT TROUBLE HERE
Politics in China, Black Mail in
This Country.
SOME RIOUS CUSTOMS
;AUOE OF TIE RECENT TROUBLE HERE
SOME RIOUS CUSTOMS
Written for The Evening Star.

HAT The PRES-
ent row between two
factions of pig-tailed
laundrymen in this
city should be con-
nected in any way
with contemporary
political troubles in
China seems almost
beyond imagining.
Yet such is the fact.
The recent massacre
of Christian mission
aries in the east was
a. &C ON % is h e d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
At Their Five O'Clock Ten.

From Truth.
last meeting Mrs. Oldfield told how her
.great-grandmother sacrificed the family
plate for the cause"
The Colonial Dame-"Yes, I've heard that
the continentals were often hard pushed to
find lead for their bullets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
Self-PrOtectfOn,

From Brooklyn Life.
81 see you've let yer bull loose in pas
ture, Jim! Amt he leetle bit savage?''
You bet, he's terror, but cts the only
way I can keep them dad gasted city folks
from digging little holes all over my med
der and playing shinney inter EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

"How do know that you are not an i'm
pcstor?"
DO 1 look like an imDostor, mum?
CWeeping) Oh, mum, you have wounded
me to the core!'
Here, my good man, take this. I did
to have known better."-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
Not Marked.
From Life.

From Lie.
81 don't see much difference between your
sacred concert programs and your secular
concert programs"
1.-The sacred concerts are given on Sun:
day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

you. II you are very
exacting. and most people are who go to
This extreme, your muscles and general
build are sized up to get the right weight.
Next cast Of the hand is taken by grasp
Ing piece OF wax of the right consistency.
This gives the peculiar contour of the
hand when closed. as in grasping the han
die of a cane. 1t insures the comfort of
handle that fits into the palm as if made
for 1t. There are a few who carry the
cane fad little further, and have one to
match every suit in shade. Such as these
VIC uld as soon be seen wearing a cane that
was out of color" as a last seasons collar
or back-number hat.
Even the vegetable kingdom has been
drawn upon to satisfy the craving of the
gay young man about towr in his desire
for the UNIQUE. The Isle of Guernsey grows
a peculiar cabbage, the stalks of which
make a neat and novel cane. OF course,
the dealers do not call them cabbage
stalks, but put smart handle and a fancy
Iame on them ard they are a great go.
They do the same by the mullen stalk,
of which thousands have been sold during
the past season. These are home prod
uct, as the best specimens come from New
Jersey. They make very desirable canes
for Guides and young sports. being light as
feather, yet strong. and with very pretty
sticks, but it would cause no little con-
sternation to their owners If they for mo-
ment thought them to be the stalks of the
despised plant of velvety leaf. They are
sold as "Cleopa tras.' Bernhardts," ETC.,
but only to the trade mullen sticks.
Among the lighter canes is the Malacca,
probably so called because it does not come
from Malacca, but from a small place on
the opposite side of Sumatra In it's nat
ural state it is as rich in color as four
year-old meerschaum pipe which has been
smoked by an expert. The Malacca is the
favorite for a dress cane. The most valued
are those cut the full length between the
Joints at which the leaves sprout. AS these
are scarce, the price Is correspondingly
high. Next to the Malacca comes the
black eoony for tasteful ornamentation
with gold and silver. very fair imita-
ton of ebony has been made from rubber.
The rubber soon turns green, but the fact
that 1t closely resembles ebony when new
has affected the sale of the genuine article.
For presentations 1t is now quite the
proper thing to have an ebony or Malacca
Cane made to order and surmounted by a
silver OF gold bust in miniature of the per-
son to whom the gift is made
English crab, as 1t Is known among the
"Johnnies," Is increasing in popularity, and
this season some striking designs are
shown. 1t Is nothing more nor less than
wounded oak. In England the gathering
of woods for canes has been reduced to a
science. The cane gatherer no longer works
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
An Oklahoma wedding.

The Rev. Mr.. Harps (solemnly)-'.Do you
take this woman for better or for worse7.
Tarantu!a Jack peevishly)-"How kin I
tell? 1 hain't known her but a week."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
FADS IN c A N E S
How the Howling Swell Gets Himself
Measured for a Stick.
VARIETY IN STYLES AND WOODS
Newest and Most Striking Things
Favored by the Johnnies.
T II E EN- G LIS C R A B
T II E ENGLISH C r A B
1895, by Bachelor. johnson Bachelor,

T Is NOW CONSlD-
e r e d the correct
thing to have your
cane cut to measure.
If you are a bowling
swell you will go and
have yourself meas
ured for a cane just
as you do for a suit
Of clothes. First your
exact height is TAX
en-, so as to get the
length of the stick
that will just s u l I
Hyn,t Tf xyn,, orn Wary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

over the bowl when drinking, are among
the many signs employed. To advance one
r place ~ ssf S1 s sgnal
assistance given by fugitive from officers
OF the Law. The initiation fee varies with
the means of the candidate, and Is devoted
to paying for the dinner that always fol-
lows the ceremony. 1t is usually about so,
besides which each member is assessed
from $25 to 500 annually. Large sums of
money are expended for the defense of
brothers who have, come within the province
of the law while acting in behalf of the So
ciety, or for the prosecution of outsiders
who have offended it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04
A RISE IN R0SIN.
THE MARKET ADVANCES IN ME-
dun AND COMMON GRADES.

sDfrfts Turpentine Firm, With
Large sales, at 20 I-cc a Gallon.
cotton Steady-The Wholesale
Markets quiet, But steady-The Ex-
change 10 Close on the Fourth.
Savannah. July 3.-Rosin advanced along
che line Of common and medium goods to-
d,v. and there was a very good demand.
ss,rits turpsntine was in strong demand
A. the opening of the market at 2sIsc, and
,se market closed firm. Cotton was
steady with bun little doing. The whole
sale markets were generally quiet. but
steady and unchanged in prices.
The board of trade and the cotton ex-
change. as well as all OF the wholesale
houses. viii be closed on the 4th, conse-
ouently there will be no market reports
published on Friday. The telegraph mar
kets will also be suspended on account of
the general holiday throughout the coun-
Try.
The following resume Of the different
markets will show the tone and the quota
tons at the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04
GRAM. PRovIsIoNs. ETC.

New York, July 3.-Flour neglected,
about steady; southern -four dull and
steady; common to fair extra. 81. 4oG5 10;
good to choice do, s3.20d4.00. Wheat dull,
about steady; No. 2 red store and elevator,
74c; a1oat, 75c; +. o. b., TIC; options declined
1a0%c, rallied and closed dull at lake
below with only holiday trade; No. 2
red July. 7212c; August, 749zd7Sc; Septem-
Der. 74hc; December, TIC. Corn fairly
active and steady; No 2, 500501ac elevator;
504M51c afloat; options were moderately
active and declined nc, reacted and closed
steady at unchanged prices to &c advance
July, 497sc; August-September 50ssc. oats
quiet and steady; options duh, steady and
unchanged to &c up; July, ZINC; Septem-
Der, CSC; spot prices, No. 2. 27G2sc; No. 2
white, 31G32c; mixed western, 2SGD30c Hay
quiet and strong; shipping, 60c; good to
choice, sOd9Oc. Wool firm; domestic fleece,
15a19c; pulled, 12q5Oc; Beef hams quiet.
$1S.O0G1S50. Beef dull; city extra India
mess, S17.O0td1S00. Cut meats strong, want
ed; bellies, &c; shoulders, &c; hams, 9G9A
dl0c Lard steady and quiet: western
steam, .6.70c; city, 515a5.62c; July. 6.7Oc
nominal; September, $500 nominal; re-
fined slow; continent. 7.10c; South Ameri-
can. 740c; compound, 5d5l4c. Pork. moder-
ate demand and steady; mess, S1350n1425
Butter quiet and steady; state dairy, ia
lie; do creamery. 171zalsc; western dairy
9Q12c. Cotton seed oil firmer; crude, 23c;
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04

Per steamship Chattahoochee for Boston
MIR r Vale, Mrs Bridges. Mr. A 8 Hen
drick Mr. w G Addison, Mr. r b Harold,
Mr. n w Sisco and Wife Mr. Jacobs, Mr.
ID Lowenheim, Mrs l. p DeGroot and two
children, Mrs Maxwell and family, Mr. /
d Strutton. Mr. c Jones, Mrs Geo Korte,
Mr. c J. York and wife, Mr. H T Stearns,
Mrs ] Freeland. Miss Freeland, Mr. c N
Greer, Mr. Charles Harold, Mr. i o Jones
and wife, Mr. A E Whittier and wife, and
two children, Mr. l. P DeGroot Miss Hass,
Mr. II Day and Wife Miss C NJ Dickman,
Capt Stoddard, Mr. f G Harrington.
Per steamship City Of Augusta for New
York-Mr A Bond, Mr. e Ford, Mr. Jackson
and wife, Miss l. Arson, Miss r Arson,
Mr. W ] Lindsay and child, Mrs w ] Lind
say and child. Mr. Chas Seller, Mr. c NJ
Law, Mr. Samuel Rose and wife, Miss Lind
say, Mr. ] Gillespie, Mr. A II Brown,
Master Brown Miss Lowenthal, Mr. w
3 Hartridge, Mr. B Alcutt and wife, Mr.
w Snyder, Mrs Schunch, Miss d Ashen,
Miss Collatt, Master f Collatt, Mr. ID
Reynolds, Mr. John Rose, Miss Newell Mrs
f j Newell Miss c Bond, Miss L Hall. Mrs
Bracewel, Mrs Hedden. Mr. Terrell, Mr.
F'irrell Mr. c NJ Crosby Mr. f NJ Baldwin,
Miss Lindsay, Mr. A Muzzarelli, Mrs A II
Brown, Miss A Lowenthal, Mrs Smith and
infant. Mr. r Johnson, Mr. G NJ Snyder,
Mr. f w Howard and wife, Mr. A + Cool
edge and wife, Mr. L Collatt and wife, Mrs
A r Herndon, Miss P Womack, Mr. G. +
Wefing and wife, and two children, Mr. @
w Knobb, Mrs c c Rice, Mr. ] A La
and wife, Miss Annie Allen, Mr. A Marc,
Mr. Wood. Mrs Wefng's nurse, Mrs Bar
rick and daughter, Lizzie Clemens, Mr.
Geo Blanchard. Mr. f Davis, Mr. II A
Sanders, Mr. c w Jones, Mr. Sulzer and
wife. Mr. S p Allen, Mr. e L Marc. Mr. II f
mons, Ellen Henson, Mr. II Wilson. 4 steer
age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04

do yellow prime 2sl4c; good off grades,
25%q26c. Petroleum nominal. Rice and
molasses firm and unchanged. Peanuts
firm. Coffee steady and unchanged to 10
points up; July, 1430dl435c; September,
145Oc; October, 14.5561460c December,
1850; spot Rio dull and steady. No Z,
fair refining, 2 13-l6c; refined more active
and firmer: off A, 41sq4Ac; mould A, 4 Ills
crushed. 5 l-16q5Ac; graduated. 7-l6q
changed.
Chicago. July 3.-Noon.-The market
opened to-day for wheat, July, 69h.c; corn,
July, 45c; pork, July. Sl2.2O; lard, July,
$652 ribs. July, S5.S7.
to-day was a dead one. Some of the mem
bers took occasion to anticipate hide
pendence Day by exploding giant crackers
on the floor for which offense against the
law and order, several were suspended
for from Is to 80 days. Trading was very
light and insignificant, prices opening
lower and standing in that position all
day, with slight recovery from the eX-
| treme inside taking place before the close.
September wheat opened from 1lR TO rs
| qnlRc, sold between nssqIO3sc, closing
at 7lisd1Ac-SsdAc under yesterday.
Cash wheat was quiet and steady at un-
changed prices.
market. 1t was holiday market in spirit
and action. The early trading was at
easy prices in sympathy with the tone rul-
ing in wheat Later in the day rally
took place, a few shorts" showing a dis
position to clean up their trades prepar-
atory to recess, and being obliged to bid
a little before they were able TO obtain
the necessary property. September corn
opened at 44c, sold between 46izd463sc and
$3.50. closing at 463sc-sG14c higher
than yesterday. Cash corn was AQ32c
higher than yesterday.
Oats-Y esterday' best seller of oats was
paying top prices for May at the opening
to-day. The feeling was firm al the start,
but afterwards a weaker feeling was
shown, the decline in wheat and corn infu-
| encing trade. Afterwards another slight
/ bulge occurred, and the close was quite
/ firm, with September BHMc higher than
\ yesterday Some of the elevator concerns
! were buyers of July oats early. Cash oats
\ were AM12c per hushel higher
! Provsons--Very little activity was seen
! in product. The sentiment was in favor
| of higher prices, but, the business was so
| light that they moved sluggishly. high
er hog market was the cause of strength
at the opening, after which a moderate
decline took place. through sympathy
with grain. A fairly steady feeling was
in possession of the market at the
close. September pork closed 2isc higher
than yesterday. September Lard 2l3c high
er, and September ribs 50t7lac higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.