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Evening star., 1896-02-22

first they VIII appear as a gray cloud on a
black background; then he will see some
lighter spots. and finally each object will
become distinct, becoming more and more
SO as time passes.
Go into the dark room yourself with such
a sensitive man, and sit there quietly for
several hours. Finally your companion will
begin to see you. Your hands, for example.
will at first appear to him gray smoke.
then each finger will shine with its own
light. IIe viii see luminous protuberance
at the end of each finger, sometimes as
long as the finger itself.
When the first surprise is past. ask your
Sensitive" man to detail exactly what he
has seen. He will tell you that the colors
Of the lights are not the same on all parts
of your body; that your right hand shows
a blue light. and your left hand a yellow
reddish light. He will insist that there is
the same difference in color between the
luminous effiuv:a'' of your feet. He will
state that the right side of your body and
Evening star., 1896-02-22
SAVED BY a GLOVE BUTTON.
Moments That Were Full of Peril nm,
Seemed Like Hours,

Sec"eu Like HOURS.
From the Lewiston Journal
How much may depend upon a glove
fastening was illustrated at one of the
Monson slate quarries in an adventure
which the person concerned would not
care to repeat. He was derrick man.
who stood on the brink Of one of the
great chasms from which the slate rock
is hoisted. His duty was to catch hold
OF the big hook depending from the end
OF the boom as it swung over the bank
and attach it to the crate to be sent
back into the pit. Standing upon the
very edge he reached out to catch the
hook which dangled near him. It was
winter and he wore thick buckskin
gloves. The hook slipped from him as he
leaned out. but caught into the fastening
of the glove. The swing of the great
boom took him off his feet in an instant
and carried him out into giddy space with
his life depending on the gloves holding
fast. His whole weight was hung on that
button and there was clear It's feet of
space between him and the floor of rock
below. The moments that passed before
the boom could be swung back over the
bank seemed like hours to him. but he got
there at last, safe and sound.
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greatest curse to the Chinese much worse
in effect than policy and crap shooting to
the colored population, as the gambling in
stinct is still stronger developed in the Mon
golian than in the African race The aver
age Chinanr2n is quiet IL dustrious, hard
working laborer whose little earnings are
generally swallowed up by the Chinese lot
terry.
Some of the gambling dens and lottery Of
fees are regularly raded by the police, but
the willy Chinarlan has so far been able to
convir.ce the policeman that the lottery
tickets are merely Chinese alpEabets. The
absurdity of this statement is shown when
1t is known that the Chinese alphabet con-
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are vain.' still succeeds in evading the law,
In patronizing gambling houses where fan
tam is played and lottery tickets easily
obtained.
The Chinese lottery has one main office
and at least fifty branch offices in the city,
the latter generally located in some laun-
dry. The opportunity thus afforded is the
Evening star., 1896-02-22

tains about forty thousand characters. In
fact, they have no alphabet, each character
represen ting a word sign, as any Chinese
scholar can testify.
The lottery drawings are generally held
sem;-monthIy in a building on the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue The manner
in which the numbers are drawn is known
only to Tie owner of the lottery. although
the Cinnamon are of the opinion it is fairly
done by the owner, who has amassed a for
tune, estimated at over S1,0Go.ooo. The lot
Evening star., 1896-02-22
After the Manner of POets

From the indianapolis journal.
What is that queer splotch on the face
of the earth?" asked Apollo.
"That?" replied Pegasus, looking down
over his shoulder at the remains of the
would-be poet. That is a little thing 1
tossed off short time ago in a moment Of
inspira tion."
Evening star., 1896-02-22

the avenue. OF all OF the various Chinest
gambling games the one most universally
INDUCED in and peculiar to that race d
known as fan tan," and approaches some
wnat domino whist. 1t is played as fol
lows: The full pack is dealt out until eacL
player has an equal number. The first
player lays Gown a nine spot: the mex,
player either lays down to the right an
Evening star., 1896-02-22
SClENCE In COOklNG
Pauline Pry's Investigation Of the
Foods We Eat.
The BOSTON PUBLIC KITCHEN
The Need of Such an Institution in
tho National Capital.
BEGIN WITH SCHOOLGIRL
BEGIN WITH sCHOOLCHILDRE
copyrighted, 1896, by Pauline Pry.)

o U DOUBTLESS
read in The Star last
Saturday what your
children are In the
habit of eating for
unc h at school.
Then, If you paid any
attention to the mat
ter at all, you stern
ly bade your dauSil-
ter not to let you
hear of her eating
any more pickles,
and you told your
how yOu'd thrash aim
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THEY PLAY FAN TAN
In the Chinese Colony Here, and
Also Buy Lottery Tickets.
how they MANAGE TOPOOL THE POLICE
Advantage is Taken of the Igno-
rance Of Their Language.
EV Wills OF GAMBLIN &c

, HILE THE UNITED
States government
has almost put a
stop to the sale of
Louisiana and other
lottery tickets, and
the city authorities
have practically sup
pressed gambling
houses, policy and
crap shooting within
the city limits, the
Heather Chinee," +"
"in ways that are
dark and tricks that
Evening star., 1896-02-22
Hard to Find.

From the Roxbury Gazette.
Salesman-"Do you want to have your
goods sent by any particular express?"
Customer-"Certainly, If you can find a
particular express. l can't"
Evening star., 1896-02-22
WHEN HYPNOTIzED
A Luminous Atmosphere That
Gathers About a Sensitive.
SOME CURIOUS PHENOMENA DESCRIBED
Experiments Made in Paris and
the Results.
STRONG WILL IS POSITIVE
SOME CURIOUS PHENOMENA DESCRIBED
STRONG WILL IS POSITIVE
\ UT A MAN OF THE

lSInpeTa CdlieO
sensitive" in a dark
room. Then put a
cat, or, a bird, or
ONE parts of flowers
N the same room.
The man will see
strange things after
he has been in that
dark room for a few
hours, for the cat, or
bird, or flowers will
become visible to him
in the darkness. At
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The extent Of the luminous atmosphere
around and the force of the luminous
flames which dow from his nose. and eyes
and mouth and ears, appear different to A
at different stages, depending upon the
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terry is worked as follows: There are eighty
characters On the ticket in two groups, d.
vided in the middle by row of characters
which are not used. The purchaser marks
out with brush dipped in India ink any
ten of the characters he may select. The
ticket seller then records the ticket in a
book kept for that purpose, together with
the purchasers name and address. If the
purchaser succeeds in naming all the ten
numbers (or, more properly, characters
drawn, he will receive $1,000 for his ten
cents.
While the word number is used to
designate the characters, in fact word pic
lures are used. The upper right-hand char
acter means heaven, others such as "Myr-
lad Springs" Golden Garden" ''TenThous-
and Blessings" '"The Fragrant Plains, "etc
The ticket is printed in bright green, three
and one-half inches square, on rather thin
ible what an immense amount Of such tick
cts are sold every year. The settings are
done by no means in a secret manner, the
tiny green tickets being thought by the
guardians of the law to be only Chinese
advertisement, or even a 'washee ticket"
and hence no attention is paid to them and
they circulate freely.
Probably the greatest curse to the China
men next to the lottery are the gambling
shops in the city. These fairly swarm in
different parts of Washington, but they are
generally Of small size, the principal ones
being on 1-2 street and the south side of
Evening star., 1896-02-22
a Public Kitchen i'm Wnshinston

'In establishing a, public kitchen in
Washington any one would have the ad-
vantage of the positive success that has
been accomplished in Boston. OF course.
the first thing necessary to make begin
ming is money, and this at the outset must
be charitably bestowed, not only the orig
inal investment, but until the people are
educated UP to the possibilities of a public
kitchen it viii have to be sustained in part
at least for probably two or three years by
donations. l would not undertake to start
kitchen with less than $1,000, and 1 would
want 5000 additional as sinking fund, to
be drawn on If necessary. The greatest
sources of expense are rent and service.
are securing the right kind of help and in
overcoming the pride and prejudices of the
American stomach.
The latter at first seems perfectly hope
less, fer this pride ard these preiudices are
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

advlsablllty OF such legislation as will
lodge In tho federal courts the right OF
any one on belulf OF the government To
ask better protection 10 the pension
fund OF those lnborlng under legal dlsn-
bilitlcs. Tho following also arc suggest
cd
That Justice demands tho universal
application OF the common law rule In
proof OF marriage. Slnto laws govern
and lead 10 denial OF title In cases which
are equally mcrltorlous.
That tho pGnslOnablc rights OF minor
children who claim under the act OF
Juno II, 1890 should be defined with
more certainty where the soldier dies
leaving no widow survivlnGk.
Tho act 0c August &, 1892. relates TO
pcnSlonablG title OF those women who
served MS nurses during the war Of the
rebellion. TILE IS confined TO those who
served In rcglmcntnl, post, camp or gem
crnl hospitals Tho refusal OF the war
department 10 recognize those M prop
cry employed who served In the first
three classes mentioned tends to defeat
their title and renders this portion OF
tho act nu6atory. Attention Is invited
TO this In order that proper legislation
may be enacted 10 relieve any dcsery-
ing claimants OF an unjust md unIntcn-
t!onnl discrimination.
on the first Of February, 1896, new
division -waa organized In the office OF
the secretary by his order and the board
or pension appeals was thereby merged
In this new division. which WINS deslg.
mated the division OF pensIon5 affairs.
BY this means all matters relating to
pcnfions were brought into ono division
and under the assistant sccrctary's STU
pcrrlslon. The result has been to har-
monlzc and systcm!zc this work and hna
also led to It's greater expedition In tho
hands ota competent force.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Annual Convention 10 Meet In Cincinnati
--------- NeII Monday.

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. Cone week
from tomorrow the sixteenth annual
convention " the American Federation
or Labor meets here FOR a session OF
eight to ten days. The two English rep
reseHtatlves have already arrived. There
will be only $50 delegates, representing
4 membership OF over COCOON as follows:
From national and international unions
for less than 1000 members one delegate:
1000 to 5000 members, two delegates;
5000 TO 1000 members. three delegates;
5000 10 S2.000 four delegates: 81, 600 to
Gi.00O members five delegates and so on.
But each delegate casts one vote sOr each
100 members he represents. The para
mount questions this year will be Co per-
feet n more complete organization OF all
the wOrkinEmen. More strenuous ef-
forts VIII be madt 10 have the eight hour
law go into effect May l. The present
officers are: President, Samuel Com
pers: vice presidents, p. J. MaguIre,
James Duncan. James O'Conncll: secre-
tary,AuGust AlcGrath: treasurer, John 3.
Lennon.
There are candidates as usual for Com
per's place. but It Is the general opinion
that he will be reelected. He was presi-
dent for the first thirteen years OF the
Federation and after one year OF service
by John Mcbride succeeded TO his old
place. The local committee has secured
81, 900 FOR the expenses and entertain
mcnt OF the convention.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
CHICAGO. Dec. "a morning papc!

CHICAGO. Dec. GA morning paper
makes the following announcement
John D. Rockefeller Is seeking TO out
do Andrew Carnegie as an iron king,
and has plans already mnturcd and
about to be carried out, aiming at that
end. The Standard OIL Company. direct
cd by Rockefeller, Will be the foo OF the
Scotchman. This company has pur-
chaged in South Chicago along :he
shores OF Lake Michigan ana at the
mouth CT the Calumet river, a plot OF
ground several acres In extent and with
n water frontage Of 5000 feet. On ais.
II IS said. rolling mills will be erected 10
cost tlo,OOo,00O. possibly twice that
amount.
with this plant for manufacture,
with the vast mines In the Mesaba re-
gion for the raw product, and with elgh-
teen huge lake vessels to carry the ore
TO the very doors OF the works-all own
cd by the Rockefeller company. that corr
pOratlcn may be able 10 dictate terms to
Mr.. Carnegie and his associates Instead
OF being dictated TO-"
"Mr. Rockcfelier's scheme Is not new.
He has had Il In mind for several years.
but not until now has he been ready 10
put It into effect. His preliminary
movements, have, as usual. been kept
quiet. Not until to-day did anything
rench the public and then It was through
an accident. Some weeks ago q large
plo. OF ground was purchased in South
Chicago. The sellers were the Calumet
Canal and Dock Company and several
private individuals; the real buyer was
not publicly known. The price was In
the ne!ghborhood OF $500. 200, divided into
three payments. The first installment
was paid when the deed was signed. and
the next two will be made December Is.
II was not necessary that Mr.. Rockcfel-
Ter should divide that sum.
The Iron and steel buslness-at least
that part OF It dealing In steel rails-is
controlled entirely by Carnegie and his
two allies, the Illinois Steel Company,
OF Chicago, and the Colorado Fuel Iron
Company, OF Pueblo, Col. The price OF
rails at Pittsburgh Is SIS; at Chicago SO:
at Pueblo s33. Whichever OF these three
concerns Is nearest the purchaser dellv-
crs the rails. Rails cannot be had Of any
one else.
This Is the situation which Mr.,
Rockefeller has tackled. He expects 10
make steel rails from 25 to 50 PEE cent
cheaper than the trust can. lie can sell
them much cheaper.
THE new mills at South Chicago will
not be confined to the mRnunfacture OF
steel rails, however. but Will make struc-
tural iron Of all sorts us well. It Is fur
ther stated. and on good authority. tha.
Mr.. Rockefeller may even so into the ar
NOR plate business also.
THE site OF the new works Is ideal for
q mammoth rolling mill. The river at
this point IS twenty feet In depth. enough
to float the largest lake vessels, and pro-
vidcs n perfect entrance for the Stand
ard OF! ships. which will carry ore from
the mines along Lake Superior, These
same boats will serve as powerful whip
In the hands OF the Standard oil magma te
In case the railroads attempt 10 fight
him, for they can also be used for the
grain trade. and Utterly denoral!ze rates
IN nvprv dirhctIOn"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
DRIEF TELEGRAMS.

4 - -,.--- = = =
The Due DAnmnle Is III Mt Chantllly.
The Due Is seventy-four years old.
The Egyptian government has rcrund-
cd to the Ca!sse OF the Egyptian debt the
s2,500000 advanced for the expenses of
the Nile expedition.
A rcport reaches Madrid from Havana
that Antonio Macno has Eonc to Nrw
York to consult with the Cuban reyolu-
tIonary committee there.
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THE PENSION OFFICE.
Tho Annual teport-lteforms introduced
nnd NIor- -Itrcommcnhrd.


WASHINGTON.D Dec. G-Thcrcport OF
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Rcy-
nolds for the present year shows the pol
Icy pursued IN the administration Of
nenslon affairs II states the important
changes in the rulings and practice ana
the following out OF general plan Tor
securing equity, uniformity and justice
in the determination Of appeals. The
assistant Rccrctnry says:
The liberal and generous spirit which
prompted the enactment OF tho pension
laws has been The guide OF tho depart
mont In their construction. Former nd
Indications hnvo not been disturbed,
save where fraud, error In law. or mis-
take was apparent Figures hrc cited
to show the significant reduction OF
pending cases and to demonstrate thnt
FOR the first time IN eight years the work
OF the onlco during tho past year was
devoted TO considering current appeals.
The action OF tho commissioner OF pom
sIona wns reversed In 2,0GG Of tho cnscg
ruled. The report says;
General satisfaction hng followed tho
recommendation OF last year for such
Legislation ng would secure better pro-
lection 10 the pension fund due lncompc-
tents and others. followed by the law
directing nil quarterly payments to be
nadr by check.
Gratifying results have followed the
pnEsnge OF tho net OF March 2. 1896,
which secured mn extension of cnRcs
wherein payments OF accrued pension
could DO made M well as that OF the act
Of March G, 1896. relating to the COM
mcncemcnt OF pension updc act OF June
81. 1890. .-i.'
The suggestion Is again made as TO the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 6-Ollver ".
Mink, receiver and comptroller OF tho
Union Pacific railroad, left for New
York this morning. He goes on I'M
portant business pertaining to the fore
closure OF the Oregon Short Line. Mr.
Mink said In an interview prior to his
departure:
MY judgment Is that the owners OF
the short line property as re-organized.
Will operate It as an independent prop
erty, though probably not In hostility
to the interests OF the Union Pacific. It
will, not materially affect the existing
tariff relations. II will undoubtedly In
jurlously affect the Union Pacific II the
Ogden and Denver gate Is opened to all
roads. This would let in all compet-
Ing lines and the bad effects would be
inevitable. So far as the Union Pacific
lines making up the Union Pacific pro-
per are concerned the security holders
IN great art will deposit their secur-
tiles, with q reorganization commit
tee. which will attempt to advance It's
plan Independent OF the plans made or
suggested for the Reorganization OF
any OF the branch line property"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-The annual
memorial services OF the r. P. Order of
Elks, was celebrated by Baltimore Lodge
No. : to-day, with more than usual i'm
pressiveness. The programme, which
was In charge OF Mr.. Thomas F. McNul-
IS. was OF the highest order and Included
many effective solos and choruses, prob
ably the most beautiful number being
Hope Beyond" duet exquis.tely rem
dcred by Brothers McNul,y and Della
vignc. The principal Grafton was de-
llvered by Grand Exalted Ruler Meade
D. Detweler. of HarrisburSh, his sub
ject being Immortality" Other ura-
t!ons were delivered by Deputy Collector
OF the Port, James 4. Dlffenbaugh and
Harry. Arnold, exalted ruler OF the local
lodge. An audience which packed the
house listened to the exercises.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
Ofshspwrcckcd Sn,lors-Oniy Three Sur
ylyOrs to Tell the Story.

NEW YORK, Dec. G.-Two OF the snIl-
ors rescued from the full rlEgcd barken-
tine Mary II. Klmball, have lust reach
ed this city. A third survivor IL stlll In
q hospital nj Liverpool, England. All
the other members OF tho crow perished
az q result OF the storm and tho wreck VI
the ship In September.
The Mary 4. KImball left Mobile, Ala,
on August 2S, bound for Guantanamo,
Cuba, with cargo Of railroad ticg. Her
captain was James Bowers. September
?2, while 600 miles OF tho southern coast
OF Cuba, heavy gale was encountered.
After suffering hnrdships almost indc-
scrlbablc, only three men, named Jeffera.
Gosh and Madison. remained out Of the
original crew.
Twelve days after the wreck OF the
Mary T. Rlmball. these three men were
rescued by tho Norwegian schooner s.
N. Hansen, Captain RaBmussen, bound
from ApalaChlcnla, Florida, 10 Liver
pool, with cargo OF rOSln. The ship
wrecked sailors were taken to the Liver
pool city hospital on November 2s, JEFF
fers and Madison recovered quickly, but
Gosh 10 still III. Jcfrers and Madison ap-
piled to the American consul for assist
hiiSe UNI "eIe IctuEHtI W lIllh SVultEy
on the steamer Umbrla, which arrived
to-day. Gosh will be sent back as soon
as he RECEIVERS from his illness.
The rescued seamcn are unable to give
n complete list OF the crow uf the Mary
II. Kimball. SO far as they are able TO
describe the officers and crew. they say
that James Bowers was captain; that q
man known only ns Flood was first mat to I:
that q man known only MS Charley"
was second mate. The cook and the
steward were both white. Both were
about thIrty-hve years OF ngc. The
sailors were all from Mobile. Their
names were given az Peter Mitchell.
Peter Madison. James Jcffcrs and Elijah
Gosh. All four OF the sailors were COL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

LIMA. O.. Dec. 6.-Articles of Incorpo-
ration for the Dayton Northern Railway
Company. with general Offices TO be To-
Gated here, were filed yesterday. The
capital stock Is $1,000 and the incorpo-
rntors are: James y. Townsend, W. B..
Richie. c. y. Haskell, Edward Il. T'hom-
us. W. C. Brown and ]. r. Megruc. The
same power which built the Lima
Northern Is behind the new move and It
means that IL the Ohio Southern gets
into other hands, the Lima Northern
Will be built to Cincinnati and the L. E.
& W. will use the road to Franklin. Join
the Northern Ohio and Lima Northern,
gether.
The line Is Bricc move and when cx-
ecutcd the paralleling OF the powerful
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will be
effected,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
A GREAT EVENT.
The International sir-Day bicycle Race
Hrcins In New York.

Higgins In New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The great in
ternatlonal bicycle race commenced at
l2:05 this (AIondaS) morning, IN the
,Amnhi:soatre OF Mad!san Square Gar
den. The entries contain the names OF
men famed throughout the world as BIZ
cycle riders and every effort will be
made during the week by some OF these
champions 10 lower records.
One OF the events Will be an effort by
EddE Bald, the champion of the Uni
ted States, to lower the mile record
against time.
Quite u good-sizsd crowd was In at
tendance when the doors were opened
at o'clock and the crowd increased
constantly during the evening. AT the
time the races commenced nt least $500
persons must have been present.
When the score board was placed IN
position It was seen that the names OF
John Dubois. the Frenchman. E. J..
Flynn. OF Rochester, and a. C. Mcixell.
the Norrktown, Pa. boy were missing
and 1t developed that the trio had been
scratched.
The other twenty-eight were on hand
and prepared to start four abreast, at
the word go" which WAS given by
Arthur A. Zimmerman, the noted bicy-
Gle crack
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 6.-Mr. Pru-
dencio de Murgulondo, consul general OF
the republic OF Uruguay, tonight gave
out the following statement regarding
the political aspect OF affairs in that
country.
I'm answer to cablegram sent by
me yesterday to the Urusuayan min
lister of foreign relations, requesting IN
formation AS to state OF revolution In
that country l have received the fol-
lowing reply:
",'RIotcrs completely defeated. Re-
volt ended. Situation OF government
impreSnab blc.'
(Signed.) "HORDENANA, he.
Minister Of Foreign AlraIres."