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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12

A Member of the Fish CommissioU
Goes to California.

A Member of the Fish Commissfou
Goes to California.
From the San Frnn-sco Call
DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith of the United States
fish commission is on his way TO Monterey
and other parts OF the coast to search for
eastern Holsters that were brought here
and distributed along the coz st many years
ago.
All trace of these Holsters has been lost.
and Dr. Smith, as well Capt. Brice the
new fish commissioner. wants to know the
reason for II. In the ordinary course of
thirgs. there should have been myr1ads of
these fine Holsters here. They have been
planted several times but never a lobster
Eas been observed.
It's good deal of a mystery" said DR.
Smith, who had just arrived from WASH
ington. "and We want TO find out what has
become OF them. Sometimes i think they
are along the coast in plenty but are too
sly to get caught. The eastern lobster IA
very cunning, and il is difficult to get him
MTG trap unless the trap is made just
right ] have thought, maybe the fisher
men did not understand these Holsters This
lobster is to the crustaceans what the fox
is to the animal kingdom. He is exceeding
ly shrewd. and. in addition to having a trap
that is just the thing. the fisherman must
manipulate IL without making any mistakes
The governn ent has made four or five
attempts to get these Holsters started. the
last being in 1889. We planted them in
Monterey bay, Off the coast of Mendocino
county, ana other places. well as upon
the coast of Washington.
The California lobster has no claws. but
the eastern lobster has a tremendous claw.
and there is more meat in il than I'm all the
rest of his body. The average weight of The
latter lobster is about two pounds but there
was one captured some time ago that
weighed twenty-three pounds. 1t was SIM
ply giant among the Holsters
These Holsters would be a very valuable
addition to the fish and crustacean supply
of California. L am going down to Mon
terey and will do my best to solve the prob
lem as to what has become of them"
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w. K. Speare,
Undertaken & Embalmer,
$40 b Street Northwest.
Everything strictly hrst-class and the most
reasonable terms Telephone call $40 ja1-r
CHINA'S ARMY.
1t is to BE Recognized on German
Lines.

1t fs to BE Recognized on German
From the Die Reichswehr.
According to a project drawn up by the
viceroy Chang-Chi-Tung for the reorgani-
zatlon of the Chinese army. by drilling 1t
en- German lines. he proposes to form. in
the first place, a corps consisting of eight
battalions ESQ men each) of infantry. two
squadrons $50 horses each) of cavalry, two
battalions GOO men each of artillery. and
enc battalion of 100 engineers. A German
officer. Major Won Reitzenstein, has been
appointed commander of this corps, the
commands of battalions and companies be-
irg likewise in the hands of European Of
ficers. assisted by specially selected Chi
nese officers. When this corps Is sufficiently
trained on European methods its place Is
to be taken by a second one, and so on
throughout the army. During time Of
drilling each corps Of Chinese officers are
to be trained in order to take over the
command Of the corps as soon as 1t leaves
the hands of the European instructors The
yiceroy hopes that, in this way, in the
course of a few years all the officers win
have accommodated themselves to Europe
an methods. and that thus the laxity hith-
erto reigning In the Chinese army will be-
put an end to.
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In such funny way: Then he had such Q
sneakin' look. Oh, I couldn't be mistaken -
did he have7ady whiskers?'
Il didn't hotice.that."

in such q funny way: Then he had such q
sneakin' look. oh, couldn't be mistaken -
Did he haveyany whiskersr'
Il didn't notice that"
More Posifive Statements.
Opera said hA coat had disappeared
when she saw him 1.-The second time, but she
was sure it wasfaattn. because he had passed
within twentyrtye feet of her. He acted
as though something was after him, and
was going fast.
Il thought the man had lost his mind"
she calculated, with much animation.
Continuing. she, said she went on to her
sisters. and thersnYa first informed Of the
murder. and then, said she was sure she
had met the man who had done" it,
When the name OF Erasmus West WAS
called there was no answer and one of the
auditors created litter by volunteering
the information that Erasmus had said
that ne didn't nave time to go to court, as
ne had family to support.
Identifying Randolph.
The testimony as to the identity of Ran
dolph with a man who had been seen act
ing In a suspicious manner around Gal
| thersbrrg and vicinity on the Saturday and
Sunday preceding the murder was con-
tinued.
William Gardner. a Observation-Disclosures
gentlemen. with huge neck beard. a clean
upper lip and eyeglasses. swore he saw
Randolph leaning over his fence Sunday
evening about o'clock. He marked him
as suspicious character. and noticed him
particularly because he looked something
like Glenn Johnson. He had seen Randolph
/; at the Jail in Rockville. The whiskers he
wore on the first occasion had been shaved
off, W
James Lawson swore he saw RandoIph
at the town pump In Gaithersburg Satur-
day night. May %. Noticed him because
he was a hard-looking man. and remarked
to a friend that If Ford hadn't been locked
up in Washington he would have thought
1. was him. The man had on old shoes.
| and resembled Glen johnson In height.
size and color.
David Carlisle, a Gaithersburg store
keeper. sWore Randolph was in his store
| Saturday night. May q. and wanted to
buy handkerchief.
James English. the Buxtons next
door neighbor. corroborated Preacher
Lloyd's testimony about finding the tracks
He had also previously visited the Buxton
house. He said Buxton Was sitting at the
top of the steps. with one hand holding a
Tag to his head and the other holding q
pistol.
Somebody's murdered all of u.s." said
Buxton. IF this gun had gone off I'd
have got kim.''
Buxton told witress the next day that
the man who assaulted him had a slight
beard. and did not have on any hat or
shoes. but he could not tell whether ne had
on a coat OF not.
Isaac Frazier, colored, corroborated the
story of James Lawson about seeing Ran
dolph near the pump in Gaithersburg. and
George Selby gave similar testimony. John
Handy, who resides near the town of Der
wood. two miles south of Gaithersburg,
or the Baltimore end Ohio railroad, testi-
fed to seeing Randolph coming up the
tracks and going toward Gaithersburg be-
tween and O'Clock on the night before
| the tragedy. With this witness the in
guest was adjourned until o'clock today.
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With the Detectives,
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Read me the statements of those who
witnessed the murder said the noted de-
tectivc- Il may in that way strike upon a
clue"
Slowly. and with excellent emphasis they
read to him the different statements.
'Hai"' he said at the Close "a tall
slender man, in coat and vest of some
dark material"
He bowed his head upon his hand. They
saw that his mind must be beginning to
work and looked on admirngIy.
"A coat and vest of some dark material"
Suddenly he leaped to his feet.
Il have IT.! he cried. Undoubtedly 1t
was cloth"
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ChicaRo's Military Library.
From the Chicago Tribune.

The trustees of the Newberry Library,
acting upon the suggestion of Assistant
Librarian Rudolph. have decided to add
department devoted to military books mag
azines and pamphlets. The suggestion
came originally from an officer and member
of the Grand Army of the Republic who
vas bewail.ng the fact that no public mill
itary library existed in the United States
The officer served in the war. and In his
quest for an authority upon a tactical poin.
visited the Newber-y Library. There he
had the fact forced upon him that no works
on military affairs or history were on the
shelves. Mr.. Rudolph saw the deficiency
in such an institution as the Newberry
claimed to be. with the result that The
trustees have authorized the formation OF
a military department Ii viii be as COM
plete as can be made.
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A FEAT OF PENMANSHIP.
More Than 1000 Words on One
Postal Card.

Postal Card.
From the San Francisco Bulletin
waiter ID. Wellman, a boOkkeeper in the
employ OF Anspacher Bros. the commits
SION merchants. has performed the re-
markable feat Of writing in long hand
''ooS words On an ordinary postal card.
ABOUT two months ago M. c. F. Grincourt a
frencnman, succeeded in writing 5,454
words in French on a postal card Mr..
Grlncourts feat made great sensation,
and his postal card was for a long time on
exhibition at the Examiner office. An &C
count given In the columns Of the Ex-
amlner represented this as the finest and
closest writing ever accomplished.
But Mr. Wellman has far excelled the
frencnman. not only In the number of
Words ne has succeeded In getting upon
the postal card. but in the length of the
words he used also. M. Grincourt copied
portion of one Of Victor Hugo's novels,
IN which the words were VIGOROUSLY short
Bulletin. selected from three distinct arti-
cies. so that he could not be accused of
copying from one writer whose vocabulary
consisted chiefly of short words. There
were no lines on NJ: Grincourt's postal
card. and 154 on Mt Wellman's.
Mr. Wellman, also asserts that he had
plenty of room to- spare and could easily
nave gotten in $500 words He worked on
IL ioF HIteen days. at ouQ moments, when
he could escape from his business duties.
He says he could have accomplished it in
six hours Of steady work. He wrote it at
the pace of Atty words a minute, while hts
pace In writing tho ordinary size is from
thirty-hve to forty minute.
The postal can easily be read with a
glass. and person with a good eye can
read 1t without the help Of glass. A fell
low-clerk of Mr. Wellman easily read the
postal with his naked eye. but begged off
from all pestals being written In this fash
ion.
The 7,068 words are written with an
ordinary steel dpensin violet ink. The ink
Is a mere matter Of chance, and has moth
ing to do with the fineness of the work.
Mr. Wellman has never done any work
OF this kind before. His only practice was
In writing the Lords Prayer Without the
slightest difficulty he accomplished the feat
OF writing these seventy-two words in u
space no larger than a gold quarter of a
dollar.
The. writer of this curiosity is young
American, twenty-eight years old. He is
near-sighted and wears glasses. but his
eyes must be very strong, as he has suf-
Tered no pain nor inconvenience whatever
from this close work. In fact. his near
sightedness may help him a little, as near
sighted people usually see things at close
range much better than people of ordinary
sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
TAkOMA PARK.

Mrs. Alberta Williams Kempton OF Fort Meade
Fla. and Mr. Robert s. Brown. wellknown resi-
dent OF Takomn, were married Wednesday last Mt
the home Of the brides mother, Chestnut avenue
the Rev. Mr. Johnston Of Trinity Episcopal Church
ofhciafing. The wedding was a quiet one. none but
members OF the families Of the bride and groom
being present. Ars. Brown is a sister OF the late
Miss lola Williams, who popular in mn
steal circles She will be valuable addition to
Brown will lie at home, after the 18th instant
Mondays to her friends at her pretty residence On
CheStn avenue, "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
Mal-aria-BadA ir)

Yes, it is bad air and you are
liable to draw it into your lungs
wherever YOU may be during the
summer. You can't help doing this,
but you can prevent the poisonous
microbes of malaria from feeding on
your system. How. By killing
them with pure stimulant, the best
and surest of which is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
LINDEN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Randall and son. from
Boston, have returned home from a visit to her
mother Mrs. NJ. A. Keys
DIR. Geo. B. Corey and wife ara spending the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs l. B. Thomson
Mrs. Eastman and her daughters from Washing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
Dufy's Pure
Malt Whiskey.

1t is utterly impossible for the
germs of malaria to live when they
are combated by this great and only
medicinal whiskey. This is positive,
no matter what interested druggists
or grocers may tell you.
Secure only the genuine
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

E.. S. RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer Harry Randall leIyes River View Wharf
18th street. Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday, at
am. landing at all wharyes as far down Mad
Beach. returning on Mondays about pm: Wed
nesdays and Fridays about 3 30 pm Passenger ac-
Communications first -class- Freight received until
hour of suillnG. Telephone 1I65.
F. y. REED X Co, F. s. RANDALL.
Agents, Alexandria. Proprietor and Manager
GEO y. CARPINrE,R, Gen Agt
ta3O WASHINGTON ID O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
Searching Would Be Too Suggestive

From the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
Two anxious readers write to the Journal
from the beautiful suburb of Philadelphia
und). asking if 1T would be all RICH: to
ride a bicycle to the funeral of "dstan.
connection by marriage. provided you keep
behind the Nurse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12

1t is rumored in Raleigh. n c.. that
Judge Russell. the republican nominee for
governor of North Carolina. is to withdraw
In favor OF w. A. Guthrie populist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12

MISS PEBBLES AND MISS THOMPSON'S
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OUT OF WASHINGTON.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA..
CHAKLOTTESvHLE VA
Letters. Science. Engineering. Law Medicine.
Session begins 18th Sept In TIE -maarial Pied
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address WM. VI. THORNTON, LID, Chairman.
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FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS,
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On Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays at Z
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Bay, BretonS Bay and Nomini Creek returning
arrives Tuesday afternoon. Wednesdays for river
landings TO Breton's Bay and Nomin Creek; thence
10 Piney Point. st. Georges. Smiths Creek. Coan
and Ieoeomico rivers; returning leaves NOmini
Creek Thursday afternoon for river landings arriy-
ing Friday morning. Saturdays for river landings
TO Noniini Greek and ST. Clements Bay; returning
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See schedule. fno1-t0 C. W. RIDLEY. Gen. Man
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The Rush for Seats.


Picturesque Gathering.
From the stage the audience presented q
picture well worthy of study. The jury, all
representative men In the county, occupied
seats in a semi-circle facing Squire Baush-
Deputy Sheriff Horton Thompson and the
witness chair. beside which Mr.. Hunter
Calf Of Washington, the official reporter,
dashed on his notes. Behind them was q
mass of strained. eager faces. which be-
tokened their possessors' anxiety to hear
every word. They were young and old.
gray and grizzled, and fresh and smooth.
but on all the expression was the same.
and every head was bent forward with
parted lips and straining eyes.
The windows were taken up as to their
sills by spectators and over them dropped
dead and disconsolate streamers of crows
foot, that remained as withered reminders
of the Christmas frolic. The same dolefll
held two smoky oil lamps. and swung from
the ceiling in the center. In one corner
was the library of the Wave-ley Literary
Society, about 500 volumes-and all good
books-whose leaves must have trembled
at times with anguish at the manner In
which some of the witnesses tortured the
kings English. The witnesses were sworn
upon a well-used Testament and every one
of them kissed it with a resounding smack
that denoted their earnestness.
Or. Etchixon's Testimony.
The first witness called was Dr. Etchison.
who gave. with the assistance of q drawing
of her head. a description of the wound
that caused Sadie's death. AS he told how
he had found her. with her fair head
crushed in. how he had picked up the
murderous OK and found blood and the hair
of the child on its blunt end. the hearers
seemed to stop breathing There was q
deep sigh drawn In unison when he oon-
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ques.Ions peins asked by the prosecuting
attorneys, although Mr.. Kilgore coached
Mr.. Belt.
One Who Chased the Prisoner.
John w. Garrett, ore OF the captors or
Randolph. testified to being notified by
telephone that a man answering the de-
scrfption of the Buxtons' assailant was in
the neighborhood, and to going out with
MS cousin, Frank Ward, in search of him
randolph was overtaken on the road near
wards place. Witness rode alongside Of
MN ana asked him where he was from
me man replied from Georgetown He
asked him where he had spent the night.
and he said In barn. The man was still
walking rapidly. but when Ward said they
wanted MIN and would take him to CATH
leaving the road. jumped the fence and
took to the field. Witness shot at him
three times. jumping from his horse and
pursuing him on foot. Ward ran around
on his horse and rode up on Randolph 300
yards away in a field. and jumped on him
and showed his pistol in his face
The man said, when asked Why he ran
that he thought they were after him to
fcg him for sleeping In the barn. He said
he had slept in red barn. There was a
barn In the vicinity with red roof RAN
Ward said. Never mind" Randolph didn't
appear to be nervous, and did not say II
am an innocent man" in the hearing of
witness.
Opera Wnrfield n willing Witness.
Frank Ward gave corrooorative testi-
mony. and then Opera Warfield was call
ed. A lively looking colored girl, in a red
shirt waist striped with white, a black
skirt a black leather belt, with silver
buckle. and a brown straw sailor hat, took
the oath with snap, and faced the Jury.
She was voluble from the start, and OBJ
era Bouffe would have been an excellent
nickname for her.
She swore she was coming down the rail-
road track about o'clock on the morning
Of the assault, and, seeing smoke in the
woods. became frightened. She stopped.
and looking back saw Mahala Mockabee
coming down the railroad, so she waited
for him.
LAS we come along below Mr. Mimins'
place, right there at Davis woods they
was an awful noise in the woods and then
a great big black man come out He was
an awful-lookin' man, an I KEEP watchin'
an watchin' him.
How was he dressed?"
He had on a black SLOUGH hat an coat
an Shoes
when did you see him AGAIN."
Il seen him ag'in that mornin' in SQUIRE
Baughman's Office
How did you identify him."
i saw his shoes. They was twisted over
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-19
wariIka Indian. IN C.nf,rnln

An island IN the Gulf of California
s inhabited by queer human beings.
The Ceris " rhour doubt are one of
rhe most Interesting tribes OF aborig-
mes ~ be FUND on this hemisphere.
They are said 10 have fnir skins and
nllte eyes ana bear no resemblance
whatever ~ tke Indian tribes Of the
mainland or Of the peninsula. In for
ufer days they made incursicus upon
the mainland spreading havoc along
rh- coast. but in later years they have
sept closely "a their island home. They
are extremely fierce and warlike and
use venumed arrows IN lighting. The
island - known % be very mountain-
GUS with inEumerable rugged canyons
and gurges. where the Indians ambush
and which renders sabduing them al
an im~possibilirv. Beyond the fact
= the existence of the Ceris Tribe very
little is known. Their habits and Ian
guage are said ~ be peculiar 10 them
selves. while their origin is a subject of
conjecture. The island shows no sign
Of vegetation from the gulf and their
methcd Of gaining a subsistence Is I'M
known. >kippers cruising in those
waters carefully av0id tbs island peo-
-Pied with blue eyed savages.and its rag
gest outlines which loam NJ n the gulf
are shruuded in mystery-OakIand
Echo.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-19
FEARING IN
Peculiar Way In which the Lower Or'irr
Of B-lng- Re~-tr~ SOUND.


Insects hNe RrasshoIP'is
and ioctists. ha'e thrlr rarA IN strung
piaccs-some on the uliu'iAe Rune "''i
others on the legs. "aa'eNet o'i
uEes the creatures may ai7o hlaNe oi
THESE organs. th"E arr EefitA1le aH''l
tory organs In them we ma 4 mem
brane stretched across a CAVITY. WIN
IN opening Q" the eNtfrn"i ar anu
within the cavity Is a nerve mass De-
veinpe'i az the end or an andit"ry nerve
II would he har't. tndred- y the emp
my cicadi-thr crickrr on me henrtA
-anH the qirruiniis hAAAtAW 'uNAA HHt
De heard oy their cumFHnl"hs - ~
saIf that Those pests IN me h"use-
the hies-eah hear pS means on ,'hae
rows OF eorpuseies on tnr knd,nei
uirrads whirh represent thr hind wings
OF other insects K uncertain whTtl-
~ n"es can near n't. then az tAe
labor % the oii-haShi"nett e~"Aerp"r
IN o~uung a TN pan az warming ume
- m vain some nafaraAists wa" nav"
tired thrm with every Slad % ~1uud
ms nntss deny ahat IAcN can near
OTHERS. egtaliE confident assert That
rney ar very sensitive m the calls OF
their queen ar least
Sume ~ the motl'lshs have very ~
niafhthie organs H"r hearing e'od
inseiner > Har niien H's IN Eta
h'ek san Notttt ~e Hnsirr a miero-
ac"b~ : par I'd S"nuirs niiei with a
eieaf ailu- AH fn'-se are minute ear
stnufs. "Aach swing To ant fnq. rotate
amt start al. arst lH direction and
then N ah"en~r, nut IN no Instance
striking Tie walls OF ne cavity r
tie gi"ouies AEr Eupta1et- me motnu
CEASES
\ earrfft angler tells you not Ia
tAN "hiie You aHr nShing Probably a
quiet conversation VIII do no harm.
oHt IL must De e~neniocrr that fishes
have ears although sounds from the
at may cot heafh uarnl uns OF tas
o'ilest arrangensnts Of al Is found in
some nshss. ar aiatider seuds of
Hoefs "hiHh arr aftachtft NJ MEM
prAhes stretched across eANifles IN the
sea4i' anu rom these membranes the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-19

n you put a silver spoon above the
fame OF a camille il becomes black:
plunge il IN a glass & var-r-uhar n
change. The spoon - no hunger 5IacG
Take it from the water you viii thinL
the smoke has Disappeared. II is not
50. The spoon remains OF a beautiful
dull black- Curious. is IL n0t9 The ex-
PLANTATION il simple Lamp BLACK. be-
cause Of IFS ineness. is not wet bv the
water; the water presents then, all
round and at a distance from the hlaek-
eued spoon. a curved form. r~eprosfuc-
ing exactly that of the spoon, and on
which the light reflects as On a metallic
surface Try this pretty experiments
this way Blacken an egg above a can
die. or. better still. a very smoky Iamp.
and this egg plunged into the water.
viii take instantly a brilliant and me
talIc aspect giving the Illusion of a
silvered egg, and r-eaPPearing black Is
soon as YOU take il out Of the WATER
y. Y Mercury