Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
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| Islands. The remarkable thing about it is
that the gull eggs, as such. are not salahle
IN England except to the dealers. They are
the SIZE and shape of some eggs that are
rare and valuable, and the Englishmen
palm them off on collectors as very rare
specimens. coloring them when necessary
to carry out the deception"
| Il do not wonder that warts are regarde.
with great awe and superstition by certain
| Indian tribes" said c. l.. Jones of Wichita
| Kan. at the National. There is some
| thing uncanny about them that don't I'M
| derstand. l had a very large one on my
| nose 1t was quite painful and exceedingly
| uhsightly. Physicians applied various rem
| edies, none of which did any good. 1t was
| laEced twice, but grew out again as large
| as before While visiting among the
Nova Indians, fir end told me l could
nave the Wart removed by an old Indian.
mad no faith In the medicine man. but
went to see him out of curiosity. He boil
ed concoct1on of herps, men went
through ten-minute invocation touched
the Wart with sort of wand threw the
wand In the fire, and told me the Great
Spirit had promised l should be cured In
| three days there was not a sign of the war;
visible. and it has never troubled ma
Since.'
The coffoe-eating habit is on the in
crease. and it is probably the worst that
can be found" said DIR. A. c. Hindman of
Louisville at the Riggs. Coffee when
boiled and taken as a beverage, is not only
unin1urious. but beneficial. unless taken in
very great quantity. but when eaten as
roasted IS productive of a train of ills that
nnally result in complete physical and men
tai prostration. l have had a number of
cases OF the kind, and they are as difficult
those arising nv.iI,
haDlt The trouble is more prevalent among
young girls than any one else. They eat
parched coffee without any definite object
just as they eat SGapStone slate pencils
with much more disastrous results The
coHee eater becomes weak and emaciated
the complexion is muddy and saIlow the
appetite poor. indigestion ruined and nerves
dii uhStruilS. Coffee will give few min
utes or exhilaration. followed with great
weakness. The victims nearly die when de-
prlved OF the accustomed stimulant''
Linden, Va, can boast of one of the
most desirable freaks in the United States"
SAID j. L. Hall of that place at the How
ara. Il refer to deaf and dumb barber
nave never heard of any other and It
seems Pity that the only one should be
IN a small town. where his services are but
poorly repaid. If he should go to a large
city. especially during the present time,
ana let IT be known that customers could
be absolutely guaranteed immunity from
views on the silver question, he would have
more work than he could do but as il is he
Is in small town. where he has to com
pine the trade of shoemaker with that of
barber in order to make a living He is a
COCA barber. and the silence that reigns
WINE ne ShaveS customer is only broken
ny the soCnd of the razor. | don't know
whether or not he would consider offers
from museum managers or city barber
Shops
Everything comes to him who waits
was probably written with reference to de-
tectives," said a. X. Rittenhouse, for MANY
years successful sleuth at the Ebbitt
"As rule. and with very few exceptions.
criminals will return to the scene of their
crimes If The law officers maintain silence
and walt. II active efforts are made to
apprehcnd the man he will Of course re-
main away until these CEASE but If nothing
is allowed 20 become publicly known that
shows the police are taking an interest in
the case, the perpetrator of a crime Will
sooner or Liter, return. 1t is another al
most 1nVarable rule that before he returns
he will communicate with friends where
the crime was committed. Many of the
most wonderful instances of detective work
have In reality been the easiest and have
been brought about not by shrewdness in
following up a clue, but by good waiting
and Watching"
Zone of the most pathetic instances of
fortunes mutations is that of the Marshall
family of Virginia." said T. c. Gibbons of
Manassas at the Raleigh. "Chief Justice
Marshall was admittedly one of the great
est men America ever had within its Dor
ders He was possessed Of princely do
main. consisting of several counties in
northern Virginia. This magnificent prop
erty was left TO his son. who still lives in
a n
Owing to his generous nature. the son was
ruined By security debts and unfortunate
Investments. and tract by tract his land
was sold The slaves Were all freed and
the fortune was gone. The old man lives
with son, ana all poor"
Il notice in the newspapers an Associated
Press dispatch concerning the new Oil field
in northern Tennessee and southern Ken
lucky" said ]. X. Had1ey of Nashville at
the Arlington. The extensive operations
now commenced by the Standard Oil Com
pany there will do away with one of the
most picturesque features of the south.
This field that is called new was operated
before the war and has been worked ever
SINCE In a very limited way. 1t was known
for many years as the Scott and Allen
field. number of shallow wells were
sunk. all of which produced oil of a good
quality. The mountaireers would fill one
or two barrels with petroleum, place them
on raft and float down the Cumberland
river to Nashville with them, where the
oil and raft sold. and the men would
walk home over the mountains. Now that
tho field is to be worked in a modern way
it will probably produce as much oil as the
Pennsylvania field, and fully equal as to
quality"
Speaking Of kleptomania,' said L. A.
Robinson. formerly a well-known officer
of the Chicago police force, at the Regent.
II know one case where term in the pen
itentiary operated as a complete cure. 1
will not name the man, because he is n
business and highly respected but 1t was
genuine case Of kleptomania. He was
founding, adopted at an early age by a
widow lady who was childless and pos
sessed OF considerable wealth. AS boy
he stole everything portable he could find
and was always punished for it. When he
attained his majority he courted model
young lady successfully. Stole horse and
sold it to get money for a bridal tour He
did not have quite enough, so he took his
wifes trunks and sold them, together with
all her wedding dresses; was arrested for
stealing the horse and sent to the peniten-
tiary. His wife obtained divorce When
his time was served he returned to his
former home, where he lived in an ex-