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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
Hydrophobin without n Bite.

Paris Telegram to the London News.
The death of Mile. Santasiero from rabies
should he a lesson to ladies who kiss lap
dogs and let them lick their faces. Mile.
Santasiero is the daughter of the former
chef OF Queen Isabella, who keeps we'll
known restaurant where one can have
Spanish and Neapo!itan dishes. The only
daughter. aged twenty. had a bull terrier
named Bob, of whom she was very ford.
Bob two months ago fell i'll. His mistress
nursed him and lavished caresses on him.
He showed his gratitude in licking her
face and hands. He then ran away from
her, and how.ed If she went near him. The
poor brute may have felt an Irresistible
desire to bite. and so wanted not to have
that easy opportunity. However. he grew
worse. He bit, some days ago. two Gus
toners and man who was furnishing ice.
They went to the Pasteur Institute, and
seem to be doing well, but Mile. Santasiero
whose foot he attempted to bite, fell iii
last week. She thought she had a cold
and kept on saying, Bob did not bite
me. Certainly his teeth had not pierced
the shoe leather. Fever supervened, and
then convulsions. The doctor said she suf-
fered from rabies. When her mother went
II kiss her she cried, You must not.
only kissed Bob. and see, 1 have his dis
temper. For two days her convulsiye
stafe was dreadful The third day was
quiet till just toward the end, when con-
gestion supervened suddenly and she died
No trace. Of a bite could be found on her
FOOT or any other part of her BODY. The
dogs saliva, it is thought, must have been
ABSORBED as he licked her face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
Co,ean civn service E.,m,n,,,,

From the Popular Science Monthly.
A. gentleman will study classics in win
ter, composition of poetry in spring. and
IN summer study those subjects which will
mt him for official duties. The king an
points judges to examine candidates for
office; the number appointed may be three,
seven or twelve. The student for exami-
nation Is locked up in a room for three
days without books. The subjects usually
selected for examination are from ancient
poetry and classics, as follows: First. long
word poetry of seven words; second, short
word poetry of six words; third problems in
classics; fourth clearing up doubts in
classics; fifth, criticising famous men Of
o!den times; sixth, considering what sys-
TEN of morality Is best to correct or -fnodf-
~ bad customs: seventh, suggesting what
kind OF military organization is best to
DEFEND and control the country. In these
various examinations 1t is claimed that
poetry reveals ones nature: that problems
in classics show ones knowledge; that
ones powers of decision; that criticising
famous men'indieates ones knowledge of
persons: that judging the best system of
morality and deciding as to the best kind
of military organization display ones men-
tai attributes.
The swindling and thieving character of
Corean officials, their torturing and mur-
dering subjects without trial, and the de-
gradation and helplessness of Corea to-
day, stand in curious contrast to this en-
nobling list of studies and examinations,
and Indicate depth of hollow pretense and
hypocrisy which is simply appalling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

From The New York Herald.
Several lawyers visited the Murray Hill
Hotel at breakfast time yesterday. where
victims of the railroad disaster near Gar
rIson are being cared for. with a view to
arranging the details of possible suits
against the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company. The clerks
refused to send up their cards. but. undis-
mayed. they tried to send written appeals
to the suffering persons offering to obtain
large amounts from the railroad company
on contingent fees of 40 to 80 per cent.
The clerks discovered this scheme, how
ever. in time to prevent the victims being
disturbed.
One attorney went to the Flower Hos
pital, where two or three victims of the
wreck were. He was so persistent in his
demand to be admitted to the wards that
the superintendent was forced to have
him elected.
legal representative of the New York
Central railroad called at the Murray Hill
Hotel yesterday to effect an amicable set
tlement with some of the passengers He
confined his attention, however. to those
whose damages were limited to lost prop
erty. could not learn whether he was
successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
A SACRIFICE OF WEEDS.
Railroads of the Southwest Hampercd
by Vegetation on the Tracks.

from the Railruad Gazette
In the southwest the railroads have a
large item of expense which finds no place
on the books of eastern companies this
being for the removal of weeds which grow
rank and luxuriantly between the tracks.
seriously impeding rapid running, being
crushed under the wheels and making the
tracks greasy and slippery. Various meth
DDS have been proposed and tried to de-
stroy these weeds, but that finally adopted
By the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
read is to burn them by means of an oil
flame. This burner destroys the vegeta-
ton between the rails and over n space
Of twenty-four to thirty inches outside of
them The outfit consists Of u car made
of iron. of iron shields suspended under
the car ard between the trucks, an oil tank
car having 4 capacity of 4 4,5U0 gallons and
smaller oil tank of so gallons CAPACITY
strong enough to withstand a pressure of
seventy pounds per square inch. This
tank is filled from the tank car and air
pressure Is supplied for forcing the oil to
the burners. The car. which Is sixty-fve
feet long. is strengthened by connecting
truases at each side and has cab sheath
ed with corrugated iron at one end The
car is intended to be pulled over the road
by a locomotive. The shield beneath the
car is thirty-two feet long with aprons
at each side to retain the heat and to
prevent side winds carrying the fame to
one side of the shield. The forward truck
is protected by an auxiliary shield fast
ened to the bottom of the lower arch bars.
When the fire is started the shield is low
cred to within three or four inches of the
rail and the aprons then slide on the ground.
When crossing bridges the shields are lift
ed clear of the rails twelve to fifteen inch
es by means Of air pressure from a reser-
voir acting through train of chains ana
pulleys. The oil supply Is also cut Off
nyad
oil valves are closed the fame is extin
guished and II is as readily renewed when
the oil valves are again opened The oil
Is nircctso against the inclined under sur
face OF the shield. which retains sufficient
heat to ignite the oil, even after II has
beer shut Oh eor half an hour In crossiue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
A GRAVITY CLOCK.
People Who Think the Probuem ~
Perpetual Motion Solved.

From the Utica Press.
In appearance the clock suggests a finely
finished model of a machine or hoistine
apparatus rather than a timepiece The
dial Is secured by an upright brass ga"
structure. This latter is surmounted hv a
round aneroid barometer, which suggests
the familiar steam gauge. Around the dial
Is large fly wheel with sprockets, and to
the left of the fly wheel is an endless bucket
chain lift, constructed upon the principle
of a grain elevator. with a thermometer
valve. Forty-one little weighted balls. Zach
about the size Of a large pea. are employed
to operate the clock; they are drawn up on
the bucket chain and dropped at intervals
of a minute into conduit over the Av
wheel. from which they roll into the SOCK
cts of the wheel. The wheel carries twenty
one Of the balls at one time. ana fheir
weight revolves the wheel. The power thus
produced swings the pendulum and gov
erns the hands on the dial The wheel
carries the balls about third Of the wav
around, and then they drop into another
CONDUIT, triple incline. which finally lands
where the endless chain gathers them up
for another swing around the circle. !"
Some fine mathematical work has been
requisite for this clock, as everything about
1t depends upon the most exacting caIcula-
ton. The balls must be all of exactly The
same weight ana the momentum Of each
must be the same: for II any one of them
were to lose a fraction of q second in de-
scending the triple incline it would miss its
proper sprocket on the lift and stop fhe
clock Each Of the little spheres ttayeE
two hundred and nine feet and ave tnokss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
HI WAN ONEN IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Some of the Iiard>hips of Travel in
the Tropics.

In an article on ''DificuIt1es of Tr.,s
pcrtation in the Tropics" in The Engineer
Ing Magazine, August, c. p Yeatman tolls
some remarkable stories of the strength and
endurance of pack carriers in Colonbi.
Says Mr.. Yeatman:
ihere are professional pack carriers on
some roads who make a speciality of Carry
ing burdens which the sturdy and much en-
our1hS mule canrot stagger under On
eoHe OF the roads you will see at times what
appears 10 be live box staggering slowly
and painfully down the rnountainside ahea.;
OF you; as you draw nearer you NAV hea;
the box grunt. very much as an old pack
Rule does at each downward step on a
steep road. There is something upcapny
about the whole proceeding, if it is your
first experience. and you happen suddenly
t. ov=rtake the box. going down hill for
the moving, swaying and gruntins mass has
10 visible means of support, and no an
larent excuse for behaving in such a man.
~, ,1rrov. ,or YER, Nery likely the road is too
hArro" Tor your mule TO pass your fellow
tfaVeler; SO you are obliged TO fol-
low in its wake. But at last You
are able to pass ahead. and you find
thi,t the organ Is in no way TO blame for
moving. for ii has a man under it, Short
ard stumpy he may be. but the muscle on
ni.a reminds you of the pictures of old
Atlas holding the world ON his braunv
stout cane. with which he stead,es himself
o. the slippery clay. and, when ne wishes
u rest. ne backs up the bank on the side
or the road, settles the lower end of his
lead against the higher ground. and prons
up the upper end with mis- stick: then he
is free 10 slip the plated masuey fiber
bahds OF his shoulders and forehead, and
step out from under his burden
Up ;he next hill perhaps you will over
'ahe woman pack carrier, her skirts tuck
e1 up 10 her knees. and below the skirts in
pi oannent view, great knots and masses of
corded muscle. which form her not grace
1ui, but very useful unlerpinning Ask
her how much weight she carries and yo1
may get the answer. as II il were a child,s
."a1' echo arrotas. 40 maS'-eQuivaleut TO
only two hundred and twenty pounds AS
you eaten sight OF her wrinkled face Won
may thouShtlessly remark that IL Is a bea Wv
load for one of years; her answer "a
apt TO be: You should see my grandmnt n
er she does carry heavy io:.d.- 7 an, not
f;.ll-grJwn ye~' This is SAT ,---t -, min, "a
ar air that you ride on wo...s yhy Won
had not remembered that l. .yc:nan bas -
wight To be touchy about her age even ~
she IS not dressed in the height OF fashion
As 20 the grandmother. and the proba biLtv
of her still being able to carry burdens in
this world. you are apt 20 h strongly of
the opinion that the par i7h old lady
Las drawn entirely on H. nation: but
Go rot be too sure OF t....., .-r the giaring
tropical sun brings wrinkles quickly, and
There women are frequently mothers at
fourteen years OF age, q great-grandmothe her
may still be very active member OF So
C.:ty.
rs this sort OF freight carrying expen-
1ye7 Rather, tweive-arroba. a30-pound
package, which ;s generally the maximum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
He Was Not In.
From the Philadelphia Record.

~A0ii 'ne uiiduelpnla Record.
man who was offering for sale a small
Newfoundland puppy appeared on Chest
nut street yesterday. and quite unintention-
ally Afforded good deal of amusement to
the promenaders. OF course, he was pleased
at the notice which he attracted, but he
couldn't see what there was SO funny about
either himself or his dog. He had bought
one OF those ready-made handbills. such
as are pasted upon houses. reading: For
Sale. Inquire Within" With an ordinary
leadpench he had crossed ON the word
Within" and. making a period after ..in-
quire." tied 1t around the puppy's body.
But the lines Of erasure were SO faint that
ten feet away the handful appeared IN its
original form. A small boy who saw the
joke approached the man and asked: s.Say.
mister. did de growler swaller his ownerr'
mo; don't git gay, Johnny" said the man.
well, den, who do youse ask fur wen
youse gifts inside?" queried the small boy.
Then the man saw the point. and tore OH
the lower half Of the placard, SO that It
read simply: For Sale.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

every day, and in the course of a year
makes journey of over fourteen miles, If
they were to travel in relays they would
make a record close to six hundred miles
within year.
OF course, the problem of perpetual mo-
tion has not been solved so there must
be a hidden mechanism The clock is
mounted upon a beautiful Brazilian onyx
base inside of which Is q regular clock
movement, which does not run the clock
proper. but merely operates the elevator.
A clock movement Is employed for this
part, because Of the necessity for accur
acy; 1t supplies the power and also controls
it, so that the chain escapes with pre-
cision once every moment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
How to Take Moonlight photographs.
From Scrbner's.

Moonlight effects in photographs have
long been admired by the unnitiated. and
fully appreciated by both amateur and pro-
fessional photographers for their beauty,
and many plates, too. have been spoiled by
snap-shotters who have accepted moon
light as the real iliuminutor of these views,
and accordingly focused directly on this
beautiful orb of night. Moonlights with the
moon herself N evidence are really sun
photographs; that is, pictures taken with
a rapid exposure, the camera pointed
toward the sun generally in the late after
noon or early morning, and with clouds
between the lens and the direct rays.
Many charming so-called night pictures
are taken by making two exposures, a
short one in the rapidly diminishing after
noon sunlight, to get an impression of
buildings and other dark objects, and an
other longer one after dark to print in
gas and electric lights that line the long
street or mark out the roads and winding
pathways of a city park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
F.om the Boston Ttsnscript.

From the Boston Transcript.
A few years ago an inventor who had
devised q new sleeping car took his plans
to Mr.. Pullman. The latter, after looking
over them. said: There Is an idea there.
will give you 100000 cash for your pat
ents." The inventor was q poor man, and
he would not accept the terms. He said
that II the idea was worth 100000 to Pull
man It was worth millions to him. The car
was built and proved q financial failure,
ana 1t u believed that even to this day the
inventor does not know where the idea
Was whose presence Mr.. Pullman discerned
in the working plans,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

that the George people will substitute
Dayton for George. if the law permits the
| substitution.
In that event it is difficult to say how
far the emotional feeling over the death
Of George would go toward electing Day
ton. Dayton is popular, even in Tam
many Hall and among the Low people.
Henry Georges Career.
Henry George was born in Philadelphia
September .. 1859, and was. therefore, fifty-
eight years of age. He began life as a
| printers devil. He went to sea at an early
age, and. reaching California in 1855, re-
mained there and drifted into journalistic
| work. In 1879 he published Progress and
Poverty" which was issued In New York
and London the following year. This book,
| which soon acquired a worldwide reputa-
! ton, was IAN inquiry into the cause Of in
dustrial depressions and the increase of
want, with increase of wealth"
In this work MIR. George examined and
reconstructed doctrines previously held as
tc the distribution of wealth and the ten
dency of wages toward a minimum.
Mr. George found in the fact that rent
tends TO increase not only with the in
crease of the population. but with all i'm
provcments that increased productive
power. the cause of the world known ten
dency to the increase Of land values and
to the decrease of the proportion of the
produce Of wealth thai goes 10 labor and
capital. while he traced In the speculative
holding o fland thus engendered the ten
oency to force wages to a minimum and
the primary cause of paroxysms of in
dustrial depression.
The remedy for these Mr.. George de-
clared to De the appropriation OF rent 3y
the community. thus making land vir-
tually common property, while giving to
the user secure possession and leaving to
the producer the full advantage of his
exertion and investment
In 1850 Mr.. George removed from Cali
fornia to New York. which has since been
his home In 1881 he published the Irish
Land Question:" visiting Ireland and Eng
land in the same year.
In 1884 he again visited England and
Scotland at the invitation of the English
Land Reform Union. making speeches on
the land question. and in lss4-5 he made
another trip at the Invitation of the Scot
tish Land Restoration League. On both
tours he produced a marked effect through
out the British Isle. Mr.. Georges political
career began in 1885, when he was nom-
mated for mayor Of New York by the
united labor party.
In this campaign he received 6s,11o votes,
against 0.435 for Theodore Roosevelt. re-
publican. and 0.552 for Abram s. Hewitt.
democrat During the present campaign
Mr.. George has frequently reverted to an
old charge that he was counted out OF the
mayoralty in 1885, he and his friends aIleg-
ing that at least o.o00 votes that had been
cast for him legally were not counted for
him by the returning board Of New York
city.
During the last campaign Henry George
ardently supported wiliism J. Bryan. He
did this not on the ground OF a free silver
platform. but because the democratic plat
form as a whole suited him better than<
the platforms OF Any of the other parties.
He made speeches throughout the CAM
paign. and was sincere In believing Bryan
wnuid be elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

The Evening Star is the only
afternoon paper in Washington
that receives the dispatches of
the Associated Press. 1t Is
therefore the only one in which
the reader can find the complete
news of the world. directly trans
mitted by telegraph. up to the
moment of going to press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
Large English Customs. Payments.

LHFge EngI1sh Customs Paymenf..
From the London Telegraph.
since q Well-knoWn tea merchant an
nouneed that his cheek for f5O,513, repre-
senting the duty on Csylon and Indian tea
imported by him, was the largest ever paid
10 the customs authorities, shoals of gen.
tlemen, anxious to show how grateful the
country ought to be to them, have pro-
claimed the payment Of even larger sums
than that mentioned. "A whisky merchant
rendered more: SO did a tobacco importer,
who claimed to have paid 100000 at one
fell swoop; and now custom house Off
ciai states that even the latter sinks into
comparative insignfficance compared with q
check Tor $50 600 once paid the customs
department The particular business which
necessitated this large disbursement is not
disclosed. but there Is little doubt that it
was for either tea, whisky, beer or tobacco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29
He snee.ea the bullet Out.

Seven years ago Mr. Isadore Wolfe, a
merchant of Camden, s.. c.. was attacked
en- the streets of that town by a man with
whom. he had had dlfnculty and shot in
the face with 32-caliber pistol. The bull
let split on striking the cheek bone. but It
was thought all Of 1t had been extracted.
AT times the merchantahas experienced an
unpleasant sensation In his face, which
being attacked by q at of sneeztn,x, the re-.
niainder Of tho bullet that had. been In his
head Tor seven years HeWsout his mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

for men, as a nine arroba is for women,
may cost $50 for one hundred miles, or
$l0-1S paper per ton per mile"
The herald., 1897-12-03
ROOMS FOR RENT
Because the Girls Refuse to Get
Married

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.-"For rent-three
rooms" This is the commonplace sign
that hangs on the front of the house at
4511 North Twentieth street, occupied
by Jacob Burkhardt, but the cause for
the sign it unique.
The vacant rooms were until few days
ago occupied by Mr.. Burkhardt's daugh-
ters, Ella, Laura, Lolita and Mrs. Emma
Godfrey.
About two months ago the father told
them that if they We're not married by
December 1st they would have to move
out and take care of themselves. Not
caring to marry to please their father,
they have left him and are at present
living in very pretty little fiat at 21O2
Obear avenue. Ella is said to be en-
gagged but she preferred not to get mar
ried at once on account Of her fathers
orders and has gone with her sisters.
The others are said to have had oppor-
tunities. but none suitable to them. The
young women are apparently happy and
say they are able to take care of them.
selves. They are all popular among thei,
acquaintances.
The herald., 1897-12-03
THE PRATT ESTATE
The Bitterly Contested Will Is De-
clared Valid

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-The Su-
preme Court of the State of California
has affirmed the decision of the lower
court upholding the validity Of the
trust will, executed by the late o. C.
Pratt, over whose estate, valued at more
than $1,OOO,0OO, such acrimonious litiga-
tion has been had for many years.
Though Pratt executed the will, gen.
orally throughout this State and in this
city particularly, the contest in the
courts has come to be known as the
Goodspeed will contest; this is for the
reason that the executors of the estate
of Lucy r. Goodspeed took a prominent
part in the struggle in the courts.
The facts Of the case, in brief, are as
follows:
A. c. Pratt died intestate on October "a,
1891. In his will, after devising certain
specific property to his wife, child
brothers and sisters, he gave all the
rest to A. H. Crew and Ryland Good
speed, as trustees, to hold and manage
in trust for the several beneficiaries
during a period of seven years. In a
codicil, l. c. Lusk was appointed trustee
in the place of Goodspeed. By the terms
of the ninth section of the will the trus-
tees were to pay an annuity of $500 to
Lizzie Pratt, the wife of the deceased; :;
$1,000 to Kate Pratt, likewise certain
specified amount to Mrs. Goodspeed,
while provisions, the same in character,
We're mads for numerous other relatives
in this State and in Eastern cities.
Action was commenced in the Su-
perior Court of Butte county after the
death of Pratt and, finally, decree of
distribution in accordance with the
terms of the will was filed May 81 1898,
and the accounts settled for the year
1894 An appeal to the Supreme Court
of the State was taken for the purpose
of finally determining if the trustees
were entitled to the vast property held
in trust. The Supreme Court has so
decided, affirming the decision of the
Superior Court of Butte county.