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Evening star., 1898-09-02
BRITISH PILL STATISTICS.
lheir Appetite for This Form of
Medicine is Immense.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits.
The British appetite for pills can only be
gauged from the revenue receipts relating
to the stamp duties paid for patent medt-
cines (Which las year in the aggregate
amounted to almost a quarter of a million
pounds) and by making allowances for the
pills dispensed by doctors and chemists
which not dutiable. An allowance of a
trifie over half an ounce of pills for each in
habitant of the united kingdom for the YEAR
cannot be said to be an extrayagant esti-
mate; indeed, such an allowance means but
thirty-two doses a year, or one and half
pounds of pills to last a lifetime of stxtv
years.
Placed in a straight line the pills of
lifetime would extend through some forty
feet, and there would be some L 92O of than
The latter figure may seem rather large,
but II sixty years Of pills were combined
into one sphere it would have a diameter
of less than four inches and a circumfer-
cnce of under one foot.
1t is not until we make calculations re-
garding the pill as national deiicacy that
we arrive at any figures of magnitude and
then We find that something like I,2So oUO,-
wv pills are swallowed annually. If these
British pills were put in a straight line
they would extend from London to Luck
now. The placing of the pills in a lengthy
line Of $3.50 miles would afford occupation
for pair of idle hands during eighty-one
years. at the end of which time the owner
of the hands would probably find the task
OF laying down three pills every second dur
ing an eight-hour day somewhat monoto-
nous. If in place of putting them into an
extended line we placed the pills in rows of
LOSS pills, and. having arranged the same
numoer or pills in row a base, we
could use the rest of the pills in making
LOSS similar layers the resultant cube
would have each of Its dimensions rather
more than 221a feet. Having performed this
Feat. we could proceed to stir up the lot in
a gigantic mortar and having thoroughly
mixed the ingredients-and what mixture
it would be!-roll the mass into one splendid
spherical pill weighing 637 tons and pos
sessfng diameter Of over . feet and A cir
cumference of over 50 feet. Five men, six
feet in height. standing one another's
shoulders-not heads, that would be too
painIui, especially for the one on the ground
would require the services of a small bow
TO crown the human EiffeI Tower in order
10 gee level with the top of the monster pill.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
washington stock Exchange.

Notice.-On motion the exchange decided to ad-
journ over Saturdays during the months Of July,
Sales-regular call-12 O'Clock m-Disirict OF Co
lumbia eSs. $1,000 at u4Z. Capittl Traction,
1875. United States Electric Light, at IOs
After eali-Mergentha1er Linotype. at 1854, 10
District of Columbia Bonds.-2o-year Fund. rs.
l0ok bid 3o-year Fund gold Is, loo bid Fund.
currency 365s. ia bid. III asked.
11sh bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s. LIS
bid. Metropolitan Railroad cert. indeb.. A. ll4
Columbia Railroad 6s, i22 bid. Belt Railroad IS.
so bid, 90 asked. lexington Railroad 6s 9S bid
1o2 asked. Washington Gas Company. ser. A. Ga.
114 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone bs,
1o3 bid American Security and Trrst 5s, 100 bid.
sonic Hall Association 5s. los bid.
National Bank Stocks.-Bank Of Washington $50
Farmers and Mechanics. Iso bid Second. leo
bid Citizens, 14o bid. Columbia, 130 bid. Capt.
coin, lis bid. 12l asked.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. - National
incton Lsan AID Trust i2s bd iso sstsd msr1.
can Security and Trust, 1901 bid.
Insurance stocks.--Friemenrs. % bid. franklin,
Potomac. IS bid. Arlington. i22 hid. German.
American, ls5 bid; National Union. 10 bid Co
3,s bid
Title Insurance stoeks-ReaI Estate Title. 70
bid Columbia Title AZ hid. ~
Railroad Stocks.-fapftAl Traction Company 7sx
bid "a asked Metropolitan, 124 bid.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks-washIngton Gas
United States Electric Light. IOs bid iosll asked
bid. Pennsylvania 3s hid
Miscellaneous Stocks = Mergenthaler Iipotvpe
BID I5s asked American "'tsa GrapSopS"Se e iissS
bid American Graphophone, pfd.. 1885, bid IiL
asked Great Falls lee, 1l0 bid, I22 asked. ''
xEx. div.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
THE SfLEs-AIGER ISSUE,
Senator Proctor VIII Wait tntii 1t
Comes Up In Congress

Senator Proctor called on the Secretary of
War and Gen Corbin today, and is to go
this afternoon with Secretary AIger to Mon
tauk- IL has been published that Senator
Proctor was behind Gen Miles in the issue
alleged u be between Gen. Miles and the
Secretary \ Star reporter asked the SEN
ator II ne had seen the publication and
what ne had to say about it, The senator
Replied that he had read what had been
written but that he had concluded to say
nothing on the subject
The fact is. he said 1T would keen a.
man busy II he attempted to keep up with
ana pay attention to everything published.
Or course, | am interested In what is go
ing on. but If there is anything in this
matter II viii be time enough to consider
II after Congress conyenes. If there is any,
thing in II. II will have settled into tangi-
BILE form and have become crystallized by
the time Congress meets, and of course /
VIII be there and know about it
AND then, too he added naively 'it
VIII be cooler weather by that time 1t
Seems to me the world is running quite
smoothly Just now. and If there is anything
out OF order II will be Strengthened out in
que time l expect to accompany the Sec
fetary OF War to Montauk this afternoon.
ana after that am going to Europe and
Will be abroad for three or four weeks NV
election is coming on and l shall be back
In time for that, and will be on hand for
Whatever may come up after Congress
meets"
Evening star., 1898-09-02
FEROCIOUs COW ELEPHANT.
She Made a Charge on n Hunter Eat
ing His Lunch.

From the Nineteenth Century.
While we were sitting under a shrub with
our minds set on refreshment one of our
hllmen came running up to say that an
elephant was approaching, and presently
COW stalked up to within thirty yards of
the tree. We looked at it and waved our
hands, ,whereupon the beast slowly and delib-
crately moved off into the grass. which here
was rot SO tall as it had been below in the
place at which we found the herd We then
resumed our interrupted luncheon, and pres
emily the hillman, who had climbed to the
top of a little tree said that the elephant
again approaching. My companion
scrambled up into tn tree. and /, taking
my eight-bore gun in hand stood upon
the fork just on a level with the top of the
grass TO see what happening, and
made out the elephant looking curiously at
US at distance of forty yards on the other
side from that on which she had first ap-
peared. Then suddenly she was lost be-
hind d little clump Of trees and looked up
and said: Where is she? l cannot see her
now" But the words had hardly left my
mouth, when, without moments warning
or a sound. she charged right up to US
from behind some trees.
L had hardly time to cock my gun and
fire both barrels in her face which was so
near that the weapon might have touched
but it was close call, and in another mo-
ment she would have had me and would
have butted down the little tree. Elephants
VIII charge anything If they are thoroughly
reused, and think very little of shaking a
plgmy enemy out of a bush.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
A LAKE OF WINE.
Ihe Immense Reservoir That u,s p
Gently Been Built in California.


Two Kissing, groaning steam pumps have
recently completed laborious task extend
ing over fve days, that task being to fill
with VINE the greatest wine reservoir any
one ever heard of. Imagine a lake 1o1 feet
iohe' 81 feet Wide and "A feet high In which
fcWs red wine pure as the purest Crane
that grows in California
For 1t is in California that tbis wopda-
IS 10 DE seen, down at Asst by the Russian
r-Ver valley. Tns Wine Is a part of the
product OF what is called the Swiss-Italian
company, and the lake itself is the blend
ing Of the juices of grapes from a, thou
SAND vines. As a system Of blending wine
1T is in this respect as much q wonder as
In point OF quantity and place of keeping.
l. is another proof also that necass;ty 10
the mother of invention, for If II had NOT
been that the colonists could find no way
to dispose of their wine in a profitable man
rer, owing to its abundance, 1t is probable
the lake would never have been creataI
and another wonder thus lost to the world.
The tun of Heidelberg, which the last gen
Grafton and even some of the presen1
learned to think of with wonder is but q
child beside full-grown man when COM
pared with this California creation. One
could go boating on this lake yery COM
fortably, although it would be but a short
ride. steam launch would find room
enough to steam back and forth and pos
refresh themselves with a quality of wine
that comes high after it leaves California.
and as for wine bath it is a big swim
ming tank, indeed that can boast of the
size of this contrivance or give equal on
portunity for a plunge The owners of
this lake guard 1t with exceeding care. In
the first place, they built 1t in the most
careful manner. Nature gave no aid. for
the lake Is an excavation cement lined.
So perfectly has it's interior been glazed
that the properties of glass are all there.
This might not seem so important to one
who knew little of wines, but as a matter
of fact the wine blends and reaches a
higher standard far more easily If such
conditions exist.
This is how the tank was really built
First an excavation was made in the rocky
hillside. Next a wall Of concrete two feet
In thickness was put In the floor and sides.
Then came the laying and glazing of the
cement. This was ifpt all. Had the lake
been left open lat the. top impurities must
have found theiF way Into 1t, not to men
ton the deluge that comes in what Cali
sround tne sid nz rsss pa a
in place, and on these rests the sectional
cover of the Iake. .fkis is so constructed
that not a ray 1bf lfsht can penetrate into
this vast quantity Of wine. and it mellows
and ripens just as Il 1t were in the most
deep down vault that can be found any
where 9'szsQ HF5-..t. ...a
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Government Bon fls,
RnItimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Md, September 2.-Flour dull
tnehanged-receipts, IL 40 barrels; exTorts none
Wheat dull and easy-Spot, 6sssa6s1s; month. sss,,
etSls; October, 67Aa6S: December 67kadI4.: ::
steamer No. red 64aG4IS-receipts "a 65s bnsh,
els; exports hone; stock 743.063 brshels; sales
11l,000 bushels.-soufheIn wheat by sample .ra
69A; do grade, 64a69. Corn easy-spot and
msnih. 3414a3iS; October. 34s4a335S: steamer
ports none; stock, $50 Io5 bushels; sales 4 l. 600
bushels-southern white corn 35a35A: 60 yellow
26lsa27; No mixed. 2sa25-receipts. 25 23i bush.
els; exports, none; stock, 1872 Os5 bushels Rye
firm and hgher-No, 2 nearby 4sys: No 2 western
5e-reeeipts, 1913 bns hels; exports ncne; stock,
a. .45o bushels Hay dulI-No. / timothy, sIo.5
$l1. Grain freights frmer-steem to Iiyerroof
per bushel. 21sd. September; Cork for orders per
quarter, 81. aSd, September. Sugar strong an
fresh, 15a15l1. Cheese steady, unchanged Let
tuce scarce, Soc. per bushei box Whisky IN
Evening star., 1898-09-02
WILL HAVE NO FuRLorGH.
Unusual Conditions Attached to the
Mastering Out of the Rough Riders.

Owing to the peculiar conditions of the
case, the 1st United States Volunteer Cav
airy CRoosevelts Rough Riders) will be
mustered out at once without the two
months furlough with pay allowed every
other volunteer regiment that participated
in the campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines. The reason for this ap-
parent discrimination is that the regiment
according to representations made by its
commanding officer. did not desire the'fur-
Tough, but preferred TO be dishanded i'm
mediately Although the pay of the officers
and men will cease when they are muster
ed out, they Will be entitled to an allow
ance of what is known travel pay"
sufncient to take each individual member
to his home.
AS is well known this regiment was re-
cruited from all ranks of society in differ
ent parts of the country and there was no
place where they could be ordered as a
pooy to be mustered out which would be
more convenient to the mass OF men indi-
viduaIly than the camp where they are now
located on Montauk Point
According to high official OF the War
Department the men of the regiment have
no ground of complaint against the War
department in the matter of their dis
charge for the reason that the department
did exactly what their commanding officer
represented that they desired to have done.
Consequently the LIST Regiment of Rough
Riders will be mustered out at Camp
Wikof, and Will transfer all the property
in their possession belonging to the gov
ernment. including equipments of all kinds.
to the proper officers of the army detailed
to receive and account for them. This may
possibly interfere with the plan of having
the regiment parade on Broadway in New
YORK with the regulation military uniform
as is said to have been contemplated. The
other two regiments of rough riders. COM
manded respectively by Colonel Torrey and
Colonel Grigsby. will also be disbanded in a
short time.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
How to Hang a Hammock,

From the New York Herald.
The general idea that the head end of a
hammock should be higher than tie foot
end is an error. The occupant should rest
In a state of equilihrium-that is. in such
position that there will be no tendency
to shift toward head or foot To effect this
the hips must rest at the lowest point at
whatever degree of dip the hammock may
be hung.
The pillow arbitrarily determines the po-
sltion OF the occupant. Whatever length
OF hammock extends beyond the feet
should be hung proportionately higher than
the head. There will be little or no COM
tort in trying to resist this natural law.
Evening star., 1898-09-02

of General Logan, was passing through
and stopped to talk with them. An officer
of an Illinois regiment came by and told
Mrs. Logan of stock of dainty provisions
his regiment had received.
BE sure to divide them with the District
boys" she said,
Private Harry F, Scott Company G, was
feeling very we'll. He had his mothers
picture in his hands as he lay on his bed
1t was recently taken with a kodak. and
i: seemed to do him more good than food
Or medicine.
1T makes me feel as if were pretty
near home. and / hope to be there We'd
nesday."
sick month before he left Cuba He has
had long siege Of Illness. but appeared
to be getting aicng nicely.
Near him was Carl Rottman, Company F,
and he appeared to be getting along all
right.
Bertram Dowser, Company F, was living
in Washington when recruits were taken
for the District regiment. He enlisted,
though he is an Indiana boy. He was ex-
pecting to shortly start for Indiana.
Private William White Company A. was
sick for the third time since joining the
regiment. He was improving rapidly.
John w. Shuster, Company B, was doing
well. His mother came here yesterday,
having seen in The Star that her son was
in the hospital.
A Welcome Sight.
I'VE had a Star here the other day." said
Bertram Bowser, land it looked good. 1t
locked like getting home to be able to read
The Star"
William c. Showers. Company K, is con-
yalescent, and last evening left for his
home in Cincinnati. His father was liv-
ing in Washington when young Showers
entered the regiment, but his home is in
Ohio.
Private Clark. Company *, is GONZALES
cent, and left for Washington last night
Many Sick VIII Try to Come.
good many of the sick soldiers will
probably endeavor to go to Washington
with the regiment next Thursday. The trip
on a Sound steamer to Jersey City will be
infinitely more comfortable than the tedious
ride the Long Island railroad, and
there is a general feeling among the boys
In the hospital in favor of getting back to
Washington with their regiment, if possible
A number of the men will be able to leave
at that time CHAS E. KERN.
Are Well Treated.
The following extract from letter dated
August 81, from Private Wilford L. Har-
ries. who signs himself In the hospital
shows that the District soldiers are being
well treated:
No matter what the papers may say, We
are getting along splendidly and are recev-
ing the best of treatment, but we would
all rather be back in Washington, where |
expect we will be in a few days. / have
just heard that George is sick in bed again,
but nothing serious"
Evening star., 1898-09-02
THE DISTRICT SOLDIERS,
They Need Aid and Support in "a
Practical Sense.

10 The Editor of The Evening Star:
fear that the same cIamor that sent our
brave Americans to the front In mid-sum-
mer, to the unacclimated country, Is again
rampant to bring back to their homes the
fever-stricken and weak soldiers who need
rest, care, pure air and ocean breezes and
good food, all OF which they are now re-
ceiv1ng at their camp with every prospect
OF beng restored to vigor and health in
three or four weeks; therefore, to hasten
their return for the purpose of having a
Hurrahr' is not only cruel but criminal
1t is well known that where people suffer
OF leFer or are cohvalescing therefrom,
they are sent to regions where there are
sea breeZes. In the instance of our brave
District boys. the reverse is being recon-
mended No one has a higher admiration
Tor the soldierly qualities of our boys no
one sympathizes more keenly and heartily
with their longing to be home, and with
the natural feelings of wives, sisters and
sweethearts. But history and experience
tells us that Kindness kills more than dis
ease Instead of one hospital we will have
a thousand. There is also a possible danger
of the fever spreading and becoming epi-
demic, all of which can be avoided by act
ing intelligently and sensiby. l therefore
hope and trust that the sound and sober
judgment of Colonel Harries will he ac-
quiesced IN, and the boys remain where
they are until they are in a physical con-
d1tion to be properly received, and until
assured that the reception will not prove
inimiCal to their future health. I trust
that all ideas of a banquet will be aband-
oned. These brave boys need to be aided,
encouraged and supported in a practical
sense. and every dollar ought to be used to
make them and their families comfortable
But under all circumstances let them have
a chance to get the fever out of their
bones, and not perpetuate it by excite
ment and senseles5 parading.
September 2, 1898. s. WOLF
District Men at Boston Better.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BOSTON, Mass, September 1.-The Dis
trict OF Columbia men confined at the local
hospitals were reported this pm. as i'm
proving in health and strength Thomas
Herbert and William Nelson, who have
been on the dangerous list. are also better,
although their condition is still somewhat
critical No one has been discharged with
in the past twenty-four hours.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Catanta's Coal on Fire.

NEW York; September 2.-The tran
sport Catania. which arrived this morning
from Montauk. .islanded a number of sick
soldiers. of various. i regiments from San
tiago. During the yoyage from Santiago
to Montauk the engineers Of the transport
found the coal in The after hold to be on
fire. The matches were closed. and the f,re
was kept under control until the steamer
1eached Montauk and discharged her sick
troops. whea the chief engineer reported
the coal again on FIRE. The transport was
then ordered to proceed to this port to un-
300 cases OF cartridges. which win be dis
charged in mediate'y.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
JAMAICA AND ANNEXATION.
Suggestion for Andrew Carnegie to
Prove His Triumphant Democracy.

KINGSTON. Jamaica. September 2.-The
Cleaner today publishes symposium OF
the views of the leading merchants ard
other public men here on the question of
solving the annexation movement by ex-
changing the British West Indies for the
Pi iiippine Islands, according TO the pro-
pCsal of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. Opinions
or the subject are almost balanced, with
an adverse tendency.
The Glea ler fl rther suggests that MIR.
Carnegie solve the problem by purchasing
jamaica. and thus r, aCtiCally illustrate his
triumphant democracy"
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Red Tame Guf

1t is not believed that from this time for
ward there will be any occasion for COM
plant from the treatment of sick soldiers.
II is the intention of the department to Gu.
ell red tape and to provide all the sick in
the army with every possible comfort thar
can be required and every convenience and
luxury that their condition may require.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
THE REGIMENTS FUTURE.
What Gen. COrbin Says About It's
Movements.

Adjutant General Corbin said today that
he desired to avoid any controversy over
the questions affecting the moyeru znts of
the 1st District of Columbia Volunteer In
fantry and consequently he would say
nothing more on the subject than that they
We're to be mustered cut. and that the
question of the date of the departure of the
regiment from Montauk Point to Washing
ton rested entirely within the discretion OF
the general commanding the corps to which
the regiment Was attached and the colonel
of the regiment.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Discharge. VIII Come Rapidly.

1t Is expected that the orders for rauster-
ing out the volunteer regiments will come
with considerable rapidity now. 1t is said
that by December there will not be more
than $1,000 volunteers in the government
service. All the regulars east of the Mis-.
sissiLpi will be Immediately ordered to the
Evening star., 1898-09-02
RAISED THE QUARANTINE.

Galveston Never Healthier Than Mt
Present-Heaith Oficer's Action.
GALVESTON. Tex. September Estate
Health Officer Blunt has raised the quar-
antine against Galveston, and the city was
never more healthy than at present. The
quarantine was but temporary, and was
placed last Friday. August %, On account
of a suspicious case of fever at Fort Point.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Put Out of Commission.

Orders We're issued from the Navy De-
partment today putting out of commission
the auxiliary vessels Restless, at New
York. and Suwanee. at Norfolk The yes-
sells will be inspected by the board which is
to determine whether or not they shall he
retained in the naval service
Evening star., 1898-09-02
For Appointment Of Trn.,ee.

Mary E. Cissell has entered suit against
Louis II. Schneider and others, asking that
some suitable person may be appointed
trustee under the Will of Mary A Schneid-
eT, e, deceased, IN place and stead of Louis
H.. Julius NJ. and George A. Schneider
who have refused to act as trustees.
Evening star., 1898-09-02

Experiments We're recently conducted by
the German army to determine what color
of uniform is most advantageous in war.
Twenty sharpshooters who were directed to
fra at different colors in the distance found
scarlet the most difneult. to hit. As the coll
ors were gradually renewed to greater
distance it was found that light gray was
the first to become Notwithstanding then
scarlet, then dark gray, and last Of all blue
and gresa. ssfs4[
Evening star., 1898-09-02
District Men at Boston Better.
BAYARD STILL VERY ILL.
Statement of His Physicians After n
Conference Today.

DEDHAM. Mass. September 2.-Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard had a relapse late last
night and a consultation of physicians was
held after which Mr.. Bayard's physicians
remained with him until morning.
second consultation was held this fore
noon, and ii was reported that Mr. Bayard
was much better, but he was still very Ill.
Evening star., 1898-09-02

Two well-known English plants the this
tie and the rape, are SO inimicaI that if a
field is infested with thistles which come
up year after year and ruin the crops. all
you nave to do is to sow 1t with rape The
thistle win be absolutely annihllated.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Chief of Navigation Bureau.

Capt F. W. Dickins. who made such
good record at the head of the naval BIZ
reau Of navigation at the time OF the Maine
bureau
Evening star., 1898-09-02
More to BE Released.

This afternoon the LIST and 1th Illinois
Infantry were ordered out on thesrecoms
mendation of Gov. Tanner.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Grain, Provi.ion. and Cotton Markets.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1927 F ST., members New York
stock exchange. correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York