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The evening times., 1898-11-18
AN OCEAN PHENOMENON.

In reference to the remarkable phe-
nomenon of a white sea- which was
| witnessed by some of the crew of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company S
steamer India during her last homeward
voyage. two correspondents have ad-
dressed us on this subject, says the Lon
don Mail. William Gardiner, of Dalveen.
Malcolm Road Wimbledon, says that
when he was chief engineer of the British
India Steam Navigation Company s
steamer Booldana a similar phenomenon
to that reported in the Daily Mail was
witnessed from that vessel. 1t occurred
in the year 1850.
Il happened" he says about 80 on a
starlight night. / was awakened by the
junior deck officer on duty, who brought
message to me from the captain, asking
why the speed of the ship had been reduc-
ed, as she was now going a good knot
less than the speed ordered. At the same
time the officer told me of wonderful
sight on the sea. | jumped out of my
bunk In my pajamas and was soon able to
satisfy the captain that the engines were
still going at a rate that should give the
speed required, but that / was sure that
the condition of the water must have
something TO do with the speed actually
attained.
The sea for at least mile broad and
many miles in length was a bright and
silvery whiteness caused by brilliant
phosphorescence, so brilliant that al
though the night was dark 1t was quite
easy to recognize each others faces by
the light as we leaned over the rail look
ing at 1t. The whole thing was we'll de-
ilned at the edges and seemed like river
of light in the sea.
Needless to say, we got all the pas
sengers on deck to see the marvellous
sight, and the watch below was also call
ed for the same purpose. Being of a
somewhat inquiring disposition, / got a
bucket of the brightness and put it
aside till daylight, and on examining it
then found it was full of little jellified
fishes, about one inch long and quarter
! OF an inch thick, by three-quarters of an
inch deep, and these swan on their edges.
Each little tsh was highly phOsphOrescent
and as they were packed so closely t0geth-
er In the sea, being fully one foot at least
deep, the myriads emitted a combined
light that accounted for the unusual sight
we saw and the mass of them had OBJ
structed the passage of the ship on the
surface of the water
''Probbaly the recurrence of this phe-
nomenon may be accounted for in the
same manner. 1 will only add that the
following forenoon was remarkable for
the number of whales that were seen at
no great distance from the ship, but
whether this could be connected with the
mass of little fishes we had passed
through must be a matter of conjecture
George II. Bates, late surgeon of the
steamship Electra, and now of Queen Ade-
ladies dtspensary, Bethnal Green Road,
E, says that on referring 10 his lOgbook
he finds that the same phenomenon as
reported in the Daily Mail occurred on
January 49, 1891, during his voyage from
Alden 10 Bombay. He adds that the time
he witnessed the strange scene was a. m.
and that he was brought up from his
berth TO see it,
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sorry for such persons. They have only
received a merited punishment.
In many of the countries which we
have been accustomed to call pagan it
would be impossible for such thing as
this TO happen. Among the japanese
politeness is not the exception, but the
rule. Several savage tribes have found
10 their cost that the apparently helpless
foreigner. whom they have treated with
consideration on account Of his weak
ness had power and intended TO use it
10 their harm. Among the North
American Indians crazy person was
very generally treated with a mixture of
fear and protection, and never by any
chance harried or prosecuted.
No one who has not been obliged to
undergo il fully understands the sting
ing. maddening effect of contempt and
ridicule, especially on a person without
sufficient philosophy or intellect TO look
down upon mis- prosecutors. Most men
would rather be abused than ridiculed,
even when they know they are in the
right. Imagine, then, the effect which
continual contempt and jeers must
have on a feeble and helpless man or
woman who cannot comprehend the
pettiness of the scoffers. 1t is only to
be wondered at that such victims do not
oftener turn upon their prosecutors in
the way taken by the Wisconsin man.
Perhaps one reason is that they have
not always the weapons. 1t should be
the buSineSs of every manly man to stop
such boorishness wherever and when
ever he finds il, no matter what excuse
is given by the hoodlum.
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sousa as a Vocalist.
From the Chicago, Times Herald. }

IFTOfn
At the time Mr. Sousa submitted his new comic
opera ''The Bride Elect to three prospective
managers he had just finished a band concert
in connection with the fireworks at Manhattan
Beach. The composer took the three managers
into corner room wnere there was piano
Perhaps no end of art morals will be served
by describing just what kind of a pianist Mr..
Sousa is The march king has never found it
necessary when shaking the baton, to beat the
air every time in the same place, and he never
could see why he should be any more inicky on
the pianotorte. If he gets the movement, that's
enough With some hesitancy it may be added
that Mr. Sousa also sang to the managers.
What followed is told in two versions One is
that when the march at the end of the second
act had been played all three managers arose
and said: "We'll take it, you needn't sing any
more" The other version is somewhat similar,
except that the managers arose and said: Here,
we'll sign contract to produce this II you'll
just stop playing"
The evening times., 1898-11-18
DOCTORS FEES.


NJ. Henri Berenger discourses in the
Revue des Revues more or less pleasantly,
but apparently without authority, on the
remuneration of doctors in France. Here
are some Of his observations referable TO
the medical profession. There are in the
whole of France, inclusive of Corsica,
but excluding Algeria, between II 900 and
1900 practicing medical men, of whom
2.5G0 live in Paris. the remainder being dis
tributed throughout the provinces. As re-
CARDS the metropolitan practitioners, the
following IS the approximate scale of earn
ings: Five or earn between &SGG0 and
9l2oO9 per annum, from 10 to IS earn about
5000, lOJ earn 42.C0o 800 earn between
$500 and 81 go, 500 earn between sS20 and
G6t1. and 1900 earn less than G320. OF
the l0,ee0 provincial practitioners not more
than half make a decent livelihood Every
year the various universities turn out
about l,200 qualified doctors of medicine.
The average duration of a practice may
be set down as between twenty and twen-
ty-five years. 1t follows, therefore, that
the production is twice as great as the
demand. NJ Berenger's statistics may be
correct, but apparently he neglects to
men who are absorbed each year In the
army, navy and colonial services. Ten
thousand practitioners for the whole of
provincial France seems, moreover, to be
anything but a liberal estimate, seeing
that the number on the British Medical
Register is at least three times greater
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HPRtIIcni ism,

Something which happened in Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin, not long ago, indicates
that heather is too good a name for
some of the inhabitants of our great
and glorious country. a weak-m minded
and eccentric man of the town had been
for the greater part Of his life the butt
and laughing stock of all the hoodlums
who knew him. Obeying the barbarous
instinct which bids the human male an
imal worry any weaker or defenseless
thing, they had kicked. cuffed, jeered
and mfmicked him until they drove him
10 desperation, and he got a gun and
ammunition and ran amuck. Some of
his prosecutors are now in the hospital,
and some OF them viii not come out
very soon. 1t is impossible to feel very
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1898,
Free silver.

Some of the New York Democrats
who have been interviewed on the ques-
lion whether the free silver issue is alive,
express rather their wishes than an
opinion based on the consideration of
facts. An issue is dead when the party
that raises Il in a national campaign
Rbandons il in national campaign.
The recent Congressional elections
would have been a proper and natural
occasion for the affirmation of the
financial doctrines Of the parties, but for
The extraordinary situation which
made an issue Of exclusive and over
whelming importance of the Spanish
war. That the Democrats nowhere
made a fight for their financial princi-
pies is no more significant of their sur
render than the failure Of the Republi-
,ans TO advocate the Gage measure
signifies their concession TO silver doc
,rines The superlative thing in the
elections Of this year, Congressional
and State was the personal appeal OF
President McKinley-repeated in d score
Of Western speeches and echoed by Re
publican stump speakers 10 the eXclu
sion of everything else-for the united
support of all the people until treaty
of peace should be effected. If an oc-
rasional injudicious orator wearied his
hearers by affirming the virtues of the
Dingley tariff and the need of gliding
refined gold, that did not constitute a
campaign for TIE Endorsement Of a high
tariff and the Gage scheme. As Colonel
oHT 80
questions were suspended.
There is further proof of this in the
Republican majorities in the Western
and silver States. The traditions of
majority in those States are Republi-
can, and also the war aroused a spirit
OF patriotism that buried for the time all
other interests. The President around
whom the people rallied when their cla-
NOR had forced him into the war affirm
ed that he stfI needed their support
This has been verified by the threats of
Spain to contest our claims TO the Phil
ippines and to withdraw from the con-
ference in order 10 appeal to Europe.
Whatever the elections may have meant
in certain Enthusiastically in Penn
sylvania. where corruption was on trial
and was approved by a Republican plu-
rality Of l9,000-in the main they meant
the general support of the President in
his demand for the Philippines.
Nothing has occurred to change the
views of any advocate Of a free silver
policy If there is less of suffering and
idleness in the industrial world and less
of distress among the agricultural
classes, the fact cannot be traced TO the
financial policy of the Government. The
free silver men may we'll believe that
a return to prosperity would be more
marked and enduring under the rule of
their principles. Therefore they can
discover no reason for surrender of
their doctrines. Whether they have not
been strengthened, in fact, and whether
they have not extended among the
people can only be determined by the
action If the next national convention.
though there may be indications from
State conventions after the war mat
ters have passed. All assertions that
there has been any weakening are based
not on evidence, but desire.
The evening times., 1898-11-18
Origin of Blind Man's Buff.
(From the Philadelphia Press.)

This iavorite sport of childhood and youth is
Of French origin and very high antiquity, hav-
ing been introduced into England in the train of
the Norman conquerors. Its French name, Colin
Maillard," that of brave warrior. the
memory of whose exploits still live in the chroni-
cles of the Middle Ages
In the year 999 Liege reckoned among its
valiant chiefs one Jean Colin He acquired the
name Maillard from his chosen weapon being Il
mallet wherewith in fight he used literally to
crush his opponents. In OF the feuds which
were OF perpetual recurrence in those times he
encountered the Count de Lourain in pitched
battle and so runs the story, in the first onset
Colin Mallard lost both his eyes. lie ordered
his esquire to take him into the thickest OF the
fight, and furiously brandishing his mallet, did
such fearful execution that victory soon declared
itself for him.
When Robert of France heard of these feats
OF arms he lavshed favors and honors upon
Colin, and so great was the fame of the exploit
that it was commemorated in the pantomme
representations that formed part Of the rude dra-
matte performances OF the age. BY degrees the
children learned TO act it for themselves, and it
took the form of the familiar sport.
The blindfolded pursuer, as, with bandaged
eyes and extended hands, he gropes for victim
to pounce upon, seems in some degree to repeat
the action of Colin Maillard, the tradition of
which is also traceable in the name-blind man .
buff.
The evening times., 1898-11-18

The prominence given to the rumors Of
scheme, in the European dispatches, is
not warranted by any known facts 1t Is
not reasonable to think Germany would
base a claim to any of the islands on
dickers with the insurgents. Even ad-
mitting that her Jealous agents may have
given encouragement and arms to the
F'ilipinos in the hope of inducing this
country to abandon it's purpose, it does
not suggest the readiness of that power
to enter into a war with America. That
is exactly what claim to any of the
islands would mean, and anything that
points to such a result may be discarded
as without a basis in fact
The evening times., 1898-11-18
A Side Talk About Thanksgiving.

illB5 al manu-, anu lliAS " 3sSt
the Thanksgiving football game. Thou
sands OF people will sit out Of doors for
several hours, on unprotected benches,
to witness this great American specta-
Gle, and it is to be hoped that none of
them viii carry home bad cold as
souvenir OF the occasion. II may be well,
therefore. to consider the advice which
the Philadelphia Press gave To the cit
izens Of that city on the occasion of the
peace jubilee. and which viii doubtless
be repeated on or near Thanksgiving
Day.
The Press urged each member of the
community TO carry with him two old
newspapers preferably the Press, as
extra dry). on one of which he should
sit. while the other went under his feet.
He should wear extra clothing and have
an especial protection, like strips Of red
flannel around neck, wrists, knees and
ankles; he should carry his luncheon IN
his pocket and Immediately on return
ing home put on dry clothing. 1t is not
known whether the majority of Phila-
delphia's citizens appeared on parade
done up in newspapers, decorated with
red flannel, and munching apples or
sandwiches, nor is II known whether
any of them had brain fever as a result
of this riotous dissipation. Perhaps the
editor and staff of the Press went TO
the parade thus carefully protected, but
if they did the Press probably had no
report of the occasion, for no reporter
can get news while sitting carefully on
a newspaper resting his feet on another,
and having his limbs bandaged with red
flannel Whether Philadelphia followed
this advice or not it is just as good as
new, and should be needed by needed
by Washington citizens who intend TO
sit out of doors in the cold and damp
atmosphere on Thanksgiving morning.
1t is not often that we have chance TO
take advice from Philadelphia, and the
opportunity should be improved.
The dry goods shops viii therefore lay
in a store of red flannel cut into strips
of the proper size. and each citizen will
carefully save this week a copy of the
twenty four page Saturday edition
of the Evening Star. Each house
wife Will pause in her prepara-
tions for dinner, on Thanksgiving Day,
, and make a ham sandwich wrapped in
a red napkin, to b. placed in the over
coat pockets OF husbands, sons and
brothers. She will also have dry cloth
ing and a hot bath ready for the pa
tients when they return from their di-
version.
OF course. this will preclude any great
demonstration Of enthusiasm at the
football game. There must be no stand
ing up on seats and gesticulating. no
dancing with excitement, no waving Of
flags. There are those who insist that
it is unhealthy even to breathe through
the mouth when one is out in the cold
and damp, and those who really have
proper regard for their health will
therefore keep their mouths closed. If all
these precautions are observed it will, of
course make the general effect of the
football game somewhat novel and pc
culiaT, but the spectators will at any
rate have the satisfaction of knowing
that they are not endangering their
health on the sacred day of the Puritans
by any foolish frivolity.
Philadelphia has at last originated
fashion.
The evening times., 1898-11-18
Compulsory Vaccination

tFfOW tHt LphuOH MaII.J
Vaccination is compulsory throughout Europe.
1t is not compulsory in Canada New South
Wales, but it is in Victoria, western Australia,
and Tasmania IN Germany vaccination is
strictly enforced, in France very loosely. In
Germany only 10 persons die of smallpox an
nually; in France 14,000 persons. In Norway and
Sweden and Denmark vaccination is enforced in
a novel way. People cannot be married without
each producing their certificate Of vaccination.
Without this the minister cannot perform the
ceremony. English people who have gone to
Denmark for the purpose Of marrying, being ig-
norant of this fact, have not taken their vacci-
nation certificates with them. But without them
they cannot be married. The only solution of
the difficulty is for Them to be vaccinated again,
and so actually shed their hearts blood for love
of one another-a thing more often talked about
than done. s1sI
The evening times., 1898-11-18

The prejudice against the negro does
not seem TO be limited to the Carolinas
or 10 the Southern States The intoler-
ance at Pana, in Illinois, appears 10 be
quite as positive. Even in Cuba, where
there has never been a display of race
animosity, there is a protest against the
immigration of the Kansas colonies of
negroes who are among the most indus
trious and thrifty of their race. There is
a preference for white immigrants and
the native Cuban negroes are reported to
be the most pronounced in their opposi-
tion to the plan of the Kansas preacher
The evening times., 1898-11-18

which American charity ''can now reach"
we should have been able to reach II all
from the first moment peace was declar-
ed. The Sun affirms that the testimony
of Gen. Gomez and of Admiral Sampson
as TO the needs of the starving Cubans
will stir the national conscience again to
the immediate consideration of practical
means of relief" 1t seems strange to
The Times that this should be urged as a
new discovery. 1t has hammered at the
evacuation commission including Admiral
Sampson, for months to take the step
that official has taken only now-to in
form the President and the American peo-
pie of the distress, which has been de-
scribed so often by Cubans and Ameri-
cans there and by the Junta in this coun-
try. But better this late than not at all
better to save those who are still alive,
although earlier attention might have pre-
vented "the starvation of whole villages" :"
as reported so often by this journal.
The evening times., 1898-11-18

A letter from Gen. Jose MIGUEL Gomez.
which is transmitted by Admiral Samp-
son, has reminded the American people
that, as the Sun says, ''the moral re-
sponslbility of our people for the allevia-
ton of such distress in the island as
American charity can now reach is in
full force at the present time" 1t has
been in full force ever since the signing of
the protocol four months ago, as The Times
has urged at least twice in every week
since then, but apparently without effect
on the Administration. As to the distress
The evening times., 1898-11-18
A Knowing Ape.
CFrom the Philadelphi.


Capt. Armstrong, of the brig Atalanta, now dis
charging her cargo of mahogany. cedar logs, and
cocoanuts, tells a remarkable story of the sa-
gacity Of an ape in Canalite, United States of
Colombia, where the timber taken aboard.
The monkey belongs TO George E. Emerson, Of
this city, who formerly in business at that
port The animal is OF large size, weighing about
sixty pounds. His intelligence is something re-
'markable, and il is said that on the arrival of
every ship he virtually performs the duties OF
the custom house officials there He will board
the vessel and run chattering around the decks
until the ships papers are spread before him,
after which, seemingly contented, he will go
ashore. Capt. Armstrong says that the monkey
has taken several voyages ON the lumber RATS.
and is the pet OF the whole section.
The evening times., 1898-11-18

The alarm of the Americans at Manila
over the discovery that many lepers are
at large is groundless. Leprosy is not
contagious in the sense that smallpox and
kindred diseases are. While continued in
timacy with lepers by natives, and in
time by aliens, may mean the extension
of the afiiiction, the mere presence of the
victims is not source of serious danger.
The evening times., 1898-11-18
Reen There BEFORE.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)
After he had kissed her and pressed her rosy
cheek against his and patted il she asked:
George do you shave youfself?
YES" he replied
Il thought So" she said. 'sYour face is the
roughest i ever Then she stopped but it
was too late and he went away with a cold,
heavy lump in his breast
The evening times., 1898-11-18
CouIdp,t Guess Him.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Say we've got the greatest halfb@ek you ever
laid eyes on.''
''WhO is he?'
Names Smith. We got him from Holloway
You nevsr saw such a cross-eyed fellow
But I don't see-'
Don't. Ell? Why. every time he looks at one
end he runs around the other!''
The evening times., 1898-11-18
The smooth shaver.

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
Don't cut my hair too short said the Gus
toner Il have bad cold in my head and
throat"
Eyes, sir said the barber, coughing synpa-
thetically The very best people have in
Town are suffering with colds now. sir.''
The evening times., 1898-11-18

1t may now become necessary for Ameri-
ca to tell its Filipino children to put aside
their guns and go to work, under penalty
of a spanlklng.
The evening times., 1898-11-18
Autumn Hardships.

(From the Atchison Globe.)
This is the season when a man puts in an oil
stove to warm his bedroom, and has to open all
the windows to let the odor out.
The evening times., 1898-11-18
CURRENT HUMOR.
He Had Experience.

(From the Chicago News)
Iawyer-Are YOU a married man?
Witnes-No, but l was run over by a trolley
car once.
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