Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.


out by the physicians was blood poisoning
| caused by contact of a wound on his foo
| with black silk stocking, calls to mind.
| said DR.. Waldo II. Sturgess of New York
| at the Shoreham, "a singular case of the
same kind which came under my observa
| ton while 1 was a student in medical
| university in Berlin. lady of very high
social standing in the German capital, ther
in mourning, purchased pair of black kid
gloves, and in putting on the left glove IN
some way made slight abrasion of the
skin. presumably by reason of some small
particle in the powder which is used to
make gloves slip on more easily.
1.-THE lady paid no attention to the scratch
which she almost imperceptbly felt at the
time. returning from social call she ulS-
covered, on attempting to remove the glove
| from her left hand, that the finger was
somewhat swollen. An hour so after
| retiring the pain in the member became so
| acute that she was aroused from slumber
| and the maid was sent for a physician. BY
the time he arrived the pain had become
| almost unbearable. He at once pronounced
| 1t a case OF blood poisoning from the black
| dye stuff in the glove, and the disease hay
| ing communicated itself to the other fin
| gers heroic measures were resorted to and
the hand taken off at the wrist joint.
| The lady's life was saved only by this
| timely operation, but she was ever after
ward subjected to the handicap of wearing
a wooden hand on her left arm. The incl
| dent bred in her a striking and most nat
ural aversion to black gloves. and she
| never afterward wore pair of that color.
! Mr.. James II. French of San Francisco
tells a good story Of the mirage he saw on
| the Arizona desert. He said:
| Il was returning from old Mexico via
| the Mexican Central and Southern Pacific
| railroads. and in conversation with gen.
| tleman in the Pullman l learned that dur
| ing the month of August mirages were
| often seen round about the little town OF
| Desert Station, on the Southern Pacific.
| Never having seen that phenomenon l de-
| termined to stop over between trains at the
| little town for the express purpose of view
| ing. If l should get chance, that singular
| illusion Of nature. l secured a horse and
| guide at Desert Station and We lost no
| time in riding directly into the sandy waste
which lay southwest of the little village.
| After a ride of about two hours we halted,
| ate the lunch We had brought with us and
| watered the animals from skin bags which
| perhaps an hour and l was on the point of
returning. firmer in the idea that the Oft
| boosted mirage was only an Illusion of
| mind diSarranged by hunger and thirst,
when the Mexican, who was my guide.
called my attention to the western horizon.
| I looked and saw there a sight which
| shall never forget. There in the distance
| lay a landscape more beautiful than any 1
| have ever seen either in nature or depicted
upon the artists canvas. l saw a green
| valley walled in by snow-capped mountain
| peaks, and running through the center or
| this valley a river of water sparkling in
| the sunlight. 1t was so absolutely natural
| that l was tempted to contradict my guide
| when he assured me that it was the mirage
of the desert. / can easily understand its
| effect upon the mind of one who has wan
dered for days without food or drink. and
do not wonder at their vain chase of this
rainbow Of the desert
CUBA" said Mr.. J. P. Addison, at the
| Raleigh. land especially Santiago, is tenn
ing with opportunities for young men who
have brains. But to make a successful
start there, as elsewhere, it Is necessary to
have some capital to start upon. The mis-
take the majority Of our young men make
Is coming to a strange country with barely
enough money to get them there, much
less pay their board while they are en-
deavoring to locate themselves desirabiy.
Not one-fourth of the sugar plantations OF
the island are being worked. for the rea-
son that the planter has money left to
even pay for help while the crop is in the
stalk. These planters are willing to pay
good interest on borrowed money, but with
the government in its present unsettled
state nobody seems willing to risk capital.
Santiago Is now comparatively healthy
city. This is largely due to the work OF
Governor General Wood, who compelled the
cleaning of the streets and made an at
tempt to get some kind of drainage sys
tenn established throughout the city. In
consequence of these improved conditions
there has not been a single case of yellow
fever in the city this season.
"The spirit of trusts has taken hold in
the east" said A ]. Hewin. at the Airing
ton, and the japanese have formed prob
ably the most unique trust extant. 1t has
no officers and it has corporate exist
ence Yet never to my knowledge has there
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ment by it's members. This trust controls
the output of Japanese screens. 1t regu-
lates both the output and the price. but 1
have yet to hear of any complaint on the
part of the public which is the purchaser
or from the artist who does the work on
these screens. I think this Is what your
Senator Hanna would call good trust.
for by its operation the artists are really
earning more money for their labor than
ever before and are not compelled to work
SO hard. At the same time the dealers who
retail the screens have not raised the
prices unduly so that there has really been
no inducement for others to come into the
field for the purpose of underselllng them
However. as the spirit of combination is
abroad, I have no doubt you Yankees Will
soon teach your prototypes in the east the
other trick in the game, and when you do
just look out for rise in the price OF
Japanese screens.
North Carolina is wonderfully prosper
ous." said Senator j. c. Pritchard of that
state to Star reporter last evening at
the Raleigh. More new cotton mills, av-
eraging In cost perhaps quarter of mill
ion dollars EACH have been built there dur
ing the past year than in any other state
of the south. The farmers are getting a
good price for their cotton and the whole
of the commonwealth is smiling with fruit
fulness. We are anxious, however, to see
an early settlement of the Chinese and
the Philippine questions. The orient must
furnish outlet for our cotton materials.
When you reflect that the state Of Texas
alone is able to supply all Of the cotton
needed in this country, 1t is evident that
the other southern states must look to the
foreign markets. For that reason we are
anxiously awaiting the restoration Of or
der in the far east. We are hardly less
keenly interested in the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal. 1t will mean ire
mendous things to us In providing cheap
transportation to Asiatic ports
by the way continued Senator Pritch-
ard, II am just back from trip through
the west. and after seeing the immense
areas there that can yield homes for mill
ions as soon as irrigated, 1 am enthusiast
ically ready to support measures looking
for congressional action In reclaiming the
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