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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
OPINION ON SMOKE.
Comparison Of Conditions in London
and New York.
From the London Lancet.

From the London Lancet
AS IS well known, the fuel used for heat
ing purposes in New York. as in most con-
tnental cities, is anthracite. AS a conse-
quence, the atmosphere of these cities Is
never blackened with smoke, for anthra-
cite is a smokeless fuel. Owing, however,
to the high price of hard cCal in New York
city, as a result of the general strike
among the anthracite GOLFERS cheaper and
smoky coal has suddenly come into vogue
This change of fuel soon had its bad effect
upon the atmosphere of the city and to
some extent the inhabitants have been cX-
periencing a condition of things similar to
that frequently met with in London, where
the householders are allowed to pollute the
air with comparative lmpunity.
In New York city it is civil offence for
a householder to allow smoke other than
white, or cinders, dust, gas. or any offensive
odOr to come from his chimney. We fear
that it would be impossible to impose such
restriction as that regarding tn use of an
thracite or smokeless coal in London. But
what an excellent result would accrue could
1t be donei There is little doubt that the
househoders of the metropolis tarnish the
atmosphere of London to an infinitely great
er degree than does the manufacturer.
There is no reason, however. why pressure
should not be kept to bear upon the latter
offender
1t is quite easy to prevent smoke produc
ton IN large furnace even when soft btu
mlnouS coal is used, whereby not only is a
nuisance effectually checked but an import
ant economy Of fuel obtained, as we have
repeatedly pointed out. II is a thousand
pities that the use of anthracite or smoke
less coal cannot be compelled in the pri-
Vate dwelling houses of London and of this
country. But London and smoke are ac-
ctpted by great many synonymous
terms and not few on grounds of senti-
ment would object to having this accept
al ce disturbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
New Way of Making Ice.
From the Champaign Gazette

r rom the Champaign Gazette
A method of making ice which ep.hl,.
the Milling OF an ice house of any size desired
with perfectly pure ice al a merely nominal
cost has been invented and patents all filed
1t is so simple and the cost so small thar
II seems probable that the method will
prove extremely popular. Numerous Al
tempts have been made by the inventors
to utilize natural cold and make ice in stor-
age houses during winter by freezing water
In the houses themselves. 1t is not a Diff
cult matter to thus make Ice in cold eli
mates. but no successful scheme was de-
vised for separating II into cakes or layers
1t was In solid blocks OF the size Of the
houses, and there was no certainty that It
was frozen solid IL of any magnitude.
The new method referred to above cor
sists of freezing water by natural cold into
successive layers, which can be easily cut
up and handled. Its success has been de-
monstrated in Chicago by the freezing of a
houseful OF ice during the past winter at
merely nominal cost. The fee thus
formed is clear and pure as the water from
which II is made, and the cost is much less
than that of ice cut from ponds OF streams
and hauled to storage. The rights to util-
ize the invention for a large territory have
been secured by local men who will estab.
lish plants al over the territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
ARMY BASE BALL.
American Soldiers Garry the Game Into
the Orient.

From the N.w York Times
The recent organization. with the full APP
rrOyaI Of the Secretary of War and the
commanding general Of the Department of
the East of a base ball league composed Of
clubs representing the different military
posts hereabouts is one of many things that
60 10 show that athletics are progressing in
the army. There are 10 better trained ath-
letes in America than the men who COM
pose the rank and file of the United States
army and navy Go where you WILL
whether il be to the Preside in California
or Fort Columbus on Governors Island in
the harbor of New York. you Will be sure
20 find set Of strong-bodied young men
who each day keep their already good con-
situations in tiptOp condition by indulging
!n various forms of athletic exercise
There was time when the officers en-
gagged in the games but To a great extent
This has been abandoned. The athletes VINO
make up the hundreds of foot ball, base
hall, track teams, etc, throughout the reg
ular service are the men who have not
been so fortunate as 10 acquire a commits
sion.
Just at this time it Is base bah that is
the ruling favorite in the army. and there
Is not a regiment or company Of artil-
lery within all the service or a ship in the
navy that does not boast of a creditab bic
team For instance. IN the Department of
the East League there are eight teams, con-
ElStlUS OF seven military OrgdnlZdtl tons
one naval, that at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Every Saturday these teams meet in conn
petition at one or other of the reservations,
where. IN the presence of their comrades
and generally some one two thousand
civilian spectators they fight for supremacy
and the ultimate winning of the pennant
that - To be awarded to the champions
All of the teams are unusually strong
are neatly and appropriately uniformed
and are sustained by their comrades. the
taxpayers are not called upon to pay a cent
for their m"IHtC nance. Such a thing as an
admission fee In the army or navy has
never been tolerated.
1t was the American army that intro
ducsd the national game in the far east. In
Manila such an OCCUTTo nee a base ball
match had never been heard Of until the
American occupation. To hear the men tell
of the way the natives received its intro
GuCtiuu. and the eNpr, sSi0ns of wonder
ment they uttered when first they had
Chance u watch the uniformed America
nos pitch. catch and bat the sphere forms
most interesting topic in army well as
navy circles
The games in Manila as in the United
State. are played between the different
regiments or the crews Of the warships
There - hardly day that a match is rot
played Besides the military and naval peo-
PIE sure To be present. the natives In great
numbers generally also manage to find an
excuse Ia get in close enough proximity to
the soldiers or jackies TO get good view Of
The contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
FROG FARMING IN CANADA,
The Industry Officially Reported te
Be Profitable and Growing.
From the New York Sun. ~

From the New York Bun. -
Frog farming as an industry Is assuming
large proportions in many parts of Canada
Not only are large shipments Of frogs legs
made from this country to the United
States, but there is a growing demand for
the luxury in many Of the large centers Of
the dominion One. Of the most successful
frog farms Is In Ontario Last year it pro-
duced 5000 pounds Of dressed frogs legs
and 1900 living frogs for scientific purposes
and for stocking other waters.
The deputy commissioner Of fisheries for
Ontario reports that in the past year n
number of applications were made to the
government for leases Of land suitable for
this industry. No licenses were, however
granted, and it was found that the terri
tory concerned was already being farmed
by number of people. 1t is safe to as
sumo that in the very near future much
land now lying idle will be stocked with
frogs. All that is necessary for this pur-
pose Is to place few paired breeders in
the water. Natural food is almost always
present In sufficient amount for successful
growth.
The, species considered here to be most
profitable. on account of its size, Is the
eastern bullfrog, Rama catesbiana, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
FIJI ISLANDERS.
Talk With a Cannibal on Taste of HUI
man Flesh.

From the Chicago News.
A writer in the Scientific American says
Of a recent visit TO the Fiji Islands: 81 met
an aged man at Mibau who gave me much
Interesting information on cannibalism. His
father. he SAID. had been a famous trench
erman in the good old days, and although
he denied that he himself had ever eaten
the flesh gf his kind. Yet in the course OF
his description he fingered my arms and
rinched nv legs and poked me in the ribs
in q manner which seemed to me not alto
Eether pIatonic. Fijian flesh, he stated,
was SUPERIOR to that of white men. who
tasted If the salt they ate with almost
everything-while a -ough old sailor was
practically a waste Of raw material from
the tobacco and grog with which a life be-
fore the mast had a tendency TO flavor the
human system. lnterrogated as to choice
cuts. he gave the palm to the head-the
brains and eyes being particularly desir-
able. and the cheeks, especially in young
subjects. submitting to baking very kindly
indeed. The upper part of the arm, too.
and the calf and upper portion of the leg,
Were not to be dCspised-but. said the cpl
cure. as for the rest of the body, throw
him AWAY In the afternoon this interest
ing savage came around for me to get my
gun and go into the bush with him, where
he would show me plenty parrots After
the enthusiasm of his morning description,
however. I thought IL prudent TO decline.
The Fiiians are a stalwart race; very tail
and muscular. for the most part, their
skins soft as velvet from amounting with
CCcoaaut oil. their cOunteances strong and
in most cases pleasing, rather than forbid
ding. A thing that at once impresses the
visitor is the varied and striking manner
in which both men and wOmen-the former
eSpecially-arrange their hair Here man
Is seen whose pate seems covered with
thick coating Of whitewash; there another.
= = lot ,1CT tn
from his skull as if they were electrified,
could hardly he inserted in a bushel basket.
The former state is but preliminary TO
the second. The natives plaster their hair
with kind Of paste made Of powdered
coral mixed with water. which. after hard
er!ng and then being broken up. st!ffens
the hair and beaches 1t from Its natural
black 10 odd shades of red and dull yellow
thus producing strange effects in COM
tination with the dark-brown skins OF The
leople.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
FLOWERS ON sHIPBoARD.
Extravaganza Criticised by ofacial OF
Transatlantic Lines.

From the New York Times.
eff the language of flowers were audible
a full-grown boiler factory would be re-
treat of somnolence and silence compared
with the pier of any one Of these big trans
Atlantic liners on sailing days during these
prosperous times" said the superintendent
of one Of the lines last Wednesday morn
ing, as he stood on the dock and pointed
out no less than six highly ornate florists
wagons drawn up alongside the gangway
and their liveried footmen transferring
great loads of daintily beribboned boxes
to the steamer deck and down into the din
ing saloon.
They've been arriving all morning" con-
tinued the official, land the delivery will
keep up until the very last minute. And
look at those fruit wagons lined up there.
There is about $500 worth of fancy fruit,
about three dollars worth Of which will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
Furnishings in Homes.

but their utensils are few and of the most
primitive sort. The low bamboo houses are
furnished with chairs or stools, tables and
beds. and often they are beautifully carved.
The people never sit on the floor, except as
a sign of mourning A big fiat stone is as
indispensable to a Bantu Woman's kitchen
as are the meat and molding boards to
that of a white woman, and it serves the
same purposes. The fire is built the
CLAW floor at the end of the house, and is so
skillfuny arranged between the ends Of two
logs that 1t is held within bounds without
spreading. Very dry wood is used, be-
cause there are no chimneys and a mini
mum of smoke Is a necessity. The plan
tain leaf enters into nearly every culinary
preparation, and is used for great variety
of purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07

reaches a length of more than eight inches
It begins to breed at the end Of three years,
Is very productive and reaches marketa-
Bile size in four or five years. Only the
hind legs are marketed, and they average
half a pound a pair in weight. They are
worth 80 cents pound. at times to the pro-
Queer and the American dealers take as
many as Canada can supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07

A wagon belonging to the Union Trans
fer Company and an electric car collided
near the corner of 9th and H streets north
west about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
The wagon was badly damaged and the
horse slightly insured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07

President Loubet has signed a decree
closing the religious. institutions which
have not complied with the provisions Of
the law Of associations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
HEALTH PROTECTION.

NOuIU give II clumsy Name
Let him name ii who can,
The beauty would be the same.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
A FIDDLER'S CONVENTION.
There'H Be Sure Enough Music
at Decatur, Ala.

An interesting convention is to be
held in Decatur, Ala, shortly. 1t is
to be OF fiddlers: not violinist, but just
fiddlers of the good, old-fashioned
sort. The Montgomery Advertiser
saws: "There will be tiddlers there
who never heard of 'virtuoso and
who don't know the difference between
a staccato and microbe; whose hddles
wouldn't bring a dollar apiece at auc'
ton, but who can play Billy In the
Low Ground from base TO treble.
And in the matter OF appreciative au-
diences they could discount all the
"violinists" in the business. The oto
fiddlers will play because they love
the sound of their instruments, ana
the auditors will cheer, and perchance
wipe away tear unobserved because
the music will take them back to the
sweet DAYS of childhood when the man
who could play "Share 'um" and "Cot'
ton-Eyed Joe' was regarded as a great
err parsonage than any sceptered mon
arch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
CHURCH AFTER GOVERNOR.
Baptist Brethren Want to Know
About His Morality.

Alta church meeting of the second
Baptist church congregation of Little
Rock, Ark, the discipline commit
tee presented charges against Gov
ernor Jefferson Davis, who is a mem
Der of the church. The allegations
accuse the governor of profanity,
drunkenness and gambling. 1t was
decided by the congregation to APP
point committee of three to wait on
the governor and demand of him a
statement as to whether the charges
are true or not. No further action was
taken by the church this meeting
Governor Davis is out of the state on
vacation tour, and is not expected TO
return until about June l. Until ms
return no further steps will be taken
iIthe matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES.
They Own One Fifth of All the
Property i'm the United States.

According to an estimate recently
published bv the New York Herald
there are 1898 millionaires in the Unit.
ed States, owning real and personal
property TO the aggregate value of not
less than SIG, 600, 100000
II this colossal sum of money could
be parcelled out amoung the people OF
this country every man, woman and
child would receive $2l0, or divided
out among the people of the state the
per capita would be $4,000. The Van
derbilt family alone is credited with
possessions amounting to 100000, 900.
John d. Rockefeller is probably the
richest individual property owner in
the United States.
All of the real and personal property
in this country is valued at $8l ,0O0,-
600. 900, and one-fifth of this amount is
owned by individuals worth more than
million each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
A CEMETERY SENSATION.
Bones of Respected Dead Handled
Like Old Junk at Augusta.

The cemetery committee OF the city
council of Augusta is to investigate a
somewhat sensational case that has
caused a good deal of talk among peo-
ple who have heard of the transaction.
1t seems that man named Pryor, who
has removed from Augusta. owned a
lot in the cemetery in which there
were ten graves, those OF DIR. Dennis
Collins and wife, their children and
grand children and great grand
child. DIR. Collins vas years ago a
prominent physician of Augusta. The
storv goes that this lot being in a de-
sirable section of the cemetery Pryor
sold it for S272, the purchaser TO ex-
hume the bodies of the four genera
tions OF the Collins family and bury
them in lot he would provide in the
new part OF the cemetery for s15.
Apart from the purely commercial
feature of the transaction, what has
caused the sensational talk is the story
that the grave diggers dug one grave
in the new lot and piled into it all the
skeletons and parts OF skeletons they
found in the ten graves on the Collins
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
MARRIED BY TELEPHONE.
Contracting Parties Now Meet
for the First Time.

A Dayton, KY, widow and Hop
kinsville man met Wednesday for the
first time after having been married
over the long distance telephone in
the drug store of a. G. Goetz, Dayton,
KY. They had never seen each other
before. The telephone charges were
$23.
The contracting parties were Mrs.
Gertrude Gallagher, young widow OF
Dayton, and Theodore Cohen. a mer-
chant of Hopkinsville, KY. The bride,
accom- panied by her father, a sister
and many guests, entered the store
and requested the use of the telephone.
The party took seats around the tele-
phone booth, the Rev. r. D. Harding
took the receiver from the hook and
asked for Hopkinsville, KY. The
bridegroom answered. The minister
propounded the usual questions TO the
bridegroom, who evidently gave salts
factory answers. The ceremony &C.
cupied Is minutes.
The bride was ushered into the booth
and answered the usual questions pro-
pounded by the minister at the other
end OF the telephone. The cOnrtship
had been carried on by correspond
ence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOUTHERN EDUCATION

1t has been announced that John D.
Rockefeller, by the gift of $1,000, 900,
has given the first large sum to what
is intended to be the greatest move
ment for education in the south this
section has ever known. The gift is
made to the executive committee of
the southern educational conference,
which met Thursday. Robert G. 0g-
den of New York is the head of the
committee, and the chief spirit Of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
MORE HORRORS OF WATER CURE.
Sensational Testimony Priest Killed After Being
Kept Well for Two Days. Orders Were
Given o Burn Everything.

Two Lynn, Mass, men, William La
belle and Albert w. Bertrand, former
ly privates in Company ID, 10Th regi-
ment United States volunteers, have
sent to Senator Lodge a statement of
instances of the application of the IVA
ter-cure" in the Philippines that came
under their observation while their
regiment was stationed at Panay.
Labelle says that while at Anilao
three natives were taken by Company
d. men into a Catholic church and
given the water cure. One OF the ma
tives refused to tell where insurgents
guns were secreted, and after he had
been given gthe water cure he was
blindfolded and one of the soldiers
fired his gun near the mans head.
The instant the gun was fired another
member of the squad hit the native
with a stone and he was told that he
had been shot. The native then told
the United States soldiers where they
could find the guns. Labelle gives
several other instances of water cure.
Bertrand has furnished Senator
Lodge with particulars Of the alleged
disappearance and killing of Father
Augustine, Catholic priest, at Bolo.
He says it was supposed that Father
Augustine knew where insurgent gold
was buried. Men from Company ID
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30

captured him and dressed him in a
uniform of the United States artillery.
He was then taken TO Banato and kept
in we'll He refused to tell where
the gold was buried, and on the night
of December 8 he was taken to a
house formerly occupied by the presi-
dents of the village. On his arrival
there, Bertrand says, the water cure
was given him by the water cure
squad.
The men proceeded to get nearly all
the water out of him, but he did not
revive. The men became frightened
and surgeon was sent for. His SER
vices proved unsuccessful, and Ber-
trand says that the priest died.
According to Labelle, when Com
pany d was out to kike while stationed
at Dungas the men were ordered TO
burn everything and see that no grown
person escaped.
This, Labelle says, the. men proceed
ed to do. Labelle and Bertrand said
that while at Dungas the soldiers came
to hut where a native woman had
just given birth to child. The hus-
band was mace prisoner and the woman
and child were. dragged from the
house and left on the ground. The
NATIVES shack was then burned. but
Labelle and Bertrand do not know what
became of the woman and child.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
how DOCTORS Want
LAWSFOR THEIR BENEFIT.
10 RsFILLING OF PRESCRIPTION AND
SALE OF Patent MEDICINES.
Tbree Important Bills will Be Offered at
Next Session Of the legislature.
Coroners Must Be Doctors.

y Three important bills will be offered
ID the next session Of the legislature,
sud their passage will be urged oy the
members of the Medical Association of
Georgia. The enactment of the meas
4res will probably be vigorously OPP
bOsed.
Fl The passage of the bills would mean
huch for the physicians, and when
8hey were read at the session of the
kedical Association at Savannah a
iew days ago they attracted no little
&ttention. Those laymen who read
HE bills declared that their adoption
WOULD be class legislation, and it is
probable that fight will be directed
Dn that line.
The measure to regulate the filling
b prescriptions would affect the mass
D. people more than the other bills,
Bed its passage is doubted by those
pho have read it.
AGAINST REFILL1NG PRESCRIPTIONS.
4 The bill follows:
"Be it enacted by the General AS
Bembly of the STATE of Georgia, and it
Is hereby enacted by authority OF the
$ame, That from and after the pls-
page of this act if any druggist, phar-
Enacist or drug clerk shall fill any
prescription chat is not signed by a
Fuly registered and practicing physl-
Plan, or shall refill the same without
fhe authority of the physician giving
I, or shall compound or prescribe any
medicine for individual for any spe'
fific disease, he shall be guilty of and
punished for misdemeanor"
Another bill the doctors want passed
n one providing that a school OF
fclence be established in Georgia and
fhat the sale of patent medicines be by
fuch school.
foRoNERS MUST BE REGULAR DOCTORS
An amendment to the code for the
Election of a coroner provides for the
insertion in the section governing the
election after the word years the fol-
lowing: provided, however, that no
person is eligible to hold the Office OF
coroner, unless he is a regularly regis
pered and practicing physician" The
fectlon when amended shall read as
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30
SIS, 900 A YEAR VOTED AWAY WITHOUT CAUSE

taxed to add to the wealth of the veal
thy while there are many thousands
of good people suffering for want q
the necessities OF life and some mil
lions who cannot afford ordinary COM
forts. But We are drifting rapidly
away from the principles that made
this nation great, and preparing to
initiate the class distinctions that
dominate humanity .under a political
system hostility to which gave this ma
ton birth and growth and greatness
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-04-30

movement.
Mr.. Rockefeller's gift is to be used
not only for negro education, but
equally for the education of the blacks
and whites 1t is to go into a fund
which is expected to reach many mil
lions, and which is to be. used for the
practical regeneration of the whole
southern education system. The move
ment has already begun its work by
giving substantial aid to many import
ant schools In the south.