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ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SMOKESTACK FOR STEAMER
SAMUEL J. PENTZ.
Steamer Sassafras Authorized to
Change Name-Fogs Causing Trou-
ble-General Harbor Notes.

The little sailing sloop Daisy, Capt.
Coombs. which runs on the route between
Alexandria and Pennington, Md, is again
in service after a lay-up Of a month or
more on account Of the ice. She made her
first trip of the year yesterday.
The iron for the new smokestack for the
River View excursion steamer Samuel j.
Pentz has arrived and the stack builders
are now at work putting it together on the
River View line wharf at the foot of 7th
street. 1t Is built in four sections of about
ten feet each and will be ready to place in
position early next month. The stack is
wide enough for a tall man to walk through
1t without bending his head. The stack
will be placed in position while the steamer
is lying in her regular berth
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds at
the wharf fish houses was very good this
morning and the receipts from various
sources were fair. Prices are somewhat
lower than those of yesterday and are as
follows:
For pan rock, 10 to II cents per pound
medium rock, 10 to 16 cents per pound; boil
ing rock, 10 to 20 cents per pound; jumping
muHet, to cents per pound; Spanish
mackerel, 10 to IL cents per pound; salmon
trout, 10 cents per pound; gray trout, to Z
cents per pound; red snapper, to cents
per pound; sheepshead, to cents per
pound; founders, to cents per pound
Potomac black bass, 10 to IL cents per
pound North Carolina black bass to 10
cents per pound; bluef1Sh and tailOrS 10 to
IL cents per pound; green pike, to 10 cents
per pound; white perch II to IL cents per
pound white perch, small 80 to so cents
per bunch; catfish, large. 20 to 35 cents per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 to Is cents per
bunch: yellow perch, 20 to 40 cents per
bunch: carp, 10 to 40 cents each; eels. 5
cents each; Florida roe shad, IS cents to 81
each; buck shad, 40 to so cents each, and
herring, cents each.
Oysters continue in good demand at the
wharf, and the stock on hand was increas-
ed yesterday by the arrival of one vessel
laden with Potomac river stock Prices
keep up, in spite Of the warm weather. and
this morning small oysters were selling at
from 60 to 70 cents per bushel and from
that up to 1.20 per bushel.
The Colonial Beach excursion steamer
Arrowsmith which has been in the dry
dock at Baltimore for general repair work,
was put overheard yesterday. She will
leave Baltimore for this city in about ten
DAYS and will repaint and ref1t here for her
work next summer.
The commissioner Of navigation has given
the owners Of the steamer Sassafras OF Bal
timore permission to change her name to
Annapolis and she will be known by the
latter name from now on. The steamer has
recently been cut in halves and made TWEEN
ty-five feet longer and has been rebuilt.
The red buoy marking the Eastern
Branch flats abreast of the st. Elizabeth
Asylum has been broken on and Is COM
pletely hidden from sight at high water.
River Covered by Fog.
Fogs OF more or less density have COW
cred the river for the past two or three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
HORRIBLY INJURED
GREATER PORTION OF YOUNG
MANS ARM TORN OFF.
Hospital Surgeons Perform an Ampu-
tation-Victim of Accident Dis
plays Great Nerve.

A most horrifying and distressing accl-
dent occurred last evening about O'CLOCK
in the machine shop Of the Herman Hol-
roth Tabulating Machine Company, at lo4c
31st street northwest, when Robert Barnes.
eighteen years old, had the greater portion
of his left arm torn from his body Young
Barnes, who is employed in the works, mad
been instructed by a superior to adjust the
leather belt on a pulley wheel. AS the ap-
paratus was attached to the ceiling by
hangers, the young man obtained STEP
ladder and mounted it for the purpose IN
dicated. As soon as the belt touched the
pulley wheel the latter began to revolve at
the rate of about $50 rotations a minute.
No other person was in the shop at the
time, but from appearances 1t Is tnousnt
that Barnes had started to descend the lad
der, when he slipped, and that, in making
a grab to catch to something to save him
self from falling, he threw his left hand
in between the speeding pulley wheel and
the belt. He was dragged from the LADDER,
carried around the wheel several times and
thrown heavily to the floor, and as result
his left arm was broken three inches above
the wrist and the flesh and muscles of the
member were torn away, leaving the bone
almost bare.
Conveyed to Hospital.
Persons at work in the adjoining room
VINO ndQ neard the noise ruSneQ lntO lHe
shop. and after calling for aid, stopped the
machinery. Barnes was lying on the floor
apparently dead. and fragments of the
hand wrist, flesh and muscles were sep
arated from the belt. By this time the in
jured boy had, without assistance, arisen
and requested that doctor be summoned.
DR.. Lewis Mackall answered the summons
and after rendering temporary aid sug-
gested that Barnes be taken to the hos
pital.
Young Barnes displayed great fortitude.
Entering the seventh precinct patrol
wagon, he rode to the hospital and placed
himself on the operating table without be-
coming unconscious. After a short con-
sultation the physicians concluded the man
gled condition of the arm necessitated it's
amputation, and 1t was accordingly done.
Barnes nerve at no time failed him, and
he protested against being put under the
effects of an anaesthetic while the remain
Ing portion of his arm was cut off, Imme-
diately after the operation he was assigned
to ward, and was this morning reported
to be resting comfortably, though very
weak. The hospital surgeons state that
the prospects for Barnes recovery are
good, and it is expected he will be able to
leave the institution in about a month or
six weeks, If no complications or bad symp-
toms appear.
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U, S. PATENT OFFICE
Annual Report of Commits
sioner Allen.
THE L LARGEST ISSUE
INCREASE OF CLERICAL FORCE
GREATLY NEEDED.
More Room Required by Growth Of the
More Room Required by Growth Of the
Business and the Accumula-
ton Of Records.

The annual report Of Mr.. F. T. Allen,
commissioner of patents, for the calendar
year ending December 81, 1902. was for
warded to Congress this morning. This re-
port embraces a statement of the business
of the office during the past year, and is
totally independent of the report of the
working Of the office for the fiscal year.
According to the report it appears that
during the twelve months it's statements
embrace there were 1920 applications for
patents filed in the patent Office ITO ap-
plications for design patents, ISL applica-
lions for reissue of patents, 2,602 applica-
lions for registration of trade marks and
1, 121 applications for registration Of labels
On these applications there were 27,776
patents issued, including designs; 10
patents reissued, zoos trade marks
registered, 767 labels and 1853 prints.
The number of patents that expired
was % ,331. The number of allowed
applications awaiting the payment Of the
final fees was 1924. The number that were
forfeited by non-payment Of fees was 4. AL.
The total expenditures Of the office were
$1,593 34a54. The excess of receipts over
expenditures was $3.50, 513.54, and the total
balance to the credit of the patent Office
In the treasury Of the United States was
S., 4SS. 9S4 81.
A detailed statement of the receipts and
expenditures Is given by Commissioner
Allen, as well as a statement of the class
and variety Of patents issued The tables
showing the number of patents issued to
the residents of the United States as classI-
fled by states and to those of foreign coun-
tries have been carefully prepared and show
the totals in full. According to these state
ments more patents were issued to citizens
OF the District of Columbia in proportion
70 population than any other state or terri
tory of the United States, the ratio here
being l to every 1,OSO Of the nonula lion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
Longest Annual Issue.

W y! IHe Ohlteu states, the ratio here
being to every 1,OSO Of the population.
Longest Annual Issue.
The patent office issued 27,ss6 patents
during the year 1902. the largest annual
Issue in it's entire history.
Inc number of mechanical patents is
sued during the year 1902 Is 27 136" the
commissioner states, exceeding by l. h7S
the issue of such patents for the preceding
year, which was then the largest humber
issued by this office in any year
In the work of handling this business II
should be noticed that the class Of mechan-
ical patents, which has increased so largely
IN IN numbers during the last year, comprises
amount Of work in their consideration me
increase of work indicated by the figures
given mas been met in some degree bY the
increase In the number of examiners which
was provided in the appropriation bill for
the year 1902-03. This bill provided for an
Increase of thirty-five examiners of ali
grades and three clerks, and the additional
force became available upon the first dav
of July. 1902. This increase of force has
aided In the transaction Of this increased
business, and as the new examiners will
undoubtedly be more effective in the next
year. by reason of experience, than they
nave been during the year 1902, 1t Is hoped
that their efforts will enable the work to
be kept in hand, although the natural in
crease should continue.
THE increase of work referred to in rela-
tlon TO the examining corps of this Office
has been accompanied by a corresponding
increase In the attendant clerical work re-
CURED, and as no increase of clerical force
was provided corresponding to the increase
In the force of examiners, the clerical work
of this office has been more onerous than
usual. The work Of the tribunals of this
office, other than the examining divisions
has been kept well in hand, and the inter-
ference cases before the examiner of inter-
ferences and upon appeals therefrom have
been disposed of in shorter time than was
hitherto considered possible. in spite of the
increased volume of such work incident to
the increase In the general volume of the
hu Of no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
Uncultivated Manners.
, Violet Greville, in the Graphic.

Lady Violet Greville, in the Graphic.
Nowadays no one Is taught any. of the
charms Of manner. girl comes into the
room like whirlwind. leaving the door
open behind her, or else slams it violently;
she sits on her gown, which IL all crum-
pied up under her. leaving the clear out
line of one leg well defined, and she gath
ers up her skirts In the street with q care
less movement, which Is az ungracefuI as
1t Is Intellectual
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It Would Seem So.

From the Chicago News.
Tom-.The way to win woman is to
talk to her about herself"
Bess-"And the way to win man Is to
let him talk to you about himself
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Stacks for Scientific Library.

THE appropriation OF 5000 included in
the appropriation bill Of 1902 for the new
steel stacks for the scientific library Of this
Office has been expended, and the 81, 500 pro-
vided for in the appropriation bill for the
year 1923 WILL 1t Is expected, complete the
installation of steel stacks for this purpose.
This work has already increased the use
fulness Of this library, and has added great
ly to the safety of the books.
1.-The sum Of $1,000 appropriated for the
purchase Of books and for the transporta-
ton of the publications Of the patent office
to foreign governments is insufficient for
the purposes of this library, and it will add
greatly to its usefulness as a working
library for the examiners of this Office, as
well as for the public If this appropriation
can be Increased. for which purpose an an
nual increase of $1,000 was asked In the
estimate for the year 1904. This increase
will be needed unless this library is to be-
come deficient for the purposes for which
1t Is intended.
1.-The growth of the business Of this Office
and the accumulation of its records point
to the conclusion that more room Is required
and could be used to great advantage II It
could be furnished for the purposes Of this
bureau
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-09
A Pretty Trtcak.

First sketch landscape In india ink
1t should represent either a winter
scene or a mountain district, the snowy
Alps or Pyreneea When complete
touch the sky and frozen lakes with q
solution of acetate OF cobalt The
thatch OF cottages and some of the
towers must receive an application OF
a solution of muriate Of copper. and
the trees and sward are to be treated
In a like manner with muT1ate Of Co
bait All these solutions should be
used of various strengths, according to
the depth of the color desired, and APP
piled with care and skill These liquids
will impart little or no color to the pie
ture, and when dry 1t will remain as
before, a winter scene" But If at any
time the picture be held to the fire or
slightly warmed the scene changes, the
sky becomes blue, the ice and SNOW
melt away from the trees and grass.
and they assume foliage of lively
green The flowers alter IN like man
ner, and a summer view" Is represent
ed. When the picture becomes cold It
passes again to It's original tint, thus
exhibited strikingiy the changes Of
matter by the application Of heat and
at the same time affording much
amusement Frank 81. Sweet
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The Queerest prayer in all the Astattc
lands, where queer prayers are many
and plentiful Is the prayer that is
used by tens OF thousands Of Bud
dhists In Japan
If they desire something very great
" they write their wish in the form Of
a prayer to Buddha on a strip of rice
paper. This they chew until 1t can be
rolled into hard ball
Then they go to Shinto temple and
huri the wet ball with all their might
against gate Of the temple II il
sticks It Is sign that Buddha has
deigned to listen and that he viii grant
the petition, whatever 1t Ia If It drops
to the ground the petitioner knows
that his prayer cannot be granted. and
he must resign himself to do without
1t, whatever 1t may be.
Unhappily even this simple prayer
is too troublesome for many Japanese,
and to save them even the slight work
Of writing their prayer smart Jap
has started factory where ready
made prayers are printed
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Record Retser r,,an aueasrrork.

Record Better Than GuessvvOrk.
1t Is great mystery to us why thou
sands Of other dairymen do not keep
accurate records of the milk yield of
their individual COWS 1t has been
demonstrated over and over again that
even the most careful dairymen and
the best Judges Of cows are frequently
deceived Even 30 careful and exact a
man as Mr.. Gurler Of Illinois, after
taking extraordinary pains to weed out
all the poor cows In a lot of fifty,
found four that brought him in debt
for feed and labor The average profit
for these fifty cows was $19.98 each.
but among the number there was one
in debt to him 81, another $3.50, an
other $5.34. ssnother $1.1S, and one
other made u profit of only A cents.
while the four best cows In the lot
made an average profit Of $5377 each.
We venture to say that there is not
one herd In ten where there are twelve
or more COWS that does not have one or
more cows that 1t would be profitable
TO kill outright Excellent spring bal
ancee can be bought for SIS or less, and
the time required to weigh the milk
both night and morning is less than
one minute per cow. Who is there,
then, that cannot afford 30 keep rec
ords7C Hoard's Datryman
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Many moisture loving animals. Hike
snails and thousand legged worms
have been unusually numerous and de-
structtve this summer. 1t seems quite
reasonable TO think that the excessive
moisture of last year enabled them to
breed IN unusual numbers We are
now getting reports Of snails inturing
corn, and similar damage was reported
last year, says Professor Slingeriand In
Rural New Yorker. AS the snails feed
openly upon the surface Of the plants
and eat much like biting insect, 1t Is
reasonable to suppose that they would
succumb TO dose Of poison, but some
report little success from the appiica-
ton Of paris green. still have faith
that they can be effectively poisoned.
should think they could be hand
picked with profit in bed Of seedlings.
They work at night. and with Ian
tern one could soon go over bed and
pick them. In a corn or other larger
field should resort to a dose of poison.
A narrow strip of salt seems to keep
outsiders from getting into a bed Of
seedlings
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Arthur Duffy. the marvellous Amer
lean sprinter. who has the distinction
Of being the only man in the world
who has run 100 yards in 8-5 seconds,
is now back from Europe. Duffy has
been abroad little over three months,
and during that time he has succeeded
In capturing trunkful of trophies. In
fact, he has been more successful on
this trip to England than on any Of his
previous trips, and he has visited the
home Of King Edward three times. He
won the English championship easily
in 10 seconds and lowered the record at
several chamnionshiD meettnGs
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-09
FOR THE CHILDREN


HOW 20 Get S0fres
The New York World received from
one of its young readers a letter in
which the boy said he was seventeen
years old and not we'll educated. He
said the people for whom he worked
called him foolish, 'dopy," etc. "Hav-
brains, l would like to know If 1t is
true" He ends with request that the
EDITOR Of the World state a remedy that
will give him more pluck, OF which he
has run short
The editor replies that an unprepos-
sessing exterior and persistent shyness
and lack Of courage are disadvantages
against which many men have fought
their way to eminence from the time OF
Demosthenes down. Eating fish, he
says, will not make brain, nor is there
any magic remedy to develop 1t. Never
theless brain can be developed. He adj
vises the boy to attend night school.
improving books, particularly biogra-
ply and books upon the business that
he wants to engage In. Such study
not only improves the brain, but alters
for the better the appearance and ex-
preston Of the face 1t even changes
the shape OF the head. He advises also
that the boy take regular gymnastic
exercises. In conclusion he says that
six years Of work in odd hours will
make boy an educated man and that.
given fair physique, six months in
gymnasium will greatly improve his
appearance.
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the ~sAow" and the snowy peop.

The ~shOw" and the Snowy People.
Society" In England is divided into
two classes-show people and snowy
people To the first society" belongs:
the second are anxious to belong to
society"
OF the former there are comparative
~ few. 1t Is feature Of the times
that there are very many of the latter.
The show people are those who, be
cause of their position, their popularity
or their abilities, have attained promi-
hence and are more or less associated
together In the social life OF their pc
Rod
The snowy people, without the posi-
ton, the popularity or the abilities,
strive to become prominent by display,
extravaganza, eccentricities or self ad-
vertisement. Their carriages are paint
ed In the most glaring color; they are
dressed extensively even on ordinary
occasions: they are tireless and tire
some In their endeavors to appear to
be associated with society" their life
may be described as one Of continuous
deceit and appointment, and they
take offense on the least provocation
and are implacable in their vindictive-
ness.-London Truth.
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admirable, and the whole country is
fertile. From Maklndu, 200 miles In
land, and for about 400 miles farther
the country Is described as beautiful.
The fertility of the soil Is marvellous,
and settlers from Australia and South
Africa say that the Uganda country Is
the finest they have ever seen. 1t Of
fers splendid opportunities. say these
men, to the farmer and the cattle rails
er.
During the visit of former Colonial
Secretary Joseph Chamberlain to Ugan-
da last December he expressed the
opinion that as grain and cotton
growing country British East Africa
would stand unrfvaled. The harbor at
Port Reitz, which ID In direct touch
with the Uganda railway, s large
enough to accommodate the entire
British feet and is said to be one of the
finest In the world.
The tender OF this country to the
Jews was the sensation Of the Zionist
congress- The prevailing sentiment
was that 1t would be tmpolitic to re-
tect SO generous an offer by mighty
government. 1t was argued that 1t
was not a deviation from the Zionist
programme to settle million Jews In
east Africa during the next quarter of
a century (f the offer should finally re-
suit In such settlement) and would In
no way interfere with the striving of
the people for their historic home In
Palestine. In the meantime the pres
sure on the congress resulting from the
present cry of the homeless would be
relieved, and a million Jews would
have a lesson in self government
One of the foremost leaders of the
Zionist movement is Dir. Theodore
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MAST WARRIOR OF THE PROMISED
LAND
with a sprfnkiing of English, German
and American members Of the faith,
and their desire and hope is that some
day Palestine shall be restored to the
Jews.
The action of the British government
in proffeTing the tract of land in Ugan.
da for Jewish settlement has given a
renewed impulse TO the Zionist move
ment, which had been checked by the
failure of DIR. Theodore Herzl to come
to an agreement with the sultan of
Turkey for the Jewish occupation of
Palestine, the sultan's terms being in
compatible with the programme of the
zionists. The proposal Of England was
received with favor by majority of
the delegates to the Zionist congress.
and although some raised the cry that
east Africa was not Zion the congress
decided to send commission to Ugan
da to investigate conditions.
No matter how allurirg the offer of
an autonomous state among the roll
ing downs of Uganda may be, it can
not and will not replace the promised
land in the estimation Of the Jewish
masses. The attitude of the overwhelm-
ing majority of the Russian delegates
made that clear
The first word Of rebellion against
DR.. Herzi was heard-he was the be-
loved leader because he was leading
to Zion, not 10 east Africa. The protest
came strongest from those who can
least afford to walt for the realization
of the Zionist ideal-from the Kishineff
delegates.
When the roll call proved an over
whelming majority of the congress in
favor of the British proposal, over
100 delegates rose in widest excite
ment left the hall and repaired to a
smaller hall, where they pledged their
lives to Zion.
The territory offered to the Jews Is a
great plateau nearly 1000 feet above
sea level and is fertile, we'll watered.
abundantly t1mbered and is blessed
with a salubrfous climate. 1t Is in this
part of Africa that the river Nile rises,
and the region Is said to be one of the
few sections OF Africa where white
men may thrive.
DR. Herzl of Vienna, who has devoted
much time and money to furthering the
Zionist movement, Is pleased with the
offer of Great Britain and has express
ed the belief that eventually the Jews
of Russia and Poland will occupy the
territory as an autonomous nation.
After the failure of his negotiations
with the Turk DIR. Herzl proposed to