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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
STILL DEMAND FOR WHIPS.
Despite the Increasing Use of Auto
mobiles and Electric Cars.

Frome the Springfield Republican.
To one who is not acquainted with the
extent of the business it seems a mystery
where all the whips go to. One local con-
Germ is able to turn out about 10000 whips
in a single day under favorable conditions,
and It is only one of many companies.
WestfeId is, of course, the center of the
whipmaking industry of the world, and
there are many horses in that world. Some
of the local whip men have studied the
automobile question to quite an extent, en-
deavoring to find out the possible effect
upon the whip business. Some thought a
few years ago that the bicycle was re-
sponsible in a measure for the dull times in
the whip business, and it may have had
some effect.
At that time there was less demand for
livery teams than previously and there was
consequently little use for whips. The hi
cycle is not so much in demand as in for
mer years, hut the automobile and electric
cars are taking its place One would sup
pose the rapid construction of electric roads
all over the country would tend to injure
the whip trade, but in spite of automobiles
and electric cars the output of whips con-
tinues year after year. One of the local
whip men said recently that he had no
fear of bicycles, automobiles or electric
cars ruiring the whip business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
RESULT OF DISAPPOINTMENT.
Young Woman Takes Cocaine After
misunderstanding With Lover.

A young woman who gave her name as
Nellie Green. her age as twenty-five years
and her address as 944 Melton place, Balt1-
more, was treated at the Emergency Hos
ptal last night for cocaine poisoning. She
came over from Baltimore yesterday, she
said with the intention of getting married
and was disappointed. Because of her dis
appointment she felt that she could not re-
turn home and face her friends and took a
dose Of cocaine to end her life
Miss Green wore white waist, blue skirt
patent leather shoes and a big hat. Her
gloves intended to be worn at her wedding,
were of white kid. The, young woman Is
not familiar with the streets in this city and
was therefore unable to tell exactly where
her friend lived. He is employed in the
vicinity of Dist and NJ streets, she said. She
swallowed the cocaine,xjust after she left
him. When she reached 2oth and M streets
she was so weak that she entered store
and asked that she be permitted to rest for
few minutes. When she admitted she had
taken cocaine the Emergency Hospital am
bulance was summoned and it took but a
short time to drive through the snow and
get the sick woman. At the hospital she
told the story of disappointment in love
affair.
The doctors relieved her of the drug, and
today She was out of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
"A Bit of Medical History.
From the Chattanooga News.

From the Chattanooga News
The subject of the first use of the hypo-
dermic syringe was discussed at the last
meeting of the army surgeons in New Or
leans last spring. said DIR. r. D. Jackson.
land one surgeon stated that the first Tina
it was used, he thought, was in the Army
of the Tennessee. While in the Tennessee
army wrote a friend in Augusta. Mr.. ]. p.
X. Walker to try to get me hypodermic
syringe and send it to me. l never had
seen one, but thought from what l had.
heard about it that 1t would be very useful
in relieving wounded soldiers of pain.
My friend was fortunate enough in Sc
curing one from physician and sent 1t to
me while / was on duty at the hospital at
Ringgold, Ga. / exhibited it to my friends
the surgeons there. eighteen in number
none of them had ever seen one before.
At that time / was treating a very severe
case of dysentery, the patient being chap
lain from Texas and one of Gen. Bragg's
most reliable scouts. One of the surgeons
suggested that we try the hypodermfc syn
inge on the patient which was done by In
sorting quarter of a grain of morphine
in the back. 1t Is possible that the army
surgeon at the New Orleans convention who
referred to the first use of the syringe in
the Tennessee army was one of the eighteen
/ have referred to-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

ticed for some months beforehand in order
to save money to meet these extra demands
of the family.
On the other hand, one month in the year
is set apart a time of lamentaton. and
curing this period everyone feels under an
obligation to be arrayed in black, the
symbol of mourning. Very expensive stuffS
for materials in the case of women is not
generally required, but such will last for
six weeks or two months is sufficient. With
regard to these periodical times of feasting
and mourning, it is necessary for those who
have to bring their goods from a distance
to be careful in the calculation of the time
in transit. so they will arrive early enough
to meet the demand 1t is no unusual occur
renee for traders to order their goods with
,too little margin for mishaps and unforeseen
delays in the journey, with the result that
they arrive when the occasion which called
them forth has passed away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Grand Vizier at Niagara.

A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y. last night
says: Mira All Asgar Khan, the Persian
grand vizier, with his suite, arrived at Mia
CARA Falls tonight. His stop will be brief
and the visit perhaps unsatisfactory owing
to Indictment weather. The movements of
the distinguished Persian are very uncer-
tain. The only information to be had is
that Mira Ali Khan will proceed to Nee
ca with the least possible delay. The evil
dent desire is to avoid official courtes es.
"A. HASH and party was inscribed on the
hotel register where the potentate stopped.
While 1t is said he will sail the first
steamer from New York, it is learned that
this will not be until after he has paid a
brief unofficial visit to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
"Flying" Match Heads.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t would be interesting to know how
many pairs of lace curtains are destroyed,
how many fires are started, and how much
property is destroyed annually in this coun-
try by the flying heads" of the trust
matches. Equally interesting would it be
to know how many people are burned IN
the hands and face, and how many people
barely escape loss of eyesight in this coul-
try annually by these self-same flying
heads" Probably no statistics of this kind
can be prepared until the people, who are
in large measure forced to use the
matches with the flying heads" and who
suffer as a result of their use. shall under
take in more or less systematic way to
hold the makers responsible for the dam
ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

teau Blowitz in Bohemia, which had long
been the seat of his aristocratic ancestors.
But someone has just made the discovery
that this lordly pile has been in the posses
sion of the high-born Kolowrat family for
over two centuries! In 1872 it was left by
the late Count Hans Kolowrat to his
nephew, Count Palffy. 1t is believed in Bo-
hernia that the Times correspondent was
the son of Hebrew grocer. Oppert by
name, in the Village of BlowitZ, and that he
dubbed himself "Oppert de Blowitz' in
der to distinguish himself from the numer-
other Opperts of the country, just a
German Jew called Cohen, settling at
Antwerp, took the cognomen Cohen dan
vers'' to differentiate himself from the null
titudes of his race bearing the same name.
religiOnist at Cologne, called Oppenheim,
when, with brief familiarity. he simply
signed himself &c. dAnvers." Adopting the
same airy style, his correspondent on the
Rhine replied with the signature 20. de
COlOgnep'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
pect of the river being free of ice, to put the

pect of the river being free of ice, to put the
steamer in readiness for service, it was ac-
cepted by many as confirmation of the ru-
NOR 1t was said the line had been sold to
interests that controlled the Mount Vernon
railway. A distance telephone mes
sage was received from Mr.. Bert G. Faul-
haber of New York, the representative of
the owners of the ferry line, yesterday,
stating that the owners of the line had no
intention of abandoning it and would put
the steamer on the route soon as she
could run without damaging herself in the
ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Trade In Persia.

In a report to the State Department in re-
gard to trade openings in Persia Vice Con-
sui General Tyler at Teheran says that
times of feasting and lamentation have to
be taken into consideration. The feast Of
the new year, which begins on the 2lst of
March and continues for thirteen days. re-
quires each person-man, woman and child
to put on festal garments of bright and at
tractive colors. Much self-denial 10 prac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

luncheon Mrs. Moore of N. c. Union led
the devotional exercises.
Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis made an adj
dress on the Hepburn bill and single state
hood. Reports were heard from superin-
tendents and the corresponding secreta-
ries of different unions.
The meeting adjourned at 4:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
MANAGER DENIES RUMoR.
Ferry Boats to Be Contin
ued in Service.

There has been a persistent rumor going
the rounds along the wharVes here and at
Alexandria that the Alexandria ferry line
would not again resume operations, but
would let the steamer George Washington
lie idle, and as no steps were taken early
in the week, when there was every pros
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Attention, Men Entire Clothing Stock at Half Price
Take the Regular Marked Price---Pay Us
Half and It's Yours.

HERES bit of inside history behind this clothing salea sale
absolutely unique the annals of clothing sing-and
it's this Our regular stock purchases heavier than
o in addition which have added several quantity
that irresistible price concessions The selling
has by Notwithstanding the
the stocks thousands dollars above the level
ways strive for stock-taking time
And that's why we have adopted the extraordinary
plan of cutting prices exactly i'm alfinvting you to
make your own deduction-pick out from the thou
sands upon thousands of suits and overcoats i'm this
largest clothing departn1 mt i'm Washington the gar
ment garments you fancy and pay half the
price you find marked! It's condition that re-
qlires quick and decisive action, without Thought
of profit, willing and ready to take amy loss for the
sake of immediate clearance. There excep
tions to the halfprice rule the rain coats and
the plain black suits. All the winter and spring
weights-many of the suits be the year
round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Blowitz's Descent.

From the London Chronicle.
NJ de Blowitz, giving himself a noble gem
tile instead Of Jewish origin, claims in
his memoirs to have been born at the Cha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns OF Tns
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
Fancy Vests Less Than
HaHf.

Two exceptional purchases of
Fancy Wash Vests are to go into
the sale at less than half price.
They are in finest mercerized, all
wool tans and grays and plain
white styles, with tasteful fig
ures; single and double-breasted
styles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29
20 Form column of fours to the left.

&c Form column of tours to the left.
81 Form on the right into line.
So Form column of platoons to the front
from the left.
80. Form line to the right without halt
ing.
60 Kneel.
81 Load and fire one volley at 900 yards,
and cease firing.
81. Lie down.
g. Load and fire one volley at same range
and object and cease firing.
"a. Rise.
IS. Fire at will at an object to the front
at 200 yards.
G6. Rapid fire and cease firing.
81. Open chamber and close chamber.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
THE NUMBERED BALLOTS.

So far as the numbers on the ballots
in the last election are concerned we
believe that they We're put there with
an honest purpose; but that they were
used to scare doubtful voters and that
they contributed to keeping Public
Works employees from exercising a free
choice at the polls seems very prob
able.
Nothing could have been easier than
to say to a payroll voter: See
those numbers! Well, we tear one set
from each ballot and keep it so we can
know how you vote. If you don't carry
out your pledge We shall know all
about 1t and see that you get no moro
public work to do" The fact that such
a statement would not have been true
could not have diminished it's force to
the ignorant mind. 1t looked to be true
and that was enough to control the
voter whose job hung in the balance.
A decent respect for the purity OF
elections, hereafter, will provide ballots
without numbers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
HAWAIIAN ORANGES.

The next worst thing to sending from
$4,000 to 100000 to the coast every
year for butter which can be made in
this Territory is to send $780, 600 per an
mum for oranges which we can just as
well raise.
Oranges do well here If they are
taken care of. Trees and orchards that
have failed are invariably the neglect
ed trees and orchards. To make a sue
cess of citrus fruits they should be
planted in regular rows on good, we'll
drained soil. so that a cultivator may
be run between them; and during dry
spells they should be irrigated Occa-
sional fertilization is as necessary for
them as for other growths.
Here in Hawaii little care Ia taken
to keep the land where oranges are
planted free from grass and weeds.
They are given but hap-hazard atten-
tion at best. If blight attacks them,
little Is done to aid the trees powers
OF resistance, though spraying is as
necessary here as 1t is in California
and Florida
Lines are an excellent Hawaiian
crop, yet we actually import them
from Central America, via San Fran
cisco. 1t fairly squares the circle of
economic folly.
Mr.. Rhodes. the veteran gardener,
has had fine success with citrus trees
in the upper Manoa valley. So have
people elsewhere who give horticulture
the attention 1t deserves. Mr.. Craw,
the entomologist, believes that Hawaii
should be a citrus country, and he is
right. 1t ought, at the very least, to
raise enough Of such fruit to supply
itself.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
GET.RICH.QUICK SCHEMES.

The American Legion of Honor Is the
latest beneficiary order to come 10
grief. Not long ago the supreme gov
erning body enacted a rule that there
after the highest amount to be PAID on
the death of a member should be S.tOo
People who We're paying premiums on
larger insurance took alarm ana
brought suit, with the result that the
state Insurance Commissioner of Mas
sachusetts interviewed and caused re-
ceiver to be appointed. Fortunately ne
acted in time. The assets and liabili-
ties of the American Legion OF Honor
now nearly balance, so the policy hoia
ers will not lose mrch.
There are beneficiary societies
Strauch's among the number, whlcf
are operating here in way that makes
! them hazardous to the public. Strauct
/ has kept quiet of late, holding place II
a back room and working almost Who'll
| ly among the more ignorant natives anC
Portuguese Other societies of the same
genus with agents here are also obserV'
ing a comparative secrecy, due to the
near approach, we presume, or th'
meeting of the Legislature. And this
is a reminder that the Legislature car
put its powers to no better use thar
to protect the credulous part Of ou
population-which is very large indeed
from the get-rich-quick schemes
which operate on the beneficiary plaI
without intending to share the beneti
cent results with the poor people witt
turn in the money. The schemers ar
more daring here than anywhere else
= for lack of a suitable law to deal Wit
them, and because 1t is easy to hid
their work among the submerged class
es of so many different tongues, the eN
I periences and complaints of whom usu
e ally escape the knowledge of the Eng
= lish written newspapers. A proper us
= of legislative power would make Hawa
e place for the get-rich-quick men
avoid, rather than to seek.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
the COMING BALTIC FLEET.

II Port Arthur falls before the Rus
sian fleet arrives, that great armada
will have either to go to VIadivostok.
| which is now kept open by e-break-
ers, or attempt TO force one Of the east
ern entrances of the Inland Sea and
establish itself in the very heart of the
| japanese empire. There are those
who believe the Inland Sea proposition
to be feasible. The northeastern en-
trance, known as the Xii channel, is
very wide and not so impeded with
fortified islands as the Bun-go channel,
, further south. Togo could break
through such a place; perhaps Rod
testvensky could also. Should the lat
ter do 1t the situation for the Japa-
nese. whose battleship squadron is re-
duced to four vessels, would be gravely
complicated.
While the objective of the Russians
is Togo's fleet itself, the first necessity
of Rodjestvensky is a base. There
must be place to operate from. Vladi-
vostok is at a distance. its harbor must
be kept open by main force, the place
may be invested, as soon as Port Ar
thur falls by a Japanese army. Rus
sia might be tempted to seize Chefoo
from China as she did Manchuria, the
neutrality of the place having already
been casually violated by the Japa-
nese; but in such event the powers
might intervene. In any case England
would be hostile. and Russia is not cul-
tivating more trouble than that which
she now has on her hands.
The possession of any part of the In
land Sea would give Russia a naval
sally port and a dangerous prestige.
From such a coign of vantage, the
Baltic fleet could push out, even
should the narrow western entrance to
the sea be impossible to hostile ships,
and attack japanese lines of commun-
ication. The only lack would be dock
ing facilities; and though these exist
in the Inland Sea, they are defended
by q Gordon of forts which a fleet could
not successfully attack.
But between the attempt to enter
the Inland Sea and its realization are
hosts of contingencies. Wherever the
Baltic fleet appears 1t must reckon with
floating mines and submarines; and
with a reckless daring in defence, of
which European naval warfare affords
few parallels.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16

The old way of pulling teeth was one
which tried the endurance of the pa
tient to it's limit. In course of GEN.
turies Laughing gas" was applied
but its toxic properties and some cases
of heart failure which resulted from
Il brought the anesthetic method into
disfayor For the same reason the
virtues of cocaine We're doubted. Now,
however, the dentists have hit upon a
way to make tooth pulling painless
without menacing the vital powers or
the patient. The method, as described
by Leslie's Weekly, Consists of a new
application of that versatile, wonder
full and omnipresent servant and friend
of man, the electric agent. An electric
al current of high frequency is used,
which produces absolute insensibility
of the tooth. The current is applied
to the tooth by means of a guttapercha
cap lined with gold leaf, and in this
way the field of application of the
current is limited to the tooth which
1t is desired to extract. Perfect anal
gesia is obtained in a few minutes, II
is said, and the tooth can be removed
without the patient feeling anything
The application of the current is easy
and harmless and the method would
seem capable of application to othe
operations of minor surgery"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
SEA TRANSPORTATION.

The Star objects to the statement
that the transportation difficulty, is
pure humbug" so far as Hawai-
ian agricultural products are con-
cerned, yet il does not show that
sugar has any trouble or is likely to
have any trouble in finding an outlet.
Where sugar can go sisal, rubber, to-
bacco, etc, may follow. With small
isolated shipments a high special rate
is given, here as elsewhere. But when
the Star argues that a large and regu-
lar volume of our agricultural produce
would be denied an outlet 1t assumes
that transportation companies don't
want freight. So far American ship
ping men have met every demand If
that kind on their own coasts, both
lake and ocean. There, with a monop-
oily of the trade between American
ports, they require no subsidy, and are
ruled by the law of supply and demand.
The subsidy question only affects us as
Il deals with through lines and with
deep sea sailing vessels.
The special point we make is that
the transportation problem has ever
kept pace with the growth of Hawai-
ian agriculture and promises to do so,
subsidy or no subsidy. There are plenty
of ships ready to take our merchan-
disc, some of them tied up, waiting for
it. And there always will be plenty
of ships while the monopoly of the
carrying trade between American ports
is enjoyed by American vessels. AS
for the deep sea or through steamers,
it is most desirable to have them kept
afoat under the American flag; but
even If they are not no one expects
the coasting trade to suffer by it. And
between here and the mainland of the
United States it. is by virtue of the
ri INNING, lnms nnn ct all tho 1uaN
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16

' While it is quite true that American
shipping will eventually leave the sea
unless something is done to save 1t,
the prospect that the country Will con-
sent to let it go Is so remote as to
hardly make it worth while, as the
Star would have it, to stop the prog
ress of Hawaiian agriculture lest all
outlet for local products should be
closed. When the time comes for the
United States to cut off trade between
its outlying possessions and the home
markets. for lack of carrying tonnage,
the nation will have sunk into COM
,,mercial and financial decrepitude of
which there Is no immediate peril
Despite the gloom OF the Star, this
journal cordially advises its agricul-
tural friends not to lose faith In the
carrying trade, and to keep the fact
In mind that the nation which has sub
sidized railroads for the development
of land business is not going to balk
IL worst comes to worst, at the sub
sidizing of steamships for the pres
ervation of ocean business.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16

A japanese paper prints these inter-
esting comparative statistics of sieges;
"The fighting at Port Arthur has peen
terribly severe, but not unexampleu
AT the siege of Plevna the slaugh'ei
was comparatively worse. At the nrs'
attack the Russians lost full thiru
of their men, at the second 1000 out Oh
40 OOO fell; and the third attempt COST
1s.5OO lives. OF the garrison OF zo,oV'
who defended Kars in 1877 all save ior-
ty were either killed, wounded, or tax
en- prisoners; and at the siege OF o.
Sebastian, in 1872, out of force sooV
strong $500 were lost. During the not
test part of the siege Of Port Arthur
500 shells fell in the town every tweh-
ty-four hours; but st. Sebastian was
deluged with 7O,S31 shells in hfty-one
days. a single battery of ten guns once
firing $500 rounds in fifteen and nan
hours. over $500 rounds were ralned
into Strasburg every day of the siege
and in three days 10000 cannon balls
fell on Sebastopol."