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The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Sang Praises of Americans.

Then, as they padded away in their
canoes, they began to sing the praise of
America and Americans. and especially
of myself, and I could hear their voices
far away, still singing it
Now. this is how I spent my last
Christmas. 1 didn't hang up my stock
ing, because don't think Santa Claus
ever comes out here. There is no snow
here for his sleigh. and reindeers can't
stand this warm climate. Unless he
takes TO travelling by canoe l don't think
he will ever get here.
All around my place there are plenty
of monkeys, and some of them some
times come up and try to steal my
bananas, hanging up near the back OF
my house and in front of the galley:
One kind that the natives call isangf
is the cutest little imp you ever saw
He is not bigger than a kitten OF about
two months old. and he is q real Saucy
little creature. He doesn't seem to be
much afraid of men, and one OF them
slips In and eats part of a plantain or
banana once in every little While. Nnen
the cook sees him he always frightenS
him away but 1 have several times told
him not to do so, because L want the
isangi TO get tame, so that he Will know
that / do not want to harm him. But
these black people care more for a
banana than they do for a friend. and
| they cannot understand why a white
man wants to be a friend to monkeF-
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Some Who Have Smok-
ed 1t Have Visions
of Paradise.
Others Have Experienced
All the TOrrnentS of
Inferno.
Chicago Professor Is
Experimenting With
the Drug.

A NEW weed, drug. narcotic-eall
~ it what you willis occupying
the attention OF Prof Frederic
Starr and his anthropological
class in the University Of Chicago. This
weed. dubbed ''marihumaaa" by the
professor, it is hoped will prove at last
that illosiye article sought by many,
particularly womens clubs and pure
food companies-a substitute for tobac-
co.
The principal thing TO be investigated
in regard to the weed at present IS why
Il has such different effects on different
people. Some. who have smoked Il in
Mexico, say 1t took them through flow
cry fields and along babbling brooks.
their brows cooled by perennial breezes
heavy with perfume, their footsteps
falling softly amid rose petals and vio-
lets.
Still others testify that 1t brought
them pictures of a woman beautiful as
Hebe and winsome as Venus, with
laughter on her lips, and daring light in
her eyes, waiting TO be wooed, and won
when they wooed
To a third group the weed brought vi
sions of ambitions fulfilled and wealth
bestowed, travel In foreign lands, and
luxurious surroundings
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
HOW DR.. GARNER SPENT CHRISTMAS
Man Who Is Learning Monkey Language Writes to His
Little Granddaughter From the Isolated Wds of Africa

dressing, fried plantains. a kind of big
banana, banana fritte-s Nkabu "a kind
Of wild potato); then I had fruits-man-
goes, papaes, avokados, pineapples, and
bananas. red wine and black coffee.
An English trader, who was across
the AXE kindly sent me two onions aiid
two bottles Of wine few days before
Christmas, and I had saved a tin Of
bacon for some weeks TO have on that
occasion.
About o'clock arranged the phono-
graph on a table in my grand reception
room and began a long program OF ma
tive music. I have q great number OF
records that 1 have made in various
parts of the country about here-the
music of several different tribes.
1 continued playing for them until
I about 5 o'clock. Then We converted 1t
into a Kanjo, which is q native dance
The phonograph played. and all the peo-
ple-old and young, men, women. ana
| children, Nkamf, Grunge. Ngoye, Mpan-
give, ard Akeli-joined in the dance and
choruses.
The Kanio continued for about half
| an hour. and then 1 played the "Ameri-
| can Republic Grand March as the peo-
/ pie slowly took their departure When
! they were embarked in their canoes one
| big man shouted out:
"Onomi. otangani. onomit' and all the
others echoed the same thing which
means, Great man is the white man
great man.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

q 7 has been almost a year since word
was received from Dr. f. l.. Gar
nor, Of Baltimore, who has made
his home in the African wilds 10
study the language Of the. aDes. So
when a long letter arrived yesterday 1t
brought great happiness to his family,
living in this city. The letter was ad-
dressed to the little daughter of his son,
who Is a we'll known broker In BaIti-
more.
This letter is dated Point America y
Fernan Vaz, Kongo Francais, Antique,
Occident, December 26, 1904, and 1t is IN
Fart as follows:
eMv Dear Little Girl-It may interest
you in the years to come TO EnoW now
Your old grandad spent yesterday In the
jungle. and | will tell you something
about =.
In order that you may appreciate the
matter all the more, 1 must tell yoE OF
my surroundings, and then you Wi.
have better idea of what 1t is to spend
Christmas in the jungle.
/ am living on a small point of land
that puts out from the eastern or Soutn-
eastern bank of Lake Fernan VaZ, near
the mouth of the Rembo Nkami. In
front of me is the lake, which in the ma
tive language is called Eliwa Nkami "a
lee wa Nkaw-mee}, and on All otner
sides of my place is vast dense forest,
III which are many kinds of wild beasts,
| such as elephants, leopards, panthers,
bush-cats, civets monkeys, baboonS
gorlllas and chimpanZees-
There is no road or trail through the
| forest that leads to my abode and nc
white man and very few natives have
! ever gone through this part Of 1t. The
| only means / have of reaching or leav-
| ing ii is by canoe.
Hare in the middle of this forest
have cut out u small open space. IL
which / have built a little bamboo
| house (having lost my steel cage by ths
| overturning of Il canoe in the lakes
| 10x15 feet and at the back OF II l have
added bathroom and a pantry, eacl
| 6XS feet.
In front of my door l erected small
shed as a veranda but as I was 81
much in need of room to erect a mos
| quito bar to write under, I converted
this shed to that use and call 1t my of
| flee.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

1t appears that one Of the queer effects
OF q puff at marihumana Is that it
produces an intoxicatIon that has been
called 'one-eyed drunkenness" 1t has
other queer effects, but most of them
are closely guarded secrets.
That it should make only one eye
drunk 'drowsy" is certainly an
thropological and pathological paradox.
Why does 1t not affect both eyes alike?
What is still worse nobody who
smokes" the thing can ever foretell
which eye Will be affected. One time 1t
is the eye to windward; another time ii
is the eye TO leeward. 1t may be the
right eye of a coed and the LETT eye of
her partner-the student swain. Or 1t
may be the left eye of one and the
right eye of the other-which would be
an advantage were the swain and his
coed walking side by side.
How the narihumana is to be prepar-
ed for smoking has not been disclosed.
II is understood. however that it Is a
sort OF dried leaf. It Is equally suita-
bic for use in pipes and in cigarette
papers Young men Of the university
have been engaged for months in the
pleasant pastime of rolling marihum-
ana for the girls.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
How He Spent Christmas.

Now I must tell you about my Christ
mas.
1 get up at $50 or every morning
and work until or Il o'clock nearly
every night Before I got my little of.icc
fttad up l couldn't work at night on
account of the insects, but nov they
can't get at me. so I can work away
without being annoyed by them.
Esii. Christmas eve l gave each of my
men and their wives six leaves OF to-
paCco and about pint OF rum- | gave
my cook a hen, seven young chickens,
a nice new cloth. a nice balbriggan shirt
a fine fancy linen fatigue shirt, a set OF
buttons for 1t. some collars and two
silk neckties and pair Of white trous-
erS.
Christmas morning I arranged my
house as nicely as I could took a rous-
ing bath. dressed myself out in my best
American clothes and at about half paS1
10 opened up my doors to allow the ma
tiveS to see the inside of a white man
house.
Very few of the men, and none OF the
women or children had ever seen inside
Il White mans house before, and II wa;
rare privilege for them to do SO. They
admired IL very much, inspected it very
closely and asked many funny questions
I forgot to tell you that [ had sen
out word q few days beforehand, telling
the natives that l would play the phono
graph for them on Christmas day. anC
that brought great number of them
They began to arrive soon after O'Clock
in the morning. Some of them wer,
Napangwe people. That is big can
nibal tribe living just back of this re
gion, but those living near here hav'
about given up eating human flesh
| Those living farther IN the interior still
do so, and they are very savage peo
| pie.
About noon l closed my doors to tn
! public. and my boy, all dressed up II
and side table with ferns and palms AM
| flowers until 1t looked SO cheerful tina
You would have been delighted with II
| About 1890 o'clock he pass chop" q
| his new togs. had decorated my tabl
we call il out here In pidlin and patois
which means to serve dinner or any 9th
er meal. All food is called chop.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
His Reception Room.

Then. as 1 needed some place to talk
to the natives who come to see me and
bring me things to eat. l built another
shed in front of my little Office This
one Is Sx10 feet. and ] call it my recep-
ton room.
covered my walls with grass mats OF
native make and they look very Hice
and clean. Then | had my dirt floor
covered with wet clay and stamped down
very solid. 1t is now quite hard an6
dry. and | have covered 1t with mats, OF
the same kind as those on my walls, eX-
cept they are of darker shades
My Office Is little gem. L have made
a neat frame of bamboo and have g
lose-fittinE door Of the same material
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Failed to Find Coed.

No less remarkable was the experience
of another student. j. II. WedeeE. He
was very close friend of one of the
Midway goods. She lives somewhere
on Twenty-third place. WeddeH made an
appointment with her for last Tuesday
evening. IN the afternoon he called on
the professor. The latter bade him in
dulge IN his new mixture few
wniffs were taken, but Weddell finally
broke away from the professors allur-
ing hospitality, with a light step and
clear head He says he took the Col
Iege Grove car.
At Sixteenth street the conductor help
ed him off One of his eyes was
drunk but the other was quite sober
Yet, he could not find his way back
Late next morning he walked into Cobb
Hall He could not tell where he had
been or how he got back to the campus
The Washington times., 1905-03-26


dulging in joke at his own expe-.-
We'll, 1t was the worst ever. l pref
my Cigarette
"A smoke far sw@eter than ciga
cigarette. or favorite pipe tobacco:
producer of that happy feeling, witho.
the added jag; an inspiration stirrer;
originator OF dreamland castles in /
mantle siades. with pleasant vistas a.
wild flowers and forests an enchant, :
with the power to make song and epi
Of the angelic kind ring Joyful. thous
imaginary, in ones ears; an ecstat.
and healing weed which makes you fet
that you could dance for Joy upon you
own new-rade grave; bracins dehsh,
ful tonic. not a stimulant such VEL
some OF the fine things promised by th
famous anthropological professor to a
WHO would smoke ais tooacco-killel
maTihumana.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Possesses Modest Fortune.

Yet Allison had been in no way to
blame for the protest against Depew-
Senator Allison has never encouraged
consideration OF his name for another
position than the Senatorship, except
when he has aspired TO the Presidency
He has been rendered Cabinet positions
II, majority Of the Cabinets since the
civil war, it is said, and has refused
them all
The Senator possesses very modest
fortune. His home is in Dubuque
There and in Washington ne owns
houses. He has been a Widower for
many years.
Year by year the annual appearance
of the venerable Senator before the
Iowa Republican convention becomes a
more notable occasion. Each year the
ovation is longer, the cheers more en-
thusiastic, the embarrassment Of the
modest benevolent-appearing old gen.
tleman more obvious Each year he re-
spends with a few well-chosen remarks
about the glories of Iowa and of the
grand old party and OF the current tarin
law-whichever one 1t may chance TO
be-and Iowa feels prouder than ever
OF her old Senatorial leader.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Different Results.

Despite all this fulsome praise Of th5
Substitute for tobacco smoke, the stu
dents who have tried It are far froi.i
being a unit as to it's effects. 1t has not
been found uniformly pleasant, that 8
certain. 1t has been tinted out lhat
some have eound it CAGES nightmare z.
Others say il made them somnambulis.s
Still others have found th..t It gives
them a distrassfui feeling akin to dys-
yeps.a Quite a few have claimed TIA,
the feeling Is like the aftar-eiieet ef
too much booze" But all agree that
Z. caiises "one-eyed drunkenness
1t is decidedly thing of mystery-this
dope" of the great anthropologist-a
nobody has yet been able TO learn def
nitely whether 1t Is leaf or flower q
stalk or q root 1t is called a wood
for want of a better name. Besides, the
narcotic for which It Is substitute has
long been affectionately called .'th'
weed and this has had an influence
when the analogies were sought out b,
the midway coteries-
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

tigers crouched for the fatal spring, and
snakes Kissing death from poisonous
fangs swarmed about them.
AT first the animals terrified the Sleep
ers. Then, change took place. and
they were possessed of superhuman
courage. battling with the imaginary
terrors. 1t IS at this stage that the
marihumand smoker commits murder
and does other acts of violence.
Since Pref. Starr brought a large
quantity of the weed from Mexico be
has experimental with it in many ways
Mindful of the truth that what is one
mans food IS another mans poison he
has not confined the experiments to him
self, but has pressed his pupils-they
did not need much pressing-into serv-
ice. Even the goods have enthusiastical-
ly given tfeir assistance.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Good for Ten Years More.

The patriarch of the Senate IS easily
good for the additional ten years OF SER
vice that his friends hope he win ns.joy,
That would give him seven terms In the
Senate and his eight PREDATORY years In
the House. He has now been elected to
the Senate six times-four years remain
to be served OF the sixth term. That mis-
admirers are justified in their hope that
he may round out the full half century
is proved by the photographs presented
herewith The one is from q rare old
steel engraving now owned by the Iowa
Historical Society at Des Moines, and
shows Mr. Allison as he entered the
national House forty years ago. The
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Startling Results.

In some cases the results have been
startling. The weed rolled into ciga-
rettea and smoked has given rise to
strange ana fantastic dreams resem-
bling those produced by opium and
lashis. 1t has thrown the experimenters
into strange frances lasting for many
hours. When they emerged from these
they could not remember what had oc.
CURED while they were under the in
fiuence of the drug.
Notwithstanding these results Prof
Starr is determined TO carry his expert
nents TO finish. 1t may be that thes,
unusual phenomena only occur because
the drug is used in excess.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Allison's Nomination defeated

Senator Hoar referred tn the Chicago
convention of 1888. Chaunteys NJ Depew,
according to this story. was responsible
for denying the nomination to Allison.
New York had proposed Depew in the
conferences of leaders. and the granger
section of which Iowa wis an impor-
.aut part, had protested with upraised
hands against the spectacle OF a presi-
dent of a great railroad being nominat-
ed for President of the United States
Senate The protest had made Depew' S
candidacy impossible. Later in the con-
vention, when the Eastern interests had
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Turns Faces Red.

One of the most curious effects of
rlarihumena is that it causes the face
Of the smoker 20 turn red, not pale. To-
bacco causes some paleness. and that is
had enough But to have red faee-a
red nose,
Never: preposterous- the coeds
scream.
II Is here that Prof Starr gets upon
dangerous ground. He is treading upon
a volcano His motives are beginning to
be called in question. II is recalled how
ardently he believes that all Americans
are destined to become Indians-one of
his pet theories being that the white
race on this continent are turning into
red men like the aborigines that
Columbus and the Puritans found here.
So that 1t is naturally a matter Of grave
aIarm-especially to the goods and the
.-segs'-that the "new-tobac, discovered
by Prof. Starr, causes the faces OF the
smokers TO turn saffron red.
1t was the fate Of Leo De Tray. Z
football hero to be one of the first that
Prof. Starr experimental on. The ath-
Iete inhaled the fumes for fifteen min
utes before they took effect on him.
Then he was in dreamland. but he ce-
ciared his mind was clear. lie had a
Rfp Van Wrinkle sleep. Finally he awoke
with a start He found it was IL O'Clock
the next day
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
M g NESFeSH Ny5fSf TING i1Rs SENATOR Al ISON
BATUSCHKA.

From yonder gilded minaret
Beside the steel-blue Neva set
I family catch, from time to time,
The sweet, aerial midnight chime,
God save the Czar!'
Above the ravelins and the moats
OF the white citadel 1t floats; =
And men in dungeons far beneath
Listen, and praS, and gnash theil
teeth
God save the CzarI'
The soft reiterations sweep
Across the horror of their sleep
AS If some demon in his yglee
Were rnocking at their misery
God save the Czart'
In his red palace over there,
Wakeful, he needs must hear I
prayer,
How can 1t down the broken cries
Wrung from his children's agonics
God save the Czarn'
Father, they call him from Of Old
Ratuschka!-Howh his heart is coldl
Wait till million scourged men
Rise in their awful might, and then
God save the CzarI,'
IT B. Aldrich
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
It's Effect On a Tap.

A Japanese student named Takahashi,
who is popular on the campus and wide
" known as "Tacks- n-the-Hash.' has
smoked Of the marihumana. lie laughed
as he described It's effects.
II felt rs tacsy as If / had eaten a
real American hash. with the additional
- - dlment OF tac,ss in it,. he said, in
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
No One in State Dreams
of Any Opposition
to Him.

settled down to Allison as the "safe
Western man." on whom all should
unite, Depew burst into the conference
of managers, which was fast settling
details, with an answering protest:
IF a New York railroad president is
too strong for those Iowans, then New
York must refuse to accept an Iowa
candidate" was his ultimatuIn- And he
was not to be moved Allison was out
of it, and Harrison was finally agreed
uUOn.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

Although it is very small and at night
rather warm with a lamp in il. IL is very
cozy. and L could not get aiong with
out it.
! have a native Loango cook, and he
also acts as my houseboy. l also have
two other natives at work on my out
buildings and clearing
Abut thirty feet to the rear Of my
house l have erected a gallery and
house for my men and their wives
/ will send you a rough sketch OF my
buildings and later some photographs OF
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Opposite Effects.

The other side of the story is that
those who gave themselves up to mari
humana went through all the tortures
of the internal regions. Wild and re-
Voting looking animals marched past
a them IN terrifying procession. Horned
Seats. mad horses. lions ready to devour
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

other is his latest photograph, taken at
Washington. The only notable evidence
OF increasing age is tfls change in the
hue Of hair and beard.
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
owans Want to See Him
Round Out d Half
Century.

TT ALT century a member Of the
IL Congress Of the United States Is
the record which Iowa admirers
of William B. Allison have set
their hes-ts on seeing MIN achieve. Al
ready ne has been longer a Senator than
any other man ever was in the history
of the country-thirty-two years. Dur
Ing eight years before that he was a
Congressman. If he lives TO round out
his half century IN Congress he will
then be eightyfour years old a mum
ber Of men haze served in the upper
house till that age.
Both in continuous and in absolute
length of service in the Senate Allison
has surpassed any other man. John
Sherman would have been Senator long
or had he not twice left the Senate to en-
ter Presidential Cabinets-hrst. Hayes
as Secretary of the Treasury and after
wards McKinley's, as SECRETARY of State
The Washington times., 1905-03-26
Had a Fine Dinner.

I had q fine dinner. had soup (dried
pea), sardines, boiled chicken and bacon.
roast chicken with bread and onion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-27
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.

W. H. French has been reelected captain and Henry Ellsworth manager Of the High school base ball team of 1906.
 The funeral of John Francis, the il weeks old son of Mir and Mrs Patrick Conway of Bradley street took place Sunday afternoon at ? o'clock. The in. terment was in St James cemetery.
 A great many of the teachers in the public schools who reside out of town have gone to their respective homes to spend the summer vacation.
 Louis Duffany has opened barber shop in Beacon Falls.
 The annual meeting of the legal vot- CTS of the Union City school district will be held this evening. It promises to be an interesting session. It is re- ported that a petition would be pre- sented to the district committee asking them to reappoint Principal Scannell.
 Edward Ahern and Edward Sweeney are visiting friends in Nor folk.
 The forty hours devotion which open- ed Sunday morning at St Francis church closed this morning with lm- pressive ceremonies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-27
WATERFOWL JOTTINCS

The annual meeting of the Center district will take place tonight. The advisability of disposing of tine lot on | the east side, owned Dy the district, will be passed upon. Federal Lodge F. and A. NJ. worked | the master mason's degree last eve ming. A large delegation from Water bury were present. Refreshments were served after the meeting. Miss Mary Black has returned to Bridgeport
 Lewis Stevens is confined to the house with an injury to his foot The Bethlehem stage will make two trips to Watertown daily. conxnenc- ing July 1.
 The Rev William McNichols will dc liver lecture tonight at the NJ. E. church entitled from New York to Blarney Castle" A good attendance is assured as he is fluent speaker.
 Lawrence Kennedy is on tire sick list.
 Mir Switzer the contractor, spent Sunday with his family.
 Attorney Woodruff of California Is spending a few days with his brother John Woodruff of Poverty street. Mir Woodruff formerly resided in this viii lage. ,..., ,,
 Mrs Juckett and son of New Haven have taken up residence here.
 Charles Wilkerson, who left here some time ago to become red cross nurse. is now in the Philippine Islands.
 Business at the Heminway X Bart lett silk mill is rather dull just at present.
 c. E. Buckingham and F. x. Noble attended the Yale-Harvard base ball game at New Haven today.
 The Center school team base ball suits have arrived and the boys are much pleased with them. The boys are now ready for games with any club whose members average 16 years of age.
 Miss M. F.. McGowan is home 70 spend the summer vacation with her parents. Miss McGowan is school teacher at the Sprague school in Wa terville.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-27
WATERYILLE.

The Watervilles will play the Tor rington T. A. Bis on Saturday on the Pin Shop diamond.
 Class meeting at Grace NJ. E. church tonight at 7:45.
 Joseph Davis has accepted a posi- ton with G. A. Savers.
 E. Schoonmaker has resigned his po- sition with A. H. Lane.
 Miss Lillian Lane has returned from a visit to New York.
 Miss Edith Farrow has returned from visit to New Britian.
 William Johnson of New Haven was in town on business yesterday.