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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
IMPOSSIBLE FEAT .
Man Cannot Smoke a Cigar Without
Removing It From the Lips.

From the Newark News.
Men are proud Of their ability to con-
sumo a number of strong cigars said
cigar dealer yesterday. They glory In 1t,
even while they are wishing they could
break off the practice. And that reminds
me of story. Did you ever stop to think
what a hard thing it would be to smoke a
cigar continuously, without removing 1t
from the mouth until 1t was all gone, or so
short that 1t could not be smoked convent
ently?"
The reporter said he never had.
well, there was a man in here once who
was making all sorts of cracks about what
a smoker he was Eighteen cigars day
was his limit There was a quiet chap IN
here at the same time-one of those who
will smoke three cigars day, no more, no
less. one after each meal, and enjoy every
inch of the weed. Well, he sort or slzed
the boastful one up and made the remark
that he had a ten-spot that was ready for
the talkative one If he could smoke a
cigar down to within one inch of the end
without taking it from his lips.
THAT was easy for the boaster. He SAID
SO. at any rate. ana ne produced ms s
was on The great smoker lighted his
weed sat down and began putting, a smile
of confidence on his face. He did very
well, too, rolling out great clouds or smoke,
and soon there was half an inch of ash on
the tip of his perfecto. But from then on
the smoker was a little uneasy. He sort
Of rolled his cigar around between his lips
and his putting came slower. When he
had burned an inchrof 1t he began to walk
I'D and down the room. Some one gave
him the laugh, and he started in pulling
hard again, butit was such an effort that
I felt sorry for him. He began to have
trouble with his breathing.
1.-THE sweat came out on his forehead,
and when the cigar was half gone he was
In positive agony. II don't know whether
ii was from nervousness, In not following
the usual custom of removing the cigar
from the lips at stated intervals, or be-
cause he was sickened by the constant
volume of smoke he had to puff In and
blow out At any rate he was getting In
a bad way, and few minutes later, as
white as a sheet he gave 1t up. He tossed
the cigar away; nodded that I might pay
the stakes over to the quiet man, and went
out That was the last boasting he ever
did.
Its an odd fact. but it's true, and he
proved it, that man can't smoke a cigar
and not take it from his lips until It's all
gone No smoker does 1t. He can't. He 8
simply got to take 1t from his mouth oc-
casionally l. of course. have heard of men
who lighted cigars and never let them go
out and never took them from between
their lips until the weeds were smoked
right down to the end, but / never saw a
chap who could do the stunt. In fact l
don't think any one can do IT. If you think
it can be done-well. try 1t some time, and
see how YOU get along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
The Gold in the Ocean,
From the London Lancet.

FFom IlOnuOn Lancet
The fact that sea water contained gold
was first made patent we believe. by the
observation that the deposit on the copper
plating of Jetty piles in sea harbors was
comparatively rich in the precious metal.
On the estimate that a ton of sea water
contains approximately one grain, the yield
would amount to something like 200 tons
of gold per cubic mile. and the volume
of the worlds ocean is estimated at 400
600 900 cubic miles, the total possible yield
of gold would be no less than 100, 900, 600 900
tons--a truly attractive prospect to the
company promoter. We now learn that a
serious attempt Is to be made to wrest a
proportion, at any rate, of this vast wealth
from the sea. and that a company is about
to start the necessary machinery and plant
somewhere on the south coast of England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
OId-Time Sawmills.
the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican
The country sawmlls and woodworking
establishments which in the earlier part of
the last century thickly dotted the many
small streams, mostly things of the
past 'fhe old order changeth, yielding
place to the new" The failure of the tim
Der supply, the growth of manufacturing In
large plants. instead of scattered mills,
the dwindling water supply-these and
others are some of the causes which have
led to the passing of the little mills In the
earlier days of the country the streams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
The obliging Passenger.
From the London Chronicle.

Londoners take their grueling very
cbeerfully; indeed on the whole a fog
improves the manners of companions in
misfortune. On Thursday night, for ex-
ample there were seventeen people in a
London and Southwestern compartment.
Another tried to squeeze in and failed.
Cant get any further" cried man in
side; there's a man here with a wooden
leg blocking the way" oh" said the
man with the wooden leg. Excuse me.
Half a moment" He unscrewed his leg
and put it on the rack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Didn't Apply.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
He-"The closer a man gets to nature the
happier he Isl
She-"You didn't say that when you fell
down on the Icy pavement the other day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Captain Winder, C. S. A.

Sdptaln WlHuer, ". ., n.
while we were standing around survey
ing our new environment there came in
among US a slender young man with very
black hair and whiskers. dressed in a neat
suit of confederate gray and wearing on
his collar the bars of a captain in the con-
federate army. We learned that he was
Capt William S. Winder, son of Gen. John
II. Winder, the confederate commissary
general of prisoners, and who was respon-
sible more than any other man for all the
horrors that followed. He in turn was the
SON of that Gen. w. II. Winder. whose
paltroonery at Bladensburg. in 1914. multi
fled the resistance of the gallant Commo-
dore Barney and gave Washington into the
hands Of the British.
apparently Captain Winder possessed
none of his fathers malevolence, for
though strict in the enforcement of the
necessary rules for the safe holding of the
prisoners, he was gentlemanly in his inter-
course and always spoke quietly, though
firmly, and treated us as decenty as he
could, all things considered.
He made no dead line inside the prison
and the ratlons issued We're fairly good. L
remember that they consisted of quart of
meal, chunk of salt horse and a yam
for each man. This made a very filling
ration and was quite an Improvement on
what we had been receiving in Richmond
No cooking utensils or shelter were issued
to us, but Yankee ingenuity at once came
into play to make the best of what We had
On the way down we had come across a
wrecked freight train, and many of the
boys had possessed themselves of pieces of
the tin forming the roof of the cars. These
they bent up into little pans in which to
cook. The cornmeal was mixed into stiff
dough. spread on a sheet of tin and set up
before the fire and baked into a hoe cake.
In this way we made a fairly good meal
Through the center of the camp ran a
creek with a swamp on either side. which
had been covered by a jungle of tall thin
growths. We took these long poles. bent
them into half hoops, stuck the ends into
the ground, fastened them together with
grapevines and cat briars and wove in the
long-leaved pines as a thatch, making a
cover resembling strongly the kraals seen
in pictures of South Africa.
Captain Winder would come in frequent
ly to inspect our performances, and mar
veled much at the ingenuity of the Yankee
soldier. He gave US some assistance by al
lowing the guards to take prisoners out
into the woods and bring in blanket loads
of the pine tufts to make the roofs of our
shacks and in other ways showed himself
kindly and helpful. This lasted for posi-
bly month or more, during which time he
was in command of the prison.
Then he was relieved by Capt. Henri
Wirz, and the real horrors of Anderson
vile began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Full Dress.

Full dress outfits for this season may
perhaps be usefully described now, because
even when you rightly and self-respectingly
maintain a style of your own. know that
you like TO know of our little peculiarities.
The frock coat. as l told you little time
ago, is the full dress coat; a morning coat
can be worn practically everywhere that
a frock coat is worn. but the latter
is more formal 1t should be black, Of a
smooth, duh cloth, not too soft, public
opinion having rather turned against very
soft fabrics, like hopsacks and diamonds.
because they are thought to come too easily
out OF shape. The collar should not be too
deep, and the lapels should be cut on the
old principle, not on the new narrow pat
tern used so much for Jackets. The coat
is to be worn buttoned, so that soft-rolled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
CAPTAIN WINDER, C.S. A
REMINISCENCE BY COL. JOHN
McELROY, U. 8. ".
Was Pleasant-Appearing, Cookbook
ing, Square Sort of Man,
He Declared.

The death in Baltimore last Saturday of
Capt. William S. Winder c. s. A.. who
ended his life by shooting himself. was
the subject of conversation among knot
of veterans today. several OF whom had
at one time and another been prisoners
during the civil war. Col John McElroy
recalled that February -. 1864. forty
years ago. he became a '.charter member
of Andersonville prison. and there saw
Capt Winder for the first time. HE was
pleasant-appearlng, good-looking and
pretty square sort of a man." declared Col.
Nc Elroy.
I'VE were taken from Richmond. Febru-
airy II, 1864 said Col. McElroy In remnis-
cent mood. land put in box cars to be sent
somewhere, but We could not find out the
place. We rather thought we were to be
exchanged, and we were-eXchauged from
prison to a prison stockade. 1t seemed to
us that we were toted around all over
the southern confederacy for the next few
days, and one night q learned the next
day that 1t was February 25), we were
halted and ordered off the train. We found
ourselves In the middle of a forest of tall
trees loaded with the balsamic odor pc
culiar TO pine trees few small rude
houses doomed through the darkness.
Stretching out into the night we saw dou-
bic row of great heaps Of burning pitch
pine, that smoked and famed fiercely. and
lit up the little space around in the somber
forest with rudy glare. Between these
two rows of fire lay a road, which
were ordered to take
The scene was weird and uncanny. Five
hundred weary men moved slowly along
through the double lines of guards. Five
hundred men marched silently toward the
gates that were to shut out life and hope
from most of them forever. a quarter of
mile from the railroad we came upon a
massive palisade of great squared logs
standing upright In the ground. The fires
blazed up and showed US a section of these.
and as we halted, two massive wooden
gates with heavy Iron hinges and bolts
swung open. We passed through into the
Vile. We were tired and worn cut, and
not so very cold, much like It is today only
blankets and went to sleep just as we piled
into the stockade. We We're all up early tho
next morning to take in the situation, and
trying to locate ourselves. We found that
we had opened Andersonville.
''One of the 3ith Ohio, a young surveyor
paced the ground for us and said It con-
tanned about sixteen acres of ground The
stockade was Of pine logs twenty-five feet
long, from two to three feet In diameter.
hewn square and set into the ground to a
depth of five feet. and SO close together
that there was not a crack through which
we could get glimpse of the outside world.
The walls were twenty feet high superior
In many respects to walls of masonry. and
equally unscalable. and much more difficult
to undermine or batter down. All the tim
Der inside had been cut down and remained
on the ground.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
Shipping News.

New York, Jan. S0,--Arrived: Steam CT Kroonland, Antwerp and Dover. .&
 Genoa, Jan. 2S.~-5 D. m.-Arrived: Steamer Prince Adelbert, New York for
 Hamburg, Jan. aas--9 D. m.--~Arrivetdi; ; B1eucher, New York. via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
 Boulogne, Jan. 29.--9 ?. ni.--sailed: Steamer Pretoria (from Hamburg and Dover1 New York
 New York, Jana 29.---Arrived: Stbam- CT Huela, Copenhagen, Christfania, etc.
 Sailed: Steamers ISonigin Ltiise, Genoa and Naples; Moltke, Eunchal, Cadiz Malta, Alexandria, etc; Yadar- land, Antwerp. .-'
 Palermo. January 29.--Sailed: Steam CT Pannonia tfrom Trieste, etc.) New York.
 Naples, January 29.--sailed: Steamer Republic tfrom New York .etc) Alex andria ~.
 Liverpool, Jan. 29.-.Arrived: Steam CT Geologic, New York; Unlhfia, New York
 Naples, Jan. 2s.--Arrived: ;. steamer Canopic, Alexandria for Boston.
 Sciily, Jan. 90.--Passed: Steamer Finland,@ New York for Antwerp.
 Christiansand, ;, Jan; 27. = Sailed; Steamer Heilig O1av, New York.
 Bremen, Jan. 2S.-~S1tled: Steamer Main. New York, .r
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31

regulation Of rates fayOrs the shippers and opposes the railroads.
 Prof. Schwab's view of the question was that legislation should confne it. self to improving the power of the h. terstate commerce commission as a court for remedial purposes, but should not give any absolute authority to the commission to regulate rates. It was his opinion that the railroad compan- ies would evolve more satisfactory rates than any governmental cornnlis- sion could do. This, he stated, was based on two assumptions. 1, That the management of railroads is highly in- telligent and is obtaining better brains than are going into government, and 2d, that the railroads of the country will be consolidated into few large roads. He distinctly opposed allowing the commission the power to arbitrarily fix rates.
 Upon motion of General George H. Ford the chamber voted thanks to Professor Schwab for his excellent ad- dress.
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and especially oyer rebates-whether secured by means of private cars. of
 private tracks, in the form of damages, or commissions, or in any other manner Which will protect alike the railroad and the shipper, and put the big ship per and the little shipper on an equal footing. Doubtless no law would ac- compIish all that enthusiasts hope; there Is always disappointment over the results Of such a law among the over
 sangu1ne; but very real and marked good has come from the legislation and administration of the last few years: and now, as part of a coherent plan, it IS entirely possible, and, indeed, neces- sary, to enact an additional law which will mean further progress along the same lines of definite achievement in the direction Of securing fair dealing as between man and man.
 In some such body as the interstate commerce commission there must be lodged ill effective shape the power to see that every shipper who uses the railroads and every man who owns or manages railroad shall. on the one -i~-'Ns DS tsAhSlA JAolaNN ANAAAB VII NAAC Oe4ASA hand, be required to do justice. Jus tice-so far as it is humanly possible to give and to get justice-is the founda- ton of our government. We are not trying to strike down the rich man; on the contrary, we will not tolerate any attack upon his rights. We, are not trying to give an improper advantage to the poor man because he is poor, to the man of small means because he has not larger means; but we are striving to see that the man of small means has exactly as good a chance, so far as we can obtain it for him. as the man of larger means; that there shall be equal ity of opportunity for the one as for the other. .
 We do not intend that this republic shall ever fail as those republics of olden time failed, in which there finally came to be a government by classes, which resulted either in the poor plum derfng the rich or i'll the rich exploiting and in one form or another enslavifag the poor; for either event means the destruction of free institutions and of individual liberty. N Ours is not a gov ernment which recognizes classes. It is based on the recognition of the indi- vidual. We are not for the poor man as such, nor for the rich man as such. We are for every man, rich or poor provided he acts justly and fairly by his fellows, and if he so acts the gov ernment must do all it can to see that, inasmuch as he does no wrong, So he shall suffer. no wrong.
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FLETCHER, CAPTURES
 CENTURY AUTO RACE
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 it, made the turn at the 16-mile post and finished sixth.
 Bernin and Sartori with seven and eight miles lead over Fletcher in the l order of getting away at the start, | finished the race first, but they did not finish soon enough, and the Fletcher machine flew over the line winner of the race with nearly three minutes to spare.
 The time of the six cars to finish was:
 O. F. Thomas SO-horsepower, H. ". Fletcher, driver; time, 1:1S:24. w. c. BrokaW's 9O-horsepower, NJ. C.. Bernin, driver; time, 1:21:3S. Vanderbilt's 9O-horsepower, Paul Sar- tori, driver; time, 1:21:44 1-5.
 Shanley's 90-horsepower, A. Le Blanc, driver; time, 1:24:2S 4-5.
 Christie's 60-horsepower. driven by Walter Christie; time, 1:27:16. Wallace's 90-horsepower, William Wallace. driver; time, 1:29:2o. The speed averaged for the 100 miles by Fletcher was at the rate of 47 2-5 seconds per mile, a great deal of time was lost In slowing up and making the seven turns. The same distance on such good stretch would have meant the hundred miles in less than one hour. The performance is considered an excellent one by experienced driv- CTS.
 It was announced that the next race would be that of five miles open for the W. Gould Brokaw trophy.
 This race was run in heats. In the first heat MT. Thomas, MT. Wallace, MT. Stevens, and George H. Flinn In his 60-horsepower were started. MT. Thomas won the heat in S:23 2-5. Mir. Wallace was second in s:3S 2-5. Mir. Stevens third in 3;47 2-5 and Mir. Finn last, no time taken.
 Tn the second heat Paul Sartori, Wal ter Christie and Arthur Mcdonald were sent off in their hard worked machines. In this heat MT. Mcdonald again lost tire. Sartori won the heat in S:5s. Mir. Christie second in 4:0s Is.
 The finish was run between MT. Thomas, Wallace and Sartori. Mir. Thomas won in 3:30 Is. Mir. Wallace second in $40 and Paul sartori, in Van derbilt's car, third in AIS. ..
 Only three cars were entitled, under the rules, to start in the five mile Great Orn1ond handicap. They were Paul Sartori, in MT. Vanderbilts car, with an allowance of 34 seconds; Will liam Wallace, in his machine with an allowance of 19 seconds, and Edward R. Thomas in his car, running from scratch. MT. Thomas managed to ov- ertake MT. Wallace but Paul Sartori, with his 34 seconds lead in five miles won the race easily. His time was 357. MT. Thomas was second; time 4;02 1-2; actual, BPS Is. Mr.. Wallace third time 4:o4 1-5; actual time, s:45 1~5.
 Racing begins tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the morning and continues until noon, five and ten mile events will be run.
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; taxation of railroads by means of q porperty tax, which resulted in failure. Then came the taxation of the roads on the basis of their incomes. Next came laws aimed to protect Investors; then to protect the shippers against the rail- roads and now there is the agitation of the protection of the small shipper against the large shippers.
 The professor then showed that it cost the railroads less to handle the big assignments of large packers such as Armour & Co. than the occasional ship ment of the small packers. Public poli- cy is, however, opposed to the large concerns obtaining this advantage on account of their bigness. The big ship pers insist on the advantage
 The railroads, have granted rebates to the large shippers to get the trade, Thus the shippers and the railroads have gone hand in hand, and while they do so legislation to prevent discrimina- tion is futile. Personal discrimination is bound to continue as long as the two cooperate
 But now, as a. general rule, signs of change in policy on the part of the railroads are appearing. The big ship- pers grow bigger and bigger until they become. masters of the railroads and can dictate to them, Therefore the railroads are becoming eager for Iegis- lation to curb them.
 Professor Schwab then pointed out the necessity of having a party inter- ested in the enforcement of laws to se- cure their enforcement. The railroads are beginning to cooperate with the government to enforce legislation against discrimination.
 Continuing Prof. Schwab spoke of the tendency toward consolidation. Con- solidation of railroads is bound to come, he declared, and it will have at least one decided advantage; it will make discrimination much more diffi- cult, if it does not wipe it out.
 The speaker proceeded an exposition of the effects of railroad rates on sec- tional growth and the constant de- mands for changes incident thereto.
 Prof. Schwab then considered vari- ous methods of regulating rates. You cannot turn to free competition as an aid to fix rates.
 Government ownership in Germany has not eliminated these abuses. Gov ernment control is practically out of the question in this country anywhere. The agitation to-day for government
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
LEl ROADS FIX RATES,
PROFESSOR !SCHTVAB AGAINST
 COMMrssT0N II REGULATION

Outlines Railroad Legislation Before
 Chamber of Commerce --- Railroad
 Consolidation Hound to Ceme--Efigh
 order of Intelligence in Railroad
 nTanagennent--Free Competition and
 f,overnment Control Discussed.
 Before the Chamber of Commerce last evening Prof. John c. schwab, the widely known Yale instructor in polfti- cal economy, delivered an interesting and instructive discourse on "The Reg ulation of Railroad Rates by the Gov ernment.
 Prof. Schwab, after noting the largeness and newness of the question outlined some of the lines of railroad Iegislation of the past and present in this country. The first laws were aimed at encouraging the building of rail- roads. These have now lost all their Importance. They were followed by the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
 SPEAKS IN PHILADELPHIA

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