Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1897, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897-16 PAGES. FOND OF THE WEED Indians All Smoke From ‘Their Early Childhood. —_- PLAYS A PART IN THEIR RELIGION often used as an offering to the dead, or sprinkled on rocks or in places considered sacred. It is also sent as a peace offering, either to Individuals or to other tribes. Sent with ether offerings and some proposition or question it is equivalent to a request for an answer, ar Indian R. S. V. P. When a long journey or some serious undertaking is in hand there is always much delibera- tion and frequent recourse to the pipe or cigarette, accompanied sometimes by re- direment and prolonged fasting. gs THE RULE OF THE ROAD. Facts to Be Borne in Mind by Those Who Go Upon the Highways. How the Red Man Regards the | Form tne utica Observer. Sacred Soother. pam Seed CORN HUSK CIGARETTES Ses Written for The Eveni ar. When Sir Walter Raleigh, in whose debt all smc kers must everlastingly remain, was surprised one morning by his servant, who found him smoking a pipe, and thinking that he was on fire, threw a bucket of water over him, he inaugurated that dis- comfort which, it is said, all users of the t undergo by way of preliminary {, oddly enough, in the home of = the Indian tribes, no such preliminaries are undergone by neaphytes. It is ual thing to see an Indian mother smoking a cigarette and occasion- ally allowing her child, still in arm take a puff or two. The average Indian commences to smoke when he i than &# year old, and continues the practice until no unu to he dies; but he seldem smokes to excess and he can hardly be said to smoke re¢ ularly in the way that we do. A report by the Smithsonian Institution, now in press, contains some information on the subiect of smoking among the Indians wiich 1s of intere The jans do not regard tobacco as we do, nor do in the same we Wh th 1 je to their ing. the principal use of the leaf mor and religious. It ha Bo with them, and even now, when the na- are largely replac: more conveniet the old religi There is something about which turns the mind of the s er into contemplative moods. the sav- age mind not less than the mind of the Indian will buy whatever he r When he has mone: Sar, coffee, calico or what-not—but he canrot bring himself to buy tobacco; he cannot profane the buying it as_he Ke is an indis action, whether it be a declaration of war rd of calico. to recognize this, rehase have come and in every store there is a litle tin basin on the ¢ er (and generally nailed to it), contain bacco, ¢ “te papers and mat which arc fri e ven the worst to any remark about neir use of thi tobac end a allusion to it will drive them out of the place and keep them away for days. Rea In its prese: for a Smoke. t forms tobacco has far out- grewn the early preparations. Originally the leaf wes merely dried and crumble the hands, and the native tobaccos still in use by th> Ind’ans are prepared in this sunple way teday. In the early part of the seventeenth Virginia tobacco nd in the leaf and in a pipe. but the 20 came nearly tobacc m the form of tight- the s d, the pipes be- ere ted with embers from a fire of juniper wood, tuk dish w ensable parc of nt the is not tribes ir 1s tock its the advent of the trader: were the lea su- of the when aeeded, were crim) Mtch more prevalent, however, use of bark of the red osier, wn among ‘rontiersmen as killikinik or | kinnikinik, which ni: id to have been Dakota. ansparent ae t ntroduction moked only in The talk of the many thousands is often turned toward the law of the road, for there is no one who does not make use of roads either to ride, drive or walk upon. For the protection of the traveling public it is necessary that certain rules regulating travel upon the public highways be gener- ally observed. Our statutes do not require a traveler to keep upon any particular part of the road, nor to turn out in any certain direction, but it is universal custom in this country for vehicles and animals under the charge of man to take the right side of the road when meeting others, if it Is reasonably prac- ticable to do so. A team should, in gen- eral, keep the right side, whether meeting another or not. Yet, when two are going in the same direction and one wishes to pass the other, he should pass on the left side, as the first team has the right of way and cannot be expected to deviate from his course upon the right side. One passing another must use great care to avoid a collision, as nothing but necessity will war- rant him in doing this, for both, going in the same direction, belong upon the right side d by any deviation from his proper ie one assumes all risk of the experiment. The rule must be very strictly observed at ht. or when, by reason of storm or fog, ht be difficult to distinguish others hing. raveler on foot or on horseback must give way to a vehicle, and a lightly loaded team must give way to a heavily loaded one, but a team with a heavy ioad ought, | in certain cases, to stand still so as to al- low a lighter vehicle to pass. The driver of a horse must use ordinary care In its man- agement, and is liable for all damage caus- ed by careless driving, and if he leaves his team he must use ordinary care in hitching it, for if a horse left unhitched starts and occasions damage the responsibility rests upon him who neglected to hitch it. But if @ team is hitched with ordinary care and is frightened by some unusual occurrence, as by a runaway team running against it, and the team so hitched breaks away and in turn runs and causes damage, no ability rests upon him who carefully hitched his horse. The movement of sleighs and sleds upon the snow being comparatively noiseless, it is customary to attach bells to them or to the horses, and the want of bells would render the person liable for damage. Bi- cycles are regarded as vehicles, and are subject to the same rules—they must give way to heavier vehicles, and foot passen- gers must in turn give way to them. Some State laws require bells to be attached to all bicycles. As no one is obliged to build fences next the highway, the use of which is common to all peopie who choose to travel upon it, so drivers of cattle and other animals are not responsible for dam- age by their traveling herds, if reasonable care be exercised in their management. cos USEFUL TO JEWELER: X Ray Enablex Them to Detect the False Diamond From the Real. From the London Mail. An interesting series of experiments is now being conducted at Prof. Crookes’ lab- with a view to finding a quick and y method of distinguishing false from true gems. The Roentgen rays have been found to be capable of easily penetrating diamonds, while imitations are invariably cpaque to the new light. The resistance of pearls, rubies, sapphires and other precious stones is also being tested before the tubes. Some plates which had been used in these «xperiments, which showed plainly the dif- ference in resistance between fine black and white diamonas and an imitation stone, placed before a reporter at Streeter’s, d street, yesterday. On one of the plates there was an oblong spot a little long- er than a man’s thumb rail. This was t proof from an attempt to pierce an imita- tion diamond. worth, perhaps, about with the rays from a Crookes tube. On the same card, just below this dark spot, were ark outlines of a gold framework,such precious stones are set in, and inside it was a faint, dark shadow. ‘Tiris was the result of turning the X rays a magnificent black diamond, valued at arrounded by a setting of white dia- The framework of the setting came ©ut clearly, the black diamond was almost wow among the no transparent to the rays and the small white eno the ear ores were perfectly so. Pipes clo: resemble the pre ere was a third spot on the paper, but forms, being sicrt ax traight it was almost imp ptble. One couid see stem. and highe= and narrower on very close scrutiny the faintest shadows, bow! than the pipes of today. but that was all. This third spot showed @ians much prever their own pipes, how nearly transparent to the X rays is the can set them, out pipes of native mi white diamond, for it was the result of an fre are now seldom found in u Xposure to the Crookes tube of ihe famous numbers of fine specimens can be | King of Delhi diamond, taken at the time the muscums. The favorite ma-| of the Indian mutiny and bought here for teria = catlinite, or red pinestone; and | £10,000. although this muceri«] is found only near oe ee St the n> town of Pipestone, Mi se esteemed was it that tt passed hy | She Talked Latin. r from tribe to tribe, and has been | From the Boston Post. found over a thousand miles from the| perhaps, after all, the comic papers have ieee where it uarried. When first | .ome foundation ir fact for their continued Carved: afterward it becomes duite hat | slurs, under the guise of jokes, at Boston and takes on a fine polish. Sometim women on account of their “blue-stocking”’ bowls of these pipes were inlaid vy or lead, forming elaborate de Indian Etiquette. In social or in ial smoking the pipe Is into the mouth, but } between the lps, and the mouthpit dry. In taking the smoke the lips are slightly parted at the corners of the mouth, and the air which is sucked in mixes with the smoke and is drawn inio <he lungs. To be perfectly au fait this must be done with co rable ccording to Indian etiquette such necessary in order to indicate sat- ion. ceremonial te may be neighbor to ligh the of the ke silence smok. the pine or cig- the right-hand snk must from hand to hand. ceremonial direction, " During a ceremon- naintained, and if y y it is con le left is the same as eurs, the zenith, the and the some d when he ing off a fe careful The phys Breaks smokes al in conversation. never seem disagreeable when filled “I have from the ett hapit erican i men. f the h of the onversation volent and t the Turk: ni proclivities. I had never believed that ex- amples were common where’ they -made cbtrusive use of their learning. Yesterday in the Back Bay car there was an empty seat beside a young lady, evi- Gently of that much discussed class, but who gave no outward appearance of it. To be sure, she had a slightly protruding fore- head and wore gold bowed eyeglasses, but there was no azure blue halo visible, nor s she in any degree prim. A young gen- tleman, evidently a stranger In town, was about to take the empty seat, when the car gave a sudden start, causing him to crowd the lady. ‘Touching his hat, he politely begged her pardon. With a slight inclination of the ad, she replied: “Fas omne est.” I have no doubt my face looked a little blank with astonishment, but the expres- sion on that young man's countenance was a study. his eyes, as drawing a long breath, which almost a gasp, ‘e instinctively again touched his hat and murmured: “Thank u,”” but he was manifestly in terror dur- x the balance of his ride. young man “won't do a thing” but tories of Boston women when he s home see The Absent Minded Ma From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. An amusing case of absent mindedness was experienced by a young South Sider the other evening. The young man Is usu- ally of a bright nature, but for some time | past his friends have been noticing that the dces some peculiar things. Not long ago he was at a reception, and a few min- | utes before closing time he went to the | ceat box and secured his hat and coat. |rhen he walked up stairs to the dancing "| toor and picked up another coat and walk- !ed home with it on his arm. Arriving at his home he found that he had one coat on d another on his arm. The next day he | found the owner of the extra coat, and mu- | tual explanations followed and all was well. | But that has been eclipsed by nis latest ex- | ploits. He had finished his toflet and start- ed for the street. As soon as he made his pearance he was greeted with smiles | trom everybody who saw him. He walked } dcwn the Street and could not imagine what | made the passersby smile at him. Finally | he reached the restaurant where he takes his meals, and then he realized that he was carrying something in his hand. He further and of in oking into suggests t roducing the pra arliam. sem- co smoke,” he says, “is the in ch, by our an silent tog with- A man may take to hi in the instant he has spoken if ne to have s of which salutary practice, constitutional parliaments. tly be inealculable. The «s- of what little intellect and instght n that room—we shali or can more out of any parilamen e Indian smoking Is a cred rite, as well as a social indulgence. It is associ- ated with practicatly all their religious ob- servances, and something of the sacred character of the practice has been trans- ferred to the material itself, for tobacco ls nt lcoked at it and found that he had carried the lighted lamp from his room and had | walked several blocks along the main street with ft in his hand. | Another case is cited concerning the same | young man. At the office where he is em- ployed he has occasion to answer many ls at the telephone. One evening he was reading a book in his room when an al-rm clock rang in the udjoining room. T*> ab- | sent-minde@ youth got up and commenced to yell “HeNet Hello!” and when the occu- | pant of the other room inquired as to the cause of the yeliing the young man said in 4 sheepish manner, “On, I thought it was the telephone bell ringing.” ee. Thomas Staples pleaded guilty of rid- ing a bicycle at a faster rate than is ai- lowed by law, and in default was fined $5 or 15 days by Judge Kimball. A sort of dazed look came into- CIPHER MESSAGES), ,, Government Communications Hedged in With Mystery. HOW THE CODES ARE PREPARED Efforts Used to Keep the Key a Secret. IN TIME OF WAR When by chance an official key to one of the regular cipher codes used in the gov- ernment service is purposely or accident- ally divulged, it is, of course, necessary to revise the code and issue new cipher books to all those instrusted with them. Three of the executive departments have regular secret cipher systems—the State, War and Navy departments. All the details con- cerning these codes are shrouded in the deepest secrecy. Only trusted officials are allowed to possess the Keys. The Navy Department has claimed that its code can- not possibly be solved by any one not hold- ing a key. The State Department not long ago adopted the Navy Department's cipaer, hence officers in the two services may un- derstand cach other in this occult lan- guage. The War Department employs its own cipher. Each official initiated into the mysteries of the official cryptograph is a custodian of a sacred cipher bock, which is a key or dic- ticnary showing the letters of the alphabet, and elementary mathema characters with their equivalen Each cipher book is printed under the surveillance of a trast- ed government official, and care is taken that no proof sheets nor loose pages shall fall into the hands of those not entitled to them. Each book is numbered and regis tered. The official to whom it is intrusted must lock it in his safe when it is not in vse. It should } aled with wa. not even an inferior in the fice may have ace ter’s knowledge. Telegrams from represen State, War and Navy eign ‘countries must the great transocear and inland commercial telegraph lines. Our govern- ment, of course, maintains no official wire across the ocean. Cipher telegrams and cablegrams, just as would ordinary dis- patches, come into the departments afier having gone through the mill, but are rot intelligible to any of the operators who handle them. Need of Secrecy. On the face it seems discourteous for a government's representatives, while enjoy- ing the hospitality and protection of an- other nation, to be given a secret alphabe: in which to gossip about their hosts with the home government. It would, however, be disastrous to our interests should the ‘instructions to our diplomatic representa- tives and military attaches, and the corre- spondence between them and Washingto: tives of the ents in for- mitted over become public property both here a: abroad before being executed or considers« In the War and Navy Departments the official cipher codes pr ibed for these branches of the military ser be generally used except in although our army and navy abroad may use them in reporting mili- tary intelligence, if they desi The arm ipher code is in charge of the chief signal officer, Gen. A. W. Greely At the school of ins milita signaling at Fort Ril recruits who enter the signal serv in all of the cipher and sign to be used in an ‘tual tructed Ss likely campaign. Thi course includes crytography, or the science of cipher reading. and the ‘cl. re re- quired to beth devise and pra original cipher codes until they become skilled boih in deciphering and enciphering them. They Trust practice the M until able to transmit five words per minute According to the army's exe ing svstem, cipher dispatches sent between the field and h the new field telegraph and telephone but by and heliographs, by searchlights. flash lantérns, rocke! ard bombs at night. Supposing that a cipher dispatch be sent quarters by by flaz p day time: the communicati: officer cipher book: fhe men w do the actual signaling nee at know the sense of the mes: Which they send. The transmitter bears a regulation whit signal flag, with block in the center. When he talks w his flag he uses the More alphabet, just as he would do in tel- egraphing. When he waves his flag to th: ight he indicates a dot; to the left, ad ard to the front, a space. } made within an are of 1 degrees, from and returning to the vertical. is swung ab starting The flag ront of the signaler, his hand being nter of the i-circle thus describ. rate communication in our army has been carried on by meaus of flags for twenty-five mi while detache: words have been read from a distance of forty miles, the receivers using small pock- etitele copes. Momaee have been sent five les with a pocke: handkerchief tied twelve-foot rod. Sa eat In Time of War. Our War Department has lately made rapid steps toward equipping itself with flying telegraph trains to transmit cipher dispatches much further during war. The day after the great battle of Ping Yang, in Corea, in 1894, the Japanese signal and telegraph corps ran into that city a flying telegraph line, extending from Seoul, the distance being seventy miles. ‘This, in the opinion of one of our army officers, to whom the writer is indebted, shows that modern warfare requires a specially train- ed corps for this process of cipher trans- mission. The government military telegraph lines, which it owns and controls, connect our thirty-three military posts ‘and stations with the commercial wires. In our next war flying field telegraph lines will con- nect tempcrary field headquarters with the permanent commercial lines of the country leading to Washington. The field telegraph train as so far devised includes a battery, lance, truck and wire wagon. In the navy signal message are not sent in the telegraph code. Instead of dots and dashes, the figures “1,” “2" and “3,” in different combinations are employed to form letters. “1” is represented by one toot @ whistle or short flash of a signal lamp, by two toots or two short flashes and " by a long blast on a whistle or a long flash of light. With the naval signal fi similarly to those of the army resented by a motion to the right, a motion to the lef to the front. These translated by the receiver into the let- ters of the alphabet. Thus, A equals 22, B equals 2112, C equals 121, D nals 12, etec., 1 equals 1111, 2 equals 2222, 3 equals etc., the arrangement being some- what similar to the dot and dash system. This alphabet can be as readily adapted to a cipher as can the army signal language. In the presence of the enemy all of the signal messages must, of course, be sent in the secret cipher. What is known as a cipher disk is a convenient instrument. It consists of several metallic disks of dif- ferent sizes, hubbed to one center and re- volving independently. Each is graduated along the circumference with letters and numbers which fall opposite to others on the circumference of the larger or smaller disk lying next. The appliance is some- what similar to the combination wheel on a safe, but is more complex. A certain combination is agreed upon by the officials in communication. The disks are then clamped, so that the letters on the inner disk stand for those on the outer, and so that the figures on the inner disk stand for the figures on the corresponding cuter one. Schemes for secret ciphers are endless in their variety. - It is, of course, unknown to the uninitiated what the framework of the government's system is. The words are spelled in letters, dispatchea in irregu- lar order and arranged in groups, generally of five or six. aaa A Fatal Step. From the Calcago Record. “Did you hear about Hawkins getting smothered in his morning’s mail?” * by and ‘3 by a motion movements must be HE DRUMS &P_ TRAVEL. vel Employment That Yields #3,000 a Year and Expenses. From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. “I am willing to bet tirat you can't guess what I do for a living in ten guesses,” re- marked a well-dressed on the Empire State Express the ot The proposition was rather strange. The ™man was one of a halt hundred men just ike him who sat about the car reading; smoking, or playing cards. There were no external features to it e the man’s bus- iness, but the casual traveler would hove said that he was a tray. ig man for some large firm, possibly carrying a dry goods or shoe line. The newspager man had made his acquaintance at tlie Sation and board- ing the train had sco how seat beside him. The man seemedsto now that he was talking to a reporter, 4n fact it is probable that he gleaned that information from seme of the newspaper man’s triends at the cepot. After a cigar or two, during which time the conversation had been about com- monplace things, the man suddenly braced up, knocked the ashes from his cigar, and shot the question at his seatmate. The latter admitted the probable truth of the statement and then asked the natural ques- tion “Well, ten years ago I was a newspaper man in Chicago. I never had a college edu- cation, and while the ‘clty editor used to say I had the nose for news, I could not put my stuff into good. English. So, when the young blood began to come into the newspaper offices and the college gradu- ate was no longer ridiculed by the old- fashioned editors I weat out. I had a lot of good clothes, but I was out of a job. I hardiy knew where to turn when a bright idea struck re, and Phave been following cut that idea ever since. “I am a professional traveler. 1 G9 not presume that you understand me, but I will explain: The Americans are traveling people, not tourists, but hustling travelers That's premise No. 1. Secondly, foreigner: are in the habit of visiting America to sce the sights. I thought of this and went to the general passenger agent of a great western railroad and unfolded my idea. It is this: There is always a sharp competition Ter passenger traffic west of Chicago. The various roads leading a: the plains ad- vertise extensiv: tern magazines, have bureaus in New York and Boston, and send agents to the landings of the Atlantic steamships. The purpose of these various kinds of advertisements is to persuade tourists, English, French, German, or any other foreigners who have come to sce America,to cross the continent to the Gold- en Gate over the lines of a particular com- pany Occasionally, there is a young and ticated married couple who need icc as to hotels and route In a word. [ a beard the train at New York at lea a week. I spot the travele: ed with them and then ins them where they are going. I ask them if the such and such a road. Of course, ihey y that I am Chicago by the B. and that haven't, and I remark -casual going west d B., s far as which is always the same road intend to patronize. Then they f I know anything about th of Chicago. I always do, you can bet I tell them that I am an old traveler, and that I have always found the best serv on the B, M. and W. I crack the me of the road up to the limit. I get a 0K a vear for doing it, besic expenses paid to me by the road. continue acquaintance until I get to Buf- falo, and [ tell them that I know the eastern agent of the B.. M. and W., located in that city, and that J think that I could, through my friendship with him, fit them out with tickets over the B., M. ‘and W. to Denver or ‘Frisco or any place they want to go. “It generally works, and I sec them safe- ly on board the train and then suddenly remember that I have left my grip at the bercel stand. I go back to get it, wait un- til the train has pulled out, and then board the next train for New York, where I re- peat the operation. T tell you I did a bie business world’s fairspeary In the winter 1 post up on the beauties of the scenery along the B., M. and 3V.y the solemn gran- deur and all that stuff and in the summer time I tell of the beauties of thi Did you ever see them? TI think the dreariest sight udder/@reation. Incidentally I get a commission from two otels in Chicago foryrecammending travel- ers to patronize them, That helps out con- siderably. I have had’ a good trip this time. Back y the in the next coach are three young married couples on their way to Califor. nia. They came up from ‘w York with me yesterday afternoon, a. opped off. mn Rochester over night, I Bot acquainted with the mén, Ss intron ed to the three brides, joilied theme falong..and made my- self generally usefal ands. i into ing ar I to thosé young hus- The result is thatsl bunched them a Rochester ticket offige this morn- made them buy transportation to. ngeles by way of the B., M. and W, commission from the local agent, see BULTONS MADE OF MILK. Will Also The Brosh Handles and Billlard Balls. Dairy Supply Combs, From the ew York Herald. For a long time buttons and other arti- cles for which bone is generally used have been made from congealed blood, pur- by the button makers at the houses and treated with some » that hardens it to the sufficient tency. From blood to milk is a long remove, but the same’ articles that are made from blood can be made from milk by a process invented by an Englishman famed James Callander, and soon to be in- troduced into this countr: The milk used is the skim milk that is of little use for domestic purposes, and can be obtained very cheaply. It is the milk that remains after the cream has been skimmed off. The process of turning this liquid into buttons, pool balls, combs, backs of hair brushes and similar articles con- sists, first, of Straining the milk through a cloth, in order to remove every vestige of cream, and then mixing it with a sub- stance the Ingredients of which are a se- cret of the inventor, and eompressing tt. At the end of three days the substance is as solid as celluloid, and is ready to be cut and shaped in any way thé manufacturer wishes. At present a factory in Holland is en- gaged in fashioning the hardened milk into various articles, buttons being the chief. The buttons made in this peculiar way differ very little in appearance from ordi- nary bone buttons. They are a creamy white in appearance, but can be colored Diack or red or any other color by simply mixing the coloring matter with the milk before the hardening process begins. They are said to possess advantages over the bone and celluloid articles in being less brittle and less Hable to chip. For this the billiard balls and pool balls h have been made in England from this substance have found favor where a cheap ball is required instead of’ the ex- pensive ivory ones. For combs the milk substance has been found to be especially well adapted, as it is smooth and delicate to the touch, and derives from its ercamy origin a glossy surface that is just the thing for combs. In the same way it is a good substitute for ivory in billiard and pool balls. The great difficulty the: inventor had to overcome, and which:he grappled with un- successfully for seven years before he hit upon the right plan,i-was ;to keep the color of the substance of:ia unjform shade. Ac- cording to Mr. J. ReBundech of Brookiyn, who has known the inventor for many years, the early experiments with milk buttons always resulted; in the turning out of a substance;, hard enough, to be sure, but breaking out in. spots of yellow, like freckles on a country boy. ————__+e+— A Contrary Flag. From the Pittsburg Disjatch2: If ever there was Anything in the world that went by contraries,,4t is the Chinese flag. It will be recalted that it is one of the gayest of national standards. The body of the banner is of a pale:yellow. In the up- per left-hand corneriis @ gmail red sun, and looking at it is a flerce Chinese dragon. About one thousand years ago, so the siory runs, the Chinese made war upon the Jap- anese, They prepared for a great invasion. As a prophecy of victory they adopzed a standard which is that of the present iime. They took the sun of Japan and made it very small. This they put in front of the dragon’s mouth to express the idea that the Chinese dragon would devour the Japansse. It. happened, however, that the Chinese fleet, convéying an army of 100,000 men,was wrecked on its way, to Japan by a great storm, and all but three of the 100,:00 y.er- ished. The result of the recent war has not been any imore convincing than the first affair that the Chinese flag has 4een cor- rectly conceived. chased shuughte substan eo It matters little what it is that-you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. piains. | FAST TIME PREMIUMS Interesting Ruling of the Joint Traffic Asso- ciation. Passengers Traveling at Extra Speed Will Be Required to Pay Excess Fares. The Joint Traffic Association has made ruling that seems likely to affect the Balti- more and Ohio and ts interesting to all people traveling between New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore and Cincinnati and St. Louis, and especially who wish to go from one of these scctions to the other via Wash- ington. A circular, of which the following is a copy, has been issued: “1. That on all passenger service con- suming less than twenty-three and one-half hours between New York and Cincinnati including first-class, second-class, theatri- cal and party business, excess fare of $1 for each hour or fraction thereof less than twenty-three and one-half hours shall be charged between New York and Cincinnati, to be added to the authorized and establish- ed fares, standard or differential, as ihe cese may be, whether the service be by solid train or be broken in whole or in part. That on all passenger serv suming less than thirty-three hours tween New York and St. Louis, including first-class, second-class, theatrical and par- re of $1 for each hour or fraction: thereof less than thirty-three hours shall be charged between New York t. Lovis, to be added to the author- ized and established fares, standard or dif- ferential, as the case may be, whether the service be by solid train or be broken in whole or in part.” A Recent Ruling. The Joint Traffic Association made a ruling last winter regarding rates, and ihe Erie applied for relief, asking that fares be regulated in accordance with the time made by through trains between Chicago and New York. The standard time was fixed at twenty-eight hours, the ime from is thir hree hours, while from C; it is twenty-three and one-half hour: she Erie claimed that trains beating the stand- ard tame should charge exc The claim was sustained regarding -ag0, und now Cincinnati is on the same Will Affect Fast Trains. This rwing rather puts a damper on fast trains. From St. Louis the Pennsylvania and the Big Four each has one train that wiil charge $1; the C. and O. has one train via the Big Four route; the Pennsylvania one train that will charge $4; also, the Big Four, while the Pennsylvania Limited will which, with the differential against the B. and’ O., makes $7 extra to Gotham by the limited train. From Cincinnati the Big Four and Penn- sylvania cach has one train that will harge $1 extra: also the B. and O. and . and O, The Pennsylvania and Big F each has a train that has to xtra, while the Pennsylvania has one that will requi : are. The 1. and ©. from St ave no train that will char: The standard rate from Cincinnati via the Big Four and Penns 7 via the C. and O., and | $16 over the i and Erie: from St. | Louis the rate ig Four and Penn- | sylvania : the B. and O. and C. Jand O., $21.56. Thus it will be seen that the man who takes the Pennsylvania lim- ited to New York from St. Louis must pay $7 more than if he took the and O. tain, and S against the Ro al Blue Line, or $4 more an if over the C. and O. The new sched- e must be effective before June 1. ‘The p out of Cincinnati is on the B. and O. It will b ting to see whether or not the new ruling will lengthen the | time. The tendency has been to shorten it bet n thg west and the east. > No Significance in the Recent Naval Changes There. It is siated at both the State and Navy Departments that there is no more signifi- cance in the detachment of Rear Admiral Bear from command of the Pacitic squadron than there is in the detachment of Rear Admiral Bunce from command of the North Auantic squadron. Each had been at sea for the allotted limit—two years—and each is entitled to a shore as- signment. If the change of commanders of the Pacific station had reference to the present situation of affairs in Hawaii, it would ha Leen made before Admiral Beards} departure for that island, a few days ago, instead of having it take effect in June next. Admiral Reardslee is not to be retired, as has been erroneously stated by some newspapers. He has been as- signed to duty as president of the naval examining board in this city, and will re- port for duty June About the same date Rear Admiral John Miller, now in command of the navy ‘dat Boston, will assume command of the Pacific station. The Philadelphia,which is the flagship of that squadron, is now at Honolulu, and it is probable that the new comn er-in-chief will join her there. It sible, however, that he may exercise in the matter and select some rr vessel of the fleet as his flagship. It ly that he will continue the policy of » having two warships near the Hawaiian ; Islands while the question of their annex- ation to the United States is under serious consideration, and until the immigration controversy with Japan has been satisfac- torily adjusted. As has been already stated, Admiral Sicard will command the North Atlantic staticn and Admiral Bunce the New York navy yard. es VEST’S PROTEST. N. MR. He Criticines the Abolition of Sectar- fan Indian Schools. The Senate yesterday afternoon resumed consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, On motion of Mr. Gallinger the pr vision as to children of a white father and Indian mother was modified so as to give these children tribal rights on the consent of a majority of the tribe and the consent of the Secretary of the Interior. Mr,.Vest of Missouri spoke in criticism of the proyisioa of the bill abolishing sectarian Indian ‘schools. He knew, he said, that what he said would subject him to bitter criticism. He was brought up a Protesiant and had no connection with the Roman Catholic Church. But he had no sympa- thy with that cowardly and ignorant senti- ment that any religious denomination could menace cur liberties. - “If I nad control of these schools, pro- ceedel Mr. Vest, “I would give them to those who have studied the Indians, those who have taken the young Indians from the tepee, segregated them from their fathers and mothers and taught them the religion of Christ, even if the cross is the emblem of their religion. I would infinitely rather see them Catholics than savages. IT do not belong to that sect who would rather see an Indian damned than see him in the Catholic Church.” Mr. Vest said he wouid make no effort to oppose the provision oi the bill, but would content himself with this protest. Mr. Vest spoke in praise of the Indian schools conducted by the Catholics, and said they were accomplishing a great deal of good among the Indians. The bill was not completed. when, at 5 o'clock, the Senate adjourned until Monday. ——_+e+_____ The Ring of the Czar. From the Pittsburg Dispatch, The Czar of Russia is said to be very superstitious, and to have great confidence in relics. He wears a ring in which he believes is embedded a piece of the true cross. It was originally one of the treas- ures of the Vatican, and was presented to an ancestor, of the czar for diplomatic rea- sons. The value which the czar sets upon the ring, with its embedded relic, is shown by the following fact: Some years ago the czar was traveling from St. Pertesburg to Moscow. He suddenly discovered that he had forgotten the ring. The train was stop- ped immediately and a special messenger sent fiying back in an express engine for it. Nor would the czar allow the train to move until, eight hours afterward, the messenger returned with the ring. If you want anything, try an ad. in The iar. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. OTEY OF VIRGINIA, . - Paine’s Celery Compound in High Favor in His WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9,—Congressman Peter J. Otey has distinguished himeclf and honorable service in the House of Ri tives, where be was sent from the sixth district of Virginia. On the floor of the House and in the ccmmittee room he is a conspicuons adve measures for the advan In what high honor I 2 in the appears from the following letter: Dear Sits:—For years I have been a great suf ent of od government. ery compound is in was advised to Paine’s es of it with great with it that I per- . to use it, rvous dyspepsia wt for two months, el sure a third bot- try ad I used two your T was so uch f suaded my brother, John Flo: been having a bad form of 1 now, after using the compe is so much Improved that we f tle will complete his cure. of the marked change for pearance. the better in bis ap- IE FLOYD OTEY. letters from Unit ssmen or members of thelr famil ently in the newspapers recommending Paine’s celery coni- This is one of s0 States have 1 heartily pound. One of the most ¢ bein; ninent physicians.io the city, interviewed of the papers, says: inie’s celery compound marks a tremendous e in the cure of diseases o remedy has ever suececded in driving out underlying es of nervous and orgaul: troutes urely and rapidly. No remedy repre- sents so Comprehensive a knowledge of nervous ex- of family of this distinguished legislator | | derful di very one bas spoken | Fami | hacstion, Tt cures where other m tried and found ile. _ | “There is Jess hesitation nowadays among intellt- | gent people ina health, It is we sive and c but a men: ending to the beginnings known that di eaxy to drive life when organ of th wold es, rheum: sheop . indigestion and langu in their zit and as seriously stand against th of Paine’s ce cou pound t would 4 inution in the amouut of kid; | aud heart Gisease. Any one who re: ters that hive apy thy eho owe the Paine’s celery com sincerity in every line. “This t modern invigorstor and nt of in doi spring people has tad on of medicine, It has f rheumatism and n is th we a Its sieves Met in mils of |. many ing that have been despaired of wy trl | and physic: {| SCompared with other remedies, its 1 cures stand out as a mountain does besid If all the men and women w ‘ous debility, thr: nil got rid of ne heustion, shee kidney, liver end stomac during the past year alone gether, what an army of ¢ u IPOR'TANT ARREST. The Long List of Isaiah Washington's yrong Dol ‘The arrest of Isaiah Washington, who is kno’ Jammer” Washington, the col- ored wall scraper and whitewasher, proved to be an exceptionally important one, and Detective Lacy. who apprehended him, has received the congratulations of the polic officials and his fellow detectives. In this capture he was greatly assisted by Edward Brockenborough, a colored special poli man, who has figured in other cases of im- portance with the police. It is estimated that his stealings hi $1,500, The officer has aireac about $500 worth of the prop expects to recover nearly all of it befo: the prisoner is taken into court. When his victims learned of his arrest yesterday af- ternoon they swarmed to police headquar- ters and identified the prisoner, as well as the property the officer had recovered. the recovery of the property Detective Boyd Jent a helping hand, and he was as much surprised as was Detective Lacy at the large amount of property found at the prisoner's home. When first arrested Washington denied the charge, and the officer was not fully certain that he had the right man, for he had known Washington, and the latter had called on him several times prete wanted to assist in the investi other robberies. ‘Some time after the pri crer reached headquarters and was sati fied that the officer was going to hold him he concluded that it would avaii him noth- ing to continue his denial, for he was ce tain to be identified, and so he said he would tell the whole of his crimes, and would assist in the recovery of the goods as far as possible. According to his con- fession he began operations in November of last year, and thus far he has given a list of about a dozen houses that he vi ard robbed, among them being those of Ig- natius Geraci, No. 10th street north- west; Walter Ritchie, No. 2425 northwest; Mrs. Effie Ross, 406 recovered and he avenue; J. T. Arundell, No. 1718 Florid avenu Mrs. Catherine Wise, No. li Quiney’ street northeast; Miss Lucy Hay No. 51 I street northwest; Thomas L. Tan- cil, No. 1714 P street northwest; John Craven, 1905 17th street northws He also robbed the hpuse of Mr. Windom, son of the late Secretary of the Treasur; Many of his victims have identified him, and, before being taken to court, his photograph will be taken for the gallery. Washington found it an easy matter to dispose of his plunder, pawning some of it and selling other valuable articles. From a colored saloonkeeper the oflicers recovered some property, with others who had pur- chased goods from him, while from some of the prisoner's friends they also mac recoveries. All day long the detectives have been visiting houses and recovering property, and have learned of additional robberies committed by the prisoner. ee The Revolution in Hondu Minister Rodriguez, the minister of the Greater Republic of Céntral America, has received no information regarding the re- perted uprising in Honduras. There are two partics in Honduras—the Iberals and the conser ‘atives. At present the liberals are in the supremacy in Honduras, having regamed power by the overthrow of Pres- ident Vaquez. The present executive is President Bonilla. The government of Hon- duras is less stable than that of the neigh- boring countries. There is always a yreat deal of social and political agitation there, owing to the rivalry of the opposing lead- ers, but it is usually kept under cover rutil a revolution breaks out. It is possiile that General Vaquez, who was overthrown three years ago, may be at the head of the pres- ent movement.» Previous revoluzions, while attended with bloodshed, usually have been brief. The population of Hondurs 350,000, but communication 1s 4 account of lack. of railroad fac’ bad roads. Tegucigalpa, “the city of the mountains,” is the capital of Honduras. It is not unlikely if the revolutioa should prove anusually severe that the other two republics in the confederation may aid in restoring order. Moose The dipper has been taken from the pump corner of 24 and G streets north- ‘east and pedestrians in the neighborhood have to go dry. amounted to about | od | Remarkabl Well-Known Railro One of the principal acts of natu is dreaded by railways is high wa {probably no railroad in the country has suffered so much from washouts in a ce of time as did the Baltimore short s and Ohio Southwestern in February and March. There was a time when ft seeme that the entire right of way between Cin- cinnati and Washington, Ind., had disi- . angry, > cut peared, and in its place we | surging waters that threatene down the stony hills that river. On Febru: line the high water Ohio river compelled all the railpeads to abandon the use of Union station in Cin- cinnati, and trains were not again run in- to the station until March Juring this flood the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern pecple thought they had been damaged rather severely. ough damage was dene to require the use of 20,000 sand bags, yards of slag, 4) cars of stone and aifout 40,000 yards of gravel to put the irack back in’ shape. On the night of March 4 aiffi- culty began on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern near Chillicothe, on the Ohio | division, and extended west almost to St. Louis. ‘The Little Miami river at Loveland went high enough to put thirteen inches of | water in the ticket office and cover the | the big new | point had 12 to 18 inches over the top of | the rail, and just north of it the heavy | wagon bridge was carried away, and sunk in the river hin 100 feet of the railroad | bridge, which, during the whole fres! | | was not damaged. In the next tw. into Cincinnati 2,000 feet of U washed out. A big washout occurred west of eighty-one miles from Cin just | bridge 25 |The fast mail was proceeding « along an embankment when sudlenly the water forced the fill out and the train dropped into the hole. The engineer and fireman were di ered in the morning sitting on the tenc of the engine entirely surrounded by way At numerous other points bridges, culvertd and embankments were destroyed. Engineer of Maintenance of Way D. D. | Carothers divided up his force in such a way that repairs were made with a rapid- ity that hi bgen the wonder of all railroad men. On account of s0 many washouts at so many different points it was very diffi- cult to get hold of n erial, and the mea worked on an average of twenty-t ours: for four or five days. Commissary were provided, two being the ippi division, and the men were fed er they worked. Temporary tcle- offices were opened wherever tha train made its headquarters, and the whole affair was conducted as though it a military expedition. In some cases the men worked in water from three to four feet deep with a cold “March win} blowing on them. The total damage to the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern is estimated at about $160,000, — Veterinary Surgeon: The United States College of Veterinary Surgeons held its commencement exercises yesterday afternoon in the lecture hall of the college. Assistant Secretary of Agricul+ ture Brigham was elected a trustee of the college. The degree of fellowship was con- ferred on Prof. D. 8. Lamb of this city and Dr. C. H. Ford of New Orleans. The dean of the college, Prof. C. Barnweil Robinson, introduced J. H. Brigham of Ohio, who, ‘dtict an appropriate address, presented dip- jomas, The degree of D. V. S. was conferred upon Webster Clay Langdon of Fargo, N. D.; William B. Elliott, V. 8., of Riverside, Cal., and William E. Yelton of Washing- tcn, D. C. Dr. D. 8. Lamb, representing the faculty, in an address showed the growth of veterinary science and its relation to its sister science ahd to public health. ——- Sale and Partiiion. Mary Ann Reed has filed a bill in equity against William Grayson, praying for the sale and partition of west thirty feet of lots 27 and 28, square 1291, of the estate of the late Phebe Grayson. The complainant is represented by Attorney CG T. Yoder.