Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1883, Page 3

wHo An Episode in the Carcer of the New League's President. From the Philadelphia Press. Alexander Sullivan, president of the new or- ganization, was born in Waterville, Me.. on Au- gust 9th, 1847. Both parents were from County Kerry, Ireland. While he was very young they | moved to Detroit, Mich., taking him with then and there his boyhood was sp About 1873 | he moved to Chicazo, and five years later was admittedto the bar. During the period of his legal studies the unfortunate affair o which made his name known throughe northwest, and fu! Chicago with for discussion for a year. A sehool teacher named Hanford, who had become ac- quainted with Sul to be known that article te jt i of remonstrances, ¢ Sullive with him rds house, o tewards his di v angry wor MeMutten man, grappled Sullivan, n. fearing for his safety, to help him Hanford st eling to by his bein: He had only one * reached for his re At the first shot | Sullivan's Hanford i for 1 ment t cy ntire community n of whether the shooting por not. The jury failed to agree, voting for aequittal and one for con- he was pnt under bonds Yor I. whieh finally resulted in a ver- Hi Rumors were circulated I rd’s frien Allister, whi & month or two al as brought into politic Moran, who had t ney, were el tion ever Chari An of votes the current | that time Mr. icing law with In polities he was an aboli- republican, but he left and has been a fs'a member of the ns, and occupies a order. ti, who was elected nplov of the Ch $a spe * Huntington. Hi ton county, Md., thirt 1a cominon’ school education railroad service : axed in any other war broke out he at ever s nt Order of nent positi | jal agent. a was r ered the iv He has never | When the | a army as a private in the t f and by ravery and at promoted to ¥. and iN major by brevet. president of the Emmett Band Leacue of | Cincinnati, is not a member ot any other | nization. He been principally his moderate views on Irish decided objections to the use of dynamite. —— Bla Did you eve study of an goes like this .d the Mississippi. did What so much rath Yes, 80 bi It’s it looks classical, ©, dear! I never will In 186 ette discovered | In 1863 Lafayette diseovered | tter with me anyhow! » you Tih the Wisconsin. the well! wh In 1873 Mo covered the Mississippi. I don't care I suppose the Mississippi would =f along just as well | had never’ looked at | here, Ide, is there any- | ders town, and how bc battle ot S there isn't. History is a horr No use, elther. Now French is ey I can introduce Fre must know at is the lesson tion of parler. Fe parle, tu H—well, il. then! jon't amount to anything; I | | t | at are appropriate here | locality? and how's | twhar 1 have the know some and there, and in me anybody going to kr wns all by ‘y but metry?” No, I'm just Thirty-ninth, te it not. ABC, triangle A B—say, about ‘the Jersey Lily and nk it is iust too utterly uf, and ply gorgeous. I'm completely erushed on h “Oh, this th “Let the trian em! » A BC be richt angled at B. On the side BC tthe square BD. On the fide AB, the Square AI. On the side—did 1 tell you sister Carracclola gave me a new plece to-day, a sonata? It is really Intense. The irly stir my soul. I am never going to take anything but sonatas after this. 1 got | an new piece, too. Its name ia Etudes. Isn't it funny? I asked Tom this noon what it means. and he says {t is Greek for nothing. It Js quite upre for there 1s really nothing in St— the same thing over and over. “Where was I? 0, the side AC, the | Square AE. Draw the line; come on, let's go at strenomy. It’son. Are the planets in- | nw, de. I think they are, and I have ht about: it a great deal.” I banged my t night, P wanted a Langtry bang Just too bad for any Use. but paraved, and Thad to give in. I think they are inhabited. I sholld like to visit some of them, but you would ing on Venus. Eight seasons! oftea we would have to have | Rew outiits to keep up with the styles.” “What! you are not suing? Yam 80 sorry, | but I supposed you are tired. Tam. It always | Kk me Ko sick J think a whole evening | T ought to give us a | And the teli rt Bludied. school the next morning and | s how awfully hard they have Photography as a Recreation. Frou the Lit rary World. There has been some disenssion whether pho- tography can be called one of the arts, but there ean be no question, we think, that it can be made a recreation. On the steamer, last summer, iu which the writer of this crossed the Atlantic, Wasa young Swede who amused himself and everybody else by taking photographs of lis fellow-passenzers with a portable apparatus Which he carried as part of hts luggage about as easily as one would acane. We have Just seen & young man setting out for the country, taking his camera with him as if it were a handbag. And only yesterday we heard a pleasant account of a young American lady abroad who photo- Taphs instead of sketches, and filustrates ner fournais for home with views “taken on the t.” greatly to the delight of her friends. | Sketching certainly isa fuer art than photo- | graphy. but evervbody cannot sketch, and | e¥erybody—at least, almost everybody—can, with @ little practice, take very good photo- hs. a aeyiele photographie outfit, portable and suited to the utmost wants of the amateur, can be procured for about $20. Equipped there- ‘with. the young student off on his vacation tour, rian among the White Hills, the ex- eursionists to the Rocky mountains, the literary hering out-of-door materials tor nis new | hin his own way and for his own pur- Pores, can fll his portfolio with pictures true to nature and to life, the personal associations with Which will render them doubly interesting and Vainable. We expeet to see photography become a very pputar recreation. There is a rare combination | in tf of the artistic, the technical, the scientific, and the favor of out-of-doors. Besides, it needs the sunshine, and they are happlest who count Mfe by its sunshiny days Bridegroom at His Wedding Breakfast. Fron: the Saturday Review. No man remembers much about his own wed- Ging breakfast. He sits self-conscious, in glit- tering raiment and tight new boots, observed by gurious bridesmaids, inthe midst of a hostile Pesple. Surely a man’s bride's relations are, even now, a hostile people. They are strange, they are eritical; their words and ways grate on the nerves of the doomed one. Aino ig many other relies of the savage period, speeches are lmade. The | still further 1 EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. WEDNES How to T From the N. Y, Sun. Many people wish, like Carlyle, that somebody had taught them the stars and made them at home among the constellations. So much of the mythology, the history, the poetry, and romance of the human race Is reflected upon the starry page of the heavens, which has remained open to the view of mankind for thousands of years with hardly any perceptible change, that the celestial bodies seem like common posses- sions in which all men, the world over, have a personal interest. The stars are Interesting from their associations independently of the dis- eries of modern astronomy which prove that e distant suns, some larger and some than our sun. and in whose and heat, in all probability, flocks of worlds are basking. The stars |were divided — into lations and e most remarkable st: n distinet- names in the earli Even the 4 mighty is represented ling Arcturus and the Pleiades and other stars by name when he i with Job out of the whirlwind. There is ing which so readily carries us back to the remote antiquity of the stars. Every ha- ve, from the very beginning of the race, upon them. The landseapes which abitants of the world before the flood * disappeared, or have undergone great but those ancient people inust have n the Great Bear slowly treading his long path around the pole we see him to-day, and they. too, must have admired the splendor of Sirius and the beauty of Spica Virginis. The followers of Mohammed, and the Saracens who fousit inst Richard the Lion Hearted, used Nght mo: man has r¢ the inka w his | the small star that hides in the rays of Mizar as | atest of their eye: ht, and to-day we can see the same little star glimmering close under the wing of its more brilliant companion. * When one knows the stars and constellation the face of the heavens possesses fourfold. i for him. The stars no longer all se He recognizes many of* th color, as a jeweler distin:nishe: ald no sooner mistake Al ate rose tint for the topa: geuse or the creamy white C: gems. He nlored Betel- than a dia- with y oped with tions whieh reea!l by thelr names and tions the heroes and lezends which have ed the imagination ¢ n for thousands iy spot on the earth eau he feo! . for the stars a Wholly lost This deli: with the st not require t observator an astronomer. The only t everybody does not knew the stars. If a man should live within sight of ble to point out the diffe would be thoug fellow; but under the s names he t a very ignorant and stupid snoutd people live all their liv heavens and ne’ er learn whet the famous Di Star is, or to what star the » Regulus ally when the stars do not all luok han mountains do? We pr few simple direc- tions by whieh pe stars and constellations m rn to recognize them without the aid of maps or books... In the purse of a year a person, by going out a few ts in each month and studying the heavens for half an hour, can become familiar with all the steliations visible in th ude all in the heavens excey vithin forty degrees of the South Pole. We are now at the beginning of May. Let the observer step out onthe roof of his house, or any place commanding a clear vlew of the heavens in all dircetions, say at 9 o'clock p. m. Facing the north he will see about forty deg: above the horizon a lone star nitude. It is Polaris, or the In or- der the more certainly to recognize it. let him wk still higher, almost overt |, and he will see the Great Bear, recognizable by seven bright stars which mark out t ure of a large dip The dipper will per with along bent ! appear upside down by following with his an imaginary line drawn through the two hich are furthest from the sin the andle and led downward a distance about nted with t } equal to th 1 of the dipper, he will be led to the t described, and n_-evidence’ that Poiaris. The two stars in the | uch which the line is supposed to be drawn are sometimes called the Pointers. A ns of making sure that the star under observation is really the North Star is by ng that it is the last star in the handle ofa second dipper much smaller than the other, but Tesembling it in shape, except that the handle appears to be bent the wrong way. Asthe large dipper is the inmost conspicuous part of the con- stellation of the Great Bear, so the small dipper comprises the chiet stars in the constellation of the Little Bear, which swings around the pole of the heavens as If attached to it by the end of its tail. If the observer has a telescope with a first rate object glass of not less than two inches aperture, and an eyepiece magnifying about 100 times, he may expect to be able to see | the celebrated companion of Polaris, a little Ulue star of only the ninth magnitude, close to the large star and hard to catch with a sinall telescope, but very beautiful when well seen. Let the observer now follow with his eye the trend of the dipper’s handle, and continuing the same curve to a distance from the endot the handle a little greater than the whole length of the dipper, he will come upon a fine star of the first magnitude, of a fiery hue, well up In the eastern sky and outshining all its nelghbors. ‘This ts Arcturus. The stars around it belong to stellation Bootes, or the Bear Driver. of which Areturus is the chief brilliant. With a telescope, a crowd of little stars, invisible to the naked eye, can be seen surrounding Arcturus. At a considerable distance northeast, or to the lett of Arcturus, the observer will notice a | beantifal circlet of stars forming the almost complete outline of a crown. This is the con- stellation of the Northern Crown, and the brightest star tn the circlet is called Alphacca. Still further to the left and low down in the sky some of the stars of Hercules are visible and far to the northeast, close to the horizon. the splendid Vega ts scintillating, but the observer had better Jeave these stars until next month, when they will be much higher at the samo hour, and turn back to Arcturus, which will serve asthe base for afresh excursion in an- other brilliant quarter of the sky. Between Arcturus and the Great Bear are the Hunting Dogs,fwith which Rootes is supposed to be chas- ing the Bear; but the stars composing them are all small and inconspicuous, exeept one of the third magnitude called Cor Caroli. ‘This star is about half-way between the end of the Dipper's handle and a little group of falnt stars w est of Arcturus, which resembles a patch of thin white cloud. This group is called Berentce’s Hair. A small telescope, or even an opera glass, suffice to reveal clearly the crowd of little stars coi posing this singular constellation. A little north of the middle of a line drawn from Arctu- Tus to Alphacca is the fine second-magnitude star Mirac, one of the most beautiful doubles in the heavens. It requires a first-rate three-inch telescope to separate it. One of the stare com- posing It ix orange and the other green. Almost in a line with the Nerthern Crown and Arcturus, and well down toward the south- eastern horizon, the glittering white star, Spica Virginis, will be seen. This Is one of the stars used Uy sallors to ascertain thelr longitude at sea. Wert of Spica is an irregular quadrangle of stars marking the constellation of the Crow. Looking now a little southwest of the point overhead, balf a dozen stars will be seen ranged in the form of a sickle with a shart handle. The largest of these, which is in the end of the handle of the sickle, 1s Regulus. This star, like Spica, is of great use to sailors, and it marks the heart of the constellation Leo, or the Lion. ‘This constellation fs the center from which the fumous November meteors radiate. Just north of the sickle are a number of small acattered stars constituting the Little Lion. Somewhat Jess than half way from Regulus to Spica, and a little north of @ line drawn between them, is a bright second magnitude star, which, with Splea and Arcturus, marks out a large triungle. ‘This is Denebola, in the Lion’s tail. West of Leo another little cluster of falnt stars somewhat resembling Berenice’s Hair will be seen, Thia is called the Manger. and it marks the zodiacal constellation of Cancer. The Manger has fre- quently been mistaken for a comet. It [les between two little stars called the Aselll, and according to avery old weather adage, when the Aselli become faint or disappear, a storm {s at hand. Still further down in the northwest two stars of nearly equal magnitude and only about five degrees apart will be seen. These are the Twins, Castor and Pollux, in the constellation Gemini. brated and beautiful double star, which can be easily separated with a telescope of two anda half or three inches a ony South of the ‘Twins ts Procyon, a bright, first magnitude star, in the constellation of the Little Dog. Not only is this star interesting on account of its brii- Maney, but it has a mysterious, invisible com- panion, whose existence is legis perturbing effect it has upon the motions of the star, but which no human eye has ever yet been able to see even with the aid of the most power- ful telescopes. A line drawn thro extended toward the northwest a distance about equal to the length of the dipper in the Bear, will pass near a large and aplendid ! Castor, the uppermost of the two. is a cele. | the first magnitude. It is brilliant in the conateltation, Al orgs This star, Tus, disputes with him the claim to precedence as the brightest star In the northern het ere of the heavens. Northeast of Capella, and low down in the sky, are Perseus and Cassiopels but they are too close to the horizon to be well seen at this time of the year. Between Auriga rising the constellation of the Lynx. is The planet Jupiter is Just now so situated that it may somewhat confuse the observer in his efforts to recognize the stars, though no one who has once had it polnted out to him will ever mistake this or any other planet for a fixed star. The planet's light !s steady, and shows no scintillation like that of the stars. Jupiter is now southeast of Capelia, and pretty well down in the western sky; the observer will have no difficulty in recognizing it, as it outshines all the stars, though lacking’ thelr plercing and scintillating rays. In June other constellations will be rising in the east. Poor Wolseley. | } rem | ing Mr. Bradlaugh or Mr. Parnell— mm by their bfact, w ran with Its | @ | swords, pipes and other personal effects among | | | | ly proved by the | jur zh Castor and Pollux, and | pose,” Great | sion of relief, «h star of } him.” | place is not exactly at the bedside, but within | Brown and is now to be offered up as a sacritice | tothe maves of that eminent Scotchman. Of | course, the most profound pity is feit for | From the New York Times. Not only will Queen Victoria’s knee confine her tothe house until after the coronation of the Czar, but it now appears that nelther the Prince uf Wales nor the Duke of Edinburgh will be able to witness that melancholy ceremony. There is. a general feeling In England that the Duke of Edinburgh, who married a sister of the Czar, Is the proper person to represent the Enz- lish rovai family at the coronation, but the Duke is not feeting very well Just at present, and als ees with his elder brother that thelr proper y call, of their poor suffering mother, whose Knee may at any time break out with renewed violence. in these circumstances the Queen has been obliged to appoint some one to, proceed to Rus- sia as her representative. Insfead of appolut- any one, in » could be epared—she has selected Lord Wolseley, and that unfortunate man is ven now making his will and distributing his his persona! friends. It had hitherto beon sup- posed that the Queen was an admirer of Lord Wolseley, and her sudden manifestation of a desire to be rid of him must be a great surprise | to most Englishmen. The truth probably is | that Lord Wolseley has spoken or written with | too great freedom, and has expressed himself | in a way displeasing to Her Majesty, He may | possibly have failed to manifest a proper de- | uree of grief over the death of the late J ry | or! the young General whose brillant career is thus to come toa tragic end. It 1s to be hoped that at least a fracment of him large enough to at- ford a pretext for afuneral wiil remain after the coronation is over. In that case the British people will give him a funeral that will be worthy of the faitnful soldier who went without a@ murinur to ¢ the dynamite at the command of his Queen. It is stra that the United States, which has always been on friendly terms with Rus has not sent a representative to the coronation. Among the many men who are fitted for such a mission, the name of Mr. Chauncey I. Filley will occur to every one. ‘There is no qnestion that he would go to Russia—were he to be se- lected as our representative—with the hearty good-will of every American citizen. He has long been searching for a government positio! now let this particular government. positic search for him. Let him goto Russia with 1 structions to keep close to the Czar's carriage, and the whole country will feel that the right man is in the right place. SNE ESS Indigestion and Disense. Dr. Henry Reynolds, in the Phrenologicsl Journal. The important relation of indigestion to many diseases which people suffer is not sufficientiy realized. DiMculty in breathing, oceurring Spontaneously, or on slight exertion, may be caused by indigestion. Indigestion causes alterations in the general nutrition of the body, which are manifested in various ways, among which are the following: Anmemla, ora depraved state ot the blood, in- volving a delleiency of the red globules of the blood. and causing persons thus affected to be unnaturally pale, especially about the lip: y of the teeth; grayness of the halr; ive liability to inflammation, from sight cause: the mucous membranes, especially the | be added, In | cases of those predisposed to such affections, ability to gout and rheumatism, and affections of the lungs or kidneys. Consumption has fre- quentiy been regarded as due in many cases to long-continued derangement of the digestton, whereby the general nutrition of the system has become Impaired. The inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat, known as “clergyman’s sore throat,” is a product of indigestion, and the removal of | the cause by the adoption of a suitable dietary, exercise In the open alr and observance of the laws of health generally will be the best treat- ments of It. Indigestion 1s the cause of various alterations in the skin, manifested by general coldness or chilliness, especially of the extremities, by changes In its color or texture, which may be earthy or sallow intint,or dry and coarse, and by | various eruptions, among which are the well- known eczema, acne, impetigo and nettle rash. Most of the cases of skin diseases affecting chil- dren are best treated by attention to the diet, making the diet easily digestible and sufficiently limited to Insure complete digestion. The causes of indigestion may be due to the food or condition of the stomach. The food may be defective in quality. There may be ex- cess or deficiency of the normal ingredients, saccharine, starchy, albuminous, or fatty, oF some of the naturally indigestible materials | which form a part of all food. The food may be introduced in an indigestible form on account of | the defects in the cooking of it, or imperfect | mastication. or from its having undergone pu- trefaction or fermentation, which arrests the functions of the stomach. Imperfect mastica- tion of food Is a very common cause of indiges- tion among. Amerteans. Eating too much is probably the most com- mon of all causes of indigestion. ‘The secretion of the gastric juice In the stomach seems to be proportioned to the amount of material requied for the nourishment of the system. Food taken in excess of this amount acts asa forelgn sub- stance undergoing fermentation and putretac- tion, and occasioning much disturbance in the system. Much may be done for the cure of indigestion by eating Very abstemiously of suitable food, thoroughly masticated, taking exercise in the open air, breathing pure air, and observing the Jaws of health generally. The amount of food should be reduced until the quantity is reached which the stomach can digest without evincing | any symptoms of indigestion, os zs A Cool Tramp and a Cool Maiden, From the Elinira Advertiser. A well-known printer's family met with a sin- gular experience on Monday. The daughter answered a knock at the door. An old tramp asked for “‘a bite.” She didn’t like his looks, and told him go, and he left. Shortly after his disappearance a neighbor's daughter came in and told the printer’s daughter that the latter's clothes (an entire washing) had just been stolen by the man she had turned from the door; that he had taken all down and done them up ina bundle before asking for the bite, and lugged them off at his leisure. The two young ladies started in pursult. At the Southport depot they learned that the bundle andthe man went down a Tailroad. They followed, and soon overtook im. “We want those clothes you stole from us!” sald the printer's daughter. “Hm! Well, [don’t know but you can have ’em,” said he, coolly turning over the bundle. “There's a shirt or wrapper missing,” said she, after looking them over; “now what have you done with that?” “Got it on!” sald the tramp, opening his vest to prove It. “Well. off with it, then!” maiden. “What! here?” The maiden paused, in a predicament. A gentleman friend was near, and she hailed him, telling all about the trouble. The gentieman friend took the tramp into the bushes near the engine works and got the shirt. } of eyes and throat; to which 1m: said the plucky SE SPER ISS, Policemen’s Jargo! From the Philadelphia Times. A special officer was telling In Judge Ailison’s court yesterday of his own and an associate offi- cer’s stealthy pursuit and arrest of a man who was engaved in picking pockets. “After we had followed him a while,” the offi- cer said, “he tumbled to us.” “That {8 a professional phrase that I don’t know the ineaning of,” sald the court, ingenu- ously: “You will haye to make it clear to the Well, T mean he caugh us.” ‘Canight on? ™ aught on to Yes; that ts, he—well, hespiped us.” “You mean ‘that .he discovered you, I sup- t Attorney Graham. said Distrie Teplied the officer, with an expres- the chief | THE EOOT-WASHING AT VIENNA. which is of a totally different color from Arctu-| The Twelve Old Men and Women and the Great Bear are a lot of small stars com- | Our United States minister, Gen. Taft, and Con- | as that which mak fF: aaa From the Boston Transcript. VIENNA, April 5.—Through the kindness of sul Weaver I obtained a ticket to witness this ceremony, performed in the Ceremonial Saal Schweitzerhof every year on the day preceding Good Friday. Twelve of the oldest men and twelve of the oldest women In Vienna, bearing good characters and usually belonging to om- cers’ families, are selected to have thelr feet washed by the Emperor and Empress, after the command of the Scriptures—John xiii, 14, 15. One of the old ladies had reached the age of 92 years. The doors were opened at 8 o'clock for the admission of guests. On either side of the “Ceremonial Saal” was a long table; on each table were twelve plates; each plate contained aroll and a napkin; at the side of each plate a beer mug; In ont of each plate a small bou- quet, and over the remainder of the table were scattered rose leaves. Between 9 and 10 o’clock officers of high rank entered the “‘saal” with the minister of cere- monies. After a long pause came dukes, bar- ons and priests, Still later came the old people. | Each old lady and each old gentleman were | Supported by two friends to their places by the tables, the old ladies taking their places at the table at the left side of the “saal,” the old gen- Jemen at the right. The old ladies wore black dresses, a plain white muslin collar falling nearly to the waist in front, white caps tied with lavender ribbon, and over this a sort of sailor hat, placed far enough back to show the cap border. The old men wore knee breeches, black stockings, and shoes tied with black ribbon; also muslin collars like the old ladies. After the old people were seated at the tables thelr frlends came forward and toogened their shoes and stockings preparatory to their re- moval by the court ladies and dukes, their friends again taking their places behind them. After a long waiting, the Emperor, Empress, dukes, and court ladies, who were to assist in the Ceremony, appeared atid the general uprising | of the people. The Emperor took his place at | the head ofthe old gentlemen’s table; the Empre: atthe head of the old ladies’ table. Four courses | of food were brought and placed beture these | old people, four plates to each course for each person, The food was brought by chamber- lalns on wooden trays, served on common yel- low plates. The Emperor took the food from the tray and placed it before the old men; the Empress did the same for the old ladies, ‘Then & twenty-tour soldiers who were stationed twelve behind each table, and wearing | full. uniform bearing white wood trays, came forward at a signal from the min- | ister of ceremonies and carried the untouched food away. The four courses were served in the | same great pomp. The Emperor was very clever in all his_moyements, passing the food as though he had always served. The Empress was very amiuble, but was less dexterous,receiv- ing much assistance from er “ladies.” After the food, dishes and tables were removed, a long | white cloth was placed over the laps of the men, another over the lapsof the women, | which reached to the floor; then the shoes and | stockings were removed by the dukes and court | ladies. Now the Emperor and Empress pro- ceeded to wash the feet, which was accompauted | by responses from th riests. Two chamber- lains carrled goiden bowis, two carried pitchers | of water. The Emperor and Empress with white napkins washed the feet. The amount of water usel on this occasion cannot be rightly | calculates, as the serviette was as dry and fluffy | at the end as when the washing began. After the ceremony two, chamberlains, bear- ing trays containing small bags ot silyer, en- tered the “saal,” “and the Emperor and'Em- hung around cach neck one of the bags of silver. Quickly the Emperor, Empress and noble people left. The old people have their stockings and shoes replac court ladies put the garments on for the old ladies, but the old obliged to wai with their fee nicely | gentlemen were | slong time in the cold ‘‘saal.” | peeping out from under the | cloth, until their friends were allowed to come forward and replace their stockings and shoes, The old people are brought from and carried to thelr homes, and ali_the food and dishes, bouquets, &., in the Emperor's carriages. [am | told that this is considered one of the greatest honors that these people can nave bestowed upon them in thelr declining years, Their feet are washed and seoured with sand before they come! Even then the humiliation was greater than ] had imagined. Not one particle of reverence was displayed by any one, unless it was the Emperor. and even he smiled as it relieved and hurried aw M. A. B. ‘The Colors of Lakes ana From the New York Sun. What Is the color of pure water? Almost any person who has no special knowledge ot the sub- Ject will reply at once, ‘it has no color,” yet everybody knows, either through hearsay or | by the evidence of his own eyes, that the ocean 1s blue. Why the ocean looks blue is a question that few who have crossed it have | ever sought to solve, and there are, probably, many travelers who, though they have seen most of the famous rivers and lakes in the world, have failed to notice the remarkable differences in color which their waters present. Even the ocean is not uniform in color; in some places Its waters are green, or even yel- lowish. Some lakes are distinctly blue; others present various shades of green, so that Ip some cases they ure hardly distinguishable from their level, grass-covered banks; a few are almost black. The Lake of Geneva is azure hued, the Lake of Constance and the Lake of Lucerne are green; the color of the Mediterranean has been called indigo. The Lake of Brienz is greenish yellow, and its neighbor, Lake Thun Is blae. New York has both green and blue lakes. The colors of rivers differ yet more widely. The Khone Is blue, and so is the Danube, while the Rhine ie green. Anybody who has traversed the wondertul Adirondack region and fished in its waters must have noticed the remarkable differences in the color of its rivers and smaller streams which radiate in every direction from the central group of mountains. The waters ot the Sacondaga are yellowish, while those of the Canada creeks and of the Mohawk are clear with perhaps a bluish tint in deep pools. Fish Creek Is black or deep brown, and Its neighbor, Salmon river, i colorless. Next comes the Black rh whose color is indicated by its name, but veen it and the Grasse, which is also black or brown 18 the Oswegatehle with clear white waters. The St. Regis again is black, but the Raquettels white. The St. Law- reuce is blue. These various hues are not caused by mud, or any opaque sediment, sach es the Mississipp! coffee- colored, but belong to the waters, like the golden color of tea, without greatly’ impairing their transparency. ‘The cause of the difference In the colorof lakes and rivers bas engayed the attention of many celebrated investigators of nature, such as Tyn- dall, Bunsen, Arazo, Sainte-Clare Deville, and others. Recently Prof. Spring oftne University of Liege has caretully Investigated the question of the color of water, and has reached some in- teresting conclusions. According to him, absolutely pure water, when seen In masses of sufficient thickness, jg blue, and all the varieties ot color exhibited in lakes and streams arise from the presence in the water of mineral salts of different degrees of solubility and in varying quantities. Water containing carbonate of lime in a state of almost complete solution remains blue, but if the solution is less complete the water will havea tinge of green, which will grow stronger as the point of precip- Itation is approached. Prot. Spring concludes that if lime is added to blue water, In which so much carbonate of lime is already dissolved that the point of saturation is approached, the water will become green. In proof of this he cites the fact that the water near the shores of lakes and seas, where it comes in contact with ¢mestone, is generally of a greener hue than where, Cpe A A Small Boy's Composision. From the Frankfort Yeoman. A “young idea” of this city says it bores him awfully to have to write compositions; and he always writes them short. We have obtained copies of two of his last, which are no less dig- tinguished for wit than brevity: THE FLY. The Fly is a domestic animal. Hi found near the molasses can. the less animal not being furnished weapons of defense as the Hornet. They say that flys drink. I have never seen flys that were worse off for liquors but I have seen liquors worse off for flys. THE HORNET, © The Hornet 1s a red hot child of natur he is al- ways ready for actign at any time of the day or night. if a person or animal comes within 20 ft of him he Tets his Javlin fly what would it pay @ wan-ta kill 99 hornets aud Jet the 190th one but him with his javiin. A sensible person never vers. e is generally fly is a harm- with as good a Eden From the Lewiston Journal. In the northeast corner of the northeast state yet to be cleared. A county, nearly as large as its development. The soil, the rich as the famous black mold of Dakota, the far away land where so many of our young men have ne. There is money in the fat soli of Aroostook. Land such as this, free from stones, easily tilled, and of an even and mealy quality to a great depth, and for its whole extent is, of itself, a sufficient guar- antee of the growth, prosperity and wealth ot the region. The great ease with which its crops are planted and secured and its wonderful yield peracre are unequaled by few countries on the face of the earth. The Aroostook pioneer ralses among his stumps the very year he makes his first clearing enough grain to pay for the work of cutting and burning should he hire it done, and “as much again” as he will tell you, or 100 per cent additional. Wild land may be bought for 83 to $5 per acre, and for @12 per acre additional by contract may be converted into fields ready to be tickled by thehoe. But Aroostook is not to be a purely agricultural re- gion. There are to be cities and villages in the great northeast. Aroostook’s lumber product Js already immense, and it makes starch for the world. The manufactures of Aroostook are to be enlarged and diversified. It has room for mechanics and artisans. The faster its land is cleared and tilled the more rapidly its important shipping points will grow and increase. Better railroad facilities will open avenues of progress, augment its trade, give increased tinpetus to its manufactures, and, by reducing the distance to market, enhance the value of its crops. Let no- body think Aroostook county is destined to be a lonesome place. Ithasafuture. There you may cheerfully Invest your money and yourself. It is not the place for a lazy man. That place hasn't been found. But aiman needs to work no harder to achieve success in Aroostook than in Dakota, Montana or Kansas. A competence is assured to every man who is willing to work for it. The rewards of toil areas great as in the west, and the risks are less. There are fewer opportunities for speculation, but the for- tune which the tenth speeulator makes comes from the nine who lose the world over. The prosperous condition of the people of Aroostook is a sufficient proof of the excellent opportunity for a successtul career which that magnificent region 0 : —— Hounchold Poison, There are many articles often kept in the Kitchen closet whieh are very dangerous, says Dr. E. 8. Wood in a Boston lecture The most common are oxalic acid, white arsenic, sugar of lead, etc., and these articles should never be left in the hands of servants except temporarily. There are other active poisons, such as common ammonia water—two tatal cases haye been re- ported—bleaching powder, laudanum, ete. All such things should be kept in the same place ag medicines. All medicines for application to the skin should be kept separate from those for in- ternal use. Fly paper is saturated with the salts of arsenic, and, although advertised as little harmtul, there too fatal cases in my knowledge where children drank of the water. There are other yermin poisons which con- tain phosphoras, corrosive sublimate and atrych- nine. All such things should be kept from ser- vant In cases of acute poisoning the following treatment is recommended: First,’send tor a phys! second, administeranemetic. Mustard mixed in-cold water—not warm water nor yine- gar—forms the best emetic. Give until free vomiting Is secured. If the poison itself induces vomiting, then facilitate It by doses of merely warm water, which, it a little greasy, is all the better. There is oue exceptioi If a child is polsongd by sucking matches, no oily substance or food’should be administer If you know that the poison taken is an acid thea an alkali should be taken; cooking soda or chalk, which Is better, iuay be used. If the poison is an alkali, give vinegar. These are tive only instances of acute poisoning liable to occur in the house- hold. Concerning lead pipe, there is no danger in Its use for conveying water, providing the water standing In the pipes over night be drawn of before any is used inthe morning. Lead cise terns should never be used. Titi-llned lead pipe is worse than clear lead. as a wulvanie ac- tion is established between the tin and lead, de- composing the lead more rapidly. The pig- ments chrome yellow and red lead are used in coloring toys, confectionery, etc. en the ornaments on cake colored with chrome yel- low. The solder in it cans containing acla trults yields a little lead poison, but is taken 80 infrequently as to do little harm. Playing cards haye contained sufficient arse- nic to cause eruptions upon the hands. The worst kinds of arsenical papors are the glazed varieties for kindergarten use. The same kind Is used to wrap lozenges. Green paper boxes are often dangerous. Arsenic in cloth was for- merly confined to green tarletans, and it was applied so loosely that the dust affected all who handled or wore tie goods. Now fouillard cam- bric contains a good deal; dark blue Jady’s cloth, woolen brocade, and stockings contain arsenic. The doctor exhibited a stocking worn by achild who died from the arsenic It con- tained. The inside hatbands in ceutlemen’s hats frequently contain arsenic, Arsenic ls now rarely used in confectionery or food, but it is contained in toy paints. Inthe coloring of woys chrome yellow and paris green are largely used. The aymptoms of these poisonings are first like those ofa common cold, then sore throat, then the stomach Is affected, the nervous system is attacked. “Nervous prostration” can often be traced to some of these Insidious poisons: SERS Work on London Newspapers. From the Leisure Hour. Soon after six 1n the evening the sub-editors arrive, and begin work upon the piles of manu- script and printed matter which await them there. The printer Is pressing them for “copy,” for his hands are waiting; but they must proceed cautiously, or they will choke space which will be sorely wanted later on. Now the reportara in pallament and out of doors begin to send up thelr first manuscripts, and if these, and those reports to which there is no option, do not suffice to keep the printers going, a column or two lit- erary reviews may be given to them, since these last, If found In excess when the paper is made up, can be held over, By ten the editor and his assistants will be at their posts,and now aserious consultation is held, for the topics of the principal leadera must be decided on without delay. Such a choice has been deferred until the latest possible moment for good reasons. Had it been made before, all the data which foreign and domestic telegrams, private notes from “Whips,” confidential inti- mations from political friends and the explora- tions of trusted social agents could yield, had been realized, it might be lable toreversal when all the arrangements based on it were in opera- tion. As it Is, the late delivery of a blue-book, the publication of an extraordinary gazette or a telegram announcing that a favorite regiment had lost heavily in South Africa, will upset the operations of the editor’s room just when such disturbance is most inconvenient. Sometimes those operations must commence before all the material nec for them is at hand. An eminent statesman is speaking at Edinburg, or Manchester, and in London his iver poot speech is being delivered by the telegraph boys by instalments. In such a case the leader-writer will be busy on the earlier part of the speech while the ora- tor fs constructing his later sentences. By a quarter past ten o'clock the leader-writers will have addressed themselves to their taske, and before they have nearly finished their articles the earllest paragraphs will have been handed to them in proof for correction. By about eleven the chief printer makes his appearance in the editor's room with his “statement,” @ schedule of the titles and length in‘columns of the state of Massachusetts, ts n the infancy of large part of which has not been disturbed by the plow, is as ‘TSEne Is Bor ONE GENUINE ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER IN THE MARKET, And that is FRED'K BROWN’'S PHILADELPHIA. ANotbersare Imitations or made to sel on the reputa- tion of the Original, and may do harm, while FREDE- RICK BROWN'S PHILADELPHIA, will alwaya be a Diessing in SPRING, BUMMER, AUTUMN, and Inal ®TOMACH DISORDERS, For SLEEPLESSNESS, For SUDDEN CHILLS, WEEN DRENCHED DURING 4HE EQUINOX, WHEN COLD IN WINTER, WHEN DISTRESSED IN SUMMER, Buy a bottle of your Druggist or your Grocer for 59 Cents, (insist on having the GENUINE given you— FREDERICK BROWN’S PHILADELPHIA,) and you ‘will secure an article which will serve you well—ALL THE YEAR ROUND, a Cyrenration Or Srvenra Anstver- SARY OF WM. HAHN & CO,’ RELIABLE SHOE HOUSE ar 816 7H Srneer, oN THURSDAY, MAY 2p axp ap_ OF OUR PROGRESS: WEDNESDAY AND THE STAGES ALL THREE LARGE STORES NOW IN FULL BLAST! HONEST DEALING AND LOW PRICES ‘Tho Main Secret of Our Success, Gratificd with, and thanking the publte for our suc- cease, we cordially invite you, your friends, and every+ body, to thie, our Anniversary Celebration. Handsome Display of and Speciai Bargains in FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERs, For Spring and Summer Wear on these days. Every Customer presented with a Novel, Handsome, ‘Memento Card. specially designed for us, ap28-4t Very Srecian Baneaiss ar the articles he has received, showing the fore- seen result that the paper is overcrowded. Proofs are now coming down very fast, and must be dealt with rapidly and returned. By half-past twelve the rourth page, that which is at a reader's left hand when he opens the paper out, must be closed up, locked in its iron frame, and sent to the foundry to be stereotyped. The fifth page is the second to be sent to the foun- dry, and the inner pages are kept open longest. By about two the last paragraph is dropped into the last open column, and such as it has been made, with its merits and defects, the morning's paper must go betore the world. ey ee A few nights ago the editors at work on the top floor of the tallest newspaper office in New York, heard the fire-engines gathering at its base about midnight. Stepping to thetelephone, one of the editors called to the police headquar- ters a mile away: ‘Is our office on fire?” ‘No,” came the prompt reply. “It’s little building Tognd theteorner.” It took less time to ask the question of a man amile off, who knew all about goes within 5 miles of a Horuet’s nest My ad- vice is to keep clear of the Hornet as he is too sociable. eo “That is,” he tumbled that we were on to Tt isclaimed that there are now 191 cotton factories in operation or in course of crection in the southern states. it from routine reports, than to go down. stairs and see for themselves, A Paris newspaper credits the widowed Bar- Sness Rothschild with the intention of estab- lishing In Versailles a home for aged and desti- tute authors and journalists. She is said to have set apart 500,000 francs for the purpose. BB A vu MM MM ™ B AA M ue? ee AA LS BARE” bow, BBB A A uu MMM LACES! LACES! LACES! LACORS! EMBROIDERIES! EMBROIDERIES! ‘We have just purchased an entire importer’s lot of 2,000 PIECES HAMBURG ee Coneisting of White and Colored Goods, which we will iD a on offer at the BC. A YARD. special baggain, and we advise you to call at once. Algo, 1 Jot fine and patterns, worth from ats 6 200. ayand, which wo will cella. 0c. A YALD. LACES! LACES! Fit tine goods, Wor soe a Soe 0c. A YARD. very deep wen gh ibe a exira 4 1 Jot Irish Point Collars, and never sold at Jess than $1.25 to AT 97. MILLINERY. Real Ostrich Tipe, in all the leading shades, st 98c, a bunch, worth $2.25." LADIES! SUITS, ¢ from hi Xk Gros Grain Sik, with Jet and gpanich Lace trdoning, Spo ee MISSES’ SUITS, imported, a yard, at is gnoneetly ‘worth lade of fine Pi trimmed with Fmbroi back aud ieoet, ghee eet Secs ates ae 32.55, 5, $3; 6, $8.25; 7, $8.50; 8 $8.75; 0, $4: 10, $4.25. LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S APRONS, Tn all sigea, igh and low neck, short and long sleeves, punted, trimuned with cuibroWdéry Se Taos a asset AT BAUM'S, apt 416 77m STREET NORTHWEST. A Carp. announce to the thee hevinw leased ing of Lith street and aye- Sur ce), bave now far I would friends public gene: entire south west nue (forms greater facili Peunsyl The for ‘The Ce ate, 1 fet any business past patronage, and ‘the same, Iam, very respect- THOMAS DOWLING. ‘We guarantee all our goods ex 4s represented, and to sell a8, low a8 name an be bougat in Belmore, Philsdaphis oe hoes “Ne'do not retail = SPICER, COMPTON & CO., avlé-Im 934 LOUISIANA AVENUE. Coxxixonam, Haren, pe Has the SPKING-STYLE BLOCK. SEATON PERRY, ‘vecessor to Perry & Brother.) INVITES THE “SPECIAL a TION” OF THE “LADIES OF WASHIN Ny VeRy COMPLETE Stock OF MUS LUPIN'S CELEBRATED BLACK AND COLORED FKENCH DRESS FABRICS, 5 AS LARGE, AND COMPRISES AS. bd WAND CHOICE GOODS AS ARE SHOWS IN ANY STORE iN WASHINGTON. NEW CHECKED SURAHS, LOUISINES AND SUM MER SIL BONN, TAPISSIER'S AND SCI BLACK GOS GRAINS, OTTOMANS, LONDRES AND KAS DE COMTESS: GRADES AND AT “CORRECT PKIC! PONSON'S CFLEBRATED COLORED GROS GRAIN BILKN AND SATIN KHAD AMES. TN ALL SHADER AT $1.59 PEK YARD. “EXTRA GOOD VALUPS” IN BLACK RHA. DAMES AND SUKAMS. AT $1, $1.25 AND $1.50, BLACK SPANISH AND GUIPURE LAC! Ts. NEW COACHING PARASOLS A\D SUN UMBREL- LAS, FROM GUE KEST MANUFACTUKE 3 EKED FICHUS, PARIS JERSEYS. ASSORTMENT OF FRENCH SATINDS, HNGHAMS AND LINEN LAWNS. BLACK GRENADINES. FRENCH* ©, P, WHICH T NE’ ORD! GROS iB, IN NEW CORSET EMBROIDERED ROBES, ALL STYLES AND PRICE Perry Buildine, Tenneylvania avenue, corner 9th street. Establinbed 1540. ap2s New axp Sryusn, ATTRACTIVE, BEAUTIFUL AND DURABLE SUMe FATA, AND ONESPSCIAL LOTOF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHENK SILKS WE HAVE EVER SHOWN. THE LOT IS NOT LARGE AND CANNOT BE DU- IN GREATER VARIETY 1HAN EVER BEFORE; AND POOR QUALITIES, WHICH a EXPENSIVE IN THE END, BUT. GOODS OF SUBSTANTIAL WORTH AND AP- ) LOOMS OF ANTOINE, GUINET, & CIE LYONS, AND ©. J. BONNET & OF TURIEUX, WHO ARE THE RECOGNIZED MAN- ALL- WOOL GRENADINES. CHOICE MOURNING GOODS OF E TION. SATINES IN TWO 8 FUL PATTER) SF Cxoick Goons, PLai Prounes, axp Conneer Puce. MER SILKS, CHECKED SURAHS, FIGURED PLICATED, PROVED STYLES AT MODERATE PRICES, UFACTURERS IN FRANCE. BLACK | PONGEE AND PONGEE EMBROIDERED DRESSES RY DESCRIP. DMED BEAUTI- SEATON PERRY, PONGEE, STRIPED GLACE, CHECKED TAF- WE ARE SHOWING MORE SUMMER &ILKS, AND BLACK SILKS IN EVERY GRADE, FROM THE TWISTED SILK HERNANNIIN EVERY GRADE’ BROCADE IN GREAT VARIETY EMBROIDERED FISCHUS, CASHMERE SHAWLS, FANCY WOOL SUITI IN Fac DRESS MATERIALS OF GOOD EVERY DESIGN AND TEXTURE. ONE PRICE, W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, 919 PENNSYLVANIA AVéN' ‘The best ts the cheapest. MONDAY MORNING IN OUR NEW LOCATION WITH A GREATLY ENLARGED STOCK OF STANDARD DEY GoODs, WHICH THE PUBLIC IS RE OC VITED TO INSPECT, TRULLY Ime TYLER & CHEWNING, 939 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N. W, Roses. ap2s WILL OPEN TO-MORROW A LARGE LOT OF ALBATROS ROBES IN TWELVE DESIRABLE SHADES. THESE GOODS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT VERY CHEAP FOR CASH, AND WILL BE SOLD FOR THE VERY LOW FIGURES OF $7. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS, AS THE PRICE WILL NOT FAIL TO SELL THEM, 8. L. HEMPSTONE, 803 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. One Price—Piain Figures. GF PARLE SER GEMS gt io WT S Gée “ou IN MRS MRP ‘Have opened and are in full blast at NOS. 404 AND 406 SEVENTH STREET, With a full and complete STOCK OF GOOD, Consisting of SILES, in every variety; DRESS GOODS, complete; LACES, GLOVES and HOSIERY, endless; LINEN DEPARTMENT, ful; HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, large stocky GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, LADIES’ UNDERWEAR, PARASOLS, SHAWLS, DOMESTICS, NOTIONS, &o.g All bought for SHARP CaSH. WE ARE HERE TO STAY, ang we offer our goodg in every department nt FAIR PRICES, which means that we will not be UNDERSOLD, We have ONE PRICE, which gives every one FATE. AND HONEST DEALINGS. Se yep cine ot set gh lee eenacines, Nun's Velling an Cloths and Napkins to sdzes;) Table ask by yard tn chaloe p ‘owels and in riety. in ef choles goods will ds wall tpowaen ine oar stock before