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6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30,. 1888. THE DEATH RATE. A Comparison of Mortality Between Colored and White, Made by Regis- trar Pool. The forthcoming annual report of the regi- trar of vital statistics will contain some inter- esting comparisons of statistics regarding the death rate among the colored and white popu- lation in this city. Dr. Pool, the registrar, Speaking to a Sran reporter, said that the sta- tistics would suggest many questions, but that he would present only the facts. He thought the comparatively great mortality among those of negro blood should attract attention to the need of improving the hygienic conditions of the life of a large portion of the colored peo- ple. If it were not, he said, that the birth-rate was large, the question would settle itself be- fore many years. For several years there have been somewhat startling figures in the report of the registrar. The coming report will farnish a tabular review of a series of years. Dr. Pool says that the statistics given’ will be new, on account of the fact t! this is the only large city with a considerable colored population where accurate and complete records have been kept. The colored people appear to have been peculiarly susceptible to diseases of the lungs and of the digestive tract, while comparatively free from —- diphtheria, measles, and other maladies. There is an ex- tremely large mortality among them from con- sumption, and especially among the colored females. The total deaths of colored females from consumption exceeds not only that of colored males, but also that of white females and of white males, notwithstandi the fact that the colored females are much fewer in numbers, — een ALL HALLOW EVE. How to Then Find Out Your Sweet- heart. SOME OF THE QUEER OLD CHARMS AND SPELLS THAT WERE PRACTICED AND MAY NOW BE TRIED. To-morrow night will be All Hallow Eve, or. as it is generally called, “Holly Ev2.” The young boys celebrate it by ringing door- bells, throwing cabbages and indulging in all sorts of mischievous pranks, while young men and maidens seek to pry into the future and see what matrimonial luck is in store for them. The origin of the belief that on this occasion supernatural influences have unusual power;that devils, witches and fairies are abroad; that all spirits are free to roam through space and that the spiritual element in all living humanity can be made to rend its oWn future or reveal to others what fate may have in store for them, probably was far back in Pagan times. ‘The day following is All Saints’ Day, which was established by the church many centuries ago. It was found impossible from the great and constantly increasing multitude of saints to set apart a separate day for each, and so it was de- creed that November 1 should be kept as a day in honor of all the saints and that it should be known as All Hallow Mas, or All Saints’ Day, and that the night of October 31, immediately preceding it, should be kept as a vigil and be nown as All Hallow Eve. These occasions are still observed religiously in the Catholic, Epis- copal and Lutheran churches, HALLOW-E'EN SPELLS. But in all ages and in all countries All Hal- low Eve has been deemed to be the particular occasion when young people of both sexes may learn through various methods of divination whether they will be happily married or wheth- er they are doomed to lives of single blessed- ness. Almost every time and country has its own peculiar charms and spells, many of which have been sung by poets and others, have been ly told by compilers of folk lore. Rob- his poem of “Hallow-e’en,” has givena charming account of many of the charms and spells resorted to by the Scottish peasantry. In an old book, entitled “Ye True Arte to Reade ye Future,” is the following: “If a maid would know ye name of ye man she is to marry, let her on All Hallow Even steal out to a lime kiln and throw therein a clue of blue yarn, still holding to ye other end. Pres- ently ye end in ye kiln will be sharply pulled. Then ye maid must say, ‘Who holds? Where- upon ¥e voice of her future husband will pro- nounce his name, both ye Christian and ye sur name.” A lime kiln isnot han munity, but there are many gil ton who would walk miles to finda lime kiln if they thought they could gain a husband by following the above directions. ANOTHER CHARM. Aquaint old book of charms, published in Edinburg in 1690, entitled “Old Father Time’s Bundle of Faggots Newly Bound Up,” declares that an infallible means of getting a view of your future husband or wife is to go to bed on Hallow Eve with a glass of water, in which a small sliver of wood has been placed, standing on a table by your bedside. In the night you will dream of ‘falling froma bridge into a river and of being rescued by your fu- ture wife or husband, whom you will see as distinctly as though viewed with waking eyes. In another old book, called “Ye Mysteries of Ye Wytche Craft,” there is given a charm “By which a maid may know if ye man she loves be tru To perform this the maid is directed to pluck at midnight on All Hallow Eve two monthly roses with long stems, naming one for herself and the other for her lover. She must then go directly to her sleeping room without speaking to any one, and kneeling be- side her ae pe twine the stems of = two roses together and then repeat the following lines, meanwhile gazing intently upon the rose named for her lover: Letmy love be Seely aaiee if his heart be kind and true, Deeper grow his rose’s hue. If her swain be faithful the color of the rose representing him will grow darker and more intense. Of ali the many Hallow Eve spells and charms, associated with nuts, one of the oldest is that which prevails in some of England's northern counties, and which is to the effect that if a young man or woman will go at mid- night on Hallow Eve to a walnut tree and walk around it three times, crying out each time, “Let him (or her) that is ‘to y my true love bring me some walnuts,” the future wife or husband will be seen in the tree gathering its THE MAGIC OF THE WIND. Avery old Hallow Eve divination, formerly much practiced by English rustics to tell from what quarter of the compass the future hus- band or wife will come, is performed by steal- ing out unobserved at midnight, plucking a small lock of hair from one’s head and casting it to the breeze. Whatever direction it is blown toward is believed to be the location of the future matrimonial r. It is quite likely that the young readers of ‘Tue Stax will try some of the above charms to-morrow night in order to determine for themselves whether there is any virtue in them. If they result in satisfactory predictions, and if those predictions are verified by future hap- mings they will devoutly believe All Hallow ve incantations. If the spells do not work they will say that the practice isa heathen one. ond of course cannot result in good. The House Divorce Case. THE WIFE DENIES THE HUSBAND'S ALLEGATIONS. In the case of Wm. House against Eliza M. House, the respondent yesterday, by Mr. Irving Williamson, filed an answer to the petition for divorce. She denies that her husband had any reason for suspicion of unfaithfulness on her part, and denies the charge of adultery with one Capt, Fields or James H. Herbert, and says ae only foundation for the sation against the latter is he occa- i ing him half the bed clothes in the house when she heard that he was in need. She says that her husband's c! are down stat old and he fifty-six; that the house they live in is hers, and he has no interest in it. tthe anys that she cannot accodnt for the 8 Fi real a Ls 3 ai ii H i Ui gE i F & i : ft er Hi INDUSTRIOUS MURCHISON. He Set Traps for a Number of Others Beside Lord Sackville. A dispatch to the New York Herald dated Los Angeles, Cal., October 28, says: The mystery surrounding the identity of Charles F. Murchison bids fair to remain unex- posed until after the election. Lord Sackville’s gay deceiver was not a resident of Pomona. The scheme was concocted and fostered by the republican leaders here who, now that it has done its work, won't let the cat jump for fear it will leave its claw marks on their party. Had the matter not been lifted into national noto- riety, no qualm of conscience would have inter- fered to keep the writer unknown. Lord Sackville was not the only expected bird in the net set by the mysterious Murehi- son. Letters similar to the one sent him crossed the sea to Joseph Chamberlain, while Canada was invaded by a missive to Statesman Tupper. These gentlemen did not bite at the bait. At the same time the industrious scribbler sent letters to the presiding elders of the Presbyte- rian Church in Missouri, saying that, being a Southern democrat who believed in’ temper- ance, he wished to know whether he should vote for Fisk or Cleveland. He said Californi was a very close state, and that the democratic party did not believe in abstinence. Many answers were recegved to the letters, and all go to show that they were sent for the same pur- pose as the Murchison letter. SAMPLE HYPOCRISY. The following is a sample of the letter sent out from Pomona and just made public here. It was sent to a presiding elder in Missouri. ‘The close similarity of its literary style to that of the Murchison letter is plain: “Pomona CaL., Sept 22, 1888, Dear Stm—An old resident of Missouri, I have need of some information before errs | my vote, and I know no other better qualitie than yourself to give it. as your position in the church gives you powers of observation supe- rior to those of lay members, The duties of a Southern man—a democrat heretofore and still, and also an advocate of temperance—place those of us who are far removed from old asso ciations and memories as we on the Pacific slope are, in some doubt as to whom we should j support. “The state is a very close one, Grant having carried it once by less than 900, and Hancock at another time by only 110; therefore it looks as though a vote cast for Fisk by a temperance democrat is one “rhe alia ben oo cor- responding gain for the republicans, can- not of course, carry a single town in the state, ‘et he represents a good principle. It is there- fore best to ascertain what the brethren South intend to do. If you thing they will vote for Cleveland then it will be best for us to do like- wise, for in union there is strengin. “The information you are ab!» to give and your own opinion in reseed to it w ll, cf course, enable me to vote inteulig and in accord with my old State, and will be gratefully received. Further, it will enable me to inform other brethren not posted on the course they should pursue on election day. An early reply would greafly oblige and be apprecia A CANDID ANSWER. To this, which was signed V. Debruner, there werethree answers received—from J. H. Led- better, of Fayette, Mo.; RK. H. Cooper, of St. Joseph, Mo., and from W. W. McMurray, of Shelbina, Mo. The latter answer is given here- with as a sample: Suersra, Mo., Sept. 26, 1888. “Ma. V. DepauNeR: “Dear Str—Your letter came to hand to-day, being remailed to me here. This is my post- office. Your letterseems to come from a can- did man, though I have never received such a letter from one unknown to me personally. But I take it you are sincere and will answer ladly and sincerely. A good many of our rethren will vote for Fisk and Brooks, though hardly a majority of the Preachers, I think. “To me it seems very desirable to defeat the republicans once more, as they present war issues only and war men, thus perpetuatin: sectional issues only. If they are defeate again the better element of them will certainly turn to the better things of temperance, and then a large element of temperance men among democrats can afford to work with them im so good a cause. But while they still ignore temperance and every issue but some relic of the terrible war it seems to me fblly for menin doubtful states to hope for relief now by voting for Fisk. It will only leave them hopelessly in the chains of sectionalism and whisky, for the republican party is wedded to both. “In our Missouri it is different. It will go for Cleveland by 40.000 or 60,000, and many can show their temperance principles by voting for Fisk witeout aiding directly the republicans, Hoping that this is clear and satisfactory, I close with the hope that the Pacific States will help re-elect so good and grand a man as Cleveland, and thus save the country from a revival of the horrors of sectionalism and bloody shirtism. Would be glad to hear from you again. Direct f Shelbina, Mo. “Yours truly, W. W. McMurray.” Debruner, who is addressed in this letter, is a grocer in Pomona, a naturalized citizen, born in Switzerland, and described as a fanatical re- ublican, who evidently permitted himself to used as a cat's paw at Pomona by the origi- nators of the whole scheme. Being a basiness man, his correspondence did not attract par- ticular notice. STILL LOOKING FOR MURCHISON, A dispatch foom Pomona, Cal., Oct. 29, says: The excitement is still as great as ever here over the Murchison and West letters. Four detectives have been here during the past few days searching for clues to the identity of the author of the Murchison letter. Gen. ‘num has sent word from the national democratic committee to Pomona to spare no expense in the efforts to find Mr. Murchison, and especi- ally to ascertain if Patrick Egan had anything to do with the authorship of the letter. Chairman Quay, in New York, has received a telegram from W. T. Hie aye of the repnb- lican state committee of California, denying that he, Henry T. Gage, or Harrison G. Otis, of the Los Angeles Times, were responsible for the authorship of the Sackville-West letter or that they or their associates, so far as can be learned, knew anything of its conception or had any knowle of the correspondence until after its publication, It is denied at Pomona that Lawyer Bell, of that place, is the author of the letter. ne oo Some Strange Bets. WHAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE AGREED TO Do IF THEIR CANDIDATE IS NOT ELECTED, Among the curions bets upon the result of the coming election may be mentioned the fol- lowing : In St. Louis a saloon proprietor and a kalsominer have agreed that if Harrison is elected the former is to pay the latter's men $3 per day while they whitewash every object in — of his saloon, bay omer of the artistic effects or damage. If Cleveland is elected the kalsominer will pay the expenses of the saloon for one evening, the proprietor having the privilege of inviting everybody he pleases to partake of his treat. in and a sewing-machine A Methodist cle: — have bet on following terms : If Har- n be elected, the sewing-machine man will on two Sundays discharge any duties of the pastor that may have accumulated during the inter- vening weeks. If Cleveland be elected, the pastor will canvass for the sale of sewing-ma- chines for two days, turning the profits over to the winner of the wager. Two United States soldiers at Jefferson Bar- racks, one a republican and the other a demo- erat, have agrecd that the loser shall, on November 7, run a gauntlet of 120 soldiers ranged sixty on aside on the parade ground and armed with regulation rifles topped with bayonets sheathed in cloth and tipped with a rag ball. The path is to be 10 feet wide, and through this the loser is to run, as best he may to save his ribs. 7 ratic young lady of Clarke County, Indiana, has agreed to marry a suitor if Cleve- land be defeated. boa en 5 man agreed to Ard 100 if he be e , or in default of t to marry her. A Scandinavian 8 o'clock a.m. Keahrer el Dick Stover, of Cincinnati, in the Mr. Cleveland is elected, will wear for three months, and in case Harrison is the Mr. Tepe will be under that has already made a to the to withdraw. The ee ee the conditions, ? forfeits THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1889. Progress of Work on the Buildings. Paris Correspondent of the New York Sun, Oct. 10. The business community is more than ever enthusiastic. The exposition of next year is expected to make of the River Seine a new Pactolus, pouring a flood of gold into the city and country. And, most certainly, whatever may be the ill-will or the sneers of the adver- saries of 1789, of its principles and its mem- ories, the preparations made for this World’s Fair and World’s Meeting are on the m gigantic scale. * THE EIFFEL TOWER, after a three or four days’ strike in September, is ascending rapidly. The height is now about 500 feet, or one-half the total elevation. As it narrows gradually in its upward progress, the p vomged of material to hauled up to the lizzy working F seomie i becomes less and less. Besides, they have begun to employ a new system of machinery, Any way, it is to m¢ wonderful spectacle to watch the squads 6f men suspended aloft on their narrow plank footing—Some turning gigantic cranes, some blowing into a fierce Mase the furnaces in which they heat their bolts and other a while on all the four sides of the tower these hardy workers in iron are seen swinging their hammers, driving home the bolts that fasten uprights and cross beams, with nothing beneath them, frequently, but a latform the width of two planks. It is a fear- ‘ul but « marvelous sight, this monumental tower, growing up, up, up till it surpasses any- thing ever attempted by human daring. How high up in mid-air, far above the summits of the loftiest hills around Paris, these poor workmen will be able to continue their labors through the cold and snows of autumn and winter is a problem of human endurance, skill and perseverance which I cannot solve. Mean- while, a person looking over the vast space of the Champ de Mars, to which the Eiffel Tower is to stand as a portal, like the Colossus of Rhodes, beholds A FASCINATING PANORAMA. To the right and left rise up two gigantic and graceful domes,now entirely roofed, glazed,and tinned. They are beginning to ornament them here and there with brilliant settii of glazed tiles, forming a sort of mosaic, yyond the Eiffel Tower, at the end of a broad sweep of ‘dens and shrubbery, interspersed with iosks and fountains, you see the lofty roof and domed portico of ‘the great central exposi- tion hall, Nestling in the spaces between the central building, with its two enormous wings, are fast cinegy oe number of minor structures of every form, destined to receive the products of favored industries. Then all aoe the Quai d'Orsay and the river front, down to the espla- nade of the Invalides, are series of long galle- ries for the reception of agricultural produce and machinery, On each side of the Pont de Jena, and fronting the Trocadero, they are con- structing groups of buildings representing the habitation of man in every country, among all races, and at every stage of civilization. Every dwelling is to be constructed, adorned, and fur- nished as near to the historical reality as possi- le. The Trocadero itself, with its splendid posi- tion, its central buildings, its vast semicircular galleries and colonnades, its cascades and (cage. is to serve for a horticultural exhi- ition. ‘Besides this they have just opened in the upper and lower galleries of the colonnades museums ee ae In the left wing are exposed casts of all the masterpieces of ancient, medizyval, and modern sculpture, together with casts and photographs of all the most renowned buildings of the East and West. A WONDERFUL ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM. The right wing is an ethnological museum, if possible more attractive and more instructive than the former. Here you have treasured up, classified, and explained archwological remains from every land under the sun—buildings sacred and profane, costumes, ornaments, do- mestic utensils, household furniture, weapons for war and the chase—and for every country and tribe, civilized or uncivilized, lifelike statues of both sexes in their respective cos- tumes. At the end of one gallery isa Samoyede encampment, which, at a distance, seems a reality. The burial of the dead is also vividly illustrated for all times and nations. A very large space is devoted to American ethno- graphy. The various peoples of the Southern continent stand out before us faithfully por- trayed. and the casts ‘of monuments and life- like groups of Brazilian Indians, ibs, Pata- gonians, Peruvians, are made more interestin, still by the large and beautiful drawings o' scenery from the hand of the most celebrated French explorers, I was particularly struck by the extraordi- nary wealth accumulated in the space allotted to Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Ari- zona, California, &c. New Mexico and Colo- rado, with their pueblos, are moreover beauti- fully and strikingly illustrated by artistic colored sketches of scenery taken on the spot, in which some of the figures appear to be as large as life. The casts of the monuments, idols, &c., of the ruined cities of Central Amer- ica and Mexico fill the mind with wonder. —— Why the Kaiser is Angry. HE RESENTS UNFAVORABLE COMPARISON OF HIM- SELF WITH EMPEROR FREDERICK. In reply to a request of the Berlin municipal council for an explanation of the emperor's speech of Saturday, the following, which is the revised and most explicit text of the conclud- ing passagesof the speech, was sent to Mayor Forckenbeck: “I cannot but give expression to a very pain- fal reminiscence of my journey. While I have devoted health and strength to securing the peace and welfare of the Fatherland, and thus to the capital also, by creating ties of friend- ship, the daily press of the ublicity to and spoken about family in a manner which a private individual would never tolerate. I am not only infully impressed by this, but my di¢pleasure been aroused. I wish, above all, that the continu- ous citing of the name of my departed father shall cease. It most deeply injures my feelings as his son, and it is in the highest degree un- becoming. I trust that when I choose Ber- lin as my Ptieagoe residence—and as a Berjiner it always attracts me—the people will avoid making the private relations of my family the subject of press discussion, The duties uniting a prince with his people for the | sed taps of making the Fatherland great and ppy are numerous and important enough for them to devote their whole attention to it ina thoroughly patriotic manner, allowing all other affairs, such as I have already mentioned, to rest without giving them Publicity. They should combine to use their strength in a faith- ful devotion to these high and noble acts. I trust the representatives of Berlin, to receive whom gives me a ial pleasure, will en- deavor in this matter to perform their part.” The passage in which the emperor rebukes the press for quoting the Emperor Frederick in unfavorable com] n_with himself elicits special interest. ie first semi-official copy contained no explicit reference to the Emperor Frederick. THE EMPEROR VISITS HAMBURG. Emperor William arrived in Hamburg yester- day. He was received by the senators in a body. The le_greeted the emperor with great eathedean, ‘the emperor drove! through the city in a carriage drawn by four black horses. Gen. von Moltke and Count Herbert Bismarck followed in a second carriage. At in- tervals reer y-se route children presented the emperor with flowers. The senators conducted the emperor to the site of the structure which is to commemorate the inclusion of the city in the customs union. The emperor took a trowel and snallet, spread mortar over the stone, Soeed the stone and said: ‘For God’s honor, for the good of the Fatherland and for the wel- fare of Hamburg.” After Gen. von Moltke, Herr Petersen and Herr von Boetticher had made hes the em steamed through the customs canal to the new Elbe bridge and inspected the forts. He stood on the of the steamer, king a ci id chat with those around hia, When ‘Prot Delésiek ed ‘bout to kiss Two Statesmen’s Wives. Cassell's Family Magazine for November. BISMARCK, Suasiration St ‘or body, but the ha iration of ever: but the ines of one. She has al the’ firmness that does not exclude delicacy; she has all the soft- ness that does not imply weakness. Her voice is a low, soft music, not formed to rule in public assemblies, but to charm those who can ish a company from a crowd; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. To describe her body describes her mind; one is the transcript of the other. She discovers the right and wrong of things, not by reasoning, but by sagacity. No person of so few years can know the world better, no Person was ever less corrupted by that knowl- edge. She has a true generosity of temper, the most extravagant cannot be more unbounded in their liberality, the most covetous not more cautious in their distribution. Her politeness seems to flow rather from a natural disposition to oblige than from any rules on the subject. It is long before she chooses, but then it is | fixed forever, and the first hours of romantic | friendship are not warmer than hers after the lapse of years. As she never di her good nature by severe reflections on earned, 80 she never degrades her judgment by immod- erate or ill-placed prsises, for everything vio- lent is contrary to her gentleness‘of disposition and the evenness of her virtue.” LORD BEACONSFIELD described his wife as ‘the severest of critics, but a perfect wife.” She was the widow of his friend, Mr. Wyndham Lewis, and twenty years his elder. The it affection which Disraeli entertained for his wife, whom he always es- teemed as the founder of his fortunes, iser known. She was in the habit of traveling with him on almost all occasions, At a dinner party a friend of the earl had no better taste than to expostulate with him for always taking the viscountess with him. “I cannot under- stand it,” said the graceless man, “for you know you make yourself a perfect laughing stock wherever your wife 8 with you.” Dis- raeli fixed his eyes upon him very expressively and said: “I don’t suppose you can under- stand it, B—-, I don’t su you can un- derstand it, for no one cor ever in the last and wildest paps of ie pe ca tion suppose you to be guilty of gratit e On the 8d of April, 1872, Disraeli_ made a great speech in the Free Trade Hall, Manches- ter. In a box at the end of the hall, opposite the platform, set several ladies, conspicuous among others being Lady Beaconsfielt We are told by one who was on the platform that next in interest to the great speech of the —— were the sympathetic face of the ora- tor’s wife and the way in which from time to time the orator lifted his head as if to ask for her approval. When all was over Mr. Disraeli waited in the retiring room for a short time and was then driven rapidly to the house of his host, Mr. Romaine Callender, in Victoria Park. There Lady Beaconsfield was awaiting him, and no sooner were the carriage wheels heard upon the gravel than she hurried from the drawing-room to the hall, rushed into the arms of her husband, embraced him rapturously, and exclaimed: ‘‘Oh, Dizzy! Dizzy! this is the Greatest night of all! This pays for all!” ee ae A Maid of Alabama. Alabama Letter in the Philadelphia Times, She is a girl, nota girl of the period, nor a typical girl of the South, but just our own Diana, who can drive like Jehu, ride and shoot like a cowboy, run like a professional, and swim like a duck. She will go rowing with no company but her dog and gun, and she can ae her oars, spring to her feet with her gun, and shoot a marsh hen or —— without rocking the boat or misplacing the oars, She sle on pillows of down from birds and ducks killed by her own hand, and expects by next spring to have enough feathers of the same kind to make a feather-bed. I neglected to mention what, perhaps, is more remarkable than her other accomplish- ments, that she can drive a nail without mash- ing ee fingers. Nee Fema oe ed a oot to goo urpose. le studying for a pri at eohooll wie was taken with a violent ‘both. ache. Her mother forbade her going to school in such violent pain, and there was no dentist ‘obile. So, with a sudden re- solve, she got a nail, and, holding it against the ‘otk, shé trove it cat (or more likely in), with one blow of the hammer, then she went to school and won the prize. She has kindly taught me how to row with a stroke, and how to swim with an inflated pillow-case. Now she would teach me how to shoot. Ican make ready and take aim, but when the time comes to fire, my fingers are so occupied with stop- ping my ears I cannot pull the ger. Diana knows every cattle mark in the com- munity, She owns quite a number of shee: and cows, and can tell at a glance if one missing. At present Diana’s most ardent ad- mirer is a man who can neither ride, drive, row, or swim, shoot a gun or smoke a cigar. This may be the irony of fate, but I suspect it is fate, nevertheless, for she imagines now that she detests him, and that is usually one of the shadows cast before the coming event. ———— eee. What Communism Would Lead To. From the Nineteenth Century. Down in South Mexico somewhere there is a town with a silver mine filled with water. Now, the people in that town are probably the poor- est people on the face of the globe, for they have absolutely nothing. The water in the mine prevents them getting at the silver and belief in the mine keeps them working at the water. To enable them to continue their o) rations they have sold off literally everything that they had. There isn’t a coat in the town, nor a sheet in the town, nor even an umbrella. There is nothing to eat in the woods around the town, for there are no woods with- in a hundred miles of the town, and there is nothing to drink in the town except the water of the mine, which is breokiah, Lastly, there is at the it mo- ment no town there at all, since an inconsider- ate earthquake some few weeks ago reduced the place to ruins. What do you think the name of this town is, or, let me say, was? Well, its name was “Paradise.” In this little icture we have Communism in a nutshell. its advocates believe it a mine of wealth, and nearer than confidence prevents from see! fortunes in other fields. In spite of its para- daisical promises it leads to starvation, and, as to the earthquake, the only difference is that, instead of winding up with one, Communism would require an earthquake to begin with. Lastly, the water in the mine would be bitter and brackish, and though we should have esumably t rid of our usurers, they would have w: away with all that we had. Wh of these results en the teachings men are seen to lead inevitably to such as we have recently witnessed in one of the fairest cities of the new world, the immolation of four of their di and disciples to the majesty of the law they had defied, and when the same teachings in the old world spur the thoughtless multitude on to rioting and to in- vasion of the sanctuaries of religion; further, when state aid is being solicited for ail sorts of it is time to take a decided stand in The terests of the workingmen :_ Life is Sweet. From the New York Sun. “Brown,” said Robinson, “you seem to be the happiest man on earth, When I saw you last, nearly a year ago, you were as bright and cheerful as a bird.” | Brown, “I was just about elected?” Indiana girl—‘T_ have. If I lose, the gentle- man can élaim my hand. If I win he must pay “cou are working hard for Harrison, no “N—o, Iam for Cleveland.” ae ee ee Reconstructing the Cabinet. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. The Washington correspondent of the Boston ——S=—= Herald has already commenced the recon- struction of the present Cabinet in en. | Cooma Br Gus ticipation of Mr. Cleveland's reelection. He ame says: Mr. eee Mr. Vilas and Mr. A full line of Dickinson are only members of the COOKING STOVES oe. Mi Bayard air. Endicott will both ‘. an a be extremely anxious to remain, but one or| ™h31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Peg EE chai of the fouse in order to is : Gaz | Carvers: Canpers:: Canrers::: land’s pl it justice. | we recei} Fall of BIGELOW, Mr. Scott, of Pennsyl may possibly come LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CaMPETS BODY into the Cabinet, bat the appointment of Cal-| BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, vin Brice, if he will place, will be | THREE-PLYS, INGRAINS, and ART SQUARES, more probable. Should Mr. Carlisle come | RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great into the apy McMillan, of Tennessee, | variety. An inapection of our stock is solicited. a =e ie coming man for Speaker 2625-3: HOOE, BRO. Foe eae 815 7th st. B. LEPREUX & Reena * . ers 1s ae ellie all foe- White Back from Loe. to 30. Exboased Gilt from guaranteed first class. Fresco ‘Tutiog « “Sr LEPR 7th street cars pass the door. ——_——_<or—____. Went Down With All on Board. AN UNKNOWN SCHOONER LOST OFF MAINE, A special to the Bangor (Maine) Qom- mercial says: Captain Tufts, of the schooner E. H. Foster, of and for St. John, N. B., from New York, October 16, put into South West Harbor, October 26, and re} that on Wednesday 24th he fell in with an own schooner on Jeffrey's Bank, about 8 = At sewbeng: le, accompanied by snow and rain. cap- ee of the Foster format) that the strange schooner was steering ly, and was falli astern. He watched for signals of distress, an: was pre} to render assistance. A little later, being then about 13, miles in the rear, the unknown schooner suddenly sank, and . to Re a ALTINORE AND OH1O RATEROAD. in ef 29, 5 we Washington from station coruer of New Jersey avenue and C st. Capt. Tufts has no doubt that all on ‘board | ,For id Northwest, vestibuled limited ex- went down with her. ‘The unknown schooner page Cinclansti and Si Louie expres, dally, 3 and appeared to be of 120 tons and of American | 9:45pm, build. For ttsburg aud Cleveland, estibuled Mmited ex. ie er Eerept wot aca nce no Tee Errors in Telegraphic Messages. ans Ne ‘and Wilnumeten 7:30 @. A flash of lightning in America may cause an | ™3:0° 404.925 p. m. datiy; express. Set extra dot in Europe, and (in the Morse system) | Phi p.m. * man becomes war. An earthquake in Japan points, §7:30 am, may send a dash through Frame, and life be- Pa 4 Sie p45. 11 comes wife. A wild goose flying against a 30, 645, 8: Sbvand telegraph wire might drive it into momentary gs 8590, 9588, Sm contact with another wire, and sight might be- come night. Nine-tenths of the errors made, am. 12:10 and 4:30 5 Lea however, are due to the execrable caligraphy 108, 3:30,8'B0 pan “ean the present day. As a matter of fact, the telegraphist delivers to the editor of a news- 40,8: Prod ns paper “tony,” far more accu@ate than the first | p.m. "On Sundays, 5:30. m., Tis, #50. aS 6:45. Proof of his own leader submitted by the | ,. fi ayeme gm the Metropolitan Branch, 74:35 0, printer. The quantity of news transmit $4585. 15:30 ad TOS poms Only: *20:10 aw. d is +4 5 enormous; an average of 1,538,270 words are | "For Guithe ad intermediate points, 9:00 a. delivered per day. At the recent republican mgt 30,0 a SES Re zon pm, convention in Chicago 500,000 words were sent | 510:00 p.m. in one night, and when Mr. Gladstone intro- arch trains leave Ws hh SO Lag Sh teased Mea ected | Wich garage een 4 words were sent cent Fe 2 4 J d pectedianeny sa a EF rederick, 120:10 am, 18:00, 14:35, 15:30. wa, 10:10 am..and t5:30 from Chi 7:20 a.m, aid 5:15 Innatl and St. Louis p from Pittaburg daily 7:90 Sime S18 Chester and ington, end 110 tem ages termediate north of am. Sundays niece-wife, to go with her asa visitor to the Quirinal. His principles force him to regard the king of Italy there as a sacrilegious house- breaker. The duchess of Aosta was by all ac- counts the belle of the banquet given at the Quirinal in honor of the German emperor. It having been impossible to exclude Signora Crispi alone from the banquet given by the $8 4 : CHAS, 0. 8C’ Cy ty king and queen of Italy to the German em- called for and peror, fhe Moore Of the banquetin, room were orders left af Closed against the wives of all the cabinet : ministers. Whats band of furies this exclu- sion must have turned them into! Be pre- pared to hear of the husbands of those who were kept out in the cold with the prime minister's wife fin an opportunit get rid of Crispi and to patch up a cabinet without Asking Too Much. From the New York Sun. Dumley (to Brown)—“I say, Brown, did you chip in $5 with the rest of the boys for the charity fund?” Brown—*No, I can’t afford to give rent 95.” Dumley—“Well, that’s the way I feel. By = way, Brown, can you lend me a V for a few ‘own—“Can't do it, ibly, Dumley. Didn't I just tell you that I can’t afford togive away $5." ———__.9 The Grant-Badeau Case. 4 COMPROMISE AGREED UPON BETWEEN MRS. GRANT AND THE GENERAL. A special to the Philadelphia Press from New York, October 29, says: A suit to recover $10,000 and interest for services rendered to Gen. Grant while the latter was engaged in preparing his ‘Personal Memoirs” was @ few months ago by Gen. Adam Badean. day the case was settled, and the settlement was of the precise nature that the widow of Gen. Grant agreed to at the beginning of the controversy. Mrs. Grant never disputed the fact of her husband’s having made a contract with Gen. Badeau. The ¢! , however, as originally checks 1 - presented and as sought to be enforced ‘in the | syivanis avenue stat Borssre omen, 1300 Penn suit, was coupled with an assertion of joint au- Oth and Bete, AS. L. TAYLO! thorship of Gen. Grant’s personal memoirs. | ~ mie GEASS meral Passenger Agent. _ Mrs. Grant could not for a moment admit the ‘PEN! truth of this assertion nor Hom pee any claim TO THE NORT! . of which such assertion formed a part. bee TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY. Recently Gen. Badeau withdrew from his nel AS UIPMENT. suit the offensive allegation of joint author- ship and expressed his willingness, to waive any intention, desire, or right to claim the au- ‘STATION, B STREETS, AS FOL’ Lows: thorship of the memoirs, and to admit that its | ¥"ypatimas Vendtaia Sere hated Express of composition was entirely that of Gen. Grant, Line, 9:50 au. gully, to Cincinnati and St. Louts, and to limit his claim to that of suggestion, re- | auid"iacchamtrcnrs grow Pittsburg to Cinciunati, vision, and verification, Under these circum- day, to Chicago, with Sleeping Car Altoona to Chi- stances, the position of Mrs. Grant being fully cago. Western Express, at 7:40 p.m. Salty, with acknowledged and vindicated, she has paid the | leer Gare Washington to Chea and c—) claim, Sleepers for Louisville and Memphis. Pacific Ex- ———+oe—_____— Press: 10:00 pain. daily, for Pittsburg and the The Horrors of Getting Fat. fest, dy through Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pitts- Edgar Fawcett in Once s Week. “BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. ‘The pale invalid does not mark fresh proofs For frie Cananaigun tz 1 Rochester. daily: for But- of emaciation morning after morning with half | __m. with pecere, dolly cucopt Saturday, » so keen a solicitude as that shown by the | For Williamsport, Cock Haven, abd Elmira, at 0 threatened victim of obesity; for invalids, asa For New fork the East rule, are rather careless about personnel, while people who are growing stout often disclose an 220 Ba r eager regard for it. Their sensitiveness, too, a _ daily, 245 De has become proverbial, and Tshould. say’ thai Por Boston without Conte E00 p.m. overy day. this arose — ——— rye ae ey, are wet Lf Y¥.. ali through me mneet 5 pi Zor. becomii pressed away by their own wey boats of Brooklyn Anne; avoirdupoe | from all the romanticism and pic- Gieect Caneter So Fuitn asest, evelding double turesqueness of life. But especially is this 00, 1 00, and 11-40 am’, true when they are of the softer sex. Flesh - “16 600 10 Boi has wrought more dolorous havoc in the femi- "b0' ail bees ooo gens nine than in the masculine bosom. We all find daily, with Dining that a fat Romeo somewhat crucial to put up | »,, 9s; 9:50, 11.00, with, but we will not have a fat Juliet at any | For Baltimo $0, 950, 12:90, price; we should prefer one, indeed, beside 4:40, 6: pm, On Sun- whom Sarah Bernhardt appearedatrifle plump. | 49,9) Bt 2:00, 3:45 It has: been my impression that the sorrows x 4:40 p.m. aaity, of fat women still wait to be patheticall, : recorded. As aclass they have been ridic 32: abundantly. Their kindlier chronicler yet to look into his heart and write about them. He will tell what agony they have suffered from the sae phrase, “You to be very well,” and how they have ively shud- dered when the word “healthy” has left the lips of some innocent friend. He will touch q those bitter qualms of embarrassment which aro felt when a member of their sect shall enter a stree men rise tly instead of one. He will mention, their tremulous distrust of -. ilo looking chairs, But this will not incl the whole substance of his exposition, for he cannot, as a conscientious annalist, those data of dieting which include a cult of roast beef, fish and muon tise, ous woidance of sugar, and In presenting THE EVENING STAR in tts new dress and improved form, attention is called to its peculiar merits as a news and family paper, a8 Well as to the extraordinary advantages it affords wo advertisers. ‘THE Stax is freely conceded by high professional Suthority, which but echoes the expression of the general public,—that““ THERE IS NO BETTER EVENING NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES.” But even more thawthis may be justly claimed for it. In all that relates to the compos tion of @ first-class journal, devoted to news, busi- ness, family and local affairs, it takes rank with the very best in the world, and in the special quabk ities named it is not surpassed by any. 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It is, in brief, wholly untrammeled by any other interest or consideration than that of serving the public, and securing as far as possible the wel- fare of the family circle, and of society as a whole. With these general objects in view, what Tam Stam specially concerns itself with, and that to which it gives its best efforts, may be briefly de- scribed as THE INTERESTS OF WASHINGTON AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To these the paper has been unswervingly devoted since its present management assumed its direction, and this policy will characterize the future career of the paper as prominently as it has marked its past history. AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. The EVENING STAR claims to be and can com clusively establish that it Is the best local advertis~ ing medium in the world’ NO OTHER PAPER PRINTED CIRCULATRS SO MANY COPIES IN THE CITY OF ITS PUBLICATION, IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION. It is - | hardly too much to say that it is read by the mem- bers of every family in the District of Columbia. It is peculiarly the favorite of the home circle, and {s no less to be found in the counting room and the Work shop. It follows, therefore, that as an agent of publicity within the National Capital and com- tiguous territory it has no rival. An announce ment in its columns practically meets all eyes, and, in proportion to the service it gives, its advertising rates rank with the lowest in the country. Being low, they are rigidly adhered tw. There only re mains to be added on this head, as an indication of the esteem in which the paper is held bythe business public, which best understands its own interests in this respect, that each year in the his tory of the paper shows a large increase both in the number of subscribers and of new advertisements printed over its predecessor. For example, during the first nine months of the present year the average daily circulation of the paper has been 26,651 copies, and the whole number of new advertisements printed 39,693, against an average daily circulation of 25,427 copies and 38,504 new advertisements dur- ing the corresponding period in 1887. In short, THE STAR has never taken a backward step, and its conductors are determined that it never shall take one. THE WEEKLY STAR* Is especiaily commended to that portion of the Feading public who desire to be kept advised of affairs at the seat of government, and are so situ- ‘Ated as not to need or care for « daily paper. Itis in every respect a first-class family journal. Its ‘news is carefully collected, and may be depended upon to be fresh and authentic. 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