Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1889, Page 6

A FRUITLESS MISSION. Why Two Government Agents were lad to Return Home. ‘The average American citizen who has not tasted of the sweets of office would probably jump at an appointment of “special agent” for the United States of any description what- soever. The statement that a “special agent's” life 1s not always unalloyed bliss is susceptible ‘oof. and there is, resident in this city, a witness who could be called to support The witness in this case is Mr. LS « well-known lawyer, who has been for some time in the employ of the Depart- meat of Justice as an assistant attorney. Mr. Lyon arrived in this city and reached his com- fortable home, at 112 2d street southeast. on Thursday morning last. and the probabilities are that he was more glad to reach the shelter of his own roof than he had ever been before. Accompanying Mr. Lyon was Mr. E. Richmond, a@ special of the Attorney-General’s de- partment, and he, too. was well pleased to see ence more the gracefal curves of the capitol | dome and to look again upon the snowy shaft which pierces the clouds. r To tell in detail the whole story of the trip from which the two officials returned on Thurs- day would make a long story, but the facts are condensed in the following. the main features | of which were extracted from Mr. Lyon last | night by a Star reporter, who had heard some- | thing of the strange experiences undergone by | him and his companion. THE CLAM. Ever since the close of the war of the rebellion acertain claim against the United States for cot- ton, which, it was alleged, the government took | away and di ed of, has been pending in one or other of the courts. The original cls died some ten yeurs ago, killed, it was said, in a | street fight; bat the claim has been urged very | persistently by his heirs, both of whom are in | the departmental service in this city. The | matter was well worth fighting about, for if | the claimant's heirs could only prove the case, | they would become the possessors jointly of about half a million dollars. The government's law adVisers also thought the little £500,000 trifle was worthy an effort on their part. so they prepared to upset any and every claim that might be made against the Treasury de- partment. The case at last got into the ¢ t of Clams, and there it will probably meet with its fate at no very distant day. THE MISSION. The Attorney-General did not believe the claim was a just one, so he detailed a couple of agents to go down into Arkansas and Lovisiana to take testimony in the case. Mr. Richmond j and Mr. Lyon were the two. Both hed been, previous to the present administration. em- | ploses in the Department of Justice, but the whirl of the political wheel was so rapid that | both flew off its periphery into the more inde- pendent and more profitable sphere of private al endeavor. Their knowledge of » and ancient claims as th however. and their experie in times past was of snch impor- to the oitice that they were engaged to y which the to its case, started ited a number of places in the south where witnesses were supposed to be, and from many of these witnesses he learned sufli- cient to believe that even supposing that the cotton in question had been seized. the owner had no claim upon the gov- ernment, for during the war it was claimed sssertion he had been an active sympathizer with the “lost cause.” Mr. Lyon followed not long Richmond, and the two met et Grand after Mr. Ark. From this place the arranged to go to « ferry near ( reed and made afiiday heecffect that d Jaimant had gi colored be e witness” ter on the for an ther exerting lerate side. this witness was not too pl ner Were secured as guide. considerable attention destination, and a men, some of whom passed ‘agon several times, made the identit with him, inquiry the i THE SITUATION. | When the agents arrived at Oak Grove they | Were somewhat surprised to learn that one of the heirs had only left there on the pre . ing spent a week in the neighbor. |. It seems that it had been learned from counsel just what the government was going to | ie; Sele leave of ahacane ts m the Treasury i partment was secured and Lou as vis- ited to see if the plans of the opponents could not. in some degree, be counteracted. Just what was said. or did, or promised, does not yet appear, but the people of that region were | decidedly ‘inflamed against the government | agents when they arrived. and seem to have re- | mained in a state of inflammation until they | went away. IT WAS DARK when Mr. Lyon, Mr. Richmond and their farmer guide arrived at Oak Grove, where they found temporary shelter in the house of a practicing rexident’ physician. Everything moved along quiet!y until a little after 9o'clock, and then the house was surrounded by a num- ber of armed men and about thirty shots were fired around and into the premises to the terror of the doctor's family and the doctor's guests. The besieged barricaded the doors and windows and made ready to defend themselves as best they could with aconple of shotguns and four or five revolvers. No effort having been made to enter the house and the yelling band having withdrawn before daylight the front door was unbarred and the doctor ventured out. On one of the gate posts was a sheet of paper, and on it, beneath a rudely-drawn skull and cross- bones, was a notice to the farmer (who was well known to the vicinity) requesting him and his companions to get out of the county that | morning. and notifying them that the desired witness would not testify for the government. The doctor said that he was satistied that | further stay in that region or continued search | for their man wouid be at the risk of the agents’ lives, and he. therefore. advised them to beat a speedy retreat. Acting under this advice,which was seconded by their own apprehensions. the | Officials left at once for G . Lake. | What would have happened had they con- tinued their search for the witness is unknown. bat one thing is certain—they would not have found him. He was spirited away; leaving Oak Grove about the same time as the heir de- parted therefrom. He has, however, turned | up since, and is an ardent and enthusiastic wit- ness for the claimant, his previous affidavit to the contrary notwithstanding. The next agent | Who is sent by the Department of Justice down to Louisiana to take testimony in a case where the government is defendant will probably first make a requisition on the War Department for ® Gatling gun or else will shield himself behind af immediate resignation. He Has Forgotten It. From the Atlanta J. 1s Associate Justice Lucius Quintius Cevitius Lamar. it is well known. has never made his “eireuit™ of the federal courts of the southern district. He is expected to do so; in fact, the law says he must do so once a year, but the justice has never been scen on his judicial rounds. “Why does not Mr. Lamar make the circuit?” was asked of a United States court official. “I don't know. Justice Wood used to goon the circuit pretty regularly; but I suppose Mr. Lamar has forgotten about it. You know, when he leaves Washington he takes a memorandum of what he must carry with him, he is so absent- minded; and it is said that on one occasion a slip of paper was found near his desk reading, emo: one e.” He was doubtless afraid he would forget her.” ns The Mine a Girl Discovered. From the Aspen (Colorado) Chronicle. j Next im importance among the mines here is the Sunset, which was discovered two years | ago by Miss Mina Ingraham, a stepdaughter of | Mr. Meylette. Wandering out from camp y. she returned with afew specimens whi she had picked up. Her mother deemed them | worth investigation, and the same afternoon | Miss Ingraham went with her father in quest | of She place where she hud found the ores. Clgnbering up the side of a cliff with the grace | ofa mountain gazelle, she stooped down and | marked the spot just asthe sun was sinking behind the distant ridge of the Elk range. A “discovery stake” had been prepared, and was | imme dialely set up on the spot. About fifteen | months ago this claim was leased and bonded to the Gi ie brothers, who at once organized _ Sunset mining company and began working ———e-______ Mrs. Eliza Hargrove. « well-known lady, — 6 miles from Marietta, Ga., was mur- dered yesterday. Indications are that she was gurdered for money. | ruined, ; money and when to take it up. | the current Popular Science Moni SCENES AT MONTE CARLO. ‘Two Types of Women Whose Money Is Raked In by the Croupiers. Correspondence Springfield Republican. Do you see that little, white-haired woman atthe trente-et-quarante table, with piles of gold and bank notes scattered around her in such confusion that you wonder how she knows which are hers and which her neighbor's? She wears the biggest diamonds in the room and plays the most recklessly, undaunted by evil eyes or any other eyes. She is a duchess, who last year lost 17.000 francs in one night. This Year she will lose as much or more, and next year come again, and keep on coming as long as she has any money left or can borrow any of her friends. That lady atthe table near the center of the room, at whom the croupiers look disapprovingly, as if afraid she will “break the bank must now have a piece of the hang- man’s rope around her neck, although it is said that last year she lost £3,000; but she is rich and it does not matter as much to her as to the girl beyond, who risks her all and loses, and then with a look sad to see upon so young a e, searches vainly in her purse for another five-frane piece with which to try again. Will (she learn wisdom from her defeat of to-day? Not atall. She has tasted the poison which is working like madness in her brain, and if she cannot bx will perhaps pawn some of her jewelry or dress and come again to-morrow, hoping to do better than to-day. Were she a man she might at last, when irretrievably asibly kill herself. But she is a wo- ps such holds her life more sacred, man an¢ Down at the end of the table isa woman so old or blind. or both, that she does not know when Pitiable spec- tacle of womanhood, with bleared eyes and shaking hands, which searce can hold the gold is squandering so wantonly. But to me she is not so pitiable as that fair oung English giri whom I watched for a week and by whom i stood when she made her first venture with a five-frane picee and lost! But there were more in her purse, and with the exclamation, “I must win,” she put them down one after another until she struck a fortunate nmmber and got back all she had lost, while I ld not help thinking that it would have eon far better for her if every drop of the ball had been against her. She was so pretty and sweet to look at and apparently so fresh and innocent that I felt irresistibly drawn to- ward her, and watched day after day as she be ore and more accustomed to the healthy moral atmosphere she was breathing. It seemed to take the freshness from her fa became flushed and red with excite: while her eyes lost their shy, modest look and met the eyes of those around lier unnesitat- ingly, Howl pitied her. for could sit at @ gamin y shoulder to shoulder with some of the worst men and women in the world, and leave the place as pure as ehe entered it. Beside her was her mother, with a face more like a Madon- na than gambler w And there day after day, a ghtafter nignt, ing. winning and losing, and ame there was not in churcha more devout worshiper than that young girl whom for days 12 o'clock in the morning and 1 o'clock at ht h t of all. I heard she was there y afternoon, almost before the ‘saig in the morning had died At Monte Carlo there is no as the Casino is concerned. rts, which are free, and the play go onas usual. The trains come loaded from Nice and Mentone, and-the tables are just as crowded with anxious, feverish, excited people, as if there were no God and no commandment to keep his Sabbath holy. upon her lips. da oe amuse The Evolution of Woman. From Harper's Max: If we lookback a quarter of a century there | is no change so marked in social and business life as that in the position of women in regard ation, em ent, and freedom of ac- nd this position of self-dependence and self-defense is taken without any question. A few years ago in London it was not just the ran unmarried girl to be seen abroad e even in her mother’s carriage. She may now be seen in a hansom. not long ago | 5 n to travel | of spirited 0 clear round the world together and without exciting any sen- dangerous _ thi the world safe, if zine. more as are entirely Perhaps we might’ h | anxiety for the well-being of a young man or a| couple of young men on the same journey. timent far concerned, | they desire to | ‘e more cause for ‘The worid in all civilized lands wili treat the woman as she wishes to be treated. It seems to be well settled women can protect them- ‘ives, now that permitted to do so, ¥ ean come as near to supporting | mselves a8 a good many men, — Indeed, pong the colored women of the sonth it is quite a prevalent question whether they can afford to take husbands. It is « subject of con- nt speculation w ffect this change of position wi have upon the c sex. The sex has always despised a man who is not independent and self-sustaining. The men have liked women who were not too inde- pendent. Will women be lessattractive to men as they become less helpless, and will their in- dependence work a subtle change in their nature which will be increasing as on, according to the laws of heredi the habit of self-reliance, of taking active part in business, perhaps in pelitics (for a good many women are saying that they will be will- ing to vote and run, or saunter, for office, if Providence puts the ballot in their hands), put certain other admirable qualities in place of the acknowledged feminine graces and charms? This is an open question, and one much more important than the tariff or the surplus—even the reported surplus of women in certain states. For it cannot be but that the educa- tion of women and their increasing freedom of action will as virtually affect this nation as it has already affected the visible aspect of mod- ern lite. soo A Bailiff Levies on a Train. From the Macon Telegraph. The Covington and Macon fast train, due at lo’clock yesterday, was half an hour late. Two men had claims against Colonel Machen, oes Will | | the head of the road, amounting to $40. The lien was placed in the hands of Baliff Dickens, with orders to get the money. He walked down to the station and in a few minutes the regular passenger and mail train from Macon came thundering up to the station. As it | stopped a trace chain was run through a wheel on the track, ngine and mail car and locked to the This delayed the train half 4n_hour. struck the baliff that he was ving Unele Sam's rules in stopping a il Wain, so the shackles were loosed and the train allowed to proceed on its w: see Up With the Boys. From the Chicago Ledger. “Why. urks, you look dreadfully peaked!” 1 so.” p all night 2” ad vith the boys, eh? You sly raseal !” actly—with two of them terday; both boys.” soe Mrs. Shaw’s Rival. From the New York Graphic. Mrs. Alice Shaw, the whistling prima donna, met at Springfield, Mass., last week a male in the art of puckering lips and emitting sound. His name is Thomas B. Brown and he was givena place on the same program as Mra, Shaw. by her manager, Major Pond. The lad: has the ‘advantage over hiin, the local eri say, but he --possesses one strong feature which Mrs, Shaw lacks, and that is his peculiar double- tongueing.” There must be somethit wrong in this statement, although wé reproduced it from the Springtield Republican, because there never has been a time in the world’s histor: when in any matter of tongue a woman could not come out ahead of a man, P € i | where access to standard time is inconvenient | is thus explained by the Locomotive: Select two | | westerly window can be chosen which faces | building anywhere more than 25 to 30 feet dis- | tant, we d found at the gaming | | stantial is wanted, fix'a thin piece of metal, | with a very small holein it to sight through, | corded, then to find out at any 4 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., T BLACK FRIDAY. Henry Clews’ Explanation of the Good and Evil in That Conception. Gath, in Cincinnati Enquirer. “What is your explanation of Black Friday?” “I think there was good mixed with evil in that conception. We had a great crop in 1869, and it was desirable to stimulate its export. The Treasury had been selling gold to keep the price down, and gold was the cheapest of our products at that time, being artificially de- pressed, and would therefore leave the country quicker than the grain, in the settlement of foreign accounts. It was known to Jay Gould and others that the government would rot sell gold. They also commenced to buy it, and bo claim that they did so to stimulate cotton id grain exportation and rad wey high in 7 anette = — be se at the — ent time e popular education on the subject by some who would have laughed at the explanation twenty years ago. It has been almost twenty years since Black Friday. Gould therefore had accumulated dur- ing three months considerable gold, which he had bought at from 135 to 140, "The day before Black Friday Jim Fisk joined the combination, and it struck him that he could carry up gold with what the pool had and what the govern- | ment had locked up, to an immense figure. The original crowd had consisted of Gould, Stern Brothers, of London, and &. 8. Wood- ward of the Rock Island corner. Gould acquired the two last interests, and Fisk, it is supposed, came to his help. On Friday morning Fisk be- gan to buy great blocks of gold through his brokers, Belden & Speyer. I sent a telegram to Secretary Boutwell and one to President Grant, urging gold to be sold, the moment I saw it was running up so fast. The collector in the sub-treasury of New York did the same. The government, therefore, sold 25,000,000 of | gold. In the meantime, Fisk's brokers had run it up to 160. In two hours it was down to 132. But Speyer, who had lost his head, had | been told by Fisk to buy in million lots all he could get at 160. So, in the same room | Speyer was paying this ‘price, while within a | few fect of him gold was being sold in moder- ate amounts at 140 and more. Even when it was down to 135 Speyer was bidding 160, and taking $1,000,000 at a time. Some of the brok- ers bought the gold back at 140, being satisfied with a profit of 20 per cent. But Fisk repudi- ated his contract with Speyer and Belden, and that broke them as well as the other members | of the gold room. The muddle was so great that they had to suspend dealings in gold for about one week to have the differences ad- justed. The gold banks suspended business ! | also. The supposition was that Gonld lost #4,- 000,000 and Fisk as much, Fisk repudiated. however, and these large losses were generally evaded. ''The importing merchants suffered more than anybody else. That gold furor brought many Israelites to Wall street, who have remained there.” sae Keeping Correct Time. A simple method of keeping correct time | | fixed points for a range of observation. If a | ave as good a post of observation as we can desire. Drive a nail, or stick a pin into the window jamb; or, if anything more sub- ‘a any convenient place, so that you can ob- | Serve the time any star sets or sinks below the roof of the adjacent building, or whatever may be chosen as the more remote sight. Then choose some well-defined star, the brighter the better, and with your time-piece set right (to start with), observe the time it passes the range | of your sights. ‘The exact time, as well also as | the date of this observation, should be re- subsequent time how much your watch has varied from correct | time; observe the same star, and recollect | hat it sets just 3 minutes and 55.9094 seconds earlier on any given night than it did the pre- ceding night. hus if for our first observation was taken some night when the star set at 9 | hours, 15 minutes, and 23 seconds; and at our | second observation, taken just one week later. | it set at 8 hours, 47 minutes, and 52 seconds, we | would know that our watch had kept correct time. If it had set at 8 hours, 45 minutes, and 52 seconds, we would know that our watch or clock had lost 2 minutes during the week. And similarly for any other variation. If the time at which it had set had been 8 hours, 49 min- utes, and 52 seconds, we should see that our | watch had gained 2 minutes, and so on. If the location of our sights admit of it we should si ject a star 90°, as nearly as possible, from the pole star, for its apparent motion will be greater than that of one near the pole, and the iability of error will be diminished. If a suit- | able selection can be made, the error need not | be more than three or four seconds, and it will not be accumulative, soo A Butte County Girl. DARING FEAT OF A BEAUTY OF THE FOOTHILLS. From the Chico Enterprise. Near Forest Ranch, in the mountains ebove Chico, resides a young lady who for grit and pluck we'll take off our hat to every time. The lady in question, Miss Kate Lucas, resides on a mountain ranch with her mother and brothers, the latter being engaged in furnish- ing the meat used by the large lumber crews high up in the Sierras, Miss Lucas is a tall, lithe and well-built girl, with red, rosy cheeks, | jet black hair, bright, flashing eyes, and is | the acknowledged belle of that vicinity, She is an intrepid horsewoman, ai rides fearlessly and alone over the mot tain slopes and through the -ravines. She scorns a saddle and at times rides a fiery mus- taug without cither bridle or blanket, simp! using a lariat, the end tied around her horse head and neck. She is a capital shot with the rifle and has worsted many of the crack shots there by her unerring aim. She has been out with her brothers hunting, and very rarely fails to bag a deer or other wild animals which so abound in that section. Sometimes the young miss assists in capturing the wild cattle when they are required for the market, and then the lariat is twirled with a precision that often puts the vaqueros to shame. A few weeks ayo, after a daring ride after a particularly wild and fleet-footed steer, which showed fight from the start, the young lady laughed at the vaquero, who seemed afraid of the animal, and smilingly chalienged him to throw a rope over the animal’s head and ride him. The vaquero declined with thanks, Miss Lucas then displayed a piece of courage and daring worthy of the ancient Roman aren: Springing from her horse, she went up to the bound and bellowing beast. quickly and deftly tied a rope around his head and neck, then told the vaquero to let him loose. This he did reluctanily, and the en- raged steer was quickly on its feet, but equally as quick the fearless lass was on its back. ‘Then commenced a ride that is rarely witnessed. For half an hour the wild chase and ride was con- tinued—over hill and dale, through brush and canyon—when the steer gave completely out and the triumphant girl led her captive to the house, It was a bold feat, and the daring rider has made herself famous in that section of the country. ——— 495 What fs Love? From Once a Week. Defined by Louise Chandler Moulton: “At its best, I think it is some subtle magnetism of the spirit, this spell which makes you feel that earth and sky, sun, moon and stars exist for one dear sake—that the very meaning of the world is in one faci By George Parsons Lathrop: “It may be ‘the dese of the moth for the star,’ or the attrac- tion of atom to atom, or the harmonious ad- justment of kindred or poeta opposed minds; or all of these together. But, how- ever, it may blend these elements—and whether the results be altogether paper oe partly disas- trous—it is the clement of the infinite ir us, and the longing to blend ourselves with other life than our own by way of realizing the in- finiteness of life, which ikens love and makes it the great motiwe force in human existence.” By Henrietta Stuart: ‘I have said there can be no real love without passion. I must also say, fully realizing that a chorus of ‘nonsense,’ sesso 9>-+ acca me Hereditary Alcoholism, ‘The effects of hereditary alcoholism are in- terestingly described by Dr. T. D. Crothers in In per- sons of sound mind, but infected with an alco- holic taint, Dr. Crothers has observed some | singular instances in which, at times of excite- ment, and without any use of intoxicants, every symptom of intoxication is exhibited. » unfortunate treasurer of a large manu- factory upon being accused of falsifying his books, snddenly appeared to be intoxicated, both looking and walking like one who had drunk large quantities of spirits. The next day he recgvered, and then made a full and satisfactory explanation. His father had been a sailor and a free drinker. Hardly tess aston- i tic enness ishing is the sudden, sympathet of persons who have formerly been addicted to excessive use of intoxicants. A prominent =a ‘ns ae fod mani ‘ion he wi ame intoxicated, su A he had drunk nothing but coffee, became as hilarious as the rest, made a foolish speech, and, at length, had to be taken home in a state of stupidity. Of temperance lecturers who boring ae wi engaged in deserib- ag lects of aleohol, Dr, some curious instances. ‘romantic,’ ‘mere sentimentality,’ ete., will greet the statement that love—love absolute and perfect—comes but once to any one. Pas- sionate fancies, sentimental fancies, we may all of us make by dozens (if we wish’ to); but lo¥e is felt but once.” By Edgar Saltus: “From what has gone be- fore it may not, then, be improper to define love as an exchange of fancies. ‘The greater the store of fancies the greater its duration; and, conversely, the fewer the fancies the shorter its span. And yet, as Miss Stuart has admirably put it, is not ‘an exact definition of a great fact almost invariably an unsatisfactory thi Py By Ella Wheeler Wilcox: “Love is the essence of every existing thing; the root of life; the recompense for death. It is the Fri the vital force of the the universe. is to achieve in the ance of the word.” —— eee —_____ A. P. Hart, who has been a hea that ts % faile: class known on ‘change as “scal; | went to the gold mines at Canyun City. Here } casion rece A QUEER CHARACTER. The Strange Adventures of a Pioneer | Californian. Here is a story of @ California pioneer told by the New Haven Palladium: “Very few men in New Haven have had so checkered a career or a life so full of adventure and change as has Edward B. Davidson. This is the man who applied to Town Agent Todd last week for pecuniary assistance, and whose clothes on being searched at the almshouse were found to contain nearly 250. He was born in Milford sixty or sixty-five years ago. In early life, he migrated slowly westward until in 1854 he started from Bloomington, Ill, for California with an ox train. On the journey cholera at- tacked the party andmany died. Among these was a near relative of the late Judge David Davis. Davidson was the only man in the party who would bury Davis, and he rolled him im a buffalo robe and interred him on the banks of the Platte river near Salt _Lake Cit) On this journey on one oceason Davidson was in camp cooking supper for the other men who were out hunting. A band of hostile Indians came up, but Davidson pacified them by tre ing them to fancy crackers. On arriving at Sacra- mento, Cal., he engaged in business on 4th street, keeping a store which he called a post- office exchange. The flood of '62 destroyed his stock. A man gave him money with which to start again, but soon foreclosed. Then he be- came a reporter on the Sacramento Bee, and he remained on this paper for some time. A little latter he became insane, aud passed two years in the insane asylum at Stockton, After ap- parently having almost fully recovered his mind, i ty and went to Oregon, Here was given a position on the Portland Oregonian, and became sheriff of the county. He remained there for a year or two, and then his party was attacked by Indians, He and two other men escaped. and he and one of his companions carried the other, who was wounded, 14 miles on poles, After he had been west for four years he returned to Milford for his wife, but found she had married another man, Returning. he bought $5,000 worth of stationer’s goods in New York on credit, had them fully insured and shipped them via Cape Horn. The ship was lost. Davidson waited till he received his insurance, and then paid for the goods, Soon after h¢ hit upon a plan by which he made much money. This was by obtaining old papers at post-oflices from various parts of the country and selling them to miners, He fre- quently received 21 for a paper, and on one oc- d $10 for a paper which came from an eastern town, from a miner from the same town. Davidson is a member of the Cali- fornia state pioneers. He was the first man to organize a fire company in that state, and he was a member of the vigilance committce which did the first hanging in that state. He returned to New Haven about twenty years ago and has since been a book peddler ‘and news seller, having hada stand on the corner of State and Prout streets. He had lodgings on Long wharf. At one time he was worth $150,000. He now wears rags, but is suspected of having several thousands hidden away. He had three sisters who were insane, and undoubtedly he is still mentally unsound, He has a daughter in this city, a Mrs. Young. “eae iology in Brief. From the Ki ¥ Sts The average number of tecth is thirty-two. The brain of aman exceeds twice that of any other animal, ‘The average weight of an adult is 150 pounds 6 ounces. | The weight of the circulating blood is 28 | A man annually contributes to vegetation 124 pounds of ¢ One thous the kidney athesabout twenty timesa minute. or 1.200 times an hour. The average weight of a skeleton is about 14 pounds; number of bones, 240. A man breathes about 13 pints of air ina minute, or upward of seven hogsheadsa day. The average weight of the brain of aman is 3%¢ pound; of a woman, 2 pounds and 11 ounces. e hundred and forty pounds. or one hogs- ad and one and one-quarter pints of blood through the heart in one hour. ‘Tho heart sends nearly ten pounds of blood through the veins and arteries each beat, and makes four beats while we breathe once. Twelve thousand pounds or twenty-four hogs- heads four galions, or 10,728!¢ pints, pass through the heart in twenty-four hours, One hundred and seventy-tive million holes or cells are in the lungs, which would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. ‘The average height of an Englisiman is five feet nine ‘hes; of a Frenchman. five feet four inches; of a Belgian, five feet six and three- quarter inches, The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at sixty years, 60. ‘The pulse of females is more frequent than that of male see Unmistakable Signs. From the Chicago Herald. ‘I see your family’s home again,” said one neighbor to another, as the two met yesterday morning. The family had returned; but how did he know it? He had not seen them, True, but he had seen the unmistakable signs. The curtains at the front windows, which had been drawn closely for weeks, were up. In the frost upon the pane was a figure that only tiny baby fingers could draw. Beneath the fringe of frost reclined a touzle-headed doll, and a picture book rested against the sash. In the parlog below was a vase of frésh flowers, and the cur- tains appeared to hang more gracefully, The front steps were scoured and the sidewalk was clean, Yes, the family was home again, and no one was happier over it than the ‘man who had for weeks gone around with safety pins where buttons ought to be, unblacked | shoes, and the generally dilapidated appear- ance of an unhappy bachelor, - coe Bath Rooms in Factories. From Venus. I read with interest your editorial on bath- rooms for the help in the factories, and would say it isa subject that has interested me for a long time. In our large cities any one ean use the public baths at pleasure. But it is not so in country villages. True, there are some mills that have bath-rooms, but the time that | they allow in working hours is not sufficient to | bathe as one would desi. will remain so as Jong as the employes bathe in | their cmployers’ time. But i have found one | manufacturing company, which ought to be | held up asa pattern for others. This 1s the | Valley Falls compauy, Rhode Island. This company has built near its mill a splendid bath. | house tor its help, and the way it is run is as | follows: Any of the help can geta ticket by asking the overseer of their room. The baths are open through the day, and five eve- nings a week from 6 o'clock to 9, and on Sunday morning from 7 to 9; there is hot and cold water, two towels, wash cloths and soup, provided for each bather; you have your own time, and everything is as comfortable as could be desired; ‘each bath is washed and cleansed Be | time it has been used, by those in charge, an Any one not employed by tt have the use of these family work in the miil. To outsidersa ch: of 15 cents is made. We have often wondered | why our employers have not given more atten- | tion to this matter, for it would be to their in- | terest todo so. There is nothing that will take | away that sluggish indolent feeling, often caused by the pores of the skin being clogged | with grease, like 2 good bath, Any one can | work better, and no one will deny that frequent | bathing improves the health. het He Had It Down Fine. From Harper's Bazar. “Say, Cholley,” asked onenewsboy ofanother, “what's a payin’ teller? “He's de man what pays out de money.” “An’ what's a receivin’ teller?” “He's de man what takes in de money.” “An’ what's de cashier?” , “He's de feller what gits away wid de money.” SL . and I suppose it | | | sis company may baths free if any of | arse Never Bets On His Own Horse. ‘They tell a good story of a man who has a fond- ness for fast horses.’ A year or two ago he had one that was said to be a “flyer.” and marvelous stories were told about what she had done, and Ticed tant the owner of ‘tho wonaeupate friend no- ic e owner © wonderful staked any money on her. ; seta for themselves.” G. stow | in | everything is clean ‘and neat, | 22 f AY, FEBRUARY 14. 1889. _ EDUCATIONAL. ___HOUSEFURNISHINGS. awe BUNDAT CEC Wart Parers, Daavenies, sow eee T prt HOUSE AND FRESCO PAINTING. rs) REX FURNITURE POLISH. 1317 F st. D | qHE P. HANSON HISS MANUFACTURING 0, = ‘Painti: hife. S15 158 st. aw. oe, B.W, Gill, W. H. Holmes, aud 8. Jerome Uhl | Baltimore House, 217 dll-gm PROF, SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORGAN | Pik Sees an noe eae a formers: 134 Uh st-n.w- Salzakwemn™ W:3Ssitygtox CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. St A fell Une of Plana. Organs Vote Vee Tae Cee ee IS GAS COOKING STOVES scvantages. 0. BBULLAED, Director. f11- Sctibk ete. HORTHAND IN SIXTEEN SIMPLE —T. ee eg ng a free of] mbS1 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. charge Head school Acase Phonograp)3: 21 F now. cana AINTING, DRAWING IN CHARCOAL AND ADS. Pésronisien pris PULLERS bog oS =~ RAILRO. AD SS adelphia Art Schools; 12 lessons x AIR LINi Plate Teer | agen eee BOER TS en ARENTS DESIRING TO SEND DAUGATERS TO 8:3 Fast Tenn. Peer iae ima es caries eet Tequested to ad- AULEIN NERF Heh School, city, for par- Peulars. “Also, escort for European trip proved ja . mm’ 188 BALCH’S ERVICE 1. ESS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE uly all ASTER OF ARTS WITH M {rained aasistant, prepares for tvs Point, collec, Forme High and Norinal schools, TPRARE 2. between Alexandria . Roosviie, ome, Calera, 3 lontgomery, and New Or- Iman Sleeper Washington to New Orleans, | “TT'2¢ A M-—Fast Mail Daily for: Warrenton, Che ttesville, hburx, Roc (NSTITUE, 1207 ‘elocution tament abst sons highest references. [4 3m 18 msville, Stations Ches. & Ohio Route, cl q ‘ky Mount, Danville and Stations b: ’ tween Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Ralei! | Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken, Aususta, Atlsuta, Biratee: bam, Manspemery, ans and California Sleeper Pullman Purior cars Atlanta, Mon! y; Pull: Orleans and Man UNIVERSITY See yee HALL, 221 fel-ian NCH, LATIN, grep K. MATHEMATICS A ute Atlanta. “Docs uot couect tor Univ., Paria” Private tutor in Sciohecs, Classical gaat ohare : for Manassas, modein languages. 903 Léth st. n.w. 1 SPS CERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7 Sand D sts.n.w, Founded 1564. Location cen! nodious halis; appointments complete. M: than 30,000 young men and women have been tra: —Wee " ; for Manas: for business in the Speucortan Colleges of America. | PEF ety oe eg A Ry ices, moderate. Sieepe: oli Trains Wash: goursea: "Business Gorse, Shorthatdand Pryowic. | BME. Pullman ‘Sleepers and Soli Trains Wasbinion ng; Practical ie lish 5 eel 11:00 P. M.—Southern Express Daily for Lynch- Reading and Oratory, Delsarte me burg, Danville, Ralewh, Asheville, Chasiotte,¢ cium. on commie’ ample = Aiken. Augusta, A E sow gene iat ‘Or SAL y y | leans, Texas and California. Pull es Sleeper pal SPENCER, LL. B., Princij | Washington to New Orleans via u a Mont }—MADAME CHE) adémie de Paris. Special cl Evening classes for aay LW Es = Si pupil of Wm, Mason, se20 Sm* @ AND PAINTIN every branch and for all aes, 1 ‘ACADEM at THE NATIONAL burg atlas Awe and sei 1 oan ee eee and Ohio route “ata Charlottesville at £ XM. | nut and 9:40 P.M: Strasburg Local at 10-15 | APISS ERNAV DE! ANO, HA ‘Tickets, sleeping car reservation and i} concerts be. 'A linnted utraber of purtis will aise | svieanis arene eae Bees va | col Red number of pupils will also be | erlvania venue snd at Passenger syivae received: Address 129 Wallach Pince. jal8-im* | bis Haurosd, Gh and Bete yey wa Sh ASHINGTON SCHOO} Oi General Passenger Agent. Oratory, 904 M st. n.w., Mrs. ML Iss. HART, Principal. Voice culture and 25,470 sion carefully taught. STAMMERL 26,299 cured. References to patrons. 26.000 F_PWan c. Towser, RYO, IsRh Correct (deep) breathing Voice Gulsane, Oratorie ROTOR FROM, STATION, Dramatic Action, at 1317 T3thet nee aah Lov seengeatl gx namngeieesdl clive QT. JOHN'S COLLEGE ANNAPOLIS, MD. For Pittsburzand the West, Chi ted Fxpressut Eigut departments aid four courses of study. Fullman Vestibule Care, . iy; Fast paratory achool attached am. aaily, to C SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVE! | THE PREPARATION OF CANDI ur- | OcTorrR .. ‘or ca! widen }3 Sn THOMAS FELL, A. M._ i | Decesu: Me VERSO ARY, | amen 110011041116 M STREET [psec 1,559 “es o } CPCS... ” a AND 1128 11TH STREET. | | Of this aggregate daily circulation of BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. Thorough instruction in all branches in accordance youn | ith m.. Ww illiarusport, THE HOLY, : T zi For ugha E , 90 pan. every day. . mt 4 ‘or Brookiyn, N. at Jer. Harp, Guitar and Banjo, Sp ution giver to | sey City with bo Brooklyn Annex, affording baragay and thorouh bass clesses; al.o to vocal. | dhrec street, avoiding double jn, S EDUCATION- BOOK-KE 1 Pranches, Zy pe-writi o j » ae Low tutes. “Es me Cal ni . " ae , 3] S40. Tedd and 1120 pn eee, all ee een eee, Parlor Cara, 9:40 3.1. weel > Pa, — — — — + with Di TT HE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. tie « ‘Terms begin now. Op. mn _an29 783 14th st nw. and {RIENDS’ SELECT SCHOOL—A PRIMARY, LN- termediate, and Hii School for both sexes except Sunday. am. and 4:40 p.m. daily, | —— oo . For Annapolis, +20 and 9:00 a.m., 12:05 and 4:40 | seen LD WELL. Pri Dan. daily, except Sunday. days, 9:00 a. my ARTYN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND | 4:10. hool of Telegraphy and. ‘Cype-writing, 315 6tL Stam. near City Rost-Ottice, “Ee Hichest Stand- | ard Business Co! rein America.” Spleudidly equi "The larvest and most cqmniuodious buildin fa the city devoted to business training. Catalornes free | XANDRIA AND FREDE) AND ALEXANDRIA on application, Colored | students not_ admitted. | FRANCIS G. MARTYN, President. C.K. URNER, | E., Principal. eel = e A HARVARD GRADU Apes TRE gly oF ses. ply to deter) Wart PUTNAM, AM, se19-Gmo At Sanders & Stu: ¥ S6rINHE KRAKAUER PIANOS Axi bly fine instruments,” Burdett Organs, sold here since 15 y H. KUHN, Sole REMARKA- se Pianos and ears, also speak Agent, 407 Jath nal station, where orders can be bageage to destination fron: hotels CHAS. E. PUGH. General Manager. —_[Ja7} FRALTIMORE AND ONTO KATLROAD. Sched: nt Dee. ¥to, 1888, Leave Washington 3 For Chicago and press, daily, 8:5. For © t a Sanpers & Sraruay. DECKER BROS.. WEBER, FISCHER and ESTEY PIANOS. | Sold on aecommodating teris and for rent. ‘Special attention called to our new style ESTEY ORGANS.| Two hundred and four thousand (204,000) Estey organs have been made and sold. Everywhere the pre- ferred organ for Home, Church, Chapel, ax se, Handsome U-stop, Estey monthly payments, aud exs 8. 994, F at hy wn Washinton, DC. Sharles st. than 12P8Main st, ‘Hichiond, Va. corner of New Jersey 1 nd C st aled limited ex- For Pittsbu jeveland, vestiinled press, daily, 8:55 a.m., and expres For Lexington and local stati Senool Eas: y p, For Way Stati 1m E 00, = Ses jt LLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS ROOW E | jus, all to Wa aold by Tat of April | nuine bargains: y Ast of April. i fiom? GE: SUMNER Age, Sit othet naw. | § KK NNN <A BBB FEE KK NNN AA BB E KK NNN AA BBB E KK NNN AAA BB E . D: K K NNN A A BBB EER PIANOS. Branch, 16:35, UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP riucipal stations only: ) pan, AND DURABILIT) Special attention of “Purchasers” is invited to, thelr | | FOF te “New, tic Styles,” finisher jesigns GH- My v .. EST DECORATIVE ART. Pianos for rent. cer, box stations, 17:00 pm. ND-HAND PIANOS. — A large assortment, | Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1-15 ing almost every: well-imowa wake in thé | fm, stoppug at all’ stations “on Metropolitan wut at very c the low etic. SPECIAL INDUC EMENTS offered both |, For Frederick, t10:10a.m., 14:35, 15:30 p.m. Sun- in prices und in terms.which will be arranged on EASY | Gays, 1:15 p.m. MONTHLY INSTALL: MENTS when desired. WMC a6 a For Hagerstown, 10:10 a.m., and “ABL & CO. ‘Trains arrive from Chicago daily 8: 7 Po 4 TT Ciucimnati aud St. Le au 1 So paw.; trom Pittsburg *9:35 pau. PHILADELPHIA DIV! For Philadelphia and Wilmington, daily 2:05, 4:20 and 11:30 p.m. __MEDICAL, &. HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT Dr. BROTHERS 1s the oldest-establisned advertis- | § is Ladies’ Physician in this city. Ladies, youcan | nfidently consult Dr. BROTHERS, 906 B'st. s.w. | Particular attention paid to ail diseases peculiar to dies, married oF single. Forty years’ experience. 19-Lm* 5a. Builet Parlor Carson tne Sleeping Car on te ADIDS WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN Sey Re rienced female physician should consutt Mrs. | q2aekae - weg a ro Di WILSON, 1103 Purl Place ne bet Band, Lith | Scuces ou or Mo ot Senet thee, Sad ens SES and 1th ats.'n, €,- Ladies only. : CLE CHAS. 0. SCULL. i as pee G Gen. Pass. Agent. ‘Phe Oldest Established and Only RelMkble Ladies* aysician in the City, Can be consulted duily soe C st., between 434 and 6th sts. n. Ww. Prompt treatment. Correspondence and consulta- tion strictly coutidential. “Separate rooms for ladies, ‘Othe fexttw* 8. POTOMAC RIVER BOAT M* VERNON: Mi, VEKAUA STEAMER W. W Leaves 7th-street wharf daily NY Fees ) RESTORED BY US) A BOTTLE or two of Dr. BROTHERS’ Invigorating Cordial Wi except 8 Vernon and River Land:nzs ‘as tar down us Glyznont, cure any case of nervous debility aud loss of | at 10 o'clock a m. Leiurning, reaches Washingt: perve-power. 1¢ ny about 3:30 p.m. E fer 8 Vigor to the Whole system. 906 B st. sw. £6-Lin 5 thos POTOMAC RIV y IRON STEAMER “WAREFT ves 7 th-street whari on MONDAS, wed Lea and SATURDAYS at 7 a.m. Ret i FRIDAYS and SUNDAYS p. tion and udvice free ut an: Lan as far as Nomini Creek, Va... St SEMURI'G, MILLS s Notary. Shepherds” See schsiie, SOHN Be Pa : o. ‘# Notary, Lepherds. See schedl District of Columbia, this third C.W. RIDLEY, Manase 3430-1 natural Tossor vital FINANCIAL. STABLISHED 1814. CAPITAL, $300,000. SURPLUS FUND, $235,000. NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK OF WASH- INGTON, 613 15th st., opposite U. S. Treasury. J. W. THOMPSON, GEORGE H. B. WHITE, President. 4 Receives Deposits, Discounts Paper, Sells Pills of Exchange, Makes Collections, and does a General Bank- ing Business. 19-3m_ ‘NO. W. CORSON. 'S, cor. 9th and F nw. excellent table, luxurious in, $75 and up- 3 A Me: DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLISHED AND reliable Ladies’ Ph: in, can be consulted voy at her resides vO1 st. uw. Office hours from to p.m. with 18-71" (ORT ROUTE TO LONDON, Di MOTT'S ‘H_ POWDERS A ‘HE S NORDDEUTSCHER, LLOYD 8. 8 CO, throat, ussaiy or'skin troubles; aeieass dieses, ,To Southampton (on.don, Havre), Bremen. ape hOB NEiavNe Se Allg, Wot, Feb. 2b; Gams Saale neds Fee oa mie! ft a Sat, Al'cn’ 2, Gam; Trave, Wed., fortable berth, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. ¥. W. ING, . N. W. Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, Bowten | Shee pies fr tees orden JOHN Si epwanbieeee ES | Cour, Come: Woon: bought and soldjy18 * JOHNSON BROTHERS, a | With the best modern methods. Commodious new 0, 9:00, 11-00, and fe eam and baving abundant | i 2. OD ir, Yor further information apply 10, 20:00, and rs, ELIZABE1H J.SOMERS.d1-s1n Puiboau Parlor unday, and 3:49 1 | BUSINESS. ‘The attention of the business public is invited with confidence to the superior advantages pre- sented by THE WasnINeTON EVENING STAR as an advertising medium. The sworn statements of its daily circulation, published from week to week, taken in connection with the data given below, ik lustrate in the most striking manner the steady and rapid growth of the paper in circulation and influence. They also establish, beyond contro- versy, the fact that THE STAR is the best local ad- vertising -nedium, not only in the United States, but in the whole world! This claim is based and conceded on the fact that no city in any country is #0 thoroughly covered by the regularcirculation of ‘a single paper as is the city of Washington by that of THE EVENING STAR; and it does not rest on the extent alone, but also on the character of circula- tion. Not only is its local circulation the largest and fullest of any daily paper printed, in proper- tion to population, but it is alsasthe BEST, since the Paper does not merely go into the hands of the people of the District of Columbia asa body, but into their homes,—into the families of all condi- tions, and into those of the money-spending as | Well as the moneyearning portion of the com- munity,—in @ much larger ratio than any dally journal that can be named. By reason of the , fullness, freshness and reliability of its news, | local, domestic and foreign, its independent and | fair treatment of all public questions, and eapo- cially becouse of its intelligent and effective de- votion to local interests, and its close attendon to | Matters with which the household, and particu- : lauy members, are concerned, THE STAR is everywhere recognized and admitted to be, quality, the leading of the National Capital, room, the More ce on these points no person can ask than that afforded by the table below. The crowth of circulation therein tndi- cated, with the analysts following, clearly shows the esteem in which the paper is held by the com- munity to whose interests it is so steadfastly do. voted. It will be seen that, in the number of * issued, every month in the year 1888 ahows | @ handsome increas the corresponding | month in each yfar given; and, asa further illus- tration on that point, it may be stated here that there has been @ corresponding advance in the number of new advertisoments printed during the year. The comparative figures tor the four years lnst past are as follows: DAILY CIRCULATION IN 1885-"86-8T~ © we8 of permanent sube Yandsuburbs. Of theremainder, ce Of 5.421 were sold at the office, in the hotels and railway stations, ete.,and on the *, by nowsboys, making a grand total average ¢ District of scribers residing beyoud its limits, by mail,express, and railway train: Jn addition to the 20,029 copies daily delivered » homies of subscribers, a large proportion of | the 54.1 otherwise disposed of in thi is reg- ularly purchased by permanent residents, living in lodgings, &c. (not householders), while the resi- due goes into the hands of transient visitors, from ail parts of the country, who each year come to | the National Capital in greater numbers and for longer periods, and who, furthermore, largely rep- Tesent the well-to-do and purchasing portions of the communities to which they respectively belong. | the last-named is a class of readers alone well | Worth reaching; but it is to the phenomenally | large permanent locai circulation of the paper, nd especially to its unparalleled hold upon the and family circle, that the attention of isers is particularly directed. A comparison of the hom with the fj irculation of cures representing the entire popula- will conclusively establish the fact that Te SrAK reaches about every family in the Districtof Columbia, and ts read every duy by more Man Uwee-Jourths af its populetion who are able tread! It follows, therefore, that an advertise. ment inserted in its columns will meet the eye,of every person in the District worth reaching, of Tace, creed, sex, age, or condition in life. It only remains to be said, for thefinformation of those interested in the subject, that, in proportion to its circulation, the rates of advertising in Tas | EVENING Stan, whether transient or for loug | Periods, rank with the very lowest in the United States. Indeed, taking both the extent and char- | acter of its circulation into consideration, it may | Safely be claimed that so wide aud such an excel- jent quality of publicity can nowhere else be boughs | for the same money. “Trial by Peers.” For the information of those not familiar with ‘THE Stak, a few extracts from notices by its com- temporari ied out by iw recent change im form, are appended: From the Washington Post. We congratulate THE Stam on its great prosperity, There is wo oetier evening newspaper inthe United States, | Brom the Philadelphia Ledge Tur WasHinctoy Evexinc Stam has marked the close of twenty-one years under its present j ment by permanent enlansemeut to a double sheet, oF d mechanical improvements that {edachuuties tor publication. © ‘Tints lerably Inore thau twice as lange ae Urnishes daily tree tunes as much wd Lae aluust AVe tues Une chrculae ou tuat i ined enjoyed. itis, indeed, paper, “wortay of any city in ule laud.” From the Brooklyn Eagle, Washington's besi, if not really its only news Paper, is LHe STAR, Which bas a circulation of 30, 44 population of" 20,000, served by wagons wu carmers. ‘THE Stak has no poliucs. But it puulisnes sides equally iupartial Ureat= an exceiieut Peputation for the d youwenst From the Baltimore Sun. Tue WasuiNaton STAB, one newspapers in the country, lately endarged, is now pere lualeuuy aD exht-pae paper. The good buainess it enjoys Was Created OY Its nanaers, aud the held it oc. cujies has been held successiully tor maby years. Tt ie 1h mKuy Fespects u model alternoon paper, abd in exteuciux to it our New Lear's. we trust its | prosperity may never wane. | From the Philadelphia Times. ‘THE Stax fills the Journalistic field of the capital, abd filis $2 adiusrably aud with great sucess | From the New York Commercial Builetin, ‘That enterprising Journal, PHEW ASHLNGTON EVEXING STau, has Just completed ‘twenty-one years under ie Preset management, and celebrates ‘the event adopung periaueLily of the most prosperous iso a the United states, as it has Ju: and most successtul. iS | From the Baltimore American. ‘THE WASBINGTON EVENING STAR in new Wipe, with the announcement Would appear pmper. ‘ne STAK has loug been One of the ual capital's “oujects of Interest,” and in its bow torus it will, With out doubt, go ou iucreasing in circulation and worth. From the Chester Pa.) Times. Here and theré we bebold a paper which From the Indianapolis News. Ere aes ee seutative of the haWonal capital row the Macon (Ga.) Teiegraph. obteFamrgeycr iinet hp emai ereat_pleast Me STAR is Times, exponent of Tae Star isan tof Its growth and Set clear percepon of time: ts See a From the Buffalo News eg paper ofS deca ean Tae Utan bes lays hina otter Sid tas its js which increases Year by Fears” From the Norfolk Landmark.