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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-04

The cities Of New York, Philadelphia, and
Brooklyn maintain the same relative rank as to
population that they did in 1860. There has
been considerable shifting of places, among
those that now constitute the remainder of the
twenty foremost cities of the Union.
During the last decade st. Louis has assembled
the scale from the eighth to the fourth.
Chicago before the fire, in a similar proper
ton, changed from the ninth to the fifth.
Baltimore, which In 1860 was the fourth retro
grades to the sixth.
Boston pursues the same direction, from the
fifth to the seventh.
Cincinnati retires step from the seventh TO
the eighth.
New Orleans falls back from the sixth to the
ninth.
San Francisco, taking noble, forward leap
vaults from the fifteenth TO the tenth.
Buffalo lags behind from the tenth to the
eleventh.
Washington makes a stride from the four
teenth to the twelfth.
Newark, New jerseys thriving metropolis,
drops, nevertheless, from the eleventh to the
thirteenth.
Louisville, twelfth i'm rank in 1900, is now
assigned to the fourteenth.
Cleveland four steps forward, mounts from
the nineteenth to the fifteenth.
Pittsburg alone retains the same relative rank
now as then, the sixteenth.
Jersey City rises from the twentieth to the
importance Of the seventeenth.
Detroit recedes from the seventeenth to the
eighteenth.
Milwaukee from the eighteenth to the nine
teenth.
Albany, which was, ten years ago, the thir-
teenth, now takes the old place Of Jersey City
twentieth.
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CuFiOuS Facts.

Toads are not the only animals which have
the power of living for considerable time
without nourishment and communication with
the external air. Two living worms were found
in Spain in the middle of a block OF marble
which sculptor was carving into a lion for the
royal family. These worms occupied two small
cavities, to which there was no inlet that could
possibly admit the air. They subsisted, prob
ably, on the marble, as they were of the same
color. This fact was verified by Captain Ulloa.
famous Span ard, who accompanied the
French Academicians in their voyage to Peru
for the purpose of ascertaining the figure OF
the earth. He asserts that he saw these two
worms. A beetle of the species called Capri
corn was found in piece of wood in the hold
of a ship at Plymouth. The wood had no ex-
ternal mark of any aperture. We read in the
ADfches de Prorince, June, 1712, that an adder
was found alive i'm the center of a block OF
marble thirty feet in diameter. 1t was folded
nine times round in a spiral line;' it was inca
pable of supporting air. and died few minutes
after. Upon examining the stone, not the small
est trace was to be found by which it could have
glided in or received air. Nilsson, in his travels
through Italy, mentions a cray-fish that WAS
found alive in the midst Of a mass of marble in
the environs of Tivoli. NJ Peyssonel, kings
physician at Guadeloupe, having ordered pit
to be dug at the back Of his house, was told by
the workmen that live frogs were found by them
in beds of petrifactiOn. NJ. Peyssonel, suspect
ing some deceit, descended into the pit, dug the
bed of rock and petrifactions, and drew out
green frogs, which were alive, and exactly SINH
lar to what we lee every day.
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Bambooxlfng a ROYAL GameSter.

At the beginning of the century, the Prince
Regent was the guest of tire great Duke OF Bed
ford at Newmarket. One night in company
with many gay and dssolute comrades, the
prince repaired after dinner to the public gamb-
ling rooms, then no less accessible TO all corners
than the kursaals of Hombourg or the converse
Zion- haus of Baden-B alden Is to-day. The prince
played long and deep at the fascinating game of
French hazard; and not until the pure rays OF
morning had for hours been streaming through
the skylight above his head did he rise from his
scat, with flushed cheek and an angry brow.
Accustomed to heavy losses, the prince had
on this particular night been so numerically
"plucked," that some suspicion of foul play
flashed across his clouded and excited brain.
SEEING the dice with which he had been play
ing, and turning to the proprietor, the royal
gambler said You shall have a check to-
morrow morning for what L have lost If, on
examination, l find that you have won it
fairly Deep was the dismay with which the
fashionable 81 hell keeper heard the threat of
his formidable victim. The dice, which had
long been his fraudulent instruments of
robbery. were, he knew well, heavily plugged
with lead Disgrace and punishment stared
him in the face. But with quick-witted
readiness he noticed that a poor kinsman of
the Duke Of Bedford, guest under the same
roof which sheltered the prince, still fingered
in the gambling-room. Calling this "gentle-
man. aside, the gambling house keeper offered
to give him a large sum IL he would enter the
princes bedroom and substitute an honest pair
Of dice for the ''loaded" or "cogged" cubes of
bride was accepted; and, as the Royal roue slept
the heavy sleep Of exhaustion, the exchange
was effected. On the following day, after having
caused the dice to be sawn in two, the prince
gave instructions that the debt be discharged;
and this very sum was included i'm the balance
quently laid before the House of Commons
La1doH T,Ieornrh.
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AL + X A n DRIA.

NEW FIRE EEGINE.-At a meeting OF the
Friendship Fire Company last hight, resoiul ions
were adopted authorizing the immediate Pur-
proposed by the president, and appoin ting a
committee of thirteen to solicit the ladies TO get
up a fair for the benefitof the company.
MAIL LETTING.-The contract for carrying
the mail from Alexandria TO Dgmfries, three
times a week, has been let TO William Cleye-
land for $50 per aBnun.
A. Il +. X. R.-The bridge over Acc0tinck
run on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg rail-
road has been completed and trains are running
over it. The bridge across Pohick run will be
finished this week.
PROPERTY SALE-Green & Wise, real estate
agents, have Just sold a farm belonging To James
W. Manuel, near Bristoe Station, %. A. s. M.
II. r., containing 101 acres, to Andrew Clark,
of West Virginia, for 81 900.
A WASHINGTON MAN FISED.-At the Mayors
Office yesterday, John Gordon, hailing from
Washington, was fined for disorderly conduct
Gazette, last ereniny.
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The weather.

Wax bkPAkTMkNTi Cfce CAtef Srradi OScss q
WASHINGTON, ID. q. Nov. 4, 1871, 10 a m. Z
sTNoPsIs FOR THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HoURs-
The high barometer which was Friday morning in
West Virginia has moved northeastward into New
England, where clear weather has prevailed. The
pressure has fallen In the Southern states, with
easterly winds and rain. Ligh, winds, with cloudy
weather, continue in the Gulf States, east Of the
Eississippi. Cloudy and thre stening weafh her has
continued on Lake Superior, with fresh northeast
winds; Hight winds and partially cloudy weather on
the remaining lakes. Cloud and rain have been
reported from the Pacific coast with falling baron
eter i'm Oregon.
PRoBA BILITIEs The barometer will probably
fall very generally east Of the Mississippi RIVER,
especially from North Carolina 20 New Jersey; rain
extend during the day northeasfwsrd to the latter
State, with northeast winds on the coast northerly
winds, with increasing cloudiDe.s in New England;
southe asterly winds, with cloudy weather veerihs
To southwest on the lower lakes; southerly winds
on Lskes Michigan and Huron. Dangerous winds
are not anticipated for to day for our coasts.
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The following reasons are given Why the nine
of diamonds Il called the curse Of Scotland -
In the distracted state of the country during
the reign Of Mary, man, George Campbell by
name, attempted to steal the crown out OF
Edinburgh castle; In this he was unsu scess-
jewels, and escaped safely TO . foreign shore.
To replace these . heavy tax was laid upon
the country, which the poor, oppressed people
thought 20 great grievance that they termed it
the curse OF Scotlandi and, until very recently,
the card itself bore the name Of George Camp
bell In the Hiehland. Another explanation re-
lates to the wtll-known massacre Of Glencoe
The mandate OF this cruel deed was signed by
the eldest son of the Earl Of Stair, who was at
the time Secretary Of State Of Scotland.
The coat of arms belonging to this family
hears nine diamonds on its shield, and the peo-
pie, not daring to stigmatize the master of
Stair as the curse Of Scotland, applied 1t to his
srmorial bearings. And still another explana-
ton relates to the battle Of Culloden, which
6xtineuished the hopes Of the Stuart party,
and was at the time considered national curse
The Duke Of Cumberland, who was known to
have been gambler, Is said to have carried q
rack of cards in his pocket, and when he had
won the fsmous field, he took out the nine Of
diamonds and wrote his account of the victory
emit.
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simple and Excellent CIeaning Agent.

Ammonia, or, as it is more generally called,
spirits of hartshorn, is q powerful alkali, and
dissolves grease and dirt with great ease. 1t
has lately been recommended very highly for
many domestic purposes. For washing paint,
put tablespoonful in q quart of moderately
hot water, dip in a flannel cloth, and with this
simply wipe off the woodwork; no scrubbng
will be necessary. For taking grease spots from
lay white plotting paper over the spot, and iron
1t lightly In washing laces, put about twelve
drops in pint Of warm suds.' To clean silver,
mix two teaspoonfuls of ammonia in quart OF
hot soap suds. Put in your siverware and wash
it, using an old nail brush or tooth brush for
the purpose. For cleaning hair brushes, etc.,
simply shake the brushes up and down In mix
ture of one teaspoonful of ammonia to one pint
of hot water; when they are clesnsed, rinse
thu m in cold water, and stand them in the wind
or in hot place to dry. For washing finger
marks from looking glasses or windows, put .
few drops OF ammonia on Q moist rag, and make
quick work of 1t. II you wish your house plants
to flourish, put q few drops of the spirits In
every pint Of water used In watering. A tea
spoonful in basin Of cold water will add mnch
to the refreshing effects Of q bath. Nothing Is
better than ammonia water for cleansing the
hair. In every case, rinse of the ammonia with
clear water. 20 which we would only add, that,
for removing grease spots, q mixture OF equal
parts Of ammonia and alcohol is better than
alcohol alone; and, for taking out the red stains
produced by strong acids In blue and black
clothes, there is nothing better than ammonia
The Technolog,st.
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Condensed Locals

Rev. Dr. Newman will lecture On "Green-
lands acy Mountains" on Tuesday evening next.
deckions'ia the injunction and wonsnisk stfage
cases
Jef. Rives, Esq. of the Cossysssicnal Globe,
was cGmplimented by his friends last night with
serenade at his residence, on G street
Csrdoz2, the colored Secretary Of State of the
State OF SRuth Carolina, has resigned toaccept
IrOeesscrship in the Howard University, in
this city.
The salxry of the sanitary inspector general
has been1ixed by the Board of Health ut 81 800
FER year, with an extra allowance Of $50 for a
horse and buggy.
Mt. Benjamin McGraw wants Il stated that
the Dispute between him and Mr. Holiis.er was
over money collected by the latter, and not by
MeGray, as published a day or t~e since
The Board of Public Works has awarded the
contract FOR constructing the bridge over the
canal at bstreet southeast to Mr.. John IGttrell.
Tins bridge is to be Of wood, and similar 20 the
one at N<rtreet.
During the week ending yesterday, $50 hogs
SOLD at Chrk's depot, bringing S6.s and 81 per
cwt Af'Center Market and elsewhere there
were offered 20 beeyes, IA mich cows, so calves,
2 heifers, II sheep, Is swine. Sales heavy AT
lower prizes than last week.
A little girl named Henrietta Burton was
knocked down by the horses of a street esr, on
18th, near 81 street, yesterday afternoon, and
sustained severe injuries about the face and
breast. Sac had Just alighted from a street car
when the acciden Mt occurred
The firm of Fmmart, Dunbar & Smith, con-
tractors, exhibited their new two-horse truck
for hauling TIE large 36-inch water main in front
OF THE STAR Office yesterday. By an ingenious
afranementof levers, heavy pipes or stones can
be raised easily and conveyed from plaee to
place at nueh less cost than with the Old style
wagons.
The FRENCH STARCH ENAMEL advertised
elsewhere, rs said to be just the thing fer the
laundry.
SHILLINGTos sends US Baslou's GOath{y for
December.
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An Extraordinary Tragedy.

A Dssf'n9mshed and Venerable English Clergy
man Kills his Wife in q Fit of Rage.
A crime has been very recently committed at
the suburb of Stockwell, near London England
so strange and so heartrending as to have caused
sensation all over the land. A clergyman,
sehooimasteg and author, sixty-seven years
OF age, or spotless reputation suddenly,
and without provocation Of which there
is SO far any knowledge, has murdered his
wife. The deed was done with desperate
brains were literally beaten out: and the
assassin afterward deliberately sat down
and wrote the following note 80 To the sur
geon: l have killed my wife in lit of rage.
Often and often she has provoked me, and /
have endeavored to restrain myself, but rage
Overcame me, and / struck her. Her body will
be found in the little room OFF the library. The
be buried as becomes lady of birth and posi-
ton. She is an Irish lady, and her name is
Anne" Having prepared this confession, and
written some other letters, the miserable man
ever, failed to destroy him. The physician who
was summoned was enabled to preserve his life,
and the Rev. John Welby Watson has now been
put upon trial for murder.
The physician, DIR. Rugg, who was called
to attend Mr. Watson, after administering
restoratives, read the note we have quoted,
found the key referred to, went to the room
and discovered Mrs. WatsOns body. 1t was
lying "huddled up in corner and had been
dead two days. The head was covered with
blood, and had received "six confused
mitted, it would seem, On the night of Sun
day, October Sth. servant who went out
that night left the husband and wife sitting
quietly together. This servant had lived
with them for three years, and never knew
them TO quarrel. No one else has hitherto testi-
fed differently. To all appearance they lived
together in perfect harmony. But, if we are to
believe Mr.. Watson's own account, under the
influence of swift impulse of ungovernable
wrath, this reverend scholar leaped like a
wild animal upon his wife, herself sixty
four years of age, and beat out her brains
On the morning following the night of
his crime, Watson went to a packing case
maker and ordered large chest to be made.
He was most particular about the dimensions,
and the box was evidently meant to receive the
remains Of his wife. What he then intended to
DO with them is not clear. In any case, he
changed his mind and resolved on suicide in
ste ad of concealment.
The London journals TEEN with comments
and suggestions concerning this extraordi-
nary homicide, but no one Of the number has
even the merit Of plausbility. OF insanity
there is so far not little Of proof. The burst of
fury, with such deed as its fruit, that would be
quite ineligible the case OF Bill Sykes, seems
positively incredible In that of Rev. MI. atson.
A calm, deliberate gentleman in the ordinary
dress OF q clergyman, placidly drawing on his
gloves and occasionally using his eye.glass to
look around the court, is an anomaly In the muir
derer's dock not easily to be accounted for.
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CITY EN-
WHERE is FRANC, THE Halter?

WHERE Is FRANC, THE HALTER?
At 433 18th street, next door TO the Original
Francs.
He keeps all OF the latest styles OF Hats, Caps
&c, and sells them at a lower figure than ANY,
where else in town. Call and see for yourself. tr
DouBLE-BRRAsTED DIAGONAL CoATs, hand
somely made, for s15.
Handsome Blue Overcoats, rolling lappels,
for S13.
Wing Coats or Talmas, from $40 to s35.
Very long Blue Frock Overcoats, for coach
men and horseback riding for ais.
GEO. G.. HENNING,
No. 40 9TH street northwest.
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FINANCIAL AMI CoM nEnCIAl.

Wall Street was quiet again yss,s rdsy. The money
market Was active Tor cali loans ~ per cent. but
there much ficGity In negotiating time loans
and merCiai D. per There was b1tiittl lie in
te sts Ok market, the busin-ss ing mostly csn-
tntd e. the execution 81 orders given by the specu
iators striving to advance prices. those having
money 20 invest sought ffst Cas- reilTuad bonds
1oN meDt bonds stronger and hi Cher than
the Pre- yious day but top rds the Close in the ser
noon the market for them becan,e feyerish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-04

The physicians In the Bellevue Hospital, New
York, who have charge of the scalded victims
Of the Wcstfield explosion, said the best remedy
for severe burns or scalds Is q compound Of gum
arabic, gum tragacanth and molassee. This IL
spread on the raw flesh, keeps the wound cool,
skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-04

misses and children at &. Baum's Corset Facto
ry, 4os eth street. Don't mistake the name O
number,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-04

For CoUGHs, COLDS, AND THROAT DIsoR-
DERs, use Browns Bronekidl Troshes, having
proved their efficacy by test Of many years.
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THE FIRE RELIEF FUND.-The treasurer of
the Chicago relief committee Acknowledges the
receipt Of sl00.25, being proceeds OF a concert
Treasury Department, acknowledges the re-
eeipts OF a collection of 500 from the Navy De-
partment for the Michigan sufferers, and S130. %
vided equally for the benefit of the Michigan and
Wisconsin sufferers. Messrs. William s. Hun
tington, III. II. Dudley, William McPyncheon
to solicit subscriptions for the relief of the Wis
consin sufferers, acknowledges the receipt of
contributions from different persons amounting
to several hundred dollars. W. s. Huntingto5
forwarded yesterday q draft for s2025O to Green
Bay, Wis.
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Markets To-day.

BALTIMORE, Nov. Cotton dull and unchanged
grades; western family, S71.asSsa. wheat duh;
Ohio and Indiana. 81 s6as %. Corn active and
finn. Oats dull, &6sss. Provisions unchanged But
ter active and UNCHANGED. Whisky nominal, 92As.
o.LIsoEE: Nov 4-virginia sIxes, old, % Z bid
70 asked; do. 1866 60 bid do Is z s. bid do coupon
cd, 90 bid; do. new, 81 bid. West yirginiss Is.
bid, 2!sa asked. North Caroinss, Old, So bid; do.
new, l9 bid; do special tax, Is bid.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4-fIour dull and heavy. whas;
changed
INV YORK, Nov. 4.-Stocks steady and dull. Gov
ernuenfs dull and steady. Virginia sizes, 5sas new
Gold steady: M. Exchange. long, ss4; short, "a.
LONDON, Nov. l13o a. m.-Cansols opened at % :
for money and 90 for account Bonds OF ls52 8 81 4
1865 :. old, 9lss; ls1's, 49, 10 eos, sgx
FRANKFORT: Nov. 4.-Bonds opened at ss1sa96ss
for the Issue Of lSs2.
nPARIs, Nov. -Restes opened al IS francs 10 cen
times.
LONDON, nov. 4, 30 D. m.-Consols closed AZ o27f
for money and 90 for account Bonds Of 1852, 81 !.
1s65, old, 9l1s; 1867, a3i1: 10 COS, s9sf.
francs. rs ceptimes
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Government securstie-


by ht Wsste5a UntSn 1sf,s'epa Corsp<kyJ
Lewis johnson Co. quote stocks aud boids. I'm
home and foreign markets, as follows:
NEW YORK. Nov. 4-First Board - 10 50 O. m
Y. I. Sc. ls1 Coupon. Hos p's, 62, coupon lils
e9s, %, coupon. lllSS; 10s, Us, coupon. lnE,
sGis, new, f5, coupon, ll3is. s0s. ". cnupon, ma
s9s. tssesPsp llsl 10 ses coupon, lesss csrTen
ey IS. nlss. hariposa. IL. Canton, -. Csnlber-
lspd-;western Union Telegraph, el,f: Quicksilver.
~; Pacific Mail. .ek: Boston wsier Power, ::
Adams Exprees. 81; Wells, Fargo a Co.'S TX
press. 50; American Express. 81 United stat.s
Expreee, tSf: N. Y. Central and Hudson. So
New York Central Scrip, &x; Erie. 2sf; do. pre-.
fsrred. =; Harlem. lzs. do preferred,-; Resd,ne
hs'@ Michigan Central. ll6'd lake shore and Mich
igsn southern, iools: Union Pacific Rsilrosd. 2s's
Illinois Central, lG Old; CleV Gland and PttsburV
ltaa; Northwest, eos; Northwest prefd. - Old:
cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati and Indisnsp D
S. New Jersey Cent? al le65S. Rock Island lOl
My s9kie and 81. Paul, cas-; do. preferred, T;
wabash and Western. 6gsS: Delaware. Lackawana
ana western, los; Fort Wayne, g; Alton ami
Terre Haute, =; Hannibal and 1t joseph. 70 cid
Chicago and Alton. 1lS; do. pref d, IFS: Ohio and
mississippi certificates. SD Columbus, Chiraen
sod Indiana Central, Is; Tennessee Sc. old, s.;
do new & Virginia SIS, old, 5sl: North Csrolins
es, old, -; do. new. =; Missouri SIS, ss.; Cen
tral Pacific Bonds tofx: Union Pacific lst BOnds
skA. Gold, nix. Market strong.
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HUMAN HARM SWITCHES, Curls and Braids
new styles just received, at &. Bsum's Hair
Depot, 40s eth street.
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NEW STORE AND NEW PRICEs-Gents, do
you want to save money? Go to Price'sGent's
Furnishings Depot, 4l3 18th street. He is a new
beginner, and sells cheap. No humbug. Try and
convince yourself
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Terms easy.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIc.-I. Becksr & Co.
successor to p. Wallach, dealer I'm menS youths
and boys clothing, have received an entire new
stock Of goods, which they are selling at the
lowest market price. Those in want of clothing
or gents furnishing goods, would do well to cal
and examine their goods before purchasing
elsewhere. l. BECKER & Co.,
Ode0n Hall, corner IN street and Pa. ave.
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THE FORT TOTTEN REPUBLICAN CLuB met
last night, b NJ. Reese, president in the chair
and elected the following delegates to represent
the club in the nominating convention to be
held In the second district on the 10th Instant
Francis Lamarsh, Edward Burke, Thomas s.
Bridges, Bennett NJ. Reese and James supple
After the election, the delegates were instructed
TO vote for Owen s. b. Wall, and no other man.
as the choice of the club for a delegate to the
Territorial Legislature from the second district
Addresses were made by Mr.. Wall and others
endorsing the Si,000,Oo0 loan, for eight hours
labor, sc.
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GoRTz o PArKNr RKPLBcrrNe GAS AHp
LAMP SHADES win save one-hah Of the guam
tity Of gas or coal Oil consumed without the use
Of them. They are cheap and durable. A. Ro-
senthal, No. 404 It'll street, u the agent for them,
and also for Goets's Double-cone Chandelier
Renectors, and the Diamond Dinuavo Daylight
RehectOra.
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SPOTTED LIKE DoMINoEs--The teeth soon
become speckled If every defilement Is not re-
moved from them every twenty-four hours. To
do this effectually there is nothing like Sozo-
don't. II literally renders the enamel impervious
and indestructible. WIS