Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-20
Society.


is very hard on the feet. As ladies are com
PEELED when receiving to stand for from three
to five hours, it is good thing that trains are
fashionable. Their graceful folds conceal many
awkward attitudes which fatigue enfurceS.
First, the victim stands on one foot, then on
the other; then she tries 10 find a soft spot
wherein pet corn may rest. But it is all of no
ayail-she must suffer social martyrdom with
smiling face. Now, cannot some inventive ge
MUS cOntrlye patent double Jack action
visible supporter for such martyrs, on the prin-
ciple of the apparatus phOtogra phers have to
hold the head in position? This supporter would
be for the back, of course, but must be so con-
structed as not to render the reception curt
sey" lmpract1cable.
1t is well calculated to foster doubts as to the
truth of any history of past events when one
sees bow cOntemporaneous history and the his
tory of occurrences still within the IN emory OF
those now living wanders from the paths OF
strict accuracy. For instance, a writer in a
certain New York daily of recent date, in the
course OF one short paragraph, tells some very
startling news to those most interested In the
persons mentioned. Madame Overlook, nee
Goddard, is given home amidst the steppes OF
Russia, whereas that lady has been belle we'd By
her relatives and friends to have been living in
state at her husbands handsome residence a.
Hong Kong. The intended bride of the min
lister from Holland is said to be from New York
while she herself claims Florida as her home
The Mexican minister who married a beautiful
washington lady was, as WashIngtOnians have
the pleaSantest reasons for knowing, Mr..
Marlscal, the present minister, and not MIR.
Romero. Mr.. Mariscal, however, was not the
minister from Mexico at the time of his mar
rage Nor has the young lady of Georgetown
evidently referred to, engaged herself to an
"ltallan" count The gentleman who n As been
so fortunate as TO win the affections of this LADY
is member of a noble French family.
- writer in the March number of .ScriBner
in the course of very pleasing article entitled
g The Heiress of Washington" gives the sur
prising information that General Washington
lived at Arlington at the time he fixed upon the
site of the National Capital. If this be so it is
news to most persons, as the house at Arlington
was not built until 1902, when the illustrious
chtettain had been dead two or three We 4rs. II
was built by George Washington Parke Custis
In the same article a strange mistake is made in
regard to the Christian name OF the subject of
the sketch. She is called Maria Burns aud
Mario Van Ness, when in fact her hOnored name
was Marcia.
AN EX QUARTKRMAsTER, who resides some
where in Illinois, made slight mistake in his
favor of $50 while serving in the war. and now
does the square thing and sends that amount to
General Spinner, to be placed to the credit OF
conscience.
TIE MORMON QUEsTION.-The House Com
mittee on Territories had under consideration
this morning the bill to repeal or disapprOve
such laws of Utah territory as practically nulli-
~ the federal laws concerning the judiciary of
that territory No conclusion was reached.
PRESERVATION OF FOREST TREEs.-The
President to-day transmitted to Congress a
memorial upon the cultivation of timber and
she preservation of forests, and draft OF
lOlnt resolution prepared by the American As
sociatlOn for the Advancement of Sciences TO-
gether with a communication from the Com
missioner OF the General Land Office on the
same subject. The joint resolution provides
that the President shall appoint some person OF
approved scientific attachments commissioner
OF Forestry" and that il shall be the duty OF
such commissioner to ascertain the annual con
sumption of timber, the best means adapted to
It's preservation, its influence on the climate
and other facts which he NAV deem necessary
and report to Congress.
INTERVIEWING Sioux CIIRFs.-Capt. Davis
I the 18th infantry, reports from Sidney Bar
racks, Nebraska, February -, the results of a.
interview on the 18th instant with the Sioux
chiefs Pawnee Killer, Two Lances, Fire Light
ming and High Bear, of the cut off band. They
declare that no depredatiOns have been com
United by their young men, and tn at they have
faithfully observed their promises of friendship
They promised to observe carefully the orders
from the military to prevent their Young men
from roaming about the country. Capt Davis
links these Indians are sincere in their prOtes-
tatiOns of friendship, and does not bolieve thew
are responsible for recent depredations. The
Indians said several times if there was to be war
they did not want any of It. The would be
glad TO see the MinnecOngous whipped and
thought the Great Father ought to have done
so lohg ago.
"A
Aver, Mass, has found that the house he now
occupies was formerly used as a workshop by
the counterfeiters who not long ago Hooded the
towns along the Fltchburg road with their
manufactures. The man, on removing an
Old carpet, recently, discovered a trap
door which led to an underground room where
there was large quantity of finished counter
felt quarters and half dollars. with many pieces
OF metal ready for stamping. There were no
crucibles, but the remains of a furnace were
found, and in the beams of the floor above were
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been inserted. Boston detective has taken
the matter in hand.
DIsLoYALTY IN THE GERMAN RRICHsTAG-
EiOIeRt Speech By an ALsdtidn-In the Reichstag
wednesday, during the debate on the PROPOSE
ton for plebiscite in Alsace and Lorraine, NJ
Teutsch, an Alsatisn delegate, supported the
motion in violent speech, in the course of
which he said Germany had Overstepred the
principles which should be binding upon civil
iZed nations. He held that the annexation To
Germany was illegal. ave are sent here he
setd, "'to proclaim our affection for our French
fstherland, and that your act of violence pre.
vents us from regarding you as brethren.'' TNa
proposition was rejected by an overwhelming
majority.
NEW ORANGES IN PRINCE GEORGES CoUN-
TY, MD,-Three new oranges of Patrons of
Husbandry were organized in Prince Georges
county, Md, on the 18th inst: Reliance grange
10 members, Beltsville, master DIR. s. j, Cook;
secretary, John g. Hall; and Groom grange, y
members, Groom post office, master j. q. Ear
~; secretary, Lach. X. morgan; and on the 18th
instant, Nottingham grange. 80 members, Not
ungham, DIR. W. W. Waring, master VIM. T,
Wallace, recretary.
A CHINESE CooLIR CoMMIssIoN.-Cbin Lin
Pm, Mr.. Mcpherson, com mission of customs at
HankOw; Mr.. Alfred Huber, commissioner OF
customs at Tienstin, and General Yah Shu
Ting, arrived in New York last evening, en-
route for Washington, where, after remaining a
few days, they will proceed TO Cuba, having
Deen appointed an imperial commission of the
government OF China for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the condition OF coolies there.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE "DoLLY" DAyRN-
PoRT.-Ihe funeral of the late A. III. Daven-
port, well known in theatrical circles took
place yesterday afternoon in New York CITY,
and was attended by many leading actresses
and actors OF that city and Brooklyn, besides
members OF New York Lodge of Odd Fellows
The funeral services were conducted by the
presiding off Ger of the Lodge, and the remains
were inferred in Greenwood cemetery
ANOTHER CUBAN NICToRY.-Captaip Nor
ton, of the steamship Moro Castle, from Ha-
vana, reports that IN an engagement about
February Spanish column Of troops, twelve
hundred strong, were utterly defeated by the
insurgents, mourning loss in killed, wounded
and prisoners, of coo men. Intelligen which