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Lord Derby,s Wealth.

Lord Stanleys allowance as an eldest son was
f12,000 year, and few men knew it; so that he
realized the ideal income sketched by the gen.
tleman in "Coningsby"-ten thousand a year,
with the reputation of having only five thou
sand. Lord Derby himself says that he was
richer before he came into the estates than he
is now. But that is one of your quiet mems
paradoxes- rarely uttered. and then the widest
conceivable. For Lord Derby is enormously
rich-one of the very wealthiest subjects in
Europe-and his income is steadily increasing.
1t is calculated that in few years he will be in
receipt OF some two-thirds OF million per
annum.
There we have the first and chiefest explana-
ton OF Lord Derby's success, or rather OF the
profound veneration with which the majority of
English regard him. For successful he has
scarcely been, but of that presently. The second
fact to be taken into account is that this man Of
100000 year is the head of the Stanleys, a
name which has Shone again and again with sin
gular brightness in English history and has
been inscribed by immortal writer's in the pages
OF English literature. The Earldom of Derby
the Oldest on the roll excepting that of Shrews-
bury. dates from 1855, when Henry VII. con-
ferred it on Thomas, Lord Stanley, as the need
OF his treason to Richard I'LL For even Stan
ley may fall short of absolute tion.-[Ffons
London TT1tth NOr, 20,
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Alexandra.

The Princess of Wales and the Czareona,
neither OF whom paid any attention to Nine.
Grevy, were inSeparable when sojourning at the
Hotel Bristol. At the opera they both dressed
alike, in black velvet, but with this slight differ
ence, that the future Queen OF England wore
diamond and the future Empress Of Russia pearl
able when we consider the hostile attitude of
her Britannia Majesty and her MajeSty'S gov
eminent to Russia. The two tlluStrious sisters
who are destined to wear the greatest crowns
in the world were brought up in homely, SIM
pie manner to trim their own bonnets and make
their own dresses. Simplicity in Denmark does
not exclude refinement. The contrast between
their early life and the brilliant positions they
now fill endears the princesses to each other
and renders meeting source of greater joy
than If they had been brought up In palaces
Surfeited with SplendOr. They both look back
with pleasure to the time they took their turns
in housekeeping, and to the projects they
formed for spending Jud1ciously small sums Of
pocket money. Wide scope is given in Den
mark for individual development In the highest
classes, and there Is a charming simplicity in
ladies' bred in that country.
Both the Princess of Wales and her sister are
amiable women. Their dispositions are sweet
and their feelings are not strong. Politics, they
do not much trouble themselves about; but they
are both of too fine fibre to be In sympathy
with the roaring ocean of democracy. multi
tude, though 1t comes out to rend the air with
loyal cheers, Expresses the nerves of England'S
future Queen. She is kind and charitable, but
she does not like the mob, and she likes those
who set up to master it. II she had her way,
farms and learn to be content with their STA
tl0nS and operatives would be universally
lodged In Peabody houses. Her religious sentt-
ments draw her towards Ritualism. At NOtre
Dame, the other day, the vergerS were struck
and contributor to the UntpeI's was edited by
her deyout demeanor and the sympathy she ex-
pressed for Archbishop DarbOy, whose ball
pierced robe was shown to her and the Gar
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Masculine and Feminine Morality.

could never understand the oppoSit systems
of weights and measures which have been
established for guaging morality among men
and among women. The stricteSt among us
allow that young man should sow his wild
oats; but who ever admitted the same necessity
in the case OF girls? We say that man should
have his amusementS-hiS clubs, cigars, horse
races. tiirtationS and Iquorings; but supposing
our women and girls came to us reekng of to-
bacco? Supposing they addicted themselves
openly to nipS OF grOg and abSinthe when their
spirits were low! Surprising they sat down to
quiet rubberS OF whist or eCulte, gambling away
their household money just to while off dull
hours? We demand so much excellence OF our
women that the worst of them are still better
than the average man. l have known some wo-
men who were social OutcaStS and who, in point
of heart, conduct and general moral rectitude,
might have furnished stuff for the making of
very upright gentlemen indeed. They had fallen
once, it is true but what fearful penalty they
had been made to pay for that one slip, while,
by comparison, the kindred penalties of men are
so slight. Ii a young man gets mixed up in
some disgraceful entanglement, breaks heart,
and throws a young girl upon the streets after
having ruined her life, people say OF him. COM
passonatey by-and-bye:-'He was so young
when he did it., and now he has turned over
new leaf;" but ii an inexperienced girl, mere
child OF sixteen or seventeen, comes to harm
through moments weakness, born of too much
love and over-contidence in her betrayer, who
ever thinks of pleading her youth as an excuse?
Who ever urges, seriously, that girl ''has
turned over new leaf?"-[Hon,e Journal.
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If He Would Stop There.

The ShrewdneSS OF Boston youth is much
commended. He was receiving a salary OF $500
year. On the list OF January his employer
made him present OF $50 He consulted his
uncle as to what he should do with the amount
That prudent gentleman advised him to put it
IN the savings Bank, but as the money had come
easy, he would do nothing of the kind. He in
vested 1t In stocks. By a streak of good luck
the $50 brought him in $500. This he put on
de posit. His uncle praised the shrewdness Of
the nephews stock transactions, but expressed
the belief that he would turn out to be a
gambler" This is just where the danger lies
There are many Instances In this city of persons
flushed, pursued the business OF stock dealing
until they were financially ruined. One of these
was so notable as to deserve mention. Some
eight years ago, when the stock market was
held life position in the army, where he had
achieved some distinction, had 5000, with
which he purchased a rapidly rising stock.
Five days afterward he could have
$4,000. His friends advised him to withdraw.
But no. They insist that he should at least
secure one-half the sum, and let the balance 60
as risk. Not cent would be taken from the
hands OF his broker until the amount reached
SlOO, 600" ON the contrary, he went in for sew
eral thousand more dollars on margin" In
the elatton OF his feelings he wrote his resigna-
ton In the army, and forwarded it to Washing
ton. A few days afterward the crash came, and
the young man was NEXT thing to bankrupt
The last we heard OF this unfortunate he was at
the capital OF the nation endeavoring to procure
a situation. Ii those who realize largely on q
first stock operation would be content, and re-
tire from the lists, many men would be in good
circumstances who now find themselves re-
duced to poverty. But few do so. for there is a
fascination in this sort OF speculation which leads
them deeper In as their game increase until the
inevitable day comes when all is lost, and when
suicide often follows to close out life which has
notnlng before 1t but dark future. It would
pc useless, however, to offer advice on this sub
lecL Inc history OF the stock board Is repeat
ing ltsen every day. and will go on repeating so
long as such speculatiOns are held to be re-
Francisco Gail.
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In conclusion, we would suggest to those per-
sons who are interested in the well-being OF the
community, and especially in large towns,
reasonable way the scheme so ably put forward
by an eminent preacher and writer In the fol-
lowing words:
Look at the vast evils of small laundries.
What disease is there fomented-clotheS not dis
infected, mixed up before and after washing !!
Remedy-abolish all small laundries, establish
in each district proper public 1aundries under
due supervision, with disinfecting- rooms and
drying grounds. company might make it's
fortune In five years, especially If it undertook
not to destroy more than five per cent of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-06

AFTER JOHN E. OWENS, the comedian, had re-
tired to his chamber In the Palace hotel, in San
Francisco, the other night, he caught the sound
of something crinoline In the hall and heard a.
gentle tap on the door OF his room. He opened
the door. He shut 1t again. For on the mat
outside hay pretty baby boy, who was Growing
Justify. Pinned to the baby's clothing was the
following note: my Dear Sir: have seen your
performance Of Higgins In Or. Clyde and
ever witnessed. The only way In which can
evince my gratitude to you Is by Offering you
one OF the lOvelieSt infants could select from
the orphan asylum. Take 1t and cherish 1t, and
KNOWN ADAIRRR." Mr.. Owens struggled with
conflicting purposes for few moments and then
summOning all Of his friends that could be
found, sOlemnly announced that baby's adoption
as "JOhn E Owens, Jr."
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ROlnmany Morals.

Not whisper OF scandal attaches to these
RuSSiai ROmmany women as regards transient
amours- But if wealthy Russian gentleman
falls in love with One and will have aid hold
her permanently or for durable connection, be
may take her to his home If she likes him, but
must pay, monthly, a sum into the gypsy treas
ury, for these people apparently form an dTtel or
socety-union, like all other classes of Russians.
1t may be suggested as an explanation OF this
apparent 1ncongruity. that gypsieS all the world
over regard steady cohabitation, or agreement,
as marriage, binding themselves as it were by
GandharbGcirGh0, as the saint married VaSan-
taSena, which is an old SanSkrit way of wedding.
And let me remark that If one tenth of what 1
heard in Russia about ''mOralS" in the highest
Or lowest or any other class be true, the gypses
OF that country are shining lights and brilliant
exemplars OF morality to all by whom they are
surrounded. Let me also add that never on any
occasion did hear or see among them anything
in the slightest degree improper or unretlned.
such naive people about subjects which would
shock an English lady. and as the reader may
remember did quote Mr.. Borrow's song which
he has not translated. But a European girl
who would have endured illusions to tabooad
subjects would have at all times shown
vulgarity or cOarseneSs, while these Russian
Rommany girls were inyartable lady-like. 1t is
true that the st. Petersburg party had dissi-
paled air, three or four OF them looked like sec
ond-class French or Italian theatrical astistes,
and should not be aStOniShed to learn that
them as cigarettes or that their tlirtationS
among their own people were neither faint nor
few nor far between. But their conduct in my
presence was irreproachable. Those of Moscow,
in fact, had not even the apparent defects Of
their st. Petersburg sisters and brothers, and
when among them it always seemed to
me as If were simply with nice gentle creoles
or Cubans the gypsy manner being tanned
dow to the Spanish level, their great black
eyes and their guitars increasing the resem-
blance. The indescribable, Wild and thrilling
character of gypsy music is thoroughly appre-
ciated by the Russians, who pay very high
prices for Rommany performances. From e5
to es or clio is usually given to dozen gypstes
for singing an hour or two to a special party,
and this is sometimes repeated twice or thrice
of an evening. "a Russian gentleman, when
he is in funds" said the clerk OF the Slavansky
of giving the Zigari hundred-ruble note," the
ruble rating at half crown. The result is that
good singers among these lucky Remnants are
well to do, and lead soft lives, for Russia
ICharLeS G., Leland in lHdcInlUdn'S Mdqdztle.
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CONNEMARA MATCHMAKING.
tFrom Harper's for December |


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tho tW" .Whu not mota matnb not Waan tbans
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hIess beri Inst Gov What Won will Give her and
We can have done with II before the game ia
ont y nav UNIV WALL ~ "'i'-o 'A' e'-'0 -
the farmer after pulling and
heino mean wifi Give her cabin a G,iarter
scre If land with the notatnes tilied and brought
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RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK.
National Route and Short Line to the
North, Northwest, West,
To take effect Sunday, November 16. 1879. at 20
LEAVE w :, II.
300 p.m.-Baltimore, Ellicott City and Way Sta
g: o5 a.m.-tNew York. Philadelphia and Boston
Express. On Sundays to Baltimore only. Break
$50 am Baltimore, Annapolis and way. .sPied-
500 a. M Baltimore and Laurel Express
$40 a.m.-Point Of Rocks, Piedmont, strasburs.
S15 a.m.--New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore Express. Parlor car to New York and
s:s5 a.m.|tst. Louis, Chicago Columbus and
s1cep and
Staunton. Pullman Cars to Cincinnati. daily. Graf
Ge sunday Annapo
burg College BeIts1ile Laurel Annapolis f JUNCTION..
iSIe p.m.-Baltimore. Annapolis. Ellioott City
i so p:m;s.,New. York. Philadelphia and Boston
1:s5 p.m.-tOn Sunday only Baltimore and Way;
Express Frederick, via Relay. Stops at Annapolis
:s5 P:m.-7tPoint q Rocks, Frederick, Hasers-
Point of Rocks and Way Stations only.
:. 4:4o .m.-tBaltimore, Annapolis and Way Sta
EKfEEss A.r S8Rr s9dsRt A Asn
day Norfolk passengers taken In the direct to
boat ct Canton Stops at Bladsnsbnrg and Laurel
Sa5 m:-tBsltim 40 , and Way Stations ms T., NV
PRESS. Elicott City, via Relay
I T4S F. mItGH Eb COLUMBUS AND
pittsburgh except Sunday
945 p. m.-fNEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA
AND BALTIMORE EXPRESS. Stops at Bladens-
burg and Laurel. Sleeping car to New York. and
special sleeping car to Philadelphia.
g so p. mist. Louis and Cincinnati Express.
Pullman Cars.
fDaily. tSunday only. Other trains daily. except
Sunday.
All trains stop at Relay Station.
For further Information apply at the Baltimore
and Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Station, and
6O3 619 and 1435 Pennsylvania avenue, where orders
will be taken for Baggage to be checked and received
at any point in the city. W. NJ. CLEMENTS,
Master of Transportation.
L. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. s. KOONTZ, General Agent my17
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C. T. wORDEN.

With chilly feet and dropping wings,
He hangs upon the window pane,
And hoarsely he his death song SINGS
He has a sort of window pain
Outside the earth is robed in white:
No coal inside, for coal is high,
With prospects dark he must alixht
While winter takes him on the fy
The man who said ooh dumb the flies"
Has got his wish, for he is dumb;
But gaspi1gly in death he cries,
There is no word go sweet as hum"
And he who blew all kinds of meat
Now murmurs with dying tone,
Though retain my carcass sweet,
lind myself q poor fly blown"
The wind that blew hath made him blue
And cold his skin doth mottle;
If nicely corked and wintered through
He'd be a big blue bottle.
AL summer long, in shining robes,
He probes the flowers and MOSES,
But now, alas! he can not probe,
For froZe is his probcscis.
Poor dy, his business is DER.
Alas. his hum is in the dust;
His corpse will float ON tea no more,
Nor pass for cloves in cake, trust.
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1879 PENS ssKKHvXAN1A 1879

1879 rrs $sHkE 1879
TO THE S SoETa s4sa} SOFT so'T}THwEsr
TRAINS Z n Es PEsEThsR III ,s from Depot
corner Of Sixth and streets, as follows:
s1 a1 and d f ssaf sss af G S Ps
Pittsburs to Gincinpati St Louis and Chicago;
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
and Rs So At daily eassP
ave sna SSansaE ss
pm. daily. except Sunday. and As p: m. daily.
with Palace Cars attached. Limited Express Of
Puliman Parior Cars. s:So I'm. daily except
For Brooilyn, N. Y, all through trains connect st
affording direct transfer to Fulton street, avoid
Ing double ferriage and journey across New York
i except sanday 50 and 4 M. aaIly Inn I'm
For s1csRs snd
i9 AZ ISS 4e a and nm M On sunday
For Pope's Greek Line. 600 am. and 4 20 p. m.
For Annapolis, 6 20 a. m and 20 p M. daily. ex-
cept Sunday.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
THX F ANP RddEEExASDE1z AND WASHING
For Aexandria., !, 1920. 3 II am. 4:2e. $40,
6:25, and II 80 IN. On Sunday at 7, and
IL q. h. and pm.
For Richmond and the South, 700 ar daily, and
20p.m. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington. 6, 8, 10
am; IL 80, 5, 5, Z, O5 p. M and IL midnight:
On Sunday at and 10 am, and and 9:05
Pm.
Tickets, Information, Sleeping and Parlor Oar 40
commodatons can be procured at the Offices north
east corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue; northeast corner of Sixth street and Penn
sylyania avenue and At the depot where orders can
be left for checking Of baggage to destination from
hotels and residences
i. p. FARMER, General Passenger Agent:
FRANK THOMSON, General Manager. nov9
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Proper Level for a Woman,s Eyes.

1t may DC, however, that the Italian women
admiration that follows their sex everywhere ia
Italy, and receiving In early girlhood their first
lessons OF social conduct from French govern
precepts with them all through life. "NeVer
look man In the face, !" said one Of the gov
ernesses to her pupils, at is tmmodest. Al
his shirt bosOm-yeu may then be sure your
eyes are at the level most proper for woman's
eyes to be."IAaryGre. Bertha In Chicago IN
ter.OceQn.
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Earth-Born NIeteorites.

Each sun and each planet, each asterold and
each moon, TO say nothing of nebule on the
one hand, or OF comets and aeroliteS on the
other), has its eruptive stage, in which, diverse
though the powers of large and small orbs may
be, expulsive powers probably has been, is, or
will be attained, competent to drive the ex-
PEELED matter beyond the attractive range (also
diverse for OrbS Of different Size) OF the parent
mass. Nor need we be perplexed by the con-
SderatiOn that, in thus viewing millions of
meteors and meteorites as sun-expelled or
planetexpelled masses, we seem to set on one
side the evidence which shows that the orbs
peOpling space have been in large part formed
by the aggregation OF meteoric anaS5eS. The
two processes are no more Inconsistent than are
the two processes by one of which trees gather
nutriment from the earth, and so grow, bud
blossom, bear fruit and throw out leaves while
by the other they strew upon the earth leaves
fruit, blossoms and buds, and In the fullness OF
time yield even their own substance to the all
nouriShing soil The earth-bOrn meteOrIteS
which return In thousands year by year to the
earth from which they sprang, are but as the
leaves OF a tree compared with the soil from
which the tree derives its nourishment, when
we compare the total mass OF all those meteor
ties with that Of those portions of the mighty
cosmical nebula from which the mass Of the
earth itself was formed; while this portion In
turn compared with the whole nebula Is but as
the soil nouriShing single tree to that from
which whole forest derives supp0rt-[Crn-
hau Magazine.
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The Fly,s Proboscis.
USED ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR MACLOSKIE TO
FILE, NOT TO BITE PEOPLE.

USED ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR MACLOSKIE TO
FILE, NOT TO BITE PEOPLE.
Professor George Macloskie of Princeton Col
lege, read paper before the New York Acade-
my OF Sciences last evening on .'The Proboscts of
the House-Fly. The wall behind the desk at
which the Professor stood was decorated for the
occasion with diagrams showing highly magni-
ned sections of the body of the common house
fly or AuScd dornesticus. There were also some
pictures OF exaggerated cockrOachcs, and rep
resentation of an enormous lobster, more than
three feet longSo large in fact that the teeth in
his "spoon-shaped jaws" could be distinctly
seen. AS for the picture of that instrument of
torture, the prOboscis of the houSe-ly. it reSem-
bled, both In shape and size, rifle with the bar
rel broken off where it meets the stock, and
large warty potato stuck on. The potato would
represent what some naturaliStS call the :" tip"
and what others call the ''knOb" OF the probes
els. Professor Macloskie declared that it was
mistake to say that flies bite, the testimony of
all mankind to the contrary notwithstanding.
They don't bite-they only filed. 1t was for
long time said by naturalsts that this knob at
the end OF the fiy's proboscis was made up OF
bled to rub his teeth so to speak, into the flesh
OF suffering humanity. Laterinvestigation had
demonstrated the fact that this knob was made
up principally of small rods, the sharp ends of
surface similar to that Of very sharp and
effective file.
The lecturer went on to describe just how the
flies go to work to file persons face. Having
discovered minute Speck OF something palata-
ble the fly first dropped little saliva upon it to
moisten or dissolve the dainty morSel. This
done, he went to work with his file executing
movement like that OF the snout Of a pig when
roofing nthe earth. Having gathered UP enough
for ''swallow," he drew up his proboscfs,
emptied the food into his mouth, and chewed
it. To prove that flies had teeth, although they
were so located as not to enable him to bite any
external object, the professor passed around a
specimen of a fiy's jaw adjusted under the OBJ
jective glass of microscope and showing off
the fiy's back teeth to great advantage. The
mosquitoes apparatus was very different, That
number OF lanceletS set in among a system of
sucking tubes. This enabled it to bore for blood
and draw it up at the same time.-[M 7. World
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sIYou may safely commit the child's clothes
70 the servant, but the rest OF the little one you
had better take care OF yourself.
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FIRST OF THE SEASON!
NEW CROP
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES,
BRIGHT AND FINE FLAVOR,
rs CENTS PER GALLON
s CALLS. BEST N. Y. CIDER 81 90
10 LBS. BEST N Y. BUCKWHEAT .. 35
GALL. FANCY SYRUP. go
BEEF TONGUE IN CANS.
FRESH BEEF IN CANS.
C. 9. O'HARE q SON,
1918 9TH st. n.,c., bet,ceen M and N.
BRANCH STORE,
noy18 Cor. III and 4th T.,c.
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BARGAINS IN SECONDHAND ovERcoATs

rich mans OYERCOAT. hrst-elass merchant
poor mans price, for less money than a common
ready-maae new one. at HERZoGS. 308 9th st.,
near PenngylvAniA ave. ;you viii find large assort.
mentof tho above clothing, together with Heavy
Winter Goods at same rates. sep23-6m
II WALKKR SONS, 2Oe lore 81. N.W.-Iime,
Dry Eelt Carpet Fell, Rosin Sized Feff 0hsroosii