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Che Preside nat and the District Com.
CONFERENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THEIR ANSu

CONFERENCE ON TIE SUBJECT OF THEIR ANNUAL
REPORT.
The District Commissioners visited the Presi-
dent 1T one O'Clock to-day, in accordance with the
arrangement made yesterday. The President re-
ceived them kindly, and their annual report was
handed To him and his attention called to certain
Recommendations, such as those In rty..rI tn the
nalariolS river Hats, water supply. railroad union
depot and TO the in4hiity of the District authorj-
ties u make the Necessary public improvements
In consequence OF the Cumbersome In
tefest on s22OO9,E0 OF Indebtedness. for
which the District should hot be responsible
as twas a ere .tiOD or the general governments Sc
The commissioners asked that in his message to
Congress these things BE- not overlooked The
President 2SAed the ComInisS Onero 10 remind him
By letter of the points stated 50 that they would be
before him.
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News From Europe To-day.

Paris. November 26-It Is stated that the gov
ernLIcnt has decided 90 Withdraw the decree pro-
hibitinG the importation OF American PORK.
END OF. STRIKE.
LoSDoS, November a6--The strike ut GOO,ibOdys
Factory at Clare, which employs go PERSONS, Is
ended
DEATH or THE CHESS CHAMPION.
LONDON, Move mbeT g6.-The death is announced
o: Ellie Srh0umOD, FOR many years the chess chain
piOn OF Russia.
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The Markets.

LONDON. November &C. 2 u. m.-Atlantc and
Great Western fret mortgage trustees certificates So
do seconds 49, Erle, 49,. New YORK Central. 143
fenne wanna Central 65's Untar1o and Western, 81
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations current in New York
to-day at 30 PIN, reported by II. II. Dodge of
$50 10th street by special wire-B. FL. and E. firts
I21s Canada Southern 6i4 Central Pacific. 81 Ciies-
eake and Ohio %. Chicago. burlington and quincy
lao; e. Z. ant L. G., ~ Col Coal, 40 Delaware and
Hudson, u.s.: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
TO- Denver and loo Grande, so District Of Columbia
800 bonds. f0.alttS: Erie, t6: do prJ-erred, -
Dc: seconds lut}4' Hannibal and St. 10. %, do
grefer:ed, III Houston and Texas, s95.;
lnnSis Central. 1872; l.. B. andM.. 81; Lake Ere
NaShyi.ie Y5s Manhattan Beach, 214 Michigan Con
trc 81 NJ, r. and T.. H.: missouri Pacific I0i:I
Mobile anu Ohio, ga; Manhattan Elevated, oS54
sletr IieNatet Nash, lie aud Chattanocs,
81: New Je-sey Central, 9i}l New YORK Central,
1851 Norfolk and Hrsiern preferred. 57s. Northern
Pacific, 40t; do preterrci, S2ls; Northwest, I27s
OhtCCe ntr-I- 20 Ohio and Mississippi, 40zs: Ontario
aud Western, as; Pacific Nail, 447s: Peo., D. and
r.. Az; Reading, 66@; kock leland. 1857; 81. Louis
aDd san fraaeIsco. 43; do. preferred, 81; Eaui,
1e.e. St Paul and Omaha. i0 do. preferred. 1924;
Texas Pacific. 5i24 Texas Pacific L. d.. 7619 Union
faeiic, ll9; Wabash and Pacific. 49,; do preferred.
&c.: Western Union. sos.
=, C-osi.s G2ssrnment Bonds.-6s reg, 1b1'la1o2;
SIS reg, 3.sali%1s; do coupon, 11f4aIli., Al
TeG.. 1lI 4aliI-S, do COUPON nIlaallI5s.
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I'd Edition.
kilograms to The Star.
HORRIBLE MURDER IN BALTIMORE.
ASSISTANT TREASURER HILLHOUSE RESIGNS.
Frightfnl Tragedy i'm baltimore.

TANGLED BODY OF A WOMAN FOUND IN HER HONE.
BALTIMORE, MD, November 26-This forenoon
the BODY on Mrs. Campbell was found on the floor
OF her nome, In Hammond alley, near President
street depot. horribly mangled. The room where
tne BODY was found showed evidence OF a struggle.
MIS- Campbell had severe cut on the right arm,
near the shoulder. penetrating nearly TO the bone,
and her right ear was almost - yeryd from the
mead Her clothing was in t5tters- and the fUrni-
ture In the room broken. Mrs. Campbell was adj
dlctAd 10 drink. and noise WAS heard In her
mousse last night, but no attention was paid to II
by her neighbcrS. The coroner viii begin an fn-
VestlgatiOn this afternoon.
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FOR ORTIZ FOR SPEAKER.-The Republican men,
ners OF Congress from Indiana called upon some CT
the correspondents of western papers last night to
assure them that Indil IA was for Orth for speak
er, first, last and all the time"
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The Cigarette Smoker.

The Cigarette Smoker.
Wherever You turn you surely Will meet him,
His eyes all agone, his cheeks like the snow,
HIS step uuelast1c, you Shudder TO greet him,
While wondering why he has made himself SO.
And gayly he tw1rlS the foul thing on his fingers
Then plants 1t Serenely between his blue ifps
And the smoke on his tongue for a brief moment
fingers,
Then hurriedly down through the oesophagus
He says he inhales 1t to get at its essence.
t thrills him, he says, like the wine that Is DID,
ana braces him up to the work that's before him,
Ana Whatever that is he yet never has told.
Next day his fine form from the sidewalk is Miss
ing,
we ask OF his double while going our way
what has become of our friend, Mr.. JenkinS?"
Hes departed this life, twas consumption, they
All, yes, twas consumption, consumption OF vol
ufmeS
OF the venOmOus smoke OF the fell cigarette;
SHE'S departed this life" he was only just twenty
The grave has oft opened on younger ones yet
Consumption nor whisky, nor even that other
Well known destroyer, the cucumber green,
Reaps half of the harvest from our young popula-
ton
AS the arsenic roll with tobacco between.
-GreenbuSh Gazette.
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The TALLAPOOsA has left Newport, with the
training ship Constitution in tow, for New York
where the latter will be placed out OF commission.
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A Desperate Prisoner Shot.

SYRACUSE, n. V, November 26.-David r. Potion,
WatertOn burglar, attempted To escape from the
Onandaigua penitentiary this morning. lie broke
out or his cell and assaulted Keeper Nj, hOlas
Drum with bricks, rendering him tnsenS bic.
TO the rescue and a fight ensUed. during which
Potion Was shot three times. He cannot survive
m
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NEW YORK, Nov. s6-AD evening paper says: The
resignation OCen HillEOuSs .aS assistant treasurer
OF the United states, in charge Of the SUbtrea Sry
In this city. has been accepted by the Washington
authorities. and he will he relieved from duty On
the FIRST Of January next This VIII leave him free
TO assume the duties OF president OF a well known
financial Institution. which position he several
brokers and business nen propose to present To
Gen Hlllhouse an appropriate testimonial OF their
appreciate OF his public service,
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RANGE OF THE THERNogETER.-The following. are
the readings OF the thern6 met ter 1T the Signal once
during the day: a m. 30 deg; il m 10 ,srp
Ppm, IS deg. Maximum, 45.4 deg. nliain,usl, =
6sg.
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STANDARD DOLLARs-Durng the week ended to
day $780,, 997 in standard silver dollars went out
the Treasury into circulation. For the correspond
Ing week Of last year $3.50, 997 went into circula
ton.
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A NEW DEVICE FOR SwfNDIING.-For the pat
six weeks Detectives Bleil and McCauIey Of tbo
steamboat squad have been watching two men
who have been trying to swindle countrymeu b.
new confidence game. They would place 3
plated ring in a kid glove and drop the glove In
front of tie intended victim. They would then
pick it up, show the ring and offer to give it 70
the connrrymsu for couple OF dollars. The in
side OF TIA siegs are marked Is X. and are in
scribed a.sh Initials Yesterday the detectives
aiTestsd Richard Welsh aid john Handea--G
4. SKA
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Crime IN Missouri.

Fl. LoUIs. November 26-At Holden. near War
reDsburg, Mo, yesterday. David McCOnnaghey WIS
stabbed and Killed by q man named ScatteTwhite.
The latter escaped. McCOnnaghey was a hard
character. having served term i'll the peni ten
tiary for horse stealing.
Gov Crittenden has pardCned John Sweeny, OF
mississippi county, young man sentenced in 1873
10 the penttentilry for term of twenty years for
murder in The second degree.
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q
puts In bad bill. The clerk tells him it is bad
bill, and will not take it. The man goes on his
way and passes it upon his neighbor."
STAR "Is there no remedy?"
HOW TO STOP THE CIRCULATION OF COUNTERFEIrs.
c.: ':NOt under existing law. I have recon-
mended that Congress pass an act requiring all
banks, especially national banks, when bad
bill is presented, not to return it before stamp
ing 1t as bad. Such a law would do much to
suppress the circulation of counterfeit money
1t is. perhaps, natural for a man upon whom a
counterfeit bill has been passed to shove it off
on somebody else, although he knows that it is
a counterfeit"
WHAT NOTES ARE COUNTERPErTED.
1t is now very difficult to counterfeit q. S.
notes The work is of such fine quality and
at the same time SO elaborate in all its details
that even the best counterfeter is put to the
stump. The counterfeiter Makes as far as pos
sible, fac smile of the note as it stands. He
is unable to give to his work the finishing
touches and the details Of excellence in work.
manship that the government is able to bestOw
upon IL. lie cannot successfully counterpart.
Inc national bank note il more easily counter
Ieited than the legal tender. The work on the
former Is not as intricate as on the eaal tender
ana OF Its nature it presents what is called in
tne present day greater opportunities All
natlonai bank notes are the same except the
legend telling what bank the note is upon and
the state and city where located. The whole Of
TINS legend Is right in the center of the face of
the note In counterfeiting the bank note, ow-
ing 70 Its comparatively-the comparison is with
the legal tender-simple character the Counter
feiter makes what is called ..skeleton'' nlata
1t contains everything except the legend of the
Oank upon whose notes he intends to MAKE
prey. He works one bank until he cannot work
1t any longer, and then by putting in Q new
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The LEADING STRINGS FALLAcY.-From the
moment a child is born. he is treated on the
principle that all his instincts are essentially
wrong. that nature must he thwarted and cOun-
teracted in every possible way. He is strapped
up in a contriyance that he would be glad to
exchange FOR a strait jacket. kept for hours i'm
position that prevents him from moving any limb
OF his body: His first attempts at locomotion
are checked he is put in leading strings. he is
carefully guarded from the out door world from
tine air that would inyigorate his lungs. from the
sports that would develop his muscles. Hence.
the peeyshness, awkwaldness. and sickness
OF our young aristociats. Poor people have no
time to initiate the absurdties of their wealthy
neighbors and their children profit by what the
model nurse would undoubtedly call neglect.
Indian babies are still better of. Tney are fed
on bul-beef and kicked around like young
dogs; but they are swaddled. they are
not Graded, and not dOsed with
paregoric; they crawl around naked. and soon
learn to keep out of the way; they are happy,
they never cry. FIVE would treat our youngs-
tiers in the same way. only substituting kisses
and bread for kicks and beat. they would be
as happy as kids in a cloyer-fied, and moreover
they would afterward be harder and stronger
Every week the newspapers tell Us about ladies
tumbling down stairs and breaking both arms
boys falling from fence and fracturing their
c0llar-bones From what height would yeung
Comanche have to fall to break such bones-not
to mention South Sea Island children and young
monkeys: The bones Of an infant are plastic:
letting it tumble and roll about would harden
the bony tissue guarding IL like piece of brit
tie crcckery makes its limbs as fragile as glass
Christian mothers reproach themselves with ne.
glecting their duty to their children IL they do
not constantly interfere with their movements
but they forget that in point Of physical ednca.
ton Nature herself is such an excellent TEACHER
that the apparent neglect rs really q transfer Of
the pupil to more efficient school.-DR. FrIrx
L. OswoLD, in Popular Science Monthly for d.
GENDER.
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WIFE's PETITION FOR DIvORCE.-To-day, Eliza
peth Lee fl' petition for divorce from W. H.
lney were married In October, 1865 and lived
a % n,sI Trends In Ohio. She charges him with
s.t MT +. H. Fall, defendants counsel
ton In the bill Wv 0S' ""0 "iiosa-
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MN. UirSON 5 LE IEh-TiCttIIg dtUUTHpy-(JPHtrH1
Phillips to-day received a letter from Mr. A. NJ.
Gibson In answer to the Department OF Justices
inquiry why he left printed report in the de-
pertinent, and by what authority: also, by what
authority he signs himself '.head assistant at
torney Tor the United States" Judge Phillips to-
DAY told the STAR reporter that Mr.. GibSOnS
answer would not be made public by him. 1t is
understood that Mr.. GibSon'S letter does not ask
for the Information, which he holds, has not yet
been given by the latter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

well fined" We doubt the necessity,
however, of running barnyard through a
mill to grind it up. We got Jul best re-
suits by turning the manure once, if
made from. feeding hay or straw, and
twice if made from feeding corn fodder,
In the spring, some day when it is too
wet to pillow, we set the men to work in
the barnyard. They turn the manure,
making it up into a square, built pile, be-
ing careful too keep it level on top, and
the sides as nearly perpendicular as pos
sible. If this is turned again during the
summer, it will be in fine condition for
top-dressing wheat at the time of seed
ing. Where land is. laid down to grass
in the fall and top-dressed with azure
friend will find he gets better results
tina from the common method of hand
ling manure. Again, we find that the
manure a be turned as directed above,
and hauled and spread on the land at
less cost of time and labor than in the
old way of hauling long, chunky manure
direct from the yard to the field. The
secret OF turning is it reduces the bulk
so that it can be hauled in about three
6fths as many loads, and can be handled
with half the labor and spread evenly.
Then above all this well-fned
is ready to supply plant food, and the
crop gets its benefit the first season, and
there is neither time, nor manure, mol
labor lost. It is doubtful, if barnyard
manure can be put into better shape,
even by machinery, as suggested by the
Tennessee correspondent. = Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
How Shot Are Made.

A shot-tower is certainly a curious
place to the uninitiated visitor, and the
process of manufacturing the leaden
missiles is most interesting. OF course
it is necessary that the shot should fall
from a considerable elevation, and the
height of many of the towers is over 200
feet. As pure lead will not make per-
feet glohules, it is necessarily "tem-
pered." This "temper" is prepared by
the addition of ingredients, Of which
arsenic is the main property. It is run
into bars convenient for use, and with
pig-lead hoisted to the top of the tower.
Here are two small rooms, one about
twelve feet below the other, and each
containing two huge kettles, in which
the pig-lead and the "temper" are melt
ed. From one or the other of the two
kettles In both rooms-as each room has
a separate shaft-streams of shot are
constantly flowing. At the bottom of
each kettle the molten stuff pours into
square pans perforated at one side.
These perforations are large or small,
according to the size of shot desired,
and separate the mass into distinct, del
icate, cleaning streams, which in turn,
as they come in contact with the atmos-
phere, separate into perfect globules, or
shot, which are cooled in their 200-feet
journey and the water into which they
fall below.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08

1t was Philip the Second of Spain who
said to his attendants, 81 wish to be
carried alive to the place of my sepul-
cher" The procession conveying the
dying monarch left Madrid June 20,
1893, and occupied six days in travers-
ing the distance of only twenty-four
miles to the Escurial where the Imperial
tomb was situated. Philip had suffered
from govt for twenty years, and in the
last eighteen months of his life expe-
rienced untold agony. It assumed the
form of All unappeasable thirst and a
numerous condition of an intensely ma
lignant nature. 1t was even impossible
to turn his body from one side to the
other, or to change his clothing, and yet
amid all this suffering and pain he made
arrangements for his own burial, ordered
the coffin of his Royal father to be
opened so that he might be robed after
him in similar fashion, and finally di
rected his own coffin to be placed at his
bedside. He witnessed all these prepa,
rations with imperturbable calmness,
and before passing away requested that
his body be Enclosed in the coffin as soon
as death ensued, and that placed in n
leaden box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
Poker in q Legislature.

In years gone by certain Representa-
tive in our State Legislature was supposed
to have been "seen" on a certain bill,
but as he kept his own counsel no one
could get any proof against him. He
had been elected as an honest, upright
man, and when his constituents heard
the rumors against his integrity they
were amazed. A delegate was appointed
to go down to Lansing and hear his side
of the story, and when this man returned
home he was invited to make known his
researches before an open meeting.
"My friends" he began, "I went to
Lansing with the-determination to sift
the matter to the bottom. I found that
S. was living high and dressing like a
lord ?"
A groan went through the meeting,
and men shook their heads in a solemn
way.
"He sports a gold watch and cane"
continued the delegate, and he was talk
ing of buying a $500 horse to bring home
with him. You remember, he went away
from here a poor man,"
"Then he sold his vote p shouted one
of the yeomen.
"I confess it looked that way to me at
first" replied the delegate, "but when
I came to tackle him personally he ex-
planned everything as clear as day. He
had not sold his vote. He had not for
gotten that an honest constituency was
behind him and no money could have
bribed his conscience. No, my friends,
there is-no stain ON his reputation"
"'Then how did he get his money ?"
asked three or four at once.
swell, I don't know as I can explain
it as well as he did, and I'm sorry I did
not write it down. 1t seems that the
members don't have anything to do even
ings, and instead of reading novels or
attending the wicked theater theygather
in little crowds around the table and the
one who has four of a kind of something
or other rakes in something called the
pot. I don't know where the money
comes in, but it's somehow or other, and
somehow or other our esteemed Repre-
sentative always has more of a kind than
any one else. This is as neal as I can
remember, and I suggest a vote of con-
tinued confidence in our member until he
himself returns to explain what the
kinds are, and what the pot has to do
withit." Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-08
The Land of the Lotus.Eaters.

In their expedition against the rebel
Moslems of North Africa, the French
have deseclated several places rendered
immortal by the songs of Homer and
Virgil. One of the most important Ct
these is the Island of Djerba. 1t lies in
the Gulf of Gabes, is considered the
most beautiful island in the Mediter-
ranean, and is the home of the de-
scendants of the Lo~tus-eaters, immor-
talized in the Odyssey, and who have
been the theme of Tennyson's celebrated
composition. 1t was to the Lotus-eaters
that Ulysses of old, foot-sore and weary,
made his way. 1t was the Lotus-eaters
who planned the destruction of that
celebrity by giving him and his compan-
ions the lotus to eat, for whoever tasted
that sweet fruit lost all desire to return
to his native country, but remained with
the Lotophagoi, feeding on the lotus,
forgetful of return.
The present inhabitants of Djerba are
about As, 900 in number. They are
mainly farmers and shepherds, and like
the lotus-eaters of old, for the most part
dwell in ave Their creed is a strange
mixture of Mohammedanism and Roman
Catholicism, due to the domination in
the sixteenth century, of the island by
the Spanish and Turks, respectively.
| By the latter the Lotus-eaters of to-day
are known as the Kharedjites or CHS
matics. The lotus is still plentiful in
the island. It is of the size of a wild
plum, of a saffron color, and a swedish
taste, and grows ON a prickly, branching
shrub. 1t is altogether unlike the cele-
brated Egyptian lotus, and must not be
confounded with the water lily of the
Nile, or lotus which is also used for food.
A delicious liquor known in the Orient
as Lagn1i, is made from it. The flavor
of the liquor is not unlike that of the
renowned wines of Samos. To Western
nations the lotus tree itself is known as
the jujube tree, while the Arabs call it
the Seedr0.
To the French, or to any other people
capable of turning its fertility to good
account, Djerba will be a most desirable
acquisition. 1t abounds in cochineal,
md several plants also celebrated for
The richness of the dye obtained FROM
them. Under good administration there
is no reason why the home of the Lotus.
eaters should not regain its ancient fame
for its dyes, as we'll as for its fruit anil
wine. Pliny the elder, the Roman his.
torian, tells us that the purple of the
insuta lotophagitis rivaled that of state
ly Tyre herself. - Cincinnati CONNER
at