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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

DRIVATE STOCK + ES n A n
u WARES
BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND Sgw YORK.
n. n. Do DEE.
BONDS, STOCKS AND INVESTMENT sycI1R.
TILES BOUGHT AND sold on CORNERSTONE
No. 059 18th street.
fCoRooRAN BUILDING
AGENCY FOR PRINCE AND WHITLEY
STOCK BaoKRA
q Broadway. New York.
Every class Of SEoUsITIES Boas et and soIl ou|
commission in San rhI cisco, Balumore, Pl!lE 4
deiphiA NeS York, Boston and 6ashI,lston orter5
executed on the New York Stock kyclis age .. one
eighth OF one Der cent commission. Private aud
direct telegraph wires 10 baltimore, Ph.ladeT hlA.'
New YORK and Boston. through which orders ard
reported back promptly. Quotations Of stocks anc
BONDS ana information REGARDING tho karketR re-
Celveo through our wire every 6ftH&n mil utes
daily Orders IN Cotton. 6rsin aud Proyiaona
executed with dispxtch. 1eo2- sn Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

Mr.. Simon Wolf's stirring appeal IN Wednes-
day STAR IN behalf OF public action for the
suffering poor was OF material service.
Mr.. p. J. Donahue desires us to say that he
dd not write the letter concerning the Parnen
movement and sign d "P. J. D. which ap-
Policeman Townsend r. Hobbs deed last
night at his home, No. 900 18th street south
West, after lingering sickness OF consump; ion.
The Christmas festival OF the Sunday school
Of Emanuel Episcopal church, Anacostla. D.
c., (Rev. Mr.. Mckee. rector) took place New
Years Eve in the church. Notwithstanding the
severity OF the cold there was Urge repre-
ssItai ION OF the teachers and Children. who
seemed TO enjoy the festivities OF the occasion.
After the preliminary religious service. con-
Quoted by the pastor, in which the little ones
lied by Miss Rifle Darling, acting orgauist,)
sarg heartily the Christmas carols the super
fniendent and his assistants distributed the
gifts.
TIE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILROAD SALK.-The
confirming and settling up the sale OF the Viz
glnia Midland railroad to the syndicate OF
wilcox Brown and Robert Garrett was con-
cluded In Alexandria yesterday. The Gazette
says: large number OF bonds and shares of
owned by the corporation Of Alexandra, have
been turned over, TO be scaled aocoriny TO the
scheme OF reorganization. The deere confirm
distribution OF the purchase money. was res
In court yesterday. 1t provides for the paw
ment OF the first and second mortgage bonds OF
principal and interest; 50 per cent to the hold
els OF the third o. & A. bonds; u per cent to
the holders OF the first O., A. NJ bonds. and
271s per cent to the Lynchburg and Danville
Creditors. It directs Commissioner Barbour.
upon the payment OF the purchase money 10
full, TO make deed to purchasers and put
them In possession of the valuable prop ,rty
The question Of fees to counsel for services req
dered &C, was postponed until the next term
OF the court. There are still 10 the hands OF
the receiver funds amounting to over Slnl 900
not arising from the sale of the road. for
future distribution among the holders OF bonds
and labor supply and other claimants. as may
hereafter be adjudicated.
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A Delightful Sensation

Delightful Sensation
Ia the Region or tie Palate
Is experienced by those who 9uaff eXhi.ars'in,
Hub Punch, either with hot water. lemonaat
fine ice, milk, Or In its original condition. You
have but to open 1t, and there it Is all ready a
OF SURPRISING richness. Replenish your side
boards with it OF Grocers, Wine Merchants and
Druggists ct 81 % bottle.
Eminent Drs. .. L and 1. c. Nideles,
ST. Louis. write Coiden's Lebig's LIQUID
Extract OF Beef we have prescribed with excel
lent success in diphtheria, malarial. typhoid fe-
yers, Debility and every depressing disease
Sold by al! druggists.
Swayne's Ointment Cures Itching Piles
Itching PLEA Symptoms-A moisture Ike
itching Piles. perspiratton, Intense itching,
Itching Piles. particularly at night. after get.
itching Piles. ting warm In bed, increased by
1. Taylor, Hinsdaie. n H., writes "For 80
years have been greatly troubled with Itching
many remedies which proved to me no remedies
at all, until l obtained Or. StodVhe's Ointment
st Thomas drugstore. at Brattlebor0 VT, which
cured me completely" Also cures letter all
Skin Diseases
ALIENS BRAIN FOOD is the only reliable tonic
for brain and sexual organs OF either sex 81.
All druggists SToTT CROMWELL, Agents.
60 $50 Pennsylvania avenue.
Premature Loss of the Hair
May be entirely prevented by the use OF Bur
Eett's Cocaine.
Housekeepers should insist upon obtaining
Burnett's Flavortng Extracts, they are the
best.
"AI.DKRNxY WAGONS. Fresh Alderney butter
churned every morning. and delivered In i lbs
Ward" prints, 45c. per Id. Also cottage
cheese. buttermtlk ana sweet milk &C per qt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

EE&s0S5 CArCISE P0EJCS PLASTER the unlY E
improvement ever r. ida on the ordinary porous
plaster. II relieves pain almost at Oucc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01
A. IhaYa sir.

4. have, sir.
e. Now, SIR I will ask your opinion, from
this experience whether the use OF alum with
snda In baking powder, Is Injurious or no..
In Its physiological effects?
A. consider 1t to be dy ag'rOus.
q. You examined this question for the lard
or Health 10 Brooklyn, some years agJ did you
not?
A: Two years ago, sir. In December.
By the Court:
q. What was the result OF your Investigation
as 70 the use OF alum In Baking Powder?
A. The result OF my Investigation at that
time. was tits: that the changes which took
place between the time that alum baking
powder was put In the bread. and the time the
bread was eaten, the chemical changes were 20
tile III dersl God by chemists. that as q phys-
can and PLY siolcgist, l considered II q danger
Gus experiment.
DR.. Mott, the government chemist. In his ra-
View oil the subject In the Scientific American
makes special mention of having analysed the
kOy al Baking Powder and found II composed
OF pure aud wholesome materials. He also ad-
vises the public to avoid purchasing baKtng
powde,s as sold loose or In bulk, as he rou0d by
ANALYSES OF many samples that the worst a:iul-
teratioDs are practiced in this form. The label
and trade mark OF we'll known and resp nsi.
bla manufacturer he adds Is the bnSt pra;ec-
ttCE the public can have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

NOIURED EMIGNANTS GOING BACK TO THEIR
SOUTHERN HoMEs.-A party of colored persons
consisting OF two men, three women and four
small children arrived at the Baltimore and
Potcmacdepot by the western train on their way
from GTeengburg. Ind, to which place they
emigrated last January from Wilson county,
the cold climate OF Indiana, and preferred to
return TO their OLD homes they said they had
plenty OF work In Indiana, and the people
treated them very kindly and paid them every
cent they agreed to for their labor. but not
wtthstanding all that. they could not live there
so happily as In North Carolina. They had
plenty OF means TO carry them back and were
not dependnet upon charity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

MINERAL WATERS. - Congress Water The
purest and safest Of ali cathaItic waters None
genuine sold on draught. Avoid all coarse, irrl-
tating waters, foreign and domestic; they impair
The digestive organs and kidneys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

FINEST CARAnEts in Wasnlngt on-25 cents
per pouDd-a! iiamlton's % cent hotle- 90 ada
ca nuy store, No. 1891 Pennsyi wanna ave-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

DON'T HEsITATE.-Get eucalypt.ne for the skin
at once. and defy this cold weather. csc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01

ALIENS BRAIN FOOD is the only reliable tonic
for brain and sexual organs OF either sex 81.
All druggists STOTT & CROMWELL, Agents.
60 $50 PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
The Beers.

Boer is the Dutch word for farmer,
answering to the German bauer. The
Beers of South Africa are the de-
scendants of the Dutch colonists who
settled at the Cape of Good Hope
more than 200 years ago. When the
English swooped down upon the Cape
Colony, the Beers left their homes,
struck out into the wilderness, and
re-established themselves in Natal.
There the English pursued them.
Again they pushed into the wilder
ness, and established the Orange Free
State and the Transvaal Republic
(republic beyond the Vaal river). Sir
Bartle Frere, the English Governor,
again seized and annexed them at the
ime of the Zulu war. Now they
are fighting for their independence
which they deserve if men ever did.
1t is pity that Mr.. Gladstone, in
Difference to the traditional (but in.
human) British policy, considers 1t
necessary to conquer these brave men
before acknowledging their rights
and doing them justice. From the
way they have been fighting Of late,
it does not look as though there
would be many Of them left to enjoy
Mr.. Gladstone's clemency after the
cOnquering is over.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Auditor of Railroad Accounts has
sent communication 10 the Secretary OF the
Interior. recommending that the Thurman act
lie 80 amended as TO compel the Central Pacific
railroad to pay into the sinking fund so per
cent. instead Of rs per cent, OF its net earn
ings.
The President nominated ID. l.. Bash,
Of Illinois, as Major and Paymastcr Of the
Army.
The President has withdrawn the
nomination of George II. Forster for District
Attorney Of New York.
II IS denied that Senator Grover, of
Oregon, Is 20 seriously i'll as to prevent his at
tendance at important sessions Of the Senate.
The Hon. Hiram Barber, member Of
the present Congress from Chicago, has been
nominated Sy the President for Receiver Of the
Land Office al Mitchell. ID. T.
Secretary Sherman has issued a call
for S25,O00O0) in per cents of 1881, on which
principal and accrued interest will be paid after
5Iay2l.
Gen. Grant and Simon Cameron are
10 be the special Ambassadors Of the United
States TO Mexico to secure revision OF the
treaties
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

Detroit seems to be going into the
bodybuilding business. One hundred and four
teen Glasgow ship-carpenters have come there,
and will work in a shipyard.
The stock of the Western Union Tele-
graph is to DO watored to $50, 0O0,000
The prospectus of the Worlds Fair
estimates thut 100000 visitors will be attract
cd to New York. and that they will spend SIS
each.
Seven American prisoners i'll jail ut
Paso del Norte, Mexico, shot their guard and
made their escape. They were pursued, and
a fight took place, in which three Of the Ameri-
cans were killed and two Of the guards badly
wounded. The other four Americans surren-
dered.
The preliminary report upon the silk
manufacture Of the United States shows the
total value OF finished goods for the year end
ing June 80, 1880, was S3l, 4l0, 4G3 number OF
factories, 3S3 amount of capital, real and per-
sonal, invested, SIS, 809, 500; looms, s,467 ;
greatest number Of hands employed any one
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
A NetC IuUctsftOSl.

The Faribault Republican says that
a mechanic of that city named E. N.
LaCroix, has invented wonderful
improvement over the Hungarian
system of manufacturing -four, called
the concentrated Roller MILL" and
says it is a marvel of completeness.
1t occupies a floor space of about
five feet square, or the same as one
set of rollers, and is twenty.four feet
in height. 1t contains five sets of
corrugated iron rollers, arranged
above each other in pairs. Each
roller is thirty-six inches in length
and twelve inches in diameter, weigh
ing fourteen hundred pounds, and
being the largest rollers of the kind
in this country. They are geared so
rs to run with differential motion,
one of each pair revolving at a speed
of from two to two and one half
times that of the other, which motion,
1.-THE grooves in the rollers running
lengthwise and spirally,) cuts rather
than brushes the grain, and thus
makes the greatest amount Of mid.
dlings, which is the much desired OBJ
ject.
Under each set of rollers is brush
cylinder. thirty inches in diameter,
which makes one hundred and fifty
revolutions per minute, running
within a concave of wire cloth.
These cylinders have eight brushes
each of three inches in width, and
between each two brushes are placed
three fan blades, set on an angle of
forty.five degrees, both the brushes
and the fan blades running lengthwise
of the blade.
This machine has capacity of
three hundred barrels of -four per
day, and is operated with thirty per
cent. less power than any other sys.
tenn of the same capacity, as there is
no elevating required between the
reductions. Besides the saving of
room and the expense of introduction
and operating a great improvement is
claimed In the brush and wire cloth
for separating, over the reel system.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
Items Of Interest.

There are rs 900 sheep wintering in
the vicinity Of Blue Springs, Neb.
Six turkeys weighing ninety.six
pounds were sold in Deadwood the
other day for 1925.
The police force of New York
numbers 1850.
The Union Pacific railroad com.
pany Is going to enlarge its shops in
Omaha in the spring, and increase
the present force of 300 employees to
1900.
The matured claims paid by thirty.
four life insurance companies in this
country for 1880 amounted to $2O,.
450, 1885; the total paid IN this way to
the beneficiaries of life insurance ap-
proaches 100000 day.
The Illinois senate has passed bill
to tax telegraph companies 2 per cent.
on their years earnings.
There is five feet of water on the
ice at Bismarck, and more coming.
If the ice breaks up soon much dam
age TO property is feared.
John l. Mitchell was elected Uni
ted States senator by the Pennsylva-
mia legislature.
Bernhard has three of Pinkerton's
detectives following her about the
country, to protect her valuables.
Many of the tenant farmers of
Sligo. Ireland, who have heretofore
refused to pay rent higher than Grit
fith's valuation are now paying on the
landlords terms.
Since the passage of the funding
bill by the senate $4,792,700 in legal
tender deposits, to reduce national
bank circulation, has been received
by the treasury department.
The steamer California brought to
San Francisco specimens of the gold
quartz from Alaska which assay 49,
900 to the ton. The new Eldorado is
eighty miles north of Sitka.
A new elevator is to be built in
Omaha in the spring at a cost of
100000. The Union Pacific rail
road company has subscribed 100000
to the enterprise and the business
men have subscribed the other $40,-
900. The elevator will have a stor-
age capacity of 100000 bushels.
1t cost Vanderbilt $lO3,732 to
transport and erect the Obelisk in
Central Park, New York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
"A r M LAND S F.!

We said in former advertisement =" To person of some
land cheaper today and in the long Blue Earth
county 500 per than at 50 50 hundred miles
from timber By the time the settler these prae has
made his roads and Bridges got churches and schools bought
rewood and timber until he grow his own his land will
him than $40 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
the results of the October blizzard the praes
for hundred of miles the weeat losses of stock reported
lost largely because there is timber with which utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large amount of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit customer either with
Lands have been rising since
investment than money interest Parties who
thinking of buying will becr bargains than along towards
spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
DtrtstOn Of Hours and Minutes.

Why is one hour divided into sixty
minutes, and each minute again into
sixty seconds? This question is often
asked by intelligent children; and the
answer is this: we have sixty divis-
ions on the dials of our clocks and
watches, because the old Greek as
tronomer, Hipparchus, who lived in
the second century before Christ,
accepted the Babylonians system of
reckoning time, that system being
sexigesimal. The Babylonians were
acquainted with the decimal system;
but for common or practical purposes
they counted by sossi and sari; the
sossos, representing sixty, and the
saros, sixty times sixty, is thirty.six
hundred. From Hipparchus, that
mode of reckoning found its way into
the works of Ptolemy, about $50 A
D., and hence was carried down the
stream of science and civilization,
and found the way to the dial.plates
of our clocks and watches.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Greenbackers of Michigan Iaet il
State Convention at Lansing and nominated
John b. Chapman, of CoIdwater, for Ju,t;cc Of
the Supreme Court. An unsuccessful attru;'
WAS made TO remove Moses W. Field from IL.
state Central COMMITTEE \ rcsoiutia,
VI sympathy mitE the sor.s Of IRELAND w.
passed.
The Grcenback Congressman are sad
- be figuring to rsaInze the n"It Hons.
Representatives. Accor4iA; to their cticu,a-
lion, the Republicans lock one Of maj i.t,.
and the Green arl,ars propoS, 10 vote solii.
for tn, IL oEn candidate until the l., ,cI-t
JOIN them in order To defeat the Republicans
The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, who Wa
elected to Congress !rom ono OF tn Brorkly,
districts rs n Independent candidate IA,
written to RcpunT. II Conge-s'aau 10 So
taat he will &c: VITA TIE Il. publi"'nS IN or en-
iz,ng the next House. ana on polIticrl d.
ions S.usuly.
A Ciyil-Scrvice Association has been
organized It Boston. hnouS this Vie Pres!
hints are CAaI!cs Francs Adams, Jr john Y
Forbes, Gtorg, William Bond, Senate
Hoar, President Se,iyc Of Amherst C'a
.cge the Rev. james Freeman Clar,c.
Henry P. X oder AM Martin Brium-r
Il will advocate that tn "Otk Of the Govern
meut be conducted Oh business principles
that competent employees shall bc retained Il
Office during good behavior; that office rhal
not DC used 10 reward political workers" and
the nou-interfcreucc OF Congressman and Sch
ators in the matter Of patronage.
Mr.. Elliot +. Sheppard has beer
nominated for United States Attorney of III
Southern district o; New York, in the place Oh
Gcu. S stewart l.. Wocdrord.
The Republican members OF Congress
held caucus TO consider the Apportioumen.
oill. and It was developed that tho majority
favored 3l9 us the number. a resolution wa
offered that they insist on tho adoption OF
this number, but il was not presse! to u vote.
The Republicans of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, after bailoting thr;y-four days fCl
United States Senator TO succeed Mr.. Wal
lace, finally compromised on Mr.. JohnI. Mitch
ell. who IS Understood 20 be opposed TO the
Cameron dynasty. The new Senator Id
ut present member of tho lower
house OF Congress. He is described as
q man OF medium height broad-shouldered,
blonde hair and beard and is lame, tho result
Of an accident incurred in his campaign two
years ago. He il native Of Tioga county, Pa,
is 43 years old, and was raised OH farm,
taught school, served in the late war as a
Lieutenant, was admitted to the bar In 1864,
and has since been practicing lawyer.
Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, gave q
dinner in Washington to about thirty Demo
cratic free-trade members Of Congress, L.
which an organization WAS effected, and plans
wero laid for an aggressive campaign through
out the country. S. S. Cox was chosen Presi-
dent of the association.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
State News.


Ortonville Is to have a new hotel.
Citizens of Albert Lea have the
mumps-
Blue Earth City has a musical as
ISOLATION.
The Martha Washington ladies of
Winona cleared 300 from the enter.
talnment the 22d inst.
The Big Stone County Herald
speaks about having snow storms and
strong winds up there the past win.
ter. Funny we haven't had any here.
Secretary Young. of the State board
of immigration. recently received a
letter from Peter Landaas, a Norwe.
gian who left st. Paul about a year
ago, to return to his native country.
1t Is dated at Mandal, which is in the
southeastern part of Norway, near
the North Sea. the writer says that
they have been having steady cold
weather in Mandal all winter, and
that times are very dull for the work
ing classes all over Norway. A com.
mon laborer can not get more than
fifty cents day and his board, and as
provisions are good deal higher
than sysy are in st. Paul, Landaas
says l = does not see howIpoor men
can support their families. Their
living Is SO very poor that he does
not wonder SO many are talking of
emigrating to Minnesota. The gov
eminent officers, he says, are using
every means to prevent the emigra-
ton agents from inducing their
countrymen to emigrate to America
by circulating damaging newspaper
stories about the country, but all to
no purpose. The people have their
eyes open, and see that they will
improve their condition by leaving
their poor, but still beloved Norway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-03
1ne Enormous POscer Held and
Ererctsed 6U Gould and his
ASSOcfOfe8.

Following Is an extract from the
letter of Senator Window read at the
recent meeting of the Few York
Autobiography League:
lone man who controls more miles
of railroad than any other in the
world, and who is almost daily adding
new lines to his gigantic combination
now controls the telegraphic system
OF the United States and Canada, and
is reaching under the sea to grasp
that OF Europe. Not content with
this he is also owner las l am infor-
med) Of three out of seven newspa-
pers, which constitute the Associated
Press, and may, at any time, secure
a fourth, which will give him abso-
Lutte control over the news of the
country. With one more paper added
to his already enormous power, what
will be our condition. What chance
will the people then have to resist
the Entertainments of corporate
power! How shall they even COM
municatr with each other on the sub.
ject! What opportunity will there
be for fair discussion of this ques-
ton? The daily news which shall be
supplied to myriads of newspapers
will first pass under supervision of
one or two men, who represent the
Associated Press, and who are ap-
pointed by the man who owns it.
They may omit, or add, or color the
daily news to suit the interest, ambi-
ton or malice of their employer, so
that hourly millions of people who
read their morning papers will receive
just such impressions as this one man
may choose to give them. Public
affairs and business interests will be
seen through his glasses, and with
such coloring as may please him. The
legislator who Is bold enough to strike
blow in the interests of the people
and against the abuses and encroach-
ments of corporate power will find
himself misrepresented or unable to
secure hearing before his own con-
stituents. The people will find them.
selves unable to communicate with
each other, except by the gracious
will and pleasure of this autocrat of
the wires. Should special cores
pondents undertake to supply infor-
nation, they too will find that they
must do it over wires owned by the
owner of the Associated Press. The
channels of commerce and of thought
thus under the control of one man or
few men, what is to restrain thi 8
dangerous power, or hinder these
men from enhancing or depressing
the value of all the property of the
people to suit their own caprice or
avarice, and thereby gather into their
own Golfers the wealth of the nation!
These are some of the dangers which
threaten our country