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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
From the Detroit Free Press.

from the Detroit rec Press.
1t am my painful dooty," said the President,
as he opened the meeting. ito inform you dat
death has again invaded our circle Brudder
Slipback Burbanks, of Syracuse, N. Y, am no
mo- on airth. He breathed his last three days
ago, after an illness of sixteen days. What AK
shun will de club take in dc matter?"
81 move dat We send de widder resolushun
OF sympathy" announced Judge Cadaver.
Il reckon dat we had better resolve dat de
club has lost shinin' light" timidly added
Pickles Smith.
Is DE club will neither resolve nor ford any
resolutions Of sympathy" remarked the Presi-
dent. DE widder an chilren can't eat a reso-
luton, chen if written in blue ink. De Seckre-
tary will mali her a ten-dollar greeaback from
de CLUB funds, an express de hope dat she am
doom well under lie circumstances
Dis club hasn't lost no shinin' light 10y de
death Of Brudder Burbanks. He was no sinner
Fact am, he was VERY common sort of q
huInp-backed Guild pusSOn, an it took him as
long to add seven an eight togeder as it would
some udder men to arm two dollars. He was
accomplished in nothing; he eXcelied only in
KILN time when at work by de day. He
would be no better off If we pronounced forty
lynn eulOgies on his character. He can be no
worse of If we tell de honest truth. De usual
emblem Of sorrow will be hung to de knob Of de
inner dOah fur de space of two weeks. an We
will remember Brudder Burbanks As extremely
gOOd-natured, eben if extremely lazy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
An Ugly Garment,

From the London Graphic.
Truly the trousers Is an ugly garment, and
the only things to be said In It's favor are that
it covers the lower part Of the body-the upper
as well among the Miggleses of the seaside
and Is warm. Nothing can be worse adapted
for q muddy day when the back becomes
cakcd with mud and makes a smooth coating
OF the plastic soil upon the heel of the boot.
Ii not tucked up it imbibes the moisture on a
wet day. and takes hours to dry, and in the
Case OF soldiers has been proved to be 80 un-
satisfactory that those slowly-movlng people.
the military authorities. have largely favored
iesgin2s leather bottoms to the legs, and in
tne cavalry, pantaloons and boots IT. then,
the trousers De condemned in so wholesale a
style. what is to take its place-the knicker-
booker! Well, that certainly is no& graceful
but more comfortable garment could scarcely
! be found The Oid-fashiOned pantaioon3 Ger
| tainly not if 1t Is to be buttOned at the ankle
and tied up with strings The breeches of our
grandfathers, the regular old John Bull mode
with shoes in fine weather and top-boOts in
wet! We might do worse. and nothing could
be more English in its style Then there ia the
estheticaly- shaped garment of your Bunthorne
| and your Archibald GrosyenOrl Not bad if
made OF decent material and not of velvet OF a
moonlight gray. Taken altogether, for lower
garment there liz nothing that suggests utility
and tolerably graceful look more than some
modified form Of the dress affected In the Caro-
linian or Cr0mweilian days We are taking to
the furniture and the best Of this is really good
Why not modify the dress !? Still there Ia some
. thing more to say-time Is flying very fast,
vaporihcally, electrically we are living at hum
dred times the rate Of our ancestors, and after
ell said and DONE we have too much to think
OF with our heads to trouble ourselves greatly
| about our legs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
THE LADIES, rHRATER IN LONDON
a Novel Idea.

lyrical theater is about TO be opened g
which with the notable exception OF the an.
thors and composers Of the pieces) all persons
taking an artistic part In the performance win
be Of what was once looked upon as the weaker
sex. Authorities differ as TO when women ap-
peared for the first time on the English stage;
but it was reserved for the year 1852 to see men,
at least at one particular playhouse, driven
from It. There are many fields Of activity in
which men can manage TO struggle on without
the assistance OF women. But the drama In not
one Of them and IL piece In which large
proportion Of the characters are allotted 10 men
Ia apt to be dull. theater at which all the per-
formers were men would be intolerable, and no
one would go near it. A theater dependent en-
tirely upon actresses might be less insufferable.
At this thoroughly new temple OF art the
minor pieces OF the lyric drama will chiefly, no
doubt, be cultivated; and II operetta and opera
bouffe be well played, no one will object 10 the
principal parts In these works being taken by
women. The new undertaking may. In fact be
looked upon from two different points Of view.
IL may be regarded as an attempt TO place be-
fore the world opera bouffe In the most femi-
nine form which that favorite species of enter.
tainment. so largely dependent for Its success
on feminine impersonation. has Yet assumed.
Or one may look upon 1t as an endeavor To prove
how wonderfully well women can get on by
themselves. in business as i'm art.
Ii would be easy to show that the tastes Of
theater-gOers do not fundamentally change;
though from time to tlme-and sometimes from
one long period 10 another-it may be thought
necessary to appeal to them In different WAYS
The ballet as such has died out But II lives
again-with poor kind of life il Is true-in some
OF the more animated scenes Of opera bouffe;
and i'm the post-Ofienbachiau operettas-s sadly
inferior even to the questionable works from
which they proceed-the proportion OF female to
male characters has 80 much increased that the
final step by which male personages. or rather
male representatives of such personages, will be
made altogether to disappear. Is not such an I'm
portant one as at first sight IL may seem.
or late years q good number of the smaller
theaters of Paris-known emphaticaly and dis
unctively as petits hedt,es-have had pieces
written specially for them In which 50 many
female characters are introduced that these
works Of art are known. In and out of the pro-
fessOn, as pieces a 5anmes. These dramas pos
sess, as q rule, more scenic and pictorial than
literary merit, and are more remarkable for
grouping and costumes than for wit. There
can be no valid reason, however why they should
not be performed, nor why they should not be
patronized by those who care for representa-
tons of an essentially undramatic kind.-London
Standard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
The sslOries of the BALLOT.

From tn Detroit FREE Tres.
He found half dozen American free.nen
waiting for him when he reached his office yes
terday morning The first one admitted ye-
moved his hat and gave three cheers
whats that fOr?" asked the cand date
It's for the triumph of principle over cor
ruptlOn-hOnesty over fraud-inte rritv over
iniquity ard wickedness. The freemen are
going to rally"
- How much do you want?" asked the candi-
date. as he pulled out his wallet
There will be such a rally Of honest electors
"How much2"
"The horny-handed. SONS of toll have become
dis"
"How much. say7"
Swell. sir, I'll have to keep seven Of the boys
full of beer from now to election day. aud I'm
thinking that about ten"
Wake it; here it is. Good morning: next"
The next catered with cat-like tread. looked
all around the room for listeners. and then.
sinking his voice to a whisper, he exclaimed:
Hush! IT'S the battle cry of 10 900 frpeInen
coming to the rescue! !"
''Wiil % be- enough this morning." codly in
Quired the candidate.
you'll get there by the largest majority this
county has ever scent One part of my ward
was going solid against you, thinking"
I'm make it s.
"But crushed opt the opposition. and when
the glorious sun of Nov. gilds the spires anu
steeples there will be such an UPRISING"
"Here's $40 iong-dont bother me any
mOre-big hgrry-apybOdy else?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
Growth of the world. Wealth.

From the London Saturday Review
In the meantime, while the amount Of first
class securities has been steadily decreasing the
wealth and population of the world have been
steadily increasing, In the United Kingdom,
the United States, and to a less extent IN the
principal countries of Europe. wealth has been
growing during the past generation to an un-
precedentedly rapid rate. 1t is estimated by
high authorities that between 1865 and 1879 the
growth of wealth in the United Kingdom was
at the rate of 1850. 600 coo year, and probably
the rate in the United States was not much less
Even if We assume that the rate OF growth since
1879 has slackened. there can be no doubt at all
that the accumulation of wealth has continued
at very rapid rate. not only here at home, but
in all the more advanced countries Of
the world And some portion of
TINS annually saved wealth must
have been Invested in Stock Exchange srcu-
rites. The larger part. no doubt. went to ex-
tend business to improve land to build houses:
to construct public works. and so on; but some
portion OF it was invested in Stock EXciiauIe
securities. And the steady investment of new
wealth year after year has had a great elect,
upon the prices OF securities. While. as we
have seen above. there has been a great dimi-
mutton in the debts of the United States and Of
the United Kingdom, there has been in another
way diminutiOn In the securities held in the
richer countries, owing to the accumulation Of
wealth in the poorer ones. For example until
lately the bonds representing the debt OF ita,y
were held chiefly abroad. and more particularly
In France 1t is SAID however that the grow tn
of wealth in Italy of late years has b en- SUCH
that the Italian people have been able to buy
from foreigners large portion of the Italian
bonds held abroad. This has had the
necessary effect Of diminishing the
supply Of securities in Enylad.
France and Holland. where the Italian bonds
were Chiefly held. And. in less degree, the
growth of wealth in other backward countries
has been acting In the same way Each Country
invests by preference in its own securities. and
as the wealth Of each country Increases the
| supply of foreign bonds in the more advanced
countries dminishes Thus the permanent
tendency is toward rise in the prices OF safe
Stock Exchange securities. This tendency must
naturally continue to gain force though il may
| be checked every now and then. until from
some cause or other, there is larre creation of
new first -class securities. war. for example,
involving several treat European countries,
would lead to large loans-that is. to the crpa-
ton of new Stock Exchange securities OF the first
class-and would thus tend to lower prices.
while the destruction of wealth by the war woa aid
lessen the growth of wealth. and would also
have a tendency to lower prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
TaIE RED-BRaCK ORDER.
I'm Architectural Mistake That Is Oh.
served faere a. Well az In England.
From the Pan Mail Gazette.

From the Pan Mall Gazette.
In Its own way red brick is a very good thing
indeei. 1t Is warm in color; IL is domestic, it
sorts well with Dutch and English notions of
home life. But it is not an architectural pa
naeea- In london red brick lie simple necessity
of the situation; no other good building ma
terial can be had within convenient distance,
and for all purpose Of ordinary house-building
brick or nothing is the Hobson's choice Of the
limited householder. Under these circum-
stances, our architectural authorities OF late
years, turning over in their heads the question
have wisely repudated the time-hOnored maxim
that Queen Anne is dead and have revived
Queen Anne in all her rudy glory from FitzjOhn
avenue at Hampstead down to the humber
roofs of Bedford Park, at Turnham Green. Be-
ing compelled to build in brick they have SEN
sibiy decided to adopt style based entirely
upon brick as its material, instead of copying
styles based upon solid stone, which is unat-
tainable within the limits of what the Saturday
Recie,o will not allow us to call the metropol-
tan district. But curious result of this acct
dent or misfortune of the London basin has now
begun to show itself in many provincial regions
where good building stone is cheap and abun-
dant. Visitors to London have got into their
heads the notion that brick is fashionable, and
they have accordingly set about building brick
houses, brick schools and brick public offices in
places where stone is quite as cheap and far
more desirable. Anxious to be in the height Of
the architectural mode, they have taken to put
ting up Qneen Anne erections where Queen
Anne ought never to have shown, her royal red
face at all. Instead of building pretty houses
of the same strictly domestic type in local stone
and in styles adapted to stone. they seem to
fancy that if they adopt the new esthetic fancies
at all they must adopt them in their entirety,
material and all. In fact. they want to reverse
the boast of M2cenas and Baron Haussmann and
to leave city of brick where they found a city
of marble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
OR The EVENING STAR.
AasusnRal rints.

The world is rich in autunn's gold,
AM beautiful with fallen leaves;
The earth gives out the see Mt % mold
Der which the west wind softly gTieves
Wan willows By the rivers brink
Like Ntobes OF naiads stan1,
Whose notwithstanding tresseS drink
The pale sunshine from sea and Land.
The sumac's duller crimson fades,
And wan and withare1 grasses nod
Where ruins fGo,stcp yet cyadeS
The aster and the golden-rod.
Bright leaves like fallen stars below
Our needless feet shed rainbow CLEANS;
And scarlet NAPLES give the glow
or sunset 10 the woods and streams.
JpHs SAyARY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
Tigers Killed In Public.


Yesterday, July 3D. SO says the Matrdm,
newspaper at Djocjakatra, there took place here
the announced clearance among the tigers be-
longing to his highness the sultan, I'm order to
make room for a fresh supply when the new
tiger pens will be built At about 10 a. m the
sultan, the resident military commander. assist
ant resident and other spectators appeared be-
hind the kraton. and seated themselves I'm o
grand stand constructed for the purpose Thou
sands of Javalese hocked to the spot to see the
combats. Soon a tight between a royal tiger
and buffalo together In pen was commenced.
The tiger was several times tossed into the air
and then gOred to death by the buffalo. which
had been made as furious as possible by peppered
water, burning nettles and red hot iron bars
The combat lasted fully two hours. Afterward
began the rGnipok.n or tiger fight. On the plain
alongside the kraton stood Javanese armed with
stout spears Is to Is feet LONG. drawn up in rows
one behind the other, forming altogether an ex-
traordnarily largesquare Thetwo foremost rows
lay kneeling, the two hindmost stood erect.
In the center of this open space were Ii straw
rooted wooden pens, In each of which was q
tiger. At given signal a musical instrument
called the gGraetdn begins playing q martial air
to slow measure. Three tiger-keepers then
step out of the ranks and approach the cage.
Two Of them bear each burning torch. with
which they set fire to the straw. The tiger.
frightened by the shower Of sparks, is then
| forced out into the open space, but knows not
whittier to turn. 1T rounds round and seeks
whether it can find an outlet, until it endeavors
either by q desperate spring to get away over
the human wall which keeps it inclOsed or tries
to creep through underneath But it falls pierced
by the many spears which have struck it. 1t
utters a savage cry, which is drowned by the
applause and shouts of the multitude. In silent
agony it strikes around furously with Its mighty
paws. The shafts of the spears often break like
glass. In such cases a single blow might cost
the life Of any unfortunate within reach Of It's
claws 1t is aftcrward killed i'm due form. This
scene took place in the same way Ii times sue
cessively with as many tigers the festiyity clos
ing at pm. Only few accidents occurred.
One soldier. by ill luck, received spear thrust
when combating with tiger and was severely
wounded in the leg. native received bite
| when one of the Tigers broke through the square
and was killed outside it. after causing great
commOtiOn among the spectators. An affecting
scene presented was that of large tigress
bringing forth a cub while she was being slain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
Sir Garnet WOlscicy,s Goodness OM the
Battlefield.

From the Lond World.
All accounts are agreed as to Sir Garnet's de-
meanOr both before an after the fight. His COOL
ness and self-reliance were extraordinary On
the morning before the battle when he took all
the generals and their respective stats to recon-
hotter the enemys lines he dismOunted within
a couple of miles of Tci-el-Kebir, and gathering
the others around him, explained exactly what
he meant to do With short stick he pointed
to the entertainments as he might to a black
board in lecture room, and quietly Indicated
i'm turns the position of each part of the attack
ing force He had the whole thing off by heart.
knew and eXpl aned i'm exact detail what every
regiment had to do. While they were thus occu-
pied, protected only by a small cavalry escort,
the enemy sent out party TO observe them,
but made no further demonstration. Wolseleys
lecture" fin shed. they all remounted and rode
back to camp. After the battle was practi-
cally won. air Garnet came to the bridge across
the canal communicating the right with the left
attack, and getting of his horse, quietly began
to write his telegram announcing the victory on
scrap Of paper handed to him by one OF his
staff. Here. too. he received the reports from the
various staff officers of divisions and brigades,
asking more particularly as to casualties. Are
you quite sure2" he always said. Don't give
me wrong figures. Don't mention any officers
name unless you are quite positive he is hit"
All this time he was giving orders right and left,
now to one staff officer. now to another and
through it all, confusing and embarrassing as
the situation might well have been was per-
fectly quiet and uncOncerned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
A Very Old Love Song.

White as her hand fair Julia threw
A ball OF silver snow;
The frnZ n globe fired as ii flew,
My bosom felt it glow.
Strange power OF love, whose great command
Can thus q SNOWFALL arm;
When sent, fair Julia, from thine hand,
Even Ice itself can warm.
How should we then secure our heartS3
Loves power we ali must reel,
Who thus can, by strange magic arts,
In Ice his fame conceala
IT'S thou alone, fair Julia, know,
Canst quench my fierce desire,
But not with water, ice or snow,
But with an equal FIRE.
PETRONIUS AfRANIUA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
Mother Love.
from the Bur ingtoa Hawkeyc.

from the bur i0gtoi i1AwKeyc
We were at q railroad junction one night last
week waiting q few hours for a train in the
waiting-room, in the only rockingham, trying
to talk a brown-eyed boy to sleep, who talks
great deal when he wants to keep awake
Presently a freight train arrived, and a beauti-
full little old woman came in, escorted by great
big German, and they talked in German he
giving her evidently lots of information about
the route she was going. and telling her about
her tickets and her baggage check. and Occa-
sioually patting her on the arm. At first our
United States baby, who did not understand
German. was tickied to hear them talk, and he
.'snickered' at the peculiar sound of the
language that was being spoken. The great big
man put his hand up to the good old lady's
cheek, and said something encouraging,
and great big tear came to her eye
and she looked az happy a. q queen
The little brown eyes of the boy opened
from its laugh, and he said: Papa,
it is his mOther!" We knew it was, but how
should a 4-year-cld sleepy baby that couldn't
understand German, tell that the lady was the
big mans mother. and VIC asked him how he
knew, and he said: 20, the big man was SO
kind to her" The big man hustled out, we
gave the rocking chair to the little old mother,
and presently the maa came in with q baggage
man, AMI to him he spoke English He said:--
This is my mother, and she does not speak
to 60 back on the next train, but want you to
attend to her baggage. and see her on the right
car. the rear car. with good seat near the
center, and tell the conductor she's my mother.
And here is q dollar for you, and | will
do as much for your mother some time"
The baggage man grasped the dollar with
one hand and grasped the big mans hand
with the other and looked at the little Ger
man with an expression that showed that he
had u mother. too. and we almost know the old
lady was well treated. Then We put the Sleep
ing mint-rcader on q bench and went out on
the platform and got acquainted with the big
German, and he talked of hOrse-trading, buying
and selling and everything that showed he was
live buslness man. ready for any speculation,
from buying yearng colt to crop OF hops or
barley. and that his life was busy One and at
times full Of hard work, disappointment hard
roads, but with all Of his hurry and excitement
he was kind to his mother, and We loved hum
just little. and when. alter q few minutes
talk about business, he su:d "You must ex.
cnse nc; must go In the depot and see IL tiny
mother wants anything" we felt like taking his
lat ret hand and kissing il. On! the love Of the
mother Ia the same In any language. and il Is
good in all ians usges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07

From tn New Have. LEICESTER
Ansona has lost her tallest man. Nathan l..
johnson. who died on Sunday last. Deceased
Yves siS feet .ght inches high. 50 tall that q
c,skct could net be found In Bridgeport or
new YORK long enough to oury the body in
ana new one had 20 be made. One UNDER
tasef IA Bridgeport Tad coffin six feet four
Inches ien., that he lad made in anticipation OF
drriand for some possible special occasion.
Net foT any person I'm particular, but he thought
man sai. enough right die seme time and as
his neishbors Nigh. not have a suitable caskpt
lie could IN this way find market for his coffin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07
she Wants - Come 10 w..a,uxse.

Sne wants 10 Come 90 Washington
There h something OF a petticoat tssue in
volved In yoarg William Enslish's candidacy
for Congress In Inc seventh district of Indiana
Mr.. Engiisi's wife was formerly an actress. who
because Of her autecedents. has been denied re-
cognition In arissccratic society IN indianapolis.
This has aroused her wrath and made her am
bilious o. going to Washington with the social
prestsge accorded to the wives OF Representa-
tives In COngresa To sroomLlish this she has
appealed to William Fl. English. who hAs placed
his barJ at tis s0n's disposal. Il h believed
that u consequences young NM English's hus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07

POPULAR BEsIEP in the wisdom Of vaccination
has received severe blow In part of Germany
where large number Of children, both those
yaccinated for the first time and others reyacci-
mated after an interval OF twelve years, have
fallen dangerously ILL., the flesh about the pune
tared part cecaying and sloughing of, and the
bodies being covered with sores and b0ils. 1t is
thought unlikely that = single ono Of the az
facted children viii recover. Impure virus APP
pears to have been TIE cause OF this unfortunate
result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-07

GETTING Az INFANTS HAIR UNLrCKY-A re-
fnerEable Instance of appearance versus super
etitioa came to my knowledge recently
gardeners wife having an infant in arms with
hon.. hiir Oh its head was DESTROYS OF improving
the cilds appearance by cropping 1t: but as it Is
said to bc uniuciSy To gu. baay's hair she
gatned The desires. end by biting il OF with her
teeth The iRciten: occurred in al adjoinin.
village. Noes suad Qsaries