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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Washington City Savings Bank Settle.
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To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Seeing in your issue Of yesterday reference
to the final settlement Of the Washington City
Savings Bank under the heading, "A Wonderful
Case" aquestion arose in my mind chow many
of those depOsitOrs who are now receiving their
last instalment from this bank know to whom
they are indebted for thus protecting their in
terest?" Had the application to the court, ask
ing to have receiver appointed, been delayed
one hour later than it was, the bank would
have been thrown into bankruptcy-all its
securities forced on the market and sold when
no one wanted securities but everybody
wanted money. and there would not have
been depositor who would ave receiyedh
more than twenty-five cents on the dollar
AT the earnest request of Mr.. Ruff. Mr. Ger
mond Crandell consented to allow his name to
be used for the petition for a receiver, and to
him more than any other man are the depostors
indebted for their money. But while they were
benefited, am told that he was very heavy
loser in his business by the people not under
standing the nature Of the case and blaming him
for closing the bank CITIZEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Climate OF Southern California

However great may be the heats by day, which
in midsummer often rise to los in the shade
the nights Are always cool and refreshing.
Neither is suR-stroke known. Nor are the vio-
lent thunder storms with which nature with us
endeavors to restore the equilibrium after hay
ing exhausted its utmost efforts in the way of
oppressive warmth. The great drawback here
AS there must be some drawback from perfec-
ton everywhere-is occasionally heavy Winds
the snorthers' The northers sometime gather
up the dust from the dry surfaces over which
they pass, and produce painful dust s..Sorrlns of
two or three davs' a d.: s1uiun.
in autumn and winter the tempe nature Is
chilly enough to make fires necessity morning
and evening, and even all day long in apart
ments shut off from the influence Of the sun.
was astonished to find the air so keen at these
times, and the thin scum Of ice forming upon
water in the mornings 30 formidable even as far
down as SansbegO and it's vicinity. The cold
has penetrating quality far beyond that of its
register by the thermometer This Is usually
overlooked, and it is important to be under
stood, since fuel Is very scarce aud correspond
mgly dear Fagots made from pTunings of the
cott0nWoods. sycssnercs. and ises-quit-trees
along the beds Of the streams are the principal
resource. Such coal as can be obtained is
both costly and Of Wrstched quality Hnper's
AQgdsi,ss for 0ecenbe,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

An Alleged Disagrcement-When Star
Reuters Fall Out Honest Men May
Get Their Dues.

Washington Correspondence Boston Herald.
WASHINGTON, DC. Nov. IS, 1SS2.-The prob
ability is that, at the second trial of the star
route thieves. which is to begin in December,
the mutual dislike, amo uniting almost to hatred
existing between Dorsey and Brady, which was
more or less apparent at the first trial, will be-
come quite prominent. Dorsey's theory Of his
connection with the star route case has
always been, it is understood, that he was
chargeable with nothing more heinous than
involuntary brides; that he was in no wise
guilty OF conspiracy with Brady to defraud the
government. Dorsey went into star route con-
tracts, if this theory is correct, as he went into
other business enterprises, to make money,
honestly If possible. He got on wonderfully
well at first He got all the contracts he and
his associates could handle, and, whenever he
asked for expedition or increase Of service, he
got it without the least trouble. By and by
things went less smoothly. The department
began to find fault In the performance Of the
not been noticed before. 1t began to levy
PROVISIONS prov r. aka the Senator o sSoooo
on one route. The Senator soon saw
that, this went on much longer,
would stare him in the face. He did what he
could legitimatey to save himself by argument
and by political influence. He failed. He was
advised to try 'ginger." He did 80, believing
that to be the only way In which he could save
what he had invested, to say nothing OF what
he hoped for in the way Of profits. ALI went
well with him so long as he kept on bribing
Brady, and therefore he continued to bribe him
at the rate of SIC, 900 route. He looked upon
1t as business necessity merely. He believed
that the service he rendered was needed, and
was honestly and faithfully performed. He
bribed this government officer to prevent him
from wrecking his plans. He would have stopped
in minute, If he had thought he could do so
safely. He never dreamed of conspiring with
Brady. On the contrary, he did what he could
to prevent Brady from bleeding him. One
method, which he thought might check Brady,
was to have witnesses present whenever he paid
him any money. Ex-senator Spencer was one
of these witnesses. 1t was from his lips that
the government hoped to get evidence of the
bribery. 1t still hopes to do so. Dorsey does
not care to have him testify on this point. He
believes himself to be innocent of conspiracy it
Is said, but then he knows himself to be guilty
of bribery The disagreeable relations existing
between the principal defendants (if their per-
sonal friends are to be beevedD will probably
work to the advantage OF the government at
the coming trial. The President will probably
not act in the case Of ex-senator Spencer, gov
eminent director Of the Union Pacific. accused
by Messrs. Bliss, Merrick and Ker Of contempt
OF court in not coming On and testitying at the
last trial. until after Congress meets. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

From the London Echo.
A st. Petersburg correspondent em>',atcallv
asserts that the Cars coronation is fixed to
take place in May, 1888. 1t certainly seems a
long time to wait, and there is no high house
hold in the world just now where the pro-
verbal slip between cup and lip is more proba-
able than in the house of Romanoff The
No,oosti however, is sanguine, and it an
nounces that the important event will be cele-
brated with all the customary splendnr A
necessary arrangements, and it has
already distributed nearly all it's orders.
The commission, as may be supposed
is not limited as to the range and expense
of its commercial dealings. The fullest conf
dence is to be put in the contractors for work
and accessories; no cautions are to be required.
and the contractors are to be paid three-fourths
OF the sum agreed when their work is completed,
| and the remaining fourth after the coronation
The expectation of the event is already giving
give one specimen of the magnifcence of the
preparations The st. Petersburg firm OF
Grunwald q Co. has received an order from
the ministry of the imperial court for two purple
mantles, richly fiecked with ermine for the Car
and CZarina, for a colossal baldachino to over
shadOwthe throne and "a carpet for the steps ofthe
throne of the same materials. The bestOwinr OF
this particular order was obtained by the Grun-
walds as the result of a competition OF the chief
fur dealers of, the empire. 1t is said that no
fewer than 1CO. 600 pieces of ermne will be re-
quired to execute the prize design, 81, 600 for
the baldachino alone Foreigners have not been
excluded from corppetition for some of the con-
tracts but it)was Stated in the announcements
of the Ministry Of the Court that preference
would be given to Russian contractors. The
st. Petersburg press emphatically denied the
story which appeared in a London contempo-
rary. according to which the car was crowned
in private by the Metropolitan of Moscow dur
ing his recent hasty visit. and that a document
in confirmation OF the act is lodged among the
imperial archives so as to be prOducible in the
event of the cars DEATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
COUNOD,S FIRST OPERA.
HIS Description Of His Impressions on
Hearing Opera for the First Time

NJ Gounod, the famous composer, related the
other day at the French Institute Paris, his first
impressions of the opera. when, in 1882. at the
age OF thirteen, he was taken to hear Mozart's
don Juan" at the Italiens. The simple prom
Use beforehand that he should betaken there
he could neither eat nor drink 'My
mother remarked it," said he "and told
me: You can't go to the opera if you don't eat
After such threat l would have swallowed
anything that might have been placed before
Inc. But on hearing the sublime and terrible
Overture-how can 1 describe it when even to-
day, after fifty years of an ever-increasing adj
miration, my heart thrills to think of it, and my
heart trembes in writing about it, All that I
can remember is that it seemed to me as If God
was speaking to me. fell into sort of pain
fully delicious prostration, and was half sutfo-
Gated with emotion. 'Ah, mamma l cried,
that is real music was literally oyercome.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

A Novel TOnsorial Organization 60 AZ.
tract Customers.

An organization Of novel design has Just been
unearthed in Denver, known as the BARRIERS
mutual Protection Association. The object OF
Inc movement Is to combine the members of
the tonsorfal profession in solemn promise to a
regulation OF the topics of conversation in all
shops which are members of the organization.
As topics are staple article and Of the utmost
Vaiue TO the profession, i'm the estimation Of the
profession, different topic will be set aside for
common use In every shop for each day An
outline OF the scheme discloses that, for in
stance, on sunday morning, the artist will
open conversation with a liberal text, selected
Tor Its appropriateness, and the Inquiries
docs this razor hurt Z" Better have yonr
hair trimmed" "A sea foam onIy costs
ten cents" etc, interlarded with brief
quotations from favorite and familiar
hymns. On Monday politics will be introduced
confined to national. state and local, though on
special occasions special forms of political dis
sertation will be permitted. Tuesday the thea
tiers Will be taken up, and musical matters in
general. Wednesday will be devoted to science,
in its greatest breadth-either way. Thursday
Is settled on as a gala day, when the realms of
political literature will be opened for the benefit
OF the uncultvated victim. Friday will be spent
In the discussions of hangings. past and pros
pective. Saturday. trade and the rising indus
tries will command attention. On the eighth
10y thSiO Wiz NC no SouNcTsdtlou WHdteNtT, let
the customer be ever so much in need of its en-
iivening effect. Two results are anticipated. One
Is that certain customers will become attached
to certain days from love for particular topic
ana thus be maze permanently a friend of the
shop. The other is that this will upset ali the
cherished traditions Of the craft. and ultimately
lead to its destruction. Another objection adj
vanced by the tiprotectionists is the difficulty
an expert general conversationalist will be I'M
der to confine himself to one topic during an
entire day. Thus it is found that there are two
factions and it is questionable If the scheme
will live.
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The Star Reuters Desperate.
From the Sunday HoraId

The public will not be blinded by the attacks
of certain newspapers on Judge Wylie. That
the star route ring want their cases tried before
some other Judge is plain. Were Judge Wylie
so poor jurist that his rulings would probably
be reversed by higher court the consplrators
might be willing to take their chances with him.
But he is both so upright and able that the
prospect of second trial before him terrifes
them. This is the secret of all the unceasing
assaults upon him. and Of the attempt to make
something out of nothing in the Soteldo case.
What with bribng jurors, numbering newspa-
per men, and Safeguarding the prosecuting
evidently growing more and more desperate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

RobtJ. Burdette, in Harper's Magazine for Decent

RobtJ. Burdette in Harpers Magazine for December.
Like bar of the beaten gold
CLEAN in the summers sun;
am little, know, but think can throw
man that Will weigh a ton.
send out no challenges bold,
blow me no Wanting horn,
But foolish Is he who treadeth on me;
He'll wish he had meier been born.
Like the flower Of the field vain man
GOeth forth at the break OF day,
But when he shall feel my grip on his heel
Like the Stubble he fadeth away;
For lift him high up in the air,
With his heels where his head ought to be;
With a homecoming crash he maketh his mash.
And know he's clear gone upon me.
am scorned by the man who buys me;
am modest and quiet and meek;
Though my talents are few, yet the work that dc
Has oft made the cellar doors creak.
I'm a biOOG-red republican born,
And NihilSt fearless be;
Though the head wear a crown, would bring Its
pride down,
II 1t set Its proud heel upon me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

The Eyc:::one as an Article OF Trade.
Among the lesser commodities known to the
druggist trade Is the eyestone. In former times
persons Of wealth and forethought carried the
article in vest pocket. Travellers, in particu-
lar, blinded by cinders, were frcnared with an
eyestone. It was clapped into the cinder eye,
there roamed at will. hunted the cinder with
speed and thrust 1t out. The demand for these
stones has fallen of very largely, but they are
still kept and sold In considerable quantities. In
regard to the use of the stone for the purpose
In question the fact seems to be that It's move
alton on the nat side or base Of the stone, SINH
lar to blade In . turbine water-whcel The
whole resembles shell Just begun-hcsss..~ inc
cavity was formed, II shes.:: were so formed.
which they are SSt. The stone Ia composed OF
IL: sscne, and vinegar or any acid, BY It's action
upon Il, causoo motion. Tho stones are found
In the seaehoro o Tie rAelAe coast, being
gafhered there b. nailogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
one OF the Commandments
SO to make my merit more,
I'll 90 beyond the letter

SO to make my merit more,
I'll 60 beyond the letter.
Love my neighbOr as myself9
Yes, and ten times better.
For she's sweeter than the breath
Ut the spring, that passes
Through the fragrant, budding woods,
Ger the meadow grassea
And I've preached the word I know,
For 1t was my duty
To convert the stubborn heart
OF the little beauty.
Once again success has crOWne0
Missionary labor, -
For her sweet eyes sWHfaH 40
Also lQgsG her fBagHtek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Father Hyacinthe's Need Of Money.
From Paris Letter to the London Truth.

From Paris Letter to the London Truth.
Father Hyacinthe is again in want Of money.
He owes three-quarters' rent to the landlord Of
his church in the Rue dArras, and Is menaced
with an ejectment. His PrOtestantized Catho-
licism does not take here. The French like
free thought, with conformity in matters of
cult to the Old-established Catholic ritual
When Hyacinthe preached at the Notre Dame
every seat was let beforehand, and at a high
price. AS the dramatic authors say of popu-
lar play, I'll fdisdH recette" His handsome
profile, the lower part OF which was not then
heavy, stood out well against the hood of the
Dominican. He was so persuasive when he
addressed himself to hardened bachelors and
described the happiness Of married life. His
voice caressed the ear. In talking to the ladies
who thrOnged the galleries he showed deep
knowledge OF the feminine heart. Hyacinthe
was as much the rage as Iamartine WAS when
he published 'JOselyn." Who could have fore.
seen, when the eloquent Dominican was preach
that a time would come when he would re-. ;,e
able to fill the lecture hall In She Rue d'Arras?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Trouble spares Not Any Age.


Thoughtless people who imagine that girihool
is free from the cares and anxieties Of mature
years will be surprised to know that "a spE1nk
time Of existence aisc s-,mplains OF It's trials
and ccc:..., miscries. my sister is called moro
Jolly aud good-natured than l." said swest oix-
teen 10 her friend. ''but then she has nouo a.
ny troubles Her hair curls naturally an1 =
never oci OF cr,mp Ia the WORT log imaginahla,
snn when exposed TO the sun she 6urns Tn.
ioHablc terra Gotta color, Of Q tender dhnGA
with little or no red In Il" -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

A CLEVELAND GIRL happened to use in Oscar
wildes presence the word 'nice" ..Oh, dont
you think nice is q nasty word2" said the
apostle of the beautiful. .'Do YOU think NASTY
is nice w0rd?" replied the girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

Chas. d. Pattee, postmaster at Bridgeport
Mich. has been arrested. charged with rObbinR
the mails OF registered letter Containing si40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

Mrs. E. X. Hart, sister OF the late Oliver P. Nor
ton. OF Indiana died OF paralysis at Keokuk Iowa,
yesterday, aged "a -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Marketing Abroad.

In London the streets are alive early i'm the
morning with smart butchers traps and
grOcers' carts, stopping at the private houses
for orders, and there IL an exciting rivalry be-
tween the lads, who seem specially made to
drive the butchers fast trotting ponies, and
every other whip" on the road. Very often
the trap itself is dispensed with until later in
the day. and the butchers boy lashes his nimble
steed frem thoroughfare to thoroughfare paus-
ing to ring an impatient summons at the va
rious customers doors. Then, again, I'm large
cities, such as London and New York, the great
centers OF supply are too far away from the
residence Of the well-tO do Inhabitants to make
personal daily visit possible for those who
keep no carriage, while the expense OF car fare
forms noticeable addition to price unless the
purchases made are considerable. And so 1t
comes to pass that custom" has made IL q very
unusual thing for the vast intermediate class
between the wealthy and the poor to market
for themselves, yet that it would be profitable
to do SO is unquestionable. Many OF the
wealthy. who are proverbally careful OF the
money they have amassed, drive down and save
a few dollars upon the provisions laid I'm for the
day. and in COvent garden. the great West-end
market for London, this fact SO well recognized
that the Stockholders have regular scale Of
afternoon prices by which they attempt to de-
feat this laudable economy. Some of the
Quaintest spots In old European cities are the
open market places. In Antwerp. until quite
recently, the assembly OF market women has a
sight well worthy of notice. as they sat at the
open stalls, each with her knitting I'm her hand,
wearing on their heads great bonnets of plated
straw in the shape of bee-hives, often more
than half yard high. So. too, in the quaint
old Norman cities, the comely. fresh-complex-
Toned women In their high plated caps were
picturesque apart from their surroundings, and
these, In the majority Of instances, formed Q
suitable frame for them. for the market-place as
often as not lies under the shadow of a cathe-
dral dim with the smoke of centuries. In Spain
and Italy the market-stalls are aglow with
color, and the activity and cheerfuness OF the
sellers is well known. In winter such open-ar
markets are perhaps, relics of q barbarism that
is passing away under the reign OF which the
women sit exposed to every blast and storm,
yainly striving By s::s oi their charcoal pans and
Ioot-warmers to keep the cold at bay. In India
and the east the scene is very different; there
the markets are under cover, and dirt, heas.
and objections Of all kinds make the visits OF
Europeans to the center OF the food supplies %
scarce as well may be, while In many southern
cities as Ia well known, the marketing OF the
family is In the hands Of the gentleman Of the
household, who visits the market daily accom-
panied by his servant and selects that which y
''pleasing to the eye for fooc."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Spiritual Evolution.

rom the ~ ectator
Migrating birds. when locked up In cages at the
season Of migration, restessly flap their wings
and try to fly away. The evolutionists say that
fact helps to prove, not cnly that birds which do
so are migratory, but that migration is fact
They would deduce migration from the birds
habitual action, even If they had never seen
birds migrating. Yet II that inst net is to be
allowed all that weight why is the instinct OF
humanity which keeps 1t perpetually tapping
its mental wings, straining as 1t were, toward
another life, to be considered illusory? Why
should not the instinct be evidence in one ami
NAL as well as another? III migration never
had been, and could not be- would not the evo-
lutionist regard the birds action as a strange
break In his system for which he could not ac-
count? We suppose an evolutionist would re-
ply that man has derived his ideas of the supe-
natural from his fears and that he is not strain
ing toward an object, but intent on avoiding a
danger. That is an answer to many theories OF
religious belief, but does not affect the genesis
man to fear danger Of which he had no ex-
perience, and which has no reality?
No other animal does it. Himalayan hill
tit. which never saw wasp, when shown one
Kills 1t, then wastes five minutes in digging its
sting out. and then eagerly swallows the body,
making every sign Of enjoying a bonnie boucte
The little creature avoids a danger of which il
has no experience. but then the danger Is there
Is there In all nature creature which spends
its life I'm pursuing object or avoiding q dan
ger which is not only unreal. but never was
real, and never could have been? Recollect
that, on the theory, man is an animal, SO mighty
developed, 1t is true, as to have acquired excep-
tional powers. but still an animal aud bound by
laws which, as regards other animals. are pro-
nounced to be immutable. Why then, this
strange exception: Is It not at least more pro-
bable on the evidence that. as an idea from out
side is conceivable, man, originally developed
animal. received from the outside this idea?
That once granted as conceivable. the super
natural. G., the life outside this world-be-
comes conceivable too and If conceivable can be
studied, like any other phenomenon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
GLEANgNGS FROM THE PORT.
FOLIO OF AN ANTIQUARIAN.
Charlotte COrday. Who So EKerOicaIlY
Assassinated the Demon Marat.

sIf IL were done, when it's done,
Then Jwere well it were done qulckly."-Macoeth
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The Coronation Of the Car.

II 1t set Its proud heel upon me.