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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27
COrals in Meteorites.

COrals i'm MeteOriteS.
Berlin Correspondence of the London Telegraph, May Is
A marvellous correspondence was made full
year ago by q German lawyer, named DR.. O.
Hahn, but 80 incredible did it seem that the
learned world refused to take notice of ft-with
one exception. DR.. D. F. Weinland devoted a
whole year to the study of Hahn's book and to
test thoroughly his microscopic researches and
their results. He now publishes his opinion
and declares that Hahn has proved the existence
OF organic remains in the stones which dart into
the terrestrial atmosphere from stellar space
From the museums in Tubingen and in Vienna
Hahn procured himself more than GOO chips of
meteorites Of the ChOadrite class, proved in
each case to be genuine, and having been col
lected on eighteen different occasions, partly
during the present and partly during the last
century, In Europe, Asia, and America Minute
inspection has discovered in them quantity of
organic remains, principally belonging to the
most ancient form of pOrus corallines, to the
genus Of fossil zOophytes denominated Favesi-
ties, or at least bearing very strong resemblance
these latter. though Of a still smaller type.
About fifty kinds OF these tiny animals have
been made out by DR.. Ham, and assigned to
sixteen different families, to which he has given
names, thus laying the foundation of q new
branch Of zool0gy-meteoric zoology.
Ny object being principally to bring Dr. O.
AouA WI W uOLCc Ol brlLlSQ 08Lur8ll8cS.
to whose guild much regret not to belong, /
shall limit myself to translatea few observations
OF Dr. Weinland on this most interesting sub
lect. He begins by reminding the reader that it
Is only the shell Of the Choadrite meteOrite that
is burnt and glazed by friction with our atmos-
phere. The heat does not extend 30 tar during
the short transit OF the meteor as to impair the
kernel. which has en- appearance somewhat like
coarse shell lime, Of . eonglOmeratiOn Of petri-
ned organic matter, baked in lump. Though
only few specimens can be called well preserved,
yet the substance ID sufficiently distinGuishable
TO enable rs to class most Of the structures
among the P0lycistines and the Foraminifera.
They must have existed In water warm enough
never to freeze down to the bottom. Where .sre
We to Geek for this water, II Professor Schiaua-
relh tells us that meteorites do not belong to
our solar system, but are intruders from with
out? Very strange Is the complete resemblance
Of ell tho cuttings examined to one another.
though, a. stated, they belong to stone fallen at
different periods in oil parts Of the globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27

A very funny incident occurred In the police
court Friday morning during the hearing Of the
case Of James Smith, who was charged with
petit larceny. The crime consisted In stealing
IS worth Of maple sugar from the store of Mr..
Willard, On Detroit street. Smith was defended
by Mr.. Martin Foran, and the fact upon which
the defence MAS made Was that Smith was 90
intoxicated at the time that he was uncon-
scious Of anything wrong. and, consequently,
not responsible FOR his actions. Mr.. Foran
made an earnest appeal In behalf of his client,
%ho assisted him by swearing that he was
50 intoxicated that he did not know what he
was doing.
What had you been drinking7" asked the
prosecutor.
Beer" quickly replied Smith.
~ few days ago, Mr.. Foran," said the pros.
ccutof. You sought to prove that beer was not
Intoxicating. and now ron wish to clear your
client By proving that he was intoxicated. !"
Mr.. Foran escaped from the dilemma with hie
accustomed adrottuces but al interest h the
case for him had departed, and the ludee ln-
she'd toe debate ~ imposiag 0ne - 80 and
Casts. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27

From the Philadelphia Press.
Attorney General Marston, Of Massachusetts,
has pillorie1 himself for all time to come by his
attempt to suppress the publication Of poems
which Emerson, Massachusetts, greatest son,
hailed az proof Of the beginning Of great
career. Walt Whitman's poems long since
passed the stage where they can be challenged
on any ground which does not apply equally to
o score Of the great names in literature. There
are lines in his poems which offend a delicate
taste, there are passages which some of his adj
mlrers would willingly see omitted from any
copies but their own; but from beginning to
end there Ii nowhere the faint of subtle impurity
seductively presented for impure ends To
attempt the suppression Of his work in the
Interest Of public morals Ia to apply to an
American classic rules which no one would
dream OF applying to other works, whose
Obscenity Is fragrant, and whose influence is
impurity itself Not liue I'm the two poems
which q narrow Massachusetts LAWYER has
pitched upon can feed q salacious Imagination
Or corrupt an innocent mind. Poems like
Rossettis Jenny" snatches of Swinburne
passages in the Deeameron. familiar portions o.
Shakespeare, worldwide poems OF Bnrns pages
Of Byron and scores of books on every stall ere
worse by every canon Of taste. of morals and of
Inanners- II Attorney General Marston desired
the dubious Immortality of ignorant prejudice
he has taken sure way TO receive ii HIS
action win not ,njure Whitman - he draws TO
the close OF a fruitful career. whose greater
Gloriee lay stil before him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27


At the Holliday-street theater, Baltimore,
the other night, very funny incident happened
which was not down on the bills, but which was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience One
OF the ladies who plays the part Of an elderly
female was in conversation with her son In the
police station when, on taking step forward,
the black silk skirt which she had on suddenly
dropped to her knees, exposing the white skirt
underneath. With much embarrassment she
managed to pull the skirt up and finish her lines,
when her son retired amid the hearty laughter
Of the auditors. As the lady stood In an axpec-
tant attitude the applause subsidized, and after q
ton, who had just entered, she retired. The in
cident might, to certain extent, have been for
gotten by the auditors had not the officer lust
mentioned advanced to the front Of the stage.
and, In following the dialogue Of the play,
meditatively said, "This is . very mysterious
affair"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27

From the Detroit Free Press.
On Sunday, at Montgomery, We were talking
about duels, and when the names OF several
parties who had gone ont in past years to sat-
isfy their honor were mentioned, the Judge
knocked the ashes OFF his cigar and said: "Gen.
tleInen. II may be mentioned right here that |
have been there myself" "were you chal-
lenged?" IL was. II was over In South Car
DINA, and called man liar He sent me q
challenge, and selected swords as the weapons.
We met at o'clock the next morning. It was
just such a morning ~ ths-bright, beautiful
and full of life." And how did YOU feel %
Very queer. j shall never forget my sensa-
lions Us saw my rival. and he seemed to be az
yisibly affected We couldn't either one Of us
say word" Was it in a grove ?" "Oh, no ;
u was at the depot" The depot! Why, you
didn't fight at the depot. did you 2" swell. no.
The morning express trains passed there at z,
and he took one and the Otheri"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27
THE DANGER IN RUSSIA.
The Peasants Beginning to Stir-The
Devotion of the Socialist Leaders.

Prince Krapotkin in the Fortnighty Review.
The outbreaks against Jews in the south
west and against the Russian bourgeOisie in the
southeast, as well as the incendiarism and No
Rent movement in the central provinces, are
but foreshadOwing of far more intense move
ments which are growing in the villages. The
people already talk of the general partition of
land, Of 1.-The great war and bloodshed" which
are to begin some time in the spring. Until
now the revolutionary party has scarcely ap-
piled its forces at all to serious agrarian agita-
ton; but it is easy to foresee the quality and
momentum of forces that will rise ready to their
hands among the peasantry if Russian revolu-
tlOnists should only apply to agrarian agitation
the determination and the capacities Of organi-
cation they have shown in their struggle
against government and this will be done if
the necessary Improvements cannot be OBJ
tanned otherwise. All former attempts from
ABOVE TO Wrest concessions from our absolute
government had failed because of the inertia of
the masses. To awaken the conscience of the
people, and to help them to express their
wants. seemed the partys first duty. But no
where In the west is the chasm between the
upper and lower classes so wide as in Russia.
That being the case was it not necessary to be-
gin by knowing the peasant, his ideals his con-
ceptions and his wishes, and not by imposing
ON him schemes elaborated on purely theoreti-
cal basis? Until of late, however, the Russian
peasant has always regarded the man who
wears broadcloth. and neither plows nor news,
neither hammers nor digs side by side with
him, as an enemy. We wanted faith and love
from him, and to obtain them it was necessary
to live their life It was hard to live q life of
the peasant or the workman. but hundreds of
the party did live it for all that. Young men
LETT their class rooms, their regiments and their
desks and learned the smiths trade, or the
cObbier's, or the plowman's, and went out to
work and to teach among the villages High
born and wealthy ladies betook themselves to
day at the machine. slept in dog-hoies with
peasants, went barefoot, as our working wo-
men go, bringing water for the house. vulgar
souls may sneer at this, but fifty years hence
the mothers of Russia will animate and inspire
their children with the story Of these lives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27

Among the medicinal means Of arresting disease,
Hosetter's Stomach Bitters stands pre-eminent. It
cfeck the further progress Of all disorders Of the
stomach, liver and bowels, revves the vital stamina
prevents and remedies chils and fever increases the
ACTIVITY Of the kidneys, oounterach . tendency 70
rheumatism. and is genuine stay and solace to aged
infrm and nervous persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27
MEDICINE FOR WOMAN.
INVENTED BIZ A WOMAN.
PREPARED By A WOMAN
LYDIA e. PINKHAM,s VEGETABLE CONTOUR,

LYDIA e. p1NKHAM's VEGETABLE ooNpouSp
POSITIVE cuna
For al those Painf1l Complaimss sad Weakaesses @
common to our best female population.
twill entirely the worst form Of Female Com.
plants, all Ovarian Troubes Inflammation and UlcerS.
ton. Falling and Displacements. and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and ia particularly adapted to the
Changes Of Life.
1t viii dissolve and expel Tumors from the Uterus in
an early stage Of Development Tho tendency Can.
cerous Humors is checked very speedily by its use.
It removes Faintness. Flatulency. destroys all Cra-
wings for Stmulants, and Relieves Weakness Of the
Stomach. 1t cures Boatng, Headache, Nervous Pros.
raton, General Debility Sleeplessness Depression and
Indigestion.
The feeling Of bearing down. causing pain, weeht
ana backache always permanently cured by its use.
WPHYs1cIANs USE IT AND PRESCRIBE IT
FREELY-n
1t viii at all times and under all circumstances act
tern.
For the Of Kidney Complaints Of either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA &. PINKHAMs VEGETABLE COMPOUND
is prepared at 2SS and 235 Western avenue, Lynn,
Mass. Price 81. Six bottles for S. Sent by mail in
the form Of pills. also in the Of ozenees on receipt
Of price, 81 per box for either Mrs. Pnkham freely
answers all letters OF inquiry. Send for pamphlet Ad.
dress a. above.
Ne family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHANs
and torpidty Of the liver 25 cents per box.
|" BOLD BIZ AL DRuoours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
TE.EGRAPHIC.
News by Wire Reduced to
Close Quarters for Con-
venient Reference and
Easy Reading.
CRIME.

THE inmates of the Manitoba peni-
tentiary will be given fifty lashes each
for the recent desperate attempt to es-
cape.
WHILE depositions were being taken
before a notary in St. Louis in the suit of
Mrs. Slayback against Colonel Cockerill,
an affray took place between the attorneys,
in which John NJ. Glover seized Frank
Bowman by the throat and sent him to
the floor.
j. M. LEEDS, charged with embezzling
large amount of money from the Texas
Pacific road. was jailed at Colorado City,
Texas, Saturday.
A YOUTH named Burke, fatally shot his
father-in-law, Gus. McCurdy, well
known sporting man, at Montgomery,
Ala.
the Toombs court, New York City, for OBJ
Plankinton & Co., of Chicago.
JOHN G. RUDD, ex-mail agent on the
Memphis and Little Rock road, has been
sentenced to three years in the Detroit
penitentiary for robbing registered letters
by the United States court at Little Rock
Two burglars entered the residence of
NJ. f. Ingalls,, East Walnut Hills, Satur-
day Joseph Walker. a colored man, en-
countered the burglars in the house and
was severely if not fatally injured. He
was first knocked down with stone and
afterwards badly cut with knife.
AT Fort Apache, Saturday, Lieutenant
Colonel George w. Schoneld, of the 9Th
cavalry, killed himself with a revolver,
from dependency caused By i'll health.
He entered the volunteer army at st.
Louis, at the outbreak of the war, as a
lieutenant of artillery, and rose to the
He is a brother of General John M, Scho-
field. now commanding the division of the
Pacific, and his father and sister reside in
Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21

chaplain of the house. The desk of the
late representative was decked In black.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, offered res
olution reciting the fact that the agitation
of the question of abolishing the internal
revenue tax on tobacco has greatly in
jured the trade in that article, and that
an allowance or rebate on stock on hand
will prevent damage to the trade. and de-
claring it to be the sense Of the house that
if the internal revenue laws be amended 10
reduce or abolish the internal revenue
tax on tobacco, provision shall be made
for allowing rebate of tax paid on
stock on hand at the time such-law goes
into effect; provided that such stock is
stamped and in unbroken packages. After
discussion the resolution was referred to
the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Kelley, during the course of the
discussion, said it is his purpose to relieve
the trade of agitation at the earliest mo-
ment.
The shipping bill of the joint COM
mittee was made the special order for
January 3.
Mr.. Kelley reported back the resolu-
ton for holiday recess without recon-
mendation and said the business of the
country would be facilitated if the house
would remain in session during the holi-
days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
WASHINGTON.

COMMISSIONER of Internal Revenue
Raum has gone to Illinois, where he ex-
poets TO remain until the latter part OF
January.
IT is understood the house com mittee
decided to allow the Chippewa Indians
~ 900 for the lands which they claim and
which have been opened for settlement.
NEW postofices have been established at
Rindal, Norman county, Minn,, Christian
+. PetersoG, postmaster; Southwest, West
moreland county, Pa, John Dunhill,
postmaster.
THE national board of health has ap-
pealed TO the different boards throughout
the country for authority to sign a petit
ton to congress asking reinstatement of
the board in quarantine matters, and for
additional appropriations,
POSTMASTER GENERAL Howe has direct
ed railway mail service on .hs extended
line from Culbertson through to Denver,
COL, 250 miles, Jan. /, next. This line,
called the Republican Valley railroard.
is operated by the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy combination.
SECRETARY TELLVR says if the object of
the delegation of the Chippewa Indians
now in Washington is to secure rehear-
ing of his Turtle Mountain decision, their
visit will be a failure, as he kas RnaIly
passed upon that question and opened up
the country for settlement.
In the house committee on appropria-
tions an amendment to the postoffice ap-
preparation was adopted which provides
that all roads which have been granted
bonds or subsidies in addition to land
grants be reduced to so per cent. below
the amount paid other roads for carrying
the mails.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
Chicago Marker.

CHICAdo, Dec. 19.- Elour-Easier; common
to choice spring, 3.5O95.5O; common to fancy
Minnesota, 4.OO96.OO; patents, s5Oa7 90; win
ter wheat, 4.50Q5.5O. Wheat--Dull, weak and
lower; regular; 81 X for seller December; 91x6
91H for seller January; 92HQ92X for seller
February 9Sh99S for seller May; No. 2 red
winter, 92A; No. Chicago spring, 91Aa91K;
No. Chicago spring, 76h; rejected, 81. Corn
Active, weak lower; 49s for seller cash. 493l
949@ for seller December; 4s4a49X for seller
January; 49h 949K for seller Feruary; SKA
% Ter seller May. Oats-Dul, weak and
lower; 37H@37A for seller cash; SIX for seller
December; 35I for seller January; 35% for sell
er February Sc for seller May; rejected, 32Ha
81. Rye Steady and unchanged, 5s. Barley
Steady and unchanged; so. Butter-Steady and
unchanged. Eggs-Steady and unchanged.
Flax seed-l.l5h. Dressed Hogs-Dull, weak
and lower; 6.9O97.52. Pork-In fair demand.
at lower rates; 1900 for seller cash; 1850
T.O0 for seller December; 700 bid for seller
January; 1712k for seller February; 1925
bid for seller March. Lard-Tn fair demand. at
lever rates; 1925 for seller cash; 1022H ale S5
for seller December: 1O2591O.27H for seller
January; l0.359 1o.37H fer seller February; 10.45
@10.471s for seller March. Bulk meats-Aetive
but lower; shoulders at $50; short ribs at $50;
do clear at 9.25. Whisky-steady and un-
changed; 1.16. Receipts-Flour. 5000; wheat,
$4,000; corn, 10000; oats, lilo 900; rye, 5000;
barley, $4,000. Shipments-Flour, % 600; wheat
$500; corn, 1885, ,0Oe; oats, "a ,O0O rye, 5000;
barley, 1000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

ROBERT MORRIS, of Boston, the first col.
ored man admitted to the bar, died Satur-
day.
EPIEooT mas appeared in the stables Of
transfer company at Camden, New Jer.
sey.
TIE steam'bark Mendoza, from Bath
Me-, for New York, is supposed to be lost
There was a number of passengers on
board.
The boiler in Johnson's saw-mill near
Usage Mission, Kan, exploded, killing
the proprietor, w. L. johnson and Andy
Beckwood, and seriously iniuring three
others.
AT Chicsgo Saturday, Oscar johnson.
a single man about 25 years of age fell
through an elevator shaft, distance OF
ninety-fye feet, and had both of lis legs
fractured and sustained serious injuries
about his head.
Two colored youths, aged about IA
were burned last Saturday at Memphis.
They made themselves beds of excelsior
in large box and the supposition is that
the excelsior took fire from c;ga retts
which they were smoking.
JUDGE CLINTON Briggs, pioneer resi-.
dent of Omaha. who was a candidate for
election to the United States senate next
month, fell from train at Alton, Iowa
and was found dead on the track. 1t il
believed that he was attacked by disease
of the heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
FOREIGN

LokD DERBY has accepted the secretary
ship ior India.
A DISPATCH from Lurban announces
that the Bores have captured the Kafir
chief, MampOer.
THE Bishop of Winchester has declined
the archbishopric of Canturbury, owing
to his advanced age.
AT meeting of the French Geograph-
ical society, Monday, De Lesseps prom
ised to have the Panama canal ready for
use in 1885,
TUE steamer Cotopaxi was Quilted by
fire in the Thames, Monday, causing a
loss Of $50,
THE Turkish government officially an
nounces the creation of a special bureau
for supplying correct infor nation TO cor
respondents of foreign papers, and states
the penalties for spreading fslsehoods.
ADvIcEs from South Africa say Cete-
wayo has signed the Zulu settlement and
will return to Zululand early in January.
A British resident and military escort
will accompany him to Ulunda, where he
will be installed king.
A PROCESS for cheap production of
aluminium has been discovered. The in
the metal trade at Birmingham and
Sheffield.
TWENTY-FIVE were drowned by the food
ing of the Australasian mine, New Cres.
wick, Victoria. Sixty persons were re-
Gently killed by the explosion of powder
magazine in Guayaquil.
Two arrests we're made at Dublin, of
alleged participants in the Phoenix Park
assassinations. One of the parties was
| identified as occupying the car on which
the murderers escaped.
The deaths from cholera in Chispas,
Mexico, were 80 numerous that the bodies
of the victims were burned it being
found impossible to bury them. In
Tonala sixty deaths per day were re-
corded.
ARABI and other prisoners sentenced
to exile were requested to be ready to
start within ten days. Allowances were
granted them from their proprietes, which
were confscated. The property of their
wives were not confscated. This leniency
produced a good effect on Arab.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21

II Germany and France shall con
inue to disseminate against American
pork, IL will be well for congress to
adopt some stringent retaliatory meas
ures. Our hogs are Us healthy as
theirs, and the claim that they are not
is untrue, and cannot be maintained
The amount of pork that is annually
consumed in this country is simply
enormous, and our people as healthy
rs these of other countries. If those
two nations should pass prohibitory
laws, like the one now pending in the
German Bundesrath, let congress i'm
pose a duty upon German and French
wines that will be high enough to
amount to practical prohibition o
the importation of those articles. The
most of them are bogus anyhow, and
are far more injurious to the health Of
the consumer than the pork sent out
ON this country
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21

AFTER the star route ringster8 are
disposed of, the pension sharps ought
to receive special attention. The
frauds perpetrated on the government
by or through the ring of claim agents,
under the pretense of acting in behalf
of the veteran soldiers, greatly exceed
those perpetrated by the star reuters,
and would furnish good work for an
honest congressional committee Of in
vestigation, for a grand jury and for the
courts. No pension swindlers ought to
be allowed to escape the penitentiary.
OF all the rascals, he is the worst. He
robs the treasury in the name OF
patriotism, and speculates in false pre-
lenses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21

The only persons in this country
who are in favor of repeal or a re-
duction of the internal revenue tax on
whiskey and tobacco are the distillers
and the tobacconists. The consumers
of their products are not specially
clamorous on the subject. These lat
ter, perhaps, reason that so long as
they are foolish enough to buy whis-
key and tobacco, they ought to be
made pay dearly for their folly. And
probably, too, they know the pro-
ducers of and the traficers in those
articles well enough to know that even
if the government tax should be re-
moved, their prices would continue
j ust as high as ever, so that nobody
would be benefited except those en-
gagged in the business.