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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
The Free Bridge Again.
of The EVENING STAR:

10 the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
The sum of $40. 900 having been appropriated
by Congress for the erection of a bridge at or
near Georgetown, and the engineers to whom
the matter was referred having reported that
some 100000 additional would be required, in
their Judgment, to construct irst-class bridge,
such as they deemed the act contemplated, may
We not ask and hope that Congress will supple
ment and make available it's previous action, by
apprOpriating the increased amount called for {;
or, in lieu of that, condemn for public uses the
present aqueduct structure, remanding the par
ties cOntesting It's ownership to the courts for
settlement OF their respective claims? Whilst q
bridge at the Three Sisters would doubtless
be most convenient to large majority, Of our
people, yet We would gladly accept of it on the
present aqueduct piers, or any point above as
the government should determine. But the feel
ing is well nigh unanimous that no free bridge
will be built if it be made dependent upon the par
ties to the present bridge monopoly settling their
respective differences, $50 called &c. They
still tell US to wait-"Wait a little while. the
Aqueduct bridge will soon be free" &c, &c
THIS IS the old story. repeated with each session
OF Congress. the sole object seeming to be to
quiet agitation. while they, meanwhile, continue
to gather in the rich harvest wrung from the
unfortunate people within their grasp. Indeed,
embOldened 10y their past success in controlling
every thing and in defying all opposition they
have lately increased their already heavy charges
some - per cent. The spirit Oh the times is OPP
posed to all such exactinr monOpolies Obstruct-
ing the highways OF trade and travel with their
stand and deliver" doctrines. and they are
rapidly becoming things of the past How
much longer shall the people and the govern
ment be compelled to pay tribute fer the privi-
lege OF entering the capital OF the cCuntrr !?
The remedy is with Congress. They evidently
intended that a free bridge should cross the
Potomac lat or near Georgetown" as indicated
in the act passed, and We cannot believe they
Will allow their intentions to be frustrated or
overruled by any combinations, however power
full.
We thank you, Mr.. Editor. for your position
upon this and kindred questions, and trust the
great Influence of your journal vii. still be ex-
ercised i'm our behalf VOx POptII.
Virginia, January, 1888.
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THE EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Some Remarks and Enquiries.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Interested in the educational advantages oil
Washington, and knowing. Mr.. Editor, that you
are, Also interested in the same subject. permit
me to ask, through you, for some information
concerning the examination of the teachers for
the public schools This examination takes
place twice year, in December and in May.
The applicants assemble in the Franklin build
Ing. where they are submitted to a written ex-
animation in 8 subjects. The time allowed is
from Dam. to about 5 pm. The limit of this
examination is so per cent. The other 90 per
cent are reserved for the oral examination. The
subjects OF the written examination are arith-
metic, (cOmpleteO algebra, grammar, physics,
U. S. history. geography. drawing, and the
analysis of Spencerian pcnmanship.
Only one remark about the arithmetic The
time allowed is usually one hour. have known
six examples to be given for that time. True.
the time Is generally extended But the stran-
ger has no knowledge. and no one has any GER
tainty Of this extension.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
/ annex the examples of one examination:
Wits How many 50 yds OF pase r there in the
aud # high; the mop board being in. high. the
and doors. each #. wide and #. bishs '
2 How many hectares in irregular farm whose length
value at sac per acreg
81 AT what rate per cent Will s6, UCO pay $751; % IN
year, months and days!
trader sells goods either for cash at discount Of
20 per cent at months credit if buy goods worth
S31. 80 and pay hall the sum in ready money, taking
credit for the rest interest being at per cent what
person invests g. U37. so in the per cents at S,
and when The funds have risen per cent he transfers
his capital to the cents at &c. find the alteration in
his income?
G. cube whose side is 973 feet there have been
taAen away cubes, whose sides are respectively As
feet 81 feet 80 feet 80 feet and 20 feet what the side
of the cube that can be formed from what remains?
Unit! last year | believe that the algebra was
limited to simple equations. Then an example
in radicals was introduced. This causes an as
prant to be entirely at loss as to the limit OF
his or her preparation. Also. the algebra is the
last subject. At the December examination
am told that the contestants cannot see to do
the work. 1t is. surely. quite trying upon the
nervous female constitution to finish hours of
intense mental strain with the solution of the
following questions: / annex three Of the four
examples given at the last examination. Under
other circumstances do not deem them rigid
test of scholarship.
l. rectangular floor is of certain size. If it were
feet broader and etonger it wou contain ll6 feet
more bn if 1t were feet broader and feet longer it
wodld contain lib feet Require its length and
breadth?
2 grocer knows neither the weight the first cost
OF box Of tea He recoiects if he had sold the whole
at 30 cents H. lie would have gained 81 but if he
had sold at % cents per h. he would have lost g. lie
quired the number OF lbs and the first cost per by
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The Plumbing Regulations.

To the Editor # THE EVENING STAR:
As there appeared in THE STAR of the Sd
instant an article setting forth i'm detail the
amended plumbing regulations for this Dis
trict, which went into effect on the LIST utimo.
would call your attention to some OF the COM
ments upon the same as not being sustained by
the facts in the case. 1T is stated that the
Original regulations were the result OF many
patient conferences between the health officer
plumbing Inspector and all the leading plum
bers in this District" The plumbers should
have been left out. for they are neither resyOn-
SIDE Tor any or the mistakes or inlpracticabe
features i'll the old regulations or the excessively
hlgh-prlced work called for in the amendments.
They have had no voice i'm the matter whatsO-
ever. Immediately after the passage of the act
creatin" the office OF inspector of plumbing the
plumbers received an invitation to meet the
health officer in council They checrfuily re-
sponded, and the trade was well represented at
meeting held at his office and there a COM
mittee OF seven was selected to pass upon GER
tain regulations which the health officer tcds
about 10 issue. and which, in the MAN, were
identical 'ctt those then in force IN aa.Ode,. cty
governing he same subject.
After several meetings of the committee a ra
port was made to the health officer. which while
II sustained many of the prominent features of
the regulations as submitted. suggested certain
changes or notifications in Others The end Of
the matter was that the health officer not enly
u
mittee, but he did not even extend to II the
courtesy of an acknowledgment Of the recent
of its report or the letter to him ACCOMMODATING
the same.
Many OF the clauses in the original reguIa-
lions were bad enough, and the amendments in
some respects are worse, and, without much
DOUBT, these regulations will have to be amended
again. unless the courts sustain most unwar-
rantabie exercise of power over private rights
which even board Of health is not usually
vested In 10y law. A few more changes In the
same direction will finally place plumbing work
In the line of Injuries available only to the rich
and well-to-dO.
The statement that, since December LIST, the
regulations have been strictly enforced is far
from the mark: With one inspector only for
this District. and he obliged to remain at his
Office till p. M, 1t requires no argument what
soeyer to show that 1t is simply impracticable
for him to see these regulations str Oily adhered
to by all parties in field 30 wide as the District
of Columbia =.
Very respectfully, yours
EDWARD CAvERLY,
1925 New York avenue.
Washington, Jan. g. 1883.
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A Judge Who Has Made An Excellent
Record.

Washington Correspondence New York Times.
The assignment of justices for the coming year
In the Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia
has been made. 1t was announced some time ago
that the star route defendants were anxious that
Judge Wyfe Should be transferred to another
court and that the Chief Justice had said that
assignments once made were not changed. excent
upon the urgent request OF the judges Interested.
Judge Wylie had been assigned to the Criminal
Court. where he would stay until next spring.
10 now appears that Judge Wylie has been as
that the persons indicted In star route cases but
not yet tried. win probably be tried before hun,
Judge Wylle has made excellent record IN
many other cases as wen as In the star route ease
ment began. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
Where is the SlOp Man?
To the Editor THE EVENING STAR

WASHINGTON. d. c., January 5, 1888.
Who has charge of the carrying away of sop
in South Washington? For two weeks past
have waited and listened in vain for the call of
the man. and two boxes full OF garbage. giving
enough OF odor to cause plague, standing
waiting. The slOp man did come once in two
weeks, but impudently turned a,ody when
called him, and refused to come back few
houses. refer to the alley between 18th and
18th and and ID southwest, SUFFERER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10

Too Many Churches for q Small Town
From the Yonkers Statesman.
Agentleman in this neighborhood was strongly
urged short time since to contribute to the
support Of a clergyman in Iowa. who Was rep
resented to be doing valiant pioneer work on q
starvation salary. The gentleman promised to
give the matter his careful attention Ashe had
an acquaintance In the village named, he wrote
him requesting Information as to population and
to church supply. He found the total popula-
ton to be 1.300 and that they were actively try.
ing to maintain no less than twelve
distinct church organizations. The Pres
byterians had two, the Meth0dists, the
Baptists. the Christians, the R0manists. the
Universalists, the MOrmOns, and several other
shades or opinion each one They were all
necessarily largely dependent on outsiders for
support. The congregations were very small;
sectarian feeling was maintained at red hest;
the social life and business unity Of the village
were impaired and injured. The gentleman con-
cluded not to contribute, but did earnestly ID
wise all the orthodox Protestants to mite IN
maintaining one strong organization IN place Of
these several conflicting weak ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10

Scales 80 delicate that they win weigh the
thousandth part OF grain, ere now msnufAc-
tnred. We learned tins interestiog fact from .
Philadelphia Nesns.
IN it proper to ask man how he ID getting On
when he has just sworn o67-Bosboa Oossasssev-
cidl Bulletin.
We hope We shall not Be accused Of exaReer,-
fion when we say we have received 1855 calon-
dIarr. RostOn Commercial BasLtgin.
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An, Ice Palace I'm Montreal.
an, the Montreal Witness Ham lxh

Workmen began this morning to build the ice
palace in Dominion square, nearly opposite st.
Georges church. The Ice Is cut In the cana,
near Blacks bridge, and each block weichs
about 500 pounds The total quantity of ice re-
quired will be COCO square feet. About fiffv
men will be employed in the construction or the
building There will, besides the center tower
be four others rather lower, one ct each corner
of the structure. The main tower viii be IN
feet high. All the walls and the tower 70
height OF over eighty feet viii be built of s0lId
blocks OF Ice. When Illuminated the effect Viii
he grand. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10

LEGISLATOR CHARGED WITH ArT.MPTED BKI.
BERY.-The New York assembly committee fnves-
t1gating contested election cases was on Monday
considering the case OF Michael J. C0ney. VINO
caiEs to have been elected IN the NTH district OF
Kings county 70 the seat now held by Thomas ].
sheridan. A canvaSeer OF votes named uuDdy
Schlesanger testified that after sealing the yotss
ana een0ng tnem 70 sSe eupcIlnsenoenS o. u.
ING mistake had been made, ana that Sheridan
offered witness e45 to sign the return. Mr. 6heg1-
denied its truth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10

RAvA0B OF SAAILPox m BALTIn0Rk-1Ae
number OF deaths IN Baltimore last week from
smallpox was az. fnot including those IN the smsos
box hospital whic6ls OUTSIDE me city ltm1tzA eee
Of total number az ~ deatAA or over onc-th1I
OF the total number The deaths frUm dlpht11ftA
were n new cases OF smallpox IN the s0uthefn DIS
tE1ct, $ In the eastern m the MIDDLE. and each
In the western, northwestcrns ana northeesteSA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10

Judge Briggs Defines What Belief Ii
Necessary 60 Qualify q Wttnes>-Un.
believer Dssqaalifiesi-Faith iu Ds-
vine Rewards and Punishsncnss Es-
seattAl 60 = Witness In Court.
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Weapons for Winter Wear.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1.-THE mayor has got the right view of the
matter" said the funny street-car conductor
yesterday. ''Always shoot with knife if Won
want the chips to fly
''But a revolver comes handy at close quar-
ters,' said the regular patron.
Bah! revOlver" said the conductor. with
unutterable contempt. "What kind of revolt
yer does man carry? Why, a little 22-caliber,
with ball about the size of bird-shot. I'll let
a man shoot at me all day with one of those
things. the length of the car. for ten cents a
whack. What you want if you're going to carry
a gun is a fatherly old beeswax that'H wear out
a pocket in halfs:a day. and the bullet
hole in mans carcass gapes oper
like you'd heaved in half brick
But. of course. no one wants to carry
around such a piece of artillery as that. On.
yes knife is, cleaner, lighter and better and
you can use 1T to sharpen pencils, tim your
corns, clean your finger nails, eat oranges and
pick your teeth Observation-Disclosures II re-
member when was on tue North Side inc q
feller got on the hind platform with a boss pistol
in his hand the length OF my arm. and he was
one of the passengers quietly slid off the front
platform leavin' him in ondsputed persession."
''Dd you say anything?" asked the regular
patron.
mo! course not; they had all paid their fare
Observation-Disclosures the kind of a gun to
have. Something that strikes terror to the soul.
Don't you think it's warm today"
Not especially"
''Weli, spose It's because I've got on nv
winter acknowledgements ALWAYS buy six
red flannel undershirts in September and put
one ON. In October Iput on another; in no
vember another"
what not over the rest!"
Yes, over the rest; In December another.
and SO on-Morgan Until the first of March.
when take off the top one in April / take off
of-Sangamen-t last one - b
:. Then what do you do ?''
II take BATH Get Off herei All right
Good day-Peoria!' a
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
GAGS VERSUS HACKS.


WHAT A HOTEL CARRIAGE MAN sAYs-THE HAN
SONS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH HIS BUSINESS
THE VIEWS OF A VETERAN JEHU-NOT AFRAID
OF THE RIVALRY OF THE NEw-FANGLED con-
VEYANCEs-A MAN WHO Is ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
THE - ANSoM," ETC.
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A Violation Of Law by Pension Office
CLERKS.

To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
Section 1854 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States enacts that ''No officer, clerk, or
employe in the United States government en-
ploy shall at any time solicit contributions from
other officers clerks, or employees in the govern
ment service for a gift or present to those in
superior official position; nor shall any such Off
Gals or clerical superiors receive any gift or
present offered or presented to them as con-
tribution from persons in government employ
receiving less salary than themselves; nor
shall any officer or clerk make any donation as
gift to any official superior. Every person
who violates this section shall be summarily dis
charged from the government employ"
The STAR lately mentioned the fact that sew
enty clerks employed in the division of special
agents, Pension office, had presented to the
wife OF their chief of division, solid silver SER
vice, valued at 500.
This is the bOldest of all recent violations of
the section referred to. Is it possible that Mr..
Commissioner Dudley and Mr.. Secretary Teller
will allow deliberate offense of this nature to
be perpetrated right under their noses? If they
ignore it what does Congress say to such pal
pable evasion of the prohibition of the statute?
Are they willing to admit that four-hundred
dollar present may be driven plump through a
United States statute? What argument is
needed to show that u present to the wife is
present to the husband? That the husband is
just as much the beneficiary in case of this
kind as the Ostensible recipient. If this may be
done with impunity what may not be done with
the anti-assessment law which Congress is so
labOrlousy perfecting!
am Informed that of the contributors to this
present not one in twenty has any personal &C
quantance with the lady. They are sub0rdi-
mates who are sent into the field on special ser
vice, and their chief directs their movements;
sends them to pleasant or unpleasant field of
duty, and in many ways casts their official lot
in pleasant places, or the reverse as may seem
to him best. His good will is valuable to them;
more so than in ordinary cases. The statute was
made to correct very grave abuse. If it can be
eyaded 10y the puere eXpedient of making the
wife or child Of the superior clerk the recipient
OF valuable presents it is mockery. There has
been something too much of this. 1t seems i'm
possible to quench the consuming desire of some
subOrdnates to give to their superors in office
OF course we know that these affairs are usually
initiated by few persons, who expect to reap
more than pro rata share Of the benefits re-
sulting; and that many who do give curse the
scheme under their breath, but dare not refuse
for fear Of hpinp Disseminated auajncf
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ARTIFICIAL EGGS.
The Story as 1t Appears in a Respect
able English Journal
Popular Science News. ]

IfOnul1r SCteuCo NEWS
''Tbis is . wonderful age!" exclaimed
gentleman as he put vide the newspaper ne
was realing in the cars. cat last they are
manufacturing eggs SO exactly ike the men
product that no one can tell the artlfic'a
from the natural. have just read all about
the new industry in the paper Dear NE,
what nextf' Unquestional,ly very large
number Of readers were lei to believe the
story, so adroitly put by facetious writer
in The Detroit FREQ Press, regarding the
manufacture Of hens eggs. Tho joke has
gone the round of the English press: and but
few doub.ers have come to tho front to dis
pute the statement The English, as rule,
are incapable of approaching, or even under
standing, American jokes. They gobble
down all our crude, absurd, improbable
newspaper stories, and look at each other IN
wonder.
\ This egg story is published in so highly re-
Notable journal as The London Farmer,
this is the way it is described:
lf'Tke manufacture of artificial eggs across
the Atlantic is largely increasing; and one
establishment alone turns out upwards OF
1000 every hour The yelks are formed OF
paste composed of ccrn-four. starch, and
other materials The whites are made OF
albumen, and are chemically identical with
the whites of real eggs. The inner skin is a
Aim Of gelatine; and the she'll is of piaster-ot-
Paris and is somewhat thicker than the
original The yelk is first rolled into ball,
and frozen hard; then it is enclosed in the
albumen and submitted to a rapid rotatory
motion, which makes it proper ovoid form,
and again it is frozen. 1t is then dipped into
the gelatlne, and after that into the plaster,
which, while drying rapidly, retains the form
after the contents have melted 1t is said,
that, in point of taste, the eggs cannot be dis
tinguished from the real article; while they
will keep good for years, and are not SO easily
broken. They can be favored to resemble
ducks eggs; but up to the present it is stated
that even the most assiduous hen had failed
to produce chicks from these compounds.
Tho western joker will be encouraged to
try his hand again in the 'delusion" line;
and his next venture We shall look for with
interest.
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Camcls' wrestling Matches.


Wrestling matches between caniels is an
amusement in which tho Turks take
great delight, although they sometimes
get q fine animal MANNED I'm the
sport. The camels are trained to wrestle
when quite young, and take much
pleasure in the fray. A correspondent
writes: We had young one on board, and
as he was born under the flag he was
christened ''Unc,e SAN" OAe of the Turks
amused himself Oh the voyage making "a
"pchlevan" of him, and when he was six
weeks old he was more than match for his
master, using his legs, ne X, anl mouth with
such dexterity, and displaying such wonder
tui strength in SO young thing, that he
Lecame very rough playmate, and often
hurt the men by throwing them down. This
feature seems to be natural to the camel, fer
when two strange ones come together where
there are any females they have wrestling
match for the supremacy, and the conquered
one ever after acknowledge, his inferiority by
noe SO much as daring to glance at female,
Wen-traincd animals seldom injure each
other, being taught to throw their antago-
mis-: by getting his mock under their fore leg
the right one--and then throwing tn,
whole weight Of their body on him. and
bringing him to the ground.
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Lost In London.
Tfoodoo Tplaurorh


How startling, is the thought that in 1883
nearly 1900 children under 10 years of age
and about 1900 adults arc reported to the
rollce as lost or missing. 1t is reassuring to
read that out of this vast army of lost waits
and strays all wire recovered Or accounted
for except ia adults and twelve children,
who were never traced. These figures natur-
ely lead us to ask ourselves whether there
may not be many others, both children and
ndults, in whom no one takes sufficient i'll
tcrest to report their loss or absence to the
police. Many thrilling descriptions have
boon written of hunters, travellers, and others
who lost themselves and got "turnel roun I
in the voiceless solisudes Of the Australian
bush or upon the vast plains of North
America; but the words Lost in London
carry even greater terrors with them.