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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-21
AN ENGLISHMAN AT HOME ON
SOME ENGLISHMEN ABROAD.
Lord 'sH'' Makes the Barberss Ac.
quaintance.

Edmund Yates in the London World
10 English gentlemen, resident in America
notnlng is more calling than the misconduct of
too many Of the ''swell" English visit ,rs.
very prominent member of the committee of the
new York Union Club complained to me bitterly
Oh the behavior Of some Of the young English
men admitted there. "Why in the world do you
let them in!" asked. "Well." he said, "-'s
name came up yesterday for an extension OF his
honorary membership, and 1 moved its rejec-
tion." Young Lord T. went in a morning coat to
dinner party in New York, but his host was
equal to the occasion. "Ah," he said, 81 see
you don't know our ways. will wait with
pleasure until you have changed your Dress"
LOrd W. did the same thing at q very smart
party at Newport. Lord NJ. gave a check for
considerable sum, which was returned dshOn-
Ored. Ihls year matters seem worse than ever.
some OF those who went west as guests in the
party OF MIR. Hatch seem to have outraged all
decencv, and very severe reflections are made,
especially on two young descendants of our emil
nent law lords, which they should surely, for
their own credit. refute If they can.
Comment is made, too of the prepOsterous
airs which some English and Irish men give
themselves on the Atlantic steamers Lord H.
Ctne Identical Irish peer who was thrown into
state OF lrrepressible indignation when by an &C
cldent his wife was sent down after some lady
OF lower rank at Brighton dinner-party. and
exclaimed excitedy, to the CONSERVATION of the
company, Lady H. must have her rights!'') as
sumed on the Adriatic airs such as ali the
Queens sons put together never gave them
selves in their lives. II want bath by eight"
MS lordshp said emperously to the barber.
You can't have it. sir; it is engaged" "But
must have it. said this magnifico of the peer
age OF Ireland. ''Do you know who amp, mo,
Sir" ~ am Lord H." "Ah, indeed" pleasant
ly rejoined the barber; "glad to make your &C
IN, in,
Der gripped the lordly paw and vigorously shook
the same. to the ecstasy of the bystanders and
the incffabie disgust of the shaken. 1t is really
blessing when such men as the Dukes of
buckingham and Sutherland Lords Dunraven,
ElphinstOne, and men Of that stamp, visit the
United States as set Ito the miserable speci-
mems OF the peerage and sprigs OF nobility who
bring diScredit on their order there
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Fortune and Rink.

Oduluel johnson.
In civilized society we all depend upon each
other, and our happiness is very much owing
to the good opinion of mankind. Now. sir. in
civilized society external advantages make US
respected. A man with a good coat upon his
back meets with q better reception. than he who
has bad one.
Sir, you may analyze this and say, "what is
there in it5" but that will avail you nothing.
for it Is part of general system. Pound st.
Paurs church into atoms, and consider any sim
gle atom; it is, to be sure, good for nothing.
st. Paufs church. So it is with human felicity,
which is made up Of many ingredients. each of
which may be shown to be very Insignificant.
In Civilized society personal merit will not
serve you so much as money will. Sir YOU
make the experiment. Go into the street and
give one man lecture on morality and another
shilling and see which will respect you most.
Perhaps he who has large fortune may not be
so happy as he who has q small one: but that
must proceed from other causes than from his
having the large fortune for he who ia rich I'm
civilized society must be happier than he who is
poor, as riches, If properly used. must be pro-
ductive OF the highest advantages Money, to
be sure of ITSELF is Of use, for its only use is
to part with it.
When was running about town. q very Door
fellow, was great arguer for the advantages
OF poverty, but l was at the same time very
sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which
are brought to represent poverty as no evil
show it to be evidently great evil. You never
find people laboring to convince you that YOU
may live very happily upon plentiful fortune
So you hear people talking how miserable
king must be, and yet they all wish to be in bis
place.
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The Disadvantages of Extracts.

From The Remedies of Nature" by Dr. Felix L. Os-
"ald IN Popular Science Monthly
chief objection to our system Of cookery is
the hygienc tendency of the essence mania. the
concentration of nutritive elements Ours is an
age OF extracts. We have moral extracts in
the form OF Bibie-hOuse pamphlets; language
extracts in the form of compendious orammars.
eXercise-eXtracts under the name OF pymnastic
CurrlculuIns; ar-eXtractS in the shape of oxygen
badders, and vast deal of such foOd-concen-
tratIonS as lIebiGs soup. fruit jellies con-
Gensed milk, tiayorng extracts and branless
-four But, somehow or other, The old plan
seems, after all. the best. In the homes of onr
foreiathers morals were Taught By example and
with very respectable results. Six wears of
graInInar-driil in a dead language do not
further student as much as six months of con-
verstllon III u living tOngue-the concrete beats
tiie abstract BOat-racing, Woodworking and
Notwithstanding. are healthier. as well as
more peasant, than gymnastic crank-work: the
dVertlng incidents of outdoor sDorts which tho
Mo'eineht-cure doctor tries to eliminate are the
very thnSs that give interest and life to exer-
clse- And. Tor some reasons mot easy To define
without the help of such analoyies1 concen
trated n0UrishInent does not agree with the
nature of the human organism. The lungs find
III easier TO derive their oxygen from woodland
air than from q ready-made extract and tho
stomach, on the whole. prefers to get its nour-
1shment in the form for which its organism WAS
originally adapted. Went of 6,tH makes our
food so indiGcstbe. In fruits and berries
probably the staple diet of our instinct-taught
ancestors-the percentage of nutritive ele-
ments is rather small, but the residue should
not be called worthless. since 1t serves to make
the whole more digestbe. A large ripe water
melon contains about three ounces of saccha-
zine elements which In that combination have
mildly aperient effect. while in the form Of glu-
eose-eandy they would produce constipation,
heartburn and fiatulence. The cOarsest BRAN
bread Is the most dgestible. and TO the palate of
an an unirejudiced child also far more attractive
,inai ,ne smooth but chalky and nsipid starch
preparations called bakers bread.
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"a O'clock.
JOHN FORD'S OPINION.

Well, wife, while down in town to-day.
heard by chance the strangest thing:
Twill come to pass, the people say.
Tho trouble 1t is sure to bring.
Our time-piece there upon the wall
Must go Dit gives me quite a shOckl:
You see tbs OF no use at all
'IsrW soon be "a o'clock.
Well breakfast then at 10 sharp;
AT 10 must take the train
What oddities. can't help harp
On what is sure to turn the brain.
But LabOr's wheels will still 20 round.
On wages there will be no lock.
Tho this old world at last has found
1t has "a o'clock.
Dear Sue, maybe you have forgot
our wedding, twenty years ago;
Twas IL when parson tied the Knot.
Tho now 1t seems 1t was not 50.
Times river flows on mighty fast,
And each new wave seems but to mock.
For, wife, we've had to find at last
We wed at "a o'clock.
Our Maud s, who'd IKE to sleep till noon,
Can have her share of sleeping soon.
And dOze TILL Is. What mix!
But When young Lynn comes here to cali
ana stays like Patience on rock,
Twill throw shadow over all
So late the hour: - o'clock
And meeting hour, which always came
SO regularly at half past ten,
VIII never seem again the same
A sort OF % Amen.
Dear Sue, this thing is certain sure
To soon affect both you and me,
For our old clock there is no cure:
IL and the Future can't agree.
Tho some folks learnedly NAV sneak
Or Greenwich time, and this and that,
IL is our centurys strangeSt freak
A queer. dturnal tit for tat
were told the world improves with age,
our ship at last has reached dock
Where change in all things is the gauge;
'TtCiN soon be "A O'clock
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How to Mix Paints.

From the Journal Of Chemistry
The following table, the source of which we
are unable to trace at this moment though we
can vouch for its trustworthiness, will be found
serViceable, especially for amateurs as showing
how simple pigments are to be mixed for pro-
ducing compound colors:
Buf.-Mix white, yellow ochre and red
Chestnut.-Red, black and yellow
Chocolate.-Raw lumber, red and black.
Claret.-Red, lumber and black
Copper.-Red. yellow and black
Dove.-White, VermiliOn. blue and yellow.
Drab.-White yellow, ochre red and black.
Fawn.-White, yellow and red.
Flesh.-White, yellow. ochre and vermilion.
white.
French Gray.-White, Prussian blue and lake.
Gray.-White lead and black.
Gold.-White, stone ochre and red.
Green BrOnze.-Chrome. green. black yellow.
Green Pea.-White and chrome green.
Lemon.-White and chrome yellow
Limestone-White, yellow ochre, black and
red.
0live.-Yelow, blue. black and white.
Orange.-Yellow and red.
Peach.-White and vermiOn
Pearl.-White. black and blue.
Pink.-White. vermilion and lake.
Purple.-Violet with more red and white
Rose.-White and madden lake.
Sandstone.-White, yellow ochre, black and
red.
snuf.-Yellow and Vandyke brown.
Violet.-Red, blue and white
In the combinations of colOrs required to pro-
duce desired tint. the first-named color is al
ways the principal Ingredient. and the Others
follow in the order of their importance Thus.
In mixing limestone tint. white is the principal
Ingredient, and red the color of which the least
Is needed. The exact proportions of each color
must be determined by experiment with small
quantity. 1t is best to have the principal ingre-
dent thick and add to it the other paints thinner
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Model Dwelling for Poor People.


New York Letter In Boston Journal
The first experiment of the Improved dwell
lngs association in its attempt to provide build
ings which shall at the same time afford de-
cent homes for poor people and pay a reas-
enable interest on the Investment to the owners.
has resulted most tavorably in New York. A
NUMBER OF gentlemen forming the association
were convinced that such buildings were posi-
ole. The sum Of $3.50, 600 was subscribed for
the purpose OF making the experiment, and a
DOCK was put up at First avenue and I'D
street. The building was thrown open wear
ago and almost Immediately filed with tenants
There are accommodations for 218 families
Last week, when I made the establishment
visit. there We're 206 apartments occupied. AS
the building Is only six stories high there is
plenty or sunshine and light falling inside the
large court, upon which face all the inside apart
ments The rents vary from u so a month for
two goOd-slZed rooms on the top floor to Sl4. 80
for four rooms on the lower floor There is NOT
room in the whole building which mas not at
least one window upon the open air. Each
APARTMENT. no matter how small. has its private
closet running water and an ash shute into
winch all ashes are poured. Upon the top floor
was shown superb laundry, with hot water,
whlch Is at the use of the tenants, each tenant
having chance to wash one day during the
week. The bathroom ismanaged so mewhat on
the same principle, the tenant receiving o. bath
tlcket once month for each room they occupy.
and as many more as they want at ten cents apiece
The bath-hOuse is as neat and as inviting a place
az can be found anywhere. AS all the bath-tubs
may be taken at the same time pretty waiting
room Is provided. where magazines and papers
are on the tables. The club-room ofthe building
Is one OF it's greatest features--a handsome.
nicely-furnished room, where 50 persons can
read or play games. 1t is lighted by gas and
heated oy steam. and is open to all tenants
every afternoon and evening There is also
free circulating library of 400 volumes The
nails OF this model tenement are lighted and
heated, but the tenants are required to sweep
them out. No tenants are allowed to remain
unless they are sober and regular in paying their
rents The result of the first years working is
that the investment will pay about per cent
interest: Compared with what the poor people
OF the city receive for their money in the way of
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1.-THE Smell Of It.n

An 1rishman was recently installed in Boston
oil store as roller of barrels and pumper Of
the slippery fluid into casks and cans. He is
apt and BRIGHT and has made himself useful
and familiar with the store and it's equipments
among other things, the telephone He is some
times trusted to answer calls through that in
strument. Saturday morning Pat was busy as
usual and for the moment everybody else was
absent, when the telephone bell sounded. Pat
wiped his oily hands and took up the sounder.
ne soon got the name of the person desiring to
speak with the firm. A sample Of q certain
number and grade of fish oil was wanted. Pat
stepped to the shelf and got phial, then back
to the telephone and shouted:
"Here it is"
But send 1t over.s came back through the
instrument; 1--WE can't tell whether it will suit
Us till we see It,"
Here was dilemma. Pat could not leave
the store to carry the sample of Oil over. But
his ready Irish wit was equal to the occasion.
he uncorked the bottle. held it up close to the
transmitter and shouted:
"And can't ye tell by the smell Of t3"
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Wednesday WhatnOts.

"HOw long have you been married?" asked the
clerk at the hotel desk, as the elderly bridegroom
registered.
Two weeks" replied the happy man.
'FRONT.'" cried the clerk. ''show the gentleman
to parlor B. Fifteen dollars day, sir"
Third wife," calmly said the guest.
''Oh, excuse me. Front; show the gentleman
to 824 back. Take the elevator. Four dollars a
week, sir. "-Burlington Hd,okeye.
Member ofFrench Legation-"I no talk Ang-
la!se vera veil. Ven pay re wine, vat gay p
Congressman You say, Come, let us smile "
NJ. of F. L." Coon letismile, vera goot Ven
ozzer man gay, Coon letismile' to me, vat zay
zen?" COngressman-''Then you say, with
pleasure" NJ. of F. L." wiz plaisir.' But
IT pot want to SMILE vat zay zen3" Con-
gressman."What are you to say when you
don't want to drink" NJ. of F. L.-"Oui, oui. ~
Congressman-'I don't know. don't think
there is any such expression In English. -
Philadelphia Call.
A San Francisco man advertised for 1920 red
headed girls-must be good looking" and not
one response was received. few days later
he advertised for 1920 golden-haired beauties, -
street in front of his office was crowded with
just the style Of beauty he desired.-Bismarck
Tribune.
A New York paper speaks Of the head var
nisher IN piano factory. Has 1t come to this?
Must the bad-headed man become heir to this
additional I'LL? But if head vanishing is
to become fashionable the varnishers must
take up their headquarters in a barber shop, for
bald-headed men will not 60 to piano factory
to have their heads varnished.-Ol City Derrick.
'What is the worst thing about rIches?" asked
Sunday school teacher. THAT they take unto
themselves wings and fly away" promptly re-
piled the boy at the foot OF the lass-Cincin-
natl Saturday Night.
"a Brave Girl" is the title of q new book. II
Is presumed that q mouse ia the villain of the
story.-Bismarck Tribune.
care you going to play the piccolo tonight"
asked one member Of the orchestra of another.
Yes" 'Then I hope you'll piccolo note to
begin with" The ptcc0lo player was carried
out ON shutter.-OK Ctlv Derrick
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The Lightning Ticket-Seller.

From the Cincinnati News Journal
Nearly every circus advertises it's treasurer as
1.-The lightning ticket-seller of the world" and
the gentlemen who manipulate the coin in q
ticket wagon unquestionably arrive at a WON
derful degree of proficiency and rapidity. Know
Ing that Col. John Murray's name had figured a
good deal in this direction reporter questioned
him on the subject yesterday
col Murray, from your experience and your
knowledge of the subject. whom do YOU con-
slider to be the fastest ticketseer in the world?"
was asked.
''Well, that is hard question to answer.
Several claim 1t, but great many things must
De taken into cOnsideratiOn-quckc calculation,
correct change, etc. l believe. however that
none have ever come up to the record made
with Sells Brothers circus in Chicago on the
lake front. on Decoration day, 1882"
what was the record them"
u sold $50 tickets in an hour without an
error. and without taking in bad piece of
money. If this record has ever been excelled
have not heard OF it,
care there many efforts to pass bad money?''
such instances are of everyday occurrence.
But In twenty-five years experience | have
never taken but one IS counterfeit bill The sill
yer money | can detect the moment get it in
my hand. either by the weight or by handling
It. have passed money back so quickly and
Went on selling tickets that the party would
look at ME in perfect establishment and take
minute or two to recover his wonted eQuanim-
1ty. Some come back and claim that have
given them the wrong change but that never
works; as know better One very amusing thing
has occurred thousand times, and that is when
l have given nan his change and his ticket to-
gether he would stand and demand his money,
not knowing it was in his hand, so quickly had
1t been given him. l have seen fly fellows
around the wagon come up and present $50
bill, expecting me to give them the wrong
change. but would never be caught in any
thing of the kind"
"You run across queer customers at the
mouth of ticket wa9On?'.
- should say so. In some parts of the south
and north they come to circus with knives I'D
their sleeves, and as l would hand them money
and tickets the points of their weapons would
cut my hands. The negroes of the south are
the queerest set / ever ran across. They re-
member man for years When had not been
In town for four seasons have seen them
stand around the ticket wagon and say That's
the same Teller who was here four wears ago.
Before season is over my hands have cOrns on
them from the constant handling of silver No.
an attempt at robbery was never made but
once. and that was in Cleveland in $780, 1t was
after the night performance. and l had over
$4,000 in my valise Eph Sells and were Just
getting off of the grounds to take hack. when
man struck me with slung shot. l shot at
him and so did Sells, but he got away without
the money, and policeman promptly arrested
me Tor shooting at him."
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HE fnriner's Provision.

From the Philadelphia Call
wholesale groeer-''You seem to be LAYING in
pretty oig stock OF last years canned yeee.
tablesI"
'Ies"
Don't intend to use them yourself Of
cOurse?'
Certainly not"
Going to take them to some western mining
esmp. perhaps?"
No Guess they will be too old. anyhow"
=. SO was thinking and beside you are not In
The business at all, are your
No; I'm farmer and me and wife have con-
Guided to build wing on the barn and take
SUMMER boarders next year."
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EEENN NTTTTEEE RRR pPP RRR II ssss ERn,
f. Mn 4 F. sRk Re ErF FE En- fH!!s sss en-
EEEN M I EEER kP ( HISS EErs

MY BUSINESS HAVING WITHIN THE PAST FEW
YEARS SO RAPIDLY INCREASED THAT EVEN THE
FOUR FLOORS Now OCCUPIED FOR THE SALE
OF GOODS HAS PROVEN INSUFFICIENT I
THEREFORE HAVE DETERMINED TO STILL,
OFFER BETTER ACCOMMODATION TO MY BUsI.
NESS AND PATRONS, AND AM NOW ERECTING
AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING OF THE SAME d.
MENSIONS, WHICH WILL BE READY FOR OCcU-
FANCY BY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER
DUE NOTICE OF THE OPENING WILL BE AID.
vERTISED.
BEING SOMEWHAT OvERCROwDEp WITH
GOODS. WILL FROM DAY To DAY MAKE
LARGE REDUCTIONS IN PRICES IN ALL THE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 1 OFFER SPECIAL
INDUCEMENTS IN THE LADIES' AND Chill
DRENS' CLOAK AND SUIT DEPARTMENT. IHAvR
NO LEADERS. But INTEND. AS I ALWAYS DID.
TO SELL MY GOODS AT A REASONABLE LIVING
PROFIT. NEW GOODS RECEIVED AND PRICES
REVISED DAILY
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FINE Push WoRKnoxrs
FINE LEATHER woRKBoxEs
r,xp >,,.,n ,,-, FINE WOOD woRkBoxEs.
FINE WOOD DESKS.
SMALL STANDING DESKS.
MEDIUM AND LARGE DESKS for Boy. or Iadios
FINE PLUSHGLOvEA AND HANDKERCHIEF BoxEa
JAPANESE GLOVE AND HANDKERCHIEF BoxEa,
CUFF AND COLLAR BOXES,
PERFUMERY CASES. "D DoAAo-
COMB AND BRUSH CASES
FINE JEWEL CASES,
PLUSH AND LEATHER COMBINATION Boxes
Are among the New and Lovely Goods which We have
now on our coInters
Lowest, and our Goods are all fine, handsome and we'll
Our Plush Glove and Handkerchief Box at q 90 ID
remarkably cheap.
We have also just opened a fine line of
LAVA STATUARY
VI very artistic designs, in imitation Bronze nneine
from &l W a pair up. They worth looking ar
In FINE ALBUMS at very low prices we nstter our
selves to have exceed all previous efforts Our variety
embraces all the New Styles In Plush, Russia Leather
Alligator. Real Morocco, Embossed leather Sc and
deserve your especial attention.
Our stock of TOYS still keeps coming in and we shall
nave, without doubt the largest variety ever offered.
while We shall endeavor to eyerybodys purse In
Our HOLIDAY OPENING will take place MONDAY;
s1LvERBERG'S,
Sl2 It'll 1T. and 3l3 sth street n W.
mig Pennsylvania ayeuua
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A YER's sARSAPARTILA WORKS prRFCIIl
"A and promptly TO purify and Zurich the blood i'm.
prove the APPETITE strengthen the nerves and brace up
the system IL is in the trucst alternative me
cine. Every invalid should give IL q trial
PEOPLE TR0U BIsED WITH COLDS WOULD
take Ayers Cherry Pectoral before going church or
places Of entertainment they would avoid couEhins
greatly TO the comfort Of both speakers and hearer
Public speakers and singers find that the Petorsl won
iuS increases the power and fesbty OF the voice nils
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@ II A 8. B AUM,
mis- 4l6 SEVENTH STREET.
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G2 7th st. and 3l3 sth street n W.
mig near Pennsylvania ayenue