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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Learning from the Indfans.
lwsrd Eggleston In The Century for Nay.


Notonly did the white man get tobacco from
this source, but with 1t they borrowed the GUS
tom of smoking by the roadside in token of
friendship, which was formally interdicted by
the Puritan lawgivers. The art Of making
maple sugar and the culture of the maize were
learned from the savages, who splanted the
corn in hills, grew beans around the stalks,
and filed the intervening space with pump
kin vines, as old-fashioned farmers do vet
The great factories Of fish manure along the
northern coast are tracked to the advice of an In
dian given to the Pilgrims to put fish in every
hlli OF corn. Hominy, samp. supaun and pone are
Indian words. and there Is hardly an approved
method of cooking maize that the Indians did not
knOw;even the western hoe-c cake and the southern
asf-cake were made by the sauaw Mats,
baskets and shoes were made from corn husks
by the savages. and from them white men took
the hint of using huskS for chair bottoms, horse
collars etc. Their bark house was used as
temporary PLACE Of abode by settlers in every
colony and its tradition still fingers in the bark
camp OF the Adirondack sportsman. The birch
canoe and the dug out, which played so import
ant part In colonial life. and which are still
used, were borrowed from the sayages The
cOrn-husking ''bee" and the house-raising as
semblage were Indian customs. The device of
using hot stones to heat water In barrel ut
hog-kiling time-a custom very common vet in
the Mississippi valley-was adapted from the
Indian method Of cooking food. The first Vir-
ginia settlers early learned from the savages to
eat the meat of the snake, and a hundred years
after the settlement rattlesnakes We're regarded
as great delicacy by some OF the planters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
A House Five Feet Wide.

IU.
The narrowest house in New York city may
be seen at the northwest corner OF Lexington
avenue and SID street. The building, which has
been finished for some months, is five feet wide,
one hundred feet deep and tour stories high. 1t
Is divided into two houses, each fifty feet long,
and the entrance doors are, of course. on the
avenue, as there is no room for door at either
end of the building. The law allows building
at the corner Of a street to have projecting bay
windows along the side. and taking advantage
OF this circumstance, the architect has managed
to plan house which, while peculiar In inside
appearance, and probably very uncomfortable to
live in, may find tenants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Coming Money for King KaIakaua.
Philadelphia Evening Star.

Hnlladelpn1a Evening Star
Designs for the dies for the coins to be struck
OFT for circulation In the Hawaiian Islands have
been prepared at our mint. The money has been
ordered by King Kalakaua, and will be coined
with the permission Of the United States Treas
ury department. On one side of the coin will be
the kings face, and on the other portion ofthe
great seal Of his country. The denomination of
the pieces will be indicated in the Hawaiian and
English languages. There will be coins equal
to our dollars, half dollars and quarters. There
will likewise be dimes, but the name of that
piece of silver has not yet been translated into
Hawaiian. AS soon as the designs have been
decided upon the dies will probably be sent to
San Francisco, where the first batch Of money.
to the value of $1,000, 600, will, it is said, be
made. This will be at least the second time
that money of another nationality has been
coined by our government A few years ago
large amount of nickel money was made in
this city for Venezuela
The new fve-cent nickels with the word
"cents" under the wreaths on the diverse side.
have been placed In circulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

A horse thiefin an Arkansas prison objects to
having Presbyterian chaplain in the institu-
ton. He says he has been brought up q
Methodist, and wishes to remain firm In the
faith of his fathers.
To-day in Nebraska Is "Arbor Day." on
which all good Nebraskians plant trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
No Fish Stories.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
Any allegations Of Mr.. Arthur as to the num-
Der and size OF the fishes he lands in Florida
should be received with all the credence due
the statements of so distinguished an alligator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
He Thought at First He Was Smart

A smart travelling man from Chicago tried to
paralyz dining room girl at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
during the snow blockade. At dinner one day
he ordered "sponge soup and quail on fence. i"
The girl went to the kitchen and got quail
and built fence on the plate out Of kindling
wood. Then she got piece of sponge and put
it in the soup, and served his order in the pres
ence OF several other travelling men, who gave
him the grand laugh. The landlord charged
him dollar extra for serving articles not on
the bill OF fare and it cost him S8 for cigars and
drinks to keep the matter quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18


A shrewd fellow has way of taking a stor,
in western village. and filling it with chea,
SNOWY goods. At the end Of few weeks he Il
prostrated-for a few hours-by telegram con
veying the sad news of his fathers death fl
England, and urging his return at once to set
PEELED to sacrifice at auction his valuable stock
which goes off like hot cakes and then this en-
terprising pioneer moves further afeld.
Maurice Vignaux is absurdlY excited over hi!
close defeat in billiards by Schaefer, and keeps
on complaining of the applause bestowed on hi.
victorious opponent and asserting that the lat
ter made shove or push shots.-apparentiy moi
perceivng that this is reflection on the referee
who certified to the five games he (Vignaux'
Won as well as to the one he lost.
The military guard Of the bank Of France
which was discontinued some time ago. has
been re-established.
An indignant landlord writes that he adopted
coils OF fre escape rope in his bedrooms, and
that three guests successfully escaped, though
there was no fire. They left unpaid bills
A Judge in Toronto, Canada remarked that
1.-The boy who would not peg snow-balls should
be put under glass as a unique specimen" and
then discharged the offending youngster.
A boy Of eight years, in one Of the Massa-
chusetts schools. was asked by his teacher
where the zenith was He replied: ''The spot
In the heavens directly over ones head" To
test his knowledge further the teacher asked:
"Can two persons have the same zenith at the
same timer" 'They can" "H0w2" "If one
should stand on the Others head"
Mayor Low, Of Brooklyn, advocates the
Swedish system governing the sales Of beer
and spirituous liquors. Under this system q
city Is divided into excise districts, the number
Of saloons allowed In each district is fixed by
law according to population, and exclusive
rights to sell liquor are sold at public auction to
the highest bidder.
A remarkable pamphlet has Just been pub
lished at Crac0w, under the title of 1.-THE Polish
Question" It points out that the Oriental
question has changed its character, and has
taken the shape OF mortal antagonism be-
tween Austria and Russia which will have to
be fought out In Poland, and in which Germany
will be found at the side of Austria. Nothing,
according to this brochure, will secure central
Europe from periodical renewal of this deadly
conflict better than the creation Of Polish
kingdom under some energetic prince &C.
knOwledging German or Austrian hegomony.
In such case all Poles should unite to support
the two German empires no longer listening
to the deceitful accents Of Panslavist sirens,
who would lure them to destruction BY enlist
ing their sympathies for Russia
The lesson of Peter Cooper's life Is as well
put by the Brookline Chronicle as by anybody:
'That noble man found better employment for
his time than simply looking after his property
and trying to avoid taxes"
"YOu are setting us q bad example," as the
algebra class said when the teacher wrote q
hard equation on the board.-Buriington Free
Press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Calling a Dog Through a Telephone
From the Chicago News.

gentleman in Danielsonville, Conn.,,
whose favorite dog enjoys following his carriage,
by accident left the animal some miles from
home. The people, recognizing the dog, shut
him in the house over night. The next morning
you lost dog?" Eyes; where is hep" Voice
"Call him!' He did 80. The telephone was put
near the dog, when he recognized his masters
voice. and, in his dog way, manifested Joy, lick
Ing the instrument, and jumping about. eager to
answer the call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Defining ssDistribut ed.',

A visitor to a Brooklyn public school yester-
day asked class of boys to define the word
"distributed," which had occurred in their read
ing lesson. One said: Its something you give
away" and others similarly missed the mark.
'Now," said the visitor ST should give one of
you oyster soup, another some salmon another
some roast beef. another some salad and another
some pie and strawberries. what would you say
| had done with the dinner?"
Several gave answers impeffectly but at
length an overgrown boy, with husky voice,
raised his hand
''Well, what would you say?'
II should say it was bully dinner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
A s'Warning' Machine.

From letter to Macon (Pa.) Telegraph.
Down at Jessup, while waiting for the train I saw
what appeared for the world like a galows, built
directly over the railroad track. Several ropes
were dangling from it, and was about to be-
lieve that the enterprlsing Jesuptes has moved
the gallows from Eastman and stuck it up as
curiosity. While wondering If this could really
be the case, a man came up and told me It was a
warning machine" The track runs under q
bridge few hundred yards below the scaffOld,
and when a train-hand is on top of the cars and
these dangling ropes strike him it warns him of
the bridge and he stOops. BY this means many
lives are saved. but it is certainly novel affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

Inc garden-truck raised about Norfolk, Va.
sn4 season viii require 600 600 barrels In
which TO market It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

Ten thousand people a week are passing
through st. Paul on their way to the great
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

Engraved visiting cards for pet dogs are the
latest ridiculous touch of fashion in Philadelphia
ana THESE are samples from the canine card-re-
ceiver spider Manheim-st., Gerthantown:"
.'Topsy Bow0w. and the Misses BowOw, 500
South--st.; prince. No. SSl South-st,
Saturdays-Bones." That last suggestive word
means that refreshments viii be provided for
callers.
manufacturer Of potted meats has been ar
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Homeless Because wtreIess

The idea that John Howard Payne was a vic
tim OF natures retributive justice will probably
be new one to majority OF readers Yet It
appears to be sincerely entertained by the Rev.
+. H. Shepherd, of SheptOn Maet, Eng. the
clergyman at whose suggestion and through
whose efforts, while he was acting British chap
lain at Tunis. the stained glass window in
memory OF Payne was placed id the English
church there. In sermon preached by him re-
Gently In his parish church at Shepton Mallet he
referred as follows to the dead poet; ..Poor
man, 1t was from the aching void of his heart
that he sang there's no place like home.
Though he lived in palace he was homeless.
Though he 'roalned amid pleasure he was an
unhappy man. Those who knew him we'll have
told me that in spite Of his fine poetic instincts
1t was pain to converse with him.
he was so misanthropic. And why: In his
youth he disregarded the voice Of God and
nature. 1T Is not good for man to be
alone;' and in his old age he found that left
alone, the garden of Eden is but barren
wilderness to dwell in. Having failed to make
he was deprived Of home himself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

SPECIAL BARGAINS IN Day NIoODS
Real good BLACK Gros Grain silk. $50.
Splendid Black Cros Grain silk, 81, 81. Is, 81. so
Striped and Plain silks. Soc, 7sc, 81.
case very superior fun width shooting CSC.
80 doz Isle Thread Gloves l0c. and l5c. worth $50
and &c.
90 doz White Shirts Soc, T5c. 81.
Pacasols, Shswls, Combination Suitinc Table Linen
and Napkins in great abundance extremely low,
new line OF All silk Grenadines Embroidered f1an.
neis' Embroidered Pillow shslns, all Mt owsrioes.
I. I. wIrRERs is engaged with us.
GEO. J. JOHNSON.
apl< 7l3NaREPr SPACE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Frauds in sNnnds

The jewelers. of Paris are in state of alarm
about the frauds perpetrated by some diamond
sellers. The value of the diamonds depends on
its color or as it is technically called its water.
and yellow tinge is defect. In the case before
the French court the stones had been rendered
whittier by the application of anilne violet to the
back of the stone. This ingenious application
OF the theory of complementary colors In the
prism has been patented by one Durkes. who
bought the secret for &c. 900 from mysterious
parsonage named Hefles. who Is described as an
Egyptian. Some curious evidence was given
The expert called by the court, NJ. Vanderhym
chevalier Of the Legion of Honor, says that 1t
is customary for jewelers. to endeavOr to set
stones to the greatest advantage. In stones set
solid they use color to correct the defects
Of the colOration of the stones or to
increase Its brilliancy. Another witness deposed
that, In the case of brilliants set open, the set
tiers place on the tttietis-that is, the fine part
of the diamond which joins the two faces-a
touch of blue or black. The judge ordered the
expert to show the process to the court He
dropped little blue ink on the back of the
stone, and wiped it off, the result being to give
to the yellow diamond experimental on the
luster Of the first water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
A Remarkable Breach of Promise
Case.

From the Chicago Tribune
A novel and highly sensational breach of
promise OF marriage case is on the call before
Judge Gary. The plaintiff is Fannie Austin, a
more than dusky negro woman. and the defend
ant is Robert Little. saloon keeper and a buriy
Englishman of the conventional pattern, about
thlrty-fve to forty years old. In her declaration
the plaintiff charges that for a long time she was
quite averse to the marriage, but Little, through
long protracted suppiication and protestations
OF 1erVent love" 0Nercame her maiden coyness
and on the first of December. 1879. promised to
marry her in July following. Four days before
the promised time he gave her a gold ring to
Symbolic the amending character Of his passion
and then suddenly changed his mind the next
day and refused to carry out his agreement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Canvas-back Duck. a Drur.

NaHshS.OacA DUCKS a Drug
me canVas-back duck is demonstrating Itself
IN the inland lakes of Iowa, and becoming quite
plenty. The duck Is very common in Chesa-
peake bay, and is very rare north of New York.
Inc chesapeake Is Its favorlte feeding ground.
as the shoals of the bay abound in wild celery,
on which tee birds feed and it is to this peculiar
species Of nutrition that the largeness az the
ducks as well as the delicacy of the flesh is due.
Ihese Iowa lakes must produce the wild celery,
or else the ducks will not domesticate there.
~ mas oeen wonderful year for ducks in Iowa,
tno creehs ponds ana rivers are fairly alive with
tnem; ana the luck and sport Of the hunters
have been so great that ducks have been a
drug IN the Des Moines market, and difficult of
sale at seventy-ave cents the dozen. For some
son some years past the canvas back has been grow
the "pot-hunters" make great havoc of them,
Their demonstration, therefore. in Iowa will be
hailed with delight by all gastronomists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
Effect Of Garlic on the Brain.

From the Baltimore News. -.
Garlic conduces to a species of brain trouble,
the symptom of which is an hallucination on
the part of the indulger that he is possessed Of
valuable secrets which 1t Is his conscientious
duty to fmpart to others. This is manifested in
the constant tendency Of such persons to put
their mouths close to the ears of their victims to
tell them the most commonplace things, and
fairly smother them with the fumes of the Vege-
table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

Ss1U L ate O1 TIC SVfIpeU StOCK1nK.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Striped hose for ladies are passe. Soli(
colors are now considered the fashion The
newest shades are tan Bordeaux, mode, Ha
vana brown. sapphire blue. terra Gotta, crushed
strawberry and myrtle green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18

GRACE AND ELEGANCE SOUGHT FOR, AND AN
TrorE DESIGNS STUDIED - STAINED GLASS,
WROUGHT IRON AND BRASS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-18
SpEc1AL BAneArss IN Day Goops

Established 1870. ,nix
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE AND REAL ESTATE
OFFICE OF ZINPELMAN x BERGEN,
PECAN ST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.

List of Travis county lands transferred dur
ing the week ending December To- 1855:
A. NJ. Jackson and wife 10 A. NJ Jackson, jr.,
south west i outlet division Z, Austin.
j. j. Musgrove and wife to NJ. " Frey, 100
acres Jas. Roberts survey. $500.
J.N. Gibson to W: IL. Il. Singleton, 200 acres
GOrham survey, 1926.
Albert Brown to j. j. Manor, -Rich'd Duty.
S146.
E P. Haigler and wife to j. L. DriskiH ct al,
Il acres part outlets ~ and 10, division (, Aus
NJ. S. Moore and wife to Il. j, Doughty, 5Ox
1o4 feet OF outlOt So, division b, Austin. 500.
J. B. Smith to B. c. Mccoy, IS acres Thos. An
j, P, Richardson to o. NJ. Roberts, u acre,
j. Z. Wallace league. S20.
Louisa Robinson to Emma Fellman, lot As,
block 10. division ID, Austin. $500.
Austin. $500.
A. Pichot and wife to John B. Rich, i29 acres,
L l.. Wren to w. B. Barr - acres, j. o.
Rice survey. 500.
County Tax Collector to J. T. Waddell, 40
acra $; James Gilleland league. S11.35.
j. L; Browning and wife 10 j. I. Waddell, z
acres in Webberyille. $40.
j; j. Tobin, ct al. to Mrs. p Wilcox, lots
500. WIN . Ou'''' To- ui'iSiOn D. Au''in
lau. Bernd ard wife to H. c. Hanna, one
half of lot block 1872 Austin; 5000
II. c. Hanna to Paul Bernd, one-half of lot 4,
block 162 Austin; 500.
c. p. Raymond and wife to E. B. Raymond
ct al, One-tifth interest in outlot I, division d,
Austin; Sl100.
X, Haschke TO Aug. ScholtZ, lot 10, block SO,
division E, Austin; also part block Sc, division
e; $1,000.
j. a. Nagle to state of Texas, 4C-1OO acres
j. Decker league; $500
j. s. Black and wife to p C. Wells, 50 acres
John Harper survey; $500.
w. G. Snider and wife, by attorney. to c. D.
Hodgkins, 400 acres n. Davis survey; 500.
H. =. Boyce TO j. W. Biting, lot /, block 50,
Manor; $25.
b. Heidbrink to D. Parson and wife. lot 1
block ], outlot 1, division A. Austin; 500.
Fred Sterling to j. 2 Kirk, undivided one
third interest III lot II, outlOt -, division ID,
Austin; $50.
Z. HGtter ct ais, by commissioners, to Fran
Brown, No. Z lot q block A, Austin; S33OO
George PfueSer 10 L. b. Fuller, acres l.,
K.mbrO league; S421.
7. X. Hawkins and wife to E. J. Byrne, part
Of lots 4, 3 and6. block 8, Austin; $500
James d. DOXey to William Olphant lot g.
outlet 8, division ID, Austin; $500
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20

On Friday evening last Geo. Meni-
fee, colored, a man well liked and re-
spected by all, died horrible death on
the Shanklin place, near Gap-in-the-
Knobs, and about four miles from this
place. On a recent visit to Louisville
he purchased wooden shirt, dyed in
red and green colors, which he wore to
work in. The first service he did in
the garment was chopping wood, and
while so engaged he began itching all
over the upper part of his body and
consequently scratched himself vio-
lently. Finally the itching became
unbearable and he quit work, going
home at once to see if something could
not be doneto stop the misery. That
night his wife bathed him in mackerel
brine, but he continued to grow worse
until finally the flesh began sloughing
of his back in great Jumps; then his
arms began decaying, and thus he act
ually rotted before breath left his
body. No physician was called in the
case, and people who saw poor George
are divided in opinion as to whether
it was poison from the dye or case of
leprosy.-Bullitt Pioneer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
It has haen statad that tha 100

1t has been stated that the reason
why Rev. Mr.. Bache, of New York
city, was garroted and robbed, was be-
cause he was trying to prevent Rey.
Stephen II. Tying from being black
mailed by some men who claimed to
hold compromising letters which had
passed between him and wealthy
lady of his congregation. The New
York World now asserts that the lady
in question was an ardent Spectator
in stocks and bonds, putting up very
heavy margins on all sorts OF specula-
tive shares, and Mr.. Tying was the per-
son through whom she INDUCED in
her passion for stock gambling. Her
letters to him contained instructions
how to invest her money, and inclosed
checks drawn to his order. The
amount gambled away is said to have
been 100000. Mr.. Tyng's biblical
knowledge Of the bulls of Basham,
and the bears which dined on the ira
ducers of Elijah, does not seem to
have taught him to fight shy of like
animals who make their lair in Wall
street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
fcel. P G Jobnson. Camp wood. Ed.

fice); r. g. Johnson, Camp Wood, Ed
wards county.
New bonds approved: II. N. Rod,
man, Hillsborough, Hill county, $1,000;
j. c. Calhoun, Fredonia, San Saba
county, 5000.
Route 81 ,453, Tyler to Etna, curtail
service to end at Bullard, Gate Hews-
yille), decreasing distance three miles.
From December 81, 1852.
The offices of Etna, Smith county,
and Randado, Zapata county, are dis
continued.
Route 31,O25. Navasota to Mont
gomery. Central 6 Montgomery rail-
road. Modify previous orders as to
title, so as to pay the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe railway company.
Route 31046, Trinity to Colmesneil,
Missouri Pacific railway. Embrace
Mobile, Tyler county, on this route
between the Offices of Chester and Col
meSneil.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
funeral of the New Orleans Victims.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec 15.-The funeral of
Capt. Fortier this evening was attended by a
ington artillery, and his battery, commanded
by Capt. Breanan. The parlor in which tie
body laid was filled with large and handsome
floral decorations, including souvenir from
the Alabama state artillery of Mobile. The
pail bearers were Gen. Fred. Ogden, Col Van
dro. Ganucheau and father and brother of For
tier. Elk Governor Nichols was also present
A military salute of three vOlleyS was fired at
the grave The parting scene at the residence
of the wife and six children, the eldest only
eight years of age, was heart rendering. 1t is
reported that a subscription will be raised for
the benefit of the wife and children. The
funeral of Edward Mason was also largely at
tended by members of the benevolent aSsocia-
ton. Sons of Louisiana, of which he was a
member. The funeral OF the third victim. Gus
Remand, was attended by members of the Eagle
was yice-president