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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-04
Interview with the President.

WHAT HE SAYS OF THE REVENUE PLANK IN THE
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, TIC.
dispatch from Chicago to, the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin says: President Arthur, who de-
parted at noon for the west, was surrounded all
the forenoon at his rooms in the Grand Pacific
Hotel by his friends and acquaintance and kept
up running conversation with all the gentlemen
present. The Presidents attention was called to
the platform adopted at the Pennsylvania demo-
cratic state convention last Wednesday, He was
asked what he thought OF that portion OF it adj
verting to the internal revenue system OF the gov
eminent.
that Pennsylvania should favor such STEP
There Is no doubt that Congressman William D.
Kelley has done great deal to secure the adop-
ZION OF such plank In the platform, and the in
i1uence OF Samuel j. Randall in favor OF it doubt
less has great weight. sylvanii believes that
the wipng out OF the internal revenue system
would mean the continuance OF high protective
tarn. so that the action OF the convention On
Wednesday with reference to this subject is only
what we have been led to expect from intercourse
with Mr.. Kelley and Others"
THE SURPLUS REVENUE
':YOu do not expect conventions in other states
or either Of the national conventions to adopt a
similar plank in their platforms?" was asked.
"No,' the President replied; 81 do not think such
to come at least A great many people in this
country are opposed to taking the tax off whisky
are not necessary for the people to have and which
they could we'll get along without The same
platform also declares against what is alleged to
be republican measure-namely, dividing the
surplus revenue among the several states That
Is a project that has been preached. How much
weight it has am unable to say. 1 do not think
1t can be called distinctive republican measure.
Wharton Barker. OF Philadelphia seems to have
fathered the movement. 1t looks to me as If tAe
general government would require all the surplus
revenue 1t would receive after the burdens OF tax
alton were removed from the people by modified
tariff law and simplifed internal revenue sys-
tenn"
The President, in conclusion. chatted pleasantly
about hts trip and his life in Washington.
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THE REPORT OF THE HILL INVESTIGATING Con-
MITTEE--Mr. New, chairman Of the Hill investi-
eating committee. said to-day that the committee
would require about two weeks TO prepare their
rpDOrt
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Another Star Reuter- Arrested.


From the New York Times, to-day.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, August 3.-For some time
Mr.. ID. L. James, one OF the heaviest star route
contractors in the south, has been under sus-
picion. Charges were made that the names
signed to his bonds were of parties unknown to
the locality in which they alleged to live, and
even some OF these who were identified affected
surprise and sought the aid Of counsel The mat
ter put In the hands OF Detective Booth, Of the
post office detective force, and he soon obtained
evidence that warranted him in charging James
with the wholesale forgery of names and certifi-
Gates to his bids and contracts, the sums running
up into very high figures. Booth at once placed
the suspected man under arrest, and Will probably
take him TO Atlanta. James has contracts for
100000 year, and as the detective alleges that
almost all his bonds are forged, the amount in
volved may be imagined. In ferreting out the
irregularities the chief inspector found it neces-
saryto take into some one In the locality
He selected Postmaster Basset. at Ten Brock,
De Kalb county. He stated to him the nature of
his business, and called upon him for assistance.
1t subsequently transpired that at the first oppor
tunity Bassett betrayed the confidence OF the In
spector. and not only endeavored to prevent the
arrest OF the criminal but placed In Jeopardy the
life OF the officer For this onense.the Postmaster
General removed Bassett and the post Office atTen
Brock was discontinued
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were the readings at the office OF the chief signal
officer to-day: GIL; II am, 743; 2p.m. 1875
Maximum, 7S.5; minimum. 5Ss.
FOR SARATOGA DIRECT.-By reference to an adj
vertlsement In the Summer Resort column 1t will
be seen that car leaves the B. & p station every
morning for Saratoga and the Catskills without
change, by the West Shore railroad, thus avoiding
the ferry transfer and the transfer to the uptown
station in New York city. Saratoga is reached the
same day, at 10 p. m.
Court to-day a colOre1 boy was called up to the
bar to answer the charge OF disorieriy conduct.
snr ad LeW w wo members
controversy ensued as to who would defend the
case Both claimed to have been employed by the
mother called, and she stated that she had not
engaged either. The court then ordered them to
step aside. The lawyers stated that there was a
them about the case.
Samuel Banks, colored, was put on trial before
Judge Mills, OF the Police Court, to-day for
assaultlng Policeman Hutchinson OF the South
Washington precinct. He was also charged with
dtsorderly conduct The officer stated he put the
prisoner under arrest for being drunk and dis
the prisoner assaulted him, and he had to use his
club pretty lively. Banks stated that he was
drunk at the time. but claimed that he was WAN
raj severe cuts on his head and face which were
caused by the officers club A large number OF
witnesses were heard by the defense. In dispos-
ing Of the case Judge Mills said: because a
prisoner holds back, or even takes hold OF an
officer, particularly when the prisoner is drunk,
it does not give the officer the right to club the
prisoner The case is different when an officer has
as prisoner under arrest for an offense that can
be sustained, and the prisoner resIsts and
there is no one present to render assistance in get
ting the prisoner under control. Then the officer
can use his club. In this case defendant was
showed that the defendant was arrested on a very
slight provocation." The cases were dismissed.
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STRIKE OF STREET RAILROAD DRIvERs.-The
drivers OF the Belt line railroad struck to-day for
SLIT and ten hours per day.
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A Child Outraged BY n tramp.

ARREST AND ESCAPE OF THE SCoUNDREL BY JUMP.
ING FROM A TRAIN-TnREATs OF LYNCHISG.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun from
HagerStown, Nd, says that yesterday Gertrude,
nine-year-old daughter OF Mr. Cornelius Virtz
one or the prominent citizens OF the neigh
borhood OF Sandy Hook, Washington county,
Nd, accompanied an elder sister, Mis-, Pearl
Nirtz, on part Of the way to Sandy Hook As
She was returning 70 her home she was met by
tramp, who forced her into an adjacent cornfeld
OF Mr.. Jacob 4. Miller, where he outraged her.
The child attempted TO make an outcry, but the
wretch prevented her from so doing by biting her
lips, which show the marks OF his brutality. After
the occurrence 10 LACED condiiio the child made
her Way toward Sandy Hook, where She was IN t
by colored woman and taken 20 the house or Mr..
John Slltn, where Sue was seized with convul-
SlonS and was for time unable 10 give any state
ment OF the cause of her condition As soon as it
was known men on horseback and on foot turned
out In search or the perpetrator or the outrage,
and 10 nook or corner was left unexplorei. While
drinking In saloon In HapeT's Ferry. w. Va, tho
man was arrested by Mr. George Bancroft, and
with the aid or other citizens aud without walt
and taken before Justice Preston T. Miller, who,
upon the evidence before him, sent him TO jail for
the grand jury. He is a man twenty-five or thirty
years OF age, and gave his name as Edward Carr.
but refused 10 give any further account OF himself
The justice, fearing that violence would be offered
the prisoner IL taken from his Office In 'front.'
cured the services OF Rev j. q. Butler OF WASH
fngton, who was visiting at his home, TO aJJracJ
the attention OF the excited crowd outside while
he sent the prisoner off from the In rye OF
deputized Officers. At different points along the
railroad men were waiting TO lynch the villain,
but he was removed by carriage. At Garreit's sta
ton the prisoner was placed on the train. Then
the lynchers demanded the prisoner, and while
the officers were trying TO protect him, and while
everything was In state of excitement. the pris.
oner jumped ont OF the car window while the train
was running about f1fteen miles an hour and es-
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Mr.. GoULDS HOSTILITY TO THE KNIGHTS OF
LABOR.-The New York Times says: ''The strike
now seems to have settled down TO q question OF
endurance, the Western Union managers having
seemingly determined to starve the men out
rather than yield 70 the brotherhood. Mr.. Gould
outlined this plan In his statement 10 a friend
while talking OF the situation. He said the pres
ent strike was but skirmish line I'm the night
which has been projected by the knights OF
Labor, OF which the brotherhood is a branch.
Every corporation or firm or individual that en-
ploys large numbers OF men Is interested ia seeing
this movement defeated, for they know that It's
success means the success or the Knights OF
Labor. Owing to the great interests involved tho
Western Union cannot and viii no. give In, no
matter what our loss Is or to what Inconvenience
the public is putt
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ARRESTED FOR DROWNING TWO CBILDRgN-
Patrick Quinn, who upset his boat on Thursday
evening while crossing the North river from
children, has been arrested II is charged that he
enttce Lena Soust and George SOust on board
his boat. and that Lena was heard to scream after
the boat got out into the river. The bodies OF the
children have not yet been recovered
SENSATIONAL EIoPENgHT.-The village OF
bloomfield, Ohio. Is greatly excited over a sensa.
tonal elopement which has Just taken place.
Miss Amanda Reynolds. one OF the bellies OF the
village, whose parents are wealthy, eloped with
Nicholas Kaser. a well-known merchant The
parents OF the girl learned that the elopement was
to take place. but the couple were too sharp for
them, and by hiding Ia the woods all day sue.
ceeded In boarding night train for Coshoctons
where they embarked for the FAR west.
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RANGE OF THE THERMoMETER.-Thef following
were the readings at the office OF the chief signal
officer to-day: am 63. /; II am, IA pm 1875
Maximum, 7S5; minimum. 5S8
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MR. FREDkRICK j. PHILLIPS, the Presidents pri-
vate secretary. has returned to Washington from
Canada, where, in company with the Presidents
son, he spent several weeks as the guest OF the
RestigOuche Salmon Fishing Club
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A Civil. SERVICE EXAMINATION has been ordered
for Kansas City on the 25th Two appointments
have been made from the 'ist OF eligibles" In the
PittSburg post office
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ployed on the train.
SARATOGA LOCALS.
On Tuesday evening village charity was bene-
fitted by an amateur theatrical performance,
which assembled q large audience, including most
of the prominent visitors at Saratoga. Mrs A. T..
Stewart and Judge Hilton and the friends they
now have with them make up a party OF twenty
f,ve and all went to see the amateurs MI Lester.
hotel, was one OF the actors
One OF the sensations In Congress Park lately.
nhsn s enG Is baby
fawn, are In the deer park and have many ad-
mirtng visitors The little one is beautifully
tan terrier, but far more slender. From the sec
ond day after its birth has run around with its
parents, and never seemed in the least alarmed at
the sight Of strangers. 1t Is very playful
MOUNT NcGREGoR.
Cne OF the favorite excursions from Saratoga
now is to Mount McGregor, the pretty little rail-
road train to its summit making several trips
daily. The road is only about twelve miles long,
but the grade Is so heavy that insure safety
trains are not allowed to make tho run each way
in less than forty minutes. 1t was ANTICIPATED
accommodate six hundred persons, would be ready
for this summer, but some delays have occurred,
which will prevent its being used before next sea-
The views from the grounds on the summit OF the
mountain, 200 feet above the sea level are very
extended IN clear weather Mr. Desell the enter
road, and his wife and child pass their sum-
mers on the mountain, and Mrs. Dekell
q very agreeable lady, nnds Is as
easy to participate In the gayeties OF Saratoga as
II she were In the village. There is now az there
was last summer good restaurant on the noun
tain, where those staying at Saratoga often give
dinner or breakfast paroles to their friends
To promote the pleasure OF the lovers OF flowers
who make the trip up Mount MacGregor, the con-
ductor OF the train has established what he calls
"Daisy Station, where quantity OF bright yellow
daisies grow. Every one gets out there and re-
sturns TO the car laoen with big punches oe the
flowers. 1lss GRUNDY.
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Letter from California.

OPPOSITE SAN FRANCTsCo-BIsHoP BERKELEY AND
HIS ''wEsTwARD HO."-HIS NAME CELEBRATED ON
THE PACIFIC sIDE-THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT
BERKELEY-THE COMING VISIT OF THE KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR-GREAT PREPARATIONS IN SAN FRAN
CISCO.
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DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF A HORSES KICK
Mr.. Robert c. Poist. OF South Washington, died
yesterday from the effects or the kick OF horse
received few days ago. Mr.. Poist was examining
the horse and was kicked In the left breast 1t
was thought that he was recovering, and so his
death yesterday caused considerable surprise.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-02
Valuable Information.

How TO SOFTEN THE HANDS,
GLOW am to whiten and soften my
handsf" is n question that is asked bv
a correspondent. Doubtless one way
to do this is to avoid doing the work
which has made your hands rough and
dark, but often this work may be done
with such care that the hands will
not he injured. Ifone is obliged to
sweep her house, to empty the ashes
from CRATE to stove, and to wash dish
es, she cannot expect to keep her
hands as white as idle hands are but
ii she takes the precaution to put on
an old pair of gloves or mittens when
she sweeps and is doing dusty work,
one cause of rough skin will be re.
moved. Then there are preparations
which one may use. Powdered borax
is excellent to soften the skin, A
mixture which is said to be sure cure
for undue perspiration of the hands is
made of an ounce Of powdered alum
the white of an egg, and enough bran
to make u thick paste. After washing
your hands apply this let it remain
on your hands for two or three min
utes, and then wipe off with q soft,
dry towel. Lukewarm water is better
than hot or cold water if the skin is
inclined so be tender or chap. New
York Post.
CURE For CoRNs.-The Scientific
American, reliable paper, gives the
following recipe as sure cure for
corns. AS the remedy is very simple,
II any of our readers are afflicted with
corns, it would probably be well for
them to give 1T trial; Take | cup
strong vinegar; crumble into it some
bread. Let it stand half an hour. or
III, until 1t softens into good poaltice.
then apply on retiring at night. In
the morning the soreness will be gone,
ana the corn can be picked out. II
the corn is very obstinate one ii
may require two or more applications
10 effect a cure.
TIRES ON WHEELs.--"I ironed !
wagon some years ago for my own use
ana before putting on the tires | filed
inc ielloes with linsead oil and the tires
have worn out and were never loose.
also ironed a buggy for my own use
seven years ago and the tires are as
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tight as when put on. My method OF
filing the felloes is as follows: Iuse
long cast-iro1 heater made for the
purpose. The oil is brought to boiling
heat aud the wheel is placed on 4 stick
50 as to hang it in the oil. An hour
is sufficient for a common-sized felloe,
of which the timber should be dry, as
green wood will not take the oil. Care
should be taken that the oil does not
get hotter than the boiling heat, else
the wood might be set on fire and
burned. Timber filed with the oil is
not susceptible to water ard is much
more durable.-Virginia Granger.
USE OF NARCOTICS The London
Lancet says ut is high time that
atteEtion was directed to the subject
Of narcotics generally, and the use Of
choral and bromide of potassium in
particular. Incalculable injury is done,
and public opinion is being grievously
misled by the tolerance given to the
use Of sleeping draughts, falsely 50
called. In regard t. this matter and
that of the reckless use Of hypodermic
injections Of morphia, the profession
should seek to form deliberate judy
ment, and gravely deliver itself. At
the present moment we are under Il
heavy responsibility, which it is idle
to deny and vain TO disown."
TCp-DREssING ORCHARDS. -" Last
year topped an old orchard that for
a few years past yielded but a scanty
product. | ploughed the ground
shallow and dug around the trees and
then applied rotten manure, leached
ashes and lime, mixed ! gave u good
coat all over the ground. As this was
an "otf' year | could not tell what
benefit resulted, but the trees seemed
toput on new vitality, and those that
bore at all produced more fruit than
they have in "otf" seasons for several
years past. Next yea1 | expect to
reap the reward. Il, Adams County,
Ohio.
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The mortal remains ofJohn Howard
Payne have ut last reached home, and
have been laid to rest beneath a simple
monument almost within the shadows
of the national capitol, For nearly
a generation they have reposed in the
little graveyard at Carthage, in North
Africa. For many years, too, the
spot had run to waste and neglect,
and there will be general sympathy
with MIR. Corcoran in the feeling that
the bones of the poet should at last
rest in his native land. Payne himself
perhaps honored that land more by
his verse than by any special attach
ment he evinced for it. A clever,
amiable, careless man, he led a bo-
hemian existence, Born in New York
and reared in Boston, he preferred a
precarious life abroad to settled avo-
cation and residence in his own land.
A sort Of literary and artistic tramp,
he eked out existence by acting in
theatres and writing unsuccessful
plays and poems, until at the soliei.
tation of Daniel Webster he was ap.
pointed consul to Tunis. Up to the
time when lie wrote his immortal song
to fit the situation of betrayed peas
ant girl in one of his operas, he had
probably done nothing to entitle him
TO the home which he protested to
crave. But the man who wrote these
simple lines penned the worlds hymn
of home, and has a surer title to i'm
mortality than many hero and
sage.
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Jute Culture In the South.
Timcs-Dcnocrat.l

Timcs-Dcmocrat.
Richard Macallistcr, for instance,
a merchant Of Calcutta, who has had
large experience in jute mills. having
been the manager Of several iutc
mill factories in India, writes that
after thorough inspection he Is CON
WINGED that the whole lower Missis-
sippi Valley, but particularly that
portion around New Orleans, is far
better adapted to the cultivation of
lute, and that jute culture will be
more profitable than in any portion Of
Bengal.
Another authority quoted by the
circular is the special report on jute
culture by Prof. S. Warehouse, of
the Washington University st. Louis,
ust issued by the Department of
Agriculture, wherein he says: "No
vigor of language can too earnestly
express my conviction that great
industry, productive Of vast opuleucc,
now awaits the hand of Southern
enterprise. The lapse of time has
only strengthened my belief that the
Southern States can, by. organized
effort, produce a new vegetable fibre,
which, ranking next to cotton in value
will not only enrich themselves, but
also increase the textile resources of
the world"
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Pruning Trees.

No one can mako good job at
pruning, merely by reading printed
directions. There ars infinite varia.
tions in trees. No two trees or plants
are exactly alike, and so in pruning
there must be general principle,
which is to be understood first, and
then the work is to be done in ac-
cordance with this principle. The
person who undertakes to prune a
vine, q fruit tree or a Towering shrub
must first understand the nature and
habit Of it, aud the laws of vegetable
growth; and from his knowledge Of
these must have a clearly defined
purpose. All this cannot be learned
at once, nor can it be taught in A
short lesson, but a great deal may be
learned with common sense by a little
practice, after knowing a few leading
principles, One cannot grow wood
and leaf and fruit too. A tree can
produce just so much and no more.
II it produces much wood there will
be little fruit; if it produces much
fruit, it will be very poor. So that
the leading idea in pruning q tree or
vine is to turn the vigor of growth
towards fruit and by reducing the
quantity of this 10 improve its quail.
tY and value.
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THE CLARION.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN


A practical grower writes as follows
in the American Agriculturist for
March
A soil containing much vegetable
matter is not a good one for the pear,
neither is one which will produce II
rank growth, as more wood is pro-
duced than can be properly ripened
Such trees become diseased, or if they
escape disease, seldom bear any fruit,
A shaly, clayey (heavy), or very
sandy soil is not at all suited to the
growth of the pear. The soil best
adapted to its growth is what is
popularity known "a good corn
ground" Any ground which will
yield a good crop Of corn will, under
favorable circumstances, produce fine
pears. We prefer u clayey loan,
one we'll underdrained, to any other,
as pears on such soil will be more
profitable as well as more permanent
than on any other. We, have seen
very fine pear orchards on sandy land,
but they have invariably proved to
be short-lived. When vegetables or
other hoed and cultivated crops are
grown between the trees, on the sandy
land, the trees get plenty Of fcrtiliz-
ing matter and, consequently, grow
finely, and in some cases bear fairly
for several years. IL such lands have
a good sub-soil, the trees appreciate
it, and it increases their years Of use
fulncss and fruitfulness. No matter
what the quality or kind Of soil may
be, it must be thoroughly drained,
The first orchard of pears we set out
twenty years ago, was planted on q
fine plot ofground between the house
and the road This piece had pro-
duced good crops of vegetables and
grains, and we had every reason to
believe it would yield pears. For
two or three years they did very well,
but then came a wet spring and sum-
mer, and the trees did not grow as
they should. In the fall the orchard
was thoroughly drained with tile
drains, and the following year, and
ever since, the orchard has produced
regular crops of fine fruit. Any
land which cannot be cultivated the
day following a rain = not fit for
pear trees until it has been properly
underdrained. Tile drains, while
they may cost little more Mt first,
will prove more durable and more
satisfactory than any other