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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-24

Oysters. Oysters. Oysters.
at the Astoria Oyster depot: a stew
fry, pan roast, or raw at Frank FabTe'S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23


The oldest members OF the house can remember
few parallels to the tumuIt OF riotous excite
ment that followed the declaration Of the divi-
sion in the early hours OF this morning. The
government lobby was the nrst to be cleared,
and Immediately Mr. Ashmead- Bartlett and
other scouts jostled their way through the
denDe crowd at the bar, and made known the
figures to the front opposition bench. There was
lull for few minutes. and then Mr. Callan
and two or three tory members rushed from
behind the speakers chair and announced in
stage whispers the numbers in the opposition
lobby. Lord Randolph Churchill vehemently
slapped his knee; Baron Henry de Worms
waved his hat, and the whole opposition burst
into yell Of victory. Mr. Caan at the bal, feared
and gesticulated and threw his hat into the
air and enusively shook the arm Of Lord Henry
Lennox While the whips stood ut the table
muteiy awaiting Q iull In order to announce the
figures, one-haif OF the Opposition were on their
feet, waving their hats, capping their banda.
and otherwise demonstrating BY methods hith-
ert0 unknown In Parliament their exultatiOu
over their victory. The Irish members, with
the exception named, remained seated, but
cheered and jeered in chorus. At last the figures
were announced, and then the outburst was re-
newed, cries Of Gladstone" being also raised.
The Prime Minister, who was placidly writing
on his knee his usual report Of the evenings
proceedings, remained unmOved. The Speaker,
hopeless OF restoring order. stood up. and amid
the most discordant din, directed the clerk to
read the remaining ORDERS which were disposed
OF with unusual alacrity, and the House adj
journed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

1ranelated by Bill Nye.
People Of my trlbel The sorrowing widow Of
the dead Ouray speaks to you. She comes to
you, not as the squaw Of the dead chieftain, to
rouse you to war and victory, but to weep with
you over the loss Of her people and the greed OF
the pale face.
The fair Colorado. over whose rocky noun
tains we have roamed and hunted in the olden
time, Is now overrun by the silver plated Sena-
tor and the soft-eyed dude
We are driven to q small corner of the earth
to die, while tho oppressor digs gopher holes In
the green grass and sells them to the speculator
of the great cities toward the rising sun.
Through the long, cold winter my people have
passed. in want and cold, while the conqueror
OF the peaceful Ute has worn e250 night shirts
and filled his pale skin with pie.
Chipeta addresses you as the weeping squaw
OF great man whose bones will one day nour-
ish the cucumber vine. Ouray now sleeps be-
meath the brown grass Of the canyon, where the
soft spring winds may stir the dead leaves and
the young coyote may come and monkey DER his
grave.
Ouray was ignorant In the ways Of the pale
face. He could not 60 to Congress, for he was
not citizen of the United States. He had not
taken out his second papers. He was a simple
child OF the forest, but he stuck to Chipeta He
loved Chipeta like q hired man. That is why
A few more years and shall join Ouray-my
Chief Ouray, the big Injun from away up the
gulch. His heart is still open to me. Chipeta
could trust him, even among the smiling maid
ems OF her tribe. Ouray was true. There was
no funny business in his nature. He loved not
the garb Of the pale face, but won NV heart
while he wore q saddle blanket and look Of
VICE.
Chipeta looks to the north and to the south.
and all about are the graves Of her people The
refinement Of the oppressor has come, with its
divorces and schools and gin cocktails and -four
bread and fall elections, and we linger here like
boil on the neck Of q fat man.
Even while talk to you the damp winds
OF April are signing through my vertebrR, and
I've got more pains in my back than a conserv-
Weep with the widowed Chipeta. Bow your
head and howl. for our lamps are hung on the
willows and our wild goose is cooked.
Who will be left to mourn at Chipeta's grave7
None but the starving pap0oses OF my nation.
burdocks in the field Of the honest farmer; and
the chilly winds Of departing winter make Us
hump and gather like burnt boot.
All we can do is to wall. We are the red
skinned walters from Wailtown.
Colorado is no more the home OF the Ute. It
Is the dwelling place of the bonanza Senator,
who doesn't know the difference between the
plan Of salvation and the previous question.
Chipeta cannot vote. Chipeta cannot pay
taxes to great nation, but you will be apt to
hear her gentle voice. and her mellow racket
will I'LL the air till her tongue is cold and they
tuck the buffalo robe about her and plant her
by the sde Of her dead chieftain, where the south
wind and the sage hen are singing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

The FAMOUS STARVATION CLUB was organ
lied In Richmond, Va, when the war was at its
mond correspondent OF the Philadelphia Times,
as to meet almost entirely the demand for enter
tanning the soldiers. It met weekly at private
residences. The membership included almost
every young lady ana young married lady of
good position (not in deep mournng) In the
city. No cards were issued at all, but 1t was
understood that every member Of the club could
extend an invitation to any stranger or soldier
OF his acquaintance visiting the city. The club
night was as well known to the soldiers in camp
and within nfty or one hundred miles OF
Richmond as to the occupants of the city
and II furlOugh Of only a few days was OBJ
tanned 1t was apt to include the club night,
and 80 to afford an opportunity to meet q
host OF friends at once under pleasant
and genial circumstances. As the name i'm
refreshment whatever, except dancing and
cold water: The dressing at these entertain
ments, as the war progressed, would anywhere
else have been grotesque in the extreme
black alpaca, red skirt, braid and white mus
lin enjoyed short-iived glory never known
to them before, while domestic and home
spun We'd with the Old-time brocaded and
antique laces exhumed from the family chests
Of Revolutionary days and reproduced with
immense eclat. The shoes worn by the deli
cate feet Of the Southern girls were marveIs
of deformity, discomfort and dilapidation, for
there was time when they could scarcely
be bought at any price. Our shoemakers
were In the field, our tanneries quite broken
up. and the blockade runners found it impOssi-
BILE to bring into the lines even an approximate
supply for the army and the people. ''Look!"
said witty friend to me, one day in 1853, a.
she displayed to me with great pride a pair Of
new boots They were quite northern In their
appearance, and was electrified, Of course, and
demanded an explanation. The leather had
been bought at a fabulous price from saddle,
the measure taken by confederate ofllcer, and
The shoes made by Yankee prisoner. At last
she said, as she looked down at her pretty feet,
81 am not shod with the preparation Of the
gospel of peace" 'sMine," said another COM
panion, with equal pride, swere made by our
old butler out OF Dawes boot tops" And she
drew back her dress (Which had once been q
parlor curtain) and displayed to our envious
eyes q pair Of clodhoppers with leather strings
which bafie' description. That woman, em
sure, would have died at the stake for her prin-
clples for nothing less heroic than the stuf that
martyrdom is made Of could have sustained the
burden of those shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
How ImpreciOus Saones are Palntea 90
Resemble thousand Dollar Gene.

Resemble thousand Dollar Gene.
From the Scientific American.
me latest fraud In precious stones furnishes o
| curious confirmation Of the law Of chromatic
contrasts and an unexpected illustration Of
Shakespeare's saying:
"Fe gild refined gold. to paint the lily"
About six months ago the owner OF q magni.
noent gem, which he had supposed to be Bra
aahan diamond ofthe first water, suddenly found
Ii reduced to about one-ffth its value by being
accidentally washed with soapsuds This
simple process revealed its true character as q
yellow African diamond OF inferior grade. This
trick, which was originally played In Paris. has
since been reproduced In this country, and It is
rumored that single firm on Chatham street
was thus swindled out Of many thousands Of
dollars without being able to detect the perpe-
| traitor OF the fraud.
case of the sort is now In the New Haven
courts, being tried by Judge Deming, some Of
serve to put persons on their guard against
what isfeally an Ingenious deception.
Jacob Nepel, manufacturing jeweler in that
city, had several diamonds, apparently Of great
value. which he disposed Of by an agent to Mr..
Edward Engel, diamond broker Of seventeen
years experience. The gems were faultless,
Dnt the low price set on them awoke suspicion
that they were either stolen or spurious. Sew
eral local dealers examined them, using q MI
cr0sc0pe Tor the purpose, and pronounced them
fine old mine diamonds and worth i've or six
times their price. Mr.. Enget then took them to
New York and exhibited them to Messrs
Heller & Barden, importers and dealers in
precious stones, who were also deceived by the
appearance Of the gems until the owner men,
toned his suspicious. Mr. Heller. remembering
to have heard of new process of painting dia-
monds. took one Of the studs, estimated to be
worth from 81 600 to e1 500, washed it In soap
suds. and found 1t to be cheap African diamond
worth perhaps GAO. The rest Of the set proved
to have been tempered with in q similar man.
ner. On returning to New Haven, Mr.. Engel
sought redress through the courts, and probably
will get 1t.
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Mr.. Smiths Baby.


Prom the Denver Tribune.
There was q great commotion at the Intef..
Ocean hotel yesterday morning. The clerks,
porters. chambermaids. bell-boys, and walters
few around, up stairs aud down, in the most
reckless and aimiess manner, One unacquainted
with the cause Of the confusion might have sus-
pected that case of smallpox had been discov-
cred In the house. There was q noisy rushing
hither and thither of important females, wearing
mysterious frowns and carrying mysterious
bottles, and. strangely enough the footsteps Of
ell drifted to and from the door Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Smiths apartment. The motley cav
alcade had moved up and down the halls and
stairways and corridors In wild. weird, unin.
telligent sort of O way for several hours when
finally Mr.. Charles H. Smith himself made his
appearance, wearing the look of q man who
had Just emerged In triumph from q fiery
ordeal. His smile was, without any exAggerGr
ton, sersphic.
ais It : boy or . giri1" asked one Of the
Mr.. Smith started - II he had been stabbed.
The triumphant smile vanished from hts lkoo
and look Of comminsied scorn and deriaoA
sNo, sir.s replied Mr. Smith in cold. eustsae,
tones: ut II not q boy. What on earth do yol
suppose we want OF . boy. II n Q girl, cir.
Altogether she Ii the most beautiful croature1
ever laid my eyes upon, and I am going riet1'
ont now to buy her hoop skirt, pair orbenet !
great comfort to ne-this eiri, but shall -
very jealous OF her, and propose to eivs II oues
cold and fiat that shall make it vey s1ltxy fo4
the young men who attempt to pay her any
attention for-well, say for the next nfteea -
sixteen years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
A Question OF Gram mar.

from tho SAVANNAH hoCOIuefs
"The boy clum the tree and made the coon
git" wrote Burke county teacher on the
blackboard. Now, pupils, where's the bad
a conjecture. The pedagogue called them set
of wooden heads. with brains as soft as squash
pie. Then he triu.nphas.t!y altered the ..git''
iato ''get, /" and babe them admire tue pure, un-
aduttetated sentence as it stood fresh from the
hands OF q master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
Co. are the architects and builders. The cost
will be $1,000.

AsUBURBAN RESIDENCE.
Mr.. John G. Judd is about to erect comfor-
table and elegant two-story d0elling at Mount
Pleasant, county, size 90 by 50 feet on the
ground, with size of back building % feet 6
inches by 16 feet and two stories high The
material will be of stone and pressed brick, and
not an improved fixture of any kind will be
omitted to make this model dwelling for COM
fort Mr. F. 6. Atkinson is the architect and
Mr.. John J. Shane. builder. The cost will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
NOn.Relievers Incompetent a. Wit.
ne0oeH.

nesseH.
The suit OF Edwin NJ. Lucas against Michael
g. Piper to recover o., 900, alleged to be due as
salary, came on trial In Philadelphia last Satur
day for second time. before Judge Elcock and
. jury. A witness named Boeckle was called.
but his testimony was objected to on the ground
that he did not believe In q personal God and in
Q system Of divine rewards and punishments.
Following an opinion Of exJudge Briggs, de-
livered In the case In question when an applica-
ton was made for q new trial, Judge ElcOck de.
cided that the witness was Incompetent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

A California paper states That, q year or more
since, q gate post that had been painted WITH
so-called zinc white. was noticed to appear black
all day. gray In the twilight, and white during
property Of the paint, the cause was shown ia
exist In new metal, which has been named
actininm, 0naccount Of itspecular acttnic efscts.
II Il found In zinc ores, and resembles Jim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
German Novels.
From Blaokwood's Magazine.

From Blaokwoods Magazine.
That the Germans are not much OF q novel;
reading nation Ii shown by tho prices at which
their novels are published. The circulating
library system does not flourish to the prejudice
of the publishers, and yet the trade can profit
but little by that. The Germans are q frugal
race-generally speaking, they are far from rich;
and they are the last people to indulge freely In
the costly luxury Of light literature, slightly
stitched In paper, often issued In three or four
widely printed volumes. and selling at from 12s.
to 20s The German seldom reads on q journey.
although his slow-going trains should give him
contemplation and tobacco smoke, while the
more industrious OF the ladies may mediate
over their knitting-needles. And unless amenR
avowedly literary people We rarely see the liv-
ing rooms Uttered with fascinating profusion
of books: Yet Of late years novel writing has
been rapidly on the increase, 90 It may be sup
posed that Q taste IL being slowly developed,
which authors may turn to more profitable 90
count. In the meantime, the novels, a. may be
supposed, reflect the predominating tendencies
OF the national life and character. German So
ciety Is seldom volatile or frivolous; even In tho
great capitals there Is little Of that whri Of dis
sipation which lasts through our ever-length-
ening London season, and has such attrac-
tons for the Parfsians and their foreign visit
ors, even In these dulier days Of the republic.
landowners among the highest nobility, and
some OF the new-made mliionaires, not many
people have much money to throw away. The
tastes Of the Germans are simple; their habits
are homely; and the middle classes. who with M
must be aplng their betters and giving enter
tainments out Of ell proportion to their means,
are still content to amuse themselves in music
gardens where they gossip between the pieces
over Ices and beer. There are few fashionable
balls, with flirting bowers among the dollhouse
plants; few garden parties, with sequestered
lawns embOsomed in shady alleys; and, more
over, the tone of morality is creditable for the
most part, which Is another misfortune for the
social novelist. For the scenes which are his
favorite subjects In other countries would have
slight interest for the great majority Of his ma
tive-born readers as they would have little per-
sonal sympathy with his more risQae situations.
Novelists like Spielhagen have attempted some
thing In that way. though they have dealt chiefly
with financial sensations and sought their ex-
elements In speculatiOns on the Bourse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

small hoy Drowned BY . Deg.
John Hamilton, eight years old. the son Of IN
iron worker, went down to the river In Troy,
n. T., last Saturday with young companion
for the purpose OF drowning . dog. They led
the dog by . string and amused themselves
throwing him In and dragging him out Of the
water. While Hamilton was looking around the
dog gave Q Jerk and pulled him into the water.
His companion nan tor assistance, but Hamilton
was drowned and his body has not been found.
The dog swan to the shore and ran away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

Stricken ~ Death While Laughing.
Mrs. Ella Kane, Of $40 south 9Th street,
Camden, Pa, was laughing heartily ut . story
which her husband was telling her last saturday
evening when to the latter's surprise she sud-
denly fell from her chair to the n0or. She was
found to have died instantly and without any
heart disease. She had eaten supper ten
minutes before. She seemed unusually strong
ana we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

Under the new civil code OF California the
earnings Of the wife are not liable for the debts
OF the husband.
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THE GROWTH OF THE CIrY-A DEALER WHO
THINKS HIGH-wATER MARK HAS BEEN REACHED
IN THE NORTHWESTERN BUILDINGS TO BE
ERECTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23

Within the period of its history the telegraph
mas been developed. But more intimately IS its
0lstory associated with that Of
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING.
When Mr. Peter Force had his office there
science and inventive genius had done little to
aid the printer since the days of Benjamin
sFranhlin- The paper published by Mr. Force
was printed on hand press like that Of Frank
,1in's time The same building contained before
the half century was ended appliances Of modern
Hharacter that would have astOunded any
printer of Mr. Peter Forces day. If they had beer,
gifted with mystical power TO look into the
Nutnre- IL would have taken many days with
Nhe oiG-iashioned presses with which the M
i1tondi Journal was equipped to have printed the
editlon which lHE STARS improved presses will
strike OF IN less than an hour. Mr. Robert NJ
Waters, the printer. served part of his appren-
diceship In Mr.. Force office when it was located
IN this building. To him STAR reporter an
piled for some recollections of the DAYS when
the building was in its hey day OF youth
3hE RECoLLECrioSs OF ONE OF Mr. FORCES
APPRENTICES.
my recollection Of the building" Mr. Waters
said. extends back to 1880. Col Peter Force.
assisted by John Agg, then published the
National Journal there, . whlg paper. you
know, which supported the administration of
John Quincy Adams. The National Journal and
National Intetsgehscer, edited by Joseph Gales
were the only two papers Of any note then pub
nshed In Washington. I was an apprentice
then, and learned my trade In that ONCE. It
was handsome building then, about the hand
soonest on the avenue. The avenue was lined
on each side with a row OF tall popiars, and was
. very beautiful street. There were no horse
cars then. Allison Nailor, the father of the
present Allison Nail0r, used to run a coach on
the avenue to Georgetown. The Charge was
123f cents, and the coach would not go Until it
was full. In the printing Office there were
three or foM Ramase presses, and we used to
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man, corner 18th and P streets, was sold at
auction yesterday afternoon. The lots facing p
street, containing 1885 feet. sold for 1.S5 DER
square foot. Those facing on 14th street, the
same size, on which the mansion IL situated.
brought 81 "a per foot and the lots north of the
mansion $1.26 per foot. There were in all about
1000 square feet. The lots facing Kingman
Place. a private street, between 18th, 18th, p
and streets, sold at prices ranging from 43 to
81 cents per square foot Several lots on O
street, between 18th and 18th, belonging to the
same estate, sold for SO cents per square foot.
The lots facing on and 14th streets were pur-
chased by MIR. c. c. Willard. 1t Is stated that
Mr.. Willard proposes to erect an apartment
house on the ground.
TWO FINE HOUSES SOLD.
John Sherman d Co. have sold the remaining
two ofthe handsome row Of houses Just erected
by them on 18th street, between NJ and Massa-
chusetts avenue. One has been purchased by
Congressman Jas. II. Hopkins for S13. 800. and
the other by Mr.. Franklin Steele, IT,, of MIN
nes0ta, for $A, 900.
BUILDING LESS PROFITABLE THAN FORMERLY.
Mr.. John Henderson, carpenter and builder, at
1914 street northwest, said there was. nm
doubtedly, more building In progress this
spring than at former seasons, but It was less
profitable. He attributed the fact that building
does not pay the builders and contractors so
well as formerly to the high prices Of material
ana OF skilled labor. He said that the expense
Of brick work is out Of proportion to other
work.
NEW HOUSE ON PENNSYLVANIA. AVENUE.
Mrs. Blanche Lacey has commenced the ereo-
ton Of good house, three stories and base
ment. on Pennsylvania avenue, between 22d
and 2Sd streets. This will be 81 by Is feet, and
viii contain about IA rooms, 30 planned as will
give the greatest amount of comfort and con-
venience. The mont viii be OF pressed brick,
fiat mansard roof moulded brick cornice heated
BY furnace In cellar. Nessrs. Charles Durham &
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
aRUILDING WITH A H,sroRY.
"A Chapter OF Recoilecsi0ns Concerning
Notable Corner.

THE EVENING STARS FORMER HABrrATIoN-ITs
EARLY DAYS AND THE PART IT PLAYED-THE
OLD NATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN
THE ART OF PRINTISG-THE BUILDING AS A
CHOLERA HosPuAL-BUsINEsS FIRMS THAT
HAVE FIOURISHED THERE-THE RECOLLEC-
TONS OF ONE OF NIB. PETER FORCES AP-
PRENTICES.