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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17

WIouOu0 VI OHCI6 ue0e
ode reason dat we thinks dat our mudders
could beat anybody ccokin' is because we kain't
carry de boys appetite inter ole age"
When my wife says. "Doan yer think yer'd better
doso and so9" commence tiers argy wild her, but
when she says, 600 an do so an 30, husles
den an dar."
II knowed one man what was 30 good dat he
wouldn't pull steer outen de ditch on SUNDAY.
He was afterwards sent ter de penitentiary fur
stealin' boss on Tuesday,"
s.De baby Is more ap' ter die den de man; de
little apple il more APP ter fall den de well grone
one; de ole man IL more ap' ter die den de young
man, fur dc ripe apple is alters ready ter drap."
at is mighty good thing ter be 'dustriosla,
but too much stirrin' r0un' amt good fur yer.
De paterfdge is more ap' ter be seed BY de hawk
when he's flyin' about den when he's restin' I'M
der de bush"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
State Elections i'm November.

StSate ELECTIONS IN november
The state elections yet to occur this year will
be held on Tuesday, November 9Th The COM
plete list is as follows:
Connecticut will elect one-half its senate and
its full house OF representatives.
Maryland will elect governor, controller, at
tOrney general and legislature.
Massachusetts, will elect governor, lieutenant
governor secretary Of state treasurer, attorney
general, auditor and legislature.
Minnesota will elect governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney
general and railroad commissioner, and vote
upon three proposed amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn of the state, which provide % that
the general elections shall be held hereafter
In November in each even year; CD that the
secretary OF state, the treasurer, and the attOr-
ney general shall serve two years and the state
auditor four years, and 60 fix the terms of SER
vice of the judges and the clerk Of the supreme
court and of the judges of the district court of
the state.
Mississippi will elect its legislature.
Nebraska will elect Justice of It's supreme
court and regents Of the state university.
New Jersey win elect governor. part of its
senate and its full house Of representatives.
New York will elect secretary of state. con-
troller, treasurer, attorney general. engineer
and surveyor, and both branches of the legis-
lature, and vote upon a proposition to abolish
contract labor from the state prisons.
Pennsylvania will elect auditor general and
state treasurer.
Virginia viii elect part of its senate and its
full assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17

p. L. Simmons In Popular Science Monthly.
The flesh of domestic animals at for food 10 al
most Q waste substance in many countries,
since 1t cannot be locally consumed nor profit
ably preserved. In the River Plate republics
alone there are 80 900 900 sheep and IS 0OO, 900
cattle to population Of 2, 5O0O 600. For years
sheep were only valued there for their wool and
when hayed. carcasses were left to rot. or. when
dried In the sun, piled up in stacks for fuel, while
later on they were boiled down for their tallow.
Sheep get very fat In the province OF BuenOs
Ayres, and those OF three and four wears will give
frequently from Is to 25pounds OF tallow. Count
less numbers OF sheep are boiled down every
year In the sO-caled greaserias only for the tai
low, which forms one OF the staple articles OF ex-
port. The mutton is thrown away, or used In o
dry state a. fuel In the five years ending
with 1850 more than 1, 5000 sheep and
200 600 horned cattle were boiled down simply
for their tallow, in the colonies OF New south
Wales and Victoria We English are great meat
eaters, and. as our home supply Is quite insufii-
Gent, we have to import more than 100000 tons
every year With the growth Of our population,
and the decreasing number Oflve-stock at hcme,
the imports Of meat from abroad have pr0dig
ivusly increased In the last quarter OF cen
tury. In paper read before the Royal Colonial
Institute, Sir Francis Bell the agent-generai for
New Zealand, stated that frozen meat In any
quantity can be placed upon this market from
the other side Of the world at Cd to 61<d q
pOunO, leeViug y gOOO prOut 70 the grower.
''This," he added, sought ultimately to make
meat cheaper here, or at least prevent tho
further rise now threatened. Australia and
New Zealand can. In fact export 10000 tons
OF meat year. or 2. 600 tons q day. which Is not
much more than you want In England even now.
without reducing even the present capital NUM-
Der Of their sheep and cattle, and we are able 70
send on sheep to SmithAeld with greater ease
to-day than the Tweed farmers could toO years
ago, when meat WAS selling ct penny pouna
in Scotland against 10 penos In London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
The Utility Of SchOOl.Recesses.

Joseph carter, IN Popular science Monthly Tor Nov.
There is a growing tendency to abandon
the schoOl-recess. The editor of the Boston
Journal Of Education says of the no-recess ex-
pertinent, adopted in Rochester. N. Y, that It
has given perfect satisfaction" Among the
advantages gained, he mentions, ''a continuous
school-session without interruption I'm school
work.; better health of pupils. on account of
freedom from exposure to cold and wet weather
in the midst OF each session.; discipline
easier on account of freedom from
recess-troubles"; ''more time for teachers, I"
etc; ''less hardness and absenteeism" and less
frequent opportunities for vicious pupils to
co me in contact with and corrupt other pupils :"
Believing that these reasons are unsatisfactory,
and that the tendency is bad one, propose to
offer some general considerations that weigh
strongly against 1t.
The schools are utilitarian In their aim; to at
the child for living successfully Is the object of
their existence. As animal strength is the
foundation of all moral and physical welfare,
and is the chief condition of success In all the
pursuits of life. the future welfare of the child
in every way depends upon the normal develop
ment Of his body.
An efTeminate man is half sick; and when it
comes to any of the severer trials OF life, either
physical or moral where great endurance or
courage is required. the weakest must inevitably
be the nrSt to succumO. This Is as true OF moral
trials as of physical for moral cowardice often
results from physical feebleness. It Ia to be
doubted If anything that is taught in the schools
is of so much value to the child that it would
not better be foregone than to be obtained by
the loss Of any physical vigOr whatever. Taken
in the truest sense that city has the best schools
where the school restraints have least effect upon
the physical growth and normal development OF
the pupils, and not the one where the pupils
show the greatest proficiency In acquiring in q
naeaaoriter way few fragments Of conventional
facts which happen irratiOnally to pass current
for an education. But because In 80 many
schools the test to be applied at the end Of the
term, or at the end Of the course, Is the memoir
ter One and because no teacher expects pupils to
be examined as to their health, or as to whether
they are forming habits of life that will be con-
ducive to healthfulness II Ia not to be wondered
at that all the plans Of the teacher look more to
the development of conventional proficiency
than to the Infinitely more important matter OF
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
# THE EVENING STAR,

10 the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
VIII you kindly call the attention of the police
TO the small boy chalk fiend who has been shame
Iuily disiiguring fences, ratings and houses in
the vicinity OF the orphan asylum, at 14th and 8
streets, notceably the fence of that institution,
which has been Outrageouslv defaced. This is
pad enough Ii the perpetrators stopped there.
out few mornings since found my doorsteps
embelished with the vilest obscenty, done in
large characters. Is there no remedy for this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
A Boon for the Deaf.

One of the most elegant contrivances for as
sisting the hearing is a small ear-trumpet set in
the head Of cane, a French invention. The
curved handle of the cane, which forms the audi
phone, is not any larger than other stout cane
heads, and small hard rubber tube, which
closes directly under it, Of the same length, is
concealed when not in use, but springs round on
either side for insertion in the ear when needed
Then the appearance of this novel trumpet is
simply that the wearer is holding up the cane to
his cheek, very ordinary attitude in lecture
room. Persons with defective hearing object to
the large conspicuous ear trumpet, because it
seems to advertise and display their defect, but
this is really ingenious and undiscoverable. The
same idea might well be applied to an opera
glass or Panhandle. as the tubes OF most ordi-
nary lorgnettes are larger than is required by
this trumpet. The appearance of this French
novelty is merely that of cane with a hooked
handle of agate or jet. With an Opera-gass or
Panhandle for deaf ladies at church or concerts,
and who would appear to be merely resting
their cheek upon the hand that holds the arti-
Gle, the conspcuousness would be nothing. and
the comfort everything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17

From the Brooklyn Eagle.

Mr. Eyarts was pointed out to an Irishman at
the entrance to the Academy of Music last
Thursday evening Is Lord Chief Justice Cole
Ridge.
"Fd loike to think" muttered Pat, "a he
scrutinized the emaciafed figure of the ex-Sec-
retarJ OF State. that it's the throubles az
Oireland that's maxim him LUX 10 thin y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
Forbidden Sweets.

Forbidden Sweets.
From Texas Eiftings.
"What can do for you, my little man?" she
asked.
81 dunno" said Sam. 'sMamma told me not
I'm sOrter at q loss to know what to ask for. for
I don't know what else we've got in yer pantry,
anyhow, but can put up with most anything
that's handy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
Savings of the English People.

From the London Times.
Throughout England and Wales there are 344
banks, which at the close of November 1882. had
1,172, i67 accounts remaining open. There was
then owing to the depositors nearly G35. 900 OOO
Scotland has SO banks. which had 500. :So1 &C.
counts open in November, with upward of
$1,000 600 owing to depositOrs. The number of
accounts and the amounts deposited, when COM
pared with the number of banks, were consid-
erably larger in Scotland than in the southern
part Ofthe kingdom. In Ireland the accounts
and money are still smaller. in proportion. for
while she had 81 banks she had only So 16l ac-
counts, with f2.OS2 Alb due to depOsitOrs
For last year alone, however, the average
amount Of receipts from depositors was
largest in Ireland, reaching f6 Is. Id. In Eng
land and Wales the average was "a Ss., and in
Scotland E3 4s. 10d. In England and Wales the
average amount of payments to depOsitors was
rs Is. 3D., in Scotland it was f5 1Ss. I'd and in
depOstOrs averaged in England 60 IDS 3D., In
Scotland e. las. Id, and In Ireland SO 13s. Cd
With regard to annuities since the commence
ment of the banks 10 025 annuities have been
granted in England for lite. and $50 for terms
OF years. in Scotland there have been 6O3 life
annuties, and only seven others: while in Ire
land the numbers were much smaller still, viz:
269 life annuites and nine for special terms
The total amount Of money represented in
the annuities Is about a quarter of million
sterling. There was some difficulty in getting q
return from the Limerick Savings bank, although
repeated applications were made for II. Ulti-
mately u substitutiOnary statement was pre-
pared from accounts in the national debt Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
The English Public Debt.
a the New York Commercial Advertiser.

from the New York Commercial Advertiser.
One-half Of the national debt Of Great Britain
Is being converted into annuity bonds extending
over thirty years. under an act Of parliament for
the purpose Of redemption The entire debt IL
f700. 900 600. something Ike a billion dollars
more than that Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
They Declared.
From the Wall Street News.

Over in Chicago, the other day, an organiza-
ton which we will call "The Great Humboldt
Rail and Water Line" had meeting of the
stockholders. When all. were assembled the
secretary reported a deficiency of S1S0OnO for
the year; also that the stock had deprecated
one-half. and that future prospects were ex-
.tremely dark and dubious. Indeed, he argued
that the company had better wind up and get
out from under the best it could
1--WE owe S1SO. GOO, Ell 2" queried one Of the
stockholders.
''Yes. sir.''
''The income won't meet current expenses p
''NO. Sir"
"Fact is, We are as good as bankrupt"
That's it, sir. We can't run another month"; VI
Then. sir" continued the speaker, 81 move
that we declare dividend Of % per cent, and
begin to unload stock on the cOnfiding publc!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
ssDad,s Under That Load Of Hayc'
Er0m John Gxiptonh PapaR.

ssDadss Under That Load Oh nay"
From John Swinton,s Paper.
Judge jeremiah Black began TO get light on
some of the questions Of the day before his death
few weeks ago. His letter Of last May to the
railroad committee Of the state Of Pennsylvania
astonished the old fogies He there took the
ground, in his own strong way, Mat railroads are
not the property Of he corporations ,ohich operate
item, bet highways Of the state. which IL caused to
be constructed and operated In behalf of the
public by chartered corporations as q matter of
convenience and expediency. n Judge Black
was as great jurist az his democratic admirers
allege he was, this opinion ought to be held q
OF value By them. But we have not observed
It In any democratic platform Of This fhll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
A Georgia MERCHANT. order.

From the Macon Telegraph
One OF our merchants received the following
order from a customer a few days since: 'Mr.
B, please send me 81 worth Of cofy and S1
worth Of shOogar, some small nales NV wife
had BABY last mite, also two padl0cks and .
monkey rench"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
CHARACTER In SMOKING.
Watch His C}gar and You May Judge
r, OF q MANS Character.

From the Conmeedd Travellers Magazine
! ''It's twenty years" said q Chicago dealer,
"since began 10 sell tobacco. and In that time
have closely studied the characters Of my
patrons. forming my conclusions from the kind
e aemPaP{ they keep BY the kind
even-temPer ed, squiet fellow never goes to an
| extreme in choosing tobacco; nervous man
wants something strong and furious; a mild
| man something shat smokes and nothing more.
Then there is great deal In the way men han
enough to. keep i lighted, and relishes taking
it from between ibis lips to cast whirlIng curl
OF blue smoke into the air. set him down as an
easy-going fellow, who cares little for how the
world goes, and no more for himself. He has
keen perceptions and delicate sensibilities. He
Will not create trouble, but is apt to see It out
when it is once begun. Beware of the man
who never releases the cigar from the grip of his
teeth, and is Indifferent whether 1t burns or
dies. He is cool, calculating and exacting. He
is seldom energetic, physically, but lives easily
Off OF those who perform the labor.
A man who smokes a bit, rests bit, and fum-
bies the cigar more or less. Is apt to be easily
affected by circumstances. He may be energetic
| careful, generous and courageous but he is
vaciating and liable to change on moments
| notice. If the cigar goes out frequently, the
man has whole-souled disposition, is devil
may care sort of fellow, with ALVEY brain and
glib tongue. and generally fine fund of anec-
dotes and yarns. To hold halt of the cigar in
the mouth and smoke indiferently is lazy
mans habit They are generally of little force,
ana their characters are not OF the highest
| strata.
A nervous man. or one under exciting infiu-
ences .:fumbles his cigar great deal. Heis a
kind of popnjay among men. Holding the CT
gar constantly between his teeth. chewing It
occasionally, and not caring whether or not it
has been lighted at all, are characteristics Of
men with the tenacity Of bulldogs. They never
forget anything and never release hold. The
fop stands his cigar on end, and an inexperienced
| smoker either points it straight ahead or almost
at right angles with his course"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17
He wanted 90 Hedge

he wanted % Hedge
From the Rockingham Rocket
Our register of deeds received the following
postal card few days since:
g.. N. c., Sept. l2. g.
m. RrcsrER-Dew Sir: I write TO nne out
n There is any way to get money back a. viii
have to Return These License - the &ln hao
vent back on me and 10 Run away vt ~
know soon. Respectfully,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17

Gown steep Incline and rolled helpleSsly in the
muddy stream below. He would certainly have
been drowned had not Charlie quickly sliced
hold OF some bushes growing ut the waters
edge and launched himself out so that his feet
could be grasped by his sinking playmate Thus
he saved his friend, and became at once a hero.
while i, who hal often been called upon to
blush at the sorry comparison between our pert.
daredevil Yankee and his sedater companions,
began TO take quite liking to the little fellow
and determined to write him I'D.
Here. take it. is typical American boy.
What shall We DO with him and all the rest of
thenl-the Fostering. ineorrigible, generous fell
lows? They are all. ike him, prematureiy know
Ing. all obey their eleventh commandment, "Be
Lot easily bIuffed." more zealously than all the
rest 1t does make them wonderfully self-rcli-
ant, and thus gives them extraordinary COM
.mand ever their native powers. If they would
only cultivate a little reverence wthali II they
would only take kindly to the schools, or were
as precocious In their thinking as in their pow
srs OF observation. II they were only a little
less In sympathy with rationalistic age. at
least not going so far as to deny the authority
OF reason itself! They may knock down the
sehoolmasfer. If he insists upon his own ideas
Ii speiins Gut let them admit the validity Of a
mathematical demonstration.
The Saxon lad begins to talk philosophy M
six: is exercised at nine over the personality O,
God. the nature OF sin, and the categorical i'm
peratiye. At fifteen he is engaged In q search
for the hidden law Of beauty. Our boys are two
years ahead OF him In this respect, but as their
study Is confined to the single form Of female
beauty it may be questioned whether they con-
tribute much to our knowledge Of abstract
principles. Altogether, their German cousin is
teaehable, receptive boy-thOughtful. not
without originality-looking up to his instruct
Ors with linitless respect.
That Is where our impions scamps fail to
stard the test Respect for either parents OF
teachers, as such, they have none; but sup
pose that Is equivalent to saying you must
gam our regard by being good parents and
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-12-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the House Of Representatives on
the 18th resolution was referred calling
on the President to request religious de-
nominations to celebrate December %, the
anniversary of Washington's resignation
as commander in-chief of the army. Mr..
Horr wanted to introduce resolution for
investigation of the Danville riot, but OBJ
lection was made Mr.. Washburn intro
duced bill to remove Instructions from
all navigable waters of the United States.
The Senate was not in session.
THE O'Donnell case was again con-
sidered by the Cabinet at Washington on
the 18th.
IT is said that one thousand coal
miners of the Monongahela third pool will
strike on the Goth.
NINE fremen were injured by an ex-
plosion at the burning of the Harris Mill
| at Lowell, Mass, on the 14th.
The suits brought by Rufus Hatch
against the Western Union Telegraph Conn
pany have been thrown out of court.
The steamer Josie Harry burned on
the 14th fifteen miles below Memphis with
900 bales of cotton.
Ina primary election riot at New Or
leans on the 18th three men were killed and
about dozen wounded.
TWELVE saloon-keepers were SEN
fenced to fine and imprisonment at Cam
| bridge, o., on the 14th, for violation of the
Scott law.
TIE Chamber of Commerce of Bre-
men, Germany, has protested against the
prohibition of American pork Importation.
The Missouri Democratic State Com
n1ittee viii meet December % to consider.
among other things, measures to bring the
National Democratic Convention to st.
/ Louis. i
CONSIDERABLE testimony was elected
| on the 14th in the Bond trial at Hlltsboro,
| ILL.,, which bears somewhat heavily against
the accused
ENocH BRoWN and Burt Ellis, both
colored, were hanged on the l4th for muir
dering women, the former at Halifax, Ms,
and the latter at Shelby, N. G.
| The Senate Committee on Territories
| on the 14th decided to report the bills lEo-
yiding civil government for Alaska and
authorizing retired army officers to hold
| office in Territories.
l. CONGRESSMAN ROBINSON, Governors
| elect of Massachusetts, has been granted
| indefinite leave of absence, and on the 14th
| took leave of the House and left for home.
The business failures in the United
States and Canada for the week ending the
14th numbered 325, against Su7 the proceed
| ing week.
THE Standard Theater, New York,
was totally destroyed by fire the evening
| of the 14th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-12-22
SWALLOWED BY THE SEA.
-Four Missing Vessels with their ore"H'
Whose Fate will Probably NOT ne nn"" ~
Until the Sea Gives Up Its Dead.

Four Missing Vessels with their Cre"nA
whose Fate will Probably Not be KNOWN
Until the Sea Gives Up Its Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. IL
Four merchant vessels which set san a6'
different periods since the 18th OF laso 'uiy
with large cargoes and crews of trusty 1neiks
have never been heard from, and are given
ND for lost. Altogether they had on BOARD
forty seamen. who are supposed to nave
cone to the bottom of the depths. The,
financial loss, should the four crafts hese.
appear, will be at least Sl3o,ooV. Ohe oAs
the Inflated vessels is the new scnoohei
Joseph Hilton, owned in this city to large
extent, principally by John Barry, OF NO.,
95 Fairmount avenue, and j. McCracken's
of Camden, N. J. She was manned oy
Captain o. H. P. Rogers and creW OF.
seven men, and set sail from barren, ua.'-
whence she sailed on September Tor New
hnrunort Mass. with a cargo of 4G0,00O feet
Of yellow nine. The vessel and cargo were
The schooner Earl Fl. Potter, Captain
Dyser, another of the overdue vessels, san
ed from Philadelphia June ~ Tor new ork
via Pensacola, where she arrived ~, uui aas
the month of August, clearing on the zoo
for New York with 100000 feet or LUMBER
She carried a crew of eight men, and VIII.
her cargo was worth $50 900.
The bark Fannie H. Loring, Captain
soule. sailed from this port on November I:
for Portland, Me. She carried a crew OF
ten men, all told, and, with her cargo OF
coal, was worth So, 900.
The Norwegian bark Protector, captain
Jarguson, which sailed from Hamburg OH
july p, for this port, with general cargo
has not been seen since she passed the Ed
dystone Light on August 81. She carried a.
crew of ten men, and was valued, with her.
cargo. at $50, 900.