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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

MISSES SEDcw1cx AND ChR.srnAs
HAVING RETURNED TO WASHINGTON AND RE-
MOVED TO s13 l1rH sTIicr NV. WILL RESUME
BUSINESS OCTOBKR Isl. WHEN THEY WILL BE
PLEASED TO SEE THEIR FORMER PATRONS.
se25-6te
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29
SEWING MACHINES, &c.

y1NHE GREAT HOUSEHOLD" WITH OUR NEW
set Of AT chm -en;s IN Nelyet-iined Box. makes
III finest Out for Illy sewing yet offered Also
tie silent ~ hIte New Home Domestic. Every ythin1
NckENSEY'S. 80 9;h street northwest sea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

PosThAsTERs APPOINTED.-The President has
appointed j. j. Elliott postmaster at Idaho Springs
CoL vice Philip Mixse, who failed to qualify, and
james b. Perdue postmaster at Greenv1lle, Ala,
Vice j. T. Newcomer, deceased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

CoUNTERFErTERs ARREsTED.-The Treasury de-
partment is informed Of the arrest OF the following
named persons for dealing in counterfeit coin: Chas
harper, at Winona, Mimi; David Brand, at Carml,
Illinois, and Lee Hardy, al New Harmony, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29
TIE naval academy re-opens on wednesday.

SENATOR DAWES, Morgan and Cameron, the SUBJ
committee Of Indian affairs, started east from Cali
fornia Saturday after the investigation OF the Round
Valley reservation. They will stop on their way
and investigate the Mission Indians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

LIEUT.. GEN. SHERIDAN, accompanied by Lieut..
COL James F. Gregory, aide-de-camp, left here
Saturday night for Fort Leavenworth to witness
the rifle competition between the army division
teams for the places the army team for the year
and the medals for marksmanSh,u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

THAT BALTIMORE. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK
AND BOSTON CAN PRODUCE, AND ARE NOW PRE-
PARED TO ORDER DIRECT BY WIRE ANY WOOD
THAT OUR YARDS FAIL TO HAVE IN HAND.
OUR STOCK OF BUILDING LUMBER IS CON-
PLETE. WHILE OUR FLOORING. WAINsCOTING
AND PARTITION is EQUAL. BOTH IN QUALITY
AND WORKMANSHIP TO ANY IN THE DISTRICT.
NOTING THAT OUR TRADE Is ON STEADY
INCREASE. WE ARE STILL PREPARED TO FILL
ALL ORDERS. EITHER BY WAGON. CAR OR BOAT.
WITH PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH. AND GUAR.
ANTEE SATISFACTION TO ALL. IN ORDER THAT
WE MAY VERIFY THE ABOVE WE RESPECT
FULLY SOLICIT CALL
wM MCLEAN son.
18th AND STREETS AND 14TH. BETWEEN
AND STREETS NORTHWEST. au27
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

The MERIDIAN CoNGREss.-There was prelimi-
nary meeting OF the American delegates to the
international meridian congress at the State de-
partment to-day, TO make arrangements for the
opening OF the congress On Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

PARTIEs WHO WAGER HATS ON RESULT OF
Wipter sles. lection can procure them Fan and
stye. Of Sest material cent less
s1 .rsn ses here rom IisODT the Halter. Il9 lIth
ss4e~' uosln"est Au0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

The ESTIMATES FOR THE INDIAN SERVICE for the
next year have been completed by Commissioner
Price and sent to the Secretary for his information
in preparing his annual report The feature OF the
estimates Is the Increase asked educational pur
poses among the Indians, and 1t is the intention
not only increase the facilities and efficiency OF the
schools already established, but to start new ones
In all the schools now In operation the ideas OF
retary Teller, relative TO the Importance OF indus
trial education are being carried out and this will
continue to be the policy in future. The school in
spector, Mr. Haworth, estimates that the amount
required Tor next year will be about 81 400 600,
which Is an increase over the estimate OF last year
This estimate will be approved by the Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

THE FISH COMMISSION station at Woods Holi
Will be closed about the middle OF next month,
when the Albatross, Fishhawk, and Lookout will
return to this city. Lieut.. Seaton Schroeder at
present first lieutenant OF the AlbatroSS, will be
ordered TO the command OF the FiShhawk, reliev-
ing Lieut. w. Nj. Wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

t-s S. c.. meets THIS (Mondayl EVENING 1t 1880
O'Clock in the Parlor Of Foundry church. business
ANY desiring 70 JOIN TINS circle are cordially inv ted
1T ] f STOEK Gacrefarr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

The REMAINS OF COMMODORE FnLEBRowNE left
New York at one O'Clock to-day, accompanied by
four naval officers. Upon their arrival here they
will be taken to the receiving vault at Oak Hill
cemetery. At the request OF the family there Will
be no ceremonies upon the arrival the body. Ar
ranSementS for the funeral have not yet been
made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-29

- SPECIAL NOTICE.
G-zS A CARD
Haylng secured the services OF Mr. WM. B. RED
GRAVE, late wholesale agent 'Or several large
mills. AIN prepared to offer Special Bargains Bull
ders Con: ractors and Carpenters ill White FiGe and
Cabinet Lumber. Of all from UppeIs Culls, in
car lots small quantities
Also, Building Lumber Virginia Pine) of all sizes,
Flooring and trimmings kept constantly in STOCK
Estimates cordially given. Prompt delivery and sat-
1siactory dealings guaranteed.
JAMES T. BARBOUR
SEGA 10Th street and Maryland .yenne sw
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
Eccentric People.

Half the people who are called eccen-
trio deserve to have a much worse epi-
thet applied to them. Here and there
a man or woman is found whose oddi-
ties of opinion and erratic conduct are
genuine, and the outcome of some real
inborn twist in their mental and moral
disposition. Such persons are generally
tolerable, and sometimes very likeable,
their idiosyncrasies serving as a gentle
ance to US, We feel that they are
quite unaware of their own queerness,
which is the result of native in
capacity to comprehend the ordinary
conventions of society. But there are
other people whose eccentricities are
not, or ought not to be endured. They
are not innocently ignorant, but will
fully disregardful of reign of law in
the social world. The worlds iudg-
ments are no doubt superficial, and
therefore very commonly defective or
false; but the worlds conventions
that is. its rules tacitly agreed on for
the preservation of the order and de-
cency of social intercourse-ar on the
whole respectable and to be observed.
But the unendurable "eccentric''
prides himself upon being a law to
himself in these matters. He likes to
know that his acquaintance are saying
of him, 80 that is Mr.. BIS way, you
know. He Is not like other people; he
always does and says just what he
pleases." And the notable fact is that
so many persons are imposed on by
this absurd affection that .ney will let
certain behavior pass for Independence
and originality which Is nothing but
simple ru1eness, tie expression Of ego
tlsm. and U-5reeding. July atlantic
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
Once Was Enough.

A Belgian hotelkeeper is especially
'sweet" on Russian customers. "They
are large, see you," he states; ''they
dispute not the accounts. Once lodged
himself with me Count" he re-
lates. "When he arrived l was not l
returned home from my CIRCLE. my
wife was all frightened. She cry to
me, Go speak to the Mister Russian;
he beat all the walters; he Is in anger;
but what an angerr I asked of what
it is question. One tells me the count
he insist that tbs walters take him off
his boots. They are brave Belgians;
they will not. He strike them and say,
stern follies. l had courage, l. 1
feard me not of him. 60 to his room
and say, Mr.. the Count, l am the pro-
prietor; what will you?' Sir he say.
I will thank you pull ne off the boots!'
My first sentiment is de lui allonger'
une claque-to give him a smack; but
l master myself and say, Wait only
two minutes, Mr.. the count; 1 have ar:
order to give So run to my wife.
and tell her to give me my dress coat,
my gloves gray pearl ny gibus, my
pantaloons black. III two minutes be-
hold me, of great tenue. 1 20 back to
the count; say him, Only In dress of
gala can the proprietor of his hotel
take off you boots. and, my faith 1
take him them off in one two! He raise
himself, bow himself, and thank me
very politely. By and by. in three
weeks, he ask for his bill. l inscribe
on 1t as extra, To taking off Mr.. the
counts boots by the proprietor in q
dress coat and gray pearl gloves, 100
francs He frown his eyebrows when
be read that, but he not say one word.
He pay that addition integrally. Never
he ask me more to serve him as a pull
boot "-BurIington Hawkeye.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
What Makes You Mad.

You 60 to summer hotel by the
sounding sea or away up in the frown-
ing mountains. Well, there comes a
day raw, foggy, cold, the mercury
drops 36 degrees in two hours. You
wander all over the house, up stairs
and down, from cellar to roof and back
again, shivering in your summer
clothes, hunting a fire. There is none.
There isn't fireplace in the house.
Nor a stove. Nor any place to put
one. You can't have fire. You can
sit around and shiver and that's the
best you can do, and you don't have
to make any effort to do it. Who ever
A~.-A Sf n.Oo IA a. ouuInIOI uUUOII
proprietor scornfully asks, and the
clerk says, with great scorn, that no.
BODY ever asks for such q thing except
some greenhorn from the West. That s
all right; you are accustomed to have
the proprietor and clerk use you for an
ottoman, so you don't mind that But
about 2 O'Clock the next week, when
you are in bed, snatching a moments S
sleep, while the mosquitoes go out and
sing, when it is so hot that the shingles
on the house warp and curl up, the
hotel catches fire in six places, burns
to the ground, and you escape with the
clothes that you wear in bed. That
what makes you mad. .-Burlington
HdUkeue
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
Helping the Editor Out.

A clerical-looking gentlemen entered
an Austin newspaper office yesterday,
and, drawing oct q concealed docu-
ment, said to the editor:
81 am soliciting for a high-toned
gentleman of refinement and intelli-
gence. He is sadly in need of money.
but he is too proud to let the people
know it."
"You don't say sor' said the editor,
with animation.
II am hopeful of securing quite a
handsome little sum-"
''You say this unfortunate man Is
very intelligent highly cultivated. and
all that sort of thing?"
That's just the Kind of man he Is"
"And too proud to beg7"
The minister nodded.
''My dear friend, appreciate your
delicacy. You have described my con-
dition precisely, but l had no idea I
had enlisted your sympathy so strong
ly that you would take up q collection.
It's all right. Just as soon as you get
ten or fifteen dollars together bring it
in to me, and I'll give you a receipt for
it. God bless you, my noble friend"
and he pushed the visitor, who expect
ed to tap the editor for a dollar, out
into the street, where he. after gazing
around in a dazed sort of q way, kept
on In his mission of mercy.
''One good turn deserves another"
remarked the editor, as he resumed his
scat. That man came to help me
out and l helped him out. "-Te1as
Sittt1s0s.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
lie Luxury of a Prince.

There is something peculiarly grim
ABOUT fire at menagerie, such as
that which occurred yesterday at the
East end. No one dares to release a
lion even to save its life, and there is
nothing for it but to let the poor animal
burn. The popularity of menageries
has always been great; yet although
there are now menageries at the East
end, they wero formerly the luxury of
princes In Russia, for instance, $50
years ago, the grand menageries at
ST. Petersburg were kept solely for the
court. Many of the animals were
caught alive, to be used at the hunting
festivities of the imperial court. The
Empress Anna Ivanovna was passion
a.ely fond of hunting. She kept 919
hounds, and was a capital shot. On
one occasion (Aug. 26, 1740) she killed
one wolf, 4 wild boars. stays, 16
turkeys, 974 rabbits, 6S ducks, and
several large herons-a magnificent
bag for an empress. The numerous
elephants in her menagerie were expen-
slve pets, for they were fed on sugar,
butter, wheaton flour, wine, and salt.
One of them required large daily por-
ton of brandy, and the keepers were
sent to Siberia if single gill was ab-
sracted from the elephants portion
P1u Mall Gazette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
The Dog Cured Himself.

A special dispatch from Williams
port Pa. contains the following re-
markable snake story: John Davis
and George Miller drove from Collons-
vile to this city on Monday. When
they were crossing the mountain at
place known as the Old Hermit's,
valuable coach dog which accompanied
them ran off into the woods Soon
afterward they heard him yelping in
peculiar manner. Both men Jumped
from the wagon and hurried In the di-
rection of the cries. They came in
sight of the dog in small hollow, and
found him In fight with several rattle
snakes, which surrounded him on a
large fiat rock, and struck him from
every side Miller and Davis each
seized a long club and went to the
dogs assistance They killed eleven
rattlesnakes, and many others escaped
among the rocks. The largest one was
four feet long, and had II rattles.
While the men were busy cutting off
the rattles of the snakes they had
slain, Miller was overcome by the
peculiarly offensive odor that character
ICES rattlesnakes, and Davis was
obliged to help him away from the
spot 1t was several minutes before he
revived from the effects of the poisoned
air. The dog was nowhere to be seen
Davis went back into the woods to look
for him. In passing by the spot
whore the snakes had been killed, he
saw number of live ones, which had
come out of their holes among the
rocks, gliding around their dead COM
panions, springing their rattles, and
every motion denoting fury. Davis
beat retreat, and went off in another
direction, calling his dog. Suddenly
he came upon the dog, with It's body
imbedded in a mire hole in swampy
spot. Its head alone was above the
surface. Dogs bitten by rattlesnakes
instinctively seek such places and bury
themselves in the mud. Old snake
hunters say that If dog is able to find
swamp-mud and covers himself with
1t, It will invariably draw out the pois-
and drove on to this city with Miller.
Last evening the dog arrived home, ap-
parently none the worse for its Ell
counter with the venomous reptiles, al
though it must have been bitten by
them many times. The spot where the
snakes were killed is a famous rattle
snake den. A hunter, known as
"Twoline," lived in the hut near the
den for many years, and killed scores
of its inmates annually. frying out the
oil and selling it to people who came
long distances to obtain it, the belief
in its efficacy as an ointment being uni
versal in that neighborhood.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
maud Muller's" Brother.

He anbled along uown the etone-decked lane.
And out from bis midst there frequent came
A fulistrength cuss,word. deep and low.
AS he knocked a nail from q wanton toe;
And wished lie was deader'n u Socratee,
And the bins rang out q chime from tho
And he wished-as he stepped on business
Which m ads him reflect "By Gosh, Mariar''-
That he was hundred miles away
Prom the farm and the meadows and making
And ".Brindle" and Bright and the kicking
And the blaokbirds sang in the alder boughA
Now poet who sat on a moss bid stump.
With his face in smile and bis back In
Had heard Ha%Pi tn. boy .. b. nutterea sway;
What life he'd choose If he had bis pick:
And the brown thrushes pipsd from ne~
built rick.
And the lad looked up with his eyes in mist
And, cutting q smack Of Virginia Twist,
.Pleate Mister sir il it's ali the same
And the thrill OF q thrush from . hedGerov
Please, Mister Sir" the boy beGsn
-'S IFS all the same, an Ihsd my pick.
could tell you 30 suddink 'twou!d mako 10
I'd be cashier in q eavtnRs banA."
And the poet fell over limp and lank.
And this simple Qhild with his tender thought
Prem his sweet desire his wish has vroughtS
And he rides in q chariot gilt and gay,
And the pSet is up on the box, they say,
And the world h1es henoe with iA Jam and
jerk,
And the birds as OF DID, get IN their work,
s.. b. NcManue In Puck
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

Bavaria has 5,4S2 breweries, or .
little more than one to each 1000 in.
habitants. In Munich the annual con
sumption of beer is 470 Quarts to each
man, woman and Child, or about one
quart and third a day for each in
nabitaDt. The men drink on an aver
ace from two and a-half to three quarts
a day, some taking every day of their
lives eight quarts-say a common
wooden pail brim full. Beer is not
looked upon there as stimulant or a
beverage, but as a common necessary
of life. Bavarian beer has less alcohol
than any other, the percentage being
about of winter beer and 4.5 of sum
mer beer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
Ethics Of Conversation.

Do not manifest impatience or inter
rupt when another is speaking. Hyou
think the mouologue has continued
long enough lean comfortably back in
your chair, assume an expression OF
interest close your eyes, and snore, not
harshly or impatiently, so as to give
offense, but with the long-drawn. mu-
steal cadences of a contented man, who
is glad to sleep and has nothing for
which to remain awake.
Do not introduce professional topics
in general conversation. 1t is much
better to talk about yourself all the
time. Then people will have no diff
Guilty in understanding you. A sweet
white-haired old lady, who is devoted
to foreign missions, will hardly rise to
the level of your own enthusiasm when
you tell her how they scored six times
before they got the word and then they
struggled off with Scraggy Jim at the
pole and Wild Sal running under the
wire, and Sleepy Jane. that you backed
to win in three straight heats, broke
four times on the first quarter, and got
shut clean out at the distance pole.
You will interest her more deeply if
you tell her how all the girls are dead
set after you, but you are too hard
heartedly sharp for EN-. This kind of
talk always interests old married peo-
pie.
Do not continually interject you
know" and you see' into your con-
versation. Say, rather. "Savy, John?"
or "ketch onto that CullPn or "D'ye
tumble, Shorty?" Thon people will
know that you have been to college
away from home
Never listen to remark the first
time it is made. This will give you an
opportunity of saying Beg pawd'n"
at intervals. Then everybody will
know that you have been abroad-in
your mind.
Talk in very loud tones, OF course
Speak up, so that the company can
hear you. In the parlor OF - the table
always talk with the ms.n furthest away
from you. Ihep people will say" Who
Is m tne eIoGiuent young auctioneer?"
lie oppressive little lapses in con-
versation can be most beautifully filled
in by whistling If you can drum an
accompaniment on the window pane
without your fingers, the effect will be
charming. People will be greatly
pleased with you-when you 60 away;
but of course, they will be too polite to
say so.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
!, REECHER,S RAD HEAD

For two months in the year Henry
Ward Beecher can't preach. In August
and September he takes his vacation and
endures the onset of the hay fever
man with hay fever isn't accountable for
his actions. He is frantic with snuffing
sneezing and headache. Every nerve in
his skull thrills with distress, and his
head is a fountain of tears. He lives
only to fly from seaside to mountain top
in search of relief. This form of catarrh
(hay fever) Ely's Cream Balm will cure.
Placed in the nostrils it penetrates and
soothes the affected parts at once, restor-
es the impaired senses and creates healthy
secretions. You cannot run away from
hay fever, but you can drive it from you
by using Ely's Cream Balm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
HOW HE GOT A POSITION.

81 applied for position in banking
house in Wall street six months ago, and
although 1 proved my competency, they
would not take me. had been down on
my luck and looked old and shabby. An
idea struck me, 1 got up new growth of
hair with Parker's Hair Balsam, raised
decent suit of clothes, applied again, and
they took me in minute" SO writes
a clerk with 80, 900 salary. The moral is
plain. Parker's Hair Balsam gives q
person o new face.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
NEVER GIVE TIP.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, genera
debility, disordered blood, weak con
stitution, headache, or any disease of {
bilious nature, by all means procure 6
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will bt
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired Will
new life; strength and activity will return
pain and misery will cease, and hence
forth you will rejoice in the praise O
Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents
bottle by Robinson & Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07
Many of our greatest inventions were

Many of our greatest inventions were
accidentally revealed or suggested.
The telephone was discovered or in
vented by three persons about the
same time. The phonograph was the
result of an accident The careless
ness Of kitchen maid In allowing a
pot containing brine to boil over led
to the manufacture of common glazed
pottery. Goodyear had been reduced
to the necessity of pawning his wife's
wedding ring when a piece of rubber
in his hand accidentally struck a hot
stove, and from the contact derived
the last chemical property needed to
mako 1t india rubber. 1t should be
noted, however, that such "accidents"
only happen to men whose minds are
ksenly alive to their backings,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

thought she was losing her husbands
affection, went to seventh daughter
Of seventh daughter for q love powder.
The mystery woman told her: ''Get q
raw piece Of beef, out fat about half
an inch thick Slice an onion in two
and rub the meat on both sides with it
Put on pepper and salt and toast it on
each side over red coal fra. Drop
on it three Jumps Of butter and two
sprigs of parsley and get him to eat It."
The young wife did 50. AID her hus.
band loved her ever after. aAx n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

The bog peat of Mexico Is now being
used on considerable scale as fuel
for locomotives, stationary engines,
smelling purposes, smiths fires and
household use The peat 10 mixed
with a proportion OF b1tumsn, and 10
said not only to burn freely, and with
out smoke In much quantity, but to
give q higher dynamic equivalent Of
beat than tho same amount of wood
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

The announcement comes from San
Francisco that the Directors of the
North End Comstock mines -'have de-
cided to put the Mexican mine down to
the 3. 5OO-foot level, and stop work on
the others" This signifies the final
collapse of the Comstock mines, which
have for years been bleeding their
stockholders to carry on the fruitless
search for the lost bonanza which made
them lannon's
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-07

NJ Gayon has obtained Illuminating
gas from stable-yard manure kept in
close receptacles. One cubic meter OF
sh .nbs hb4rsssdroppng, yielded about
in twenty-four hours. NJ Pastsur
thinks that after supplying 3 useful
lighting and heating gas the manure
remaining, not having been espffvs4
of ammonia by the process, might tU1
be seTyicesble as q fertilizer.