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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

Fifty years ago. Black Crowther, was sold on
the Gold Coast as a slave for hogshead of
rum, and as he was boy OF spirit, he is now
the church OF Englands Bishop Crowther. of
Africa.
=, In regard to the discovery of silver ore in
New Z ork and other Atlantic states. Professor
NeWDerry asserts that silver is not uncommon
along the Appalachian range, but seldom
occurs III paying proportions. Nine-tenths Of
the mines In these districts fail.
A Boston spirit medium was detected using a
telephone In his cabinet. He allowed his mouth
TO De niled with marbles and sealed with court
plaster. by attaching the telephone to Con-
cealed wires that ran to confederate in another
part or the mouse he nevertheless produced
ghostly voices.
The Paris municipal council has voted 5000 to
enable delegation of carpenters to 90 to
sweden and Norway for the purpose of finding
out now it is that ready-made doors and win
DOW frames from those countries can be deliy-
cred In Paris at less cost than the price there of
the unwrought material.
Philadelphia coroner's Jury proposed to
punish drug clerk because some strychnine
pills which he had not marked poison, were
fatally swallowed; but Judge orders his re-
lease. 1.-THE legislature could never have in
tended" says his honor, 'that q prescription of
reputable physician, in case of delicate treat
ment, In which one of the poisons named should
be used in the proper quantity, should be sent
Dy the druggist to the sick room of a nervous
patient with the word .roison marked on the
label Such law would be destructive of med
icai science, unreasonable, and against the
spirit Of sound legislation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
How 10 Deal with Mr. ssGrabse1t,,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is very safe plan on entering car which
has been half turned into baggage car Simply
to request the bold solitary occupant of two or
four places to remove the parcels from the seat
you choose to indicate. 1t does not suffice to
ask us this seat taken?" for the Grabseats do
not hesitate to imply with gesture that it is
reserved They mean that they have reserved
IL, out give you to infer that its occupant has
just stepped out. An assured air is the only
method OF meeting this family on their own
ground. You can suggest to the conductor. II
he is In the neighbOrhood. that he remove such
PACKAGES to the rack or the floor; and as you
nave paid for the seat you occupy. do not be
cast aown from your composure if, by coughs
or naughty air, your presence is slgnalled as
uhWelcome. Reserved seats for baggage or
Daoies are not sold in an ordinary car, though
the only way to discover this sometimes is to
can on the passenger to show the number of
tickets he holds for his barricaded seats. The
conductor Will do this. at your request, and then
anu then only-does this most offensive family
give any sign of confusion or humility On all
Other times, by a magnificent bearing and a
sno" Oh great annoyance when questioned. they
appear 10 have chartered the car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

AAhhiAGE CERTIFICATE PLACID BEFORE AN ASTON
lsHED YOUNG NAN
From the New York Times
The gossips OF South oyster Bay and smithville
south, Long Island. are busy discussing the alleged
marriage or Conklin Yandewater and Miss Cornelia
MANN Mr.. Wand water, who is 10 years OF age, is
the son or the late Conklin Vandewater, and when
he attainS his majority will become the poSSeSSor
OF moderate fortune. For the past year he has
oeen employed as bookkeeper in Il wholesale coal
yard IN Brooklyn. paying occasional visits 10 South
oyster Bay 10 see his mother, who resides short
Instance nom the village. The villagers noticed
that when he went TO see his mother he was very
attentive 10 Miss Mann, who always happened 10
be at the railroad station when young Vaadewater
allghted from the train. He usually accompanied
ner nome, and, 1t Is said, always kissed her good
bye at the gate.
In company with other young men, fmbIbed some
what freely OF oyster Bay whisky. He left his
companions In the evening and called on Miss
MANN He had no recollection OF what occurred
after. but when he awoke on Monday morning he
found the fair Cornelia beside him. He was sur
prlstd ana asked for an explanation.
why, Conkey dear, don't you know that we
Were married last evenings and, putting her
arms around his neck She kissed him repeatedly
Vandewater thought She was Joking. bur when
She exhibited a marriage certificate he Thought
the thing was getting serious lie left the house
and returned 10 his mother. He Stoutly denies that
he was married, and says IL he was that he must
have been drugged. When he left the residence OF
his alleged wife her mother, Mrs Mary Jane Mann,
followed him and informed his mother or what had
occurred. MIS- NandCwater was thunderStruck,
and ordered Mrs Mann out OF the house. Mrs.
Mann went away threatening 10 have Nandewauer
arrested for abandonment She has not put her
threat In execution
Miss Mann is handsome brunette. seventeen
years OF age and said TO reporter yesterday: .On
Sunday Mr. Vandewater, who has been paying at
tention TO me, came to our house and asked Inc TO
marry hiin objected at first, but he was so per-
SiStent that finally consented, and we went and
got married. That is all there is about it. know
that Cohkey loves me, and but for his mother he
would be living with me now. But / know he'll
come back" The young lady declined TO say by
whom they had been married Mr.. Vandewater
was not at home VIII n the reporter called, and his
mother positively refused TO speak about the mat
ter. She inttnated however, that IL they had been
married her son would commence divorce proceed
fngS at once. The villagers are about equally d.
vided for and against the marrag &c story. strange
feature OF the marriage certificate is that Miss
Mann Will not allow any body to examine il, nor
can she be induced to disclose the name OF the
clergyman
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A Nihilist's Terrible GirIhoOd.

rTom the MancDeSter Courier.
The girl Maria Kaloojny, who so daringly
attempted to murder the chief of the Odessa
police the other day, seems to have been closely
associated with. If she does not herself belong
to. the inner circles Of the nihist conspiracy.
Her brother was accused in 1879 when he was
a midshipman in the Black Sea fleet, of having
supplied dynamite to the men who attempted to
assassinate the late emperor by explosions at
odessa and on the railway near Alexandroff.
and was convicted and sent to Siberia. He es-
capped thence. but only to be captured again by
the late Col. Soudaikin, at nhilist dynamite
depot He was then sentenced to death. but
his sentence was committed to the more terrible
punishment Of hard labor for life in the mines.
His sister, in 1882 was found living with a false
passport, as cook at Odessa in the house of the
notorious Degaief who having been captured
by Soudaikin. was spared by the latter to be-
come. as the willy chief OF police believed. a use
lui tooi In his hands, but, in truth, to be Sou
aaiklns murderer. The girl herself. who is
barely 10, was shut up for ten months in the
Fortress OF st. Peter and st. Paul. She has
since been at Odessa, making wretched liyeli-
nood by teaching, and under police supervision.
from which she has frequently asked to be re-
heyed, SO that she might return home. She was
visiting the chief of the Odessa police. otensi-
Oily IN order to renew this request, when she
attempted his life. It would be hardly possible
=" imagine more terrible story Of a grihood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Hollands fight with the Sea.

From Good Words
After delicious breakfast of coffee and thick
cream. with rusks. sCOdes and different kinds
OF cheese, always Indispensable in Dutch break
fasts We took to the railroad again and crossed
Zealand. which chiefly consists of four islands.
NOordt Beveland. Zuid Beveiand Schouwen
and Waichere1. and is less visited by the rest
OF the Netherlands than any other part of the
country The land is all cut I'D into vast
pOlderS. "a the huge meadows are called which
are recovered from the sea and protected by
embankments- Here. II human care was with
drawn for six months, the whole country would
be under the sea again A corps of engineers.
Called ''WateT-Staat." are continually employed
10 watch the waters and TO keep in repair the
bikes. which are formed OF CLAY n the bottom
az that II more waterproof than ANYTHING else.
and thatch@d with willows which are here
grown extensively fur the purpose If the sea
passes a dixie ruin is imminent an alarm bell
ringS. and the whole population rush TO the res
cue The moment one dixie is even menaced
the people BEGIN To build another inside. IL and
then rely upon the double defense while they
fOrtify the old one Bat all their care has not
preserved the islands Of Zealand Three ccutu-
ricS ago SchOuwcn was entirely submerged and
every living creature drowned. Soon after
NooTdt Beveland was submerged and renamed
for several years entirely under water only the
points of the church spires being visible. Zuid
Beyeidud has been submerged in the fourteenth
century NaicheTcn was submerged as late as
ISIS. and 1hOlen even IN ISIS. Ii has been
aptiy asserted that the sea to the inhabitants of
Holland Is what Nesuvius Is to Tore del Greco.
De Amicis says that the Dutch have three enc
mies-fhe sea. the lakes and the rivers: they re-
pei the sea they drythe lakes and they impTison
The rivers. but w.thth SEA il is a combat which
never ceases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

AMUSING s TORIES are sometimes invented about
wellknown citizens, ana here is OF them, copied
from the P1ttsburg Dispatch:
"Mr. c. A. Dana's collection OF game fowls is said
to be the finest in the country. Like Bonner. he
does not keep his pets for their ability to make
money, but simply because he dotes on them. The
only benent he gets from them is what is derived
rom the fresh eggs they yield and the satisfaction
he has in knowing the age OF the spring chicken
that Is set before him on toast for breakfast. He
has ransacked the world for specimens OF the va
nous Species and when once In his possession they
are treated Us Wen as white elephants are IN
Siam"
The difficulty about this narrative is that there
Is not word Of truth in It. The gentleman In
question has In his lifetime owned as many as three
game fowls, presented to him as testimonial OF
esteem by distinguished and successful demo-
cratic candidate for an important Office but some
how they did not prosper. Care was lost upon
them; and while the Plymouth Rocks and white
Brahmas-these are the birds we advise sensible
cult1vators to experiment w1th-proved TO be mod
erately, very moderately successful, the game
chickens dwindled and disappeared Perhaps it
was because there was no fighting for them.
1t is wonderful what fertility OF Imagination the
writer's OF the present day develop. Was there
ever such a set In any former era? We tender to
them the assurance OF our distinguished considera-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Outdoor Sports for Girls.

FROM Coz y Lazy BOOK.
Among the dear delights Of the young women
OF the period let US recommend Professionalism.
Walking clubs are among the popular oroaniza-
tions this summer. 4 coaching club is more or
esS OF an expense, but the highways are free to
loot passengers number of clubs composed
entirely OF young ladies'. have been ORGANIZED
for brief summer rambles of a DAYS dnration
The costume adopted is usually a rouoh-and-
ready mountain suit. with helmet hat stont
SHOES. perhaps OF alligator skin with a small
knapsaek and walking stick When the pa-tv
Is formed for tour through the mountains or
lakes there Il us ually an addition OF gentlemen
and chaperones- The gentlemen adopt a knjck
erbocker costume which is found to no n, Cor
vice also in wheel parties" or bicycle mae,s
lCall il b-sigh Gle, not bi-sick- lie please Thetri
cycle is rapidly coming into favor being largely
used in the parks, where the doub!e-seated ones
are ridden by ladies and gentlemen in comnanv
There are single-seated ones however In which
ladies' ride at ease. either alone or with a com
panon bicycle. There is very little skin ra
qulred In the management of a tricycle. loose
costume amt brOad-brmmed hat comprise the
only equipment necessary. After the tricvcle
COMES the swimming suit. the extremely ab-
bTeyiated garment which takes the name OF a
bathing-dress- 10 is quite as high an accom-
plishnent TO swim well as 20 ride well, and the
natatOria are patroniZed by the most elegant
ladies, who 'risk about in picturesque suits of
China silk. prettiIy made and ornamented.
Master leithbridge. q British boy, Is wanted
III fdfis 20 appear on charge of gross cruelty
III TIE zoo Gardens; be with a cane sword
pressed q rare -icc.men Of the owl to death. Its
l-,.--,. Vas l'a'j sr;lcS- lie was liberated by the
c.s.s.l. ->is ~ police on his parents promising
:! @t.ih -'3ni Us ;si,il. He went 10 England
: caa - o.: ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

Laundress in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

IaundreSs IN the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"There are quite number of peculiarities con-
nected with cuffs. We have one customer a clerk
In the Third National bank, who is in the habit of
figuring on his cuffs Sometimes he uses an ana
line pencil and 1t takes good deal OF work to get
the marks out. Then he has habit OF always
that by the time they reach the laundry they look
more like two dirty kilograms than anything else
Quite number OF reporters have the same habit,
and found the text and the leading outlines OF a
minister's sermon upon pair on Wednesday morn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Suing for n Theater Seat.
THE NOVEL TEST CASE BROUGHT BY A CONGRESSMAN
AGAINST MRS. ARIHuK CHENEY.

THE NOVEL TEST CASE BROUGHT By A CONGRESSMAN
AGAINST MRS. ARTHUR CHENEY.
novel lawsuit came up in Newport Tuesday
In the United States supreme Court before Judge
Blatchford, in which Congressman Morse, OF MasSa-
chusetts, is plaintiff, and Mrs Emiline Cheney,
widow and Administrative OF Arthur Cheney, OF
Boston. is defendant The action is to recover 4
seat In the Globe theater, I'm Boston, which was
given TO the plaintiff during his life by the de-
ceased Cheney died during the existence of the
lease, and the theater went into other hands and
the Massachusetts Congressman lost his seat. lie
now brings this suit TO recover the seat and dam
ages to the amount OF 81 600. This is test case
as there are others ia the same position Morse.
1t is understood that the number deprived OF their
seats is ninety and In view of this tact decision
Will be awaited with interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Cause For JOY.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal
Mr.. Dumps who didn't know that the paper he
was reading was more than a month old, laid it
aside and said:
"That must have been very Affecting meet
Ing"
''What meeting:" asked Mrs Dumpa
"Why, between Lieutenant Greedy and his wife.
You know he has just come back from the Arctic
regtOn7"
"What did Mrs. Greedy do?n
"She fell into his arms and wept and laughed and
wOrld.n
Like enough She probably thought he'd
brought her Sealskin sackn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

ALPACA Is again in fashion. and the very fine
and excellent quality of the new brands will
doubtless insure the material against long-sus-
tanned unpopularity. A most harmonious.
though exceedingly quiet toilet was the fol-
loving, worn in fashionable uptown New
York church recently: The dove gray alpaca
skirt and tunic were simply tucked without
trimming of any other kind. Above was a
nussar jacket OF dark blue velvet, perfectly
tight fitting small nuns can of dark blue
velvet was trimmed with slver-frosted grapes
and fastened with narrow velvet strings. A
pair OF dainty gray Suede kid gloves covered
tile hands and arms to the elbows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
From the London Times.

TTOln tlls LONDON lines.
Hitherto it has always been taken for granted
that the North Cape on the island of Mageroe, at
the extremity of Norway, was the most northern
point OF Europe. But observations lately made by
capt. Sorensen go to show that Cape Knvsjaerod-
den on the same island, to the west OF North Cape
lies still more to the north The latitude OF North
Cape Is set down at 700 10 49, and that OF its rival
at 10 40 Isl, being differenc OF nearly 30 minutes
In favor OF the new claimant OF extreme northern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Disguised DOvyagers.

From tn New York Queen.
1t is said that number of Newport dowagers
are coming home thoroughly Disguised with the
place. and determined not to 90 there next
summer. Many of them have failed to engage
or marry off their daughters, and they reason
that Newport must be waning in glory, because
the few manageable young men who were
there during the season did not appreciate their
daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
Bathing i'm Salt Lake.

From the Salt Lake Herald.
bather can lie on the surface of the water
Of the Great Salt Lake without exertion, or,
by passing towel under his knees and holding
the two ends, he can remain in any depth OF
water kneeling, with the head and shoulders out
of water; or, by shifting it under the soes OF the
feet, he can sit on the water. The one exertion I'm
fact Is 10 keep ones balance. none whatever is re-
qured to keep af1oat- The only danger, therefore
arises from choking by accidentally swallowing
some or the water for the strength OF the brine is
SO intense that the muscles of the throat are con-
vulSed and Strangulat1On enSueS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

DIVORCE IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES new
divorce cases have been placed ON the docket OF
the October term of the superior court at New
Haven, Conn. Seventeen Of the plaintiffs are wo-
men. Twelve OF the causes aScribed are desertion
IN some instances accompanied with intemperance
or adultery. Most OF the cases are Of recent mar
Rage, IL OF them extending over period OF less
than ten years Several cases are based upon in
tOerable cruelty OF the husband One OF the plain
this VINO asks for relief from matrimony was mar
lied on January 25, 1884
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
AFTER-DINNER SPEAKERS.
characteristics Of Some Notable I'm.
prOmptu TaiiSers, Good and had.

Howard Paul in the Hotal Mail.
Lord COleridge. at the Irving banquet at st.
James Hall, before our popular tragedian went
to America, intimated that an after-dnner
speech consisted of platitudes and anecdotes
and / remember hearing Mr. James R. Lowell,
poet, humorist and American Minister at the
Court of st. James, say that if suddenly called
upon alter dinner to speak his mind was more
or less blank. but that on the way home from
the feast he thought OF ever SO MANY good
things he would like to have said. This implied
lack Of ready wit, but l fancy Mr. James r.
Lowell did himself an I'M justice by this confess
sion. as his speeches usually have an impromptu
AR and abound in point and interest. Charles
Dickens was an admirable after-dnner speaker.
put l have no doubt he knew toerapy well
beforehand what he was to talk about and since
the lamented death of Boz" | fancy George
Augustus Sala bears away the palm. When
this notable journalist rises. poises his chin in
the air, rolls his dark eyes upward aud sends
out his clear metallic chest notes one feels an
assurance that clever speech is forthcoming,
delivered with fluent and felicity of eX-
preston. l once heard noble Lord who very
frequently makes excellent speeches in the
upper House, declare that he would part with
hall OF his worldly possessions if he could roll off
speech with the facility of g. A. S. This NAV
have been fdcon dc pdrter. but it certainly i'm
pied large measure OF admiration for the
Oratorical ability of our prince OF journalists.
world is Henry Ward Beecher the celebrated
Brooklyn divine. He can speak at any time at
any place, and on any subject. His pyrotechnic
BRAIN necessarily whiZZing and whiring. shoots
out thousands of bright thoughts, which he
readily clothes in most musical and expressive
language. The worst speaker | ever heard is
Diving Boucicault, who, though capable
Irish comedian and adapter of French plays,
boggics and stammers, hesitates and trips when
he rises to respond" and resumes his seat
without having produced the slightest effect eX-
cept that OF disappointment. On the whole, l
think the Americans are more telling after
dinner speakers than the English. There are
Daniel Dougherty, the eminent advocate, of
Philadelphia; Sunset Cox. Ben Butter and
Chauncey NJ. Depew. whose names are well
known on this side of the ocean and who, when
they get on their legs. usually corruscate to the
edIflcation of their hearers have been told that
at the Sheriff"s dinner at the Central Criminal
Court, In the city ofLOndon. a rule has been in
tr0duccd by which the speaker returns thanks sit
ting and in as few words as possible. Why could
not this habit obtain in other countries and on
other occasions? 1t seems to be law of human
nature that a gentleman who is sensible
rational creature when safely anchored in his
chair should lose his head and go wildly We
gathering when he gets on his pir> r
simply question of posture and at.'t4.l= -.
suggestion might be useful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27

Whereabouts OF the Noted Mr.. LeDuc.
From Letter by Mr. Nye, the Humorist
saw William G. LeDuc the other day at Hast
tngs, Mimi He used to be at the head of the Ag-
r1cultural department ana used to offer him sug-
gestons about raising iced tea by grating an old
fashioned teapot on some hardy variety OF refrig-
orator
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How Two Girls Went to the Circus.
From the Nirginia lNeY.l Enterprise

Two girls, OF Is and II years respectively, left
Monticello in light spring wagon to see the circus
at Napa. Before reaching the "divide" the seat OF
the vehicle became loose, throwing both girls to
the ground The shoulder OF one was dislocated
and the right wrist OF the other fractured. The
plucky girls, not TO be denied the fun OF going TO
the circus gathered themselves together, r1ghted
the seat, climbed back into the wagon and pro-
ceeded on their way, each holding line in her un-
injured hand. After having their bones set and
cared for they went TO the circus
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