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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
Hint TO the street Car bosses.
To tn EIitor OF TnK EVENING STAR

No 23nJ nth STREET NORTHWEST
The poor children OF this city owe YOUR paper
debt of gratitude for calling the attention OF
the citizens of Washington to the necessity NJ
providing Christmas tree and other good cheer
Oh Christmas day for these little waits of human
1ty. This was done most effectively by giving
az account in The EVENING STAR of the work
OF the cLildren's clubs in Portland for providing
lac destitute children of that city with a Christ
mas dinner ROW make this suggestion. which
am sure VIII have the active Cooperation OF
Your valuable paper, ana that is that the presi-
dent and directors Of the different street rail-
Iosds ot this city he urged TO provide Christ
ma dinner Tor their conductors. drivers and
transfer agents II ever a set of men deserved
recognition at the hands of the COMPANY II is
These men, Especially would urge the matter
upon President Hurt who. having been once a
Conductor upon the road that he has now the
honor of being president Of knows how n ia
Limself ana who furnishes striking iilustra-
Zion OF the truth Of that couplet of Pope's-
"HOnor and shame from no condition rise.
Act wei your part, there all the honor lies
As one living on the line Of the l4th-street or
'Bebfair cars, aud having to act as conductor
81 the company all the year round without com
pensation, VIII freely give my services to the
company, provided they will give their employes
Christmas dinner. As this suggestion Is made
too late for Christmas i suggest as O suitable
manner OF celebrating the birthday of the I'm
mortal Washington that these rich corporations
furnish their employees on that day with such a
dinner a. would be suitable for a holiday occa-
sion, or, If they prefer instead Of a dinner give
each conductor, driver and transfer agent one
days extra pay in lieu thereof
l am sure i echo the sentiments OF every one
VINO resides ON l4th street and who patronIze
the ''bobtail cars that il Is a great nuisance 70
be compelled TO act as conductor for these cars
aud that 1t Is very small compensation for so
Ho'ng Tor tne company to give their employees
1i' ahnuai christmas dinner. Il. I. K
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

An invalid lady residing 1t San Rafael CAL,
who WAS directed by her physician to take q
daily sun bath of several hours duration on the
lawn, has diverted herself by patient and ingen-
iOus efforts to tame q couple Of humming- birds.
After two or three months OF acquaintance the
little creatures are now so trustful as to sip
honey from q spoon held In her hand.
Jacob Milhken, OF Dunstan Me-, at the cele-
bration Of the hundredth anniversary Of his birth
said that he cast his first vote for Thomas Jefer-
son for the second term. 81 lacked two months
of my majority" Mr.. Milliken said, 'but people
were not so particular then as they are now.
and, besides, my uncle was one Of the selectmen
that year"
Edward Adams, Of Richmond. No., IL years Of
age. went hunting with two dogs, and some
hours later one OF the animals returned home
and barked and whned until Mr.. Adams fol-
lowed him to the spot where the boy lay dead.
with his gun by his side, and the other dog
watching him. The gun was discharged while
the boy was climbing fence.
Tennessee's law prohibiting the sale Of liquor
within four miles Of any school house will, the
Chicago Times says, intensity southern iliteracy
By stopping the erection Of school houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
CITY AND DISTRICT.
SPELLING BI SYILABLES.
The Other Side OF the Question.

To the Editor Of TIE EVENING STAR:
As II Is more than ten years since last served
o grateful public as school teacher and have
not the acquaintance of one teacher or school
official in Washington or Georgetown do not
think il necessary for me to become the cham
rion OF those who can go ably defend themselves
Eut UpoE reading the complaint Of "a Parent
the torture Of my youth rises before me-when
my teacher OF the good oId-fashoned kind gave
me for example. the word ''incUnsidcrately .
aud required it separated thus: I'm in CON
Con incon sid sid incOnsid CT ct incoRsiIer
a-t-e ate incOnsiderate l-y Iy inconsderatsly :"
All urges me To tell Of the freedom that came
from this confused repetition of sounds in the
form Of a Yankee teacher employed in our
school. who. upon pTOnOunCng a word plainly
Required the child who was to spell /; TO do the
same. and then spell the word according TO the
sound. aided by familiarity with the word
from having "a well studied lesson before he was
Called upon to spell. Under this method our
school became famous for good spoilers in the
DAYS when spelling matches were as fashionable
u concerts nog are When next a Parent is
asked the obnoxious question. What is that
world" supPOSing it to he Albany" let me sug-
gest he follow his method and require the
cAi.d 10 spell Albany thereby. More than
likely said child will pause for pronunci-
alton of syllable at alb. instead OF al and
when he has iiridred over tins Difficulty and
w
with this simple word. predict his faith in the
Old-ia>hioned method will be shaken. But upon
proceeding the following word IS 'aimony"
and the child (whO is supposed to be apt) re-
members the lesson derived from Albany, and
spells al all" requiring the correction. al
IL alimony. does not spell GH bur al" and "A
Parent has replied to the questions which will
Naturally arise at this contradiction (fOr such it
VII! seem To the child, will not he be willing
[" admit his method wrong. and there and then
Commence To realize that teachers. VINO take
Child from the first simple words while Vet their
ewes are 50 unaccustGmed to the letters of which
they are composed that they look as nearing
less 10 them a. Egyptian hiero@lyphics to ours.
and dis them every slow, hating step over the
weary road that must intervene before they will
try their newlv-acquired accomplishment (for
sUCn reading may be considered by even at
t,H5P5s;tJ IL read article in The EVENING STAR
are doing gigantic work which should be ap-
lreciated by parents and not defended by
JESYEy?
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Saturday Smiles.

Fitz John Porter-John's clothes. of course
| Detroit Free Press.
Christmas and twins can come but once
| year.-Bisndrck Tribune.
good cow never gives up; she gives down.
The Merchant Traveller. Oh, mol she gives
milk.-GrI. It's the goose that gives down
| Hoosier.
1t is now reported that some young ladies use
their eyes as hOoks.-PhitddelphiQ Call
The cause Of the crimson sunsets is cosmio
dust. This Is as good definition as any; and
tired minds should accept it and rest on it, This
| Is the way most people do In selecting a reli-
gion.-Aetc York Commercial Advertiser.
Ibid you have pleasant timer" asked a New
York mother OF her daughter, who had just re-
turned from New Years dinner at friends
house. swell, /" she replied, I'VE had a beauti-
| fui dinner, and 1t was delightfully."- served, and
everything would have been very pleasant but
for that horrid Miss Snooks, who sat just oppo-
site me at the table" What did she dor" in
from the end of her spoon, instead Of from the
side. and 1t quite took away my appetite, the
vulgar thing! Philadelphia OaA
A Pennsylvanian has been killed in q mock
duel. 1t il now proposed to introduce the mock
duel into Virginia.-Louisriue Journal.
People are making the mistake OF Calling n
'6S because they have not been used to writing
ita4.
Husband, you'll have to 60 and call that bov
yourself can't make him get up. He sleeps
as If he were log" ''Oh, well, Maria, the bow
can't help IT, It's fate He was born to be
policeman. "-Louiscsae Journal
An genealogical authority says that Gam
piIar0tatiOnist" lis the proper name to sppIy to n
roller-skater. It certainly looks q good deal
like that, when You get q fellow started who
don't exactly understand the business.-B,tr.
ttngton Free Press.
A scientist says that the Thermometer ana
other instruments may undergo considerable
changes during long heating We have no.
tced this-especially in thermometers. That n
what they are built for. A Thermometer that
didn't undergo change during long beatino
would be regarded as q fraud-Nor1isto,c.
Herald "'' '"so""
An oyster will live to the age OF 26 years-
that Is. In the sea he will. In the resfanrsnt
the chances are decidedly against him. Some
times ne lasts long time in the restaurant--0
very long time. But lie does not live nearly
as long as he lasts. wv "s~s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
A Ballad Of the Grocer Man.

The grocer loved a charming girl,
AS lovely as the day;
He wondered II she'd marry him,
And said, "Let Soap she may"
And straightway to her house he went,
Her lovely face to see,
EAclaimlng, "Ah, know full well,
That Cheese the girl for me-"
The girl was very kind, and said
That she was very glad
To see him Their, and then remarked
What bad Coffee had
And soon they got most intimate,
She let him kiss her brow,
But when he spoke of marriage, said,
"Oh, do not Teas me now"
The grocers spirits fell at this,
He felt as though he'd die,
And limited at a suicide.
While she Bacon TO cry.
I'm blind to all your merits"
It's evident she knew q way
OF RaiSin up his ''speer1ts"
But true loves course did ne'r run smooth,
Her father saw them kiss;
And kicked him from the room, and said,
"YOu'd Biscuit out OF this"
And thus adjured, he soon got out,
1t hardly need be said;
And tumbling headlong down the stairs,
NuStard-ly hit his head.
ooh, father, you are cruel, to
So roughly handle u.s."
Thus spoke the girl, and father said
81 think it's Candle US"
Papa relented when he saw
His child begin to cry;
'sThere, there, you think my treatment harsh,
My daughter, Soda L
There, keep your lover, dry your eyes
And let's have no more row;
] did not like the man, but my
Opinion SdL-ered now"
The two were wed, and made pair.
BY no means 1ll-asSOrted;
And happy ever after were,
It's Guaranty reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

A perusal Of the letters of the Orange nobility
OF Ireland in reply to the "Rossmore Circular
eiLord Arthur Hill forces the conviction that a
few months attendance by them at one of our
Common schools would be of considerable ad-
,45a@e Innocent verbs and adiectives are
Ja,tered recklessly on the world by many ot
.tefn without the smallest provision tor tasjr
support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

The statistical probability of the superstition
that If thirteen cit down to table one OF them
will die in the course of the following twelve
months is given in French paper, from which
1t appears that, to make the death of one of a
company scientifically likely In the course OF
year. the number Of persons present. and their
ages ought to be as fnllnXs:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

The house No. II Portsmouth street. Lin
coin s-inn-fields, London, the '.Old Curiosity
Shop" of Dickens Is about to be demolished In
consequence of its dangerous condition. Since
Its impending collapse was reported to the
board Of works it has been inspected by hun
dreds Of visitors, including numerous Ameri-
cans. The premises have lately been used for
the storage Of waste paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12

So that, If thirteen persons, each of them IN
years old, sit down to table, the death Of one OF
them In the course Of the following twelve
months Is a scientific probability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

DelmonicO's Disappearance Weight
and Wealth the Cause-Langtry in
'PeriI' - The Siuggers s.Bal de
L'Opera''-The Old ssuard-BigelOyv
and Jaffray-That American Wife.
Etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-12


given to Pendergast. He had better go back to
Brooklyn.
"BAL DE L'OPERA."
The first French ball Of the season was held
last night at the Madison Square garden It
was officially known as "Bal de rOpera," but
among the knowing ones 1t was called ''a hat
check affair."" The tickets were nominaily $5,
Probably out Of the 1900 people who attended
the ball, not more than two or three persons
paid anything for their tickets. They are given
away by saloon keepers all over town. The
only money made by the proprietors Of the ball
was by that checks" Every man who entered
the garden was Immediately hustled into mar
row passage which led to the cloak room There
he was obliged to pay 90 Tor q hat check. After
showing his wraps through a pigeon hole he
| found himself free to do as he choose on the
| floor The % taken at the hat room is the onlv
revenue the projectors Of the ball had beside
the bar-rOOm tickets Women were admitted
tree and In many cases costumes were given to
them. Few or none OF the men were in Co.'S
tune. They wore the conventional evening
dress. The dancing was wild. and often indie
cent, but the police regulations were 80 strict
and Capt. Williams 80 omnipotent, that the
proprieties were sustained up to Q o'clock at
east. After that time 1t was quite disgracefnl
About two o'clock droves Of men. most of
them fathers OF families and highly respectable
IN every sense, came sweeping up to the Madi
sonavenue square garden in cabs from the Metro
politan opera house. They had been to the old
Guard ball with their wives and families. and
were ostensibly going to the club for SINNER
they did more to make the ball disreputable
than all the younger men combined. An apnar-
emily respectable man on q bender ia an awf,,l
engine OF destruction. He Is decelver ever.
THE OLD GUARD.
/ saw the procession at the Old Guard. II ia
one Of the few sights worth witnessing in the
ball season of New York. For wonder. # was
little late-mllitary men, as rule, are PROMPT.
as the managers are not quite accustomed TO
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-17
Potatoes a Dear Food.

As regards the nutritivc yaluc of the po-
tato, il Is well 70 understand that the COM
mon notion concerning lis chcapness as an
article of food is flllacy Taxing DR. Ed
ward Smiths figures, 700 grains of carbon
and u grains oi nitrogen are contained i'll
one pound OF potatoes; two and one-half
pounds OF potatoes are required to sup
ply the amount OF carbon contained
in one pound of bread Wi,h bread at
three half pence per pound, potatoes should
cost less than ope-half penny per pound, in
order 10 lie as cheap for the hard-working
man who requires an abundance of nitro
genous food.
My own observations III Ireland have
fully convinced me Of the wisdom of Will
lam Cobbett's denuuciation of the potato as
staple article Of food. The bulk that has
to be eaten and is eaten, in order to sus-
tain life. converts the potato feeder into
mere asSimilating machine during large
part of the day, and renders him unfit for
any kind of vigorous mental or bodily eX-
ertion If | were the autocratic Gar of
Ireland my first step toward the regenera-
ton of the Irish people would be the in
production, acclimatizing and dissemina-
ton of the Colorado beetle, in order to pro-
duce a complete and permanent potato
| famine. The effect of potato-feeding may
| be studied by watching the work of a potato
| fed Irish mower or reaper who comes across
! to work upon an English farm where the
! harvest-men are fed in the farmhouse and
| where beer is not excessive. The improve
ment of his working powers after two or
| three weeks of English feeding is compar-
able to that of horse when fed upon corn,
| beans and hay, after feeding on grass
| only w Mattieu Williams, in June Pop
! ular Science Monthly.
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\ NIirage in the Nubian Desert.

We were making about thirty miles
day sleeping solndly al night, when the
eyer-watchiul hyena, and occasionally
troop OF wild asses, would pay Us their noe
turnal visits, and upon the tCUrth morning
we began 10 approach The shores
of the Mirage Seas. These atmos-
pheric phenomena on the Nuhian Desert
are moi only very perfect limitations of real
lakes, but have on many occasions IN
weighed expeditions away, 90 perish Of heat
! and thirst. \ little time before my eNpe-
diuon to Central Africa body of Egyptian
| troops crossing this desert found their
| water almost at q boiling poiuJ in the skins
and nearly exhausted They bcheld, few
miles distant an apparent lake overshad-
| owed by Il forest and h0rdCrcd with verdure
and shrubbcry Although told hv the
| guide that it was AN illusion. thcy broke
ranks, started off in pursuit of the sheet OF
| water chasjngthe aerial phan, m. although
| it recedcd with the pace of tbe approach.
! VI last they sunk down from thirst and Ia
| tieue and died Tweye hours oa the desert
without water means . certain and terrible
| death and even 70 this day having been
near such an end, with all offs indcScrib-
able anguish, / seldom raise a glass of
water 10 my lips that / do no, recall = day
when | lay upon the burning sand aw,it-
! ing with impaticnce the moment that
should snap asunder the vital cord and give
peace TO my burning body. \ mirage GER
| tainly presents an Incompatible scenic
effect Once in its midst. you are encom-
passed by an imponderablc mirror. 1t re-
fleets the rocks, the mountains, the stray
mimosa trees, AMI reproduce, by inverted
mirage every prominent ohjccs Of the ex-
! tended landscape II has she blue of
polished platinum and lies like motion
less sea, stretching away from the craggy
bluffs. Sometimes during the MONDAY
heat it dances within 4 few yards of the
caravan, and gives motion 10 every object
within its area, changing The waste to the
scmbiancc of rolling seas pooplyl with the
scmblance of mems. Sou,AWortl, Les
lic,s SunlnN NanaZine
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"Coicannon and the Hoop of Gold.

4 party of ladies and gentlemen sat
around table on the night of Shrove Tues
day With merry expectancy in their faces,
each dipped into a large bowl as it was
passed before them, and then carefully ex-
amined the contents of the spoon. "No, I
didn't get it, said each unsuccessful one
as the bowl passed slowly around But
the doctor did" suddenly exclaimed q
voice, and all eyes turned toward DR.. Dunn,
a young bachelor Of this city, who proudly
held between his fingers a plain gold ring.
An | felt sure it would fall to you, doc
tor, said a friend; and now you can de-
pend upon il we will all watch you closely
in the future to note the powers of the tai
ismanic symbol. If you are not married
in six months there IS no virtue in col
cannon"
The occasion was. a "coicaunon party,
a popular Irish method OF celebrating
Shrove Tuesday, given by n F. Collins on
Webster avenue. ColcannOn is a MKT
ure of potatoes, cabbage and cream, and it
is distinctively an Irish dish. In bowl of
it a plain gold wedding-ring is hidden.
Each guest takes q small portion of it as it
is passed around, and the one who gets the
ring is supposed, according to tradition to
be the first to fall victim to Cupid'S dart,
fall in loYe and marry. What is to hap
pen, should one already married get the
ring, the traditions of the custom say not.
Perhaps ii means divorce, an 3pt sequence
to those who fall in love after marriage.
The custom prevails in Scotland, where
a ring is placed in a short-eakc; and in
England, where the day is known rs Pan
cake Tuesday the hoop of gcid is secreted
in one of heaping dish OF pancakes.-
[Chicago News.
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neath nf a Los AnceIes .Ionrnaiist,
OREGON.
Notes from Portland.

PORTLAND May 16th.-At the latest ac-
counts the salmon run on the lower Colum-
bia had decidedly improved.
The Chinese firm of Quong Yel & Co.
has suspended. Their total liabilities viii
reach 5000 1t is thought the firm VIII
adjust their difficulties and resume busi-
ness.
The suit of c. NJ. Read against the Ore
gon Improvement Company for 5000
damages, for injuries sustained while in the
employ of the company, resulted in YER
dict for defendant
News has been received that one Of the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-17

The California Missionary is the name of
a religious paper published monthly at Vi
salia, California, and of which the first
number appeared last month. Mrs. W i.
Folsom is the editor.
Oakland has new weekly, entitled Pa
ciHe Spiritual LeGdcr. 1t is TO be devoted to
"Spiritualism, Science, Literature and Gen
eral Intelligence" o. $. Ingham IS the
editor The paper is of five columns, eight
page form, and by its panoramic title-page
promises TO deal fully with the spiritual,
animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-17

CALIFoRNIA MIRAGEs.-We have all seen
on the plains here beautiful sheets of water
in appearance, in which men would look
like giants, sheep like buffalo, and small
houses hike great castles. Portions of a
level plain will sometimes seem to rise and
a ridge appear, where in fact there is no
ridge. The prettiest mirage we ever saw,
however, appeared to us the other day just
above Jacinto. A field of bright yellow
poppies were raised to an apparent hight OF
about twenty feet, so that they appeared as
an immense bouquet set in a sheet of wa
ter. The delusion was so perfect that il
was hard to realize the fact that these flow
ers were on level land, perhaps lower than
the intervening country, and that they
were really not over foot high, and on 6
dry plain,-lColusa Sun.
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WHOLE NO. lO,324.

men who stopped the stage near Baker
City few days ago, and robbed the treas
ure-boX and number of passengers, has
been captured. His name Is Abe Stanley
He was captured ON Dry creek Baker
county. Stanley's pal was with him at the
time. He fed, and managed "a escape. a
party is III hot pursuit, and his capture is
almost certain. SO far as known none of
the contents Of the teasure-hoN or articles
taken from the passengers have been recoy-
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PERsIsTENCY OF MICRosCoPIC LIFE
Among the collections stored in the muse
um of the Academy of Sciences of this city
is large jar of water taken several years
ago from Mono lake As is generally quite
well known, the waters of this lake possess
certain chemical properties that not only
destroy every form of animal life, but even
dissolves the bodies and bones if suffered
10 remain submerged within it for any con-
siderable length of time. Yet within this
Jar of water now in the rooms of the Acad-
emy may be seen certain microscopic forms
Of bacteria, living and multiplying profuse-
ly This is all the more remarkable from
the fact that the water has been reduced
fully one-third by evaporation, and of
course the destructive elements therein are
increased in power by the same proportion.
Rural Press
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WHITE-HAIRED WoMEN.-It is said that
the handsomest women in New York are
the white-haired ones, and that in no other
city in the world are there SO many at once
white haired and handsome. In Wash
ington there are some 5000 women with
snowy bangs and curls, and the winter
haired woman is the naughtier and more
dangerous she is. A gentleman who ought
TO know, if experience teaches anything,
saws Beware OF women with premature
gray hair. - Philadelphia Record.