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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24

The injunction restraining the Adams Express
company from refusing Baltimore and Ohio freight
has been dissolved In Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24

OF every description executed on short notice ana at
fAir pEicaA ooI.Im
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24

"A1defMey Ualfy WaYOnSs"
Fresh Attorney Butter, churned every morning,
ana delivered In halfpound "Ward" prints, 45c per
pound. Also, Cottage Cheese, Butternilk ana sweet
MILK &C. per quart. Cream 15c. pint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24
HONE. SWEET HOVE.

CARRIERS. III MARKET SPACE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24

a DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE AT C,RIIN SPRINGS,
NA-The first barbecue held In this vicinity since
1850 WAS held yesterday at Carlln Springs Va by
the democrats OF Fairfax and Alexandria counties
Six SHEEP and one OK Were roasted and served TO
an audience OF over 1900 persons. who were
seated az long tables spread on the grass Many
prominent persons were present. including about
80 ladies' MeSsrs. John f. Norris. General Eppa
HuntOn- Edward ID. Wright, Howard Clagett and
Dr. BALDWIN delivered addresses An extra train
on the Chesapeake and Ohio road was run from
THIS city In order 10 accommodate the large crowd
VIII Oh left here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-24

DIVIDING METHODIST DrsrRIcT.-Bishop An
crews, on the NJ. E church, has divided west Balti
more district, OF the Baltimore conference, amoug
the other four districts, the arrangement TO hold
until TIE next meeting OF the conference. Tn
Baltimore district, is going TO India as q mis-
Sonary.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

and the Mexican boy back to apprise
Lieutenant Baldwin of the state of
affairs and while we were waiting for
convinced he was dead. Espinosa still
lived, however, and we could only get
at him by making charge, which
would expose us to his fire. This we
finally did. He fired, but without eff
feet, and then shot him a second time
and he fell back his shoulders striking
between the trunks of two fallen trees
and sustaining him. In that position
he died. He held his pistol clutched IN
his hand. L succeeded in getting it
from him and tried to talk to him, but
he stared at me and muttered something
about our being brutes. When he was
dead took my knife and cut off his
head. 1t was ghastly job and didn't
like to look at it afterwards. Then L
told the Mexican boyt" Tn and 'ut off
the head Of the other fellow. He took
the knife and went away. but came
back soon without the head. L said:
why didn't you cut off his headp' The
boy said he thought the dead man was
his cousin. / told him that made no
difference. The dead man was an out
law and L wanted him to go back and
cut off his head. He did so, and we
took the heads to Fort Garland, where
Colonel Tappan took charge of them.
/ gave the knife | took from Espinosa
to Colonel Tappan and the one used
in cutting off EsDinosa's head to Lieu
tenant Welt. don't know what be-
came of them afterwards nor of the
heads, but I've heard lots of stories. -
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

of woollen cloth along the sides and
tops. The opening at the bottom of
doors is usually the largest. For these,
take pieces of small scantling, Of the
proper length, and cover with old:carpet
or other convenient fabric, stuffing the
side which goes against the door, with
wool, or cotton, or even hay, to make a
sort of cushion. While it is well enough
to have the kitchen door open directly
into the room in summer, 1t is very un-
comfortable for the inmates in winter.
If possible, storm door which can be
closed before the kitchen door isopened,
should be provided. This may be made
10 such manner as to be taken. away
In warm weather and stored for fur
ture use. Sleeping rooms in farm hous-
es are usually cold. Those who suffer
from cold feet should not be deferred
from making themselves comfortble
through fear or being thought "old
womanish." If one cannot sleep on
account of cold feet he should warm
them. Bottles of hot water will answer,
but are not so good as blocks of soap.
stone. Blocks of hardwood, that have
no tuIpentlne, il placed in the stove
oven early in the evening, will be found
excellent foot warmers. In driving in
the country in very cold weather, foot
warmer of some kind will add greatly
to the comfort of those making the
journey.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

One Of the keenest and most mercl-
less of Partisan usurers some fifty years
ago was one Guibert, who not only
lent money at extortionate prices and
compelled his victims to take part of
the loan in bad and worthless goods,
but engaged in absolute swindling.
He was convicted and sentenced to
imprisonment, but by powerful in
auence and the use Of money
he avoided his punishment, to
the intense disgust of the community
at large, but especially of the many
people he had swindled or ''bled." He
had been assaulted several times, and
so never appeared in the streets alone.
One day, as he was passing along the
Rue Louis lie Grand, Guibert was shot
in the arm, but as no one had seen the
assailant, and as he made no complaint
the theory that the pistol had been dis
charged by a jealous woman was set
atloat and accepted. Eleven days later,
as Guibert and his brother-in-law, Fer
luc were passing along the Rue Neuve
st. Augustine, the former was shot dead.
A cOcher, jumping from his coach, col
Jared a young man as the murderer I;
but the man shook off his grasp with a
laugh and the exclamation:
"What do you mean?"
Several other men bu stled around
them, saying:
"This is mistake. This isn't the
man."
All this confused the coachman so
that he released his prisoner, who walk
ed away unconcernedly. The police
made some twenty arrests, and put a
watch upon every one of Guibert's
debtors, but the usurer's murder was
never fonnd.
Just two years before that to day,
a still more mysterious crime had been
committed inside of the bank of France.
As M. Bouron, snb-cashier, was
passing along dusty corridor, leading
from the central safe to his desk, hay
ing under his arm package containing
more than 100000 in bank notes, one
man thTottled him while another seized
the money. Bouron powerful man,
shook them off and shouted "Murderl"
when the clerks and watchman ran to
his aid. One of the robbers lowered
his head and made dash for the street;
he butted two or three over, but was
finally overpowered. His accomplice lei
surely adjusted his hat and cuffs and
walked calmly out of the place, no one
knowing as yet that two had been con-
cerned in the attempt. The handsome
and well-dressed-man was taken to the
police office. but on being asked his
name he drew a pistol and blew out
his / rains. Though one hundred thou
sand persons inspected his efigy at the
morgue, and the bank offered great
reward, no one ever identified the dead
man, nor was his companion ever heard
of,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
Dickens Early Days.

There IS a queer old curiosity shop
in Fetter lane, London, which many
years ago was circulating library and
was much frequented by Dickens. The
ancieut and eccentric dame who is the
proprietor has many "reminiscences of
the novelist, for whom she had great
liking, In those early days Dickens
was devourer of sensational novels,
and was particularly attached to the
lawless Turpins and the daredevil
Kidds who figured in some of the ro-
mances Of the time. He never went
away without a pile of books under his
arm, which he used to return at his
next visit. Dickens, so goes the story,
was generally accompanied by a friend
named Wiffen, who was apprenticed to
a gold and silver smith close by. These
two and the old DANES husband,
who is a master printer, used to sit
long together in the little shop, where
the details of the last new novel, the
last murder, the latest forgery, or the
most recent sensation were discussed
with fervid eagerness which grew in
intensity as the moments flew by.
Wiffen was boisterous youth, full of
animal spirits, with hearty, exhilerat-
ing laugh and hot temper. One mem
orable evening these two had a rare
quarrel, and the old dame gives vivid
account, which it would be impossible
to describe, of how they quarreled
about FennimoreCooper's "Red Rover'
which they had both been reading.
Wiffen denounced the American novel
ist soundly for abusing the great Eng
lish nation and for praising his own.
Dickens took up the cudgels on
his behalf, and protested with unusual
fire that a novelist who took any other
course was base renegade. The DIS
pute waxed warmer, and Dickens
snatched the unlucky volume and
hurled it at the head of poor Wiffen.
However, peace was made between
them, and no more was said about the
matter.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

Burdett says Cain was tue first boy
and all his education depended on his
inexperienced parents. There were no
other boys in the republic to teach Oain
how to lie, smoke, drink, fight, cheat
and steal. There were no country re-
lations upon whom little Cain could be
inflicted for two or three weeks. when
his wearied parents wanted a little rest.
| don't wonder that Cain turned out
bad. Ialways said he would. We all
have our own boys to look after, as your
neighbor has boy whom you can look
after much more closely than his moth
er can, and much more to your own sat
isfaction than to the boys comfort.
Your boy is like Adams boy; he asks
questions, and if there is any truth in
the old theory of transmigration of
souls, whena boy dies he will pass into
an interrogation point. The older he
grows the more questions he asks. The
oldest boy / ever knew was fifty
seven years old, and l went to school to
him, and he did ask the longest, hard
est, crookedest questions that no boy
could answer. And now your boy, ceas'
ing to ask questions, begins to answer
them, until you stand amazed at the
breadth and depth of his knowledge,
He wants to be missionary-or q
pirate. So far as he expresses any pre-,
ference he would rather be pirate
where there are more chances of making
money and fewer fer being devoured
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

Messrs. Spencer and Rldenour, who
returned from their rich copper dis
coveries, have told of discovery they
made when in the Grand Canon, Colo
rado. In the basin of the canon, which
was once sand bed, and probably a
thousand years ago broad, level plain
(but the narrow passageway is now
hemmed in by walls 1l8 feet high),
they came upon an imprint III the sand
rock denoting bare foot, with toes,
instep and heel as plain and unmistak-
able as the orb of day. 1t measured
twenty-six inches in length and twelve
in width The average depth of the
imprint is four inches, while at the
ball of the foot it is six inches. These
imprints appear along the edge of the
narrow passageway for some distance,
and they are distinctly ana evenly
eighteen feet apart, showing the great
distance the monster with the human
foot could make at single step. The
men had only three pack mules and
prospecting tools with them, or they
would have taken out the rock contain
ing the loot imprint, but it is their in
tention to return to perform the work,
and bring these evidences Of monster
human race to the public gaze.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
A Lenp Tear German.

The large and imposing domicile on
Franklin street, a few doors above
Pearl, Baltimore, which has of late re-
mained vacant by reason of its having
acquired the reputation of being in
hablted by the invisible and intangible
citizens of the unseen world, was re-
Gently metamorphosed into a scene
where fairies and spirits Of flesh and
blood were the actors. The place was
brilliant with light, decorated in floral
splendor, and radiant with beauty.
A number of well-known society young
ladies had conceived the idea of giving
a leap year party TO their gentlemen
friends, and being impressed with an
appreciation of the weird and fantas-
tic, concluded to use the dread abode
of hobgoblns and apparitions for the
occasion. Elaborate preparations were
made, and it proved to be an interesting
affair. The toilets were of the utmost
richness and loveliness: flowers bloomed
upon the walls; and music, sweet
enough to charm the ghostly inhabi-
nts themselves, floated through the
spacious apartments. The party whiled
the happy hours away in the may waltz
and the inspiriting quadrille, after
which a collation. was served, and if
any ghostly visitor appeared it must
have been at the banquet, judging from
the supernatural rapldity with which
the viands disappeared. Interesting
features of the occasion were the grace
displayed by the ladies in choosing
their partners for the German, and
the bewitching manner in which they
offered propositions of matrimony.
All the expenses connected with the
novel event were betrayed by the fair
ones.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
An Indian Hero OF Eighty.

Heroes are not all dead. Joseph
Dana Is only an Indian, so years old,
and like many others, he sometimes
imbibes the exhilerating fluid. He
stands about six feet unshod, is broad
shouldered, full-chested, carries his
cad erect, and has a straight spin 2.
column. On November 10, at about 4
O'Clock, he arrived at Lincoln, Maine,
on ride from Lee, a distance of twelve
miles. Being thinly clad he was cold,
and, being cold, naturally wanted
something warm on the inside. While
in the act of taking his inner warming
the cry cane: "a boy in the pondl A
boy drowningl The ice has broken and
lots are in the waterl" sounded on his
ear. Like a chieftain of old of his trihe
at the sound Of the war-hoop, he
leaped through the door with Indian
strides, rushed to the scene of danger,
and stayed not his pace until he broke
through the ice within about ten feet OF
NnblO lOul olhthil bO9o hSlO OIL uSSllllb
for life. Then, as a wild moose escap.
ing the hounds breaks the ice with his
fore feet, so Dana with his fists and
giant arms smashed the ice between
himself and the drowning boys. He
reached them, and with the aid of an
otner indian who had plunged into the
water, three were landed. The other, q
boy of about six years, had risen and
sunk twice, and was then beneath the
cold water, far from reach of rope ol
pole. 1t was then Joseph showed him
self a hero. Pluuging beneath the ice,
nearly chilled to death himself, he
grasped the boy and brought him to
the surface in an exhausted condition
Life was not quite extinct, and though
the sled rope had to be cut before il
could be taken from his hands, through
prompt and skillfui efforts the boy still
lives.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
Interview with n Peanut.

"Only a peanut. True, sir; but ]
want to call your attention to the fact
that there is vast difference in pea
nuts" said the peanut to the reporter.
Do you suppose for an instant that ]
would associate with one Of those little
miserable scraggy fourth Of July and
cattle show peanuts which come from
Tennessee and sell for FIVE cents a
quart? No, sir. A quart of us will
cost you from fifteen to twenty cents,
according to the idea of the dealer Of
what his profit ought to be. / was
raised in old Virginia, and am proud
to say that belong to family that has
no superior in the world. We are all
fat, healthy, well-conditioned indivi-
duals ard everybody likes us. lou
would scarcely believe it, but there are
800 bushels of us brought into Boston
every week, taking an average for the
year round. That means 2, 400, 900 pea
nuts, almost pint for each man, wo-
man and child in the city. But the
fact is, only about half of that quantity
are eaten by Bostonians. The other
half go round into country towns to be
gobbled up by the Unsuitable populace.
We are nothing in this world but a
large bean with shell around us, and
grow on a root In the ground. We are
not at all popular in raw state, but we
have the advantage of keeping pretty
well preserved until the time comes to
bake us; so they don't bake us now un-
til they are ready to sell us. That is
tine reason why you can no longer find
us in stores as you used to. The Ital-
ian peddler with his little roaster and
his cheap prices has cut the regular
dealer out entirely. So we have come
to be Bohemians, and if anybody at
tempts to eat bag Of us in horse-car
or theatre folks laugh. If they knew
more about us they would not laugh.
If they knew how many farmers had
made fortune off of us in Virginia
they might be more respectful. We are
ruch more profitable than cotton or TO-
bacco, and folks eat all they can get Of
us. You may not think we are neces-
sity, but facts show otherwise. During
war times, when they couldn't send US
up North from the Southern States,
they sent way to Africa and Spain fol
us. Our foreign cousins were quite
popular for a while, but we demonstrat.
ed our superiority by running them out
of the market in jiffy after the wal
closed. Who do you think is our CHIEF
rival in commerce. You would never
guess it. The peach. Just as soon a.
peaches come we fall away In the pub
lie estimation and while the peach is in
the height of its favor there is scarcely
any show for us at all, but the moment
the peach disappears the children begiI
to cry for us again. And between yor
and ], it is the girls and boys, who
know good thing when they see it
who are our chief admirers. Country
men on a spree are also said to be par
tial to us, but that is libel, think
The best way TO have some fun with u
is to guess how many of us it takes t.
fill quart measure and then buy {
quart ana see how ignorant you are
about the commonest thlngS.n
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

The comfort of the farmers family
should not be overlooked. Very old
farm houses, and those that are cheaply
built for temporary use until better
can be afforded, are often uncomforta-
BILE in severe we lther. Windows and
doors admit the external air more freely
than is required for ventilation. Wealth
er strips made of India rubber are very
effective, but they are not to be had
ey lrywhere, and require more of an
outlay than IS always convenient. A
little ingenuity will provide esubstitutes.
For the windows, place small wedges
between the upper and lower sashes, to
prevent rafting, then paste on strips
of brown paper to cl pse all the cracks,
using stiff flour paste, or that made ofrye
meal with a little alum added. 1t is
well to leave one upper sash to he let
down, as IL may be required for venti-
lation. Doors may be made tight by
tacking tailor's listing or folded strips
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

History has told of it; architecture
derides it. Progress looks back upon
it with curling lip; but the heart Of the
creole treasures its images and its mem
ories. The stranger hastens to it as the
Moslem to his Mecca, and the long,
low stretch of roof, pillar and pavement
are, usually, the quantest object in the
qualntest city of the land.
1t is to New Orleans what old Tenn
pie Bar was to London-and more.
Each marked the limit of the ancient
city. But Temple Bar is gone. The
French market stands intact. The in
quiring traveller Of to-day fingers hesi-
tatlng and uncertain near the line
where old London ended; but from
under the protecting sheds of the old
French Market he who possesses appre-
ciative sympathy looks with twinkling
eye, whispering those most blessed of
all blessed words II know"
1t is the cradle of New Orleans.
Struggled in a corner of The little old
town, it lulled her children to slumbers
from which many of them are but now
awaking. The songs of France which
once filed the ear now mingle with
voices from every cline and people.
Swarming about the neighboriog cafes,
shops are sailors lodging houses,
strolling up and down the corridors,
pouring over upon the levee beyond,
the bustling chattering throng seems,
in its passage, to hold an unseen gate
shutting America out. All tongues
heard in the girdling Of the globe there
tease the unfamiliar ear. But the
speech of progress and enlightenment,
expansion and uplifting, the one stead
lily absorbing all others as the speech of
human intercourse, is, there, like one
among gathering of masks-eager to
recognize, yet shrinking from utterance.
Yet this is the very charm of that odd
locality, exhaling the odor Of crushed
and extinct eras.
OF itself the market is nothing, A
mere shed; roof supported by smooth
shafts Of iron, underneath, pavement
of stone fags-that is all. But as for
generations it has sat there compla-
Gently dabbling its feet in the onward
flow Of the Mississippi, so it and all in
its shadow have sat just there, playing
in the progressing current Of the on
ward-leaping world, and that same
world turns aside for a moment to look
curiously upon it. In the fierce pas
sions bursting forth in murderous point
Of the vendetta between Milanese and
Palermite nurtured at its borders, the
old markets history has its darker side.
So has life. But it is not such that we
love to contemplate.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

STUFFING.-To make a good stuffiug
for turkeys or other fowls and veal, chop
finely one-quarter of a pound of suet;
mix with it twice the quantity OF bread
crumbs, large spoonful of parsley, a
teaspoonlul of thyme and mar Ioram
mixed, one-eighth of nutmeg, some
grated lemon-peel, salt and pepper, and
bind the whole with TWO eggs. A tea
spoonful of finely shred shallot or on
ion may be added at pleasure.
PUDDING made of cracked wheat is
very agreeable and nourishing. To one
quart of sweet milk allow nearly half
a oupful OF cracked wheat; put it in a
pudding dish and bake slowly for two
hours, stirring it several times. If you
choose to do so you can add raisins
and little cinnamon for favoring, but
most people prefer it well salted, and
to eat IL with little cream and sugar.
This is nice both warm and cold.
an improvement in base balls, or
balls for any games where they are sub
Jected to rough usage, has been paten-
ted by a man in Fleetwood, Pa. 1t
consists in having the cover fastened
upon the ball by stitching which is en-
tirely upon the inside, and is not ex-
posed or apparent upon the exterior at
all,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

1t is estimated that nine-tenths of all
fires are caused by carelessness. Now
is the season when the lantern is fire.
quently used in the barn, and we give a
word Of caution. Never light a lamp
or lantern Of any kind in the barn.
Smokers may include their pipes and
cigars in the above. The lantern should
be lighted In the house or some out
building where no combusitbles are
stored. A lantern which does not burn
well should never be pat in order in the
hay NOW. There is great temptation
to strike a match and relight an ex-
tinguished lantern, wherever it may be.
1t is best to even feel ones way out to
a safe place than to run any risks. If
the light is not kept in the hand, 1t
should be hung up. Provide hooks in
the various rooms where the lights are
used. A wire running the whole length
of the horse stable at the rear of the
stalls and furnished with sliding hook
is very convenient for night work with
the horses. Some farmers are so care
less as to keep the lamp oil in the barn
and fill the lantern there while the wick
is burning. Such risks are too great,
even if the buildings are Ensured.