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Another GrOyyl About the II. & O..
Road.

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Although there has been considerable said In
your valuable paper in regard to the B. g. o. r. r.
and the treatment of its patrons the half has not
been told. This being the first time ever used
your paper hope you viii give publication to what
have to say:
First it costs SCI for Communication ticket for
three months to Washington Grove, and So. so for
four monthS-three months at the rate OF 81 per
month, and one at 5000. There being ticket for
each month, is there any good reason why the pur-
chaser should not have the fourth month at the
same rate en-, making US for four months instead
Of $3.50?
Second. If you wish to move into the country the
middle or June, you obliged to pay for the full
month OF June, getting half months ride in re-
turn for your money. You can either do this or
stay In the city the hall month"; and let your family
go to the country.
lose s1O5O for there is no help but to get another
one or pay full fare notwithstanding the fact that
1t Is no good to the finder, because the conductors
are notified and are on the lookout. II 1t Ia found
after you have purchased another the company will
not refund. You are simply 5000 out, and no re-
dress. and what Is your loss is their gain. Here is
where the laugh comes ln-the company's.
new engine and better cars. The engine on the
Frederick trains being Old and played Din the shop
good share OF the tiine), 1t takes from Il to u
hours to go twenty-one miles, and Oftener the lat
ter than the former Mr. Garrett, this is no way to
build up your road.
Fifth, with the Increase of travel does not come
Increased facilities and guess never Will as long
as the people submit 10 being used like cattle Year
after year the same old rlckety engine and cars,
leaking like a riddle when 1t rains hard, and the
same old Ky conductor and creW-but pray let them
remain and take the rest.
The president viii do well to open his eyes to the
wants OF the travelling public Oh the Metropolitan
DIdnCu SUFFERER
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A ba!e's Adventure.

Mr. R. Kendall chairman of the West Coast If
America Telegraph Company, contributes the
following story to London paper:
as amatter Ofcuriosity and unique experience
In connection with the working OF submarine
telegraph cables. l beg leave to hand you some
extracts from the letters from our manager
on the west coast of South America and also
from the captain OF our eab,e-repairing steamer
The extracts 60 TO show that not only is 1t bad
for whale TO attack cable but so perfect
have the appliances for the repair Of cables now
become. that no matter where or in what depth
OF water they may be broken, they can almost
always be repaired as surely and as quickly in
lnd-Ocean as horse can be shod in black
smiths shop. Judging from the extracts it
would seem that the whale voluntarily attacked
the cable. and. having had free fight with it,
paid Tor his temerlty with his Iife for he was held
prisoner for seven days and then mangled unto
death The captain OF our repairing steamer
writes: Having picked up twenty-one knots Of
cable and while continuing picking up. an i'm
mense whale came up to the bows entaneledin the
cable. 1t seemed to beabOut seventy feet in
length. In its struggles to get free, the cable
cut right in to its side. the whole of its entrails
coming out, and great streams of blood. In its
last dying struggle it parted the cable on the
bow sheayes and foated windward of the
steamer. The cable was twisted up In the form
OF a wire rope for about two fathons, and in six
different parts Ii had the appearance of having
been bitten through sufficiently to stop all COM
munication. There is no doubt the whale
has been the cause Of the Interruption Our
manager also writes: The cause Of the
breakage OF the cable, as has been pointed out
to you in Captain Morton's report, was a huge
whale which became entangled in the turns of
the cable, and was held prisoner for seven
days; the interruption was unfortunate but
it is. at least, satisfactory to know that the
cable did not give way naturally, and that where
picked up. the sheathing. yarn, and core We're
serv alton; in Tact looked as good as on the day
the cable was first laid.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-30

Baron I4iebig claims that the downfall OF
Rome really began with the building of the
great sewers that detected the enormous
sewage OF the imperial city into the Tiber where
it became pollution and waste.
Mr.. James L. Edwards, then of Virginia. was
the first commissioner of pensions, serving from
1888 until 1850, when his office force consisted
OF fifteen clerks. where there is now an annual
pay roll Of 81, 900,0OO
One of the most remarkable telegraphic feats
on record. it is said was the recent delivery OF
a message from Melbourne, Australia, to Lon
don In twenty-three minutes. 1t went, by land
and sea, over l3, sos miles Of wire.
Mrs. Ella Sanford, of New York, has been dis
charged from the Roosevelt hospital, where she
had been admitted suffering from stab In the
back, inflicted with an ice-piek. Her husband
was charged with stabbing her, but at the hear
ing she said she had fallen asleep with the Ice
pick in her hand and, rolling out Of bed she
had received the wound. The justice was forced
to discharge the husband, though he refused to
believe the wlfe's story.
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As usual, the Xenia bank failure was a great
surprise. The most novel feature about IL "a
that the cashier went west
The S. James Gazette OF London. accumulates
horror on the Greedy horror by saving Of the
survivors: What Is perhaps more ghastly than
even the eating OF those who had died of scuryy
or starvation is the report that the amputated
limbs of some Of the party were devoured by the
rest While the sufferers were still alive"
An astute London club man saws that when
he hears so much OF scandals in the lives Of po-
litical candidates In the United States he is re-
minded OF the old story OF DR.. johnson: "0h,
doctor, said lady to him ore day, there are
great many naughty words in your dictionary"
Him, madam" said the great photographer,
you've been looking for them"
Guests at dinner in Morocco are obliged 70
wash their faces and hands seven times during
the meal, and while they are eating, slaves stand
around Iumigating them with incense.
A simple sunshine recorder is made by Prof
II. Macleod by placing globular bottle of water
before a camera in such a position that the
focused raw falls on O sheet OF sensitized paper
fin the camera box. As the sun makes Its daily
Journey 1t produces "A curved white line on
paper and when clouds cross the sun the line
stops.-Ddyton Journal
Prof. TyDdall, one OF the most noted Of scien-
fists. does not know the year OF his birth.
Experiments by De Champ, Of Paris, show
that man is more sensitive to morphine than Ia
any other animal. A dog can take FIVE and a
monkey fifty times as much, In proportion to
their respective weights. as human being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-30
A City without a Cat.
ONE OF THE PECCL1ARrTIEs OF LEADynIE, THE
ONLY AMERICAN TOWN WITHOUT A TABBY.

ONE OF THE PECCLIARITIEs OF LEADyILLE, THE
ONLY AMERICAN TOWN WITHOUT TABBY.
Leadville Letter in the st. Louis Globe Democrat
One OF the Queerest OF the many queer things
about "this here mining camp as most OF the
natives still call it, IS that in all the length and
breadth thereof there lives not single cat. Cats
have been imported here by the hundreds and In
all varieties OF color, breeding and size, but not
one has ever survived the second week OF resi-
dence. The midnight serenade, the backyard
clawing contest and the boot jack act are alike
unknown to the Leadvlian and his nightly sluln-
Der Is sound and sweet-a calm and undsturbed
repose. The healthieSt, sleekest cat In st. Louis
II brought TO Leady1lle, would lose all interest In
life the moment 1t reached here and, after moping
around In a sickly and diScOnSOlate way for a few
days, would reSignedly have fit and give I'D the
ghost A Saioon-keeper on State street brought a
big, strong Maltese from Denver few weeks ago
hoping the animal would survive the fits long
enough to become acclimated, but it was no use.
The cat had a fit the first day, two or three the
second, and then the number of attacks increased
In geometrical progression until, as the saloon
man said: "There were more fits than cat and the
cat had to give in"
However, as there are no rats or mice In Lead
vile there Is no real need OF cats and 1t makes
little difference whether they live or die The
thin atmosphere at this altitude 200 feet) is as
fatal to the Vermln as to their foe, and the In.
habitants are thus merctfully spared the 1nGic-
lions of both.
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Saturday Smiles.

Sir Lepel Griffin sneers at the Washington
monument. N. B.-The monument can stand
it-Boston Post
The act of an Omaha printer in setting fire to
newspaper office is very properly headlned as
"a typographical error. Indianapolis Journal
Be careful about what you say to barber sCut
1t short, old man." said customer to one who
was spinning long yarn In his ear while cutting
his hair. The result was a shaved head and
much profanity-Ne,o Orleans Picayaae
An editor has died in England who never
swOre at proofreader. 1t is said that he did
not go to heaven BY the ordinary route but was
translated by special license.
"Jay-Eye-See's Good Record" is the heading
OF an article in a sporting paper. 1t appears
that there was no ''wOman at the bottom of it
But let Jay-Eye-See run for the Presidency. and
his ''good record" will be torn into shreds-Nor-
rfsto,on Herald
1t was growing very late, but the yonng man
showed no signs of q disposition TO take his
leave. After relieving herself Of several yawns
the young lady said: You have been reading
about the Greedy expedition, haven't your" II
have. Why3" "And you have thought so much
about it that you fancy you are now in the
Arctic regions YOURSELF" "What makes you
think SOP" because you seem to be under the
impression that you are In a region where the
nights are six months long" He took his hat
Sonaerriae Journal
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JOINING BROKEN NERVES,
The Latest Feat in the Way OF Repara
tive Surgery.

SAsC SuHSSHSs
London journal says: The Academy of
Sciences was entertained the other day with a
description ofthe new operation which N. Tillaux
has performed with so much success. This is
the reparation of broken nerve after the two
ends have been long separated and the part OF
it which was so separated by an interval from
communication with the brain has become en-
tirely useless.
For a long time. indeed always until very
few days ago, it had been supposed impossible
to effect this junction, owing partly to the fact
that the two ends would contract SO as to be too
short to meet one another. Indeed, the sur
geons all with one consent declared that the thing
was Impossible and Inconsistent with the pril-
ciples OF their art. VI. Tillaux was of different
opinion, and has made two experiments which
show conclusively that he was right and the
faculty was wrong.
The first was case OF woman who had cut
through her wrist with pane of glass, severing
one of the most important nerves in the arm.
For four months the hand had been paralyZed,
and had lost all sense of feeling: but the doctor
has now sewn up the nerve, and the hand has
resumed all its power. The other case was still
more eextraordinary, being that of a man In
whose arm the nerve had been severed for
fourteen years, but whose cure was no less com
Dlete.
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WaNted-A Little Girl,

Where have they gone to-the little girls,
With natural manners and natural curlS3
Who love their doieS and like their toys,
And talk Of something besides the boys?
Little old women In plenty ind,
Mature in manners and old OF mind;
Little old 1irtS who talk OF their beaux"
And vie with each other In stylish Clothes
Little old bellies, who at nine and ten,
Are sick OF pleasure and tired OF men,
Weary of travel, OF balls, of fun
And ind no new thing under the sun.
Once, in the beautiful long ago,
Some dear little children used to kAow;
Girls who were merry as lambs at play,
And laughed and rollcked the nyeleng day.
They thought not at all Of the style" Of their
clothes,
They never imagined that boys were " beaux-
sOtner girls brothers, and "natesn were they:
Splendid fellows to help them play.
Where have they gone to? II you see
One of them, anywhere, send her to me-
would give medal OF purest gold
To one OF those dear little girls OF Old.
With an innocent heart and an open smile
Who knows not the meaning OF "hirt" or s'stylen
ELLA WHEELER.
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Caught by Boston Chaff.

Jnan.
81 don't believe In this tomfoolery about leap
year." said Boston maiden to her lover; lit 10
all nonsense. No girl could be so immodest as
to make downright proposal OF marriage to
her beau"
You are undoubtedly right" assented the
young man: 1.-The young ladies are not near
so anxious to get married as the young men, |"
''Oh. as to that" rejoined the maiden. 81
think you're mistaken. The girls are anxious
enough to get married. Few of them would
refuse an offer. l would jump at the chance
myself"
Would you really?"
'Try me and see."
He did try her. and there il another added TO
the list of marriages to take place after the sea-
son closes
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The Parting Promise.

From the Chicago Herald.
"Promise me one thing" she said, placing hel
arms about his neck as he stood on the platform
looking up the track for the train. Anything any,
thing, my angel remnant What Is lit Hurry up
the train is In sight"
'That you with not accept Presidential nonina.
ton while you are gone have always believed IN
you; l have never sought to go back into YOU
history beyond the hour when We first met. Promise
me Ii you are nominated you viii declinen
He was not nominated, and they dwelt togethe,
in harmony and peace to green old age and IN
death they were not divided.
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Lifted Over.

AS tender mothers guiding baby steps,
Where places come at which the tiny feet
Would trip, lift up the little ones In arms
OF love, and set them down beyond the harm,
So did Our Father watch the precious boy,
Led DER the stones by me, who stumbled oft
Myself, but stroye to help my darling on:
He saw the sweet limbs faltertng, and saw
Rough ways before us, where my arms would fail;
SO reached from heaven, and lifting the dear chlld
Who smiled In leaving me. He put him down,
Him walt for met Shall not then be glad,
And, thanking God, press on TO oyertake7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-30
A prominent alienist when asked what "

A prominent alienst when asked what was
the leading cause Of Insanity answered, sex
cess"
Oriental bronzes are now initiated In this
country with remarkable fidelity. The majority
are made OF spelter, within a thin shell of
bronze.
Cryolite, amineral which is of great value in
the potash manufacture, has been discovered In
the Yellowstone Park. Heretofore it has been
obtained only in Greenland.
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Other Publications. Received.

WHY I AM REPUBLICAN. A History of the Re-
publican Party, Def nse of its Policy, and the
Reasons which Justify its Continuance in Power.
Candidates By GEORGE s. BOUTWELL,. Hartford:
Vim. ]. Belts L. Co.
JOHN BULLS NEIGHBOR. IN HER TRUE LIGHT.
Beng an Answer to Some Recent French Crit
1c1sins; BY BRUTAL SAXON" New York: Richard
A. Saalfeld.
LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF GROVER CLEvF-
LAND. By PENDLEToN KING. New York: q. p.
Putnams Sons. Washington: Brentano Brothers.
SANITARY GLEANINGS Nos to 4. By BUsHRoD
W. JAMES, A. ii. Philadelphia.
TIE ART OF FICTION BY WALTER BEsaNr Bos-
ton: Cuppies Upham l. Co.
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The Prosperous Man.
From the st. Louis Critic.

She-Papa is very particular, and doubt
very much whether he will give his consent.
He-Why? She-He isopposed to my marry
ing a man who has not established himself
in business and, George, you know you have
not. How could you, dear. when all your
afternoons are spent at base ball games7
He-But, my love, l have hidden the truth
from you until now. wanted to give you a
glorious surprise. / do not 60 to base ball
games merely to look on. She-You are not
a. He-Yes. j am the. She-The
pitcher. Oh, George! This is indeed 10Y. /
thought from the size and color OF your hands
that you worked in LANYARD
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DeIaWare's Peach Crop.

From the New Era. Iancaster. Aug. 70.
II has been estimated that 20 600 persons, men
women and children, are at present at work in
the orchards, engaged in picking, culling and
handling the crop. Their wages are on an average
81 per day. which gives $4,000 as the sum
paid out daily in labor wages on account OF the
crop. That is pretty large SUN to be distribu-
ted among the working classes at season when
the usual harvest work Is about over. Sixty-six
million peaches are sent away daily. The weight
Of an average basket is 80 pounds which would
give us $500. GOO pounds. or 1850 tons Of fruit
now daily pulled from the peach orchards of lit
tie Delaware.
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CleOne.
CleOne.
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
The city is all binding glare
InSuferab and fiery air

S1SOAAcs
itten for THE EVENING STAR.
The city is all binding glare
Insurerable, and fiery air
Quivers from roof and street.
The dusty trees are crfmped and dry,
Under her window, passing by,
CleOne hears weary feet
SO hot the hour that one might swoon,
Though hidden frorn the glaring noon
And lattfGed from the light.
Through the green Jalousies there plays
A twilight from the outer blaze
Cleone is clad In white.
The bracelets on her arms are Old
Devices imaged In dead gold,
With curious gems inwrought.
A ruby held by tiger claws
CLOVIS where her bosom's misty gauze
In fluffy Cloud is caught
Her silken chambet, garnet-nued
And dim, is one for lassitude,
Where harsh sounds cannot reach.
There floats about the dusky room,
From silvern wicker. the perfume
OF muscatel and peach
From scarlet-crowned geranium beds
On bright lawn, warm od0r sheds
That steals to her repose,
Weighing the weary sense OF heat
Where, maSsed about a windOw-seat,
Are heliotrope and rose.
The figures outside passing throw
Shadows that on the ceiling flow
Like ripples on stream
One fly Swims In the stagnant air.
In To- 20
She moves as in dream.
Her hair is yellow as ripe wheat
June-sunned to harvest. warmly sweet,
And heavy as spun gold.
Such hair has Ceres going through
The corn leaves ere the evening dew
Is wet upon the void
Hair that mad lovers have entwined
Beseeching Cleone to be kind,
And, bending face to face,
Held 1t before their pleading eyes,
Kissing her through it with sharp signs,
She feigning conquered grace.
A Jeweled clock has softly stirred
The silence like dreaming bird
And gone to sleep again.
Cleone lies On her dainty bed
With one arm circled overhead,
The other full length lain.
Still flow the ripples On the wall
Lightly wilted rose let's fall
Its leaves, as If hand
Had touched 1t. Silence is intense
For opiate perfumes opulence
Has drOwSed the blue-Skied land.
She sleeps-her breathing Is as light
As zephyrs In starry night
That family fall and rise;
She sleeps-her moist lips bud and part,
A cactus blossom, at whose heart
A globe OF honey lies.
JOHN HENRY BoNgI
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strange sight was witnessed off Cape Fiat
terry recently. The water as far as could be seen
was thick with plentiful show Of herring. In
the midst of which, spouting and diving was
school of large whales. about 40 IN number,
ranging from 90 to 100 feet long. Diving down
with parting whlsk Of the tail and coming up
again with wide open mouths, they would cap
ture immense quantities of the fnny tribe.
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a New Distinction.

Tr0in II w IeJTlIUn IeI- lraIh.
On ti4a tram to-day was a colOred singing
trCHre- The prominent "cOIOred gemmanr of
the band ?!3ced himself In the smoking car, and
wien The conductor came along he handed him
several tickets. saving: "DcSe tickets are for the
One uncOlJr,7i1
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
OUTDOOR PASTI,IEs.

Open Air Pleasures of Various Kinds
angling in the Potomac - The APP.
preaching Races M Ivy City-Events
Among the Canoeists - Hase Ball,
Eouiing. &c.
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The bicycle n Vehicle Under the Law.

Lawyer HeStOG, OF the Boston Cyclists Touring
club, mounted ON a bicycle encountered wagon
placed croSswiSe OF the street. as to prevent his
passage. An attempt TO turn the horse around
beng CnsucceSSfully made. owing to the opposition
OF the driver, Mr. Weston timed the obstruction,
end. uAing 10 more than the six minutes allowed
IL law, he brought an action for damages The
C"ten81ntS Ur,uucnt was that bicycle did not
come within th legal or popular definition of the
Np-d Veuic.e- Judge adams. howeV en- had not the
gntest doubt. II the question was brought before
The supreme court, tut that bicycle would be ad-
Judged a vehicle under the statutes
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TIE MONMOUTH NONCAEST.SoyernorA Albeit or
Ee% jersey. and other state Officers have consulted
with the lrtlStees OF the Monmouth Battle Mouu-
I-eht ta-ocittioh Feid.lNc 10 the approaching
u-Veiitns ceremonies A committee, consisting OF
Governor Albeit, Controller Anderson, Senator
Eppi-,sste, Theodore ". Morris. Speaker StOney
E>e!1.sly man Cbatto. J9IaeS s. Gard, and john B.
{ ii.fer, Was AZ g0nitd 10 arraLse the date AID
G -GllS
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OPINIONS OF DEALERS AS TO THE CONDITION
OF THE OYSTER AND THE PROBABLE SUPPLY
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE OYSTER
INDUsTRY-OYSTERs USED As MONEY-THACKE-
RAYS OPINION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-30

VT Grant Parish. Of this city, will supern-
It'd the liberation Of SD Antwerp carriers the
latter Fart Of next month from OFF the Capitol
dome During TIE PAST month several young
birds have flown 10 miles In private tests.
which las created a spirited feeling among
Sporting gentlemen throughout the country.
AID Las caused preparation to be made for a
union meet Of Antwerp homers on a scale
greater than such events in Belgium Sporting
flnc.rt~ Jf a Great distance will send crates OF
tested birds 10 participate in the great meet
! here Wisi Dee no prizes. the honor of owning
The winning bird ont OF such number will he
looked upon as 4 great trophy
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THE HARVEST MOON.

One of the most charming Of lunar phenomena
will occur during the first autumnal month,
when, after the full, the moon will rise for four
consecutive evenings with an average interval
OF only 35 minutes between the risings. We
may not think with the agriculturists OF old that
by mercifui interpostion of Providence. the
day is thus prolonged to help the husbandman
in his labor. But We may be equally grateful
for the beauty of the scene, when floods of
silyery moonlight quickly succeed the short
Of our satellite in producing effects of light and
shade that no human pencil can reproduce in
its perfection of restfuness, softness and seren-
ity, SO deliciously harmonizing with natures
great harvest festival