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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-31

THE RELIEF STEAMERS ON TEE NISsIss,PPL-Gen.
Beckwith has advised the Secretary OF War that
the steamer A. A. HUMPHREYS was to leave ST
Louis Sunday morning, loaded with a., 900 rations
for Vicksburg and the lower Mississippi. and that
the steamer Barnard was to leave soon as she
could be got ready with the remainder Of the sup
niles.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
Carlyle and the Clerk.

1t is well-known that Thomas Car
lyle hated the city. One day business
induced him to enter its precincts.
Wishing to be informed as to certain
locality, of the whereabouts of which
he had no notion, he stopped young
man in the neighborhood of the Bank
and asked of him the direction. The
young man, recognizing his interlocu-
tor, at once volunteered to accompany
him to the required spot On the way
Carlyle opened conversation with the
young man, and elected from him the
fact that he was a clerk in city house
at a weekly salary. Arriving at their
journeys end, Carlyle turned to his
guide with "Now, young man, you
may CO."
THANK you," said the clerk, by way
of a gentle reminder.
THANK you for whatpn asked the
sage. young man." said he with en-
phasis, honesty is the pivot on which
the actions of many should hang. You
have stolen your employers time, and
now you come and ask me to thank you
for having done so: The receiver is
worse than the thief! Get to your
work."
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

A gentleman who owns fine tract
of cedar land not far from Austin, Tex,
few days ago was told that some ne
groes were cutting down the timber, so
he rode out to see about it. To his as
constituent he found a wealthy white
neighbor, with team and wagon, haul
ing off the timber.
"Why, l am astonishcd, colonel, y"
said the owner Of the land. II heard
that a lot of negroes were stealing my
timber You ought to be ashamed of
yourself. 49, 80 M
"Well, to tell the truth" responded
the other party, 81 do hate to steal
the timber like darby, but these cedar
trees make such bully fence rails that /
concluded to drop all pride of race. :"
TEXAS Siftings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

In Grand Traverse county every
Republican nominee received hand
some uajo:iy.
The TINES notes that w. II.
Francis, State Senator elect in the
ash district, has majority of 1913.
The Grand Traverse Herald truth
fully says, Congressman IIorr' S
defeat il State calamity. He was
an IL, fuigible worker and will be
greatly missed on committees as well
as on the floor"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
The Type-Writing Girl.

The stenographer is rapidly being
succeeded,by the typewriter, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Men are too clumsy
to acquire great facility at this sort OF
work, and 1t seems especially suited to
women. The advantages which it pos
sesscs over'the older fashion is that the
work is finished when the operator has
reached the end. A large element of
uncertainty enters into life when one
employs n stenographer. With the
type-writing girls it is different. As a
rule they arc busy copying Supreme
court papers, which, by the way, they
lay aside without the slightest regret,
and they are apparently the. only peo-
pie who look with contempt upon the
Supreme court, and begin at once to
prepare for work. .s-zrf9..r-ar--C
The preparation is the longest part of
it. After few general remarks about
the weather she removes her rings one
after the other, looks ut them carefully,
places them in an orderly row beside
the typewriter, pulls a hair-pin ont OF
the forward part Of her bang, examines
it and then thrusts it with unquestion-
ed belligerence into the back of her
head. Then she yawns prodigiously,
leans back in her chair, and says she is
ready. When you begin she suddenly
remembers, rises from the machine,
goes to the washstand, toys with the
faucets for few moments, touches the
ends of her fingers to the towel, then
comes back by way of the mirror.
/ have become convinced by long ex-
perience that the average typewriter
never really cares to wash her hand. 1t
is strategic subterfuge for the pur-
pose of affording her an opportunity to
look in the mirror. She returns, throws
herself carelessly into the chair and
briskly puts sheet of paper into the
machine. Having done this she with
draws the paper, turns it around and
puts it in in that way. This is a sys-
tenn they never depart from under any
circumstances. She is not ready yet,
however. At this point it becomes nee
essary to open small drawer at the
right hand side of the typewriter, fish
out more or less snowy purse, glance
critically and somewhat sadly within,
throw the purse back again, and bring
iOl vi du ilh-CldoCl, iuOpCi, IL
knife, and a half-eaten apple or peach.
Some one will probably interrupt her
for quiet chat, and after that if you
are still there You will be thoroughly
started.
Once under way, an expert type
writer is fully as fast as the average
stenographer, and when you have fin
ished debating you may take the man.
uscript away with you. have observ-
ed one popularity about the female
typewriter. She never makes mis-
take. 1t is always the machine. II
she puts sixteen vowels in the word
Through" she first hits the keyboard
violently, then raises the roof of the
structure, pokes at the types with her
first finger, INDUCES in some airy criti-
cisms Of the manufacture, brings the
whole thing together violently again,
and continues to make the most griev-
Gus and absurd errors with face of ut
ter satisfaction and unrutfled high spir-
its. She eventually marres the man.
aging clerk of the law Office.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
Thousands of Trunks.

From 5000 to 1000 trunks Il day have
been arriving in Philadelphia by cars
and boats for several weeks past.
These trunks have been a-summering.
They have been pretty nearly every
where on this broad earth's surface and
have returned from the hills and the
dales, from the seaside and the river
banks and from away over the sea.
Lots of them have been to Paris and
seen al that the name implies. A great
many. now that the theatrical season is
fairly opened, have come to town to
look after the people who instruct, en-
terrain and amuse sojOurners here dur
ing the fall and winter. Many of these
trunks are as instructive and amusing as
their masters and mistresscs, if you
look at them rightly. They are of all
shapes and sizes-big, little. square and
oblong, fat and bulgy, tall and thin.
Some OF them are aged and infirm,
others are youthful and vigorous, and
like their masters and mistresses, they
are of all degrees of condition and
style.
'''Now that's nice lot of stuff over
there, said Dan Watson, the baggage
master at the Pennsylvania depot.
.'Comc over and I'll show it to you.
Just look at it! Some pieces don't look
as if they would bring twenty-five cents
apiece at auction. Look at these
scratched and shaky looking wooden
posts. These are marble pillars, my
boy, that will stand this evening on
either side of magnificent gate which
opens into the lordly grounds of His
Imperial Highness the Grand Duke.
The stages, you know, and the lights
and scenes will make all the difference.
Casting his eyes about the immense
baggage room the reporter thought it
looked as though a thousand English
hunters had arrived with their usual
quantities of luggage and were on
their way to the plains to shoot buffalo.
Theatrical and other companies travel
with 80 to 500 pieces of baggage. Ma
pleson's opera company had as high as
800 pieces. Some of them take their
own scenery wagons with them, as
such conveyance cannot be procured in
every city. Upon inquiry at the hotels
the clerks informed the reporter that
since the centennial exhibition they
have not been more crowded than they
now are. They have little room for
any more trunks with their owners
PhtladeIpkiG Times
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

his pace viii soon be naturally lncreas-
ci. l once heard a mother ask her
boy some question which she suspected
he might not readily answer correctly,
aud she added: ''Now, take good
long time to think it over" She told
me that this was common habit of
hers, but she forgot that the boy might
be forming habit rs well. Long years
after, when | met him again, if you had
asked him the name of the President,
his own age, or the day of the week, he
would have scratched his head, rubbed
his right leg with his left, and finally
drawled out "W-a-l-l, sir, I'm sure
this is Wednesday" One need not I've
so rapid of speech rs to do all the talk
ing, nor so prompt to answer that they
may be mistaken three times out of
five, but speech and memory can fall
into the habit of tagging or be kept on
fair edge. All men are born with
memories, but one with n memory bet
ter than another has cultivated it. D.
'John, are you coming IMP"
.Y-a-a-s."
William, are you coraing inP"
Eyes, sir"
There is an example of habit. John
has just as much respect for his father
as William has, but he has fallen into
the habit of answering in the handiest
way, and his father has fallen into the
habit of permitting it. "Oh, what's
the difference?" you exclaim. Well,
John let that habit grow on him until
it will be 'yaas" and "naw" to strang-
ers-ladies-ev everybody, and he will
create aversion in place of friendship.
And more than that. l stood in store
the other day when boy came in and
applied for situation.
Scan you write good hand?" was
asked.
"Yaas.n
Good at iigures?'
"Yaas."
"Know the city well?"
"Yaas."
That will do don't want you,"
said the merchant.
But" | said, when the boy had
gone, 81 know that lad to be an hon
est, industrious boy. Why don't you
give him chanceP"
Because he hasn't learned to say
Yes, sir, and No, sir If he answers
me as he did when applying for Il stu.
alton, how will he answer customers
after being here month";
fallen into habit, young ms he was,
that had turned him away from the
first situation he had ever applied for.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
Bill Spriggs' Objection to Thorough
BREEDS.

"What's the use of turnin' things up
side down an your pockets inside. out
over any thoroughbred or extraordin-
arily gifted stock? What dye want in
this part O. country with cow, for in
stance, as III give washtub full O. milk
several times a day. No farmin' man
can, or will, live on milk alone; an af-
ter you've used all the butter for the
table an hair-oil purposes you can,
you'll have some Left on your hands,
an you can't compete with eleomargar-
inc that has no hair. For every extra
pint a thoroughbred gives she consumes
so much more feed than yer common
ole muley I'll keep fat on, an give
enough milk of mild blue cloyin' ten
dency, too. Feed IS worth more to us
farmers than milk, lots more. Thaint
no successful artificial hay an corn in
market that I've run agin.
'Now, there's my neighbor, j. De
Smith, he's been improvin' an imprOv-
in his strain of cattle till the poor
mans actually got nothin' left in the
world but that one thoroughbred short
horn. He put in most of his time this
summer, almost day an night, on that
short-horn, gittin' him ready for the
fair.
"On the road to the fair the short
horn, with his cavortin' an PAWN
round in red blanket, scared three
old farm teams till they ran off with
several of the best families in the coun-
ty. The first day of the fair he kicked
well-known young sprig from Wash
ington Township in the pit of the stom-
ach hard enough to pulverize his watch
crystal, who. on recovering sufficient
wind, Immediately set about diligently
spreadin' the report that them kind of
cattle wouldn't do at all for this eli
mate. In the grand parade of premium
stock he took n 50 prize. on the last
day he run horn through the most
vulnerable part of the President of the
association pants, terrifyin' him an
gainin' his instant an influential disap-
prOval.
Fore DE Smith got home his nat.
ural arms was most wrenched of, an
entirely so the arms of his best coat, a
holdin' that brute, an several individ-
uals had thriilingly narrow escapes
from abruptly violent ends.
''Now where the pay in collateral,
fun, or premiums for SIGH? tell We it
don't pay. Give me ordinary cattle an
more of the comforts an emoluments
of farmin an more rest, an I'll be
calmly satisfied to forego the pomp an
circumstances of red card at the fair. ="
- CincianaG Commercials Gazette.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

1t is estimated that the South Is spenu-
ing to-day twice as much as it did five
years ago for education, and four times
as much as it spent in 1870.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

Hostetters Stomach Bitters is n fine blood de-
purent, a rational cathartic, and superb anti
bilious specific. IL rallies the falling energies OF
the debilitsted and checks premature decay. Fever
complaints are among the evils which n entirely
removes. In tropical countries, where the liver
and bowels are organs most unfavoraby affected by
the combined influence Of climate, diet and water,
u Is very necessary safeguard.
Fer sale by ell Drusgistsa and Dealers
generally.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
A Good Recovery.

A lady in Brooklyn, N. Y, took out
her diamond earrings, valued at 5000
each, the other night, and wrapping
them in piece of paper left them on
the dining-room mantel. A relative, a
very neat housekeeper, finding the
crumpled bit of paper on the mantel,
threw it into the kitchen stove. The
next day the owner of the diamonds
asked ii any one had seen bit of pa
per on the mantel, the careful house.
keeper stated what she had done with
it. and then two anxious ladies got the
ashes out of the stove and proceeded to
pass them through a flour sieve. When
about half the stuff had been emptied
on the sieve a small black and yellow
chunk rolled over the edge of the coal
scut.le. 1t was very warm piece of
gold, and was all that remained of the
setting. A little more raking and two
diamonds rolled out of the ashes. They
were little dusty, but when cool
enough to handle they were found to be
undiminished in beauty and value. A
! w York icweler reset them the same
a "rnoOn.-N. T. Times.
Ii tpok S11, POI worth of ink to
cancel the postage stamps of 1883.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
Milk and Butter Tests.

A large number of tests have been
made within few years of the milk
and butter capacity of COWS. They
have perhaps in most cases been care
fully and truly reported. They have
been accepted as correct by some,
utterly disbelieved by others and ac-
cepted by the majority with mental
reservation that says: 'We would be-
lieve you under any other circum-
stances, but this story is too extrav-
agant." There has been without doubt
a large number of remarkable records
published in which the truth was strictly
adhered to so far as the record is con-
cerned, although if the whole truth was
told it would modify the record greatly.
This would be done by giving also the
amount of food consumed, in which
case it would frequently be shown that
the relative expense of these large pro.
ducts was as great as that of smaller
ones. The true test of value is the
greatest product at the least cost.
These large records are becoming sc
common that there is a general distrus
as to their accuracy although the public
dislike to doubt the honesty of those
who make them. Now it does mo-
follow that because there are a grea
number of large records that they
become any less truthful, because the
publication of one record incites test!
of others. and in the present condition
of our dairy cattle breeds there mus
be many phenomenal cows.
1t would be better for the owner ant
more satisfactory to the public if these
tests were made under the control o
some capable and entirely d1sinterestee
person. Also, if the. food and treat
ment were given they would be mor'
instructive.
If these tests can be kept accurate, 81
that people can have confidence il
them, they will do much good in stimu
lating production in the dairy. Whil
some of these phenomenal animals ma,
be overfed and injured, the great ma
iority are vastly underfed for profit
Anything thatwill stimulate the averag,
dairyman to better feeding will do
vast amount of good, and we look upol
these tests as accomplishing much il
this direction by stimulating an ambi
lion to ex ,el.-Detrc& Post and IriJ
me.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
A Church Sexton suicides.

NEW LEXINGTON, O., April 19.-The peo-
pie of this place were greatly startled
about noon to-day by. the announcement
thtt the dead body of John J. Wilson had
been found hanging in the belfry of the M.
E. Church. Itwas quickly cut down, but
life was extinct. Mr.. Wilson was sexton,
and had gone from home some time in the
forenoon to sweep out the church !;
and not returning to dinner at the usual
time, his wife went in search of him, and
found him hanging dead. James Porter,
Esq, held an inquest, and found that de-
ceased died by his own hand. Mr.. Wilson
had not been in good health for years, and
of late was unusually respondent. He
aeaves wife, but no family, except mar
ried daughter. He was esteemed as a citi-
zen, and had been sexton of the NJ. E.
Church and of the Perry County Bank fer
several years. His age was fifty-six.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
The friai q Frank iames.

CHATTANOOGA, April 1s.-In the James
trial at Huntsville, counsel for the pris-
oner objected to James A. Lidden as
witness on account of his being convicted
of herse-stealing in Missouri in 1874. The
objection was overruled on the ground that
Liddell had been pardoned. Liddel tssti1
fed that Frank and Jesse James and Bill
Ryan left him at Nashville, March 6, 1884,
riding south to lay plans for
rebbing train, and witness made
a visit :. of a couple of weeks
to Kentucky. Returning he found
the three men back at Nashville. After
ward Ryan was arrested while on bolster.
GUS spree. Witness and Frank James left
Nashville, fearing Ryan would turn States
evidence, Liddell learned from Frank
James that they had perpetrated robbery
on their Southern trip. The description
given by witness of the men and horses
Tailed with that given by Witness -Peden
yesterday of the Muscle Shoals robbers,
except as to the color of Frank James
beard. The case SO far is regarded as
weak for the prosecution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
A National Cattle Show in Prospect.

81. PAUL, April 1s.-fhe Secretary of
the American Agricultural Association
having addressed letter to General James
s. Brisbin, commandant at Fort Keegh,
Montana, requesting his views with regard
to holding great National cattle show.
the General, ina letter to the Associated
Press, says he has replied urging that the
show be held, and suggesting that at the
same time National convention OF cattle
breeders and stock growers be held, at
which all stock associations throughout
the country shall be represented. He takes
strong ground against Congressional inter-
ference with the cattle trade, and says
there are no cattle diseases in the country
worthy of notice, much less of National
legislation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24

The feet of the common working
bee exhibit at one and the same time
basket, brush and pair of pincers.
One of these articles, indeed, is brush
of extreme fineness, the hairs of which,
arranged in symmetrical rows, are
only to be seen with the microscope.
With this brush of fairy delicacy the
bee continually brushes its velvet robe,
to remove the pollen dust with which it
becomes loaded while rifiing the flowers
and sucking up their nectar. Another
article, which, is followed like a spoon,
receives all the gleanings which the in
sect carries to the hive. 1t is panier
for provisions. Finally, by opening
them, one upon another, by means of a
hinge, these two pieces become pair of
pineers, which. render important service
ia the construction of the combs, and it
is with them that the bee lays hold of
semi-cifcles of wax below its abdomen,
and carries them to its mouth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
Irish Duel in Paris.

PARIS, April 2O.-A duel with swords
took place to-day in the Bois de Bologne
between Joseph Casey, a Fenian, who was
confined in Clerkenwen prison in 1867, at
the time of the attempted explosion there,
and Captain 'Scully, an Irish-American,
who was a soldier in the Union army dur
ing the late civil war in America, and also
fought in the Mexican war. Scully has
been suspected of being an informer and
the duel resulted. Scully was wounded
slightly in the neck. His sword was bro.
ken. The combatants were afterward re-
conciled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
The Chinese Auaiu Routed.

PARIS, April 1s.-A telegram from Cen.
eral Millot, commander of the French
forces in Tonquin dated Honoi, April 16,
says: The enemy has again been encoun-
tered not far from Hung Hoa, and COM
pletely routed. After the engagement we
destroyed the citadels of Phulam Tram,
where the leaders of the Black Flags
had taken refuge. Our forces
are now following the right
bank of the river Dai, with the object OF
threatening the enemy in the south, and OBJ
tanning redress for the massacre of mis-
sionaries. The Black Flags have with
drawn to Northern Tonquin. Remnants of
the garrisons of Bacninh and Hung Hoa and
Chinese and Annamites, to the number OF
5000, have retreated to Shankhoa. General
Delisle is going to Ninhbin to observe them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
Rauuh on the Mermons.

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-The Committee
on Territories, by vote of to 5, adopted
the substitute offered by Mr.. Alexander to
the Cassidy bill, providing for the appoint
mentby the President of commission to
govern Utah. A provision relating to
marriages requires that they shall be SOL
emnized by minister; judge or
justice of the peace, and the perl
son so officiating shall file certificate
of marriage before the county recorder of
lands within thirty days after the ceremony.
A failure to file or record is punishable by a
fine of $500. The substitute makes the SOL
emnization of marriage, when either party
to be married has husband or wife living,
misdemeanor, punishable by imprison-
ment in jail for not less than six months
nor more than twelve.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
A Panic in Church.

BALTIMORE, Nd, April ia dispatch
from Easton Nd, gives an account of q
serious panic, which occurred yesterday,
during the dedication of the new Catholic
chapel at Cambridge. Worcester County.
The people in that section-all primitive
Pretestants-had never attended mass
before, and great crowd focked to the
church out of curiosity. When the Host
was elevated, the bell was rung in unison,
and the unsophisticated audience, believing
it to be an alarm of fire, rushed peIl nell
from the church. Father Carey, the pastor,
tried in vain to stop the panic. Although
no fatal causalty occurred, several women
and children were dangerously bruised by
being trod on, and innumerable dresses
ruined. Services had to be suspended.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24
Robbed On a Train,

ST. LOUIS, April 1S.-John G.. Telford,
passenger on the Iron Mountain Railroad,
from Pine Bluff, Ark, en- route to Ireland,
was robbed of SIT 800 on the train near Pop
lar Bluff, Mo-, yesterday by c. NJ. bennett.
The robber was arrested on the train by
one of the secret service men of the Gould
possession. bennett has been running as
an express messenger on some Western
roads, but is said to be an Eastern "crook."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-04-24

A MAN from a Western Territory ar.
rived in st. Paul on his way East in
search of a woman who would share his
fortunes. He told his mission to a man
he met in the depot, and offered him
5000 if he would find him wife on
short notice. The man took him home
and introduced him to his daughter.
He proposed. She consented. The
wife-hunter Immediately made over to
the girl $40, 900 worth of real estate as a
guarantee of good faith, and they were
married few days ago. J..