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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
STERN JUSTICE IN CINCINNATI.
severity and Pronptness Following the
Recent Riots.

A press dispatch from Cincinnati. May31, says:
George Oliver was convicted of murder in the
first degree to-day. week ago to-day the
Ayondale "burker," Ben johnson, was convicted
in the first degree. and during the week Mary
Savage was convicted of mansaughter The
Richardson murder trial opens on Monday. and
the Hoffman and Palmer trials later In the week.
to be followed by that of the wife-murderer.
Hartnel. The gang OF murderers who are being
thus summary disposed of are to the number
OF thirty or more. who filed the Jail two months
ago and caused the riot. AS the indictments
were all burned. there was necessary DELAY
until the May term OF court before the work of
trying them could be begun. The expedition
with which 1T Is being pushed indicates salu-
tary effect Of the riot.
The criminal courts have been increased from
one to three. the judges refusing all appIica-
tons Tor continuance unless for vital reasons
and a much better class of men fills the iury-
boxes Minor offenders are disposed Of with a
promptness that would have been declared quite
impossible three months ago. and. when, con-
Flcted. the judges lose no time in sentencing
them, and the sentences are Severer than under
the old regime. Oliver who was convicted to-
day. was defended by Major C.. H. Blackburn.
one of the ablest criminal practitioners In the
state Major Blackburn looked for an acuuittal
or. at the worst, verdict Of murder in the third
degree. He was judging from the practice of
Juries before the uprising. When the verdict Of
murder in the first degree was read he declared
that ne should take no more criminal cases; the
people were bound that the murderers should
hang, and there was no use Of defending them
Inc same sentiment prevailed, he said In ad-
joining counties. So a change OF venue wOuld do
no good He predicted that some day an inno-
cent man would be hanged, aud then there
would be reaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
HOW SEE GOT A HUSBAND.
A Young Girl Who Travelled to Mon.
tana Oh n Matrimonial Venture.
Tego, Y. T., Times. May 81.

From the Oswego, y. Y, Times. May 81
Miss Nettie BrOtt, of Oswego Falls. Is the
heroine in rather romantic marriage Some
time ago she read an advertisement in a news
paper soliciting correspondence with some lady.
with view TO marriage If all was ''proved
agreeable" After correspondence and the ex-
change Of photographs the gentleman sent for
the lady to visit bin in his home in Montana.
She left here about the LIST of May for the far
west. He met her for the first time about two
hundred miles this side of his home at the town
of Billings, in Montana. She would not then
marry him until she had visited his home and
learned more of him and his character She
found in his home his mother and two nieces.
who cordially received her. Suffice 1t to saw
that this daring orphan girl two weeks later
fully determined to remain and grow up with
the country. The agreement was that If she did
not like him or he her enough to marry he was
TO pay her expenses back to this place. She
paid her fare out to him. The young lady was
member of the Baptist church and bore we
believe. a good reputation. The following is
taken from Montana paper and tells the sequel
to the story:
Married. May 10, 1884. in saltwater Mr.. AL
exander Hundley, Of Saltwater, Montana, and
Miss Nettie Brott, OF Oswego Falls, n. Y"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
CHARACTERISTIC OFTRE KAFFIR
Little Attention to Name or Age. but
TatfOOing Universally INDUCED I'm.

South African Letter in New Orleans Times Democrat
kaffir never knows his age. and cares moth
ing about It, Some try to count their age by
moons" and by this reckoning alone can any
approximate guess OF their age be made-that
Is. when the moons have been carefully counted.
But there Is not one negro In a hundred thou
sand who takes the trouble. One must know, in
the first place. how to count above ten which the
natives caVnot do at all except by making knots
on strinS-each knot representing ten But
the string gets lost, and with it the recollection
Of ones age.
They look upon names as sort of mark
which. as with us, Identifies them wherever
they CO. Nevertheless. they change a name
when it ceases to please them, and their friends
and acquaintance know them only by the name
they choose to give themselves. But If the
stranger finds some difficulty at first in dis
tinguishing and recognizing the blacks by whom
he ls surrounded, there is one infallible means
lett him OF avoiding mistakes-the tattoo marks.
Every Kafir has his own patent trademark.
By making slight missions in the skin into
which the juice Of a certain plant Is rubbed, the
epidermis swells and remains pulled out, like
projecting parts of old-fashOned leather-hang-
ings. With little imagination and taste any
body can make his native servants skin re-
semble fine specimen of Cordova leather
The women prefer designs In the shape of lit.
tie stars They put them on their foreheads,
cheeks, shoulders, breasts, abdomens. have
even seen some who wore them on the tips OF
their noses. But the ''pelele" is something far
exceeding all tattoo devices This monstrOsty
consists In piercing the upper lip and charging
1t until a round piece Of wood as big as q watch
can be placed In the opening. The lip is thus
kept perpendicular to the face, very straight,
very menacng. The ''pelee' cannot be pro-
duced at one effort; and this operation which
recalls that employed by the Battak women OF
Sumatra for the purpose Of charging the lobe
OF the ear, Is commenced in earliest infancy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
Reaching the North Pole In a Balloon,
Fred. Burnaby in the Fortnightly Review

Reaching the North Pole in a Balloon.
Fred. Burnaby in the Fortnighty Review
Much has been said as to the possibility of
reaching the north pole in a balloon, and the
present writer has received numerous letters
from people who declare that they can direct an
aerostat. His reply to such communications is
that he will be very glad to make the gentle
men in question present Of f1OO If they will
select two places, 20 miles apart, go In free
aerostat from one spot to the other. and re-
turn, without anchoring the balloon or recharg-
ing 1t with gas, provided that they on fail
ing to do this, will give him E5 to assist
charity. Any person who subscribes
to scheme for reaching the north pole In a bal
loon, with our present knowledge Of aerosta-
TICS cannot be practically acquainted with the
matter. So far as the solution Of the problem
how to navigate the air is concerned, we be-
lieve that balloons have done more harm than
good. The attention of Inventors has been d.
verified from what is probably the only feasible
way to obtain the desired end-namely the con-
structOn of a machine which, itself heavier than
the atmosphere, will be able to strike blow on
the air in excess Of its own weight Machinery
worked by steam is much too heavy for this pur-
pose; electricity some day. perhaps will be avail
able. An engineer who has made electricity
his study recently Informed an assembly of gen.
tlemen that In the course of the next ten years
he believed it would be- possible to compress
enough electricity in substance the size OF an
eggshell to drive an express train from London
to Liverpool. Science has not arrived at this
point yet; but who can tell, after the telephone.
the photograph and the other marvellous discoy-
cries of Edison, what it may do in the future7
Inventors should never forget that bird is
heavier than the air, and that the bird files be-
cause its strength enables it to overcome the
differences between its weight and that of the
atmosphere it displaces. To put the case in q
nutshell, aerial navigation Is q mere question of
ughtness and force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A Wagon Load Of Women and Child.
rem Brutsliy Murdered.

dispatch from Pleasanton, Kansas. saws
about noon Monday report reached there that
two children We're drowned in Sugar Creek. i've
miles north of that place. \ cOroners Jury was
summoned. which, on repairing to the scene,
found wagon one horse, and full set of har-
ness. excepting one bride Lying beside the
wagon was the body Of a girl about Is wears old
with her head completely severed from her body.
The stream was then searched and the bodies of
two children were found, girl aged about IL
and boy about years. The girls skull had
been crushed in with an axe and the bows
throat cut from ear to ear In a neighborinp
th'cket the mutilated body of woman. appar
entity the mother of the murdered children was
found The side of her head hal been beaten in
with the weapon mentioned, and her throat cut.
All the bodies were too much decomposed to
admit of removal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
Amos EnO's Prediction.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
This has been dreadful week for rich mems
sons Wealth from paternal sources has been
dssipated in bulks that seem romantic rather
than possibly real. Amos Emo, who counts the
Fifth Avenue hotel among his millions In estate,
had to make good the money which his son had
extracted from the Second National bank. In
the case OF Emo, happen to know that he was
a strong disliker of the fastness of business and
social methods which characterized his son.
The latter gave dinner less than week before
the panic. The father was one of a dozen
guests. Everything was elaborate and costly
to the very utmost. The viands were those
which were hard and expensive to provide
rather than extraordinarily palatabIe. There
were nine kinds of wine. The feast was not
uncommon In these days of reckless expendi-
ture among millonaires, but the elder Emo did
not approve. At the side of his plate as at the
rest lay menu card. beautifully painted by an
artists hand and fancifully inscribed with his
name. He inspected it gravely, and his
daughter-in-law, who had by previous exper-
fence been taught that he was ready to reproye
such things. eyed him anxiOusly.
"Clara," he at length said, that Is very fine.
will keep it as memento, to remind me when
we are poor Of the times when we were rich"
He put the card into his pocket and the party
quickly rebOunded from the momentary de-
preston to which the old mans comments had
lowered them. They did not dream of a speedy
realization Of EnO's prediction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
THE BABY's SECOND SUMMER.
Some Points About the MANAGEMENT ~
Young Children I'm Hot weather.
Prom the Philadelphia Times.

Prom the Philsdeiphis Times
There are three sources from which harm m
the children may be anticipated during the COM
ing three months. These are the process of
teething, indigestion and the heat. An account
OF the troubles incident TO these circumstances
would now be seasoRable and possibly interest
ing to many. At all events. these matters are
standard topics of conversation among mothers,
evidence that they at least know Of the gravity
OIL Tue troubles in question.
Although thermometer is not exactly indis-
pehSaoie Where there are young children. Yet 10
IS great convenience for. until the external
temperature rises TO about ninety degrees little
uouoie may be expected from the heat Iron.
pee uus TO the cause Just named are best COM
baSe ~ Hslueht spouging OF the face, arms.
nahus ana leet with simple cool water Chill
dren that are so treated viii be much less liable
10 pe ahecleu lnlurlously By the heat and other
matters now TO be spoken OF
Inc Inability TO Indigestion increases as tho
summer heat approaches the maNimun, noint
In the treatment Of this trouble the Old r,,is
about prevention will be especially useful Ar
this time the avoidance or fat and heated fooss
and OF unwholesome breast and other milk are
Very important points. The foods most suitable
tor summer use can be named in short order
Use the most nutritious and digestible suh.
stances that can be commanded. Meats baked
or boiled used cold Cold cup custard rice pud-
ding. cold; good ice cream milk and snonre
orc 4. aitlSiCs VI summer dlet Tor all,
and especially for children who can use food
other than milk.
The eruption OF the teeth goes on most yiCor.
ously during the second year Of the cbild's life
and makes unusual demands on its vital powers
This circumstance accounts for the more serious
outlook of all the diseases that may occur at
this period of the child's life. When a child ia
teething and appears In great general distress.
with perhaps hot and dry skin much relief
may be afforded by allowing an abundance Of
cola water TO drink and by cool bath. followed
| by sharp rubbings of all parts OF the chds
body: But if. on the other hand, the child
should be attacked with sudden vomiting and
! purglng, with much apparent weakness and
cool skin. medical advice should be had with all
speed. While waiting for the coming OF the
doctor, a drop of the best brandy in hot sweet
ehed water should be given by the mouth. Hot
! ffpiIe PlasleTs applied to various parts OF the
body. notably the stomach, would also be use
/ ful SO ~ NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
Shot Dead In a Duel.

A duel took place last Friday In Mitchell CO.,
NC, between Col. Nellis Borden, of Louisville.
KY, and Capt. Lineback, Of Mitchell county.
The duel occurred In the mouth Of a mica mine.
The weapons were revolvers, and Borden was
instantly killed. For some months past great
excitement has existed in Mitchell county over
the discovery of rich beds of mica and many
miners were drawn to the county by the glow
ing reports. Among these were Col. Borden. q
skilful mining engineer of Louisville. Among
the mines which be worked was one claimed by
Lineback Bro. Borden insisted that he had
q right to it. The result was On agreement to
resort to the code.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
AElusenlrs.fs.

The regular opening of Drivers Summer Gar.
den occurs next Monday.
The Theater COmique presents unusual attrac-
lions to the friends OF varieties this week. To-
MorrOw night there is glove contest between
stephens and White and Friday and Saturda,
evenings there Will be wrestling matches be
tween the Japanese Sorakichi. and Edwin
Bbby.
The Dime Museum closed its amusement sea
son on Saturday night last. During June and
July II can be rented Tor conventions &c Ii
"lll Ue rettted throughout during August anC
open again September LIST.
There is a strawberry festival at.the E-streei
Baptist church this evening
Miss Mary h Schrener assisted bv Prof
Bi~ehof and the ST. Cecilia Quartette. will give
evolutionary and musical fecitals this evening
at the Congregational church
The play OF '.Schneewttchen' ("The Snow
Drop VIII be given in German Friday evening
at Lincoln han, by Miss Marie Mussaeus and he,
pupils
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
The Rest Filter.

From the Popular Science Monthly for June.
The Japanese use a porous sandstone hOl-
lowed In the shape of an egg, through which
the water percolates into a receptacle under
meath; the Egyptians resort to q similar device:
the Spaniards use porous earthern pot. But
these and other similar contrivances cannot be
thoroughly cleansed; after the most thorough
rinsing, some impurities will remain In the
pores of the stone. Spongy iron and carferal
are open to the same objection; they will an
swer wen for a short time, but soon become
contaminated by pollution retained in their
pores. Sponge, cloth, and felt, unless cleaned
every day or two with hot water, will do more
harm than good, and the average servant girl
will not clean them or any other filter unless
under the eye Of her mistress.
The various forms Of filters that are screwed
to the faucet have only to be hastily examined
to be discarded, as there is not sufficient filter
ing material in them to be of much utility, and
they very soon become foul and offensive. Buck
says 'There is no material known which can
be introduced into the small space Of tap
filter and accomplish any real publication Of
the water which passes through at the ordinary
rate Of flow."
The various complicated closed filters. filed
with any material which cannot be removed
for cleansing. condemn themselves. No amount
Of pumping water through them at different
angles, which is at all likely to be used, can
cleanse them Of the Impurities that adhere to
the mass and in the pores Of the fltering ma
terial used. Parkes, in his MANUAL Of Practi-
cal Hygiene" says: Filters, where the ma
terial Is cemented up and cannot be removed.
ought to be abandoned altogether"
The various metal filters In which the water
comes In contact with metallic surfaces. either
irOn lead, timed iron, or zinc are Objectionable
from their appreciable influence upon the water
retained In them for any considerable time
Pure block tin is the least Objectionable of any
Of the metals.
The aim OF most filters Ia to remove impure
ties from the water speedily-as rapidly as it es-
capes from the faucet. Experiment shows
that effective filtration cannot be accomplished
In this way, as the water does not remain long
enough In contact with the fltering material
used to become purified Of much that might be
removed by slow filtration or percolation
through the same appliance. Ofan the altering
materials mentioned 1t seems to me that sand
and charcoal are the two that accomplish the
best results, and Of these vegetable charcoal Is
the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
The Fate Of a Fast Young Man.


It's curious, isn't it, Billy,
The changes that twelve months may bring?
Last year was at Saratoga,
AS happy and rich as king
Twas rak1ng In pools on the races,
And feeling the walters with ''ten,"
And slipping mint Juleps by twilight;
And to-day am here In the "Pen."
"What led me to do it?n What always
Leads men to destruction and crime?
The Prodtgal Son, whom you've read of,
Has altered somewhat In his time
He spends his substance as freely
AS the biblical fellow OF old;
But when 1t Is gone he fancleS
The huSkS VIII turn into gold
Champagne, box at the opera,
High steps while fortune is flush,
The passionate kiss OF women
Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush
The old, old story, Billy,
or pleasures that end in tears
The roth that loans for an hour,
The dregS that are tasted for years
Last night, as sat here and pondered
On the end OF my evil ways
There arose like phantom before me
The vision Of bOyhood days
Thought OF my old home, Billy,
OF the schoolhOuse that stood on the hfll.
OF the brook that flowed through the meadow
can cen hear its music still
Again thought OF my mother
or the mother who taught me to pray,
Whose love was precious treasure
That heedleSsly cast away
! saw again In my visions
The fresh-lipped, careless boy
TO whom the future was boundless.
And the past but mighty toy.
thought OF all this as sat here
OF my ruined and wasted life
And the pangs OF remOrse were bitter
They pierced my heart like knife.
1t takes some courage, Billy,
TO laugh La the face of fate,
When the yearning ambitions OF manhood
Are blasted at twenty eight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
General Grants New York Residence.
From the New York World


General Grant still occupies the four-story
brown-stone house In New York, with its bay-
window front. which is the first east of 9Th ave.
nue., on the north side Of Goth street. A broad
staircase leads to the costly stained glass doors.
II you ring q colored footman in livery con-
ducts you to the small reception room to thu
right of the exquisitely frescoed corridor This
room is q gem In itself. A heavy velvet carpet
is on the floor the walls are hung with An.
paintings, and at the window is large bronze
vase filled with growing flowers Further along
the corridor and turning to the left Won nass.
through an archway from which rich velvet
hangings depend into the spacious drawing.
room. There the acme Of luxury and GOOD
taste seems to have been reached IN the hrigbf-
tinted carpets and satin furniture of odd de-.
sign. There also are displayed the valuable
presents received by the general from the sov-
ereigns OF foreign lands during his tour around
the world The library. dining-room And the
rooms upstairs, though lifted up In less maonI-
ncent style display the same evidence of wealth
ana refinement. The general is not GREAT
connoisseur OF paintings, hut he has some
which VIII vie in cost and merit with those -
any other private owner In the ctr. The Num-
Der OF servants employed are adequate 10 tia
requirements OF such an establishments Gen.
eral Grant is lover of good horse-aesh. bat at
present does not own any fast tretters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
Gen. Sherman Indignant.


Gen. Sherman does not seem to be finding all
that peace and quiet enjoyment in st. Louis
which he fondly anticipated when he shook the
dust OF Washington from his feet and took up
his abode In that city. Recently it was reported
that q hose was being used in front Of his resi-
dence for which special license Is required
The collector and inspector Of water rates there
upon sent him notice" and was astonished to
nave 1t returned to him with the following In
oighant indorsement upon the back in Gen. Sher-
mans own handwriting:
No el2 GARRISON AVENUE, sr LOUIS, Mo-, May
Is iss4-This notice is simply an insult to Common
society. your own agent came, inspected my en-
ure premises, and paid you his rates for year In
advance, 10 February, 1885. The washing the pave
m men IN mont OF the house is for the public ana
sprnklng the streets; he pas for the water: or he
says ne does IL man may not live in St Louis.
can easily md some place where win be more
welcome, and not be subject to such a nuisance
w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-04
HIS TWO YEARS, SEARCH.
He Found his Wife and Thrashed tho
Man who Han Away with Her.

More than two years ago, In Switzerland, the
wife Of Johann David BOlleun, to whom he had
been married about two years, eloped with
Jacob Melster. who also deserted his wife and
family. This week Bolleun arrived in High
market, Lewis county, N Y, where he found
his wife living with Meister. He traced her to
America Immediately after she eloped. and for
two years has followed her through Virginia.
Nebraska, Michigan. Ohio, and Missouri, his
money often being exhausted so that he had to
stop his pursuit and get work in order to MAIN
tain himself When Bolleun met Meister he
gave him sound thrashing, for which he was
arrested. Upon explaining matters he was dis
charged, and Meister was taken into custody for
bigamy. Bolleun's wife has promised to return
to Switzerland with him, and they will soon
start on their Journey