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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-14
The quarrsl IN the deraoeratie party over th

The quarrel In the democratic party over the
proper attitude on the tariff 5tl continues, but II
Is noticeable that the tendency towards conserTa
tive position gains Roadway. This IS natural and
Inevitable. Power always makes a party colserva-
tive Tor il is fOuhd upoa trial that practical objec
tons stand L. the way OF executing projects that
Ircra an outside point OF view looked easy and
proper
IL Is now dOubtfgl Il any violent or radical
changes n the t2rtn VIII he proposed. A wide
diversity u views has been found 70 exist on this
subject iii the ways and means committee, and ex-
IRENE fIee-tFade sentiments are In minority. And
outside OF the cO.l.aLtee-EDom the feeling is still
stronger against material revision. 1t begins to
look as truce woJ.d after all. be struck. Other
wise. as The leaders beginning TO see, the party
outlook in tie coming presidential Campaign, IS
gloomy tadeed- Mr.. Dana, in interview yester-
day, said the a-i+atI93 had already knocked out
every aspirant Of free-tradc procyites, as to
candidate on This basis would simply be 10 invite
overwhelming ruin. And at the same time. he con-
fessed that he saw no likelihood OF compromise be-
tween the two factions as led by Randall and
Carlisle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-14

The excitement ii money circles over the decline
IL The Willard stocks mas oyerahldowed the very
serious disasters which have come upon the West
Shore railroad properties Stock i'll the North River
toAstructi0n company has within snort time
FALLEN from lis 10 IA, carrying ruin many capital
lists VINO put IaiLt Il that enterprise. Ii is said
That Vanderbilt il behind the Increment 10 bank
rupt The company and he has, 10 doubt a deep In
terest tn Undermining the prosperity OF what
threatens 10 DC his most dangerous rival
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-14
ThE WASHINGTON MONDAY JANUARY a. 1884,

ID EPoRT OF THE CONDITION
FARMERS AND MECHANICS NATIONAL
BANK
At GEORGETOWN. in the District Of Columbia
At the close Of business, December 31st, 1853
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1884-06-02
RAILWAYS
"SarSapariIIian ReSOIVent,''

elm 6eilmittel, beien SetanbtbeiIe ouBerOrOentIid usbis
Siuii6 @iseuihuiteH buber, peientlid sur Jteiui9uns,
6rodenen unb erid6piter R6rpsrs, 6as cine i6neI(e,
ou9euebmt, it9ere SsbagOtnns unO bansrnbs
1eiluHg eeIpdbrt.
@tei6uiel pie bas 9sioen beisen mag, OBJ StrofeIn,
edwinblu6t, Sppbilis. geidmHre, @inoe, @sI6wlIfe,
Sdweiunsen, 6oie ooer SaISilu6, ~9unaen>, Nierens,
NlaieEz, @ehdrnruttsrS, 6aut>, Seber>, Weagens ooer
llnterleibstrantbeit, 6routider ober conititutioneller
Nrt, Dos Silt iist I'M Slute, pel3es bic obsenIss
ten Ebeile eriest uno iene SrSane uno bic perbraudten
S6rperseIpebe r%epGrtrt. gSeHn oas Slut %ur9eiuno tit, 70
tarn iein 0teparaturperfabreu fein seiunoes iein.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1884-06-02
Mu 0as 8n6lifum!

Gerlangt ia MIR 81 a D IN aus un6 odtct
barolf, baB Ser 0tame so abpa fi9
ouf benz gefauften Qrtifel befin6et.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
An Alpine Echo.

The keeper of the chalet, writes a
tourist in Switzerland, had small
mortar, which he fired off at our re.
Guest. Ten distinct echoes came back.
From deep and awful silence these in.
Vulnerable peaks seemed aroused into
sudden and almost angry life. Report
after report, like the rapid discharge
of whole park of artillery, thunder
ed through the clear air.
At length the echoes, one by one
sank slowly away, and thought a.
was over Fainter and fainter tie,
grew, till nothing but a low rumbline
sound was heard in the distance, when
suddenly without warning or prepa-
ration, there was a report like the
blast of the last trumpet. instinc.
lively clasped my hands to my ears in
alright. 1t came from the distant
Wetterh0rn, and rolled and ratified
and storlned through the mountaina
until it seemed as if the very peak wal
loosened from its base, and all werQ
falling AID crushing together.
1t was absolutely terrific. It's fear.
ful echo had scarcely died away before
the aval.nches which the sudden ia,
hal ioossnel began to fall. Eight fel.
in almost as many minutes Tho
thunder of one blended.with the thun
der of another, till one continuOu,
roar passed along the mountains, The
thunder ceased as suddenly as it ha,
commenced, and the deep, awtu 81,
lence that followed was painful; .lt
my imagination painted those fai,:rd
masses of snow and ice as half-con
scious monsters, crushed to death il
the desp ravines.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

Nellie went to see Oscar Wildes
wedding, and was immensely amused,
on arriving at the church (St. James
Sussex Gardens), to find that the
bridegroom had given orders that
none should he admitted unless they
had his card. Nellie got in, however,
notwithstanding her being unpro-
vided with Mr.. Oscar Wilde's visiting
card. She says the brides dress was
pretty, chiefly on account of its per
feet simplicity. Her veil was pecu-
liar, being of gauze or open-meshed
spun silk, or something unusual. The
bridesmaids harmonies of terra Gotta
and primrose were spoiled by white
hats and feathers. Nellie says it was
the funniest thing in the world to see
the contracting parties and the best
man posing in studied attitudes du-
ring the ceremony, Fancy a man
being married with his head on one
side, like " tired lily, his hand on
his hip, and his legs disposed accord
ing to a preconcerted arrangement
The bridesmaids carried lovely lilies.
Lady Wilde Snatched" her new
daughter to her heart with some f-
fusion, and the bridegroom kissed the
bride with much calmth and cOolth
in the presence of a somewhat limited
congregation. -Grls' Gossip IN lon
don TRUTH.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

The advertisement published in the
IIslian Social Rctormer and Na,yiage
Advertiser, which aims at the promo
ton of widow marriages and the dis
enlargement of child marriages, oc-
casionally afford very amusing read
ing. Take the following:
A Khatri of very high family of
Thapur Cote, aged eighteen, who is
giving UP this year for the middle
school examination, wishes to marry a
widow, whose age should be twelve or
thirteen years, who must be nice look
ing, and who must also have received
some education"
a Bengalee gentleman of fourteen,
describes himself Gas of fine features
and fair color" What bachelor with
q heart will not at once answer No. 81,
who is "a Bengalee lady who became
a widow when she was II years of
age, and who possesses a fair COM
plexion and long beautiful hair?"
An eligible spark who describes
himself as employed on the Scinde,
Punjaub and Delhi Railway, on a sal
airy of las per month, wants to mar
ry "with any kind of ceremony"
Another gentleman, whose wishes are
honored by being noticed by the
editor, "has expressed his desire to
marry a widow who did not see the
face of herhusband.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

j. II. Fry, a New York travelling
salesman, while trout fishing in Pres,
ton, Penn, heard commotion in the
bushes near the creek, and cries such
as made by young chickens when they
are lost. He peered through the
bushes, and saw hen partridge and a
large black snake engaged in fierce
combat, lIuddled together a short
distance away was the partridge's
brood, peeping in terror. The partridge
attacked the snake with her beak and
feet, and struck also blows with her
wings She moved with such rapidity
about the snake that, in spite of the
guickness with which this reptile is en-
abled to throw its folds about anything
it attacks, the snake was foiled in all
its attempts to encircle the bird, which
seemed to be seeking to blind the ser
pent by striking at its eyes.
In its efforts to get the bird within
its coil the snake seemed to glide over
and under her like flash, but, no
matter which course it took, the par.
fridge never failed to slip away from
it and and deliver telling blow upon
it. Once the snake rctreated several
feet as if flying from the bird, and the
latter followed it closely. Suddenly
the snake turned and rushed back at
the partridge with its head raised more
than a foot in the air. The bird dashed
forward to meet the serpent, and de-
livered blow with its beak which
struck the snake square in one of its
eyes. This was apparent to Fry, who
stood within ten feet of the ontestants,
by the snake instantly dropping its
head to the ground and rolling it IRON
side to side rs if in great pain. The
bird did not lose a second in following
up her advantage, but bounced on the
snake close to its head, and with
surprising rapidity, inflicted wounds
with her beak which seemed to aa2e
the snake, and it glided first in ore ii.
rection and then in another, making 10
further effort to defend itself, and YET
apparently unable to find way to es.
cape The partridge kept up its elfec
tive striking on the neck of the snak
until the read vas almost sep lrat {
from the body and the reptile cea, o
to move.
Fry advanced at this point in the
battle, but the bird continued totear at
he flesh of the snake until he was nea.
enough to touch her, when she becam.
aware of his presence for the first time.
She retreated hurrledly to the spot
where her tcrror-stricken brood wer9
huddled, and calling them after hel
with a few clucks, led them away int,
the underbrush. Fry examined the
snake and found that besides the fata;
wounds it had received in its neck,
both of its eyes had been put out bv
the partridge. The snake was nearly
five feet in length, and had in it,
stomach the partially digested remains
of a large rattlesnake.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A railway company in England gives
Its horses Turkish baths,
The five positions in dancing were in.
lroduced into England from Italy in
1871.
Thirty eight million barrels of petrole
INN arc stored in tanks in Pennsylvania,
enough to make lake mile square and
len feet deep,
Feathers were first used as a headdress
by Marie Antoinette, who tried their eff,
Icct from curiosity, was pleased with it
and set the fashion.
The Austrian national hymn, called
Haydn in this country, for its composer,
was first sung February IL, 1897. The
words were written by L. L. IIaschka.
Two sorts of spurs were in use in Eng.
and at the time of the Norman conquest,
9ne with a single point and the other
with several. The sort now in use were
'!rst made about 1400.
Charles II. was fond of music, but only
ofthat in v hich the time was very marked.
n consequence the sacred music written
Tor the Chapel Royal in his day sounds as
ii meant for the ballroom.
The name and title of Fortescue came
from the conduct of the ancestor of the
house, who protected William |. with his
shield at Hastings, and thence acquired
The name Fort -escue, or strong shield.
Chinese mandarns are so adverse to
owning the superiority of foreign military
organization and arms that officers com.
handing drilled troops have been known
to reserve the use ofriles for the enclosed
barrack yards, and to review their men
in public armed with match locks, spears
and bows.
The lumber for 4s, 600 clothespns costs
-, and the clothcspins are worth 1886. so,
Four kinds of saws, revolving polishing
cylinder of iron and kiln are requisite
for their manufacture, and the poor crea-
turc who makes them only las fifty per
cont. profit when he sells twelve of them
for cent
The manuscript of "Thc Arabian
Nights" was taken to England by Mr..
Claudius James Rich, consul at Bagdad.
He was very remarkable man, and be.
fore the age of seventeen had mac C him.
self master of Hebrew, Chaldee Persian,
Arabic and Turkish, beside Latin, and
Greek, and French and Italian, and many
other modern languages. He began
Arabic at nine and Chinese at fourteen,
was devoted to the study of music, and
was well skilled in Workmanship and in
thc management Of the cimctcr and lance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

In Portugal as in England charity
resorts to many devices to fill its cof-
fers, and the other day Queen Maria
Pia Of Portugal did a great stroke of
business as vender of flowers at a
stall of a bazaar held at Lisbon for the
benefit of poor children. The Queens
stall, a small wooden booth, was
crowded, while all the other stalls
around it were deserted, which was
hard on the other stall-kecpers, When
monarchs take to shopkeeping, their
subjects have little chance-a fact
which in these revolutionary times
should bring consolation to occupants
of rickety thrones. When their
crown falls, a royal road to fortune
will still be open before them. IF to
be "patronized by Royalty attracts
many customers, what must be the
drawing power of a shop in which all
customers are served by Roy
alty?'-P0H Mall Budget.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
A Change of Aerial Base.

"The man in tree" has sold his
house and lot at Washington and
moved to larger quarters of the same
kind in another place. His mamie is
A. b. Hayward, he is one-armed
clerk in the pension office and disease
and crankism together led him TO live
in tree for the fresh air. He bought
a cheap lot which had some oak trees
on Meridian hill some months ago and
built house of boards and canvas,
measuring y by IL feet. and put it Is
feet from the ground, supported partly
by posts. There he has lived, pulling
up his ladder after him at night, as
snug as a bug in rug. His new
house in another place is 40 feet from
the ground, built on the same plan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
Ills Mistake.

A gentleman on East Fourth stree,
found ragged tramp sitting on his
front stoop eating his lunch,
'llcrcl What are you doing therei'
he shosted.
"Partaking of a slight lunch. Viii
you join mes" the tramp politely re.
spondcd.
"No, | don't want any Of your villain,
Gus feed"
''rhats so; it is pretty tough kind Of
fodder, just got it out of your kitchen.
Your wife must be doing her own cook
ing now"
whats that, you hounds" exclaimed
the angry man, starting toward the tramp,
still sitting quietly on the step
Don't get excited, sir; don't get ex-
cited. Think minute. Aren't you
mistaken in calling me houndl"
"No I'm not, and III"
"But, my dear sir, you are mistaken
am no hound, I'm setter"
The gentleman ga2ed at the tramp in adj
miration, and muttcring something about
newspaper paragrapher gone astray, hq
left him to finish his lunch. Merchant!
IidueLer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

The greatest single industry in New
York is that of manufacturing mems
clothing. Forty-eight thousand peo-
pie are employed, and the annual pro
duction in 1880 was valued at $50, 79S,-
go. This is followed in order of their
respective Importance by meat-pack-
ing, printing aud publishing, malt liz
uors, mems clothing and tobacco
products.
In Philadelphia the most important
industry is the refining of sugar and
molasses, valued at nearly S25,000,O00
in 1880; mems clothing is the second
in Importance, with ayearly product
of over $2l000,00O, and employing
nearly five thousand hands; the manu-
facture of cotton goods and carpets is
also very large item in this city.
OF course in Chicago, the slaugh.
tering and lneat packing industry out
ranks all Others. The annual product
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
LADIES DEPARTMENT.


Former Restrictions Oh Female Charms.
Powder and rouge were evidently
more potent N tae reign of Louis
XIV, in Franco shan they are to-day
From French State paper, lately
brought to llgss 1t appears that in
ITO the following Parliamentary de-
cree was soleu.nly passed and duly
registered: whatsoever, by means
of red or white paint, perfumes, es-
sences, artificial teeth, false hair, cot
ton, wool, iron corsets hoops, shoes
with high heels. or false hips, shall
seek to entice into the bands of mar
rage any male subject of his Majesty
shall be prosecuted for witchcraft, and
declared incapable of matrimony."-
Denrer Inter ocean.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
a Cat Nap.

Mrs. Spilkins is literary lady, but hel
husband is not He is neither lady MOI
literary, and when there is company, aid
he mingles in learned conversation, h,
brings disgrace upon the entire family by
his ignorance. Mrs. Spilkins thor.ghi
that by reading to him every evening, sh,
might get some knowledge into his pate
80 she began with ancient history.
"Now, George, you take pencil ano
note down the dates of the most impor
tant occurrences
Gan right, Sarah propcl.'
She started out, and having read stead
lily for some time, she discovered spill
kins fast asleep. She aroused him with
some energy.
"lIave | been asleep long?" he asked,
drowsily.
"Been asleep long," she exclaimed, ex
aiming his note book; you miserable
wretch, you have been asleep almost tw.
thousand years.
"Whew, this hot weather does make {
fellow sleepy, don't it? replied the mis-
cradle ignoramus. Settings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Time is the old justice that examines
all offenders
Those who can command themselves
command others.
To what atrocities cannot that mind
reach which is impeled by selfish
avariCc.
Trying to admire that which you do
not like accumulates failure, and exhib.
its weakness.
The charities that soothc, and heat
and bless, lie scattered at the feet of
men like flowers.
Modern education too often covers the
fingers with rings, and at the same time
cuts the sincws at the wrists.
He that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpcns our skill. Our
antagonist is really our helper.
Some people carry their hearts in their
hedds very many carry their heads in
their hearts. Tn, great difficulty is to
keep them apart, and yet both actively
working together.
The everyday cares and duties which
men call drudgery, are the weights ana
counterpoises of the clock of time, giving
its pendulum a true vibration, and it,
hands regular motion.
A sound bodily constitution, well-p
Ierved with intelligent care, lies at the
foundation of all the various structures
which men set themselves to rear. 1t is not
only that without it man himself must
be sufferer all his days, but that its abb
Sence will surely impair his work in life
whatever it may be. and thus diminish
his value to the world.
If man elects to mount the rounds of
the worlds ladder, he must have what
Charles Lamb denominates "grit.' The
man who expects that quality of nature
must become pugilist, knocking the
81 out of "ifs." 1t is the chief ele-
ment in the body-politic of every sue
Cessfnl man. A man low down you can
not keep low down if he wants to rise.
Men rise from cutters to rule in palaces
of kings, and to command the men con-
lent to remain in bondage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

Why do we defer till tomorrow what we
should do to-day Why do we neglect a
cough till it throws us into consumption, and
consumption brings us to the grave Dr.
VIM. Halls Balsan is sure to cure if taken in
season. it has never been known to fail.
Use it thoroughly, according to directions.
Persevcre till the disease is onquerel, as it is
certain to Be, even if it should require Il
dozen bottles, There is no better medicine
for pulmonary disorders
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
Babies.

A Philadelphia clergyman divided
babies into three classes, viz: First,
there is the piratical baby with strong
cannibalistic propensities, who tears at
your whiskers and bites your finger.
This is the sort of fellow who goes
nto politics. His skin is thick and the
newspapers never hurt his pride. Num-
Der two is generally'a fat baby. He is
a phi!osophic and usually wears a
dreamy, 10000 leagues under the sea
expressionin his eyelor contemplatively
sits with his toe in mis- mouth. lie is
juvenile Rip Van Wrinkle and takes
things easy. The third specimen is
known as a "bottle baby" get-as-
much-as-you-can baby-a commercial
infant with the speculative instinct of
Vanderbilt or Stewart.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
is valued at nearly $lO0OoO,OOO, and

is valued at nearly $l00,000,0OO, and
eleven thousand men are employed.
The bean trade is not, as it might b.
imagined the leading industry of Bos
ton. The refining of sugar and mo-.
lasses and the manufacture of clothing
lead. Sugar and molasses refining is
also the leading branch of business in
Brooklyn, so far as The value Of tho
product is concerned. The annual
product of mems clothing in Cincin,
natl now exceeds in value the slaugh.
teringa and meat packing interests. The
former is valued at nearly $l4000,00O
annually, and the latter at nearly $l2,.
100000. In Pittsburg the value of
the iron and steel business is one-half
of that Of all the industries combined.
The Touring Interests in st. Louis, the
manufacture of jewelry in Providence,
iron and steel in Cleveland, mems
clothirg and the canning industry in
Baltimore, meat packing in San Fran
cisco, printing and publishing in Wash.
ington, and so on through the list.
OF course the amount paid in wages
do not correspond with the relative
position of the leading industries Of
the large cities, New York pays out
more for wages in the manufacture of
clothing alone than is paid out by all
the chief industries in the thirteen
other largest cities in heUnitedStates
In 1880 the chief industries of the four.
teen cities paid in wages 13,307,12Q
and produced goods to tho value OF
nearly $300,000,00O.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
TheDeIiciouSSunrnerN ledicine

"A swccened, or hot or cold milk, or added to
ice water, lemonade, etiervcscent draughts and min
eral waters, it forms n refreshing and nvigOrntn-
beverage, unequAllcd in simplicity and purity by
any tonic medicine, while free from alcoholic rcac.
ton Avoid merccnary dealers, who for a few cents
extra profit try 10 force upon you their own or
others when you call for SANFORD S GINGER
Sold by wholesale and retail druggists, groccrs,
Nc, everywhere.
Potter Drug ard Chemical CO., Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
wisely AdOpted by Dairymen.

The adoption by most Of tho prominent dai.
rymen and farmers of the United States, Of tho
Improved Butter Color made by Wells, Rich
ardson a Co., Burlington, W., is proof OF
their wisdom in II business point Of view.
Nearly Il winter butter is colorc | in order 10
make it marketable, and tins color Is the best,
in regard to parity, strength, pcrmancnco aud
perfection Of tint
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
A Hard Way for Women to Earn PEN
MES.

MES.
A woman with a white cloth
wrapped about her head tossed huge
basket filled with rags on top of bar
rel in low shanty on Washington
stree near Market. Then she trans
ferred it to her shoulder and stag
gered off with it to an inner depart
ment. She was barefooted and wore a
ragged gown. Presently she came
back with an empty lasket and began
filling it from the piles of rags which
lay on the floor. Two other barefooted
women, with baskets, and heads done
up with white cloths, followed her in
and went to picking over the rags.
"Thsy are looking for pins" said
the proprietor of rag-shop to a re-
porter who stood by him at the open
window of the shanty. 81 give them
all they find among the rags, and they
find lots of them. Each of the women
finds pin every two or three minutes
The bosom Of their dresses will be
stuck full of pins by the time they
get through with their days work"
What do they do with so many?'
the reporter asked.
"They sell them. There are plenty
of little laundries and dressmaking es-
adjustments that will buy second
hand pins at ABOUT half the rate of
new ones"
GLOW much can one of these women
make out Of pins in one day."
Never more than five cents, but
that is enough to make her happy. -
ChicagO Meas,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09

"There are" says "Toison dor" in
his new book ON French Society, "no
fewer than fifty thousand or sixty thou
sand persons living in France who have
elevated themselves to the nobility and
laid hands on names and titles which do
not belong to them"