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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-12
A Meteorological Stitch In Time.

Elmer Norman is having jug shaped cyclone
cave built, which he says Is for the accommodation
OF his neighbors. The cave will be arched over at
the top with hole at the side like an Esouimaux
hut and Will be eight feet four inches in diameter
and six feet six inches from top to bottom and
tW0-thlrds Of II wiz he under ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-12

The following are the scores of the Capital
City Gun club. made in their second regular
match yesterday afternoon. Conditions, Is
birds each, Is yards rise, 5 traps: Mills. Is:
Wagner. 49, SOusa. !: Magruder. 10; Wilson, 5;
Bailey, 0; Jones. IL; Mcleod, g. Blagrove, 10;
Hosford, 5; Goodrich 5. and Eldridge 5. The
next match. for places on the Chicago team
will be shot next Tuesday afternoon, on the
grounds OF the club. at the Stone estate 18th
street and boundary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-12

"a
the league meet.
The newly-elected officers Of the Washington
Cycle club were installed last Monday evening"
1t is thought that all the trunk lines will give
reduced rates for the league meet.
1t is rumored that a citizen of Washington
will donate to the Washington Cycle club a
prize cup, to be contested for at the coming
races. 1
The thirty-six page program of the meet,
edited by the press committee of the Cycle club,
will appear May LIST. and will be gratuitously
sent to any given address.
The Wheel, the organ OF the league, comes
out In new dress and enlarged form.
Wheelmen are having trouble in Kentucky
bill has passed the lower house debarring
wheels from all streets and roads. 1t is to 90
to the Senate, and the power of the league is
being brought to bear to defeat 1t there The
best legal talent in the state has been retained
for that purpose by direction Of Col. Pope The
secretary of the Louisville club has written to
the road rules in and about Washington.
''IxiOn' writes in The Wheel upon the use of
the league that the Dcgberry justices of Nash
vile were somewhat surprised when they were
served with copies Of the decisions contrary to
their rulings, as issued by the L. A. w.. and vet
query, ''what good is the League?"
A star bicycle will soon have occasion to try
some Of the roads Of India, as Rev. Mr.. Swartz,
who sails this year as Lutheran missionary to
India will take his star machine with him.
MesSrs. Thompson and Spence, Of London
have recently introduced bicycle invention,
whereby header from the vertical fork ma
chine is avoided. The handles are fixed on pro-
longations Of the lower extremity of the fork,
which passes downward, 80 as to clear the
height as in an ordinary machine This leaves
perfectly open front, so that in the event OF
the rider being thrown forward he would be
able, with fall of but eighteen inches, to
alight on his feet without being impeded by the
machine.
John Keen rode a mile in 3m. 25s. on one of
the new 46-inch machines.
Rod md Reel.
Inc bright spring weather of the last several
days gives promise Of early sport with the rod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-12

| The purpose and scope of this work are so fully
set forth on the title page as to leave little or
nothing to be said in regard to 1t Of descrip-
| tive character. Suffice it to remark that il
| seems to be admirably calculated for the end II
| is intended to serve. We do not see. indeed.
how any one engaged or Interested in the mat.
| tiers of which it treats can well afford to do
without it.
Of Bsshelor Biu sN Y P G author
ner's Sons. Washington: Vim. Ballantyne 4 SON
In this pretty little brochure we have charm
ingly written plea for honest. simple and bar
| moniOus home architecture and decoration. II
| affords many valuable hints and suggestions in
regard to furnishing and fitting mp q home, rs
well as good advice to those who contemplate
| building, and is well worth reading for it's own
| sake, whether one expects to own or furnish q
house or not.
THE CREATORS OF THE AGE OF srEEI. Byw
7; yEANa New York: Charles scnbner's Sons.
Washington: William Balantyne 4 Sons
The author of this interesting volume con-
siders the period elapsing since 1850 as the cage
Of Steel, and In illustrating his idea Of those
| whose investigations and inventions made it
| such he gives brief but clear and entertaining
| biographical sketches Of Sir Henry Bessemer,
Sir William Siemens, Sir Joseph Whitworth,
Sir John Brown, Mr.. 8. G. Thomas and Mir. q.
J. Snelus. These sketches constitute q record
of the trials and triumphs OF genius, pluck,
industry and perseverance, which reads almost
like a romance, and interviewer with them will
be found much useful Information and many
interesting facts in regard to the production and
uses of steel.
THE QUESTION OF. SHIPS. The Navy and Me.
chant Marine. By J. ID. JERRoLD KEEL ~ Lieut..
u. S. Navy. New York Charles :scr1bne. S Soma
Warrington: William BallantyIN Son.
Lieut.. Kelley holds the most extreme free
trade doctrines, and from that point Of view he
shows very clearly and concisely the history Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-12

Other Churches.
At Foundry NJ f. church at II a. m. the pastor.
Rev. Fl. X. NaylOr. ID. d., will preach subject:
The Empty Grave; and at the OnertOry Miss
Georgia MeZger Will sing the cOntratO solo,
Christ Is Risen The organist, MI. VIII X. Cohen,
Will render the following selections: Prelude and
Romance in A, by kOtschinar; cavatina, from
Obcron irocess1onal march. by Batiste. The con-
SrtgatiOn, under the direction of the Drecentor
MT r. a. Wilson, Will sing hymns as follows Our
Lord Is Risen from the Dead the Lord Is Risen In
deed; God Is Gone up on High.
81 PauiS Lutheran church. corner 18th and II
stTeetS-At ii a. there viii be full service COM
munion and confirmation. The following music
VIII be rendered: Opening anthem. Christ, Our
Passover, kossi; chant, Our Father Myers; GLORIA,
PATH; kyrie; Gloria In EXcesis GregOrian; Christ
the Lord IS Risen To-day. Mozart; oTertOry Angels
Roii the Rock Away, Holden. The choir will con-
siSt OF Misses Stokes and Ourand sOprani Miss
Sadie Stokes, alto; Messrs. Kelly and Muth, tenori
and Messrs- Provost and DOmer, bassi Director,
ID. Alden. superintendent In the evening Sunday
school anniversary; beautiful designs interesting
services; good singing by the school
FIRST Presbyterian church, Rev. b. Sunderland
ID, paStOr.-Opening anthem, They Have Taken
Away My Lord John Stainer; doxOlogy, Old Hun
dred hymn, How Calm and Beautiful the Morn
Christ our Passover, Buck; anthem, Why Seek Ye
the Living Among the Dead. Willard; hymn, Awake
Prani; Misses Nixon ana Knight, contraiti; Messrs
WIZ way anu C n. Trlmble, DR.. Johnston. baSSi
Mr.. 7. j. Johnston, organisI
Memorial Lutheran church, at the Intersection n,
Iatn street anu vermont avenue northwest, Rev. j.
9. Butler. ID. D., pastOr.-At the morning service
the following music Will be rendered: Voluntary
Now Is Christ Risen, etc, George B. Allen, full
chorus; Gloria Patrias DR.. BOyce; Gloria In Excel
els, Gregorian chant; of1ertory, the Resurrection
Anthem As in Adam all Die, etc, e. NJ. Clark fuI
chorus, with duet and soprano solo; post sermon
Christ Risen, ROSsi, chorus, with solos for cOrnet
soprano and bass, and duet and quartet. In thu
afternoon at the half-past o'clock service there
VIII be sermon appropriate to the day, aftel
which the rite OF confirmation VIII be admins
tered and the sacrament OF the Lords supper cele
DRAFTED The following compose the regular choir
Soprani, Mrs Belle Bradford Mrs J. II. SeiIert and
Miss Mary Guss; att, Misses Irene N. Hall anC
Annie L. Kaiser. tenor, Messrs j. Geo Bright anS
Z; j. Brookings; bass, Messrs. John II. seifrerl
director, Charles E Bright and Frank d. Seiffert
Miss Ella c. Butler, organist, and Prot VIM Long
cOrnetist.
Fourth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS music will be
rendered by chorus choir. The following selec
tons are In addition 10 the regular service: Easter
Anthem, Dudley Buck: Know That My RedeemeI
Llyeth, Handel; Hallelujah chorus, Handel
Metropolitan II. Il. Church.-The services Will b.
conducted In the morning by the Rev. Dr. Wright
OF Minnesota, and In the evening by the Rev. Rob
ert N Baer, pastor Of Waugh chapel At the morn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
How to Form Reasonable Opinion of the
Age of Women.

Age 10 woman is ticklish subject,
and have been talking with an ex-
pert about it-that is to say, physi
clan of heavy and long practice. re-
minded him that we can judge Of a
horses years by its mouth, and why
couldn't some rules be laid down, in a
widely general way, as data, to 90 on
in estimating the age of a human
being:
''Do horses wear false teeth 2 the
man of medicine answered. "Do they
dye their gray hairs, or putty up the
wrinkles in their faces? Seriously,
there is nobody so expert as to learn
the age of woman with anywhere
near exactitude by physical observa-
tion. The uncertainty isn't altogether
due to deceptive practices, either, but
to the widely varying effect of time in
individuals. AS rule, brunettes look
older than blondes of a corresponding
age. As to plumpness and the lack of
it, fat may be said to increase the APP
parent age of girl under ty-five,
and to lessen it in woman over that
and the reason is that slenderness is
girlish as long as it does not produce
wrinkles, while rotundity keeps the
skin taut and smooth. But these are
mere generalities. In no gathering of
women, strangers to you, could you
guess the ages within five years Of the
average, and in half the instances you
would be ten years out of the way. l
know woman of thirty with a son of
eighteen, aud when out together they
are commonly mistaken for brother
and sister, Popular ideas as to the
ages of actresses are extravagantly er-
roneous. | could name several whom
l know to be tremendously outraged
by over-estimates. Health is the only
preserver of juvenility. Cosmetics
without exception, are injurious-fnal
ly if not at once. The skin is deaden
ed by unguments and powders that fiji
the pores. But, on the whole, wo
man can't greatly alter her counte
nance as to its showing of her age
whether the exhibit be true or false.
-IndidndpOliS Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
superst!t,ons About Cats.

Without entering very fully into the
importance with which the cat was in
vested in olden times by reason of the
supernatural elementsupposed to reside
in it, we may briefly note that by the
Egyptians it was so highly honored as
''to receive sacrifice and devotions and
to have stately temples erected to its
honor" We may further allude to
what Herodotus says of the sudden i'm
pulse which seized the Egyptian cats
to leap into the fire and the attempts
of the Egyptians to prevent it. 1t is
related, too, that in whatever house q
cat died, all the family shaved their
eyebrows Diodorus Siculus, more
over, records how Roman, happening
one day to acciGently kill cat, the
mob Immediately assembled round the
house where he was, neither the en-.
treaties of some of the principal men
sent by the king nor the fear of the
Romans, with whom the Egyptians
were then negotiating a peace, being
able to save the mans life. In the
Middle Ages the cat was very impor
tant parsonage in religious festivals
AT AK, Province, for instance, on the
festival Of Corpus Christ the finest
tom cat in the country, wrapped like u
child in swaddling clothes, was pub
licly exhibited in a magnificent shrine
Every knee was bent, every hand eth
er strewed flowers or poured incense
and, in short, the cat on this occasion
was treated in all respects as the god
of the day. In Sicily the cat is still
held sacred to st. Martha and it is
said that any one'who kills this animal
will thereby bring upon himself unhap
piness for seven years. In Germany
the cattle and the mouse are sacred to
the funeral of st. Gertrude. These
examples, therefore, suffice to show
how universal has been the homage
which man in all times and countries
has paid the cat--an interesting survi-
val of primitive culture, when our SIM
pile ancestors, not having risen to a
clear conception of their own preemi-
nence in the scale of creative life, were
only too prone to defy and worship
brutes.-G GeentIenadn's Magaziae.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
Begging as a Regular Business.

In China begging is regular bust
ness, beggars being born into the pro-
fession and bringing up their children
to it. In every large city where there
is vast association of mendicants, to
which every one who begs for living
must belong. At the head is one styled
the Beggar King. His authority is
absolute, and to him the
others are amenable. The society has
code of rules, and by this every beg
gar has right, according to custom,
to stand at the door or dwelling and
howl, sing, knock, or make any other
noise he pleases, until the occupant
gives him one cash Then he is oblig-
ed to desist and can apply at the same
place no more that day, No two are
allowed to beg together at the same
place, yet they are so numerous that
few doors are free from their camor
ings long at time. The proprietors
of large establishments, who desire to
save themselves from the annoyance of
the continual vistations, do so by pay
ing certain sum at once to the King,
who causes written statement to that
effect to be pasted by the side of the
door, and this procures for that house
certain exemption. No beggar dare
approach it, for though few of them
can read, all recognize the seal of thcil
chief, and if one transgresses he may
be beaten by the occupants of the
house, or, being reported to the King
be more severely punished. Every
beggar has his seat, beyond which hC
dare not 60, and has also his superior
to who every night he hands over {
certain part of the days proceeds Th'
overseers in turn pay to the King
fixed sum monthly, which must b.
large, as he lives like a nabob. If
beggar breaks the laws he is sent t.
the King, who is held responsible b.
the city magistrates for the good con
duct of all his people. The punish
ment he administers is generally t
slow for the people who suffer iron
the depredations of the beggars, an
when beggar is detected in an o.
Tense his punishment generally col
sists in having his hands tied benin
him, being drawn up over limb of III
nearest tree and beaten half to deaf
! with sticks, clubs, fists or anythin
that comes TO hand.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
Responsibility Of Inebrlates.

Doctor Il. d. Crothers descibes in
the Popular Science Monthly semi
conscious, trance-ike state, which
sometimes follows hard drinking, A
person in this condition may carry on
his regular business, or may perform
unusual acts and even crimes, none of
which will be remembered when he re,
covers full consciousness. Concerning
the legal treatment of drunkards, Doc
tor Crothers says:
l. ''Inebriety in all cases must be re-
garded as disease, and the patient
forced to use means Tor recoverey.
Like the victim of an infectious dis
ease, his personal responsibility is in
creased and the community with him
are bound to insist on the treatment as
necessity.
2. "Inebriety must be recognized
as a condition of legal irresponsibility
to certain extent, depending on the
circumstances of each individual case
s. "All unusual acts or crimes com
mitted by inebriates, either in a state
of partial stupor or alleged amnesia Cor
loss of memory which should come
under legal recognition, should receive
thorough study by competent pbysi-
clans, before legal irrresponsbility can
be determined.
L. when the trance state is es
tablished beyond doubt, the person is
both physiologically and legally ire
spousible for his acts during this per
iod. But each case should be deter
mined from the facts of its individua
history.
"In the light of science the presen
legal treatment of inebriety is but littl'
else than barbarism. The object o
the law, in punshwents, benefits n,
one, and makes the patient more incur
misunderstanding all possibility of re
covery and return to health again
Inebriety in any form may be no ex
cuse for crime in a legal sense, but i
is still less an excuse for punishment
which destroys the victim, or make
him more helpless and hopeless
vast army of iuebriates, lowering alon
these border-lands of disease an
crime, who are unknown aud unrecoe
nized, except "as Vicious and despel
ately WICKED, are perpetual menac
to all progress ami civilization, unles
they can be reached and checked b
rational, effective methods A revol,
ton of sentiment and practice is d.
manded, in Which the inebria'
and the conditions which develope
nis malady shall os understood the
the means for prevention, restoratio
: and recovery eau be applied along tt
line of natures laws
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
Patrick Henry,

We should be loyal to our great pa
triots. but we should also be honest.
The boyhood of Patrick Henry was
very different from the boyhood OF
most great men, in that it foreshadow
ed nothing of his future powers. He
was only an idle, shiftless ne'r-do-well.
He "played hockey on all occasions
and would be found during school
hours lying on his back under the
trees, or watching the motionless cork
Of his fshing-line without sign of
success. 1t was we'll known that he
loved solitude and in society he was
awkward and quiet. His dress was
slovenly. He disliked study intensely,
and no persuasion could bring him
either to read or work. AT fifteen his
father started himself and elder broth
er in business in store. Without
business habits or application, they
soon went to ruin. Later, Patrick, be-
ing idle, fell into dissipation. Then,
very early, he married, and with his
wife aud family lived life of poverty
and want.
His early habits told against him i'll
later years, when his powers of elo-
quence being discovered, he was found
to be lacking in business qualifications,
After he was lawyer he could not
draw declaration or plea, or at first
make motion. And on one occasion
when he was to address a paper to the
King, he did it 50 poorly that it was
set aside, and some one else was APP
pointed TO the task. Through all the
hard and knotty questions that arose
after the colonies achieved independ-
ence, Henry's early acts untitled him
for weighty deliberations. He could
simply start measures by his eloquence
which he wa: perfectly incapable of
carrying out
Every schoolboy knows of Patrick
Henry's wonderful eloquence. Every
schoolboy does not know of the de-
fects in character which resulted from
his early habits. - Pjttsbgrg Dis
putch
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
John Quincy Adams and His Mother.

The mother of John Quincy Adams
said in letter to him, written when
he was only ten years old
81 would rather see you laid in your
grave than grow up a profane and
graceless boy.
Not long before the death of Mr..
Adams gentleman said to him, Il
have found out who made you
"What do you meant asked Mr..
Adams.
The gentleman replied, II have been
reading the published letters of your
mother"
If" this gentleman remarks, II had
spoken that dear name to some little
boy who had been for weeks away
from his mother, his eyes could not
have flashed more brightly, nor his face
glowed more quickly, than did the
eyes of that venerable old man when l
pronounced the name of his mother.
He stood up il his peculiar manner,
and said :
'"Yes, sir all that is good in me |
owe to my mother.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
The Judge and Conductor.

a young lawyer once quite forgot
himself IN some curt expressions to the
court, but the judge was a sensible
man, and in consideration of the i'm
maturity of the member Of the Bar
treated the matter rather gently. He
made it clear, however, that the style
had better not be used again, and re-
marked, Significantly This court is
naturally quick-tempered A remark,
by the way, not inapplicable to the
late Chief Justice Bigelow, who on one
occasion was brought to his bearings
in way as effective as it was amusing.
He was riding in car which did not
stop at Quincy, where he resided, and,
as it was passing by, he pulled the
rope and the train was brought to
sudden stop. The conductor rushed
into The Car and demanded
Who rung hat bell /?
Il DID, sad the Chief Justice.
Why
Because | want to get Off
AT which the railroad official indulg-
ed in some remarks which were not
complimentary and hardly respectful.
The Judge afterward complained to the
president Of the road, who promised to
look into the matter But he found
that, although the conductor might
have used hot language, the Chief JUS
tice was not without fault, and said
nothing about it. When they next
met by chance the latter demanded of
the president whether he had repri
manded the conductor.
Il spoke to him, was the reply.
'Well, what did he say ?
He said that he was coming up
some day to adjourn your court.
The rate magistrate saw the point
and did not pursue the investigation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

There is a story told of almost every
doctor Of any note in the world, the
amounts varying according to the
prominence of the man. 1t is like
this
"Well, doctor, what is my bill?'
Let me see. I've been attending
you week, haven't II"
YES, sir, just about
"What is your businessY'
81 am lawyer, sir
"What wouldy you charge me for pro-
fessional services for week.
"Seventy-fve dollars, sir"
"Well. then, I'll only charge you the
same amount
A sewing-girl who was waiting to
pay the doctor, almost tainted when
she heard this conversation, as she
thought she would surely not get off
with S5.
"Doctor, | came to pay my bill, she
said, trembhngIy "but fear | am so
far from being able to do it that you
will be angry.
"What do you work at, my grl7'
IL am common seamstress, sir.
GLOW much do you make in a
week7'
"Only about seventy-fve cents, sir.
"Your bill is seventy-tiye cents"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
A shespsk!n Rug.

/ first wash the skin in warm soap
suds to make the wool white and clean,
and with the fingers pick out matted
places and all bits of dirt or brush. 1t
generally needs to be washed through
at least three waters to get it clean,
and then must be rinsed Thoroughly in
clear, hard water to take out the suds.
Dissolve half pound of alum and a
pound of salt ir ten quarts of boiling
water and mix this in a tubleful of wa
ter, Let the skins lie in this seven
hours then hang them over line to
drain, wool side out. As soon as the
wool is dry, stretch and tack the skins
wool side down on some fiat surface,
as a large board or the side of the barn
or wood house. | stretched mine on
the garret floor after first placing few
papers over the boards, and tackled in
as many places as needed AS soon as
the skin is about hal, dry rub it thor,
oughly over with "A mixture of equal
parts of powdered saltpetre and alum
aud repeat this every day for three
days, then take it up, fold the Skin
sides together and lay it away. Aftel
three days spread 1t down on table
and scrape off all the luInpy places
with blunt knife, and rub it well will
sand paper or pumice-stone; il will
then be soft and pliable,- Cor Prof
rie Farmer