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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Philadelphia,s Cable Road

DEFECTS WHICH WILL COST A QUARTER OF
MILLION TO REMEDY.
The cable road Of the PHILADELPHIA Traction
Company, constructed through twelve miles
of the principal streets Of the city, has been
found to be radically defective, after a cost
of $500, 900 to the projectors. One of the en-
gineers engaged upon the system expressed the
opinion to-day that $3.50 1000 would be re-
Quired to correct mistakes and make the road
practicable for traffic in cold weather.
When the iron conduits, through which the
cable passes, were laid, iron rods were run
through the stringers and bolted to the top OF
the conduits just below the slot where the
grip passes down to the cable under the street.
These rods were expected to counterfeit the
pressure of the ground, and keep the slot open.
Every change of temperature, however, has
been found to affect the width Of the slot and
hinder the passage Of the grip Work was
begun to-day to remedy this error. The ground
must be torn up over the entire twelve miles
of track already laid, and substantial new ties
and iron braces are to be inserted in place Of
visited Chicago to examine the system in
operation in that city two years ago. and at
tempted improvements in Philadelphia which
win now cost q quarter Of a million to undo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28

From the New York World.
Mr.. Cleveland IL the only President who has
ever worn only q moustache, with the rest of
his face smoothshaven. George Washington
wore no beard. John Adams had slight patch
Of whiskers in front of each ear. The faces of
Jefferson, Monroe and Madison were smooth
shaven. John Quincy Adams had light pair
Of side-whiskers, which followed the line OF his
cheek bone. Andrew jackson wore no beard.
Van Buren, had thin-side whiskers which ran
around nearly to his nostrils. Harrison, Tyler
Polk, Taylor, Fillmore and Buchanan were all
smOoth-shaven. Mr.. Lincoln, when he first came
to Washington shaved his beard and only let
1t grow during the latter years of his stay here.
He always shaved his upper lip. Andrew
Grant wore q stubbly short mustache and
beard. Hayes and Garfield wore long NOUS
taches and full boards. Arthur wore small
mustache and long side-whiskers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Western Rivals in Politeness.

from the Detroit Free Press.
They sat together in the smoking compart-
ment of the sleeping after breakfast and
were very quiet for a long time. At last the fat
man remarked: at is curious how travelling
affects some people. For instance, my feet are
SO swollen that can only keep my boots on
with positive agony"
"And odd that / am affected just the opposite
way" replied the other. MY feet shrink SO that
could almost get both feet into one boot"
There was another long interval of silence,
other
I'm such case," said the third man, who sat
opposite, II should advise you to trade boots"
Wiilingiy, was the response in chorus.
AS they were making the exchange the porter
came up with the remark:
II dun reckon got dem ar butes mixed up,
tween you two gemlen, and each of you has
got on de wrong par
~ knew it ali the time," said the fat man.
$50 did r. added the other.
"But I'll be hanged if / let any Wisconsin
man Guido me in politeness."
And Wisconsin don't take no back seat for
Missouri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Holman Hunts Last Picture.
From London Letter

"The Triumph of the Innocents" has at least
the merit of being wholly new and original
rendering of the story of the "Flight into Egypt"
The Virgin with the Child in her arms is
mounted upon she ass; st. Joseph his carpen-
ter's tools slung over his back, is leading them
and hurrying them across the plain of Philistia
Close by is village with dogs prowling round
it; the distant hills are studded with the watch
fires OF the soldiery, towards which st. Joseph
is turning anxious eyes; it is night, the moon
and stars are shining. So far there is nothing
in the picture which is not tolerably obvious
and which another painter might not have in
vented. Mr.. Hunts own conception, that
which gives the picture its name, is the process
sion Of the spiritual bodies of the slain limo
cents that accompany the fugitives from Beth
lehem. The Holy Family are in the dim moon
light, the 1nnocents are radiant with supernat-
ural glow. The 1nnocents are stepping on q
stream Of the water Of life, which moves for
ward as they move and here and there gives Off
bubbles of glowing color-"airy globes which
image the Jewish belief In the Millennium that
is to follow the advent of the Messiah In the
largest, brilliant with all the hues Of the rain
bow, there is family Swallowed the vision of ia
cob-the earliest suggestion of q belief in an
other life.
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Seth Green ON Eels.

From the American Angler.
do not know how eels breed. / have seen
people who said they had seen the spawn, and
other parties who said they had seen young
eels in the mature eels nearly ready to hatch.
Like youself have opened them from day to
day at all seasons of the year, and never have
seen any young cells or spawn. Ny opinion is
they hatch in salt or brackisk water, and go up
the streams when they are small. They can GO
up any dam or fall when they are young. They
crawl up the dams and falls, clinging to the
rocks under the sheet of water the same as an
angle worm would. They would go up any
fall no matter how high, If they got there
plenty of eels in Lake Ontario, but none above
except they have been transported or got up
through the canal. They are SO large when
they get to Niagara Falls that they cannot get
over; they are SO heavy they fall before they
get to the ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
The MayOs of Richmond.

Eugene D1dier In April Harper's.
Col. Mayo married Abigail De Hart daughter
OF John De Hart, of Elizabethtown, New Jer-
sey, who was member of the first Continental
Congress that met at Philadelphia in 1774-5,
and one of the most prominent lawyers in his
state. After his marriage Col. Mayo bought a
beaut1ml residence in Elizabethtown. called
Hampton Place, and his annual advent there
In coach and six, with coored foOtmen and
outriders, was an event long remembered by the
inhabitants of that ancient borough. He re-
sided for several years at the Hermitage, short
distance west Of Richmond, but in 1916 he
bought Bellville, q magnificent seat in the
his death on ane t6 ana Of vsa ax these until
was buried at the old Mayo homestead, Pow
hatan, short distance east of Richmond and
open arbor, Is large rock, which marks the
last resting place of the most powerful Indian
chief in Virginia, Powhatan, whose principal
residence was here, and after whom the place
was called. Colonel Mayo served in the state
troops during the war OF 81, and represented
legislature Mrs. John Mayo was one ~, of of
the most remarkable ladies of her day. She
was celebrated for her personal comeliness
prominent position in Richmond society. Maria
Mayo,the eldest daughter of Col. John Mayo,
was the reigning belle of the day, and Mr..
Mordecai says, in his "Richmond in By-gone
Days." she made the Hermitage anything but
a hermitage. She was great beauty, wrote
aha veG p66e srS sang and
fascinating in manner and agreeable in CONVEX
sation that she is said to have rejected over one
hundred suitors before accepting Gen. Winfield
Scott then in the full glory of his military sue
cesses, to whom she was married at Bellville
on the evening of March IL, 1917. The festivi-
ties were of the most extended and hospitable
character, and, an old letter before us ex-
presses it, "there were splendid doings." 1t is
said that Scott courted Maria Mayo as Mr..
Scott, as Captain Scott, and as Colonel Scott
without success, but as General Scott, the hero
of Lundy's Lane, he carried Off the coveted
priZe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
A Lenten Story.

From the New York Star.
A story was told to me by an Episcopalian
rector yesterday. A lady called at the house of
q poor but worthy family in the garb Of the new
sisterhood. In the course of conversation. a
girl fourteen years Of age, informed the visitor
that she was to be confirmed by the Bishop
shortly.
"That's very interesting, and what ara Won To
be confirmed imp asked the visitor
"Why, don't you known" replied the girl In
establishment. "What were you confirmed imp,
referring, Of course to the spiritual Significance
of the rite.
"I9 Well, was confirmed in kid slippers and
white muslinO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
The Child and the Year.

Said the Child to the youthful Year:
"What hast thou in store for me-
Ogiver of beautiful gifts, what cheer
What Joy dost thou bring with thee?"
"My seasons four shall bring
Their treasures the winters SHOWS,
The autumn's store. and the flowerA of spring
And the summers perfect rose.
Gan these and more shall be thine,
Dear Child-but the last and best
Thyself must earn by q strife divine
IT thou wOuldst be truly blest.
"Wouldst know this last, best gift?
'Tis a conscience clear and bright,
A place of mind which the soul can LII
To an infinite delight
"Truth, patience courage and love
If thou unto me canst bring,
Twill set thee all earth's ills above,
o Child, and crown thee King.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28

From Frank Leslie's Weekly.

up their situations in shops, millinery and
other establishments, and have engaged as ser
wants in families. It would be productive Of
good were many Of the same class in New York
to follow the example Of the Chicago sisters
Few shopgirls, as those employed In millinery
stores earn more than % week, while many
receive a. little as % per week. Domestic ser
vice in q respectable family at $12 month
the lowest that Is paid to competent girls In.
Guiding board, Is much preferable TO even the
highest Of the sums mentioned as paid for SER
vice In stores or shops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
The President Hankering After q Ty.
- phOid Rest.


- phOid Rest.
From the Louisville Journal.
A Louisville man in Washington insisted on
seeing the President. Great efforts were made
to bluff him off, as Mr.. Cleveland was very busy
No offices, they told him, could be filed before
the 4th of July or early in October. He said he
wanted no Office, but the Presidential menials
winked and asked him what he was giving
them. After long time q Congressman came
along, took pity on him, and got him in. Mr..
Cleveland looked careworn, but inquired kindly,
"What office did you say, sir, you would like p,
80, don't want Office" said the Loulsviner
pulling long Nat bottle out OF his pocket, "I
merely called, sir, to leave with you these spec
linens Of the inicrococci inhabiting our wells.
Why, sir, you have no idea how much excite
Cleveland looked surprised, and then he said !:
THANK you, Sir, thank you; have been think
ing for some time OF contracting the typhoid
fever In hope OF getting rest. God bless you,
ST, sir sfn My you are IN Washingson make
Lonisviller il not yet back from Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Esthetic Poker in Boston.


The intellectual game of drawpoker has
taken firm hold on the dwellers in cultured
Boston, and the teachings of the Concord School
of Philosophy are for time forgotten. Our
special correspondent writes us that he recently
overheard several fair daughters of the Athens
of America INDUCING In this pleasant pastime,
when the following dialogue ensued:
Anastasia.-"Is 1t my aunt? Oh, yes! we'll,
there's a solitary check.'
Clytemnestra. ~ will bestride your destitute
OF sight, dear"
r pinroserpine draw your cards, girls.
Millicent.-"Well, will wager halfscore
of checks"
five"
Proserpine.--"I fear that you are feigning to
possess more than you really have, but never
theless, dears, I call YOU"
Anastasia.-'I have q homogeneous trio Of
Millicent.-"And 1 Robertappendaged
f1ush.'
Proserpine-"While I hold quartet of
knaveso
Millicent.-"Well, dear, then you take the
ceramics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28


The Thirteen club" which annually sits
down at dinner on Friday, thirteen strong.
prides itself on having overthrown the so-called
superstition that thirteen is An unlucky mum.
Der. In point of fact the club has shown that it
reckless in trihing with it. Has no iii luck
overtaken the reckless members of this fool
hardy club? Did no one of them lose money on
the election or In connection with jack-pots
that seemed outwardly full of promise, but
proved in the end costly delusionsf Has no
inspectors, and have all of them escaped sick.
ness or matrimony or visits from undesirable
relatives or sermons lasting forty five minutes9
If they have suffered in these ways, how do thew
know that their sufferings are not directly due
to their audacious dinners?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Are the Jews Distinct Racer

From the London Telegraph.
Are the Jews distinct race? was the ques-
ton asserted, denied, and learnedly argued on
Tuesday night, February Oath, by various en-
inent Jews, Including the Chief Rabbi delegate,
before Q crowded meeting Of the Anthropologi-
cal institute. AL the peculiarities OF the Jews
that are apparently racial were infinitely dis
cussed, with the result OF leaving two very dis
tfnct impressions. One was that mixed mar
riages between Jews and non-Jews are so infer
tile that the average number Of their progeny
does not equal the number Of the parents; con-
sequently halfcastes tend to die out The other
was that the question Of the distinctness OF the
race wAs In other respects an exceedingly
dif1icult one TO decide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
The Doctor,s Head Wac Lev,

The Doctors Head Was Level
From the Chicago Herald.
"Who is your family physician, George3"
cdr. Smoothman.n
"How did you employ that hair-brainsd crea-
ture?"
.Oh, my wife once asked him II he could tell
why she always had cold feet, and he told her
they were so small they couldn't hold blood
any other DOCTOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Lieutenant Greedy Apin< Oscar Wilde.

80 "TeeIy VSNaE Alues
washington Letter the Buffalo Express
attended reception given by an Oregon
Senator's wife last evening Lieut.. Greedy was
there. Imagine him n tall fellow, with long
olaek hair parted in the middle, just like a
woman. He posed and was admired and lion
zed He took IL all very grandly, and his air
was ttlat OF one who considers himself great
INDIVIDUAL He's very dainty and not at all
lng-rooIns of Washington You would think to
look at him he had quaffed society sillabub all
ms NE, ana had never eaten raw marine Or
sfewed sailor. His lfonizing is carried to an
extent that is giving him sort of Bunthorne
situation. There are lots of "rapturous maidens"
down dne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
The New Orleans Street Car.

Letter TO san FRANCISCO ArgOnauL
Speaking Of cars brings to mind the great po-
likeness and courtesy of the southern men. I
have seen three or four of them rise stimuli
taneously to offer seats to an old and ragged
negress, and never since have been in New
Orleans have seen woman standing in a car
while man occupied seat In New York
many handsomely dressed and attractive
women have become accustomed by long ex.
perience to cling to the strap of swerving
bOb-ta11 car, while q dozen or fifteen men sit
comfortably. One grows accustomed to that
sort of thing, and does not realize what mans
duties are until 1t is brought forcibly before
him, as 1t is here by the manners of the men of
New Orleans. The admirable part of lis that
they do not discriminate in the least. A rag
ged woman OF wretched aspect is treated with
the same courtesy on every occasion as her
more attractive and younger sisters. In pass
ing up her fare, stopping the car-in fact, in
every little attention that can be paid to
woman passenger-there is positive competl-
ton among the men.
Every street car driver here Is called "Gal-
lagher." The only slang expression in the
place is that which is addressed in q chorus to
the driver, after woman has alighted, by the
men passengers. She steps off the car, and the
driver sits comfortably ahead looking at the
mule. He displays every inclination and in
tentfon of sitting there forever, until three or
four passengers raise their voices and cry,
gravely: "Let her roll, Gallagher" Upon this
he let's go the brake and the mule trots daintily
on its blitheSOme Way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
FIFTY THOUSAND YARDa

FrrY thousand YARpa
10000 YARDS
ALL NEW PARIS DRESS GOODS BOURETTR
EFFECTS, HIGH NOVELTIES. ALL
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GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED IN
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THE BEST VALUE IN CHINA PoNGEE EVEN
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BLACK eros GRAIN AND SATIN
DUCHESS SILKS.
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PRINTED CHALLE DE LAME CHOICE STYLE9
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LARGE STOCK OF FANCY BLACK GOODS,
PARASOLS AND SUN UMBRELLAS
SILk EMBROIDERfES. LARGEST STOCK OF
CHOICE GOODS TO BE FOUND In THE CITY.
ONE PRICE
W. NJ. SINISTER & SONS
919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
n. B. THE BEST Is THE CHEAPEST milo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28

From the Philadelphia Times.
speaking about dynamiters," said natu-
ralist, ~ have brought few specimens TO Illus
trate that feature in low life-as there are dyna-
miters in the lower animal kingdom - wei ~
in the higher, and curiously enough, we might
say the same Of the vegetable kingdom. re-
member a few years ago was travelling on .
small vessel between some OF the West India
islands. and at one place had purchased num-
Der OF curious seeds, placing them under my
birth for safe keeping. I was sitting at the
company with negro passenger, when there
came an explosion that sounded as If q barrel
61 e bad gone on hin
announcer projectile struck me full In the breast.
Inc negro was not so fortunate. He uttered q
hands, and with the blood squirting nom his
face went over backward with crash that
brought the skipper and crew down the hatch
swore that had shot him and then that had
nit with with a club but in a moment he re-
covered from his fright and we began toinvesti-
gate;
"The man had been struck fairly in the nose
blow SO powerful that it was several hours
rose nom my seat something dropped upon
Ine cabin floor, and afterward picked 1t up;
ana what 90 you suppose It was? Nothing but
explosives. The heat OF the cabin had in some
way affected them SO that they went OF like
cartridges. and as each of them was made up of
grape-shot. One struck the negro as related,
another missed my head and shattered a look
ing-glass behind me, another struck me in the
chest, while still another, curiously enough,
took off the handle Of q pitcher, or monkey
cooler, that stood on the table. Four of the
seeds didn't go of, and you may be sure put
them In strong box A number of Seeds" con-
tinued the speaker, shave similar habit of ex-
ploding, and it is generally provision con-
nected with the dispersal Of Seeds In the west
have seen trees explode with a report that
could be heard nearly mile; in this case the
frost was the cause. There certain insects bore
way in and freezes. and away goes the tree as
If you had placed a torpedo in it, showing what
the expansive power of water will do"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
Mexican Hotel and Home Life.

What Mexico needs more than anything else
is a good hotel. 1t is about two hundred years
behind the times in this respect. The city has
five railroads. a splendid street car system, tele-
graph wires to all the world a telephone service
with 700 subscribers, six daily newspapers and
any number of weeklies, electric lights, the
best lighthouses in America, but not one decent
hotel. Those who have to remain in Mexico
any length of time invariably go to housekeep-
ing, and can thus live as comfortably and econ
omically as anywhere in the states. There is
no aristocratic quarter in Mexico, and it is
fashionable not only to live on business street,
but to have saloon or a meat market on
the ground floor. Everybody lives. in
flats, the houses are usually three stories high,
and the top floor is considered the best. It will
rent for 500 month, while the second floor
rents for $40. When q house is to be let in
Mexico the owner sticks an old newspaper in
the window. 1t isn't very tasteful, and seldom
improves the appearance of the house, but it is
economical, and understood by the commu-
nifty. Servants are cheap and plenty, and you
are pretty sure to have several descendants of
the Aztec kings about the house If you hire
one, for it is the rule here that the whole family
go with the father or mother when they 60
out to service. Your cook brings her husband,
her children, and pretty nearly all her rela-
tions, and they are fed from your table and
sleep under your roof. The husband may be a
shoemaker, or a saloon keeper, or hackman,
but he lives where his wife works. There are
usually rooms enough in the house for them
all, and the only food they want is plenty Of
beans and what Is left from your own table.
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Warfare Against Skating Kinks.

~. L.
There is going to be a determined warfare on
the skating Kinks by theatrical managers,
who have determined to unite against this form
Of amusement, which is now conceded on every
hand to have occasioned a loss of at least one
third of the moneys usually counted upon by
theatrical enterprises throughout the country.
In Minnesota law is proposed which provides
skate in the Kinks. The object of such q
statute is to put an end to the condition of i'm
morality which is claimed in many quarters to
be stimulated by the skating system. The eff
feet of the law would be naturally enough to
shut off that portion of the patronage of such
women who find more pleasure in the social re-.
lations of roller skating than in the physical
exercise impaired. A similar bill is on the
legislature, where It will be pushed forward
Mcvicker, Mr.. Mcconnell and Mr.. Hamlin.
western metropolis. This, believe, is the first
case Oh record where any considerable number
Of theatrical managers have come definitely
together to fight against q common foe. Unity
of purpose is not one of The strong points among
people engaged in various capacities In the
theatrical thea, calling; In every large community
not feel themselves personally damaged by OPP
position such as that shown by the Kinks, and
bination which is calculated to help their com
petitors. But the importance of some step cal
culated to put an end to or curb the skating
AISAZy LAS suggested lCSell In most imperative
vein to theatrical people. Meanwhile, the craze
for roller skating, far from being abated, seems
to gather new force at every turn. The posi-
biiity that there should be profit in an enter
prise requiring the very large expenditure
involved In hiring and running an establish
ment of the size of the Madison Square Garden
shows that the entire community Is expected to
support this latest form of amusement. There
was once before q roller-skating mania in this
country, but it died out before it had reached
very large proportions The present craze
appears to be boundless, and the managers Of
theaters have made up their minds that they
must combine against the opposition or find
their business fatally impaired.