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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21


Eclipse Of the soma baby daughter.-Boston
Transcript.
Colored applicant for Office: ''rd like dis app.
intment, boss" He got it.-Binghampton Re
publican.
Miss Rosebud-"Arthur is very low" Mr..
Grand -"What Arthur" Miss Rosebud
"Arthur Mometer." [Dies horribly. IB0ston
Beacon.
A few weeks ago, at swell party in Washing.
ton, the daughter of great dignitary appeared
in such scant costume that 1t was described as
two loops on the shoulders and q belt around
the waist" When she left the room it was whis-
pered that she had gone home to dress."-Au-
04stG Ctr0nicle.
It is scientifically estimated that II all the
champion" roller skaters In America should
stand up In row there wouldn't be people
enough LEFT to count them.-SQUonn0h (Ga)
"Mamma, what is this backbone grant the
papers are all talking about?" HE was great
general during the dreadful war, George, and
9 man OF extraordinary backbone. "-ChSca0o
Ne,Os.
Senate yet" Evarts doesn't want his first sem
tence to lap over into the next session Of the
6enate.-Richn6nsd Disp0tch.
Secretary Whitney Is certainly better fitted
for his position than some Of his predecessors
who had to learn after their appointments that
joyed run on Mr.. Tlden's yacht, and 90 il
quite an old saltl-Boston Traveller.
SNOW" said the bridegroom to the bride when
they returned from the honeymoon trip, sslet
MS have q clear understanding before we settle
down to married life; are you 70 be president or
vice president OF this CONCERN" II want to be
swered. az win be content With subordinate
position HWhAt Is that?" Controller Of the
cuHrency."-B0abn Courier.
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Speaking of the savings Of freaks of nature, q
prominent circus and museum manager said
yesterday: "They are nearly all economical,
and nine out Of every ten are filled with a de-
sire to own farm. Tom Thumb spent q great
deal Of money, and yet left q snug fortune.
M1llie Christine, 'the double-headed girl has
made 100000 or $4,000, but she lost the
greater part of 1t backing the circus Of a friend
few years ago. =! suppose she is still worth
husband, who live in this city, are worth
$4,000. John Powers, the fat man, accumu-
lated $4,000. Capt. Bates and his wife, big
people, are worth $4,000. They have q fine
farm in the west If Lucia Zarete, the Mexican
midget, had received all the salary she earned
for her manager, she would be worth S25 600
As 1t is, the manager, Frank Uffner, has the
money, minus "a 900 or 5000 he has paid to
Lucta's father. Eli Bowen, the legless man, has
$4,000 in bank. Cooper, the giant, has nearly
as much. The dime museums have raised the
salaries of freaks so. much that they will ali
have farms ii the managers pocket-books hold
out"
The fraternal feeling existing among freaks is
aptly shown by the cases of Hubert Ferrer long
known as the Toronto Giant, and Edward
Skinner, the Armless Wonder. These two men,
both over 20 years Of age, are now living at q
little cottage outside of Bridgeport, Ct, where
an old cOlored man and woman, for many years
q stableman and wardrobe-keeper with circuses
tend to their wants and look after the peaceful
decline of their days. The cottage, the old col
all dependent on q small monthly assessment
taken up from the freaks exhibited at every
circus, museum and side show in the United
States.
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Doomed to Boston.

From the Boston Advertiser.
The story of Rugg, "the missing man." who
for his contempt of Providence and defiance Of
the powers Of the thunder was doomed to
wander forever, searching in vain for Boston,
his native town, is SO we'll known that it may
be said to have ripened into legend. Even to
this day he has been seen by lovers Of romance.
driving fercely along country roads, pur
sued by the same furious squall that was the
occasion Of his blasphemy. But fact-even
dry legal fact is often stranger than
fiction, and the remarkable doom Of the
missing man" finds a counterpart in the SEN
tence imposed In old colonial days upon one
Daniel Fsirefeild. As Rugg was never to find
the city of his home, SO Fairefeild was never to
leave 1t, for in consideration Of his crimes he
was, says the quaint sentence, ''to be confined
to Boston Neck, so as If hee bee found at any
time dureing his life to 60 out of Boston Neck,
that is, beyond the rallies toward Robbery or
beyond the low water marke, hee shalbee put
to death upon due conviction thereof" Imagin-
alton can picture him wandering through the
little Boston Of 1912, or watching the Kings
rigatas sail up the harbor, or gazing wistfufly
over 1.-THE rallies toward Robbery" while the
laws ne e1eot reono rings in his ears like the
complaint of Sterne's startling 81 can't get out"
Clothed In the trappings of romance. would not
the story OF this man, whose country was his
prison peninsula, approach very near In inter-
est to that rare tale, its natural complement,
"The Man Without Country?"
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STAFFORD AND THE BURGLARS.
HOW q Deaf Man N0nplussed . Pair Of
Midnight Marauders.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Inc burglars who went through the clothing
store Tuesday night also paid visit to the res
idence OF Mr.. l.. o. Spafford, at the corner of
broadway and Jones avenue. Mr.. Spafford
hearo some one moving in the kitchen, and
opening the door asked who was there. Imme-
dfately two revolvers were presented at his
mead, with the command, Your money or your
Iife."
very we'll. " --o
glar.
'Oh, come now!" said Mr.. STAFFORD, sthat'u do.
mink you'd better go away from here. Get
OUT; want nothing to do with you"
A.. TN TINS he gave the burglar a shove, closed
the door and returned to bed. This strange con.
ouct SO puzzled the knights of the Jimmy that
alter CONSULTATION In the kitchen they left
a their visit they scribbled on the wall: well
done, old hoss
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A Monaghan Millionaire.

From the San Francisco Call.
In q beautiful portion of Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands, EMPOWERED in towering palms and lux
uriant ferns, lies hidden from the vulgar view of
the pedestrian the pretentious residence of Mr..
Along. From its roomy balcony, through the
1nterstces of the tropical forest glimpses of the
famed Nuiana valley may be caught-the valley
of which it is truthfully said that it is never
without a rainbow. To the far right the tower
ing mountain ridges, with the Punchbowl, an
extinct volcano, in the front, may be seen in All
their beauty, while the hum Of the busy town
floats up with no discordant sound. Mr.. Along.
Chinaman, who, with his native island spouse
and q numerous family of little ones, leads an
ideal life. Mr.. Along is q solid merchant, with
ness street, and Is credited with the possession
of million or two, acquired in honest trade
neighboring islands He adheres to the ehara ss
teristic Monaghan accoutremepts although
mingling himself with the most important and
to interfere in the varied changes In attire
which Honolulu fashion dictates to his family.
Mr.. Along has five daughters, ranging In
The mother and the daughters maintain
q rigid adherence to the rules of fashion,
girls. When occasion demands the LADY and and
her older daughters are clad in as elegant
raiment as is the wealthiest lady on the islands,
any means infrequent1y made, AZ the family
Is received cordially into the best society
l II Ine ay has # gEysts
men, and close observer Of the merry quintet
in their afternoon drive could not tell that they
casian. The children are all receiving tuition,
and the eldest daughter, q modest and not UNI
a 70
family is q curiosity In its way to the UMPIRE
pared visitor nom San Francisco, and, although
and on the other Islands, It remains the cole In.
stance OF Chinese progression In many respects.
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The Flat Mania.

The building OF enormous flats still goes on.
One of the next towering piles to 60 up will
overshadOw the once noted mansion in which
the widow of A. T. Stewart spends her lonely
days and nights. 1t will stand just north of
that handsome and costly structure, on the
same block and on the site Of the old-fashioned
house that was occupied by the University club
till 1t moved into the abandoned quarters of
the Union League club at Madison square. AS
the fiat will be nine or ten stories high, it will
tower so high above the Stewart mansion that
the latter will look like q cottage beside it. 1t
has been common remark for several years
people are getting tired Of them as homes, they
up, nevertheless. II they did not pay, capital,
are some which are certainly not profitable, but
than any other, except .tenements, producing
from eight to ten per cent clear Of all expenses
And the proportion Of tenements doing
better than that is not at all large. A $40, 900
tenement rom which the owner can clear
$1 500 year, after paying taxes and attending
to repairs, Is considered q good Investment
The amount Of capital now invested in flats is
buildings are the Navarro fats, on Seth street,
facing Central Park. There are two buildings
and their value is estimated at 90, OOO, 900. Mr..
muiated great wealth in New YcrR D n He sS was
interested in the construction company that
built the elevated railroads, and he was direc-
till last year. No doubt q large part of his for
tune has been made out of the elevated roads
But he 10 wholly unlike either Gould or Field in
and in private life he is highly esteemed, doubt
less for his merits, though his large wealth may
have something to do with it, too. Nearly all
she date though, large and small, are heavily
mortge8ed, in some cases up to seventy-nv per
cent Of their value, and II any serious trouble
occurred in real estate it would be decidedly
Letter IN Hartford Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21

The English Egyptian Question.
From the Chicago Herald.
"Them English are havin' right smart of q
time over there in Africa, hain't they?" re-
marked an old farmer from up In Michigan.
ayes, indeed"
"Ive been a-watchin' Of 'em all winter, and
dye know what their campaign reminds me of
No? Wall, SIR, I used ter have big BerkshiL
shoat what had the durndest appetite ever you
heerd tell on. The hitler shoats had to git out Of
his way every time. put him in q lot all by
hissel1, and there was plenty of feed and walloW
there for him-inore'n he could ever use-but,
dunn me. II he would stay there. Down went
that fence and away vent that shoat into fields
that up all summer, but bimeby he broke into =
little patch o timber an got to foolin' round.
he run his nose right inter hornets' aasf. IL
TOOK him long time to git out o. them woods.
but When he got out he was the most subdued
boat ever you seedw
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An Extempori.ed Marriage.


From Three Months in the Soudan.
The magnificent extravagance Of the late
khedive is well exemtlihed in the small palace
he built for the Empress Eugene, and which
has never been occupied since. Here, too, an
instance Of thorough oriental arbitrariness oc-
CURED. The empress, while thanking the khe-
dive for the magnificent reception he had given
her, happened to say that the only thing she
said the khedive, sithis shall soon be RENE
died. d. So he senttor his A. D. e. gave him one
sented him with large doWry, and told The as
ready in two days.
Accordingly, on the second day there was q
grand marriage r Arabe. Tho empress was
greatly pleased, and the A D. G., man far
several European Languages splendidly, found
himself tndt.solubly attached to Q Mahomedan
wife, while all along Is had been the dream Of
his life to marry Q European lady, one educated
Ike himself and with whom he could asso-
ciRte. But he knew he dared not refuse and 70
an accident settled h1s whole future Life.
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How Did You Earn Your First Dollar:
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Do you know about that fortuitous aggrega.
ton Of oratorical atoms called 1.-THE Twilight
club?" It is a good place to drop in once a fort
night and hear terse expression of the latest
thought / was there one Thursday evening
not long ago, and the question was, '.How did
you earn your first dollar" Around the table
it went, eliciting q confession at every plate
more or less interesting amusing till it struck
Capt. John Goldman, late shipmaster. "Wen,' u
he said, II earned my first money when was q
business is that?" inquired the chairman. ~
planned. "0ur captain stopped at sumatr ira for
cargo, and engaged it to be ready on bis return
didn't want to pay for it till he got it; and, on
the other hand, the rajah didn't want to have it
dilemma the captain offered $50 If one of the
crew would stay three months as hostage
among the savages-tO be sacrificed only in the
event OF bis not returning for his cargo. was
young and reckless, and jumped at the chance.
to feeling little uneasy sometimes"
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Grant at Twenty-Five.

HISTORY OF AN OLD DAGUERREOTYPE WHICH
IS OWNED BY G. W. CHILDs.
The Philadelphia Press of March 10th con-
tains the following: George w. Childs will for
ward to-day to General Grant a time-worn
daguerrOtype in an Old-fashoned case. It is q
picture of the hero of AppOmatox as he looked
when young man % years old. There is little
In the boyish face that is suggestive of the Cen
eral OF the Union armies and President Of the
United States. 1t is the smooth face Of a boy
with the bloom of health upon his cheek and
the marks of a vigorous constitution in every
outline of his sturdy frame. He was a newly
nedged Lieutenant then, fresh from the training
OF West Point, and the young soldier appears in
the uniform and epaulettes worn by regular
army neutenants OF forty years ago. Though
the face is beardless and immature a careful
observer notes at first glance the firm mouth
and stubborn jaw of the soldier who swore "tO
It is Grant, the boy, but it is just enough like
Grant, the cOnqueror, to illustrate the adage
that "Ihe boy Is father of the man." Mr.. Childs
has taken the portrait from among his store of
treasures that an engraving may be made from
II 70 Illustrate page In the memoirs OF General
The history of the daguerreotype is a peculiar
one. 1t was taken while Lieut.. Grant was sta
toned In Texas. At that time one of his
closest closes p friends was Lieut. Bailey, of George
Bailey and Lieut. Grant also became very fond
daguerreotype was sent, to let her see how the
young lieutenant looked in his complete rexi-
mentals. Grant wrote many letters to Mrs
Bailey, and these she treasured, along with the
picture. until long after he became commander
Of the armies and President. At Mrs Bailey's
death her treasures fell to her daughter, Mrs
Lucinda Powers, of Georgetown. Not long ago
Mrs Powers sent the picture and one of Grants
old letters to Mr.. George w. Childs, knowing
that he would value them highly, and express
Ing the wish that he might have an Oil painting
made from the daguerreotype. Recently Gen.
Grant, desiring to obtain . good picture Of him
self a. young man, to illustrate his forth
coming memoirs, remembered the daguerreo-
type he had sent to Mrs. Bailey. Col Fred
Grant wrote to Mrs. Powers, who at once for.
Wacdad the letter tn Mr. ChildS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21

From the Arkansas Traveller.
Captain" said q grocery keeper, addressing
. well known gentleman, "do you remember
that sack Of Aour you ordered some time ago7"
s.Oh, yes, remember it."
81 suppose %, but don't remember that you
ever paid for It"
"My dear sir, I am not responsible for your
bad memory. have remembered my part OF
II. Memory II 2 peculiar faculty and II luscep-
uble OF great cultivation. Some Of the Grecfans
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21

During the performance at the Rene circus IT
Vienna yesterday morning one Of the lions at
tackled h0n-tamer named Seeth, and killed
and devourod him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21
Cellars Full of Foxes.

TIE PECULIAR AMBITION OF THE rox
HUNTERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY PA
telegram to the New York Sun from Chris.
tiana, Pa, March 6, says: Fox hunting in this
part of Lancaster county is carried on, not for
the love Of having a fox torn to pieces for his
brush, but to capture the foxes alive until each
hunter has cellar full. The packs OF hounds
to be found in these parts are as good as the
pest In the land. Their equal can rarely be
John Graham lives a. short distance from
here In the hills. He is q veteran fox hunter.
nearly 20 years old. He is better known al
tommy Grimes, and his hounds are well known
has always kept . large pack Of feet fox
mounds, and every winter he has taken a hand
IN CHASING Reynard over the hills Any morn
ing one OF MS welltrained dogs, in the hunting
follows. The foxes are holed, caught with a
witch, and then brought in triumph home
Win the yeiptng pack at the heels of the horses
Inc Ioxes are put into the cellar and kept there
II must Dc bad season, indeed, II when spring
comes veteran hunter can't count a dozen
Ioxes In his cellar ready to be turned loose to
Recently large white-tailed fox was started
chase, Johnny Grimes captured the animal at
4 CLOCK, and took him home in Triumph
wnefe ne joined the other captives in the eel
t tar. Inc witch with which the foxes are cap
rial, which Is run in toward the fox. and at
Whlcn ne Dltes and snaps until he gets fast and
Is pulled out by the jaws or front paws.
IN tne spring the captives are let go again,
Old man Sixties is another veteran fox hmm.
ter, and during the winter he always has cell
Lar full OF foxes captured with his fleet pack
These hunters are in the best of health. NOT.
withstanding their years. They are Ana hnrSo-
men, and ride over stone walls streams and
fences with all the dash OF cavalrymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-21
A Step Forward Demanded.

EIom the new OK IrlDun0.
1t Is about time that the old bacr,,ood.
method Of delivering coal in our cities was
given up, and some better plan adopted. A.
present the delivery OF q ton of coal is an mn.
mitigated nuisance to all who live in the yicini.
ty, as well as to pedestrians in general. II IN
dumped on the sidewalk generally in such a
way that people who wish to pass are Obliged 10
turn out into the gutter. Or If they decide tn
climb over it, they are quite likely to be hit
with several Jumps Of coal by the man who IL
sfloveling it; and even II they Escape that
annoyance, they are sure to get their boots or
trowsers soiled with coal dust. II this nuisance
were unavoidable it would be unnecessary To
SPEAK Of it. But 1t is not Coal might be de-
nVered, as II Is In some cities in England IN
strong sacks, each holding two or three hun-
dred pounds. The mouths OF these sacks could
be inserted In the coal holes, or they could be
carried bodily into the coal bin and emptied:
ana In this way vast amount Of dirt and cIaf..
ter would be avoided. In the same Way mnch
noise might be done away with In houses II the
coal 70 De used In CRATES or stoves were placod
in small paper bags, which could be laid On the
IRE without the unearthly noise now necessarv
BY attending TO triies like these life NAV be
made much more endurable. w
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Dangerous Exposure at Funerals.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger
Frequently now in published notices Of funer.
ais, we find the words, 'interment private ~
This Is understood to mean that the friends OF
the deceased are not invited or expected to 20
to the place Of interment. In many cases-per-
haps In most-the immediate connections, or a
chosen number of them, follow to the cemetery
to witness the last rites. If such sad commit
tees could always be composed of persons
physically able to endure the exposure, re-
spect for the dead could in this way be shown
without danger to the living. BUTT is unfor-
tunately the case that relatives, weakened by
grief, and, perhaps, by q period of watching
and sad excitement, and, therefore, least fitted.
are those to whom the duty is delegated or per-
In this inclement season Of winter the expo-
sure OF mourning friends at the side of the open
the church Is the filter place for the funeral ser
vice, and the ceremony should there embrace
all that can be done out Of respect for the mem
ory of the departed or said for the consolation
OF the living. The last look at the coffin and
the hearing Of the fall Of earth to earth and
ashes 70 ashes Is IN accordance with sentiment
should be controlled. We will not make the
chilling plea Of prudence. Duty to the living is
ture from the living ranks of men a vacancy is
created, which the survivors are called upon to
hll. Honor to the memory of the departed is
have laid down. To forget this is in every prac-
tical sense to forget the dead, even though grief
In its intensity amount to despair.
The clergy of all the churches are especial
sufferers. With man whose feelings are his
vocation It may seem duty to disregard or
sense Of duty should come in and he should
not give to the unconscious dead the service
which may be imperative and useful to the
living: The Society of Friends have in some
directions introduced customs which rob the
grave Of some of its terr0rs. Among beuuests
made to their societies several have funds, the
income Of which is to provide straw to place
upon the coffin and deAden the sound of the
falling earth. This may seem a very small
matter, but little things ARE the index of
greater. and are the tokens of deep thought.
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Picturesque Paris No Longer.

Letter In Boston Journal.
Carnival brings no especial Joy to Paris. Ga
varni used to say that even in his time there
was no carnival, and that he had invented the
whole institution at fifty francs a Autograph.
Certainly his caricatures, SO numerous and so
persistently followed up, led the world to be-
ieve that the Partisan carnival was far more
generally observed than it really is. The
masked balls this year are dreary affairs. The
only objects of interest at them are the cele-
brated composers who feel it their duty to go
v1ties Perhaps they go merely to look after
their authors rights. At the Eden theater there
are masked balls which are conducted with
something of the license manifested under the
second empire. But the maskers and the
streets grow more and more uncommon yearly.
Paris has lost its picturesque features. Fiji
teen years ago there were more costumes
Of peasants visible in the capital than now;
democracy is doing it's accustomed leveling
The grand opera as been reform ed. Thiswill
be pleasing to the thousands of Americans who
coming here yearly, have been treated to med
icore performances in the finest musical palace
in the world. The new directors, NM. Gail
hard and Ritz, have inaugurated policy which
bids fair to be brilliant They belve In. short
and moderately paid engagements for .promi.
corps OF the overpaid. Gabrielle Krauss, I'M
doubtediy singer of genius, has been receiv-
Ing immense sums at the opera for a long time
departs. Seller, the tenor, whom Edmond
About discovered in a wine shop, must go Also
as he will not accept a reduction. New oreras
are to be produced in rapid succession, and the
OLD and foolish routine Is to be broken down.
Mime. Fides-Devries, one of the greatest singers
In the world, had been engaged for 100, 900
francs to reappear at intervals, singing sixty
four times In all for that snm. Maurice
ance In the United States, where she is expected
TO make an enormous sensation.
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Music 10 the sound which ones children rreh.
as they romp through the house. Noise IN HE
sound which other peoples children make