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BOOKS FOR THE CABINET
What the Presidents Advisers Read
A Book sellers Revelations to q s.Star,,
Reporter.

Send these to Secretary Bayard's," said a
Washington book dealer as he handed half q
dozen current novels to one of his assist
ants. That's keeping right up to the times in
turning to THE STA r man who was standing BY
CTHE STAR man is always standing near when
Se mat E9ng SO no one must
Does the Secretary read those?" asked the
scribe in surprise.
mo. nor replied the dealer hastily. "The
Secretary follows very dignified Course of
reading. But the novels go to his household
Now here's thing maybe you never noticed
daughters, II he has any, read history and poll
ties; II the mans a serious student, they read
moves. suppose that's one Of the ways Of
women. Always by contrariesv'
Who's the best reader in the cabinete" asked
the scribe.
Folks say Lamar is" replied the dealer. "He
may be, but never heard of his buying book
If he reads. he don't keep pace with the times
reader He great many BOOKS a sns ke eeSs
| right along with the best writer's. His reading
Of al he
and have never seen him look at a novel. He
buys such books as American Statesmen Eng
English men of letters, works on political econ
3my, Emerson. Holmes, and the like. The
the osS book
bought is Blaine's. He bought that few days
after he came to Washington. There are .
Colonel Lamont buys many good books and
nearly all the popular periodicals. but don't
| got for Miss Cleveland.
Secretary Whitney reads great DEAL He don't
connne himself, however, to politics, history OF
philosophy. He is very fond of novels and
fsads many. Some are the best and some are
Inc nghtest. He 70 fond of Hugh Conway, Miss
mnsphree and Mrs. Alexanders works. He
reads such novels as The vagrant Wife, The
| iinteo Venus, Called Back, Struck Down, &c
ne never buys anything in English. He al
ways gets French novels, and reads q Rrea,
| many OF them.
1.-THE other members OF the cabinet we DOM
see SO much Of Isuppose Lamar likes the Old
| Standard works, such as he has In his own
new books. guess there is no one in the CAB
| met who buys as many good books az Blaine
well-known coed authors. He gets much tn
same books as Bayard does, only the range q
his research is wider. Logan isn't anything
| for buying bo0ka"
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A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD.
How It Feels to be Decapitateii-A VIC
tim OF the Official Axe Describes His
Sensations.

He was walking through the halls of the
Treasury in daEed sort Of way. He passed
down towards the appointment room, hesitated
that guards the window at the end of the long
corridor and looked sadly through to the tops
Of the green trees towards the White House.
Then he wandered back down the corridor and
looked as If he were lost. He went up stairs.
then down, until, as if impelled against his
will, he stood in front OF a certain door. He
as Il he in the habit Of and
at S,s of saR his hand
came over his face and he hurried away
His heads been chopped or" THE STAR
over twenty years and can't get used to it."
How Goes al man ieel with his head Off"
official head, and he followed the man man. u '"'
at feels, when the axe first falls" said the
victim, 'as il some one had hit you In the head
know anything. Then it looks as if your e desk
was dancing away from you across the room.
the windows look long and narrow; the ice
pitcher looks big, and everybody else In the
room n, looks pale and when You start to 60 out
you get into the corridor it looks
as ii you had never been there before. You
nes feel
and the whole world looks strange When YOU
get into the street, there seems to be an unus-
ual noise, and every body looks frightened as
if something were about to happen, and the
streets look SO long and wide, and the horses
and people look small. All the while you feel
that something about you is swelling. You
anks towards so
were lifted up off the ground and the Whole
town were spinning around like top under
you. Meanwhile the swelling feeling gets
worse. You think it's your head, but you
amt quite certain. You think your head has
turned into a balloon, for which your body's
too much ballast, and it Is picking you
up and dropping you down again, sort OF
YOU begin to feel afraid. You go half way
alley gate to avoid the children you think
are playing in 'front.' The swelling goes
on until you get inside OF the house. Then
there is a sort of explosion; something c0llapses
in you, and you find it is your heart. Then you
know all OF q sudden what has happened. You
are out Of employment and have q family to
support. First you want to do something; then
awfuiiy black and desperate. You start out
again to collect your thoughts and look about
you. Unconsciously you wander down the
street, looking for something to turn up, and
before you know it you are walking through
the corridors of the building you have
just been kicked out of. You feel as ii you
ought to be very polite to the colOred messen-
gers you meet in the halls. AS objects begin to
get familiar again, you are seized with desire
TO know how 1t happened. Then you get mad,
as if you had been outraged. Then you want
but you try all the same. It is hard to break off
a habit OF twenty years.
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BADLY SMELLING LETTERS.


a SU8E 0eROI Ter - AttemDt Find mt
the Cause.
"Phew! what q smell" is the general excla.
nation of persons receiving letters through the
post Office. The odor, when submitted IN a
chemical analysis, proves to arise from carbolic
acid, which Is considered a very good disin-
fectant. But as the majority of people do not
have correspondents in a morgue or in a small
pox country, the inquiry naturally arises. whv
are all the letters disinfectedf Al ths WI, ny
post office no information could be obtained on
this subject and all responsibility for the small
was disciaimed by the officials. The STAp "a.
porter who was making inquiries concluded ~
try Col. Jameson. the superintendent Of the
railway mail service, who fs such n 1oo VI s nns
tured person thati Is perfectly safe t fa ma
lion n q hs ON any subject. Col Jameson said
came from, ne could ind out WIN thew wers,
sprinkied with carbolic acid. atherv;isen W. he
would respectfully refer all inouiries 70 tho
surgeon general Of the marine hosnitaI .er,,son
Having successfully freed the reporter IN This
manner, COL Jameson ventured. rs a mere co.s.
lecture on his part and purely unof,acioi t .
probaOiy the letters were placed in the s s !
bag WITH letters that came nom CanaSo =,
some other infected place, and had fhasas, %
been treated with carbolic. In this vuev shs
pregnated with the odor. va" Deen I'm.
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improvements at Tak oma.

You have from time to time noticed the
growth and prosperity OF suburban places,
showing the material advancement OF Wash
ington and It's outlying places. VIII you notice
that the new place, Takoma, has had an aces
sion of seventeen persons in the last two days,
among whom VIM. +. and Daniel Smith.
with families, and Mr.. Mckeldron, one of the
escort on the Swatara in her late trip from New
Orleans with the silver for the Treasury, and a
baby, the first born in the town, a young
Dudley. in the family OF Mr.. Fred Dudley.
Three new houses are in the process OF construc-
ton, and our little place Is booming. Z.
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a Fishermsn's Terrible Experiences.
PICKED Up UNCONSCIOUS WHILE FLOATING ON

a Fisherwsn's Terrible ExPertence.
PICKED Up UNCONSCIOUS WHILE FLOATING ON
LOG IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.
Herbert L. Kirkland, the engineer at the
Rowland machine shops, at New Haven, Conn.,,
babe his wife good night on Monday night and
took his sharpe down OF the mouth OF the har.
Dor to fish for frost mackereL He did not re
turn at midnight, and since then Mrs. Kirkland
has become nearly insane with grief II was
supposed that he was drowned, but Wednesday
night her sorrow was turned into Joy by a tele-
gram nom New York, In which her husband
said that he was safe and on his way home He
arrived az New Haven Thursday In an exhaust
ed condition and doubled up with rheumatism.
About O'Clock on Monday night q sQuall
struck Kirkiands sail and upset his boat.
throwing him into the water. His craft RAPIDLY
drove away from him, bot he MANAGED TO swim
10 q log, 70 which he chung for hours suffering
tormenx from cold and anxiety. Finally. he
became unconscious, and he did not come 10
himself till Wednesday morning In the houfo
OF Dennis Sullivan on Somerset street, In New
Brunswick, N. ]. A schooner from that mort
picked up his inanimate form ca Strstford ON
Tuesday morning and carried him 10 New
Brunswtck. He was treated with great Kind.
ness BY the crew.
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To the Editor OF The EVENING STAR.
The neishborhood of 25th and streets north
west is disturbed constantly, and ladies are in
suited when they venture out amer sunset by a
mob ofyouths and vulgar young men, who seem
10 have no respectable occupation. VIII you
therefore kindly insert this communication,
with a view To attracting tie attention of the
proper authorities TO the annoyance, and greatly
oblige NJ ANY UNDERSTANDINGS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10

r. +. Ives, of Meriden, Conn :, at Springfield,
Mass, Last night lowered the 25-mile amateur
seconds, but still 2 minutes and IS seconds
slower than the English record.
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do anything before halfpast eight in the morn
ing or after four or five in the evening. The
government office hours regulate everything.
You go early in the morning and people are
just rising or are at breakfast. At four O'clock
folks are leaving their offices to go home. In
other cities you will find people ready for busi-
ness at seven o'clock. and canvassers can work
until six in the evening. Yes. our canvassers
can get permission. When the canvasser goes
into room he makes mental photograph of
it. Before he leaves, If there is a desk vacant
he inquiries for the occupant. If he finds that
orandum of it and the date when he is expected
home. After that date he or some other can.
vasser returns No, we don't prefer men who
are well acquainted with the city. If they know
enough Of the city to get to their districts
quickly that is sufficient. We would prefer
that they started out without any knowledge
OF the people whose names they have to take
Then they are more particular in their in
quiries. We have had men werk with us as
canvassers who hold high official positions now
chief clerks and chiefs of divisions in the de-
partments. They have taken to canvassing at
are not ashamed Oft either"
Detailed instructions are printed for the use
Of the canvassers. The canvasser is instructed
where street has two sets OF numbers to take
the new numbers, and where houses are not
numbered to supply the number by observing
the number OF the next house, or by Counting
rom the corner, allowing twenty feet for each
To- or number. The canvasser must obtain all
info mation from the best source. He must
''never copy from the door plate' or nom q sign.
Occupants OF houses on corners of streets must
be located at the number on the PRINCIPAL
street. The canvasser is enjoined that his
'.wrting must be large and round. Figures
should be made still larger than the rest OF the
writing. Avoid all hOurishing." He is directed
to forln every letter perfectly, and SO distinctly
as to pc unmistakable." The letter @ must
never be written like the figure q as it gets con-
fused with I'd street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10

TRoTTING STATIONS MATCHED FOR 81 900
SIDE.-Mr. Isidor Cohnfeld has accepted the
challenge Of John Murphy to trot the stallion
King Wilkes against any trotting stallion In
the world for $1,000 side, mile heats, best
three in i've, in harness, and names his stallion
Maxy Cobb 10 take part in the race Mr.. Cohn-
field says: az have deposited with e. A. Buck.
proprietor of the Spirit Of the 7snes $500 as for
felt As soon rs this 10 covered the arrange
ments for the race will be made, the event,
however, 70 take place before November 8.
have stipulated that the race Is to come OF on a
good day and good track, and that the winner
shall take the entire gate receipts less the per
centage that goes TO the track"
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baltimore Independents.

ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO POLITICAL BOSSES
JUDGE BROWN NOMINATED FOR MAYOR
GoRMAN AND HIGGINS DENOUNCED.
The Independent political mass meeting to or
ganize movement for placing citizens ticket
in the field for the offices to be filled at the ap-
preaching elections in Baltimore was held last
evening, and was largely attended. Thomas
McCosker was elected president and long list
of vice presidents was announced. Mr.. Nc
Cosker, In taking the chair, made brief
nartfcnlar W in B a ctv the ac
party has had control OF affairs for a long while.
Many of US were devoted members of the party
until its management was wrested from the
people by few men, who, by the power of pat
ronage, have held together and run the party
In their own interests and against the interests
walks Of life; all determined to restore to the
people the rights which have been thus taken
Mr. s. Teackle Wallis followed in a vigorous
speech, in which Senator German and the DEM
ocratic leaders were arraigned: Amid great
applause he nominated Geo. w. Brown for
mayor, and this nomination was carried by &C
clamation.
A letter was read from Henry e. Wooten, Of
democratic party i'm Maryland, and especially
In the city of Baltimore, 'dagrant and profess
siona deti l Of the ballot box Further on
torial election. held November, 1879. Mr..
Eugene Higgins made his appearance at the
county, held at Clarksville, about ten miles
from Ellicott City, with a squad of negro re-
peaters and one or two ruffians from Balti-
more. Higgins successfully piled his vo-
cation for several hours, and about IL
o'clock being fully detected, was warned
toleave and thereupon took his departure"
Speeches were also made by Charles ]. Bona
parte, Col. Charles Marshall, Gen. Adam E.
King, Mr. Sebastian Brown and Representative
John v. i. Findiay. The latter offered a reso-
luton, which was adopted:
"That the following citizens be appointed q
committee, with uil power, TO nominate citi.
at the elections to be held in Baltimore this
fall: j. Hall peasants, Leon Seliger, s. Teackle
Wallis William J. Hooper, William Keyser,
II. Smith, Germon II. Hunt, James H. Parrish,
George 8. Brown, J. D. Mallory, J. William
K. shaw, John T. Mason R., Peter Thompson,
Daniel Donnelly, Thomas j. Hayward Thomas
White, Bishop Alex. w. Wayman, Charles c.
Homer, r. Burling Hull, N. RUFUS Gill, John b.
Dixon, ]. @. A. Holloway, w. w. johnson, VIII
liam II. Perkins, William 6. Young.
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Virginia coupons have advanced, In conse.
quence Of Judge Bonds decision that they are
receivable for taxes.
In the cross actions for divorce Of George w.
Rowell, the advertising agent, and his wife,
cord, \. q. refused the application Of either
party.
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results nom such expeditions would be fully
commensurate with their cost.
DIR. BEssELS SPEAKS.
Dr. Emil Bessels, the Arctic authority, from
Washington, who was present, agreed SO well
with Lieut.. Greely's arguments that he did moi
read the paper which he had prepared, but con-
tented himself with few extemporary re.
DanenhOwer, and spirited discussion was the
result. He spoke in favor OF an expedition
Ippted by Lieut. DanenhoWer who said that in
his paper he had only endeavOred to show that
there were no scientific or commercial benefits
to be derived from Arctic expeditions, land If the
speaker would only make an attempt to refute
his arguments, he would do better than his pre-
decessors had done. He, himself was In favor
purpose of making Arctic observations. After an
Interchange of opinions and Interruptions DR.
Gssss,s coast The approach to Franz JOSE
land he said, is not more dangerous than the
passage of Melville bay, and he thought such an
vafmabie scientific results. The loss OF life in
arctic expeditions he thought greatly exagger
ated, as computations up TO recent date made
Expeditions was only one and one.tenth man.
He had no doubt that another e. petition would
start before great while.
SIR CLEMENT NARKHAMs VIEWS
Air Clement Markham took the floor and
made brief address, taking issue with Lieut.
Danenhower, the most direct effort to refuts
the statements made that the results were moi
commensurate with the hardships to be suffered
and The dangers Of loss Of life. He recorded
himself as believing that the scientific md ReO
rranhical knowledge obtained and to - cb.
famed was Of the most valuable character. nc
hooked upon geography, however, Is q science
rather than % directly related to Commerce
He presented strong asxupenss TO show thai
such vaIuable geographical, geological, meteor
oIorical and botanical information Is to fully
Justify their being continued. and that, too
we're read nom Prot. :. e. Nourse. %. s 81. r.
| wnrsn1 further expeditions BY prfyafa enter
nrise, and nom Dr.: Henri Rink, OF Norway. I'd
| Of which country he was formerly governor.
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A PAPER ny LIEUTENANT DANENHowER DEP
REcArrSa FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO REACH
THE POLE DISCUSSED By EMINENT AUTHoRI-
TIES on ARCTIC ouEsTIoNs-cHIEF ENGINEER
MELVILLE LIEUTENANT GREEDY AND OTHERS
ON THE SIDE OF FURTHER EFFORT.
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lines, buckets, axes, &c. These little boats were
made fast astern of the gunboat doing picket
duty, which was in advance of the fleet As
soon as IRE raft appeared around the point
the boats cast OH and pulled for it; and grap-
ping II, lowed it SO as to avoid the shinpinp
and then let IL go with the current and II soon
was consumed. On the night of the u 81 Fleet
oap,ain BEL, with number Of our firemen,
went up the river to cut the chains that
crossed IL az the forts. Frenchman who
Claimed 10 nave an arrangement for blowing
up distractions. accompanied them The
Frenchman's invention was a failure Int the
nremeu under heavy fire from the forts sue
eeeGed III cutting an opening sufficient for the
Meet 10 pass through. AT this time the cantain
OF the English corvette Rinaldo who had heen
permitted by mutual consent TO pass up TO New
Orleans to protect English Interests returned
He gave terrible account of the preparati"ns
the rebels had made and were making
to drive us out of the river. He said
for our fleet 10 attempt to pass the forts. The
confederate fleet. he said, was superior To onrs
nent with the forts and fleet, there were SUI.
hcient guns between the forts and the city IN
SINK as notwithstanding the Engiishman's
warming, on the night OF the 24th it was ru-
mored that the attack was to be made on the
foiiowihS morning, and the rumor was made a
certainty at midnight when the few that had
,uriieu In We're quietly ordered to stow their
hammoeks and the cooks directed u
have coffee ready at one a. m. We were
work had to be done, and the sooner it was over
the better. While waiting for further orders
the men gathered in little Knots about the shin
talking quietly OF the prospects and ARRANGING
their affairs in case the worst should happen
One thing had depressing effect upon the
men. Their fayorite officer, Capt. Bell, was or
dered 10 command a division of the fleet and
his loss was felt deeply by the men. With this
exception of Lieut.. Thornton, we sailors knew
little of the rest OF the officers fighters. Far
ragut was a comparative stranger to us. Ht
seemed more like Il passenger, spending mos
OF his time
SEATED ON THE PROPELLER BLOCK,
on the poop-deck, where he received and con
ferred with the other officers Of the feet, having
little or no intercourse with the men. Com
mander Wainwright, the captain OF the ship
as little known TO us at this time as Farra
gut. On this night the mortars did their bes
keeping a continuous stream OF shells In thu
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-30

Fresh MEATS = Following ave rates for
whole oGrc8sses from sl3ughCarers 70
dealers Beef-Eigst quality, 6%g7c; second
quality 81 @5c: third quality. 5Gg5Lc Mutton
Wethcvs are quota5.e ct 5a951Ecy = 10 ard Ewes st
4Gt415c 4 70. LsInb-QUOtAble ct 64&2 a 10 for
Spring. Yeel-Quot9ble al 4i1c = t. Pork
Liye Aogs, Oh foot, S}(Sssi5o. dressed d. 5 g6Izc
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San FRAHCIsoo, Bay %, 1888.
MORNING SESSION.
AFTERNOONS sEsssoK.


By the arrival Of the steamer City OF
New York at San Francisco yesterday, wa
are in receipt of late papers from China
and Japan. from which the following items
are cleaned:
Three Russian meD-of-war are now in
Yokohama harbor, and three English ones
are anchored ut Yokosuka.
An announcement has been issued to
the effect that Seoul is now opened to for
eign trade.
Il is the intention of the japanese Gov
eminent to issue convertible notes of the
Nippon Ginko, and to withdraw o CORE
spending amount of kinsatsu
The Russians have bought up all the
Cardiff coal in the Yokohama market, and
are making active inquiriesfor steamers for
transport purposes.
The Nichi Nith& states that telegram
from Tientsin says that both the Chinese
and japanese troops in Corea have received
orders to withdraw and return to their re-
spectiye countries.
The Corean Government is endesvoring
to raise the wind in every conceivable
manner. Titles have been sold until they
have become too common TO be valued !;
now official positions are in the markell
Judgeship being obtainable for 800 yen-so
says correspondent TO native paper.
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Geronimo and his warriors passed Fort
Cr1rm;nes and company Of troops who
rero left to guard the Cooks canyon trail,
and struck south for Mexico. They crossed
the railroad eight miles east Of DemIng
about 10 o'clock. The dust which marked
the line Of their fight was plainly sGbn
frou here, and from the house tops, by tho
aid Of glasses. the Indians were easily dts
tinguished Two hours later the pursuing
troops came in sight. Two days since 2
party Of squaws passed on the same route,
and are probably camped near the Mexican
line, awaiting the arrival OF the bucks be-
fore crossing. The excitement in Dening
is intense. Volunteers have been called
for, but owing to the lack OF arms, ainmu-
milton, saddles. ETC. only q posse Of ten
men could be gotten together. IN &
sparsely-setted country Ike this is IS i'm
possible TO arm and equip a party OF men
at short notice. Colonel LOckhart, citi-
zen. rendered the use Of his herd Of
mules. 100 in number, but found it inn
possible to equip them The Indians
could have been intercepted and destroyed
by force Of thirty men leaving this point
at the time the posse of ten left, and it is
probable that even they will be axle TO
surprise and route the Indians at their
watering place near the Tres Hermancs
mountains. at daylight tomorrow morn
ing. A. fur as The troops are concerned, it
IS the old story. The Indians Will reach
Mexico without e4ertion. They have
nothing ahead IF them unless the DcmiDg
posse heads them Of.