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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

THE EARL OF DCDLEY'S 81 800 900 LIFE INSCR-
ANCE RECALLING A DIAMOND ROBBERY
LONDON, May S.-The late Earl Of Dudley. who
died suddenly yesterday, had his life insured in
various companies tor 81 900 for the benefit
of Lady Dudley, and this amount added to the
dover secured TO her by her marriage settle
ment, makes her one of the richest women in
England The society papers contain many
references TO the vagarles of the late earl and
the cons;ancy and devotion OF the countess
One "Reminiscences is given which indicates that
the latter was devotedly attached to her own
family as well as TO her husband. Lady Nor
daunt, the defendant in the famous divorce
case in which the Prince Of Wales was said to
have "perjured himself like a gentleman" is a
younger sister OF Lady Dudley. Their father
the late Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, was q COMPARE
lively poor man, and the expense of his daugh-
ters defense was serious strain upon his re-
sources
just at the time that the lawyers wero press
Ing him the hardest occurred the famous rob-
berry OF the Dudley diamonds. According to
the published accounts, these jewels were stolen
from Waterloo station, on the Southwestern
railway, while Lady Dudley was starting on q
journey. The jewels were valued ut $4,000.
sh4tly after the robbery Sir Thomas Moucreffe
settfed with the lawyers. II has been limited
since that there was no robbery, and that Mr..
Robert marlborough. the aristocratic jeweler
OF Duke street, could give a very accurate ac-
count OF the disposition OF the diamonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
The Way 1t Often Happens.

From Tie Liverpool Courier.
Stranger, to waiter at the hotel: ''Here, have
made slit in one of my boots. Send it to the
shoemaker and ask him to stitch it up" An hour
after. Errand boy, to porter: Here's a stitched
boot for No. 6; cost a penny" Porter, to boots.
"Here's Il stitched boot for No 6; had to nav
threepenee; give me the money" Boots, to
waiter: Heres a boot for No. q; I've paid six
pence FOR mending it; pay up" Waiter, to
stranger: "Here's the mended boot; cost a shil-
ling; l paid 1t myself" Some time later
charge for mending thataboot?" Shoemaker.
Nothing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Just Heard the News.

From the San FRANCISCO News.
The editor of the DeadwoOd Roorer attended,
church tor the first time last Sunday. In about
an hour ne rushed into the office, and sbouted
to the telegraph editor:
"What in the blanked blazes are you fellows
doing! How abou, this news from the seat of
war;" ~' W
"What news?"
aWhy, all this about the Egyptian army
being drowned in the Red sea. Why. the
Gospel sharp up at the church was telling abonf
just now, and not word OF 1t in this morning's
paper! Bustle around, you fellows and get the
facts, or the Snap Shot will get beat on us.
necessary, while put on the bulletin hoa
Great English Victory In the Soudan."'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
They Can Repent at Leisure.

From the Des MOines Register
Yesterday Miss Mary Shoemaker, a pretty
miss with merry laugh and a pretty figure
that is the perfection of grace, came into Mr..
Loren F. Bishops bakery to buy some fresh
rolls, and She looked at the young baker in such
an irresistible way that he was quite beside
himself with admiration. miss Shoemaker"
said he, ''you look pretty that have half
mind to go right with you and get married"
-! never refuse dare" said the pretty girl.
with flushing cheeks and eyes that sparkled
with u rOguish light.
We'll. Shall 60 and get my coat and 60 and
get n license?"
"Ifyou want to. you may, and III 60 with you,
The young mans face sobered down q little.
but he went and got his coat
DO you still want to CO." he gently inquired
"Why, thought it was you that wanted to
CO.. said the maiden, hesitatingly
well, do, but l thought maybe you would
give 1t up.'
IF that's all, Wen CO. was the reply.
Loren was caught, and he had the good sense
to see it. They went to the county clerk and
married.
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ssJOSiar..'

never kin forget the day
That we went out walkin'.
And sOt down Oh the river bank,
And kept on hours talkin,;
He twisted up my apron string
An folded II together,
An said he thought for harvest time
Twas GURUS kind O weather.
The sun went down as we sot there;
Josiah seemed uneasy,
And mother she began to call:
LOwecZy! LOweeZy."
An then Josiah spoke right I'D
As was just a-startin',
An said, "LOweezy what's the use
Ofus two ever partin?'
1t kind O. took me by surprise,
An yet knew twas comm;
i heard it all the summer long
In every wild bees hummin':
I'd studied out the way I'd act;
But, law! couldn't do it;
l meant to hide my love from him,
But seems as If he knew it;
In looking down into my eyes
He must a seen the fire;
An ever since that hour I've loved
An worshiped my JOsiar.
-Edtonton Messenger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
How Can They Resist?

FROM the New York Sun.
disposition to delay marriage or to keep
out of it altogether is strikingly displayed in
New York, where the number of clubs and club
members has greatly increased of late years
because Oft. These young men are able to get
luxuries and elegances at their clubs which
they could not expect to provide at their own
MONIES II they were married, and they would
rather foregO marriage than give them up
1t would be very well if they could get wives
with portions which permitted the continuance
OF se!findulgence, but few of them are able to
do that. AS bachelors they can live off the fat
Of the land, dress with elegance, and enjoy
social gayeties, to which they know that they
are welcomed with the more eagerness because
they are single: AS married men their incomes
would force them to live with the closest
economy. or what they would regard as such.
The consequences is that the number of bach
merly. And yet how can young men withstand
the incomparable loneliness of the girls of this
gay: what is the sacrifice of few superficial
such enhancing beings as brides?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
The Earth Covered With Star Dust.
From the New York SIM


Two Russian astronomers have Just made
public the results of series of investigations OF
the fall of meteoric matter upon the earth.
Nothing could seem more absolutely clear and
free from all haze or impurity than the inter
stellar spaces; yet the studies of these investga
tors show that the ether of the star depths, par
ticnlarly In the neighborhood of suns, is rather
to be compared with the dusty atmosphere of q
hay NOW than with that perfectly transparent
medium that we are wont to picture to our
the stars TIE "
around the sun and with the sun onward
through the universe, this star dust continually
settles upon it, sitting down through the atmos-
phere in surprising quantities. Partof it comes
from the meteOric bodies, many millions OF
which plunge into the atmosphere every day,
~ heat: part Is probably mere dust when it
enters the atmosphere, for these meteoric Bodies
undoubtedly vary in size from huge bodies
Larger than the projectile of an SO-ton cannon
and endowed with II hundred times its velocity
to mere microscopic particles.
There is good reason for calling this matter
star DUST tor 1t partalleS OF the nature of the
stars in its composition, and sometimes presents
evidence that it has actually been subjected to
the fright1ul heat and pressure that prevail in
suns. Some may have come from our own sun,
for masses of incandeScent matter are occa-
sionally shot from its tumbling tire-depths with
velocity which we know must carry them
like solar missiles, out among the planets and
lar into the celestial spaces, until perhaps they
fall upon some distant star. \ large part OF the
the solar system, representing the remnant of
the material OF the original nebula which was
not compounded into the sun or any OF the
planets, but condensed into clouds of minute
particles. 1t is not impossible that meteoric
matter may have fallen upon the earth which
was snot ifoul tho gigantic volcanoes of the
moon in the earlier stages of its history, when,
Judging from present appearances, it must have
sailed veritable spittire through the heavens,
all of its thousands Of volcanoes hurting their
bombs skyward in every direction.
Fortunately this lneteo. ic dust possesses char
acteristics which distinguish 1t from dust of
terrestrial origin, and so its presence has been
traced all over the earth. 1t has been found on
mountain peaks, in the cobwebs OF unswept
cathedral towers In the snow fields of the arc
tic regions, and even In the ooZe of the ocean s
bottom. The earth is slowly growing by virtue
OF its constant downfall. The latest ilvestiga-
tons show that not less than /, $50 pounds of
meteoric matter are added to the weight of the
earth every hour. Yet this is Il very Slow pro-
cess OF growth, for at the present rate OF accre-
ton millions upon millions of years would be
required to build up a respectable mountain
RANGE from the meteoric matter added to the
globe "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Enterprising Thieves.

From the New York World.
The enterprising young man who pulled on
his old pants over a pair he was trying on In a
clothing store last Saturday. and then walked
of, was a genius in his way, although he came
to grief. The trick was not, however, quite as
novel as that OF the man who fitted on a pair of
new boots at n shOemaker's, and while admir-.
ing his feet in the light of the door, before pay
ing. was struck in the face by a person outside
OF course, he started after his assailant, en-
indignant voice of the shoemaker who fol-
lowed more slowly in the rear. Whether he
never seen the customer, his assailant or the
boots since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Washington and the Catholic Uniyer.
sity.

from The New \ OrK Times.
The selection of the city of Washington as the
Site OF the new Catholic university is worthy of
note as an evidence that the prelates OF the
Church of Rome in this country recognize the
changed and rapidly changing character of the
capital city and its promise for the future
Washington is no longer a mere seat of gov
ernment-the home Of Congress and the Presi-
dent, sustaining an unsettled population of Of
fice-holders and otfice-seekers. 1t has already
become center Of social gayety, and social
gayety pretty certainly and promptly brings in
its train the cultivation of letters and the arts
not only because that sort of thing is looked on
with favor by the world of society, but because
every social circle has certain proportion of
men and women with the taste, the time, the
money and the brains to engage in serious men
tai work. The directors and curators OF the
National museum have long foreseen that
Washington was to be an important center of
learning, and it has been their ambition to
stimulate its development in that direction.
The prelates have done wise thing, no doubt
IN deciding to build the Catholic university at
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
A Sad JuxtaDOsitiOn.

A minister we'll known by name throughout
the land, who has one of the best equipped
houses of worship, was showing O friend, not
long since, through its various rooms, when
they came to the kitchen, which was connected
by a speaking tube with the pastors study.
On the wall was printed in large letters, 1.-The
Lord will provide, while in smaller letters on
the same wall near the mouthpiece Of the tube
was the direction elbow and wait for an
answer" The visitor naturally asked if the
two inscriptions mad any particular connection
with one another; and it IS hardly necessary to
say that q change was soon made in the letter.
inU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Comhustible Gas I'm a Human BODY.

Dickens has been much criticised for his ap-
parent acceptance of the fact Of spontaneous
combustion, but Sir w. Gull lately testified to
a surprising case before the committee Of the
house of lords on intemperance A large,
bloated man, who was suffering from difficulty
OF breathing and great distentiOn OF the venOus
nortem OF the following day there was no sign
Q: decomposition, and the body was believed to
be dtstended with gas. when punctures were
made into the skin,' said Sir William land q
lighted match applied, the gas which escaped
burned with the ordinary flame of carburetted
hydrogen. AS many ms dozen OF these small
flames were burning at the same time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

Lawyer Chas. p Miller's charge of criminal
libel against Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. Of the New
York Tribune. has been dismissed.
Jonathan Dustman, member or the German
Lutheran church Of youngstown, Ohio, and SUI
perintendent Of the Sunday school has ned.
after forging his brothers name to q note for a
large amount.
At Westminster, Nd, Saturday evening.
Robert Hunter, white man, in q quarrel dan.
gerously shot Charles Clark, q colored man.
Hunter Ia in jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
A Shower Of Terrapins.

From the Raleigh News and Observer.
About $50 o'clock Thursday morning there
was severe thunder storm northwest of this
city. The rain which followed the storm was
exceedingly heavy-in fact, the "bottoln fell
out" After the rain hundreds of tiny terra
The boys declare that the terrapins fell from
the sky during the rain. It Is not an infreouent
occurrence for fish to fall in these showers and
perhaps the terrapins were taken up by water
spout from ponds and dropped here. Two years
ago there was q rain Of blood not far from
Raleigh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Bessie Runs the Engine.

All the engineers on this end Of the Fort
Scott road accompanied the remains of McDan.
tels to Fort Scott last Saturday. On Sunday 1t
was found necessary to send o train out to the
Ninnescah bridge with material, and, no en-
gineers being on hand, Mr.. George N. Bauman
put his daughter Bessie, school girl, in charge
Of the engine, furnished her with y fireman,
and she did her work nObly, handling the
the best man on the road. Bessie has fire.
quentiy run the engine about the yard, but
don't know Of any other road having female
engineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

NJ. Jules Ferry, the recent premier OF France.
Is in Rome, but has not succeeded in obtaining
an audience from the Pope.
Lord Vernon Is engaged to marry Miss Law.
renee, an American lady, whom he met at Pau
last winter.
Spain demands from the Chinese government
indemnity for the losses suffered by Spanish
missionaries during the Franco Chinese hostili-
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Nineteen Days ON an Ice Floe.

The Newfoundland seaIer Young Prince came
into collision with an iceburg in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence ON the 10th ult. She sank almost
Immediately, barely giving the crew time to
save provisions and clothing. The crew, num-
bering thirty-two men, lived on the Ice doe for
nineteen days, subjected to the rigors of the
weather. Last Saturday they were deserted by
the French brig Etoile des Mars and were eli
landed in good condition 1T St Pierre, n. r,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Ok Wrrn
THE NEW CLOTHES
AN ADDRESS TO NAN
ABOUT
NJ A Ms d r E s s.
Ok W. rH

Civilization has rendered clothing among the neces
sares of life and like all necessries Il should be sold
to the consumer at the lowest possible price. What
ever is needed by everybod should be placed within
the reach of every industrious individual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
A Diversity Of Opinion.

From the New York Times.
"Here is o clever little article that am sure
will meet with the appreciation of your read
ers," he said, as he tiptoed into the editorial
room.
II am afraid" replied the editor as he looked
It over, "that 1t viii! not meet with the approba-
ton of my readers"
-"Noc Why not?"
because it will never have chance.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
Stung to Death by Bees.

Meshac Boar, one Of the most prominent citi.
zens Of Gordon, Ga, met with q most singular
death last week. On his return from a trip over
his field he noticed bees swarming. He under
took to hive them, when they turned upon him,
Stune him to death. O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13
DRY GOODS.
SrAS1sH GurrunE LACE Ne
sEAToN PERRY

(sUccrssoR TO PERRY & RRorHrr,.
NEW BLACK AND IVORY WHITE SPANISH
GoiPI Ri lACE Nils FOR oNItHnRESSEs AND
GARNITCRE IN CHOICE DESIGNS; RANGiNts
IRON 81 TO 81 PER YARD
.CoNFINED STYLES" N PURE SILK BLACK
VELVET GRENADINES FROM - 10 TO 81 Per ard
BLACK TWISTED SILk HERNANIfcs from
$50 10 -.
BLACK SEWING SILK GRENADINES from 81
60 SI15.
STRIPED AND RRoCApFD BLACK SILK
GRENADINES from 81 to 81.
LlPlNS CELL DRAFTED BLACK SILK AMI
WOOL. HERNANlES
CREPE DE CHINE
~IXcLrsIyE PATTERNS" IN INDIA ANT
MN LouIslNT,S, sURAHs, RHADAMT>s ANn
IMMER SILKS IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT
BoNNETS. P0NsoN's AND scHRoFnER,s
s.: 80 Per Yard.
LUPIN's MOURNING FABRICS IN SPRING
AND SUMMER WEIGHTS
PRll2STI.N = SILK WARP ENGLISH TITNHTFr.
las. MELR1SECLOrlES and IMPERIAL. SIcRGFS
col kTAl Ids ENGLISH OR APES amt Nt,fIS
SHAWIS.
EH-CHoICE GOODS PLAIN FIGURES 49,
CORRECT PRICES
sEAToN PERRY.
Perry Building,
Pennsylvania ave cor 9Th ST
Established 1870. mya
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

MO OTHER PREPARATION so CoNCEN-
~ trates and combines blood purifying vitalizing
enriching and invyorating qualities Ayers Sarsa-
parilla Quality should be considered when making
comparisons. myl2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

MANY LADIES ADMIRE GRAY HAIR-oN
AVA some other person But few TO try It's effect
on their own charms Nor need they since Ayers
Hair Vigor prevents the hair from turning gray and
restores gray hair to its original color ceanses the
scalp prevents the formation of dandru and wonder
fully stimulates the growth Of the hair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

Edward s. Soloman, the composer, and LII
sunday.
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AT ADLER'S

AT ADLER'S
TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE
good reliable Clothing offered at but very slight ad
vance above actual cost. BY reliable Clothing we
mean honest. all wool fabrics that will give good
wear and also give satisfaction. This is the of
Clothing to buy if you get greatest value
for your money Clothing is not cheap just because il
is offered at low figures. Nothing you buy is cheap
unless it fully equals exceeds in value the money
paid for it. This is the of bargains you can de-
pend upon getting at
ADLERS
TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE
Reliable material. best make and lowest possible
prices Is what we offer.
We have as fine and as large o stock of Clothing as
was ever offered in Washington. visit will prove
this We sell at exactly ten per cent above COST and
all we promise is reliable fabrics styles the
lowest prices and courteous and polite treatment No
sensible buyer expects more than this. and Clothing
buyers will find that first in quality lowest i'm
price, and to patronize us is to save cash.
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IMPORTED j ERsEYs.

WE mANEA FULL STOCK IMPORTED JERSEYS
81. $3.50, 81 $3.50. Si..Ju.
SNAIL LOT SPRING WRAPS LEFT OVFE
fKoM LAST SEASON, TO BE SOLD CHEAP
"A GOOD WRAP. Sl5o,.REDUCED FROM sa.5.
GOOD WRAP, $3.50, REDUCED FROM Sab
GOOD WRAP, $500, REDUCED FROM $3.50.
GOOD WRAP. $500, REDUCED FROM $1,000
THESE GOODS ARE IN GOOD ORDER AND
STYLE
NEW LINE PARASoIS and UMBRELLAS
ALL THE NEW SHADES OF DRESS GOODS.
FULL LINE CoLoRED SILKS. 81, soc
A FULL LINE BLACK SILKS .5c ST. sla5
FULL LINE OF THE CELEBRATED DIAMOND
SHIRTS, ALL SIZES.
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST.
GEO. J. JOHNSON & LUTTRELL.
mys .l3 Market Space
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BARGAINSi

BARGAINs' sAKcAINst
GREAT BARGAINS IN SHIRTS, Al THE
BRANCH BALTIMORE SHIRT FACTORY.
The COMFORT SHIRT, made of Wamsutta Cotton,
and Richardson's 100 Ipen (Reinforced), finished
ready for the wash tub. Tor only IS cents This n
the Finest Shirt i'm tie market
Ask TO see on CROWN DIAMOND SHIRT made
OF Fruit OF ..Ie Loom Cotton and Fine BosoIns:
only 90 sents These Shirts iengthwise of the
carefully made, and will give entire satisfaction
We have just received $50 dozen MEMS FANCY
HALF HOSE, which intend TO sell at rs CENTS
PER PAIR at
mills 1902 STREET NORTHWEST
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There are no fast type settlers at present in
Chicago who have national regulations for
speed. One Of the fastest men now in town is
Levy, or Bangs" as he Is sometimes called,
from st. Paul. He works on the Journal, and
can make q stick and rule hot in about ten min
utes. Al Ulrtch now on the Tribune, was one
of the fast men who were working on the Gin
cinnau Enquirer some years ago when that
paper claimed to have ten com poSitors faster
than ten from any other Office in the United
States. Kid De Jarnett set on the Tribune
%. 300 ems in ten hours and twenty-five min
utcs. Joe Hudson, now on the Erenin0 Mail,
was, in his day, the lightning compositor Of
Chicago. The fastest compositor in the world
probably is George Arensberg, now of New
in a prize contest by setting oo64 ems in an
hour. The type was minion. set "solid'
without leads to make open spaces between
the lines and one break-line lend of a
paragraph to each stickful. A stickful
the uninitiated reader should know, is about 20
lines OF this type The "emm Is the unit Of
done by piece. An EN- is a square of the type.
In advertising type OF which, for instance, tour
linear inch, and sixteen ems, set in a square,
viii just cover a square inch. OF this type,
m1nion. there are eleven lines to the inch, and
consequently 121 ems to the square inch Conn
pos1tors are paid by the thousand ems. and of
this type Al lines contain a thousand. In setting
2,oo4 ems in 81 minutes Arensburg handled
.
them all with the letter end up, in words and
lines, and spacing every line out to be ex-
actly the length of each other. This repre-
sents more than one piece of metal to every
second. .Arensberg's record has never been
beaten, though in IL private trial, about q
year ago, Joseph Mccain set LOGS ems miniOn
In one hour. AT Washington, in 1874, S. N.
Benerman set 500 ems nonpareil Ill three
hours: Three years ago, ut Portsmouth, Ohio,
John Henkle set II ,O1O ems solid nonpareil in
nine hours. Arensburg is well known il. Chi
caSo; in fact, there is not town OF any import
He usually tolls three nights in the week, earn
ing from So to 81 n night. During the other
four days and nights he spends his earnings
Tommy Pecle, of Indianapolis, brother of cx-
Congressman Peele, is another perambulator
who can set type like lightning, and spend his
money even faster. He is well known in Chi
week on a job. He toiled night and day, and
In six days and nights accomplished the un-
paralleled feat Of setting 10 900 ems, straight,
nearly solid nonpareil. His earnings for the
week were $44.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

Russian History and English Meta.
phOr.
From the Chicago Tribune
Instead of" brave as o lion," an expression
heretofore In common use, wouldn't it be a
good idea TO employ the smile sbold as bear?"
history makes and unmakes the metaphors.