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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Race Problem in New Orleans.

A COLORED VISITOR TELLS OF THE DISTINC-
TIONS HE SAW WHILE THERE.
Interview in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
There are four colored lawyers here and five
doctors, one civil engineer and any number OF
building contractors. You can see here white
and colored bricklayers on the same scaffold
together, with the colored man carrying up the
corners and doing the fancy work while an
Irishman carries the hod. There are many
wealthy property holders among them here.
A great many of them are Catholics. The
white and colored worship together. The esti-
mated wealth OF the colored people here is in
the tens of millions. The standard of morality
is not SO high as had hoped to find it, but, as
stream cannot flow above its source, the fault
is with the city on the whole AS cleanliness is
Goodness, the filthy must be wicked The col
Ored man, If he can furnish such goods as they
use, is well patroniZed by the best class of
whites, but the best colOred trade goes to the
whites, as it does everywhere. While they are
SO well treated by the better class of whites
they are Ostracised with emphasis in every
place of resort and amusement. No respectable
hotel, restaurant saloon, barrOom or soda fOun-
tain is open to them, no matter how refined and
wealthy they may be- In this respect the pref
udice is very strong here, but it is kept up by
the lower classes Of whites, especially of the
northern type. White help is abundant here,
and it Is mostly from the north. These north
ern white cooks and walters have union here,
and no negroes can join 1t, nor will they work
in house or on a boat where cOlored help is
employed if they can help it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
IIanlaRl and Beach.

From the Boston Herald.
An Australian named Alexander Movers who
saw Hanlan and Beach in their practice at Sgd
neyarrived in this country \ few days ago and
speaking OF the two oarsmen, he says: 1--WE like
your man. Hanlan, over there He is modest,
manly sort of a fellow, and has made many
friends. think he had the idea he could beat
Beach easy enough the first time they rowed
He didn't show it much in his actions before
the race, but the matter-of-fact way in which
he took it showed that lie didn't consider he
was adding much to his laurels. believe, how
ever that he was Il little apprehensive about
the last race. He had felt of Beach, and knew
something of what he cOuld do
"Was the match an equal one?"
ain what way?"
"Why. in regard to the physical condition and
training or the two men, and familiarity with
the course"
"Oh, it was square contest as was ever
rowed. The course is of the finest in the
world, and Hanlan had trained upon it long
enough to be as familiar with it as Beach. Both
men were in splendid form a few days before
the race. the last time them, and was
told that they were at the race. No, l think
that Hanlan had his day, all men must and
was fairly downed by the Australian boy"
Bleach is pictured as Il very athletic looking
man III all respects in the Australian papers"
- He is Il man OF magnificent physical pfopor-
tons. He shows Il deal better developed mus
Gle than Hanan, and is larger, think, in every
way. tie is coming to this country, however,
before long, and your Oarsmen can measure him
up then"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
A Good Gun or Coffee.
From the Philadelphia News.


at is one of the simplest things In the world"
said Miss Corson, in her lecture yesterday after
noon, ''to make good cup of coffee. and this
can easily be accomplished by applying little
common sense. If you put boiling water on
coffee and do not let it boil,' she continued,
''you have all the good qualities preserved. One
reason dyspeptics cannot drink coffee is because
it is boiled. The style of coffee pot is just a
matter of fancy. 1 have made as good coffee
in an old tomato can as I have ever slipped from
q cup filled from the finest French coffee urn.
We should take lessons in this matter from the
Turks and Arabians, who grind their coffee to
fine powder.
when the coffee is ground as fine as posi-
BILE, put it in a little bag of unbleached muslin,
which should be tied tightly enough to prevent
the escape of the grounds. IfyOu use cup of
unground coffee you can make over a quart of
very strong, black coffee. In making coffee
many people sacrifice flavor for strength. Bit
terneSs comes from boiling. When boiling
water is placed on the bag of ground coffee it
should stand at least three minutes before
serving. Remember, the longer it stands the
stronger it becomes Be careful not to allow the
watered coffee to boil.
"a flvorite mixture Of coffee" said Miss Cor
son, in answer to a lady in the audience, "is
Mocha and Java, in the proportion of two piots
Of the latter, which is less expensive, to one OF
the former"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Queen Emma Ly ing in State.

From the Hawaiian Gazette
AT nine o'clock on Sunday morning the pub-
lie were admitted to the room where all that
was mortal of Queen Emma lay. The body was
clad in a robe of white MORE trimmed with
gold lace, the red ribbon of the Order of Kala-
kaua relieving the dead wilderness of the silk.
Nesting in the dark locks was q coronet of
pearls; on either arm We're bracelets one the
gift ofQueen Victoria another that Of the Duke
of Edinburgh. The face was calm and peaceful
and the likeness of the upper part of the face to
England's queen was most noticeable The
head rested on white satin pillows trimmed
with gold lace six inches deep, while the BODY
On either side stood four kahili bearers, while
at either corner of the bier stood staff officers in
uniiOrm-ColOnelS q. Maciarane, BOyd and
Purvis, and Major \. Rosa. at the feet of the
corpse on little table stood Il crucifiX of ebony
the SaviOur's form, beautifully carved i'm ivory
q massive silver vase, which had been pre-
sented by Queen Victoria. Around the room
were arranged variety of floral emblems most
noticeable among these being IL vase of margue-
rites and pillow OF stephanOtis.
From nine to one the melancholy procession
filed through the apartment. Thousands must
have passed to take IL last look ut her who had
filled her place nObly. The WaiIinr was i'll
ccssant, both within and without the house
Among those who We're present were their
majcsties the members of the royal family, the
members OF the diplomatic corps, his majesty's
ministers, consular corps and all of the Dromi-
nent citizens, both native and foreign Att d.
m the doors were closed and at q little aftcr'o
the body was Enclosed in a leadcn coffin The
bracelets presented by Queen Victoria and the
arms, but with no other change was it laid in
its resting place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
The Title of .WidOw."

A correspondent sends the following curious
complaint to the Womon's Journal: The thought
less cruelty which at the earliest moment
thrusts upon a woman bereaved of her hus-
band the title "his widow calls for COM
ment and criticism. Resolutions of sympathy,
well meant, are addressed to such a woman,
not by her name. but as Ibis widow" The Wilt
Is published with the announcement that so
much is left to the widow" All this is the re-
suit OF II custom begun when a wife was only an
appendage, with no legal existence. The wrong
that is in this would appear if resolutions OF
band as to "her widower," and if the will told
the amount left to the "widower.'' The term
involves II sort of diminuendo, which would be
heard at once in the case of u man, and it would
never be offered him. Ii not heard in the case
of q woman, the fact is the same, and it should
never be offered to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
The New French 1renclad.


The Formidable, which, as has been already
mentioned, was launched at the port OF l. Orient
last week, Is an ironclad of the f.rst-casS with
double screw ard turretS ea blrbeHe. built partly
In iron and partly in steel, with displacement
OF 1885 tons, and measuring $40 feet in
length by 40 feet broad. She has two compound
engines of three cylinders each, with a force of
$3.50 horsepower. There is u double bottom to
all those portions of the vessel occupied by the
turrets, engines and boilers, and she is built in
IL watertlght compartments. rising about four
1eet above the water line. The Formidable is
only partly ironclad her floating line being pro-
tected by steel plates extending from bow and
stern, and varying i'm thickness from il inches
To - inches, the plates being thickest ut mid
ships The tUrrets, which are to carry three 10
inch guns, are also protected by plates Is inches
thick, and the vessel is further protected by
plates three inches and four inches thick upon
Inc deck. The total weight vi the iron and
steel plates is about 4 900 tons The armament
OF the Formidable is to consist of three 15-inch
gums in the turrets, twelve 6-inch guns in the
battery and eight Hotchkiss revolver cannons,
To say nothing of several tubes for Whitehead
forpedoes. The Formidable will carry 800 tons
OF coal and will have an estimated speed of Is
Knots an hour, and will be able to steam ] $50
miles at full speed or 5000 miles at u speed of
10 Knots without coaling. She will carry two
masts, upon which there will be platforms for
revolver guns but practically it may be said
that She Will not carry sail. She was laid down
IN 1879, ut the same time the sister ship
Admiral Baudin, but she will not be ready to
lake the sea for another two years. by which
time she Will have cost about $3.50 900, incluti-
arlning her. The crew OF the Formidable will
Der about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Beauty's Sleeping Apartment.

A PEEP INTO THE BED-ROoM OF A NEW YORK
MILLIoNAIRES DAUGHTER.
Letter in a California Journal
Would you like to see how New York belle
of millionaireism sleeps: / can crafty you so
Tar as TO describe, with literal eXactness the bed
room of young woman whose name is printed
as often as any body's in the society reports /
never saw a more beautiful, cosy. in every way
delightful place than the sleeping room of this
young princess of fashion-this eldest child of q
many millionaire. The wall paper was pale
gold on faint slate color The gilt bedstead
was pushed against q square OF plated silk of
corners. Just such another square OF plated
silk rose TO the ceiling above the wasllstand
On that Were only pitcher, bowl soap dish and
SO on, because water is presumed to invite
sewer gas, but all of the choicest ware
A great sheet of beveled looking glass. six feet
nigh, swung on brass IOdS above the floor in
one corner for the young woman to see her
whole attire in. She had also a handsome fold
ing glass to reflect her ears, back hair and neck
There was an open fireplace, besides the hOt-air
register, dressing stand laden with pretty
toilet boxes and bottles; an ivory clock like q
bird cage, in which ivory canaries triiled
sweetly as each hour began; easy chairs and u
rocking chair TO match the wall paper and fur
hlture; pretty little prie-diep for the young
woman TO say her prayers upon as faShiOnably
as possible, and a wealth of little eiegancieS
completing general effect that was exquisite
dainty and inviting beyond computation
Opening out of this room the young million
and painted and 'worked," SO to speak, but
did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
TOaStS in England.

From the st. James Gazette May 2.
The most noticeable event at Wednesdays
complimentary dinner to Mr. Irving has. OF
course, been overlooked. There We're several
speakers, and not one of them began by saying
that the chairman had taken him by surprise
This is highly creditable. Mr.. Toole, it is true,
remarked doubtfully that a better man than
himself might have been got to reply for the
drama; but, with this slight exception, novelty
was the order of the evening. This kind of thing
Is startling AZ first. but hope to get accus-
toned 10 ii gradually. 1t is worth going some
distance to hear Il man replying to the toast of
MS health without his murmuring, amid cries of
yes. yes, that he Is unworthy OF this distnc-
ton. and Mr.. Irving managed to do mis- AS for
the speakers who 'cane to listen not TO make
"a speech tcheersl, we have them with us at
every dinner. If ii We're seemly to Introduce
names. we would ask of Lord Roeebery's pri-
waite secretary how often the noble peer has
during the past five years adopted that stereo-
typed beginning He has, however, fellowship
ners IN the ablest OF possible cabinets. AT the
Edinburgh University tercentenary celebra-
TONS sixteen celebrities spoke one day. and
fourteen feared that other gentlemen could
have done the toast fuller justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
The Freshest Bracelet.
IT IS IN MARKED CONTRAST WITH THE OLD
FASHIONED ONE.

II 4
FASHIONED ONE.
The bracelets worn to-day, says the jewelers.
Circular, are in remarkable contrast with the
old-faShiOned chain manacles and stiff broad
bands of former times. The latter were valued
chiefly according to size and weight while the
present styles include only such as are delicate
and dainty in construction, and of artistic pat
tern and finish. Numbered with new things
attracting deserved attention, and promising
to have u long run, are elastic reversible gold
bracelets These bracelets are composed of
little box-shaped sections strung together
on Il gold wire spring, and SO arranged that
the bracelet can he slipped over the hand
closely to the arm when in place. BY this
arrangement troublesome fastcnings are en-
trely dispensed with, and there is not the
slightest danger of losing the bracelet from the
arm In addition to the merits of 1iexibility,
durability and elasticity, is the fact that these
bracelets are reversible. They are equally
well finished on both sides and show two dis.
tinct styles of finish, atfOrding two bracelets
in one. For instance, the block pattern sec
tionS, on one side, may present the 'crackle"
or 'bark' fnish and on the other plain or
etched surface: or again, gems may appear on
one side for evening wear, and a plain surface
on the other for less ccreNlOniOuS occasions.
The bracelets are as readily turned as are Il
strand of beads or q rubber cord, with the
advantage of a durable gold wire coil in place
OF QeStrUctible rubber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Crack SfenOerS.

From the Philadelphia Times
See that man over there?" exclaimed gen.
tieman to reporter yesterday, pointing to an
Old man who was walking down Chestnut
street in front OF independence Hall; the old
fellow had his head bent down and seemed in
deep thought. "Thats crack stepper.u
"A crack stSpper?'
g II IN. you watch him and see how he walks
lie wont step on a single crack between the
na9>tones, no matter how il iuconyeniences
NM There are any quantity of men who are
In the habit OF stepping over the cracks in flag
stone paVeIncnts; its Il mild form of insanity:
do ii myself occasionally"
In the course OF half an hour no less than four
Teen men were observed going up and down this
pavement. stepping over the cracks OF fifteen
men taken ut random twelve acknowl lodged
that they occasionally practiced this peculiar
habit. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Accusing Her PhySiciau-

MRS KEELERS STORY OF MALTREArMENT BY
DIR. HERMAN GEDICKE OF NEWARK.
DR.. Herman Gedicke was accused bv Mrs.
Amelia Keelcr, of 9S McWhorter street, in the
first precinct court in Newark, last Friday, of
using force to accomplish her disgrace after in
viting her into the consulting room in his drug
store in Clinton and Mulberry streets He at
tended her at the birth of her child a few
months ago, and she subsequently called on him
for medical advice. 1t was at this visit that the
alleged assault was committed. She is a fine
looking young woman. DIR. Gedicke was for
merly an alderman of the fourth ward OF New
ark, and he has a large practice in spite of the
fact that he served II term in state prison three
years ago for malpractice. DR.. Gedicke was
arrested, and released in 81 900 bail. He saws
it is . matchmaking scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20

From the New ! OrK sun, iBtn.
Prof. Charles F. Chandler, Of Columbia Col
lege, recently received a letter from De Witt
Clinton Van Tuyl, a student in the school of
Mines, telling of the murder of his father DR..
Van Tuyl, by a German engineer employed in
the mines in Minas-Gereas, Brazil. Additional
information received yesterday says that the
engineer aud DIR. Van Tuyl had several quar-
rels. The German sent for the doctor one day
to attend him for a pretended illness. AS the
doctor entered the Germans room the German
shot him through the heart. The German then
put the Inuzzle of the revolver against his own
head and blew out his brains. DR.. Van Tuyl
formerly lived in this city. He was 4 dentist in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for many years BESIDES
his son he leaves u widow and daughter The
family were last in this city about Z year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
The Weapon With Which Col. Burnaby
was Slain.

From the London Telegraph
The Hadendowa spear is from six to seven
feet long. The handle is of q piece of hard mi
mosa or acacia, thinner than broom handle.
There is long socket attached to the blade,
into which the wood is driven and fastened.
AT the reverse end there is commonly piece of
twisted iron or telegraph wire, which serves the
double purpose OF weighting the handle, so as to
coUnterbalance the blade, and to prevent the
weapon being pulled from the grasp. The spear
head or blade is rarely more than two inches
broad by eight inches long. Going into battle the
Hadendowa grease their spears from blade to
hilt, so that it is impossible to wrest the weapon
from their hands in Il struggle.
The spears used by the tribes up the Nile are
much more formidable weapons The handle
Is from seven feet to nine feet long, made of
male bamboo wood. 1t is furnished with Il ter
rible brOad-bladed long spear head. like that of
the HadendOwaS, kept bright as a mirror and
sharp as Il razor The blades are sometimes
fourteen inches long and five inches wide. In
truth, an Arab spear up the Nile looks more
like an elongated trowel blade than anything
else. Shovel heads our soldiers used to call
them. They make a fearful wound, and 1t was
with one OF these Col. Burnaby was struck in
the throat and killed. Being exceedingly light
weapons. although badly balanced, the Arabs
can handle them with great deXterty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20

HOUSE PAINTS
IL CAN BE BOUGHT CHEAPER AT THE
rant !, Depa ai,,3n Of LANES H McGILL
VA street. three doors west of the Patent Office inn
mediatey adjoining National Rifles Armory, than at
any other establishment in the city n you wish to
nish eolors (dry or in OH ETC. send your address
sold i'll this department will be sent to you by return
mail reaching you in q few hours time by letter-car.
rler This pricelist gives the price of pint
quart Navigation, gallon and five gallons Ofeac kind
OfOi turpentne, dryer, varnsh and other liquid sold
by measre also price per quarter-pound, hafpound,
pound five. ten, twenty five and one hundred pounds
ofeach article sold by weight also list and prices of
miscellaneous articles The prices graded accord
ing to the quantity bought. Large buyers get very
lowest prices small buyers pay slightly higher rate
My prices are fixed All buyers buying the guam.
tty the same price Tie mex perienced buyer gets
the same price rs the Oldest painter IL he buys the
same quantity.
After examining my pricelist, send your orders by
messenger, telephone or by mail. and they will be
filled promptly and the bill as per price collected
.. The other departments of my business have grown
70 satisfactory proportions now give my special at
tentIon 10 the Paint Department and expect by having
null supply OF frstclass goods selling them at low
eral share OF the public patronage.
JAMES H. McGILL
Dealer in Building Supplies,
f2S-3m Dos. 80. 9l2 and Ola Street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
Hyacinth Webster.

From Texas Slff1nSA
Jim Webster was recently blessed with sou.
His wife determined that the son and heir
should have hgh-sounding name, and
selected a very beautiful one. When the child
was presented to the clergyman for baptism
the latter said:
.'Name the infant"
Jim scratched his head for awhile, and finally
said:
Squash"
''Dat's no proper name for christian child"
''Suntiower, den."
Once more the clergyman shook his head in
credulously. Jim Webster leaned over and
whispered to his wife to give the right name.
'Hyacinth," she replied.
"Well, knowed it was some kinder garden
frr1ck e'@AASA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-20
A Feminine Fight Over s.Chesnuts., -,

FROM the Baltimore American.
The unpleasantness between Maggie Airing
ton and Adelaide Cherie, which commenced in
this city while engaged in a theatrical engage
ment, and eliminated in New York in a down.
right fight, has led to a suit brought by Miss
Cherie against Miss Arlington for assault.
damages to the amount of $4,000 being
claimed AT the hearing the plaintiff asserted
that she was hit over the head with n coal
shovel and outrageously beaten, but Miss Ar
lington admitted slapping Miss Cherie, and
nothing more The case ended in the defen-
dant being fined 500. The fight was brought
ON by Miss Cherie saying 'chesnuts' when
Miss Arlington was telling about an offer
of marriage she had received from q new adj.
mil -
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Tnearthinr n Gold Mine.

THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMER WHO AwoKE
To FIND HIMSELF A MILLIONAIRE.
From the st. Louis Republican
North Carolina farmer of Cabarrus county
suddenly found himself rich the other day
when he was offered $50 a bushel for two
thousand bushels of y sand and gravel mound
on his farm. The dirt was more profitable at
that price than any farm product he could
raise on his land, bat ne sharp as old
Farmer Rogers, the North Carolina farmer of
"Esmeralda," and didn't take it, The gravel
mound is full of wealth as the dirt pile of
Dickens golden dust-man, and the latest
improved machinery is to be put in to work
a gold mine. The discovery came about in
this way: The farmer knew the mound and
knew OF an old hole near 10 which had been
make n dry, gravelIy front yard for his house
and hauled some cart-lOads of the mound
and spread il before his door. The rains
washed il and he found among the gravel
a nugget of gold that weighed an ounce. This
opened his eyes. He scraped up the gravel and
he took a buShel of the mound ground 1t To
powder in "a mortar and il yielded Sf2o, which
showed his good sense in not taking 500
bUshel for ii. Then the oldest iuhabit:lnt of Ca
lected story told him when a boy by his grand
father about an Englishnan who lived i'll
Raleigh before the revolutionary times digging
a pit, finding pile of gold and going home to
coin IL. The pit was ON this very C;tbarrtlS farm
and the mound was made from the diggings.
The lucky EngliShman worked the mine i'll
rough, took out the biggest yellow chunks and
left the smaller nuggets and rich dirt for the
farmer and the name of this sudden million
aire is Bob Paul. He will work the mine for all
mans leaving many SO gold pieces as would
every inch OF his