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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05
From Wall street To-day.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Opening prices this
morning were somewhat irreA A,ular, but gener.
ally from u To 3 per cent lower than the closing
quotations last evening, but there were good
buying orders distributed throughout the active
stocks, and the further decline was Immediately
checked. Opening prices were at or near the
lowest of the hour, although northwestern made
a further fractional decline, while the other
Granger stocks have been steady. The early
strength continued shortly before il O'Clock,
when the market again weakened. The active
stocks have been 81. Paul, Northwestern, Lake
Shore, Pacific Mail, Western Union, New York
Central and Lackawanna, and the strongest
stocks Union Pacific, Erie, Northern Pacific and
Louisville and Nashville, while Iackawanna
has been alternately weak and strong, showing
more feverishness than the rest OF the list. The
ioaning rate was advanced TO lie for Lacka-
wanna and to 1-6ial-32 for New York Central.
Other rates were easy. At Il O'Clock the mar.
ket was less active, and prices generally about
steady within small fractions of the opening
quotations. Total sales 1or the first hour were
log 900 shares. The total exports, exclusive OF
specie, from this port during the past week
were valued at 81, ,255, ,3oS.
The Quarrymen's Strike at Joliet.
CHICAGO, May "a dispatch 10 the DailU
NeiUs from Lemont, H., says: "The night
passed quietly, with the exception of one shot
fired by a sentry at strikers who had refused Ia
halt when ordered to do so. This morning Bar.
ney Drake, foreman at Walkers quarry, was
stoned by two strikers while going 10 his work.
One of the men was promptly arrested by the
local anfhprifipSp a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

CowARDlY SOLDIERS MURDER TwF~TN-FIvn
SLEEPING JAMAICANs WHO HAD DIsARNEn
THEN.
fracas occurred between some Iamatcans and
national soldiers at Culebra. The latter wers
disarmed and afterwards retired. After pro-
curing reinforcements they returned and broke
into the barracks where the Jamaicans were
sleeping, and in the most barharOus manner
Killed twenty-five of them and wounded twenty
Others. Only one Colombian was KILLED and
none were wounded. The Jamaicans are leays
ing In great numbers. Their departure Will de-
lay the work on the canal
The Tenth Victim of the Tenement Fire
NEW YORK, May 5.-Martha knetchmer, IL
years of age. who was severely burned i'm the
tenement house fire on LIST avenue, on sunday
morning. died this morning I'm Bellevue hospi-
tai. Her death brings the number c.f victims up
TO ten Those who Yet remain I'm the hospital
are said To be in "A fair way of recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

THE CABINET MEETING.-There was full
attendance at the regular cabinet meeting to-
day. The session was very brief, and no busi-
ness OF importance was transacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

THE REPRESENTATION IN THE NEXT REpUBbt.
CAN CONVENTION on TaE BASIS OF Tas
BLAINE AND LOGAN VOTE
Special Dispatch 20 TIVE EvEsTSs STAR;
ALBANY, n. Y. May 5.-The Albany JouT1aaf
publishes to-day the representation In the neNs
republican state convention on the basis OF The
Blaine and Logan vote. New York city gains
delegates, Brooklyn I. Albany 1. Buffalo AMI
Rochester each. The table shows that tbs
lower districts OF the big cities are acquirin 8
greater influence I'm republican conventions ara
the old rural strongholds are losing ground
slightly. Utica. the staiwart center, loses dels
egates, and Ontario. the late Secretary Eolgers
home, loses delegate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

CLOSED THEIR ACCoUNTs.-The committee
on the decoration of the Pension Office building,
for Inauguration day, have finally closed their
accounts. and through their treasurer, Mr.. j.
w. Howell. have handed the balance of $29. 10
to the Garfield Memorial hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, $55s, ,O55; customs, $43S, ,666.
THE q. 8. SUPREME COURT adjourned yester.
day until the second Monday in October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

TINE EVENING STAR - served to subscribers In the
city by carriers their at 10 cents per
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cents each. By maii-postage prepaid-5U cents Q
month; one year, 80; six months. 3d.
Entered at the Post Office at Washington. D. c. as
second-class mail matter
THE WEEKLY STAR-publishej on Friday-Sl .
year postage prepaid Six months, so cents
4T All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance
no paper sent longer than is paid for.
Rates Of advertising made known application
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

1T IS SAID that Mr.. A. w. Fletcher, who has
been appointed examiner at the Navy depart
ment, is to be made chief clerk after awhile.
Mr.: Fletcher Is native of Philadelphia, and an
intimate friend OF Mr. Randall. He was for four
years superintendent ofthe House folding room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05
Alexandria Affairs.


school. BOARD.-The city school board held
called meeting last night, President Stuart in
the chair. The superintendent announced that
he had called the meeting because he had been
informed by the janitOr tlat a case of scarlet
throat"-a sort of scarlet fever-existed in the
janitors family at Peabody school building.
leading physician that there was no danger of
contagion to the children attending school. On
1aags it ordered S ass that the
ten days and such time longer as the superin-
tendent may deem advisable. The committee
DO port regulations as 70 methods i IN case Of con- M
tagiOus diseases occurring in the families of
teachers, janitOrs or pupils.
mary election is in progress here to-day. Polls
are opened in each of the wards, and the execu-
tive COMMITTEES has judges of election and the
candidates, chailengers, &c. The candidates
are as follows For mayor, X. H. Atkinson, JAS
S Douglas, John B. sInoot: auditor, +. l.
nrer, NJ. B. Harlow; a corporation p ATTORNEY, K.
Kemper; collector of taxes northern district,
John T. Hill collector of taxes, southern dis
Roxbnry, Thomas Y. Risheiii; clerk Of gas, r
Theo Cook; superintendent Of police, james T.
". Simpson. Lambert D. Lyies, JOS s. Beach;
inspectors and measurers Of lumber, James L.
Adams, Stephen Swain; measurer OF wood and
0o, No,rEs.1The fE conlsderate vetrans held an in
teresting meeting last night-The funeral of
Mr. Tnomas ,se WS,ddaey long shoe dealer here
:the viiiage."--Mr: j. s. Sourse, the new pas.
purchased the late dwelling Of 8. C. Neale, on
Duke and u: Asaph streets, for $5OO.-
Hon: Geo: A 7: Sin Simpson u putting up tasteful
eron streets. Old Christ church viii soon be
surrounded BY the handsomest dwellings in
janitor: Of the custom house here.
Al Goldman, 4 Arl., q, SATURDAY night, v. Q;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

D1sMIssED.-Secretary Whitney has directed
the dismissal Of George r. Wilson, master ma
chtnist at the Washington navy yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

WILLARD HALL
w SCHOOL OF ELOCCTION AND DRAMATIC
ART. RS ADELINE pUVAI. MACK and Pupils
VIII give q Dramatic Entertainment TUESDAY
EVENING, May 5th. al Willard Hall. An amusing
Burlesque VIII be rendered. Admission, 25c. my4-2t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

GEN. JACKSON, of Georgia, the recently ap-
pointed United states minister to Mexico, ar
rived in Washington this morning. He will
visit New York tomorrow, and on his return
home will leave Immediately for his new post
of duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05

THE MAN WHO HUNTED BOOTH Down.
Capt E. P. Doherty, formerly of the 10Th New
York cavalry (who commanded the detach-
ment that was sent from this city after the
assassination of President Lincoln in pursuit OF
he resisted capturel is in the city, staying with
his brOther-in.law, Mr.. Charles Gautier, on 10th
street. Capt. Doherty has been a resident of
New Orleans for eleven years past, engaged as
contr. ctor on government, state and munich
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

NOS mJure MN seriously. ae was saved
But alas for Jumbol When he had thrown
Tom over the cars upon the side track he
turned to save mselL But he was too
late The engine struck him and carried
him along. His great body was squeezed
between it and tho freight cars upon tS
side track. The crush was terrible. Jumbo's
weight was SO great that it knocked both
the engine and the cars on the opposite side
from the track The keeper said be was In
a rage when he saw the engine coming. and
made motion at it with his head, as if to
but it of the track. But it struck him on
the head, too. His monstrous tusks had
been sawed of, so that only the
stumps of them remained The engine
struck these first and drove them into
his head fracturing bis skull The noble
brute had more brains than some men
How many men would have saved the life
of another frstf Jumbo was carried along
in this horrible manner for a hundred
yards. they said He reared with the ter
rible pain, and poor little Tom roared and
howled, too, along with his old frianI. But
it was all over with the brave giant In
three minutes he rollei over upon his back
and died in agony. Poor Jumbol
So large was this great creature that some
scientific men SAID he was not an elephant
at all. but a mastodon- This was mann
moth beast that lived on tine earth before
the time of history, or of man. we know
him. But there are no more mastodons left
now. unless Jumbo was one. He was %
years old and was still growing.
The engineer of the train that killed him
is blamed very much. 1t is thong bit he was
doing, or not paying attention TO his busi-
ness, since he did not try to stop the cars.
Mr.. Barnum will have the skin stuffed
and mounted and exhibited vita his show
next summer But boys and girls all over
the country will be almost sorry enough to
cry, to think he met his death in such sad
WaY.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
Waste of Fuei Eorce

Notwithstanding the well-known INNER.
fections in all appliances for utilizing the
full amount of energy which is due to the
combustion of coal both ON land and water
the great improvements in that direction
which have been made during the last
quarter Of a century are indeed remarkable.
A single example, for instance, is afforded
in the case of the steamer Burgos. built
especially to carry cargoes cheaply at low
speed, and which left England for China
with a cargo weighing 5, 600, 600 pounds.
During the first part of the voyage, from
plymouth to Alexandria, the consumption
OF coal was 2S2. 240 pounds, the distance
being 1889 miles; the consumption per mile
vas, therefore only S3.5 pounds, and the
consumption per ton of cargo per mile
JUS pound; in other words, half an ounce
OF coal propelled one ton of cargo per mile
IL is further stated that the best locomotive
performance in this country shows a con-
sumption of about two ounces of coal per
ton OF freight hauled one mile, at the rate
OF thirteen miles an hour, including stop
pages; on Lines having grades of from fifty
three to seventy feet per mile, the cons ump-
lon often rises to five or more ounces.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

Ger wooden spigots to fit into the holes, to
draw off the water. Only wooden spigots
should be used. A common flower pot OF
large size should be selected, which will just
fit in the top of the jar, as shown in the en-
craving. This pot is the filter, and it is
thus arranged: The bottom Is covered by
a circular piece of thick wooden felt,
or two or three pieces of blanket; upon
this is placed a layer, an inch thick,
of well washed sand. Note that the sand,
being well washed. the felt or blanket
pieces should be so also. Now upon the
sand, freshly burned, soft wood charcoal,
which should be freshly heated, free from
all dust, and of about the size of grains OF
wheat, should be laid in to the depth of six
inches more, and upon this an inch of sand.
and another pad of felt or blanket to top off
with. Fit up two flower pots for each filter,
and keep those not in use covered and clean.
The water is poured into the flower pot. In
summer if you want it cooled by ice don't
put the ice into the jar. Disease germs are
often conveyed by ice. Place lump of ice
in a separate closed dish or vessel, and put
that into the jar under the filter. 1t will
chill the water sufficiently for healthy use.
Every family ought to have filter OF
this sort. 1t is cheap and easily cleaned.
Charcoal, too, is cheap and easily got, and
when it has absorbed impurities from the
the water, can be changed in no time. As
a matter of fact, none of US ought to drink
water from any well or cistern without
filtering. The two jars here described will
provide water for drinking and cooking for
any ordinary family. Boiling also purifes
water, but leaves it with fiat taste
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

We are not acquainted with this berry Of
our own knowledge, but only quote what Is
said of It. The fruit somewhat resemble;
the Crescent, but is larger. Color bright
glossy scarlet; sweet fruit, delicious fla
yored. The plant is perfect Towering, re-
curing no other variety set along with 1t tc
fertilize it.
This being the time for planting out ne"
strawberry beds, it will be well for some OF
our readers TO try a small plot OF the Mrs
Garfield. II the nurseryman in your neigh
borhood does not have the plants already,
he can probably get them for you. Straw
berries that have been layered in pots are
the ones which can best be planted out IN
October The runners which start out from
fall planted Strawberries should be care
fully nipped Off. If you do not get youI
plants set out till the last of October, put
a muching of leaves straw or coarse man
ure around them, three or four inches deep
TO protect from frost
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

eled in Spanish-A mofzcan S1a4 ff1eSy - h
spain. where tho term criEinntnd, would
see at once its appl1candlity. Ihe descend
tain to this day the characteristics Of their
arcestors-the white, transparent skin. blue
ewes. and auburn or tawny hair, and their
veins show biue through their cuticle: but
in case Of an admixture Of African or Moor
ish blood the blue blood tveins) gradually
disappear. until in case of a great preuon-
derance Of the latter races the veins .how
merely as ridges Tourists in Mexico win
notice this popularity in all Mexican cities.
as well as in the haciendas throughout the
country, on account of the great adnixture
of Indian tAztec, Toltec and Tlascalanl
blood in the population. and every where
they win hnd that the people whose veins
show through the skin are the ruling class
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
FOR SALE 4!

THE FINE HILL PLANTATION ON
l. which | reside. One-half mile from
Yazoo City, containing about six hundred
acres, on which is very fine
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

Finally, for grand occasions, for stately
carriage wraps and evening wear, there +
the long Spanish cloak or dolman Il d
the kind the stage lady wraps around her
when she draws herself up to her full
height and strides across the boards and
scorns Orlando. The cloak flows to her
feet These Spanish wraps are made Of
black brocaded satin, richly lined and dec
GRATED One brought by returned tourist
from Paris is made of velvet -brocaded OF
toman silk, lined with pale primrose surah,
and trimmed with cascades of genuine old
Spanish lace eight inches wide, headed BY
bands Of massive Jet work IN floral designs
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
Substitute for Alcohol.

Temperance people who think it wrong
for doctors to prescribe alcohol viii be IN
terested to know that medicine has been
found which may, in many diseases, be sub
stituted for it. Dr. Burroughs, in The
Therapeutic Gazette, states that nitro
glycerine as a heart stimulant is far SUI
perior to brandy, and may be given with
confidence whenever the administration OF
brandy is indicated. Two drops of l per
cent. solution are equivalent to an ounce OF
brandy, and the effects of the drug are felt
immediately 1t creates no unnatural crav-
ing. The doctor gives detailed account OF
the cases in which he has employed it, and
finds, after an extensive experience, that il
is of great value in shock from accidents,
faintness after surgical operations, failure
of the hearts action due to chloroform
for opium poisoning, asthma, and the col
lapse of fevers.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
Poor Jumbo!

Thousands of our boys and girls have
gazed with wide-eyed wonder on Jumbo, the
biggest elephant that was ever in America.
He was eleven and one-half feet high. If
you were to take very tall man and stand
him upon the shoulders of another tall man
the top of his head would not reach up to
Jumbo's He weighed 1000 pounds
He used to eat every day 400 pounds of hay,
a barrel of potatoes and one whole bushel
Of onions How his breath must have
smelled
But that was not ALL Jumbo wasn't a
temperance elephant. He would drink a
pailful of beer every night. His keeper,
Scott drank little of it, but Jumbo swal-
lowed nearly all. After that, with the beer
and onions both inside of him, he had a
breath to be sure He was very fond of bis
beer, was Jumbo, and refused to go to sleep
without it. He travelled in a great box
car, SO high that it just cleared railway
tunnels. In this car the great beast
ate and slept, and Scott, his keeper, slept
there, too One night, for some reason,
Scott did not give Jumbo his pail of beer.
but lay down and went to sleep Jumbo
waited good while He pa we'd and fused
uneasily with his trunk But Scott slept
away and never minded. Jumbo wasn't
going to be put off, though. At last, seeing
une Keeper DID not seem about to stir, he
curled his great trunk about him and sud-
denly brought him up standing upon his
feet. He did not hurt him in the least, only
walked him and put him upon his feet very
gently. This was to remind Scott that
Jumbo could not go to sleep without his
drink
You see from the picture how big Jumbo
was, compared to the man who stands be-
side him. His tough heavy hide looked lila.
dried, wrinkled mud. When he appeared
in any town Mr.. Barnum usually let
him march along the streets in the
procession Then the boys and girls would
race themselves out of breath following him
up to get sight Of him. His back moved
along on a level with the second story win
dows of some houses. When he lifted his
trunk 1T was twenty six feet high, up to the
roofs of many of the houses. Near his head
this tremendous trunk was as large around
as mans body.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
pacling rruit for Market.
lAmerican Agriculturist-l


II IS grief to go through our great fruit
markets and think of the disappointed ship
pers. All over the country, people who send
fruit to New York or other markets expect
the top prices. They often get a hill Of ex-
penses Whyl The fruit was picked care
lessly, bruised in the handling and packing
and, worse than ALL great quantities picked
too ripe. Thousands of crates and baskets
OF peaches and pears, tens of thousands Of
crates of tomatoes, thousands OF barrels
of apples and melons are thrown
away every year, and this year has
been especially hard ON fruit of all sorts.
The moist weather has forced a succulent
growth. which perhaps is the reason for the
rapid decay. The lesson to be drawn from
this state of things is, not ship fully ripe
fruit; to peck with great care, handling
every article separately, even though they
may be apparently hard. Time thus ex-
pended Is money saved. Do not unjustly
blame the commission merchant for what IS
your own fault It matters not If year
after year you have shipped in the same
manner and received good returns In some
conditions Of the market, anything that is
fruit will sell well In times of abundance
the casa Is quite otherwise. The prime ar
ticle sells at Q fairly good price. while in
ferior goods barely pay expenses. and some
time5 even net a loss.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07
1t Goes Down Their Threats.

Iowa Register.
To prepare laborers and operatives for the
coming Storm" which we begin to. feel
already, let US suggest better way than by
strikes, that will drive capital from the en-
ployment of labor Reliable statistics show
that 5000, 900, 000is spent in the United States
annually for that which is worse than
nothing. 1t is for Intoxicating drinks. Oh
this large sum it is claimed, after close ex
animation, that two-thirds, or $500, 900, 600
is drunk by wage earners. 1t is this useless,
extravaganza and damaging use of intoxi-
eating liquors which causes the want, de
handing higher wages, and which continues
and rules most of the strikes. If tbs $780,
100000 annually were saved and properly
invested in comfortable residences, or placed
In safe institutions at interest, there would
be less want, ami far less demand for in
creased wages when employers could moi
afford il
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-07

UNITED States Agricultural Buletn-t
The arabic farm first prize of the Royal
Agricultural society of England has Teen
taken by Mr. Cove Ashton 1t lies .
miles from Liverpool embraces 1863 acres,
and has been cultivated 81 years under lease
from the Earl of Derby. The farm was
characterized by excellence and uniformity
Of all crops, absolute cleanliness, and spleri-
did condition of all fences and roads Inc
house is. a neat villa-like residence, and tne
buildings embrace capacious barn, granary,
stable and small cow house. Tie barns are
carefully spouted, and the water supply =
pond; the manure is stored In yard, ex.
cept the cummings which are gathered
and pumped over the sawdust, BOD tons OF
which are purchased annually for fertlilz'
ing purposes Basi les this sawdust, FVV IONS
of horse manure and 400 tons OF night sol,
are annually purchased, making tne toetl
yearly expenditures for fertilizers ABOUT
81, go, or SIS per acre. 49,
During Mr. Ashton's long occupancy sl2,-
600 has been laid out in permanent improve
ments, such as road making, grubbing out
old and planting new fences, hlilng up
ponds, and leveling inequalities
No exact system Of cropping Is followed.
Each autumn about 5 acres Is sown ID
mixed seeds for early cutting; this Is mown
three times the first year for green Iood-
which is delivered in Liverpool, yielding
u, and 10 tons per acre at the respective
cuttings. The crop Of the seconi year Is
mown twice for hay Sheep are taken tc
consume the aftermath at ~ cents pei
head per week This year 63 acres of seeds
Of the first and second years growth have
been made into hay, and Mr.. Ashton valued
the product at fully 100 tons. 1t is by nc
means unusual for a crop TO yield tons
per acre. The cropping this year is as fol
lows: "a acres in wheat u acres oats. Il
acres in barley, 20 acres in potatoes, 5 acre'
in vetches 2 acres in mangels, and the res
in seeds of the first and second years.
The labor bill on this farm is $500 per an
mum, or nearly 81, 500. much of it due TO tbs
heavy road work and the extremely clear
cultivation of the farm. 1t is seen that th'
produce is mainly sold from the farm, fo
which compensation is made by fertilizer
brought five miles from Liverpool Th
only farm animals kept are seven powerful
cart horses, two COWS for home supplies o
milk and butter one horse and a few pigs
The condition of the tenant and his long oc
cupancy show that the farm pays both ten
ant and landlord.