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America the First to Salute the Congo
Flag.

Rear Admiral English, in a dispatch
to the Navy department, dated st. Paul
de Loando, May 4th, reports that he
sailed from the river Congo May I'd to
assume command of the South Atlantic
squadron. Although suffering somewhat from
the facilitating effects of the climate, the gem
eral health of the officers and crew of the Lam
caster continued good. Charles n. Francis,
ordinary seaman, second class, died of pneumo-
MIA, at Santa Cruz, February 28th and was bu-
ried In the English cemetery. The Lancaster
arrived off the mouth of the Congo April 2Sth
where she found the Kearsarge at anchor, being
the only man-ofwar in port. April 3Oth Col
Sir Francis de Winton, administrator gen
eral of the International Association of
the Congo. made an official cali on
Admiral English, and upon leaving the Lam
caster he was saluted with seventeen guns. A
salute Of twenty-one guns was extended to the
nag OF the association, the first salute by any
nation to TINT flag, and the honor was specially
reserved for the Lancaster. The Kears,lrge was
at the Congo for nearly two months, but no
French or German man-of-war arrived during
that time. Portugal and England were, how
ever, each represented by q man-ofwar. The
Kearsarge LEFT April 18th for St. Paul de
Loando, and on the I'd Of May for Monrovia on
her way north, having on board Col. Sir Francis
de WintOn. On the I'd of May Admiral Eng.
lish turned over to Captain Brtdgman Of the
Kearsarge, all papers relating to the European
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Chas.
n. Bruce to Moscow r. G. Pendleton, lot AZ
and pit. 43, SO. 1902; 5000. c. McAuliffe to
John Halloran, pit. B, SO. $50; s.. c. Xander
to Isaac BowAeer, pit 2. SO. W. of 4s4; 50, 500.
G. c. Randall to T. F.. Waggaman ct al, ut. lot
1913; $4,000: Martha E. Freeman to Emily Z.
Briggs. lot n and W. h n, SO. s74; 81, 200 L..
Vernon Livery stables; $500 Ann NJ. Booth
Ann sesggs e s f. Walker; pt |, So 8 o! s ss5
a az g F1S.d t1 efsfsss To- 1Gts
Ct to s4 pow III A a. g.
ton same ssss Mary G waters It. to s aaa
e. 81 sp sso s Edition tr So to
George i. Mitchell to II Bohnke, lots Is and 20,
sub :, x, Long Meadows; $500. Joseph Forrest to
Lynch to Josephine e. Johnson, lot 8, 1 s9 ssh
S325. q. F: Emmons to Primus Davis, lot 5,
lot S, So si4 81 sal Mary R. squifes to 1,J JOS
L; Barbour. sub. lots so and 81, So 5ls; So 900:
A. sSnae de- kan TO to Mus 1870 and
eanson to 4. F Pardon lot 81, Blk: Il. Il II. and
E.'ssub: Meridian Hill; $500. W. Il Clagett to
e y + BSrloPd, g 50. isS; $1,000 3: f ". E.
sssSrd to sa Waad e. same property
lot p, 50. 1920; s547.so. A. NJ. Reed to + 4. E. E.
Miles, sub. lot 20, 50. 1856; 1925. L. Clephane
Smith to Elizabeth c. Breese, pit. sub. s, so.
243 S2sS. J. I. Stevens ct al, trustee, to L.
$3.50. q. +. Emmons to thas Smith. lot S.
Garfield; $500. A. Y: Leech to E. H. Fay, pit.
55, SO. 194; $1,000. Geo. Bogus to Nathaniel
Freeman, lot SO, SO. $50; So, 725. E. J. Hill to NJ
Yerlinda Chapman, lots 35 to AZ, so. 500; S..
T. $. Hnntley to Mary Louisa Cutter, lot Is and
part II, So. 1913; $3.50. w. B. Greene to w
to Mary Jones, same property; S.. f. Bradley
ct al to G. A. Shields, lot 8, 50. 1O11; 81 ,415G4
$3.50. g. w. Clark to F. Emmons, lot 18, So
PIG; $4,000. s: G. Stewart to Q. NJ. Ball, part
lots 10, II and 13, square 57s; =. G. c. Dun
H. and Els sub. Meridian Hill; 81 ,667 40.
Same to Edwina p. Chamberlain, lot Is, block
g. do: 81 40098
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ADMIRAL JouETr TRYING TO BRING ABOUT
PEACE IN THE BARRANQUILLA DISTRICT.
A Panama dispatch says: The flagship Tennes.
SEE, bearing the pennant Of Rear Admiral Jouett,
LETT Aspinwall June 4th for Savanilla. DIR.
Justo Arosemena sailed on the Tennessee. IL
is stated that the visit of that vessel to the
on the present occasion il in connection with
efforts to bring about q peaceful understanding
between the bellfgerents in and about Barran-
Quilla. DIR. Justo Arosemena, II is said, has re
ceived instructions from Bogote to treat with
the leaders OF the revolutionary party, and TO
give them something more liberal In terms
than those proposed to them by Gen. Reyes o
few days ago. These were the same as those
offered TO and accepted by Aixpuru i've weeks
ago, but the rebel chiefs in BarranQuilla are
men Of higher standing and heavier caiibre
they preferred 70 night II out. The government
forces are gradually approaching the revoiu-
uOnary forces operating on Barranquflle as
headQuarters, and lively news may be expected
from that quarter soon.
Later advtces state that the government
forces have concentrated In the netghborhood
OF Carthagena 30 the number Of 300 men.
They are reported TO be In most oistressing
condition, without shoes and In ragA It will be
q month before they can move on 0aitan's
forces, who are oamped Ut 6areana Largo, near
Barranquilla The revolution Is not ended yet
and decisive victory for the rebels &C Rarran-
Quilla would rekindle the flames Of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17
The Queens Red-NOsed Secretary.
London Letter to Chicago Herald.

The firstthing that strikes the beholder about
Sir Henry Ponsonby Is his red nose. One can
not help feeling that, on . man so high as the
private secretary Of the queen OF Great Britain
and empress Of India, red nose is sinRularly
out Of place. The rest Of his countenance is i'm
keeping with the nose; watery eyes pfmply
face and general appearance OF ill.health. His
body Is bent. and even ia his tightly bnttoned
and much padded military tunic, with stifI
stock and too obvious stays, his stoop Is pain
fully out OF keeping With the gay trappings Of q
warrior. In manner Sir Henry Is queruious
never saw him nor spoke TO him without pic
lures Of halfforgotten sc0lding old women ris-
ing in my mind. He looks like an old man
maid who passes the greater part OF his life In
submitting TO sc0lding and inhicting scoidin0s
on Others. The queen e fully aware Of the I'M
and would gladly replace him by 3 younRef
secretary, but long years OF Intimacy with
every public transaction Of the sovereign have
rendered him almost Indispensable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17
FroL' Henry Upon Lightning Rod
Points.

10 the Editor OF THE EVENING STAR.
Many communications have appeared in
your paper looking to the protection of the
monument from the disastrous effects of light
ming. The late Joseph Henry, of the Smith
sonian, was q professor at Princeton college
about nifty years ago, and in his lectures to the
students on the subject Of electricity made
some experiments in their presence to show
the improperly of having more than one point
to lightning rod. He exhibited a small house
hinged together and having lightning rod at
tachment. On the top Of the rod there was a
single point, which was no larger at any place
than the roo ITSELF The electricity passed
through this to the earth without any him
ORANGE or damage to the house, but when a
knob was substituted for the point, and the
current Of electricity applied, the house was
Immediately shattered. The professor said
that the three points, which were often used
or more than one point, was unnecessary and
dangerous. The aluminium tip on the monu-
ment is much larger than the rod below and il
Is believed his advice-if alive-wouid be the
substitution OF glass for the aluminium and
that the single rod should pass through ii sew
erAi Ieet. ONE WHO HEARD HIM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17
The Way With Her.

From brakes Magazine
Miss Miggs-I hope, my dear, that you don't
60 to the theater alone.
Estelle-No, indeed. Inever think of going
unless am chaperoned
Miss Miggs-Unless you are what?
Estelle-Chaperoned.
Miss Miggs-Thats the way with me, I nj i.
ways like TO have q chap around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

10 the Editor OF The EVENING STAR:
Last year when the Buffalo Bill troupe was
here, among other things they fired shot and
bullets up into the air. The rifles they used were
~ cal, and, fired at an angle of $50, will send
bullet about Ia miles, which would strike the
earth again with sufficient velocity to go
through man. The police, either through
ignorance, indifference, or because they had "a
license, permitted this TO be done. desire to
protest. In the interest Of public safety against
this being repeated. The Commissioners should
be more careful about granting a permit or it
should be granted at ALI, and the police should
be more discriminating and active. I don t
think shooting at Athletic park should be per-
United anyhow, as the report of firearms would
disturb the neighbors. CB n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

to far greater advantage by human agency hut
hogs and poultry of all kinds eagerly devour
them There We're, it is true, many accounts
anoat In 1868 of hogs being poisoned by
was occasionally killed by over-gutting. such
cases were very rare indeed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

To the Editor OF THE EVENING STAR:
Let me intercede for the dumb animals
Cannot o cup be inserted in the lower part of
the public fountains to retain q continuous
supply Of water as 1t passes to the sewer that
the dogs may aliay their thirst this sultry
that Major Dye, and not the over-tasked enrf-
neer Commissioner, will be deputed to see the
object consummated without delay.
PHILANTHROPTST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

Wife--'My DEAR do you know that baby has
four or five different kinds Of cries, and that
can understand her always, when she wants 8
drink, when she e hungrys when she rs in pain,
Husband-"ssoe That 10 very nice. And can
you talk back to herr or course, you can tslk
back to anybody, but can abe understand
your"
Wffe-s0h, yeg"
Husband-sThen you win politely signify TO
father 70 take her en- promenade nj q m q
will be something 10 her advantage IN future
years.n-zsvH Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

Gov. Ross BHLATED COMPLIMENT 10 Mon.
Gov. Roes took the oath OF ONCE at sIirlrise
Monday. The unusual hour for the ceremony
was chosen IS q compliment to the governors
earliest predecessor, the Nrst NOnte2umA,
whose followers daily aacended TO the house.
tops to look for his return with the king OF day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17

CLAIMING MAxwELLs MoHEY.--secretary
Bayard hes forwarded 20 Mayor Frsncis. OF 81.
Louis, correspondence from the British Min
lister, Ia which J. n. Dixon, Of Bradford, York.
upon Maxwell, nov under arrest O. Aockland.
New Zealand, for the murder % Charles AFthsl
Prelier. q The nouthsrn hotel, O. Lovis sarly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-17
The Poet and the Emperor.
HOW DOM PEDRO MET VICTOR Hr-ao

HOW DOM PEDRO MET VICTOR HUGO.
Paris Correspondence of London Truth
L was present when Theophile Gautier the
younger came to Victor Hugo with a message
from the Emperor of Brazil.
Dom Pedro, who is the most worthy potentate
alive, said to the former, 81 have been now some
time in Paris, and feel that have seen nothing,
because have not met Victor Hugo"
'tfiere Is nothing, sire, easier than to see him.
he is courteous and acceuitiant TO all who call
at his house."
81 should not, !" returned the Emperor, .mind
taxing the Initiative of calling on him, but
should should greatly mind my visit not being re-
When this conversation was being repeated,
Victor Hugo was sitting between the wife OF q
journalist and blind girl, the daughter of an
operative, who used to be brought to spend
with Dea, the heroine OF "L'Homme qui rii,"
who was sightless.
never called on either OF these two ladies. who
often do me the honor TO come ana see me.
How, then, could pay return call to an EN-.
the disposal OF all my friends. II Dom Pedro
comes con here he viii honor me by making him.
Dom Pedro came, and without further in
vftation. He rang at the outer door at about
seven. The Guernsey cook-an Irishwoman-
VINO remained In the poets service 10 the end,
What name shall give." she asked.
Don't give any name, please; just show me
But the master never wishes to be disturbed
before dinner"
els there any one else that can see."
The Emperor was shown into the drawing
room where Madame Drouhet was sitting.
IL hope" he said, "you will not think me an
intruder, but received a message from NJ. Vic
tor Hugo 20 the effect that might regard his
house as my own, and SO ! have come to ask
him to let me share his dinner with him this
evening, and hear him converse. As IL would
not be honoring him sufficiently TO come Snco0-
nito, will ask you TO kindly let him know that
am the Emperor of Brazil
Dom Pedro was unattended and unaccompar
MED. IL fell out that there were only the con.
tents Of q pos-du-feu for dinner. But Paris is q
city Of culinary resources. An order was there
fore at once given to q rotfsseur TO have . capon
roasted and sent in hot at twenty past eight
and TO patissier TO furnish fish croQHettes and
cot-aH-rent at ten minutes past that hour, and q
sweet dish and bons6e q Ia Ndp0iifofne AZ twenty
TO nine. The Imperial guest remained until
three In the morning The weather being hot
he made for his host . drink Of crushed ice.
Orang0jufce. sugar. and rum.
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Wednesday Whatn0ts.
The last deal of the Illinois legislature turned
up Jack.-Lo,oeU Courier.
When q man is just about to sneeze you
couldn't buy him off with q consulate.-Boston
Post.
-Four ounces Oil Of cloves, two ounces oil of
ounces gum camphor; mix. The preparation is
warranted to drive a mosquito out Of the room.
L 1t fails, hit him with q wet towel.-Detroit
"Have you," asked the judge of a recently
fore sentence is passedPS "No, your honor
cent"-Scrdnton Truth.
1t was little five-year-old who, in describing
the amiction OF o neighbor, said: "He is blind
rom mead to foot"-Norrfsto,On Herald.
The Lowell Citizen remarks that the "world
now makes use Of Sc, 600 miles Of submarine
cables mostly for the purpose Of advertising
travelling actresses and announcing the deaths
of people nobody ever heard Of"
Attorney General Garland decides that an In
dian cannot hold post office. Not having 9
very loud voice In the matter, this paper viii
not cr1tic1se the Attorney Generals decision,
but 1T does seem that q man who can hold q
buckJumping pony con hold almost anything
dfkdnsaU Traveller.
care you at all esthetical in your tastese" she
ward the plano. SWen. q little" he answered.
I'm, lin esth n TO the extent Of having an admi
gulf between them which nothing can bridge
Boston Journal
"Do you like candy, mar" asked little Aus
tin boy Of his mother.
mo, my son, 1t makes me deathly sick"
II am SO glad to hear it. You are the kind Of
woman can trust TO hold my candy for me
until am done playing. "-1eras Svtia0&
The question, 'sWho stands at the head Of the
Philadelphia barr has been asked. We do not
know his name, but he must be terribly crowd
ed by the ninety and nine who want sugar In
thern.-AHantu Consultation.
The Times yesterday plainly wrote that dogs
on the park would 'sdrive" or the park commits
stoners, or the commissioners would drive Oh
the dogs. An esteemed compositor cot up dine
Hartford Times.
According TO the Lewiston {AGe.l yossssal, "a
trout that gets away rarely weighs less than
seven or eight poundS." This may be true the.
orettcaity, but practically trout that gets q
weigh seldom weighs more than one or two
pounds.-Dek0is Free Prsss,
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perisncsd a iosiand Cattle "a pcfishsd
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OF locust sting In 1868, while unpublished
accounts were equally numerous. Some people
even denied themselves the pleasure Of eating
blackberries, raspberries, and other fruits be.
cause they feared these fruits had been poisoned
by the eggs Of the cicada, while others believed
that the insects poisoned water. Prof. Riley
says he has underworld to trace q number OF
these reports, but has invariably found that
they were either false or greatly exaggerated,
ana there Is no doubt whatever that the great
majority OF such accounts owe their origin to
the fertile imaginations of newspaper report
ers, who are ever ready for the sensational He
mas, he says. handled thousands of them, and
knows hundreds OF persons, including children
who have done the same, and yet have never
been able to witness single case Of bona fide
singing by the cicada.
THE INJURY WHICH CIcADAs CAUSE 70 FRUIT
TREES.
While living under ground they have been
accused OF killing pear trees, and more especi-
ally by Miss Margaretta H. Morris, in accounts
Of them published in 1S48. The late DIR. Smith
OF Baltimore, however, who made extensive
observations, denied their being capable Of such
injury.
The truth of the matter seems to be. tina,
while they do puncture and derive nourish
ment nom the roots of trees, they rarely If eyel
produce In this way any serious injury. This
may be due to the fact Of their slow develp
ment, and the necessarily small amount o.
nourishment taken at any one time.
In the perfect state, however, the female is
capable OF doing great injury to trees by hack
ing. and although their injury in the Iorest !,
not generally felt, it Is q very different thing
| In our orchards, and especially in the nursery
After experiments In 1864 Prof. r. was con
WINGED That there Is no available way Ofentireiy
! preventing ruinous work when they once com
mence to ovtposit. The nursery of Mr. Stepher
partridge, few miles west of ST. Louis which
| Is surrounded on all sides by timber, was NOR,
| seriously injured than any other which he saw
! ana ne lost many hundred dollars worth O
apple peach and pear stock. They also pune
| clinton and Taylor among varieties. BY havinI
| all hands turn ont early In the morning. and
between and o'clock In the EVENING viii,
the insects hung listlessly to the branches. h,
succeeded In crushing thousands of them. ans
| thus saved parts OF his nursery from total ruin
But 1t becomes hopeless task to try to sta,
| their disastrous work when once they have 81
CURED full power OF flight; though, while Il
their feeble ana helpless condition, as the,
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SEVENTEEN year OF his age.
fortune which he had accumulated, lived in
richmond, Va, where he was noted for his
many ma benefactions to Catholic institutions dur
of Bishop, now Archbishop, Gibbons. Among
bis liberal acts was the presentation to the Lit
Richmond and 800, 900. Miss Caldwell was
porn IN New York, but her parents were both
Xirginians The mother was member OF the
distinguished Breckenridge family, of which
vice PRESIDENT Breckenridge and DIR. Robert
Breckenridge were members. The estate inner
TO b 5es net s
spafding. It is thought that the gift Of $500
by the same hand. but that, following the ex-
ample of her father In bestowing his means
bow sn s see W a. some ha
that they viii be supplied with a substantial
upon the size and character of the first build
ing to be erected.
As soon as the project had been announced q
ArehbishOp Gibbons. Of Baltimore; Bishops
Williams, Of Boston; Corrigan, Of New York;
spadns Psosip eana Of St Psa sSs
four laymen. .Archbfshop Gibbons was chosen
When the charter is procured q board Of trus.
for the objects set forth in the charter. The
preparation Of the charter Of the university will
Of itself demand the exercise OF wise foresight.
1t will, therefore, be drawn without haste. The
plans are yet too indefinite to be given to the
public. Inspired with the hope Of founding .
great institution, the pioneers In the undertak-
Ing are devoting care and attention upon the
first steps. Not . building or buildings 10 the
question now. Architecture and appliances
wifi be matters Of detail easily determined. The
university Is TO be thoroughly American Is
well as thoroughly Catholic. It Is TO be the
newest and keenest weapons Of modern science
and learning a. defenders OF religion and revel-
alton against its many ingenious and powerful
or an American university with foreign spirit
auimAttng it Though tho exper1enoe 1nd
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-29
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Such items rs this, from the Eastern OreOOnidn.
look queer to Eastern readers: "lhere were two
murder yesterday"
The tomahawk with which Hannah Dustin killed
her Indian captors while they slept Is In the possess
sion OF Mr. II. @. Parsons. of Derby Line VT, of
her llneal descendants.
An Illinois farmer left can of nitro. glycerne on
the table of his cottage. 1t Is supposed tho cat
pushed OF the can, for after tremendous explosion
she was found clingIng to q tree 500 yards away,
nervous, but almost uninjured.
Tho late Lord strathnairn's dinners were almost
an institution. He sometimes forgot the invitations
as could possibly find room at Ills table, and people
got In the way OF sending around In the morning to
know II they were expected.
Wisconsin cranberry grower has this year ex-
pended $4,000 for artificial irrigation The problem
hours on the approach OF frost, and to draw OF the
water In the same time to permit o. picking. Two
% ZEE wde a w ee Sen
equal to the task.
Tho Shah OF Persia appears TO be great and
severe art critic. The story circulates In French
papers that one day the Shah was looking at a
picture representing Judith with the head of Holo.
TO him, SO he summoned tho artist, and In his pres
ence took MS sword and chopped on slaves head,
might lie better informed In future
truthful missionary (says Clara Belle) who
spent ten years of his pous life in Japan, and
learned all about the people there assures me that
the Jap women wear no undercl0thes whatever
neither petticoat stockings under the single
Onter garmentand the actresses In both productions
Of The Mikado" look as though they obeyed the
fashion. Every movement of their limbs IL as dis
tnctly visible as though they were In tights.
| AT a recent wedding In England, given at the
country place Of the BRIDES uncle in Northampton
shre the usual order OF things reversed. After
the wedding breakfast the guests and the host and
pair 10 enjoy their honeymoon In comfortable seclu-
sion. This ID new departure In wedding etiquette
aud might BIO adopted In this country always sup
people and have a home In another country ready
| Ia rpceiye Them.