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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Reforming a Husband.

wIFE's DEVOTION CURED HIM OF HIS CUPS.
From the Springfield, Ohio, Repubc-Times.
William Smith, at one time United States
Senator from South Carolina, was, in his youth,
a wild fellow-as he himself expressed it, wild,
reckless, Incorporate, rude, and boisterous,"
but had good wife, who never upbraided him,
and who finally reformed him. The evening
before the session of the court of common
pleas client called upon him with fifty notes
to be put in suit. Mr.. Smith was not in his
office; he was on what is commonly known as
"a spree" AIRS. Smith received the notes,
and sat down to the work of issuing the writs
and processes. She spent the night at work,
while Mr.. Smith was spending it in ''riotous
living" At daybreak, on his way home from
his carousals, he a light in his Office, and
went in. To mis- surprise there sat his wife,
who had just completed what ought to have
been his work. and who had now fallen asleep
with her head on the table. His entrance
awoke her and she showed him her nights
work-ffty writs and processes. This was too
much for the strong man. He fell on his
knees, implored her pardon, and promised
never to drink another drop. He kept his
word, and from that time prosperity attended
him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
DIEDMoNT AIR LINE.

DIEDMoNT AIR LINE
i Schedule in effect November 18TH 1888
$50 A. Mast Tenn. Mail Daily for Warrenton,
Gordonsville Charlottesville, Lynchbur and stations
between Alexandria and lyncbbury, Roanoke, Bristol
Knoxville, Rome, Caera, Montgomery. and New or,
leans P9llman SLEEPER Washington % New Orleans.
lottesyllle Gorionsyllie Stations Ches Ohio Route
Iynchbury, Rocky Mount, Danyille and stations be-
tween lynchburs and Danville, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Charlotte Columbia, Aiken Augusta, Atlanta Birmng-
ham, Mongomery New Orleans, Texas and California
Pullman Sleeper New York TO Montgomery in connec-
ton with Pullman Sieepers Montgomery to New Or
leans and Mann BolIdoir Sleepers for BirIninghaIa
Nicksburg. and Shreveport. Pullman Sleeper Green's
bOro TO Columbia ana Augusta Solid trains Washing
ton to Atlanta. Does not connect Tor C. & o. route
2::'0 P. M.-Daily, except Sunday for Manassas
StrasbuIg and intermediate stations.
$50 T. M.-Mestern Express Daily for Warrentou,
Pullman Sleepers and Solid Trains Washington to
Louisville: also for Lynchbur, BRISTOL Chattanooga
Through Pullman Sleepers Washington to Memphis
without change.
II 90 z. M.-southern Express Daily for Lynch
burg, Danvie, Raleigh Asheville Charlotte Column
bia, Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta. Montgomery, New Or
leans Texas and California Pullman Nestibue SLEEPER
Washington TO New Orleans via Atlanta and Mont
gomery; Pullman Sleeper Washington to Augusta,
Ga, without change
Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash.
ington 900 A. NJ Daily except Sunday, and a. z NJ
Daily; arrive Round Hill l 4 80 A. NJ and 40 PM
Returning leave Round Hill 6:05 AN Daily aud 81
N Dolly except Sunday, arriving Washington $50
Through trains from the south via Charlotte. DAN
vile and Lynchblrg arrive in Washington 90 A NJ
and 30 T. NJ via East Tennessee Bristol and yrlch-
burg at III lib AN. and $40 PM: via Chesapeake
and Ohio route and Charlottesville at 8 40 T. NJ
Strasburg Local at 3:47 A. NJ.
Tickets, Sleeping car reservation and information
furnished. and baggage checked at Office 1900 Penn
mia RAILROAD, 9th and u sts JAS. l.. TAYLOR
Cd Generai Passenger Agent.
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Gen. HarrisOn's Christmas Gifts,

Gen. Harrison had curious Christmas pres
ent in the shape of small iron alarm clock
with an automatic fre-lighting attachment
The arm holding the fuse extends nearly foot
from the side of the clock. The inventor
writes the general that he has at last solved
the great problem as to who shall get up first
during the cold winter mornings and light the
fire. The clock rests upon the mantel in the
generals library. where it will be utilized as a
time-pieee, as the fire-lighting attachment is
not practicable where natural gas is burned
until some one invents an automatic mechan-
ism for turning on the gas. Another gift came
from Oregon, and consisted of spider web
woven out of fine brass. Below IL hangs a
plate having on one side the words Walk into
my parlor" and on the other Home, Sweet
Home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
One of the Saddest of Women.

Paris Correspondence n. y. Tribune.
1.-The Empress Frederick" writes to me one
of her set-a member of the consular service
and an artists perhaps the saddest woman
alive. She loved her husband she loved power
because she has in high degree the political
faculty and is endowed with a mind which sees
things wholesale rather than in detail. and she
Is very proud woman in the best sense of the
word. Her husband and the throne, for which
she had carefully educated herself have been
taken from her. The misery of worldly great
ness was impressed upon her in the most cruel
object lessons with which Providence was ever
pleased to teach a human being. Her pride
received sore rubs during the greater part of
her married life. But it was buffeted with dur
ing her short and unhappy occupancy of the
imperial throne. and was trampled upon in
the early days of her widowhood. She only was
esteemed as her husbands wife. As a woman.
she was held of no account because her
sex are despised in Prussia. This was great
atfiction to the eldest daughter of Queen Vic
toria who, when the Empress Frederick was a
child, filled perhaps the greatest position that
there was in the world. None of her daugh-
ters have her mind. They are kindly and well
disposed and datiful toward their mother, but
not in touch with her. Being obliged to quit
the palace in which she lived at Potsdam with
her husband during thirty years was a cruel
blow to her. She has become deeply pious.
Religion alone fills her heart. The paint brush
and palette have been laid aside It is her in
tention to devote herself great deal to schools
and hospitals. and to addict herself to what is
known as Christian socialism. Neither she nor
her husband liked political socialism, They
felt that the state could never save a people
and that salvation should come of individual
effort, working from within outward"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
A Doctor on DyspeDtics.

WHAT TREATMENT THE VICTIMS SHOULD HAVE
From the st. Louis obe-Democrat.
When dyspeptic comes to a physician for
assistance he wants to be cured at once. but the
physician will not say lean cure you" he will
only promise to try this or that remedy. The
conditions to be fulfilledby the patient and the
circumstances causing the complaint are so
many that it is diffiult to find the proper relief
without experiment. Let man have dyspepsia.
and every friend who has had such trouble
will endeavor to force on him the remedies
which may have been effcacious in each par
tlcular case. But 1t does not follow that what
was good for will help B. Dyspepsia is a
vicious thing to overcome, because the remedy
which lies chiefly in the victims own forbear-
ance is so frequently rendered powerless by his
unhealthy appetite. / know "A man who is a
confirmed dyspeptic because he can never
summon the will power to refuse what disa-
grees with him. He has gone into restau-
rant with vial of pepsin in his pocket to
aid him in digesting a mixture which he knows
his health should forbid him to touch. Thus
he will eat corned beef and cabbage. pudding
and pie, and compromise with his stomach by
taking dose of pepsin. In general, for
person who Is liable to dyspepsia, all things
that are fried. and especially pork or veal.
must be avoided; but each particular dyspep-
tic has his peculiar foods to avoid. The chief
cause OF dyspepsia with us is nervousness We
eat-especially the men-in a great hurry. or
when IaoorlHg under excitement and the
worries OF business. Rich eating, pastry and
hot bread, assist many on the road to dyspepsia.
lt1ooks as if we were becoming nation of
dyspeptics. The number OF antidotes and
cures for the disorder now on the market
proves that the demand is great. There is no
panacea. No man should neglect trouble of
this kind. He should try various means until
he finds the proper one for his own case. Pep
SIN and peppermint are both excellent rene
dles. A good way to prevent severe attack is
for the victim when he discovers the first in
dicationOto drink hot water three times a
day-upon rising. at noon and before eating
dinner or supper in the evening.
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Brethren Of the White Can.

From the Chicago Herald.
White Caps have history. Eallam, in the
ninth chapter of his Middle Ages" quotes
Paul Francois Velly and Gillaume de Naneis
to show that. in the reigns of Philip Augustus
and Henry II, the mercenary troops, dis
missed from their pay, went through the
south of France committing all sorts of out
RACES. ''One Durand, carpenter, deluded
by a contrived appearance of the Virgin. put
himself at the head of an army of the popu-
lace in order to destroy these maraudere. His
followers were styled brethren of the White
Cap from the linen coverings of their heads. "
These regulators were successful until thew
fell to legislating for the entire country. They
served notice on the lords to take no tribute
from their vassals. whereupon the lords,
tme IN t Of
man could be found who would admit he had
been White Cap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. 4

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain arrived at
Birmingham Monday. They drove from the
railway station TO Highbury. Mr. Chamberlain
residence. in a closed carriage. They were not
expected until Thursday and were not recog-
nized. MIR. Chamberlain son Austin well
coined his father and step-mother at London
and accompanied them home.
John Bright had another setback on Monday.
Henry A. Blake whose appointment as gov
ernor of Queensland was opposed by the people
OF that country, has been appointed governor
of Jamaica.
NJ. Martin, French Siberian explorer, will
soon start on an expedition to Central China
and the unexplored regions of Eastern Thibet.
He will have small escort and will carry with
him complete outfit of astronomical and topo-
graphical appliances. He will be gone three
years.
Herr Won Gossler, German minister of eccle-
siastical affairs and public instruction, has
sanctioned the order of the governor of Schles-
wig that the German language alone shall be
used in elementary schools after the first Of
April next.
Official notice has been given that the pro-
posed loan to the Bulgarian government cam
not be issued within German territory.
Sixty-fve German generals have been placed
on the retired list
Herr BONN, president of the ministry of
Gotha, is dying from blood poisoning, caused
by dye stuff in his hunting stockings.
The Russian consul at Malta has been ar
rested on suspicion of having placed an ex-
plosive shell in the theater there while the
duchess of Edinburgh was present. The
English authorities believe the affair is the
outcome of nihilist conspiracy.
VI. Deroulede and other members of the
chamber of deputies attempted to address
a Boulangist meeting at Pentoise last night,
but were denied hearing. Several violent
scrimmages took place.
The marines in the arsenal at Constantine
pie have revolted because their wages have
not been paid. The leaders were arrested.
The Argentine Republic has joined the tele-
graph convention.
The remains of Laurence Oliphant will be
inferred at Twickenhan on Thursday. Mrs.
Oliphant will shortly leave for Suria.
The pope has given $4,000 to the Roman
poor and 5000 to poor priests as Christmas
gifts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Disclosed by a Freshet.

INDIAN SKELETONS, BEADS, ToMAHAwKs, AND
POTTERY On THE UPPER POTOMAC.
From the Baltimore Sun, December %.
The south branch of the Potomac river is the
Nile of West Virginia. Along the meadow
lands where it flows the soil is rich and produc-
tive, but on portions of it the farmers SOW but
are in doubt about the reaping, for the river
may overflow and carry off the crops. At times
the receding waters are not content to carry
the grain. but often take deep soil. too.
A freshet which occurred a year or so ago
unearthed an Indian burying- ground. The Gem
etery is near the river, about 8 miles from
Romney. in Hampshire county. The Oldest
residents were not aware that the place had
been the receptacle of dead braves, squaws and
papooses until the river disclosed the skele-
tons. Many of the bones are in a good state of
preservation, but crumble away when exposed
The Indians were all found in a sort of reclin-
ing position resting on the left side. In the lap
OF each Indian were earthenware pots. and in
these pots were found the belongings Of the
eorpse-beads, arrow, spear and tomahawk-
neads, Indian money, made Of bone or ivory,
Some OF the beads are made of bone and Others
are OF glass These. together with some fish
hooks and copper trinkets, seem to have been
the extent OF their property.
All OF the ulnkets are perforated. The
holes In some OF the beads are SO small that
IN the absence OF cotton they must have. been
strung on hair. Those which the Indians
are supposed to have made from bone are in
perfect preservation, even to the coloring.
Residents Of the surrounding country have
gathered hundreds of the relics There are
it is thought many others not vet unearthed'
Pieces OF pottery of peculiar manufacture
are among the other curiosities which the
river disclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Universal Suffrage in Spain.

Madrid Dispatch to the London Standard
This has been an eventful day in the house
of deputies. The minister of the interior in
troduced a bill for re-establishing universal
suffrage. All Spaniards of twenty-five years are
to have vote after furnishing proof of two
years residence. The bill provides for the
representation of minorities in large constitu-
encies and for the representation of learned,
literary, economical and agricultural societies
in special constituencies. All towns of over
10000 inhabitants are to have one member in
the cortes. Senior Moret has exhibited some
ingenuity and skill in framing clauses to check
the Intervention of the authorities and insure
the sincerity of the elections. Officers and
soldiers upon active service, paupers and
criminals are ineligible to be ELECTORS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Advice About Pianos,

WHY THEY GET OUT OF TUNE--A GROWING PLANT
IN THE ROOM A REMEDY.
From the New York sun
This is the time of year when we are driven
nearly crazy with work." said tired-iooking
piano-tuner to a reporter. Everybody wants
his piano tuned for Christmas, and most of
them forget about it till the last moment And
besides being the busiest season, we have been
having the most trying weather. These cold
dry days throw pianos out of tune every time.
and, besides that. the sOunding-boards are be-
ginning to split. 1t always surprises me what
poor care most people take of their pianos
Let man buy an expensive watch and he'll
treat it as though it were live thing. but
people don't seem to realize what delicate
piece of mechanism good piano is. Pianos
are not affected so much by heat or cold as
they are by dryness or dampness. OF course.
II you stick one end of a piano up against a
stove, or heater, or register. and let the
other end come near a cold. leaky window, it II
raise Ned with it; but most people are on to
that The trouble is the piano is too dry.
You know the sounding board-the life of
piano-is forced into the case when it's made
SO tightly that it bulges up in the center. or
has belly. az we call it, on the same principle
as violin. The wood is supposed to be as dry
as possible, but, OF course, it contains some
moisture, and gathers lot more on damp days
and in handling. Now, when you put a piano
in an overheated, dry room all this moisture is
dried out. and the board loses its belly and
gets habby. and finally cracks. Even if it
doesn't crack, the tone loses it resonance and
crowns thin and tinny, and the felt cloth and
leather used in the action dry up. and the
wholeNmachine rattles, and everybody kicks
How can you prevent it? Easily enough.
Keep growing plant in the room, and so long
as your plant thrives your piano ought to. or
else there is something wrong with it. Just
try 1t and see how much more water You'll have
to pour IN the fower-pot in the room where
your piano is than in any other room. Some
people keep a huge vase or urn with a
sopping-wet sponge in it near or under the
piano. and keep it moistened just as a cigar
dealer keeps his stock. They keep this up all
the time the fires are on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
SEWER GAS AND DIPHTHERIA.
Where the Dread Disease Originates and
what Can be Done to Prevent 1t.

'Of course diphtheria is contagious" said
DR.. ]. ]. Tuthill to a Chicago Journal reporter,
when asked about the epidemic of that disease
now raging in some sections of the West Side
every one knows that, and its prevails more
in the fall and winter than at any other time
in the year. 1t also has a special tendency to
attack children. The younger the person the
more susceptible they are to the disease. For
instance, the largest number of cases taken
with diphtheria are children between the ages
of one and five years. Then persons between
the ages Of five and ten years are next
in order. You will find about half as
many cases between five and ten years
as between one and five, and the
older people grow their susceptibility to the
disease diminishes There is also a special
tendency to the disease in certain families.
The children in some families are much more
susceptible to the poison than those of others.
think that sewer gas is largely responsible for
Its prevalence, in spite of the opinion of a
great many other men to the contrary. think
that the gas prevails In many houses where its
presence is but little suspected. and that it is
to be found more on the lower floors and in the
Easements than any other places. In summer
time people are apt to ventilate their base
ments and under their floors, but Just as soon
as fall comes on they start up all their fires
up their ventilators under the floors and their
Easements, and of course the sewer gas is there
all the same, and is not purified by dissemna-
ton through the atmosphere, but is drawn up
ward through the house. 1 think there is one
thing radically wrong in the construction of
houses which predisposes their occupants to
certain diseases caused by sewer gas and
that is the common habit of taking
air to heat the house from the basement,
instead of having shaft to supply fresh
air to the furnace from the outside atmosphere
The present system of heating the air in the
basement and sending it up through the fur
mace is simply giving the sewer gas a special
invitation to go right through the house. Then,
in many cases, people are away all summer.
Their Easements remain closed up while they
are gone, and when they come home the base
ments are kept closed and the furnace started,
and the FOUL vitiated air that has remained in
the Easements all summer is heated and sent
up through the house to be a menace to every
body in it. In other cities typhoid fever poison
has been traced by the progress of the sewers.
In Philadelphia it was traced by the sewerage
connections in that way. This part of the city
isvery clean now, and otherwise is very healthy,
though we had an unusual number of cases of
tonsillitis. This disease is thought by some to
be analogous to diphtheria. We always notice
that wherever diphtheria prevails tonsillits is
sure to exist to a large extent in the same
neighborhood."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Hard Times for Actors.

From the New York Tribune
Thirty capable actors. men with families to
support, were counted in one of the rooms of
the Edwin Forrest lodge night or two ago.
Their names have appeared so often on the
play-bills Of our theaters that New Workers
must be acquainted with every one. vet not a.
man among them is earning a dollar TODAY by
his profession. Ashamed to beg, and unwilling
that his wife and two little girls should starye'
one worthy member Of the profession is earn
ing his and their daily bread at mental occu-
patton in Central park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
A Trying Moment.

the New 1OfK sun.
"How true it is, my DEAR" he said, as he
tenderly lifted lock of her hair, shat a thick
luxuriant growth Of hair is woman's crownine
glory"
"Yes, indeed, George she replied, uneasily,
''but, please. don't pull too hard"
why, do hurt you, darling?" he inquired
with tender cadence.
"Ye-es, George"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26

The THREATENED CRISIS IN SERyIA.-Tbe
latest adviccs from Belgrade show King Milan's
utter distrust Of the radical majority. 1t is an
nounced he will open the skuptschina with an
inaugural message instead OF a speech from
the throne. The message will not REQUIRE an
address in reply. The object Of this Ia to
silence the skuptschina until the negotiations
with the leaders Of the majority either succeed
or fail. King Milan yesterday received depu-
tation from the radical club, who protested
against certain clauses in the revised constitu-
ton. The deputation then formally presented
the thanks of the radicals to King Milan for
.ummoning the skuptschina The king prom
ised to alter the Objectionable clauses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26
Enormous Use of Postal Cards.

Boston Journal Of Commerce.
1t has been stated that the enormous use of
postal cards in the United States has had a
seriously detrimental effect upon the manufac-
ture of letter-paper and envelopes. The pa
per industry it is said, loses from sl2, ZOO, GOO
to SIS, 600, 900 year from this cause. The sum
Is doubtless greatly exaggerated, for the use of
letter-paper has also increased with that of
postal cards. But in Holyoke, Mass, 1000 900
postal cards are produced dnily, making q to-
tai production Of ,440, 900 900 year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PoIsoyED-A spe-
ciai from Onancock, Va, to the Baltimore
eating the mysterious death of VIM. ]. TAYLOR,
young farmer of Accomac county. TAYLOR
lived near the village of Modesttowu, who Is
suspected Of having been poisoned by his wife,
a. she administered liquid containing a
sugar, to sweeten the water. Spasms followed.
and before a doctor could be called he was
dead. His remains were buried but were snb-
sequently disinterred and a coroner's Jury be-
gan an Investigation, which is still going on.
Physicians testified that the symptoms indicated
strychnine poison. II was shown that Mrs.
Taylor had purchased strychrine from drug
store, but she said it was by her husbands re,
guest. as he wanted it to kill rats. Taylor was
insured for $4,000. Mrs. Taylor Is an attractive
looking woman Of thirty-one years Of age. No
arrests have yet been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-26

The ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF CoKE.-At
Pittsburg the coke operators Of the Connells-
vile region held another meeting Monday to
discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of advancing the
market price to 81 so per ton. No decision was
reached, and it is expected that another meet
ing will be held this week. All operators, ex-
cept those who operate blast furnaces, or who
are In any way interested in the iron trade.
such as H. G. Prick & Co., of which the firm
OF Andrew Carnegie & Co. is a member, are in
favor Of an advance. This statement was made
by an operator. 1t is from bituminous or soft
coal that Conneilsville coke is made entirely.
An advance in the market price will advance
the wages OF all the coal miners and employees
about the ovens in the Connellsville region.