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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-02
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Under Masonic Temple corner 9th and SITS. NV,
Wherewill be found the most complete and varied
stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines and Perfumeriesi in
the city, at prices which better and few meet
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-02
THE EVENING PARTY,

That Utopia which all people desire, the salon,
where the woman OF fashion shall weekly assem-
BILE about her the ,terateur, and the artist, the
aristocrat, who has long been at the top of the
social tree, and the millionaire, who ceased his
climbing yesterday, would seem to be still far on
We either have not found the woman who Is great
enough TO found IT, or ourcOndiU0ns OF society for
bid II. But we see In every city some attempt A.
it. We see people fiocking to a small ana unpre
tenoing ns,1ge as nns eludng Of quiet woman
then we learn the charm OF easy entertaining The
number Of people who have real merit and talent
OF self-cOnsttIted tyrants Of society must be very
ar.e; but II they have tact and learn to wait they
will md their way. The most certain way to
please Is TO show modest Indifference to the
smiles OF the great. crhey call IL patronage in En-
gland. We have no such ugly word here, nor have
ady ae
ideal exclusiveneSs, society which should only
admit the cultivated, the wise and the good,
acteristics OF her guests, their moral social and
political standing. We use the word political in
Its largest sense.
women do get In TO the most carefully guarded So
ciety; and we have as yet no such fnviolable IN
sight that we can rate Dives and Lazarus before
Dives gives too good dinners; we enjoy his ball
and music. They have saying In Rome, that II
the devil gives ball all the angels will 60 to It.
GOOD COMPANY.
Good company makes, however, many virtues
Politeness, selfpossession, nne manners strike In
as well as out, and the gay salon shows many
glimpse OF beautiful character. All leaders o.
fashion are not insolent. all rich people are moi
vulgar. II Is the most unwfse thing In the w0rlt
70 make sweeping assertion. A hostess should
Try TO invite congenial people; should not put a
young poet next to an old rabby VINO has no In
terest In anything but dissection OF character an(
social parooilng. Nor should she pus vaporous
idealess woman next professor Of Greek, unless
she has seen that be likes such, as they sometimes
do-restful, perhaps, from deeper studies! No
should any hostess who asptres 70 easy entertain
Ing allow her house 70 become camp, where AM
body can stop Tor an hour. Easy entertaining
early hours ntnesS OF companionship and not tO(
much expense, requires thought Indeed, wha
Writing that u easy 70 read-shakespeare'A to
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nEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WASHING
~ TON, MAY Ia. lSSS-Sealed Proposals will be r.
ceived at this Department until TWELVE O'CLOCK
n. WEDNESDAY, JUNE SIXTH. 1883. for the
ton. including materials, of the
Lodge of the Government Hospital for the Insane
Washington. Plans and specifications for the work
may be at the Hospital lropo. ais must be adj
dressed TO The secretaTy If the Interior and
dorsed Proposal for building extension at Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane The right reserved
to reject any or ali bids. WM +. Villas. Secretary.
myl6-.,aw.,y
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DRoPOsALs FOR ERECTING FIRE-EScAPEs ON
l The MAIN BUILDING Al THE REEORM
EDUCATIONAL.

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Glasses reopen October Sth at 7s3 18th st. Summer
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The third annual session begins Monday, October
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Contrary 10 my expectation, the deep-wood soil
Is barren Of low vegetation can perhaps best
describe II as almost counterpart OF the shadowy
coverts OF Maine pine woods. The earth Is bare
Drown-black. sort and SILL a carpet OF yelyet
And the siences have a deeper and intenser sol
einnity. You never see the sky. At long Intervals
away up there a hundred feet more may be dis
covered a sheen Ike delicate mist saffron: but
This never pIerces the wOndrOus foliage In time
ones eyes become accustomed 70 the weird gloam-
Ing, and the senses painfully acute TO every dis
torted sound or seeming.
One Of cur Erst experiences was a thrilling one
70 NE a1c cost the lille OF one OF two remaining
cogA These forests abound In the hutia. a lazy
animal similar IN appearance 10 our gray squirrel
Dut Win raboit-uke face and muskrat's tail
They feed upon nuts, buds and tender twigs and
are pfizsd Tor fooc--indecd The insurgents OF t5s
larry Subsisted upon them. A tremendous, stupid
anu l&hsiess snake from ten % fifteen feet In
length, called the maja, also leeds upon IT, as was
demonstrated 10 our sorrow. several hutias had
peen shot, Tumblng 10 the ground Ike q
Dali OF lead, the dogs, which were cross between
The Newfoundland and the spanish masrin would
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
KING COTTON.

Cotton may no. De enthroned king Of
power SO vast as WAS once attributed to
it, but king 1t is with extending domin-
ion, and in the growth of its power there
now appears TO be hope, and wealth, and
prosperity for the south. Cotton seed
oil has become of such potency in COM
merce that ga trust" has been formed to
control its production, and Il hiss stirred
the lard packers to action that
ergrosses the attention OF the press and
of lawmakers. But the dominion of
King Cotton does not seem to be limited
by the uses thus alluded to, End now we
sre told that "s syndicate, including sew
eral Georgia capitalists has secured ex-
elusive right for southern stStes OF the
Thompkins process for reducing veg
etable fibres to paper stock, with
the intention of establishing mills
in all the cotton states, and applying the
process to the reduction to paper Of cot
ton stalks and seed hu!ls now practically
worthless. The promoters of the enter
prise claim they can make good neWspa-
per at cents per pound, and that the es-
Establishment of their mills will be as i'm
portant an event in the economical his
tory of the south as the establishing of cot
ton seed oil mills" Cotton may not be
the king It was claimed to be, but iii it will
erect paper mills as well as oil mills in
the south, it will perform work that
will compensation the long years in which
the production of the feecy staple has
tended to impoVerish rather than enrich
the southern people.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

JAY GOULD is al present having his
share of trouble-if this is any consola-
ton to those whose bread is buttered
scsntily. First, the government is ex-
pected to bring suit sgalnst the Union
Pacific Read for $1,000. 600. Then Mis-
souri, Southern is not doing very well,
and the wsy Its stock declines in his re-
puted pet corporation, and surplus gives
way to deficit, is enough to send cold
chills down his back. Elevated railway
stock-Mr. Gould bought an immense
block OF this from Cyrus W. Fields
also weakening, and 1t is thought that
cent fares are too low. Then to cap
the climax he is being prosecuted by a
woman, 8 cable company snd 8 newspa-
ger. Taken altogether, Mr.. Gould's posi-
ton Just now is not ct all enviable.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
The SS-ooi Duty.
NHN = VOI DuFI
Report on the Mills Tariff Biil.


Why, Their, should We keep out by nigh
duties the foreign woods So necessary to
the clothing Of the people? The Wool
Growers Association ask US to put On q
Guty high enough to prevent the Impor-
tstion Of all foreign woods. TIE Wool
Manufacturers Association Esk Us 10 pu.
On duty high enough TO keep GU. all
manufactured wool. II Congress grsnts
this joint request, what are the people TO
do Tor WOODEN clothing? Are the peo-
pie to be compelled By Congress to
wear cotton goods In the winter or GO
without to give bountieS 20 wool growers
and wool manufacturers during the
last fiscal Year there were ia, 40+, 173
pounds of wool imported, and of that
amount 81, 5O4,447 were cheap carpet
wool, the greater part Of which paid q
cents per pound duty. The high duty Of
10 cents per pound On the fler woods that
go into clothing was 30 great barrier
against the importation Of the better
woods that only 33,099, 500 pounds
were imported. But our people required
clothing, and if Congress put duty so
high on wool ss to keep il out, still, high
IS WAS the duty on wooden goods, S44,-
233, 243 worth were imported and con-
sumed in this country, upon which duties
were paid amounting to $29, 729 III. Ii
the charges constantly being made are
true-thst great quantities Of these
goods are coming in undervslued, under
Weighed and unmessured-.heat the sg-
gregate amount is much larger.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

THERE is said to be cunningly de-
vised autograph album FOR use during the
year 1888, IN which unsuspecting maid
ems are induced to write their names, and
which afterwards turns out to be book
OF blank proposals Of marriage to the de-
PRAYED young man who owns 1t. Young
women will see the necessity OF refrain
ing from writing their names in suspi-
ctous looking albums this year, unless, OF
course, they are looking for some albums
of that kind.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
Republicans Coming 20 Their Oatr.
Plttsburg Post.

1t Is noticeable that Notwithstanding
Republican opposition to tariff revision,
yet movements for free trade with for
eign countries is finding conspicuous
advocates in that psrty. Mr.. Butter
worth, who represented the trust sDd
monopoly side in the Boston debate, is a
strong advocate Of free trade with
Canada. The oil providing for @ con-
ference with the South American re-
publics and Mexico, which was passed by
the House with euch hurrah few days
ago, and which went througa
the Senate later, slightly amended,
is measure to promote freer
trade or free trade with these countries.
It provides for the expenditure Of $780,
goo and the appointment of ten commits
sioners to form an American customs
union, among other things, by which the
trade Of American nations with each
other shall be promoted Here we haye
the singular ana striking exhibition of
Republicans and Democrats alike so i'm
pressed with the idea that trade is such
good thing that they would appropriate
s large sum of money and call g big con-
ference Of the representatives OF many
nations, and make many long and beauti-
full speeches, to promote SO excellent 8
thing as this same trade between these
countries,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
An set abori.hlug DAYS of areoe.t

Mr.. Ainsworth of Oswego introduced in
the assembly at Albany On March Is bill
TO abolish days Of grace, to take efrecf
January 1, 1889 The exact text Of the
bill is as follows:
Section l. All days of grace, so called,
are hereby abolished, and all cheeks,
drafts, bills OF exchange, or other evil
dences of Indebtedness shall, for
sll purposes, including the pre-
sentation for payment or accept
ence, and the protesting and giving
notice of dishonor thereof, be due and
payable upon the date, or ST the time, or
upon the happening of the contingency
therein expressed; and ell laws applica-
BILE to the demsnd for payment, and
notice of dishonor, and protest thereof,
shall apply to said paper, excluding all
days of grace.
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect Janu-
airy /, 1889.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS.
Fsds About CelIuloid- Itr Manufacture and
Varied Uses-singu lEr Concsit Of a Peris-

Fsds About Celluloid- Ito Manufacture and
Varied Uses-singulEr Concsit Of Peris-
ian.
"Look out"
The reporter lodged back as If he had
Inadvertently touched an electric coil.
"Great heavens, man! Do you want to
burn your fngers?" continued the mer-
chant eXcitedly.
"What's the mstteri"
"M.tter enough. Those eyeglasses OF
yours are framed in celluloid, and il you
keep twirling them around in your fingers
too near that gas jet you will nave an ex-
plosion."
The reporter placed the dangerous con-
trivance sstride his nose, ahG the mer-
chant, WHO ia one of the largest dealers
in celIuloid goods in the city, continued
his conversation where this incident had
interrupted 1t.
"Most celluloid is made in France.
Would you like 10 know how? Then
listen: A roll of paper is slowly unwound,
srd at the same time is saturated with q
mixture Of five parts OF sulphuric eCid
and two parts Of nitric acid, which falls
upon the paper in 3 tiue sprsy. This
changes the cellulose of the paper
into pyroxyline (gun cottoD). The ex
cess of the ocid having been expelled by
pressure, the paper Is washed wi plenty
Of water until all traces Of acid have been
removed. II is then reduced Q pulp,
and passes on to the bleaching trough. Il
is this gun cotton which gives It it's eX-
plCsive nature.
"Most Of the water having been got rid
of by mesns Of strainer, the pulp is
mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent. of It's
weight of camphor, and the
mixture thoroughly triturated under
millstones. The necessary coloring
having been added in the form Ct
powder, second mixing and grinding
follows. This pulp is spresd out in thin
slabs, which are squeezed In a hydraulic
press until they ere es dry as chips. TEen
they are rolled in heated rollers and come
out in elastic sheets. They are from that
point worked up into every conceivable
form. You can get celluloid collars,
cuffs, heirpins, shirt fronts, crsvsts, Ink
stands, knife handles, jewelry and every
thing else, almost, that you can imsgine.
1 have seen in Paris 8 room almost COM
pletely furnished In celluloid. The cur
tsins, the furniture, the doorknobs and
even the mating were made of this ma
terial. You may be sure no matches
were ever carried thele. Indeed, the
room was never used. It WAS only a
curiosity, and the man who owned it
owoed the factSry where it was made,
These rooms will never be popular. Few
men, even in this rapid age, care about
being blown into the kingdom come in
small fragments, scorched and scattered,
l.a f.So nR n
who let lighted match fall IN such a
~ ~
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
Philadelphia Times.


A patent has just Ceer issued for max
ing artificial maple sugar, which, if sue
cessful, will save all trouble of tapping
the maple trees, and, indeed, will allow
ms pie sugar to be msde without the as
sistsnce Of the maple. The inventor adds
TO hot syrup, which, by the way, may
be msde from any Bind OF ssc
chsrine mstter-snd here alone is big
fsld for ingenuity-a small amount Of
decoction OF hickory bark or wood. The
result may be used as maple syrup or
bniled down ana converted into maple
sugar. The inventor claims that the
hickory decOction impsrts the favor Ct
the maple, which i5 somewhat curious, as
the trees do not belong TO the same
genus. And so vanishes smother illusion
Of childhood. It is sincerely to be hoped
that this new internal use Of the hickory
may agree with the young IS well as It's
externsl use has done in the past.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
a Female Pre- Fighter.

A young woman who boldly commands
notice just now, says New York paper,
is prize fighter. At eli events she de-
clares herself willing to meet any other
living woman in twenty-foul fo5t ring
l suppose likely she is humbug, so fsr
So real intention to use her fists is con-
cerned, but she is exceedingly muscular,
though prettily feminine, and she is
connected with riding academy
and gymnasium supported BY
the upper ten. She is from Lon
don, with her English accent Unaffected
by the sea voyage. She serves practical
illustration OF the lessons given by the
riding master to his pupils. And her
Craftsmanship shows grace allied to grest
agility and strength. II is imagined that
her 'pusilis.ic preteneiors are bosh, but
she makes them constantly, avoTing her
snxiety to get up q genuine prize fight
with some woman. II is er purpose
merely to engage the sdmiring in
terest CT her gentle pupils she sis
successful, for Il is almost comicsl 10 gee
the rspt attention bestowed upon her by
the very daintiest daughters Of wealth
sud culture. The ease with which she
performs some athletic feats aWsy beyond
the ability of the soft-fbered pupils in
spires them with eve, and the venture
some belle who went into an impromptu
wrestling bout with her in the riding
ripg, to be promptly though gently
thrown fat in j.ffy, became ct once q
heroine in the eyes of ner companions.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
ALTAR AND TOMB.
Ehe Gazstto's Record of the Marriages
and Deaths in Texas.

MARRIAGES.
S. W. Lynch and Mrs. Mollie Smith,
Nolan county, March %.
]. Kinsley and Miss Dixie Monroe, Dex-
ter, March 25.
Earle Van Dorm and Miss Lottls Hsr-
ris, Wichita, March %.
Henry Bellsh and Miss Kate Cunning
ham, San Sab:, March %.
Us Young and Miss Lou Crait. Lewis
vile, March %.
LII. Bomsr and Miss Myrtle Hicks,
Farmersville, March 81.
j. r. Barnes and Miss Cora Strauss,
Lipscomb county, March %.
James D Avidson and Miss VIrgie Rice,
Cooper, March %.
L. Daily and Miss Lucle W. Apper-
son, De Kalb, April 2.
Whit Moody and Miss Eliza DeaVer,
Sherman, April 1.
John Williams and Miss Annie Sam
uels, Mineola, March 2S.
J. W. Agnes end Miss Katie Wolfsrtb,
Jacksboro, March %.
MIR. Garrison and Mrs. Matte Craig,
Wise county. March %.
Charles Wagner aud Miss Matte Ms
guire, Decatur, March 20.
Thomas Wright and Miss Fannie Adair,
Wiusboro, March %.
William Rsiman and Mrs. NJ. C. Little,
Bolton, April 3.
Frank Holmes and Miss Apple Myers,
Caddo, April L.
John D, Tucker sud Miss Julia Kirk
land, Mckinney, April 4.
And ew L Jackson and Miss Susie NJ
RusAerford, Weimsr, April IL.
r. L.Chapman and Miss Bessie Spears,
Paris, April 8.
RE. Bristol and Miss Roberta Eubank,
Mckinney, April Z.
DEATHS.
James ". Shaw, Granbury, March 80.
S. B. Meter, Henrietta, March 2S.
T4vy Moren, Weimsr, March %.
C.E. Jones, Coleman, March Is.
Charles B Burwell, Cotulla, March %
Jonn D. Caldwell, near Tyler, April l
Jsmes Urban, Bolton, April 8.
Mrs. Will Rose, Calvert, april 6.
Mrs. Jake Clayton, Omaha, April 2.
Mrs N. NJ. Willett, Sherman, April 1.
RsF. Cordus, Galveston, April 1.
DR.. W. E DALEY, Honey Grove, April 6
Mrs. J. B. Hankls, San Marcos, March
90
Mrs. T. j. Senter, Dublin, March Is.
Mrs. George Saunders, Milan county
March &c.
Mrs. Brose Hart, Hunt county, March
26.
Jules Desvoignes, Denlson, March 81
Mrs. G. W. Maltsberger, Cotulla, Marcel
"a
r. Bowling, Greenville, April /.
Mrs. N. M. Willett, Sherman April 4.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
$4,000 MADE EVERY DAY.
Fass Work IN q Cloths spin Fectc rT-ROw
CheEe Useful Articles are Turned Out
New Yark Mail and Express.

New Yark Mail and Express.
"One cent c bcz?"
eyes, sir. We are paid one cent for
packing box cf five gross Of clothes
pins" said cue Of the packers to re-
porter for the Mail an Express recently.
can expert csn PACK 100 boxes IN 8
day Ct ten houIs. ShArp work, that,
handling 1900 pins day"
Clothespins are made in the lumber re-
gions. They are usually made OF white
ash, sometimes OF beeca, black and white
Orch ind maple. The wood is taken to
the factory in logs ard cut into lengths of
thirty-oae riches by circular SAWS. These
lengths are then cut into blocks and the
blocks again cut into sticks. The sticks
are placed under smother ssW and cut into
the required lengths. Mex the turner
takes hand ct them, and from there
they go TO the slotting machine. They
are placed in troughs by the
operator, the machine pickir G
them up and slotting them.
They are then placed in revolving pipe
drier going thence TO the polishing cy!in-
der and then to the packer. Each pin
passes through eight hands. a single
plant consists of board, saw, gang split,
ter, gang chunker, turning lathe, drying
house and polisher, and costs from $1,000
to 1000. The machines working are
very interesting. The little blocks Of
wood five and q h4lt inches long, are
placed on "a endless belt, which feeds
the blocks automatically into the lathe
AS the lathe is turned the pin is taken
automatically from the spindle and
placed on 3 turntabls and carried 10 G
circular saw, which whittles out the slot
In the pin. 1t is then finished and thrown
out of the turntsbIe by the same appli-
ance that puts the pins on the table.
Falling, they are caught in e basket CT
barrel and are then taken to the drying
house for ten to twenty-iour hours, or
until dry. The polishing cylinder or
rumbler holds twenty to forty bushels;
this is run at slow speed, about thirty
turns minute, snd by simple friction
and contact they become polished.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

Your committee feel assured that no
industry will be irjurei by this reduc-
ton of taxation, while IL will enable the
American manufacturer ito compete on
equal terms with his rivsls, will reduce
the cost Of production Of cotton and
wheat and will cheaper 10 the consumer
the goods which he must purchsse.-IR Re-
port on the Mills bill.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13
sELF-RINDING CLOCKS.
Description OF tho LIS or-saving Iuvsn-
tiun Used IL Large Il .ilwsy Offices.
New York n II and Express

a Description OF tho LIS or-Saving Iuven-
tiun Used IL Large Il .tlway Offices.
New York II II and Express.
It is enormously supposed by many
that selt-windipg clock must obtain It's
motive power from electrical action and
thereby be subject TO the many objections
and hlndrsnces resulting from an entire
dependence on q constant current.
1.-THE motive power Of Our clock"
said the genial agent Of large concern
on Dey street to Mail and Express re-
porter, sis derived from the action of
fiue spring, IS in the ordinary clock.
The term self winding results from the
following: Two small cells OF battery
are placed in the top OF the case
and connected with motor secured to
the lower part Of the movement. AS the
center wheel, driven by the unwinding OF
the spring; makes one revolution around
the hub, it brings up a loose arm which
slips under stationary projecting
arm fastened to the train plate.
The moment the contact takes
place the circuit is closed, and the action
of the little motor rotates the barrel
containing the spring one revolution from
left to right, and winds up just
as much of the spring IS has been re-
CURED 20 run the clock during the last
sixty minutes. The spring barrel itself
carries an arm which slides the loose
arm from under the projecting srm, thus
breaking the circuit; the same action is
repeated every sixty minutes. To those
familiar with mechanism it will be
quite apparent how simple and prac-
ticol is this device.
3. "The invention lies in bringing motor
md clockwerk together in timepiece,