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The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

GENERAL FELIX AGTUs of the Balti-
more american is gently moving his
antennae about, as it were, trying to find
out where the Republican nomination
for Governor of Maryland is. Most of
the New York papers yesterday con-
tanned personal notices of the Generals
visit to that city, and in each there was a
Gubernatorial reference. A Republican
in Maryland must necessarily move with
caution, and the Generals advance via
New York is strategic and wise.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
civil SERVICE AND TALENTS.

A civil service examination is q valua-
bic adjunct to our science of govern.
ment, and though we cannot afford to
pay very high for talent we must have
the talent Good government cannot be
successfully administered by ignorant and
inefficient persons, and to secure the best
We have adopted a civil service regimen
Tor the presentation Of political bacteria
baciliie and cugnate destroying elements
in the personnel of our officials. Here
is, for instance, an advertisement for a
plain, everyday prof at 81, 200 a
year and find himself:
An examination will bo held at the rooms Of
the Civil Service Commission, in the CITY Hall,
on Tuesday, the goth instant TO I'LL vacancy
nj salary of 81 200 per annum in the Geolog-
ical Survey, as proofreader, the following
qualifications being required Experience as a
practical printer, experience and skill as a
proofreader. critical knowledge of the English
language with punctuation capitalization, etc,
good knowledge OF the French language for
tIansating purposes, elementary knowledge Of
French and German, so far AS necessary for re-
vising, in manuscript and proof, scientific names
and tetminations, titles of works, etc, some ac-
quaintarCe with Italian and Spanish orthogra-
phy, also knowledge of the meaning of mathe
matcal signs and formula. It Is desirable, but
not required, that applicants should have an
elementary knowledge Of mineralogy, paleon-
tulogy, chemistry, etymology and animal and
vegetable physiology.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
An Old Mans Wisdom.

IWttUIeFVIIU NttOTU'
Enamored Youth trying to sound his girls
father)-About how much income should a
young man have to be married on, Mr.. DE
Rich
Mr.. Dc Rich (meditatlvely)-We | mar
ried on $500 year and was both comfortable
and happy.
Enamored Youth delighted Indeed?
Mr. De Rich-Yes. You see | married n
pennless girl who knew how to economize.
but If ! had married petted and spoiled child
Of fortune like Miss Binks or Miss Finks or
or my daughter, for instance, | should have
needed about $1,000.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

Our ESTEEMED and sombre contempo-
rary the Baltimore Sun, suggests that
the patronage difficulty in New York
may be settled by putting Senator Evarts
OF the Supreme Court Bench, Messrs.
Miller and Hiscock in the Senate and
Mr.. Platt in the Cabinet. We would re.
mark en- pdSsdnt to our c. and S. contem.
porary that this is not its time to Offer
suggestions. Not that our e. and 5. con,
temporary is wrong at all or ofiicious, but
that the next Administrator is not that
kind. There has been a change.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
Cooling Down
Hiiadlphia ReaoLl

Repuhlican-Yes, sir; Pm oyerioyed at the
election Of Harrison My theory is that q
high protective tarln viii eventually make
things cheaper here than abroad. Whewl It's
cold, What's the price of that overcoaty
Democratic dealer-Fifty dollars. sir.
"Great Saint Blizzard! can't afford TO pav
thatn wy
"My dear sir, 1t Is a condition, not theory,
That confronts YOu.n
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

This is the time made by tho b. & o. Linn
tied, the fastest trains ever scheduled be-
tween this city and Philadelphia, The b. &
o. track Is as well built as any on the CONT
nent, and the run is made without Difficulty.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
For SALE-LOIS.
EoR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

E'OR SALE-REAL ESTATE.
Lots and cottages in Eokington for sale. Plats
OF this subdivision, being the first addition ever
made to the city of Washington are now ready
Tor distribution. Several attractive cottages
and number of the choicest lots will be sold to
persons who Will improve the same. IL Is the
purpose or the proprietor to make this the most
attractive subdivision about Washington Tho
streets are exact extensions of those OF the city,
and every modern convenience will be provided
An abundant water. supply, perfect sys.
TEN OF sewerage, incandesoent electric
lights and an electric railway havebeen pro-
yided. Ten thousand feet of curb have
been contracted for, and the LAYING of curb
and pavements will be commenced in a few
II desired For plats, apply at the office of
GEORGE TRUESDELL, COS Seventh ST. n. W.,
or at Third and II SITS. n. e., in Eckington.
TO see the property, take the Electric Railway,
ut New York avenue and Seventh street north
west.
COR SALE-4 FINE LOTS ON CHAPLIN ST,
L. 6Ox160 each; one on 10th ST. near Colum-
bia road; choice building Site 50x1l5.
BENZ. p. DAVIS, 1919 Est
E,OR INyESTMENT-117, 900 SQUARE FEET
l. on Tennessee ave, at 11th SUI Q, sewer and
water 1711c, worth 25o.
Half square o. all shallow lots, high ground,
on grade, 81, 900 so II, only 1Oc.
S4OO.
Choice lot on st n W, 23x97 to wide alley,
near Scott Circle, only S2.15.
Elegant stable lot, Dupont Circle, fronts two
L30x15 feep paved alloys; water, sewer, gas,
81 $50.
All of above terms to suit. Also lots just
across Boundary on small monthly payments.
Plenty other bargains. VIM Il. OKlE,
Room 1881 + ST n w.
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FOR SAlE-HOuSES.

LNOR SALE-AT MOUNT PLEASANT-SEV-
Il eral welllocated cottages and nice build
beautifully located, and acres near Bright
wood improved by 7-room cottage, Sc.
WALKER ~ WILSON, 1006 ST.
LN0R SALE--A NUMBER OF SMALL HOUSES,
l. to 8 rooms, with mod mps; FOR sale on
easy terms. GEO. w. LINKINS,
Corner 10Th and III sts,
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

SOME oTTuE witnesses in the Aqueduct
testify that they never SAW any bad
work in the tunnel. And yet the tunnel
Is full Of it, That hole in the ground
should have been lighted by electricity,
so people with weak eyes could have
seen everything
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
HOUSES FOR RENT.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.
Safe as U. S. bonds; per cent, payable quar-.
terly; in sums 500 TO $1,000; small premium
charged.
LOANS.
In sums TO suit at @ per cent.
The eaboveis only portion of the property on
my books. For full list call at Office for bulletin
issued on the LIST and 10th.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

A MIRACLE GREATER than the loaves
and fishes will have to be performed to
accommodate all the eligible Republican
candidates for Mr.. Harrisons Cabinet,
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
AUCTION SALES.
L NUMBERED 1881 NEW JERSEY AVE.
NUE. N. w, WITH LOT AND APPUR.
TENANCES

BY virtue Of a deed of trust, recorded in liher
No. SOB, folio dO2, ct seq, OF the Land Records
Of the District of Columbia, and at the request
of the person thereby secured, will sell at
public auction, in front of the premises, on FRI
DAY, THE ODD DAY OF NOVEMBER 1888, at
1880 p. m, parts of lots B and G, in Il. Carusi's
subdivision Of lot number seven (7i, In square
number five hundred and fifty nine $500, in
the city of Washington ID. O.. the said parts
of said lots being contiguous, and making
together lot fronting upon New jersey avenue
northwest, between X and T. streets seventeen
feet one and one.third inches and running back
with that width about 100 feet, to an alley eigh-
teen feet In width. The lot Is improved by a,brick
house of o rooms; has modern improvements
and is in good repair.
Terms of Sale-One.third cash; balance in two
notes OF equal amount In six and twelve months,
with interest at six per cont. per annum,
payable semi annually, secured upon the prop
erty, or all cash at the option of the purchaser.
A deposit of 5000 will be required nc the tlmo
OF sale; all conyeyancing and recording at the
purchasers cost. Terms of sale TO be complied
with In ten days.
ISAAC HENRY FORD. Trustee.
327 Missouri Avenue.
WALTER b. WILLIAMS d co,
novl1.d Auotioneers.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

IT WONT BE LONG now until Jackson
vile people will be yelling, shut that
door," and inquiring, SIS this cold
enough for you?"
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

THIRTEEN ILLEGAL VOTERS have been
sentenced to various terms of fines and
q imprisonment IN New York since the
election. Verify, thirteen is an unlucky
number.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

THE WHEELING Register Dem.) asserts
that the fair name of West Virginia is
spotted by corruption and fraud. Some
body should be spotted by the police.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

IT is STATED that Russia has renounced
all interest in Bulgaria. Wait awhile for
developments now and see what Russia
does in carrying out the law Of COM
nensation.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

The REPORT that John NJ. Ward, the
celebrated shortstop, is to come to Wash
ton is good news to the lovers of the ma.
tional game in this city What Wash.
ington has long needed is a capable cap
tain of its nine, Such a disposition of
Ward indicates desire TO strengthen the
weak clubs Of the League, which is far.
sighted and businessike.
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why He Was Uneasy.

burlington fTte iTtSS.
smith--JOnes, did you ever sit down to a
table with thirteenY
IOnes-Yes.
Smith-Didn't you feel uneasy?
Jones-Nery, there were only twelve SQUADS.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
EDUCATIONAL.

MARTYN'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND
1Nl School of Telegraphy and TypeWrting,
313 9th street northwest, near City PostoiiCo.
THE highest standard business college in
America" Splendidly equipped. The largest
and most commodlous building in the city de-
voted to business training. Catalogues free on
application Colored students not admitted.
Francis G. Martyr, president; c. X. Urner, A,
NJ, c. e., principal.
MT. VERNON SEMINARY, 100, 11Oi, 11O6,
WI 1116 NJ street and 1923 Eleventh street.
boarding and Day School for young ladies and
little girls
Fourteenth year opens Wednesday, october 3,
for reception of boarding pupils; Thursday
October 4, for reception of day pupils.
MRS. e.. j. SOMERS, Principal.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FOR RENT--ROoMs.

A 7 lO2l hlIi STREET NORTHWEST, CORE
furnished communiqamg 'front.' rooms; Isl ard
2d iloorsi reasonable price, to desirable uarties
1910 NsTtEEf " NoHrHWEsT. OPPOSITE
II0dl% the ,Ini.5 BIi'i,e cmion several very
benuti'nI 9eation, a ,o.ns, en- suite or single
pVautllui l"N@""Ni q" luul enienccs.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22

Mr.. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, in a
speech in Liverpool last night, said that
England and the United States should be
ut peace with each other. Mr. Lowell, it
will be remembered, is an English diplo-
mat.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
REAL ESTATE.

DARTIES SEEKING SAFE INVESTMENTS IN
REAL ESTATE
and Local Securities will be furnished full par,
tlculars on application at our office.
Life ana Fire Insurance in Best Companies.
GuRLEY BROTHERS,
1910 Il ST. n. W.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
Dodo to Put on FrilIs.

SDrinaaeld Upioa.
a Western paper says that the bustle has
gone TO Join the dodo, We should think the
dodo with hustle adjoining, would feel
mighty glad to be an extinct species
New York win Have 10 wait.
CGpe col Item.
Deuman Thompson Of Gosh Whitcomb'
fame is coming TO Harwich with his new play
East Boston BeRuty
Ellsi boston Fyfe Pyess,
Court plaster "beauty spots are revived.
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FOR SALE AND RENT.

DEAL ESTATE BULLETIN
In
THOS L. wAGGAMAN, 917 Street.
Changes made Wednesdays and Saturdays.
THREE-SToRY BRICK AND FRAME HOUSES
.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
WAIVED HELP.

NNTANTED-A LADY TO ATTEND TELE.
w phone and write business letters; wages,
- per week; hours to 3, Address TELE.
PHONE, this Office.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-22
New York Wm Haye 10 NYnlt.
ast boston Beauty

Court plaster 'bcauty spots' are revived,
, 1888-10-20

Parson-And how did you like my ser
mon?
New Cornerstone parts of it 1 liked
very much.
For instance?''
"Wen, where you started Off with
blessed are the pure in heart, and a lot of
other blesseds.n
ooh, that was my text
"Hml / think, on the whole, 1 like the
part you call your text better than what
you call your ermon Why don't you
make your texts longerT'-Boston Tran
script.
, 1888-10-20

A very singular form of neuralgia is
that affecting the nerves of amputated
limbs. 1t not rarely happens that afteI
an amputated stump has healed the nerves
of the stump, being compressed in the
scar, become exceedingly painful. Curl
ously the pain is not felt in the stump, but
in the extremity of the limb which has
been amputated. In one coming under
the notice of the writer a man whose arm
had been am%putated above the elbow re-
ferred the exquisite pain he felt to the
little finger of the amputated hand years
after the operation. An old one legged
soldier, applying for al increase of pen
sion, said: "He had more pain in the foot
which amt, than in the foot which are.n
This was n terse way of saying that he
continued to have a pain in the foot which
he had lost on the battle field many years
before.
The explanation of this consists in the
fact that the terminal filaments of IL nerve
are its most sensitive parts; they are the
'~feelers, " the points from which the SEN
sations start on their course to the brain,
where they give notice that something is
wrong with the outlying districts. When
the nerve is injured in its continuity the
sensation is often referred to the terminal
ends. Every one who has struck his
''craZy bone''-the point above the elbow
where the ulnar nerve is very superficial
and easily ~injured-must nave noticed
how much the sensation was affected in
the little finger, the pain being often
greater there thar at the point where the
blow was struck.-George II. Robe, NJ.
D., in Courier-Journal
, 1888-10-20

The explosion of a water reservoir or
boiler in the kitchen of the Kirby house,
Milwaukee, recently, was perfectly re-
corded in the vibrations given by the
shock to a ruling machine in the bindery
of The Sentinel. The machine is directly
opposite one of the windows of the bind
cry, and was in full motion when the ex-
plosion took place, drawing straight lines.
The first impulse of the shock carried the
pen nearly half an inch from the true line;
then for some distance it approached the
true line again without wavering, when it
suddenly drew wavering lines for the
final reactionary vibrations. The lines
are just such as are made by the seis-
mometer in an earthquake shock.-New
Orleans Picayune.
, 1888-10-20
RAILROAD TRAVEL IN RUSSIA.

Cheap Equipments and Limited Accono-
datious-SIow Time and Long stops.
Railroad travel in Russia reminds one
of tina in certain sections of the United
States, where the roads are very new, thu
equipments cheap, the employees ineXperi-
enced, and all kinds of Accommodations
very limited. 1t was only since the late
rebellion in America hat Russia has
figured at all in railroad circles. The
lines built by Wimans, Of Baltimore, were
well built, but they were not well equipped
haFe-h eenl poorly maintained The
arbitrary direction of the car, that
all the lines should be perfectly straight
from one large city to the other, or from
the beginning to the termini, regardless
of the lesser points on the way, will be E
great drawback to the country for many
years. The strangers attention is directly
attracted to the large number of small
cities and important villages he sees from
one to FIVE miles off the railroad lines.
These marts of trade are more or less SUBJ
%stantial, and generations will come and
90 before the stations are as plentiful
along the railroad lines rs they would ut
first have been made but for the inter
ference of the car.
1t is very seldom that q house is pro-
vided for locomotives, or there is a shed
for any class of material or equipment,
Notwithstanding the fact that the nine
months of rain or snow in each year make
them more necessary than in other coun-
tries. Locomotives, rusting and falling
TO pieces, although but a few years old,
and tools of every character are seen
strewn about everywhere. The stations,
however, are commodious and comfort
able. The fastest express trains, which
make about twenty miles an hour, stop
at every station from five to forty min
utes. The guard comes to your carriage
door when the train stops, opens it, and
tells how long the stop will be. He also
points to the hard by, and tells
you what can be purchased, and, further,
that there is ample time. 1t is probable
that there is a commission arrangement,
or all the railroad restaurants are run by
the company. Few passenger trains that
have not some freight cars. The trains
are long, the rails heavy and good, the
ballasting fair, but the equipments are sc
inferior that the employees refuse to make
n speed.
But one passenger train n day, wen on
the principal lines, and very seldom is q
sleeping car or a carriage that can be
utilized as n sleeper encountered. For a
run between two cities distant like New
York and Washington, or New York and
Boston, which occupy fly and a half OF
six hours in America, q day or night OF
twelve to fourteen hours is consumed
There are seldom closets or drinking
water, or similar accommodations. At
every station, day or night, old women or
children visit the carriages and sell drink
ing water.
There is one comfort, however, on a
Russian railway train. There are no
cinders. The old fashion wood burning
locomotives are used, and as they have
spark and cinder protectors and burn
pine or white poplar or similar woods,
there is freedom from both cinders or
smoke. The roads are too new for dust,
too, when there is a period dry enough to
make dust. = Moscow Cor. Cleveland
Leader.
, 1888-10-20

Then the next thing will be the dis
covery of a perfect anRsthetic, something
chat will be absolutely safe, effective and
without unpleasant after effects. People
are experimenting and studying for it
now. 1t will be found before long. Then
you will think no more about having your
teeth filled than you do now about hav-
ing your hair cut. You will drop into a
dentists Office and have a nerve extracted
and a tooth filled while you take a COM
Portable dose in an easy chair. Many
dentists thought cocaine was the long
wanted drug when it first appeared, but
1t doesn't work well In practice. 1t will
not penetrate d%entine, and so it is of no
use in filling sensitive teeth, though it is
all right for local use in lancing ulcers.
Chloroform and ether are too dangerous,
and few dentists will use them if they can
help lt'-New York Commercial Adver-
ficar
, 1888-10-20

Malone rs fond of buckwheat cakes,
but always sends back the first plate.
Once when the waiter brought him some
most savory cakes, Drowned to a turn, he
turned up his nose at them and said:
What kind of leather is that /
ordered cakes and l want them Of buck
wheat. Go back to the cook and tell him
that / want a fresh plate of cakes, and
they Il be lone brownr'
The waiter then carried the cakes out
OF the room, and, picking up n cold plate,
he slid them off on to it and then put
them on the stove to keep warm. A few
minutes later he brought his same plate
into Mabone, and Malone looked at il
critically and then gave the waiter a dol
lar, saying: MY boy, this looks like bust
ness, and these cakes are fit for n king!''
Frank G. Carpenter in New York
World
, 1888-10-20
Tho Eskimo,s Endurance.

We look upon 80 to 40 dogs. below
zero, which our northern neighbors oc-
~casionally see, as q temperature that is
about the limit of human endurance with
any degree of comfort land probably it is
with even our best methods of combating
it,, and so we stand ghast when we hear
at 90, 60, and even 70 dogs. below zero,
forgetting all the time that these people
have a clothing, which is proportionately
much warmer than theiflowest tempera-
ture is colder han ours; and this, too,
with equal if not less weight than in our
clothing. They are, therefore, better pre-
pared to endure it than we can possibly
be.-Frederick Schwatka.
, 1888-10-20

There is n log of yellow color standing
just outside of Chi Hua Gate, of Picking,
where it has been since the fall of the
Ming dynasty, commanding the respect
of all classes of people. 1t is in perfect
condition. The insects nave not made
any raids upon it as they do on other
logs. The people believe that the log
must be the residence of some god, so
they annually worship it. On the LIST of
October the emperor commanded the
board of ceremonies to appoint a few Of
ticials to pay respects to the deiied log
Chicago Herald.
, 1888-10-20
THE CROWD.

Money is given to the leaders to treat
the crowd, and the planter has to uso
every C in his power to prevent him
self being hoisted upon the shoulders of
the joyous negroes. This ceremony being
over, oranges are thrown into the carts,
the leaders return to their wagons, and
rattle around the grounds two or three
times, with beating of drums, squeaking
of flies, cheering and other demonstra-
tons. Then off they go to get their Sec
ond installment of whisky at ode sto',"
where the plantation storekeepers receive
their share of attention. The procession
goes to as many plantations as possible,
and in the dusk, as the fog comes rolling
in from the river, sweeping across the
empty fields and winding in and out of
the border of the woods, almost a mile
away, one hears the sound of a beautiful
negro melody,
, 1888-10-20

Partially successful experiments in sig
mailing by means of electric lights flashed
on clouds have been made by British Off
GERS at Singapore. A message OF four
words was read from an outgoing vessel
at a distance of sixty knots. but the reply
escaped notice.-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1888-10-20

Derfumers now utilize the scent of the
cucumber.
, 1888-10-20

rising and falling sweet and clear on the
night air. And then the carts come lum-
bering home holding a half intoxicated,
wholly happy crowd. There is a grand
supper waiting for them, and nobody
thinks of the depredations committed be-
forehand upon other mems goods in the
way of pigs and poultry. More liquor is
drunk, more speeches made, and the
planters entire fence is serenaded by the
untiripg crowd until a late hour.
Before the rising bell rings the fog
sweeps in eddying folds, white and pale
golden, into the blue oak woods, and dis
closes the quarters silent, for the very
dogs are sleeping. Here and there gray
smoke curls up above the cabins; the bell
quavers its There is a long,
waking howl from the dogs, and sharp
calls of negro women. Soon a large part
of the previous days proceedings will be
enacted with undated Enthusiasm
Ruth Ramay in New Orleans Times
Democrat,