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He Blew Out the Gas.
coLoRED YOUTH WHO FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE
OF STATESMAN.

CoLoRED YOUTH WHO FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE
OF A STATESMAN.
Last evening George Brent a colored youth,
employed by Judge Loring at his country
place, near Vienna, Fairfax county, Va, came
in with load of wood, which he delivered at
the judges house in this city, No. 1921 K street
northwest. He resolved to stay in the city
overnight and was shown to bed-chamber in
the stable by the coachman. Joseph Pearson,
who gave him kerosene lamp. and cautioned
him not to touch the gas fixtures in any way.
When George retired he turned down the wick
and 'e on. a Mep. the sS George sSen
walked over to the lighted gas Jet and
repeated his gentle blow. He might as well
banded and in an instant the light disappeared
as though q cyclone had swept through the
room. Being satisfied that he understood the
workings Of the gas thus far George drew the
heavy blankets over him and was soon asleep.
When breakfast time arrived George did not
answer the bell. He slept late, and the coach
man went in to arouse him, but George was
nearly dead. He had inhaled the gas during
the entire night and was unconscious.
DR.. Samuel Adams was called in. His efforts
were successful, and the boy was taken to the
hospital in an ambulance.
FoR THE PooR.-THE STAR has received the
following additional subscriptions for the night
lodging house: A. n. Bell, Is; E. g. Bell, $5;
Mist NJ symonds, 81, and Miss L. Symonds, e10.
Two wills FILxD.-To-day the win of the
late Maria L. HARNESS was fled. She leaves
to her daughters and grandchildren her real
estate and certain small requests to grand
children and other relatives.
The will Of the late Thos J. McElheny, also
hled to-day, gives his estate, including his PEN
sion business, which he wishes continued, 10
his aunt, Kate v. Eagan, whom he names -
sxsoutrix.
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A Forgotten Factor.

1fum the rhiladelphia Record
Mrs.. Muggins (reading) Philosophers state
that the ideal woman OF the future viii be .
woman Of noble, grand, and strong physique"
Mr.. Muggins (meditatively I'LL hope she
Observation-Disclosures
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The New York Stock Market.
The following the opening and closing prices Of
the New York Stock Market, as reported by special
wire to Corsor and Mccartney, 141g Il street
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BRoScHIrIs CuRrD.

AFTER SPENDING TEN WINTERS SOUTH WAS
CURED BIZ SCOTS EMULSION
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MARRIED.

ECkERS0N. In this city on Dec. 10, 1855, % Mr.
and Mrs. 4. l. Eckerson. q SON
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THE INAUGURATION.
Chairman Britton's Visit to President.
elect Harrison.

He rs EXPECTED HOME TO NioHr-A COMMIT
TEE APPOINTED TO RECEIVE TIE PRESIDENT
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY IA DELEGATION
FROM BROOKLYN
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suffering nom Group, influenza
Cough or Cold. advise its mother to ap-
II YOU Ply BeRson's Plaster TO its chest, and
that same child viii grow up to call you
KNOW blessed. In chest and lung diseases this
plaster Is q specific. 1t IL equally valus-
ACHILD BILE for Rhsmatism. seiaties. Lumbsxo.
and Bsekzehe. One trial always con.
vinces the most sceptical Of its rrest
value. Prudent buyers ask for Benson's
and refuse all other plasters.
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Now READY
HOLIDAY GOODS.
DECORATED POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.
RICH CUT GLASS.
FINE PLATED WARE PARIOR LAMPS
AND FANCY CHINA
ALL KINDS FROM BEST FACTORIES IN EU-
nope OUR OWN INFORMATION SEVERAL
PATTERNS DECORATED ENGLISH DINNER
SKIS. HALF PRICE
r. w. BEvERIDGE.
dl-3w No 1908 PA AVE.
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.

ioNE OF the bond offers to-day were accented
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THE HOLIDAY RECESS DEAL.
Republican Senators Happy Over Their
Bargain with the Democrats.

THEY SECURE DAY foR VOTE on THE TARIFF
BILL, AND WILL ENJOY A HOLIDAY VACATION
BEsIDEs-How THE COMPROMISE WAS BRoraHT
ABOUT.
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noN'r WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE SICK BEFORE
k(ry1ng Carter's Little Liver Pills but get vial at
once lou can't take them without benefit
No CHRISTMAS TABLE
Should be without a bottle Of
- ASGOSTUKA BITTEhs,
ne world renowned Appetizer of exquisite favor.
Beware II counterfeits Al
EAR1Es ALLERIEs-"IN LOVE-" THE LATEST
~ NorA of Narcus stone: superb Photograph. in
sSs Ot ,s sl.R The Fl sss
INC. Paul Nasnsr FAITH" HOPE. Boden:
hansen anu many other entirely and beautiful
subjects Tor TIE Holidays. The best Etehines and
fhkranhgs photographs, Braun's Carbon Pictures.
Tasteful aud Elefant Picture Frames Card and Cabi-
net Frames Of al kind. All the Rogers 0roups
- -. JANIS 8. EARLE Il SONS,
dle sl6 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA
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THE U. S. SUPREME COURT adjourned to-day
until the I'd of January.
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FoR THE PooR.-THE STAR has received the
following additional subscriptions for the night
lodging house: A. n. Bell, &5; E. g. Bell, $5;
Mist NJ Symonds e. and Miss l.. Symonds, clio.
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Girls' PhNsical HeaIth.

Massage, the Turkish bath used Judi
ciouslyl, plenty of walking and riding and
towel rubbing, will make most any girl a
handsome, sprightly, wholesome, radiant
picture of health. Powder and paint for
young faces are not in fashion, since "A much
better congressional effect can be produced
by daily tepid bath, followed by a cold
water douche or plunge and vigorous rub
bing. A girl who is too lazy to walk. too
lazy TO properly groom herself. is the girl
who acquires the sluggish skin, the listless
eye, the lifeless, nerveless manner Who
arc the popular girls the most admired and
tho most attractive9 Those who are in the
best physical health, whose step is elastic,
whose cheeks are blooming, vino are alive
with energy and who never whine over
affected headaches or other imagined ills
The girl who enjoys poor health" is begin
ming to find out that she will have to 90 if
alone.-Detroit Free Press.
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! For my part | never see an ugly man or
woman that do not Immediately decide
that either his or her ancestors were either
| sinners or bgots, because deformty and dis
ease follow sin to the third and fourth gen
| eratlons, as surely as destruction follows fire
1t is u delicate subject, but one well worthy
! OF consideration, that farmers and stock
breeders talio the trouble to study and under
stand all of tho laws of breeding, rearing
and training to produce perfect animals,
| while the glory and dignity of perfection in
human offspring are overlooked. From the
conventional point of view it is bad form to
give thought to developing perfect human
! animal, but from sensible standpoint it
must be admitted that there is danger that
the spread of disease and sin will so weaken
| the human hold on life as to threaten the
perpetuity of the race.
Indeed, know an eminent scholar who be-
lieves that it is only question of time when
this planet will become depopulated, not
from chemical inadaptibility to sustain life,
but from the physical inability of the human
family to go on reproducing; and one in
cllned to rldlcule the theory has only to re-
member that where formerly ten children
were welcomed as good family, five are
now considered large family, and MANY
mothers consider themselves sufficiently
blessed when two children are born to them:
while still others cannot, or will not have
children at all; and this change is taking
place among the higher, more cultured and
intellectual races; large families remaining
the rule with the poorer and peasant classes
only, and be it confessed with sorrow and re-
greet that these latter are those best ADAPTED
physically to the important functions of
paternity and maternity, when instead the
relation of physical development to mental
endowments should be so exquisite that men
and women OF beauty and brains should be
the parents Of gods.-Annie Jenness Miller
in New York Mail and Express.
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Negligence of Health.

American women of all classes are, as a
rule, sinfully negligent of some of the duties
which pertain to health, prominent among
which is the one just referred to-exercise in
the open air. The excuse that their MANY
cares engross them, and that they, in conse-
quence, have but little opportunity for leav-
ing their homes, is scarcely sufficient The
number who actually cannot enjoy each day
an hours outing must be small, indeed, even
among the class forced to work the hardest.
Not only do many women fail in this respect
in their duty to themselves, but their young
children suffer in consequence of the same
neglect. From ono weeks end TO another
during the winter not n few of them keep
their little ones in overheated rooms-if not
huddled around the kitchen stove-and the
result is we find them, as spring approaches,
weak, puny and ailing In such families
colds, coughs, sore throats and the like are
common affections.
There is scarcely a day during the coolest
season when even tho baby cannot be safely
taken out Of doors, N.hers should under
stand that upon the daily enjoyment of fresh
and open air depends, in a great degree, the
health Of their little ones, as well as Thorn
selves; it is, in fact, absolutely indispensable
to the well being of all. 1t is earnestly hoDed
that the growing interest in physical culture
which is possessing the young of both sexes
will extend to the mothers of that "stay at
home" class, who certainly need its influence
as much as any other.-Boston Herald
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me common era docs not date from tho
plrth OF Christ The Christian era was in
vented by Dionysius N:i.sius DiouYs.ua The
nue. so called either On account T.. las hui
miIlty or his small staturcl. an i.obut Of tho
SIKH century. He placed the birth ,f, lr; +
IN the fourth year of the 10 Gyms Fl. .5a
years from the founding Of Rome ',..,.t =.
now generally admitted TO he lolr yeas, too
late but the intentions OF DOW ,.,, ,.ry.
good, and the discrepancy is Of no l...,t.,.al
Importance Dionysitis made the ...L q,
March lady Day-thc day Ok the conccp-
tlon OF Christi the first day of lis YEAR ",
nave changed that, but adopted hi, reckon
ing III other respects. The Dionvsian era was
adopted almost at once in Rome by the popc
IN the Eleventh century, and its New Yenr',
Jay changed from March % to Jan. |. and
tSell rechristened the Christian era by the
western world at different dates from 1864 to
l'o@. Cesar introduced the present system
OF leap year, and Gregory NllI in 1852 i'm
proved 1t 10 its present form
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| After the spring house cleaning is over,
| and the freshly cleaned furniture and orna-
ments are replaced in new and more effective
| positions, it often happens that we suddenly
discover, in some conspicuous place, some de
| feet in the wall unseen before: perhaps a
screw has broken the plastering where a
bracket had boon, or there is gummy SPOT
| where some autumn leaves had been fastened.
Many devices will occur to the young house
Keeper for covering up such a spot One
way is by making "crazy FAM for the pur-
pose. Take large newspaper for founda-
ton, and measure, perhaps, a yard one way,
and two yards the other OF course a smaller
size would answer, and might be prettier,
but it would not be SO impressive. Cover this
foundation with all sorts and shapes of wall
paper scraps, leaving n strip eight inches wide
along the lower part. Paste the scraps on
neatly, but without any regularity, crazy
quilt fashion, and then cover the eight-inch
strip with plain turkey red or black cambria.
Have the scraps as varied as possible One
fan that | have seen has bits of wall paper
different in color, from deep red to delicate
blue, from dark olive green to cream color,
and some of them are sprigGed with gold or
dotted with silver.
If you want your fan to be very strong and
handsome throughout you can cover the back
with thin pink cambria, or a pretty paper of
one color. After this, fold it regularly back
and forth fan fashion, and press the folds so
they will keep their creases Fasten the
folds together at the plain and with few
stitches and u bow, letting the rest of the fan
spread open. This, put up against wall, is
really pretty decoration-that is, if YOU
have been able SO secure fine and well con-
trasting scraps of wall paper Apart from
its use in hiding spots on the wall, or to cover
the unsightly hole in the chimney after the
stove has been removed for the season, it
may be a souvenir Of pleasant visits in the
houses of ons's friends, or of remembered
rooms in some former home Youths Com
DauiOn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-27

A new club has recently been opened at
Chelsea, London, under the patronage of
Lord Cadogan 1t is called the Stable club.
and is intended for the benefit Of the croo,us.
coachmen and stablemen whose former only
place of resort was the ''public house" at the
corner. The idea belongs to Rev. Prebendary
Lyton. Chelsea has been rebuilt for the rich
and they have brought with them their horses
ana the attendants upon their horses. So
Mr. Lyton conceived the idea of a place
where these men might meet and enjoy their
spare time quietly and nationally. The ex-
pertinent is very promising one Already
the membership numbers several hundred
and the club house, which is brightly lighted
well fitted up, and supplied with plenty
of books, periodicals, and a fair kitchen,
is likely to be the passing resting place of
many budding Sam Weller.-New York
Press.
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Transition State of Woman.

Women arc in transition state, which is
developing new and stronger womanly vir-
tues, but which has its own temptations and
dangers The whole condition of things has
altered for women within the past thirty
years. The home seclusion and protection of
women, which is still chung to as the ideal.
has become, in point of fact q simple impos-
sibility to fully third of tho feminine popu-
lation in thickly settled centers. A con-
stantly increasing proportion of women have
no home except such as they mako for them
selves, and men who object to the sterner
features of their rough and ready struggle
with the world cannot judge them fairly
until they sec them in the shelters thev do
contrive for themselves and others, and wit
ness with their own eyes the softer feminine
virtues still intact, while the character has
been rounded out and gained strength and
no easier experience. That is the opportu-
nifty
The danger lies in the increasing emulation
of the single woman's, the self dependent
woman's, success by the woman married or
unmarried, who has home duties. The self
sacrifice of the daughter, the wife or the
mother is the highest plane Of womanhood
still. But the new possibilities of self sup
port are eXhilarating to the point of intoxi-
cation to many women The wife whose
husband grudges money for home expenses
is aglow with determination to make it for
herself. L have seen cases where she left
home and children to earn her own bread
and butter sooner than bear with the occa-
sional unreasonableness in money matters
of the average young husband. Daughters
are inpatient of staying with the mother and
baby brothers and sisters. They must write,
they must go into business; they repudiate
actual home needs. A little time will help
all. Such a change in the position of women
could not be effected without ebullition.
They have been going through period of
rapid evolution, and will come out Of it
greatly advantaged. When they are steady
on their feet again they will Value rightly
what they have gained, and be ready to do
their share of the worlds work when called
upon for it, and not insist upon trying when
they have no call.-New York Mail and Ex-
press
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WOMAN AND HOME.
WHAT TO DO BEFORE FACING THE
PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA.

Transition state of Woman-Colleso Bred
Wives-Malking "a Scrap Fan--A Serious
Subicct-Tenching Chlldrcn-1Inidcns of
Today-lInts and Helps.
"Only one person should go with a child
when it is to be photographed, " said a camera
artist. Instead, several people are ant TO
accompany it, - he continued "Thc younoer
it is the moro 90 along to see the little dear
when its picture is taken If it's baby all
the female relatives handy constitute them.
selves into body guard for the infant on its
important trip to the photographers. Even
It's proud papa will neglect his business to be
present at tho ceremony. They all have to
inspect the child, comment upon it, and, even
II it's too young to understand what is said,
manage to get it into a state of nervous
hdgets before the operator ever lays eyes
upon it, If the entire family think it i'm
perative to come to the studio with the
Juvenile subject, but one individual should
be permitted to enter the operating room
with it. Three or four persons in tho room
only serve to distract the youngsters atten-
ton and lessen the chances Of obtaining a
good picture
"No attempt should be made to get child
photographed in any but bright weather
The middle of the day is tho best time for a
sitting. Children should always wear light
colored frocks when sitting for pictures.
Light tones harmonic with their complex
ions and photograph in less time than darker
hues. Navy blue, seal brown, dark green,
wine color, maroon and cardinal all take
dark Light greon, brown, scarlet, gray
and purple take light Rose color, lavender,
yellow, and pale blue nearly white In
white material the cream tint is moro dcsira-
BILE than pure white. Black silk or velvet
take as dark as ink
ut is as easy to get good pictures Of chill
dren as of grown folks if people would attire
the little ones in suitable colors and simple
style, not make them nervous before they
reach the studio and leave them entirely to
the operator after they are there Grown
people would secure more satisfactory pict-
ures of themselves, too, if they'd trust moro
to the operators judgment and less to their
own. People ought to think about the de-
tails of their dress and hair arrangement be-
fore they come in front of the camera As q
rule the more simple the attire and couture
the more pleasing and natural the picture.
Proofs should never be examined in a BRIGHT
light, as they fade so rapidly It's no guido
to the photographer TO send back two or
three proofs with tho message finish from
the darkest one or the lightest one,' for
they are all liable to be of tho Same shade
when they reach him.-Chicago News.
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inflnitesimal as compared with the same In

iniinitesimal, as compared with the same In
fuence through the ambitions of society and
display, which the student escapes But this
very disposition toward refined home life
and worthy companionship makes them moro
1astldious in their choice of companion.
and would seem by that much to lessen the
probability Of their marrying. The ability
to get along' without marriage, provided
none that is for its own sake desirable offers
seems, III actual observation, to give full
effect to this fastidiousness.
1t seems evident, too, that many mon dread
or dislike the idea of college women; but we
doubt if this affects their opportunities of
marriage perceptbly, for it regulates itself
the men who seek their society are the ones
who do like college women; and in any case,
SIS far as we have been able to observe, tho
dislike is far more to college women in
general than to Portia or Aspasia in par
ticular, and does not seem to interfere cs-
pecially with falling in love with her. 1t
is common enough to see intellectual men
choosing wives of little mind or knowledge;
but it is also common to see them, when
older, wearying of the insufficient companion
ship, and consciously or unconsciously need
ing the friendship of intellectual men and
women outside to supplement it. 1t seemed,
to society that the grade of marriages should
be raised, at some cost to their number
Overland Monthly.
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Willy WOLVES.

Now it is well known that wolves, when
caught in trap, will gnaw off their own
feet in order to escape, therefore the farmer
kept watch in the neighborhood with some
dogs.
Presently the dogs grew uneasy and then
gave chase to large male wolf who had ap-
preached the log, though carefully avoiding
the trap. After time the dogs returned,
having apparently lost the scent.
Next morning, upon examining the log,
the trap was found inspiring and intact; but
a hole had been scraped in the side of the log,
and all the little wolves carried away. This
was doubtless the work of the mother wolf
who had occupied herself thus while her saga
cious partner was throwing dust, so to speak,
i'll the eyes of the farmer and his dogs
However, the sagacity of the parents did
not save the lives of their little ones, for the
seven little wolves were discovered about a
mile away, snugly settled under heap of
leaves. Of course they We're all taken and
destroyed.
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Shoe Buckles.

Shoe buckles are said to have been first
worn III England at the close of the Seven.
.eentA Hantury. They were adopted by
fashionable young men, but were much dis
liked by their elders In 1888 the clergy and
others denounced these ornaments. but in
spite Of their opposition, the buckles held
their ground and were worn for nearly 100
years ut the end of that period the old
.aShlonod shoe strings were restored to favor.
ms threw the buckle makers out of employ
ment, and they implored the Prince of Wales
20 take pity ON them. lie kindly listened to
heir petition and forbade any member of his
household from appearing in shoes tied with
strings. But his attempt to struggle with
fashion proved Intellectual, and the buckle
makers We're forced to find other means Of
gaining livelihood
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-27

The total imports to the United States. in
cludlng specie, exceeded the total exports
last year by $309,G5S. The amounts worn
respectively SIj2 400, 800 and $,,54. lSo.g02
The last year previous to this when the i'm
ports We're in excess was 1913. when the ex
ports We're SG0s ,0SS 1876, and the imports OK
ceeded this sum by $50 52S Col. The greatest
excess OF exports over imports between these
years was in 1879, when the exports were
500 436, sS2 and the imports were $2Go. 3G3..
107 less than this sum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-27
Glass Mnhe from Pnner.

Paper window glass is now an assured fact.
says Golden Days. A window pane is made
If white paper, manufactured from cotton
~ linen, and modified by chemical action
Afterward the paper is dipped into a
preparation of camphor and alcohol, which
makes it like parchment. From this point it
,an be nodded and cut into remarkably tough
sheets, entirely transparent, and it can be
lyed with almost any of the anilne colors.
The result being a transparent sheet, showing
Tar more vivid huos than the best glass ex-
hibitS.