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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06
The Directive Faculty in Brutes.

Prof. Edwin Emerson, in Popular Science
bird that builds its nest in sheltered place
exercises control over nature, in its degree,
quite analogous to the work of human archi-
tect. "The foxes have holes, and the birds Of
the air have nests" How does the fox get its
hole, or the bird its nest? They make them for
their purposes. and this is certainly control
over nature to that extent. How does the fox
support his family if he has no control over ma
ture? Do hens and chickens run into his hole
and ask to be eaten? DR.. Hopkins does not
seem ever to have heard of the way in which
tribe OF monkeys prepare to rob a cornfeld.
Let US describe it. When they get ready to
start on their expedition, an old monkey the
leader of the tribe, with a staff in his hand, so
as to stand upright more easily, marches ahead
on two legs, thus being more elevated than the
others, so as to see signs of danger
fours. The leader advances slowly and eau
tiousy, carefully accommodating in all direc-
tions, till the party arrives at the cornfeld.
He then assigns the sentinels to their respec-
tive posts. All being now in readiness, the
rest Of the tribe ravage and eat to their hearts
content. When they retire, each one carries
two or three ears of corn along, and from this
provision the sentinels are RECALLED on arri-
val at their lair. Here we see ability to rule
and a willingness to submit to rule, thought
full preparation of means to the end in view
and a recognition of the rights of the senti-
nels to be suitably rewarded at the close of the
expedition. Wherein does all this differ from
a similar foray OF tribe Of savage men? The
only difference is in degree; otherwise it is
much the same
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A Remedy for Tender Feet.


What makes you walk so lame?" asked the
doorkeeper at police headquarters to reporter
the other day. "Corns?"
No" replied the scribe; ~ never had q
corn in my life; but almost every morning
when l put on my shoes, suffered the most
excruciating pains, my feet are so fearfully
sore. have tried everything to make the skin
hard and get relief, but nothing has had the
least effect.
''Lsuffered from the same complaint" re.
piled the officer, land my old mother gave
me receipt that effected q permanent cure,
and if it is Of any benefit to you, here it is:
Battle your feet in about two quarts Of ice
cold water, into which you have poured two
tablespoonfuls of ammonia and one table
spoonful of bay rum. Sit with your feet i'm
mersed in the water for ten minutes, gently
throwing the water over the limbs upward
toward the knees. Then rub dry with a coarse
crash towel, and all that tired feeling will
soon leave you.
IF that don't cure tender feet, then there
is nothing that will. It is worth trying at all
events"
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Maynard Mary Abbott.

AMBITIOUS FOR A LIFE OF ADVENTURE SHE
SHOT AT HER FATHER AND MADE PARsoS
PRAY.
Mary Abbott, Of Woodbridge, San JOAQUIN
County, Cal, is locked up in private insane
asylum, not because she is insane, but because
her parents do not approve. her determination
TO break loose from the restraints Of conven-
tional society and become a cowgirl. Mary is
only sixteen years old, but she is tall and
strong, and can ride like vaquero. Four
years ago, when the Abbotts were on their way
to California from Illinois, Mary read lot Of
stories about the wild, free life Of the cowboy.
and enthusiastically declared her purpose TO
buy brOncho and join the reckless rangers of
the prairie. A steady course Of dime-novel
reading strengthened that purpose and last
May the girl made break for liberty and ad-
venture She saddled up a pony, strapped a
pistol 10 her waist, packed some provisions and
blankets behind the saddle, jumped astride the
mustang. and gallOped away into the noun
talns. She camped out one night, but a de-
putty sheriff was on her trail, and rounded her
up the next day and took her back to her home
Last Saturday week Mary made another at
tempt To carve out a career for herself She
strapped on two pistols and went to the barn
for horse. The family followed to prevent
her from saddling up, but Mary had been
fooled with long enough and blazed away with
revolver at her devoted relatives They re-
tired out OF range and discussed the situation.
An itinerant parson, Who was in the neighbor-
hood. was summoned, and he offered to try the
effect of moral suasion and pious counsel on
the hayward girl. The parson went boldly
into the barn and called persuasively to Mary.
Mary stepped from behind the haymow, poked
pistol under the parsons nose, and told him
To throw up his hands. He put them up in a
prayerful attitude. which suggested an idea to
the cowgirl, and she ordered him TO pray He
prayed Then she told him to thank the Lord
that the top of his head wasn't blown of and
the godly man obeyed fervently. When told
to light OUT he skipped out Of the barn in a
hurry.
few moments later Mary ran out Of the
barn and took to the brush on the bank of the
MOkelInune River. The Abbott family and
some of the neighbOrs pursued her with guns.
but did not venture into the brush. They did
not want 10 shoot, and would have no decent
excuse for doing so, but Mary was on the shoot
from the word go" and had the advantage.
Constable Clark, of Lodi, at last went into the
brush and chased the girl out As she ran
along the river bank he fred two shots over her
head, which frightened her, and she sprang
into thicket of blackberry bushes, from
which she could not free herself Clark seized
and disarmed her, and the would-be cowgirl
was taken home handcuffed. As she swore that
she would not remain at home, she was placed
In a private asylum
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seNOT A BIT OF 1T LEFT"

"Cousn Madee" in London Truth
You will be glad to hear that the peeps of
the new things in dress that have seen have
all been delicious. The novelties are more
than delightful, and We are all going to look
our very best this season. The horrible little
cushion is gones Not bit Of it is left, and
though there is still an artificial hump at the
back Of the waist, it is but little one, and Is
produced by other means than the played-out
mattress. Sometimes the protrusion is man
aged by one small steel; at others it is formed
by folds Of the dress arranged in bunch.
This Is the legitimate way. Soon there Will De
nothing left Of this already mathematical
hump, and then English women will no longer
be out Of drawing when dressed, as they have
been Tor several years past. Are you not glad!
THE FALL OF THE FOLDS.
1t is rather difficult to take the cushion away
from last seasons gowns, and yet not spoil the
fall Of the folds. But it can be done. Begin
by nipping away the horrid little mattress
then shorten the back of the dress by an inch
and half, and where the cushion was get your
maid to sew in a double founce Of stiff muslin
OF the same color as the dress. The hounce
need not be more than seven inches long, but
the pleats must be large and close together-in
fact, overlapping each other where they are
sewn to the band Of the dress.
BRAVE YOUR DREssMAKER IN HER LAIR.
Your dressmaker will want you still to have
the ''improver," but do not be persuaded
Country dressmakers get into a groove and hate
to come out of It. That is why provincial la.
dies are usually SO dowdily CARRIED. But do not
give in.
How fond English dressmakers are, too, OF
stufhng the bodice out with wadding. They
DaA do 1t, no matter how forcibly their unwill.
ing victim rebels. Even Lila, who is too
plump, is terraced out with Jumps of wadding
because her figure is not built according to the
dressmaker's idea. I laughed silently, but
heartily, the other day when went with Lila
who was having new gown made, and had to
try it on.
What is this?" said she. II told you would
not have any stuffing"
'oh, madam, | had to put some, because you
60 in so under the arm"
well, did you ever see any one who did no,
60 in under the arm?" asked Lila, impatienty
mo, madam, don't think ever did. We
| always put little something there
you'll kindly take it out of my gown" said
Lila, sharply.
you won't like it, madam"
"That is my affair. don't want to have q
figure like William pear, which is evidently
your ideal of the female form from the waist
upward"
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Vegetarianism in ENGLAND.

From the London Spectator.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about
such crazes as vegetarianism is their power to
infect even those who do not seriously believe
in them with an utteS inability to see facts as
they really are. On Friday, September %, a
conference of London clergy, convened by the
Vegetarian Society," was presided over by Arch
deacon Farrar. Though stating in his address
that he was not a vegetarian, Archdeacon Far
rar declared that ''if ever the day came when
vegetarianism should be widely adopted it
would prove the one absolute remedy for the
curse OF drink" and went on to say that ''he
believed that no vegetarian was a drunkard'
Yet surely Archdeacon Farrar must know that
the Highlanders, who are practically vege-
tarians, are the greatest consumers of whisky
in existence, and that the drunkards of India
(and they are as bad as any drunkards in the
world) are absolute vegetarians No doubt the
English vegetarians, whose simple creed &C
cording to themselves, is contained in the
three words, ''fruit, grain, nuts" are not
drunkards; but this is not because they are
vegetarians but because they are mild-minded,
innocent faddists. Archdeacon Farrar's ex-
aggerations are all the more to be regretted
because vegetarianism, in teaching people how
to make use of certain very cheap and nour-
ishing forms of food, is a real benefit to the
world, and ought not to be made ridiculous.
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The Elevator Boy.
HE Is BADGERED ALMOST TO DEATH WITH DUES
TIoNS BY WOMEN.

HE Is BADGERED ALMOST TO DEATH WITH DUES
TONS BY WOMEN.
From the Boston Record
There is an etiquette observed in elevators as
well as in street cars. A gentleman gives a
lady his seat and removes his hat upon the en-
trance of one of them. He is not often called
to stop one for her, however, for she does it
herself, and the different ways in which this is
done is peculiar. The business man merely
calculates ''Whup!'' "Hi!" or names his floor
as the car PUSHES up toward the roof in its
But in the big dry goods houses the passengers
are mostly ladies with the day before them.
They SIT In Whites palatial elevator with
stained-glass lights and soft cushions, and as
the young gentleman at the helm mentions
what they want in his voluble enumeration of
articles sold on the different floors they So
"Stop," or Here please"
A couple OF women went up in one of these
elevators the other day, and they were So deep
ly engaged in debate on the merits of bal
brlggan underwear that their floor was reached
without their knowing it. The boy shut the
door and was just throwing his weight on the
rope when one of them awoke to the situation.
Here, you!" she cried, clutching him by the
arm as she saw the floor recede. stop; 1 want
to get OFF,
No matter how much time woman has, she
makes just as much fuss at being carried bv.
An elevator boys life in these big stores is not
happy one. Said one the other day: 1--WE get
knocked and banged all around, especially on a
pleasant day, when the crowd is out Smothered
too; tell you, the fresh air feels good when /
go home"
do they ask questions?"
well, do they? have to know everv article
in the stock and just where it is. know better
almost than the salesman what goods are in
most demand
Blankets, ma'am2 First floor. Step right
in" Bang! went the door, and the car started
on return trip.
At the corner Of Winter and fremont streets
there is very obliging elevator, or at least the
official In charge is obligng, for he will regu.
late the speed to suit the passenger. Some
times it will fall like shot at others it will
sink as softly as though it had parachute at
tachment and would not break an egg should
it light on basket of them The other day
the boy misjudged the passenger. 1t was a
lady with little girl, and he let the car down
at 2.08 gait
my" exclaimed the lady as she caught her
breath. "Do you always go as fast as that"
well, mum, some likes to go fast and others
slow"
Il don't like it," spoke up the little girl in a
most dignified manner, and she marched of
with an offended air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06

By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia passed in the cause Of Homiller
ct al VS. Honiller ct al No lO6S1 Equity. the under
premises on WEDNESDAY, the FOURTEENTH DAY
of NOVEMBER 1855, at FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ, sub
lot 81 in Ames subdivision Of lot and part of lot L.
dwelling, No. 40 10th street northwest containing
ten rooms, bath and all modern improvements
Also, on the SAME DAY at HALF PAST FOUR
O'SLoCk r M, the said trustees will in like manner
sell the north part of sub lot in DAyidsons subdi
vision in square 312, improved by threestory frame
dwelling, No. 9e9 10th street northwest, containing
Also, on THURSDAY, the FIFTEENTH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1888, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
p NJ, the said trustees will in like sell the
north part 81 Lot IN IN square 81 improved by two
Also ON FRIDAY, the SIXTEENTH DAY OF NO
MEMBER, 1883, at FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ, the said
trustees viii in like manner sell lot 0o and of lot
5 in Beatty and Hawkins addition TO Georgetown,
fronting n feet on Bath st dormerly Frederick st
and l07 feet on o st. 0ormesly I'd stD improved by
large three-story brick dwelling, No. 1928 "a III
tains eleven rooms, bath and all modern improve
Also, on the SAME DAY, at HALF-PAsT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the said trustees will IN like manner
sell lot 20 feet wide BY l20 feet deep the
of 35th street formerly Fayette street,, Georgetown
ABB feet north from the intersection of street
ing No. 2O44 35th street formerly Fayette street,
Deposits: $500 will be required upon sales of 1lO
10th street northwest and 1928 34th street north
west, and 81 90 upon each Of the other sales.
years, with interest at per cent per annum and
cured by deed of trust all cash. at the option of
purchaser Taxes paid 10 June ~, 1855 IL the terms
is resell at the defaulng purchasers risE
and cost All conveyancing at cost of purchasers
JAMES q. PAYNE, City Hall,
6 pA A. S6S Is 4 i2h h
n3-d&ds Trustees
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UnquestiOnable Gallantry,

from the Y. 7. Herald
Everybody In the car was sitting down, but
there wasn't room to squeeze another in any,
where, not even the thinnest kind of a ciga
rette dude. Near me sat a middle-aged gen
item an with good-natured face. A small bo,
sat on his knee. A woman entered. rather
young and rather good-looking. but with an as
sertive and equal-rights expression in her
eyes. She waited for moment, but no one
moved, and then, picking out her victim. took
up position directly in front of nv neighbol
In way that some women have. They dom
say word, but they act whole books full. The
siege had hardly commenced when the victim
touched the shoulder of the boy sitting on hi,
lap. There was the tone of indignant and
severe rebuke in every syllable as he said:
Freddie, why don't you get up and give the
lady your seat?''
The lady went back and leaned against the
door
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Apt, Even If Inelegant.

From the st. Adams Messenger.
There is in Alburg at least one youngster
who knows fit subject for prayers when he
meets it. He recently heard somebody use the
expression ''gone sucker" and subsequently
questioned his father as to the meaning of the
term.
"Oh," said the father, "when anybody il
hard up or awful sick folks sometimes say he ID
a gone sucker"
The boy took it all in and shortly afterward
made a practical application Of his newly.
acquired knowledge in behalf of his sick
brother. Just before going to bed one might
he knelt to say his prayers, as usual, and closed
his petition thus:
"And, o, Lord bless Jimmy and make him
well, for he is awfully sick, and if you don't I'm
afraid he is gone sucker"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06

The boy who patiently remains tied to his
mothers apron-strings win never In later life
ma himself tied to the end Of rope.-AtcAin-
SON Kan Globe.
About as useless thing an there ia IN this
world Is the word ''obey'' in the marriage SER
vice. The bad wives won't obey and the good
ones never give their husbands occasion 10
command them.-Adrfho's Vineyard Herald
An Irish witness In the case of Parneu VI, the
London Times remarked, a. an excuse for dods-
ing an adversary's bullet in tavern row, that
1T is better TO be q coward ave minutes chan
to be dead all your lifetime"
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Another Oldest Voter.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
In the town Of Napoleon, Ind, lives the old.
est voter in the United States, who still gets
around on his trusty, old-fashioned, crook
handled cane, and prides himself upon having
cast his ballot at every presidential election but
the first three. He is a sturdy old veteran OF
more wars than he has fingers and toes, be-
cause he has always had his gun handy to take
part in every local Indian uprising that from
time to time threatened his frontier clearing.
Geo; Hubbartt is his name, and the records at
Washington show that he was regularly en-
listed in the Indian war of 1910, when his age
was twenty-three. At that time MIR. Hubbartt
was thrifty farmer living in log cabin but
now, at the mature age of one hundred and
four years, he finds, he puts it, that he lain
much account around a farm" The whole
family OF Hubbartts are blessed with unusual
longevity, and the old gentleman's baby boy,
George, Is a vigorous STRIPPING of eighty.
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Bazaine's Mexican Bride.

INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF GEN. GUNNER,
WHO WITNESSED THE MARRIAGE.
Gen. Rodolpho Gunner, one Of the most
noted commanders of Maximilian's armies
during the Mexican revolution, said at Dallas,
Tex, the other day: 1T is strange that the
press, which is dexoting SO much space to the
late Marshal Bazaine, never says anything about
his marriage with the beautiful lady who
showed so much heroism in sharing the woes of
her husband. / have not in any paper read her
maiden name. She was Senorita Pepita Pena, a
complishments. who, with her mother,
resided in the City Of Mexico, where
they derived a bare competency from the
rents OF an embarrassed hacienda. Marshal
Bazaine, who had met her at balls, fell desper-
ately in love with her, and she seemed to be
charmed with his military glory, for he was
about tifty-seven and she only eighteen. They
were married in the chapel Of the emperor's
palace. During the ceremony stood near the
emperor, holding between my hands my silver
helmet, in which was deed from the emperor
to the bride, comforting on her the beautiful
villa, Buena Vista, which had been the gift to
him Of the city of Mexico and in which Mar
shall Bazaine had been residing.
AT the conclusion Of the ceremony handed
the deed to the emperor and he gave it to the
bride token Of esteem. 1t was indeed an
imperial gift, for the villa was worth $50, 600.
The statement, so commonly circulated,
that the emperor conferred the title of duke on
Bazaine, which, of course, makes Mrs. Bazaine
duchess, is not founded on fact. The en-
perOr did not create nobility in Mexico. Be-
fore the religious marriage to which have re-
ferred civil marriage had been consummated
in small ROOM in which the only parties pres
ent were the emperor, Marshal Bazaine, the
bride, Gen. Frient Gen. Boyer and myself,
acting in my capacity as commandant Of the
palace. The intendente of the occasion was
Gen. Frient, who, at the conclusion of the civil
ceremony, addressed the bride, assuring her
that she was being raised to the highest rank
that the emperor could bestow upon her-a
cousin Of the Emperor Napoleon. OF course
you understand that Napoleon called all his
marshals cousins
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GEO. w. sTICKNEY, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF SPLENDID VILLA LOTS IN
WHITNEY CLOSE

By virtue Of certain deed of trust bearing date
recorded in Liber No. 1896 folio L, ct seq of the
land records of the District of Columbia and the
request of the party secured thereby, will sell
public auction, IN front of the premises, MEDNES-
DAY, the FOURTEENTH DAY of NOVEMBER, ID
pieces or PARCELS of land situate in the County Of
thirteen u3), fourteen u4l, and fifteen U5), in
block numbered hye (5) in b H. Warder's subdivi-
sion of tract of land called Whitney Close recorded
in County Plat No. o. folios 81 and u, surveyors
office, District of Columbia.
Terms of sale One third cash. balance in three eoual
notes. payable IN two, and three years. and bear
ing interest at the rate of six per cent payable
annually secured by deed of trust upon the premises
sold or all cash at purchasers option One hundred
dollars deposit at the time of sale. All conveyancing
and recording at purchasers cost Terms of sale to
be complied with in ten days.
GEO. L. EMMONS,l ,..
oc39eodts G. Il. PEARSON, ( irustees-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06

VERONA BALDWIN APPEARS AaAIN.-A Los An.
Verona Baldwin, who shot old millionaire
Lucky Baldwin about three years ago, in his
hotel in San Francisco, and who secured about
CSC, 900 from Baldwin to compromise the breach
Of promise suit which she brought against him.
has appeared again, this time against her attor-
ney, 8. Mason. She wants Mason disbarred be-
cause, she charges that he accepted brides from
Richard Garvey and Baldwin, against whom
she engaged him to bring suit. Since her trou-
BILE with Baldwin, Verona married a young San
Jose rancher, but she has now separated from
him and threatens to have him indicted for
bigamy, as she alleges that she has found that
he has another wife.
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Wedding Ring Made of a Gold Button

Wedding Ring Made Of q Gold Button.
From the Philadelphia Record
Down in Maryland the other day when DR..
Fulton married Miss White the ring used was
made Of gold button that was on the wedding
gown of the bridegroom's mother, and a mar
velously tattered shoe was sent by an old darby
along with the information that it was one of
the last pair that ''marster," the brides father,
bought for him in slavery times, and so he
wanted it flung after young mistress to insure
her good luck
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.

TRTsTEEs SALE OF Two-sroRY BRICK
tn decree passed II Equity Cause No $50 in
VT supreme Court of the District Of Columbia will
se public suction in frontof the premises on TUES
faeIrrh S 0Ci E NIB SIXTH, 1855 ct HALF-PAST
IUSn ,OOtoCk PM. part Of lots numbered twenty
SnnA sna twenty-tvo t22l in square Numbered six
, neu sno twenty-nve t62o in Washington city as
lhty described In the said deccee, frontins
,SS Inches on street and extending back 70 alley
mousse No. SO street northwest
Lerns one-third cash and balance in two equal in.
MS ~ sx and twelve months from day OF sale
Win IN terest or all cash If desired deposit of al 90
required and all convey aucine at purchaser cost
DUNcANsoN BROS, 5o6 SIN ~
Auctionaera oc3O-dkds