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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01
CHIEF ARTHUR STILL HOPEF1
He Says the Boston stock holders Will
Settle the Burlington strike.

CHICAGO, May 1.-Grand Chief Engineer Arthur
OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
arrived in Chicago this morning, and took I'D his
old quarters at the Grand Pacific Mr.. Ar
thurs presence seemed to cast new light on the
Burlington strike. His hopeful words cheered the
men, and the reports that he brought with him
from the East made their eyes glisten He by no
means considers the strike at an end and Is as
nrm as ever In asseverating that the Boston stock
holders Will take the matter in their own hands
and settle the diniculty by changing the manage
ment OF the road Mr.. Arthur Will only remain in
Chicago day or other business pertaining TO
the Brotherhood calls him back TO Cleveland
Even when in Cleveland, however he Is In daily
communication with the Chicago men. and Is able
to direct movements as well as II he were on the
spot. The real object Of Mr.. Arthurs visit at the
present time Is 10 lay out plan OF operation for
the investigation before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which will begin next saturday.
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Allowances for Girls,
THEY ARE MORE INDEPENDENT II THEY MANAGE
THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.

Allowances for Girls,
THEY ARE MORE INDEPENDENT II THEY MANAGE
THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
From the Chicago Herald.
Poor men who are fathers think they cannot
AFFORD TO spare their girls monthly stipend. Yet
somehow or other those children are clothed, shod
and educated. Clothes shoes and books cost
money. Why not estimate what they do cost and
allow the child the experience Of buying those
needful things herself? II she Is convinced that
cover all expenses there win 30 no foolish OUTLAWS
She will consult with older and wiser heads until
her feet are sure OF the way. A boy, seven
or eight years old lives with his widowed
mother, who Is q school teacher, and his
grandmother. Q Bible reader, employed TO
read TO inmates OF charitable and govern
ment institutions, neither q these occupations
allowan GO for spending money (the tremendous
sum Of 10 cents o week. from another grand
mother, q richer woman. One day he came run
ming into her house exclaiming: 'Oh, grandma,
wont you trust me for my allowance two weeks
aheads Grandma Jones has 70 60 and read 70 the
can give her 20 centA ! told her knew you
would trust ma Please DO" That child relt that
that money WAS really his and he could calculate
70 DO good with tt. He could b trusted to oeny
his little wants for two weeks although he Wa
no goody- goody kind OF . lao but aso6rtive ana
selfish as American boys and giils are sps g -
penny '.NsmmA wont you give me- 10 cents7"
"Mother, would Ike 3 dollar to-day and 60 On
- they grow up u they know that the sum they
receive every Monday morning Il all they can
have 1or . weak such teasing entEeataO are 0cne
away with
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A Universal Masculine Propensity.

from The Albany Journal.
AT recent meeting In one OF the churches in
this city, at which quite a number OF clergymen
were present. the power OF habit was forcibly
illustrated II was about In the middle OF the ser
mon, and all were attentivey listening TO the
good mans words, unmindful OF worldly things,
when suddenly the - O'Clock bellr tolled The
eject was magical Sermon and sermonizer were
alike forgotten for the time being. As II with one
accord, every man, and some OF the ladies, took
out Their watches and carefully noted the time
Then came surprise. The closing OF the watches
sounded like an Irregular yolley OF miniature
musketry. Every man put on air OF injured
Innocence, and looked around at his nelghbor be
hind him with a smile which seemed e. saw $50
you are the guilty one, totally unaware that the
occvpant OF the pew ahead was gazing at him
wilma similar thought. With heroic effort al
composed themselves and the preacher Resumed.
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Some Funny Mistakes.

FrOm the bOstOn Transcr1pt
The Listener has heard a story of lady's con-
fusion on Easter Sunday upon finding her pew oc-
cupied by cramps" which may bear repeating.
She had entered the church only to md her pew
crowded with people, not one OF whom she had
ever seen before. Her vexattOn must nave been
great for she summoned the usher, VINO happened
TO be at hand, and ask him, In q hoarse whisper,
"who Is occupewing this py?" The odd blunder
sity OF doubling up 70 keep from pr0faning the
sacred place with laughter. This mistake reminds
the Listener OF o somewhat similar one made
by the good Bishop Eastburn at q crowded wed.
ding where curious spectators at the back OF the
church so tar forgot themselves as to stand on the
seats. The bishop. observing this scandal paused
In the service and said, In his most solemn tones:
"Rememusrtng the sacred character OF this
house, let all who are present SIT upon the noor
and put their feet upon the seats!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

.Eansty Eat., Of Lendon. say. that the Prince
Of Wales is talking OF visiting the United states
next year, In company with The Duke OF suthes-
land.
Nra Carl strakosch Qfia Clara Louise Kellogg
has been Ill for about Q month with whooplng-
cough, which has caused her 20 abandon the con-
cert tour she had planned Tor the apring.
Minister Pendieton win remain ~ W1esbaden
some time longer. HE condition y improving,
and be leaves his bed DAILY.
Patsey O'Leary, the feather-welght pugilisk who
was recently Sentenced % year In the OHIO pen
itenuary for theft at Dayton was arrested In
Sc. Louis Saturday.
Manuel santalls and 0gasa oon.aie4 the con
yicted kidnappers. weFe executed - Aanfanxas.
Cuba, last Friday.
e SC ses scSxsn a ~ t N ses 2e, So1
imprisonsd In the Joliss penieeaeaKy, y % Be cir
culated Tits week ~ certain SaoH organazasoaa
Owing % TIE ovsr product1on q ssssa the vui-
can sued Mis- In - Louis WIN clooe down IN July,
throwing several huAdred mea cut oe enploy'
ment.
0aroea n rev vosk ssndav ~ 1850 mogs yes'
tecday.
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A SUBURBAN RA1RoAp Srr.L.

SUBURBAN RAMRoAD NIL
The House District committee decided at their
meeting to-day to report fayorably the bin to In
corporate the Warrington and Highlands Street
Railway CO.. which proposes to lay q single track,
beginning at Benning's road and Boundary, and
running out the Bladensburg road to the District
line. The bill was amended so as to require that
the track shall be laid outside the regular drive;
that ten per cent OF the stock shall be paid up;
that they shall report annually to the District
Commissioners, and TO Congress and that they
shall begin work on the road within three months
after the passage OF this act and shall complete It
In two years.
THE INDUSTRIAL HOME SCHOOL.
The bill to regulate the powers and duties OF the
board OF trustees OF the Industrial Home school Of
the District In respect to infant wards and schol-
ars was adopted also The bill gives legal recog-
milton TO their attitude as guardians for such
wards.
POLICE MArRoNs
They adopted also the bill providing for the ap-
pointment OF three police matrons, at q salary OF
5000 per year each whose duty 1t shall be to search
examine and care for the female prisoners who
may be taken into custody by the police, and 70
detained at station.house TO which matron may
be assigned, under such rules and regulations as
the commissioners OF the District Of Columbia may
An amendment was adopted requiring that
women appointed TO these positions shall be recon-
mended by at least ten women well known and OF
good reputation In the city.
EQUIPMENT OF THE DISTRICT MILITIA
joint resolution was introduced In the House
by Mr.. McAdoo yesterday directing the Secretary
OF War TO issue from the stores Of the Army such
arms. stores, ordnance stores, quartermaster's
stores, and camp equipage to the militia OF the
District as he may deem necessary for their proper
equipment and instruction, the arms &C., to re-
main the property OF the United States and be an
nually accounted for by the militia.
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The washington stock Exchange.

on the " Washington stock EXCHANGE noted to-day:
49, s ssl s.ssrsa 1863 1861 :.ssa
e e; eeuP s,ns i2ssk nd, Std, iseS ssfsa.
ll91s ssksd u. q. 20 year fund, p. C.. 1889 cur,
ll0a bid d, C. 30-year fund. Us, 1902, coin,
lo4H Asked- Washington Gas, 800 bad, 39t asked:
SsDrse,Swn Gas. -, A. bid d 42S asked: National
snes. SO I'D M.sainstSn Brick n,shius; Ii7 Sia.
Farmers' and Mechanics Bank OF Georgetown
l62 bid Citizens' National BANK. l25 bid Sscond
lee $50 bad Real Estate lite Insurance. il7H bid,
bid. 59k ..ksa u s Electric Light % s.hsS Ne
Central National Bank. 200 bid. Columbia National
Bsnk. lO9A Dad
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The Virginia Republicans.


Mr.. w. 8. Welfey has written q letter denying
the statement that he had told persons that Sena-
tor Riddleberger had expressed himself as favor
able to Gen. Mahone's retaining the chairmanship
of the Virginia state republican committee
The letter Is accompanied by one from senator
Riddleberger, In which he denies having expressed
himself so, and declares with warmth that the
resolutions adopted at Luray on court day were
conceived in deceit and written by o treacherous
hand. They reaff1rm adherence to the platform,
&C., 1884, entirely ignoring the national republ-
can committee. which met here at the Airing
ton, with every state represented, and In pursu-
ance OF their vested powers OF 1854, and In dis
issued instructions regulating the manner OF the
appointment Of delegates and electors. He says
he does not think that delegates elected contrary
tt0nal convention He declares against the unit
rule, and says that he intends TO hire . hall ct
PetArsburg the night before the state convention
and tell the republicans frankly what the situa-
tom IN
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What the Men win Wear.

From the Clothier and Furnisher.
Tnere Is strengthening OF the tendency "a
have no two parts OF the suit made OF the same
pieca
A noseity u nve-button cutaway. rolling back
80 far that only the top buttonhole can be CON-
fortably used
High-ciass tailors have decided 70 drum the nm
ular striped goods, and push In their stead erea,
variety OF paids and checks
More black cutaways Will ne worn this xoar
lney can DC made a. light and cool as the grayish
colored coats and look Tar more dressy.
a.. a cross oetween hall dress and business dress
Is the three-button, one-plece cutaway on roush
naps N ''1'
toung men have almost unanimously Discarded
the frock or "Prince Albert" coat although nj sti
retains q moderate degree OF popularity viii
stout or middle-aged men.
Iao this spring Is 70 get black summer OVER
coat Tor use with q dress suit or for evenincs o,
the store, or In the mountains This too is mao
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

MANY Uses OF Eggs.
THEY ARE BETTER FOR SCHOLARS BRAINS THAN FISH.
From the Eastern Farmer
Eggs are meal In themselves. Every element
that is necessary for the support OF man is con-
tanned within the limits Of egg shell in the best
proportions and most palatable FORM Plain boiled
they are wholesome. The masters of French cook
cry, however, affirm that 1t is easy 10 dress them
In 800 different ways, each method not econoIni-
cal, but salutary in the highest degree.
No honest appetite ever rejected an egg In some
gCise. IL Is nutriment In the most portable form
ard In the most concentrated shape. Whole ma
tons OF mankind rarely touch any other animal
humble tradesmen. After the battle OF Muhdorf
when Kaiser Ludwig sat at O meal with his burg
grafs and great captains, he determined on piece
OF iuxury-'one egg 10 every man and two TO the
excellently valiant Schwepperman."
Far more than nsh-fOr II Is a watery diet-eggs
are the scholars fare. They contain phOsphorous
which is brain food, and sulphur, which performs a
variety OF functions In the economy. And they are
the best OF nutriment for children, for in a COM
pact form they contain everything that Is neces-
sary to the growth OF the youthful frame. Eggs
are, however, not only fOOd-they are medicine
also The white is the most efficacious OF remedies
for burns and the Oil extracted from the yolk Is
regarded by the Russians as an almost miraculous
Salve for cuts, bruises and scratches
A raw egg, II swallowed In time, VIII enectually
detach fish bone fastened in the throat, and the
whites OF eggs Will render the deadly corrosive
sublimate as harmless as q dose OF calOmel They
strengthen the cOnSumptive, fnyigOrate the feeble
and render the most susceptible all but proof
against taundice In Its most malignant phase. The
merits OF eggs do not even end here. In France
alone the wine ciarifiers use more than So 600 600
year, and the Alsatians consume fully IS, 10000
In calico printing and for dressing the leather that
Is used In making the finest French kid gloves
home0path alike agree in regarding them as the
purest OF the carbonate OF lime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

From It'd Bits.


"Fal in" love with some good and industrious
young woman. Attention" pay to her faithfully
and respectfully. Fright facs' In popping the
question like . man. "Quick march" 70 her
parents and AJAX their consent "E1le right" with
her TO church, and 60 through the marriage core
mony. Halt" and reflect seriously upon The new
"Right about face" from the hxunte you have fre-
Quented when single. '.Advance afmsp 20 your
young wife when out walking, and never leave
night and all other bad habits u you would have
o happy home. -
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A Defauiier for $4,000.

FLIGHT OF TEE ASSISTANT CASHIER OF NEW YORK
BANK.
NEW YORK, May 1.-The officers OF the National
Park Bank are very retlcent In regard TO the de-
falcaIlon OF Assistant Cashier Charles l. De Baum
who has disappeared.
Cashier Wright said that the amount OF the de-
falcatiOn is $50 600 and that DE Baum entered the
bank In minor position about TWENTY-FIVE years
ago.
DeBaun resigned his position on April 49, assign
Ing III health as the cause. He was under per-
sonal bonds, which are said TO be satisfactory To
the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

From the Chicago MAIL
''Long John" wentworth, who has been an In.
valid at the Sherman House :or many months
and on whom Col Rice, OF the fremont, called
some weeks ago IL slowly recovering. The Other
day he managed TO get down into the once
walked into the ladies' reception room, and sai
down for some time. He called one OF the bel
boys and ordered glass OF milk. The boy went
70 the bar for IL and told who II was for The mar
in the bar told the boy he was Liar, but the boz
insisted and the barKeeper went into the reception
room to see for himself Mr.. Wentworth repeated
the order. The barkeeper went back TO his place
OF business, pulled on his coat and hat, and said
he would never sell another drop OF whisky - lonG
"a he lived.
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IARRlED.

LANDvoIGT-JAvINs. On March H. 1855 Il 100
East Franklin street baltimore by the kcy r. wnoth.
Washington, ID. 4.
WOOD : EckEL On April 10. 1883, st Craze
Lutheran Church by Rev. D. q. Tre.ssll EDW y
WOOD. 81 Washington u. C.. TO Miss ELLA ECKEI.
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Romance aud asealisy.

Alas for the man who has read scotts Kenil.
WORTH The castle is almost an entire ruin. The
outline can indeed be traced, but battlement and
tower have crumbled 10 dust Not a vestige OF
the roof remains The lake where the fete was
Reld is dry, and the moat Is nlled with the shat
tered wall while the ivy grows In luxuriance
wherever IL can ma root. The walls OF the BAN
quoting hall and the tower where Queen EliZabet n
lodged are still standing, and 20 save them from
Iurther ruin they have been propped with iron
rods. The courtyard, where once the jousts ana
games were held, where brave knights tilted and
fair ladies smiled on the victor is oyergrown with
weeds Here and there sentinels stand tall
holly trees.
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Turned ON the Gas and Died.

NEW YORK, May John Engle registered at
Sweenys hotel, this city, from Ashland, Pa, on
saturday last. When retiring sunday night he
turned on the gas without lighting II, WITH as is
supposed, the deliberate intention OF suiciding.
He was found dead in his room this morning
death having resulted from asphy XiatiOn. He had
no money Or yaluableS about him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01
The Long One and the shors Ono.

From the New Zealand Times
There is q story about old Peter Faucett the
New South Wales supreme Court judge who lately
retired He was somewhat shortsighted and one
day very diminutive barrister appeared before
him to move something or other. When the short
man stood up alongside 'yumbo," very tall bar
rister. who was sitting down, their heads were
began: III your honor please, =" sYe must
stand up when y address the coort, T" interrupted
old Peter irascibly. al am standing up, said the
small man, with dignity. Then Tell the gentle
man alongside ye 10 sit down"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

THE BLIZZARD m ruE wEsr.-After three DAYS OF
rain n began showing In ST. Paul sunday. spec
lals from ST. Peter, MIMI, Yankton and Canton
Dakota, reported damp snow falling; the
latest snow OF any spring Tor nye years m south
Dakota While IL may delay seeding somewha
IL Will not damage crops already In the ground. A
special from Valentine, Neb., says blizzard
was raging there Saturday, making travel almost
impossible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

ATLANTA, GA, May 1.-Henry rope, negro I'M
DER sentence OIL death for an outrageous assault,
but who by one preteXt or another has received
several respiteS from the governor, last night
taken from the jail at Summervile by a mob and
hanged Pope received q new respite ON Saturday
last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-01

SOIdfefS Of the HOu0e Of 1hO6emXOIIerm.
From the London Truth.
soldierly power is dried up In the house OF 10
henzollern. The emperor Is all but gone. His
eldest sons health is seriously compromised by the
fearful chronic disease OF the head from which he
suffers Prince Henry-a NICE Intelligent, iovabie
young fellow-is sailor. The only soldier OF the
inner circle OF the royal family OF Prussia who Is
not mere Lad is Albert, regent OF Brunswick. and
he Is only cavalry oficer. Prince George and
Charles killed himself with inebriety. His son,
Leopold, has q bad constitution. The Duke OF
Saxe-Meiningen has no ambition, and 10 diet
tante, wealthy by tnhertting the fortune OF his
mother.
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somebody Rlun0ercd.

From the View York Sun.
Mamma" anxiously whispered Miss overthe-
rhine. a fashionable belle OF Cincinnati, whose
mother was giving Q grand evening party, ian
awful blunder has happened"
"Why, you alarm me, Lulu, dear" said the
mother In CONSERVATION; .'what Is it?S
''lt Is not yet IL O'Clock, and there are only nve
kegs OF beer LETT
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Ola Battles em the Baseball Fieus.

Henry Chadwick. in May Outing.
Ihe nrst regular professional baseball team
ever established was that OF the Cincinnati Club
uhoer the management OF Harry wright which
went INTO practical operation In 1865. There had
previously existed a phase OF professionalism In
the sharing OF gate-money by the old Atlantic
Mutual Eckford, Athletic and Philadelphia clubs,
oi BrOoNlyn, New York ana Philadelphia but the
eLhcihhau hedstOcklng Nine OF ls8s-twenty
years ago-was the nTst regular salAried team
ana from That year, therefore,, may be dated ths
eNlstehee OF professional ball-playiug Though
the hedstockings, OF Cincinnati were defeated In
lsoe ny the Atlantic ana Athletic clubs from
their last games Ia October OF that year up "a
june, 1870. the kedstockings did not lose SINGLE
game, thelr career on the leld during the season
OF lsbs standing rs 'The best ON record OF any
professional club In the country from that year 20
.nS Inc champion team OF Cincinnati, during
lsos Included Asa Brainard and Douglas Allison
a. the battery-pitcher and catcher-with Could
Sweasy ana Waterman ON the bases; Georgs
Mrlsnt as shorlssop, and Leonard. Harry Nrighg
anu hcNey IN the out1eld. This team W as trained
LOT Tine season campaign OF lstig other Iea n
Mao ever been before; and the result was an ca.
cepulonal success. IL led 90 the establishment uf
resular-salarfed teams IN the place OF the seml.
professional mines which had previously existed
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Hardly Encouraging to Cant.


There is probably no Bostonian concerning
whom so many stories have been told as the late
l. o. Barnes. The majority Of them have at least
basis OF truth, but 1t Is safe to say that goody
number have been shaped" out OF all recognition
by the different story teers through whose hands
they have passed The old man was somewhat
he was excited. purtanical-lOoking chap came
up TO him one day and asked for subscription
toward building q church. "What Is your busi-
ness, anyway?S asked Barnes, in his sQueaky
voice. Rolling up his eyes and clasping his hands,
his visitor replied: IL am humble follower OF my
Saviour" "Well," piped Barnes, 81 wouldn't let
Him know 1t. He'd feel mighty uncomfortable II
He knew such chap as you was following Him.
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MRS. RAWSON'S SERVANT.
Her Trial I'm the Police Court for Al.
legged Perjury in the Divorce Proceed.

The case OF the colored servant Sarah De Neal,
charged with committing perjury in her testi-
mony In the suit for divorce brought by stephen
W. Rawson the Chicago banker, as mentioned in
yesterdays STAR, was called for trial in the
Police Court this afternoon. The testimony given
by the defendant which Mrs. kawson charges is
false described certain occurrences that she
claimed to have witnessed when employed as Mrs.
Rawson's servant In this city In 1880. Assistant
District Attorney Lipscomb represented the prose-
cution and Z. NJ. Hewlett appeared for the de-
PENDANT.
Mr.. Hewlett stated that If any perjury has been
committed this was not the proper Time TO bring
this charge; that IL should be brought after the
case. still pending In Chicago. has been disposed OF.
Mr.. Lpscomo stated that Mrs. Rawson, the
against her husband; that they were married In
March, 1856 After this bill was flied her husband
nled general reply alleging certain facts, but
failed TO mention any names or dates.
Mr.. Lpscomb read the testimony OF the defen-
dant as taken before Commissioner Hines remark
Ing that the Judge Lochrane referred 10 as having
visited Mrs. kawsOn and having gone with her TO
New YORK is now dead.
MRS. RAwsONs TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Rawson was the first witness called. She
said that the defendant lived at her house during
the latter part OF March and during the months OF
April, May, and June, 1850. The witness slept up
other room, and the defendant slept
on cot. Judge Lochrane, she SAID was ex-chier
justice of Georgia, and had visited her house. He
never lived In the same house, nor was lie ever in
her bedroom In his night clothes.
Mrs. Emily j. BraZier and Irene Jackson, sister
OF the defendant, gave testimony as to the
arrangement OF The household furniture In the
house occupied by Mrs. RawsOn, who was then
Mrs. Lee, and the places Where the members OF the
household slept. The testimony was corroborative
OF Mrs Rawson's.
Mr.. ThOs. Smith, clerk for W. b. Moses, testified
that On the 3lSt January. 1880, he sold Mrs. Raw
son cot.
Detective Carter testified that Sarah De Neal
after her arrest, signed a paper retracting por-
Sioner
Mrs Raw son and VIM. Lazenby, a colored bell
boy at WIZARDS Hotel, were called TO show that
Judge Lochrane stopped at Wizards.
RANGE OF THE THERMOMETRR.-The following
We're the readings at the signal Office to-day: a.