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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31
District Government Affair.

TARDINEss OF CLERKS TO Be REPORTED
Quite STIR was created at the District buildings
to-day on account OF the recent order OF the Com
mtssioners respecting hardness They have In
structed the sergeant of police, who is stationed
at the door, to report all clerks coming in after
Health Onicer Townshends report for the week
ending May 20 shows: Number OF deaths, n;
annum: White, 14.56 cOlOred, 2426. Total popu-
lation 1880. Twenty-fOur were under i've years OF
age and Il over sixty years. The principal causes
2; consumption. 13; diarrhOeal p typhoid fever,
malarial fever. 8: pneumonia, 4; bronchitis, /;
P1egrasy Il measles sas Il gls5peIa diseases 4 dipn
white females, Is cOlOred males, 10 cOlored fe-
males. Marriages reported: "a white, 8 colored.
BUILDING PERMITS
were issued to-day aS follows: ChaS. Walter, one
prick warehouse at 321 14th street northwest,
$500; Miss Miranda Fraser, one Drick dwelling at
1734 Connecticut avenue northwest $13 600; j. H.
Merre0nweather, two brick dwellings at 2l11 and
Glib eth street extended s. 600; Frank Ciareboux,
one brick dwelling and store 65S street north
east, $4,000; H. Jacobs, one brick dwelling and
store at 1l34 10TH street northwest, s., 400.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tne commissioners In reply TO petition from
MI. August Peterson and others Tor Q sewer t0 be
sewer will be put in the provisional schedule, to
be- laid when appropriations become available.
The commissioners have written to MIS- N. J.
that she holds and which never has been redeemed,
that II the certificate had been presented between
August 1874. and July 1855, Il might have been
redeemed, but that II il now barred by the act OF
Congress July 8, 1854, and can only be redeemed
pursuant to some future action OF that body.
SAYS He Is AFRAID OF HIS WIFR-A colOred
boy, named Lewis Drummond, was before Judge
Miller to-day, charged with assaulttng his wife.
The defendant said that he was twenty years old,
and had been married since october. His wife, he
said was the mother OF two children, one OF which
he was the father Of He said that she frightened
him and made him marry her. He denied as
saultlng her. He was nned 81
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Latest qblGglanS to The Star.
A LOSS TO MEDICAL SCIENCE
Disastrous Results Of d Fire I'm Penn
sylvanfa University Medical Hail.

Disastrous Results Of q Fire I'm Penn.
sy1vanfa University Medical Hall.
PBILADELPHiA, May 3l.-The medical hall OF the
University OF Pennsylvania, at the corner
Of 36th street and Woodland avenue, was
badly damaged by nre and water this
morning and many valuable specimens in the
started In the dog house the roof over the main
entrance, and soon spread to the fourth floor
Two alarms were sent out for bremen
gotten under control, the flames having been con-
nned 10 the upper noora The students OF the col
ege were soon at the scene and succeededin carry
ing out great amount OF valuable books and
anatomical specimens
ON the ground floor was the pharmaceutical,
LABORATORY; on the second the medhal lecture
room; on the third the anatomical room: on the
fourth, the laboratory and collection Of Dr. Haen-
oieau, demonstrator Of histology.
Dever and DR.. Agnew, both Of which con-
tanned anatomical collections OF inestima-
9is value; The water from the engines raj
through 10 the lower floors and ruined many
articles OF value, which had not been removed.
~! Inc damage to ths building is estimated at
$4,000. fully covered by insurance. When asked
the value OF the specimens DESTROYED. secretary
Burk, OF the university, said:
10 the university and TO science the loss Is in
hardly give rs cents for the whole list" None OF
the otner university buildings were injured.
-o--~---~
Money for the ProhibIrioeists.
To-DAY-A PRIESTS SUBSCRIPTION.
INDIASAPoLIs May 31.-The prohibition conven-
ton under the leadership OF j. z. Evans, OF Illinois,
THIS afternoon proceeded 70 the collection OF vol
untary contributions
Almost the instant Mr.. Evans completed his
preliminary appeal a subscription OF 1000 from
r r. sturtevant, OF Boston, followed a second
Iater Dy another 81 900 from R. Ii. Mcdonald Of
California.
Then came James b. Hobbs, OF Illinois, with
S1OOO, ana w. j. DemoreSf, OF New York, who first
put down 500 and afterward raised IL to 81, 600
FROM this the amounts went down to 300, and
they came In thick and fast until the total reached
$4,000.
An incident received with, perhaps the greatest
applause was subscription OF 800 by Catholic
priest, OF 81. Paul, whose annual salary was $780,
This was Rev. Father MalOney, who afterward
addressed the assembly.
The President will mot Visit Lowell.
LOWELL, MASS, May 3I.-President Cleveland
has declined Mayor Palmer's invitation to visit
Lowell next week.
Dom Pedro TO Leave Milan.
MILAN, May 31.-The emperor OF Brazil will
leave here for Aix-leS-BainS on Saturday.
BOurke Cochran Speaks for Kerr.
NEW YORK, May 31.-Congressman Bourke Cock
ran spoke for the defense to-day Ia the trial OF
Kerr for bribing the aldermen OF 1884 to procure
franchise for the Broadway railroad. He asserted
that the prosecution, by its witnesses, had not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31

ANOTHER FINE RESIDENCE 10 BE Bunf.-Ag per
NIT was taken out to-day in the name OF susan II
Shields, to build three-story and basement brick
dwelling at 14O1 10th street northwest, at q cost
OF $4,000. The dimensions are 65x65. The front
and flank Is broken by bold, square bay-wlndow
projections extending the full heigth OF the build
Ing. 1t is to have very ornamental tower pro-
lection at the Intersection OF 10th ana . street.
Samuel EdmOnstOn is the architect, and Charles
EdmOnStOn the builder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31

RECEIVED HIS Monty BACK.-ThlS AFTERNOON In
the Police Court Elizabeth TAFT, living at No
204 nth street, was placed on trial charged with
stealing $40 from Thomas Cant The defendant
testined that the complainant before leaving the
house gave her SO note TO take 8 out OF, but
before she could get the change he left saying ne
giving her $40 note. The judge said that he did
not think the prosecution had established casa
and dismissed 1t. The $40, which was not claimed
by the defendant, was gwen TO the prosecuting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31
The Death Record.

During the forty eight hours ending at O'Clock
this afternoon deaths were reported to the health
Office as follows Beatrice Ebert, white, months;
Tim Lynch, white, rs years; VIM. J. Augustefer.
white, 30 years; VIM. f. Magin, white ID years; VIM.
F. Atkinson, white, 60 years; French Atchin son,
white month; william Mueller, white, 6S years;
May Z. Barkly, white, "a years; Anthony II. King,
white, 20 years; Raymond King. cOlOred, 3 months;
coored 81 years; sarah Madison, colored, 3 MONTHS
Anna Jones, cOlOred, IA years; Mason Broxt0n,
coiored, 2 years. Lizzie Cream, c0ored, 20 years;
John Garter, cOlOred, 81 years; Gibson Blagby,
cOlOred, 40 years,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31

Dom Pedro 10 Leave Milan.
MILAN, May 31.-The emperor OF Brazil will
cave here for Aix-les- BainS on Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-31

MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to John Paul
Jones and Elizabeth d. Ceilings; Charles Minor
and Mary Hawkins; H.. G. Sherwood, OF Minneap-
oils Mimi, and Clara T. Cook; John Blair and
Lizzie Gray; Harlow l. Erskine and Wealthy +.
Hamilton
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Protection from Lightning.

In his recent lectures on protection
against lightning, Mr.. Oliver Lodge said:
"a wire netting all over the house, q
good earth connection to it at several
points and a plentiful supply of that
barbed wire which serves so abominsbly
well for fences, stuck all over the roof,
and you have an admirable system Of de-
Tense. Now let US see how far most
people agree, and where they begin to
branch out and differ. The old and
amusing political controversy between
knobs and points has disappeared.
points TO the sky are recognized as
correct; only / wish to advocate more Of
them, any number of them, rows Of
them, like barbed wire-not necessarily
at all prominent-along ridges and caves.
For a point has not a very great dis
charging capacity. 1t takes several
points to discharge readily all the cleo
tricity set in motion by a moderately
sized Voss or Wimshurst machine; hence,
IL you want TO neutralize a thunder cloud,
three points are not so effective as three
thousand. No need, however, for great
spikes and ugly ~tridents, so painful to the
architect. Let the lightning come to
you; do not go to meet it. Protect all
your ridges and pinnacles, not only the
highest, and you will be far safer than II
you built yourself a factory chimney to
support your conductor upon. At pres.
ent the immediate neighborhood Of a
factory chimney or steeple is not a safe
guard, but a source of mild danger. -
Scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Earth rs Seen from Mars.

Let us give rein TO our fancy for q mo-
ment, and suppose an observer on Mars
were 10 examine the earth with sue
cessively increasing powerful telescopes.
The first artificial production that he
would probably be able to see would be
some Of the great grain fields of our
western states. These he would find Of
irregular shape, but bounded more or
less by straight lines. They would APP
pear Of a greenish color, not very differ
ent from that Of our oceans; and he
would find them subject to great changes
at certain seasons, sometimes perhaps
entirely disappearing from sight when Of
the same tint as the surrounding coun-
try. In fact, if an observer were placed
on Mars, and furnished with one Of our
more powerful telescopes, he would see
just about as much Of our grain fields as
we do Of their stripes, and the only no
ticeable difference between the two
would lie in their shape. Indeed, as
suming an artificial origin, 1t would be
easy 10 frame hypothesis accounting for
their form, dependent upon the peculiar
conformation Of the land surface Of
Mars, or for their radiating in several in
stances from particular points as centers.
William ii. Pickering in Science.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02

One Of the most prominent authorities
in New York on the turf and as modest
and u~npretentious a gentleman as one
might meet in a days journey on Broad
way recalls to the interest Of his friends
the advance medical science has made in
the treatment of yellow fever since he
had it in New Orleans in 1867. The au-
thorities at Jacksonville, Fla, have been
firing cannon with the idea Of killing
the Yellow Jack microbe by conclusion.
The effect of this violent and shocking
noise on the nerves of those suffering
from the disease, says the sporting man,
seems to be considered, and perhaps pro-
perly, a secondary consideration to the
great end of putting a stop to the con-
tsgion. In New Orleans, where the
fever began in July and had not worked
its way up to the more ~aristocratic resi-
dence quarter until September, all church
bells, bands, parades and noisy demon
STATIONS were interdicted by the mayor
from the first. A solemn silence reigned
owe the plague stricken city, which had
heretofore been musical at almost every
hour of the day with the chimes from
some church spire.
A glimpse at the symptoms and treat
ment Of the yellow fever patient at that
time are given by the gentlemen alluded
to in this way: One Friday afternoon he
felt a queer sensation which he calmly
pondered over as the probable beginning
Of the fever. The next morning on aris-
ing he saw in his toilet glass that the
whites of his eyes had become yellow.
He realized that his suspicious had been
confirmed, locked up his Office, gave the
keys to the police of the nearest station
and went to bed after receiving a hot
mustard bath from his faithful colored
servants. The following Friday the crisis
Of the disease had passed. it being the
idea then TO starve out the bile and ali
mentary juices and leave the patient
weak but purged of infection. The
Wednesday following that Friday he re-
ceived his first stimulant from a physi-
clan trained in Martinique in the shape
Of a small glass of English porter. In
the meantime 1.-THE quiet of the grave"
had brooded over New Orleans. New
York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Peculiar business Methods.

1t is a popularity of the Indian Of
Ecuador that he will sell nothing at
wholesale, nor will he trade anywhere
but in the market place, in a spot where
he and his forefathers have sold garden
truck" for three centuries. Although
travellers on the highways meet armies Of
Indians bearing heavy burdens Of yege.
tables and other supplies upon their
backs, they can purchase nothing from
them, rs the native viii not sell his
goods until he gets 10 the place where he
Is in the habit Of selling them. He will
carry them ten miles, and dispose Of
them for less thun he was offered for
them at home. We met one day an old
woman trudging along with a heavy
basket Of ~pineapples and other fruits,
and tried 10 relieve her Of part Of her
load, offering ten cents for pineapples
which could DO obtained for a quartillo
1.-TWO and half cents in market. She
was polite, but firm, and declined to sell
anything until she got 10 town, although
there was a weary, dusty journey Of two
leagues ahead Of her.-American Maya
zine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Fire Fly Photographs.

The ~''cucuyos, or 'lantern flies" Of
Cuba, Mexico. and Brazil, the Py-
rophorus noctilucus, are a species Of
mapping bug or beetle, which emit a
strong greenish light from oval spots on
either side of the thorax and from
between the segments Of the abdomen.
Mexican ladies imprison the cucuyos in
game bags and wear them as living
diamonds on their hair or dress. So
brilliant Is their light that a scientific
gentleman recently conceived the idea of
attempting to photograph by il, and the
experiment was made. II was astonish-
ingly successful. A cucuyo was held in
the fingers within one inch of a photo
graph, so that the rays Of light fell upon
il perpendicularly, and a perfect copy
was obtained on a sensitized plate. The
time of exposure to the insects light was
thirty seconds. The natural radiance
seems to be comfortable at will by the in
sect; for when a Jet OF gas is turned
rapidly on and off, the cucuyo will do his
best, either from rivalry or some other
cause.-Demorest s Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Color Of Mexican Flowers.

The Mexican flowers are very deeply
colored. If red, it is the most glowing
and intense; if yellow or purple, the
richest; if white OF pink, the purest and
most delicate" Fresh flowers are
abundant and cheap throughout the
year, including roses, pansies, sweet
peas, heliotropes, camelias and magnif-
cent poppies. ';Calla lilies, the size of a
fan, bloom luxuriantly in every ditch"
and the geraniums are as tall as a man.
The most remarkable flower is the stree
of the little hands, a native Of the
colder region. The bright red flowers
are well defined miniature hands. 1t is
slow Of growth, not reaching full size in
100 years. In the valley of Mexico fifty
varieties Of lilies, no two alike, bloom
on mountain, crag and plain.-Cincin-
matt Commercial Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Making Bread by Machinery.

There comes now the proposition Of
the Liverpool bakers and Touring mills
10 unite into n great establishment for
the purpose Of making the flour and
bread Of the entire city. The bread will
be baked in vast ovens under the condi-
TONS pointed out by the latest inventions
of a scientific sort, and the cost will be
&C reduced that the people will have a
decided reduction in the cost Of living.
The bakers. who will thus be thrown out
Of employment by machinery, already
raise the cry Of distress Demo-
era
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
TWENTY YEARS.

0sm on the ancient wharf, the sand. l sit, with .
new conner chatting;
10 shipp'd as green hand boy, and saild away
Qook some sudden vehement ~notion);
eApoe, twenty years and more have circled round
and round,
While he the globe was eircling round and round
and now returna
How changed the place-al the old LANDMARKS
gone-the parents dead
YES, he comes back 10 lie In port for good-to
settle-has a well filed purse-no spot will
do but this);
ma little boat that scul'd him from the sloop,
now held In leash l see,
thear the shaping waves, the restless keel, the
rocking in the sand.
tsee the sailor kit, the canvas bag, the great box
bound with brass,
Gscan the face all berry brown and ~bearded-the
stout, strong frame,
Dress'd in Its russell suit Of good Scotch cloth
Then what the told out story Of those twenty
years. What of the futuret
Walt Whitman in The Magazine OF Art
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Selling Their UnruIy Wives.

It is said that the Baluba negroes Of
central Africa do not see any wrong in
selling their wives and children, but
make a distinction between domestic
slaves and slaves for export. A chief
who wal expostulated with on the sub
ject said they only sold their troublesome
wives out Of the country, never the good
ones. In one case, it is reported, a tribe
got tired Of their chief, who was contin-
ually fighting with neighboring tribes,
and sold him into slavery.-Chicago
Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Heat in the comstoek Mines.

'The Comstock mine in Nevada is a
wonderful work, said Mr.. Cecil Morgan,
Of Aspen. at is $500 feet in a vertical
line 10 the bottom Of the shaft, and one
can make the descent in three or four
minutes In the cage which is used 10 haul
ore TO the surface. This cage win lift
about 5000 pounds, or three car loads Of
1000 pounds each. Work on the Com
stock Is now confined TO the upper levels,
.the-workmen having been driven from
the depths by the steam generated
through the action Of the air ON the sui
phurous rock penetrated by the different
levels, The temperature averages about
1870 dogs. down there, aud II Is simply
impossible for the miners TO work under
such conditions, Whether science will
ever be able to overcome the difficulties
met In those lower levels remains 10 be
seen. think, however, IL will not, for
the reason that such intense heat denotes
the near presence Of sn~bterrranean heat. y
-Kanaas City Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02

The sturdy Norseman who lived by and
upon the sea, yet feared it and respected
its rage; and we have a "reminiscences Of
the terrible god of the sea in our word
ogre, the descendant Of the Scandinavian
0egir, who, with his terrible wife Ran,
dominated over the sea depths, seizing
the luckless swimmer, and even devour-
ing the bodies Of the drowned.-F. s.
Bassett in Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
The Potent Laughing Plant"

A plant called the 'laugbing plant"
or, In scientific ~parlance, "Cannabalis
Satiya, " has been discovered, and Il 10
alleged TINT when it Is eaten In its green
state or taken as a tincturc made either
from The green or the dried leaf, as q
powder Of the dried leaf or smoked az
tobacco, Il Ia potent in producing OK
a%ltation, laughter and cheering ideas
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
A Curious Sight.

1t is said to be n curious sight to watch
the little Indian children when they first
come Z the House Of the Good Shepherd,
In Denver, to be educated by the govern
ment. When they first reach the insti-
tuition they go upstairs on their hands and
knees, not understanding the use Of the
stairs, and sleep at night under the bed,
from which they first pull the Clothes
New York Evening World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Worship Of Telegraph Poles.

When telegraph posts were first set up
In some remote parts Of India the gentle
Hindoo was wont TO cut the same down
for firewood. A young engineer, who
had studied the aboriginal character,
painted the posts red, whereupon the ma
lives worshiped the posts, and ceased to
carry them away as burnt ofTerings.-
st. James Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
On. pines ns Lightning Rods.

have been an observer Of these things
for more than forty years and have never
known a person killed by lightning in
the built up portions Of this city. Why1
Because the gas pipes fulfill the requi-
sites Of a lightning rod perfectly on
structed. They have the requisite amount
Of surface exposed in the earth.-Dayid
Brooks In Philadelphia Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02

True Il is that "the good men do is oft
inferred with their bones" but IL is not
very frequently necessary TO enlarge tho
coffin for that purpose. Boston Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02
Pacific Coast Potatoes.

Washington territory leads every state
and territory in the Union in the yield
of potatoes per acre. The average yield
Is 100 bushels, while Oregon produces
122 bushels.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-02

II anger Is not restrained il IL fire.
Quently more hurtful 10 IS than the In
fury that proyokes it-Seneca.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-15

The hill introduced by Senator Stew
nrt list February to amend the mining
laws Of the United States. and which
pissed the Sennt, April "a, 1888, was
read twice aud referred to the Commit
tee on Mines mud Mining in the House
Of Representatives April IS, 1888, ind
nothing has been done with it since.
The principal features of the bill arc as
follows:
That section 1919 of the Revised
State be amended by adding tbs ereto the
following: but no person shall &C.
quire, Ivy location or posse 'sion, more
than one mining claim on the snme
VEN, nor shall my person relocate n
CHM which he hns previously Iocat.
cd"
Sect on 1924 of the Revised Statutes
Is amended in several particulars the
most impolt,n OF which is that 1.-The
period within which tho annual work
required to be done by this section
sh I'll commence ut twelve o'clock meri-
dim on the first day Of August of cnch
Jotr: Pr"rided, That upon clnims al
ready located previous t. the first day
OF March i'll my year the annual work
hh"ll bc performed on such claim for
that year prior t. twelve ocIock meridi-
M Of the first day of August next sue
c"eding, and the time for performing
animal work OH cluiuIs heretofore Iocnt.
cd - hc. ELY extended to the first dry
of August. 1889, ut twelgo o'clock
meridian "
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-09-15
NEVADA STATE DEMOCEI ATTIC
GLIB.

At n meeting of Democrats of the
State Of Nevada, held ut Armory Hall,
Rcao, on September 8. 1888, tile Ne
vada Stste Democratic Club WINS perma-
ncntly organized. The permanent Off
GERS are as follows: President, e. Fl.
Bclkn"p, Carson City; Weep esidents,
ne from each cuunty in the State |;
Treasurer, Il. S. Osborne, Reno; Secre-
tary, T. II. Mnlchay, Reno. The OBJ
jscts of the Club ore:
TO foster ana disseminate Jefferson
ian principles; to pre-, serve the Consti-
tuition Of the United Suites, the autono-
ny Of the STATE, local self government
aud freedom OF elections; to resist revo-
lutionary changes and the Capitalization
Of power; to oppose the Imposition of
taxes beyond tho nece ssitieS Of govern
ment economically administered; to
promote economy i'll all branches of
public service; to oppose unnecessary
numerical restrictions for the benefit
of the few ut tho expense of che many;
to oppose class legislation, which do
spoiis labor and Luilds up monopoly;
20 maintain inviolnte the fundameut 4
principle of Democracy-"E Equality be-
fore the Law" and to cooperate with
the regular organization of the Demo.
cratic parity il support of Democratic
All who are in favor of promoting
and maintaining the principles above
enumerated ale respectfully invited to
enroll their names az members of tho
Cinb, aud lend their influence to the
dis euinntion Of d -mocratic principles
throughout every county in the State.