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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11


A writer in one OF our exchanges recommends
boiled or roasted onions as a most excellent REM
edy FOR cough and Tor the clogging OF the bron-
chial tubes, which is usually the cause OF the
cough. He says that II onions are eaten freely at
the outset OF a cold they may break 1t up. He
also quotes medical writer as recommending
the giving OF onions 10 children three or four
times week, young onions TO be eaten raw and
10 be cooked when they get TOO large and strong
when diphlheria and like contagious diseases pre-.
vail, onions ought to be eaten In the spring OF
the year at least once week. onions are inVy-
Grating and pro-pbyla beyond description"
Whether the virtues here ascribed TO onions are
exaggerated or not, IL Is certain that the onion
contains an Oil which acts strongly on the secre-
ticns OF the bronchial tuDes, kidneys and skin
This oil Is stimulant aud tonic, and thus promotes
digestion. The onion is also nutritious being rich
In nitrogenous elements and in sugar. Roasted
It makes, with OIL stimulating pOuitice for sup
puratlng ulcers. In warm countries its flavor Is
more delicate, and II Is extensively used for food
In Spain and Portugal 1t Is often eaten raw and.
with piece OF bread forms the dinner OF the
OIL, when USED incidentally, 1t should be roasted
rather than boiled.
Belonging 10 the onion family and the most self.
asserting member OF 1t Is garlic, from which
mainly, the Oil is obtained and Is hence calle 'oli
OF garlic" II Is extensively used. food In the
southern European countries Another member
or the class Is the leel the midesl OF all Il has
no proper bulb. 1t Is used mainly for the lower
part OF the stem, which Is blanched and ENLARGED
by eartntng. IL Is favorite among the Welsh and
has become so with the scotch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
How to Go To Sleep,

1t Is now, believe, writes q correspondent Of
the London Spectator, generally accepted that our
conscious daylight thinking processes are carried
on In the sinister half OF our bratn-L e., in the
lobe which controls the action OF the right arm
ana Leg Pondering on the use of the dexter half
OF the brain-posslbly In all unconscious cerebra-
ton, and whatsoever may be genuine Of the
mysteries OF planchette and spirit rapping, came
10 the conclusion Shared, no doubt Dy many other
oetter-Qualined 1nQuirers) that we dream with
this lobe, and that the fantastic, immoral sprite-
Ike character OF dreams is, in some way, trace
aole 10 that TACT The practical inference then
struck me: 10 bring back sleep when lost, We
must quiet the conscious thinking, sinister side Of
our brains, and bring into activity only the dream
could devise was TO compel myself to put
aside every waking thought, even soothing and
pleasant ones, and every EFFORT OF daylight men,
ory, such as counting numbers the repetition OF
eaSy-nowlng verses, the latter having been my
not wholly unsuccessful practice for many years.
Instead or all this saw / must think OF dream,
the more recent the better, and go over and over
the scene it presented. Armed with this idea, the
next time / found myself awakening at 2 or 8
Danish painful thoughts and repeating, as was my
ha0lt, that recommendable SOporif1c, paradise
and the Perl " reverted at once TO the dream from
which had awakened, and tried to 90 on with IL.
In moment was asleep! And from that time
the experiment, often repeated, has scarcely ever
Tailed Not seldom the result is sudden as the tall
OF curtain, and seems like a charm. friend to
whom have confided my little discovery tells me
that, without any preliminary theOristng about
the lObes or the brain she had hit upon the same
plan to produce sleep and had found 1t wonder
FULLY efficactOuS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
AdipOse and Temper.

from the san FRANCISCO Chronicle.
Thin women are dangerous fat woman has
got to be good tempered and easy going. think
temper is all in the bones. anyway, and when q
woman Is fat the temper becomes absorbed before
1t reaches the surface But when woman is thin
the temper is right there on the surface II ever
fat woman has high temper it is awful. She
never cools. thin woman cools on quickly, but
she heats up again just as quickly. A thin woman
with good temper comes Just as near being an an.
gel as anybody can on this earth-if she isn't too
thin A thin woman can dress in q white robe
and, II you put harp into her hand she'll look
exactly like an angel Could a fat woman ever
look ike an angel In any dress? No. As for man,
the idea that they ever make men angels is alb.
surd. They might make staIuary out OF some OF
them, but not many, after all And-well-how
does the best looking man In the world look when
he gets out OF bed TO see where fire Is or to light
the gas? But q thin woman Is insiduous. When
woman has stout, full figure there's no express
Sion TO her. Shes a series OF curves that don't
change. No. There's something about thin wo-
mon you can't describe that is dangerous to the
peace o. man. Still, people do love fat women
often. But suppose, after ALL it's mainly cues
ton OF you, and not the woman.
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What a Gentleman May Do.

From Town Topics.
He may thrash a cab driver, If he can, but he
mustn't ask twice for soup.
He may Kill man in a duel, but he mustn't eat
peas with his knife.
He may carry brace Of partridges, but not q
paper parcel two inches square.
he must pay his debts OF honor, but he needn't
trouble himself about his taiior's bills.
he may ride horse as jockey, but he mustn't
exert himself In the least to get mis- living.
He may be seen on the box Of an omnibus but
not on a bootblack's box having his boots Dol.
1shed.
He may dust another persons Jacket with q
cluD, put mustn't dust his own with whtSk broom.
He must never forget what he owes to himself
as gentleman, but he need not mind what he
owes as gentleman TO his shoemaker and his
natter.
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The Candahar RAILWAY.

ENGLAND HAS NOT BEEN SLEEPING WHILE RUSSIA
WAS PUSHING ON TO sANARKAND.
From the St James Gazette.
The Russians are talking SO much about their
railway to Samarkand just now that the line we
are making TO Central Asia from the opposite
direction attracts but little notice. Since the be.
ginning of the year the Candahar Railway has
been opened TO Killa Abdulla, just on the Quota
side OF the KwaJa Amran range. Killa Abdulla
more than feet above the sea level and
the successful completion OF the line so far is no
mean achievement. According to the Pioneer there
IS now daily service OF trains between Ktlla Abb
duila and Quetta, caravans from Canduhar and
goods for transport onward by rain. From Ouesta
to Candahar the railway will run in almost q
straight line and 1t is the most dif1cult section
man. on the Canuahar side OF the range is only
thirty miles, but the estimated cost Of the railway
along ILLS part OF It's course is put at something
cost o. constructing the railway to Samark-
and has been about E4,3O0 q mile OF
section OF the Candahar Railway is excep-
tionajiy heavy, the Kwaja Amran range pre-.
sentfng difnculties far greater than any the
ZION OF the Indian government Is TO open up COM
muMcation with Cnaman asQuickly as possible by
means ian sol, OF light mountain railway, and at the
which the ordinary locomotive can travel The
no doubt to the total ex penditure; but the sdvan
tages OF being in direct Communication with can
danar at the earliest possible date are TOO obvious
TO be overlooked, and when once the Kwaja Amran
range Is surmounted the extension onward from
Chaman could be constructed In Q few weekA
Good progress has already been made with the
temporary line over the range. 1t Will be ready,
indeed, by the time the machinery for hauling
trucks up the inclnes Is received The CHIEF feat.
ure OF the permanent line Is q tunnel 2x miles
long. Boring machinery, imported from England, is
ends. English miners will be employed. They
cost dve times as much as natives; but English
end. While the operations are proceeding at
the front, something has been done 70 improve the
line 10 Quetta through the Bolan. The break Of
lion, and the experiments made with the .Abep
system proved failure. Now, however. an align
gradient win not be more than one In twenty.
Along this the rails are bang laid down on the
broad gauge. and the WORK should b ontsned "a
Two Or three months time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Italian Etiquette.

No one gets very intimate with the Italians
They are very warm-hearted, sociable and easy
up to a certain point; there 1t ceases. The young
diplomats who live In Rome notice this; although
they have lost their costumes, they have Kept
their customs and one OF these is certain repeant
atmosphere where extreme intimacy Is expected.
There Is In Rome-the mores the pity-a slow
vanishing OF the picturesque; but, although
Roman princess may wear q modern gown and
retain nothing OF the past but her splendid jewels,
she Is the same proud lady that she was or that
her great-grandmQther was and she, like her, re-
pels inuNacy or fam liarity beyond a certain
point. One very important point is that they
never wish TO be touched. In our country a lady
talking with another Will often lay her hand on
her trends arm: this Is considered a very great
and Objectionable familiarity by an Italian.
"Never touch the person; IL Is sacred" Is an
Italian proverb. A lady in Italian society, to be
very polite, will shake hands when introduced an
American the first lime, but she rarely extends
her hand the second time; she makes a deep and
graceful courtesy. II her friend Is in ftictiOh,
she COMES, takes her hand and presses II 70 her
heart; but there is nothing or the free, easy
caressing, none OF that intimate kissing, nothing
like the superficial intimacy which we observe
between American women.
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The Reward os Perseverance,.

From the Boston Courier. August /.
Some people who were travelling In Flocda last
winter relate as an actual fact an occurrence In
colored church in st. Augustine. collection was
taken up, the object being to raise % for some
pious purpose or other The frst time the box
was passed. about half the necessary sum was OBJ
tanned. The deacons counted and reported, and
the pastor announced that that would not DO at
all, but that the box must 20 round again.
Around again IL went accordingly, accompanied
with fervent exhortations and melting appeals to
build up Zion to the extent OF a more; but the
result showed still q deficiency Of more than Q
dollar.
"Now, brethren, +" the preacher said firmly. 1--WE
amt goin' home widout dat money. Carry dem
boxes roun' onct more, and poke 'em into dem cor
ners under de gallery dere, where de sinners am
crowdin togedder an amt g1bb1n' nothtn' 70
help de blessed Lord against de mighty"
so still again the box went its round, being 50
effectively poked into the corners under the GAL
lery that the united contributions were In the end
only quarter OF dollar short OF the required
sum. THIS TACT the preacher announced with great
JUNCTION, adding:
for Suah."
When In the rear of the church arose q colored
pnlanthropist, who nobly came to the rescue Of
the congregation, with the generous words:
Aere am fifty cents. Glib me de change an I'll
make up dat quarter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Mad Lovers Romance.
TEE GALLANT OLD GENTLEMAN WHO PROVED TO B

LUNATIC.
From the Lewiston (Me) Journal.
Early In the season a family Of three persons
came TO Old orchard, on the Maine coast, and took
up their abode at one Of the hotels-father mother
and daughter. The former wealthy and indulgent;
the latter beautiful and modest. At the hotel tar
ried a middle-aged gentleman Of progressing
appearance fine conversational powers and alto
gether estimable qualities. The guests were not
abundant, for the season was early, and the young
lady and middle-aged gentleman found occasion
and mater familias, where lengthy tete-a-tetes
were INDUCED in. The young lady was
1mpressible and susceptible. The middie-aged
gentleman was gallant and assduOus in
MS attentions. Time wore on and q de-
cided attachment grew up between the two
winch became matter OF comment to the now
increasing guests 1t was generally understood
that matrimony was the inevitable. One day the
lady accompanied her parents In town 10 do little
shopping, returning late In the afternoon. What
was her CONSERVATION on arriving at the hotel to
learn that her gay LOthariO had suddenly disap-
peared been spirited away, as IL were, or in other
words, been captured and sent back to the insane
asylum from which he had escaped q few months
before, meantime being temporarily rational
enough 10 carry out the role mentioned. 1t seems
another seaside resort with his affianced. While
Ia bathing, the undertow, from which Old orchard
beach Is remarkably free, carried the young lady
out beyond her lovers reach, and she was drowned.
Inc event so agoniZed him that he went stark
mao, and was sent TO the asylum, from which he
managed 10 escape, and was recaptured as related
above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11

Stranger Go citizen ut mont gate>-sT see you've
got red nag out; small pox N the Householder"
Citizen {dismally1-"Wuss nor that, stranger;
there's o sherfN In the househoid-Lye.
Old Lady-sDo 70 realize, young ooman, tibet
youth an beauty fode, an thet all on rs must
eventooaly enter onto the sere an yeller leaf .
liner"
Young woman-sNon, Madame, lam secoryphee
In 70 grand ballet.
At saatoga the winners yesterday were Teosa,
King Crab, Pasha, Leola1ru and WIZ Dav1A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Copper Becoming Fashionable.

cooper Is coming into fashion. What do
mean? Well, look at this lot of canes and umbrel-
las that have just imported. You will notice that
each one OF them has piece Of ordinary copper
wire around the handle. Gold and silver has be-
come so common as heads for these articles that
people demand something new for change, and
you see the result before you. just now great
simplicity Is affected In this respect, but havn't
the slightest doubt that when this metal becomes
popular, as believe 1t WILL we shall see very elab-
crate personal ornaments made OF 1t. Indeed.
nave o1tened wondered why copper was not more
generally used as a material for ornaments Its
peculiar color harmOnizes perfectly with dark ma
terials and compilations, and 1t Is comparatively
free from oxidation. Barbar0us? Not q bit Of IT..
True, the a0orgines make use OF copper to adorn
their persons, and in that they show excellent
Judgment In matters OF taste we might frequently
take lessons from the savageS"
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1t was the Same Flour.

LewlstUu JOurnal
wicked Dover groceryman played a trick on a
"fussy" woman Of that vicinity recently. She had
bought OF him barrel OF flour that was not OF her
favorite brand. The flour didn't suit. 1t was
heavy, coarse, black, sticky, and wouldn't rise.
The grocer, whose opinion OF the -four was differ
ent from that OF the lady, carted 1t back took of
the head or the barrel and replaced IL with the
head OF an empty one that had held the ladys
favorite kind and sent the same barrei, thus doc.
tored," back to her. 1t suited to a charm that
time
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iSfECIkD BUILDINGS BURNED By THE AUTH0RrrTEs-
GUARANTEEING AGAINST THE FEWER.
There were two deaths from yellow fever In
JACKSONVILLE yesterday, and one new case was re-
ported. The persons who died were Lou r. Tuttle
general passenger agent OF the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, and J. J. Perkins. The former
died at Pablo Beach The aynower House. o
center OF infection, corner OF Forsyth and Ocean
streets, was burned last evening by order OF the
board OF health. Probably one or two other build
lngs that cannot be safely disinfected will be
burned The citizens will aid the health authori-
ties In the most energetic measures TO prevent the
disease becoming general. Strong hope Il enter
tained OF success.
Wilmington, n. c., and Montgomery, Ala, have
established q rigid quarantine against Jackson
Vile and other infected Florida points Many per-
sons from Florida have eluded quarantine at Sa-
vsnnah and caused much excitement by their pres
ence In that city, AnAtanta dispatch says all trains
from the South are heavily loaded with persons
anxious to get away from the vicinity OF the fever
stricken localities Atlanta Is full OF refugees from
Jacksonville and other points, but no evidences OF
fever have been found among them. Atlanta is
considered exempt from danger. Although there
have been cases OF fever there different times IL
has been demonstrated that 1t will not spread and
hence there is no feeling OF excitement
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APPROPRIATION PRIZES

100 numbsEs from 3S44 70 3944 inclusive. being
so numbers On each uds Of the number driving ths
Capital Prize OF S30o,000, $500
SO numbt1 on each siae Of tle number drawing The
Capital Prize Of SlO0.00o, $500
100 numbers from 53;.53 % 53s33 inclusive being
so numbers on each side Of the number drawing The
Capital Prise Of o5O.O00. e2O0.
500 numben ending with 81, being the two last
600 600 600.
Agurss Of the number driving the second cxpctal
Prise of 100000. olO0
x1ssss SszTrs IN, f nou hiH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Political NOfeS

Prof. j. NJ LangstOn, who Is a candidate for Con-
gress lrOn the fourth Virginia district has writ
ten letter 10 Chairman quay, OF tue republican
national executive committee, In which he refers
10 '-Gen G2aone's outrageous, defiant, and cruel
manner 10 defeat him for Congress-" Mr. Lang
stOn appeals 70 the national committee Ito save
him and the probable and desirable success OF the
republican party from the untoward and wardly
proceedings of Malone and his subordlnates 10
defeat Inn for Congress because OF his being a
colOred man"
The democratic convention for the nrst virginia
district has nominated Gilmore 5. Kendall OF
northampton county. for Congress, and that OF
the second district renominated Representative
simmons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
Arm Exercise.
WALKING NOT SUFFICIENT FOR TIE PRESERVATION
OF HEALTH.


OF HEALTH,
From the Popular Science Monthly
Walking on an even surface, the only variety of
physical exercise which most business and pro.
fessional men get in town is well known to be
poor substitute for arm exertion. The reason ts
partially plain, since walking is almost automatic
and Involuntary. The walking mechanism is
set in mo ion as we would turn an hour-plass
and requires little attention, much less vo-
itlon aud separate discharges OF force from
the Drain surface with each muscular con-
traction, as Is the case with the great majority OF
arm movements The arm-uSeri Is q higher animal
than the leg-user. Arm motions are more nearly
associated with mental action than leg move
ments- mans lower limbs merely Carry his
higher centerS TO his food or work. The latter
must be executed with his arms and hands A
tnird way in which arm exercise beDefits the
organism Is through the nervous system Whether
tEs Is due TO an increased supply OF Richer purer
blood or whether the continual discharge OF motor
Impulses In some way stores up another variety Of
force, We do not know. One thing Is certain, the
victim or neurasthenia is very seldom an individ.
ual who daily uses his arms tor muscular work:
with this the limit or hurtful mental work Is sci.
dom reached
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When sitting In the grass we see
A little four-leaved clover,
TITS luck for thee and luck for me,
Or luck for any lover


It Is believed IN the Tyrol that II any one has
ga turn for magic he can acquire the art OF work.
ing wonders easily enough he only searches Tor
In the PassiertnaA the peasants believe tina. II a
traveller shou d at this time fall asleep, IL ing on
his back. by certain brook, there Will come fly
which it let's fail on the sieeper's breast Should
he awake before It fades, and at once put 1t into
his mouth. he VIII acquire the power Of becoming
stranger superstition related in VOLTS s.Zeit-
schrift fur Deutsche Hydrologic" Is to the effect
that II while priest Is reading the service, any
on his mass book, the unfortunate clergyman will
not be able TO utter word He will stand stock
played the trick pulls his robe. Then he can pro-
coed. When all IS over the man who regatns his
"four-leaf" will always have luck at all kinds OF
gambling. II he has q tendency to tenpins In
America, or to ninepins II It be In Germany, he
makes . "ten-strtke or allie neune every time he
II would seem by this that though the tyitoliuns
Is q religious symbol, the four-leaf smacks OF a
darker Influence II the bearer or wearer OF four
any uncanny performance he can detect and spoil
If a man loves woman Tor vice versa) and can
eat one while he himself Swallows the other, mu.
tual love Is to result Nay, according TO very
good gypsy authority, even t ,s, or
over, It Is advisable on all occasions when you
make g1rt to anybody, no matter what IL Is 10
conceal In 1t clover since It VIII render the gift
doubly acceptable.
Also, take Q four or three-leaved clover, and,
making hollow In the END or top Of your alpen-
stock cane put the leaf therein, taking care not
TO tn1ure It. and close the opening carefully. Then
30 long as you walk with IL you wiz be less weary
than II it were wanting and win enjoy luck In
many ways
German proverb says Of Q lucky man, "Er hat
Elm vierblxttrges Kleeblatt gefunden"-'He has
found four-leaved clover" On this test DIR. VIII
helm K0rte, In his ''Sprichw0rter der Deutschen,"
breaches the following homlly: "'This Ia you
man who was ganx Wxd oar, utterly and entirely,
devoid OF supefstitionf For II you did, Be sure
there was nothing IN him."
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we nun Which were this DAY drawn from che
poudins % them ' "-'- 40 stl-e- o~'fN-r
a.v Assa. eur hsnas st New orleans. La this Tuss-
9. 7. BEAuRE0ARD.
J. A EARLY.
Commissioners
frizes csshed In full without de.iuction
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liam, No. Conc rdiA. kans ans -lthscaS ~.
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$500 arsws $4,000 sold an Omaha Neh. Nos.
$780, t Sss~ eAsh 10 600. sold Boston.
gsls Isn ro,; ysess9n Mich sd south bud md Sos.
$4,000. sold IN New 70 D. srw orlasns n,.foI 49,
iaIo; n n. Hartford. Conn. San Franci.rs soI s,.f
Col savannah. Ga. Canton. Miss Marin. fsr. aud