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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19

Court, Judge Cox to-day made decree in the
case of MCGOWAN against vodery, constru-
ing the will Of the late Caterine E,
Coyle. The court DEGREES that in the
light Of the testimony the bequest to the
tract society Of said n. FL church" 10
the Woman's Benevolent association ID void and
falls in the residuum of the estate; that
the requests Of el00 each to Maria Brode-
rick and daughter 10 intended for defendant
vodery and her daughter, but the daughter
hat bequest has lapsed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19
Base Ball Notes.

President Young is busily engaged in CLASH
flying the base ball players according to the
newly established scheme. He finds it one of
the most difficult base ball tasks he ever UNDER
took, and his difficulties will probably not end
when the list is completed Base ball men
agree, however, that this method will be the
salvation of base ball. for something had to be
done to cut down the enormous salary lists.
Mr.. Young cannot satisfy everybody, but there
would be great deal more fault-fnding if any
one else should do the work.
President Hewitt has not yet succeeded in
consolidating the stock of the Washington
club, but in expectation of a satisfactory set
Element, active operations for next year are in
progress The man that the home manage
ment is most anxious to get is Davis the big
Kansas City third baseman. Donnelly has
been offered in exchange for him, and /! is not
improbable that the deal may include O'Brien
The announcement that Deacon White and
Rowe are interested in the Buffalo ball club
will be sore disappointment to the league
clubs which were figuring on securing their
services for next year.
Pitcher Radbourne has signed with Boston.
A little earlier than usual this time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19

- " - - OOk kAND A9lCH.
The Manufacturing Establishment as relief 70 the
poor and an advice to the rich. IL you want to make
Chrlstmas present to your servant or to any poor
woman. TOYS wouldn't do; but nice dress made Of
good worsted goods and guaranteed TT sty lish make
as low 81 30.
OF Coat in checks plain. neat fitting at the
price, more useful to rive, any toy fancy arti
e4e We made up large line of these goods for that
very purpose Not to make any money them but
10 show what the Manufacturing Establishment can
make IN low price garnents
our nne dresses surpass anything in this city
Follow this sdvice and you make the poor happy
and you Will money
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT,
dl4-ton 9lS 9TH st. N, W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19

RANGE OF TIE TazRNoxxrxs.-Thef following
were the readings at the signal Office to-day:
q. m, 80; p. m, 50; maximum, Is;
minimum, 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-19

suffering from Group Influenza
Cough or Cold advise its mother To ap-
II YOU ply BeHson's Plaster TO its chest and
that same child will grow up to csli YOU
KNOW blessed In chest and lung diseases this
plaster IL q specific. 1t Is equally valu.-
1 CHILD bic for Rhematism. seiatica Lumbaso
and Backache. One trial slways con-
Ninces the most sceptical Of its great
value. Prudent buyers ask for Benson,s
snd refuse all other piasters
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-20

The tempest which ragged during the
past few days throughout the middle and
northern states deserves to be ranked among
the greatest storms Of modern times.
Yesterday morning the first New York
mali since last Monday reached Atlanta.
For four days we were cut off from all mail
communication with the metropolis of the
country, and during part of the time our
telegraphic adyices from the northern cities
were cabled to us from England. Nor did
the cities within short distance of New
York fare any better. The telegraph wires
were down, and a message from Boston to
New York had to cross the Atlantic and re-
turn, distance Of about six thousand miles
Now that the delayed mails have come to
hand we are able to get better idea of the
storm than the telegraphic summary con
Veyed. Our readers already know that hun
dreds Of persons pcrshed that huge build
ings were blown out to sea, and that there
was a general paralysis Of business and
traffic, The legislatures Of New York and
New Jersey could not muster quorum for
two days But there were sadder and more
serious Inconvenience. In New York
physicians could not make their way to the
bedsides of the dying, and hundreds Of dead
people lay unhuricd for several days, it being
an impossibilhy to convey them to the
cemeteries,
The damage-who can estimate II? The
sum total will never be known, but il will
run high up into the millions. Business
men could not get TO the banks when their
notes were due, and the Herald Vigorously
maintains that the worst days Of the storm
must be treated by the banks as legal holi
days, and the notes maturing then must not
be protested,
Fortunately the worst is over, at leas, for
the present. What the future may have In
ttQrt no man knows
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Our Immigration Problem.

People call it problem, this matter Of
southern immigration, but it is rapidly ceas-
ing to be problem.
In the past, when southern countries
needed new blood and new settlers, the
mortimer never failed to rush in and make
themselves at home Time and again count
less hosts have swarmed forth from their
northern hive, seeking new homes where
nature extended a smiling welcome to all
The tide of migration in the long run,
always tends southwark, and never north
ward England, France, Spain and Italy in
their turn, have all been oyerrun and colo
nizcd by the mortimer.
4 similar movement has always been in
progress on this vast continent of ours.
From the first a tide of northern settlers has
rolled in this direction, and it has never
once turned backward. In the near future
we may expect to see this swelling wave
rushing along with increased impetus. Here
toiorc the dwellers in the north and west
have thought OF moving south as a matter
of choice. Now it is beginning to dawn
upon them that it is a matter of necessity.
They had an inhospitable climate TO begin
with, and they have ruined all that was good
in it by stripping the land of its forests.
Hear after year the climate grows more rig
orous. Tonadoes carry death and desola-
ton in their track; billiards freeze people
at their fresidcs and furious snow storms
leave great cities completely cut off from
the world, and at the mercy OF the ele-
mcntS.
All the most destructive forces Ct nature
appear to be engaged in an organized effort
to drive our American mortimer from their
homes. Men cannot fight against such fear
full odds, They must either lie down and die
or move on. These unhappily situated peo-
pie viii not take long to make up their
minds They have the rowing instinct in
their blood. Already their faces are turned
longingly in this direction, and in their
dreams they see land where every prospect
pleases; where the sun is a kindly guardian,
and where the earth "has only to be tickled
with hoe TO laugh with a harvest"
But this is not all. Jack Frost appears to
have taken this southern immigration bus
mess in hand, and his stern command to
"moye on" will have 10 be obeyed. 1t is
safe TO say that our northern friends are
coming, ana the sooner they come the bet
ter il will be for them.
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The Yoicelcss Emperor.

The true condition OF the new emperor
Frederick Of Germany is not known. Even
the physicians attending him win not make
known the result Of their investigation of
the cancerous development in his throat,
and their bulletins are pretty much the same
from one day to another. Any immediate
or marked change for better or worse is
given TO the public, bat his sinking has been
so gradual and steady that the announce
ments Of his condition day by day show that
be grows no better. With one afflicted as
lie is recovery is an extremely rare thing
and if the patient experiences no change for
the better. It means iba. there is q steady
decline. for a cancer never remains in one
condition. Sometimes the fatal germs are
checked in their progress, and it is said
that they have been completely eradicated,
though such instances are rare.
Emperor Frederick is in much worse
condition today than he was two months
ago. and for two weeks al Europe has been
ready for the announcement OF his death.
Il is said thar every London paper has had
his biography in type" ready for use atany
moment, and the American papers are
similarly prepared in expectation Of his
early death. lie cannot talk, bu, carries on
his conversation with pencil and paper, and a
question has already been raised as to how
he shall take the oath OF office. The con
stition requires that he shall make the
oath in an audible tone before the reichstag
His physicians have forbidden him to
speak, though in this one instance it will
probably do him no harm on account Of the
brevity Of the effort; even then he viii
probably not attempt to make himself heard
except to those Immediately around him, as
an undue strain on his voice may probably
bring about serious results.
If the emperor is really in as bad fix as
the world believes him to be, it is apparent
why his physicians would not admit it. The
peace Of Europe probably depends on the
life OF the new emperor whose policy has
always been against war. His son, the
young crown prince it is believed, belongs
to a different school; and to say the least of
it he is certainly not as peaccably inclined
as his father. Bismarck's policy, however,
viii prevail as long as he lives, and even if
the emperor dies his son could not bring
about results contraryto the policy Of the great
chancellor
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common mistake. Offices are liral, socie-
ties founded and secretaries appointed; but
it all ends here. There is no hunt, either
merry or sad, going forward, and that is the
trouble. Charity builds her homes and
stays in them. She is exclusive. She is a
member of the highest society, and to asso-
ciate with the poor-we will not say the de
serving poor-would be disreputable. Of
fees are hired. societies founded in her name,
and secretaries employed. But that is the
end of it ALL The offices stand, the socie-
ties meet in perfunctory way, and the sec
retaries draw their pay. There is no hunt
for the deserving poor. 1t is all a sham
from beginning to end, and the worst of it
is that the rich know it is 4 sham and in
tend that it should be.
Meanwhile, the poor succor each other,
and leave the rich sticking in the eye of the
needle.
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Throttled by a Giant.

A snowflake is timer than the lightest
feather of a bird.
1t is at the mercy of the gentlest zephyr
and II touches the earth as softly as the
dawn falls upon the water.
This airy trihe melts when it brushes,
against a baby's cheek, and yet the CONSOLE
dation of host of these tleecy atoms makes
an aggregation terrible in its strength, and
pitiless in its work. Last Monday and
Tuesday. the most powerful and prosper
Gus metropolis of the continent lay pros
jrate and paralyzed at the feet OF the Snow
King. The traffic and travel and industry
of the great city received no deadly shock
they were simply smothered. Steam. and
lightning, and al the other gigantic agencies
Of civilization sank into the sleep OF death,
ghrotjled by hand OF ice.
The streets. throngei the day before with
more than million people. were turned in
to White solitudes riyalIing those of the
Alpine glaciers. The great iron highways
Of commerce We're buried and the waterways
were roads OF ice. Swarms Of busy toilers
were cut off from their homes. The merchant
slept on his counter, the artisan slumbered
on the floor of his shop, and thousands of
shop girls and type-writers spent the night
in their stores and offices in state of
siege, as it were.
II was like the devastation of war, 1t
smacked Of the confusion of anarchy. There
was a touch OF famine, and behind each ad-
venturous wayfaring man stalked the angel
Of death.
So much for the beautiful snow and its
work. 1t reads like fairy tale. An old
fable, intended to show the irresistible force
Of gentleness, tells us how the sun made
man throw off his coat, after all the fury of
the gale had failed to tear it from lis back.
But~his story of the gentle snow-fakes
throws the old fable into the shade
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NJ. Chile and the Negroes.


Mr.. George W. Gable, the novelist, has
written another article on the negro ques-
ton. in which he bewails the status of the
race in this country, \ more futile piece Of
composition was never submitted to the
public prints. His complaint is that the
white people of this country refuse to recog-
nize the negro as their social equal. There
is silent majority Mr. Cable thinks,
which is in favor of social equality, but it is
overpowered by a malignant minority which
will not associate with the negro except on
terms of its own making.
The trouble with Mr.. Gable is his senti
mentality, He must weep over something,
and, as he has a choice of subjects, he
selects the status of the negro race in this
country. His tears, however, are not as
salty as they might be. He appears TO be
anxious to make a reputation as a philan-
thropist, and he is in fair way to do so.
This will help Mr.. Cable, but will it help
the negro?
The truth of the matter is that the future
of the negro is in the hands Of the negro
himself. He has before him the future of Il
citizen, and he can make the best Or the
worst of it, as the case may be; but We do
not understand how Mr.. Cables screeds are
to help him.
Mr., Cable has theory that slavery was a
very bad thing; and it was bad thing for
the whites of the south, but it was very
good thing for the negro. Why? Because
it was in the nature of university, in
which a parcel of savages were civilized and
Christianized But for slavery there would
be no negroes in this country today, enjoy
ing the fruits of civilization and the rights
of citizenship-so that we may be sure that
Providence has had hand in the matter.
There is one thing, however, that even
Mr.. Gable ought to understand, and that is
that the status of the negro cannot be set
tied by controversy or by articles in the
newspapers and magazines. These are
mostly irritating to one side or the other,
and they can accomplish nothing. If Mr..
Cable and the rest of the sentimentalists
will let the negro alone. he will get along
very well.
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Politics in Georgia.

II may be said that the political ball las
begun TO roll in Georgia, and the year 1855
will be noted rs one Of remarkable political
activity in this state. Candidates are an
nomccd and are actively at work in all
parts Of the state, and, among the contests
to be settled several have already assumed
interesting proportions.
The campaign for the solctorships open
ed the years fights, and this feature of the
political battlefield viii offer some Of the
hardest struggles Of the year. In many
counties candidates for the legislature base
their claims ca their preferences for the
solicitorsA.p oi their respective c,rcuts.
Candidates are announced for every circu..
for which solicitor is 10 be chosen, and
though these elections are not 20 be held
uuul tho winter session o. the legislature,
the fight is on ia earnest, and the contest
ants are in the front. George Brown and
Garter Tate, both members cf the last
house, have locked horns in the Blue Ridge
circuit, and viii igh. e out between them
selves Denny, Of Floyd, and Henry, Of
Chattooga, VI the last house, are after Sole
tor Clements's place in the Rome circuit.
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why the Ocean is Salt.

EDITORS CONSTITUTION: Why is the wate1
of the ocean salt? L. j.,
1t is possible that the saline elements of sea water
may be III part derived from geological tornations
which consisted largely of these elements hut it Isl
generally considered that the saltness of the ocean,
is sufficiently accounted for by the deposition of
soluble salts by means Of rivers Salts of various
kinds form part of the constituent ingredients OF
the earths soil everywhere they are washed out by
springs and riyulets and carried 10 tho sea by large
streams, and as the evaporation which feeds the
streams carries of the dissolved matt. back
again. the tendency IS 10 accumulate in the sea.
The principal saline ingredients found i'll OCEAN
water are chloride of sodium, or common salt with
salts OF magnesia and lime. The different parts of
the sea vary somewhat in the proportion Of saline
matter contained, THE polar currents showing less
than the equatorial waters. The salinity is also
diminished near the mouths of rivers, and in those
iulcs Of the which nre led with fresh water in
excess Of their evaporation.
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Ten years ago Cashier Barron was found
dead in the vault OF the Dexter. Maine,
bank. The cashier was bound and gagged
and cash found on his head showed that his
death was caused by violence As a matter
Of course the funds Of the bank were miss
ing.
After investigating the matter the bank
officials came 20 the conclusion that Barron
was short in his accounts and had tied and
gagged himself and committed suicide hop
ing in this way to clear his name and create
the impression that he had been murdered
at his post Of duty. For ten years this has
been tie accepted theory OF the case in Dex-
ter. Recently, however, the New York
World published the statement of Young
man who charged his father, David Stain,
and Oliver Cromwell with the murder The
World then went 10 work 70 secure the con
ycliou Of the two men, and q few days
ago a verdict Of guilty was rendered.
Naturally this stroke Of newspaper enter
prise created not little talk Some Of the
Worlds rivals iutimatel doubts as 70 the
guilt Of stain and Cromwell, and the Her
alb now goes 50 far as as to proclaim their
innocence in the mos, positive manner, Ac-
codlng to tho Herald, Cashier Barron was
delauitcr. la order 20 conceal his guilt he
induced Worcester sam and johnny Dobbs
20 bird him and eag him In The bank one
might, promising lhom adj the money in the
vault. The ,vo burglars ala an that was
required " illm. tat when they found only
o small sum VI money in tho bank their in.
.titrf,4tf,. .Dt fltf l.ff4v Of fltrpt r,,1 flts,
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violent earthquakes. Just how lie gets at
the earthquake part Of the business we do
not understand, and we have our doubts
about it. Earthquakes have heretofore been
supposed TO be beyond the forecasting abil-
ity Of our scientists. In the matter Of
storms it is different, especially during the
month of March. It is always in order to
predict something uproarous for a month
so noted for its disordcrly conduct, and no
one need be surprised to see an elemental
furry during the next few days.
So it is quite likely that Mr.. Hicks viii
flourish for a time as a storm prophet. But
the chances are that he will make failure
on bis earlhauakes.
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A skiiif,l Confederate surgeon.

EDITORS CONSTITUTION The undersigned
Was Of The union force engaged in action with lamp
toms cgion before Richmond on October C. aud
hnYlua boon wounded avn dcsirous Of fnaiHc the
surgeon who, now being unknown ONE, pcrturmedi
mn operation upon my lett ann. At the time. ] was
commanding company g. jrd regiment New YorEi
c'Nhrn nni Mns taken prisoner october Ihal
opia'gn tcieitcd to-wmoyiug the elboW
l0lui % ~ the lett ann MAS reformed
CA the Geld ga the right hanl side oc the Darbyg
iyVutUpd, about four miles from Richmond. IL
Wha d0Op iu 81 tent, aud there were two surgcon6
rtr7cui The oi"inton turned ont 90 Ne Of re-
mn'lnblr character mud qm very spS.cut ~ dnd
ihg t1tt.u Nh1 dl u N ett6 I'm order % n. he
may ~ T9I' a"nlo oi hif stlIu YoTs lug
kwnl pi,n.u'o lor iur ''fcnd him 4 pfhhgiafh o.
my arm, 10 L. followed lhis hy Ntst n myeeL
GNuCh sfAuLBp,
AliG rhud avenue. aiinneANbiis MINI.
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1t must be admitted that Nj. Hicks. the
western weather prophet, made hit when
be predicted tho recent great storm.
Unlike ;hc majority q predicted disasters
this particular storm made its appearance
exactly on time, and i. viii go mio history
rs ONO Of the most remarkable biirlsl,is of
tie century.
Naturally, people now feel disposed to
heed Mr. Hicks's Eighties; wold The fac,
that he was right a week ago loads many 10
believe THAI his guess work for the comma.
week viii maie'.al.lc into a howlne Sue
cess
THIS Is not comfortable view 10 take Of
H. According to MI Hicks, the country is
% DC visited between she 18th aud the 25th
EiA Tremendous storm accompanied by
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Worcester sam, is still a fugitive from JUS
tice.
Thus this celebrated case stands at present.
Tie World has secured the conviction of
stain and Cromwell. 1t is not unlikely that
the Herald will secure a new trial for
them and their acqulttal. 1t isputting it
mildly TO say that the plot thickens.
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Tho Cotton MnNcnlent.

The New York Financial chronicle haa a
report on southern cotton mills and thcir
consumption. When II last made an ostl.
mate then were 2lp mills in the south, with
/ 900, 66a spindles and p ,eob looms. These
2lq mills consumed 3es, 440 bales. Since that
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S525 IN GOLD FOR YOU.

Our Christmas January and February boxes
have proved so popular that We VIII MI up
box for March which We VIII call our March
Box"
We put into it s525 in gold, which goes to
our subscribers on April lst.
oar plan is simple. We furnish our sub
scribers
The best and biggest and cheapest
family paper in America.
Second-The only l2-page weekly-with best
special writers-524 pages year
When we do this our contract ends. But
approaching the kindness Of our readers, we
choose to give them at the end Of February
S525 in gold, as follows.
One Present of....................Sl $50 in Gold
One Present of.................... rs in Cold
One Present of -........-.......... 80 in Gold
Fifteen Presents of $40 each. $50 In Gold
Twenty Presents OF - each .-. 100 in Gold
Total Presents .........-.. S525
You DO not pay a cent foT this. You simply
pay for your paper, just as usual. We put
orr name In our march Box" and on
April 1st the first name taken out-the box
being shaken and the agent blindfolded-gets
$40 IN gold, the next So, and so on through
the list
Now note this we'll Send in your own sub
scripuon and We Will put your name in the
box. Therefore, every other name you send in
we will put in your name again. II you send
ten subscribers your name goes in ten times,
and you have just this many more chances.
We want every man, woman or child who
reads this to get TO work at once for The Coz
sTITUTIOS. Don't delay day in sending in
names The more you get in now the more
YOU will get in later. Commence AT ONCE.
You ought to have 100 names in by March 1st.
Remember this. Some name viii be taken at
haphazard from the box on April lst, and
that name gets $50 in gold. 1t may be YOURS.
In any event you risk not a cent You get the
best and cheapest paper printed, and If you
get the $3.50 or the $40, or any Of the other
presents il is that much made.
Vow begin Al ONCE Send in your name
and that OF your friend, and then begin
regular canvass. The box will be thoroughly
rolled and shaken, and the first name may be
taken from the bottom
BsY~ Your chances are better in this box than
in the Christmas Box" There were four
months names in that box. There will be
only ono months names in the "March
Box