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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14

ACCIDENT TO GEN. B. +. KEl1gy.-Gen. B. r.
Kelley Of the Pension ONCE, while attempting 10
avenue yesterday was crowded on the platform
and struck by car going In the opposite diIec-
ti0n. He was knocked down and painfully In
jured Gen. Kelley Is eighty years old, and his
friends fear bis injuries may prove serious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14

To-day, IN the Criminal Court, John Ltarord. III
dcted for an assault with intent 10 XII JOAN Har-
ms on the nd OF October last pleaded not guilty;
James c. khsson. embezzling letters tron the Post
once, pleaded not guilty. Also the following:
Thomas Williams second otiense petit farcely;
John stewart, housebnsaking; Elizabeth aliss
bessie Aorrison- grand larceny; Charles Cammars
ana I'M Wilson, grand larccBy Of Wagon. harness
ana larceny OF a horse; Michael heany, grsls
larceny; james berry, hous.shreaAing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14
FOR RENT-MISCELLANEOU

IDk kEN1-AN ELEGANT ROSEWOOD CASE
Piano OF nue. tone only 81 month. Also 3 cheer
I tir-sAht hall koost-~ comfortably furnished Is:
rei excilansed 3l 18th 81. opposite Moses J.ll Nv
tSk hLNiIAN OLD ESTABLISHED FEED
4 stSFe, ~. l4lf High It. Cseorxetown ID C. WITH
hxtuLes: sl1 Ter month H. A. PHILLIPS. I43s
-NeN lo1A Aeeh-c. jA5-lm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14
GRAND CARPET SALE.

GRAND CARPET SALE
In order 10 reduce stock of CARPETS this month
We ~iH oner the choice of ONE HUNDRED DIFFER
ENT STYLES OF INGRAM. TAPESTRY AND
BODY BRUSSELS AT PRIME COST
Good quality Ingram Carpet. dc; reduced from
37he.
Heavy wooimiIed Ingram Carpet at 4Oc., reduced
from Soc
Venetian Hall and Stair Carpets at cost
Choice dssgns ali wool Ingrains Tapestry and Body
Brussels at prime cost
Large stock BLANKETS and COMFORTS at re-
duced prices
barsins in Remnants Black and Colorsd DRESS
We still have few Unlaundsred sHIRTs left 1t
65c.. worth 81.
V0Uux
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14


ASCE.-friends OF +. X Hale, a commercial trav-
reported 70 the police that Mr. hale " as in TINS
city ON the 2yth Of last November ana has not
been heard from since He Is said 60 be one Of the
Oldest travelling men IN the business, and has q
brother In Philadelphia. lie has been travelling
about from place 20 place, and his mail Was all
fetUfhed to his employers place OF business lie
was out OF funds, but expected a remittance. and
was 10 return Ia Indianapolis lie Is OF slender
build, with brown hair and wore a checkercd SUIT
and gray ulster. us relatives and friends are
very anxious about hin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14

No SIGNS OF AN IHQUEsT-Wm. Underwood, the
track hand on the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road who was struck yesterday morning by train
near 20 and K streets southeast, died at Provi-
dence Hospital about O'Clock In the afternoon.
The coroner was nottned and the body was re-
moved to the late home OF deceased, No. lis NJ
street southeast. The coroner, 1t was stated would
hold an Inquest this afternoon at O'Clock at the
Baltimore and Potomac depot, but at that hour
no one could be found ut the depot who could give
any Information concerning an Inquest or inyesti-
CATION. The engineer OF the train which killed
Underwood did not see the unfortunate man, as
he was looking In another direction, at Landon,
another employe, who narrowly escaped being
struck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14

REPORTS TO BIZ MADE TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
The Commissioners have made an order requiring
all reports from officials In charge OF the several
departments OF the District government requiring
action by the Board OF Commissioners TO be ad-
dressed 10 the Commissioners OF the District, and
transmitted through the usual channel 10 the
Commissioner having charge OF such department,
and hy him TO the Board Of Commissioners.
WHY THE JANITOR WAS NOT PAID.
The Commissioners have written TO Speaker
Carlisle calling attention TO the tnadvertent
omission Of The name OF the Amidon school build
ing from the last District appropriation, by reason
OF which the commissioners have been unable 10
pay the 1anitor OF that building for his services
though the $500 Intended for such service was
Included in the gross amount appropriated. They
ask that this matter be corrected Ia the urgency
deficiency bill
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
A Noted Gamblers Revelations.

A celebrated gambler told me few years ago that he had gone out of the gambling business because of the confidence games mixed up with 1t. Said he:
 Tn almost every community of this coun- try where there is any money there will be a few men who like to play game of chance Ike taro. These Werc more or less reliable customers for gamblers, because they some times won and sometimes lost, and were al- ways kept on the string. But suddenly there would appear ill the town a travelling gam bier and his associates, who take room and open game, or perhaps play it in a hotel where he has got good quarters, and only the regular players of the town become ac- qualnted with the fact. Having played q straight game for one evening the next morning the principal in the game or the player whom he is supposed to hire will ap- proach the most solvent of the village play CTS and say: I would like to arrange with you to deal you game. If you will come up tonight and bet strong I will manipulate the box and mako you a winner to high figure. UT course, you Will divide with me- I am gong to leave that mar, and want stake
 ''So the village victila will take out of his bank or stocking a largo portion of his money and go to the private place, where mo- body lmaGlnes any gambling exists, or es- peclally that he, the business man, the coal operator, the bank teller, Is risking anything Ill that outlawed way. The player will have his eye on the victim, and he will bet accord ing to arrangement, and for Q little while the cards will waver, and finally the man will have lost more than ever before He will leave the room a wondering, sick creature. But the fellow who was to deal to him the game will manage to see him during the evening or the next morning, and say: I couldn't deal you that game last night be- cause old smith was watching me. Tonight am going to get rid of him, and will fix 1t for you all right; so come at me again The man will go the second night, and lose the remainder of all his means. His first step to ruin is consenting to be partner in a swlndle, even upon a gambler The whole game i'll coming to that town was to get his particular money, and In that gamo were dealer, boss gambler and eyerybody."- "Gath's" New York Letter in Cincinnati En- Quircr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Railway Stocks and Debts.

Out of 237 representative railway stocks 164 are below par. Of these, only eighteen are worth 50 per cent and upward while forty-nine range in value from 50 to so per cent, and G7 arc below 50 per cent, some running down to l or 3 per cent of their nominal worth. Indeed, so far from being surprised at railway insolvency, it does not, in view of railway history in this country, seem inaccurate to say that the dominant American railway policy is to cumulate in- debtedness to the uttermost limit without set ting bounds to borrowing and without provid- ing means of payment
 Added cause for wonderment is the callous, indifferent condition of the public mind in reference to railway indebtedness. On Dec. B1, 1886, it amounted to S4 ST, GOO, 900, sum nearly twice as great as the largest national debt we ever owed. Per capita it is over S67. The interest charge upon it was at the end of 1886 S1S7, 100000, or about $290 per capita per annum. The debt is in this aspect na- tional burden, demanding the earnest atten- tion of the people and the sincerest consider ation of the wisest statesmen, lest it become a burden too great to be borne by the public and our system of railways become swamped in the miro of bankruptcy and repudiation Yet grave and serious as are the problems connected with it, the attention of neither voter legislator nor railway manager has been turned to them.-Forum.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Music for the Invalid.

The annals of medical history, ill fact, abound in records of cases ill which music has accomplished cures when every effort of attending. physicians failed to produce any satisfactory result. Our nervous organism Is the seat of sensation, the handspring of vitality, whereby our imagination is uliko stimulated and controlled The irfluenc. of the imagination on health is exemplificti by those who are the victims of hypochoudri- asls, and even ill cases of actual physical ailments the intelligent physician recognizes the importance of diverting the patients mind from the contemplation of his condi- tion, which invariably tends to aggravate his symptoms
 Presuming, of course that tho invalid is not one of those unhappy mortals having n violent distaste for music, what can be better adapted to cheer the mind and rein vigorate the entire system than an art which appeals directly to our emotional nature? In some instances instrumental music has the most potent effect, and in others a song which recalls pleasant memories has the greater influence. Like oil other medicine, ln order to be efficacious it must be pure and well compounded and of q kind adapted to individual requirements The subject is one of considerable interest, and it's careful study is likely to result ill much practical Gooi- Boston Musical Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Do Fish Feel Pain?

The recent instance of a bream taking the hooks Of two anglers is one of the endless proofs that fishes cannot feel what we call pain" the product of certain nervous influ. ences upon tho brain or sensorium. I have had several similar instances in my own ex- perience, and generally, in manipulating thousands of many kinds of fish during my angling. days, never could detect the slight est evidence of their feeling pain even while being cut open with Q knife Tho only ap- proach to such evidence was Q slight con- vulsive quivering (but not necessarily at tended with pain) on breaking the spinal chord by pressing back the heads of trout, I having been taught to do this from boy- hood, as when instantaneously so killed they were believed to keep longer fresh. Two years ago trout was taken with the fly in Cam bridgeshire having four or five other fiv hooks sticking in it's gullet--a most sensitive part in warm blooded animals
 Sir Charles Bell the great anatomist and author of famous book on ''The Hand, ,' discovered that the cause of this immunity from pain is that in fishes the nerves of sen sation are absent. In mamnaalia the nerves of motion and sensation run in pairs Fishes have the former only; but, of course, also have those for such ''senses" as they possess, sich as sight, etc., but these senses have no connection with sensation" (pain)-a very different thing. Thus the gentle art of angling Is free from any reproach on the score of giving pain.-J. D. Dougall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Cases of AhScntninGnII

A good place to study absentInindcdDess is i'll a restaurant Nearly all of them accumr. late little store of umbrellas. canes. cloves overcoats, wraps, handkerchefs, eyeglasses pocketbooks, latch keys, jewelrv, hairpins muffs, parcels, hand bags, and in fact every. thing that Is not fastened to customers by nature or tho tailor, or cannot follow then, out, like children and dogs Men have been known, after ordering their meal, to Iall into fits of abstraction so deep that they got up, paid their bill and were about to walk out, till reminded that they had not eaten what they bought. Others have eaten anu passed out forgetting to pay though this kind of abstraction anu the abstraction practiced by pickpockets have features in conllnon.-New York Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Textbooks Published by the State.

All the schools of California are now SUD- piled with textbooks published by the state Eight books have been thus far issued. and in few years no books published by private concerns will be in use The best talent among the locai educators is employed in writing these books, and no array of middle men is allowed to increase the retail prices The state grammar i5 sold for 50 cents, a re- duction of p cents on the grammars for merly in use. The price of the general his tory Is 50 cents, instead cf S125 under the old system The other books ere proportion- ately reduced A small per cent. of the money received for these books is invested in sink ing fund, and it is estimated that in twelve years the publication department will have paid for it's plant and will then he self SUD- porting. The books thus far issued arc highly spoken "f by most of the teachers-Boston HranScriDt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
JOURNALISM IN VIENNA,
Tanner of Conducting the Austrian Daily
 Pnrcr-Journalistic Courtesy,

Manner of Conducting the Austrian Daily PDrcr-Journalistic Courtesy. Journalism in Viennna is quite different affair from journalism in either Berlin Paris. London or New York Not only is the num- Der of newspapers published in the Austrian capital much smaller, there being only eleven dailies, but the manner of conducting them is also different from that followed in the other European centers. With the exception of these the Viennese newspapers appear twice q day-in the morning in time to catch the mails and at in the afternoon after the closing of the Bourse. Only one appears three times day, adding to the issues already named supplement distributed about 6 in the evening"
 Tho comparatively small number of news papers published in Vienna is doubtless owing to the diversity of languages spoken through out the empire, and which necessarily limits the circulation of metropolitan journals to those provinces ill which German is spoken. 1t is also to be noted that no papers are al- lowed to be sold in the public streets, there being no stands and the police regulations absolutely prohibiting the Gin other cities) harmless and necessary newsboy from plying his trade. When, therefore, the worthy citi- zen of Vienna wishes to purchase a paper he Is compelled to wend his way to a tobacco shop.
 The Viennese newspapers, with the excep- tion of The Vaterland, the organ of the Cleri- cal party, neverW Wndulge in heated discus sions. Thoughtful articles, carefully studied and generally moderate in tone, foreign in- telllgence, local news, interviews, feuilletons. chronlques, very complete financial articles, and many dispatches, very long and going largely into detail-such are the usual con tents ot a Vienna journal. As have said. there are very few arguments between jour- nalS and none at all between journalists The editors of rival sheets rarely come into personal collision, and in the rare instances ill which duels have been fought the greatest secrecy has been preserved regarding them. Reporters are held in great esteem, and their enterprise is in consequence remarliabIe.- Foreign Cor New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
When Small Change Is Wanted.

A man who rushcs into place hurriedly "nd asks for small change for q bill is con- sidcred 8 blooming nuisance Ill all first class commercial centers, and the inventor of the patent cash register is hailed cs q public benefactor ill these quarters. Why? We'll, because it is impossible to open the drawer of the register to get change unless a sale is 'rung up" In consequence the applicant for change is obliged to mako a purchase before he can be accommodated. This helps trade and creates a good excuse to stave of the people who want bill broken for nothing.- Chicago Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
THE ROCK OF AlUDAH.

Aiudah! See the blackening waves al4E.rce Against the shore, like armies to the fray, Then break in silvery clouds, while rainbowS
 dance
 In :he long lines of diamonded spray They strike, they break, they die on the lagoon Like stranded whales their long triumphant
 swell
 Now h:deS the prostrate shore; retre0ting soon They leave the pearl, the coral, and the she'll So, youthful bard, will passion surgcS roll On thy young heart, but do thou seize the tyre And wake the soul of music, at Ter hymn Ths threatening floods will suddenly retire. And on the strand of thy delivered soul Leave songs whose splendorS never shall be dim
 -Garnett from the Polish.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Old Cookery and Modern,

"Old fashioned molasses candy" advertised in many candy shops. Fraudulent. Old fashioned molasses candy means plain mo- lasses boiled down, unscented, unfiavored and not pulled to brittleness. It bends The modern stuff breaks. Too much mixing and meddling with the modern made article. Let molasses candy alone and it will flavor itself. Modern cookery often does too much. Uses too many ingredients. Puts sugar in corn bread. Ditto in wheat cakes. Natural flavor of meal much better. Ask a southerner.- Prentice Mulford in New York Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Monitor Class of War yesse,s

Hundreds of others of different types have sprung up and disappeared, the designers of each claiming in the last that the true system had been found. But the monitor class. al- though neglected for years, has never lost it's place as factor among the ironclads of the world The question arises, Why has the monitor been neglecteda Is it because there Is an unwarranted doubt of her seagoing qualities with which the misfortunes of the first monitor enshrouded it? The loss of that vessel could not reasonably be a reflection upon the safety of those that followed, for 1t was designed for service in the inland waters Her construction, not unlike that of a New York ferryboat, showed that she was mani festly never intended by her designer to be sent to sea. The structural weakness was in the overhang; the deck being so arranged that the beams rested on the hull proper, pro Jecting some feet beyond, upon which the plating was fastened. The sea striking under this extension started the deck from the hull and caused her loss
 Subsequent monitors have no overhaur The iron hulls are built up to where the out side plating goes on; then recede inboard to the thickness of the plating, the latter resting on this shoulder, flush with the outside hull which, being bent in to form the shoulder. continues up inside the plating to the height of the deck.-J. J. Brice, lieutenant com mander U. E. N., in New York Times,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
NY. & NE. Railroad Time Table,

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows: Boston-7.3O m, l, 3.4Opm Return S.30 m, 3 pm. Providence-7.30 a. m. leo. 34Opm Return, 3 l5 d. m.; 30 P. m. New York-SOO a. m.; l. .55 D. m Return, S.54 a. m.; 3.3S D. mi WOrcester-7.3O 30 a. m.; 100, D. m.. Return GAS, 930 a. Ill. Norwich-7.3O a. m.; 1 .OO $40 D. m
 Return S.95, 10.42 a.. m.; <. 2.35 psm New London-7.30 30 a. m; 100, 3lO D. m- Return, 7.55, 1905 m.; ?. % D. m Putnam-7.3O a m.; LOO 3.4Op m. Return, S.15, 10.45 q. m. Willimantic-730 a. m: 100 34Opm m
 Return. 9.10. 1l.32 a. m.; 3. .25 D. m Springted-7.30, 900 a. m.; $40 D. m
 Return, 7.3O a. m.; 3 20 D. n New IIaven-Nia Plainville, 7.3O a. m.;1.oop,
 Return, Il .O4 a. m., 400 E. m. Hartford-7.30, z. % a. m; 1. .OO $40 SOonm
 Return, 6.35, lO4O a. m.; F. .35, 4 15 G. 40 D. m View Britain-730, goo 8, m; 100. $40, 500 D. m.
 Return, 6.55, .04 a. m.; 12.53, 4.3S, 6.5S pm Plainville-7.3O, 500 a. m.; .O0, $40, soc D. m.
 Return, TOT, Ills a. m.; l. .02. 4.5O, so D. m ForestvilIe-73O 900 a. m; $40 sOOpm
 Return, 7.12 II 20 a. n.; f1.O .O5, 4.54 f. 1o pm Bristol-7.3o, 800 a. m; 100, $40, 500 D. m,
 Return, 7.19 1126 a. m.; 1.14 :. co < IS D. m Terryville-7.50, 800 a m.; 1.OO 40, 500 D. m
 Return, 730, 11.37 3. m. 1.25, 5.11, 7.2s D. m Waterville-7.3O a. m; $40, 500 D.. m.
 Return, 7.4S, 11.55 a. m; 5 2 7.45 p. m Union City-fS;ooa. m; fs:o5. f5. .ss p. m.
 Return, tS.42 a. m; f12. 10, f. AS D. m, Towantic-fS.00 % a. m.; f.. .o5, f5. .3S D. m
 Return, tS32, .52 a. m.; TBS p. m. SOUthford-S.00 8. m,; 1.55, 205, 55S D. m
 Return, S.2S, 11.4O a. m.; 1926, 731 D. m. Hawleyville-8.00 a. m; 1.55, 2.O5, 53s D. m'
 Return, 7.54, 9.45. Il. .59 m.; 7Q D. m, DanDury-S.OO a. m.; 155 2.O5, 53S D. m
 Return, TAO, 910 Il ,45 a. m.; 6.50 p. m. BrewSters-S.00 a. m; ]. .55. 2.05 D. m
 Return, GAS, 11.25 a. m.; 6.3O D. m. Fishkill on Hudson-S.OO a. m.; 155 E. m
 q. m. 50 D. m.
 A. c. KENDALL. GeR'l Pass Agent, Boston, c IT. PIATT Surt TIartfOr6
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
A Town in Eucnos iyrcs.

It Is said that near BGeIos Ayres ;l whole town is being built at once, consisting of SOO houses, with town hall, postofice, court house, library, theatre and church, several hotels, office buildings and restaurants, a tramway line, and system of sewers. The new town is intended for Italians, of whom great numbers emigrate to Buenos Ayres, and, out of compliment to them, is to be named Garibaldi.--Public Opinion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Kept the Ladies Away.

Visitor to Sanctum-How is it, Ouillpen3 You always used to have ladies dropping in to see you about puffs for church sociables, etc, Now there hasn't single lady been in here this morning.
 Editor-Noi put stop to that business.
 Visitor-Howf
 Editor-Why, I inserted paragraph stating that tho mice were getting so thick in,,this office that they frequently ran up the table legs to sec if there was any cheese in our pockets. Since then there hasn't been 0 lady inside the building. Burlington Free Presa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
What Good Teeth Mean.

Good tee+h mean-to Q certain extent good digestion and consequently good health, while bad teeth often mean the contrary. Too many people force the stomach to do the work that the teeth should have done, and the much abused, long suffering stomach re- be's at this new function thrust upon it, and the most dangerous results follow as q natu- ral consequence.-N Stocklaan
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01

Some of the English railway cars are lighted by gas, others by oil. The lamps are dropped through and depend from the roof, and are lighted and controlled from the top, as there is no way for an official to enter the car while the train is in motion If you wish to darken the car, there is Q very good and simple arrangements small dark shade or curtain which slips under the lamp and shuts out nearly all of the liSht.-Home Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-01
Large pIaccs of Morsbi,,

The largest Christian place of worship in the world is the church of St. Peters in Rome, which has capacity for d congrega- tiod of 54,OO0 persons. The three next in order of size are: Milan Cathedral, which holds 32O0O; St. Paurs, Rome, which will contain 32,O0O, and St. P2uIs, London, with capacity of 2O,G0o. The space covered ivy the buildings Of St. Peters is said to be 24O,. 000 square feet, or about tivo and half Eng. fish acrcs.-Boston Budget