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

From brakes Magazine.
At night the weary old doctor sat down and
noted, as usual, the condition OF his patients:
The ragman-Ptcking up.
The editor-Rapidly declining.
The gambler-A little better.
The postmaster-Must 60.
Smiths wife-Still complaining.
The patnter-More bad signs
The miser-Barely living.
The maJor-Rallytng.
The cashier-Gone.
The actof-On the last stage.
The real estate man-Gall affected.
The butterflies TAT On bones
The Cobbier-Mending.
The jail pris0ner-Wil soon be out
Toe pOol-player-MuSt hand In his checkx
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The two grocers-On the verge of dissolution.
The notwithstanding UP.
The arpenter-Improving.
Jones boy-Bad ana growing worse.
The oarber-Saved by close shave.
The banker-Failing.
The b0otmaker-Wiu not last long
The pug1list-DangerouS
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S0o C0Rr100 TWO k'h0tO10v
From the Pttsburg Dispatch
Since the epidemic OF burglar1es and highway
robberes broke out with such violence In the East
End, q great many ladies, am told, who reside
In that otherwise favored locality, have taken to
pistol and pistol practice. They not only have a
large bulldog revolver stored handiiy in bureau
drawer in their sleeping apartments, but some OF
them, at least, also carry gun In convenient
pocket at their waist. The pistol used as a part
Of street dress has 70 be very small, Of course.
~ to be dangerous to the wearer not the foOtpad
FOR whose benefit ft is worn.
Last night I was talking about this fashion OF
nre-arms Tor womens wear to a lady who Is rather
disposed to criticise her own sex. she laughed at
the idea OF the East End ladies taking to self-de.
tense with guns which are liable to 60 on and
Besides" said she, 81 am pretty well assured
that not one OF these pistol-armed ladies would
flre pistol under any circumstances remember
shortly after tho close Of the war meeting young
lady at q hotel In Nashville, Tenn. The young
lady was said to be strong minded, and she as
sumed q rather naughty style and a loud voice
opened the Jacket she wore and showed me her
belt in which were stuck two small pistols.
s1wouid ike TO see anybody insult met" she
travelling dress before dinner.
81 went into dinner, and had no sooner seated
myself than we heard the most appalling screech,
the the upstais region. The proprietor Of the ho 5T
several gentlemen and all the walters ran upstairs
to see who had been murdered.
the last man laughing at 70 Kun themselvea
tragedy e mirthfuI in its INHALER Then Il came
~The young lady with the pistols had seen, or
rather had vague misgtvtng that she might see,
mouse She was sure It had run under the bed.
0p Us oq
sign Of mouse"
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The Negro lnproving In Locks.
rom the Atlanta Constit ufion.

The Negro lmpFovfnG In L0okss
From the Atlanta Constitution.
the negro II changing in appearance and losing
some OF the birthmarks peculiar to the African
race The now generation IL showing the effects
Of higher culture. Especially is this n0ticeable
In the towns where contact with the whites shows
its effect the 1atnosed, kinky-heAded negro IA
passing away and becoming an unknown race.
All the colored children, no matter how duaky In
hue show the change. Among the females long hair
braids or curis down theif backS AQuiiine noses
and smaller mouths with thinner lips are the rule
For years, and, In fact ever since their freedom,
The negreSees have end6av0rd 10 DO away with the
short and kinky hair bestowed upon them BY theiI
AncestorA Much Of their epere change 1etnveoted
In various hair ton1cs and tnv1gOratorA and tn
In their descendants The South Georgia negro Il
an evidence Of evolutton the survival Of the stest
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Would Nos Conform.

From the Arkansaw Traveller.
Teacher In the backwoods Of Kentucky Ito
boy1-"Why don't your father put pantaloons on
you, instead OF allowing you TO come here with
nothing on but that long shirt"
Boy-'"Lows ter git me some brttches when the
weather gifts cold"
"But you need them now"
"Pap lows DON'T"
SIT Is q disgrace"
ssPap lows that he didn't war nuthin' but a
shirt till he wuz putty nigh grown"
"What does your mother say?"
''She lows that ef had britches I'd war the
knees out"
row you shall not stay here"
''Don't recken IN come back no mo then, fur
that's whut teacher said last year, an pap he
been Twin here too long FUR new folks ter come
along an interfere with hts erfairA Lows that ef
iTks batter change shsI clothes jes Ter ~ er nte
by
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From the Gentlemsn's Magazine.
The primary fault OF all our lights electric light
included is that there Is 80 great waste OF energy
In the form OF heat The giow-worm, the nreny,
and multitude of other animals show that light
may be obtained without any more heat than that
OF the animal body, and without any such danger
as that 30 terribly displayed in the burning OF the
atera RadZisZewsk1 found that animal light rs
due TO the oxidation OF two kinds OF organic mat
ter one containing hydrocarbou ana the other
aloehydes, or something yielding aidehydes when
treated with aikaiS the Isolation or these COM
pounds Is but another step. and their application
both OF them being steps That are but small COM
pared with many that have been made In the
chemistry OF this generation. Ali our existing ar
tifcial lights have another common fault they
are concentrated foci OF glare But for is the
best OF all is the wax or pafafiine candle. room
lighted with 20 candles well distributed Is incom-
parably better lighted than by one 20-candle gas
light or electric light. With the luminous uphol-
stery suggested Lnc diffusion would be still more
complete than with the caud,es. IL would CORE
spond as nearly Is possible 10 dinuSed daylight
and might be made 10 produce most charming ar
tiStic ELECTS
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BOOK NEWS

JOHN wANAMAKER.
Philadelphia
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WOmen's Rights In Ancient Rome.
The exact rights Of woman is always welcome
topic OF chatter to q woman, and 30 this bit Of
ancient history from the Contemporary RepieD
Will be apropos: On one occasion the women OF
Rome gathered in numbers and made public APP
peal The circumstances were these: The trium-
vIrs, Octavianus, Antony, and Lepidus, had pro
scribed large number OF citizens and they con.
scated and sold their estates in order to meet the
expenses OF war then going on. But land was q
drug In the market, and, besides people were I'M
willing to purchase property exposed to sale In
consequence OF violent acts. The sum, therefore,
obtained from the sales fell Tar short OF the amount
required, and the trtumvirs had to look to other
cree that ], 400 OF the richest women In the city
should lay before them an exact statement
OF their means. with severe penalties
against concealment or differentiation, and
they claimed the power TO employ any
portion OF the wealth thus Wported to them
Tor paying the expenses Of the war. The women
tress, but they could flnd no man daring enough
20 plead their cause before the trtumvirs Left 70
their own resources they went nrSt OF all to the
sister OF Octavtanus and the mother and wife OF
Antony. The sister OF Octavianus and the mother
OF Antony gave them kindly reception, but
Fulvia, the wife Ct Antony, drove them RON her
OF trtumvirs. Hortensia. the daughter OF the Ia
nous orator, Hortensius, spoke In their name. She
delivered q powerful speech, which "a highly
praised by the great Latin critic, Qutnttlian and
she succeeded In getting the demands OF the
triumvirs reduced 70 q comparatively small sum.
were, Of course only occasional, but they were
frequent enough 70 show that women had inter-
ests OF their own, and had resolution enough to
assert them when such course was necessary.
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MARRIE0-

Cox.oMEARA On Wednesday srncrnins. Ne,
3oth 1854. At the resdeBce u bridea PARENTS Is
the hey. Dr. Kelly MAGGIE " OMEARA. dau, tel
of W. q. OMezra. 10 JOHN G. COx.of HArrison. ohio
Tuesday evening", May -. 1sss Of q O'Clock at Tia
residence Of the brides mother Ill seventh stresi
youngest d1ushter OF the late John frnch. VI ths
CITY. No cards.
SAyAGE-KING On Tuesday. Maya. 1855 Of ST.
Johns church. Washington. u. q, by Nhe Rev ". q.
Leonard, DID. CHARLES CHAuNCEN sAgAGk ~
ANNE NANDEkOOkr, daughter Of the late Peter ",
King esq, of New lork City.
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CHANGES IN THK MILLS DlLL.

CHANGES IN THR MILLS DILL.
All Bus Thrss Or Tear Dsnecrass Ex.
pecseA % vsss asF 10 - Ansnaea In
Caucus.
The democrsss have finished the caucus consad
Grafton Of the tariff Dill and express satisfaction at
the result They expect to get Q vote on the bill
agreed 20. and think they win not lose more than
three or four votes OF their party, II that many
Two OF the North Carolina man VIII vote for an In
ternal revenue amendment not authorized By the
caucus, but IL Ii not likely that the amendment
Will carry, and they viii then vote for the Dill
The following are the amendments adopted by the
caucus during its several sttings: Changes In the
tine, and all similar preparations, nsh-glue
or isinglass, and ncorice Juice, stricken
out; Paris green and nitrate OF soda
added; bone-black, ivory.black, drop.black and
dropped; German looking glass platter, added;
plums. prunes and fgs hatter's-furs not on the
SKIN, marble BILE. Of gu kinds, IN blocks rough Or
painting and statuary, stricken on the free List.
The duty on licorice paste or rolls is raised from
ce juce which Is taken from the nee list IS put
at 30 per cent al valorem. The duty on kaoline
crude Is raised 70 q per ton; china clay or kaoline
free LIST. The duty on green and colored glass
bottles, yias, demljShns, pickle OF preserve jars
ored bottle glass, not cut or painted, Is
raised from X OF I per cent TO 1
crown and common window glass larger than 10
by "a inches Is increased from ~ to cents per
pound. The old duty OF $I7 per ton Is restored on
slabs and billets OF steel duty Of 40 Of
cent per pound is placed on iron or steel with
longitudinal ribs for the manufacture Of fences.
The old duty Is restored upon wood screws. New
type Is reduced to 15 per cent ad valOrem. Rice
hour and rice meal is reduced from 20
70 IS per cent ad vaiorem. This
The duty on bags and bagging- bagging for
cotton, composed Of ax, hemp, 1ute, gunny- cloth,
Is changed from Is per cent ad valOrem (as In the
Increased from 80 per cent as in the billy TO 40 per
cent ad valorem. Card clothing Is increased from
Is to 20 cents per square yard. The duty on India
to the present rate. The duty on marble, taken
from the free list, il fixed at 40 cents per cubic
foot
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Who L. Charlest

He was an Engiishman, and no quicker In CATCH
ing the meaning Of things he saw and heard In
America than his countrymen usually are He
was riding down town In Back Bay car, when
suddenly, as Park Square was neared the conductor
thrust his head In at the door and cried our sud
denly:
"Charles!"
Three well-dressed women rose hastily and hur-
lied out OF the cor as II the Individual mentioned
were exceedingly elusive and must be caught at
once. The Engiishman craned his neck curfOusly,
but could see nobody remarkable outside.
"Do you mind telling me-" he said TO his COM
fs?,
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Canadian Girls.


HOW coURTTN0 rs DONE NORTH OF THE ST. LAWRENCE.
The New York Press says: Generally the proba-
ton period is six months, and II q young man has
been brought up within Is o. 20 miles OF the lady
to whom he is paying his attentions he necessarily
knows oil about her and her ancestry, and is ex-
pected to make his proposals and announce his in
tentions within that period. II he is particularly
bashful and the young lady induigent she may
give him place on the sofa and accept cOntribu-
lions OF the sap OF the maple with which he comes
laden TO her fresh from the forest for another three
months But unless somewhere In that month he
asks her to be his own he must seek other resides
She doesn't weep at the parting or make any time
over 1t. There are good fish in the sea as ever
were caught, she argues, and In that reason she
nnds consolation for the misspent time. Are
Canadian girls pretty? Well, rather and, better
still, they are all trained to make good house.
keepers. There Is not q young lady from the Red
River to Labrador that cannot make the most
tempting OF wheat cakes as we'll as the rarer
delicacies. They are good helpmates ana never
prove faiLhleSs.
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OF d o y r.


THE BEST FAMILY SOAP IN TIE WORLD.
II ID STRICTLY PURE. UNIFORM IN QUALITY.
The original formula Tor which We paad 100000
twenty ysars ~ nss nevsr bssB modi6sd changed
IN The shehtsst THIS sosp y id~nuoAl An quality ~
day with thss made twsnty ysars sse.
II contains nothing that can injure tbs Asst fsric
II br1ghtens colos and blesches whitsa
IL wss2ss naunels apd blankets - no Other soap In
he world does without shriuhings ssvins thsm son
and white hks nsw.
READ THIs TWICE
Ihns III grsss ssvng u tina od isbor. a soap q
fss md q ths fabric whsss Dobbans' Esserse osse
one Trial wnl dsmonssssts ID sssss n9sa uWfn
pay zoo 10 maks thak trial
L&ks n bsss thinssI 10 n sxssnsvay inits1sa nd
oounssgSottsd
BEWARE or INVITATIONS.
Insist upoa. poBB1Kg Kisstrsa Don't s,hs Mo-
asuc. Electro Nagsc phflndslphfs psceFic. o. sny
otAsr frsnd snply bsc<uss q y chsap. Thsy IN ruia
cothea sndass dsas q ~ pessa A. for
DouDxng U3cTnIC
snd THE - othR. Nsnsy ever grocer fro0 Hsns %
Msxtso kssps d - $500 n yours hasar n - yin
osdse from his sassss vho,ssais ssoeG
nssa s.sueuny - s.sas vrsppss sssusd - Ssr.
- ~ snR9f1 % HolDsw Dtssctioos q go oueaAs
vsauo9 ysa osnnos Aaoed % va isaur buGoss
1syAe ~ 1suzsslf III ola rulish1a ~ 6uly 49,
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Nofoe - C6t1d S0690c0ee0.
FOUND DEAD m rHK HOME THAT WAS BEING PRE-
rkRKD fVR srnMKn Use.
The seven-year-oid daughter OF Frank q. Brown,
OF New YORK. and granddaughter Of L b. Brown,
the FOUNDER Of Eioeron. was found yesterday morn
Ing n Noeron, N. J., with her nurse sufocated 70
oeath The gas was escaping In the room.
The little girl accompanied the servant who had
been sent TO prepare the r. @. Brown residence
TOT summer use. They spent Monday night with
NJ ana MIA l. b. Brown and on Tuesday night
auer spending the day In the vacant HOUSE, did
not return as requested 10 the L b. Brown man.
SION, out retired In the cottage The building was
proxen open early "wednesday morning by ser
were discovered Their struggles had been agon.
ntng. Two gasburners are In the room and one
had peen lighted and was closed. The other had
trusted servant and perfectly familiar with The
O'Clock.
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Racing At EpsOms

LONDON, May 31.-AJ the EPSON meeting TO-DAY
the race for the EPSON grand prize was won by
Lord Bradfords Merry Andrew by a head Mr. j.
H. HouldSwofths Neapolis was second and Mr. j.
A. Crayen's Scene Shlfter was u bad third. The
other starters were Johnny Morgan, Pull Together
socrates, Toscano, Osr1c, and Bullion.
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GEN. Sheridan's Condition.
NO MARKED CHANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

bulletin was issued at 30 O'Clock as follows:
"MAY 81, 1 p. M.-since the morning bulletin
there has been no marked change In General
Sheridan's condition, except possibly a shade OF
improvement. He has rested Qntetly without pain
and expresses himself as Keeling we'll"
signed by Robert H. OReilly, Chas B. Byrne,
Henry G. YarrOw.
At 3 O'Clock there was no change in General
Sheridan's condition. He was then sleeping
quietly.
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MExoRY TRArsrse Fon Women i
THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE
AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

AN lMPOR1ANI LEoSOS
II has long problem for scientists TO discover
how strengthen the memory and NO system has been
levlsed excels that based upon the association
u ideas The following lesson, II COMMITTED 10
memory will assist any woman IN improving her
memory well as her appearance he lesson Is SIN
pie and can be memor1zed in one hour by WOMAN OF
Lookins- glass - Reflection Pmples- Blackheads--
Liver spO;s-Besn Neutrality-suspicious.
Affection lOst-U nclea nlness-he pulsiveness sure
cure-Recamier Creau.-Slaker-Harrie Hubbard Aver
Where OOught-An retail dealsrs-w arnins-Suostl-
tutss dangerous
NEW YORK. December 10. 1856.
DEAR MRS AVER: immediately after my return to
New York to open my engagement, purchaseds jar
Of your Recanier Cream. bottle Of Recamier Balm
and powder. which had seen strongly indorsed
BY Mrs. James Brown Potter and Mrs Langtry also
tnd the Recamier Preparations absolutely peerless,
and you / shall always them IL this letter
Ia any way be of service To do not hesitate to
Usen Very sincerely yours,
HELEN MODJESKA.
Mime. Modjeska. Countess Of BoZenta
To MIS- HARRIET HUBBARD AVER
You can have q beautiful complexion by using
the Recamier Cream. provided you AVOID oil cos
nleties. II Will remove the damage caused by COS
nletics. 1t will pimples, liver spots, black
beads and VI the Any of these imperfec
tons a wonans face Is equivalent to painted sign
saying: This woman Is uncleanly IN her PERSONAL
habits she think worth while To make her
self attractive" Tor Tree sample Of kecamier
powder. Harriet hubbard Aver. % PARK Place. New
York. aplS-om
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The House committee on military affairs has de-
cided to report favorably the senate bill TO revive
the rank Of general Of the Army for the benent of
Leut-Gen. Sheridan.
THE SENATE rARIFF SUBCOMMITTEE
was addressed this morning by representatives Of
the window-giass and glass-bottle interests. The
former want an advance OF duty on large sizes Of
window-glass and the latter want protection
imported fiied, come in free. The tarin on small
phials which Is only 10 per cent, was represented
as too small to afford adequate protection. The
speakers were Congressman Hires, OF New Jersey;
4. l. Bodine, OF Philadelphia: Win. Z. Smith, OF
Alton, lila, and ]. 2. Whitney, OF New Jersey.
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Keep the Babies Warm.

From the PhilAdelphiA Presa
II the thermometer on the wall registers 74o the
chances are that on the floor on cold DAY it win
not go above 500. How many times o day baby
sits down oE the nocr, how many times he puts his
hand down 70 pick up his playthingS and when
ever ne does 30 his whole body enters tempera-
ture OF 4So, or q little over. II you take him on
your lap after sitting on the door awhile you will
mud he Is as cold as O little toad. Then another
thing every time the door Is open he will chill
quicker than you. The cold air rushes In at the
lotion and the warm rushes out at the top OF the
ooor Untn enough has gone out and come In TO
change II about TO the MIDDLE OF the room you
VIII not feel II very much, while be- II he 10 on the
moor, VIII ba entirely In the cold air. II you Try
these experiments few times you win md that
the colder the day the greater viii be the Differ
ence between the noor and the TOD OF the room
Dumley Cat table)-"with me. Miss Spinscer, the
Tomato Is recently acquired taste; have you been
Miss spinsterSFrom child, Mr.. Dumley.n
Dumley-"Indeed, SO long as that9"-Epoch.
Look out for the man who Is advertising an In
Ialilole cure for corn, price 81, and money re.
FUNDED II the corn does not disappear. Ifyou send
him dollar you win receive BY return man the
touowlng recipe: 'Cut on your toe."-N. r. Trio
uue.
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Handling Wasps without Harm.

W. l. Wilder IN Science.
II Is fact not generally known that II one holds
his breath, wasps bees and hornets can be handled
with impunity. The skin becomes sting proof,
and holding the insect by the feet and giving her
full liberty OF action, you can see her drive her
weapon against the impenetrable surface with q
force that Lifts her body with every stroke but let
the smallest quantity Of air escape from the lungs
and the sting Will penetrate at once I have never
seen an exception to this In twenty-five years
observation. fhave taught young ladies with very
delicate hands to astonish their friends by the Per.
formance OF this feat and saw one 20 severely
stung Is TO require the services Of physician
through laughing aC witty remark Of her sister.
forgetting that laughing required breath. For 8
theory in explanation am led TO believe that
holding the breath partially closes the pores Of
the skin. Ny experiments In that direction have
not been exact enough 70 b Of any scientific
AFFECTS the amount OF tnsensible preparation.
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The Modern and Ancient Venus.
HOW THE ONE DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER-wHA
CAUSES THE SURPRISING CHANGE.

HOW THE ONE DIFFERS FROM THE OTHKR-wHAT
CAUSES THE SURPRISING CHANGE
TO get some comparison says the New York
Mail and Express, between the ideal OF a woman's
figure as the Greek sculptors chiseled 1t and the
modern dressmaker and cloakmaker regard 1t, one
cannot do better than compare the proportions Of
the Mediccan Venus with those OF the professional
m odels who exhibit fine goods for the sellers at
the wholesale and retail stores. The Venus Is S
feet inches In height, measures nearly 25 inches
about the waist, 81 inches about the bust and
measures IL inches and the wrist 8. From
the base Of the skull to the waist is
between IA and 10 inches. The approved dimen-
sions for q cloak or dress model, as employed In
che Venus greatly as regards height. Short women
and tall women are needed in the retail stores but
wholesale house exhibiting samples to buyer
will require a woman OF about feet to display
its choicest goods to advantage. Her other meas
urements win be about as follows: Waist, 80
inches, or sometimes "a; bust, 80 inches or occa-
sionally 81; hip measure from As to Al inches;
upper-arm measure IL inches; distance from base
OF skull to waist, 16k inches, and from shoulder
TO shoulder. !3H inches. The modern
ure much more closely than it would
have done twenty years ago. Sixty years ago
there would have been very little comparison
possible between the two. Where the dressmak-
divergence can be traced accurately to the corset
shape, which makes the waist rather smaller the
bust and hip considerably larger than they ought
to be. 1t Is the corset also which makes the waist
exercise is responsible probably for the missing
two inches in arm gifth and the missing inch and
q half In shoulder width. The professional models
are as rule among the most symmetrical women
and In these respects approximate the Greek very
nearly,