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DIED.
BARBOUR, On December 10. 1888 ROBERT PER-

~. ~ III heVeinocr 10, 1861 hobEhI FER
Funeral from scottish Rite cathedral 1907 stree.
Friends can view the remains after 10 O'Clock = m
Sunday at the cathedral interment 1t osk Hi oeme-
BoGGs; on December 20. lsss, NJ 4.45 q m.
' fnasr ,r BoGSs ~ the siItyninth year q his
Rsssy .na TREND.
aSa On sf 9f' Ssoy al VIE y fss
NJ. uersl ron ,he residence Of her d.ushte51
.. IN. Relatives and friends invited % attend
GUNSEIL On peoember 10. 1855, at 4 Is O'Clock
pn. CAll-lE. beloved wife Of J. O. Gunneu and
daughter Of Mr.; and Mrs James Baker.
at O'Clock Friends and relatives invited 70 attend
NINA A%k hSis peI sssa a. S lsss a, $50
Mary l. Hawkins aged two months and 81 dave An1
Funeral from the house. 937 Fourth street SOUTH
LEWIS on Thursday, December 20. 1885, .. IL is
Funeral .Tgm Me,TYPolitAn NJ. T. church. Sunday.
MAHAGAN: on December 81. 1885, at b.45am.
: ROBERT MAHAGAN, beloved husband Of Matte p
bore with Christian iortitude, aged twenty sx years
Call not back the dear Departed,
Anchored safe where storms are o'oR.
ON the border land we left hun.
Soon 20 meet and psrt more
Far beyond this world q care,
We shall md our missing loved one
In our Fathers mansion fair.
BIZ HIS VIM.
Funeral VII take ps S a. Of his fsthern
day, December 81 sss at the nous ~ = an Sun
vices at Trinity Catholic church at 80 PM Inter-
ment at Holy Rood cemetery
0'C0NNoR. On Friday December 2l lsss NJ
II IS O'Clock am, PATRICK. the beloved husband Of
Margaret O'Connor IN the xtieth year OF his a..
Funeral will take place sunday, December 23 at 30
pm. IRON hs late residence, SO.s2 street norfhxrxt
Services at Trinity Catholic church. Georeetown !.
PAlNE: ON december 20, lsss. IN Brooklyn n
u, ELSIE CUMMINGS PAINE, daughter Of Lieut. n
G, Paine, L. r. N and Helen y. Paine aged ten wears
Funeral services at the house Of Prof Conn i.sol
street northwest on Sunday. December pa Al . n M
lnternent at Oak Hill cemetery
wAGGAMAN. ON Friday. December 2l 1855
FRANCIS ST ANN, infant son Of Thomas and NAY
Agnes Maseaman.
WASHINGTON. Suddenly on December 81 1883
EDWARD BERNHARD. beloved son OF Charles ri
aud Clara b. Washington, aged two months aud four
days.
Little Eddie. can Il be
No more thy look Of love I'll see,
Those blue eyes now closed in DEATH
III think Of thee with Thy last brasfh
BIZ HIS PAREurs
Funeral from his parents residence 92e II street
invited ~ attend
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Drawbacks on Jute Baling.

SUIT FOR APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER, ETC.
W. T. Wilson to-day, by J.J. johnson, filed
bill against W. T.. Riggs, E. John Ellis ct al,
for the appointment of receiver for a certain
draft to require the members of the firm of
Riggs, Whiteley & Co., to pay their proper
tons of the surplus to plaintiff, and to enjoin
their interference with the assets. The bill
states that November 8, 1886, W. T.
Riggs, w. s. Whiteley, Mrs. G. G. Riggs,
Z. Jno. Ellis, Jno. Johns, and d. A. Mcknight
entered into an agreement for the purpose of
procuring contracts from individuals having
claims against the United States for drawbacks
on jute and to prosecute such claims; that it
was provided that the business be conducted
by Riggs, Whiteley & Co., for the mutual ben
eft of all parties, the proceeds to be dis
tributed as follows: Twenty per cent
to Mrs. @. G. Riggs, IS per cent
to Ellis and Johns, As per cent to W. T. Riggs
and W. 8. Whitley, ana 10 per cent to Mrs.
Riggs, to be used by her in and for the interest
of the firm. The complainant states that they
procured claims and the amour. of S4OO, 600:
that in July, 1887, W. s. Whiteley applied to
plaintiff for an advance of money, and he
loaned him the money, Whiteley assigning
half of his interest in the firm to secure him;
and he charges that the defendants have re-
fused to give him the relief he is entitled to-;
that large sums OF money have been received by
them, Mrs. Ellis receiving $40, 900 and between
$4,000 and 81 600 to be used for an unlawful
purpose for procuring surreptitiously and by
collision with public officer information as
how business was conducted in the Treasury
department in reference to draw backs on iute
baling.
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SKIN DISEASE Or A CH11D
CURED BY cUTICURA REMEDIES

When six months old. the left hand Of our little
Frandchild began to swell. and had every appearance
Of large boil We poulticed it. but all to purpose.
About i've months after II became running sore
other sores formed He then had two Of them each
hand and as his blood became more and more impure
IL took less time for them to break out came
the chin beneath the under lip. which very Of
fensve. His head solid scab, discharging
great deal This was his condition at twenty-five
months old, when I undertook the care of him, his
mother having died when he was . little more than
year Old, Of consumption scrofus of counsel He could
walk little. but could not get up he fell down. and
could not move when in bed, having no use Of his
hands i immediately commenced with the CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES. using all freely. One after
another healed bony matter forming in each of
these five deep ones Just before healing which would
finally loose and taken out; then they would
heal rapidly One of these ugly bone formations pre-
served After taking dozen half bottles he
completely cured. and is at the Of six years,
strong and healthy child. MRS Z. 8. briggs,
6l2 f. Clay ST., Bloomington, III.
Sold everywhere. Price: CUTICURA. SOC; SOAP,
25c.. RESOLyENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO, Boston. Mass.
USend for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
BABY'S Skin and Scalp preserved and beautihed by
the use of CUTICURA SOAP. d1s,19,21.22
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Look Out for Fortune Teller.

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR
While absent on my calls this morning, nv
house Cat about IL o'clock was visited BY
white woman, with swarthy skin and deep black
eyes, about forty years Of age, stout of stature,
dressed with q black shawl and dark dress.
She wore her hair in plaits down her back,
hoop earrings, hat with large black pin, and
carried large square basket She rang the
gong at basement door, which being answered.
she asked il the madam Of the house had any
china that needed mending. Upon being told
no, she asked the servant if she wanted her
fortune told. The servant told her NO"
whereupon she asked to be let in . little while,
so as to tell the fortune where no one else would
hear it. At the same moment she pushed in,
walked into the kitchen followed by the SER
want, deliberately seated herself, grabbed the
servants hand and told her that she would not
stay in her present place long, but would get
a much better one with smaller family and in
creased wages. The servant tried to pull her
hand away, but she held il fast and the servant
being greatly frightened did not know what to
do. She kept telling the gypsy Cor what mott
that she did not want to hear her fortune but
did want her to go out At this juncture my
little girl, aged thirteen years, came into the
kitchen; The gypsy told her to go upstairs at
once which she did to tell her mother. When
the child left the fortune teller told the servant
that she saw a cross in her palm and it meant
a great deal she ought to know at once; that
she should go upstairs, get 81 and make a wish
on it and give it to her. and then she would tell
the meaning Of the cross. The servant told
her that she would not do it, as her mistress
would not permit her to leave anyone alone
downstairs, but the gypsy persisted in staying
in spite Of all the urging to get her out. NV
wife suddenly thought Of a ruse to get her out
after hearing from her daughter the condition
of affairs downstairs. She sent her daughter
down 10 say to the servant that that her papa
wanted the servant upstairs at once Upon
delivering this message aloud the gypsy, evil
IDENTIFY believing there was man in the house,
got up and went out Immediately saying to
the servant as she went out: "You 90 up and
get the money! will wait out here" The
girl, glad to get her out, hastily locked and
bolted the door to keep her there. She re-
NAMED outside for some time, but finding the
girl did not appear departed.
In view of this occurrence, which has caused
considerable fright to my family, have
thought best to write you, in order that others,
being notified, will not open the door to her, a.
she is evidently visiting about under the pre-
tense Of telling fortunes, but really to steal
+. G. DRANE, N. D.,
1910 street northwest
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The Glove Craze in Boston.


The Boston women, as q rule, have small
hands. The glove dealers say this, and they
are in position to know. The Boston woman
word than the glove clerks use-about how
their hand is fitted. It is said by those in q
position to know that feminine human nature
is nowhere better shown than at glove coun-
ter. The attempts to coax a ~ glove on to q
"a hand are not always satisfactory as to
back to the ears Of the patient woman who
makes it her business to sell gloves. There are
women, too, who 60 into the glove stores and
cause no end Of trouble who have no idea Of
buying glove or Of doing anything save seeing
the latest and best things in the market. These
women, however. are soon known to the clerks,
and are apt to meet with their Just reward
very curt treatment. II Boston has Q craze
over anything in the way of gloves IL is over
the hook glove. So great is the demand
for this that it is predicted by those in the bus-
ness that another year will see almost no but
ton gloves at all on sale. The value Of the glove
worn by Boston women depends upon the wo-
man and the occasion, SO that no popularity
can be said to exist here in that respect. Ameri-
can made gloves, the dealers say, are not q sue
cess. The French have the best kid, un-
derstand how to get the best cut and color, and
in fact are away ahead Of the American glove
maker in every respect. The number of pairs
OF gloves that q woman wears in b year de-
ponds more upon the condition Of her pocket
book than upon her pleasure in the matter.
Some women, many in fact, do not wear over q
dozen pair Of gloves in q year, while others
will wear perhaps ten or more dozen. Gentle
men must again wear gloves 1T dancing par
ties, afternoon weddings and all other COCA
sions whore full or demi-dress il the rule, or
they will be considered as extreme economists.
Men are apt to get their gloves too tight, while
women can never get them tight enough. The
Parisian fashion OF wearing gloves that do not
match in color has not reached Boston % vet,
out there il no knowing how soon the odd fash.
ion may be taken mp.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP

PxMroN FRAuDs.-The Commissioners Of
pensions has been advised that Chas.
Muller, Of wicks, Montana, was convicted In
q. g. court for Montana, on the 18th inst,
upon charge Of forging the name Of Chas.
Muller (the true pensioner) upon the back Of .
pension check, whereby he obtained payment
theron. He has further been advised that
viletta d. Mann, formerly Morehouse, was
brought before u. g. Commissioner Bloodeood,
OF Milwaukee, Wis, on the 18th inst, and held
IN bond of e500 for appearance at next term Of
o. 8. court, at Milwaukee, Wis, to answer
secure payment Of fraudulent claim for PEN
sion.
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George 6herow, chiropodist, ID under ar.
rest at Poughkeepsie for dosing his wife with
poisoned whisky and thereby causing her
death.
Presidents Of the western railroads met In
New York yesterday and unanimously decided
70 put stop 10 rate cutting and the payment
Of extra commission
M. Garrett remained quiet at Ringwood, n.
J., yesterday. The family have abandoned
the project Of going 70 Morristown, and ere
negotiating for . houss in TIE south. should
satlsfsctory arranssmsnts be made, the family
viii remove thither next week.
4iss LsrotiA Aexandar was swsrded a.. eo(
~ jury In Chicago yesterday In her sud
Against The esta4s Of The late y. 9. Asxandsr,
. bosus q SaoNoo Il he would nct nary, ana
agreed 10 pay her Tor fixing care of his ageQ
parents. Which shs did far twenty ysarA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22

A CouNrRYHAN AND Hm Pmror.-Jos. Hack
EFT, young colored man from the country,
came to the city yesterday to make some pur-
chases. Last night he turned up in saloon In
the Division, where he Aourished pistol, and
the proprietor ran him out He soon fell into
the hands Of the police and the weapon was
found ON him. This morning Judge Miller
gave him lecture on the dangers Of carrying
pistol and fined him ESQ or ninety days.
LnRAaIAx sroTyoRD on BooK-lxApzxo.-In
TT. 6rA1's mention Of the features Of interest at
the entertainment for the benefit Of the women's
dispensary ct Masonic Temple, reference 70 the
reading OF Mr.. A. r. Spo6ord, librarian Of Con-
gress, was Inadvertently omitted This reading
was an eloquent tribute 10 the usefulness and
pleasure Of book-resding By one whose posi-
ton and scholarly attachments gave great I'M
terest to his wordA The entertainment Of
authors' rsadings, novel until recently % far
- local authors ere ooneernsd, win probably
become . fAvoEits ens IN thls city. Waking
ton 4 rich IN ~ nsseesay aassriaa Tor saeh
sssdingA
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Tn FR1rsn o. AL

PONDS EXTRACT II used In the household Of the
prrsident ss well - that Of the humblest citizen
Menberp Of the Army and the Navy, the Bar, the
Esnch the pulpit and the rsnks and classes
Of p<ople-have sent their personal experience and
for the last forty until their letters have
nlled vol tsstfyins TO the WONDERFUL cure q Al
EXTRACT. ..,,
brd Wrapper with Landscape trademark thsFeon Del
v1ah respectable druggists only. myZS
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Treasury Department Changes.

PromotiOns-C. P. Montgomery, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, from $500 to 81 900 class; J.
F. Gibbs, OF Kentucky, from 81, 600 to class one
in the Office of the general superintendent of
the life-saving service; W. A. Widney, of Penn
sylvania, from class four to bookkeeper, at
81, 200 per annum, and Mr.. NJ. NJ. Maigne. of
Virginia, from S720 to the $500 class in the
Office Of the Secretary; c. D. Cone. of Illinois.
from $500 to class one, and Mr.. l. K. Wood
the office of the second auditor: Mrs. E. l..
Nourse, of New York. from $500 to 81 200 class
in the Office of the first auditor; F. E. Patter-
son, Of Pennsylvania, from class two to class
three; c. A. Stewart, of Virginia, from class
one to class two, and Miss s. N. Cartwright of
Massachusetts,, from 5000 to class one in the
Office of the comptroller of the currency; John
G.. Oil, from $50 to 1899. and Miss NJ. J,
Meany, from 1926 to $3.50 in the bureau of en-
craving and printinp
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Irving to Recover His Rond.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-An attachment was
granted to-day in the supreme court chambers
against the property in this state of Marion w.
Lewis, of Louisville, KY, in a suit by L. Ber-
ghoz to recover 81 900. Plaintiff alleges that
Lewis obtained from him first mortgage bond
Of the Kentucky and Arkansas Land and Indus
trial company under an agreement to sell the
same. 1t has not been sold and Berghoz al
leges that Lewis has refused to return the
same.
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He Bet on the Wrong Horse.
AND NOW HE Is TO GO TO THE PENITENT1ARY
FOR A YEAR.


In the Criminal Court Judge Montgomery,
to-day. John A. Van Buren,, who pleaded guilty
last Saturday to an indictment for the forgery
of q check in the name Of R. o. Edmonston,
was called up for sentence. Mr.. T. C. Taylor
made an appeal for the leniency of the court.
The defendant acknowledged his guilt, stating
that he had expected to pay the money back,
and Mr.. Edmonston had given him all the time
he required to pay it back but he had failed to
do 50. He explained that he lost the money
gambling; put his money on horse-race, and
having gotten his poinss from member Of the
Jockey club he supposed he would win, but it
did not so turn out, and he was unable to pay
the money back.
The court sentenced him, in consideration Of
the fact that this was his first offense, to one
year in the penitentiary on one count in the
indictment, and suspended sentence as to the
other count charging the uttering Of the
check.
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Death of n Veteran Railroad

CLEVELAND, Dec. 22.-Geo. NJ. RUSSELL secre-
tary and treasurer Of the Bee Line railway,
died this morning of rheumatism. at his resi-
dence, No. 1884 Euclid avenue. He was born
in Adams. Jefferson county. N Y. February
Q. 1917. He entered the service February 1,
1857, as secretary of the Cleveland. Columbus
and Cincinnati, now the Bee Line road. and
never severed his connection with it. Since
1862 he has been uninterruptedly both its sec
rotary and treasurer. His last illness was pro-
tracted and painful
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The Cancels Humps.

FROM the Popular Science Monthly.
Structurally, Of course, the humps are moth
ing-mere Jumps Of fat, collected under a con-
venient fold of the skin, and utterly unprovided
for in the framework Of the skeleton. When
the animal is at its best and well fed they are
full and plump, standing up on his back firm
and upright; but on long journey they are
gradually absorbed to keep up the fires that
work the heart and legs, and in the caravan
camels which arrive at the coast the skin hangs
over, an empty bag upon the creatures TANKS,
bearing witness to the scarcity Of external food
from the interior. starved small camel in
this state OF health far more closely re-
sembles Peruvian llama than any one
who has only seen the fine, well-kept
beasts In European menageries or geological
gardens could readily imagine. But water is
even scantier in the desert than food; and
against want Of water, therefore, the camel has
had to provide himself, functionally at least,
II not structurally, quite as much as against
want OF heritage. His stomach has accordingly
acquired the power of acting as an internal res
ervoir, and he can take in az much water at
the Bahrs or Wadys. where he rests or q while
on his toilsome march, as will supply his needs
for four or five days together. There are some
differences in this respect, however, between
the two chief varieties of the camel. The Afri-
can kind is most abstemious, and bett adapted
to sandy deserts; the Bactrian, a product OF
more varied and better watered country, il
larger and stronger, but less patient Of hunger
and thirst, while at the same time it can man.
age to subsist and make its way into somewhat
| rocker and more rugged country.
Irregularities in the main Office Of The West
ern Union telegraph at Boston, by which the
company was swindled out Of q col siderable
| sum daily, have been detected, and tie dishon
| est employees discharged
At Manchester, N. H., ex-Congressman Geo
W. Marvin died last night from old age, hav.
| ing attained to seventy-nine years. He served
in the Thirty-irst and Thirty third congresses
Asa and William Machon, aged six and fl
teen years, respectively, we're d owned BY
breakieg through the ice at Provid' nee, R. I.
Thursday. A boy named Hunt was drownet
IN small pond in Johnston, r. l., yesterday
within sight Of his father.
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I'd EDITION.
Latest T6lGglamS 10 The Stal.
GLORY FOR THE vICTORs.

Gen. Grenfel Praises his Troops and
Reads them the Queens Telegram.
SUAKIM, Dec. 22.-Gen. Grenfel reviewed
the troops of his command to-day. He after
wards addressed them, praising the bravery
which they had shown in Thursdays battle.
He also read kilograms from Mr.. Stanhope,
secretary Of war, the duke Of Cambridge and
the queen, congratulating them on their vic
tory. The troops enthusiastically cheered the
general
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An Octogenarian Horse Thief.
PARDoNED BY THE PRESIDENT HE REJo1Ns III
CHILDREN IN NEW ORIEANs

PARDoNED By THE PRESIDENT HE REJoINs HIS
CHILDREN IN NEW ORLEANS.
The old man Harry Smith, convicted in the
Criminal Court, December last, of se-steal-
ing was some weeks ago pardoned by the
President conditionally. Having complied with
the conditions by returning to his home in
New Orleans the pardon is now effective.
Smith, who is now about eighty years old,
seemed to have mania for DEMONSTRATING, and
had been arrested several times here and in
Maryland. His last arrest, after having served
term in the Maryland penitentiary for Jail
breaking at Towson. was ON October IS, 1887.
on charge of horse-stealing. He was tried
Dec. 9, and defended by Judge Walker; was
convicted, and in Jan. 20 last was sentenced to
the Albany penitentiary for two years. Efforts
were then made to have him adjudged insane,
but these failed. Judge Walker then went to
work to secure pardon. and succeeded in pro-
curing one on condition that the old man would
return to his children IN Louisiana. Mrs, L..
Barnard furnished the means for his transport
tation. and leaving the city on Thursday he ar
rived in New Orleans. and found some Of his
children, who had supposed him dead. To-day
he telegraphed the fact.
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Real Estate Matters.

Lucia E. Blount has bought of B. h. Warner,
for 5000, part of lot s, square As, Is feet 8
inches by la Seet, on the north side Of =
street, between 9Th and 7th streets northwest
N. B. Harlow has purchased Of G. B. Bond,
for 81 ,i2l, part lots and 10, square l035,
9,495 square feet, fronting l2s feet on East
Capitol street, ct the corner Of 18th street
east.
Justice L.C. Strider has bought, for e7,000, OF
Jane 8. Weingerd, sub P, square 2lI, S,llO
square feet, on the south side Rhode Island
avenue, between 14th and 18th streets north
west
John A. Prescott has bought, for $4,000, Of
@. q: Chappel, sub lot 1, square 889, a feet
inch by 50 feet, at the northwest corner Of 9Th
and H streets northeast.