Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-01

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Hopeful - Ending the strike.
CHIEF AKrHuR AND PRESIDENT Perkins, OF TIE
| BURLINGTON, HOLD A CONFERENCES.
| A dispatch from Chicago last hight said: within
twenty-four hours probably the great strike on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy will be ended.
c. E Perkins. president of the road Tonight Der.
sonally met p. n. Arthur, chief OF the Engineers
Brotherhood, and reached partial understand
ing. When they separated it was with the agree
ana p ,iendly spirit resume ne Oonsdsr.sOn q
tne eimcuiy oeSween the company and It's men,
SaS Y r ans ns
In parlor At the Grand Pacific Hotel not far
from the strikers neadQuarters the details Of
preston was sought to be created that the strike
was largely the result OF Q misunderstanding on
besides Mr. Perkins and Nj. Arthur were ' cSiSf
Sargent OF the nremen; Mr.. Perkins private sec
snd Knight 2, Labor is
ing the meeting aCou Ss' INSTRUMENTAL 'n 0''ns
the railroad seemed to be getting the best OF the
| hight and that the train service was hourly i'm
proving. Enginee.s and firemen were steadily
coming 10 from the East and the on1ces OF the
company were thronged with applicants for posi-.
tons Most Of the applicants however, are said
gineers said that the men being employed to take
their places would not be allowed TO walk the
tracks month ago. Among those employed were
John chamberlain, who was discharged for failure
to pass the color-blind test, aud another, Charles
Tyler, who was discharged for general neglect, has
man named HeadlocE, who was discharged for in
'oxlca'i0n' mas also been given an engine.
Old Southern Homes Decafing.
Savannah News
A great many Of the plantations In different
parts OF the South, which were once well-known
for their size, the magnincence Of the residences
upon them, the hospitality OF their owners, or on
account OF the prominence OF the families which
possessed them, are now falling into ruins. The
| reason OF this Is perhaps that the land has been
worked so long without being fortified that it
become poor, or 1t may be chat those into whose
possession II has passed lack the energy and skill
which are required TO make II pay under the pres
ent system or labor. One OF these famous old
places In Liberty County, In this state, was lately
sold 20 coored man for $500 only part OF the
purchase money being required at once. 1t Is
known as Laurel View, and Is within two miles
OF the historic town Of sunbury. IL was once
beautiful home & Tvs was. John Eliot 0 repre-
sented Georgia In the United States senate from
$50 to 1S96 The plantation contains 800 acres
IL was purchased during the war OF secession by
Linton Stevens, and was sold to the present owner
by his heirs. The district in which the plantation
the state until the emancipation Of the slaves for
the wealth and intelligence Of It's citizens 1t Is
now, however, almost wholly abandoned TO the
divided into small farms, and the superb man
sons once the homes OF men noted for wealth
and culture and OF women famous for beauty and
refinement, are falling into decay and being re-
placed BY cabins and huts, whose ch1mneys OF
sticks and mud tell more plainly than words the
marvellous change for the worse which has taken
place In the once rich and prosperous district
POlygomy In Scandinavia.
From the London Figaro.
1t is curious that SO little attention has been
paid by the press OF the country to the burning
question which Il at present agitating the people
OIL Scandinavia. tits not exaggerating matters TO
state that the country Is the verge OF civil war,
the nation being divided into two hostile factions,
the question at issue being whether pOlygamy
shall be recognized as q legal institution. The
liberals under NJ Nissen, who is a divine and
president OF the National temperance Union, are
agitatlng In favor OF the adoption OF polygamy;
the conservatives are striving resoluteiy against
It's recognition. very strange feature or the
struggle Is that the peasant women have, as a
rule, ranged themselves with the wOuid-be
polygamistS The king and The aristOcracy are
dong all they Can TO put down the agitation, but
NJ. Nissen has the Masses with him, and 1t is GER
Meanwhile the country Is flooded with literature
bea ring on the subject OF the most realistic char
acter and little else is thought OF or talked about.
Royal Princes and Their Pipes.
GREAT SMOKERS AT THE GERMAN CoURT-THE CROWN
PRINCES LOSS.
From the London Referee. Feb 10.
one OF the greatest deprivations which the
crown prince has had to endure is the loss OF his
pipe. "Unser Fritz was always a great smoker,
and he dearly loved to blow a cloud from big
bowled wooden pipe, which the princess royal car
ried for him with her own fair hands. The crown
princess-unlike Mrs. Carlyle-has always encOur-
aged her husband 20 smoke at home.
The man who smokes at home and whose wife
does not object To the smell OF tobacco has the
pathway OF domestic happiness rolled and made
smooth for him. Half the misery OF married life
has Its origin In the lady turning up her nose at
the smell OF cigar. The crown princess has never
10 CTptof vnIn
has she spent with her husband at home She do.
ing her needle work reading aloud and lie smOk-
Ing his long Pipe and feeling beautifully cOmfOrta-
OF late the poor prince has had his pipe taken
out OF his mouth. His ailment has literally put
his pipe OUT. Not only must he not smoke himself
but he cannot breathe tile air that is impregnated
with tobacco, and so his sons when they come 10
see him have to smoke out OF doors 1t is TO this
fact that San Reno &C one time mustered among
its attractions roy al prince with a briar-roOt
pipe perpetualiy In his mouth. Prince Henry, the
English fashion, and smokes 1t morning, noOn and
night. You could meet him when he was at san
Reno strolling about after breakfast with a WELL
cooreu English short clay or Guilty. In the AFTER
noon he made just this sacrifice TO Fashionable
changed the clay Tor q briar-root.
IL Is related OF him In san Reno that, going to
church one sunday afternoon he started with his
prayer-book under his arm and his briar-root well
aiight In his mouth A young English friend CT
mild remonstrance. "My dear boy" said the
English dandy, ''you are not going 10 church with
tuIuS III yOuT iuOull. Pfince Henry tOOa his
pipe out OF his mouth and looked at IL. IL beg
your PARTON old fellow, he said: IL forgot IT, was
sunday" He ran back home with the 6riar-root
and reappealed with meerschaum.
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Vampire superstition I'm Servia.
The Poster Lloyd reports from Belgrade what
narrowly escaped being fatal case OF shameful
superstition. The police found few nights ago,
lying In the street, the body OF a apparently
frozen 10 death. Efforts TO revive him failed and
his Identity having been ascertained he was
cemetery was a considerable way distan, and as
IL was being reached the driver OF the hearse told
the priest, who attended for the religious service
that he heard some noise In the coffin The Clergy
man and others drawing near also heard the noise
and all ran away lest vampire should issue from
IL and attack them. The driver terrified at ind
Ing himself alone, turned about and drove the
Learse TO the nearest police station. BY this time
knocking was distinctly audible. The collin was
forced open, and the man was found alive and IN
very exhausted state. he complained pathetically
or the attempt 10 bury him despite his remOn.
stranceS He was taken to the hospital, and had
nearly recovered. he had been spending the
evening with some boon companions, and wander
Ing In state or intoxlcatOn fell and became In
sensible from the cold. Probably the 1Olting Of
the hearse revived him. II Is superstition In
Servia and among many Slav people that when
and preys on his near relatives and friends.
PaFistan Elevators and 2 heir Danger.
Paris Letter to the Philsdelphia Telegraph.
The dangers OF the Partisan elevators have once
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