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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
The Sewing Circles of Boston.

Boston Letter to the Providence Journal.
Every city has its peculiar social institutions.
though there perhaps are few in this country
in which these are SO marked as in Boston.
Among the many features which distinguish
the social life of this city, one of the most in
dividual, and at the same time least known to
outsiders, is the sewing circle. Everybody
knows the typical country sewing circle, which
has served as a theme for satirical pens from
the days Of Sylvester Judd's Margaret down
to j. 7. Wheelwright's Sewing School for Scan
dal." And perhaps it is a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing proof of the provincalism of Boston that
this characteristic country institution, even in
modified form, should occupy so prominent a
place in its internal economy. Be that as it
may, the sewing circle has come to be the great
social register among u.s. by means of which a
woman's position may be accurately defined.
One may easily make mistakes by differences
drawn from the houses to which people are
invited for lat homes or afternoon teas: il ia
even unsafe to place too much confidence in
the deductions naturally drawn from the cir
cumstances that a lady has dined at unexcep-
tionable houses; but the sewing circle, so far
as is possible in a democratic country, places
its members accurately and finally. 10 know
to what sewing circle a lady belongs is with
the experts, conclusive and ~unimpeachable
evidence of her social status. The genuine
article is composed of the girls who come out
placing lady socially, the particular band to
which she belongs indicates the period of her
advent into the social world. From time to
time, as strangers come to town, by marriage
or otherwise, they are, if judged worthy, adj
mitted to the sewing circle which is deemed
most appropriate to their age and standing.
Not to be admitted to these mysterious lotteries
is a species Of social ostracism of which the
severity is perhaps fully appreciated only by
the native-bOrn Bostonian.
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For Heretical Utterances.
THE CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO REPLIED TO INof
SOIL SUMMONED TO ROME

THE CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO REPLIED TO NIGER
SOIL SUMMONED TO ROME.
"a very significant little item appeared in
one of this mornings papers," said a we'll
known Catholic priest to Sun reporter Mon
day. Here it u.s." he continued, as he read the
following:
Bishop McQuaid and Father Lambert, of
Waterloo. sailed yesterday on La Normandie
for Rome
Now, do you know the meaning of that piece
of news? I'll tell you. That Bishop McOuaid
of the Rochester diocese, is on his way to Bone
is not very strange. He is merely making his
visit ad limina. The significant point, though,
is that father Lambert should accompany
him to the Eternal City. Father Lambert, Of
Waterloo, is the Rev. Louis A. Lambert, who
wrote Notes on IngersOll' He was suspended
from the passionate of st. Mary's church about
a month ago by Bishop .McQuaid. No reason
was given. The reputation Of the suspended
priest made the affair even as interesting to
Catholics as the McGlynn episode. Father
Lambert, however, did not initiate DR.. Nc
Glynn. He kept his own counsel and Quoted
his parishioners; Two weeks ago new pastor
was appointed in his place. It is the general
opinion that Bishop McQuaid suspended him
by order of the Roman authorities Heretical
utterances it is said, is the ground on which
this action is taken. Now you see WHY it is
that he is going to Rome. He believes he has
committed no error, and, like a sensible man,
he proposes to be heard by his ecclesiastical
superiOrs."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
Native Asters as Garden Plants.

1t is only within the last few years that our
native asters have been considered fit subjects
for the herbaceous garden, although in Eng
land they have been long appreciated and
Michaelmas daisies, as they are commonly
called, form a part of the stock of the best
nurseries. Towering as they do, very late in
the season, it cannot be denied that their deco
rative value is of the highest order,
for they defy cold weather and are
but little injured by the fall rains. Long
after their more tender rivals have succumbed
to the severe frosts these asters bloom away as
though they rejOiced in the chilly weather and
seem many times more beautiful from the con-
trast with their brown and frost-bitten neigh
bors: II we have made q judicious selection Of
species and varieties, and exercised proper
judgment in planting them, the garden will be
source OF pleasure for long time after the
more costly, and often less beautiful, exotic
summer plants have been cut away.
But the value of these plants does not lie en-
tirely in their sturdiness and their ability to
prolong the season of flowers, for they have an
intrinsic beauty that compels our attention.
Few people question the beauties of the per-
ennial Phloxes as they are now grown, but we
have to look back but few years to find these
much-admired plants represented by few
dull purplish-pink and white varieties, with
small flowers and narrow petals. In their
wild state the flowers Of PhIor panioulata
rieties) are quite inferior to many Of the wild
asters, which undoubtedly are fully as capable
Of improvements, for, naturally, most Of the
asters vary to a surprising degree, and, by
careful searching, one may find varieties far
superior to the types, and these should be care
fully transplanted to the garden. 1t is best to
collect them while in flower, for the best vari-
cites may then be selected, and by transferring
them to nursery rows they can be tested before
placing them in a permanent position.
Out of the great number of species native to
the United States the following are among the
most useful: Aster Nor9 Angi9. with large,
deep blue-purple flowers, when given good cul-
tivation, is grand plant, growing to the
height OF six or seven feet, and literally
smothered with it snowy blossoms. Its variety,
Roseus, is identical in every way except color,
which is bright rosy pink. A. lauis has deep
violet flowers, like small Cinerarias, and win
grow to the height Of five feet. A. Nori- Belqii
is very variable, both in habit and flowers, the
best varieties being very handsome and useful.
In color the flowers vary from pure white to
deep purple. A. tur6ineltus is very graceful in
habit, with slender, much-branched stems. the
large ilac-colored flowers appearing late in
the season.
They need about the same treatment as would
be given to the perennial Phlox, many of them
doing much better when thinned out annually
as they are subject to mildew il grown too
thickly, especially if they are somewhat
shaded.
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SAW THE wHITECHAPEL FIEND.
Important Testimony Of q Groom at the
Inquest I'm London Yesterday.

The London police are jubilant in the belief
that at last they have obtained important clews
to the identity of the whitechspel fiend. AT
the inquest on the last victim Of the murderer
yesterday George Hutchinson, q groom, who
had known the victim for some years and saw
her with q male companion shortly before 2
o'clock on the morning Of the murder, testified
that he saw a well-dressed man, with a Semitic
cast of countenance, accost the woman on the
street at the hour mentioned on Friday morn
ing, and the circumstance Of his acquaintance
with her induced him to follow the pair az
they walked together. He looked straight into
the mans face as he turned to accompany the
woman and followed them to Miller Court ont
of mere curiosity.
Hutchinson had no thought of the previous
murders and certainly no suspicion that the
man contemplated violence, since his conspicu-
Gus manifestatlons OF affection for his compan-
ion as they walked along formed large part of
the incentive to keep them in sight. After the
couple entered the house Hutchinson heard
sounds of merriment in the girls room and re-
manned at the entrance to the court for fully
thYee-quarters OF an hour. About 8 o'clock the
sounds ceased and he walked into the court,
but finding that the light in the room had been
extinguished he went home. During the hour
occupied in standing at the entrance to or
promenading the court he did not see q police
man.
There is every reason to believe Hutchinson's
statement. and the police place great reliance
upon his description Of the man, believing that
it will enable them to run him down, The wit
ness who testified yesterday to having seen the
woman enter the house with a man with q
blotched face was evidently mistaken as to the
night, as his description Of her companion is
totally unlike that of Hutchinson's in every par
ticular. The bulk of the evidence taken fixes
the time of the murder at between $50 and 4
O'Clock. Another witness at the inquest gave
an almost identical description of the man, al
though Hutchinson and he had no communica-
ton with each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14

From the North American Review.
To speak more particularly Of the stock ex.
change, know Of no more severe test of virile
qualities than 1t presents. A successful man
there must be strong and active in mind and
body, possessed Of steady nerves, and ready "a
stand by his word, cost what it may. He mus,
watch the telegraph instruments which bring
news from various parts Of the world, and be
prepared to act promptly either for himself OF
his principals ON the report Of any important
occurrence. The tempers Of the various lead.
ers in European politics, the condition Of the
crops in India, foods in the Missouri river, OF
the appearance of the potato-bug in Kansas; all
these may be reported in quick succession and
demand not only correct judgment but decisive
action. II il like watching the puise-beats OF
the whole world. The strain both on the
nerves and the mind il ct times terrific. Qpin-
ions formed in the morning must be changed
at noon, and the evenings news furnishes no
safe basis for the next days operations The
actual physical wear and tear b exhaustive.
The mere contact with constantly moving
crowds Of excited men, the incessant rushing "a
and fro consume the bodily strength and % b.
directly esp the mental and moral power.
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One, and He Got 1t.

THE ONLY RED EAR OUT OF sEvENrY-FIvE
THOUSAND.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch
tried to read, but lost all interest in read
ing and drew my chair close to the table to
watch the game. looked on for while, and
became perfectly disguised with the players, to
think what chumps they were. watched their
game so long that thought would risk $50,
and if lost that would quit So went to the
captain and bought $50 worth of "corn." They
used corn in those days, having no chips as we
do now. started in to play, and after while
lost all the corn all had It was not nv bad
playing, but simply bad luck. invested 800
more in corn, and, to make long story short,
lost that. invested the balance of nv money
in corn and lost all but five or ten grains, when
the boat whistled for a landing. The first mate
arose and said:
"Gentlemen: am very sorry, but we have
to take on some wood at this station and my
services are needed. You gentlemen can con-
tinue the game or wait and will join YOU"
We agreed to wait. I thought would take
stroll on deck to get some fresh air. walked
down the gang-plank, and where the boat had
landed there was great, large house. /
walked up to it and felt that there were holes
in the side. / ran my fingers through the
holes, and imagine my surprise when found
it contained corn. l had accidentally run
across corn-crib. was not of a thievish dis
position, but thought if l took an ear of corn
and won, why l would place in my pocket
what had taken and only cash what had
really won; but on the other, if lost-well,
it was like drowning man catching at q straw.
So took an ear Of corn and placed it in my
pocket and commenced she ling it.
In the course Of half an hour we resumed the
game. From the start commenced winning.
Everything I drew to got. About 3a. m.
some one proposed that we have jackpot and
quit for the night. Everybody agreed There
was something like $1,000 in the pot and won
1t. Every one commenced counting the corn
to cash in, and commenced counting mine.
was winner over $4,000 when the captain said:
"HOld on there; didn't issue any red corn. -
There was q stir Immediately. The captain
wanted everybody searched, and in going
through my pockets he discovered the ear OF
corn which had taken, which proved to be
red. In taking out the corn had won some of
the red corn got mixed with the white Some
of the men wanted to shoot me, others wanted
to lynch me, but the captain said no; he would
not cash my corn and would put me off the
boat. Immediately he stopped the boat and
sent me ashore without q nickel. 1 walked
back until had got as far as the crib of corn,
and it proved to be q crib containing 75 600 ears
of white corn, and the one got was the only
red ear in the crib.
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Why he HAD TO LEAVE NORTH CARoLrNA.-A
dispatch from Raleigh says that Elbridge I.
Jordon, who, with his family, has arrived at
Boston, was, II 10 said, required to leave Dur
ham, N. c., because he was believed to have
melted the negroes 10 break open the construc-
ton car Of the Northern and Durham railroad
company and posses themselves of 100 dyna-
mite cartridges, and also to hare melted the
negroes TO burn the residence Of Caleb B.
Green. chairman Of the democratic executive
committee, which was actually destroyed. Jor-
don ran for constable on the republican ticket
and was defeated. During the campaign, "
says the dispatch. 'shis conduct was considered
far from commendable. Jordon was not sum
ciently guarded in his expressions or conduct. "
Accordingly tickets we're procured for him and
his family TO Norfolk, Va, and they left
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
elm the SOup.o

HOW SLANG EXPRESSION TOOK IT'S RISE.
"In the soup" first achieved classic authority,
30 far as can now be ascertained, in one of the
picturesque stories Of what are called "sport-
ing" events which appear upon occasions in the
Sun, says Mr.. Dana's paper. The event was
the arrival in this country last fall of Kilrain, the
pugilist The situation was that the big Gu
harder Etruria. with the pugilist aboard, lay in
the darkness of quarantine, waiting for morn
ing, and tug with Kilrain's friends aboard was
lowering about anxious to get Kill
rain ran Of and bring him up to
had announced, with a severity that seemed un-
necessary, that no such drunken crew should
come anywhere near his vessel The disconso-
late but not unhappy crowd ON the tug had to
content itself with bowling greetings TO Kilrain
across watery gulf that separated the two ves-
sells. One Of the men on the tug, Johnston by
name, was SO anxious to get as near Kilrain as
possible that he tumbled overheard. One of
his companions, witnessing this act, instead of
assailing the still depths Of the darkness that
orooded over the waves by shouts for help, or
shocking the calm stars overhead with frantic
cries for rope, simply balanced himself
against the rail and called out:
Tho! Johnston's fell in de soupI"
=, Inc sublime audacity Of the comparison of
the great Atlantic to plate of soup was wasted
ON the drunken crew that heard it, but the
waves chuckled gleeful ripples against the tug 3
sides, the stars twinkled merrily and next
morning, when people read about ii in the Sun
it tickled the public fancy 80 that the new
slang became quickly the pet expression Of the
day, and by this time il has attained lust about
ripeness enough to make il ready TO pick and
lay away along with Mr.. Gallagher and other
slang once of repute.
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The Scottish Lawn Tennis Champion.
From the London Star

From the London Star
The Hon. Patrick Bowes-Lyon, the Scottish
lawn tennis champion, is the fifth son Of the
present Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, a
representative peer of Scotland. He the Hon.
Patrick) was born in 1868, and from 1877 to
1880 served in the royal navy. He first won
the championship in 1885, and again in 1886,
but in 1887 he was narrowly beaten by Mr.. H.
Grove. This year Mr.. Grove had to retire in
the middle OF the match u consequence Of the
after effects of an accident at Chelte nham q
fortnight before, and Mr.. Bowes-Lyon re-
covered his position. 1t should be added that
he very generously suggested postponement
Of the championship matches, but with
equal magnanimity Mr.. Grove declined the
loving family. His elder brother, Herbert,
and his sister, Lady Constance, are both good
tennis-players. while nine of the family took
part in cricket match between ladies and gen.
tlemen at Glamis Castle, the earl Of Strath-
more's seat in Forfarshire, last week. As
usual in such matches, the gentlemen had to
bat with broomsticks, and to bowl and field
with the left hand only. The ladies made A in
the first innings of which 20 were '.extras, "
and IA were off the bat of Lady Mildred Bowes-
Lyon, while her sister, Lady Constance not
only made Is of As scored in second innings.
but also obtained six wickets for 10 runs. The
gentlemen, however, won, thanks mainly to
Mr.. g. Kemp. Varsity man, who carried out
his broom for 81. Among the other members
of the rival elevens were the Ladies Albertha
and Edith Edgecumbe, the Hon. E. Claiborne
Hardy, and the earl of Mount-Edgecumbe.
The Lyons trace their descent to the noble
Roman house of Leoni, branch of which set
tied in France at an early period and were
called De Lyon. A De Lyon came over to Eng
land with the Conqueror, and thirty years later
he accompanied Edgar to Scotland, where he
settled. Glamis Castle and lands came into
the family through the marriage in the four
teenth century Of one of his successors with
Elizabeth, daughter of King Robert IL. but his
good fortune only created jealousy, and he was
foully assassinated soon after. Castle and
lands have remained in the family ever since,
though they have been more than once in
danger. The succession, too, was at one time
unique-Thomas, the eighth earl being the last
Of six brothers who succeeded each other, the
two elder as heirs-presumptive and the others
"a actual earls
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Churchill Again to the Front.

He MAKES ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT
FOR sQUANDKRING MONEY ON THE COURTS.
In the debate in the house Of commons yes
terday on the estimates in connection with the
supreme court Of judicature Mr.. Louis j. Jen-
nings Conservative moved to reduce the
appropriation by q considerable sum.
Lord Randolph Churchill approved the pro-
posed reduction. He said that the money
squandered on court officials was a public
scandal and q national disgrace amounting to
maiversation Of public money on large scale.
the new departments Of justice recently added
to the machinery consisting of nothing but
lawyers. 1t was absolutely brigandage on the
taxpayers. Before the government asked them
TO vote this money let them obtain o pledge
that these visible evils would receive earnest
and immediate attention
Attorney-General Webster deprecated Lord
Randolph Churchill's excessive criticisms as
calculated TO excite the imagination of the
country. The government neither winked at
favoritism in the matter Of appointments nor
showed indifference toward the effecting of
reductions. but it could not alter salaries imme-
diately. He promised that attention would be
paid TO the recommendations Of the committee
Mr.. Jennings' motion to reduce the estimates
vas rejected by q vote Of 148 to 129.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14
An Effective Valedictory.

From the Chicago Tribune.
eff you would like to say few words before
We string you up" said the spokesman of the
vigilance committee, sternfy, ''you may have
the chance"
'There is something would like to say" re-
sponded the condemned horse-thief, pale but
NIT me to say it without interruption"
Go ahead" said the spokesman, laconically
well let you finish"
'Then, gentlemen" began the condemned
man with deep emotion, Il have q few words
OF solemn warning to utter. In the innocent
and happy days of my young manhood, before
came to Arizona and fell into evil WAYS, I
ing. Had l never abandoned it might have
been still q respectable and upright citizen.
Though have become q bad man and am
about to receive my just punishment, have
always kept memento Of those happier days.
In my valise, gentlemen, you viii find q
American Voters Text Book, of which
I sold nearly 1000 copies in one county in
Pennsylvania alone. It is Indispensable to
every man who would keep himself thoroughly
informed Is to those questions concerning
which it il the duty of every citizen to be fully
advised. You viii find in that little volume,
gentlemen. full and accurate information as to
ton returns from every state in the Union,
names Of members OF Congress, judges of the
various courts, &C., with mass OF miscella-
neous statistics and facts never before grouped
together in one work. Bound in cloth or half-
calf the price of this valuable book has always
he paused . moment TO wipe the scaldinr
tears from his eyes. When he looked about
him again his audience had vanished He was
saved!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-14

4 CHIEF OF THE BALD KNoBBERs TO HANG
The Missouri supreme court has confirmed the
sentence Of death passed upon William Walker
one Of the chiefs Of the Christian county Bald
Knobbers, which, in March, 1887, murdered
Charles Green and James Eden near Chadwick
in that county. Walker and three other mem.
beers OF the outlaw gang were convicted of the
murder and appealed the case to this court
There is no doubt that all three cases will be
determined the same way, as they we're all CON
victed on the same evidence. The court fxeG
the day Of execution for Friday, December Is
1888
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Goblet's Kind Words for the Pope.
AN INCIDENT EMPHASIZING THE uL-HUMoR {
FRANCE TOWARD ITALY.

AN INCIDENT EMPHASIZING THE uL~HUMoR OF
FRANCE TOWARD ITALY.
An Incident by no means calculated to i'm
prove the strained relations between France
and Italy occurred in the French chamber Of
deputies yesterday. An amendment having
been proposed to abolish the embassy to the
vatican, N. Goblet said: ''As long as we live
under the regime of the concordat it is neces-
sary to maintain relations with the vatican for
the training of the clergy and the appointment
of bishops and cardinals. The importance Of
our protectorate in eastern countries also re-
CURED the maintenance of friendly relations
with the vatican. Rival powers dispute our
Protectorate. The friendship Of the pope is
therefore precious. The pope already has his
bitternesses. Is it for us to increase them? 1t
has been said recently that the pope could no
longer count upon any country but France.
That does not mean that France will intervene
to restore his temporal power. but the more
the pope is deprived Of that power the more
France ought to honor him by curtailing moth
ing Of her respect for the high authority he
representa-" The amendment was rejected by q
vote of 307 to 217. The foreign budget was
finally approved The budget for the ministry
OF the interior was adopted without q division