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Assorted fayors. Price loo package. For sale
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EOR The COMPLEMENTARY the celebrated
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JOHN D. Fl. LUNT.
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DoToMAC FLoUg-Ano:hcr invoice Of this
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ap4 GEO. MeRURNkY e o-lN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
The Woman Martyr of Molokaf,

From Donahoe's MAGAZINE
Miss Nellie Flayin. a Liverpool girl however
Is the only woman who has yet volunteered to
labor in the dreaded spot at Kalawoa. conse-
Grated by the work OF 1.-The apostle OF the
lePers>" She passed through New York several
weeks ago, and her presence became known
through the action OF the custom house an
thorities, who seized the vestments she had
brought for the Of Father Damien. She
refused to speak about herself and many were
OF the opinion that her story was a subterfuge
TO obtain tree admission to the yestmeuts
They were shipped to San Francisco to be
given to her at her departure from that port
and her English friends had brief sketch of
her life published as an answer to the charge
Of the custom house athorities
The Liverpool Cathode Times, Just to hand
tells who she is: Nellie Flavin is highly ac-
compIlshed, well educated and very well
known in well-informed Catholic circles in
Liverpool Thoroughly taught at the board
lng school of the Faithful Companions of Jesus,
Dee house, Chester. she became a daily gov
erness, some time after leaving school. to the
family OF Mr.. Pierce. Beaver house, Linnet
lane, Seton park, Liverpool, aud remained in
that family until 1856, when she left for Lon
Don 70 undergo there a course of hospital train
ing. Miss Nellie Flavin is a brilliant pianist.
and Is OF an amiable. energetic and resolute
disposition She has broken many strong ties
TO devote her life to the service of Gods most
amlcted Creatures. and has left behind her a
mother, sister and brother, as well as many
friends, holding her in their heart of hearts. v
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
The Perpetual Director.

From the Christian Union.
Did the reader ever happen to live in the
same house with the logical objector? He is a
very wise person. is the logical objector. His
positions are unanswerable. He is one Of the
seven men spoken Of by Solomon who can
render reason. And. what is more, his reason
Is usually good one. Notwithstanding all
this, the writer in making his way through the
world Is careful to keep us clear rs possible of
this wise person. The logical objector is never
weary. He Is ready for you at every turn.
You propose, it may be, to set out violet root
in certain spot. He viii bring up at least
half dozen arguments for spot six feet
away. You suggest q morning stroll. He
viii make il clear as daylight that YOU
had better attend to that little matter
OF business this morning and take the
walk IN the afternoon. You stir ur
the evening fire. He will prove to
you by all the laws OF physics that you should
have inserted the poker at a different point
Now, one may accept the wise conclusions oil
the objector or he may resist Them. But IL
either case his life is made burden to him
Nothing is more depressing than to have the
hghtest suggestion confronted by argument
and discussion. 1t takes the zest out oil
pleasure. IL is like drinking boiled water O,
breathing air that is filtered through flannel
1t is like the don't do this" and don't DE-
that" which brings such pathetic wistfulnesl
and uncertainty to many childish face. There
are plenty OF impulses in all our natures which
must be crushed-poor things! II there arr
any at all that are innocent and admissible W
beg you, dear objector, let them now and thez
have their way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
THE ELECTRICAL INQUIRY.
Experts Continue to Give the Results
Of Their Experiments.

The inquiry a to whether execution by cleo
tricity Is cruel and inhuman, and therefore I'M
constitutional, was continued in New York yes
terday. DR.. Frederick Peterson, who claimed
to be a specialist OF nervous diseases, said that
in some cases when he had cut the dogs open,
after they had been experimental on by E1.
pert Brown, the heart beat for thirty-six min
utes. This, he said, was no indication Of life.
In these experiments In Columbia college the
witness stated that some Of the dogs seemed q
suffer pain. This was not noticeable with those
performed on in Edison's laboratory. He was
confident that the accurate resistance could be
measured at any moment
J. II. Noble, an expert connected with the
Westinghouse electric company. was next re-
amo generating q force OF 1,050 volts, the same
as that on the state execution machine. One
day, while tending the machine, he accident
ally fell and his hands came in contact with the
two poles. The result was that he received q
severe shock. His hands we're burned, and the
The only physical effect experienced was ex-
treme nervousness for several hours after. In
the opinion of Mr.. Noble, the Westinghouse
machine might be increased with safety 200 or
800 volts. Beyond that it would be dangerous.
He did not know Of any electrical current that
could be considered absolutely fatal. Mr.. No
BILE said that from experiments he had tried,
instead of the resistance lowering with a series
of measurements it increased.
The afternoon session was occupied with the
testimony OF F. W. jones' general manager of
the Postal telegraph company, who described
a number Of experiments which he had made,
the result of which was to show that the effect
of an electric shock upon the human body
cannot be estimated in advance with any GER
tainty,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
Overheard in the Cars.

From the Youths Companion
Tine other day, in a railroad journey of
seven miles, heard several queer or funny
remarks by people sitting near me-" said our
minister. My mind was on my next Sundays
sermon. too, and these things kept breaking in
upon my meditations in very amusing way.
/ shant try to give you my train of thought,
but here are the remarks of some OF my
neighbours:
vile is a very serious young man. said a
pretty girl to the friend sitting with her. Il
don't believe that he ever lets smile cross
his face. He always looks like one of those
Chinese idols preparing to eat the chopsticks
as a penance.
lin front of these ladies sat a meek-looking
little old man, with Ion sish hair parted down
the middle OF the back OF his head aud com be 1
up over his ears. One lock kept falling down,
and he had trick or pushing it nervouslv into
place. He was talking to his seat mate in an
excited way about somebody of whom he DIS
approved.
q" I'd like to see that fellow kicked out of
town by cripplesr said the little man, with vim
dlctive energy.
Presently he added, Yes, suppose he is
as good as l am myself, and that's clearing III
his character plenty
Whats them trees. Henry?' I heard an
aged woman ask her hu,band as the train
stopped at country station. she was looking
from the window.
"'Them's peoples, he replied
Say poplar, Henry she corrected him in
kind tones
NO, people, he persisted The pop-lors
Is tall, slim trees but trees spreading out like
them is pop-pulls.'
He wa so certain of his position that was
almost ready to look in the dictionary or a
botany on my return home 20 reassure myself
that popiars are always popiars and that there
are no peoples on this green earth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
The Mystery Of the Rain.

From the New Orleans P1cayune.
We know very little about the methods of the
transportation and concentration of moisture
in the atmosphere. We can determine the
proportion Of moisture in the air within our
reach. We can discern by the formation of
water drops on the outside of an ice pitcher
that there is a greater or lesser quantity of
moisture in the air around the pitcher and in
struments are in use to declare the relative
amount. What can We know of the vast bodies
of water stored up in the clouds above u.s. and
ready at a moments warning TO pour out their
floods upon us? We may theorize about the
vapor of water being carried between the
atoms OF the air as water is contained in the
pores of a sponge, but we have no proper idea
how the tons upon tons of rain, snow, or hail
are held aloft in the clouds OF transported
from place 70 place over a continent We have
recently had all the rain clouds carried over us
from the Gulf to the north and northwest, to
be poured down in floods upon the mountains
OF Pennsylvania and Virginia. while the rice
and cane fields of Louisiana we're parched and
arid. Now the rain-laden skies are giving all
their stores to us and the drought is being paid
Tor with interest. 1t is easy enough to predict
rain to-day, but what, after all, do we know OF
the great climatic laws which burn our fields
with drought in June and cover them with q
downpour In July?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
The Mysteries OF Electricity.

From the New York Graphic
The story oil the Newfoundland dog belong
ing tc Charles Upper, an Eighth avenue res
taurant proprietor, Is one that will startle q
great many persons who are studying the mys-
terious forces and powers of the electrical cur
rent, which human ingenuity has 80 far only
partially harnessed and controlled but scarcely
yet understands. 1t has pertinent bearing,
punishment On July 2 the dog ran against a
dangling Live" wire Of the United States cleo
trio Illuminating company. Western Union
telegraph lineman had only a moment before
picked up the wire and been Knocked down by
the shock OF electricity passing through it. The
dog fell on the wire and lay there motiouiess.
With due precautiOn the body was presently
pulled of and every effort made to resuscitate
the animal, which was great pet A veteri-
nary surgeon was called in, who pronounced
the dog dead. Two or three hours afterward
an electrical expert suggested making Q pit in
the earth and placing the dogs body in 1t to
see II the forces OF nature might not carry
away the electricity from the body. The plan
was tried. All night and all the next day the
supposed corpse was motionless, but on the
second day there were signs Of life and on the
fourth the animal revived and struggled to his
very much better than q dead dog. Il has
since been carefully nursed and now shows NO
signs Of the disaster. The dog Is two and one
half years old and weighs 6S pounds. The In.
cident may well suggest inquiry whether per.
sons receiving electrical shocks have not been
buried before they were really dead. aud il ID
sufficient to raise serious doubts whether the
death punishment Of murdegers By electrical
shocks u sufficient
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
knights of Labor I'm Session.

The Chicago meeting of the executive board
Of the Knights of Labor began yesterday at the
Sherman house, with General Master Workman
Powderly and the following members present:
General Secretary Treasurer John w. HAYES of
Philadelphia, J. ]. Holland of jacksonville.
Fla, A W. Wright OF Toronto, and John
D-vlin of Detroit Before noon the board
went into executive session. which Was con-
tinued throughout the day and evening until a
late hour. Inc first business Of the board was
the selection OF the time and place for the next
general assembly. Ii was decided that II should
be held at Atlanta. Ca, on the second Tuesday
OF November. The next matter taken up was
the hearing Of a complaint by ]. r. Sovereign
OF Dubuque. on the question of a local assem-
bly's jurisdiction. During the afternoon Mr..
P0wderly retired from the meeting for a short
interval, during which time he received calls
from several gentlemen, among them Congress
man LAWYER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
An Honorable Debtor.

From the New York Tribune
The duke of Portland, while he was merely
Mr.. Bentinck, incurred some debts Of honor
which he desired to pay. He went to money.
lender, but the jew at first was not inclined
to let him have the money on easy terms
The duke Of Portland may live twenty years
you may die in the meantime" said the He
brew. Mr.. Bentinck could not deny this, and
was ready to give liberal interest Il will tell
you what will do. said the Jew. You will
give me your word that when you become duke
of Portland you will pay me 10000 and viii
give you fl.OO0 now" The duke closed with
the offer, and Few weeks after the duke o,
Portland died and the new duke remembered
bis bargain. He instructed his agent to paw
xtO,0OO III spite of circumstances of his LAWYER
who insisted that promise SO extravagant was
not binding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
Lincoln's Religion.

The forthcoming (August) number Of the
Century will contain chapter on "Lincoln
and the Churches" in the Lincoln History, by
Messrs. Hay and Nicolay from which the fol-
lowing is an extract from advance sheets:
He was a man Of profound and intense re-
igious feeling. We have no purpose of at
tempting to formulate his creed; we question
II he himself ever did SO. There have been
swift witnesses who, judging from expressions
uttered IN his callow youth. have called him an
atheist, and others who, with the most Iaud-
able intentions, have remembered improbable
conversations which they bring forward to
prove at once his orthodoxy and their intimacy
with him. But leaving aside these apocryphal
evidences, we have only to look at his authentic
public and private utterances to see how deep
and strong in all the latter part of his life was
the current of his religious thought and emotion.
He continually invited and appreciated at
their highest value, the prayers of good peo-
pie. The pressure of the tremendous prob
lens by which he was surrounded; the awful
moral significance of the conflict in which he
was the chief combatant; the overwhelming
sense of personal responsibility, which never
left him for an hour-all contributed to pro-
duce. in temperament naturally serious and
predispOsed to a spiritual view of life and con-
duct, a sense OF reverent acceptance of the
guidance of a superior power. From that morn
ing when standing amid the falling snowtlakes
Oh the railway Car AT springfield. ne asked the
prayers of his neighbors in those touching
phrases whose echo rose that night in invoca-
tons from thousands of family affairs to that
memorable hour when on the steps of the capt.
tol he humbled himself before his Creator
in the sublime words OF the second inaugural,
there is not an expression known to have come
from his lips or his pen but proves that he held
himself answerabe in every act of his career to a
more august tribunal than any on earth. The
Tact that be was not commitment Of any
church. and that he was singularly reserved in
regard to his personal religious life, gives only
the greater force to these striking proofs Of
his profound reverence and faith"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
HIPPoLYTE's NEW GENERALS.
Two New York Merchants Commits
stoned by the Haytian lnsurgent.

A New York special to the Philadelphia In
qtiirer says Minister Preston announced to-day
that the Haytian insurgent General Hippolyte
had commissioned two American citizens and
merchants generals on his personal staff. The
minister alleges that when the steamer Ozama
arrived from Cape Hayti she brought w. p.
Clyde, head of the well-known line Of steam
ers, a commission a general of division in
Hippolyte's army. Mr.. Cameron, OF the same
line, was made a brigadier general, and ]. Ham
stedt. who has fought Hippolyte's battles in
this city, was rewarded by being made Hippo
Iyte's minister plenipotentiary and envoy ex-
traordinary from Hayti to the United States.
The little black republic is therefore repre-
scented here by two full-fedged ministers.
Minister Preston says that in Hayti, when
they want 10 reward person for deeds of valor
or help some political cause. they have q way
of commissioning him colonel, major or gen.
eral, according to his merit-without pay. So
1t came about he says, that Mr.. Clyde and Mr..
Cameron are entitled to wear generals uni
forms with spurs and sign checks with the
honor attached. General OF Division Army de
Hayti," There seems excellent ground TO be-
heve that this story of Hippolyte's appreciation
and regard is true, although it is evident that
for some reason or other Mr.. Cameron and Mr..
Clyde are not proud of the honors that have
fallen upon them.
A well-known merchant said this morning
that he had reason to believe that the report
that French soldiers were to be landed in Port
au-Prince is true. He explained that a very
critical moment in Haytian affairs was at hand,
and he thought that French troops had been
sent, not to aid Legitime. but to prevent Port
au-Prince from utter destruction in the event
of mob rule. This had been done before when
the little island has been convulsed with inter-
necine strife on former occasions, notably in
1888, when French, German and American
troops were in possession of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
NASR-ED-DEEN WAS HUNGRY.
As Young Man the Shah Knew Some
of the Ills of Life.

From the st. James Gazette.
When a youth the shah and his mother were
very much neglected and had to undergo many
humiliations. As he was very awkward in his
manners and gait and spoke in timid hesitat-
ing way, he drew several years ago one of the
innumerable caricatures that with him form a
source of unfailing amusement, and showed
the sketch to his courtiers. "Who is this?" he
asked of his minions None dared speak.
THAT was 1 as felt and looked at that time, "
he said. MANY time did we lack food, my
mother and l." he continued, drawing a deep
sigh. where, then, were you fellows, now so
lavish in your protestations2''
The shah was held in great detestation by his
father, who was anxious that the second son
should come to the throne. Nasr-ed-Deen was,
however, at fourteen made governor Of Aver
beidjn, that northwestern province whose cap
ital is Tabriz. But fortune does not seem to
have smiled on him. even in that position.
There his fathers ill-will followed him, and
many time, because his salary not sent
regularly, the young prince and his mother
were deprived of even the necessaries of life.
Once, after waiting impatiently for the where
withal to keep the pot boiling, tax collector
sent what purported to be the revenues Of a
certain district They consisted, however, only
in kind. and one lot-a number of fine rugs
had to be sold at great loss to an Armenian
dealer to furnish next days dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
4 DISGUsTED LABOR LEADER.
Secretary Lewis of the Miners Associa-
ton Retfres from the Field.


A Pittsburg special to the Philadelphia In.
9uirer says that the Times Of that city says: W
T. Lewis. secretary of the Miners National
Progressive union, yesterday wrote to Presi-
dent Mcbride Of that body, resigning his Office
Mr. Lewis intends to sever his connection with
labor organizations entirely and will 60 to the
Paris exposition as one Of the party Of repre-.
sentative American workingmen. On his re-
turn to this country he will begin to practice
law.
In his letter Of resignation Mr.. Lewis dwells
on the need Of thorough organization among
both operators and miners, especially in view
of present excessive competition. II the join,
organization of operators and miners is not to
be attained for the present, he says, ''then il
becomes a necessity for the miners to have an
organization. one organization, an organiza-
ton as broad as the fields of competition,
knowing no state lines as a limit, but covering
all the coal fields the products from which
enter into competition Instead Of such an or
ganzation, what is the situation? Summed up
IN word il Is demoralization-more complete,
more hopeless than II there existed no orgaul-
zation. To-day the miners are In the ridicu-
lous position of paying you and me and our
associates to look after their interests and then
paying another set of men to prevent us from
carrying out any plans for their beneht.
An employer VINO tOOh SUCH q Couise "ouu
be q miserable failure. and our employers (the
miners) will be no exception. An honest crltl-
cism of officers acts and plans. with a view Of
bringing forward something better, Is desira-
bic; but this is not the end sought. Every
thing is objected to; nothing is brought for
ward except now and then proposition to the
operators to take away something from the
miners in order to gain favor with the opera
tors. Advice given from long service and ex-
perience appears to count for nothing; columns
of gush and fraternal hypocrisy, permeated
with sanctimonious ignorance, from those
whose past record in labor's cause will not bear
the slightest investigation seems to be accepted
By few of our mistaken fellow craftsmen and
appreciated by the amount of space it takes
mp"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-17
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