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Asphalt PaVements.

from the Manufacturer.
In advocating the adoption of the asphaltum
pavement for the streets of Philadelphia, some
OF the newspapers always make an exception in
the case of the thoroughfares on which the
traffic is heavy. But it would appear that these
are just the streets for which the smoothest
pavements are to be desired. The main pur-
pose of such pavement is to reduce resist
ance, and the kind of a wagon burden for which
least resistance may be especially sought is a
heavy burden. The notion that an asphaltum
pavement will suffer from heavy loads more
than another kind of pavement is probably
erroneous. Any surface covering to be sub
jected to severe usage requires good founda-
ton, and an asphaltum pavement laid upon
such foundation will be likely to last as
long and to cost as little for repairs as
any other. The fear that horses will
slip upon asphalt more than upon a rough sur
face is not warranted by the experience of
other cities. A horse engaged in hauling a
heavy load over a stone block pavement must
use more exertion than when the surface is
smooth, and the greater effort increases the
chances of slipping. Moreover, a horse. like a
man, adjusts himself to familiar conditions. A
horse used to cobblestones will slip when he
first tries a smooth pavement, but the horses
i'll Washington do not slip oftener on the
asphalt than those of Philadelphia do on the
cobbles. The smoothest pavement is ALWAYS
the best pavement durability being assured
We express the opinion that the saving to
horses and vehicles, if Philadelphia should be
wholly repaved with asphaitum, would amount
to far more annually than the interest upon
the outlay for the improvement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
CannOn.Ralls as a Cure.


1t is very self-evident proposition in phys
les that cannon-ball as ordinarily propelled
will, upon its abdominal impact, produce a
movement of the bowels. Such movement,
however, says the New York Medical Record,
is attended with the serious personal incon-
venience of producing a large hole in an i'm
portant portion of the economy. 1t is not in
this way, it need hardly be said, that Dr. H.
Sahli, of Bern, Correspondent BLdh fur Sch,cei-
ger Aerzte) proposes to utilize the cannon-ball
in therapeutics. He advises that it be simply
rolled about upon the abdomen for five or ten
minutes daily, in order to relieve habitual con-
stipatiOn. The weight of the ball should be
from three to five pounds. In cold weather
1t can be covered with chamois. or kept warm
by the stove. Better still, according to Dr.
Sahli,. is the plan of having the patient take
1t to bed with him at night and thus letting the
missile OF war warm itself ingloriously in the
arms OF the victim of colprostasis. The best
time to use the cannon-ball is in the morning
after waking. II is then to be made part Of
the morning toilet; the patient lying on his
back i'll bed rolls his ferric bedfellow systemati-
cally over the abdomen. The direction is not
OF so much importance as that of systemati-
cally treating every part of the abdominal
wall. Abdominal massage is acknowledged to
be useful measure in torpidity of the bowels.
aud DIR. Sahli assures his readers that by his
method he has been able to cure nearly all of
his cases without the aid of medication OF
course, proper attention should be paid to diet
and hygiene
When universal peace comes. the orator can
speak not only of turning swords into plough
shares but also of cannon-balls into aperients;
while OF DIR. Sahi 1t may be written: Peace
hath his victories, no less renowned than
war.
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Shad Doing Well in Utah Lake.

FROM the salt Lake Ctan) Herald.
On June 10 car of the United States fish
commission arrived in Salt Lake, and during
its stay of about twenty-four hours about
1000, 900 shad were Matched. day or so later
these were taken to Battle Creek station on
the Denver and Rio Grande Western, and near
that point deposited in Utah lake. Yesterday
A. NJ. Musser received letter from p Madsen
as follows: II send you by to-day's mail a shad
caught in the Utah lake. fifteen miles from
where you put them in last June. / think it
has made very good growth, and l believe
they will be a success. We caught this one
near the south end of the lake. have heard
OF two others being caught on the west
side of the lake, and another one where we
caught this one. Please let me know the day
they were put into the lake at Pleasant Grove,
Denver and Rio Grande railroad station The
fish referred to was trihe over inches in
length and exceedingly well proportional. If
the remainder Of the young shad has made as
much progress as the one referred to, Utah
Lake is certainly well stocked with this most
desirable fish. In addition to those deposited
IN Utah Lake. about six months ago 1000 900
shad about six days old, were put into the
Jordan river, near the Utah and Nevada bridge.
on June 1, 1887. None of these, however, have
been heard from.
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A MAYOR Denounced.

THE GOOD TENPLARS THINK HE SHOULD KEEP
HILARIOUS PHILADELPHIANs IN ORDER
A Reading special TO the Philadelphia Press
says: The visit Of the White Elephant club. of
Philadelphia, on New Years eve. as the guests
of the Order of Goats, has aroused the ire of
the Good Templars lodge. They have passed
seathing resolutions denouncing the Philadel-
phlans. and also call to mind the visit of the
Canstatter last summer; ON both occasions the
resolutions say, the visitors and their Reading
friends disgraced themselves by riotous acts.
The resolutions denounce the mayor for allow
ing rowdylsm to be rampant and say he is de-
serving of impeachment for dereliction in DUTY.
The resolutions have created quite sensation
The hilarity of the White Elephants was very
marked, and their actions caused great deal
of comment. The mayor. who is so severely
censured, was formerly a very prominent men,
Der of the order of Good Templars, and has
frequently, up to a very recent date taken a
prominent part in their public proceedings
The Reading Canstatter society are very indig-
nant over the matter. and Especial meeting has
been called. They deny that there was any
disorder upon the occasion of the visit of the
Philadelphia Canstatter, and say the resolu-
tions are, as far as they are concerned, a DELHI
crate insult 10 a respectable body of citizens
who were their guests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
Law renee ELEPHANTS Queer RELIGION.

Henry Labouchere in the New York World.
Lawrence Oliphant who was buried last week
at Wickenham, was one of the most charming
companions it is possible to conceive. He sell
dom intruded his strange religious theories on
his friends. Once only he spoke to me about
them. SO far as l could make them out at the
time, if any two persons of opposite sex fell in
love with each other they were bound not to
marry until they felt that they were no longer
in love. Mr.. Harris, the high priest of this
sect lived. and Ipresume still lives, somewhere
in the United States. Implicit obedience was
due to him by disciples, who were allowed to en-
gage in the ordinary avocations of life. but
when ordered to return home were bound to
do so. When Oliphant first went there he was
accompanied by his mother, Lady Oliphant.
Harris thought them proud and the son was
ordered to work i'll a garden and the mother to
go every day to the neighboring railway station
to sell fruit to the passing trains. Each disciple
who had money spent any portion of hisin-
come that he required for his personal use and
handed the surplus over to Harris. 1t is won
derful that man of such sound and strong in
tellect upon every other subject should have
surrendered himself in the matter of religion
to a creature like this Harris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
GEORGE W. sTICKNEY, Auctioneer 936 F St

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
@ STREETS SOUTHWEST, IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON, d; ca BEING STORES AND
PR I4ISI 301, 800, BAND 3o7, 7TH STREET
SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, AID, 1883 and
recorded in Lber No 1892 at folio 147 ct seq one Of
the Land Records for the District of Columba and at
the request OF the party secured thereby will sell
g1eiie aqstipn IN front q the premises ON sATgR
AT HALF FOUR O'CLOCK P. N, the fOiioSins
described real estate situate in the said city of WASH
ington, District of Columbia, designated on the
ground plat or plan of said city parts of original
numbered four hundred and thrty-four C4341 Be
ginning for the at the northeast corner OF said
square and running thence south ON 9TH street
seventy (I5l feet thence west 1.-TWO (52) feet
three and one-haf $40 inches thence north seventy
and one half l3a) inches to the place of Beginning
improved by four twostory brick buildings Suitable
for stores and business purposes.
Inc properly Wall be sold to certain indebted
S6500 with interest at per cent payable auartery
from the 9th day of September A. D. fsSS and 10 =
certain other debt secured by deed of trust of ri 00
the PARTICULARS whereof Will be at time OF
sale. ~ Va
Terms Of sale: q, 800 in cash. and the balance in
SIX months from the day of SALE for which the propis
sorry note Of the purchaser must be given to bear sy
per cent from the day Of sale and
m ON the property sold or an cash at
CURED at time Of sale All conyeyancing and record
ing az purchasers cost II the terms of sale are not
complied with in seven days the trustee the
In some Newspaper published In Washington. D. c.
d@2-d&ds zd2 Louisiana ave.
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A Terrible Plot.
SEVEN CoLoRED SERVANTS CoNsPIRE TO KILL
THEIR EMPLOYERS

SEVEN CoLoRED SERVANTS CoNsPIRE TO KILL
THEIR EMPLOYERS.
Two weeks ago last Saturday Col. Paxton's
residence near Arcola, Miss, was burned. II
is now known to have been the work of
incendiaries. Seven of the coloneIs servants.
five men and two women, all colored, were ar
rested few days ago. The property taken
from the house was recovered Two of the
prisoners confessed their guilt; one, cook,
had drugged the coffee and but for the fact
that two members of the family were absent
the whole household might have persisted. As
it was Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Aldridge, neigh
bors, were able to arouse Col. and Mrs Paxton
with great difficulty when the flames were dis
covered. The prisoners also confessed that
one of them stood at each door with an axe
and gun, intending to kill any one of the
family who tried to escape. But the slowness
OF the fire frightened them, and they fed. II
IS rumored that the seven prisoners have been
lynched
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PROFESSIONAL.

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do Situngs, oOc. Lfe-readng by mail ON receipt Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
IdiOtic Treatment of Babies.


few years ago crossed Fulton ferry. and
the boat was packed with people and children.
The people didn't care about the children 1
did. Possibly the children without the people
would have been pronounced nuisance but
as 1t was had my temper sorely tried and my
patience, too, as l watched the idiotic way in
which tender, thoughtful. kind hearted women
treated their babies, babies who in thirty years
from now Will know more in a minute than
know in all my lifetime. Whenever see a
woman throw her baby in the air making the
little 'cuss' pale with fear breathless, and as
red and white as the American flag. ] feel like
breaking the commandment saying ''cuss"
words. and Draining her on the spot; yet they
all do 1t. Did you ever think what baby has
to put up with? The father rumples its clothes
and pitches IT up to the ceiling The mother
smothers ii. hugs it, and squeezes it until its
little face is as red as a berry, and the nurse
well, the nurse. especially if she's fat and
wheezy, sticks her fingers in its mouth, rams
her thumb down its throat, and "tootsey-
wootseys" in its face till the poor child must
wish it was where it came from.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
Another Novelty in Slang.

from Table TAX.
The chestnut" as slang phrase, is done
with frost-bitten, quite, and an equally mean
ingless word has been substituted 1t is
''dusty." Do you admire anything from a
stylish toilet to a dainty dish, you are privi-
legged to say, there is nothing dusty about
that" On the whole, when one takes time to
consider, there is more sense in dusty" than
in most fashionable slang. A dusty object
suggests one whose freshness is despoiled
Just how the chestnut" was ever significant,
no one has yet clearly defined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
A Story of Hal. Dulaney,

fTU1H AIHtrlCa.
An English actor gives this account of
his first meeting with Captain Dulaney, on
whose coach he was asked to join party of
men. When they were well out of the city,
Dulaney tied his reins in a knot, threw them
on the horses backs, then dashed his wheelers
in gallop. He then told footman to bring
him the reins. While they were dashing along
the poor darkey boy had to climb around the
coach and down on to the horses shoulders,
unite the lines and hand them to his master.
Capt. Dulaney was sure of his horses, and had
trained them to obey his voice so thoroughly
that he felt perfect confidence in committing
what appeared to his guests an act of foolhardy
recklessness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
Gladstone and the Roman Question.
MAKING IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE EXPERIENCED
DID ADVOCATE ARBITRATION

MAKING IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE Ex-PREMIER
DID ADVOCATE ARBITRATION.
Mr.. Gladstone seems to have involved him
self IN fresh trouble by his letter to the Mar
quis de Riso on the Roman question. Mr.
Cox, editor of the London Tablet, says that the
letter from Mr.. Gladstone clearly refers to the
present position of the pope, and he places
side by side Mr., Gladstone's letter in Italian
and the translation. Mr.. Gladstone's words in
writing to the Marquis de Riso are as follows:
Il consider the question of the pope's position
OF such importance as to merit the interyen-
ton OF An international arbitration. L boast
that was the promoter of the international
arbitration in connection with the Alabama
question. By such method it would be Dos
sible to unlock the difficulty relating to the
vatican
The Pda Mall Gdzette upholds the accuracy
OF the translation and asks Mr.. Gladstone to
explain what he means if he does not mean
international arbitration on the pope's position
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

FIGHTING DoGGEDLY AGAINST EvIcTIoN.--The
evictions on the Olphert estate in Donegal,
yesterday, were attended with exciting scenes.
The house of Blacksmith O'Donnell was
strongly barricaded. The bailiffs were re-
pulsed, and then the police attempted to cap
ture the place. Sergeant McCombe was dis
abled by being wounded with pitchfork in
the cheek and leg. and struck on the head with
stone. Finally, the soldiers having been or
dered to fire, the besieged, ON the advice Of
Father Stephens surrendered. Ten persons
were arrested. The defenders were cheered
by large crowd. Father McFadden was among
the spectators, and joined in the cheering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

John A. Maekey, the comedian, who was said
TO have been dazed by stage fright and
mysteriously disappeared Monday, has been
found at his mothers home, in Brooklyn,
suffering from nervous prostration.
4 Dr. Joseph l.. Bodine, one of the ablest phy-
fieians In New Jersey. died t~Trenton, \. j.
yesterday. -
Charles Blanks. an old and prominent citi-
zen OF sherman, Tex, committed suicide yes
terday morning by shooting. He had been
afflicted with nervous disease
Miss Mary b. sherman. OF wakeman. Ohio, a
member OF the freshman class at Oberlin
college, shot and killed herself at her boarding
bfnse yesterday afternoon. Overstudy is as,
sSned as the cause
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

Insanity AND DEATH INSTEAD OF MARR1AtE.-
Miss Fannie Heldman, aged twenty-five, of
Greenville, s. c., who has been insane for some
days, from her home yesterday, and,
eluding her pursuers, reached the Reedy river,
jumped in, and was drowned. Her body was
recovered half an honr later close to the bank
and in water so shallow that she could have
put her head above it by rising to her knee
She suddenly became insane q few weeks ago
while making final preparations for her mar
riage to a prominent young attorney. While
pursuing her her father who is an old man.
fell through railroad trestle, broke several
OF his ribs, and was otherwise seriously hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
Sugar for the Queen.
From the Gentleman's Magazine.


Nine. Campan, in her Memories, speaks of
plots for the assassination of Marie Antoinette
and of the measures taken to counteract them.
"In $780," she says, San official in the royal
service discovered what he conceived to be
project for poisoning the queen, who spoke to
me about it with perfect GOODNESS as well as to
her chief physician, Vicq-d'Azyr. He and
together considered what precautions it would
be necessary to take. He relied to a great ex-
tent on the queens extreme abstemiousness
but advised me always to have within reach
bottle of sweet oil of almonds, which was to
renew from time to time; this oil and milk
being as is well known, the surest antidote for
the irritation caused by corrosive poisons.
One of the queens habits particularly dis
turbed her physician. Powdered sugar was
always to be found in her dress
ing room, and frequently without
calling an attendant, she would put some
spoonfuls into a tumbler of water when she
wished to drink. 1t was agreed that should
pound large quantity of sugar privately;
that should always carry some boxes in my
bag, and three or four times day, when
happened to be in her majesty's room, should
substitute fresh sugar for that in the sugar
dish. We knew that the queen would have
prevented every precaution of this kind. but
we kept it concealed from her. One day, how
ever, she surprised me when making the
change of which have just spoken, and told
me she was sure it was an operation concerted
with M. vicq-d'Azyr, but that was taking use
less trouble. Remember she said, that no
one will employ grain of poison against me-
The Brinvilliers do not belong to the present
generation. Nowadays ones enemies can use
calumny, which is far more effectual for kill
ing people, and through which shall perish I"
AN OFFER OF $500 900 ron COLUMBUS BONES.
San Domingo newspapers just received confirm
the report that an offer was made through
United States Consul H. G. Astwood to the
Dominican government of 800, 900 for permis-
sion to exhibit the bones of Columbus in the
United States for four years. The government
promptly refused the offer, and the papers ex-
press great indignation that Mr.. Astwood should
have lent his aid to the scheme. They suggest
that he should be recalled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
FellOw-Sumerers.

From the Chicago Tribune
Tramp (sorrowfully IL may as well tell you
the truth sir. lost everything on Cleveland"
Man of the house (grasping his hand sympa-
thizingly)-''So did l, my friend; so did /
blamed near it, You'll have to call at the next
house. They're republicans there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03
No HydrOpath.

From the Toledo Blade.
Doctor, have followed your instructions
infinitely, and have drank quart of milk
every day, but don't get one bit better"
where do you get the milk?"
why! From the milk man, of course!"
"Ah! You must remember, madam, did not
recommend hydropathic treatment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

MARYLAND SHERIFF FINED.-At Hagers-
town, Md, Yesterday, Judge Syester filed his
opinion upon the motion for new trial in the
case OF the State agt. John III. Gattrell, sheriff
OF Washington county, who was found guilty
at the last court of malfeasance in office. The
Judge denies the motion for u new trial. and
imposes fine Of $40 and costs upon the sheriff.
4he sheriff was found guilty. upon the last one
o. the seven counts in the indictment, which
Jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

HRoSEK GETS TWELVE YEARs.-Hronek. the
Chicago anarchist convicted OF conspiring to
assassinate with dynamite Inspector Bontield
and Judges Gary and Grinnell. was refused a
new trial Yesterday, and sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary. stay Of sixty DAYS
was granted to allow the filing of bill Of ex-
ceptions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-03

MARRIAGES OF WELL-KNo&S NORTH CARO-
LISiAN.-Hon. A. c. Avery, associate Justice of
the supreme court of North CAROLINA. who took
the oath OF Office Tuesday, was married Mon
day morning, at Asheville. to Miss Thomas of
Maynesyille. a. daughter of Col William II.
Thomas, formerly state senator from Cherokee
county