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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
AN IDAHO WONDER.
Discovery Of a Floating Island on the
Dome Of the Continent.

From the San Francisco Examiner
John Tomiinson, Of Bannack, Idaho, told .
reporter yesterday that there is real floating
island on Henry's Lake, Idaho. The lake is
situated on the dome of the continent at de-
preston in the Rocky Mountains known as Tar
gees Pass, in honor Of the trapper who dis
covered it. 1t is oval In shape and has an area
of forty square miles. ''On first appearances"
said Mr.. Tomlinson, ''the lake, the waters Of
which are as clear as emeralds, seems to have
no outlet It is surrounded by solid ground,
on which are groves of pine and luxuriant
mountain grass. On the western edge
lies what appears to be hollow pool
connecting it, and from this, obscured in Q
growth of shrubs, rises q small creek, the
source of the north fork Of the Snake river.
Now, on this lake, and sometimes seen on the
north side and sometimes ON the other, is this
curious floating island It is about 800 feet in
diameter and has for its basis a mat of roots,
so dense as to support large trees and heavy
thicket underneath. Decayed vegetation adds
to the thickness of the mat and forms mould
several feet in thickness. On the edge OF the
floating forest. in summer time, may be seen q
luxuriant growth Of blue joint grass, the roots
of which form SO compact q mass as to support
the weight of horse. Any number Of men
have no difficulty in walking about on it. Fur
ther back among the trees you might build q
big house and make a garden and do whatever
you please. You would be just as solid and
safe as though there were not so or 100 or 200
feet Of water under you. There is a willow
thicl ct near the center of the island and scat
tered among these willows and contiguous to
them are a number of aspens and dwarf pines
These catch the breezes which float over the
island and act like sails on boat and move the
300-foot body hither and thither over the forty
mile square of water. This shows why you
may one day see the island on one side and the
next day on the other 1t is the queerest thing
l ever saw. You pitch your tent some evening
on one side near the island and are pleased
with the beautiful prospect. There is the
island only few rods from you, covered with
trees and grass. The next morning you wake
up and the island is gone. You look far away
to the other side and there 1t is its trees bend
ing gracefully in the wind Along in the after
noon its returns. or it may take an easy jaunt
off at an oblique angle from you. Henry Lake
is exceedingly picturesque. Around it rise
snow-capped peaks, among which are some of
the highest of the continents backbone, partly
covered with verdure of forest and grass and
showing here and there formations Of granite
and unique basaltic columns. During the hunt
ing season the waters of the lake swarm with
wild fowl. There are beaver, too, and plenty
of big game may be had in the adjoining
mountains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
OF Tipping.

From the New York Evening Sun.
America is a growing country in every re-
spect. Cities grow, literature grows, art is
sprouting, but most luxuriant of all are our
nuisances. Our great nuisances are being
grappled with more or less successfully, but
our small ones flourish unduly
Take that of clipping" for instance There
Is no greater small nuisance in the whole his
tory of nuisances than this and if it is not
taken care of Immediately and energetically it
must result in our becoming nation of bank
rupts.
Just look the tipping evil squarely in the face
for moment. 1t is an individual attempt to
pay wages to the whole community
You enter a restaurant. call for your lunch
and at its conclusion pay the waiter from 10 to
Is per cent of the amount of your check for
doing his work properly or improperly, as the
case NAV be.
You hire a cab and ride few miles, and as a
reward. possibly for keeping his horse alive, or
to pay him for the wear and tear upon his feel
ings induced b., the language he has been COM
PEELED to use ~ the course of events you tip
the driver; You give him what the Frenchman
calls a 'for-drink" in addition to his fare, to
which he has, in all probability added some
~ or 30 per cent for the sake of his family.
What ridiculous custom it is-worse than
ridiculous: 1t Is criminal, because il subjects
the poor man who cannot afford to throw his
money away to bad service at dinner, to vile
Carry the system to its logical conclusion:
How you would ridicule a member of Con-
gress who dared propose that the President of
the United States be handed q check for SO 900
| at the end of his term as a reward for doing
what he has been already paid for doing
What preposterous notion it would be to
require members of a church congregation to
tip the organist, choir, sexton and rector him
self at the conclusion of divine service, be-
cause they had done their duty we'll
Do you eyer tip the salesman at the collar
| and cuff store because he has not insisted upon
your wearing linen four sizes too large and a
season or two too late?
Do you ever add anything to the total of
your plumbers bill because he has served You
| well?
Are you ever tempted to paw your coal
| dealer Sc ton for coal when the market is at
$3.50?
Do not shoulder the responsibilities of the
restaurant and hotel keeper yourself. and if
you have any money to spare save it, devote it
! to charity or give it to your wife.
Have you ever been so far out of your mind
as to send bonus to your tailor?
Probably not, but there would be quite as
much reason in your doing one and all of these
things as there is in giving your cab driver his
'for-drink," or in bribing the waiter in the
restaurant not to drop the butter in your lap
| and pour your coffee down your neck
III you do not wish to incur financial ruin
| stop tipping.
IL you tip walters because you think they
are underpaid start a movement to secure bet
| ter wages for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
Drinking the Health of the Queen

From the sheffield (Eng.) Telegraph.
The following is a verbatim report of a
speech, in giving the toast of THE Queen at
a recent agricultural show dinner in Scotland.
The chairman said:
moo, gentlemen, will We a fill your glasses.
for I'm ABBOTT to bring forward The Queen
tApplause.l Dor queen. gentlemen. is really
wonderful woman, If may say it; she's ane
o the guild auld sort, nae whigmaleeries or
falderals ABBOTT her. but douce daecent BODY.
She's respectable beyond doot She has
brocht up grand family o. weelfaurd lads
and lassies-her auldest son being a credit to
ony mither-and there a weel married Ae
daughter is nae less than married to the Duke
o Argylrs son and heir. [Cheers.l Gentlemen.
ven maybe no believe it. but ance saw the
queen. lSensationl / did. 1t was when / took
my auld brown coo tae Perth show. / remem-
Der her weel!-such color. such hairr' Inter
ruption and cries of, rs it the COO or the
queen We are proposing?l THE queen, gen.
tlemen. / beg your pardon, but 1 was talking
ABBOTT the coo. However tae the queen
some body pointed her DOT tae me at Perth sta
ton, and there she was. smart and tidy-like
and says / tae myself Gin my auld woman al
hame slips ava We medina remain a widow
anither hour LANCER ICheers.l Moo gentle
men, the whuskey's guild. the NIGHT is lang the
weather is wet and the roads are saft. and will
harm naebody that comes to grief So. aft wi
yes; drink tae the bottom. The QueenrT
ICheersl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
Bismarck's Hatred Of England.

NeN tork Times London cable.
Of far more present importance is the state
ment that Prince Bismarck next week will
make speech in which he will bitterly attack
Sir Robert Morier as one of the men who wrote
to Prof. Geffcken urging him to publish the
Emperor Frederick's diary in order to break
down the chancellor's position. Bismarck
came to Berlin yesterday, leaning on a stout
STICK, but looking more saturnine than ever.
accompanied by two huge bloodhounds instead
OF his usual one. Within an hour after his
arrival everybody got hold of the idea that
he was looking for gore. and there is a nervous
expectation both in Berlin and London that he
will say something which will strain the ANGLO.
German relations seriously. Bismarck's dislike
OF England has long been known and now that
he has got an emperor at his back who fully
shares this dislike he will be strangely mike
himself If he does not take such a good chance
to free his mind.
1t is now openly said here that the new gen.
Grafton OF German officers are taking their enc
from these magnates. They talk more of an
invasion OF England than Of war with France
The new kaisers excited interest in the navy
which has been SO much talked about ia be.
heved to be the practical outcome of this feel.
ing, and the English papers discuss the report
that the keels Of twenty-four new German wa,
ships will be laid during the present year, with
a conviction that this activity is ali directed
against their country. Very possibly another
week viii raise all this to worldwide import.
ance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
We GoOde Resolutions for 1889.

From the jewelers. Weekly
At ye beginninge of We new yeare We gentle
goldsmithe braceth himself 4 hardeneth his
hearte against We cominge xii months. He
them sharpeneth new quill Il marketh down
in his diarie ye following page of goode resolu-
tions, to wit:
That henceforth he will not leave tray of
diamonds for safe-keeping with We strange Gus
toner while he goeth back to see if We safe be
securely locked.
That he will watch ye pretty damsel with We
sealskin cloake and We silke gown as sharply as
her nose.
That he will not make a trusted confidante of
We clerke who liveth at ye rate of $1,000 on
salarie of $780,
That it is even better to be called foole for
selling We xii karat ring for what it realize be
than to dissemble and save that it be truele
xiv karat and then mourne in secrete when We
next-doore neighbor getteth away his trade.
That it is not imperativelie required, when
he selleth a billie of goods to We customer from
out OF town, to open sack Of wine, for perad-
venture We stranger may suspect that we cost
may be made goode in We billie.
That 1t ID wiser to seek vacation in We will
derness than to fnde reste from active business
by stoppinge ye advertisement.
That for We bose to be at We store by viii of
ye clocke and to work until vi of the same af-
fecteth We younge clerks more forciblie than
yard OF excellente precepts in letters purple &
a frame of gold.
That he will not invest his savings in a coun-
try seate d handsome equipage for his wife,
until, at least, ye space of iii months has
elapsed since he settled with his creditors for
Xxx cents on We 8, for it may be that We tongues
of ye gOssips will wag thereat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
st. Paul's Wide Social Circle.

From the st. Paul Poneer-Press
An accomplished young lady of this city
made a call on somebody the other day, and
she avows that she passed very delightful af-
ternoon. Who the person was that she called
on she does not know. All she knows is that
she started out to call on somebody else, and,
by mistake, got into the wrong house, where
she met with very cordial reception from a
young lady who evidently knew her well. This
young lady rushed up to her when she entered
the door, and told how awfully glad she was to
see her, calling her by name. She also enter
tanned her guest so pleasantly, and everything
appeared to be SO agreeable all around. that
the latter did not have the heart to break the
spell by asking who her unknown friend was
and the unknown friend never knew that she
was not known by her guest. When the caller
returned home she laid the matter before her
family, and since then her big brother has been
browsing around trying to find out who lives al
a certain number on a certain avenue on St
Anthony Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

TAKE Your MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES ALONG.
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Tines saws: American couples about to travel
in Austria ought to take with them their mar
rage certificates. An American lady recently
gave birth to child here. and the father, ac-
eompsnied by witnesses, went TO register the
birth. Owing 10 the absence of a marriage
certificate the clerk said he must record the
birth as illegitimste, and the only concession
made, after much expOstulation. was the sub
stitution of the word doubtful for fllegiti.
mate Further, on being told that the parents
belonged to the Anglican church. the clerk
wrote down no religion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

GAVE HIS LIFE's SAVINGS TO A CHURcH-
Andrew Ferguson. colored, has given to the
Presbytery of Louisville. for the use of his
church. property purchased with the savings
Of lifetime. Ferguson is a single man. sew
snty years old. He was in younger days the
property OF Andrew Todd. of Flemingsburg.
With his freedom he began saving. He lives
alone, does his own cspking. washing. &c. In
ISIS he had saved S5,000. with which he bought
the Knox Presbyterian church property. This
he at once gave to his church, rent free. for
ten years, and now has decided it outright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
FAMILY SUPPLIES,
RAILROADS.
pIEDMoNT AIR LINE.


Il Schedule in effect January 18th, 1888
$50 A. Mast Tenn. Mail Daily for warrenton
5ordonsvie Charlottesville Lynch burg, and stations
between Alexandria and Lynchbury, Roanoke, Bristol
leans. Pullman Sleeper Washington TO New Orleans
IL pa A. M-Fast Mail Daily for Warrenton, Char
lottesye, Gordonsyie, Stations Ches. Ohio Route.
Lynchburg, Rocky Mount, Danyille and Stations be-
tween Iynchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Raleigh
Shariotte Columbia Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta Birmins
harm MONTGOMERY, New Orleans, Texas and California
cars Atlanta TO Montgomery Pullman Sleepers Mont
goinery TO New Orleans and Mann Boudor Sleepers
Tor Blrninghan- Nicksburg and Shreveport. Pullman
trains Washington TO Atlanta Does not connect for
Z; rante points sundays
2:3O r. M-Daily, except Sunday, for Manassas,
StrasDurR and intermediate stations.
5:3O L. M--Western Express Daily for warrentou,
Gordonsyille, Charlottesville, Louisville CINCINNATI
Pullman Sleepers and Solid Trains Washington to
louisville also for Lynchburg, Bristol Chattanooga
through Pullman Sleepers Washington to Memphis
without change.
burg, Danville, Raleigh, Ashevle Charlotte Column
bia, Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, New Or
leans Texas and California Pullman Nestbule sleeper
gomery; Pullman Sleeper Washington to Augusta
Ga, without change.
Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave WASH
ington 500 A. NJ. Daily except Sunday, and AS p NJ
Returning leave Round Hill 6 :O5 AN Daily and %
X Daily except Sunday. arriving Washington $3.50
Through trains from the South via Charlotte. Dan.
vile and Lynchburg arrive in Washington 90 A. NJ
and 30 PM via East Tennessee Bristol and Lynch
burg at IL :l3 AN. and lao Pm via Chesapeake
and Ohio route and Charlottesville at $40 PM /;
Strasburg Local at 1918 A NJ
furnished and baggage checked al Office 1900 PENN
MIA Railroad, 9th and SITS JAS /. TAYLoR
9al4 General Passenger Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

DEATH OF Mrs. JAY GoULD.-Mrs jay Gould
died at her home, on 5th avenue. New York. a,
SO last night. The entire family was at the
bedside. Mrs. Gould was too feeble to con-
verse, and answered the anxious inquiries OF
the loved ones about her with a simple ..yes'
or mo" Her death was painless. Mrs. Gould
was the daughter of Daniel s. Miller, of Brook
lyn. Wholesale grocer of two generations ago.
Her mother is still living, but being feeble and
over 80 years OF age, was not notified of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14
Medieval White Caps.
ODD BIT OF INFORMATION CLEANED FROM II
PAGES OF HALLAM

ODD BIT OF INFORMATION CLEANED FROM THE
PAGES OF HALLAM.
From the Chicago Herald.
Hallam, in the ninth chapter of his middle
Ages" quotes Paul Francois velly and Gill
laume de Nangis to show that in the reigns of
Philip Augustus and Henry II the mercenary
troops, dismissed from their pay, went through
the south of France committing all sorts of
outrages. "One Durand, a carpenter. deluded
by contrived appearance Of the Virgin, put
himself at the head Of an army of the populace
in order to destroy these marauders. His fol-
lowers were styled brethren of the White Cap,
from the linen coverings of their heads"
These regulators were successful until they
fell to legislating for the entire country. They
served notice on the lords to take no tribute
from their vassals, whereupon the lords,
through the employment Of the mercenaries,
brought peace again to the country, and no
man could be found who would admit he had
been q White Cap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

TROUBLE BETWEEN WHITE AND CoLoREp
srUDESTs.-A disturbance which NAV cause
further trouble ia reported from Berea college.
sne sehooi founded near Richmond, Ny. in 1856,
for the co-education of whites and blacks. On
January ten white boys took their seats for
the year at one table to the exclusion of the
coiored students. An angry quarrel ensued.
which was settled by the faculty ruling that il
was contrary to the principles of the school
Tor the white students to establish an e.cln-
sively white students table
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

DOUBLE MURDER NEAR BrRMINGHAM.-At
Pratt Mines, five miles from Birmingham, Ala,
Saturday, Mrs. J. C. Kellan, wife Of mechanic,
and her son Willie, nine years old, were muir
dered by q colored man. The woman and boy
had gone into the woods to drive up their COW.
They met a colored man who told them he
could show them where the COW was. They
followed him short distance, when he turned
and struck Mrs. Keilan with q heavy club. The
boy screamed and was immediately Drained by
the colored man. The boy died instantly. Mrs.
Kellan lived long enough to describe the MUIR
derer and give the particulars Of the crime.
The colored man is being pursued BY posse
no motive for the brutal crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

Bot PECULIAR DEArH.--In Baltimore.
Saturday, Herman Schleibaun. aged fourteen,
found railroad signal torpedo, took il into the
cellar, placed 1t upon a ehopping block. and
struck II with a short-handled axe. terrific
explosion followed. and the bow fell dead IN
the ground The metal case of the torpedo had
struck him in the throat, completely severing
Ne windpipe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

= WOMEN yoSfRs AT wNDsoR-The poll lists
OF Windsor, Ont, show that nearly all the
WIDOWS and single ladies' whose names are on
the tax-roll voted for. mayor and other officers
at the recent city election. They were co,irte-
ously received at the polls, and, though the
election Was closely contested. their presence
materially helped 70 Keep order. The vote of
the women was almost equally divided for and
against annexation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

The contract for the construction of the mer-
chants bridge across the Mississippi at st.
Louis has been awarded to the Union Bridge
company Of New York city, for 81, 200, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

The general meeting Of the order Of railroad
conductors, eastern division, was held Sunday
IN Jersey City. Chief Conductor Calvin 8.
emit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

CoAL, CokE. WooD.
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WOOD AND COAL

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A Strange Story About Mr.. Stanley.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
A writer in The Weser Zeitung places Mr.
Henry NJ. Stanley by the side of Ulysses and
Eneas, and implies that in the wanderings
of the modern American, as in those of the
ancient Greek and Trojan, there was woman
in the case. Mr.. Stanley's Calypso, or Dido,
was young English lady whom he met in his
forty-fourth year, when he was living in New
Bond-street. The hero who has faced such
stupendous difficulties was too modest or shy
to tell her of his love, but confided it to her
brother, requesting him to be his mediator.
The English lady refused to take the iniative;
she would neither decline nor accept the lover
who had not courage to 'speak for himself"
but promised to think over the problem
While she was thinking came the call to Stan
ley to march off to Africa for the liberation of
Emin. His old love for Africa revived, and
he left the English Calypso celebrating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

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