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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
DAILY CIRCULATION IN lss5-'se-s7-,ss.


OF this aggregate daily circulation Of 27.os2
copies the books OF the Office show that an average
Of 2O,019 copies were regularly delivered each
oay, py carriers, al use homes ~ peglunen nj s,D-
sciOeTS IN the city and suburbs. OF the remainder
daily average of 5,42I were sold al the ONCE iu
the hotels and railway stations, etc. and on the
streets, by newsboys, making Irand total average
within the District Of 23 45D copies daily leaving
daily average Of l,052 be sent 70 regular SUD-
scrlbers residing beyond its lmIts by mail q press
and railway trains.
In addition ~ the 2O.O2e COPIES daily dalfveraa
at The homes Of subscribers a large proportion of
the os4SI Otherwise disposed Of in tLecity Is reg
ulafly purchased by permanent Residents living
IL lodgings, &c. mot householders while the resi-
due goes into the hands VI transient visitors from
al parts OF the country, who each year come Z,
The National Capital in greater numbers and Tor
longer periods, and who, furthermore Largely rep
resent the well-to-do and purchasing portions of
The communities TO which sley respectively belong
The lastnamed is class Of readers alone Wei
worth reaching; but IL IL ~ the paenomenally
large permanent local circulation VI Tie paper,
and especially TO its unparalleled hold upon the
household and family circle, that the attention u
advertisers is particular. direc1ea
A comparison Of the home circulation Of 25s,o
win ue ngures representing Tie entire popula-
ton OF the city viii concIGsIyeIy establish the fact
that TIE STAR reaches about every family in the
Districto OF COLUMBIA, and is eUeV d0y D. more
utda u'fee-JO9rtsS VI as Iopas0ito0 tcI.o dre a6e
u read! IL follows therefore, that an advertise
ment inserted IL its columns will meet the eye vi
every person in the District worth reaching Of
whatever race, creed sex, age or condition in Lie
Honly remains 10 % sac, Tor The informa ton u
those interested il the subject that in proportion
10 Ats circulation, Jne RACES vi advertising an IHs
EVENING STAR, whether transient or Tor iouy
periods, rank with the very lowest in The United
States. Indeed, taking Do1h tie extent ana CHAR
acter of its circulation into consideration IL may
safely he claimed thai ~ vide and such an excel
ientSuaity Of publicity can nowhere be ooaxng
for the same money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15

Al Salem, Mass, six new cases Of diphtheria
and TWO deaths are reported since Saturday
noon, and the scare is greater than before. This
makes seventeen cases since July 1.
The contest for delegates to the guberna-
torial convention in Augusta county, Va, re-
suited IN the choice of delegates who favor Jno.
and four out Of the six county districts, two
yet to be heard from. The defeated can didstes
were for Richard Beirne of Richmond.
New iork's death rate last week was very
heavy, sSgregating LIST, against 956 for the
previous week. Or the total deaths 764 were
those Of children under five years Of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
A GROOM'S SINGULAR STORY.
Eight Days in Quarantine Before tn
Marriage CEREMONY.
W.. special to the Baltimore Sun.

Onancoek, Va, special to the BaltimoreSu
Mr.. Arthur Coard a middle-aged bachelor
residing between Accomac Court House and
Leemont, who had been absent from home for
nearly two weeks, returned here from Balti-
more several days ago, bringing With him his
newly married wife and her mother They
proceeded at cnce to Mr.. Coard's home, where
he had told them he owned a farm worth
$4,000 Not being able to find the farm, the
disappointed mother-in-law took her daughter
and returned to Baltimore by the first boat
that LETT here after their arrival. Coard ac-
companied them to Onancock and took a very
formal leave OF them at the boat. He gives a
highly amusing account OF his enforced con-
hnement III the same house with his wife
before he WIS allowed to marry her
de says the young lady's mother took
him to Baltimore lawyer, who informed
him that according to the laws of that
city man had 10 be confined in the same
mouse with his betrothed for eight days before
he can marry her. Coard was not permitted to
see his intended bride except in the presence
of her mother, and when he left the house he
was invariably accompanied by his prospective
mOther-in-law, who kept a sharp eye on all his
movements. 1t was during these days of his
confinement that he RECALLED the mother and
her daughter with stories OF his fabulous
wealth. At the end OF the eight days the mar
rage ceremony was performed, but the mother
refused to allow her daughter to come to Acco-
| mac unless she came with her. She took
charge of her on the boat, and mother and
daugh liter occupied the same state room, while
Coard went below and detailed his grievances
| TO the Waterman Oh the boat. He says he does
| not care II his wife never comes back again:
that he has managed to get along tolerably
well thus far as bachelor, and thinks he can
nnlsn the rest OF the journey OF life as a grass
"ldower. After the boat had left Coard told
crowd OF persons all about his courtship and
marriage, and says he has nothing to regret in
the matter. II his wife comes back he saws he
VIII give her warm welcome and treat her
kindiy ana anectonately, but he does not pro-
pose TO shed any tears if she persists in staying
away. The affair has caused no little talk and
| amusement here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
"Trfal by peers.-

For the Information Of those not familiar with
IHE STAR, lew extracts IRON notices by its oop-
temporEries, called OUT ~ recent change A
form are appended:
From the Washington Post
We congratulate TIE STAR on its great rosperity.
There as no Ceer eUe'ttg Newspaper Ca.ed ss.as
From the Philadelphia Ledger
THE NAsHmGTos EvESING srAR has uarkea en-.
Close OF twenty years under its present MANAGE
ment by permanent enlargement 4 dOu1le sheet or
eight page paper, and mechanical in movements that
sIAR Is now considerably Ira tnIcc ~ large =.
~ Was an 1861 furnishes osIiy tHree much
iesons mater AID Las @llAost I've
uoA that AZ theh enjoyed IL Is. mcoed. hrstcl..s
iAier' worthy o. any clty al lie IGnd"
from ths Brooklyn EaOie
NssEIngton's best. if not really its orlv ,.,rs
paper, Is HI STAR which has tiou vi 30 OOl
~ . Ioi oI1n6h OF %oO,OOU served " wagons and
az ne news elEes both SIDES equally M le4t-
ineii and Las attained Tor tns
Harness OF Its tone Gnd management
From the Baltimore SUM-
HE NAsHINGros STAR. one Of the most prosperous
IN the country lately enlarged, per-
.AO5s We crested .! lis snaecrs, the
IS IN naS resuects IsI ,S ioG l-.y seaIs t
e1iehdls 10 AZ our New AeArs greetings trust ~
PROSPERITY may never wane.
From The Philadelphia Times
IEE STAR ais the journalistic field Of the national
CAPITA aid his 1t admirably aud great success
IRON the Ae9 York Commercial BuIletia
Thatenterprising Journal. The WASHINGTON EVENING
present msnasenlent and celebrates the event "
aoopsis teri.aneLuy an asnt-laee iorll in winch &
~ Que Ga We largest ana nallosOest afternoon la.ers
IA Tie lnltea states ~ AZ has ions " te be
alo nlost successful
From the Baltimore american
The WAsHISe1os EvENIse srAR appea-ed last Mich,
IN new npe Win the announcement that hereafter ID
rHE sTAh Sss p e I As an eisht-pAse paper.
SDsecs VI lltefest AID III its form wl wItpr
out doubt ~ Oh increasing in circulation ana worl
From the Chester lEaD Tsses
Here and there behold paper which ruv,rs. Tn.
toll perhaps the genius Of It's controiiins sprss ws1
aneasa.e q success that eXcites the wonder Of ~
Washington City.
From the Indianapolis Ners
1t gives US great pleasure TO note this evidence M
~ In SIAh Is one u the best and cleansst
sentative u the national capital
From the Macon SGaD TeGegruph.
the best newspaper Washington ever Lad.
From the Phaadelphso Record.
TIE WASHINGTON EVENING STAR keeps an easy lea
s sSni ' Contemporaries published IN the Tsdsra
FROM the Cumberland CNd) Daily Ee.s..
Tn STAB IL already 90 e1osent that we scarcely @,
any room tor Improvement
krom 0As Brooklyn Times
TIE STAB il an exponent Of progressive ,ourp.l,.rn
ts Growth and prSsHeriy are the drect results Of i
nnstnted enterprise and patient Industry m fuins,s
THEM; b., AZ Eve Washington daily payer worthy 4
From the Buffalo kescs
hs ony oS 5ee 80, paper the national cap
% snssTpri.s ana and s
Ts rev yr.uss Lhess ara the poles Of sucosss
sns s q Ssss .r a.s ss:
Fsom tAs Nosfou Landmark
q ,%sa. :SoISs o .ss.sSa g q
H. Sh<R ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
Observation-Disclosures.

bright HOUSE, CAPE HENLOPEN BEACH RE-
ID hoboth, Del. This well-known hotel will reopen
June ~, under same management as last season. Cir
culgrs at star office Roundtrip tickets good for the
season. reduced to old rate-SS Through express
trains leave IL and 10 pm. Arrive and ~ D. H.
Iny1l-3m' WALTER BURTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15

A windstorm, which assumed almost the pro-
portions of cyclone, passed over Dinwiddie
county, Va, Friday afternoon and did an i'm
mense amount of damage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15

Jacob Bauman. Baltimore stevedore, took
laudAnum and died Saturday. He had been
drinking heavily.
Mrs Langtry and her little niece left for
London by the Servia on Saturday. The faith
full Freddy saw her OF, and rumor says will
soon follow after
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08

washed BY hIrsllnR hands rather IMAM by
her own, cared for BY uhteracy while she.
mother, Rads the streets seeing aud being
seen Of men. But It was not always thus.
There are few old-ime Virginia
"mammies" left here. Those who know
them pray that their race may forever en-
dure. Did you ever see real. sure enough
Virginia 'mammy7" nnot, you have missed
one OF the greatest factors Of this, or rather
the past age. Probably score more OF
years win witness the extinction Of the en-
tire class. In the old slavery days the best
colored women were designated to nurse
the children.
Twas good custom. The little "massa"
and s'mist'iss" learned to cling to the black
neck and arms, and kiss the a1ectionate
thick lips of honest old nanny" with
more fervor and earnestness than they dis
played towards their white mammas. Be-
meath their black skins those old IMAM
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08

come upon the markets of the world with
their wares. Hundred gated Thebes never
poured forth SO many warriors, nor myriad
mosQued Mecca received so many votaries,
Is the American people furnish TO worship
at the shrine of fashion.
Children and infants are undergoing the
pleasures and pains Of the season. The an
nual persecution of the innocents has begun.
Nc sooner do the gentle zephyrs Of this cline
betoken the balniness and safety Of CON-
plete sprir g-time, than the INDECENT tndif-
ferent women who become mothers under
the Southern sun hand their little ones to
the merciless nercies Of nurse-girls. Thus
the newborn race is incipiently nurtured
in ignorance and fostered in vice. The on
coming population Of the geographical belt
adjoining the torrid aone will some dav be
subserviert TO the increasing millions of
the recently-erslsved race, or TO the advanc-
ing tide OF Mongols from China The col
ored girls who are nurses for the babies in
this cline are generally illiterste, unfeelins,
cruel To them the average woman con.
fdes her child 1t is an tnexeusable cruelty,
if not crime, to her own on. pring; yet the
children are handed over to the arms of ip-
norance and vice as naturally as water runs
down hill. The sun shines hotter and hot
ter from now until September, yet out into
the glare and glitter of midday, the help
less one is pushed by nurse who looks not
at vehicle or occupant, but from curb TO
curb 10 find her Adonis, with whom to spend
the hours With face to the sun, the little
innocent cries and pleads through tears
which scald its pretty eyes, but deaf ears
hear nothing, aud it matters not that the
little one suffers tornents and shrieks IN
agony.
The aboriginal American savage was
never more heartless towards condemned
captive than is the typical Washington
nurse-girl towards her little charge. 1t
may be in the public park or it may be IN
an ally, the baby sits surrounded by
nles, very hungry and very thirsty, sobbing
her health If not her life away, while the
trusted guardian sits beneath the roof Of
the strange woman and utterly disregar6s
the h'tie chattel The picture is not over
oraWn, II Is rather undermined. And
mothers permit these things, yea, eucour.
age them. Each woman saws of her nurse:
"She is SO kind TO baby, / think she loves
her almost as much as l do MYSELF BAIL
She loves her own baby not devotedlv. but
IS playthinz. a perfumed. clean baby.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08
THREE UNLUcKY' NEGROES.

They Were Convicted Of Stealing Corn and
Sentenced in DogEsreL
Judge Lumphin caused much merriment
N Hart superior court down in Georgia by
delivering sentence against three little
negroes, convicted Of stealing corn, In poet
ical measures. Here is the judges SEN
tence in full, as recorded in the Macon Tel
egraph:
II recollect on one occasion reading a
eulogy prepared by the first Chief Justice
OF Georgia, upon an occasion where the bar
Of the highest tribunal in this State was
taking suitable action over the death of one
Of its distinguished members Judge Pow
ers, OF Macon), and the Judge, in comment
ing upon him. said that he regretted Judge
Powers had not lived In the merrier days Of
the law, when the solemn judgments of
courts were sometimes clothed in the fairy
garb Of verse, sud cited an instance in
the case Of Parish Of Shadwsn VS. Parish
Of st. Johns, where the learned Judge pre-
siding pronounced judgment in these
words:
"A woman having . settlement
Married man with none.
The question is, he being dead,
II that she had is gone.
Quoth Sir John Pratt: Her settlement
Suspended did remain.
Leaving the husband, but him dead,
1t doth revive again
snow, the incumbent who has the honor
to preside upon the bench of this court is
not and does not pretend to be as gifted in
poetry as that able judge, but I have de-
cided to pass Judgment on these defendants
as follows:
'Three little Swillipgs
Seemed quite willing
To take Mr.. Vickery's corn.
Now for this fact
The court must act
So as to make these lads forlorn,
sharp little fine
Must be paid In time
To satisfy the law;
And II not done,
Then for their fun
The boys to work must go.
"And 1t is accordingly adjudged that each
Of you pay a fine Of FIVE dollars and the cost
Of this prosecution, or else, in the language
Of the poetry, you must 60 to work on the
chain-gang."
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08
THE MALE SHOPPER,
A Nuisance of tho Genus Dude That
Seems to Be on the Increase.
nIs that a manto

A Nuisance of tho Genus Dude That
Seems to Be on the Increase.
"Is that a manp
'No. hats male sho pper."
And what Is q male shopperr"
"a male shopper is primarily a dude, and
secon6arily great nuisance"
"Oh, / see."
This brief and breezy interview, says the
New York Star, took place in the gentle
mems furnishing department Of one Of the
great dry-goods establishments which line
Sixth avenue, between Fourteenth and
Twenty-third streets, the party of the first
part being q pleasantfaced, matronly
woman in front of the counter, and the
party Of the second part an equally pleas
ant, but thoroughly annoyed, clerk be-
hind il.
A youth with nut-brown derby hat a
size too small for his small head, cape
overcoat OF pronounced check, patent
leather shoes covered with light moccasins,
ponderous walking stick and q pretty
lisp. which issued from beneath a single
ply mustache, had just left the counter,
where he had forced the patient empioye to
haul down dozen boxes and overturn half
his stock Of scsrfs, suspenders and a siIxeu
half-hose without making sale.
When the work OF upheayal was complete
the youth renarkeE pleasantly:
Thanks, swfuny. I'll call again"
And fitted away like the giddy thing that
he was, to pose before the Hoffman and
give the ladies treat to his beauty.
AS the clerk sought TO reconstruct his
goods he ventilated his sentiments BY the
use Of several emphatic swear words.
I'D rather wait on twenty women than
one Of those dude shoppers" he continued.
They never buy any thing worth more
than Fifty cents, and yet I'm forced BY the
rules of the house to bring out every thing
they ask to look at can tell one Of them
as soon as he strikes me, but that doesn't
do any good. can only grin and bear it"
do many Of them come In herei Yes,
too many. have an average Of about four
day to wait on, and they seem to be in.
creasing. They ought to be kept at home
II pinafores or put to work BY their parents.
The chronic female shopper 10 bad enough,
but those fellows make me very tired
There ought 70 be . law to suppress them"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08

A ooRREsPoSpESr who recently visited the
home of Amelie Rives- Chauler saws: "A
stream Of visitors from all parts Of the
Union and from Europe Eli the house from
years end to years end, among them Of
late eager editors Of magazines end pub
fishers of books, all anxious TO win the favor
OF the brilliant young authoress, all trying
TO outeid each other for the next poem-novei
that IL to be evolved out Of the large store Of
work already ACCOMPLISHED"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-08

Free reclining chair cars are now running
On all trains on the c., K & n. railway,
"Rock BLAND Route" between Wichita,
Topeka. Kansas City. st. Joseph. Chicago.
st. Louis. EFT
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-22
The5 Girl Batilers.

New York World.
: All up and down. the coast this week
the doors OF the bath houses will open to
admit an army of full-fledged angels,
who will come forth arrayed in every
color of the rainbow and clothed with
every device which the ingenious female
mind can produce to increase her gen
eral beWitchingneSS and make the ST.
renS and mermaidS III their antiquated
tiSll-tail costumes retire to the deepest
depths of the ocean in jealous disgust.
The summer young woman has come
forth prepared to conquer, and
one of her Surest weapons with which
to dazzle and confound the sum-
mer young man is the costume in
which she modeStly and haif-shame-
facedly appears upon the stand when
she makes her first dash into the salt
water. 1t is astonishing, however, to
see how soon she RECEIVERS from this
shamefacedness. During the winter
TO have shown any part of her stockings
save the embroidered silken instep,
curved up from the satin slipper, would
have made her blush herself half to
death, and this sudden summer rise
of her skirts up to her knees makes her
very pink and conscious the first
time she comes out of a bath house.
.''What makes all those girls walk. so
queerly?" asked an innocent youth last
Thursday, as crowd OF them came
down across the white strips of sand
and plunged into the sea. "Oh,"e ex-
planned his companion, who was repos-
ing about ill his scant bathing suit and
striking attitudes to display his shape
and muscle, ''they are trying tosadd the
eighth of an inch to the length OF their
skirts by keeping their knees bent: but
give them time. They will get over that
and walk all right before the summer is
done."1 Indeed, by the second week i'll
July they will forget all about their
earlier emotions, and will stop on the
beach to bow and chatter to their ac-
quaintances or take stroll up and
down before they go into the water,
allowing their best young man to make
engagements with them for dances at
the Casino that night, or to Introduce to
them his best friend-a perfect stranger,
who arrived from Philadelphia on the
night train. She makes no apology and
feels no embarrassment about the brew
ity of her attire.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-22

Among young Forepaugh's greatest
feats of training which are exhibited
this season are troupe of ranch-bred
bronchos that $4,000 could not buy,
and which he has trained to perform
every feat it is possible for horse to
perform; his brave little Blondln
pony, which actually walks unaided
over rope stretched thirty feet
in the air; Eclipse, handsome
velously trained to Jump from one ele-
waited trapeze to another through hoop
of fire; whole troupe of somersault-
turning dogs and herd of eight huge
elephants, instinct with reason, who go
through an intricate, may, laughable
quadrille with the precision and courtly
grace of Virginia danes and handles.
The menagere, always a strong feature,
is this season stronger than ever, con-
tanning specimens of every known beast,
bird and reptile, collected by Mr.. Fore
paughs agents from all parts of the
world. This extraordinary collection is
exactly twice the size of the famous
collection of animals at the Philadelphia
geological garden and five times the
size of the collection in Central park,
New York, and Lincoln park, Chicago.
1t is also much larger than the geologic
display at the Cincinnati geological
garden. The magnificent herd of ele-
plants alone comprise over thirty of the
huge pachydermas.
"The greatest of all the new features,
however, is the Wild West exhibition,
which has this year been added to the
show. This feature is an entire enter
tainment in itself. 1t is shown on the.
big quarter mile hippodrome track, and
embraces plain and fancy rifle shooting
by the famous DR.. Carver, Pawnee Bill,
May Lille, the pride of the pioneers,
and coterie of border-famed scouts
and cowboys; lasso throwing, mustang
and bucking broncho riding, an attack
on the DeadWOod overland mail coach
by Indians aud their repulse by cow
boys; the pursuit, capture and eXecu-
ton of a horse thief according to
the code of Judge Lynch, and
correct reproduction OF the thrill
ing border dramas, The Noun
tain Meadow Massacre and Clusters
Last Fight on the Little Big Horn,' in
which over two hundred scouts, sol
diers, cowboys, Indians and trained
horses are utilized. Nothing so realistic
has ever been seen on the stage, because
no stage was ever built large enough to
hald the people used in the Forepaugh
production.
81 have often been asked whether, in
adding the Wild West feature, the rest
of the performance has not been
abridged. AS matter of fact, the
arenic features have not only not been
decreased, but they have actually been
augmented, and there are more noted
performers in the Forepaugh show to-
day than ever before in its existence"