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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
MAKING THE MOLD.

The molds made BY Messrs Joseph and Will
lam Palmer from the Atlantic City whale were
lying in a shed in the rear of the Smithsonian
building. The molds made Of plaster. The
tail Of the animal was first cut off and then
boards were cut so as to fit exactly along line
drawn from the end of the snout down the mid
die of the back and underneath the body back
to the end of the snout again. The boards,
when cut, formed outline Of the whale
These boards, having been adjusted, were left
in position while one side of the body was COW
cred with plaster. This plaster, when hard
ened, was removed and formed a mold of one
side. The whale was then turned over and the
board outline being adjusted again. a mold of
the other side was taken in the same manner.
separate mold was made of the tail and flip
pers. From these matrices the form Of the
whale will be modelled in paper mache. After
the large molds were made the head WAS cut off
and other molds made from it. with the Jaws
open, SO that model can be made showing the
structure of the head
Every time a whale or any other strange
denizen of the deep comes ashore along
the part OF the coast patroled by the crew
OF any hfe-saving station. the Smithsonian
Institution is Immediately notified. This is in
accordance with an arrangement made
some time ago between Prof. Baird and Supt
kimball, of the hfe-saving service A code
for telegraphing has been adopted by means Of
which the captain Of a life-saving station. when
he gets q whale or shark. by telegraphing a few
numbers. can notify the institution of its
species and general character If it is some
thing that the naturalists of the museum
desire to secure steps are taken at once to get
whale from Atlantic City. result Of this
arrangement. Prof. True said to The STAR re-
porter, has been to secure for the museum a
great many rare and valuable forms, some of
which were not before known to exist ON this
side Of the Atlantic
The museum has a big collection of whales.
OF some OF the largest the skeletons only are
mounted In one hall. arranged above the
cases on vertical rods, life-like in color and
air. are score or more of papier-mache
models, or casts Of smaller cetaceans from pig
niles three feet long up to a white whale and
whales Of other species twelve or thirteen feet
IN length The Messrs Palmer. the taxider-
mists, have been most successful in mounting
whales in this NAV
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mails, is mounted the skeleton of narwhal. the

mails, is mounted the skeleton of narwhal, the
tusked or horned whale Of the Arctic ocean.
The skeleton in the museum is that of a full
grown male. It measures about IL feet
the spiral tusk extending straight out
from the head to a length Of about s feet.
These horns or tusks used to be brought into
port by sailors, and for q long time it was not
known to what kind of animals they belonged
They gave rise to the yarn about the imagi-
nary creature known in story-books as the uni
corn. The tusk is in fact big tooth. 1t APP
pears normally only in the male. and it is a
curious thing that 1t grows uniformly on the
left side. Recently, however. the museum has
purchased q skull Of narwhal. said to be that
OF female, which has two trlsks. each fee
long, one growing from each side Of the head.
Narwhal tusks have a market value, and are
used by ivory workers in the manufacture Of
canes and other articles
On TOP OF another case near the narwhal IL
the skeleton Of a bottle-nose whale from
Norway. and few feet away is the bony frame
OF little piked whale from the Massachusetts
coast. Ranged along the wall are skulls and
tawbones of big cetaceans. There is lower
Jaw OF sperm whale looking like big Y, and
studded with teeth like spike heads. The
Uranium of California gray whale, of Cali
fornia. looks like the skull of some gigantic
bird. Near it is the huge skull of a sulphur
bottom whale obtained from Nantucket. The
sulphur-bottom Is 80 named from the color OF
the heart. 1t resembles the fnback, attains
great size, and is powerful and swift swimmer.
The sulphur-bottom whale of the Pacific coast
Is said to be the largest known cetacean. A
record Is made Of one that measured 50 feet in
length and SO feet in girth, and had q weight
estimated at 294 900 pounds
HOW WHALES FEED.
Whales are divided, Prof. True said, into two
great classes, the whalebono whales and the
toothed whales. The whalebone whales have
only rudimentary teeth. Their method of
feeding is such as not to require teeth. So
long ago in the process of evolution their teeth
retired from business and now naturalsts
find only indications that these whales were
sometime in the course of the earth's history
provided with teeth. The whalebone is not
bone at all, bat horny elastic substance, that
grows oct like stiff thick bristles, fringing the
upper jaw inside the mouth. When the mouth
is open this elastic fringe, springing downward,
forms net that completely curtains the orifice
of the mouth. Prof. True in explaining the
functions of the whalebone to STAR reporter,
remarked that it was singular thing that the
biggest Of beasts feed on the smallest Of crea-
lures. The whalebone whale subssts on small
crustaceans and other tiny creatures. 1t opens
its mouth and swims rapidly until it catches a
mouthful Of these dainties. Then it closes its
jaws, and with its tongue squeezes the water
out from the meshes of whalebone and swallows
the morsels left. This done it opens its mouth
again and steams ahead after more small game,
repeating the operation until its hunger is ap-
peased
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and the red in her cheeks makes il exquisite,
while her hair. brushed back from her fore
head, is as black ss night and is caught in a
broad Knot behind, pierced with two gold pins.
Her hands are tiny things, pink ON the inside
and golden without. and her feet, which are
not deformed, but exquisitely shaped, are no
longer than my thumb, viii swear. She
doesn't walk on them, but letters around the
room a good deal like the little sandpipers that
throng the shores Of the Potomac Opposite
Washington She was dressed in q red silk
gown, stlf and shiny, and wore white stock
ings that showed just a bit above her cute
little brown slippers with snow-white soles.
Mrs. All Dam doesn't speak any English, 90 my
compliments were evidently wasted on her.
And once when thought her husband was in
terpreting to her one Of the pretty things had
endeavored to say, she frowned at me in such
forbidding way that just dropped the compli-
mentary business then and there. Barring the
frown, / think Mrs. All Dam is one of the sweet
est New York girls ever met.
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be laid, covering the bottom OF this
trench. Resting upon the concrete will
be series of iron supports called yokes,
which will support the tracks on each side and
the conduit. The latter is an egg-shaped tube
made of concrete, and through it the cable
runs being supported at suitable intervals on
pulleys. The tube has narrow slit or slot in
the top, which is flush with the pavement
between the tracks. The cable is an endless
rope made of steel wire. 1t is operated by
means of a large drum or wheel, over which it
passes. Steam engines keep the drum in mo-
ton, and the rope. passing out over the drum,
Is carried under the pavement to the street
where, at the head of the track, it passes over
a horizontal wheel. and then over the pulleys
down the tube the entire length of the line,
when it returns by the tube in the center of the
other track. The power of this moving cable is
communicated to the cars by means of a grip,
a cut Of which is given. According to the most
approved method the grip is in special car,
called the grip-car, although it may be on the
front platform of a regular passenger car The
driver or grip-tender stands in the center Of
the grip-car, which is smaller than the ordinary
car, and is open, but will accommodate num-
Der of passengers, and is convenient as a smok-
ing and package car. There can be attached
to the grip-car any number of passenger cars.
The grip attached to the lever is about feet
long, and consists of two horizontal jaws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
A Flat Refusal.


Janitor-"Have you any children, sir9"
Mr.. Kidby-"Yes; three"
Janitor-.I can't let you have this fat then"
Mr.. Kidby-"But my children are all mar
ried"
Janitor-''It doesn't make no difference"
Mr.. Kidby-''They live out in Chicago
Janitor-"Csn't help it, sir; the owner says
he won't rent to nobody who has children un-
der no circumstances"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

CHARGED WITH NUMBERING EIGHT PEOPLE
Frank Schultz has been arrested at Fordyce.
Ark, on the charge Of numbering Mr.. and Mrs
J. Il. King and their six children, in Titus
county, Tex, in December last. The prisoners
cousin, q son-in-law of the murdered man. IA
also accused, the alleged motive being that he
married Kings daughter on a forged marriage
certificate and feared prosecution The house
was burned after the murder to conceal it, but
an examination revealed the fact that all the
skulls were fractured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

MAGGIE MITCHELL DIvoRcEp.--A divorce has
been granted Maggie Mitchell, the actress,
from her husband, Henry T. Paddock, by
Chancellor McGill, Of New Jersey, the decree
having been fled in the chancery Office in
Trenton. The evidence in the case was taken
in New Jersey and New York, and the COM
plainant's main charge was adultery on the
part Of her husband in 1882 and 1884 with one
Minnie E. Moore, who was then living in syrs-
cuse,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

The CHESS TouRNANENr.-The leaders in the
new fork chess tournament now are Black
burn, Gunsberg, Weiss, Lipschutz and Tschi-
gorin. Gunsberg beat Blackburn in match of
nve games in 1887 five to two. He is regarded
as one of the greatest tournament players.
Martinez, Of Philadelphia, won his first game
yesterday. The result Of the days play fol-
lows; Weiss won from Macleod; Gossip won
from Bird; Tschigorin drew Showalter; Guns
berg won from A. q. Baird; Blackburn won
from Lipschutz; Burille drew with J. W. Baird;
Deimar won from Masen; Judd and Bier adj
tourned unfinished; Martinez won from Ham
ham; Pollock drew with Taubenhaus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
The Wrong Triple.

From the Utica Observer.
George" she said shyly, as she withdrew
her lingering lips from his, ~ think I smell
whisky on your breath"
Wrong, Edith, dear, you'll have to guess
again" And she guessed again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
But You Can't Do 1t, You Know
Jould We elect what things were at

Could We elect what things were at
To linger in survival
Our Pains and aches we would transmit
To some detested rival.
But It can't be done You have to ache IL out
for yourself unless you follow the example of these
Witnesses:
DIS srARKKY PALRN:-"Your Compound Oxy-
gen cured me when everyone thought had con-
sumption" LAvINA E. NYH Ames, Iowa.
owe my life 70 your Compound Oxygen Treat
Icy, Mexican Co., Pa
Drs. Starkey q Palen's ONCE records shov over
5000 cases In which their Compound Oxygen
Treatment has been used BY physicians In their
prsct ce and BY invalids Independently. Their
charge to any one addressing DRs. SrARKEY q
PALM, No. 1529 Arch street, Philadelphia Pa.
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knife, cutting away at bloody masses Of heart
and liver and other vital organs. These were
parts Of the whale. Passing out again into the
grounds he met the only part left Of the ceta-
cean that could be recognized by an unscien-
tifc man This was the whales tail. 1t was
coming through the grounds from the old
armory building. where it had been in the
hands Of the taxidermists. Its power of loco
motion was furnished by Mr.. William Palmer.
In fact ii was balanced on Mr. Palmers shoul-
der. and the fiukes waved with a graceful and
regular motion as Mr.. Palmer logged steadily
on He had taken it TO the armory building to
secure plaster mold from it. and was returning
IT to the psychologist, who is to take the bones
out and put them to soak with the other por-
tons Of the skeleton Of this latest addition to
the array Of cetaceans in the National museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
SIDE Ban Bueerrs.
WE HAVE THEM IN FIVE GRADES.

No. IL Q Corning Body. suitable for pusinsg ~
pleasure It IL nicely painted and trimmed, ~ ~
guarantee Il for one year. Price. e125.
No. Els Piano-Box; niceiooting and an hoosst ~
Price. ass.
No. IL handsome stylish, and ths one ws hea9
about Hung on full Brewster sprinss and cannoe y
eQualed for the money anywhere in the city. fs1sA
eloO.
No. Ais sentlemsns Road Wagon in every pastos-
lar. and wiz compare very fsvorsbly with ths -
buildsn IN the country. It has 10 b 10 b spss
cisssd Prios e275.
Last but not least % No. Sour own makeL II y
not necessary for 10 ~ anything copcernnG this
wsgon, - &c speaks for itsslf Il has mover ben
equalsd by any builder IN this city and n exessd ~
none other In the United sass Tbs price ve ed foe
it n sl00 less than Brevstsr. etivsrs. os1rsy .
Roger, and defy the most critical 10 discover my
difference in workmanship. material. or nnish Raes
$3.50
Nos ], 9, g. and are built By the Bsboock Co. a
vssertovn. n Y We have BEEN selling thsm Sour
ysars and have had complaint 10 thsr vsar-
you ere in want Of good buggy. IL WIN nv yea
10 call on ~ before purchasing.
ANDREW =. yoYcI
nh14-lm Nos. A12. 41A lle len stssss Northwest
building PAPERA NQRTAR OOLOn2 n
Dportsd Portand, B. Top, Rosendn1a. cd Aa6s1nn
CemsntA Moth Proof Paper and Charcoal
nhse 1T. ~AIAEH sVSs. zo4 losh - ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
WITH CABLE AND GRIP,
The Motive Power to be Used on the
7th Street Railroad.
THE SYSTEM ADOPTED AFTER cARErrL coNsrD-
ERATIoN-How CABLE ROADS ARE oPERATEp-.
PICTURES OF THE CABLE CONDUIT AND THE
GRIP AND HOW THEY ARE WORKED.

THE SYSTEM ADOPTED AFTER CAREFUL ooNsrD-
ERATIoN-How CABLE ROADS ARE OPERATED.
PICTURES OF THE CABLE CONDUIT AND THE
GRIP AND HOW THEY ARE WORKED.
A cable road il q simple thing when You
come to understand it, That is what President
Hurt, Of the Washington and Georgetown rail-
road company, told STAR reporter. His COM
pany have been for some time investigating the
subject of motors, and they have not yet COM
pleted their studies. President Hurt and the
directors know all about horses as q motive
power for street railways, as they have had
considerable experience in that line. There
seems to be two other motors which, are consid-
cred suitable for street railroads, namely, the
cable and electricity. As result of the atten-
ton given to this matter by President Hurt
he is prepared to say now that he
knows something about the cable motor
He admits that he knows nothing about
electricity and inquired rather anxiously
Of the reporter il he was acquainted with any
one that did, and what it would do and what it
wouldn't. The reporter hadn't any informa-
ton on the subject, and Mr.. Hurt went on to
say that, while the cable road as now built was
not perfect, it had been demonstrated that it
was practical and that it was the best motive
power now known. At any rate, as has been
stated in The STAR, the company has decided
to put the cable on their 7th-street line, and in
the course of a few months the public gen.
orally will be able to see the practical opera
ton Of this motive power.
THE sEvEHTH-sTREEr LINE,
from Boundary to the wharves, is about three
miles and half in length With the exception
Of one curve it is perfectly straight, and has
some rather heavy grades. The absence Of
curves and the presence Of grades were the
main reasons which induced the company to
put the cable on the 7th street line, instead of
on the Avenue. The latter is rather meander-
ing. and has what may be termed fat topog-
raphy. 1t is also longer and the OUTLAY would
be greater. Mr.. Hurt estimates that the con-
struction Of the cable road will cost about
$780, per mile Of single track. When it is
down the cost of operating it will be much less
than the present cost Of using horses. A road
using electricity by means Of overhead wires
would also cost less than the cable road. But
overhead wires in the city are not very popular
either in Congress or with the public.
HOW THE CABLE WILL BE LAID.
Mr.. Hurt says that it is the intention to put
down the cables without interfering with the
daily traffic. One square will be done at a
time and temporary tracks will be built on
each side for the cars to pass around the new
work. When the new track is down another
section of the road will be torn up, and this
process will be continued until the entire road
is finished. The cut given showing a cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
Always Keep the Upper Hand Of Diseas

Changes Of temperature are apt to cause dan
gerous sicknsss in the fall-blooded apoplsxy IL TO
pc feared when you have pain In the head,
stomach, take at once three 10 ten BRANDRETH's
PnIA such slight affections are only the hsr-
ptngerD OF disease or sudden proetration, and the
ming % DO y 70 master the trouble at once. Never
Let little stcknees get the better Of you. Drive t
out OF doom Immediately. Lot there be no compro-
mise, always have with you box Of BRANDRRTH's
Pills and you are prepared 70 fight the worst form
Of sicknsss In its tncipisncy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

w. G. and Charles W. Brockunier, Of Wheel
ing. have sold their two thoroughbred horses,
Wheeling Wilkes, BY George Wilkes, for
$1,000, and FL Mahdi, by Onward, for Sl2, ZOO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

ward Sprigele, an engineer, put . fourtssn-
year-old boy, named Washington, Oh his train.
Later In the day the boy stols mp behind sprie-
gle and fractured his skull In three places with
. pump handle. The engineer viii die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

section OF the road bed
of a cable road, will
afford some idea Of the
amount of work in
volved. The entire space
between the tracks will
be dug up to the depth
of five feet, a base of
concrete will then
Tho boftopn ~ fhis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
AND THEIR WAYS
MARINE MONSTERS IN THE MUSEUM.
How the Big CetaceanS are Mounted
for Exhibition.

NAMING TIE MOULD FOR THE ATLANTIC CITY
wHALE-THE BIG HuMPpAcK AND THE NOVEL
WAY IN WHICH IT WAS Mouxrxp-rHr VAN
IsHEp HIND LEGS OF THE WHALE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
THE NEW YORK GIRL.
Some Types OF Gotham Lasses as OBJ
served from without.

THE FIFTH AVENUE GIRL AND THE BROADWAY
arRIl-rHK GIRLS WHO eIooLE-A REMARKA-
BILE GIRL rs THE sowEhY GIRL, But THERE rs
MORE REMARKABLE GIRL IN MOTT STREET.
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} ESTERDAY afternoon when a

ESlEhDAI AFTERNOON When q
STAR reporter visited the Smith
sonian the whale from Atlantic
City dumped in the grounds
Wednesday by a big express
wagon had about all disap-
peafed. In the little building
occupied by the PSYCHOLOGIST the
reporter found Prof. F. W.
True busy with Q dissectinR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
THE BoWERY Girl


ia, bantam! Yer awful nice. but yer uppers
don't fit YER" as she goes strutting along. II
she and her companion (these girls 90 in
couples) meet stranger to the Bowery who
looks meek and bashful, one will below in his
very face, my! Amt he a nice clean mani"
Two OF them stood in front of dime museum
window the other night looking at the corpse
like painting of the ''ossifed man." a spectacle
SO horrid that the authorities should prohibit
it.. The girls chewed gum and gazed at it five
minutes: "Ain't he real cunnin'?" remarked
one. Yep" replied the other, ''but the Twin
man wild de broken neck is cunniner. / plays
him fer place every heat" and they turned
with new rapture to the portrait Of the living
man with broken neck, whose head lolled
over his shoulder, whose tongue protruded
fervently exclaimed the first Bowery girl.
ANOTHER new YORK GIRL.
One Of the prettiest New York girls have
seen for q long time is Mrs. All Dam. Although
she is married Mrs. All Dam still looks and acts
like girl, and in truth, her husband tells me,
she is only sixteen. Mr.. All Dam is the richest
Chinese groceryman in New York, and Mrs. All
Dam IL the third wife he has brought out from
China. Mr.. All Dam never let anybody see his
first two wives, buthe has become so thoroughly
American since getting the third that he takes
an honest pride in showing her off, even to
strangers. He didn't wait an instant when I
asked an introduction, but called in a clerk, to
whom he said few peremptory tea-chest
words, and We proceeded to climb the stairs to
his fiat" on the fifth floor Of Mott-street
tenement. never saw cleaner place. There
were no lath and plaster, but plain pine parti-
tions, Imprinted and - clean a. wax. A his
own hoor We entered, and after announcing me
to his wife first he led me into her apartment.
Mrs. All Dam Il about four and Q half feet In
height, rosy and round, with the sort Of rose
bud mouth that We see In small children, but
which had never before remarked IN wife, no
matter how young. Her complexion IL golden
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-02-02
A Short Story with q Moral.

An English writer saws: "That
night | was out late. l returned by the
Lee cabin about eleven O'Clock. AS
l approached l saw a strange object
covering under the low caves. A
odd rain was falling it was autumn.
l drew near, and there was Mile wet
to skin. Her father had driven
her out some hours before: she had
lad town to listen for the heavy snor-
ING OF his drunken slumbers, so that
she might creep back to bed. ! tried
70 a her home witt: me, but no:
true us il martyr to his faith, she
struggled from me and returned to
the now silent and dark cabin.
Things went on for weeks and months.
but at length Lee grew less violent.
even III his drunken fits, to his self
denying child; and one day when he
awoke from a slumber, aftera debauch.
and found her preparing breakfast
Tor HIM and singing a childish song.
ne turned to her, and with a tone al
NEST tender, said: "Millie, Whit
makes you stay with me?"
"because You are my father and |
love yOu.n
"Youlove me-" repeated tho wretch
ed man, lyon love me!.n He looked at
his bloated limbs, his soiled, ragged
clothes. "Mlllle, what makes O
love me! | am a poor drunkard;
everybody despises me; why don't
you
"Dear father" said the girl, with
swimming eyes, "my mother taught
mo to love you, and every night She
comes from Heaven and stands by
ny little bed and says, :Millie. don't
leave your father; he will get away
from that run fierd some of these DAYS.
and then how happy you will be-
Inc quiet, persistent love Of this
enid was the redemption of this man.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-02-02

A good farmer should never depend
upon his neighbor for what he can,
by care and good management. pro-
duce on his own farm. He should
never beg fruit while he can plant or
graft trees; he should never borrow
vehicles or tools when he can make or
buy them; he should never refuse a
fair price for anything he wants to
sell he should never undertake to
cultivate land than he can till
thoroughly, for while well-tilled land
IS constantly improving, half-tilled
land is growing poorer every day. He
should always have a supply of dry
kindling wood ready for his wife, if he
wishes to avoid chilling looks from
her he should never have a broken
pane Of glass in his house, or n gate
that will not shut his Toulouse
should lee rs clean as his wife's sit
t%ing-room, and he should have Il
.'place for everything, ard very
thing in its place.'-Er.