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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
FERTILIZERS

Messrs. J. +. Weaver and Thomas R.
Evans have on hand large amount of
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS,
that they are ready to supply on the
shortest notice.
Both gentlemen have had much ex-
perience both in the use and sale of fer
tilizers and only handle the very best
brands.
The prices are the lowest that reliable
dealers offer.
Any brands wanted not in stock will
be ordered promptly.
WEAVER & EVANS,
Morgantown and Easton.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Degrading the Pensions.

The two notices of the Pension
Office under its present administra-
tion appear to be: "The surplus
must CO." and "a bummer's vote is
as good as soldiers
Not content with reckless re-rat-
ings which have exhausted the pen
sion appropriation and bid fair to
run the cost of the list up to $780,
900, 900 for this year-a sum nearly
equal to the annual cost of the enor-
nous standing army of Germany
the law assistant of the department
has rescinded the just and salutary
rule that "a dishonorable discharge
is a bar to a pension" Mr.. Bussey
holds that 1.-The character of a sol
dier's discharge cannot affect his
claim for pension on account of dis
abilities. -
This is a degradation of what
should be roll of honor. To place
hummer, coward or a desertel
dishonorably discharged from the
service he disgraced, ON the same
plane with the brave and faithful
soldiers is an insult to the veterans
The next step will probably be tt
pauperize the list by pensionins
able bodied shirks who are too shift
less to work.
The soldier racket is being
worked very low down.-N. Y
World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

WE have some few summer goods
left vet which are being sold regard
less of cost at Hirschmans
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07
Prince Russell Harrison has

Prince Russell Harrison has re-
turned from Europe. He flew around
pretty lively with the Prince of
Wales, Edison and Buffalo Bill and
had nice time generally. The fact
is Mr.. Harrison was accorded many
distinguished honors and as mat
ter of fact is somewhat stuck up on
account of it. Had he gone before
the election, things might have been
different. He is member of both
the Judge and Leslie publication
companies now and will at once go
to literary work upon them and prob
ably abandon his Montana newspa-
per scheme.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

Virginia Republicans are making
it uncomfortably warm for Malone.
One after another of the leading Re
publicans of that state renounce
their allegiance to him. In the last
issue of his paper, the Valtey Pr
ginian, congressman Yost says;
"We will not support Malone for
Governor. The body that nomina-
ted him was not Republican con-
yention, representing the sentiment
of the State. 1t was General Ma
homes caucus, acting under orders
and in accordance with the pro-
gramme prescribed by the General. .
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

With the New England iron mas
tiers insisting on free coal and pig
iron the bicycle makers clamoring
for free steel rods, the woollen man
ufacturers asking for free wool, and
so on, it looks as if the Republican
tariff on raw materials would be
whitfield away piecemeal. To aid
the process the Electrical Convention
at Niagara Falls calls for free copper
as thing essential to the develop
ment of electrical industries. The
doctrine of free raw material is dis
tinctly Democratic, but it is rapid
ly gaining strength in the strongest
Republican quarters.-N \. World
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-07

New goods At the farmers
Store.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. cambridge, Munday Esq, Coun-
ty Atty, Clay county, Texas, says:
"Have used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. My brother also
was very low with malarial fever and
jaundice, but was cured by timely use
of this medicine. Am satisfied Elec-
trio Bitters saved his life."
Mr.. D. l. Wilcoxson, of Horse
Cave, Ky, adds like testimony,
saying; He positively believes he
would have died had it not been for
Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as
well as cure all malarial diseases, and
for all kidney, liver and stomach dis
orders stands unequaled. Price SOC.
and 81 at G. j. Lincoln's.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16
SRe household.

MUSTARD PLAsTERs.-To keep q
mustard plaster from blistering the
skin, mix with it, or spread over it, a
little sweet oil or lard. Thus molli-
lied, it can be left on all night with
out danger Of drawing blister"
For FRYING.-Beef-fat, suet, and
even the coarser bits of fat, "tried OUT
carefully and strained, are nicer for
frying croquettes, etc., than the all
dominant pigs lard. Never throw
away a morsel of suet or beef-fat, but
keep in a cold place until you have
enough for trying out.
A PLEASANT REMEDY. Roast a
lemon slowly until it is thoroughly
done-soft, but not broken. Cut a
hole in the top while hot, fill it with
graduated sugar, and eat just before
going to bed, for hoarseness or sore
throat. The effect is to induce gen
tie perspiration and to "cut" the
tough mucus that alters the voice.
BAKED RED SNAPPER.-Clean, wash
and wipe fine red snapper, weighing
about six pounds. Stuff with dress
ing of bread crumbs, seasoned with
salt, pepper and little finely minced
onion. Sew up carefully. Place it
in baking pan, pour over it a cup
full of boiling water, and. cover close
ly. Cake an hour, basting three
times with butter during that time.
Lay it on hot dish when done. Stir
into the gravy in the pan the juice of
a lemon, a tablespoonful of Drowned
flour, and pepper and salt to taste.
Pour the sauce over the fish.
Hor WATER.-Applied to a bruise
it will allay pain and prevent discol-
grafton. 1t has superseded medica-
ted "eye waters" in the treatment of
iniamed and aching eyes. An Amer
lean author, whose excellent eyesight
was wonderful, when one considered
her age and the immense amount of
literary labor she performed, attribu-
ted it mainly to the custom of bathing
her eyes freely in water as hot as
could be borne, night and morning, a
habi, continued for many years. For
the bath, hot water is incomparably
better than cold, which contracts the
pores and thus roughens the skin.
Florence Nightingale says: zone can
cleanse the whole body more thor
oughly with quart of hot water than
with tubful of cold"
MUTToN TALLow while utterly I'M
suitable for culinary purposes, makes
capital cream for chapped hands, if
"trled out" strained, and when al
most firm, stirred up well with lit
tie rose water.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16

Judge-'What sort of man was
it whom you saw commit the as
sault"' Constable-"Shure, yer
honor, he was a small, insignificant
crayter-about yer own size, yer
honor"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16
&iterary Dotes.
BY CECIL HAMPDEN QUITS HOWARD.

OHauceI: lne Minor poems, ed
tied by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat,
professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Uni
versity of Cambridge, from the Clar-
endon Press, is sold by Messrs. B.
Westerman & Co., New York. This
enterprising firm have been for many
years extensive dealers in all classes
of books and periodicals. This edi-
ton of Chaucer has the merit of be-
ing one which is replete with scholar
ly work. 1t is thoroughly revised
and some new poems have been
added.
The Parallel Grammar Series, pub
lished by Sonnenschein & Co., and
sold by Westerman & Co., of New
York, has been very highly COM
mended. They are much less bulky
than the old grammars have the ad-
vantage of covering the whole school
course instead of being series grad
uated according to the proficiency of
the student, and are pre-eminently
terse and clear. The four already
issued are Latin, French, German
and English.
A new venture in the magazine
line just out is entitled "The Maya
zine of Poetry" The prospectus
calls for sixteen biographical sketches
every month and accompanying por-
traits. The study of poetry will be
careful and doubtless valuable to q
large portion of all good readers.
The most valuable articles in the
November and December double
number Of "The Granite Monthly"
of Concord, N. H., are the sketches
OF "Gen. Gilman Marston" and
LAND Marks in Ancient Dover"
The editor of the above magazine
has just written History of New
Hampshire" which covers from
1923 to 1888. This is the first histo-
ry of that state which has been
brought down later than 1881. 1t is
a story of the development and pro-
gyess of the state from earliest date,
with selections from histories already
published, and contemporaneous au-
thors of prominence and celebrity.
The Bureau of Education in Wash
ington has recently issued Circular
of Information No. 5, entitled elm
dustrial Education in the South" by
Rev. A. D. Mays.
The same Bureau of Education has
issued Monograph-"Thomas JEFF
ferson and the University of Virgil
nia," by Herbert B. Adams, Phi. D.,
Associate Professor of History in the
"Johns Hopkins University" These
two issues of the Bureau of Educa-
ton are among the most valuable the
reading public have ever had from
that source, and well worth a careful
and earnest perusal by all.
"Ancient Rome in the Light of Re-
cent Discoveries" is the title of a
volume written by Rodolfe Lancian,
and published by Macmillan of New
York. The volume has been univer-
sally commended by all.
The most recent biography of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher is that by Will
lam G. Beecher and Rev. Samuel
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16

Scribner's Monthly will be sent for one year
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OF ten subscribers to WoMAN's CHRONICLE.
Woman's Journal will be sent to any person
getting up club of eight subscribers for
WoMAN'S CHRONICLE.
Cottage Hearth will be sent one year to any
one sending two new subscribers to WoMAN's
CHRONICLE.
a paper bound copy Of the Report of the
International Council OF Women will be sent
to anyone sending two new subscribers to
WoMAN's CHRONICLE.
Address, WOMAN'S CHRONICLE,
Cor. Second and Louisiana Sts.,
Little Rock, Ark.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-16
The Woman S Journal.
A Weekly Paper, founded 1870, devoted
to Women's Interests, and espe-
cially to Woman Suffrage.

EDITORS:
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price.
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lowing papers, enabling patrons to secure de.
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Boston, Mass, a home magazine, handsomely
Illustrated, will be sent with WoMAN's CHRoN.
ICLE for one year for $l.50.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02

the business OF the department. but he has his
personal business to supervise. He also has
the labor which comes to every man of known
wealth. especially when he has the reputation
OF being phiianthropic. His personal mail is
very large. For months after he became Post
master General he had a private secretary from
his establishment in Philadelphia occupying
desk in his private room in the department.
This secretary had no other duty but to attend
to the personal correspondence Of the Post
master General Mr.. Wanamaker receives, on
an average. twenty-five letters a day asking for
financial aid or calling his attention to various
enterprises.
The bulk of these letters are what are known
as begging letters" An interesting chapter
could be written about these letters. The
marvellous feature about it all is not their num-
Der but the character of the requests. II Mr..
Wanamaker was = sort of universal father or
rich uncle the favOrs asked would not seem out
of place. Girls write to him for silk dresses.
women for sums OF money. men for every
thing from government position TO a railroad
pass He Is asked 70 assist religious enter
Prises OF all kinds, and men who profess recent
religious conversion write to him for assist
ance. While the great majority of these let
tiers are trivial and are evidently the result of
End OF adventurers spirit, yet every one re-
CCIVeS an answer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02
THE COURTS.
EQUITY CoURT-Judqe Cor.

SOURT-JuQQe tOL.
Today-Walters agt Ward; l. Williamson SUBJ
stltuted trustee. Rollins agt Presby; reference
to auditor ordered. Carter agt. Carter; testi-
mony before c. Ingle ordered taken. Williams
agt j. Cruikshank; do. In re Geo. NJ. Stewart
Ella Lane and James Claxton: writs de lunatico
ordered. Alexander agt. Alexander; divorce
granted. Rey agt Mitchell; sale approved and
conveyance ordered.
Court IN GENERAL TERM-Chief Justice Bino-
ham and Justices Hdgner and James.
festerday-Cox agt. Callan; amount of ap-
peal bond fixed. Shaw agt Wheeler; argued
and submitted.
CIRCUIT CoURT-Judge Montgomery
Observation-Disclosures agt. Drainy: plaintiff
called and suit dismissed. Colonial Beach CON-
pany agt. Sheriff; argued and submitted.
PROBATE CoURT-Judge Cor.
Yesterday-Estate of Thomas II. Gore: will
admitted to probate and letters testamentary
to Mary E. Gore; bond 500. Estate of Mary
L. Neale; do, do and r. A. Neale Estate of
jeremiah Desmond; j. Harrison johnson ap-
pointed administrator; bond 81 O0O Estate of
Charles A. Cox: L. NJ. Cox do; bond $500. Es-
tate of John II. Chesley; Charles Chesley do.
bond $4,000. Estate of VIM. Hill; will admit
ted to probate. Estate of Rebecca Nelson: ex-
emplifed copy of will filed. Estate of Ann III.
Young; order of publication. Estate of Maria
Softer; will filed. Estate of David Jones; order
nisi quashing issued. Estate of James E. Nor
gan; inventory filed. Estate of JAS II. Lewis
c. II. Lewis appointed administrator d. b. n C. a.
Estate of j. W. Wade; will proven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02


OF Mr.. Wanamaker occupies no sinecure. At
present the duties are performed but by one
individual. He, however, takes the place Of
two or three ordinary men. Mr.. John B.
Minick Is model private secretary. He is an
expert shorthand writer he plays on the keys
of the typewriter with facility and he is pro-
fesslonal telegraph operator. He is man of
good general information and is kind of en-
cyclopadia. When he is not with the Post
master General he occupies a little nook
screened off from the ante room. and the click
of the telegraph instrument or the rattle of the
typewriter rarely ceases. He attends to the per-
sonal as well - the offic al mail of the Post
master General. and when any one in the big
store in Philadelphia wants to consult with
their chief Mr.. MInick is called up on the tele-
graph instrument. The special wire between
the Post Office department and Mr. Wanna
makers store IS especial" in every sense of the
term, and is used exclusively for consultation
with Mr.. Wanamaker
The official day with the Postmaster General
Is long one. He reaches the department by
8 O'Clock each day. At o'clock he goes home
for dinner and at that time he attends to any
business he may have at the other departments
or IN the city. He gets back to his desk by
O'Clock and remains there until or 7.30. His
long working day enables him to consider and
dispatch a large amount of business, more than
seems possible that one man can do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL HIS
TORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By DR.. IL
yoS HoLsr. Professor at the University Of FRED
burg. Translated from the German by John
]. Lalor, 1s56-lsJ9. Buchanan's Elecfion-end
of the S5th Congress. Chicago; Canaghan 4
Co.
DANTE GABRIEL RosETTI: As Designer and
Writer. Notes by WILLIAM MIcBA RoSETrI.
Including a prose psraphrase of The House
OF Life" New York: Cassell Co. Washing
ton: Bren.ano's
THE LIFE-woRK OF THE AUTHOR OF UNCLE
TOMS CABIN. BY FroRrNg THAYER McCR.y,
author OF "Environment. q Story OF Modern
Society" etc. New York: Funk Wagnalls.
SERGEANT Won; or, A LONG CHASE. From the
Diary Of Inspector Byrnes. By "CnknoTn."
Sunshine Series, No. 36.l New York: Cassel
q Co. Washington: Brentsno's
TO THE LIONS. A Tale Of the Early Christians.
BY Kew. ALFRED j. CHURCH, MA. With lo IL
iustrations New York: q. p. Putnam's Sons
Washington: Robert Y. Miller.
THE ODD NUMBER: Thirteen Tales by GUY pE
MAuPksSANT. The translation by Jonathan
Sturges. An Introduction by Henry James.
New FORK: Harper Il Brothers.
EsTtER's FORTUNE. A Story for Girls By
Lucy C. LILLE, author of My Mothers
Enemy" etc. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates.
Washington: C. c. Pursen.
NOTES OF LESSONS FOR YOUNG TEACHERS
BY JOHN TAYLOR, u hor Of "Great Lessons
from Little Things" etc. Boston: Boston
School Supply Co.
WoMANS SEIREIS; or, How TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
Tr nslated and I'd ted from the Persian and
French, BY Lou CAPsADELL- New York: street
4 smith
ULYSSES AMONG THE PHRCIANs From the
TRANSACTIONS of Homers Odyssey, by william
Cullen Bryant Boston: Houghton, Mifriin
d Co.
A SIGNAL SUCCESS, The Work and Travels Of
Mrs MARTHA j. CoSToN. An Autobiography
Philadelphia: j. B. Eppinoott Co.
NEW ZEALAND AFTER FIFTY YEARS. By
EDWARD WAKEFIELD. New York: Cassel &
Co. Washington: Brentano's
CLIQUoT. Racing Story Of Ideal Beauty. By
KATE LEE FERGUSON PHILADELPHIA: T B.
Peterson & Brothers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
THE WARRINGTON IsyruM

THE WASHINGTON ASYLUM
AT the District buildings it is expected that q
change will soon be made in the Office of intcn-
dant OF the Washington asylum. 1t is stated
that the place has already been offered to two
men. One of these declined the position and
was appointed shortly to another place. not
quite so lucrative, while the other has not as
yet been heard from.
THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
The assessor has prepared the duplicate OF
assessments for the tax levy of the fiscal year
beginning June 30, 1889, which shows about
10000 increase in taxes over the amount esti-
mated by him as a basis for the appropriations
printed some time ago in HE STAR. The total
tax levy is S2.209, 32l.34 The increase is
mainly due to buildings omitted and other
clerical errors of the sub-assessors.
PETITION OF THE HACKMEN.
The Commissioners have received a petition
from the licensed hack drivers who for the
past ten years have occupied the hack stand on
9th street III front Of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad depot stating that on the 3Ist
ultlmo Joseph Acton, an officer of the Metro
politan police force, notified them that their
right to occupy said street no longer existed
and that he proposed TO drive them all away.
This action on the part of the officer, they state
is wholly without cause or provocation and was
done to Crafty his own passion and hatred for
them. They ask that Officer Acton be pre-
vented from putting his threats into execution
ness as heretofore. The Commissioners will
look into the matter.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued as follows: Paul Jones for the
inter Ocean Building company, one brick Of
ice building, 5l2 9Th street northwest, at a cost
of $4,000. j. G. Kimball, one brick dwelling.
Gil North Carolina avenue southeast, $4,000.
L. NJ. McComas, one brick store and Office,
HOS l4th street northwest, $4,000. b. Leonard,
one brick dwelling, 5l4 Sd street southwest,
ESQ.
VITAL sTATIsTICs.
Health Officer Townshend's report for the
week ending October &c shows: Number OF
deaths, 94-white, 81; colored, 40. Death rate
per 1000 per annum: White, l6 81; colored,
$500; total population, 1885. Twenty-four
were under five years of age; l6 under one
year old, and 26 over sixty years. The princi-
pal causes of death were: Group, 3; diph-
liberia, 5; consumption, IA; diarrheal. 2;
typhoid fever, 8; pneumonia, 8; bronchitis, 2;
Births reported: 20 white males; Is white fe-
males; IA colored males; % colored females.
Marriages reported: "a white; colored.
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Written for The EVENING STAR.
n Waif.

Within a forest, dark and shadowy,
Where stately oaks gigantic branches spread
And met In close embraces overhead,
Where ferns and mosse5 grew luxuriantly
Into existence crept a rose-bush pale;
Weakly 1t grew, yet put forth all its strength
Until, as summer waned, the bush at length
Produced a blossom in that gloomy vale.
Pale was the plant, and paler still the flower
Which b1dded Swallowed by the lofty trees
That sheltered it from the destructive breeze
Waving Above in ali their strength and power.
Then came the autumn, with its piercing wind.
The great trees shiyered, and the green leaves
fell,
And thro' the branches, down into the dell.
\ ray of sunlight glance 4. anu brightly shined
Upon the tiny flower, whose sweet pale face
Deepened, and blushed beneath its warm caress
Its heart beat quick with new happiness,
II burst, and blo5somed, with a wondrous grace.
And all the lonely vale was gloriied
For The brief moment of the sunbeam's stay
The little flower watched it dance away,
Dropped, faded on its fragile stem and died.
-hATHAKINE HAMurol