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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
Talk of an Undertaken.

From the Baltimore News.
do undertakers ever lose the callousness
which continual handling of the dead brings?
should say they did" Thus spoke a veteran
undertaken.
THE average corpse is not like a thing of
life. Death marks it with his peculiar brand,
and the undertaken, the post-mortem physi-
clan, or the student in the dissecting room will
tell you truthfully that when he detects the
presence of that brand it ceases to mean to his
mind what human frame ordinarily means
''But sometimes death seems to forget to i'm
print his mark upon one of his victims, and
believe that in such a case the man most callous
under ordinary circumstances in the presence
of the work of the dread DESTROYER is more awe
stricken than an inexperienced bystander
would be. was once called upon to embalm
the remains of lady. My assistant was an ex-
perienced man, but when he beheld the dead
woman's form he showed signs of nervousness
When myself turned down the covering was
startled. A young and pretty woman lay be-
fore me. She had every appearance Of enjoy
ing peaceful sleep. Her skin was extremely
fair, and on either cheek was flush like that
bright and there was soft, pleased smile upon
her red lips This woman looks as if she were
alive said to my assistant, and then held
her wrist, thinking that might discover a
faint pulsation. I sent for the doctor who had
attended her. He came, examined her and
pronounced her dead. The body was kept
for several days, and when at last fastened
the lid of the casket on the day Of the funeral,
that same hfeIike appearance remained, so
he's face forever from the ight.r This was the
most remarkable case ever saw, bat Others of
the same sort, but in o less degree, frequently
occur.p 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
Ribald Wit at Oxford.
AN UNDERGRADUATE RUsrIoATED FOR BEING To-
FUNNY.

AN UNDERGRADUATES RUsrIcArED FOR BEING TOO
FUNNY.
From the London Telegraph.
A kind of revolt, on small scale. of the hall
against the common room seems to have broken
out unexpectedly at Oxford. An undergradu-
ate, belonging to New college, which, by the
way, dates back to the days Of William Of
Wykeham, and is one of the oldest colleges in
Oxford, has, it appears, had the audacity to in
dulge ribald wit in the pages of a local maya
zine, and to make fun of ''dons and other pass
ing events" Dons or in other words collegiate
tutors, have been called many hard names in
their time by discontinued students and others
who have failed to understand the difficulty of
their position; but to designate them pass
ing events is in itself almost contempt of the
vice-chancellor's court. For this offense he has
been summoned before the college authorities
and has been .'sent down." and in spite of a
petition signed by 200 of his colleagues plead
ing that he be forgiven, the edict has been car
ried out.
No doubt some sarcastic observations on
Dons and their manners have been published
in the different humorous magazines which
have at odd times cropped up both at Oxford
and Cambridge. 1.-THE Light Green" at the
Latter university contained admirable parodies
of all kinds of poetry and prose, and good
natured hits at nearly every academical insti-
tuition; but the authors were never rusticated.
Perhaps they were excused for the sake of the
exquisite humor which appeared in such paro-
dies as that of Bret Harte's Heather Chinee." "
The Cambridge version of the story was enti-
tied ''The Heather Passee," and told how sus-
picion attached to an undergraduate, during
an examination. for finishing off his paper too
soon-a suspicion only too well justified. be-
cause Engraved on his cuffs Were the Furies
and Fates, And delicate map Of the Dorian
States; and they found in his palms-which
were hollow-What is frequent in palms-that
is dates"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
How Johnny was Won Over.


Little John is just turned six, and has begun
to attend school. He has sat a silent observer
rather than an active participant ever since in
the a, b-ab. trying to make up his mind if
school was "any good" Johnny is the soul of
loyalty, and he could not look with friendly
eyes upon his teacher as long as he was not
sure that the trees, the dogs, the robin in the
hedge, and Jim, the cat, his old playmates,
were not lonesome without him, and had not
just cause for complaint against the teacher
for keeping him from them. Besides there
was the apparent clash of this new thing with
the previous claim of the Sunday school.
which Johnny had announced sententiously
was enough IF boy learns about God. -
he argued with his mamma, whats the use of
readin' and writin2" His boyish mind troubled
with these unsolved problems Johnny had sat
unreconciled, but not unobserved, in the class
until Friday. On that day he astonished his
teacher by suddenly holding up his hand in the
middle of the spelling lesson. She saw it and
stopped the rehearsal at ONCE.
'What is it, johnny"
Little Johnny hung his head, but recollecting
the grivance of his old friends he plucked up
spirit and said, resolutely: II want them to
sing The Old Black Cat"
Wise teacher! With never a smile at the
childs queer fancy she suspended the spelling
and sang 'The Old Black Cat" gravely with the
school. And now she has no more earnest and
loyal pupil than little John. OF the memory of
Jim, his deserted playmate, which was the
shadow between him and the school, she had
forged chain to bind him to it, and JOHNNY
feels at home there now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
PrimrOses at Night.
THEY HAVE OTHER THAN SENTIMENTAL REAsC
FOR BLOOMING AT NIGHT.

THEY HAVE OTHER THAN SENTIMENTAL REASONS
FOR BLOOMING AT NIGHT.
From Harper's Magazine.
Our evening primrose does not bloom in the
dark hours for mere sentiment or moonshine,
but from motive which lies much nearer her
heart. From the first moment of her wooing
welcome she listens for murmuring wings, and
awaits that supreme fulfillment anticipated
from her infant bud. For it will almost inva-
riably be found that those blossoms which
open in the twilight have adapted themselves
to the crepuscular moths and other nocturnal
insects. This finds striking illustration in
the instance of many long tubular-shaped night
blooming flowers. like the honeysuckle and
various orchids, whose nectar is beyond the
reach of any insect except the night-fying
hawk-moth 1t is true that in other less deep
nocturnal flowers the sweets could be reached
by butterflies or bees during the day if the
blossom remained open, but the night murmur-
ers receive the first fresh invitation, which, if
met, will leave but wilted, half-hearted bios
som to greet the slipper of the sunshine.
This beautiful expectancy Of the flower de-
termines the limit of its bloom. Thus, in the
event of rain or other causes preventative of
insect visits, the evening primrose will remain
open for the butterflies during the following
day, when otherwise it would have drooped
perceptibly, and extended but listless well
come. / have seen this fact strikingly illus
trated in a spray of mountain laurel whose
blossoms fingered in expectancy nearly week
in my parlor when the flowers on the parent
shrub in the woods had fallen several days be-
fore, their mission having been fulfilled. In
the house specimens the radiating stamens re-
manned In their pockets in the side of the bios
som cup and seemed to brace the corolla upon
its receptacle. These stamens are naturally
dependent upon insect agency for their release
and the consequent discharge of pollen and |
noticed that when this operation was artifcially
consummated the flower cup soon dropped off
or wifherad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
The Church ROuDder.

The New York Observer describes thus accu-
rately familiar type of persons: ''In every
great city there is a multitude of people who
may be called 'rounders,' who go to chnrch
when it is convenient and are on hand early
and late to get good seats. Thay have no
church ties and care only for the pleasure of
sitting with well-dressed people and listening
to the music and the sermon. They take no
part IN the services and often sit half upright
IN prayer and show by irreverence and CONVEX
sation that they have no sympathy with the
spiritual worship and teaching of the place.
These persons fill the places which rightfuly
belong to the reverent and pious strangers who
are in every city on the Sabbath, and it is in a
large measure due to this class of at
PENDANTS upon public worship that christian
visitors ind such scant accommodations 1t
may be said that they have souls to be saved
and minds to be instructed. but in many cases
1t Is taking the children's bread and giving it
TO the dogs to spend effort and eloquence upon
them. They live in the city and there is no
reason why they should not identify themselves
with congregation, bear a part of its burdens
and do some of its duties, but this they do not
desire. They will be found whenever a IA
nous preacher from abroad is to preach, and
on all church festivals they come in crowds to
the special service or the decorated church lust
as they would fill a music hall or theater il it
cost nothing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
A Wife's Education.


1t is for the woman whose husband works
hard to earn money that propose this special
and superior education to enable her to spare
and spend his money as well and wisely as he
earnsit. 1t is most necessary for the poor
mans wife to know the value of money and the
nature of moneys worth. The cost. value and
wise way of using her fuel is to her and hers a
first need. The first principles of cookery are
to her vital conditions of existence. She above
all, should know how to select good food. to
cook it wholesomely and nutritiously, to mix
good drinks, to buy cheaply, and to get good
measure and exact quantities of all she wants:
to make all her markets wisely and well; to buy
all of the best, and all at moderate price; that
is her special wisdom. How to clothe her chill
dren, her husband and herself with
good, lasting, warm stuffs; to select
them herself, to cut them herself, to
sew them herself-there is occupation, enioy-
ment, virtuous work. Then to be able to teach
her children all she knows; to be able to train
them to be wise. virtuous and useful like her
self-there is work and also happiness; and
then to be able to receive from them grateful
help in return-there is reward. Then look at
the poor mans leisure in home illuminated
by such an educated woman; look at an even
ing fireside where books can be Interestingly
and well read aloud; where songs can be sung
correctly and well in parts in which all can
join; where stories can be well told and games
of intelligence played. and where each can
benefit by another's knowledge. See how the
evils and gloom Of humble lot vanish before
the sunshine of an educated mothers home
organization. 1t is to the poor man that the
educated wife is the great prize of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
Our Most Northern Territory.

From the Omaha Republican.
Among the territories certain to be admitted
to statehood as soon the republicans come
into power is Washington. Owing to Its re-
moteness comparatively little is known about
this territory by the majority of the people
east of the Rocky mountains. Washington
territory has an estimated population of 49,
600. an increase of 5000 in two years. Ex-
elusive of railroad holdings its taxable prop
erty is over $4,000 900, an increase of % OO0-
900 since last year. Its agricultural, stock
raising, mineral and lumber interests are de-
veloping with remarkable rapidity, while its
salmon fisheries yielded during the present
season over ~, 100000. The superstition that,
being so far north, it has an inhospitable eli
mate, Is erroneous. The ameliorating influence
of the Pacific creates for it genial and salu-
brious atmosphere. On the average it is little.
If any, colder than Nebraska. In fact, going
still further north, where it is generally sup
posed that icebergs make up the ensemble of
the landscape in our Alaskan possessions up to
Sitka. the isothermal lines idicate a climate not
more rigorous than in Sweden, Norway and
Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
$4,000 Year at Organ Grinding.


The business of grinding hand organs is
rapidly earning fortune for an italian family
in this city which owns several very superior
instruments Of the piano" variety, such as are
operated on ight-running handcarts. These
are pushed around the city by pairs Of Young
and pretty maidens, dressed in the picturesque
costumes of the Roman peasantry, who serve
as performers. One of the two, in each case,
turns the crank of the huge music box. while
the other manipulates with def fingers the
sweetly jingling tambourine. The girls are all
sisters, daughters of an ancient brigand called
Crosse, mender of the fiddles and things of
the profession, and the tunes they render, a
majority of them from light French operas.
are so melodiously given to set the most
unmusical person dancing in spite of himself
And when one of the said organs, on its winding
way through the business quarter of the town,
pauses to strike up in side street or alley. all
the clerks, counter-hoppers. Office boys and
other employees in the neighboring blocks quit
work at once to skip round and throw pennies
out of the windows. SO it is not surprising
from the players themselves that they average
$40 per day piece for their work. This is a
trfe more than $4,000 year-incuding Sun
days-for each machine and its attendants
Pretty good paw, is il not?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
WHY THEY DON'T SPEAK.
The Man ON Whose Death He Made
Pools Didn't Die.
From the Chicago Mail.

From the Chicago Mail.
An actor who has recently been playing an
engagement here in town told me a rather neat
story the other day. We were lunching together
after the performance and chatting over our
repast when suddenly my friend glanced up,
stared hard at a man just entering the restau-
rant. then dropped his eyes and laughed softly
to himself had followed the direction Of his
eyes in time to see that the newcomer looked
back at him with a stern gaze, but without a
sign OF recognition in his eye
You saw that MANI" queried my friend, sub
DUNG his mirth. You noticed he didn't re-
cognize me? Well. ten years ago he and I
were the best OF friends, room-mates in fact,
and lnseparable companions, and the trouble
between us occurred because didn't die when
he expected me to. Impossible? Oh, no, not
at all.
'.You see had the typhoid fever, brought
on by dissipation, for was a wild lad in those
days, and he at first felt very anxious about me.
Then the doctor said recovery was impossible
and he sort Of gave me up, but got better in
spite OF the doctor, and finally got SO could
SIT up. The nurse was cautioned to watch me
very carefully. as a relapse would certainly
prove fatal. One day the nurse left me alone,
and got blue and lonesome, SO / shook off my
blankets. crawled feebly into my clothes, and
got down onto the street and around the cor
ner to the little saloon where the boys hung
out. They were, of course, surprised and de-
lighted to see me, and fixed up a chair
near the stove, and the barkeeper insisted
on making me hot toddy. Well, 1 took it.
and then one or two more, with the result that
when l started for home I didn't know any
thing. The hot liquor had knocked my weak
ened system out Of time, and 1 afterward
learned, fell on the steps of my boarding
place, and lay there for fifteen minutes, with
the rain and sleet beating down into my face.
Naturally had relapse. and a bad one, and
during this time nv roommate went out and
sold pools among the boys that l would die
inside of three weeks. He took all the bets he
could get, until he stood to lose over three
weeks salary, which, it is needless to say, he
lost.
80 he has never been friendly with me
since this happened. He naturally resented
my doing him out of so much money. don't
blame him particularly, but it is hard on me to
hold me responsible for q little mistake like
that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
A STUDY IN STILL LIFE.
The Camera as q Means to Assist .
Drunkard to Reform.

From the indianapolis Journal
The camera in the hands of photographer
has served many uses, but its value Is tenn
perance advocate has never been fully tested.
A few days since a couple of enthusiastic pho
tographers, with an instantaneous pocket in
strument a little longer than a sardine box,
appeared at one Of the city hotels and informed
the clerk that they came to photograph friend
who had been taken violently drunk the day
before, and who was still largely under the in
Auence of the ardent.
inquired of as to the reason for wishing to
make counterfeit presentment Of the vinous
individual they said their object was to reform
him by exhibiting to him. on his next occasion
OF sobriety, picture Of himself taken in an ad-
vanced stage of whisky, and that this exhibit,
thus made, would in all probability have the
same effect upon him that the sight of the
drunken woman had upon the Spartan youth
teaching him the need of moderation in his
cups. The hotel people, at first disinclined to
permit any copying from still-life OF the char
acter referred to, were induced to relent and
the expedition, including reporter who was
taken along to chronicle the success of the new
method, proceeded to hunt up its proposed
subject. There was no question of his fitness
for that test when he was found. Like Mar
mion, he had fallen in mid-battle. One boot
had been substracted, but the other remained
and as If to leave no doubt as to the means Of
his overthrow he had gone to bed with his
hat on.
1t required but a moment to supply the few
details necessary to make the picture effective.
An American flag draped after the manner of
winding sheet, few bottles and tumblers
peeping out through its interstices, and the
inscription, 1--WE have given him up for gone"
on tag pinned to his collar told the whole
story. The instrument was leveled and
ali fn1 and xr,t ants mo-
of the sbutter-vaIve. the whole scene was per,
pStuated for all time to come. If the victim
does not reform when he gets his copy Of that
picture, there is no hope for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10

DAVID M. PAscoE AooUIrTED.-David N.
Pascoe, charged with the embezzlement of
$4,000. the property of the international Typo
graphical union of North America, was &C
quilted in Philadelphia yesterday before
Judge Gordon. The defendant is member
OF the Philadelphia Typographical union, and
ternational union in 1885, The allegation was
that while Pascoe filed the position there was
discrepancy in his accounts Of SR200. Coun-
sci Tor PasoOe stated that his clients duties
were increased above thpseTof his predecessor,
he had simply taken the money, believing that
it would be voted him at the proper time. The
judge stated that there was great doubt az to
whether the defendant had appropriated any
money with criminal intent, and instructed the
jury to return verdict Of acquittal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
Facial Expressions of Various Workers.

FROM tlle Herald OF Health
mans occupation or condition has good
deal to do with making his facial expression
Intellectual pursuits. like studies of the schol-
arly professions, when coupled with temperate
and moral habits of life, brighten the face and
give person a superior look. Magnanimity of
nature, or love of studies and arts, will make a
bright, glad face; but, contrary to this, man
may have face that does not please anybody.
because of a love of self to the exclusion of all
others. notwithstanding his learning and
worldly shrewdness. Soldiers get hard. Sc
we're look, overworked laborers constantly look
tired, reporters look inquisitive, mathemati-
clans look studious, judges become grave. even
when off the bench; the man who has had do
nestle trouble looks all broken up. An exam
pie of the ludicrOus side of this subject is to
third-class lawyer stalking around a police
court looking wise as an owl. The business
makes the face, say. There's the butchers
face. the saloon keepers face, the beggar's
face, the ministerial face, the lawyers face the
doctors face, the hoodlums face, all SO distinct
each from the other and singly, that seldom
fail to recognize those callings showing through
the faces. And what city boy cannot recognize
genuine farmer on the street as a farmer the
moment he sees him?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10

THE AUSTRALIAN METHOD OF voT1Ne.-The
Hendricks club, Of Indianapolis, Indianas
leading democratic organization, at its annual
election Tuesday night, tried the Australian
system OF voting and the supporters of the sue
cessful ticket liked it so well that they passed a
resolution indorsing it, with recommendation
that a bill embracing similar regulations of
voting should be adopted by the general as
sembly for the government of Indiana elections
A GrHI CHARaED wrfH MUhpER The Balti-
more police yesterday arrested a woman named
Kunigunda iBetz for the murder Of old Mrs.
Schneider, who was 20 horribly beaten to death
Tnesday, as stated ia Yesterdays SrAR. A
daughter Of the murdered woman, Mrs Lehr,
gave information That led the police to believe
that the crime had been committed by Ger
man girl who had been employed in the house,
and. as some blood-stained garments were
found In bundle, which she took to her
mothers house, the police think they have q
very strong case against her. She either cannot
or will not speak word Of English, but tells q
vague story about q colored man who got into
the house by force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10
DOnt's for Good Girls.

From the New York Graphic.
Don't allow yourself to be under obligations
to any man.
Don't discuss your family affairs in general
conversation.
Don't give your photographs to men, and
don't ask them for theirs.
Don't make yourself conspicuous at any time
by loud laughing or talking.
Don't fail to try to always be frank and just
and generous, and above all womanly.
Don't wear an evening dress to a quiet after
noon reception; don't go without hat or bon
net.
Don't write, except when it can't be avoided,
to men. Make all your notes acknowledging
courtesies, &C., short and to the point.
Don't feel 1t necessary to bow to a man you
have met at a ball or party afterwards unless
you want to continue the acquaintance.
Don't offer to shake hands when man is in
troduced to you, and don't think it necessary
when he says goodbye, unless he first extends
his.
Don't allow any man to treat you with any,
thing but the greatest respect. Resent as an
impertinence any approach to familiarity of
speech or action.
Don't boast that you do not read the newspa-
pers, as many girls do nowadays. Don't think
it necessary to read all the daily or weekly
journals contain, but keep yourself posted on
art, literary, social and political topics of the
day