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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
1t Will Ever Be Thus.

From the New York Sun.
A citizen of Harlem who was approaching
the railroad depot, followed by dog, halted
and picked up a stone and flung it at the canine
with the exclamation:
"You good-for-nothing cur, but I'd like to
knock your head OFF,
Just then a man came down q side street,
followed by second dog, and halted to say:
I've got another just such cur here. He
isn't worth his weight In soap grease"
'TU poison mine this very night"
Sand I'm going to throw mine under the To-
connective"
Say" said the second man, after moments
thought, call your cur up here and let's get
Good idea Here, Jep-Jop-Jepl Come
here, doggie!"
The dog cautiously approached, and as the
two animals began growing and walking
around each other sudden .'Stuboy!" brought
climax, and they began fighting. Both men
laughed, but it wasn't minute before the first
man, whose dog was underneath, kicked the
dog on top.
''Hold on, ncT. Give my dog fair shown
shoute'' H..
al q L.ssest"
. amt! Don't you kick my dog againI'
Inn good mind to kick his owner!"
I'D like to see you try it!''
you're q Iiar!"
And with that they began whaling away at
each other with great vigor, ending after Eve
minutes in q draw. Meanwhile the dogs had
quit and disappeared.
II allow no one to kick my dogl" gasped one,
q he wiped at his bloody nose.
And no living man can cal me . harp
'rll see you again.
sand I'll see you'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
ODDITIES OF ETIQUETTE
How One Must Act at Certain Times In
Other Nations.
From I,ordon Wit and w,s5on

FROM Bordon Wit and Wisdom.
In Sweden if you address the poorest per-
son on the street you must lift your hat The
same courtesy is insisted upon if you pass a
lady on the stairway. Toenter a reading room
or bank with ones hat on is regarded as a
bad breach of manners. To place your hand
on the arm of lady is a grave and objection
able familiarity. Never touch the person; it is
sacred, is one of their proverbs. In Holland
lady is expected to retire precipitately if she
should enter store or a restaurant where men
are congregated. She waits until they have
transacted their business and departed. Ladies
seldom rise in Spain to receive a male visitor
and they rarely accompany him to the door,
for Spanlard to give u lady (even his wife)
his arm when out walking is looked upon a
decided violation OF propriety.
In Persia, among the aristocracy. q Visitor
sends notice an hour or two before calling
and gives days notice if the VISIT is one OF
great Importance. He is met BY servants be-
fore he reaches the house and other considera-
tons are shown him according to relative rank
The left and not the right is considered the po-
sition OF honor. No Turk will enter a sitting
room with dirty shoes. The upper classes
wear tlght-fitting shoes with galoshes over
them The latter, which receives all the dirt
and dust, are left outside the door, The Turk
never washes in dirty water. Water is poured
over his hands, so that when polluted it runs
away.
In Syria the people never take off their caps
or turbans when entering the house or visiting
friend, but they always leave their shoes al
the door. There are no mats scrapers out
Side. and the floors inside are covered with ex-
penslve rugs. kept very clean i'll Moslem houses
ana used to kneei upon while saying prayers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Olivier on NapoIeon's Fall.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Nj. Emile Olivier who played the leading
role in the events which Immediately preceded
the Franco-Prussian war, has Just published
book, ''l7S9-lSS9," III which he makes an at
tempt to explain away his own and his masters
responsibility for the events which led to and
followed the declaration of war. Napoleon
Ill, he declares, was driven to the field by the
angry clamor Of the people and the imperative
desire OF his parliament, irritated TO madness
by the offensive attitude taken by GERMANY.
Ii Is pity that while he was about IL NJ
Olivier could not hit on a more plausible ex-
PLANTATION of what was perhaps the greatest
blunder ever committed by sovereign or min
lister. This yox populi excuse viii not go down
in France. With the exception of one or two
lingo crowds in Paris itself, the country was
dead against war. When the provincial mayors,
who, OF course, represent public opinion in ip
entirety more than depute can possibly do
were asked If the people desired war, the ana
swer was a unanimous no.
NJ. Ollivier's second explanation Of what
happened is that the emperor was already q
condemned man, suffering from an agonizing
aud incurable malady-stone. The army. de.
clares NJ. ollivI<, was ready, quite ready; but
the emperor, raSked by pain. wasted DAYS dur.
ing which the army became disorganized aud
discouraged All this Is nonsense IL Olivier
whatever he thought at the time, knows now
that nothing was ready, and that the Germans
had the game in their own hands from the
first. 1t is no doubt true that had the empe-
ror been in the full possession OF his faculties
he would have remained at peace, for no man
with his wits about him would have declared
war under such conditions. But what an apol-
ogy for the empire is this which is based UPON
an attempted demonstration that at the SUI
prene moment France was ready, but the en-
peror himself was lacking,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
The Station Master of Lone Prairie.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1880.

An empty bench, a sky of grayest etching
pare, bleak shed in blacklist silhouette,
Twelve yards of platform, and beyond them
Twelve miles of prairie glimmering through the
wet
North, south, east. west-the same dun gray per-
-, The tattered vapors of vanished train.
Inc narrowing rails that meet to pierce the dis
Or break the columns of the far-off rain.
Naught but myself-nor form nor figure waking
The long hushed level and stark shining
waste
Nothing tn t moves to fill the vision aching.
where the last shadow fed ia sullen haste.
Nothing beyond. All, yesI From out the station
A sun gaunt figure brown against the sky,
Beckoning me with some wooden salutation
Caught from his signals as the train flashed
by;
Yielding me place beside him with dumb ges-
Born of that reticence of sky and air:
we SIT apart yet wrapped in that one vesture
vi silence, sadness. and unspoken care.
Each following his own thought-around us dark
The rain-washed boundaries and stretching
Each following those dim parallels and bearken-
ing
For long-lost voices that will not come back.
Until, unasked-I know not why or wherefore
lie vie ded, bit by bit, his dreary past,
Like gathered clouds that seemed to thicken there
Some dun housekeeping of their care at last.
"Iong had he lived there As a boy had started
face;
heard the wolves howl the wearying waste that
parted
His fathers hut from the last camping place.
Mature had Knocked him; thrice had claimed the
With scytne of fire of lands she once had sown:
Sent the tornado-round his hearthstoue heaping
hatters' dead faces that were like his own.
Then came the war time. When its shadows
49, He walked dumbly where the flag had led
through swamp and fen-unknown, unpraised,
To famine, fever and prison bed
IT'LL the storm passed, and the slow tide return
Cast him, a wreck, beneath his native skv
AZ this lone watch gave him the chance of earning
scant means to live-who won the right to die. |"
All this heard-or seemed 10 hear-haf blend.
ing
With the low murmur Of the coming breeze,
Inc call OF some lost bird and tn unending
And ceaseless sobbing of those grassy seas.
Until at last the spell Of desolation
Broke with a trem bling star and far-off cry.
Inc coming tra1nl l glance around the station.
All is empty as the upper sky.
Naught bat rayself-nor form nor figure waking
The long hushed level and stark shining
waste
Naught but myself, that cry, and the dull shaking
VI wheel an axle, stopped in breathless haste.
snow then-look sharp! Ell, what! The station
master?
Ihdrs none! We stopped here of our own ac-
cord.
The man got killed in that down-train disaster
This time last evening. Right there! All
aboard!"
The NeaO Reeietc. BRET HARTR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
The Widows Cork Leg.
From the Chicago Herald.


In one of Chicago's public institutions is a
bright-eyeds witty Irish widow who loves joke
as only the people from her country do. In the
same institution is a stold German professor
who rather admires the pretty widow. The
two often meet and indulge in pleasant chats
The German professor is married and is the
lord and master of happy family. The other
day he CHANGED to meet the Irish widow and
they entered into conversation in the course CT
which the witty widow borrowed the professors
ear and said: professor, don't moind te jig
you, as you're o married man, but have g x
leg" The professor was surprised He ga. d
he never would have thought it, as he had
never noticed any limp. mo-" said the widow:
land can dance with the best Of them" The
professor marveled greatly and said he did not
see how she could SO successfully disguise it,
.well," she said, ''Ill tell you, professor. I
have Q cork leg because was born in Cork. ("
This remark was made last Thursday. The
German professor thought it over until Monday
last, and then be laughed. This was very good
Cme-for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
sCall Me Thine Oyyn.o

Washington Correspondence New York Tribune.
observe Senator George Hearst of California
in his accustomed seat in the Senate. The
pleasure derived from his presence is not con-
fined to the floor of the Senate. An ex-Cali-
fornian who Is here booming a western village
for the worlds fair looked down from the gal
leries the other day and told this story:
Uncle George" as he is affectlonately called
by all who know him-and to know him is to
esteem him-and his family were on the Jersey
coast last summer when visited them. The
Senator enjoyed the seashore and the good fell
lows he met there who could talk horse but
the society folks fatigued him very much.
Living in an adjoining cottage was a we'll
known New York society man, who also had his
family with him. The ladies Of the two fami-
lies were quite friendly and many little cour-
tesies were exchanged. Whichever head
of a household went to New York for a
day was obliged to do the errands of both
families. Uncle George" started off one day
when Mrs. X. wanted him to bring her a num-
Der OF songs. She said there was one she had
forgotten the title OF, but she might recall it in
time. The Senator started for New York with
out seeing his friend again, but at a venture
bought i Dreamt that l Dwell in Marble
Halls The Old MILL Listen to Ny Tale of
Woe and various other classical pieces, which
he thought might include the one his friend
could not recall He received telegram that
evening which, In his own language, was a
stunner.' 1t bore the date line of the New
Jersey seacoast resort and was signed Mrs. X
The message itself was startlingly brief 1t
merely read
"'Call Me Thine Own
"The old Forty-niner was upset. He hunted
up some OF his racing friends and frankly laid
the situation before them. He protested that
there had been no Irritation on his part and he
didn't think it had gone so far on the lady's
part. Uncle Georges friends were SO moved
by his distress that they didn't take advan-
tage Of him. At their suggestion he wrote an
answer to the message as follows:
Mrs. &-Am fattered by your confidence,
but lovely woman, Mrs. H., has a prior
claim
Uncle George didn't go back to that New
Jersey resort for a week and then the New
York family had gone to tn mountains. But
If You want to keep in his good graces be sure
and don't refer to his seaside Irritation with
Mrs. Y. You NAV get hurt il YOU do"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Money in Rattlesnake OIL.


There are places in South Georgia where men
extract oil from the rattlesnake and use il to
cure rheumatism. These persons will give q
negro 81 to point out a rattlesnake to them.
They place forked stick over the snake head,
then put cord around it and strangle the
snake. This is done to keep the snake from
biting itself. The body of the reptile il then
strung up and the oil extracted from it. It sells
at % per ounce and this industry is q very
profitable one. The snakes in that section are
very large, averaging five feet in length, and
one rattle gives up great deal Of oil A little
negro once saw two rattlers lying close together
and wanted to get the money for finding them
It was mile to the nearest house. He was
afraid the snakes would crawl off while he was
gone, and SO he took OF his coat aud placed
back and found them still cycling the coat. He
had them charmed So the snake il cultivated
down there a. Q pr ofitable industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
A Oucal Wedding.

The ducal houses of De Luyne and Dues re-
ceived religious blessing on their union at the
Church Of st. Philippe du Roule, Paris, yes
terday. High noon was the hour set for the
ceremony, but by 10 o'clock the church was
besieged. -Four thousand guests attended.
The guests rose in body as Mile. Due dues
entered on the arm Of her brother, Due Dues,
following the groom, young Due De Luynes,
with his mother, Duchess De Luynes The
bride was attired in plain robe of white satin,
with slight drawing of point lace and long
Of q long train. She wore no Jewels, the veil
being held in place by Q cornet OF orange
blossoms, and abe carried no bouquet.
Mile. Dues, now Duchesse De Luynes ID
the eldest daughter Of her house, and i bat
nineteen years old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Appealing TO Their Sympathies.

rum the Jew lOrk Tribune
Two handsomely dressed women with beam
ing and benevolent faces were walking south
ward along Broadway by the triangle at SD
street one afternoon last week. Goodness was
Enthusiastically stamped on each woman's face
and their placid looks showed that they were
at peace with the world. When they reached
sd street they saw ragged urchin who was in
the act OF picking up something from the gut
ter. It was a piece of stale bread covered with
the dirt of the street A shudder ran over both
women as they saw the boy pat the bit OF bread
to his mouth. 1t was slim. shiyerng boy.
whose woebegone and weaZen features told of
poverty that would appeal to the stoniest
heart.
Poor, dear boy" said the elder of the
women. and tear crepI into her eye. 'You
do look hungry, indeed Have you nothing
better to eat than that?'
"Na-a-w. muffin tall. num-" he replied in
thin, shivering tones. Got no 'ome. no farder
no mudder; gifts me Twin in de street.
There, there, throw away that dirty bread.
Take this quarter and go and get some warm
coffee and roll" replied the good woman, as
she felt her kindly heart seem to rise up in her
throat and chUke her.
The wretched lad took the shining coin in his
begrimed fingers and blubbered out his thanks
Then the second lady fshed a quarter out of
her reticule and gave it to the urchin. The
boy seemed overcome by such good fortune,
and between his thanks he stuffed the hand
holding the two quarters in the bosom of his
ragged shirt. Then the two good women patted
the mat of hair on his hatless head. spoke
CHEEKY words to the boy, and resumed their
walk down Broadway, their hearts filed with
~arm glow of gladness that they had been
able to relieve case of genuine distress. And
the boy-he went around the block 10 the 9th
avenue side of the Union dime savings
bank, taking his crust of dirty bread with him,
and prepared to work his ''iay" again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
The New Car Driver.


Passengers on Broadway car the other
morning witnessed an interesting scene. The
driver was a new hand who had evidently been
put to work in an emergency and had not re-
ceived all the instructions that new hand re-
quires. The wind was blowing sharply in his
face and the passengers were glad to see him
put the lines through the hand-hole in the door
through which the conductor collects fare from
passengers on the platform.
This done the new driver came in the car
himself, closed the door softly and serenely
drove his team from the inside of the car He
bowed right and left to the passengers as he
took up his stand in the car and remarked
pleasantly that the weather was a little sharp,
but thanks for the kindheartedness OF the COM
pany in providing this hole in the door very
much sharper weather could be endured,
He was a sociable sort of man and talked
cheerfully to the passengers, the chief point of
his observations being that there was a great
deal of abuse heaped upon corporations that was
undeserved. II take it as self-evident," he
said, ''that a corporation cannot be soulless
that goes to the expense of cutting holes in a
street-car door and lining it with brass, simply
that the driver may stand inside and drive"
He would have said more, but Just then the
conductor rushed in and showed him out on the
front platform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Nervousness in Horses,

From tho Atlantic Monthly: H. c. Merwin.
There is one respect in which all the most
distinguished trotters have resembled each
other and that is in their nervous energy, in
high spirit and courage. That fame which
the Washington Hollow horseman detected in
the eye of Flora Temple came out afterward
ID the resolute burst of speed with which she
finished her fast miles. Dexter was repre-
scented as being ''chock full OF fire and devil
try" and capable of jumping like cat. Hiram
Woodruff spoke Of his wicked head" Gold
smith Maid had strong will Of her own, and
race showed how fine was her organization.
.'She would stand quietly enough" says
her driver, 'while being hitched to the
sulky, although she had been pre-
viously kicking and plunging in her stall,
but she would shake and tremble until have
heard her feet make the same noise against the
hard ground that a persons teeth will when
the body Is suddenly chilled; that is, her feet
actually chartered on the ground The instant
l would get into the sulky all this would pass
away, and she would start in walk for the
track sober any old horse you ever saw"
Rarus was so nervous that he never could have
been driven with safety ON the road, and his
courage was of the finest temper. St. Julian
was exceedingly high strung. and in hands less
patient and discreet than those of his trainer
might never have been subdued to the purpose
OF racing. Jay-Eye-See, though know less of
his personal history, Is notorious for the pluck
he showed on his last quarters of his hard
miles, and Maud 8. is the most spirited, the
most determined and at the same time the
gentlest Of ANIMALS.
This nervous energy is the result Of genera.
tons of breeding, and, while it insures speed,
calls for extra care and attention. Once in a
great while dull mettled horse has speed, but
the great majority depend upon their nervous
energies to carry them along. well-bred
trotter scents the battle from afar and goes
into the contest with a readiness that showe N nj
only willing spirit, but desire for the fray.
In scoring the horse will often give evidence Of
as much intelligence as its owner, swinging
into line, taking the right position and showing
by every movement its love Of the contest.
The desire to trot has been secured by the
breeding, and is the result of nervous energy
stored through generations and strengthened
by education and feeding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Filming Himself for Drunkenness.

From the New York Tribune.
An extraordinary scene was presented in Oak
land today. 4 few days ago Judge Aexandcf
Laidlaw got drunk and created a scene in
saloon. He was not arrested. but report OF his
unseemly conduct was published in the papers
today. He wore an AR OF unusual dignity when
court opened, and in presence of large crowd
lectured himself for breaking city ordinance,
plelged himself 20 resign ii II occurred again,
imposed a line of $50 and paid il 10 tue bailia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Timely Advice.

From the Philadelphia Record
The Pennsylvania railroad company has noe
all the land it wants in Washington city. Con-
gressional action is required to meet the diff
Guilty. just at the opportune moment OF the
assemblage Of Congress there is . very trouble
some freight blockade, and the railroad COM
pany Is unable to accommodate Its Washington
customers for want of facilitiea IL d reason-
able TO expect that tho pressure put upon ooss'
meas men will bring about q resultant pressure
upon Congress and such following iegisiatiop
as is desired But when the railroad company
shalI get ali il asks for in Washington, Il has
in Philadelphis, Congressef and constituencies
may go 70 the devil The WashingtoniAns
should keep their eyes open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

A wife's generosity.-She- dear,
you will have to give me $i2 TO pay the grocer
with"
He-"Why, how'r that, my dear2 thought
she-"well, yor See. dear, had to take the
grocers money tr pay Tor that handsome UNI
brella I'm going % give you for Christmas.--
Snsith, Gray d Co.'S Monthly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Her Test,


Wife Cat the door, -"Who's there2"
Voice-w am-John--Your husband"
Wife-'T don't believe you. II doesn't sound
like Johns voice. Blow your breath through
the keyhols."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
THE FRANCO-CHfNEsF FRONTIER
French and Celestials With Guns
Trained on Each Other.

NIGHT AMONG THE PIRATEs-THE FOREIGN
LEGION AND fTs BLOODY observation-disclosures
SCENES At NoSKAY-A PART OF THE WORLD
WHERE The DIME NOVEL WRITER COULD FIND
MUCH MATERIAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Deliver Us!

OF all the evils here below
There's nothing We may scan,
That sickens like the mannish girl,
Or worse-the girlish man.
-PhftQdsiDhiQ PTsSs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

II vomans face is her fortune, Q mans
ehssk \ frequently Darlington frs Prsss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
What is the Matter With the Custara.

In a recent speech Chauncey NJ. Depew told
story of the Chicago man who was a guest at
the Eagle hotel in Poughkeepsie. After the
dinner was over he said what have you got
for dessert?" The waiter said: pie" What
kind!' ''Minee. apple. lemon. custard and
pumpkin" We'll" said the Chicago man,
bring me mince. lemon, apple and pumpkin"
The waiter: What in thunder is the matter
with the custard?" Chicago docs not object to
this-not at all. The Tribune of that city
proudly remarks that it shows that ''she will
take not only the cake. but the whole bakery. ="