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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

soldiers and the cavalry were men OF such ex-
raordinary weight that they always excited
comment from strangers. This did not sur
prise me. do not believe in tie English no.
uon that riding reduces Q man On the New
York mounted police force they retire the
heavy men every year. II / am not mistaken
the limit Is les pounds. As soon a. . police
man gets beyond that weight he is taken from
the mounted force and il allowed TO perform
ms work on foot thereafter. i do not remem-
per ever TO have seen 3 more alert. powerful
and athletic lot OF men than those of the
mounted police of New York. The reason is
obvious. They know they will be retired II
they get beyond q certain weight aud the result
Is that they keep themselves in perfect trim
by exercise and abstinence from liquids While
the rank and file of Germans were Fat l have
observed that the officers were invariably slim
and almost slender men. who presented splsn-
did appearance in uniform"
Another piece of gymnastic apparatus. made
for special purpose, is also shown in an &C
companying cut. 1t IL intended for men who
wish 10 keep the muscles of the leg and thigh
In constant trim for walking. Ii may be
fastened 10 the bottom OF almost any arm
chair OF solid construction. and 10 intended
Tor use IN the office mainly. The weights
under the chair can be increased or lessened
at Will. and the pedals not in the way
when not In use. and. indeed. afford 8 conve-
nient foot rest and a welcome change OF posi-
ton once in a while. A busy man need not
loee a moment from his duties during the day.
and vet get considerable healthy exercise out
OF this handy machine
Base ball has advanced to n stage where only
trained athletes of great power can bat success-
fully against the tremendously swift pitching.
or rather throwing, now in vogue. Accord
ingly a machine has been invented especially
for would-be home-run makers on which they
can develop those very muscles which will be
brought into play when they stand on the
plate and prepare to smash the ball out into
far right feid. The machine will not train the
eve, of course, or keep man from tanning
the air" but when he does hit the ball he may
feel reasonably sure that he will hit it hard.
and hard hitting is the kind that WINS. The
accompanying cut shows the batter IN position
for striking A cord from the end of his ba;
is attached to q weight which runs up and
down sliding iron standard as he strikes the
blow and RECEIVERS his position. The weight
may be increased TO almost any extent, but a
Few pounds will suffice for the strongest man.
Many other machines are already invented.
or are in process of invention. which are in
tended TO develop special muscles of the human
frame, but there Is not room to illustrate them
within the limits OF this article. aud much of
the success of the modern instructor in physi-
cal culture consists in knowing what muscles
of his pupil most need development and then
how to give them what they want. Even ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
A Rarouess Who Cheats.

Vienna society is greatly scandalized over the
result Of the trial Of the so-called Baroness
Won Becks, who has been tried and found
guilty Of dsfrauding hotel keepers and jewellers
out Of 10000 forms. She has escaped with a
nominal sentence Of three weeks imprison-
ment after having made restitution OF the
property, on the recommendation of King
Charles OF Wurtemburg. The Woman's real
name is Amelia Beck. She boasts that the
king is the father of her daughter. aged six
teen. who is living in Paris under the name OF
Frieda Fritz Both women receive large in
comes from his majesty, but are not allowed to
live in Stuttgart The mothers insane ex-
travagance led her into crime. She Is thirty
six years of age and is still very beautiful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

Cuts OF these machines are produced with
this article. That part which is the same in
both Is the iron standard against the wall up
and down which the iron weights run smoothly,
as they are raised and lowered by the ropes
that run through swiveled pulleys. The man
who is pulling on the ropes with his head is
giving his abdominal muscles the most severe
work. The other man. who has curved
board to support his back, takes some of the
weight of his stomach muscles by means of
his arms. 1t 10 best for beginners to start with
this machine and after their muscles, long I'M
used to action, become . little accustomed to
the strain, let them try the direct weight and
weights even then at first. Half an hour of
such exercise each day will do more, it is said,
to reduce the girth, especially if combined
with as great . degree Of abstinence from
drinks OF any kind as possible, than any other
form Of exercise known.
Speaking Of liquids, . man who generally
knows what he 10 talking about said recently:
Liquids make fat. The character of the Ii
guilds has good deal to do with it, but the
practice of drinking generally leads to un-
fat 10 unknown. In Paris, where men content
themselves with slipping thimblefuls Of abb
sinthe or small cups Of black coffee, the French
are thin to a remarkable degree. The women.
on the other hand, drink great quantities of
champagne, Burgundy and latterly of beer, and
they are, as result, prone to stoutness. In
England men drink ale and beer, and they are
. thick necksd, pudgy and heavy race as aruls.
had observed all this many times, and whom
went to Germany, where knew the consump-
ton Of beer was very great, had prepared to
find fat men in abundance. ! was not disap-
pointed. There would seem to be absolutely
no end of big, corpulent and unwisldy men in
Germany. While they are in the army they
are slim and splendid-looking warriors, but
two months after they leave the ranks they be-
q ha La A.
gree.
'This d even % in the ranks among the older
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
HOPE HELD OUT FOR FAT MEN.
Special Gymnastic Machinery for Re-
ducing Their Girth.
THE GROWING POPULARITY OF ATHLETIC Eyer
cIsEs STIMULATES THE INGENUITY OF INVENT
oRs-soMK OF THE DEVICES FOB GAINING
STRENGTH.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
o. HE growing popularity of all manner
"a OF athletic sports among the youth Of
Is tf,his land, and among middls-sgsd pso-
81 s5ple. too. for that matter, which has led
49, to the formation Of large athletic asso-
Citations, with magnificent club houses and
spacious grounds. has also stimulated invent
ors to produce new and improved forms OF
gymnastic apparatus. The visitor to a modern
well-equipped gymnasium will see a number Of
machines of peculiar form. the uses Of which
are not apparent at first sight Nothing like
them was to be found in the athletic clubs Of
dozen years ago, and many Of them are still so
new that probably nowhere else than in New
York can they be seen today in actual use.
Moreover, As the science of physical culture ad-
vances the knowledge Of the suitability of GER
tain forms Of exercise to certain constitutions
increases. and so does the experience OF the re-
suits that follow the exercise Of particular
muscles,
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ditional beauty may be impaired TO the face
and neck. it is asserted. by developing those
muscles of the cheeks and neck which become
fabby under dsuss and make the checks look
sunkeu or the neck scraggy. Speaking on TINS
head 3 woman who has devoted much thought
and time to such matters said last week:
1T is an actual fact that the muscles OF the
face are susceptible OF development as any
muscles of the body. The method is q very
simple one, but thorough. No one can doubt
for moment that q full, round neck and
plump cheeks add greatly to ones beauty. The
only way to get this full neck and plump checks
is to go to work in an intelligent manner and
develop the neck and facial muscles. which
development, perhaps, causes the lines of beauty
to exist. Yon may think IL 10 unnecessary tC
develop muscular tissue in order TO gain beauty
but that you can get II only by gaming n little
more fat: this is a very great mistake. The
lines of beauty can only exist where the mus
Giles are plump and firm. The development OF
the muscles of the face and neck fills up Tia.
holows and causes the flesh to have firm and
healthy look. whereas the addition of Fat with
out muscular development will cause the flesh
to look weak and habby."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

Fair is the world. now autumn's wearing
AMI the sluggard sun lies long aDad:
sweet are the days, now winter nearing,
And all winds feign that the wind is dead.
Dumb is the hedge where the crabs hang yellow
. bright as the blossoms Of the spring:
Dumb Is the close where the pears grow mellow
And none but tho Gauntless redbreast5 sing,
Fair was the spring, but amidst hi. greening
Gray were tie days Of tho hi'den sun:
Fair was the summer. but OYcrweeuing,
so soon his O'er-sweet days were done.
Como thon. love, for peace is upon US,
Far of il failing, AM far is fear,
Here where the rest in the end hath won u.s.
In the garnerins tide Of the happy year.
Come from the gray old house By the water
Where. far from the lips of the hungry sea,
Green grOveth the grass DER the field Of the
slaughter,
And AL is a tale for thee and me.
-WLLIAM MORRIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
A Center Of Crime Near Berlin.

Within the last two weeks twelve cases of
highway robbery and garrotting and one of
murder have been committed in the neighbor-
hood of Spandau, about nine miles from Ber-
lin. Six of the robbers have been arrested and
are now in Jail. The gendarmes are kept every
night securing the highways in order to pro-
tect travellers, and keep on the lookout for rob-
bers. Those who have been caught proved to
be workmsn who were discharged after the
building season was over. The head of the un-
fortunate man who was murdered was beaten
almost to a jelly, in order to make the bodyun-
recognizable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Erie, Pa, Visited by "Fire Bugs"

A large proportion of the people of Erie,
Pa, are lying awake nights watching for fire
bugs Wednesday night incendiaries were
busy and. after burning two barns. started q
fire under the stairway leading to the second
story Of . house occupied by three families.
But for the fact that the Ere was discovered by
two young ladies Q dozen people would have
been cremated, for the suffocating flames were
Just commencing their work. The incendiaries
next applied torch TO the Erie novelty works,
q wooden ware establishment The loss above
all that was secured was about $4,000. During
the last fire, which was started at an early hour
Thursday morning, young man named Ferdi-
nand Lasher appeared upon the scene in
mysterious manner and was arrested. II 10 be-
heved that he 10 one Of the iucendiariea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Reduced Registration in North Carolina

The great exodus of colored people from
North Carolina during the past two years has
affected the registration this year. Many of
those who left their native state were leading
men among their people, and those who re-
manned have consequently shown very little
interest in governmental affairs. The result is
there has been q large falling off in the num-
Der OF colored voters registering for the COM
ing election. In Raleigh there was a decrease
OF 700 and in Charlotte decrease Of over !, 900.
1t is estimated il the falling off holds in the
same ratio in districts deserted by tho colored
people for other chimes the democratic vote
will show a majority Of 81. coo or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
False Reports of BaIfour,s Retention

United Ireldnd publishes an article in which
II discredits the reports that Mr.. Balfour while
on his tour through the west OF Ireland was re-
ceived in friendly manner by the people, and
quotes the words in praise of Mr.. Balfour
which the tory press attributes to several
priests. in order to give the latter chance to
vindicate their characters by prompt contra
dIctIon. The paper says that If the forbear-
ance of the people from expression Of their
feeling against Mr.. Balfour Is 10 be Indignantly
miscOnstrued, some of them may be provoked
to make things quite PLAIN by giving Mr.. Bal-
four taste of the detestation with which he is
regarded by the Irish people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

Said j. ". Spalding. an expert in such mat
tiers. the other day: Many man has tried to
reduce the size of his waist by exercise. and
after he has spent hours every day for weeks
in walking. running club swinging, dumb bell
hitting, riding. &c. has found that while his
sexual weight has perhaps decreased percepti-
bly,. yet his waist mel assures about the same as
usual. The fact is that fatty degeneration of
the muscular tissue begins nearly always in
those muscles which are used the least. For
this reason the abdominal muscles are gener-
ally the first to be attacked. Every ounce of
fat which fastens upon a muscle is SO much
dead weight, closing its contraction work
ing, and rendering the muscle less active than
before. and therefore inviting more fat to ac-
cumulate upon it.
Muscle alone has the power Of contraction,
thus approximating its ends and moving the parts
TO which they are attached and at the same time
Suppose a man carries thirty or forty pounds
of fat. See how he is handicapped. II he
wants to play ball he is in the Same condition
as a race horse handicapped with the same
weight of iron, and OF course it 10 readily seen
that 1t is not desirable to be fat if strength is to
be as great as possible and hence economiZed
Endurance is but another term for continuous
expenditure of strength. Hence fat man has
less endurance than if he had no fat. Besides
having fatty deposits around the muscles and
thus handicapping by dead and useless weight
alone it is found in small amounts throughout
the muscles OF fat people, even between muscle
hbers so fine that they cannot be seen except
under the microscope. Such muscle in con-
tracing cannot get hard. because the large
sprlnknng of fat 1t contains throughou its sub
stance prevents the contracted muscle fbers
from adjusting themselves in compact bundles
SO as to form the characteristic hard wood-like
mass of the trained athlete.
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knew Too Much.

From the Whiteside Herald.
Intelligent Compositor: That new reporter
spells .victusls' 'v-i-t-a-Ls.'"
Foreman: "Yss, he's fresh; make 'er right
and dump'r in here; want to 60 to press in just
minutes"
And this is what the public read when the
paper was issued: The verdict Of the coro-
ner's jury was that the deceased came to his
death from the effects OF q gunshot wound in
the victuals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

"Now, the only way to reduce fat is to exer-
else those muscles which are encountered with
it. The abdominal muscles are not brought
into decided and strong action by q man Of
sedentary occupation probably once a day; and
many men of active manual labor even do not
use these muscles much. l remember the time
when fat mon used to be advised to lie down
on a hard table on their faces, place their
hands behind their backs. and. while lying Hat,
raise the head and shoulders as high in air as
possible This no doubt gave the abdominal
muscles some exercise, but gave those OF the
back and neck great deal more; so that a
mans spine achsd long before his abdominal
muscles felt any strain on them. In these days
there are couple OF machines on the market
which are especially adapted for bringing the
abdominal muscles into active motion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Home Missionary Society.

The ninth annual convention Of the Womsn's
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the United States 10 in
session at Buffalo, n. Y. Mrs. John Davis Of
Cincinnati is president and among the vice
presidents are Mrs. U. s. Grant and Miss Fan
ME Hayes daughter of ex-Presidsnt Hayes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Alaska Elects a Delegate.

The election for delegate in the United
States Congress from Alaska has resulted in
favor of Capt. James Carroll Of the steamer
Queen. Such q seat does not as yet exist but
the convention recently passed resolutions
a seat in that body. 1t also adopted lengthy
memorial setting forth tho injustice OF Con-
gress in so long denying Alaska q representa-
tive in Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

marvel. But its most
remarkable trick was
probably discovered by
itself through accident.
1t was given food in the
round tin cover of a
bakinS-powder can, and
its favorite game was to
take this cover up to the
top OF a steeply inclined
plank. put both feet
i'll it and coast down
to the bottom. This it
would do over and over
again with lou d
squawks of delight.
I'rAv-s ora ~I1 IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
San Salvador's New Minister.

The New York Herald's San Salvador special
says: President Ezeta has appointed Gen. Bon
jamin Molina minister to the United States and
he will leave soon to create a Salvadorian lega-
ton in Washington. Gen. Molina has been
secretary Of war since Ezsta became proyis-
ional president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS

DOTOhAC EE LANDINGS.
Il sIEAMEI. JDnN ". THOMPSON
sunday, Tuesday ana ILUIsdfy, a. 4 pa 40 far as
NOnIIul CHrT4oaGlI and I.so.sr.tuwu. hI4ilI tr-uk
Cu&u ana kiIlsa.s rare flr.t-c4sas. uC ass.
oJc. ETtI.t lower ill.,. other IUutU- Eur lLIuIlua-
ZION call it.tp..uIU 1901. oZ.i- luI
NO NORFOLK md iUE1kFEs EDkECE
i Steamer EACfI.-lO... frOu. iti-st wharf kon-
DAY " cdlesin. aid rdaA . I'm. LAtAlSlN u
CONNlC1 lOA Win IOSIUA AA4. PI.pNIIkNCE
SlLAMtLS. rare sSsii.-lt. IOaIu tlII. e. 1Ickois
ana looms AT L. ma -. uyG-l tlt,.. bIy ard 1894
-. and HAN.Vs's. i IA aL4 kSA AuIE lOs
further IuIousii,.. June 81 ,u.l sIy Office. tho
wharf. IcIeI L,LC 49,. hsi A. hI.aJCk supE
and OeIl. AsreAL Olo
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From Life

HALF RATES TO PHILADELPHIA VIA ROYAL
BLUE LINE.-Ths b. and o. R.R Co. will sell
phia at rate Of one fare for the round trip for
all trains Oct. 81 and Nov. /, and 3. good for
fifteen days from date of sale. Similar tickets
will also be sold to other points in the state of
PennsylYania-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
LADIES GOODS.

I JAY GOULD. 4:lprBsr,B Er paNpEeTs-
cs SieClais'> Tor lsdlgs aua tiI4srrus Fau.y Mark
"a Tissue Ia cF, ~SsP i.,turo- ar,,.-, To- akns
Tree or Is, Fancy BuKes. dc u,ld FAlt lus.
German FaNO-s 80. =
vi ~. NJ BRADLEY, MOpfsfE : c Z M.
w formerly - sew ACrk iur.ces Sic lstrouar. n
MA>hlngiun ladies lertet Ca moderate pric,s
tutuuS and ba~s.ng -.cg.a.fy o.alWs
EkONTs! PROMISE TauNTs,i
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1922 ST. NV tAlrs nArrlsousA
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Fine IreLca hAlr Goods
HairlrrssIuE
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ReconciIin9 Western JTnitariops

conference association" Of Unitarians was
formed at Chicago Thursday to effect recon-
Citation between the Unitarian churches of
the west, which have bsen divided since the
attempt was made in 1886 to put tho churches
purely ethical basis About half the
churches objected and withdrew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets from Washington to
New York city and ali points in the state OF
New York at one fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold Tor all trains October 81
and November l and Will be good for return
passage until November 10, inclusive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

Acandied confectioner may soon be heard
telling his customers that owing to the placing
be able 10 make reduction in his goods ON
and after such date.-Boston zrunscript