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Railroad Rates On Corn and Corn Products.
The interstate commerce commission has
announced its decision In the case of Hervey
Bates 4 II. Bates, IT,, against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and other carriers. This Gaze
was originally decided February z, 1890, and a
rehearins was aftsrward granted on the appli-
cation Of defendants and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, which had appeared
in the cause prt1r 70 the decision
and fled arguments The opinion writ
ten BY Commissioner veasey states:
upon the evidences .prodn0ed ct the former
hearing Il vas decided that no reason va
shown for dinierential rate between corn and
the direct products Of corn eastward between
Ipdianapolis and the seaboerd. The difference
in rate conplsinsd Of -. 20 cents per hun
!ork, this bsing the proportion according 70
distancs of : scent di1srsntial between CHI
csgo. and New York. Since Tie Ant hosrine
the defendants have reduced Ne difIsrentiai 3
~ csnt per hunAfe4 pound, The complain
ant. clainasd there sh5ula - no difference. The
evidence produced - Ne rehearing satisaed ~
oommissious upon grounds stated IN the opinion,
that The foruser ocdee Ghould s. vacs{cd -
that no suvfhev Hrsle~ shcuId INV BE- msde"
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Elections of Ofhcers.

The Washington Society OF the Sons Of tho
Revolution met in annual session last evening"
Officers were elected as follows: Ex-Gov. John
ID. Carroll of Maryland, president; I. b. M.
Mason, U.SN., vice president; Charles Worth
ington of this city, secretary; Alexander b. Le-
care of South Carolina treasurer. and Gaillard
Hunt of this city, register and historian. Lewis
J. Davis Cuthbert Prescott and Lewis Black
ford were appointed committee TO report on
the proposition TO establish a library and gem
eral headquarters of the order in this city.
Columbia II. A. Chapter, No. 4, last evening
elected officers as follows: High priest, j. b.
Tomlinson; king, Thomas Herring; scribe, A-w.
Johnston; secretary, L. II. Chamberlin; treas
urer, L. q. stephens; CHI, 4. A. Heildig; p. g.,
O. J. Hart jr.; X. A. C., \. 4. Tomlnson; GIN.
third vail, 4. A. Chandler; q. NJ. second vail,
Frank II. Thomas; q. NJ. first vail, Benjamin A.
Allen, and sentinel, l.. Stoddard.
Officers OF Charles Sumner Post, No. Q,
@. A r., were elected as follows: Com
mander, Thomas s. Kelly; senior vice COM
mander, Frederick Fowler; junior vice COM
mander, Alfred Kane; quartermaster, W. II.
Liverpool; surgeon, Plato I. Lee; chaplain,
Pinn; officer Of the guard, Henry Queenan.
The following delegates were elected 10 the de-
partment encampment: Fred Fowler, Della
ware Pinn, Robert Motion, Webster scosS
Henry Queenan and Moses Foskey.
The officers Of U. s. Grant Post, No. ~, have
been elected as follows: Commander, J.
Thos. Turner: senior vice commander. Frank
A. Clark; junior vice commander, George T.
Dudley; surgeon, Richard NJ. Calhoun: chap
lain, Leander W. Gifford; quartermaster, Horace
gan: officer of the guard. Francis Z. Blake;
delegates TO department encsmpment j. X
Clifford and John 1. Thompson; slternasess
Geo. w. Shull and Nicholas Raynor.
Warren Lodge. No. 8, II. A A. NJ, last evee-
ing elected the following officers for ~ snsor
ing wear: Dennis Frye, w. NJ, W. H. Jordoa,
8. W.; Louis Patterson, J. W.; II. L johnson,
treasurer; Geo. q. CANT, secretary.
The Washington Homeopathic Medical so-
ciety has elected the following ofhcers for the
enssine year:, President, w. Il. King, Nd;
vice president, /. b. Swormstedt, MD; score
Sary. Edward Roome, ND; treasurer ana
ibr,risn. n. Hialop, Nd; board Of censors, g.
g. sssarns, Nd, J. 3. Gregg Gusts, Md, and
Ohar2es b Gilbert. ND.
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BERKELEY PuRE RYE WHISKY.
Registered Trademark.
JAMES THARP,
n17-1m 61S Ut. NV.
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LOST AND FOUND.

I OsT-BET. I'D AND mn SIS. NV, LADl's
II silver stem-wnder watch. Finder will please re-
turn 10 10 & st. n w. and receive reward. tt
I OST-s4O AND TWO POSTAL NOTEs ny
workn1 man December 3. p. m, vicinity 9Th ct.
depot. Rewari at 46l Missouri ave. n dist
Il itias T. c. r. Finder rewarded by leaving same
with Il. REiNHARDT, $40 9TH ST. NV. d4-.t.
OST-SMALL GOLD LACE PIN, TURQUOISE
II set. Reward If returned to w. II. SMITH Nat
Bank of the Republic. =. Its
Il OST--PART GORDON SETTER PUP THREE
H months Old. with black and tan head and ears
black and white body and white legs Suitable reward
If returned to 1873 Il st. NV. Its
L OST-STRAYED FROM RIvERDALE FARM
small hay long tail small white spot ON for
ward and lett side Suitable reward IL returned to J.
A. BLUSDON. $40 ST. NV. d2.ns
I OST-A SILVER WATCH AND CHATELAINE
~ December i. ". bet. 14th and the Treas.
my, Handsome reward If returned TO Miss ADISSON
1852 n. \. ave. NV. dS-;Hs
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. Dean % IN. meseo -. ehueter.
Nrs Helen n. shustsr, wife Of Henry q
ehustsr, died suddenly from paralysis etc
O'Clock this morning At her late residsnee. sO7
II street northwest Nr. Shuster vss ~
and we'll known In this city. The family havS
Ne v.rnsst symPathiss a large crels Z
friends- . -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-04

The bicycler, just learning, does not lose
weight though he falls off q great deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-04

present company accepted" remarked the
kid in its night gown to Santa Claus as that old
gent was filling the stockings.
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vague. dark policy would be impossible in the
future.
THE ENvoYs' TOUR GIVEN Up
The American tour Of the members Of the
Irish parliamentary delegation has been
abandoned Dispatches were sent out last
night csncsiing their engagements at Indian
where meetings had been arranged. Dillon,
U Brien, Harrington and O'Connor leave
Chicago today for New York. The two former
VIII sail on Saturday for Paris. Dillon and
y brien were almost overwhelmed by the
tidings Of the great support which vas being
given Parnen throughout Ireland.
WHAT SULLIVAN AND OIL sAY.
Mesra Sullivan and Gill, the Irish envovs.
addressed Q large meeting at Dayton, Ohio, last
night At midnight they were questioned o.
TO the truth OF the report from Chicago that
they and their colleagues would sail for Europe
ON Saturday. They disclaimed any knoWlsdee
OF such an Intention on the part Of their col
leagues AZ to their own movements they had
They we're disposed to discredit the reports
from Chicago, which they thought, were like
many other. sent out from that city, without
foundation In fact
John Dewey, the '.father Of the Land
Clancy Of Dublin that unity : pcs.ibis on y
under Parnell.
'In short time Iriah movsments win b Il
together guided by . gentleman named AM
drews," unmarked William O'Brien last night
smiled gEinly, But ala nothing. 0'kisn, how
ever, b Hksay TO be guided By H. viahss q hi
wife, and u 3 I'D tat this LADY b str1nuc.aly
opposed - his returning and surrendering hin
seR 70 serye The sentence recently fmPossd sPcn
swhils q lsast The two Parlianentarisns Win To-
cats IN Raris, whore thsy On y saefly rsaohsd
and conferred with by thew c~'Isnsues
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FAMILY.
Mrs. sangazure-with dignity and pride:
''My ancestors came over with the Conqueror. !"
Mrs. Porkington-slightly short on English
history: civilian the Conqueror. do you
mean?''
Mrs. s.: Certainly, there was no other
Mrs. P.-bewildered: THAT'S what thought;
but didn't know he had ever immigrated to
America" ..... &C.. 80.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23
Emeralds at d Low Cost.

Some years ago one of the present Con .
grcssmen from New York State and his
brother were examining the stock of a
pawnshop in London in the hope of pick
ing up some curiosities. They came
across a necklace of green glass beads,
which the New York man purchased for
So. so, intending to bring it home to his
little daughter. The brother was sur
priscd to find in the shop the counterpart
of the necklace which he brought home to
his little girl Two months later the latter
showed her gift to a jeweler, who pro-
nounced the glass beads to be emeraIds,
and who sold them afterward for several
thousand dollars. The member of Con-
gress, upon hearing this, took his neck
lace to the same dealer, who Pronounced
it to be composed of glass beads. The
London pawn dealer had purchased them
off a thief, who had stolen them from
wealthy woman. The latter kept the
emeralds in a safe, and wore their glass
counterpart. OF course no one could tell
the difference when the necklace cncir-
cled her throat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23
Rich Japanese Merchants.

There are in New York quite number
of rich and Influential japanese mer-
chants. Some of them have been in this
country for quite number of years, and
have adopted both the language and
dress of the country. Fifteen years ago
Il japanese club was started, but it had
no settled abode until about three years
ago. when the funds of the exchequer
warranted renting good-sized dwelling
house on West 22d street, near 9th ave-
nue.. The decorations OF the house are a
mixture of japanese and American styles,
but there are some very fine Specimens of
japanese art and bric-a-brac. The cuisine
is in charge of japanese cook. The
annual reception is always given on the
emperor's birthday, November 8, and
they always celebrate New Years day
The reading room is furnished with all
the japanese periodical literature, and
the library is well supplied with books.
Foreigners always enjoy the hospitality
of the club; it seems to them like a small
piece of their native land, brought over
for their special enjoyment.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23
OUR TINY LIGHT-GIVER.
The Numerous Processes Necessary
in Matchmaking.

The Operation of making matches from
a pine log may be divided into foul
heads, viz, preparing the splints, dipping
the matches, box making and filing.
When the timber is brought into the cut
ting-room of the factory it is seized upon
by gang of men, who place it before a
circular saw, where it is cut into blocks
10 inches long, which is the length of
seven matches. 1t is then freed of its
bark and taken to the turning lathe,
where, by means of Il special form of fixed
cutting band running its entire length, n
continuous tool the thickness of the match
is cut off.
As the block revolves and decreases in
diameter the knife advances, and band
of veneer of uniform thickness is OBJ
tanned. As the veneer rolls off the knife
it is met bv eioht small knives, which cut
it into seven separate bands, each the size
OF match. By this one operation seven
long ribbons Of wood, each the length
and thickness of match, are obtained.
These are then broken intopieces six feet
long; the knotty parts removed, and they
are then fed into machine which looks
and acts like straw-chopper which cuts
them into single matches The machine
eats $50 bands at the same time, and a
mechanical device pushes them forward
the thickness of a match at each stroke of
the cutter. This little machine with its
one sharp knife can cut over 0,OOo, 600
matches day.
From the cutting-Ioom the splints are
taken to the dry-room, where they are
placed in revolving drums, which alb
serbs all the moisture the splint may con-
tain. They are then prepared for the
dipping process, which is very i'm
portant operation, as each splint must
have sufficient space to be fully coated
and yet not placed so close to the Others
as TO cause the mixture to clot the heads
of the other splints. To do this they are
placed under an ingeniously constructed
machine, which seems to work with
almost human intelligence, and are caught
up and placed closely but at regular in
tervals in dipping frame. These frames
contain A movable lathes, and between
each lathe the machine places with clock
work regularity so splints, making over
2,OOo splints in each frame.
The heads of the splints are all on the
same level, and asingle attendant at each
machine can place over a million splints
in the frames per day. The dipping vat
is stove. of masonry, which contains
three square pans. The first pan is for
heating the splints so they will absorb
the - moisture, the second contains ,ie1 molten
paraihne, in which the points are dipped,
and III the third they are coated with
the igniting composition. Over 8, 900, 600
matches can be dipped bya skillful work
man in one day. After the dipping pro
cess the matches are dried while still in
the frames and are then taken to the
packing room, where they are put into
boxes by hand. Chicago Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23

temple or palace with roofs covered with
gilt paper was built as her bier, and the
funeral car was overlaid with pure gold
and set with Jewels. This car was six
stories high and it was surrounded by
tiers of golden umbrellas. All the foreign
diplomstes attended the burning, and
there was a tiger fight, lion dance, and
a tournament mong the celebrations
The king lighted the fire at p. m., and
he gave presents of gold and silver as
we'll as dinner to the most noted of the
mourners. 1t took full week to per-
form the ceremonies, and at the close the
ashes were taken in q royal barge and
strewn upon the waters of the Menam
River.
Every man in Siam has as good burn
ing as his purse will buy, but few are able
tn undertake. tho eynensa of building a
palace in which to be burned. The aver
age cremation takes place on pile Of
wood laid crossways, and after it is ovei
the bones are gathered up and tied up in
a rag to be kept as relics. The most hor-
rible of funerals are those of the very
poor of Bangkok. The bodies of these
are taken to temple known as the Wat
Sab Kate. Imagine an inclosure of many
acres, filed with bushes and whispering
palms, at the feet of which are piles OF
collins, and along the roots of which
skulls are lying. Enter this garden path
if you dare. There are no men to stop
you, and you wander in and out through
The trees, snarled ut by lean, hungry look
ing dogs, until at last you come to O
number of low brick buildings. Here
You will meet lean. toothless
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23

Old Judge Fernald, Of ) Santa a Bar
bara, has the reputation OF being the
politest man in California. He nevel
loses an opportunity to dof his hat OF
to offer some slight attention to way
faring men and Women. One day, as
he was about to take the train for San
Francisco, he reached the rear steps Of
the last car just as they we're approach
ed by young priest.
After the CLOTH" said the ehivalric
Judge, stepping back with a courtly
bow.
"Gray hairs have the preference,
returned the priest, with " splendid
wave of the hand.
"The church always has precedence, ;
retorted the Judge, taking another
backward step, hat in hand.
"The church follows in the footsteps
of tho fathers" replied the priest, bow
ing low and indicating the way to the
The duel of politeness was not hall
through, neither Yielding an inch, wher
ing and smiling on the platform. San
Francisco E1dmi1,cy
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23

parchment skinned oid hag who has
hair as white and stiff as the bristlet
of Chester white pig, and who
smiles at you through her toothless
gums, and with long, withered fingers
beckons you in. l remember her we'll,
and l still see her in my dreams. Vul.
lures by the hundreds sit upon the trees
over her, and as you go in you hear the
snarling of dogs. You look toward them,
they are fighting over the half eaten
bodies OF men, and, the vultures swoop-
ing down, flap their wings and attempt
to selze part of the prey. Beside the
bloody corpses are mass of half-dried
skulls and the odd legs and arms of the
day before, and the old woman laughs
through her toothless gums as she points
you to them. Some of the Buddhists be-
lieve that their chance of Nirvana, or
heaven, is better in case they give their
bodies to the vultures, and some of these
bodies have been dedicated in this way.
Others are, as have said, those of very
poor people, who can not affoId the cost
of cremation.
There is at Bombay colony of about
10, 900 Parsees, and the men, women, and
children give their bodies to the vultures
They are fire worshipers, and they say
that fire is too sacred to be defiled with q
dead body, and they believe the work of
the worms is too slow and too vile. 1
visited the Towers of Silence at Bombay
on the top of which all dead Parsees are
laid, and where their bodies are left for
the vultures. These towers are great.
white buildings of block granite, twenty
five feet high and 1900 feet in diameter
Each is built around central we'll, and
the bodies are laid on the top walls,
which incline inward, so that the rain
will wash the bones and juices down into
the we'll. Each we'll has drains running
off into the sea, and each is half filed
with charcoal. On the top of each of
these towers there is sort of grating net
work, with meshes of different sizes,
whether they are intended to hold men,
women, or children. Surrounding the
towers is beautiful garden of sixty acres
of trees and flowers, and when visited
this everything was in blossom, and the
surroundings were as beautiful as the
garden of Eden. AS l looked at the
towers it seemed that each had coping
or frieze of gray about it, and this frieze
represented great birds. AS got nearer
l noticed that the birds were alive, and
they craned their necks at us, evidently
taking us for corpse-bearers. While l
was in the garden Parsee funeral came,
and these birds rose in the air and
swooped down upon the tower upon
which the naked Parsee baby was laid.
There were 600 of them, and they live
entirely off the flesh of dead Parseos.
They will strip a skeleton of every shred
of flesh in two hours, and the bones are
left under the sun to dry. A day or two
later they are pushed down into the well,
where they decompose under the purify
ing influence Of the charcoal. The Par
secs always walk to their funerals. They
are the richest and brightest merchants
Of the East, but there is no difference
shown as to their condition at funerals.
The corpses of the rich as we'll as the
poor lie naked on those towers of silence,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23
Army Life Is Not an Easy One.

The supposition that army life is an
easy one is the civilians delusion, No
occupation on earth is more exacting.
The reyeille is sounded at daylight, and
the soldier must be up and ready. Be
tween reveille in the morning and taps
at $50 at night he has to attend to the
majority of thirty-three buglc calls, and
he is on his feet most of the time till ''re-
treat" at sunset. The officers are busy at
nearly all times over new military prob
lens. They are called to mount and
manage artillery that would have struck
dire dismay into armies like those OF
Caesar, Hannibal or Alexander. To-day
war is science requiring all the skill OF
the best navigators, the most able engi-
necrs and the finest electricians. All the
known means of defense and destruction
are availed of, even down to the last elec-
tric triumph, the telephone. In future
battles the commanding generals will
open the engagements with 'IIeliol" to
either say "Good-byel" Or reverse the
syllables of "IIe!lol'-IBaltimore Ameri-
can.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23

the bones of all going to the same reser-
voir, and the vultures who to-day feed on
the flesh of Dives make their morrow's
meal off of Lazarus.
l saw many cremations among the Hin
docs, and I attended not few funerals
in India. The bodies were generally
carried on the shoulders of men, without
coffins and covered with cloth. In some
cases n band accompanied the procession,
and the burnings were in general very
simple. At Calcutta they took place in
unroofed sheds on the banks of the Hoog-
ly, but the fires were built on the
ground and little hole was scooped out
below them to make q draught. At
Benares the cremations took place in the
open air, and, after the body had burned
to ashes, the ashes and bones remaining
were dragged down into the river. The
undertakers of India belong to the dome
or chief caste. These preside over the
funerals and sell the wood and light
the fires used in cremations. They
break the elbows, wrists, knee and
ankle joints before cremating the
body, and at Calcutta the body is
placed on the fire with the face down
ward. 1t is covered with ghee, or clari-
fed butter, to make it burn, and the
wood used varies with the cost Of the
tunerdl. a TlCu man VIII Senu MS soul
to heaven with sandalwood, while poor
man takes what he can buy. The domes
sell everything connected with the crema-
lion, and to be chief dome of big city
is money making position. One Of the
richest men in Benares is the head of the
unde,takers, and he made his money in
this way. There is a regular charge for
burning, and the ordinary cost of cremo-
tion is less than SO. Funerals in India
are, however, very expensive, and pres
ents are given away by the nearest rela-
tives of the deceased to those who come
to the funeral. A rajah of Calcutta not
long ago spent $3.50, 900 in burning his
father, and rich families often spend
as high as 100000 in this sort of fire.
works.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-23

the side of a hill. As 1 went l passed
many funeral PROFESSIONS, consisting of
stalwart Japs in blue gowns and bowl
hats, four of whom carried box swung
on pole which rested on their shoul-
ders. This box was much like a childs
playhouse, and it had its roof and its cur
tanned windows. L was told that it was a
coffin, and that each party carried a
corpse. These coffins were about four
feet long, two feet wide and four feet
high. They were made of thin white
pine, unpainted and unvarnished, and
each coffin is burned or thrown away at
the same time of the burning of the body.
The crematory itself looked much like an
American engine-room; the furnaces
might have been made in America, and
they were built SO that they opened into
an aisle running around q large room.
Wood was piled at their doors and a
furious draught sucked the air into their
mouths, and the great flames roared as
they ate up the human fuel which was
piled in the vaults above them. There
was but little smell as / entered the
building, but could hear the cracking
and frying of the fesh,a and the whole OF
the burning could be plainly seen. A
hollow-eyed, bald-headed ghoul presid-
ed over them, and he stirred up the fires
as he chatted with me in regard to his
business
I'VE have" said he, first, second, and
third class cremations, and we graduate
our rates according to the age of the
body. A man or woman can be burnt
here in first-class style for $3.50. We
will give either good secondclass burn
ing for $l.25, and we can send a man off
jim very respectable style for 81. Chill
dren under years are burnt according
to the class for 81, rs cents, or 60 cents,
and boys and girls from to IL years OF
hge are burnt for from $3.50 to rs cents
apiece. We burn the bodies rs soon as
they come in, and we average at least ten
cremations day. We give the bone
ashes to the families of the dead after
the cremation is over, and they take
them away and bury them in their family
tombs."
Siam is the land of cremation. 1t costs
more money to die there than to live, and
the funerals of Congressman, which are
paid for at eXtravagant rates by the g low
ernment, cost but little in comparison
with that of Siamese noble. When q
king dies in Siam the whole nation takes
part in the funeral, aud $1,000, 600 and
upward is sometimes spent in the turning
of the royal embalmed body into ashes.
The last queen who died at Bangkok was
seated in golden urn for a number of
months after her death, and the foreign
merchants in Siam bought thousands of
dollars worth of goods from Europe and
China for the king to give as presents to
those who came to the funeral. A great