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Gen. Butler's Last Plea.

Gen. Benjamin F. Butler has made his las,
plea before jury as criminal lawyer. He
made this announcement yesterday afternoon
at the close of his argument for Claretta John.
son, on trial in the United States district court
in Boston for perjury. Gen. Butler is now sew.
enty-two years old and has been for years rec.
ognized, perhaps, as the leading criminal law.
yer in the country. He was admitted to the
bar in 1910, and began practice in Lowell in
lS41. From the first he made practice of tax
ing up for little or nothing the cases of poor
people, and it was in a case of this sort that he
attached the gate that let on the water to one
Of Lowells great mills to secure the claim of a
mill girl for wages The case of yesterday. in
which he took his leave as a criminal pleader,
was of this very Sort his client being widow
without a cent.
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GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS.
Things Our Forefathers I'm England Liked
for Christmas Dinner.

Things Our Forefathers I'm England Liked
for Christmas Dinner.
A boar's head was to the old English Christ
mas dinner what the turkey is in this country
today.
Most important Of all things it seems to have
been deemed that mustard in plenty should ac-
company the boars head, and so much of this
condiment was thus consumed that when Christ
mas in the time Of Oliver Cromwell and the
commonwealth was threatened with abolish
ment by parliament the tallow chambers COM
planned that they could find no sale for their
mustard on account of the diminished consump-
ton of the wild hogs most esteemed portion.
Next in Importance as n Christmas dish in
those old days was the peacock. In preparing
the bird its skin was first stripped OF care
fully. with the plumage attached. Then the
fowl was roasted, and, when done and partly
cooled, it was sewn up in its skin and feathers
again. 1t then remained only to gid the beak
and serve. Sometimes the whole body was
covered with leaf gold and a piece of cotton
soaked with spirits was placed in the beak, to
be lighted before the carver began operations
The bird was stuffed with spices and sweet
herbs and basted with the yelks of eggs. 1t was
placed upon the table by no mental hands. but
was brought in by the lady guests who
were most distinguished fo- birth and beauty.
Pheasants and carps' tongues were favorlte
Christmas dishes i'll old England. where mince
pies also. under the name of mutton pies, were
popular early us 1896. when it used 10 be sung
Without the door le. sorrow lie.
Ind II tor cold it hap 10 die.
Well Lury- il in Christmas pie
and ever l2Ore be merry"
The Christmas pies of those DAYS were baked
IN coilin-shapod dishes quite usually TO repre-
sent the Manager in which the Holy Child was
laid. The Puritans did not approve of mince
pie. In their eyes. so it was said:
plum broth was ropisiI, and niince pie
Oh, that WAS hat ido.atry.''
At time it very stoutly urged by
certain church party i'll England that it was not
proper for clergvmen To eat mince pie.
As for drInkables old England thought them
all appropriate to Christmas, in the bigger
quantities tie better. 4 chorus Of the thir-
tetnth century. TO accompany tine cracking OF
the Yale log, sang:
'Lordlin-s, Christmas loves good drinking,
Wines of Gasoline. rance. Aniou.
En-iIsh ale tIat drives out thinking.
Prince of liquors old and new.
Every neirhlCr shares the bowl.
Dr1nlS OF the ST Try liquor deep.
Drinks his fill without control
Til he browns lis Gaze in Sleep"
This. 1t Is almost unnecessary TO remark, was
the condition of supremest happiness to the
noble Briton of Lang syne. whether at Christmas
or any other time of the year.
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THE SERVANT GIRL PROBLEM.
An Abortive Attempt by Housckeepers u
Solve the Question.

An Abortive Attempt by Housckeepers -
Solve the Question.
Chicago dispatch to the New York Times
says: The Evanston Cooperative Housekeeping
Association, upon which the eyes of thousands
have been turned with keen interest, awaiting
the outcome of the scheme to solve the servant
girl problem, is already in trouble
During its brief experience of two weeks
the books of the concern show u shortage
of $4,000. Many of the stockholders became
dissatisfied with the way Harry L. Grau. the
manager, was running things and his resigna-
ton has been accepted. The association has
been condncted too extravagantly for the
amount GA a week per person. charged
for meals. Mr.. Grau now saws the
project will be failure and will go
under before many weeks. Seven dollars a
week is what persons who know claim as the
lowest rate at which the elaborate meals pro-
yIded under the present regime can be served.
Inc association was Incorporated with a capi-
tai stock of 5000 n few months since and
served Its first meal at luncheon Monday De-
cember 8, to over fifty prominent families.
The plan which has been in operation until
this time is about as follows: The bills of fare
are sent around twenty-four hours in advance
OF the meal ordered. and the order blank is sent
back at once The meal prepared is then placed
into contrlvance which il kept warm by hot
water and is subdivided into compartments
for the various ediblcs These are distributed
in wagon 1T the residences of the subscrib-
ers. Bread is furnished each morning freshly
baked ard milk, cream and fruit are delivered
daily.
Each week the lady OF the house makes q
reputation for butter coffee, tea. cocoa. sugar,
pepper and SALT which are prepared at home
The ladies are still enthusiastic and declare
that they will not allow the scheme to fall
through.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A COMMENTARY ON THE LAW OF DIVORCE
AND ALlMONY. BY WILLIAM HARDcAsrLR
Law Digest on Statutes and Decisions on Dr.
vorce and Alimony. Philadelphia: Kay
Brother.
AUNTY'S ELFIN LAND: or, THE ASTONISHING
D0fNGs OF MILDRED, TON AND HARRv. Chron-
icled by MARIA HILDREfH PARKER. with Illus
trations, drawn on the spot, by Hermann ID.
Murphy. Boston: ]. q. Cupples h Co.
YE ISRAEL PUTNAM WINTER HEADQUAR.
TIERS: A Guide to Putnam Memorial Camp
Compiled by the Secretary Of the Commission.
Washington: Byron s. Adams.
This pamphlet Of interest 10 all who take
pleasure in the preservation Of Revolutionary
relics and sites. was prepared by Mr.. Charles
Burr Todd, well known in this city. and from
1t were CLEANED the interesting facts concern
ing the Putnam Camp which were printed in
last SATURDAYS STAR
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Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The Christmas Star wanes Never.
Ne'er heed the querulous complaint,
Plat Christmas joys are growing less;
Let no such croaking cry attaint
The merry seasons blessednessl
What though our childish fancies fade,
Though youthful dreams fair bubbles prove
BY faith and knowledge We are made
To comprehend The Feast of Love.
Let babes and weaklings beg for gifts,
But men and women true, believe,
That giving, more the heart uplifts
Than boOns most precious to receive.
Those who have left youths years behind,
Yet long for youthful plays and toys,
Are pulling infants still in mind,
Not 1t to share in Christmas joys.
The child receives, the parent gives
Our Fathers gifts are numberless,-
And that soul only truly lives
Who strives earth's feeble ones to bless.
All DER the world the Blessed Day,
The loving, glorious Gospel brings
OF Peace On Earth, for aye and ave;
That Love shall reign the King of Kings
Then freely give, with heart and hand,
Refreshing food and words of love,
Then you shall partly understand
The Mind of Him who rules above:
Then yOu will find, the Christmas Star
Doth with a brighter luster shine,
Than in those childhood days afar,
You bowed with Magi, at the shrine
Where angels served, in Palestine.
wv. j. HEKBEKr HOGAN.
Christmas Eve, 1890. Washington, DC.
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Romance of School Children,

The quiet hamlet Of Dimock Hollow, located
a few miles from Oneonta, n. Y, has a sensa-
ton in the elopement and marriage of Andrew
Baulf, aged seventeen. and Miss Nevada Allen,
fifteen years old. The runaways were pupils
at the public school. One day last week young
Baulf drove up to the school house with horse
and sleigh at the incoming hour. Miss Allen got
in and they started off in quest of minister.
The first minister to whom they applied re-
fused to marry them and advised them to go
back to their homes. They then drove on to
Burlington and applied to Rev. Mr.. Cooper
who questioned them sharply. The boy said
he was eighteen and the girl said she was seven
teen and the minister married them. Meantime
the runaway girls father started in pursuit of
the runaways. They were found at an obscure
country hotel Farmer Allen took his daughter
home, where she still is. 1t is believed, how
ever, that all parties will soon become recon-
ciled to the situation
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plan must be devised to get this industry on
inherent basis, or this nation must prepare for
a storm. the consequences Of which-in both q
political and economic sense-no man can
measure.
~ want to say further that the men engaged
In this industry are not going to wait for q
nome market to grow up around them that is
large enough to consume the enormous surplus
they annually produce. 1t is relief for them
serves; and not for generations unborn, that
"Agriculturists are not the enemies Of manu-
featuring Industries; they appreciate as fully as
any class that their own prosperity as well a.
that OF the nation depends upon a successful
prosecution Of diversified industries, and they
will go as far as any class in giving to our man
ufacturers free raw material and in extending
the market for their productions. In other
words, they will readily consent to stand before
the law upon an equality Of privileges with
every other industry, but they will not consent
to see their own destroyed that others may at
tain phenomenal success"
CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON.
Congressman Thos. L. johnson Of Ohio in
response to the toast, "McKinley's discovery
you can fool some Of the people all the time,
but you can't fool all the people all the time."
said: Let us rejoice and be glad. Not that
the fight ia fought, mot that the work is DONE
but that to rs il given the glory of the hope
and struggles that from the east and west and
rI anu sOutu nOWS 7 breath OF freedom
that the day of delusion breaks and we see the
stars still hold their places in the skies. Nc
klnleys discovery is the discovery that comes
at last to those who imagine that truth must in
the end be overridden by political jugglery."
The speaker said in the course of his remarks
that SO sure as Grover Cleveland lives he will
be the next President of the United States.
The other toasts were: New England's place
In the coming contest" w. F. Russell. gov
ernor-elcct Of Massachusetts,; An awakened
country W. Z. Hensel of Pennsylvania; THE
issues change and parties must change with
them, ex-Jndge Wilson Of Minnesota. Repre-
sentative Mills. who was to have spoken on
"feciProcity." telegraphed that sore throat
Kept him away. Among others who sent letters
OF regret for ncn-attendance were: Roswell Z.
Flower ex-Minister to England r. ]. Phelps,
Gnauncoy +. Buck of Pennsylvania, David A.
Wells. the defeated candidate for Congress from
Norwich, Conn, and Senator Mcpherson of
New Jersey.
PRESENT TO Mr.. CLEVELAND.
When Mr.. Cleveland finished speaking a mas
slve silver cup was presented to him by Pres-
dent Wheeler. The cup had on one side rep
resentation of Jefferson's mill and OH the other
reproduction of'his residence said to be one
OF u set of thirteen made for presentation to
jefferson on behalf of his admirers in the
thirteen original states. 1t was unear.hed in
virginia few years since and came into the
hands of Jesse Metcalf Of Providence, who
handed it to the committee to present to Mr.
Cleveland.
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A Convention of Press Clubs.

The international convention Of press clubs
to be held in Pittsburg January q promises to
be most notable affair. The National Asso-
citation Of German Newspaper Men, including
press clubs from all over the country, will be
represented and elaborate preparations are be-
ing made for the reception Of delegates from
every press club in the country. One of the
most important and probably the first ques-
ton to come up will be the question of admit
ting women press clubs to membership in the
proposed international association. and pend
ing this decision women delegates are cordially
invited. Every press club in North America
and several foreign organizations are expected
to be represented at the coming convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24
GETTING TIE BABY To SLEEP.

Young hushand-Anita my dear. for the last forty
minutes Jon have hEen walk and rock the baby
ana minimizing byo-y. which, presume. sJ-s,ss ~
incantation or sulplirHton W Morpheus. IL sssuIs
20 me that you have gotten hold OF the wrong cnarl.
hen 6rasty the lusiIer. wants 10 wake people uI-hs
says buy, oh. buy, and he makes it n great sucsss
can I sleep after reading his advertisements. They
worry me because feel confident that have h.en
paying too much Tor our Furniture. China Glass a.
ALI imiatient Tor the morning y I % rush up
there and SEE the goods he adyertsss. just listen:
Ant Extension tah.e IT. e. I've Paid So Sna1d
Oak Chairs. - I've paid $50. solid Oak sl. Bar
SIN Walnut Chamber Suite. 50 Mrrur g4N.hl;
very laandsone Oak suite. Mirror 4ox:sU. frrn,-h
plate, 40. sold ELSEWHERE $50 and $40. solid OaAk
Desk pigeon holes and shelf elow. Ell. kol Top do
back Oak DINING Chairs, atent seat, - and 81 IA;
Bent WOOD Chairs. 81 80; Kitchen Chairs. - ~ Vii
low Rockers. ~ sly Ices 81 ~ "a 10. Plush foskers
with cushion bach u OTTO Sla bite Fur Ruls e. Is
mo anlna a. sne). 10 styles OF Nasistnnd m
stock. from sl.ss 10 &la..,O; 2DO English Deurated
SI..S 20 $40; Clear Crystal Tumbsrs 1.p. Pine
Initial Iumbler. any letter loc. 2on v Inc Glsrsrr
ID styles H3O.Wb STOCK at selling prices. Everythine
marked in PLAIN figures. No secnts
We don't sell anything nj cost of
daIat,ei We don pay for tins advertisement tho
OF Washington paying Inducements and want your
patronage no matter where you live. whether you
white or coiored rich pospr good Tad. You will
md eyerytnn pleasant keel oVer--ro xed hou.s
Don read tins card and say. oh that's all gush but
come and see. You snail not be disappointed. only
GRAsTY IN theCity.
l5lO-l2 9TH 81 n. ".
FURNITURE. CARPETS. CHINA &C.
dl9 CHEAP FOR CASH.
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SOME NEW HANDlcAps.
HAIR CUT IN SIX MINUTES.
Expert Barbers Engage in Match for tn,
Worlds Championship.

Expert Barbcrs Engage in u Match for the
Worlds Championship.
A novel contest took place in New York the
other evening. Five hundred dapper gentle
men. in tight trousers and cutaway coats.
gathered in the main audience chamber of
Tammany Hail. They were the flower of the
tonsoriai profession of the metropolis, and the
occasion that brought them together was u
hair-cutting contest the first Of its kind in this
country. They chartered enthusiastically
among themselves and freely laid bets Oh the
result. In the galleries at either side of the
hall sat their wives and daughters
On the stage were the two artists who we're
to engage for the championship of the world
500 in cash and gold medal-Luca Franzia
winner OF the championships of France and
OF Wales, and Raffaelo Cianciulli. champion Of
Bombay and of Omaha, Neb. Franzia wore a
dress suit and diamond sleeve buttons and his
hair was combed in pompadour style He was
as 1.-the as q cat and as sinuous as snake
Cianciulli was fat and solemn-faced and his
hair was snappered.
The rules Of the contest were that each man
was to cut the hair from the heads of four
persons selected by committee of BARRIERS
The first victims hair was to be mangled la
Hunbert l. the second was to be in the Ser
man STYLE" not too short, vet short enough;
overland the fourth was to be a genuine
snapper"
At the word both men dashed at their work
FranZias scissors flashed over his subjects
head like zigzag streaks and the blades kept up
rapid click. click click, like the twittering
of sparrows. He tip-toed daintily around the
chair, with head lowered and arms akimbO,
and he made the hair fly, throwing it up in
chuncks with quick jerks Of the wrist.
Cianciulli likewise proved to be hustler"
He did not stop TO brood over his subject, but
jumped around with alacrity and cut down hair
like ripe grain under the mower. The first VIC
tim was dispatched by Franzia in ten minutes,
Cianciulli requiring eleven minutes. The Sec
ond hair cut was finished by Cianciulli in eight
minutes, half minute ahead of Franzia. and
the latter cut the hair of the third subject in
six minutes Cianciulli finishing three seconds
later. The last round was won by FranZia in
eight minutes and forty-five seconds, Cianciulli
being four seconds behind.
After an examination of the eight heads and
a long debate behind closed doors the COM
mittee awarded the money. medal and cham
pionship to Franzia. giving him the last three
bouts The 500 BARRIERS in the hal. loudly
cheered and Franzia made speech.
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held at the same time Of the year. To compen-
safe converts for the fun they lost BY abstain
ing from the heathenish rites certain Of the
Satnrnalian ceremonies were made part of the
Christmas festival Later on Christmas was
further modified by Druidical rites and super
stitions, and after the Saxons came to England
many ancient German and Scandinavian Gus
toms and traditions were superadded, the re-
suit being the medley Of Christian and pagan
rites which make up the Christmas of today.
Among the pagan customs which have survived
the burning of the yule log and the hanging of
the mistietoe are the most familiar, perhaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24
The Malign Town.

From the New England Medical Monthly.
Quitelet, in his most well-known treatise.
''On Man." pointed out that the growth of
town children is quicker than that of country
children. The demands from the nutritive
powers are larger, and consequently we can
understand how it comes about that the educa-
tional burden is felt more by town children
than their country cousins. Town life is not q
nstural life. III it has certain advantages, it
also has sundry drawbacks. The imper-
feet development Of the digestive or
gans has far-reaching consequences. The
realization OF the fact that the digestive
difficulties Of town dwellers lead them to
adopt dietary which is injurious in its after
results, will cause them to correct it. Already,
indeed. we zee many blindly starting out on
a new track in the spread Of vegetarianism
along with the blue Ribbon" In this action
they have not waited for physiology to pro-
nounce an authoritative opinion, but have
acted on their own account, guided by some
instructive impulse. Notifications in our food
customs are required for town dwellers-
They should have food which will nourish
them and sustain without any bad after effects
and which they can digest Possibly,
too, before long Il will be found that some
modification of the existing scheme of educa-
ton II desirable in the interest of the weaker
children. Possibly, too, il may be found that
little town mites expand when restored to the
country and can lead a more natural life than
that 10 which at present they are condemned
by the growth Of large towns. which exercise
such malign influence upon those who dwell
therein and especially those who are born and
reared In such towns.
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A Young Actress Downfall.

Mary H. Rossiter, an actress, was yesterday
sentenced in the general sessions in New York
to the penitentiary for six months for the lar
ceny Of S25O from Hamilton Gordon. a piano
dealer Of New York city. Miss Rossiter Is the
daughter of Nathan T. Rossiter. formerly the
county judge of Schoharie county n. Y, and
who held q prominent position in the Treasury
Department under Lincoln administration.
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The Value Of "Kochine."

Prof Stuart Of the Sydney University. who
was sent by that institution TO Berlin to study
the Koch treatment, has made a report of his
experiments. In it he says that after studying
hundreds of cases he has arrived at the conclu-
sion that the precise value Of the Koch remedy
cannot as yet be fixed. In advanced cases of
consumption, he SAYS injections of the lymph
have proved positively injurious, but in the
earliest stages of the disease the use Of the
lymph has apparently a beneficial effect.
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Mrs. Burke Roche's Divorce.

There has been a slight misunderstanding
over the granting Of the divorce to Mrs. Burke
Roche at Wilmington, Del, it being said that
no absolute divorce has yet been granted The
facts are that tho Delaware court ordered q
judgm ont to be entered on the report of the
commissioner and his Recommendation that q
divorce DO granted. The Judgment was to
stand until the end Of the term, when Il would
be confirmed. The term ended Monday, but
the decree Of the divorce will not be confirmed
until the beginning Of the February term.
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TINE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
The Value Of the Stake Doubled Over Tina
OF This Year.

The Value Of the Stake Doubled Over That
Of This Year.
The suburban handicap, which has been the
great turf event Of the year and on which for
tunes have been won and lost, has been rele-
gated to secondary position by the action Of
the Brooklyn Jockey Club in guaranteeing the
Brooklyn Jockey Club handicap to be worth
go 1000, just double what it Was worth this
year. and $1,000 in excess Of the gross value Of
the suburban. The horse that first passes the
post on the 18th Of May next will win for its
owner $4,000 net, while the second and third
horses will receive Is, 500 and 81, 500 respect
lively. The action of the club in increasing the
value Of the stake viii probably result in the
largest entry ever made for the handicap.
There are at least hundred horses in training
that are pretty certain to be named for the
race, and as Secretary Mcintyre is lenient in
the matter of weights u large percentage Of ac-
ceptances Is assured for the event, which will
soon be the chief topic of conversation among
horsemen. The entries close on January and
the conditions are favorable to a large field. the
entry being $500 each, half forfeit. or bu. $50
II declared on February 20, the weights being
due on February 1.
SOME NEW HANDlCAPS.
The club also announces the renewal Of all
tho fixed events Of tho spring meeting and
adds to the list of stakes the maturity handi-
cap for four-year-olds. The distance is short,
a mile and an eighth, and the club adds 81, 500
to the stakes, the second horse to receive $3.50
and the third S1OO. The weights for this race,
like those for the Brooklyn handicap and the
Fort Hamilton handicap, for three-year-olds.
will be announced February l. with declara-
tions duo February 20. The club also renews
the great American stakes for two-year-olds,
final nominations for which are due January /.
at cn vrhI IL ta1A IN In ~,
S20, 1000, received 103 April entries. There are
purses of 81, 900 and $1,000 for the second and
third horses respectively so that good lot Of
additional entries arc sure TO be received.
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An Enxl,sh Theatcr Wrecked.

An explosion Of gas took place last night in
the Alhambra Theater at Hartlepool, England.
The building was wrecked and several en-
ployes were injured. The explosion occurred
a short time before the opening of the theater
for the evening performance. II it had hap
pened little later, when the usual audience
had assembled, great loss of life would proba-
bly, have resulted.