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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
SLIPPED ON THE ICE.
The State Of the Pavements Causes Man,
Emergency Cases.

Tho State Of the Pavements Causes Many
Emergency Cases.
b. D. Letcher, young man who lives on F
street, fell upon the ice yesterday. In some
way or other the point Of his cane was
driven into his eyelid and badly
injured the ball He was at
tended at the Emergency Hospital and viii
not lose the sight of his eye. A number Of
ice accidents have been treated at the hos
pital, some Of them rather curious ones.
A small boy with an open knife fell and cut
himself with the knife and an elderly man fell
on 9th street and run an iron picket into his
neck. He was not seriously injured, however.
A STAR reporter asked DR.. Middleton at the
Emergency Hospital If there was any particular
advice to be given people on the ice to keep
them from slipping.
81 know of none better" said he, ethan the
scriptural admonition, Let him that thinketh
he stand take heed lest he fall"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
THE PROUD PLUMBERS FALL.


Claude p. Lumber: "And SO after all you
throw me over for that Montmorcncy de Jones.
Why is this Clarita? Am not rich enough to
please you? Have you forgotten that by the
work of only three winters and a constant at
tention to my account books have amassed a
fortune SO great that am now rich beyond the
dreams of avarice? Surely you must know
that have good fat mortgage on every house
into which 1 have ever carried my plumbing
tools; and yet you cast me aside for this up
start this parvenur'
Clarita: Yes. know that all you say is true
and besides 1 love you for your worth alone.
But you know, Claude dearest. my parents are
ambitious and are forcing me to wed for wealth
and proud estate. You are rich it is true. but
talking about rocks you're not in it, for Mont
morency owns three sleighs and there is no sign
of thaw''
And Claude P. Lumber's proud heart fell
with DIST, for he realized the utter hopeless
ness Of his fate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

Range a tie EhsrmspsAse.
he following were the readings 1t The dgnai
once today: Gam. %; 3 Pm, -; maximum,
-; minimum, 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
Id.ho,s sen.sou Are Silver Mo-.

Senator shoup of Idaho is not ready yet 10
talk for publication on the election bin, fact
that il more than probably due 10 TIE facs
that an Idaho Senator Womb
naturally be much more interested In oliver
and finance generally than in any otAr
Senator 6houp strengthens the hands al
the silver men very materially
ana there viii be more power yet when 6enat<rr
Mcconnell arrives on Wednesday or Thurrdav.
Il b certain that both Idaho men viii vote for
preference ct any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
University Extension in ENGLAND,

CnfrefbNy ExpensIUn m EngI1nu.
Prof. R. G. Moulton of the University Of Cam
bridge, England, will deliver a lecture under
the auspices Of the Washington Society for the
Extension of University Teaching tomorrow
afternoon, at 4:3O O'Clock, in the lecture room
Of the Columbian University. Subject: Uni
versity Extension in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

In the case Of George n. storrs. srreeS.a 49,
last wsek on . bail piece, the hearipS ma
writ Of habeas corpus before Judge No.s~c-.
cry has been ret Tor tomorrow sfternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

A GRASSY JOKE FoR PRINTERS.
"Its poor rule that won't work both ways"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

The stocking season closed last week. but
slippers are still here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

"fou here! Last New Year day you told me
gor would never drink drop of liquor while
you breathed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

Ina J. DAvmsoH has been appointed uuaH,s
States storskeeper 1t Richmond. Ky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT N ANswKR-MR.
wANAMAKER's sTATEMENrs-FIGuRRs QUOTED
TO SHOW THE CHARACTER OF CIVIL SERVICE Ap.
PoINTEEs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

Sobbed Jill to Jack. mid matrimonial strife,
"Curs't be the day when became your wife. "
II am amazed" said Jack. at is too bad
To curse the only happy day we've had"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

81 see through my error" said the boy who
poked his face through the hastiIy-made aper-
ture in an apologize manner. And Jones for
gave him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

PROF. sELIGMAN READS PAPER on 'THK MOI
DEScE OF LOCAL TAXATION" AND MR. I. ,.
sHEARMAN ONE on "cRooKKD TAxATIox''-NKw
MaNBERs OF THE COUNCIL ELECTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
MrpwfSrER UABEnpAsHI

Nor dol, replied the smiling Jaggs swatch
ME; drink while my breath rests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

The snow ball has usurped the popularity of
the ordinary evening dance among the young
est society set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29
WIN rnEY wr.x ax,aovxD.

to the concluding sentence, above quoted, from
the Postmaster Generals report, where the
Postmaster General in speaking Of ths 70
movals Of men appointed under he preceding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

HI RECOMMENDS THAT FORT BrpwEII- CAL, BE
NOT ABANDONED As A MILITARY Posr-THE
PIUrs AND THE MESSIAH cRAzE-rALKs WITH
THE RED MEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29


them from ali taxation and giving them a large
net profit from the very fact Of taxation.
MAKES THE RICH RICHER AND THE POOR POORER.
The tendency of this method of taxation, he
said, is, therefore. % to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer; (2) to shift the burden Of
taxation from those best able to bear ii to those
leas. able; 90 to remove all checks upon the
extravaganccs of government by making the
only persons who know that they pay taxes in
different as to the amount Of taxes. ii not actu-
ally interested in maintaining needless taxes;
wealthy men whose income depends
upon legalized robbery; 90 to complicate the
business of the country with taxation, SO that
enormous burdens are kept upon she people,
for fear that "vested interests" will suffer if
these burdens are removed; Co. to promote
bribery and corruption by making business
profits depend directly upon political action.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The reading Of papers was suspended for a
short time in order to allow the association to
consider some amendments to the constitution.
These changes provide for the payment Of $50
instead Of SIS, by which any person may be-
come a life member.
A committee of five ON publication was di-
rected to be appointed.
England would deliver an address in the hall q
the Columbian University tomorrow afternoon
on extension Of the university system.
NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
The president announced the election Of the
following new members Of the council: Prof. +.
W. Blackmar, Lawrence, Kan. n. Bowker, New
York city; Rev. John G. Brooks, Brockton,
Mass; Prof. Cowman, Roland p. Falkner,
Philadelphia: Prof. Henry Ferguson, Hartford,
Conn; Prof. George p. Garrison. Austin, Tex
Rev. N. p. Gilman, West Newton, Mass; George
Gunton, New York city; Prof H. w. Farnam,
New Haven, Conn; Prof. A. 4. Hadley, New
George K. Holmes, this city; J. c. Schwab, New
Haven, Conn.,; Prof. R ID. Sheppard, Evans-
town, H.; Prof. A. W. Small, Waterville, Ne.
The program for this afternoon includes the
following papers: Paper ON Tho Educational
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-29

Indians come from long way of to hear him.
They come from the east, make signs. Two
years ago me go to Winnemucca and Pyramid
Lake, me see Indian Sam, a head man, and
johnson Sides. Sam, he tell me he Just been
to see Indian medicine man to hear him talk.
Sam say medicine man talk this way: All In
dians must dance everywhere; keep on
dancing. Pretty soon, in next spring. Big
Man Great Spirit come. He bring back
all game of every kind. The game
be thick everywhere. All dead Indians come
back and live again. They all be strong, just
like young men-be young again. Old blind
Indian see again and get young and have fine
time. When Old Man (God) comes this way
then all the Indians 20 to mountains high up
away from whites. Whites can't hurt Indians
then. Then while Indians way up high
BIG FLOOD coxE,
like water, and all white people die, get
drowned. After that water go away and then
nobody but Indians anywhere and game all
kinds thick. Then medicine man tells
Indians to send word to all Indians to
dians who don't dance, who don't believe in
this word viii grow little, just about q foot
high, and stay that way. Some will be turned
into wood and be burned in fire. That's the
way Sam tell me the medicine man talk.
Heap Indians believed that and maybe
SO, good many believe il now-don't know how
that is, but Indians all began dancing all over
this country. Well, we wait till spring when
Big Man lGod) was to come, but he no come!
Then Medicine man send word that God come
in July Othis was in 1889, but no God come
then. Then me think il all lie and come back
to Surprise valley. This Last summer at Sum-
init lake, eighty miles east, me see Indian from
down Walker lake and he tell me about medi-
cine man talking same way all time. Maybe 90
good many Indians believe il yet; maybe 90 no
believe it any more. Ne think medicine man
crazy and talk lie.
TIE euLK or THE INDIANS BELIEVE fnx uIp-
SLAB DOCTRINE
Capt. Lee remarks that the bulk Of the In
dams believe the doctrine. He concludes BY
saying that in his opinion the fort should not
be abandoned for several years TO come.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
Unusual Storage of Life.

From the facts at our command, there
is evidence that individual storage of life
may be far greater than the vast ma
jority of people either expect or hope for.
The mean duration of life in England
may be taken at Al years. But we have
instances upon instances in which this
storage of life is doubled, and some in
which it is trebled. | recently had, in
the consulting room, at the same time,
three gentlemen, whose united ages
reached the total of 1852 years, or over 81
years each, and each with a fair promise
of from four to five years of life at least
l also, within the present quarter, saw,
on the same day, two gentlemen, whose
united ages gave 1856 years, or an aver
age of 93 years each. l have seen, and
carefully examined physically, woman
who had attained the age of l05 years,
and who lived afterward for three or
four years; and | once conducted an au-
topsy of a man who had passed his ODD
year.
There was nothing in the social cOndi-
ton of the individuals concerned that
could of itself account for such an I'M
USUAL storage ol lie as Ihat winch they
presented. Two of those specially re-
ferred to were men of the highest class
of mental power; the other has come
down from one of the oldest of the noble
families of Europe; a fourth has fought
his own way from the lowest position to
one of affiuence and power; while the
Oldest of all was, from first to last, in
abiect poverty and was in a worl,hOuSa
DR.. Benjamin Ward Richardson.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
A Horses Sense of Smell.

The horse will leave mustv hay IN
touched in his bin, however hungry. He
will not drink of water Objectionable to
his questioning shifts, or from bucket
which some odor makes offensive, how
ever thirsty. His intelligent nostril will
widen, culver and query over the dainti-
est bit, offered by the fairest of hands,
with coaxings that would make a mortal
shut his eyes and swallow a nauseous
mouthful at gulp. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight OF Whitney
that her colt is really her own until she
has a certified nasal certificate to the fact
A blind horse, now living. will not al
low the approach of any stranger with
out showing signs of anger not safely to
be disregarded. The distinction is evil
IDENTIFY made by his sense of smell, and at
a considerable distance. Blind horses, as
a rule, will gallop wildly about pasture
without striking the surrounding fence
The sense of smell informs them of its
proximity. Others will, when loosened
from the stable, go directly to the gate or
bars opened to their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to return,
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the one outlet and patiently
await its opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their pilot to it.
The horse in browsing or while gather
ing heritage with his lips is guided in its
choice of proper food entirely by its nos
trils. Blind horses do not make mistakes
in their diet. In the temple of Olympus
a bronze horse was exhibited, at the sight
Of which six real horses experienced the
most violent emotions. Elian iudiciouslv
observed that the most perfect art could
not initiate nature sufficiently well to
produce SO strong an illusion. Like Pliny
and Pausanius, he consequently affirms
that Sin casting the statue a magician
had thrown Hippomanes upon it, which
by the odor Of the plant deceived the
horses, and therein we have the secret of
the miracle. The scent alone of a buffalo
robe will cause many horses to evince
lively terror, and the floating scent of a
railroad train will brighten some long
after the locomotive is out of sight and
hearing. -Prairie Farmer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
Teeth Used as Jewels.

We have frequently heard of gems Of
thought falling from the lips, but it has
been left to the Nineteenth century to
implant actual jewels in the teeth, so
that as the lips move, no matter what
sentiments they utter, the jewels flash
with rare brilliancy. Verify are one S
teeth becoming objects of value A
fad still later than jeweling them is to
preserve the molars as they are drawn,
have them carefully polished and wear
them as single charms, or, if there be a
sufficient number, have them set medal
hon shape and made into bracelets. The
wearing of human tooth is said to be
unequaled as a carrier of happiness and
insurer of personal safety.
This queer fancy may really be claimed
as belonging to our century, as no record
is found of it in the musty pages of long
ago. Not so, however, with the long
walking sticks with the crook handles
that many ladies carry along in their
summer Jaunts, whether said iaunts be
up steep, rugged hillsides or over the sea-
shores even plane. The Alpine stick
looks picturesque, so thought the woman
OF fashion of the time of Charles II
although the finger of improvement has
undoubtedly been laid on the sticks of
today. They are made of polished wood.
are about four feet in length, and have
fancy heads of unique designs, usually of
wrought gold.-Table Talk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15

The only shade of discomfort which an
American may meet in travelling ia Rus
STA comes from their system of espionage,
and that is more in imagination than
reality. Probably no country in Europe
has such a thorough system of policesur.
veillance.
As soon as you reach their border your
passport is given up and registered.
When you arrive at your hotel you give
it up again and it is at once sent to police
headquarters, and you are again regis
tered. Whenever you change your lOca-
ton YOU do the same thing, and.in this
way the landlord everywhere is made
responsible to the government for the
foreigners under his roof. Then, when
you wish to leave the country, you
must again send your passport
to the police Office and obtain
a permit, which is good for only
three days, and which is attached to your
passport and removed at the last Russian
station on the Austrian or German from
tier. So that your passport contains
complete record of when and where you
entered the country, just where you have
been and how long you have remained
Yet with all this you have no conscious
ness Of being watched, and you probably
are not, when the authorities are once
satisfied as regards your nationality and
good character. And after all the ploa
that have been formed against the gov
eminent in foreign countries, is it any
wonder that they should consider thes
precautions necessary?-Henry NJ. Virgin
in Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
Herr schoenweg,s D,scoverv

Securite, the new flameless explosive.
Is the invention of Herr Schoenweg, and
has been used in Germany for two years
past. tits composed of nitrated hydro
carbon in combination with certain oxi-
dizing agents, which is rendered f1ameless
by the addition of certain proportion of
an organic salt 1t emits spark in ex-
ploding, but this spark is harmless, not
possessing sufficient energy to explode
lntiammable gases or coal dust. By the
action of the organic salt the spark is
almost instantly extinguished. In the
tests mentioned, the flameless ::securite"
was exploded in vessels containing the
most highly explosive mixture of gas and
air, and, in some cases, this combined
with coal dust, but while gunpowder in
variably causes their explosion, the flame
less "securite' did not ignite the gas or
the coal dust, and it was demonstrated
to be safe, even under more severe tests
and conditions than are ever present in
mlnIng operations. Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
stat,onerr in the confederacy.

Renaissance of books and papers OF
the period recalls the dire and untitled
want of every species of stationery in
each household, and the rough devices
which were resorted to for supplying
such Deficiencies. 1t was a time when
any individual who wished to use an en-
velope might be compelled first to make
it, after the theory of first catch your
hare" etc. The manner of their making
was to cut them out of paper by TN or
pasteboard pattern. and fasten the flaps
either with glue manufactured from the
gum of the cherry tree, or with ordinary
-four paste. Old desks and secretaries
were ransacked, and frequently not I'M
successfully, for the red waters or the
sealing wax of an earlier date. Even
the most stylish and fashionable note
paper for correspondence had an ex-
tremely unstylish texture, to say nothing
of its hue, that i'll comported with the
red wax stamped with a crested coat OF
arms. The juice of poke berries, COM
pounded with vinegar, or the distlllation
of vegetable product known as link
balls," usurped the place Of ink, and
faded from its original purple or crimson
color with great rapidity to one of ugly
rust.
Steel pens were scarcely to be had for
love or Confederate money, and the for
gotten accomplishment of trimming a
gray goose quill to good nib came to be
once more an accomplishment with an
ascertained value The mucilage on the
backs of the i'll engraved blue 10 sent
stamps, adorned with the head of Jeffer-
son Davis, often failed of its purpose :;
and the fingers, which were not infre-
quently tired enough after cutting out
and making the envelope, trimming the
pen and writing the letter, must need
still go through the labor of separating
the stamps from each other with a pair
of scissors or a penknife, and applying
-four paste to the back of the recalci-
trant stamp to insure the safe carriage
of the missive of affection to the far
away soldier whose eyes might never read
it. The boys of that day, bereft of pen
ellis, made them for themselves by melting
bullets and pouring the molten lead into
the cavity of small reeds from the cane
brakes. Trimmed to a point the home
made pencil, though its mark was faint,
sufficed to serve the purposes of the
young scribes and mathematicians.-
A. c. Gordon in The Century.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
The Finn and the Rats.

The opinion is said to be common
among sailors that the Firms are skilled
in magic. If the following story, which
IS told by seaman, is true, then these
people are more than match for the
Pied Piper of Hamelin in dealing with
rats. He was once shipmate with Rus
sian Finn who had all the horn buttons
eaten off his oilskin clothing by the rats.
So, on the next dog watch after he found
it OUT, the Finlander went to the fore
hatch, and, sticking his sheath knife up
right in the deck, called upon all the rats
in the ship to appear before him. Up
came all the rats, one after the other,
and crawled before him in solemn pro-
cession, rat after rat, every rat in the
ship. until hundreds of rats had passed
closed by his feet. Then there was a
delay, and the Russian Finn called in a
louder tone the same words he had called
at first. Instantly poor, little, perspir-
ing, bedraggled rat, with all its hair
turned the wrong way, limped out of the
hatchway, and went up to the upright
sheath knife, and sawed its own head
ofLThe Argonaut
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
Hollands Arm of DefonsO

There Is, however, another matter >;
dlculous as it may appear TO thosa ,rl.
have not studied the Topographic NJ ,IV
country and its adjacent TERRITORY rhs
Holland feels secure as to its contirra3
independence. Not far from UhoaS.
there is a strip of land that either boiia
erent must cross in order to inyads 4,
enemy's country. That strip of l,nd !,
sufficiently broad and long for the c,s
sage of many corps d'armee should eitbo,
the Germans or French violate Holland.
neutrality This entire strip can be mi
under water lin less than no time
drowning the invading armies, with am.
pie safety to the inland retreating Dutch
forces.
1t will be remembered that while Rel.
GUM was used as territory for Intern.
ing French soldiers, making this entfrs
kingdom virtually 4 shelter for all those
thrown hOrs de combat, Holland was MT
even scratched by the foot of sinpe
foreign soldier during the Franco-Ger.
man war. The little country was on ths
alert ever and anon. She had her ar7ny
OF 10000 men on Il war footing, but with
one hand on the sword, the other on the
sluices, she stood ready to fight with
water any one daring to violate the
merest inch Of her territory. The exDe.
rience then gained has been improved
upon since, and during the past eighteen
years the dikes and duinen have been so
improved for the purposes of defense
against sea and foe that the Hollanders
of our day can as effectually make use Of
the water as an arm of defense as did
their forefathers over 200 years ago
against the then powerful Spain.-Ths
Hague Cor New York Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
Novel Theory of Massage.

We know massage is beneficial as we
know the tongue to be coated in certain
fevers, but why this occurs may puzzle
many to whom the mysteries of physiol
O3y are too tightly sealed. In word,
then, the theory of massage iS 3ased not
only upon the known effects already re-
ferred to, but upon the hypothesis of the
direct alteration in the structure Of cells.
In disease the cell walls in the animal It's
sue become hyperrophied. The formative
material or nucleus is imprisoned in an
impeneratrable sheath through which
nourishment cannot be carried. This
hypertrophy of the cell wall in patholo-
gical conditions is identical with that
which results by slow process from the
advancement of age. Massage breaks
down this hypertrophied condition of the
cell wall by mechanical means, creating
assures through which nourishment
forces its way to the nucleus within.
Theoretically, if massage could beapplied
to every cell of the body, there would be
no reason why we should ever grow old;
but, this being practically impossible, we
must be content with the more limited
benefits it bestows, which, however, are
important and considerable. - Medical
Register.