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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-10
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ALkAANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
Mh A ANp ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON
IN EFFECT MARCH .. 1890
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pm week days; ?45 IN Sundays.
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CHAS. l. PUGH, j r. WO0D
General Manager. fnh3l Gen Pas AGENT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-10

BRASS BUTTONS SESAME TO THE sEsT SOCIETY
oPPoRrUSrrIEs FOR SECURING RICH wIvEs-rHK
CAPTAIN An AUroCRAT-coMPASIoSsH ABOARD
sHrP-KTI0UEIrx ON REACHING Port.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
CATERING TO BACHELORS.
Thoy Have Their Inning Now But That
of the Old Minds Is Coming

ihoy hASe Ihelr inning Now. But That
of the Old Maids is Coming.
Speaking of Il new cdifce designed
for the comfort of bachelors saws n
Now York paper, 'some one was grumb-
ling the other day about the alleged
neglect of the interests of old maids,
and complaining that no shelter was
especially provided for Thorn nor rooms
reserved, except in Christian homes
and iifth-rate lodging houses Never
mind! If there is a set of beings whose
ship is coming in soon with great big
cargo, tits the old maids. The reason
why such care is taken of bachelors.
why such palaces arc built for them to
1.-Two in, and all the best things are kept
for them, IL because they have money
and can pay. Tho bachelor of thirty
odd, with a good income, tho whole Of
which he can spond on himself, is q gen
tleman to be respected. There arc very
largo potontialitics of profit in him. 1t
pays to provide comforts and luxurics
for him. and they are provided If
thoro was as much money in coddling
old maids as there is in looking aftor
bachelors, there would he nothing that
they could wish for that would not be
offered. Just as soon as tho old maids
get tho ability to pay, their hearts
desires will be provided for them in in
creasing quantities at so much heart.
Meanwhile, they arc getting richcr all
the timc. For ono thing, they inhorit
moro money than thoy used to. because
there is vastly moro money to be in
herited than thcro used to be, and here
n tho United States thoy got nroc-
ideally. thoir full share. For another
thing, they earn much moro than they
used to earn, not only because thore arc
moro OF them at work, but because q
much larger proportion of them can
command good pay than formerly Any
ono who is old enough to have formed
handwriting can romombor tho timo
whom woman who could Darn $500 in n
year was looked upon as marvel There
is no scarcity Of such w0mon now, nor
any notable dearth of women who earn
two, three, five or ten times as much.
Moreover, thore is no longer any serious
sentiment to prevent a woman who has
money from buying pretty much any
thing thore is in tho market that a man
can buy. Sho can not buy bachelor
apartment quito as conveniently as a
man can yot; and though sho can invost
some OF hor surplus in clubs, she has not
80 tempting range OF choice as she
will have In tho future. But she can
buy honses and ovcry thing accessory,
from opera boxes to hired mon, and run
them and onjoy them. Sho can buy
evory species Of instruction. from china
painting to anatomy, and she can buy
pretty much overy known variety OF
foreign travel.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Tho IIjrb sIecve Doo,nod.

1t is quite likoly that the reign of the
excessively high sleeve is about over, at
least with tho ultra-fashionable, who
watch and obey every beck and nod Of
tho "Fickle Dame" who rules fashions
world. Already it has boon recorded
that at recent important social gather
ing the Princess OF Wales wore gown
the sleeves of which were lovei with
her shoulders. Whom a royal parsonage
of such power and acknowledged good
tasto discards a fashion, it's denth-war-
rant with the majority is already scaled,
as the true English woman follows over
tho lead of her Royal Iiighness, and all
good Americans copy closely tho styles
of their cousins across tho wator. Tho
very high, very full sleeves arc absurd,
and in many cases they have proved
most unbecoming if not ludicrous. Well
cut and not exaggerated, they have been
an admirable addition to many gowns,
but we believe that the return to sleeves
of normal construction will be received
with general satisfaction.-N. Y. Even
ing Post
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
ARTIFICIAL ICE.
Penp'o In India Knew How to Frooxo
Water Centuries Ago


Penp'o In India Knew How to Frooxe
water Centuries Ago
Tho fact that 1t is now possible 60
supply artificial ice on scale and at a
price suited TO tho needs of q great city
is noteworthy example of the applica-
tions of science TO tho exigencies of
modern life. The notion once prova-
lent that noxious microbes were de-
stroyed by congelation, and that no
danger was incurred by using ice taken
from rivers and ponds known to be con-
taminated by sewage, has long since
been discarded. There is reason to be-
liove that in the United States, whore
the consumption of ice water is inordi-
nately great, natural ice has been tho
medium of propagating a notable
amount Of disease.
To destroy those microbes, which are
tho germs Of typhoid fever and other
dangerous maladies, water should be
boiled. or, better yot, distilled, before
it is subjected to the congoaling process.
OF course, such precautions arc only
possible in tho case of artificial ice, and
if the public were once convi- ccd that
tho manufacturers of that commodity
were careful to provide such safeguards
against disease, the use of natural ice
would gradually be abandoned, pro-
vided, that is to say, the artificial prod
uct could be procured as cheayiy.
1t is nm interesting fact .aat ice was
artiticialiy produced in India long be-
fore tho invention of machines for tho
purpose. In tho upper provinces water
was made to freeze by exposing it dur
ing cold nights in porous vessels or bot
tics wrapped in moistened cloth In
Bengal shallow pits wore dug and filled
nearly full with dry straw, on which
were set fiat, porous pans ontaining the
water to he concealed. Exposed over
night to cool wind the water evaporat-
ed at the expense of it's own heat, and
the consequent cooling took place with
sufficient rapidity to overbalanco the in
hux Of heat through the cooled air above
or tho badly conducting straw below
Ice made in this way, however, was
costly, and when in 1888 natural ice was
shipped from the United States to CAL
cutta 1t was sold for half tho price of
the manufactured article. On the other
hand, machine shown at the Vienna
Exhibition in 1870 made thirty hundrod-
weight of leo an hour at a cost of twcn-
ty-hve cents hundred weight and it
is now assorted that ice can be manu-
featured on large scale for less than
81 ton.
There has certainly been wonderful
development of tho ice trade since tho
pioneer, William Tudor, of Boston,
shipped the first cargo of ice to Mar
Unique in 1905. At one time American
ice was scnt to England. but Norway
now monopolizes the ice market of tho
Old World. 1t is said that Norwegian
ice is superior in staying powers to
tho manufactured product. = Cleveland
Leader.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
SPANS QUEEN-REGENT.
She Is Extremely Popular Simply Because
She Tells No Falsehoods.

She Is Extremely Popular Simply Because
She Tells No Falsehoods.
prominent Spanish statesman was
asked the other day TO what he attrib-
uted the strange fact that woman, and
a foreigner, held tho reins of govern
ment successfully in her hands in a
country so undermined as Spain by po-
litical intrigue. The marvel, if marvel
thero be, was the reply, can be ex-
planned in the simplest manner:
The Queen maintains her position
because she is the exact opposite of an
intriguing and conspiring woman. She
tells no falsehoods, has nothing of the
hypocrito about her, is rs simple and
modest as she is honest, and there is no.
body in Spain who is not convinced that
she tries to do her best for tho country.
The Queens popularity especially with
tho women OF Spain-is a real power
which gives her much of the hold which
she has over her subjects. Natural tact
intelligence and kindness are also among
tho weapons by which Queen Christine
maintains her position.
Like your own Queen, tho Queen
Regent of Spain has worn mourning
over since tho death OF her consort, and
only quito lately has she begun to wear
jewelry on state occasions. In public
the Queen, who is thirty-one years old,
appears only with her son, the little
King, with whom she takes drives in
the neighborhood of Madrid. The
Queens two daughters. aged six and
seven respectively, talk Spanish French,
German and English nuently, and arc
both very strong and healthy looking
children. Since it has become known
that the Queen calls Alphonso KILL
'Bubi,' in memory Of her Austrian homo,
Spanish ladies have begun to call their
childron by tho name, which-ignorant
Of its real derivation from bube, boy
they trace back to the English term.
baby, or moro ingeniously, from pup.
py.' Pail Mall Gazette.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Whom the Millennium Comes.

Husband (drowsily) = For Heavens
sake, Emily. put out that gas and come
to bed. 1t must be twelve o'clock.
Vito (meckly)-Ycs. dear; whom I
put 4 few more stitches in the ncckband
of this shirt. 1t must have irritated
your neol; dreadfully.
Husband-It did; but it's getting near
midnight
Wifo-It still wants ten minutes OF.
You know, lis never too late to mend
Light.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Wasted Energy.

"Ah, yes, his was wasted life,"
sighed tho bald-headed gentleman.
"Was he dissipated? Had no antipa-
thy for work? Was he a gambler, q
lover Of fast horses, a."
NAY, nay" interrupted the bald
headed gentleman; mono Of those, but
worse, far worse! Ho spent his life en-
deavoring to raise vegetables which
should remotely resemble tho gorgeous
specimens no had sven in tho soedman's
catalogue. "-Boston Transcripts
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
He WAS Rorn There.

Emaciated Invalid Gust arrived at tho
springs@Is it true that drinking these
waters produces fat?
Native (weight two hundred and fifty
Produce fat? Why, stranger, when
came here only weighed eight pounds,
and look at me now!-Tcxas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Editorial Courtesy.

Editor Ito Miss Oldgirl. aged about
forty)-Your work shows promise. mad
am, but do you know that good literary
work is seldom done by a woman until
she is thirty or thirty-five? Several
years hence you will be able to write
available articles.
Miss Oldgirl (as She lcaves)-That
was the most delightful man ever met.
West Shore
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Utilization.

Foreman of Daily Paper-This cut Of
Before using Higgins salvc," is flat
tened out so that it won't print.
= Editor-Run it on tho first page and
mark it "Mrs. Langtry in tho dark"
we've got to fill space to-day, anyhow
Jutlgo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
a ISutio Dor.

II don't think that dog of yours is
very polite, said the tramp.
"Why?" asked the dogs owner
because he made me get off the grass
and then took my scat" answered tho
tramp, adjusting his coat-tails to mako
them cover as much space as possible
Puck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
CONTRASTS.
Low She Proved 1t.
buck.

Mrs. Tangle--I never knew before
that coffee would make man drunk.
Mr.. Tanglc-And pray how did you
End it out?
Mrs. Tanglc-!As | rode on the cars
this afternoon sat next to man who
was very tipsy, and he smellcd strong of
coffeo.-Light.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
The Taiior-a1ade Girl.

Though you're fat she minds rot that,
You Ind each time you WOO;
s5ls IL your poclset-book is fat
She has no tiso for you.--Judge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Worry Accumulated.

Miss do Muir-HIow charming you
look to-day!
Miss de Mcanor Slightly dyspeptic)-
] regret that can not say as much for
you.
Miss do Muir (swcctly)-You could,
dear, if you were as accomplished Il liar
as l am.-Pucll
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Another Idiot.

Jack-Didn't you have your revolver
IN your hand when you saw the burglar?
Tom-Oh, yes!
Jack-Wcll, why didn't you shoot at
him?
Toni didn't know the COMPOUNDED
thing was loaded. Puck.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15
MONSTER DEVIL FISH.
1t Was Fourteen Feet Across and Its
Mouth Two Feet Wide.

There was great deal of curiosity ex
hibited yesterday on the arrival of the
devil fish captured on Friday in the bay,
saws the Mobile Register The immense
fish, lying on the barge Cora at the foot of
Eslaya street, was visited .zby hundreds of
white and colored persons, and all were
greatly astonished at its immense size.
The curious object was laid upside down,
and had the appearance of an immense bat
with outspreading wings. 1t measured
about fourteen feet from tip to tip or side
ways, and from head to tail eight feet. Its
immense mouth was two feet wide, and in
stead of teeth there was rough cover
ing over the lips. 1t appeared to have
only backbone, the rest of the fish being
blubbery, like the seal, and of dark
color. Two immense eyes were seen just
under two hukes foot and half long that
projected from the head. On the under
side were half dozen openings on each
side of the center, which furnished the
lungs with air, and acted as gills in fish.
The weight is about fifteen hundred
pounds, and twelve men and block and
tackle were used to load it and unload il
from dray. This peculiar fish is com.
mon to the bay, numerous small ones hav-
ing been caught over the bay during the
present summer 1t is properly called the
devil fish and member of the ray species,
of which the sting ray of the bay is 8
| namher
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15
RELICS OF '65.
A Recent Interesting Find of Ballots a
Marysville.

4hdTyStliACs
The workmen engaged in cleaning out
the old Cumberson premises, says the
Marysville Democrat, discovered among
other things a quantity Of ballots that were
used in this county at the election held on
Wednesday, September 6, 1860. These
relics of one of the early political struggles
were quite numerous, and were eagerly
sought after by the old-timers of this city,
who well remember the exciting political
fight of that year. It was the ticket Of
what was known at that time as the Reg
ular Union Party" and read as follows:
"For Joint Senator, E. Tregarden for the
Assembly, T. J. Sherwood, A. ]. Batchel-
der, Orrin Stewart; for Sheriff, l.. D. Adki-
son: for County Clerk, D. E. Arnold; for
Tax Collector, C. E. Stone; for Recorder, L.
7. Crane; for County Treasurer. w. Il.
Hartwell; for Assessor, Newton Sewell; for
District Attorney. r. r. Merrill; for Super
intepdent of Public Instruction, D. g. Stone;
for Coroner, E. Hamilton; for Surveyor,
R. P. Riddle; for Public Administrator, G.
G. Bockius; for Supervisor, First District,
D. A. Mcconnell for Constables, Marys-
vile township, Henry White, Stephen Ea-
ton; for Constables, city OF MarysVille, u.
P. Derrickson, NJ. W. Sheuster."
1t was an exciting contest The Union
LlCktl WhS OppOoCO Og WHSt "OA . ot .-iS,s
day known as the Boilers. "Copperheads," I"
and "Secessionists, +" but despite their efforts,
the official returns as published in the Ap-
peal of September Ia, 1865, show that the
entire ticket was elected by good major
ity.
The regular Union ballot of those days
was of peculiar appearance. 1t had printed
on its back in large red letters and in red
ink, the name of the party it honored.
This coloring is somewhat faded now, but
the tint is still discernible on the ballots.
This was undoubtedly done in order that
no Union man might be fooled into voting
the Boilers ticket, as the Appeal on the
morning of election was full of warning to
the effect that the opposition were going to
try by deception to elect their candidate for
Senator, who was S. NJ Bliss.
At this election there were 1,064 votes
cast in this city, and 444 Of them were de-
posted in the Fourth Ward. In the cleo
ton before this of 1865, there were nearly
1,150 votes cast.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15
Strange Reptiles.

An extraordinary creature of this time
was the "6sh-lizard.D 1t had head like
lizard, jaws and teeth like crocodile,
the backbone of fish, the paddles of a
whale, and the trunk and tail of quad
ruped. The first skeleton of this animal
was discovered in England by country
girl. She used to make her living by
selling fossils, which were very abundant
in her native place. One day she saw
some bones projecting from cliff. Clear
ing away the rubbish, she found that they
belonged to an animal embedded in the
rock. She hired some workmen to dig out
the entire rock, and the monster proved to
be thirty feet long. What sensation it
created That region, Lyme Regis, proved
to be veritable graveyard of these won
derful animals. The jaws of some Of them
were eight feet long and contained one
hundred and sixty teeth. Whenever a
tooth was lost in conflict, a duplicate
tooth in the jaw was ready to take its
place. Their eyes were larger than a
mans head, and possessed of very power
full and far-seeing vision, so that no matter
how dark the sea nor how far distant the
prey, there could be no escaping those
eyesl Its stomach was like great pouch,
and it swallowed its food without chewing.
1t was so greedy monster that it ate even
smaller animals of its own kind.
Nobody can say for certain whether its
skin was covered with scales or not. Still,
as no remains of scales have been found, it
was probably soft and smooth. 1t had to
come up to the surface to breathe, like a
whale, and perhaps it had "blowers" to
blow out water. What commotion it
must have madel
Another animal of this family had the
head Of serpent upon the neck Of a
gigantic swan. 1t was fitted for quicker
motion than the fsh-lizard. 1t probably
swan on the surface like a swan, and
thrust his long neck down in search OF
prey.
The most wonderful Of all, however,
was the dragon" of which told you. 1t
is called by hard Greek name which we
will translate into "wing-fnger." There
we're two points in which it resembles a
bat: its eyes were so formed that it could
see in the dark; and it had enormous
wings joined TO its claws like those Of a
bat. 1t was probably water animal,
whose wings were used to take flying leaps
through the air, as the flying fish does. but
probably it could remain longer on the
wing.-&. Nicholas.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15

her body. But her greedy prosecutors
once more rifle her nest, and oblige her to
line it for the third time. Now, however,
her own stock of down is exhausted, and
with a plaintive voice she calls her mate
to her assistance, who willingly plucks the
soft feathers from his breast to supply the
deficiency. If the cruel robbery be again
repeated, which in former times was fire.
quently the case, the poor elder duck
abandons the spot never to return, and
seeks for a new home where she may IN
dulge her maternal instinct undisturbed by
the ayarice of man"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15
DATE PALMS.
The Egyptian Species to be Tried in
California.

AAc LSyPtia CPCSAoS ~ w
California.
ISan Francisco Chronicle September 14th.]
While "California on Wheels" was in
Washington recently, the exhibit was for
one day devoted exclusively to the officials
of the Department of Agriculture and to
whoever they might invite. One of the
results was that of awakening interest IN
California on the part of 81. E. Van Deman,
chief of the Pathological Department OF the
Smithsonian Institution, and he requested
the managers of the exhibit to inspect
sixty-three young date trees brought from
the upper and lower Nile. He had decided
to send them to Arizona and Southern Cal
ifornia, and having no appropriation avail
able for the expenses OF shipment, asked II
the Southern Pacific Company would trans
port them free from New Orleans TO their
destination.
The request was referred to W. H. Mills,
who in turn referred it to Vice-President
Crocker. The. latter instructed MIR. Mills
to communicate with the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce and inquire II that
BODY would undertake TO tino an eXper-
fenced horticulturist who would take the
trees and properly cultivate and experiment
with them. If so they would be transported
free. Mr.. Mills has accordingly written to
the Los Angeles Chamber OF Commerce
LAYING the matter before it.
The trees are about four years old, and
are fine healthy plants set in boxes OF
earth, and so easily transported and trans
planted.
"These are the true date palms of COM
merce," said Mr. Mills yesterday, "and an
experiment with them would be of much
value. The date palms that are now grown
at Winters and in Southern California are
seedlings, and are grown merely for orna-
ment, and are not cultivated and studied
for their commercial value. They are like
the Seeding orange trees formerly allowed
to grow for ornament in Butte county,
where they are now intelligently and profit
ably cultivated. These trees, brought di-
rectly from the Nile, and carefully expert
mented with under proper conditions,
should determine the adaptability of Cali
fornia soil and climate to the date as a
horticultural product"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-15

A new invention in musical instruments
is violin piano. A case containing six
violins, two violas and two violoncellos re-
sembles piano forte frame. The instru-
ments are connected by circular bands,
which are brought into contact with the
strings by means Of the keyboards, the
hammers of which bear upon the bands
with varying pressure.