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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07
DoueLAs & BHo.
IETxR-OCEAN BUILDING,
NINTH 81.

Underwear have Of late been advertised Presumably
you have investigated them and are prepared to make
COtnparsons II 80. you are invited to inspect our
department and carefnhy examine qualities, styles
aud prices. We doubt not results. -
ON "wednesday. THURSDAY. Friday and Saturday We
One lot slightly soiIed Buroau Scafn prices QOc
81 90, ut 15c. each.
40 dozen 3yc Towels 1T 25c each,
styles 5Sc. Infants SAcques at 47c. each
styles 81 Night Dresses at 15c. each
Vests Soc each, or 3 for 81.
Low Neck. no sleeves. All wool 81 Ribbed vssts al
colors At Csc. each.
We have the best Imported Spanish Yarn ssxouy
and Gesmantown Woods. all shades In Roman Floss for
Art Embroidery, and . most beautiful Assortment OF
Inquired China Silks IN the newest desiypa
DOUGLAS BRO.
M Ninth ct
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How To WAX
Oh RIDE.

Never lean forward when walking Move st brian
race. but not hurredly hide whenever yon and
much O. possible on the cable line Riding or valk.
ing. always carry your purse and 10 obtain tho most
satisfactory results visit GRAsTre DOUBLE
STORES. 1910 and II 9TH OF. EverythinG sold
for cash and less than market price
Furniture, CsrpetA Rugs. Chins. Glass. Lampa
Tin, &c
Antique Extension Table. 6-foot CD; Solid osk
Chairs. SIC; Oak Side Board. el250 20 e35; Solid
Oak Chsmbef Suites el6. % 20 els: Psrior Suites.
e27. 30 70 800: Carpets from i5c. MP; Carpet
Lining. 4. and 30 I; o TumblerA. l3c Kpsiish lee
Set % pieces. Sos; Dinner Set 400 pieces o. vo
&c. No matter where you live, enough 70
save you something. Don't doubs TN you try.
NuGHTp ClAsHl GRAsTx
We have :on exhibition the hsndsomsst Automseas
Musical Figure In the city worth s75. which VIII bs
presented 70 some customer. Noa may be ths ons.
Come and sseit
ojU GkAsTy.
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Casa o. CRrprr.

VAsH OR OREprr.
Our fall stock Of Furniture. carpeta he. d noe
complete. and II you contemplate PURCHASING any.
thing in line IL viii be to your interest 10 call On
us before doing 90 - we are confident vscsn ve 200
from 10 TO rs per cent on your purchase Below We
mention few Of our many bargains and advantages.
F1NIsHEp BED ROOM sUIrE. 3 paeoes for All
cash or sls on ered,t
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A Patriotic Blacksmith.

The statue TO the memory Of William Dem
ming, the manufacturer Of the cannons used
by the Americans in the war Of the revolution
was unveiled at MELVILLE, near Harrisburg. Pa,
yesterday. At the last session Of the legisla-
ture the sum Of $1,000 was appropriated to
erect monument over the grave Of the patri-
otto cannon maker in MELVILLE cemetery. The
design OF the monument unveiled yesterday
represents cannon resting on granite base.
II Is nine feet high and weighs over eleven tons.
Upon the granite base Of the monument 10 the
following inscription: Erected BY the state
OF Pennsylvania in memory Of William Dem
ming, the patriotic blacksmith and forger of
wrought-iron cannon during the revolutionary
var. Born 1857, died 1890" Beneath this in
scription, on the subbase, ID Dennings name in
large capitals On the side Of the monument
is blacksmiths shop in bas-relief. Major
William d. Egie, state librarian, delivered the
Grafton at the unwilling Of the monument Ad-
dresses were also made BY Gov BeaAer, Audi
tor Gen. McComant and others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07

Points From the Annual Report Of Com
missioner Taylor.
H.. C. Taylor, the commissioner OF railroads,
in his annual report to the Secretary
of the Interior gives statement
of the condition of the land grant
railroads during the past year. Special
attention is called in the report to the condition
Of things which has existed, the commissioner
states, ever since the bonds were issued to
the railroad companies by the gov
eminent TO aid the construction
Of the roads, namely: that the amounts
annually received by the government from the
roads fall largely below the amount Of interest
annually accruing upon the subsidy bonds. The
debts due from the roads instead Of decreasing
each year are increasing.
The commissioner renews the recon-
mendation of last year to extend
the time in which the railroads may meet their
obligations to the government. The failure of
the roads to meet their obligations,
the commissioner states is largely due to the
building Of numerous competing hines.
The debt Of the Union Pacific on June / was
&239, 7i6, $40; assets, S274, 343, AL
Central Pacific debt, Sl97 ,065, 312; assets,
$205, 086. 548.
Sioux City and Pacific Company-debt, e.
578590; assests, &c, lS7, 1886.
Central Branch, Union Pacific Company
debt, "a, 693, 046; assets, S4,647, l2l
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A Bookkeeper's Flight.

Charles westover, bookkeeper in the en-
ploy of the Domestic Sewing Machine Com
pany, has fed from Newark, NJ, and has left
his books in a much mixed condition; in fact
his accounts are short into the thousands. An
expert is going over the books, or a. many OF
them as he could find, several being missing, and
the company refuses TO divulge the amount OF
Westover's REGULATIONS. MISSIONER when twelve
years of age entered the companys employ as
an errand boy and gradually worked his way
up until no secured the trusted position which
lie has now lost through dishonesty. II is not
known where Westover went, but he took his
wife and child with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07
ANACOSTIA.

b. OF =. CoNcEnT.-One OF the best audi
ences ever seen in the village listened last
Club given in the Masonic Hall under the aus
pices Of Anacostia Lodge, No. 23, Knights Of
Pythias. The program consisted Of thirteen
numbers, vocal and instrumental, under the
dictatorship Of Mr.. A. Y. Holmes. Among the
instruments were banjOs, zithers, mandolin
and guitars. Several topical songs by MIR.
Chas. s. West tickled the fancy Of all, and the
mandolin orchestra was repeatedly recalled.
Every number was received with applause, and
the Pastine Club added another TO its series Of
successful entertainments. Several members
of the Marine Band came over tor little sur
prise and volunteered q selection, responding
also to recall. Several prominent members
Of the Knights OF Pythias were present. and
Supreme Representative Goodheart made a
short rddress, reviewing the history and advan-
tsges OF the order.
A Philadelphia Congregation Arou sed.
From the Philadelphis Record.
An uptown minister, TO get even with Q
sleepy congregation, sang out in = loud voice
Wake up here; there is q man standing before
you with half shirt on his back
The sisepers awakened; and the sisters Of
the congregation presented him later on with
q dozen span new shirts. He then explained
that he Was really not in need OF the shirts.
He had whole shirt on when he made the an
nouncement, but half was on his back and hall
on his front All present smiled and enjoyed
the joke, rs they now saw it.
Roundabout News OF Sir Edwin Arnold.
From the Syracuse Journal
Among the passengers ON the wrecked train
was Henry Western Edwards, member of the
National Liberal Club, London, England. Mr..
Edwards was returning from his third trip
around the world. having sailed from Japan IN
September. At Yokohama he stayed at the
ssrns hotel With Sir Edwin Arnold, suthor OF
The Light OF Asia" who was about to marry
q beautiful Japanese girl Of seventeen. Sir
Edwin himself y apparently between fifty and
sixty. His daughter had Just left him in dis.
PLEASURE over his approaching marriage.
The striking statesmen Of the six large cloth
ing stores in Pitssburg have won their strike.
The firms conceded the demands of the
strikers with the exception of one or two
slight changes and Will today sign the seaie.
/ The man Who took the strikers places viii be
discharged.
Isidore Coke, elected sheriff Tuesday on the
democratic ticket in Fan Clair. Via, died res
ter1sy morning from COLLAPSE following thl
abatement caused By success of his party. H
was Tar gone With pulmonary consumption.
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Sarah,s Son To Ei1hi

Sarah's Son to Fight,
Sarah Bernhard considered herself insuIted
by some remarks in the Courier Franchise
newspaper and sent her son to challenge the
author. The duel will be fought today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07
Where Was Moses?

'There was nothing extraordinary in Tues
days election" said Joseph P. Nimmo, ex-chief
Of the bureau Of statistics, to STAR reporter
yesterday evening, but he groaned as he said
it. 1.-THE human race" he continued, "has
been in the habit of retrograding just when
such backsliding was least expected. Why,
when Moses was on Mount Sinai, talking with
the Lord about the onward march OF his peo-
pie, what did the Israelites do? Didn't Moses
come down and discover that they had moved
backward some hundreds Of years?
Il don't know where our Moses was ON Tues
day. Didn't seem to be around"
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ORIEs1AL RUcs AND CAnpErs

Sx HH@1S DHoNnkl 1ION AND bILEos
We make speciality Of these goods and import them
directly from house In Constan ttuople We have
the largest and most superb stock Of ORIENTAL
RCGS and CARPETS, HANGINGs, &c In the city.
II will surely be to your advantage to examine them
b'fore buying elsewhere. prices and goods will
have no comparison.
d. K yARZHABEDiAN & CO..
Principal Store and Exhibit Gallery.
1922 Connectacut aven.v.
Branch. $50 14th st. NV. o2S-im
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NV GooDs-Low Pn,crs-EAsr

These ~ ~ inAucs.snss nat sAou,d issa
you to visit ths Furniture. c.rpss md stovs
JOHN RuDpIH
ESQ s.A sss TIL .. NJ.
xomore complies stock. no lower prices and
no easier terms can b found than hsra
Every er.ds Of Carpet from the cheapest In
grain TO tAs eossiisst Velvet or Brusssis. every
variety of Parior and Bed Room Furniture. in
osk. walnut and SIXTEENTH Century. Ward
sobsa. Hss Racka sideboaras &c. Every make
Of Stove from the smallest Heater 70 ths
most complsss Range ID here displayed 1t
prices not 70 be found elsewhere An carpets
made and laid frse Of change 10 purchssen
Add 70 this the fact that goods are sold on
credit - cheap - for cash-a smaIl deposit
only being Mixed in advance. the balance being
paid In such hstallnents and in suoh time a.
may be agreed on between the buyer and
seller-and yos have IN inducemsus TO Dur
chase bore such - no other house oners
Remember the place.
RuppEN's
CASH AND CREDIT FURNITURE STORES
n5-tr $50 AND ss2 SEVENTH ST. NV.
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- S~sAAAAs AV@~SSAA0~s6 - ~ - Cn6
UNTIL NOVEMBER IL. 1890.
FOR CASH.
VIZ WANT THE SALES THIS MONTH TO BE
THE LARGEST IN OUR BUS.
INEss HISTORY.
ACheval Glass Antique nnish Suite
Reduced $50 to s24. so
Cheyl Glass. xvI-osntury 1inish large
sise. extra nns npish.
Reduced from. TO s3l
4 Splice Solid Antique Oak Bed Room
Suite.
Reduced from. s355 SO to e24S5
A3-piece XVI Century Solid Oak Bed room
Suite
Reduced from. .e35. SO to s24.s5
3-paeoe Solid Antique Oak Bed Room
Suite.
From. .............. so 70 s22. 10
Handsome Maple Bed Room SUITE. j.
pieces and bras trimmiuga
$50 TO e34.7 rs
5oo-solid Oak High. back Chsirs. wood
seat and highly polished. st..........sI.s5
Well worth s.
25o-solid Oak Rocking Chairs,
to match above. st......................sLe0
Fully worth sa2h
l00-Extsa sise solsd Oak Rocksu,
With high back and wooden sat highly
neutrality-suspicious..
Reduced from s4.b0
1.o00-s0lid Oak Chairs.
Reduced from CLIPS to.................. .e5c
Our Solid Oak Tables
talso IN other voods,-vorth twice what
we offer them for............,.,.......el2 5
car load Of 6-foOt Solid Oak Extension
1aoies........................ $40
b sure and - thesA
large number Of Solid OAK s4soot
Extension Tables -................-.... sla20
Excellent value.
~~~ ~>SEses Wv &e<AoS oult1s ~
tapestry or silk plush. with spring
eose. s...........s>.....s............. $500
JULIUS LANsBuRaH,
IMPORTER OF DRAPKRIxa.
A NEATLY FURNISHED House
9 THE DELIGHT OF EVERY TIDY HOUSE
KEEPER BUTA
COMFORTABLE HOME
rs THE
ABSOLUTE RIGHT
OF EVERY
AMERICAN CITIZEN
BECAUSE HIS MANHOOD Is THE PRIME FACTOR
IN OUR
NATIONS GREATNESS
ooNFIpINa IN THE HONOR OF THIS NAN.
IoOD DUB
USE AID POSSESSION
~ EVERY CoMroyT. IxAcTINo But A TRI.
LING AMOUNT As AN xARNKsr OF YOUR GOOD
'AITH. AND ACCEPTING THE BALANCE IN PAR
,IAL PAYMENrs.
WEEKLY OR MONTHLY
WE ACTING IN THE CAPACITY or
BANKER.
ONLY CHANGING YoU NO INIxRKsy UPON TIE
y FORCED LOAN.
OUR BusINKss Is TO CREDIT. AND NOTHING
IFFoRDs % MORE PLEASURE THAN TO &C
'oNMoDATE An HONEST PUBLIC
Houas HRnAMANA
s17. ssa AND sss 71a u.
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LADIES
LACE sHoEs-Prrt,y line just received.
WALKING Boors-ssw styles. nsw soodA
cHILDRESs sHoEs-The be.. We can get
MES's sHoEs-Larrest stock to sslscs from.
Everything from Patent Leather Pumps To
CORK SOLE sHoEs--ths host shos Tor wet
CO sod weather.
n. STRICKLAND.
Successor To
DALTON L STRICKLAND.
$50 PENSA AVE. ola- 3m
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 20. $500
rIPHoSzo YoUSGs COMPANY announces the
MN PRESERVED GINGER y. u and Who'll.
400 Pota
SEx TLrN PUDDING \ III. Ii. lii and III
500 Cans
Nxw FRENCH PRuNEs, three sssss.
Half Ton
VIEW PRUNELLEs. Very nrs.
fnee Moderate.
NEW NEw YORK BUCKwHEAr.
kxtrs Quality.
PURE VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP.
Superior Goods.
PURE STRAINED HONEY.
frUni white Clover.
lPHoSzo yoUxas conpAxx
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DOUGLAS 4 BRO.
Ninth 1T
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
Wood Pulp Jars.

An improvement has been intro
duced in the manufacture OF battery
jars from wood pulp which consider
ably increases their power of resisting
the battery solutions while removing
all danger from the leakage which has
heretofore sometimes been the result
of imperfect treatment These jars are
made from ground wood in the same
manner as the well known pals and
similar untesils, but after having been
formed and dried are treated by inn
mersions in composition which pene-
trates the pulp, making the jar acid
proof. 1t has been found difficult in
the past to insure in the case of every
jar thorough penetration of each
fiber by the protecting compound, ow-
ing to the considerable amount of air
which the fbers themselves and the
space between them contain This
difficulty has been happily surmount-
ed by the ingenious device of treating
the jars in a vacuum, whereby the
air is removed, and then, while the
jars are still submerged, admitting the
air on top of the fluid used for treat
ing. The air pressure thus forces the
compound into every portion of the
material forming the jar, and renders
certain the protection of every FIBER
New York Telegram
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
One Need Have but Few Friends.

To exchange calls and dinner invita-
tons; to be members of the same club
or the same church; or to have views in
common regarding the Wagner operas
and Ibsen dramas is by no means
friendship; although many relations
even more superficial than these mas
querade under that name. There are
plenty of people fitted out with relay
OF substantial qualities and pleasing at
tributes, who fill well the place of that
extensive outer court of acquaintance.
Society requires, for its cohesion, polite
conformity, cultivated taste and pow
ers of selection and self control OF
friends, in any genuine sense, one can
inevitably have but few. Even one is
quite enough to make life beautiful ard
redeem it from materialism. And even
one is more than perhaps the majority
OF people possess, although they who
least know the higher possibilities of
friendship would be the first to deny
this assertion. That life is rich which
holds one perfect friendship, in which
mutual sympathy is almost mutual
clairvoyance, and in which sacrifice
would be apersonal luxury, if done for
the good of one another.-London Sat
urday Review.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15

A man had sold himself to the devil,
who was to possess him a certain
time unless he could PROFOUND ques-
ton to his satanic majesty which he
could not answer, he being allowed to
put three questions to him. The time
came for the devil to claim his own,
and he consequently appeared The
first question the man asked was con-
corning theology, to which the devil
with no trouble replied The second
he also answered without hesitation
The mans fate depended on the third.
What should it be2 He hesitated and
turned pale, and the cold dew stood on
his forehead, while he shivered with
anxiety, nervousness and terror, and
the devil trilimphantly sneered. At
this juncture the mans wife appeared
In the room with bonnet in her hand
Alarmed at her husbands condition,
she demanded to know the cause.
When informed she laughed and said:
81 can PROFOUND question which the
devil himself cannot answer. Ask him
which is the front of this bonnet"
The devil gave it up and retired in dis
gust and the man was Salem
Gazette.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
The Manufacture of CeIIuIoid.

Most celluloid is made in France. A
roll of paper is slowly unwound and
at the same time is saturated with a
mixture of FIVE parts of sulphuric and
two parts of nitric acid, which falls
upon the paper in fine spray. This
changes the cellulose of the paper into
pyroxyline or gun cotton. The excess
of the acid having been expelled by
pressure, the paper is washed with
plenty of water until all traces of acid
have been removed 1t is then re-
duced to pulp and passes on to the
bleaching trough. It is this gun cot
ton which gives it its explosive nature.
Most of the water having been got rid
of by means of strainer, it is mixed
with from 90 to 40 per cent of its
weight in camphor; a second mixture
and grinding follows This pulp is
spread out in thin slabs, which are
squeezed in a hydraulic press until
they are as dry as chips. Then they
are rolled in heated rollers and come
out in elastic sheets. They are from
that point worked up into almost every
conceivable form.-New York Tele-
cram
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
How He Lost the Cane.

Il was out on the West Side Mon
day night to a progressive heart party. !"
remarked a young attorney yesterday.
Ever been to a progressive heart
partyG Noa Well, just take my ad-
vice and send regrets to one if YOU
are invited. You'll feel better the
next morning. Now, | thought |
knew how to play hearts when went
to this party, as had the best sort of
training. Learned to play it with
men who slide their hats over their
eyes and hold their cards up under
their eyebrows-fellows who play as
though their lives depended upon the
game. So, you see, felt pretty easy.
l drew the Last table, and started in bv
winning game with a good partner.
L moved up table, and there / had a
partner who made things pleasant for
me by leading the ace Of hearts at the
start. When / raked in the four big
hearts she looked at me and timidlv
inquired, Was that rightT I had to
smile and tell her it was. Have you
ever smiled when there was murder in
your hearth It's awful hard. 1t was
my luck to strike that woman for a
partner five times during the evening,
and she kicked a big hole in my other
wise good record, knocking me out of
the buckhorn cane, which was the
first prize, and which | had a dead
cinch on had it not been for her. And
l had to look pleasant through it all,
too. | wonder where that woman
will go when she dies2"-Chicago Her
aid
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
A Silver Wagon Road.

''You may talk about nickel plated
railroads" said vice president l. T.
Stanley of Walnut street, ''but what
do you think of solid silver wagon
road2 The Horseshoe mine, in Colo
RADIO, has one, although when it was
built they didn't know it would pan
out that way. They had to have a
road from their mine, a distance of
three miles, over which heavy loads
were to be drawn. They took the rock
that had been taken from the shafts
they were sinking, and which lay
around in the way, and macadamized
the road all the way through. The
wagons passing over the road ground
the rock down. One day they had
heavy rainstorm, and when things
got dry again after the rain wind blew
the dust off the road, and all through
the road bed, every which way, they
could see big streaks of silver. Well,
maybe they didn't collar on to the
rest of that loose rock that lay around
those shafts They sent away lot of
it to be assayed, and when the report
came back they found that their road
bed was worth 5000 a ton. 1t was a
little expensive to drive over, but they
had to have the road, and they've got
it yet, if their mines have held out. "
Philadelphia Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
Pneasant P...s,.

This is always beset with difficulty
and the pheasant poacher is usually a
desperate character. MANY methods
can be successfully employed, for the
pheasant Is rather stupid bird. Ow-
,ng to their wandering proclivity. it bv
no means follows that the man who
rears the pheasants will have the priv
hege OF shooting them At the time
OF the falling of the beech and oaken
mast the poacher watches as closely by
the covert side as the keeper himself
The former knows perfectly we'll that
the birds feed in the morning. that
they dust themselves in the turnip
helds at noon, and that they ramble
through the woods in the afternoon.
He, better than any one else, knows
the coppice to which the wandered
birds have gone and in which
trees they will roost. Is he slow
to use his knowledge9 At dark he
passes over the land, and lights a bit
OF birthstone beneath the roostinp
birds. The powerful fumes soon over,
power them and they come tapping
down one by one. This method has
VIC advantage OF silence, and If the
night be still need not be detected.
Away from the covert time is no OBJ
Ject, and the poacher who is content
with brace of birds at time usually
gets the most in the end The poacher
knows that no bird is more pugnacious
than the pheasant, and out of this
trait he makes capital. He takes a
trained game cock under his arm, fit
ted with spurs, the latter as sharp as
needles. Upon the formers Growing.
one or more cock pheasants immedi-
ately respond and advance to meet the
adversary. A single blow suffices to
lay low the pride of the pheasant, and
In this way half a dozen birds NAV
often be taken, while the poacher's
representative remains unhurt-The
Gentleman's MAGAZINE
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
Leap Year Superstitions.

The ancient Romans considered the
bis-sextile or 'leap day. critical day
in their calendar, always reckoning it
as being among their unlucky days.
That this belief has not by any means
lost ground is evidenced by the deep
rooted dislike parents have to child
being born on leap day." it being a
popular notion that to come into the
world at such an odd time is ominous
as signfying the child's speedy exit.
A variety of this superstition exists In
Tuscany, and, in fact, in many other
European countries According to Tus-
can folk lore child born Feb. % viii
not live to see another leap day." or,
if it does, it viii be motherless. In
Austria a child born in the forenoon
ON Feb. 90 becomes great parsonage;
If in the afternoon, robber; after
night, a murderer Other notions of
this sort, modified to suit whims and
fancies, exist IN the various countries
of the world-St- Louis Republic.