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Insurance Canvassers,

The president of an insurance com
pany says that Il good insurance can
vasser is rare bird. Those that follow
the business make money and can al
ways get good positions. The majority
Of canvaSSers are inexperienced and do
not enter into their work with enthusi-
assn or business enterprise. They drift
from the employ Of one company into
another, making just enough to keep
them in food and clothes, and don't
seem to care whether they make any
more or not There is no profession in
the world which develops man as
thoroughly or rs quickly as that of an
insurance canvasser.
1t is active, varied in experiences and
the returns are immediate. There are
about 100 first class men in the bust
ness. They are stars, and make from
$4,000 to $4,000 year. They go
wherever they please, and only work
on an average of two hours u day.
These men are always in demand, and
many Of them work on guarantee, SO
reliable are the returns from their
work. New York Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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WASHINGTON News,

washington News is private
street running from University place to
Fifth avenue in New York, in the rear
of the fashionable homes fronting
Washington square. The name per-
haps occurs nowhere else in the city, if,
indeed, it is to be found in any other
American town. The word "Mew" has
an odd and interesting history. 1t
means primarily to change, then to
molt, or shed feathers, as birds do at
certain seasons Then the noun came
to mean the place where hawks were
kept while melting, then to mean a
cage, and finally, since hawks were kept
in and about the stables, to mean any
stable. The term is still common
enough in English towns. All the
houses bordering Washington news are
either stables or the homes of servants.
Cor. Chicago Herald.
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Rapid Transcription.

Why is It that so many stenogra-
pliers who write shorthand rapidly and
operate typewriter at the rate of fifty
or more words per minute fail to attain
half this speed when copying from
shorthand notes2 1t is because they
take small eyeful of notes at time
when four or five words are just enough
to get them into the swing of rapid
operating. and then they have to stop
to find the place" There is no reason
why an operator should not copy as
rapidly as he can write from dictation.
1t can be done either by acquiring the
ability to operate without looking at
the keys or by taking large eyeful OF
notes at time.
! Practice will enable one to remember
an entire paragraph. Begin by taking
a line ut time and gradually increase
the amount. When you have struck
your limit, say, for instance, six lines,
take the precaution to write your short
hand notes in blocks of six lines, drop
ping a line between each block. This
will enable the operator to readily find
the place where lie left Off. Some
operators are able to write the last few
words of a take" without looking at
the keys. the eye being occupied in re-
plenislling from the notebook. The
latter is Miss Orrs method, and thus
the machine is kept constantly in mo-
ton from the beginning to the ending
of a letter The saving of time thus
affected will be apparent to all.-Har.
rison's Shorthand Magazine.
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The Rock of Moses.

How many readers know that what
is believed to be the identical rock
struck by Moses, when he commanded
water for the furnishing thousands who
were wandering in the wilderness, is
still to be seen. as natural as it was III
the days of the great lawgiver? DR..
Thomas Shaw. D. D., at one time
regius professor of Greek Mt Oxford.
one of the greatest of English Seven
teenth century travellers, gives this de-
scription of it: ut is "a block of gran
lite marble, about six yards square,
variously known as the Rock of
Horeb,' Rock of NASSAU and Stone
of Moses 1t lies tottering and loose
in the Valley of Rephidim, and seems
to have formerly belonged to Mount
Sinai, which hangs in a variety of preci-
pieces all over the plain. The waters
which flowed out and the stream which
flowed witllal Psalms xviii. 20) have
followed across one corner of this rock
channel about two inches deep and
twenty inches wide, which is now crust
ed all over like the inside of q teakettle
that hath been long in use. Besides
several lnossy productions which are
still preserved by the dew, we see all
over this channel q great number of
holes, some of them four or five inches
deep and two inches in diameter, lively
tokens of there having been so many
fountains. st. Louis Republic.
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Tho Acrobatic Gibbon.

A great ape which makes its home in
Borneo is the gibbon which is a small
animal compared with the orang, weigh
ing only about forty or fifty pounds
1t is very fral in its bodily makeup.
The head is set squarely on the should
ers, and it looks upward, When walk
ing ON the ground it balances itself
along like walker on a tight rope.
It's remarkable power of grasp and dex-
terity in using it's hands is equally with
the shape of its Uranium an index of its
superior intelligence, perhaps because
it is able to take hold of q greater num-
Der of things and examine them.
The animals go in droves, whereas
orangs live by families, and one of the
most interesting spectacles imaginable
is to see a troop Of them crossing a
great gap in the forest by throwing
themselves in succession through the
air. each one taking swing or two to
gather momentum before launching
himself. So great is their agility that
in executing feats of this sort they
seem like birds. Interview in Wash
ington STAR
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Shocking Bad Taste.

''My dear, don't you intend to invite
Mr.. and Mrs. Green to your partyG"
asked Mr.. Bller.
Certainly not"
"Wly not, my dear2 They are good
friends of ours
What if they are2 ain going to
invite Mr.. and Mrs. Brown"
well, can't you invite the Greens as
well?"
'NNhy, John Biller, you shock Inc
with your taste. Brown and Green in
my parlor together! Why next you'll
be asking Inc to wear blue and yellow.
I declare you men have no idea what
ever of harmony Texas Siftings.
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The Story of n BLOSSOM.

1t was on fremont street. A woman,
poorly dressed, CHANGED to espy u pink
carmation on the sidewalk. 1t was near
the corner of Winter and Washington
streets, which is in a state of blockade
the greater part of the day. The dense
mass of people was hurrying past as
rapidly as possible, but the old woman
stood her ground, and, although buf,
feted and iostled roughly by the crowd,
finally succeeded in rescuing the tram
pied flower and passed on, inhaling its
fragrance with an almost eager pleas
ure. The scanned and wrinkled face
was lighted by a CLEAN that was in
finitely more sad than tears.-Boston
Advertiser.
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a Magazine Shelf.

One of the most necessary things in
house is 1; place for newspapers and
accommodating magazines. a broad,
double shelf, is covered with oilcsstli
twenty five cents per yard), oris stained
and not covered at ell, but curtaina1
with dark green or dark red serge, eI'a
useful for mothers work basket as well
as the papers and more important read
ing matter that takes an active part
around the evening lalnp.-Cor. Home
maker
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Three hundred Books About cypsies.

The gypsy fortune teller has figured
in many novels and books of adventure
and poetry, until our iInaginations
have clothed her with almost supernat-
ural powers and rglir Esq Ii addition
to these works of fiction, there are up
ward of 300 books written on the sub
ject of the gypsies, trying to explain
their origin, migration, life and strange
wanderings- e. Walsh in New
York Epoch.
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A righteous Household.

A Bath minister rings door bell. Door
opens-a little-and Il voice says, I've
don't want anything today and door
closes. Bath Me.) Independent.
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Wanted a Gentle One.

DO you warrant this bicycle to be
gentleg'
II don't understand you, sir.
81 want to know about its habits.
The last bicycle had not only threw
me, but whirled about as struck the
ground and jumped all over lne. y
Harper's Bazaar.
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r. stops for passengers Cd signal tsconductor
n" daily, except sunday.
H. w. Dunno, Sup't
Cape Charles City, Va.
r. j. Cooke, Gcn'l Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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A Mischief Making Woman.

There is woman in Atcllison who
jots gossip news down on a piece of
paper, and when she makes calls she
does not miss single item.-Atchison
Globe.
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gh-Cures

Are abundant; but the one best known for
Its extraordinary anodyne and e1pectorant
qualities Is Ayers Cherry Pectoral. For
nearly half century this preparation has
been IN greater demand than any other rem
edy for colds, coughs, bronchitis, and pull
monary complains in general
81 suffered. for more than eight months
from severe cough accompanied with hem
orrhage Of the lungs and the expcctoration
of matter. The physicians gave me up, but
my druggist prevailed OH me to try
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BY sewell n. cladding.
E. ]. Winder
H. L. Crockett

We prepared orders with anything you may want in the
line Fertilizers
If you FISH have and we know 1T PURE
IF Won want DISSOLVED BONE MURIATE POTASH sULPHATE
have hen fact any Fertzer you need
call Tor SWEEP pc
buy gentleman Onancock made them
without load oher manure III
his patch and dug August filling barrel
Orders promptly fled-cheap for cash.
Office Cor King St. Crockett Building foot OF
King st. Cl0oOAHi oMancock Va
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TO a MODERN JEAN.

On, wnd were the sunbeam
She lays upon her hair.
So l might be the one beam
That CARS tho dark luke fair!
And we'd were the roses
That paint ilc: cheeks sac bright,
Sac real that none snpposes
She r2bs Thorn Off atniSht!
And wad | were the jewel
That clasps her dainty waist,
And CARS her pant sac cruel
Whene'rr she walks WI hastel
Wad were ilk attraction
That lends an air o trutS
That stays Times Tintry action
And gies hcr bac.; her youth!
London World.
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Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Sirs:-I used your mixture A No l
last year on my sweet potato crop;
Will say l made more potatoes and
sold them for more money than l
ever did before. l shall surely use 1t
again this year.
GAINESVILLE, February 9th, 1891.
Messrs. Crockett 81 Winder:
Gentlemen:-I used your mixture
A, last season by the side OF other
No. fertilizers. The mixture A was
decidedly the best of all. Will use it
again this season.
Very respectfully,
r. W. Ames
February I'd, 1891.
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Messrs. Crockett s. Windcr:
Gentlcmen:-I used some OF your
mixture A last year on sweet potatoes
in very poor land and it give me per-
feet satisfaction, and think 1t is as
good fertilizer as any for sweet pota-
toes. l shall use it again this year.
Yours respectfully,
WIN. D. Tunnel.
Onley, February 4th, 1891.
Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Gentlemen:-Having used your Mix
ture A on sweet potatoes last year, l
take pleasure in saying that it is an
excellent fertilizer, and believe
there is none better on the market.
l.. Floyd Mock.
Accomac c. H., Feb. 10th, 1891.
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A Rolling Stone, Etc.

It's great mistake for young man
to fall into the habit of running around
looking for a better place. 1t is not a
good way to pick berries, and it is not
a good way to go through life.-Ram's
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Ayers
Cherry Pectoral /.

1 did so, and soon began to improve; my
lungs healed, the cough ceased, and be-
came stouter and healthier than have ever
been before. Twould suggest that the name
of Ayers Cherry Pcctoral be changed to
Elixir OF Life, Tor it certainly saved my lne."
p. ]. Oliden, Salto, Buenos Ayres.
"a few years ago took very bad cold,
which settled on my lungs. l had night
sweats. racking cough, and great soreness:
NV doctors medicine did me no good.
tried many remedies, but received no bene-
fit; everybody dcspaired of my recovery
was advised to use Ayers Cherry Pectorai.
and, as q last resort, did so. From the 1irst
dose obtained relief, and, after using TWO
bottles Of 1t, was completely restored 10
health."-F. Adams, New Gretna, Nd.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-11-14

Bronzes, as rule, reflect light only
moderately we'll; when two parts cop
per combine with one part tin, specu-
llum metal, rs it is called, is produced
l-an alloy of SO high reflective power as
to be used in the best telescopes
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SUMMER SCHEDULE. .
OF THE Tssssss5
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OF BALTIMORE,
steamer EASTERN SHORE.

Untilfurther notice viii run their steamers as
follows, weather permittlng,l leaving South st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

TUESDAY. JANUARY q. 1sel

OUR
EIEvENrH ANNUAL SALE or MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR AND EMBROIDERIES
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (wEDNEsDAY),
JANUARY 2.
We shall show stock Of new goods, includ-
ing. besides . wonderfully complete line Of
Ladies' and Childrenb Underwear and
Enhroideries. everything desirable in In
fants' Goods. Aprons, Corseta &c. After
years Of persistent effort 10 raise the
standard Of our Muslin Underwear. We have
now reached the point where further improve
ment would seem almost impossible. We sub
init our present stock - the best that can b.
done In this direction. The shapes seem 10
be perfect. every garment is guaranteed to At.
the material Is excellent and it IL difcult to zee
where any detail Of manufacture could be inn
proved upon. The prices are as low as such
carefully made garments can possibly be pro-
duced and sold for, As the following List will
attest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

While the English are predicting the failure
Of German exploration and settlement in Africa,
the Germans are pushing their schemes for
colonization. 1t is stated that the German peo-
pie are sore over the predictions alluded to. and
contrast them with the friendly talk of the Eng
1Ah at the time of the Anglo-German treaty.
These great nations are rivals, and sooner or
later they will collide on the Dark Continent
30 far in the history Of civilization the English
have been next to the old Greeks the greatest
eolonizers- But the Germans are of the same
stock, and they have just become one people
with, perhaps, the first genuine impulse to
achievsment In foreign fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

senator Vest made vigorous protest in the
Senate yesterday against granting additional
rights and privileges and public property to
the Pennsylvania railroad, without exacting at
the same time some compensation to the
public in money or improvements in return
Senator Morrill, also defended the city, as he
has on 90 many occasions in the past. But it
was we'll understood that the Atkinson bill
would pass the Senate, and it did SO. The bill
now goes to the President Of the United States,
who. in his capacity Of acting mayor Of WASH
inston, viii indicate his opinion of the wisdom
of such legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06
LAcEs FoR EVENING WrAR.

LACE NErs FoR EVENING.
90 cents yard for Superior Quality Stripe Silk Gauze
and Tinsel Nets full ~ inches wide
Yellow with yellow tinsel stripe.
White with silver tinsel stripe.
Pink with gold tinsel stripe
Blue with gold tinsel stripe.
Black with gold tinsel stripe.
Nile with silver tinsel stripe
Lavender with gold tnsel stripe
Garnet with gold tinsel stripe
Apple Green with silver tinsel stripe.
Gold with gold tinsel stripe.
Cream with gold tinsel stripe.
as-The above Nets in very lovely tints of the
colors mentioned; the. quality OF the silk makes the
price-69 cents yard-the more surprising.
Mouselaine de Soie-4S inches wide Soc q yard
Mouselaine de Chifion-4s inches wide. 800. Sc yard
Point 'Esprit-54 inches wide ........... 4Oc yard
SILK Gauze. band border-42 inches wide Sc q yard
Polka Dot, band border-42 inches wide Ell IS yard
Chantily Nets As inches wide Sc yard
AS-An the correct evening shades.
SATINS to match In colors 33c. 4Sc., &c, CSC.
SATIN RHADAME. q. q. rs. el-5os yard.
sURAH SILKS. 75c. and q yard.
FAILLE FRANCHISE. q yard.
s1Extra good values ere promised Il above prices.
THE PAI.AIs ROYAL
CONTINUED below,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

Ths Supreme Court of the United States de-
eides against the Pennsylvania railroad in the
damage cases This tribunal seems to be the
only public body which persistently refuses to
zee law and fact through the railroad specta-
cles- previous decision is all that stands be-
tween the capital and its entire surrender to
the viii Of the railroads. The latter we're
thereby prevented from swallowing the city at
. 0ngle gulp, and Congress has been compelled
to feed them the public property by piecemeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

UNDERWEAR.
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broidery-cluster Of i've tucks-all sizes.
SOC. pair
WALKING SKIRTS.
Ladies' Muslin Walking skirts-5-inch Ham,
burg rufiie-four large tucks abovs-nnished
with yoke.
-75c. each
ladies' Muslin Walking Skirts-deep cam.
brio ruftie-cluster Of fine tucks in RUNE and
sbove-edsed with 3-inch Hamburg finished
with yoke.
I'll each
Ladies' Muslin Walking Skirts-deep cam
vic rufie-with cluster Of fine tucks in and
auove-sdged with finch HAmburs-nnished
with dust rufiie and yoke.
-S1.3 80 each
GOWNS.
Ladies' Muslin Gowns-Hubbard yoke Of all
over extraordinarily neck-edged with en-
broidery-fuil sleeves finished with tucks and
embroidered rufiie-alI Sizes
81 EACH
Ladies' Lonsdale Cambria Gowns-Hubbard
six clusters of fine tucks-double ruffie of valen-
ciennes lace around neck-full slseves-fnished
with tucks aud rufie of lace.
81 each
Ladies' Lonsdsle Cambria Gowns-Hubbard
yoke Of ten clusters of fine tucks-rufiie of en-
broidery around neck, sleeves and down front.
FL each
Ladies' Lonsdale Cambria Gowns Hubbard
yoke Of Hamburg inserting and six clusters Of
large and small tucks-neck and sleeves edged
with Hamburg rufiie.
I'll. % each
Ladies' Muslin Gowns-yoke of fine embroid-
cry and tucks-v neck-nnishsd with rufiie of
embroidery and herrins-bone braid-full sleeves
trimmed with embroidery.
fl 80 each
CORSET COVERS.
Ladies' Cambria Corset Covers-v neck-fn-
ished with pinch Hamburg embroidery-perfect
fitting.
&c. each
Ladies' Cambria Corset Covers-square neck
finished with fine embroidery three inches wide.
back and front--perfect Authenticated seams.
--75c. each
FINE UNDERWEAR.
Our assortment of Fine Underwear ID now
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the latest novelties in Gowns, Chemise,
Drawers. Skirts and Corset Covers trimmed
with laces and embroideries in all the newest
designs
We are headquarters for Bridal Outfits. Of
which we are showing large assortment of the
very latest productions.
CHILDREN's UNDERWEAR.
Children's Muslin Drawer Waists, with but
tons and button holes. well made and nicely
finished. Sizes. 2 to years.
-12kc. each
SPECIAL Childrens Muslin Drawers. with
deep hem, cluster of fine tucks, worked button
holes. well made and nicely finished. Sizes,
to Q years.
-12xc. EACH
SO dozen Infants Cambria Slips with en-
broidered ruffie around neck and sleeves.
PIC. each
(Second floor, 10th st. extension.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

The republican legislative caucus at Harris
burg declared yesterday for the elections bill
and the Pennsylvania Senators, although I'M
derstood to be personally averse to the meas
ure, voted against displacing it, but still there
were not enough Senators to go on with its con-
sideration. 1t was laid aside for the silver bill
Some persons speak of the vote on Senator
Stewards motion as "a bolt from a clear sky"
That it was q bolt there can be no doubt. That
there was clear sky when it fell depends on
the powers Of observation possessed by the OBJ
server. To any one who has carefully noted
the course Of things the motion was to be ex-
pected, although it may have been made day
or two before it was to be expected. The move
ment was worked up by the leaders of the sill
yer republicans acting in concert with the
democrats. For months this alliance has been
known and freely commented upon In the
face of the expressed views of a majority of
their colleagues and q few hours in advance of
. party caucus called to take action on the
questions at issue eight republican Senators
decided deliberately to displace the elections
by the silver bill In the good old days of New
Amsterdam eight men held the destinies of the
colony known afterward as New York. They
were called by pre-eminence 1.-THE Eight Men,"
The silver republican Senators who voted on
January 5, 1891, to substitute financial for po-
itical legislation are entitled to claim for this
year in American history the title with its
accompanying notoriety of ''The Eight Men,"
Some leading republicans regard the elections
bill a. dead by the action taken yesterday, al
though others still hope that something may
yet be done with it. Unquestionably the out
look for the measure is dark. The Senate's
decks are clear for action on finance and rou-
tine legislation. The country will probably
not regret the decision of the Senate to go on
with other business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-06

More light appears on the question now agi-
tating the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
proposed change Of the constitution to admit
women delegates to the general conference.
Returns have been received by the secretary
from So districts. representing ,5Sl ,6S4 mem
bers- The total vote thus far cast is 29I sl4. Of
which 49,, 2sl favor and los, sS3 oppose the adj
mision of female delegates Returns are yet
TO be received from 15s districts, with a MEM
bership Of So, 3d. These districts are mostly
In the south and in foreign mission fields
Japan has voted for the change