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LADY woLsEt.ky.
Another Charming American Lady AT Home
I'm England.

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Inc beautiful old demesne Of Wolselev, savs
n writer in the London Lady's Pictorial n.s
far AWAY from ,he hn., l..,,,,.. :, -"
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a.. -, IS 10 e"" '"iesls ""O""d
minus !" Pehceiui n'anordshire. sheltered on
one side by the sylvan fastness OF Cannock
Chase. and still further eyironed by the s.nt,x
flowing. rinplin, hrov,, 49,. =, a.. ~.
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very lew families. even In Englands annals.
can show so ancient a pedigree or boast
such an unbroken descent NJ l,,s "a ,;,,,,
reachi,, h.ol ,,,,...-...,..'.,-- 49,
,lon-..'s tut eiose on .
'uousenu .eArs
sir Charles Michael Wolseley. the ninth baro-
net OF the line, succeeded his father, the late
SIR Charles, when only lad % eight year. old.
Like his father. lac was born a Catholic and Was
educated az Downside and Oscott colleges. and
al 'hrlst church. Oxford. Some eight years
ago whle an Rome, he met Miss Anita Murphy
the eldest daughter OF Daniel Thomas Murphy,
esq, OF ran francisco. upon whom ilis holiness
tne pope had lately conferred the title OF mar
Snese; as slight acknowledgement OF Mr..
mutphys princely benefactions 60 Roman
chatltles Inc acquaintance led 20 friendship
anu speedily TO an engagement and marriage
q marriage IN every why congeaisl. Miss
murphy was not only very pretty, extremely
wei educated, amlabie ana charming. but she
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clothes they drop off to the floor. The females
proceed to lay few eggs and then, that solemn
duty having been performed they follow the
males In hunt for the owner of the deserted
garments 1t is not absolutely necessary for
the reproduction Of the flea species that adult
meas should have any food at all, but the
chances are that the number Of those who go
hungry is exceedingly small; would so judge
because Of the complaints we have received
from fea-bitten mortality. When the insects
do feed they always select warm-blooded ami
NAL to operate upon. The irritation which fol-
lows the bite is testimony to the effect that the
secretion of the salivary glands is poisonous; to
what extent We do not know. but think We
may know more in a little while, for we are 60
ing to pay some attention to the flea and its
savage disposition. So far as my experience
goes the best local application is diluted am
monia.
HOW TO RID HOUSE OF THEM.
"How can you rid a fea-infested house Of the
pests? Oh, there are lots Of rocipes My ad-
vice is to throw the house open from top to
bottom. Get q big atomizer-s bellows built
for such work-and spray every inch OF the
floors with benzine; use it on the rugs and
carpets thoroughly. Then let the fresh air
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NAVE ONE WITH sfE."
This Phrase 10 Heard Less and Less, Year
After Year.


From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
There is less dssipating among the men ct
watering places than is generally supposed. In
fact it may broadly be asserted that there is
less dissipation among American mon than
there was in the past, and furthermore, it grows
less and less year by year.
All the work Of the temperance fanatics and
prohibition cranks who would reyolutionize
humanity by legal enactment is as nothing
compared with the influence of growing self
respect, education and better breeding.
No One but the professional pessimist or the
demagogue fails to recognize the fact and il
comes about through higher average of gen.
tility in the better sense of that ill-treated
word
AS long as men are men they will eat and
drink and have fun, but there are gradations
in the process, from the hummer who falls in
the gutter, or the savage who fills himself with
firewater and raw dog to the gentleman who
in a cafe, takes a drink in good fellowship with
some friends. or in his club or his home eats
his dinner and comforts himself with glass or
two Of wine in pleasant companionship.
Intoxication becomes more and more dis
graceful. Among the better classes of men
the visiting of public saloons and the standing
up drinking at bars is falling more and more
into disrepute.
hHotueT StIOuS influence 10 tnlS emu 10 tnat
the drinking habit, even in moderation. counts
so sharply against a man in the business affairs
of life.
rs he drinking .man?" is one of the first
and main questions put by one man Of another
with whom any business relation is proposed;
and SIS he drinking mani" "Is he married
man." are the two questions always asked by
any business man or firm concerning a pro-
posed employe or associate.
This no doubt tends to hold many q man to
paths of sobriety who perhaps has not enough
self-respect to do so. They can't indulge be-
cause in a business sense they cant afford
to-
In old times drunkenness was not considered
disreputable among the gentry" The great
man was the 'four-bottle man and the hero
of the occasion at drinking bout under the
table," All this has not entirely disappeared
not by any means-fsr habits and human ma
ture do not change in day. But there GER
tainly has been a marked alteration for the
better. the man who in an assembly Of gen.
tlemen at dinner or elsewhere gets drunk makes
himself obnoxious. He is not applauded; he
is not even pitied He is condemned and his
company fought shy of thereafter.
In other respects mems habits are improving
as the country gets older and richer and time
is had for travel and cultivation Of amenities.
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The Temperament Of GepiuA
From the London Globe


An eminent litteratcur, who, like, other Jour-
nalists, seems in the season of the big goose
berry-the season, too, described Ey a leading
publisher as the dullcst on record--to suffer
from lack of matter for his monthly gossip.
has raised, apropos Of Mrs. Ireland's new book,
the old question of the celibacy of writing
men. He says to the matrimonially minded
virgin, Don't marry a man of genius" So
and on much the same grounds has the author
OF ''Virginibus Pucrisque" spoken. To quote
him, The practice Of letters is miserably
hnrassing to the mind; and after an hour or
twos work all the more human portion OF the
author ia extinct; he win bully, backbite and
speak daggers"
But the doctors differ. day or two ago
was talking to one Of the most eminent and
also one Of the busiest OF our literary men.
l asked him what portion Of life he thought
most enjoyable. "Those in which nm hard
at work." he answered, without o moments
hesitation. "And does it not make you feel
nervous and irritable?" was my next query
mot at ALL" he replied; ION The contrary, q
spell Of composition exhilarates me like the
drinking Of champagne. I never feel de-
pressed or gloomy except when idle" One
fancies that Sir Walter scott did not make a
bad husband, and he worked about as hard as
most men. Depend upon it, the marriage of q
literary man is as much lottery - any other
wedding.
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From the Detroit Free Press
young fellow on Hastings street is a men,
Der of a boat club and his father is dead down
on that sort Of business Yesterday he struck
the old gentleman for 81 for dues.
What the mischief do you stay in Q boat
club for!" he asked in no very good humor.
''Why. father" exclaimed the youncster. sit
Is nice club and VIC are going along finoly."
"Boshr'
Yes, but father, within week past we have
rowed In two races ana won one Of them"
so heard, =" snapped the old man. In the
nrst one you rowed against the current and
beat it half mile in two hours. The next one
you rowed against the bank and stuck there.
That's the kind Of races you row in and You
make me tired. Here's your 81 and hope it
will be the last one you ask me for"
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Temperance Laws in Germany,


The Retchsdnze'ger publishes the text of bill
for the repression Of drunkenness. which will
be laid before the reichstag on its meeting in
November next Even in a state SO essentially
police ridden as Germany the measure is a
drastic one much more SO than any CORE
spending legislation in England. The bill is
accompanied by long and exhaustive expose
des motifs, containing such statistics as the
government believe justifies its introduction.
The bill consists Of twenty-three clauses. The
first clause defines the position of class
OF licensed dealers somewhat similar to
the licensed grocers in England. Such
dealers may not sell spirits in less
quantities than half litre. Succeeding
clauses deal with the retail dealere 1t is pro,
posed that SO far rs possible, these dealers
shall be under obligation to supply food as well
as splrituous refreshment and. further, that
they shall not be permitted to sell liquor before
clock in the morning. They shall further
more do all in their power to hinder the abuse
Of spirituous liquors. By clause no spirit
dealer shall be permitted to sell spirits to any
person below the age Of sixteen years. They
are forbidden TO sell liquor to any visibiy
drunken person or to any person who within
three years has been punished as a confirmed
drunkard. The spirit dealer is bound to see
that drunken persons are conducted to their
dwellings or handed over to the care of the
police. He is further forbidden to supply
liquor on credit.
One OF the most drastic clauses Of the bill is
that which lays down that people VINO, on
account of their drunken habits are unable to
manage their affairs, or who by their conduct
threaten to bring their families into want or
to endanger the safety of others, may be placed
under a guardian, and this person, with the
consent Of court, may place his ward in an
asylum for inebriates. Even in cases where
the guardian does not exercise his rights in
this respect the court NAV intervene and
order his committal to such an asylum. The
remaining clauses are taken up with the specifi-
cation Of the punishments to be inflicted for q
breach Of the foregoing clauses.
This bill is not the first of the kind which has
been laid before the reichstag. In 1851 bill
for the repression of drunkenness was intro
duced, but failed to survive the committee
stage. The present bill is largely modelled on
that of 1881. It has received the earnest con-
sideration Of the emperor, and will undoubtedly
in the reichstag have the support of the gov
eminent. The radical party. however. declare
that the present legislation is amply sufficient
to combat the tendency to drunkenness, and
announce their intention Of opposing the new
bill
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that our planet is after all not so badly off. for
Mercury and Venus have no satellites and far
off Neptune but one albeit dim Uranus boasts
four and bright-rfngcd Saturn eight.
we VIII be content-as having neither
poverty nor riches-in the matter of mere
number Of moons, and stoutly maintain (uutil
better informedD that our Luna is the best
brightest and handsomest OF all her rivals in
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HEAD OF DOG FLEA.

These cat and dog feas are not as large as
others of their relatives, but they are large
enough for all practical purposes. The largest
british species will be found on that noiseless
little animal. the mole. but these feas are
smaller than the flea which derives its support
from the Australian porcupine.
WHY THEY ISFEsr BID ROOMS.
Why are feas always more auIasrous in bed
rooms than elsewhere? Now you do not really
know that that is so because You are, as a rule.
better protected when in the lower rooms and
cannot, therefore. tell whether there are man,
neas on your garments not, but even il it I
81 II can easily be explained. You have beer
picking up feas all day long and when you dis
robe at night the heas miss YOU. Becoming
ousre OF The fact that you are not in you
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from west TO ssst Rotating bat once ON
her axis every tNenty-nine aud onc-hAlf of
our days. she can have but one day and one
night In that time; and. ~ the inclination Il
her axis 20 the plane Of her orbit is very
slight it follows that the sun shines nearly
equally on the respective poles and that per-
petual winter roigns there. while the dave a
the equator are both hot and long.
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the solar system. That the Romans gave her
thst nsme-rerhar< because che is regularly
full and that hence come our English terms
lunar and lunScy Is well known. Her ,linmpter
is alec miles and hence las the mas-cs Of
globes are proportional to the cubes Of their
dlsmetersl she has hut one fortv-ninth OF the
magnitude Of the earth. and one seventy-mil-
honth that Of the sun whose diameter is
sec. 900 milesl. while her surface area is about
one-fourtecnth Of the oarth's Cupon the prin-
elple that the surfaces Of globes vary as the
squares Of their distancesl IL Is highly
provoking thing that from eNceSs % modcstv,
she has refused from the earliest times 20 show
more than one side Of her roand face 20 tue
gaze of man. and the only consolation left ms
Is that she is impartial and no tiirt exhibiting
her beauty equally to all that rsturn her
bright Chances. She accomplishes this result
by rotating on her own aXis once a month in
exactly the same time as occupied by her
revolution around the earth. Her velocity
averages 2.2Sd miles an hour or $50 feet per
second. but NJ She accompanies the earth in the
latter circuit around the sun-which IL at the
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HOW TO RID A HOUSE or THEN.
GOOD FEEDER.

have chance. Do not allow any other ligh,
than daylight in the house for several hours
after the spraying is over, for the benzine is
peculiarly and dangerously intiammable after
being atomized. The odor may remain tor
some little time, but the feas are gone. They
will not literally have taken their departure,
but they will be dead; likewise the larve. And
the eggs? Well. they will be spoiled sufficiently
to admit Of their use as tributes to Jas. Owen
OConnor's tragic abilities.
ANOTHER REMEDY.
'Some people cannot use the benzine-the
odor makes them sick-so to these would
recommend the use of the California-grown
'buhach;' it is fresh. Foreign powders lose
much of their vitality during an ocean voy-
age. sufficiency of buhsch, properly pulled
around. will discourage any combination OF
fieas. The powder will not kill Immediately
the insects may be from twelve to fifteen hours
dyiug-but 1t generally gets there. Give the
strongest flea one Whit of buhach and he is a
victim of that tired feeling he is quite
willing to be swept out with the powder. Yes;
1 think we will make a speciality of heas before
next summer. If we do We will give to the
public volume that cannot fail to be in
fnitely more popular than the famous horse
book Not more than five per cent of the
human race own horses; everybody has q per-
sonal interest in feas."
VARIOUS SCHEMES.
While the flea plague at its height-and
there be those who insist that it has not vet
subsided-numerous remedies we're suggested.
orally and through the public press. Some of
these remedies were all right under certain
circumstances, but they could not be made
universal in their application. One ingenious
mortal who may or may not have had an inter-
est in booming somebody's fly paper said that
apiece of beef laid in the center of a sticky fly
paper would attract nine-tenths of the fieas on
the premises; that is the beef would do the at
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A rlmsd Msa,s Expedicnt.

From the Hartford Post
A timid man. living alone in the outskirts Of
the city, has hit upon novel device for soaring
away burglarS Each night upon retiring he
places huge pair Of boots outside of every
bed room door in the house to convey the inn
preston that every chamber is occupied bv an
ablebodied man. burglar who happened in
would think he had struck hotel
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Massachusetts Tobacco Grower P,~ss~d.
Theexcitemept in the Connecticut and Hou.,-
tonic valley tobacco market IN increasing. Dur
ing the past ten days the range Of prices paid has
advanced from 10 cents per pound over tbs
price, current two weeks ago. The crop has
cured in perfect shape and sales are beng
made mostly at from IL TO 20 cents per pound
for the entire crop, 10 be delivered In tie
bundle
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TNHE FOLLOWING ARTICLE Is B,

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE Is BASED
Il upon the theory that little knowledge (of
astronomy is not dangerous but safe and
profitable thing
Every one-even the dogs-has seen the
grand celestial exhibit afforded nightly during
the past few weeks, and it is gratifying to know
aportion Of it will be ION the bills" for q con-
siderable time longer. 1t is a pity however,
that the show has been and always will be free.
since the average human appreciates that least
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rate ~ thirty tines the
above speed--~ils has
two motions aud on tie
whole must lie re-
gardei a. n faft,ravel.r.
The accompanying cut
shows her path relative
20 the earth ard sun.
How few even of WELL
educated persons know
that While she appears
TO travel from ea.t to
west. in reality che
passes from west 60 east.
This illusion is. Of
course. due 20 the
earth fast.r r,t.ts.,
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which costs him nothing
The present aspiring
rival of the moon in
brightness is Jupiter.
the giant" among the
eight planets, and
which is nightly visible
in the east. He is ex-
celled in brilliancy by
Venus alone and greatly
outranks Sirius, the
most brilliant of all the
millions Of fixed stars.
The earth's distance
from the sun is 90. $780,
900 miles, and she trav-
erses her orbitin n year
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Boston Girl with nthusiasm) -"what ID your
opinion Of lbsen. Mr. Cshokia? Isn't he grand,
wonderful. sublime2''
st. Louis Young Man (taken ct some disad-
vantage but rallying in good shspe}-"He's .
corker, Miss Howjames- What-er-cluh's b
pitching for now?'-C Chicago Tr5bvns.
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Written for The Evening Star
IN THE RAILROAD CAR,
Things That Influence Bachelors to Remain
Single.

RAILROAD sELFIsHNEss-THE WOMAN WHO HAD
TWO TICKErs-coaISa HOME By HUNDREDS
WHEN A JOURNEY Is pIsAeREEABLE-BABIEs AZ
TRAVELLERS
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JUPITER AND the MOON.
A Few Facts I'm Regard 10 the Present A.
tronomical Exhibition.

DIFFERENCE IN DIAMETER BETWEEN THE TWO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN HEAT AND LIGHT AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTANCES FROM THE Sun
ILLUSIONS AZ TO THE MOONS DAILY RKvolp-
TONS.
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Dsd That Pacify Hsrs

From the Boston Traussript.
Young wife--''You used 10 pretend 10 think
the world Of ne, Harry; now you go away every
morning without Offering 10 kiss me-"
Ftckle' husbaud--s'Thats al right Jenny.
Tea - I don't WaaA 10 do aaythine which
shall make you happy to have me 60 away"
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A PEST OF HUMANITY.
The Epidemic of Fleas Which Has
Attacked Washington.
HABITS OF PULEX IRRITANS.

A Scientists Opinion of the Jumping Biters
and the Best Means OF Getting Rid of Them
Where They Most Do Congregate-How the
flsas n ultiply-Inenectual schemss.
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charges at such times must be very acute. The
maiden who is waltzing must be watched lest
perchance she is being too tightly held and ii q
young couple should disappear for moment
behind a curtain the officiating dragon must
be ready to pounce upon them without min
ute's delay.
The theaters Of South America are the finest
in the world. An opera house is at present
going up in Rio which will be the most
gorgeous and complete in existence. In that
country people pay more money to sectors and
Issangers than managers in the United States
can afford to give, consequently they secure
talent for their play houses such as We do not
get. They demand whatever 10 best in the
way OF Amusement, and are willing to compen-
safe the performers literally. The latter
usually receive superb gifts and it il a COM
mon thing for the spectators who are pleased
with player or dancing girl to throw upon the
stage gold and wads of paper money.
THE COST OF LIVING.
Living in South America costs about as much
as it does in this country. Wherever yon go
given amount Of comfort or luxury Is purchas-
able for the same money. Rents are dear in
Baenos Ayres and meats and vegetables are
cheap. In the other republics marketing is
dearer and house rent is cheaper. Fish is
always the most expensive thing you can buy,
dried Goldfish fetching 60 cents a pound. The
pest fish are saved for the priests. As for the
houses, they are very beautiful but are by no
means 30 comfortable - dwellings of less pre-
tension in the United States. The bath room
Is feature OF every South American residence.
All cooking il done outdoors in . cook house
on tripods, beneath which fre ID built How
| everywhere. There b no such thing a. heating
| the houses. II 10 sometimes pretty chilly in
the Argentine, but the people merely bundle
themselves up 70 keep warm.
DEATH aRKAr 4vENT
Death u great event in South America.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-05
THE WESLEY CENTENNIAL.

Any one who looks at the Methodist
Church to-day finds it hard to realize
that its founder died no more than a
century ago, but snch is the fact. John
Wesley breathed his last in London,
March I'd, 1871, at the age of IS years.
His last open air sermon was preached in
the October before.
When this remarkable son of an Eng
fish rector returned home from his visit
to this country in 173S there was not a
Methodist in the world. When he died
there were over $4,000, of whom some
thing less than half were in America,
There are now in the world, counting all
the subdivisions of the sect, nearly
5000, 600, of whom 1, $50, 900 are in Amer
lea. The number in America includes
more than a third of all PrOtestants and
is approached by that of no other sect
except the Baptists, who have only a
few thousand less.
These figures give an idea of very re-
markable movement in the religious
world, and Methodists everywhere will
properly mark this centenary with ap-
prOpriate observance.
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Life Of General sherman.

No literary announcement of the year
is of greater interest to the general pub
lie than that of comprehensive Life of
General Sherman, which is about to be
published and sold through agents by
the noted house of Hubbard Brothers, OF
Philadelphia. Admirable biographies of
Grant and Sheridan, complete to the
time of their death, are already familiar
to the public, but a life of the third great
commander to finish the series, has been
lacking. The various biographies of
Sherman hitherto published have neces-
sarily been incomplete; and even his
own memoirs, written in 1875, said al.
most nothing of his intensely interesting
early life, and not word, of course, OF
the more than twenty years of social ac:
tivity and fraternity with old comrades
since the war.
The work which is now to be issued
will splendidly supply the widely felt de-
mand for history of the great strategic
commander. 1t is being written by Will
lis Fletcher johnson, whose ability as a
historian is familiar to the reading pub
lie of America through his former unu-
ally popular works, which have had mil.
mions of readers, and the sales of their
vast editions enriched an army of book
agents; he is aided by Maiden. o. O.
Howard, a man of fine literary attain
ments, who knew Sherman better than
any other of his comrades now living,
and ranked next but one to il m In the
army. That this history of Sherman, the
last of the great Generals, will surpass
all Others in popularity is not to be
doubted. 1t will doubtless be the best
life of the great chieftain published, and
we predict for it wonderful popularity.