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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
MASCULINE INCONSISTENCY.
The Fastidiousness ofthe Average Man W.
ishes at the Free Lunch Counter.

The Righteousness Ofthe Average Man VAN
fishes at the Free Lunch Counter.
From the New York Recorder
To the student Of human nature the free
lunch counter offers a fruitful field for observa-
ton and cogitation.
The average New Yorker who has money
enough to command fair share Of the COM
forts Of life prides himself on being rather
fastidious about his vicsuals. He insists on
cleanliness above all things. He becomes very
indignant If at a restaurant plate is set before
him that bears the imprint of dirty fingers. His
knife and fork must bear no trace Of the service
they have done for the guest who last used
them. His cup and saucer must be immaculate
or there will be trouble for somebody. And il
he should discover in any wav that the food set
before him WAS something which had been pre-
viously handled and reected by other patrons
Of the restaurant-whv. he would take mt
right of and when he recovered he would bring
suit against the proprietor, confident in the
assurance tina. any jury which wasn't tempered
With vould award him heavy damages.
But when he confronts n free lunch coun-
ter in a saloon all this fastidiousness vanishes.
He sees dozens of hands paving over the con-
tents of various dishes which are all supposed
to be more or less provocative Of ardent thirst
without any sensations OF sGueamishness be-
coming apparent in his interior department.
He calmly helps himself 10 piece of ham or n
scrap OF cheese and proceeds to consume it
without being in tho slightest degree disturbed
bv the reflection that the particular morsel he
choose for the Qualification of his appetite had
been touched BY many fngers-some probably
greatly in need Of washing before he secured
it. If he usss o fork to help himself to beans
or potato salad mussel two.
it isn't a clean fork tina. he employs 1t
is a fork that he picks out of jar Of dirty
water. into which the man who last
used il dropped it. That makes not the slight
eat difference 20 him, however in a saloon.
although in restaurant ii would justify him
in raising Cain" But when he goes to the
bar 10 get his drink there will be the deuce to
paw if he detects the decocter Of intoxicants
mixing him a cocktail in glass that is not per-
fectly clean.
All this. the philosopher would say tends to
show that the average man ia more OF creature
OF habit than OF reason and that what fastidious-
ness he man:fests is simply based on custom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
The Russian student.

frofn tho Sroffisl Review
The material position OF the student Is not an
enviable one. Poverty and want stare him in
the face wherever be goes, and his personal sp-
pearance leaves mach to be desired In 1850.
when the Russian government wished TO limit
the number entering the university. the most
effectual way 81 stopping the inaux Was b. Civ
ing notice that only those would be received
who were able 10 dress themselves decentlF and
keep mp an appearance suitable to their rahk
BY far the larger proportion OF students are
sons OF officers whose Iav j. small and Nhoss
life Is a continual struggle against want. shout
onc-third are children Of merchants and shop-
keepers. Out Of 1000 In Petersburg aud kl-v
ninety belong 10 the peasant class The fninl-
mum that n student requires in the wear 20
keep himself Rt the university has been oalcu-
lated at 315 rubles OF nearly eco. Imagination
can hardly picture the condition in which the
student lives; sometimes without fire or light.
Three or four Of them often occupy the ZANE
room. and each pays IL rubles As. ca
month for his CORNER" Cases have been
known where he had only 5 copecks t2I$d. .
day 10 bay food. The purchase Of books uhder
these circumstances Is not TO he thought of.
Some credit is due. however. TO the govern
ment for the assistance IL has afforded. large
percentage Of students have ALWAYS been as
sisted by the state. In 1877 50 per cent rers
in some form or other aided by the state. In
the accounts Of the University Of Moscow for
1891 the sum Of $50. 296 rubles (in round nam
bers, go O00l. is credited in 1890 90 stiperdla
or exhibitions. VARYING from 200 20 GOO rui,lss
a year. These were distributed among 42a stu
dents in the first half wear and among ass in
the second. And. again. ont OF 1854 students,
642 had their fees RENTED in the first half year
and go in the second. In Kiev coo oui %
1000 were released from payment. Besides
this. 1000 rubles were distributed in MOSCOW
in sums from 20 50 rubles in cases Of great
necessity. and during the same year the socIety
for helping poor students paid over 10. 600 m
bles in fees and provided Isis men with din
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

patriotic emblems surrounded by halo Of
brilliant fires.
Flight of % 15-inch shells.
Display of 20 24-inch bombs with latest nov
elites.
Flight of 20 4-pound rockets with revolving
stars.
Battcry of 1000 aerial saucissons
A prismatic fountain as feet high changing
ten times.
Flight Of 20 rockets changing twelve times.
Salvo OF ~ 30-inch bombs, weeping willow.
silver sheen. Magenta. turquoise. old gold. &c.
Flight OF ~ 2+-inch bombs, aurora borealis.
fired b. electricity.
Display Of 20 4-pound asteroid rockets.
Ascent of IS prismatic tourbellions, forming
umbrellas in ascending and descending
Salvo of 10 36-inch bombs, producing a shell
or shells. Indian Jugglery. shooting stars, hello
tropes, lilies. essence Of moonlight, &c.
A faithful portrayal in lines Of blazing FIRE of
the majestic architecture of the Capitol build
ing.
Flight of 20 24-ineh bombs, producing an
aerial wheat sheaf
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don't object to watching the shriek;ng course
OF a rocket and the ingenious forms in which
gunpowder can be made TO run its fiery course
The fact of the matter is that fireworks is a
very popular form of amusement. 1t comes
high. Bat the citizens committee made up
their minds tina. the people VINO come here
ouSk. to have some entertainment OF this kind
They are going TO have II. And what il more
there will be plenty of room for the biggest
kind of n crowd to assemble and witness the
display. The Washington monument stands
in the midst of q large lawn, where the legend
can always be displayed. standing room
only" Here the wonders prepared BIZ the great
and only Pain will be displayed to wondering
and admirIng crowd. The program OF the
pyrotechnics ID long one and embraces many
novel features never before seen.
soIE OF THE SET PIECES.
In addition TO the rockets bombs. colored
lights fire wheels torpedoes. &c. there are 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
A TANGLED TALE,
The Young Stenographer Got Matters 9
Little Mixed.

The Young Stenographer Got Matters q
Little Mixed.
From the Chicago Times.
There are stenographers and stenographers
and there is as great a difference between them
as there is between flock Of geese and an oil
well.
Mr.. Grippe, who travels for wholesale house
located in this city, knows this as thoroughly as
anybody. While on q trip into the ''rooral
deestricts" recently be stopped at a country
hotel In which q stenographer had opened an
office FOR the convenience Of the public He
knew he ought to write to his wife, but his time
was so taken up with business that it was just
train time, and he hastily dictated the follow
ing to the young lady amanuensis:
Dear Wife: Reached here all right and am
feeling like real trump. I'm after business
this trip and will not return until after get it.
I'm burning my bridges behind me so that
cannot retreat. You will pardon this short let
ter, but one sheet Is all have time to get of.
Your loving husband"
Instructing the stenographer to typewrite
the letter and mail II to his wifes address. Mr..
Grippe hurried after his train. When he
reached home Q few days ago his wife met him
With strange look in her face.
care you sober?" she asked
eyes, dear: quite So" he answered.
Sand perfectly sane?"
why, to be surep'
Nothing wrong with your mind at all?'
mo, and what in the world induces you 10
ask such question:"
.well, your letter Of few days ago led me
TO believe Won had been drinking or was crazy"
and abe laid Il before him:
Dear wife: Reached here al right and am
feeling Ike real chump. I'm after business
this trip and viii return until r get il I'm
burning my brsschss behind me 20 that can-
not retrsaA You viii pardon this short letter,
Hereafter Mr.. Grippe win nevsr be IN TOO
great hurry to rad proofs Of his letters type
written By promisins, bat not thoroughly com
petent stsnegfapAtsa. They somsdmss ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

Perhaps to the thousands of visitors who will
be IN the city during encampmens one of the
features of the ertanment tina. will be es-
pccially attractive will be the fireworks dis
play. Everybody is interested in fireworks.
The peculiar mode of celebrating the national
natal day naturally tends to foster love for
such displays with the grea. majority OF the
people. There are some persons who claim
that they detest the noisy demonstrations of
the glorious Fourth. but ut the same time they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
They Found Their Lifework.

From the New York Times.
II is a feature Of this generation that 1t is
animated by the spirit of never too. late to
begin. We read. 10 be sure. OF the stern perse-
verance of Cato. who mastered Greek after
eighty, and of Plutarch beginning the study Of
Latin at seventy: but these we're exceptional
men of their day, and the fact that these
instances are still recited with emphasis proves
that they are very uncommon. Women even
more than men. until now, have been prone
passively to accept the limitations of years. and
early as forty settle back with the resigned
ut is too late for me to do anything
In that university for middle-aged women"
the womens clubs. however, they are learning
more wisdom and the results Of it are begin
ming to show. A case to illustrate is that Of
a married pair who found. after their little
family was growing up around them and the
burden Of caring for them seemed to absorb
every faculty, that each had put q valuable
to draw-her artist eyes saw designs in every
thing-while the husband had spoiled q good
doctor in a poor salesman. And one day the
wife rose to the situation. She left her two
little ones with their father and spent six
months in q German city, studying night and
day On her return, after . little effort and
waiting, she secured q place - designer in .
print factory, and then Ii was the husbands
turn. His place in the white goods depart
ment of q Wholesale house knew him no more,
but class OF young medical students was
and devotion TO the science brought him
rapidly along.
AL this was five years ago. Today the wife
is still busy designing, and the husband Is e.
tablished in q growing practice, each happy In
having found her and his ifework.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

A burst OF 100 large rockets of liquid fire. 100
OF silver streamers and 100 of snakes.
Salvo of 4S-inch bombs Pains mammoth
sparkers. shell of shells, torrent Of Illuminated
gold and paradise plumes.
Grand flight Of 100 large bombs. forming the
Columbia bouquet. fired by electricity.
Magical illumination Of the foliage of the
park by one ton of prismatic composition
placed in chosen positions and fired stimuli
taneously.
Battery of 1000 kissing snakes
Salvo OF 10 pairs mammoth 60-inch bombs.
Discharge of 200 aerial torpedocs
Device representing the blue and the gray.
showing two soldiers shaking hands surrounded
by the flag and war trophies.
Reproduction of the American Horseshoe
Falls. with 10000 feet Of granulated iron in
combustion. surmounted by battery Of
Roman candles.
The grand finale consists Of a bouquet of
$500 large rockets, forming gigantic peacock s
plume.
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THE MIGHTY AMAZON.
Majesty of the Greatest River in the
World.
THE JOURNEY TO PARA
First View Of the Great water Hiehway-A
Vast Network Of Rivers W hich Touch Every
Country of South America and Afford Fiji
teen thousand Miles Of Navigab,e Waite rs
From The Stars Travelling Commissions.
Para, BRAZIL, Aug. :

| n h IL T. IS AN OLD
Portuguese saying con-
corning this world
renowned rubber mar
ket which stares rs in
the face at every turn
aud runs as follows:
''Quem wien para Para.
parou,
Ouem bcben ssssi. fcor. "
Freely translated it sig
nifies to the effect that
whoever comes 10 Para
desires to stay; whoever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

In september.

Written for The Evening Star
In september.
How sweet the voice that calls
From babbiiIg waterfalls
In meadows where the downy seeds are nying,
How soft the Zephyrs blow.
And. eddying, come aud go,
In faded gardens where the rose is dying.
Amid the stumbled corn
The blithe quail pipes at morn,
And wary phelsants drum in hidden places
Along the rcedy stream
TIE giit;ering insects CLEAN.
And busy spiders spin their dlmy laces.
At eve, cool shadows fall
Across The garden wall,
And on the clustered grapes to purple turning.
Along the eastern SKY
The pearly vapors lie.
ing.
The cricket chirps all day:
"Ah. fairest summer, sIay,"
The Squirrel views asksnee the nuts a-browning
The wild fowls hy afar,
Across the foany bar,
And hasten southwark ere the skies be frown.
ing.
Now comes a gentle breeze.
Through fragrant cedar trees,
And round about my temples gently fingers
In Kindly playfulness,
Like TO the fond cares
Bestowed in happier days by loving fingers.
The poen-fusted bees
Search for the honey lees
That I!nger in the last nowe RS Of September;
While plaintive. mourning doves
Coo softly 10 their loves
OF summer past which they so well rem ember.
Al, soon- On vale and hill.
The winds VIII whistle shrin
And patriarch swallows call their nocks together
To hy from frost and snow.
And seek for lands where blow
The fairer blossoms Of balmer weather
What though a sense of grief
Comes with the falling leaf,
And memory makes the past grow doubly pleas
ant;
In all nv autumn dreams
future summer CLEANS,
SURPRISING all the giories of the present.
H. THOMPSON.
Washington. ID. C.. September
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August "a, 1877.
VERIFYING HERE,
from fashion to folly, il
now labeled "End-of-
the-century." My
think says . journal
of the boulevards, "for
eight years more we
shall have fin de steele
witticisms, fin de steele
disillusions, fin de steele
crimes. 1t is enough to
make one how'll"
Just as Mt the end Of
the Last century people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
Easy to Identity.

From Hsrpers Bazaar.
Bank Teller-''You will have to be identified
as Mrs. Spingler. madam, before can let you
have the money on this check"
Mrs. spingler-''Do you know my husband,
sir?"
Teller-"Most certainly. He has been coming
here for years"
Mrs. spingler-"Then. sir. do you mind tax
ing good square look at me?"
Teller (handing her the monsy)-"I beg your
pardon, ma am. would know that nscktls d
Spingler's anywhere"
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be three set pieces which will be elaborate The
cuts given reproduce the designs. In one
the portraits OF Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
will appear in colored fires. with patriotic en-
blems and halo of colored fire. Then the
graceful outlines of the Capitol building will be
brought out with the vivid touch of the fiery
brush. As especially appropriate to the occa-
sion another piece will show the figures OF a
solder and sailor with hands clasped repre-
senting the cor,radeship in peace Of men who
fought.
THE FULL PROGRAM.
The full program is as follows:
A salute of 81 aerial bombs, illuminating the
grounds with 200 prisma:ic lights and changing
coiors four times.
Display of $50 4-pound rockets in sets of ten,
with changing effects.
Ascent OF gas bombs with powerful mag
nesirm lights bursting in a flood Of jewels.
device showing the portraits of Grant.
Sherman and Sheridan i'll colored fires. with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
SOME BRILLIANT FIREWORKS.
How the Veterans and Visitors VIII BE
Entertained.

FULL PROGRAM OF TIRE GREAT DISPLAY THAT
Is To BE GIVEN on THE MONUMENT LOT
GRANT. SHERMAN AND SHERIDAN To APPEAR
IN CoLoRED FIRES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
FoR sEAsrCKNEss


IT ~: ~: 1s1Snsn, ssookiyn, n T. ssys Il
Several ceses have been brought 10 mi attention
WAere u AFFORDED prompt and entire rs1ieEs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

tne diseases OF winch the cause Is best known to
us arc not those on which We have the most in
fuence. We know very well that lesion Of the
brain which causes general paralysis vet in
this kind of cases we obtain only feeble anchor.
alton: nevertheless this paralysis IL frequent l,
especially strikes those who over-exert them.
selves, who habituate themselves during Ions
years to an irregular life. to dining at 10 D. m.
to keeping awake oil night to feverish work
What revenge it takes on DOCTORS lawyers and
journalists! Let those beware who do not put
in practice the sage prescription of the three
eights-'eight hours Of sleep. eight hours Of
work and eight hours Of play"
AsTARTLING PRODUCTION
NJ. Jules Lemaitre, an eminent critic and re-
fined writer, adds to these common causes Of
madness, which is so characteristic of this fr
de steele, debauchery and alcohol end winds ur
with q startling prediction:
~ have the feeling that there is anothe,
cause which Is more general. We are all Of nj
isolated-as isolated in Paris in the full midst
OF the crowd as in the deepest desert There
are no beliefs accepted once for all which ART
common to Us With a great number Of GU,
fellows and which are thus q security 10 us by
being at once bond and an anchor. Remari
tnat there are no crazy men or next to none
among simple people, mono in armies nor IL
active religious congregations. The submis
SION Of minds, q certain incuriousness and the
community Of moral life are excellent pre-
servatives against Dement'S. But each one Of
rs no longer holds to anything. Either We
i've without faith or We are obliged to make 4
faith for ourselves. with little happiness and a
our own risk and peril We are, 80 to speak
cut on from the rest Of the world in time and
In space. We do not feel any support around
~. We are really lost in the universe, and II q
this isolation which Il fatal. Yes, I believe ths
there is In society constant relation between
the, development Of individualism and the In
crease In number Of those stricken With de
msntta, complete or partial. In proportion u
the human intelligence increases 90 also In
creases that which throws Il Oh the traek. Wal
only two or three thousand years. Perhaps .
b not BY Ore nor by cold that humanity = Il
psrish, bat By universal and furious follyl''
ozzAnxuo HIuso.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
FIN DE SIECL E
What the End Of the Present Gen.
fury Will Bring Forth.
SOME RARE STATISTICS.
Estimates ~ 10 the Future Population Of
vsrious Considerations In the Twen-
tieth Century and How She shruld De-
velop-Other Reflections.
special Correspondence Of The Evening star.

PARIS, August "a, 1892.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-03

RICHMOND, Va. April mo offerings OF to-
baccos at auction on Change today
Private sales reported TO the secretary OF the
Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day: Wrappers
(brightl, i: leaf ldarkl,5. Total - hogsheads'
For the week: Wrappers. 50 hogsheads. nllers,
80; cutters, ,; smokers, g., scrap ,Drleh.l, o.
leaf dark, Pol; lugs dark. b. Total 5Ol hoS'-
heads
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports TO-DAY:
Observation-Disclosures. II hogsheads; daTk' OK
hogsheads. keinspections-Brght' ~ hogs-
The official report Of the tobacco inspector
shows as follows: Receipts Tor month ehdlhs
March 81 1892, 2.497 hOgsh ads, - tlerces, etc.
deliveries for month ending March 81. 1902:
1886 hOgsheads. 26 tlerces etc. Receipts OF
loose tobnccos for the six months ending March
stocks on hand March 81. 1892: Inspected.
1860 hogsheads. 43j tIerces and boxes; unln-
sDected 3.O35 hOgsheads. IS lerces and boxes.
Total stock Son hand March 81, lss2 lO.bH hCGs-
heads. ;gl tierces and boxes. Total stocks on
hand February y, 1872: 1863 hogsheads ~
tlerces and boxes. Decrease IN stocks for tic
month ending March 81, 1892, 93 hogsheads'
inspections AMI reinspections for the month
ending March 81. 1929 Inspections Bright, 500
hogsheads, 81 tierces and boxes; DARK, l'Si,
holsheads. % tlercss al boxes, western u
hogsheads. Total sampungs for the month
ending March 3D. 1922 , lOl hOgsheads. l3J tlerces
and boxes. EeinspeCtlOns bright, 49, ho5s-
heads tierces and boxes; dark 81, hOgsAeads,
? tierces and boxes: Western, hogshead,. To-
tai reinspoctions for the month ending March
81 fs99: $50 hogsheads, 2 tierces and boxes.
Total sampling for month ending March 81,
1892: Bright, 1854 hOgsheads, 80 tlerces ana
boxes; dark, 1854 hOgsheads, 100 tierces and
boxes: Western. ~ hOgsheads. Total, 2ec1
hogsheads ~ tierces aud boxes. otal sam
pling for the six months ending March 81. 1872:
spections-pright 5.5i7 hogsheads ~ tlerces.
&C.; dark. 1856 ogsheads. 22l tlerces &C.;
Western 4i9 hOgsheads. tIerces, DC Total IN
spectious. g.0S2 hOgsheads, 40 tlerces. &c.
RelnspectiOns Bright, 2,OSl hogsheads' l
terces, &c: dark, lO5' hogsheads, 30 tlerces
&c; Western, ~ hogshesds. 3 tierces. &c.
Total relnspeciions, 81. hogsheads, AZ tIerces'
Total sampling for the six months ending
March 81, 1872, y hogsheads, 5O1 tlerces ana
bOXei -,
Farmers. Virginia. Wilson'S Allegheny. Old
Dominion, ShockOe. Meals, Planter and Sea-
ceipts. l32 packages deliveries. I03 he same
10. acco warehouses. with Jones and Myer s
added, report for the week ending to-day lie.
ceints 500 passages: del vories. 1tf. Excess OF
deliveries over receipts for the week ending to-
day. 1915 PACKAGES
The United states internal revenue colec-
tions for the city Of Richmond Va. to-day are as
follows: lax paid cigars and cigarettes
sl,4tQsO; tax paid plug tODaccos. S373i3@ Total
1877 For the week: la paid cigars ano
cigarettes, O.OiLjl; tax paid plug tOoaccos
sl7.3j5 81; tax paid special, Si2.JO. Total SS''-
42.s.
Registered at the Richmond Tobacco EI-
change to day: James Il. Graz. Petersburg; j.
7. Taylor, @ arksyllle. Va; ". p. Gillian. arm
vile; Thomas Whistler. London, England.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-03

changed: receipts, 6,sis barrels; shipments.
sss barrels; SALES, III, barrels Wheat e;,
ssss5sc: May gGs,s e. June ,ot .,.e,;
n 500 bushels: shipments. $4,000 bushels; stock.
7s30is bushels. sales. $1,000 bushels: Southern
wheat duIl: Fultz, 90e9cc.: longberry 92.sHc.
Corn easy; mixed spot, t5l}si5hc; April.
4J1zs45Nc': May. 45'4st5g.c.; June; 45c; sstsd;
July. g;itc. bid: steamer. mixed. 4ilsc. bid; rs-
ceipts qI,2n bushels shiRment' LILA 9g a,6o
bushels: Southern corn dull; white, 40
47c; yellow. $3.50 Oats dull: No white WesI.
ern 3slSaSc.; No. mixed Western. 3iItos55c
receipts. 1000 bushels stock, 1855 bushels -,
Rye quiet and easy; No 2. s5c.i. receipts 800
bushels: stock. 1888 bushels. Hay firm; g9ai
TO choice timothy, siisi550. Grain iIelg ~
dull. unchanged Cotton nominal; mldolin..
6I-5c. Provisions stead. Butter firm. tsg s
steady al lfc coffee steady. Rio cargoes; la,a,
IKE: No. = l44c. Sugar STEADY; OopIsi
steady Whisky firm. Peanuts steady .,,;roro
Stock-Yirginia threes. s2l6s72h; ballilioIY
and Ohio stock. gs8l00; Northern CenI.h h
stock. 81 asked; Baltimore and ONO oou'n u
western frsis. 10fdic3ls; do trst lncQlhes .,
s75: do. second incomes; 30 ssked 90. t i,1,l
incomes. s1t9gIa: Consolidated Gas bOIus' Ilo7s
asked; DO stocks 52s53 Is.