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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
Electricity In Zig-Zag Wires,

from ElectrIclty.
Kirchof, In his paper, Motion of Electricity
In Wires" first showed in 1857 that, under GER
tain conditions, electricity moves in Q thin
wire according to the laws Of wave motion and
with velocity about equal to that of light
This, however, Il only true of straight wires
stretched in the air. He found that il the
wire be in xig-zag form, or wound in . spiral,
the velocity OF propagation exceeded that OF
light. Prof. J. Stephen has recently been
Studying the same question, using the method
OF Hertx--namely, Of producing stationary
waves and comparing the length Of the waves
In straight wires with those in circuits.
He finds them longer In the latter than In the
former, and the increased velocity Of propacs-
ton in the latter over light much greater than
that given BY KirchoG or Whsa1stone. Who h.
aise tnves1iGAtsd ~ buhjeek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
Followed by HE Wife.

From the Brooklyn Citizen.
The arrest in Montague street last week Of a
man who was playing the amateur detective
with false whiskers has melted ono Of the force
to tell little story that never was made public
Two or three years ago a steady going mer-
camille man OF social position and some worldly
possessions in the. twentieth ward became an
noyed by a woman who followed him every night
he ventured away from home. She was always
dressed In deep mourning and wore thick
Grape veil which concealed her face No matter
where he went he found the woman shadowing
his footsteps, but always at distance Of several
yards In The rear or across the street. II he
took refuge in an elevated train she would
usually manage to squeeze into the car close
behind or ahead OF the one he entered. At
last he began to dread the woman in black
every night when hc went outdoors; and after
leaving his house he often stood On . neigh
boring corner and waited in dread for her to
appear. 1t made no difference what sort Of
weather might be on hand the woman In black
got there ell the same. And the annoyance went
on for Q mouth or more before the man spoke
of 1t to detective and asked for advice. Then
detective was employed to shadow the woman.
The climax came the second night, and proved
q surprise to all concerned. II had been ar
ranged by the detective that the man should
walk slowly down Lafayette avenue and draw
the woman on after him. The detective him.
self followed her. When the man came to the
corner Just where there Is . grocery store and q
good deal of light shed on the sidewalk, he
paused, as il hesitating whether he would enter,
and she turned around and pretended to be
searching for . street number. Without fur
Their hesitation the man walked rapidly toward
her, and ut the same time the detective came
up from the opposite direction. Officer. "
said the man savsgely, ARREST that woman. ]
have complaint to make against her." The
woman made jump for the street and tried 70
escape, but they held her. Then she screechsd
and pulled the black veil from her face She
was the mans WIFE, Not an hour before he had
left hsr At home in the most amiable mood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27

H. L ChLLN W AZ n
rich man. He had made
his money in California
mines and had come to
London to spend it. He
had worked the pick
with his own hands, a
circumstance which had
caused him to be ex-
cluded from the sensi-
tive "society" of his
country. But London
cares nothing for these
matters. 1t takes peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
A FAMOUS WAR SONG.
How "All Quiet Along the Potomac"
Came to Be Written.
A DRAMATIC WAR ROMANCE.
A Tragic Sequel to the First Battle OF Buh
Run-Msj- Fontsine. the Confederate Poet
Scout-on Picket Duty Up the Potomac
Interesting Correspondence.


NE OF THE MOST
remarkable characters
brought to the surface
by the throes Of the
civil war was Maj.
Lamar Fontaine. a
famous scout and
fighter in the confed-
crate army. He acted
as scout for Stonewali
jackson, j. E b.
Stuart. r. E Lee. R. s.
Ewen and Joe E. John
son. He is also cele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
CHAPTER II.
HI FRIEND BAxrxR's puzxrR.

H HkfEND BAXIKRe HUZXLR
Among the acquaintance which / had made
In London was that Of Frank Baxter He
lacked only the talent to become . notable
actor. That deacisncy was fatal. of course;
and it seemed . pity, because he was ambitious
md handsome These qualiAcstisns were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27

THBnB - No ExcusR fo9 any man to appe,r in
society with grizzly beard dnce the Introduction
Ct DHcn1ghsms Dye which soaogs . AAsaral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
An Old-Time Quaker Marriage.

From the Philadelphia Press.
An old Quaker marriage certificate of nearly
a century ago is one of the much-prized heir.
looms of an old Philadelphia county family.
1t is on parchment, carefully written in ink,
and still perfectly leSible and well preserved.
The back of the certificate bears the record OF
the births and deaths in the family The con-
tracing parties were Samuel E. Howell Of the
first corps of city troops, who fought at the
battle Of Trenton, and Miss Mary Whitlock
Dawes, and the ceremony was performed May
81, 1898. The signatures OF the witnesses show
the names OF prominent persons, and the occa-
sion must have been a notable one.
The wording OF the certificate is in the
quaint Quaker style, and states that whereas
samuel T. Howell OF the city of Philadelphia
In Pennsylvania. merchant, son OF Samuel and
Margaret Howell of Iacouey in the county of
Philadelphia, aforesaid, and Mary Whitlock
Dawes having declared their intention of mar
riage with each other before several monthly
meetings OF the people called Quakers, held at
Philadelphia, aforesaid, according to the good
order used among them anu having consent of
parents. their said proposals are allowed of by
the said meeting. Now these are to certify
whom it may concern that for the full accom-
plishinS their said intentions this thirty-first
day OF the fifth month OF the year of our Lord
seventeen hundred and ninety eight.
They, the said Samuel E. Howell and Mary
Whitlock Dawes, appeared in public meeting
OF said people of Philadelphia Aforesaid. the
said Samuel E. Howell taking the said Mary
Whitlock Dawes by the hand did on this sol
emn occasion openly declare that he took her.
the said Mary Whitlock Dawes, to be his wife
promising with divine assistance 10 be unto
her faithful and affectionate husband until
death should separate them. And then in the
same assembly the sue Mary whitlock Dawes
did In like manner declare that she took him.
tho said Samuel 4. Howell, to be her hus-
band, promising with divine assistance to
be unto him a faithful and affectionate
wife until death should separate them And.
moreover, the said Samuel 4. Howell and Mary
Whitlock Dawes (she according to the custom
of marriage assuming the name of her hus-
band) did, as a further confirmation thereof
then and there to these presents set their
hands. And We whose names are thereunto
also subscribed being present at the solemLiza-
ton OF the said marriage and subscription
have as witnesses thereof Set our hand the Giay
and year above written
Then follow the names Of the witnesses in
columns the mems names being first and the
wOmons next, in separate columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27

bratel a. Ia, ..J-hor Of popular war soi =
He WAS and still is Mississippian He 1t was
who. in May. 1863. undertook the seemingly
foOlhardy, but nevertheless, successful, ex-
plot OF carrying supply of 10000 musketc caps
from the confederate general LOring's head
quarters at Jackson, Miss. through the Union
lines TO beleaguered Gen Pemberton in Vicks-
burg, when that commander was out of caps.
and. consequently, coUld not FIRE GCn; con-
dition Of things which had Grant known Of
would have astened the fall of that strong
hold
NOTED SCOUT.
In that expedition Fontaine had horses shot
under him and any quantity of bullets fired at
him, making numerous holes in his clothes and
equipage. besides meeting other frightful dan
gers. Il was altogether, terrible experience.
He il the hero of twenty-seven hard-fought
battles. and came out of the war minus a leg
and bearing other evidences Of his army ex-
perienees. He is still a resident OF his native
state, where. at the age OF sixty
one. he works hard daily at his pro-
fession of surveyor and civil engineer
Another thing for which he is celebrated is
rs the author the real author-of the popular
song. All Quiet Along the Potomac To-
night 10 be sure. that fact has been dis
puIed. but l notice in book Of war songs
lately published he Is given the credit which to
nm rlGctUlly belongs
But II Is not nav purpose to go into the dis
cussion of question in which the public IL
little. ii any. interested. What do care for is
the deeply interesting narrative of a wartime
episode in connection with the poem, as told
in his recent correspondence with me. And
this 10 the story:
on THF POTOMAC
II appears that not long after the first battle of
Bull Run, in which Fontaine. q private in
company K-the Burt Rifes-eishteenth
Mississippi regiment. took part. he was trans
ferred 10 the second Virginia cavalry, and at
the time of which this narrative treats was
doing picket duty just above the head of an
island near the Seneca Falls on the Potomac.
This was In August, 1861 one month after Bull
Run So many of the confederates had gone
home on furlough that the picket lines were
thin. being stretched over a vast extent of
river front, and what few men. comparatively,
were on the front had TO do double duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
B E L L A N Y
THE COMPLEX STERY OF
vIGO SQUARE.
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY
JAMES PAWN,
tCopyr1ghted.l
CHAPTER L
MY OWN MULTIPLICATION,

N rich man. Hs had made
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"Ali quiet along the Potomac. "they say.
Except here and there q stray picket
Is shot as he walks ON his beat to and fro,
By a rif,aiuan hid in tho thicket-"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
what He Cant stand.

There is nothing the free trader so de-
tests AS "Republican" protection. Let
it take any shape but that ard he can
swallow it, but Republican" protec-
ton gags him. He has been gagging
for the last thirty-two years. How
much longer he will gag depends upon
the length of his days. Sugar coat pro-
lection with raw materials" or with
revenue tariff only or with any sug-
gested free trade capsule or British
syrup and he can bolt it, but straight
Republican protection strangles him.
turns him inside out, and makes him,
oh, so sickl-New Haven Evening
Leader
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Vote for Harrison.

Because his administration has been
clean, able and efficient at every point.
Thomas Jefferson said the true test for
every American official was: Is he hon
est? Is he capable? Is he faithful to
the constitution? President Harrison
has been all that No scandal has soiled
his administration. No one questions
its capacity. 1t has managed the ma
tons finances well, conducted every
department creditably, and the naval
department brilliantly. And its for
eign diplomacy has been simply grand.
Can we do better than repeat that rec
ord? One good term deserves another.
New York Recorder.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
Won DER AHE's TRICK.
How the WHY st. Louisan Beinddled Mr..
Temple, Of Pittsburgh.

How the willy st. Louisan Beinddled Mr..
Temple, Of Pittsburgh.
President Temple, Of the Pittsburgh
club, says he win follow up Chris Won
Ger Abe for the sharp practice INDUCED
in by the willy St. Louis magnate in the
Genins deal. 1t was only a few days
ago that Mr. Temple learned that Won
der Abe had deliberately deceived him
in the Genins affair in order to close the
deal whereby st. Louis secured Pitts
burgh's star pitcher, Calvin. Won der
Abe assured Temple that he had not re-
leased the man and that Nick Young
had not been notified. On these repre-
sensations Temple made the trade and
gave Calvin up. The affair has been
fully investigated and it has been found
that Genins had his release in good
form from st. Louis, that Young had
been notified and that the man had
been properly signed by the Cincinnati
club.
Mr.. Temples friends urge him to
bring the case before the tribunal OF
the league and TO sue. as urgently as
NAV be. that Won der Abe and his club
be expelled from the league Whether
this can be done or not is a question.
But IT is certain that such practice as
Won der Abe is alleged to have made IS
bad. and it is clear that some action
should be taken in the premises, as the
Lawyers saw
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
A SNAKE OF BEAUTY.
The Monster in ssAli Baba" Composed OF
the Forms of Fairies.

The Monster in ssAn Baba" Composed OF
the Forms of Fairies.
There are, indeed, tricks in all trades
and as theatrical business has become
more or less of a trade, it follows that
il has its tricks. In Ali Bahia, the
summer spectacle now running at the
Chicago opera house. there appears at a
given hour something which makes a
man who has been drinking feel queer,
while the prohibition contingent looks
at it with horror and then with delight
This is the snake, or, as it is billed, the
dragon, and is forty feet long. 1t is a
very ingenious affair and was made in
Paris by NJ Ganet. the master OF pop
critics Of the Chatelet theater. Inc
body of the reptile is nothing more nor
less than twenty young women VINO
travel ON all tours and who, at the right
moment and given signal. jump up
and reveal themselves as dlabolleai
wood sprites. They are clad IN gray
tights and green bodices and on their
heads are little horned sltull-caps. Inc
article of attire which gives to each the
appearance of a portion of the serpents
body. and which when the twenty girls
creep along in follow-the-leader fashion
makes a wriggling, creeping snake OF
monstrous size. is nothing more nor
less than a satin lined cloak OF canvas
which is roughly painted and notified IN
green. yellow and white to represent
the scales and figures OF a rePthe
hide. The awe-inspiring bird-like heau
with rolling, CHASTITY eyeballs ana eroS-
odile laws serrated with rows OF cruel
sharp teeth is the most ingenious part
of the affair. It is made OF PAPER
mache and wicker work. light enough
for boy TO carry, and with clever de-
vices inside to move the jaws and eyes
The eyes are sunk on pivot ana
worked by means of spiral spring,
The huge Jaws are hinged, and stout
lever inside, with the aid OF ht1'e
muscle, makes them snap and ya"n
most ferociously. Each nostril is shaped
like the crater of volcano, and the
aperture from which the molten iaSa
would come is replaced by little aieo-
hol lamp. the faint blue flame OF wnlch
cannot be seen from beyond the ioo1
lights. Over each of these lamps 1ne
fan-shaped mouth of long tube comes,
About six inches from the lamp ana
connected with the tube is receptacle
for lycopodium. When the boy VINO
mauipulates the apparatus concludes
that it is proper for the dragon to ina,Ne
an imposing display Of its ferocity' ne
blows through the tube. the PowoeFeu
cluh-moss seed is scattered over the ~
eohol fame, and makes ghastiy o''i'sn
and altogether startling fash
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
GROWERS A VICTIM.
ALL GUMocsA k7E ANXIOUS TO
BE "PERSrcUTEO" SIMILARLY.

What "Eepubiican OPPRESSION Has Done
for the Dispenser of Flatulent Plati-
tudes and Encyclopedia "Epigrams.'
Worth One Thousand Dollars Pound.
A correspondent writes TO ask why
The Recorder does not include in its list
Of the Victims of Republican Oppres-
ION Grover Cleveland? Our CORE
ipondent calls attention to the fact that
for the first time in RS history, as
party, the Democracy has chosen one
man as its standard bearer for third
term.
In answer to our correspondent we de-
sire to say that the idiocy of the Demo-
cratic party in regard to the presidency
and the nomination to the first Office in
the gift of the people is something with
which we have no concern.
But the second proposition of our cor
respondent demands an answer.
We have refrained from placing Mr..
Cleveland in the list of the Victims of
Eepg hlican Oppression as matter of
political charity. We do not wish to
add to the grave burden Of political
calamity that Expresses him at the pres
ent time He has Fill and Dana and
Croker and Tammany and the great
Mugwump load TO carry. and it is enough
for any man.
The Republican party prosecuted him
in the past. 1t robbed him, according
to his own plaintive story, as poor
farmers boy. II cheated him as poor
law clerk, and in his adopted city of
Buffalo it pursued him with all its tariff
''iniquities" so remorselessly that he be-
came a sheriff and mayor, and finally
the governor of the Empire State, and,
last Of all, the president Of the United
States.
For the benefit of the tariff barons it
has become millionaire, or very near
to the millionaire mark. 1t has put the
fees and the retainers of the millionaire
barons in the green bag of his law firm.
10 has given him handsome mansion
among the Jersey pine trees. 1t has
given him a townhouse in the choicest
and most aristocratic section of the first
OF AlntrlCdu cities. II mas given MIN
home on the shores of Buzzard's bay.
This victim of Republican oppression
has home in three states, and he made
while he was president a good sized for
tune out of real estate speculation at
the capital of the nation. There is not
Democrat in the land who is not dy-
ing 10 be prosecuted" in the same way.
Mr.. Cleveland, according to Mr.. Dana,
weighs more than three hundred. He
has to his bank credit more than one
thousand dollars for every pound Of
mental and physical avoirdupois. 1t is
"A great record.
As "A victim of oppression he wears the
biggest "belt" in the country. He is
first-class specimen Of the outrageous
policy of "robhing the many for the
benefit of the few" Look at him and
say if we are not right If he had not
been robbed" what a magnificent fig
ure he would be.-New York Recorder.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
cLARKsON RELEASED.
The Boston Club Dissatisfied With TIE
Great Pitchers Work.

Tile Roston Club Dissatisfied With TIE
Great Pitchers Work.
John Clarkson, once considered with
ont a peer as a pitcher, was given an
unconditional release by the Boston
Climb on June 80. Johns poor work IN
the box is the reason assigned therefor,
and he has apparently not kept himself
in condition. His work was SO indf-
ferent the first part of June that he
was kept on the bench for two weeks
and was then given chance to redeem
himself. but the drubbing administered
TO him Tuesday by Philadelphia settled
II. II don't want any pitcher that Inn
Keefe can hit for home runs, said Mr..
Rulings And this is the star that Bos-
80, bou0ht for ten thousand dollars
from Chicago, and again in the spring
~ 1890 paid him personally ten thou
sand dollars to sign his name to a three
years' contract at five thousand year.
To one doubts the fact that Garrison IS
= treat pitcher. AID probably he Will
an come other league team and do hne
y,.orls as many other castoffs OF the
Rostons have in the past He was sent
home bv Manager Selee for poor work.
aDd now his release follows close upon
The managers vel dict It is thought
,1,.. New York viii get him
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
d. paIn ana stabIes.

One hundred horses, aside from year
,;,gs are in training at Palo Alto ana
.l,ree or four different strings from the
farm will be raced on the various 49,
fornia and Montana circuits Vui.e {
large number of brood-mares ~nlen
have proven not to be with fosl nav. Az.
hsen taken up and win be workeo ior
Lords The get Of Piedmont s;l1'a' IN
lining are said to be unusually prom
;s;-e- ard the son Of Almont Is expect
- 80 - es-,re prominently in the recoros
~ me coming trotting eeason % 'i'e
Pacific coast
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28
what .rarin for Revenue" Means.


The Democratic doctrine of a tariff
for revenue only" is direct step toward
absolute free trade. Every workingman
knows that when the protective idea is
cast aside by lowering the duties merely
to produce revenue, at once the goods
made abroad are rushed into this coun-
try to compete with the home made ar
ticle. This not only destroys home
work. but produces a much greater
revenue. Then to bring the income
from duties down to lower proportions
the ''for revenue only" advocates cut
the duties down still lower, the result of
which is more foreign goods, less work
at home and more revenue than before.
Then to stop the increased revenue free
trade is inaugurated absolutely. In the
meantime Europe will have drained the
gold resources Of this country, the
American workingman will have been
lowered many steps below his brother
worker abroad, his occupation will have
been taken from him and his workshops
closed.-Philadelphia North American.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28

The Atlanta Constitution, like the
New York sun, looking for loophole
10 escape from utter Generalization,
concluded to join The Sun and crawl
through the same hole. That hole is
"the force bill" and "the force bill"
simply demands that "every man, rich
and poor. black and white, should be
granted his legal right to cast ballot
and have it counted. Such a demand
frightens The Sun and Constitution un-
til they cannot sleep. Chicago Inter
Ocean,