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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
His Wife's Letter.

William H. Stivetts in Harper's Bazaar.
81 wish you would mail this letter as you go
down town, Jim" said Mrs. Bloobumper to her
husband as he rose from the breakfast table.
81 am very anxious for mamma to get it early
tomorrow"
-"All right" replied Bloobumper.
He put it in his pocket with tn is mental OBJ
servation:
81 should not be surprised if forgot to mail
this. Mary has been talking for week about
inviting her mother to come down for
months visit. but 1 don't know that 1 am
anxious to aid in forwarding the invitation,
seeing that would rather the old lady re-
manned away"
Ibid you mail that letter 1 gave you this
morning." asked Mrs. Bloobumper when her
husband came home that night.
Certainly" replied the unblushing prevari-
Gator.
When he returned home an evening later his
wife confronted him.
''You told me last night you had mailed that
letter to mamma"
.'Well?'
swell, you didn't"
ooh, yes ="
"Don't tell me any more Of your untruths If
You had mailed that letter mamma would not
be in this house now"
Here now?'
''Yes, here now"
"Why, thought it was an invitation to her
to come and stay month. You know YOU were
talking of inviting her.
Exactly, and did invite her. mailed that
letter myself. The one Iasked you to mail was one
requesting her to postpone her visit and if you
had done as l asked you she would have re-
ceivedit before it was time for her to leave home.
Now come in and tell her she's welcome and
that you can't think of letting her leave under
six weeks"
And Bloobumper went in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
NO CASH. NO QUESTION MARKS.
So the Anxious Woman Left Her Husband
to Guess q Little.

So the Anxious Woman Left Her Husband
to Guess a Little.
From the New York Sun.
A woman rushed into the Western Union Of
fee. 1873 Broadway, on Saturday afternoon and
scratched off dispatch. She read it over
walking from the table to the receiving window,
and once again before handing 1t through the
bars.
The clerk read IT, A smile crept over his
face. When the woman turned her face away
he could have been seen to wink at his elbow
neighbor.
do you want these Interrogation marks to
go, madam" he asked very gently.
'Why, certainly" she said, and a slight
blush tinged her cheeks.
"Then it will be three words extra, or
s1.2O."
"why, impossible"
"The rate to Frisco" said the clerk. sis 40
cents a word. Here are three question marks, -
and he read the dispatch:
ws Ge You AND the baby
lock the cellar door every night. do your CARRIE.
"Well, don't see what the questions have to
do with the charger" said the woman. ~ have
been telegraphing for ten years and never had
this happen BEFORE"
Every question mark counts as . word
now"
The woman took back the yellow paper, dali
lied with it awhile and then returned 1T. The
fnterrogations had disappeared. She paid the
regular charge and went away.
Ihls rule Is not a new one, according to the
Western Union authorities. 1t is an old one
revived. 1t was in vigorous operation until a
number Of years ago, when it became a dead
letter. The first of the month orders were sent
out to charge for interrogation marks. great
many operators Of the new generation had
never heard of the old rule and made up their
minds that it was new regulation.
Though the public are pinched a bit by this
embargo on inquiry they gain by the new class
ifcation of figures which went into effect on
Octoberl. Before every numeral counted as a
word; now the rule is to begin at the left and
count every three numerals one word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
WOMEN WHO OWN DIAMONDS.
A Constant Source Of worriment-Strange
Places Of Concealment.

A Constant Source Of Northumberland
Places Of Concea,ment.
Women who own diamonds have them always
on their minds and generally on their bodies,
Gays the Ecening Sun. They go about the
streets like travelling safety vaults The shrewd
observer will frequently see placid, decorous-
looking woman suddenly press her hand on some
part of her body not apparently claiming at
tention, and look of anguish pass over her
face. This is not caused by casual spasm of
pain. momentary dereliction of some physical
function, but by the horrible thought that her
diamonds may have slipped their moorings.
Some women carry their diamonds around their
necks in chamois bags, like scapulars; other adj
just them like porous plasters around their
waists. Mrs. Thomas Winans of Detroit pinned
Sl,000 worth of diamond on to her
corsets and now is bewailng their loss.
Women sieze the most unlikely places to stow
their diamonds when not in use, but do not
seem to lessen the chances of loss or anxiety.
Last winter young woman pinned 5000 dia-
uond to the bottom Of silk skirt for safe
keeping. week after, forgetting this. she put
on thc skirt and mG-Tily promenaded the town.
When she sought to wear her diamond it was
gone. After a week of anguish it was recovered
by the offer of 300 reward. She had dropped
after she sent il to strange washerwoman
pinned inside corset cover. The mental agony
which accompanies such exploits tends to
whten The locks.
woman with solitaire earrings of unusual
value wore them concealed in gold balls In a
sleeping car these were removed and she was
brought back home in piteous state of col
lapse. Another woman, believing that her
person Is in danger from the possession of such
valuable diamonds when travelling, pins them
In the folds of the window curtains and hides
| them under the corners of rugs. The next
morning she has forgotten the precise spot and
after ransacking the room in state Of COM
parative frenzy and perhaps losing train the
missing jewels are found. The same woman in
Iaris hid her diamonds in a slit in mattress
The diamonds after a wrek so had made a
considerable tour Of the interior of the mat
| tress. Not being found the maid who attended
the room was charged with theft and detectives
we're called in. A pretty imbrogio was set in
motion, when the enterprising landlady had the
mattress opened and the diamonds we're found
People who do not own diamonds have this
compensation and it should not be lightly
vaiued-they do not have to take care of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
COUNSEL WHO LOST THEIR FEES.
A Lawyer Who Accidentally Let His Client
Know Too Much.

Know Too Much.
Speaking Of lawyers courtroom quarrels and
the friendliness which they afterward display
outside the court room, am always reminded.
says writer in the Cheyenne Leader of the
experience Of S. F. Nuckolls, a groceryman
here in the early days and the first delegate to
Congress from the territory.
There existed a very bitter feud between
Nuckolls and another man and the matter got
into court. One of the men retained A. J. Pop
pleton and the other ]. NJ. Wooworth, both
from Omaha, and now two of the biggest law
yers in Nebraska. Each client instructed his
lawyer to rake the other party to the suit over
the Goals in the liveliest possible manner.
Nuckolls In telling the story said:
when my lawyer got up settled comfort
ably back in my seat ready to enjoy myself thor
oughly. As my lawyer warmed to his work he
gave my opponent such tongue lashing that
he seemed to fay him alive. When the lawyer
sat down l thought it proved to the salts
faction of everybody that the other fellow was
the meanest skunk that ever infested the earth.
When the opposing lawyer got up wondered
what he could have to say. l didn't have long
to wait. He sailed into me and belted me all
over the earth. Before he got half way through
he pictured me as the meanest scoundrel this
side of Jericho. and | sneaked out of the
court room until the storm was over. After he
was through speaking l came in again and sat
down beside my lawyer. took it for granted
that the lawyers had much per-
sonal feeling in the matter as their
clients had. l was therefore very much
surprised to Poppleton hand note
across the table to Woolworth, who opened
and read it and then smiled back. This note
he twisted up and threw under the table. l had
the greatest curiosity in the world to find out
What was in it, and after court adjourned re-
manned behind The note contained these
words: "What shall We charge these two -
fools?'
Il was mad. took the note and hunted up
my friend, the enemy, and showed it to him.
Then he was mad, and we both went to the
court house, had the suit withdrawn, settled the
costs, renewed our broken friendship and beat
the two Omaha lawyers out of big fees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
~BEAUrY slEBp.-
II Z. Not Messinsie... hut . vssy Truthful
Term.

From the Phnsa-irhia rmes.
From O'Clock until midnight 10 usually re-
esrded ss the time for ''beausy sleep, " and
though the term appears meaningless 20 many
ii is in reality truthful statement Of facts.
The virtue. however does no; lie in the hour
themselves. bu; in the fact that IL you are into
bed before midnight your true res: vii b
mucn longer than II YOU sit mp until the zee
sma hours.
II is the sleep. not 20 especially the time q
sleeping. that does the good. Very few Of our
hurrying. nervous women know the value q
real rest. n they lie down their busy brains
are full of schemes for household manaermeus
or Improvement They argue that shcy have
not the time for daily nsp. yet thew 40 pcs -
TO bed one whit earlier on thaA account
Nine Recamier, who . rsdiantly besad-
tni woman NJ the age when other women are
anNiously gazing At the fsst-accumulsting
hncs, wrinkles and gry hsirr that tell the
world they are no longer Young knew Fun vel
the value " sleep. Every day for an hour 90
two she lay quietly in a darkened room. and
midnight seldom found her out Of her bed
\ lay who has seven grown-up children. yet
who today looks as youthful and beautiful as
airy OF her daughters, who themselves great
bellies and beauties. laws the keeping q her
good looks entirely to a system OF sIeep thai
she never varies. She makes n Q rule 90 retire
az IL 50 and is never reused until 80 the next
morning. From Ia 4 every day che lSe~ ~1th
clio ed eyes. whether IN slumber or not
To this closing of the ewes she attributes shs
Absence of those ugly lines with even ueis<t
names-crow's feet-whch come 90 early ana
thow so plainly on mhny otherwise lovely
faces. The phvsicRl and mental strain that the
social and business hfe of the average Amcrs-
can woman entails makes this great remedy one
that they should seire upon with avidity 20 ~
store shattered nerves and tired bodies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
AN ELECTRIC HELMET.
Insomnia Treated with Apparatus fol
Shaking Up the Brain.

shaking Up the Brain.
The employment of vibrations Of varying
frequency has become recognized as a valuable
therapeutic, rs this treatment is q local an@s-
thesia sufficiently pronounced to render the pa
tient insensible to the prick of q needle. That
this anasthesia is not confined to the surface,
says the httsburg Dispatch, is proved by the
painless dental operations that have been per-
formed under its influence. N. J. P. Michsels
related that when experimenting with the cleo
tric-rod diapason, which involved the principal
OF mechanical vibration, he was able to produce
local anssthesia by applying the button Of the
apparatus to the gums half way up the roots Of
the teeth and to perform one of the most pain
full Of dental operations-that of extracting the
live nerves from the teeth without the patient
feeling any pain
The principle has been further applied by
Prof. Charcot in Paris. Finding that mechan-
zeal vibration had a marked effect in soothing
the nerves, Prof. Charcot constructed new
helmet for the transmission OF vibrations to the
head This device resembles an ancient he'll
met and is made of sheets Of steel, which per-
NIT the top of the head to be thoroughly in
closed. Mounted upon this helmet is small
alternating current motor making about 600
revolutions per minute. At each revolution a
uniform vibration is transmitted to metallic
springs inside the helmet, and is thus commu-
nicated to the skull, against which they are
pressed.
The walls Of the skull are thus vibrated in
their entirety, and these vibrations naturally
are transmitted to the cerebral structure. The
number and intensity Of the vibrations can be
varied according to the patient treated, and
the sensation is said not to be disagreeable,
especially as the machine produces rumbling
sound which contributes to benumb the local
ity. At the end Of some minutes the patient
experiences general lassitude and inclination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
FROZEN TO HIS SEAT.
A Fireman Who Was Literally Scared
Almost to Death.

Almost to Death.
From the indianapolis News.
at is not often that engineer STAYS on his
seat in the face of collision if he has a chance
to jump" said an old railroad man last night.
''When he doesn't jump it's because he hasn't
time. l remember once when fireman was
metaphoricaily frozen to his seat. WAS on the
engine at the time. See these gray hairs?" and
he pushed back his hat. II got them all in
about two minutes. 1t happened on the In
dianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines.
was in charge of the fast mail train. No. Z,
and Charley Mason. as good an engineer as ever
took hold of throttle. hauling US. No. Z
is a fast train any how but that night we were
late out OF Columbus. and l tell you. we were
splitting the wind. Having nothing else to do.
climbed over to the engineer and asked
Charley to let me run her awhile, and he
pushed over to give me room. Everything
went as lovely as a May day dance until we
started down the hill. Suddenly a red light
showed up ahead of us on the track. The aw-
we are gone. Charley yelled to the engi-
neer behind me. There's a fiat ahead of
us. See that red light.
"Charey saw it and started to get down. 1
yelled at him not to do it, that We might escape
death but if we Jumped from that engine, run
ming at least eighty miles an hour. we would
be killed sure | shut of the steam, and,
throwing on the air. began plugging her. The
wheels reversed, but she rode over the sand as
if there was none on. the track. Charley chung
to me with wide-staring eyes, and l honestly
believe he was praying. Nearer, nearer We
rushed to that fatal highland dashed past it.
Soon we were stopped, and called the fireman
to go back with me and ascertain what it WAS
He could not move. and when pulled him
from his seat he was as stiff as poker and it
was several seconds before he could utter a
sound. The poor fellow was paralyzed with
fear, and it long time before he recov-
cred. What was the red light doing there? A
fool agent had come up the track to flag a train
following US and left his red light the rails.
When met him never felt SO much like muir
derng a man in my life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
THE CRISIS IN HUNGARY.
What Gives 1t More Than Usual I'm
pOrtance.

what Gives Ii MOrr Than tsuai I'm
portance.
The ministerial crisis in Hungary. saws the
New York Tribune. has weightier causes than
the one TO which it is attributed by recent
dispatches. OF course these causes are not
avowed and discussed openly, but they underlie
the situation nevertheless. They are based on
the fact that the Magyars feel that they are Ill
treated by the Austrian government and that
they are dissatisfied at the prospects Of rap
proachement between the court Of Vienna and
Russia, their hereditary enemy, As indicated by
the rumors Of Austro-Russinn negotiations, with
a view to concluding a commercial convention
Count szapary, the Hungarian premier, is aware
of the existence of that spirI Of dissatisfaction
and he ia anxious to conciliate the political
party of solomon Tiszs. He hopes TO be able
thus to offer u solid front Of parliamentary
cabinet and upon the maintenance of the solemn
contract OF 1867, which created the dual en-
pire and bound Hungary to Austria. This ex-
plains how he, a strong Catholic, agreed TO pro-
pose to the emperor of the two countries the
adoption of a compulsory civil marriage bill. The
Catholics only consented to few changes in
the ancient custom, which gave their priests
the exclusive right to register religious mar
riages and to dictate which religion was to be
followed BY children whose parents were the
one o Roman Catholic and the other a Protes-
tant
This was the only question alluded to by the
dispatches, and certainly, by supporting the
compulsory civil marriage bill, Count Szapary
sure TO please the leader of his parlia-
mentary opponents, Tisza. Calvinist and the
Official representative, or curator, of Protestant
interests in Hungary. But their alliance may
not suffice to prevent outburst of anti-AUs-
trian sentiment among the Magyars. These
proud countrymen of the exiled Kossuth felt
deeply Inundated recently in reading the pro-
gram Of the ceremony to be held at Buda- Pesth
in honor Of the Austrian General Hentzi. who
bombaried Pesth in the war of 184S-49, when
the Hungarians SO bravely. but so vainly,
fought for their national independence against
the Austrians, who were supported by the Rus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
HER YOUNGER BROTHERS.
They Had Il In for Him. and. Alas. They
Succeeded.


Succeeded.
Prom the San Francisco Call
He had fallen, an unsuspicious victim. into
the hands OF the terrible child" the younger
brother.
Suddenly appointed 10 the bookkeepership
Of prominent soap firm he had syailed him
self OF the opportunity offered to make q dis
play suited to the occasion.
She lived on Van Ness avenue and there was
room for full view of his reflections. natural
as well as hired, in that street. Accordingly. in
spick and span new buggy, with a dsshins
pair Of horses. he drove up to her door to take
her for drive in the park.
And the two little boys were prepared for
him. though he knew il not.
Cnsuspiciously he let them hold the horses
while he went indoors 10 salute his insmo-
rata
He had the necessary dime to spare. which
he presumed was the objective point Of their
unusual courtesy and observation-disclosures.
When the young pair emerged from the
palatial residence one voung brother stood ~
the horses heads, while the other. who had
made a hasty visit 20 ;he back Of the premises.
nov stood ready 10 swathe the Young couple
when they had mounted
Such politeness SO uncalled for and un-
expected that he turned the presentation dime
into quartz
With a superbly condescenJling smile he
waved the horse holder u ide. ard with elbows
squared and the grand teaue Of prince he
moved najesticnlly forward on his way.
But he was r lit.,c surprised.
As FOR her, she became suddenly indignant
The looks cf envy and admiration which they
fur.iveiv sought in the faces Of rnssers-by were
not forthcoming.
On the contrary every ono smiled broadly
ard some broke into rude and boistcrous
laughter
II was inexplicable
He grew ho: ia the collar and unhappy
they scanned each other coldlv for he tcll-
tale mat or smulge when might explain the
situation
But both were immaculate in personal APP
pea-sUce.
And 20 thev m 81; have gone or for an
hour in blis-ful igso, aIse Of the unknown Joke.
but 'he ai~ Nas too c.h;,arauns
s.rHnSlcl ven ~: triumph behind then,
caused he: 10 look r-...nd
Then she grabbed a; the rri.is ard no Eoraes
cHne to an ah-up; hait. white Two abandoned
h'tie buccaa-cr brothers rushed forward and
unlocked thei- little wagon from the bird axle
and. covered with mud and happiness. beat :
ha~ty retreat
Nomanlikc. she visited I'll her available wrath
upon hi nnluckv shoullc-,
l. shoHld have been "a gioTioas hide. but il was
not
She made HIM pas he ex1-enses OF her los,
dignity al tho way horne
He drinks he voauS american brother an
irritating and annece say var, on Il, lace Of
na;'l:a
And 70 proposes to set up Society for the
Prevention a.. lOurcar Brothers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
TRIED SUICIDE by CRUCIFIxION.
The Extraordinary Attempt Made by .
Msniac to Die on the Cross


Msniac to Die on the Cross.
An extraordinary attempt at suicide was that
related by the Medical Standard Of an Italian
paranoiac. who determined TO cruelty himself
for the sins Of the world. He deliberately set
about the manufacture of cross and all the ad-
juncts necessary for crucifxion. Pcrceiying
that 1t would be difficult to nail himself firmly
to the cross. he made a net, which he fastened
to it, securing 1t at the bottom Of the upright
beam, little below the bracket he had placed
for his feet, and at the ends Of the two arms
The whole apparatus was tied by two ropes. one
no n the net and the other from the place
where the beams intersected each other These
ropes, fastened to the bar above the window,
were just long enough to permit the cross to lie
horizontally on the foor of the room. These
preparations finished. be put on his crown Of
thorns some OF which entered his forehead.
Stripping himself naked he girded his loias
with white handkerchief. Then he introduced
himself into the net, and, seating himself on the
cross. drove nail into his right paln by strik-
ing its head on the floor until the point APP
peared on the other side.
Ho placed his feet on the bracket and with a
mallet drove IA nail through them both. enter
ing hole he had previously made TO receive it,
and thus fastened them TO the wood. He then
tied himself to the cross BY piece of cord
around his waist, after which he wounded HIM
self with his shoemakers knife in the left side.
but failed to injure any important organ He
had made several scratches on hi, breast to
determine 'he place of least resistance The
knife represented the spear of The cruoisxion.
This was done in hiS room. In order to show
himself to the people he placed the foot of the
cress upon the window sill. which was very low.
and by pressing his fingers against the floor he
gradually drew himself forward until the foo.
of The cross overbalanced tho head. and the whole
machine tilted out of the ndow and hing b,
the two ropes fastened Ia he beam. He then
nailed his right hand TO The arm OF The cruse
but could not succeed in fixing the lef al
though the nail by which il was to be fixed was
driven through until half of il came or The
other side. After hanging thus an hour he
was noticed. detached from the cross and put to
bed. He recovered from Eis wounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
TonsOrial Item.
From Texas Siftings.

fFOIn Texas Siftlngs.
Barber. This is the best hair tonic in the
market. 1t never fails to cure badness. 1t
makes the hair grow as thick as a door mat on
the baldest head"
Customer. mo, don't want any,"
why not, colonel? You would be a real
handsome man if your hair wasn't so thin on
the top OF your head
I've been swindled once already with that
sort Of hair tonic"
You don't say So"
Eyes, it was that tonic that made me bald
headed. All my hair fell out"
lis that so? / wonder when sold it to you?
don't remember anything about ii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
When Meat and Drink Were Cheap.

from IhaliiteFs' JOsrnAt
The following bill Of fare for the court OF
assistants of the worshipful Company of Wax
chandless. in l47S. Will give a good idea of the
prices then charged for provisions and make
many wish for the return Of the good old
days. Two loins Of veal and two loins Of
mutton. Is Id; one loin of beef, 4d.; one dozen
Of pigeons and one dozen Of rabbits, 3D.; one
pig and one capon. Is. one goose and 100 eggs,
Is. I'D; one leg Of mutton. 214d.; two gallons
of sack, ls. 4d.; eight gallons Of strong ale.
Is. Cd Total. 7s. Cd Truly a most moderate
hill "