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52-inch Two-ToNED Alligator NOME. Re-
duesa from Sl.25 SI.OO.

100 DRESS ROBES. former prices $40. els
and $50 Some beautiful patterns left. All reduced
to 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

Rorbury Roxburv Rcrhury Rorbury Roxbu,
kexhury hoxhury Rorbury RoNbUry Roxbu
koKbury konbury Rorbury ko1bury Roxbu
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EcROYD'S PURE SILK WARP HENRIETTAs.
Former price. Sl.2J. Now Sl.OO.
Colors navy nahog sapphire. belin, plum,
old rose an garnet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

The scythe has been welded and prices have been
moved to the ground. All odds and ends. all broken
lots in fact nearly riecs of Fancy Dress Goods
have been enormously reduced in price. All of this
seasons production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

45inch cHANeEABLE DIAGONAL Reduced
from 81. so to S1.OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

color. left. Reduced from Sl.25 to S1.OO
. yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28

Al under my brain pan, an all I've got to say IL
that never dreamed Q whole column full Of q
newspaper before. But we may as well quit
arsyin' an 90 home an get ready fer tomor-
row."
The sun had set and night was commencing
early. huge white cloud had broken and
rolled like An avalanche Of mist from one of the
neighboring mountains and completely filed
the little New England valley. ITS the ghost
Of a storm" laughed Russell.
Thew had by this time completed their work
OF finding the soldiers graves-fortunately, too,
for the suddenly arrived low-fying clouds
would have made the task hard and doubtful
one. They prepared to go. gathering up the
two or three flags that remained. All at once
they missed the little girl. "Margie! Margie.
where are your they shouted.
They could not get any reply for some time,
except that perhaps, now and then, tomb
stone answered them back with a dreary echo
out Of the pale night that enveloped it.
But after few minutes the little girl sud-
denly appeared to them. Her cheeks were pale,
her blue eyes open as widely as their environ
ment would permit. She had been running,
and breathed heavily. Her doll was clutched
tightly in one of her little white hands, with
utter disregard to its comfort.
"Oh, l saw i'll saw i'll saw itT' she
gasped.
Saw what, You little desertin' daughter Of
the regiment" laughed Russell.
"The ghost!" exclaimed the child, her blue
eyes flashing with unhealthy excitement. 1T
came out of the old tomb. 1t kind of rose
spoke and said: Little girl don't be afraid. l
won't hurt you. And answered, Il guess you
won't if 1 can help it,, and ran right toward
where heard you calling me-"
''You see what bad effect your spook stories
have on the infant mind, said Russell, jokingly.
The little thing don't mean to lie but she lis
tened to every word you said. an now she's got
the ghost distemper herself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
Killing Them Didn't Matter.

Prom the Boston Journal
In DIR. Peters book telling how he fought his
way in Africa he narrates a curious story OF
the killing Of two natives BY Lieut. Tiedemsnn
not far from Victoria Nyanza. The white ex-
petition had been received with much hos
pitality by Wachore, an important sultan. who
invited Peters and Tiedemann 10 his audience
hall, where, surrounded by his chiefs aud
women, he received them. To impress
his guests with his power he had on hand
large collection of the weapons used
by his warriors, including considerable num-
Der of rifles and other guns. Among them wns
a Martini rife which Wachore handed 20 Peters
to examine. Peters, after examining the
weapon, turned it over TO nedemann, who dis
charged il accidentally. The bah passed
through the head of one Of the men in attend
ance, killing him instantly, and struck the
throat of a man who was behind him ana
wounded him severely that he bled to death
in few minutes.
Peters endeavored to apologize for the fearful
accident.
"My friend" he said, sis overwhelmed with
grief. He did not know that the gun WINS loaded
and he was not even trying TO lire IT, think
he is not TO blame"
The sultan. much to the surprise Of the white
men, burst out laughing; ''Oh, II Is nothing,
whatever. Besides. il was not your friend, but
the gun that was TO blame. Your friend has
done nothing wrong ut all"
The women echoed the words oY their master.
They said il was nothing. and they tired 70
make merry, although Peters thought their
laughter was little forced. Some men bore
the bodies out Of the hall. They sprinkled sand
over the pools Of blood and brought in another
bucketful of banana wine. with which the king
and his guests RECALLED themselves after the
tragical spectacle. Peters said IL was good
deal like the accidental breaking Of a vase by
guest in European drawing room and the host
and hostess endeayoring 10 relieve emlEurass-
ment and asserting that the. incident was of NO
CONSEQUENCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
Two Poker Hands I'm Tennessoe.

tDe f1ttsDurK Dispatch.
He was a quiet-looking elderly man, in pas
toral sort Of black broadcloth suit and felt hat
with broad brim, such as are worn by
''colonels" and ''majors." Next to him in the
car sat two young men, who were telling
stories about personal experiences on the road.
One of them related with much gusto an en-
counter which he had recently had with desper-
ate western man, the weapons being cards. The
that old familiar big jack pot" which 20 often
figures in profane history, and two principals
were each armed with straight fushes. 1T was
a dollar limit game" remarked the young man,
land we bet sixty-seven times, and then
called him. He had a sequence flush, queen
high. and had one king high. You should
have heard him swear" / noticed that the
old man listened with great attention to
the story, and at it's conclusion he ex-
cbiimed with much candid establishment
You called him. The youngster blushed
and acknowledged his guilt. SWELL well!' said
the old man, shaking his head, ''these times il
suttenly not what they usen tubbe. You see, ]
cum from Tennessee, and We ant up to this way
er dom things. Why, I'm playin' q hand vi,
tibet wuz dealt to my pap in 81. Him an
ole ledge dublin of Murfreesboro, they
set into game one night in Sep
TENDER Of 81. and they bet, an bet
an bet. An. when they run outer cash. they
VIC. nuios' ai 'heu HORSES, an tnen nggers, IN
at las they TUX TO bettin acres of Ian, an tier
they run outer everything, an it was agreed
that the hams shud be put in sealed envellup.
an marked un' kept in the vault of the bank til
both on EN- got more stuff. Well, il went OF
that way off an on till the war cum. and the old
iedge had died and pop was killed at Sever
Pines. an then young Jim Dublin he TUX his ole
mans place an 1 TUX dads. Well. gen elmen
we're jist bettin' Wit whenever we git the cash
and there amt no signs of quittin': but I wud
suttinly like to see them hams Of pops an ole
ledge Dubbin's afore die" and be sighed a
long sigh of patient resignation, while the two
youngsters and the other man in the smoking
compartment regarded him one worthy OF
veneration even if it was only as liar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
Queer Hungarian COSTUMES.

from harpers Magazine.
The ordinary costume Of both sexes at Mo-
nostorszeg is simplicity ITSELF The women wear
high-necked ankle-long chemise of white
homespun linen, with full sleeves eathered a.
the elbow and richly embroidered, usually with
blue. Bands Of narrow embroidery decorate
the waist and the skirt also. This
chemise is girded TO the body by . thick
wooden belt, binding tightly to the fig
ure the upper edge OF u narrow apron of
striped wooden homespun. very brilliant in
color. A kerchief is usually worn on the head
and the feet are habitually bare. On SUNDAYS
and fete days the girls exchange the coarse
garments for Others Of choicer texture the
chemise being fine and carefully pleated and
the apron of null or muslin, delicately embroid-
cred with white. Tall red morocco boots, with
yellow heels and soles and curious pointed toes.
adorn or rather disfgure the feet and
around the neck are hung many rows of
gaudy glass beads. The hair Is elaborately
plated in a broad band, which h brough,
over TO the forehead and then turned back
again. This is held in place by dozens of
pins with ornamental heads, and all along
the edges Of the braid behind il Q thick row
OF bits OF fine green aromatic herb, while in
the hair itself at the back. as well as around
the face. bright-colored geraniums, marigolds
and other flowers are skillfully arranged. On
their wedding day they cover their heads with
wonderful square structure. more like a
pastry cooks piece montee than . bonnet.
wear an ample white lace shoulder cape, a
brilliant scarlet petticoat, with white lace
apron and tall red boots. This dress is pre-
served with jealous care and is never pro-
duced except on Sundays and holidays The
mems costume consists of loose linen trousers,
like divided skirt, full tunic, waistcoat
with silver buttons, hussar boots and small
round hat. Both sexes have for an outer gar
ment either sheepskin cloak or great Goa,
OF very thick felt-hke white wooden, with broad
square collar, and sleeves either sewed up st
the bottom or else in short, rudimentary form.
These coats, and also the sheepskin cloaks, are
often richly and gaudily embroidered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28

Among the most common and most easily de-
tected Of these receptions were pretended phys
icai disabilities. Some would falsely profess
to be deaf or dumb, while others would assume
Affections in the way Of disease which they did
not have. Ii is a very curious thing TO read
the list Of troubles or deficiencies which were
rated as disqualifying recruits for bearing
arms The consumptive was not considered 90
be so disqualified unless he was very far gone,
and likewise with the victims OF
many other complaints. Curiously
enough. person who stammered or suffered
was not regarded as eligible. nor vet man who
had neither incisors nor canine teeth in one Of
his jaws. One who had lost through accident
or otherwise the whole OF his nose was not
deemed acceptable as n soldier. A recruit who
had only one eve was all right IL the eve was a
right eve. but il the only eve left vas the left
eye he was no good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
G R A F F E L D.;
A DECORATION DAY STORY
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY
WILL CARLETON.
CHAPTER I.

HE TOWN GENE
terry at North Graffeld,
Mass, was a not unu-
sual collection of quaint
and mournful outdoor
pictures. all painted,
consciously and uncon-
seiously, by the living
and the dead. Hardly
any one called it a ceme-
terry in those days; il
was a graveyard
only in the simple but
forcible dialect Of the
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Fnlse Economy

d praeficed by people who buy inferior articles OF
food because cheaper than standard goods In
fnnfs ere entitled 20 the best food ostanable II h
4 fact thaf the Gail Borden Eagle" brand Cor
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Solving the Domestic Problem.
From Truth.
Mrs. Morris-"Don't you find it hard to get q
domestic?"
Mrs. Essex-"I don't try to get domestic I
get the imported"
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MORE THAN 100000 OF THEM FOUND OTHER
THINGS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN FIoHrISa-
WHY THEY DESERTED AND THE MKANs TAKEN
TO REPREss THE EvIL-A CURIOUS aALLERr
OF PORTRAITS.
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came slowly out OF the mist and stood before
them.
The orator of the day. who had Just said in
his speech. 80 just was our cause that one
northerner could easily put to flight two con :
federates." leaped headlong from the lack of
the platform and ran, even at sigh. of The ghost
OF one, leaving his labor;oGsly written Grafton
behind. The brass band followed him. throw
ing their instruments in every direction. The
Glee Club were no. far N the rear and the gem
cral public INDUCED in n stampede. Russell
and Parker retreated q few steps. formed ranks
mechanically and stood in the ready" position
between advancing ghost and reireating people,
instinctiyely holding each a phantom gun at
''ch:rge bay onets.'
Old Mr.. Sutherland held his ground and
glared ut the new cor,er. But the mother went
nearer and nearer to the appariion. She did
not seem afraid of it; she walked up deliberately
and put her hand upon its shoulder. albert,
Albert, Albert" she murmured
To her surprise. but rot terror, the ghost did
not vanish. give way AID yield like thin air to
her hand. as well regulated appariiion should
have done. 1t pat two very substantial arms
around her, XII sed her, and called her mother
for the FIST time in many years.
"oh, my poor boy. my poor boy" she began.
weering piteously again as soon as she realized
that he was alive. "And so you are not dead at
all, she murmured. "Poor, poor boy! Why.
We have you buried out there in our lot, and
some young ladies are putting flowers upon you
now"
The Young man smiled sadly.
II was almost dead in the hospital" he ex-
planned, land the man they buried was marked
wi. my name and number by mistake. When
you finally sent for me. they forwarded that
body. or what little was left of it, supposing il
was mine; and it is now poor Pat OConnor
that the girls are covering with flowers out
yonder."
Meanwhile, the Roman father, whose square,
hard head had not supposed for an instant that
his newly found son was q ghost had slowly
come up to him, deliberately put his arms
around the Yong mans neck and kissed him on
the forehead. 1t was the first time that he had
ever been known to do SO since Albert grad
uated from baby into boy; he had even been
And amid the warm greeting he had still a word
or two of reproach.
"why didn't you come and see M at homer
he asked What do You spring yourself on M
in this way for?,'
II did not know how you felt toward me2''
replied the son. ~ have lurked about here for
days, even hiding some Of the time in an old
tomb, Hying to and out whether-whether I
WIS forgiven, but they ran away as soon as they
saw me. did not know, too, whether my old
ne&Shb0rs would endure me. hid behind the
monunent there to zee the decOration ceremo-
mics. When heard your speech and saw how 4
was received hesitstsd no longer, but sboNsd
myself to you al"
The people IN general had by this tims found
out that there pas 10 gA0st; Il had been uhis-
pered among ~ fuHi1fsas from spiritdm, and
It was intervening " Aoties how ma4y theru
were who know q khe time that il was Albert
himself, and nsrsly rstrsstsd to ssurs tAsir
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An act approved by Congress March 8, 1855.
provided that deserters who failed to report
within sixty days should be deemed to have
relinquished the rights of citizenship and to be
disqualified for holding Office. Meanwhile, on
July 16, 1868, the reward for arrestinR de-
serter was increased from 45 to elO. Two
months later it was further increased TO $50.
and it remained at that figure until March II.
1865 when all rewards were discontinued by
the Secretary Of War. This last general order
was subsequently modified to allow Q reward Of
$50 for the arrest and delivery of Q deserter
from the regular army. After the organizing
OF the bureau Of the provost marshal general, in
April, 1868, $4,000 deserters were arrested,
averaging about 5000 q month. Under q sec-
ton Of the act of March 8, 1853, President Lin
coin issued proclamation pardoning al de-
serters who should voluntarily report before
April l. The number who did 90 report i not on
record.
MANY CASES OF ynAuD.
After the establishment Of the system under
the provost marshal general two-thirds Of
those who deserted were arrested. An order Of
January 5, 1855, directed that al persons who
secured exemption from service e recruits by
fraud should be proceeded against ~ dessrtsrs.
This was designed to remedy an extsnsive evil,
all manner Of swindles having been rssortsd 70
for ~ puspess e evading SOD military dnty.
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- You have Joined the enemies of your coun-
try and are as much of a traitor Benedict
Arnold ever was. More, he fought in favor of
the nation before he betrayed it, and You have
never done anything for it. except to live on its
bounty and enjoy its protection. Coward.
"'lou had the best of New England blood in
your veins and as good teaching as 1 was able
to provide. All the worse that YOU have done
as you did.
"'You have probably fallen into such slough
of treachery and disgrace that the contempt of
| a mother and the curse of a father are OF no ac-
count to You; but remember traitor. you have
them However this unhappy may termi-
nate. never presume to come near nv door
agGln-neyer send us word. Ion are not
even dead to me; you are as though you never
existed. do not saw good-bye-any more than
/ would to a stone or n stick.
And then the ghost continued ahead-on its
own hook: Il went through the war, Jim. as
| bravely AS l could. and tried to do nv duty
| But it bore hard on my home. Long before il
was over my wife was dead. nv dearest friends
| killed or self-exiled and-is il any wonder il
should hail death relief?
:" Tell me about NV father and mother. Do
you know whether they still hate meI Do you
know
And Just then girl an a Teller came along
spoonin' and i reused up, an the ghost was
\ gone"
well. declare, Barker" replied the other,
..you are ge.tin queer, no mistake. 1 arays
|
| imagination to the square inch; but this is a
beat, even on yerself. to say nothin about yer
memory, in bein' able to repeat all that. Do you
suppose spirit, just from the eternal world, Is
| apt to stand tother side of a fence post from
| you, with its elbow up on one o the rails, an
give YOU its record? From all I've ever
heerd concernin' the ghost population they re
| too dignifed to say much. Their best hold
seems more to be in the appearin' line than any
thing else. At any rate, there's few people ever
| had grit enough to stan an listen to their
\ family history. An don't think You would,
Barker, if the thing had reilly occurred, instid
| Of your imaginin' or dreamin' it. You see, the
way look at it is this you come along here,
tired out, an ready for a nap, anyhow; you lean
up agin thatere fence post an get to thinkin'
-thinkin' hard when man is sleepy
Is cousin to dreamin'; you know enough facts
| to make this dream out OLA man kin dream Q
| good deal in a few seconds-even in an instant,
they say; an that all happens to you before
that couples coming along an wakin' of you
| up. Then you think maybe you've seen q
ghost-of course your habits bad been perfectly
| regular all day"
| Barker laughed good naturally, though un-
easily. To tell the truth the last remark struck
him where he was a bit weak. ''well, call it o
dream, if you want to-" he replied, but II it
was it was the longest an most business-like
dream ever had, an held together the best. As
| for the memory part of il, don't suppose
told it just the ghost did, bat what it sid u
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-02
We would ask our kind friends aud

We would ask our kind friends aud
patrons to continue their favor for the
coming year as they have the past and
with a longer acquaintance, in the
future we hope to merit your confidence
and to those 7pho haze not favored us
with their trade we would kindly invite
YOU to try u.s. While we don't claim to
be smart enough to beat everybody else,
we don't desire riches, but little from
you all will satisfy US.
We make no bad debts so our GUS
toners will not have to make up any losses
to us in that direction.
We will not sell you shoe well
bought, at cost. and an other at double
profit; but will ask you to pay us small
per cent on all YOU buy.
SimplY. Gant to live with you. We
will economic in all we do Wear old
clothes and work for small pay that we
may sell you goods cheap and give you an
honest and fair deal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-02
THE KANSAS CYCLONE.
The List Of Dead Has Reached Twenty
and WIN BE Increased

WELLlNGroN, Kan, May 30-It is now
known to certainty that twenty lives
were lost in Friday nights cyclone in this
city and the fatally injured list is adding
hourly to the list ot dead. There are half
II dozen persons known to be missing, but
no trace Of their bodies can be found until
the wreckage Of the Phillips House and
the stores on Washington avenue has been
removed.
The resident portion of the city that was
in the line of the storm, about two
and a half blocks wide, is laid low. In its
path were located many OF the best resi-
dences in the city, as we'll as hundreds of
small, comfortable, though unpretentious
homes. All are laid on common level.
and their late occupants form wander
ing army OF homeless, clothesless citizens.
Every home lett standing is a hospital for
the reception of the injured. The coun-
try people are beginning to come in to adj
minister to the wants, so far AS human
agency can alleviate the sufferings and
distress,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-02
Weather Crop Bulletin.

Boston, May 80. The weather during
the past week has been characterized by
excessive precipitation, general low tenn
perature and II lack of sunshine. Planting
has been much retarded in the northern
districts by the snow and low tempera-
ture, and all plant growth has been
checked. In the more southern sections
the heavy precipitation has on the whole
been beneficial. Grass has been much i'm
proved in all sections and is now promis-
ing an abundant crop; corn has been re-
tarded and some few fields will have to be
replanted; potatoes are ready for hoeing in
many places in the south, although there
are many places i'll the north where this
crop ms well as tie corn crop has not yet
been put in. Tobacco has been retarded
and the plants are generally small.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-02
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Jealousy Leads to the Murder Of John
Gray In New Hampshire.

NoBrHwooD, n. H., May 3l.--Another
tale of horror resulting from rum and low
women is added to the criminal annals Of
Rockingham county The shooting of
John Gray by Charles Watson occurred
here. Both men were about 30, unnlar-
ried, and lived alone i'll II shanty in the
woods, one mile short of the Narrows vii
lage Both men We're in liquor and both
were infatuated with the same woman
Gray received the more encouragement,
and Watson in revenge shot him. The
weapon used WAS AN ordinary shotgun.
The charge of buckshot entered Watson $
right side just above the hip, and the as
sailant was but few feet away when he
fired
Watson was arrested in the woods near
by the scene Of the shooting. He was sit
ting on "A rock and appeared unconcerned
when taken. Crowds of people from this
and adjoining towns are hocking to the
little shanty where the murdered man
lies. Watson, the murderer, was ar
raigned before Justice Cotton and com.
mitted to Portsmouth Jail, Solicitor Paine
appearing for the state