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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-09
FAST TIME.

Discussion of the Question OF
How Fast, a Train.May Run.Gs
The railroad managers are strain.
ing every nerve in their efforts
to reach the highest possible
speed. All the tendencies are in
that direction, and the question of
how fast it is possible to run a
train with safety is being discussed
all over the world. An English
magazine, The Engineer, submits
statements to prove that eighty
miles an hour is the highest
possible speed, giving the follow
ing arguments to prove it's points:
Because no grea, er velocity has
ever been attained.
Because the resistance of the
air.
Because of the backpr assure
in the cylinder.
Because of the amount Of power
which must be lost in imparting
violent motion to masses of metal
which can make no return when
coming to rest.
= ~
= Because ofthe swinging of the
engine; the excessive vibration OF
its parts, the jar and conclusion all
operating to keep down the speed.
Because of the extraordinary
retarding influence Ofvery moder.
ate rising radients. - -: ~
Because of the coupling.rod-it
appears that. coupling an engine
tends to down the speed.
An eminent American authority
in reviewing the Englishman's
arguments as above given, says
"This scarcely settles the matter.
There is not a defect in the
mechanism which may not posi-
bly, be improved. The bole ques-
ton depends on the resistance of
the air and of friction.
The resistance of mechanical
friction does not increase with the
load drawn.
With accessiOns of motive
power this resistance may be
neutralized, and the velocity in
creased.
With a smooth, sold and stable
trackway and improved mechan'
ism there appear to be no reason
why trains may not attain speed
Of 100 miles an hour.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-09
Do You Want a Nice Home.

For Sale: :. A handsome residence on
the finest boulevard in the city and street
cars passing the door. House has six
rooms, servants room, kitchen and bath
good stable and on two large corner lots.
This is one ofIthe handsomest places in the
city. Inquire of JNO. T. HAMILTON IL
Co, at LIGHT office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-09

FIVE LOTS IN GRANDVIEW.
At a bargain. Finest located property
nthe city T. b. JOHNSON, LISHr OFFICE
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
The Record of Pigeon Flights,

Major Allatt warns US against some
stories regarding long flights by trained
pigeons which have been put forth or
high authority. 1t was at his sugges-
ton that an a~pocryphal tale of pigeons
sent out to and returning from the arctic
regions, which has ven been imposed
upon Yarrell, was expunged from the
last edition of hat writer's British
Birds" An equally false account of a
pigeon flying $500 miles in America is
also eXtant.
Major Allatt believes the greatest dis
lance pigeons have flown of which we
have any accurate record is in the races
which have taken place two or three
times from Rome to Belgium, a distance
of between 500 and 900 miles. But in
every one of these cases a very large
proportion of birds have been lost
London News.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Eugene Sues Vanity.

Notwithstanding the extraordinary
literary success which he enjoyed when
his works were the vogue, Eugene Sue
posed much more as a man of fashion
than p mai of letters. After his dinner
at the Cafe de Paris he would gravely
stand on the steps smoking his cigar and
listening to the conversation with an air
of superiority without attempting to
take part in it. His mind was supposed
to be far away, devising schemes for the
social and moral improvement Of his
fellow creatures. These philanthropic
musings did not prevent him from pay
ing a great deal of attention-too much
perhaps-to his personal appearance, for
even in those days of beaus, bucks and
handles, of Counts d'Orsay and others,
men could hot help thinking Eugene
Sue Overdressed.
He rarely appeared without spurs to
his boots, and he would no more have
done without a new pair of white kid
gloves every evening than without his
dinner. Other men, like Nestor de
R~Oqueplan, Alfred de Musset and Major
Fraser, did not mind having their gloves
cleaned, though the process was not so
perfect asst is now. Eugene Sue averred
that the smell of cleaned gloves made
him i'll. The unhappy man finally fell
into poverty, was quietly cashiered from
his fashiOnaJ lie clubs and died in OBJ
scuritv.-Chicago Post.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Picking Out Thieves by Their Eyes.


The eye always indicates the charac-
true of thieves, for the expert detective
can tell in almost every case whether or
not a man is a thief by simply looking
him squarely in the eye. Awell known
detective in speaking of this matter,
said:
Yes, can pick cut a thief every time.
| can't tell you what it is that gives the
man away except that it is the express
sion of the eye. In the FIRST place, there
are few thieves hat will look you
squarely in the eye unless they are
obliged to do so. They will avoid your
glance as long as they can, and ven
when they do face you and gaze steadily
at you it is always with the same ex-
preston. Although their eyes may be
wide open and the gaze apparently
steady you will see, if you look closely,
that there is something away back
through the corner trying to avoid you.
| have picked out numbers of thieves by
this little lodging movement. l never
saw a thief who was free from it.
Everybody has met that man who
resolutely refuses to meet a steady gaze
for more than three or four seconds at a
time. 1t is not fair to say that all such
persons are dishonest. In many cases
this popularity is a direct result Of bash
fulness. A little close observation will
enable the observer to put persons in
the class to which they belong. The
man whose eye is almond shaped is al
most always dishonest at heart, if not
in overt act. The eyes of some of the
most notorious thieves in the country
are of this pattern, and the expression
given the face by this sort of eye is very
striking. '-Pittsburg Press.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Black Costumes i'm Paris.

There's a black rage in Paris; it's the
style to look as if you were in light
mourning there, whether it's so or not.
All the toilets one sees are black of
some description or black and white
that is, all but hehats. A woman may
go out deeply and solemnly robed in a
garment that Il would surely suppose
to be worm as a token of grief until ones
eyes reached the headgear, when it's
light and brilliant coloring would imme-
diately dispel the effect. They're not a
bit consistent in gay Paris, else one
might think they had at last reached a
period of sobriety and common sense;
that they had concluded to be more like
their English sisters and settle down in
quieter and more subdued colors. But
when a woman ear a black gown and
a hat containing several colors of the
rainbow in bright display there is little
foundation for the belief, after ALL
Paris Letter.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Saturday, October /, 1892,

At y o'clock, NJ, the following valuable
town lots:
J.. a lot in Durham, adjoining J S. Carr
and J. b. Walker, lying on Burch and
Gattis avenues, it being lot No. 5 Of the
Gattis land and containing II fifth of an
acre.
J. One-half interest in two lots near
Five Points, in Durham, just east of the
residence Of Lucius Green, Esq. They
are lots No. ) and 6 of the Green land
and together contain about one fourth of
an acre. LuCius Green is the owner of
the other one. half interest.
3. A lot on Green street, adjoining J.
r. Mallory and the North Carolina rail
road, containing n twentieth Of an acre.
4. One-half interest in an acre lot in
IIickstown, lying on the railroad-the
other OnG-half belongs to G. A. Markham.
Terms Of Sale-One third cash, other
two thirds in equal i~nstallments Of & and
- months, secured by bonds bearing s
per cent interest. Title reserved till pay
ment of all purchase money.
w. f. FOSTER. Trustee
Sept. -, '02. Of J. ". Markham.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
How to Get "A PostOhice.

There are a great many interesting
facts and figures connected with post
offices and their masters. For instance,
when a c~Ountryman is tired of walking
or driving several miles for his mail and
concludes that the government should
bring it nearer, he should state that fact
to the first assistant postmaster general,
whose clerks will furnish him with in
structions and a blank petition for the
neighbors to sign. If he wants the new
Office bad enough to make the govern
ment think it a necessity, he will doubt
less get it.
At the same time he will be told that
in naming it pretixes such as least"
center and the like, the suffixes
"'boro," ''burgh," "city," etc, are equal
ly Objectionable. Short, characteristic
names are preferred.-Kate Fields
Washington.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Meters for Measuring Electricity.

In a discussion in London on meters
for measuring electrical energy it was
shown that in the Frager meter the
energy could be made from 800 to 400
times greater than that indicated by the
meter by simply closing and opening the
circuit at proper intervals. With a
Thomson meter it was said to be very
easy to force the readings with the aid
of a strong magnet applied outside the
meter boxes. Fraud is therefore very
yasily practiced upon such meters, pro-
vided one understands them. New
York Telegram.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Is Life
Worth Living7

That depends upon the
Liver. If the Liver is
inactive the whole sys-
tenn is out of order-the
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull or aching,
energy and hopefulness
gone, the spirit is de-
pressed, a heavy weight
exists after eating, with
general dependency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of the
health; and a harmless,
simple remedy that acts
like Nature, does not
constipate afterwards Or
require constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
I have tested its virtues personally, and
know that for dyspepsia, Bi~liousnesS and
ThrObbing Headache, it is the best medi-
cine the world ever saW. Have tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Live
Regulator. ant aoue q. them gave more
than temporary relief, but tn tegulatO:
not only relieved hut cured.
Ii. II. J0NeS, Macon, Ga,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19

Office up stairs. Mangum building.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
Chinese and the Telephone.

According to a telephone authority,
the easiest language for telephoning is
Chinese. 1t is principally monosyllables,
and is made up of simple rising and fall
ing infections. German, it seems, is
not as bad a language for telephoning as
might be thought. French is not bad,
but it is almost as sibilant as English
Yankee Blade.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
4 Mat Made of Jewels.

The costliest mats in the world are
owned by the shah of Persia and the
sultan Of Turkey. The shah and the
sultan each possess a mat made Of pearls
and diamonds, valued at more than g.
OOO, 900. The largest mat ver made is
owned by the Carlton club, of London,
and is a work Of art.-New York Sun.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
The forth Side of a Tree.

The side Of a tree on which most OF
the moss is found is the north. If the
tree be exposed to the sun, its heaviest
and longest limbs viii be on the south
side.-Boston Globe.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
DO YOU WANT
GOOD BOARDING +?

Those in search of Board and Lodging will
10 wen TO call at the Cox House, on Morris
SnLeet, and get terms from the proprietress,
modations to a few persons. at reasonable
IaIes. The Cox House has an established rep
utaIlon, and under the new management will
strive 10 increase its popularity.
MRS. X. G. GULLEY,
Prop-ietress.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-19
SALE OF
VALUABLE LOTS

As trustee of John w. Markham, and
under the authority conferred by his deed
Of trust TO me, | will sell at public auction
at the court house door in Durham on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
BURNED TO DEATH AT SEA.

Capt Boyd and Wife Perished in Each
Others Arms on the Blazing LoodIana.
A thrilling and heartrending story of the sea
is tina. told of the burning of the big sailing
ship Loodiana and the agonizing death Of her
commander, Capt. Boyd, and his wife. The
spectators were the men of the Wilson line
steamship Egyptian Monarch, which arrived at
New York yesterday.
Far out on the bowsprit-the only part Of
the Loodiana out of reach of the fames-stood
the captain and his wife, locked in each others
arms. They shouted for help. but their voices
were drowned by the gale which famed the
flames and tossed the rapidly weakening hull
like ship on the stormy ocean.
No succor could be afforded these two, for
no boat could live in the awful sea then run
ming. Three of the Egyptian Monarch's Off
GERS and three OF her crew. however. offered to
man one.
The others OF the crew, who had been taken
on ut Gravesend on the previous voyage, were
80 cowardly that they refused to risk their
lives in an endeavor to help the doomed man
and wife, so the officers and crew watched the
flames creep nearer and vet nearer until
the burning bowsprit dropped of into the
ocean with its tortured human burden, and
the agonized cries for help so piteously sent
forth were hushed forever by the sea-
1t was sickening sight and one never to be
forgotten, as Second Officer Jordan Of the
Egyptian Monarch, who related the sad story,
said. What became of the others of the crew
is a mystery. and will probably remain so, as
well as the cause Of the fire which 80 rapidly
consumed the great vessel, leaving hardly q
trace upon the waves to mark where the last of
her charred tinbers sank to the bottom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
LIBERIAN coLoN1srs IN TROUBLE.
They Gave Up Homes in the West and ar
Stranded in New York.

Ihey Gave Up Homes in the West ana are
Stranded in New York.
party of coIored men, numbering about
$50, arrived in New York yesterday with their
families from the Indian territory on their why
to Liberia, Africa. They were queer-looking
lot of people, dressed in all sorts Of fashion.
The police took them to the Stephen Merril's
mission to give them shelter from the drizzling
rain and something to eat
One of them, George Washington, told the
story Of their wanderingA He said they came
from Red Land, in the Indian territory, sixteen
miles from Fort Smith, Ark, Most OF them
owned property and raised Gotten, but last
summer the crop was failure and they became
dissatisfied The trip to Liberia had been dis
cussed last June. Rev. Mr.. Hill, their pastor,
favored the project and consented to 60 with
them as their leader. Rev. Hill told them that
it would cost 81, 500 to get to New York city
and thai the steamship company would give
was accepted. Many of them sold their
homes for almost nothing to raise the
amount. The money was given to Rev.
Hill. The pastor started out to find
accommodations for his people when they ar
rived and got lost for time He left his family
in the ferry house, but could not tell where it
was He went to police headquarters and asked
the police if they would try to find them Mr..
Hill tells sad story of his people sexperiences.
He said that some time ago he received q
circular from the late Secretary Coppinger
Of Washington of the American Coloni-
cation Society. The circular stated that the
negroes could go to Africa free of charge after
taking the oath of allegiance to the African
government administered at New York at the
custom house. This they found was untrue.
The pastor and his people are left without
means and all of them bereft of home and
farms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
FROM HYArrsyILLE


Appointments Made for Prince Georges
County-Fair Association Election.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HYArTsviLLE, February 20, 1892.
Mr.. VIM. P. Magruder is having provision
store erected on the corner of johnson and
Pike avenues and expects to occupy it at an
early date.
DR.. Charles A. Wells is having couple Of
frame cottages built on Pike avenue.
A concert and supper for the benefit Of the
Mission Band of the Hyattsville Presbyterian
Church viii be given at that church on the 23d
instant The performers will appear in colo
NAL costume.
Ex-Sherif N. c. Darnall of Bladensburg is
serving as one of the deputy sheriffs Of the
county. having secured the appointment from
Sheriff Middleton.
cornet band has been lately organized at
Branchviiie, under the leadership Of Prof. Peter
kolter, and is making rapid progress.
=, Mr.; Hal Sasscer OF Marlboro died Of consump-
ton last Tuesday evening at his home in that
town. He at one time flled position in the
office OF the clerk of the circuit court.
At recent meeting of the Marlboro Fire As
eociation, held in that town, President L. E.
Brandt In the chair and Thos. j. Grant secre-
tary the following officers were elected to serve
Tor the term OF one year: President. c. c. Ma
gruder; vice president, l. S. Wilson; secre-
tary, John ID. Traband; treasurer, DIR. L. A.
Grlfhth; librarian, Geo. L. Harris; fire chief,
Chas. II. Gill; assistants, NJ. E. Stallings and NJ.
= warning. An invitation was extended to
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Coleman Of Forestvllle to deliver
a lecture at the court house on the first Tues
day in April.
The following appointments for Prince
Georges county have been made by Gov.
Brown and confirmed by the Maryland senate:
supervisors OF election: DIR. L. A. Griffith, DR..
NJ ID. Humes and George w. Duvall of D..
school commissioners, DIR. VIM. W. Duvall ]. s.
Wilson and Ii. H. Sasscer; notary public at
Laurel, Il. L. Wallach. Justices of the peace for
the different districts: Evansville. Walter G.
Whalen, Julius Snowden; Bladensburg. Michael
Hurley, VIM NJ. levin. Daniel Barron; Marl-
boro, JAS. Harris, Jas. E. Sears, II. B. Il. Chew,
jr.; Nottingham. John I. Rawlings VIM. Y.
Perrie, ). H. Ireland: Piscataway, Nv. +. Hat
ton, Il. Gaynor; Spaldings. !. Il. B. Suit, Frank
Iolson, .. +. Moore; Queen Anne, I. Blake
Brooke, Walter Ryon. s. W. Duckett; Aquasco
.: 5. Fowler. Z. NJ. Naylor, John z. Downing.
Henry Compton,; Surratts, Geo. q. Coombs;
Laurel. A. Conway, John ". jackson; Bran
DIVINE. L. j. Selby, Geo. W. Waters. John A.
Coe; Oxon Hill, VIM. +. Gardner: Kent, A. p.
Hill; Bowie, Geo. NJ. Smith. Officers of regis
tratlon, one for each district: Evansville, Ed
ward M. Ulle; Bladensburg, Thomas Brooke;
Marlboro. Geo. W. Wilson; Nottingham, VIM.
b. Wilson; Piscataway, G.. NJ. Brandt; Spaldings,
h. o. Boone; Queen Anne, Vim. K. Wickham;
Aquasco, John L. V. Compton; Surratt's, VIM.
u. II. Blandford; Laurel, John w. Whiteside;
Brandywine, r. L. Robinson; 0xon Hill, Jas.
A. Gregory; Kent, b. C. Scott; Bowie, Francis
L. Newman. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22

The Massachusetts Reform Club had din
ner in Boston Saturday evening. Speeches
were made by Col. Charles r. Goldman, presi-
dent of the club; Moorfeld Storey, Winslow
Warren, Gen. Francis A. Walker, Mr.. Heating
of New York. Gen. George D. johnson of New
Orleans, Edward Atkinson, DR.. William Everett
and Mr.. John f. Russell. The speakers be-
rated David B. Hill and most of them intimated
that the democrats must either nominate Cleve-
land or meet with disaster. Resolutions were
adopted recommending that national confer
ence be held in New York city of the advocates
OF a thorough tariff reform. a sound currency
and civil service reform to consider by what
action these principles can be best promoted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
100, CHRISTIAN NsIi y q 81 LIEpIERRER. Trustees.

THOMAS BOWLING. AUCTIONEER-OFFICE
Of the Commissioners Of the DISTRICT Of Columbia.
given that on TUESDAY. FEBRUARY TWENTY
THIRD. 1892, the lease Of the fish wharf and ish
the cities Of Washington and Georgetown will
be sold by public auction for the term of year from
March /. 1877. as follows: At TWO O'CLOCK 7. M.
Market House to the highest n bidder; terms
cash in on ad, tSs ,ams '" a.y LIRE 9cIoSK
tween seventh and Ninth streets northwest, in
front Of the fish stalls Of (Center) Washington Market
all rights anu PRIVILEGES granted allowed by the
laws OF the corporation Of Washington to esfab ish
fish in the city Of washington. and wharf dock
shall he deemed eligible unless situated at point
the north side of the Potomac river between
Eleventh street east and fourtsenth street west to
day OF the SALE and the residue to be paid within 1--WE
days the day of the sale By order Of the board
Of Commissioners, District of Columbia. j. ".
DOUGLASS. J. W. RSss. ". Z. RossELL. Com
missioners ID. @. fel1-10t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
Poured Oil on Him and Fired It.

The mystery which surrounded the horrible
death of Miles Toomer, young negro. at Hills
boro, N. c., last Monday night, has been
solved. On Monday night last Toomer
was found in the street with his
clothing all ablaze. The fire was
extinguished, butToomer was so badly burned
that he soon afterward died. After the fire
was extinguished it was found that some grass
near by was also on fire, and that some one had
been lying in the center of the burned spot
From this clew detectives have worked
and yesterday they announced that Lewis
Rufiin and Alice Cotton, both colored, had
poured kerosene over him and then set it on
fire. The guilty persons have been Jailed.
There ia great indignation over the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22

having fully demonstrated his powers and ca
liabilities under most trying circumstances, so
that he 10 entitled TO be ranked as one Of tho
most promising If not actually the foremost
character in the colonies. The term character
is used as indicating the well-balanced facul-
ties resulting from the harmonious blending Of
a vigorous physical Organization, high moral
concepts and strong mental powers. Like the
circle. its excellence depends on its complete
roundness, not on its magnitude. The wider
the intelligence the stronger the mind disci-
piined by reason and reflection; the higher the
ethical culture and the greater the harmony in
all the powers the more exalted viii be the vir-
tues in a word. the more nearly perfect will
be the character. Truth, courage and man
hood are the central pillars in the temple OF
personal rectitude, which in its totality we call
nature or character
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
Judge David w. Patterson Dead.

David W. Patterson, associate law judge Of
Lancaster county, died last evening about 8
o'clock at his home in Lancaster. Pa. Last
Monday he was found lying unconscious on
the floor Of his Office having had stroke of
paralysis. Since that time he has been grad
ually sinking. He was q colonel OF the eighty
ninth regiment Of state militia and in the war
served as a captain in company OF the tenth
regiment Of volunteers. He was member of
the constitutional convention and in 1878 was
elected Judge to succeed Judge Hayes. HE
was reelected to the position in 1888 His sur
viving children are Henry, who is in business
in New York city; Mrs. Annie Mcpherson. wife
Of Judge John B. Mcpherson Of Lebanon. and
David w., r., of Wheeling, W. Va