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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-22
NEW ADvEKrIsEMENrs.
! Mothers Gratitude
Too great for tongue to tell is due Hoods
Sarsaparilla for its wonderful cure OF my

wonderful cure OF my
daughter, II years old.
Three years ago she had
whooping cough and
measles. followed by
dreadful pains, be-
ginning in one knee
understanding to almost
every joint in her body.
She could not stand up
or lie down and had to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-22

o"Se Sar. or lie down and had to
sleep in her chair. a meeting OF physicians
pronounced the disease Constitution u
-crofuIa. We began giving her Hoods
Sarsaparilla and there was very gradual
change for the better. The pains grew less
and the swelling subsided after using one
bottle. Then improvement was rapid, until
Hoods Sarsaparilla
effected perfect cure. II Is over year
ago, and We cannot praise Hoods Sarsapar-
lila enough"
Mrs ]. A. CARL, Reynoldsvile, Pa.
HOODS PILLS arc the best after-dinner
Pills, assist Digestion, cure headache.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-22


The proposition is true so far as the de-
mands of workingmen, for higher wages and
shorter hours can only be met out of in
creased profits, but that wages are properly
to be adjusted by reference to those profits
} peremptorily deny. That a wage-earner is
in no respect whatever part owner in his
employers property is so plain that will
rot discuss the point. That he is a. aot
partner with him is evident from t.sc very
terms of his hiring. He puts his strength
and skill at the disposal of the man or the
company which employs him, and agrees to
follow their directions. Having fulfilled the
contract on his part, he is en- titled to be paid
his wages, no matter what may be the out
come OF the business, and il he does not
get them he usually makes trouble,
and with entire justice. The switch
man who has faithfully turned his
switches according to orders surely cannot
be deprived of his pay because the railroad
company fails to earn dividends The iron
worker who sweats over tho furnace fire
need not, before he asks for his weeks earn
iugs first learn whether the iron he has
turned ont has or has not been sold at
profit. Bricklayers, plasterers. carpenters.
plumbers, in like manner are I'm nowise con-
cerned with the success of their employer in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

sd half 10 Ave gallons Of whisky, vet they
vsu ccmmonly report Q production Of only
two gaiions per b1sheL One-fourth Of ali the
legaltxed stills IN the United State. are I'm North
Carolina, but they do not mash on An averare
more than four bushels Of grain dsv. There
ere many distalleries In KENTUCKY e~ch Of
which naahss - much grain in . wear :. do ali
q the stalh in North Carolina put to~e,hsr
NsvsrthelssA Kentucky does not rsnk 6rst
among The whisky producing s,asss. Illinois
occupies Nat proud position. manufacturing
more than twice - much - Kentucky.
II WAS ONLY YIN HAND"
Very curious pleas are sometimes entered in
THAR own defsuse by accused moonshiners In
. fsnnsssss court one day. about ten years
ago. tall. lean and homely looking old man,
responding 10 such Q charge, arose in q dig
aimed nannss snd addressed the judge ~ fol-
lous:
ledge, your question 10 plain. and I am
eoin TO answer 10 plain You ask n am guilty,
but IN pint of fact / am not any more guilty
than you are yourself. was a widower and
my present wife was Q widow and we got mar
f,eo- She owns all the property. and tell You
sns manages every thing about the place. She
nAo two grown-up boys, and about year ago
.ney ooasht stall and have been . runuiu of
ever once on our place. Isposs that would
MAKE me guilty, as head Of the family. in the
eyes OF the law. But tell You. jedge, never
naa no more 70 do with the stillin' than . stray
Dog on plantation. When I'm at home L m
nothin out Q kind Of Jim hand aud tell YOU,
ledge, haven't done nothin' myself that 8
wrong
The hsn-Pecked prisoner was promptly dis
casrsso' with the sympathy Of the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

whole thing y rather IN idle psetsuas. Il Il .
pleasant way Of spending the time, but II the
poor children for whom the alleged sewing is
said to be undertaken wait until the garments
the young ladies have enjoyed ths pleasure Of
conversne, and that, after all il probably the
greatest pleasure in the Vorld 10 many Of them.
THE GARD CLUB Foa TIE IvEsus
Then, for useful occupation In TIE evening,
there 10 the card club. 1t usually meets once .
week In the evening. A Lent II . serious
time OF year the dificnlt and absorbing game
OF whist 10 selected, and young girls and men
VINO SNOW nov 70 dance very well soon dis
cover that they know how to play Whist very
badly The truth is that whist is but an excuse,
just as the sewing ID, and that they have come
together TO have good time generally, and
that scientific whist Is to them, e il Ia TO many
older and more sedste people, an occupation
beside which hewing of wood and drawing Of
water u easy and pleasant
THE LEsTEN RKAprxa oLp1.
II you are . very superior young society
man or woman you may belong to . Lsnten
reading club. You may select one of Shakes
peare's tragedies, and when the part Of par
tioularly bloodthirsty bombastic character Of the
middle ages is read by young girl with a high
soft voice the effect is charming. Especially if
the young creature has an affected drawl and
lays great stress upon that glorious English
Droau ID IL uellgntIul 70 near her read OthellO.
You may, too. have literary society, and the
members will prepare papers on important
subjects and read them when the society meets.
What matters it if You are bored 1t the meet
ingsf Have you not the sweet consolation Of
knowing that you. too, will have your opportu-
nifty to bore the others in return?
THE AFTERNOON PROMENADE.
There is q final Lenten occupation without
which it would be unfair to mention the sub
ject of Lent and that is the pleasure Of taking
an afternoon walk with the girl You want most
to see. A peripatetic courtship is perhaps the
pleasantest Of all. You can be % absorb bed as
you choose, or you can skip about
from one subject to another, according as the
scene of your rambles varies You are sure Of
no Interruption. You dc, it is true, stand In some
danger Of having passer-by overhear some re-
mark you make. but you should be on your
gnard against this, and, if you are careful, 1t
will not cause you any inconvenience. If you
get excited and speak too loud why, you must
take the consequences, and you may console
yourself with the reflection that your position
in the young ladys parlor would have been
just as precarious as 1t is the public streets.
On the whole Lent is = very excellent institu-
ton Tor many reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
MR.. CLEVELAND TALKS POLITICS.
II ~ Dsmocrsts stick to TariR RsEern
They Must VIA.

II ~ Dsmocrsss stick to TsriR ksEsrn
They Must VIA.
From the Baitiners suL
Ex-Presidsnt Grover Cleveland expressed
some Of his views about national politics yester-
day to a reporter of the Sun at spesutia Island,
Nd, where Mr.. Cleveland had come to shoot
dnekS
What in your opinion" hs was asked,
'Should be the main issue of the democratic
party in appealing to the voters of the coun-
try?'
"All evidences" replied the sx-Presideut, s.of
what the people want and what they expect of
the party would seem clearly to indicate that
tariff reform must be the issue il We ere to 20
into . winning fight
what do yen consider the best plan of At
lacking the tariff in Congress7"
my IDEA has been that general bin voujd
b the best method, bus am willing 20 defer
70 those who are on the ground and who have
the battle In Congress TO fight hope the
Springer free Wool bill viii pass, and am also
N tavor o. any other measure which will
hghten the burden OF taxation nov resting
upon the people. In fact favor any measure
in the direction Of genuine tariff reform"
w bat sse the prospects of the democrstic
party ultimate success?n
have but one opinion on that subject
" The party IL true % itsek, true TO it's prin-.
eipAss and fulans ih pledges 10 the people 10
cannot fail"
Further than this Mr. Cleveland declined TO
talk ON political msttsra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
THE ENORMOUS COST or wAn
An Army Of Figures That 10 Simply Ass.s-
tshing.

An Army OF Figures That 10 Simply A0ono-
tshing.
From the Toronto Mail
Ii appears. according 10 the estimates &
French and German statistieians, there have
persisted in the wars OF the Iast thirty years
2,500 600 men, while there has been expendsl
TO carry them on no less than the incopcsivabhs
sum of SIS, 600 O00. 900. OF this amount France
has paid nearly $500 600 600 as the cost Of the
war with Prussia, while her loss in men 10
placed st 1885, 600. or these 90 600 we're killsd
on the field Of battle $500 died of sschness,
accidents or suicide. and 10000 In German
prisons, while there died from other causes
enough to bring the number up TO the esves
aggregate. The sick and wounded amounted
to Az, AL, the lives Of many thousand OF whom
were doubtless shortened by their illness or
injuries. According TO DIR. Roth, q Ger
man authority. the Germans lost during
the war 60.000 men killed or rem.
dered invalid and S6O0 900 900 in
money, this being the excess of expenditure OF
OF material losses over the sl. 250, COO 600 paid
by France by way OF indemnity. Ds. EneeL
another German ststistician. gives the follow
ing as the approximate cost Of the principal
wars OF tho last thirty years; Crinean war
% 600 0U0, 900; Italian of 1859 $500 eco 600,
frusso-Danlsh war of ls64. sS5. 100 600; wsr Of
the rebellion - north. Is. 100. 0OO. 60; south
$2.3ee.oOo.ooo; Prusso-Austrian war Of 1866
ESQ. OO0, 900; Russo Turkish war, sI8. eco 600,
South African wars. -. zee, 600; African wNr
eli, go 90. Servo Bulgarian, SIG 600 0Oe. An
these wars were murd.rous in the extrsme
The Crimesn war. an which few bsseles wSrs
fought cost 10000 lives only 50 eco less TAN
were Killed or died OF their wounds NORTH sad
south, during the war Of the rebsilion. lie d,
ures, II must be remembered. are German ~
might not agree precisely with the America
estimates The Mexican and Chinese s9pedi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
HE FRAUD FUND AP-

HE FRAUD FUND AP-
propriated by Congress
this year amounts 10
ESQ. 900. Il lisa special
incorporation for the
pay Of hired informers.
The Investment is ex-
tremely profitable for
the government, being
returned into the treas
ury ten thousand fold.
Just at this season the
detective service OF the
intnrpal rovapno NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
DO YOU OBSERVELENT?
Some Of the Religious and Social Oh
legations Of the Present Day.
WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN UP

Many People Consider Lent Breathing Spell
In the Mad whiri Of neutrality-suspicious.
I'm Other Countries-The Sewing Circle, the
Card Club, the Reading Club and the Prom
snsds Cub, and What They Mean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

From the Chicago Tribune.
at has cost me 81, 500 10 carry ycs sArs~ua
college. Hiram, but don't regret il A eped
education, my boy, is the right foundAtion fos
success in life"
The well-pressrved % man leaned bsss q
his chair and looked with pride on the youah
who stood before him.
mo matter what calling or profession yss
may adopt" he continued, "the knowled0
You have acquired and the mental discipiAss
you have passed through will be found tad1s-
pensabie. In the race for supremacy you a
now start on An equal footing with the bsss q
them"
.'Yes-thats So" assented the young MA.
II have not been able 60 keep TRACK a
your progress 1 should have liked, but yous
standing IN your class was fully up to the aver.
age, wasn't it,
"Ya-as."
"And you took your part in the regular o.
lege athletics presumed"
Il didn't waste any time on base ball or row
ing, but was no SLOUGH with the gloves"
Il have never had any complaints from the
faculty, and infer that your behavior wss
generally satisfactory. Absorbed in business ~
have been could not exercise that personal
supervision over you that a watchfui father
should have done, perhaps but 1 have trusted
to the good effects of early training. And
have been generous with You, have not, 90 ~
CARDS spending money!
.Oh, YES"
sand now, my boy, what are your plans fec
the future? Have you formed any7'
well, have thought should Like 20 travel
in Europe for u year or two"
"Hml That's pretty expensive, Hiram"
The young man put his hands in his pocksts
and strobe back and forth impatientiy.
They all do IT, he said, with a cloud on bis
brow "a fellows educatlon isn't 6nishsd un-
til he Q Travelled and seen the world
..How much viii IL cost to give you ths trip
Won yanf?"
about %, 5o0''
Him. That would make e10 600"
The Odd man pondered in silence few no
mentx
tits pretty large sum to spead on boys
education, Hiram, he said, yet IL may be
that you are right L had 20 do without q Eu-
ropean tour until 1 had made the tnouey NY
self, and 1 got along comfortably on s6vo, but
the world ism exactly what II Ia my young
days. You shall have the money"
The young man was touched. A glow a.
gratitude lit up his somewhat pallid face he
thrust his hand IN breast pocket pulled Out
a small paper boz, opened II and sxss,dsd d 70
his father.
''Guvner." he said. inpulsively, .4Ass .
cigsretseG"
You weren't mad, then. when your dAughts
elopedy" : = I,
Mot much2"
why did you pursue thsnse As<lv -
7 ss afraid thsy might ssps.s ssx go
hssk "-ysdga
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II A i 81 AVE 70 q
given up during Lent"
The question was put
to Il Washington So
ciety man by the
writer for The STAR
with the firm e1pecta-
ton ofhearing of some
great piece of self de-
NAL. But the society
man twirled his silken
blonde mustache and
answered serenely that
be had given up moth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

" NV S"@
l.
Where automatic indication lies In wait for agi-
tation,
To weigh you and record 10 ON the SPOT,
lis no use 10 hedge or higge, for the pointer will
not wiggie.
H.
IL YOU " ant from hotel " alter tender steak and
good potato,
And all the incest dishes that he's rot
He will surely ENTERTAIN Won E,th me heat tbat,s IN
the menu
ii you only drop nickel in the slot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
THE NEW YORK BAR.
Some More Noted Men Who Prac-
tiCed There Years Ago
STUDENT EXAMINA ATOMS

Interesting Anecdotes of Admissions 10 the
Bar-Ineidents I'm the Careers Of Judge Ed
nunds, Justice Nelson, Daniel .. Dickman.
oAksy Hall and Others-A Story of Forrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
MoONSHINE WHISKY.
MoONsHINER AND AGENT.

What the sFrsud FUND.- n ror-Curaositiss Of
Agents Are Obliged - E,ssanbsr-Ost-
iav.y IN the MsunAaans -aGseasAs.iAs I'm
NeRshsrn Citiss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

ksnsdy for ths 0stpps Cough.
Tske small aud frequent dossssf Ksnps Daassn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
Written for The Evening Star.

n ANECDOTE OR
two of student exami-
nations for one admis-
sion TO the bari In
presence Of the su-
preme bench, Judge
Roosevelt presiding.
and with the three ap-
examiners.
Burrin, Hutchins and
NicoH, duly at their
post. . class Of sixty or
30 came up for legal
questioning. One old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

Hard to Prescribe.
Attendant-"Ths living skeleton IL DICK"
hansger-"Great heavens! What sils him."
Attendant-"He's got pain. bu. he's so thin
the doctors don't know whether it's cramps or
back achs."-Jndge.
Opsra Pricss-Ths whole Story.
Inquirsr--"Why do % few people come to the
opsra?'
Manager-"Bscauss our prices are 20 high"
Inquirsr-"why do yen keep he prices -
high?''
Managsr-"Bsesuas - fsv people come"
Puck
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-fou weren't mad, then. when your dAughts
elopedy" y !
mot much2"
twenty miles2- -, =
7 .ss afraid thsy might ssps.A ss1 go
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fright tia. we had to hold him up, said: 1 use
Il ran back Into the building. and, finding
that our lights had all been put out IN the
scramble, called out to sorns one to bring me
q candle. A deputy collector had charge Of
came up to the window with lighted candle
in his hand. But he was 20 badly frightened
that his teeth chartered like those Of . man
with sgus, and before could get TO him hs
not only shook the lighted candle cut bns
actually shock tie talow leose from the wick
and gave me nothing but string After quist
was restored We found the other moonshiner
upstairs IN bed, pretending TO be faa4 asleep
and to be merely temporary lodgsr in the
essabiishment although the manner in which
tered promiseueusly around TIE door led to
the oonclusien that he had very hastily un-
dressed"
SnKwD TKRAefA
Illicit stills In cities ere usually discovered
closely Watching the sugar and molassss houses
and BY following suspected draymsn to ne
whsrs they empty their loadA. At night the
revenue officers listen for sounds IKE the driv-
Ing Of bungs, or they climb on Top ef buildines
to catch The peculiar oders Of fissaied spiriss.
OF the famous deputy collector, p. b Hawley.
Il used to be said that Ae could susnA \ nm
stin - . bloodhound follows 0 warm trail
through . swamp. Atkinson s.ys Of him. Il
have frequently been with him, walking leis-
urely along some suburban street, when ha
would suddenly sniff the sir, moisteI Ma fInccr
with his thumb, aad hold II up 70 s.osrtsin
whence the Wind was blowing Then a ia
wouad 10 b bss-lins 10 TIE d6Ansry."
DISHONEST oPx1Arons or LIoxxsEp pzsfuxx.m
rob tha government II fAr more nsasy "a
the moonshinera Thsir nsAhad 4 10 pssd.ss
ena ~ Hsss kqnss thaa tAsy psg innss On.
One bushsl Rsssu slgAs - yisia ~ ~,
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In The meantime, besides the little dinner
party where the guests are few enough for con-
versation to be general. there are the delights
to the female mind of thesswing circle. That
sewing ID feminine accomplishment which
by herself aud not likely TO bo distracted from
her task 10 doubtless fact but sewing In Lent
must not be done that way at all A number Of
young girls must agree that they will meet say
once . week and sew. Having decided this
much they must choose an hour late enough in
the afternoon not 10 conflict with any other o.
cupationA Then they must tell ell the men
they know when and where the sewing circle
intends TO meet and they must invite these
men TO come in altar o'clock and have . cup
Of tea. Do they saw after the men have made
their appsaranee7 Nos much. Did they seW
before the men came? Perhaps they did .
isals biz, just 10 kssp ~ appaaxsnssA, hut the
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which the cash u expended, il more sctive than
at any other time in the year. Its business il
to ferret out Illicit distlling, which is reckoned
to cost Uncle Sam $500, 900 year in the noun
tain regions of the southern states alone. The
officers usually led 10 the stills secretly BY
persons acquainted with their location, $50
being given to the guide for each whisky fac
tory thus made known. Such informers, who
are mysteriously designated in the treasury ac-
counts as form 10 men," are very commonly
murdered In revenge, as was SO recently the
case with q whole family massacred by the
notorious moonshiner fanatic Sims and his
gang.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-12-30
Water In q CRYSTAL.

The proprietor of The Statesman has in
his possession a rounded crystal of chalce-
dony three inches long, of an oval form
white and translucent. Tt is but o thin
shell, and when held to the light is seen to
be nearly filled with water, which flows
about as the object is turned this way and
that. What makes it interesting is that
the water has undoubtedly been Enclosed
and Theoretically sealed in this natural re
ceptacle for thousands and thousands Of
years. Probably it was there long before
Moses was born, and yet not drop of II
has evaporated.
Originally there was cavity in the rock
formed by volcanic bubble. Water per
colated into it, bringing in solution slick
which was deposited on the walls of a little
hollow in a coating of chalcedony. In time
it would have been filled solid with beau
tiful crystals forming these "geodes,' . as
they are called, which are natures treas
ure caskets found concealed in rocky for
nations where least expected, and reveal
ing wonders of brilliant color.
Agates are made in the same fashion
However. in this instance the small chan
mel by which the water flowed in and out
became closed up in some way, and SO the
process stopped. After lapse of no one
can tell how many centuries the stony
mass containing the chalcedony chamber
with it's liquid contents was broken oper
and it fell out.-Walla Walla Statesman.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-12-30
A HORSE

like man in many respects. If he
MT feeling well, he cant be expected
, look we'll or to work satisfactorily
us ills are almost as varied rs those
= man, and require as careful treat,
nent Tom Hogshead's Horse and
'attle Powders will keep the animal
II good condition at all times, and in
.ase of serions disorder will effect a
IRE nine times out of TENN the
enth case, the animal had better be
disposed Of Our business, howevfr,
not confined to this one line-we
AIRY the largest stock of drugs,
'a'nts, oils, glass, lamps. fancy and
oilet goods in Staunton. Our pre-
Scription department is in competent
hands, and customers may feel assured
of getting only the best grade Of
drugs properly compounded
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-12-30
xsffxs to Letter Written


A few simple rules should be borne in
mind for guidance. whether in a letter or a
note. In the first place there is the man
ner of address. Begin any note or letter
to an acquaintance or a person to whom
you write for a favor, an inquiry, an
autograph, etc., Dear" etc. The Dear
is mere matter of social form, as mean.
ingless as any commonplace society phrase
but accepted by the best authorities as
correct. Ifwriting an order to a workman
who is to be employed, or if answering q
note or letter addressed in the third per
son. use this formula: miss Tor Mrs -
would like A. B. to come here at 8 a. ~
and attend to the carpentering needed, or
'Mrs. A. is in receipt of Mr.. B. IS note q
the 10Th, and she regrets she is unable II
give him the information desired" 1t
inelegant to begin any letter Friend, "etc
although adopted by many well educate
people. The Dear" ETC., in such a cast
should be used.
More mistakes, however, are made il
signatures, and here l would also sugges;
few simple rules. Never sign your namt
with prefix Of any kind. The reason i.
obvious, If you sign your letter, "Youf
truly, Miss Mary Smith," for example, you
make use of a title, the ''Miss" having
nothing whatever to do with your name
which is your signature. Therefore eti
quette requires you should sign as, for ex
ample, Yours truly, Mary Smith," In The
event of writing to any firm or person who
would in return need to know how to ad
dress you. put "Mrs." or miss" in brack-
cts little distance to the left of the sigma
ture. In addressing a gentleman on bust
ness in purely formal manner write thus
Charles J. Brown, Esq. Dear SIR" AND
in such case always sign, "Yours respect
fully" etc.-Harper's Young People.