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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
PRAYED TO KEEP HIS CLOTHES.
New York Street Waff Had Tkeas
Preservation I'm Mind.

From the New York Herald
NO class OF the population OF New Norn
come nearer to the poor than the membery
OF the Stun Brigade. as Il Is called. of thu
salvation Army. The Stun Sisters enter
the homes Of the unfortunates. ana minis
ter. either spiritually or materially. TO .lcn
and poor alike.
IL is a wonderful work which they eer-
form Tor the cause OF Christianity. Imb,.s
WIN an enthusiasm COMPARED 10 which en-.
members of the other sects seem bur hale.
hearted, the Stun Sisters do not besite a.
10 wash and dress the babies. cook the meal
ior the mother or attend TO the family
Washing and ironing. The necessity of the
work only governs its performance.
IN the barracks in which the noble slu,n
sisters live are beds and cots for honeiess
women and children. Many pafhetic go.
could De written about the chance oo-,,-
pants or these temporary resting nlaees
, ~. 70 none probably attaches more human
interest than the case Of a little vaif "a
whom the attention of Mrs TsaIIsns.c,
Booth was recently called
me chld was boy scarcely more than
dou. or hve years old: His parents had svi-
oehtly been sent to the island or had draft-
ed away somewhere When found cro,.,,s-
ca IN corner Of a hallway one chilly nirbt
IN March he was but half clad and vas
h1thped with exposure to the cold.
washed and dressed in clean clothes wag,n-
Cd ana FED. He was delighted with the az
tehtlon that he received and particuls. Nv,
WIN ms garments-so much so that when
one OF the sisters attempted 20 undress
him for bed he cried, under the heller &C.,
ne was about TO be permanently deprived
or his new apparel.
This was very apparent when the sis,e,
sleep" "n "
Kneeling beside him at the bedside On.
SISTER SISTER said; Say these words after me
Now lay me down to sleep"
Peeping between his fingers the little seI.
low hsped, Now I lay me down to sleep
pray the Lord my soul to keep" csn-
tinued the sister.
II pray the Lord my clothes to keep
Whispered the boy.
NO. not clothes to keep: soul to keep -
corrected the sister.
Soul TO keep" said the boy.
Now say IL from the beginning" ureed
the worker in the slums. Now / Law me
keep"
But the poor little fellow was too intsn,
upon his treasures. Now / lay me down
to sleep, i pray the Lord my clothes to
keep. he said. making the same mistake
as before.
mo. no: that is not right" spoke fhe
painstaking sister. You should pray God
TO care for your SOUL not your clothes IN
take care OF those"
And won't you pawn them" replied che
lad, TO the establishment OF the sister and
buy rum with them? That's what they al
ways did at home when had new clothes !"
Tears filled the eyes OF the Slum Sister,
but she brushed them aside as she kissed
the child. His few words OF precocious
knowledge had revealed 10 her the story OF
his brief life. and she needed no more TO
tell her Of the misery OF his home. Al
though he finally mastered his little prayer,
IL was with the words II pray the Lord
my clothes to keep" on his lips that he feli
asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
Petroleum to Cure Diphtheria.

FfOfn tne LOhdOn IeIegraph.
Paris medical men continue to give their
opinions vaguely on the treatment of diph.
iberia by petroleum as carried out by DR.
Flahout. a provincial physician All unite
in testimony as to the fact that such q
treatment Is by no means original. DR.
Fauvel a celebrated throat specialist. saws
that in pulmonary maladies the application
of pure petroleum has produced splendid
results. Moreover. during the American
war Of secession wounds were dressed with
the oil. The doctor, however, counseled
mothers whose children are affected BY the
dreadful malady Of diphtheria or Group tc
put their trust for the present in pure
lemon juice. which should be spongsd OF
brushed over the throats Of the sufrerars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

Painters are IN the air. The bretelles and
RULES have overfiowed at the shoulders and
appear on the hips, and IL woman was an
impressive object before. with her great
sleeves and shoulder tufts, what will she
be when epaulettes appear on the hips, Lit
tie tabs are made on several elegant gowns
shown, at the hips, like epaulettes. These
are edged with or even quite covered with
little RULES. The gown most bravely car
Tying out the idea Is black, dull silk-trust
the dress designers for yenturinS a new
Idea FIRST In black. The skirt widens to-
ward the bottom. and Is short The sleeves
are very large at the shoulders and close
GUNS extending to above the elbow. A
sort of fichu of black tulie is worn with the
gown 1t has elaborated epaulettes. covered
with crisp ruffies Of the tulle. Ends folded
nat cross over the breast and pass to the
back. where they are tied. and hang ioDg.
At the hips the fat ends arefurnished with
another pair OF epaulettes: these dip over
the hips. and are crisp fun OF little tulle
ruf1es- The edge of the skirt has deep
ruche Of tulle. The gown Is pretty and sig
nihcant. because IL suggests a new depar-
ture- Paniers mean fearfully small waists
short skirts and half sleeves. II paniers
come, they will rapidly attract all the elah-
GRAFTON from the Shoulders, which is one
comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
A Voyage ON . keg.


Capt - an old river man. created
quite a sensation by the popularity Of the
craft in which he once navigated the Mis-
souri, river. He was quite sportsman, and
on one of his hunting excursions his skiff
was stolen or got adrift, leaving him near
q small town about twenty miles above his
home. He disliked to walk that distance.
and concluded to make a raft and float
down. He dashed together four small logs
Ave or six feet long In the form Of square,
laid piece Of plank across and then placed
a discarded nail keg in the middle: then he
got a newspaper and. lighting a pipe. show
ed OF into the stream. Floating swiftly
along he passed In front OF q negro cabin.
The old negro stood on the bank and hail
ed him.
"wha's yo' goin'. cap'n. on dat fing?"
Coin to St Louis!'
"Goinon dat kagT'
"Yesr'
"Fo' Gordr' was all the astonished negro
could say. The captain. rather wondering
at the negro. looked at his feet and found
that on account of his weight and the
water-soaked condition Of the logs they had
disappeared beneath the surface OF the
water. leaving nothing but the keg to show
upon what he was riding. Not at all dis
concerted. however, ne continued his voy-
age and arrived home In safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
bicycles Not Available for War.

Prom The london DnlIv NeWs.
The use Of the bicycle for military purposes,
after having developed with great rapidly
IN France has suddenly received a check
Gen Loizillon, the minister OF war has u
appears. little faith In IL. He has issued q n
order that the cyclist corps are only to he
used on prepared ground.
In time OF war. he says, their use. even
II no account IS taken OF the liability 20
the machines 10 break. is likely to cause
serious miscalculations. ana they can only
rarely be substituted for men on horseback,
The cyclists henceforth, therefore. or untg
some successor to Gen. Loizillon more fa-
vorable TO them Is appointed. will he re-
SERVED, by his instructions. for garrfson
duty, for the great maneuvers, and IN tine
OF war for certain easy communications 81
the rear OF the forcsA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

At present we are in the days OF shoulder
elaboration. and another model OF that sort
Is presented in picture number two. 1t is a
princess dress in silver gray alpaca, trim
med with black. dark gray OF dark green
suA braid The skirt must measure three
aa i. d nan yards and Is lined separately
with thin silk and stifened slightly. III is
orhamented with braid as shown the same
dIfdHSetnent on a smaller scale betnp "a
Peated az the waist The fichu collar il
loose and is made OF a bias strip laid in
narrow pIeats and hooking along the sija
seam under the arm. The opening AT the
heck Is filled in with chiffon or lace Alto
Eether IL Is a stylish and handsome a.,
Tor the promenade or for calls -,
pretty dinner dress is next shown. It's slSir,
- corlpcsei OF SOred foundation, skirt
fiaI,nne ~, win TWO deep founces. each
no.hce cut In round points ct the bottor,
ahu made OF alternate rows Of lace Jnso-
sSrIon and crepe. and edged witb , To-.
n, - a'o s the bottom The bodice Is also
49,, oI ace and silk bands and hes a
tunu YOKE Of the same finished WEI .
.naVy It'll OF lace forming enauIa+tes "a q
sIss, snouIders- Falling over the TOP OF me
~ 49,. rs second lace rufie The st-tras
81 ne waist mast meet those 90 ,bA -.
ing cut princess ante Oh De-
For House wenr.
gowns. so called, are all IN nm.
ihade or china silk in yar;ous
h,,5too Any white and black. The
NJ ina S4o+Sc pattern. Is a
o., ', ,tion and tucks and is line1 tbronsSI
guy with silk like itself At the wsjst u :
q wias u ms. oraSlng string fashion through
60. oeit- Inc opening OF the skirt is n
=, rOnt, and the sash ties in a big sof, I,I n,
=, II front Inc skirt is insertion mn 70 tbs
nees; ana there is an underskirt Of black
sleeves are wonders of fullness draw, in+e
: cesp cum The secret Of the wonderft,I
nans or the fuHness seems to be thai THE
outside Of the arm. reaching in ,o,, .
somewhat above the bend OF the arm. while
~ the allow the cun isEro be paradoxicaiN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
CONTRAST OF COLORS
The Fashionable Flare at Skirt Hem
and Shoulders.
PANIERS ARE IN THE AIR
Some Becoming Costumes for the
FashionabIy Inclined.
FEATURES OF THE CHIGNON.
NEW YORK. Sept. 8. 1893.

YORK. Sept. s. 1898.
KIRTS ARE MADE
so full all Of a sud
den at the very hem
that the edge flutes
Up and down and the
prettiest effect In the
world is secured by a
deep facing Of silk in
a color contrasting
to that OF the skirt
itself. There Is a
piquancy about the
glimpse each step
causes of this other
color that Is more
subtle than the flip
OF the erstwhile silk
petticoat. For one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

Is n portion. envy, malice and all un-
charItableness her woman state, while she
stlrs abroad In cloth. mere cloth, when
other women OF no better desert can wrau
themselves In the velvet darkness of seal
skin.
especially II II be made into the new cane
with a mink edge. or the newer trim and
shapely three-quarter coat, which is so sen.
sib!e as 10 sleeve. SO tasteful as to finish
which, realizing of seaIslin thar nrna I'm,
itself can be its parallel, keaps IL unyax ed
OF braid or frog or tawdry mosaic inlayir 2
OF other fur. 1t sits snug, but is easy in
every part, ana has the tall, hdrins collar
coming higher than the ears: that is this
season. the bulwark of good STYLE. The
cape. though a costlier and more cunbrous
garment lacks wholly the coats severe ele-
gance. The latter ought to BE worn over =
cloth skirt trimmed about the bottom with
the new seal passementerie that Is a very
high and very costly novel-y-uuits toe
costly ever to become common,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

may thus call attention away from itself
by focusing the eye upon the persist
emily exploited beauty of the hair. A really
beautiful face can, of course, stand the
of coiffure. while extreme delicacy uf fig
ure, as IN the girl sketched to illustrate
this defense of the chignon. finds a sort of
foil and relief in a suggestion of splendid
luxuriance in the masses of coiled strands
But the style, most decidedly, is not for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

10 dcceHt her run proportions with It's Sc
verely simple lines.
Contrariwise to the tall thin woman
especially If she is beginning to fade, the
garment is a positive benediction. 1t gives
her grace and stateliness and a suggestion
of youth; besides there Is nothing q lite 50
Softening to an ageing face as the furry
frame, which Is to wrinkles and hollows
even more than charity to a multitude Of
SINS The coat is. too. very nearly as bench
cent to passee gowns as to the wearers
thereof. since 1t let's no bit Of them show
for more than three-quarters Of the length
To wear with 1t the correct thing is one of
the new two-colored felt hats, the body COL
or matching the fur. the facing and trim
ming of the hue Of the cloth Ribbon loops
and osprey feathers are the accepted and
elect thing. With them to supplement
becoming shape. 1t Is safe to say that Solo
mon In all his glory never felt so sure Of
himself and his raiment as will the wearer
of this smart new coat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
A Poor Metaphors.

From Truth.
Eugene-"Marfa, you is sweeter dan a
marshmiller."
Martha-''Hei hei You bettah call me yo'
chocolate drop. Do9't siuailituds una to 70
solt Vhlta 1rssh.H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09

below the elbow. The cuff is insertion and
tucks. This garment carried out in black
or white Is charming. while in rose pink,
with all the under lining rainbow silk, rose
yellow and white, was not so pretty after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
Giving the Irish POinta.
From Puck.

Prof. Won Blitz (the sword-swallower. in
deep disgust. as he looks at the back page of
Puck Of August 9Th. Veil, veil. veil! Desc
Irish is dumb. Dondt know how to light dot
Chermsn pipel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-09
NCtE jim STABtER.
The Patriarch of the Well-Known Sandy
Spring Settlement
EVERYBODY I'm the Neighborhood Re.
lated to n stnbIer-AtSat Phoebe and
the Pets-Uncle Jim Mt Home.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FALLING GREEN" OLNEY. Ma
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
BILL NYE IN iowa.
he SlYS IT EA MISTAKE TO SAY BE IS
ONE OF THE NAUVOO RICHIE.
An Invitation from One Of the Earth's Fairesi
Daughters, Which William Refuses Point
Blank-Sons Poetry Which Will b
Read With Many Soal Throhs.
cuprrfan,. 1888. BY Esaar ". Nps.

We have been passing through Iowa
lately pronounced Ioway by people who
live here, and Iowah by those who do
not. Arizona Is called Arizony by those
who reside there, and Arizona by peo-
pie who do not get out much, but who
get gay on popcorn and go to bed as
soon as the supper dishes are cleared
away.
Iowa Is beautiful State, and every
farmer has marble top furniture In his
sitting room. The soil is rich, deep
black, which could be divided up with
New England and yet have enough left
In the spring to give tawny shade 10
the pink clay Of the south.
Twas speaking last month to noun
taineer OF North Carolina regarding the
prosperity of that region, and especially
respecting the growth OF the brick and
tile business. The man was clay col
ored man, with clothes TO match. lie
was sad looking man, with the air OF
one who had hoped with others that
with the election OF Mr.. Cleveland
huckleberries would go no TO eleven
cents, and that the air would be full OF
welcome to the south and cheap English
clothing made extra long In the limbs to
fit the trade.
Eyes" be said, at seems like there Is
more calls for hands in the brick works,
but they pear like mostly niggers, for
no white man wants to fuss around In
the mud ell day when he ought TO be
ruSt huntin. And as for cookin clay,
nv folks haven't saw well day since
Vanderbilt put his old bakeshop in
amongst our victuals."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

lady with starry eyes, reminding me Of
Psyche as saw her once at my house
when boy. and with q coaxing dimpls
In her cheek, held to my lips q sparkling
glass Of crystal In which the Barleycorn
Bitters dubbed and sang.
"Take one with me-" she said. resting
her shapely little hand on my coat
sleeve as II 1t were a little tame,
tired white rat. "Take one with me.
Twill cheer you up and possibly loosen
ND an old thought"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Icontinusd on Ninth Page ]

HENRY ScHoESHALs. foreman Henry
Krug Packing Co.. St. Joseph, Mo-,
uses DR.. Thomas Electric Oil with his
men for sprains, cuts, bruises, chapped
ands, etc. 1t Is the best
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

Tor RENT.
IL POSSESSION APRIL I. Iss5.
good Farm, containing 40 acrss WIZ ga -,
frame house and barn; also " screy "a o.a.If
The same All god h1sstone lsna' 1919 1919
sbsut SIX miles IRON Whesiings nS~ oe.sy.. 49,
sfsts. Applyto }. 7. Stone
DooK AND JoR/N0EK. NEATLY xxs-
% e6tsd II us r ssss Printing hoass
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-17
TIE BEST GIRL SHOT.

Miss Mollie Morgan, of Colusa, Cal. g,
according to the San Francisco Call, is
one of the haudsomest young ladies of
that State, and is the most expert lady
shot in the world. One of her principal
amusements and occupations is shooting
the wild geese which, at some seasons OF
the year, make the lives of the California
planters 'lserable by devo1ring their
fields of growing grain. Her weapon is
a Winchester rifle, and she claims to
have killed as high as seventy six geese
with the sixteen charges that it carries
at one loading. 1t is said that last fall
she killed 1856 geese. AS the county
pays bounty of two cents head for
the killing of these birds, and her father
paid her $50 month for the protection
of his fields, she made pretty good
thing out Of it. She says that she can
shoot off n goose s head ninety mine times
out of hundred at 100 yards.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-17
A rnEsENr-DAY MOTHER HUBBARD.

The Mother Hubbard receives its
Apotheosis in the Empire tea gown.
This is surely sweet revenge for that
honest but comfortable garment, whose
popularity in some Western towns
brought it under the ban of the law.
The Empire tea gown has yoke, as did
the Mother Hubbard, from which the
fulness depends. TIE difference lies
only in the double pleats of the back,
ravished from the Vatican, under which
n girdle of ribbon passes. The front
hangs loose with scant fulness, like q
Roman tunic, and is rarely girdled. The
materials are soft Henrietta cloths, cash
mcres, wool, vciIings or rich striped
silks. The sleeves are, of course, large
dropping puifs, with deep cuffs. When
the tea gowns of silk, the sleeves are of
velvet. Other Empire tea gowns are of
gauze and lace over slips of silk. The
fancy of bride tends toward tea gowns.
These are all of delicate tints, and are
finished luxuriously with girdles of sill
yer, gilt and tiligree set with colored
stones. Dressing gowns of deIicately
tinted flannels have straight fronts, Wat
teau backs and deep fichu like capes of
silk and lace. There is a fax gray
wooden lace that is used with delicate
tints. The thick, but light-weighted
eiderdown aannels are cut with the sim
plicity of the old princess gowns with n
single Vatican pleat in the back. New
York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-17

becomes almost valueless as q means of
locomotion. The wretched girl energies
ftom her period of feverish torture a
mutilated cripple, condemned to hobble
through life on feet which preserve no
semblance of natures beautiful mech
anism, having become as hideous as they
are useless.
At intervals the missionary cries out,
tho traveller writes, and the charitable
agitate; but the poor little children
never benefit. For them there remains
always the same ruthless bending of
bones, the same agonizlng application of
tight ligatures, the same long months Of
bitter pain and unavailing tears. Per-
haps, he suggests, it is to this singular
contrast between general refinement and
cultivation of the Chinese on the one
hand, and this callous cruelty on the
other, that we must attribute the period
ical appearance of apologists for the ap-
palling custom. Some people say that
though the foot is ultimately deformed,
though the woman is indeed condemned
to be little better than q cripple, yet tho
process is not SO very painful after all.
The bones are soft, they say, in early
youth; the sinews supple. Twisting,
crushing and wrenching are operations
that may be performed without much
suffering on baby feet, whereas adults
would be maddened by the torture. To
this the. writer replies: "Let no one
talk of the yielding character of young
bones or the pliability OF baby sinews.
We have listened with our own ears to
the cries of little girl undergoing the
torturing process. Such agonizing walls
never before fell on our ears. They
were the shrieks of child absolutely
wild with suffering. When the ligatures
were loosened and the shocking success
sion of breathless screams ended in long
drawn walls of exhaustion aud misery,
the listener turned almost sick with
horror and sympathy. Yet mother
was the deliberate torturer of the
poor baby, and father callously lis
tened to its heartbroken cries. Think
that this fendish barbarity is being
practiced daily and hourly throughout
the length and breadth of land con-
tanning 5000, 600 inhabitants. Not
alone are the tender bodies of the poor
little girls ruthlessly racked and tor
tured, but the purest sentiment Of hui
manity, the love of parents for their
children, IS perpetually outraged. Such
unnatural cruelty could be tolerated
only in the presence Of the worst kind
of decentralization. How much can sur
vive of the moral beauty of the paternal
relation when fathers and mothers, in
Difference to a mere freak of fashion,
consent to inilict on their daughters,
day by day, torture that well nigh mad
dens the baby brain and wrinss shrieks
of excruciating agony from the little
lips2 This is one of those facts that
made us marvel when we hear great
destiny predicted for the Chinese Ma
tion.-London Public Opinion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-17
height of Waves.

7
That ocean waves run mountains
high no one ever believed unless he
was very credulous indeed. The
phrase is highly exaggerated figure
or speech. But the observations OF
keepers of lighthouses in every ex-
oosed situations have proved that
waves run high enough, in great
'tormS to make very respectable
hills Some time ago the steamer
that carried supplies to the Light
nouse on Tillamook Rock, on the
coast OF Oregon. was able to make n
landing and establish communication
with the light-keepers for the first
.iine in six weeks 1t brought away
;he chief light-kceper who had a
thrilling story to tell.
The waves of the Pacific tore away
The wharves and other constructions
IN the rock. even carrying off timhc
;iveted to the rock. As vet. how
.ver, the lantern remained untouched.
But the storm increased; the waves
'ose higher, and presently dashed
lgainst the lantern, 100 feet above
The level OF the sea Finally the
water dashed Gear over the top OF
;he beacon, coming in at the venti.
ators in the roof
The keepers were compelled to work
desperately all night long to keep the
amp lighted. They were contm-
Tally la fear that the pancs ofylass
cooking scaward would be broken in
by the force Of the waves, and that
they should themselves he washed
lut into the sea to certain death.
But the iron lattice work outside the
windows saved the glass.
The light-keepers, who were old
milors, affirmed that no experience
IN shipboard could Ge so horrible as
ibis long struggle with the storm at
'he summit of the lighthouse. They
would have been glad to take refuge
.ven in frail ship
The Tillamook light has on prey
GUS occasions been washed com
nleteIy over by the waves The same
thing has happened to the EddYstone
Light off the coast OF England, and
to the light at FleauX-dc- Brechot, of,
the the coast of France, both OF
which are upwards OF $50 feet il
height
1t seems very well established.
therefore, that the waves may mount
to Il height of $50 feet above the
general level, where there are rocks
or other distractions TO break. On
the ocean they would hardly rise so
high above general level; but as each
wave Is accompanied by Il depression
of corresponding debth, the vessel
which Is carried from the wave may
truly be said to climb great hill OF
waves.