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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Prices Lower Than Last Weeks
Closing in Wall Street.
AT.HISON RECEIVERSHIP DISCOUNTED.
Traders in Stocks Inclined to the
Bear Side.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS.
Special Dispatch TO The Evening star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, Dec 26.-Speculation was
resumed this morning at concessions vary
ing from Is TO 3-4 per cent from last
weeks closing. Interest before the opening
centered in the Atchison receivership and
It's probable effect on the rest of the list.
out subsequent events proved that TIE
street had previously discounted the an
nouncement. After opening of / SIS per
cent to IL the stock rallied i per cent. and
became dull in the neighborhood of that
price.
The room is still inclined to the bear side
OF the market. and is talking lower prices
IN the near future for the entire list. the
Grangers in particular. The short interest
Is already large, and rallies must result
from this cause but beyond this there is
nothing on the surface to warrant any ma
terial advance in prices.
New England gained is per cent 70
IL Is on the assurance that next months
interest would be paid Opinion differs as
to the ultimate fate of this property ami
many incline to the belief that a receiver
ship VIII be necessary to straighten out fits
affairs
Western Union sold down 1 Der cent 10 81
on considerable activity
Northwest lost per cent to 81 as BUR
lington lost / Ia per cent TO 20 Ia ST.
TO 20 S-s on the announcement OF a decrease
OF H1l,oao in earnings for the third week
this month. Rock Island lost per cent 20
e.
Sugar seems 20 have again been taken n
hand by friendly interests. who We're sue
cessfui in marking up the price IS per
cent TO - 5-s on moderate transactions
The remainder of the industrials were
steady and without special feature.
sterling rates remain unchanged al rre-
vlously quoted rates The SUPPLY Of CONT
mental bills is stiIl light but fully up to i'm
mediate demands
Money continues IN abundant supply at 1
per cent on call. and from to 4 on time ac-
commodations.
The clearing house statement reports en-
changes. s16.SS3.oo2; balances s. ga S57 ana
the subtreasury's debt balance s7s5 COG
Louisville and Nashville earnings for the
third week in December decreased s62. re
ana missouri Pacific earnings for the same
period decreased $4,000.
The market was dull and -uninterestfng
curing the afternoon, without any import
ant change. There was no business. except
such as came from the professional element
on the floor. Commission houses contfr ue
10 lament the absence OF orders, but hope
for some improvement later in the week
when the evening up process sets IN.
The closing was dull and featureless at
a net decline from Introductory figures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
WOMEN ON THE STAGE.
Clement Scott Says That Beauty
Counts for More Than Brains.

Clement Scott Says That Beauty
Counts for More Than Brains.
In a recent article on stage-struck girls,
Clement Scott the well-known dramatic crit
ic, declares that it is the woman with the
lovely smile and glorious figure that jumps
into paying renown, while her more brainy
sister either fails to please entirely or
spends many, many days and months in
the exasperating position of understudy to
a successful star whom she wishes would
be seized with a sudden illness or for some
other cause might take it into her head to
leave the boards and give the impatient
understudy a chance to show what she can
do.
All this Is very, very discouraging to the
woman who thinks she has talent, and yet
how true the sweeping statement that beau
ty rather than brains counts in the long
run. A Juliet with talent cannot command
the salary that comes easily to a pretty
woman with no voice, but with an ire
sistible personality that converts discords
into harmonies Mr. Scott goes on to say
that his assertion is ably sustained by the
hundreds of unemployed actresses of ac-
knowledged ability who daily seek dramatic
agencies hoping to obtain the smallest po-
sition in the most ordinary company while
the face and figure of some popular beauty
with no talent are Haunted in every photo
grapher's window and crowds nightly rush
to see one whose loneliness has made her
rich and famous.
This Is thoroughly delightful to the
favored one, but there is a dark shadow
that looms up in the midst Of the triumphs
OF the present, the shadow of the future
that time when Miss Beauty will have
grown stout and passe or an Illness has
changed the rounded contour to unpeasing
thinness or an accident has SCARED the
perfect outlines of the lovely face. Then
where are the admirers of former days
where are the managers who were once
so anxious to engage her at any price?
Gone, all gone, with the vanished charms
and unless that woman has been provident
in times of prosperity, a sorrowful day of
reckoning will be hers.
Stage life is not Eldorado by any
means. Women with beauty and women
with talent can find better setting for
such rare jewels than amidst the properties
and the shams behind the scenes. Great
successes there have been, we grant you
fortunes have been made, we know, and
many gracious and lovely women adorn
the stage at the present time, but one does
not see the thousands who have met with
disappointment. having triad and failed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
The Water supply and Typhoid.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
1t may be truthfully said that entire i'm
munity may be gained from typhoid by
avoiding infected food and water. Yet there
are many large cities in this country whose
entire water supply is more or less polluted.
Chicago discharges her sewage into Lake
Michigan ana takes her drinking water
from the same place. Boston, Philadelphia
and many other cities take their water sup
ply from rivers running through thickly
settled communities and receiving sewage
therefrom. San Francisco is one of the
few large cities in the country whose water
supply is uncomtamnated. The watersheds
which feed its catchment system are almost
entirely free from dwellings and from ami
NAL life Most of the land within the
catchment area is owned or controlled by
the water company 1t is to the advantage
of the company to see that the land is kept
clear, and IL does. The result is as we
have said, that San Francisco has the
purest water supply of any large city in the
United States.
This statement is strilxingly borne out by
San Francisco for the last fiscal year. In
it the total number of deaths is given as
6,S73, and of these 1l3 are ascribad to ty-
phoid fever. The population of this city is
about 100000; il our death rate from ty-
phoid were the same as il is in Munich
row (Which Is called a low rate the number
of deaths would be 312, or nearly three
times what it Is here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

With Something Barber Otto Used Il
His Never-Failfnx Hair Tonic

From the Chicago Tribune.
Men who persist in smoking while in a
BARRIERS chair may profit by the experience
OF Henry Hallenstein, who was frightfully
burned about the face, head and neck In
Alfred Otto's barber shop at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. He is now at his home
454 West Congress street, swathed in band
ages, and vows he will never again attempt
to light cigar while a barber is putting
tonic on his hair. Fritz Hotz, the barber
VINO Was catering TO nIs Customer wants
Jared Almost as paoly as Ar. I1aIIensIem.
his right hand was burned and one-nau Oh
ms long blond musLacne was sInged in sucn
a manner that he was obliged to trim 1t
short.
After Mr.. Hallenstein had been shaved
the barber asked:
What wiI you have on your hair?'
Mr.. HallensIein knew that Fritz wanted
him to use Mr.. Ottos tonic and he con-
sented. The barber had doused a consid-
cradle amount OF this liquid on Mr.. Hallen-
stems head Wnen the latter decided he
wanted to smoke. He pulled out cigar
and asked for light There We're no
matches at hand, SO he took piece of
shaving paper, folded 1t up and lighted IL
from the gas jet. As he brought the burn
ing paper close to his cigar the alcoholic
fumes from the tonic ignited. There was a
sudden flash Of flame, and Mr.. Hallenstein.
screaming at the top of his voice, leaped
from the chair. Fritz grabbed a towel, and
quickly poSSlDle SihOtuSFcu tuc
Mr. Hallenstein was burned badly about
the face, ears and neck. The skin all peeled
off. His eyebrows. mustache and hair were
badly singed. He was taken to DR.. Jewetts
office. where his wounds were dressed.
Fritz himself had not escaped injuries. His
right hand was severely burned. One-half
of his long mustache was burned away.
When one of his fellow BARRIERS took pair
of shears and clipped the other side to make
1t match Fritz almost cried with grief.
During his excitement he threw away the
bottle containing the mysterious tonic. 1t
struck square on the back of Ellsworth
Hawley, the barber who was cutting a
mans hair in the next chair. The man
jumped up and ran outside, and did not re-
turn for half an hour. There was a great
deal of confusion in the barber shop, and
during the afternoon curious people peeped
through the windows to see what was the
matter.
Mr. Otto. the proprietor, was not in the
shop when the accident happened. He is a
in bandages he inquired what the trouble
penod he became excited and could say
nothing He would not say of what the
tonic was made. and ran out OF his place
over to the doctors office.
Later in the evening Mr.. Hallenstein was
seen at his residence. He could not speak.
as every movement Of the mouth frritated
the burned flesh. His head and neck were
covered with bandaFes. All that could be
seen were his ewes ana lips.
''IIis face and even his lips ere burner.
said Mrs Ha1len stein. "He suffers a great
deal now" but, of course, no one IS to
blame"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
ALL WASHINGTON WON.
fhe Christmas Day Foot Ball Game
Was Interesting.

The Christmas Day Foot Ball Game
Was Interesting.
Yesterdays great foot ball game between
the Columbia Athletic Club and All-Wash-
ington resulted In a victory for the latter
team by a score of 8 to o. At the end Of
the first half, which was fully reported in
the regular edition of The Star. neither
side had scored. and honors were about
even. 1t was by no means a great game,
though 1t was an interesting one to watch,
the sympathies of the audience being fairly
divided between the two teams.
In the second half ALL Washington clearly
outplayed Columbia, and by good playing
by W. Church and Ordway the ball was
brought within few feet of Columbia's
goal line. and Bayiey. the cadet from
Annapolis who did such effective work for
All-Washington, was pushed over the line
for a touchdown. From this he kicked a
goal. There was no more scoring during
the game. By far the best playing of the
day was that of Goodwin Ordway, who is
home from Lehigh and who covered him
self all over with glory. Fugitt Of the ALL
Washington team also played a strong
game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

A Plan for Making a General CO1lec-
| ton in the Homes of the City.

Plan for Making q General CO1lec-
ton I'm the Homes of the City.
The Evening Star presented yesterday a
plan by which the contributions of all its
readers who would like to give something
to relieve the suffering Of the poor can be
collected by trustworthy agents with little
trouble to the contributors. Every month
the agents OF The Star visit nearly every
home in the District on their collecting
tours. The plan is to have the amount to
be given ready in an envelope to hand to
the collector when he calls. The money
thus collected will be turned over to the
citizens relief committee. AS it is believed
Of relief for at least three months it is de-
sired that those who give one month should
not consider their duty discharged. For
that reason the readers Of The Star who
avail themselves Of the plan outlined above
for getting their contributions to the relief
ton every month for three months, and to
give any amount they can, no matter how
small it may be. The operations Of The
Evening Star Santa Claus Club have shown
how large an amount may be raised by
dime contributions, If every one would
put something in an envelope to be handed
to The stars collector, II it is only dime,
the amount raised each month would be a
very handsome one. In probably every
home in the city the appeal Of the poor has
been heard. The need for a united effort on
the part Of those who can give even if it is
ever so little, is generally recognized.
The Star believes that all such people
want to give, and 1t offers the means 1t
possesses for making collections, in order
to provide an easy method Of making con-
tributions. however small. believing that
in this it will be serving its readers as
well as the cause Of charity.
1t is desired that those who make contri-
buttons in the manner proposed cut out the
appended coupon from The Star, fill up the
blanks and inclose 1t with the amount Of
the first months contribution in the en-
velope to be handed to the collector. 1t is
not, Of course, intended to discourage from
giving those who prefer to make a single
contribution outright, and not to pledge
themselves to make any future donations
The Star will gladly receive such single
contributions sent either directly to The
Star office or through its collectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
BY Chance.

From the Detroit Free Press
Ihey were talking on the rear platform
OF the car. when one suddenly turned to
the other with:
Were you ever in Californian
"Oh, yes"
Great country. isn't itr'
"Grandest in the world"
Let me sell you some property there"
Il was about to propose the same thing
to you. Where is your property?'
About fourteen miles from Blankville"
Mine is Just fourteen. What did you
pay?'
About $500 per acre"
80 did 1. Did you buy for an orange
grover
Yes"
so did /. Any hill on your lsndr'
"Yes-all HILL
$50 is mine You paid $500 per acre. and
you'll take about S25?'
"Yes-s20."
$50 will 1. Beautiful climate. isn't ita"
Perfectly lovely"
"Then can't sell your"
Not today: Never told any one you got
left, did your
Never"
Nor I. either. Always claim to have
made $4,000 on my deal. Good-day."
"Good-day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
MORE ANTI-TAx RIOTS.
Military Compelled to Fire Upon the
Sfcilfans.

PALERMO. Sicily. Dec. 26-Lercara di
Freddi, the scene Saturday Of a fight be-
tween a mob and body of troops growing
out of the anti-tax agitation. last night
witnessed a more serious ARRAY, in which
four persons were killed and many
wounded.
The fight Saturday. in which two persons
were wounded, further infiamed the anger
of the people, and last evening they de-
termined to make another demonstration
against the odious Octroi tax and the NUM-
cipal councillors who insisted upon its en-
forcement.
A large crowd gathered and paraded the
streets and finally became so riotous that
body or troops was dispatched to dispense
them.
The troops attempted to clear the streets
whereupon they were set upon by the riot
ers, who attacked them with stones and
other missiles. The soldiers, who were
supplied with ball cartridge, were ordered
to fire upon the crowd, and they poured
volley into the ranks of the rioters, the
effects of which caused most of the latter
to flee in dismay.
Four of their number were left dead in
the street, while many others fell to the
ground more less seriously wounded.
Great excitement prevails in the town,
and 1t may be that further trouble will
occur when the funerals of the victims
are held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Restoring Famous Places.

From the London Globe.
The Abbey of Nillers, where Queen Vic
toria first saw the late Prince Consort-the
occasion of their meeting being a court
picnic given by Leopold lis being placed
In such condition as to preserve 1t from
further decay. The work is being intelli-
gently carried out by NJ. Licot, who has
devoted several years to studying the de-
talls OF these splendid ruins, and the queen
or the Relgians is taking a very active in
terest In the work. The restoration of the
Laeken palace is also progressing and II IS
expected that the work will he completed
by the LIST OF January, the fourth ami
versary of its destruction by fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Anything but Mice.

From the New York Herald.
He came horne very, very drunk. 1t was
not an unusual state for him to be in, and
so his wife paid no attention to him. He
sat down beside the table and solemnly I'M
folded a newspaper. He held it in a pair of
trembling hands and tried to read. He
thought he was reading. She knew he
wasn't,
He laid tee paper down, and. leaning back
in his chair gazed steadily at the gas jet,
while mis- feet shuffied nervously on the car
pet. He moved uneasily in his chair and
his hands began to work convulstVely.
These are very familiar symptoms to the
timid little woman, who sat on the other
side of the table ciasping her hands until
the nails sunk deep into the flesh. 1t was a
trying moment for her. She was alone with
him. There was not another soul in the
house.
His mood might become a dangerous one
he might in his frenzy, become homicidal.
She wondered who would hear her If she
screamed. Suppose he should suddenly
reach for that big knife which lay on the
sidebcard, and
a shiver ran through her.
AS he twined and twisted in his chair she
softly arose and walked to where the knife
lay. She picked it up stealthily and hid it
beneath her apron. Then, when a chance
offered itself, she slipped it under the edge
of the rug.
Then he jumped TO his feet wildly.
She tries to soothe him.
What Is it, John? Don't You feel weii?'
He glared wildly at her across the table.
I've got EN- again." he said.
She drew back affrighted, and he started
to wax around the table. He walked to
where she sat.
I've got EN- again, l say"
She looked up at him. Then she spoke as
calmly as she could:
so L see But this time / hope you will
have monkeys snakes or some other
sort of interesting menagerie animals
Those mice you had last time made me so
nervous l could hardly Sleep
He looked at her in dazed way. Then he
walked over to the couch, laid down. and in
sixty seconds was asleep. She picked I'D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
MIR. STEMS NORTHERN TRIP.
He is Receiving Letters of Encourage.
mont EporS

He is Receiving Letters of Encourage
ment From Many People.
Mr.. Stein of the u. 9. Geological Survey,
who Is organizing party to explore EHes-
mere Land and to rescue the Swedish ex-
plorers who were wrecked near its shores
has received strong letters of Endorsement
from the National Geographic Society,"
from Gen. Greedy, Commodore Melville
Maj. Powell, Lieut.. Brainard, who with
lockwood reach the highest north; Mr.
Bryan, astronomer of the Polaris .expedi-
ton, Col II. w. Feilden. naturalist to the
Naris expedition of 1si5-76, Sir George
Mares himself. and DR.. Supan, editor of
Petermann's Geographische Mitteilungen.
subsequent letter from Col. Feilden con-
tains an interesting bit of information con-
corning the northermost point of the Amer
lean archipelago exclusive OF Greenland).
1t says: Il told you in my last letter that
/ had written to Sir George Mares, inclos-
ing your prospectus. 1 also sent him your
letter to read. 1 heard from him this morn
ing, and he writes, Stein is evidently on
the right track. / will write him on Sun
day If possible
IF / can assist further let me know.
take the same interest in American Arctic
enterprises as in British ones. and my good
wishes and sympathies are as cordial as
If your expedition carried the Union Jack
instead of the stars and stripes. 1 will tell
You a tale in connection with Arctic story
that do not think has ever seen the light.
When Aldrtch returned to the ship from
his wonderful sledge journey round the
north shore of Grinnell Land in 1876 We
were discussing at the ward room table a
suitable name for the northernmost point
Of land he had reached. Various names
were suggested, but I well remember Sir
George Mares silencing us by saying:
This is the northernmost point of the
American archipelago yet reached. Remem-
her what Americans have already done in
Smith Sound. / shall therefore dedicate
the highest point yet reached in America to
t-l~ coll TN1, 1~tp
and Sir Georges decision was received with
reclamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
The Standard Of True Refinement.

From Hemorests Nacazine.
certain punctilous old gentleman used
to say that no true lady would ever wear
a stocking with a hole In it. The same
idea was voiced by young girl of a later
generation. who declared that she never
felt like a lady when there was a button
off her shoe. Each put into words an ap-
probation of the fact that more is re-
quired than outward correctness of an
peirance to mark the woman whose innate
impulses are all toward refinement
As the man OF thorough breeding is TO be
recognized by his bearing to his interiors.
rather than by his conduct to his EQUALS
as the good housekeeper Is judged by the
condition of her cellar and pantries rather
than by the state of her parlors, so is the
truly refined lady distinguished more by
the unnoticeable minutiae OF her dress
than by the general outward effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
SILVER IN WASTE PAPER.
A New Economy From Which tn
Photographers Profit.

"Refiners Of nitrate Of silver for the use
OF photographers" said one of the profess
sion to the Minneapolis Tribune. have
agents travelling constantly about the
country collecting the waste clippings of
sensitized paper that accumulate in every
photograph gallery. They buy all they can
find, and pay for 1t in new nitrate. allow
for his waste.
1.-The waste Is shipped to the reflners.
where the nitrate In the paper is separated
from 1t by chemical process, and prepared
for market again. This re-refined nitrate
is as good as 1t was originally. and is sold
for just much.
The refners Of course, make a big profit
out Of the waste, and the photographer is
able to get a good supply of material for the
scraps that would otherwise be of no use
n him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
FEARS FOR HER SAFETY.
Nothing Heard of the German Steame
Petersen Since December 10.

Nothing Heard of the German Steamer
Petersen Since December 10.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-The agents Of
the German tank steamship Burgemeister
Petersen begin to fear that the vessel has
been lost. Nothing has been heard of her
since December 10. when she was reported
disabled by the Lancastrian Prince, which
arrived at Boston. The Petersen's rudder
had been carried away and temporary
one rugged. She was sighted in latitude
47.30, longitude 44.32. The tank steamer
had previously been reported disabled by
the Etruria, but refused assistance. When
the Lancastrian Prince came along, how
ever. Capt. Burger of the Petersen asked
to be taken in tow. Being short OF coal the
Lancastrian Prince refused The Petersen
was then 1880 miles from New York and
200 miles from Halifax.
The missing steamer was built in 1889. Is
OF 1000 tons register and carries crew
of thirty-eight men. She left Rotterdam
November 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Wharf Property Hearing.

Mr.. George F. Hardin and A Richards,
claiming TO own the wharf property at the
foot of South Capitol street, were given a
hearing this morning by the Commissioners
In regard TO the ownership of the property.
MI. w. W. Fleming appeared and made
argument for Mr.. Richards, and Mr.. Harbin
spoke for himself. At the conclusion of the
hearing the Commissioners decided that
they had no jurisdiction in the matter and
the question.