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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
PRACTICAL wOMAN's RIGHTS.
A Lesson in Street Car Etiquette laugh: by
Boston Girl.


Boston Girl.
From the Boston Herald.
1t was between and o'clock in the evening
and the fremont street car was crowded. A
good many OF the passengers were workingmen.
and those who were fortunate enough to have a
seat, even if it was very narrow one, seemed
to lose half the pleasure of il in watching the
door open every time the car stopped. 1t
reached Eliot street, however, without an in
vasion of the fair sex. Then five or six OF them
got on board. The majority OF the new corners
were young and pretty and of that type who
seem to make a special study of the best meth
DDS for making the male patrons of street cars
feel uneasysif they happen to be sitting.
One of the arrivals, however, a motherly
looking woman, whose every feature indicated
that she had "a will Of her own" She might
member Of a womans rights society but those
who formed this opinion of her when she en-
tered the car felt ashamed of themselves a few
minutes later.
Several of the young girls had selected the
seats they meant to have when they had ogled
their present occupants out OF them, and one
young man with a careworn look, who knew
he was victim. but did not want to give up
the battle, decided to compromise rather than
acknowledge his defeat. He got up and offered
his seat to the motherly looking woman.
Instead Of quietly dropping into the vacancy.
as is usual in such cases. the woman turned and
said:
mo, thank you. sir, l am as well able to
stand as you are; you had better keep your
seat" Then warming up to the subject she
continued: Il cannot understand this nom
sense Of giving up everything TO women, as
il they were poor, weak creatures, unable to
stand. Here is car full OF men who have
been working hard all day and want a rest on
their way home, put they are supposed TO give
up their seats to lot of young girls who have
nothing to do but saunter through the stores
all day long and have not foresight enough to
go home before the cars become crowded.
think it simply ridiculous. 1t is good while
since have been on a street car at this time
Of the day, and l propose. so far as I am
concerned. to leave the seats to those who have
the best right to them"
The young man looked confused, a number
of the older men shook their heads approvingly
others looked on in wonder, and the girls for
whose benefit the remarks were apparently
made, seemed undecided whether 10 giggle or
pout. They cast longing glances at the vacant
seat, but not one of them had the courage to
drop into it.
The car stopped; a young woman got on
board. She looked at the deep red cushion,
then at the girls who were hanging ON the
straps. and seemed unable to understand it. A
smile went around the car, and for several
blocks there was a vacant seat in a crowded
electric.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
THE Chatting DISH,
What Ii Is, What ~ Costs and Box a.
Use IA.

From the Rural Cullaborato-.
What is the price of a chatting dishf =.
Which is the best kinag
How shall We use IL?
During tho past two or three wears I have
been called upon 10 answer these au.stiou.
many, many times, and this year the fad" AZ
II may be 50 called. soelas to be more popular
than ever. Dealers cay that the demand for al
grades Is increasing. which, Of csur.e. only
leads one TO infer thai the chaling a sh has lilod
certain want, and will no; soon DO displaced.
AS an adjunct 10 the straggier's breakfast table,
a charming addition TO the dainty arrangements
OF lady q luncheon. or when called into use in
a bachelors apartment for his toothsnu,e Welsh
rarebit. or Tor an after-theater supper. A. NAV
be made particularly sorviceable and attractive.
10 answer the first qUeston-chahng dishe.
may be found 10 suit any and evefybody's
taste and pocket book. They are all made ON
the same general plan, only. as with every
other household article, expensive nlsterials
and artistic workmanship increase the cost.
both to manufacturer and buyer.
The very lowest priced article blazer rnsle
Of tin. and selling at retail for fifty cents. NAV
be found side by side with imported English
planlshod TIN chatting disbos which NAV be-
bought At from 81 to &c. The latter are oval
IN shape, and OF very good size. while the ono
which Is most frequently found is a round
standard with the two round dishes above.
Properly. chatting dish is in three part. viz.
standard holding fountain for alcohol with
either n central air tube aud no wick the alcohol
itself being ignited, or with an asbestos filling
covered with Wlro game, or one. w or three
round wicks. like lamp wicks, each having ius
own extinguisher. Directly over tho fame rests
a dish TO contain hot water. aud the cooking
dish proper tits into this Each OF these dishes
should have at least one handle.
In granite iron ware very sorviceable dish
may be bought for %, then come tho onamelod
blue and white ware, the nickel PLATED with
iron stand. costing from "a to g. and those
made Of copper, timed inside, and with iron
stand, at about the same price.
IL one is looking for something very hand
some. he should surely be satisfied with the
artistic designs brought out in electroplate or
silver. with ebony or ivory handles and costing
from $50 to about $50. The most expensive
ones are very elaborate and would certainly De
fitting companions 20 the ciearest crystal or
finest porcelain.
IL one is shut up in the city lodging house. in
one or two rooms, the chatting dish and . toa-
kettle to mt the same standard may be found u
the greatest possible service when one h. either
too i'll TO 60 out or wishes 10 entertain Q feg
friends in a quiet way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.
English Professionals who Prepare a Schet
ule for Their Direction.

English Professionals Who Prepare a Sched-
ule for Their Direction.
From the London Daily News.
The science and art Of burglary seem to be
studied in the north of England in a thoroughly
systematic fashion. To obtain information re-
garding the habits Of the inmates Of the houses
about to be robbed is the first step, and this is
supposed to be almost inva riably through ser
wants, who are induced to gossip unsuspectingly
with some pretended hawker Of cheap jewelry.
Dinner time soon after it, when both the
family and the servants are generally in the
lower rooms. is considered the most favorable
hour. The next proceeding is to take precau-
tons to prevent capture, which do not comprise
merely the stretching of lines across the garden
paths or lawns to trip up pursuers, or the secur-
ing of doors by tying them with cord hooks
being screwed into the door posts for the pur-
pose. but extend also to memoranda Of conyen-
lent trains for the burglars purposes
On a man who has been arrested on supicion
Of being concerned in the recent burRlsries at
Allerton Hall, Leeds the seat OF the Right
Hon. w. L. Jackson, and at Larkhill, the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Haywood Jones. near Liverpool,
the police have discovered document as fol-
lows, which is supposed to refer to burglarious
enterprises now. it h to be hoped, nipped in
the bud: '.Sir +. L. de Trafford, Trafford Hall.
left for Eccles station. s. de Trafford to
daughter OF Sir Pyers Mostyn, erosion Hall.
Trains from erosion station to Preston, lO47;
to Liverpool, 10:l4. Gen. Fieldin, Wilton Park,
Blackburn; train at Cherrytree station. TO-
1882 to Preston. Sir W. Fielden, Finnsco wles
Hail. Blackburn; trains as above. Lord Gerar.
Gsinswood Park or Hall; trains to Liverpool.
1890; 11:40 for st. Heiens. Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. Hutton, Hutton Park, near Bolton; trains
at Atherton. or Chequerbent. Lady O'Hagan,
Townley Hall or Park, near Burnley; train at
Townley. 1910, to Blackburn Nicholas Wors-
ley, Caryi Tindall, Plat Hall, Rusholme, Man
chester +" - :
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MEDICAL surrRsrtrro~s.
Medieval denominations 60 Cure Iosthachs
and Other Bodily wsea-
From tho Ho>gital.

Prom the HosGital
The ineania,ions OF Apuieius are sense and
soborness Compared with those Of hrs Chr,s,,.n
successor. Maroellus A. n. IsOl IL a man.
nose bleeds whisper In his ear on the same .iae.
'soesocam sykyna thrice nine times. ana Won
may stu go ON saying IT," Toothscle. N A
occurs On Tuesday or ThurslAv. ana IL tb.
moon Is waning. may he cured by repeating
seven tlmes "argidum mnrgidum starrldum"
hNen h,s praye't compare unfavorably With those
OF Apuleius. I'm ophthalmia look out for the
nrst swallow. then run silently TO the nearest
spfing, wash your owes and pray God that yoa
may be free from IL for that year aud thai ali
the pain may pass into the swallow"
The whole boo. is full Of similar atsurditi.s
which he defends bv the invariAblc suntirte
argument that patients have got wei aft.r
practicing them.
We must not, however. suppose that this
superstition WAS in any WAY favored bv Cl,rt.-
tianits. IL was. indeed. CHI i-tian bishop who
introduced the disastrous doctrine that the
signs Of the zodiac preside over IN, va-,o,..
organs OF The human body. hut the church li.-
approved both Of tho science aud the theology a
Frisclllian and be was executed as a u.ariciau
ard hereto A. ~ 1851
BESIDES condemning magic the church fur
lher attempted 10 direct the oNces.iys faith
IN the supernatural into higher chs1n.ls m
stead OF invokiug Juno I.uciua and other
heathen demons. the Young mother was en-
oouTaged 10 repeat tho 18th Psalm and To
think Of the wonderful delivcra no. o, ~.
Margaret when swallowed by Satan In tine form
OF dragon. Did man suflor fiora tooihsc,.-
or collie or pains in the back let him. instead Il
decking himself with pagan amulc,s. consider
how much greater pains Of those various kina.
were endured by ST Apol"nia Wien all har
teeth were knocked out. by 81 Erssmus Win
his bowels were torn from his living body or bv
1t. Lawrence when he was roasting on tbs
grid;ron
Aud IN has PRAYERS for health he would nat
uraly introduce the names II those HOLY mar
tyrs or OF other saints who wero similarly CON-
neeted with other diseases with drm faith la
their electual intcrcs-sion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09

reforms have underworld not 10 forget th.
principle which strives make Law the free ana
true expression Of tho peoples will ana oaly
for their interest lApplAuse.
In urging such measures ~ the ahclitson of
the tax Qualification for the suffrage the pres
orNation in their integrity of cur wise and sac
ocsstul election laws, which secure secrecy and
Independence In voting. further reforms 10
remedy corrupt N improper practices the par
pose has been 60 give TO the people grexter po-
litical power and 60 protect them In ia exer-
else.
so. too. in urging that thero should be
greater resPonsi ility snd system in admins
tatioas; that executive officers exercising
power over the people should b. made ae-
couutable TO them; that useless Offices aud IN
situations shall be abolished; that the right "
local solf-government should be reiterated and
upheld that greater powers should be extended
TO cities and towns-all Of these suggestions aim
TO give the people completer control Of their
government by control Of those who exercise
lts functions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE NAVY
i Yard. Washington ID. C.-neceiIber 30. 1892.
for the Navy Yard. Washington. d. c. to be opened
January l.. 1885,. will 10 received at the Bureau Of
supplies and Accounts, Navy Department. Washing
ton, u. G, until TwELvE O'CLOCK NOON. JAN
UARY SEVENTEENTH. 1885, and publicly opened
immeiis t.y thereafter. to furnish at the Navy ard
Washington. ID. G, quantity Of poplar lumber.
sheepsktns sole leather Klycerne and forgings The
articles nust conform to the navy standard and pa
the usual naval inspection Blank prop sails will be
furnished upon application to the Navy Yard Wash
ington. ID. c.. OF u the Bureau. The attention Of
manufacturers and dealers is invited. Tie bids all
other things being equal decided by lot The De
psrtment the rsht To waive defects
sect any all bis not deemed advantseeous to the
government LDwIN STEWART. Paymaster Gen
eral. Z. 3. y. ja22aw2w
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CHARACTERISTIC LIBERALITY.
The Pennsylvania Railroad IL willing T.
Give Away Something 1t Doesn't Want.

The Pennsylvania Railroad IL willing to
Give Away Something 1t Doesn't Want.
Once more has the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company come to the front in an unenviable
manner, this time on a matter which is OF
more than little interest to Virginians and to
the brick companies who maintain and operate
large plants just across the Potomac.
Fully twenty years ago the railroad
company then running trains between this city
and Alexandria acquired the majority Of the
Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Com
pany's stock, and by virtue OF that possession
took, for railroad purposes. half the roadway
from the southern end OF the Long bridge.
and in consideration of this seizure kept
in repair the other half-used by the
general public In time the baltimore and
Potomac company succeeded to the rights and
privileges of the defunct corporation. and up
to the early part of last year did its duty as to
highway repairs. Many forts have been made to
have these repairs continued, but the company
remained Gstless. The situation became serious,
for traffic on the road is heavy and steadily in
crenses During the month Of July last
there a daily average of 692 one
and two-horse teams using the road
and crossing the bridge, and during the same
period the daily average Of foot passengers was
1888. In the twenty-five working days of that
month an average per day of l,Sl2 brick
wagons, loaded and empty, entered the city and
returned to the Virginia yards, and the product
hauled amounted to half a million brick every
day. Efforts to have reasonable repairs made
on the wagon road half Of Long bridge met
with rebuffs or were spasmodically responded
to by patchwork.
The latest correspondence on this matter
shows very clearly the intent of the company.
1t has ope-half Of the turnpike, and having no
use for the other is willing to cede it back to
the county. Here are the letters:
WASHINGTON, d. c., November Is. 1892.
J. B. Hutchinson, General Superintendent Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad:
SIR am directed by the board Of county
supervisors of Alexandria county to communi-
cate with you in regard to the roadway ap-
preaching the south end Of the Long
bridge, heretofore kept in repair by
your company, but at this time in very
bad shape, causing great inconvenience and loss
| to those whose business compols them to use
same. Please let me hear promptly from you
when you will put same in good condition, as
it is important action be taken before severe
weather, and oblige.
Very truly yours, FRANK HUME,
Chairman b. s., Alexandria county. Va.
WILMINGTON, DEL, December 5, 1892.
Mr.. FRANK HUME.
Chairman Board Of Supervisors,
454 Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, d. c.
Dear Sir: Replying 10 yours of the 10th in
slant, our general superintendent advises me
that it is not our desire to make any repairs to
the road south of the: Long bridge.
Yours truly,
j. Il. HUTCHINSON,
Superintendent,
Phila., Wilmington & Baltimore r. r. Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
HEAT THROWN AWAY,
A Furnace Man Talks About What He Cor
siders Shameful Waste,


siders Shameful Waste.
From the New York World.
"No one who is not in the furnace business
can have any idea of the amount of heat tina
is wasted in great city like New York." re-
marked furnace dealer to a Times reporter
THE leakage of heat is something enormous. >
"How's that?' inquired the reporter
well, I'll illustrate the thing" answered
the furnace man. "rll take the first case
come to in my journal. Here it is: Mrs. f. J.
Goldsmith. dr.-To two hours labor, S125; tc
galvanized iron, As cents; total, sl.70.' Now
for the story:
Mrs. Goldsmith came to me day before YES
terday. Il want you to come and look at our
furnace she said, i can't get bit of heat in
my second-story front room. There's some
thing the matter, but what it is don't know.
'''All right, Mrs. Goldsmith said l. IN send
man over right away and l sent him.
"'Hole IN the hot-air pipe, was what the man
reported when he came back
How did he find it out?" asked the re-
porter.
why. he found heat in the basement and
heat in the parlor. Then he shut the registers
and went up to the second floor. Colder than
Greenland up there! That meant that the hea,
was escaping. He took out the register and
thrust his arm in the pipe. He found in an in
slant big hole in the pipe which had been
maoe py the arp down the CHIMNEY. Through
this hole all the heat was making its way out OF
doors. Not particle of it was coming into the
room. In two hours he had put q new piece of
pipe in place OF the old one and the heat was
pouring into the room"
MANY cases like that" asked the reporter
Eyes, indeed; almost every day We have one
just like it, But, probably, there are fifty cases
that we don't hear Of to one that we do hear of.
man gets an idea that his furnace isn't pow
erful enough to heat the whole house-reckons
that it has lost its grip, perhaps-and then he
shuts up the room that the heat wi not enter.
1t would pay him to call in one Of us furnace
doctors; but he doesn't, and all through the
winter he loses tho use Of the room that might
be made comfortable and adds something to the
waste Of heat.
For my part" said the furnace man. as be
turned to wait on q customer. Il think il
shameful to buy high-priced coal to heat the
.cutdoors, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
HOWARD SCHNEIDER.
His Counsel viii Apply for a Writ of Error
to the q. s. supreme Court.

Judge Cox was occupied nearly two hours in
delivering the opinion of the court and some
time before he had concluded it was very
evident that the court had decided
against the condemned man. At
the conclusion of the opinion Nj.
Jere N. Wilson. on behalf Of Schneider, arose
due time apply for a writ Of error to the United
States Supreme Court.
BY its decisions in the Heath-Cross cases the
United States Supreme Court is understood TO
have decided that it had no appellate
jurisdiction in criminal cases tried in
the District of Columbia. That is
that the Court in General Term was in such
cases the court Of last resort. However.
should counsel for Schneider be able to show
to the Supreme Court that some question
involving the constitutional rights of
the prisoner had been erroneously
tain jurisdiction. And should counsel fail to
make it so appear the court would promptly
decline to entertain the writ of error.
RESPITE LIKELY.
1t is hardly probable in any event that
Schneider will be hanged on the day set for his
execution, the Goth instant. for should all other
measures fail the President would undoubtedly
grant him by a reprieve additional time in
which to prepare for death.
A PLEA OF INSANITY POSSIBLE
There is, however, another means Of escape
for the doomed man, and it is generally be-
lieved that it will be resorted to by his counsel
It consists in their ability to show that Schnei-
der is at the present time insane.
The law does not permit such a person to be
executed. and il it can be satisfactorily shown
that he is an insane person his execution
would be stayed by the court and his
commitment to the government insane
asylum would be ordered. 1t is said
that the question of his insanity could be de-
termined by the court ITSELF through afidavits
Of medical authorities and other evidence OF
by jury impanelled for that purpose. Should
it be determined that Schneider is insane and
his execution should be stayed and
his commitment to the asylum ordered
there appears to ba some doubt
as to whether or not such action would be q
final determination of the case. That is,
whether such q step would abolish the extreme
penalty of the law as to him, or whether IL
the event of his regainlng his mind he could
afterward be executed. The weight OF opinion
appears to DO that the law could be enforced
upon the recovery of so afflicted person.
BARRIERS COUNSEL WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
1t is thought that counsel for Barber, whose
conviction of murder was today affirmed, al
stated in another column. will also apply for
writ of error to the United States Suprem,
Court.
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THE wILL-o'-THE-wIsP.
An Engineers Tale of n PhoEphoresoeut
Light in a swamp.

Light in a swamp.
From the st. Louis Glcbe-DemocrAt
'Seen quee- things in nv lifeg' began X. d.
LOOMS to the clerk Of the Taclede Certainly
have and very strange things. The strangest
Of all things that ever interested ne was the
'the-wisp. that indistinc., pale light that
hurries over swamp lands and down in forss.l en-
marshes. was once an engineer on the Penn
sylvsnia road and on nv midnight rams across
Ohio and Indiana / have seen those strang.
lights frequently. They are counted orners II
the direEt cslamitios and very few engineers
who have ever made their acquaintance doubt
the result of their signals. Rushing through
the night. when all tho inhabitants are at rest
and no light Of any kind Visible. I hsvo sat ana
looked out over the still fields FOR lack Of any
thing better 10 do.
Then 1T was that j Ten caught sight Of
these strange phosI no 'ent gimmerings
away OF ia some fields boSbing along auca a.
greyhounds leap. and tho train would carry mo
out OF the range OF their wanderings II they
ever cross the path Of your engine it's . sure
sign that trouble il ahead remember once
one followed my train for a distance 81 nins
miles before breaking company with IL. IL was
where the Pennsylvania crosses the great Kan
kakee swamp in Indiana Tho light came out
from patch Of brush and swung lightly along
side by side with the engine and not over
twenty-yards to the left Of IT, We we're making
thirty-fve miles an hour and that will-o' -ths-
wisp seemed hardly 10 move. and yet il was al
ways beside u.s. After some nine miles IL dis-
appeared again II it had crossed ths tsn6k Z
would have slowed up and looked for trouble
before the end OF my run. You can't sec howe
hight could go thirfy-five miles an hour and not
move, can you? Well, it does IL Just the same,
just rs the moon keeps mp with Won when Won
run or walk, and the moon doosnN sem to move
fast, does it?' .-...
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Punishment to Fit.

FROM LONDON iruth-
Frenchnen must regard their celebrated
hqueurs as something almost sacred. Two men
named Duchensin and Dumont were convicted
the other day Of having fred the factory of the
Benedictine liqueur at Fecamp, which was de-
stroyed last January, and the sentence on each
OF them was penal servitude for life.
doubt If 1t would have run to that for an abbey
without a liqueur factory attached. They want
u illegal pillory" in France.
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Considerate Women.

TON LOhuOh SOciety.
An enterprising young lady, who was one .
the first amateur opponents of the gentle art Of
skirt dancing in Dublin, has just opened
ladies club on Grafton street, to which per
it low, lest Mrs. Grundy hear-men are also to
be admitted. 1t is to be very "select and re-
spectacle" and yet eminently social 80 let the
London mixed clubs hide their diminished
heads while Ireland leads the way. You should
just see the list of illustrious patronesses.