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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
no speeches, and the feast is usually rather

no speeches, and the feast lis usually rather
dull and solemn, the number of persons
present being too large for general CONVEX
sation. Between Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
stands great golden vase filled with beau
tiful howers-or its place may be taken by
an categorical structure of blossoms made
by the White House gardener. such as a
temple OF justice at a spread in honor of
the Supreme Court. gold-framed mirror,
representing an artificial lake, extends along
the middle OF the table, surrounded by flow
ers.
But. dull though it be, everything is very
gorgeous The table service would do credit
to the table Of monarch. Candelabra of
goio and silver shed a brilliant light over
the board, the wax candles which they
mold being supplemented by electric cham
with plated forks. spoons and knives; the
metal ware Is all of pure gold and silver
The china is hand-painted and Of most
Though these are dinners for the nation.
Mr.: Cleveland must pay for ali the food
and wines himself. They cost him at least
800 each. His own cook prepares them,
caterer.
The acceptance Of an invitation by the
President Is a serious affair. 1t involves a
speech, which has to be carefully prepared.
with the utmost attention to accuracy and
prudence OF statement for 1t will be print
ed all over the country in thousands OF
newspapers, and is sure to be dissected by
keen and hostile critics. To respond favor
ably to one such bidding is to give an OPEN
Ing for hundreds Of others. Thus far In the
present administration Mr.. Cleveland has
accepted only three inv1tations-to the open.
Ing OF the medical congress at Washington
the opening of the worlds fair and the
naval review at New York. All such com.
munications are attended to by one OF his
private secretaries. Unless they are &C.
companied by personal letters, no attention
Is paid to them. Such of them as seem
properly entitled to consideration are duly
answered.
People frequently write to the President
1t would be a great comfort to his widow II
you would write few lines to her about
her Misunderstanding complimentary
Such requests are, as a rule. refused. The
chief executive does not desire to write
many letters, partly because the meaning
Of anything said in them is apt to be
twisted II published
The gifts which pour In upon Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland from all parts OF the coun-
try are a great bore. Strangers send all
sorts OF things. from jewelry to dogs
Presents of small value are usually accept
ed, when they seem TO have been inspired
by kindly intention, and q note Of acknowl-
edgment is returned: but those Of con.
siderable intrinsic worth are politely re-
fused. Not long ago a man sent a brooch
Of precious stones worth about $1,000 to
Mrs. Cleveland. II ives sent back with the
statement to the effect that she was not
accustomed to accept valuable gifts from
persons whose acquaintance she did not
enjoy. RENE BACHE.
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ways has the courage Of her convictions,
and she has very generally substituted a
pure unfermented grape juice for wine on
her table when she has entertained young
men.
Not a Dinner without Wine.
Mrs. Eugene Hale. the wife Of the Sena-
tor from Maine, who lives in one Of the
most beautiful houses in Washington. en-
tertains literally during the season. AL
though her husband comes from q prohl-
bition state, she has wine on her table at
dinner. The Hales entertained the diplo-
matte people a great deal, and to them a
dinner is not dinner without wine. A great
many people claimed when New Year re-
ceptions became a thing Of the past that
the customs decadence was due to the
growing prejudice against serving wine.
Mrs. Hale thinks that New Year receptions
outside official circles have been abandoned
because the reception at the White House
is SO fatiguing that the many women who
attend 1t do not feel equal to holding re-
ceptions at their own homes later in the
day. She Is one Of the many Senator'S
wives who have given up New Year day re-
ceptions. But IL she did receive she would
serve tea and not wine The wife Of Sem
ator Hawley Is also a firm believer in tea
and firm adherent OF New Year day recep-
tons.
There will undoubtedly be wine served at
the houses of the Supreme Court people.
Every one Of the old justices takes his little
nip, and one of them made it a rule for
many years to ask his hostess whenever he
went out to dinner to put a glass Of whisky
and water at his place. He said that 1t was
all that kept him alive. The Supreme Court
people always receive on New Year day, and
always serve light wines and punch.
Although Mrs. Hoke Smith has been 30
busy with her sick child that she has not
had time to make any preparations for New
Year day, she kindly gave her views. She
said: IT think the custom Of receiving one's
friends should be revived. provided they call
do not think that the reception should be
only late in the evening / am very de-
cided in the opinion that no wine should be
served, for obvious reasons"
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WORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A Butterfly Which 10 Probably the
Most Valuable Insect in the World.

A Butterfly Which ID Probably the
Most Valuable Insect In the World.
One naturally thinks Of butterflies In con.
nection only with flowers, and flowers sug-
gest sunshine and warmth. But there is no
place on this earth except upon its great
seas and oceans where butterflies cannot be
found. OF course the plains Of tropical
countries abound with them. but some Of
the mcst beautiful forms are found in the
In the Himalayas. and on the frigid alti-
tudes of Thibet, Cashmere. Tcorkistan and
the Pamirs. Lieut.. Peary has told that
when he planted the United States nag on
the ice cap at the farthest point north q
moth lit on the pole for a moment Prices
OF butterflies vary in the catalogues Of pro-
fessfcn nal dealers from Is cents to $500. Ac-
cprding to a writer in the New York Herald.
from which these facts about butterflies are
CLEANED, fine types" beautiful and rare
varieties" and wonderful "uniques'' are
practically priceless. For example, one of
the gems Of the collection of Mr.. Neumoegen
Of New York is his wonderful papilio neu-
moegeni. This insect, the only one of its
kind ever captured, was taken on the Island
Of Sumtawa, southeast Of Java Received
place, Mr.. Neumoegen at Cnce concluded
that II was new to science He sent IL to
Europe. .risking its loss. and experts there
decided that he was right. 1t is OF q wonder
full metallic green. Special expeditions have
been sent to the locality several times since
In the hope Of finding arother, but this one
still remains unique. II IT were sold at
auction In London 1t would bring 81, 600 at
least.
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overlooked Gold Ffelds.

NIom tne age OF steel.
Inc decline OF silver values has resulted
IN revived interest In gold mining. The
search for the yellow metal being thus &C.
centuated, some Of our older sources of SUD.
ply that Tor various reasons have been over.
looked or neglected are likely to come once
more In the range Of enterprise In its re.
NlVai the souInern golu De,l Will nave lis
snare. Inc discovery OF gold deposits In the
south anteoated by many years those of the
racine slope and the Rocky Mountains In
North Carolina, Georgia ana Alabama more
tnan anywhere else prospecting and m,n,ns
nave had q respectable though intermiJ tent
history. In minlng and mll,lng appuances
the equipment has been necessarily prlmi.
tive and crude. which, with scauty capital
and limited knowledge OF gold metallurgy
mas had an unfavoraple eject. The richer
deposits OF the west and political events
handicapped what enterprise might have
oeen lett IN the impoverished and practi.
cally ostracised south. The dormancy was
unfortunately followed by the boom fever
running wild from 1862 to 1873 The result
was intudtcious Investment blatant and in.
nated statements. with the usual squad OF
charlatans and sharpers. who fattened on
public credulity and pocketed its cash. Nc
industry can thrive on illusions or intox.
icants of this kind, nor public confidence
30 essential to prosperity. be maintained on
that for some time at least the public viii
suffer from this too-oft-repeated folly. II
may be said, or at any rate hoped, that We
are settling down to a more steady and
healthy basis OF growth, in which the min.
ing interests Of the south will share it.
advantages. 1t is true that southern ores
are of low grade. but this il compensated
for by their abundance. 1t has the advan.
tages also Of such economies as low-priced
labor abundant water power and vast re
sources Of timber for fuel and mining pur.
poses. That capital Is not blind to these in.
ducements is evidenced by the more careful
examination Of gold deposits the reopenins
of old mines and a more diligent search fol
new locations. With science and enterprise
hand in hand, with more perfected and eff
Client equipments. and such economies al
are characteristic Of modern methods, what
there may be Of gold deposits in the south
may yet become promising and remunera.
tive industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
JERRY SIMPSON LIKES TO FISH.
But He Believes I'm the Old-Fashfonea
Way-Hfs Game-Eel story.

But He Believes I'm the Old-Fashfonea
Way-Hfs Game-Eel story.
do any OF you gentlemen Ike to nshr'
asked Jerry Simpson from behind his gold
bowed glasses. addressing more particularly
the Washington correspondent Of the Kan
sas City Times Il am passionately fond OF
angling as a pastime. 1 can't say L fish an
Amos Cummings and some OF the other
Izaak waitons Of the house. / heard Cum
mings talking the other day to a fishing
friend, and they mentioned as among part
of their tackle such things as black bass
neckties and weak fish pants. and tarpon
suits. When people go In that far they get
beyond NY depths. stiil. IN a lowly, COM
mon way / like to fish. The last time / es-
sayed this gentle sport was out on the WAL
nut river In Kansas. colored person
showed me the place 1t was a sublime
place. cut a pole right there among the
plum bushes. II was a splendid pole. big as
my arm at the butt and strong enough SO
you could have landed a COW with IL II one
had bit. i baited under the guidance of the
colored person with a piece of liver. The
line was accoute-ed with a red bob or float
The mission Of this float, as / will explain
to inexperienced people. Is TO apprise one
when there is q bite. That is it's mission
It lies on the water and you watch e.
When IT moves about uneasily that isn't a
bite. That's a nibble. You don't do any,
tnlne Wnen you nave a ntbble. When the
bob goes clear under. that's a bite, and you
sock IL to him.
Some people like to fool with a fish and
let MIN tow around on their lines and run
and f1lfbuster and make no quorum points
and think he is getting away. 1 don't do
that way. I'm plain man. I am perfectly
frank with FISH ana don't believe In rails
ing false hopes. even in the bosom Of a bass.
50 simply yank 'efn forth unhesitatinsly
and give EN- the worst at once.
AFTER awhile. this time on the Walnut,
mad bite. The float disappeared like the
surplus during the Harrison administration.
let him have IL. 1t was an eel I fetched
him through the atmosphere looking like q
letter and slammed him against the great
state OF Kansas. II was a Jolt which ought
10 have loosened every tooth In his head.
Il want to pause right here to say that,
est fish that ever lived Talk sbout black
bassi Do you know what a bass would
have done II I'd smashed him against my
district that away? Well. he wouldn't have
done anything. He'd just sp-awled there.
Maybe he'd curl his tan trine. but that's
the limit But this eel Of mine. He surely
was the galeest eel ever met. He sprang
up the moment he hit the grass and made
for the water on the run-pole. line and all.
And game. When headed him on that eel
stood right up on his tail and fought me.
The colored person had a dog named Body
Guard. Dog had a record. too. He got on
the warpath once and closed every store In
town. We sicked Body Guard on the eel
My eel whipped him in two and half min
utes. He was the gamest eel ever knew.
No, didn't get him, either. He went back
in the Walnut where he lived. You might
as well have tried 70 stop the Senate"
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The Deepest water In the World.

From the San Francisco Examiner
In many respects the North Pacific ocean
resembles the North Atlantic. great
warm current, much like the gulf stream
and of equal magnitude. called the Glack
stream or Japan current, runs northward
along the eastern shore of Asia Close to
the east coast Of Japan 1t flows through q
marine valley which holds the deepest
water in the world. 1t was sounded at q
depth OF five and a quarter miles by the
United States steamer Tuscarora in 1875,
while surveying for a projected cable route
between the United States and Japan. The
heavy sounding weight took more than an
hour to sink to the bottom. But trial was
made OF a chasm yet more profound. where
the Iead did not fetch IL up at all. II is
the only depth OF ocean that yet remains
unfathomed- fH
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The battle Is to be fought In Jacksonville.
Fla, under the auspices of the Duval Ath-
letic Club for a purse Of 10000. a personal
bet Of 5000, and the boxing championship
of the world, but whether the stakes to be
fought for consist of an actual deposit In
cash Of $40 900 OF, as is more generally believ-
ed.a mere percentage on the probable gate re-
ceipts Is a matter that will not affect the
chances Of the fight taking place one way
or the other, both men being bound In SUM-
Client cash surely to guarantee their ap-
pearance In the ring on the date named
January .. 1894 The final meeting Of the
parties interested took place at the Gedney
House, New York, and the articles were
agreed upon. in presence Of Henry Mason
OF Jacksonville. Ike Thompson, Billy Thomp-
son. Joe vendig, VIM E. Harding, H. B.
Huckett and Dan Smith.
Each Of the principals has been given
t2.5OO by the officials Of the club for train
ing expenses. Dave Blanchard Of Boston
holds a 5000 deposit from each man to
guarantee his appearance in the ring. Al
Smith holds the side bet Of s.. 900 from each
man. and as a closing act Mitchell reminded
Corbett's manager Of his offer to bet a sum
Of 81 900 that Mitchell would fail to keep
his contract, and after some further wran-
Cling. Brady covered MitchelIs s.. 900, and the
total was deposited In the hands Of Phil
Dwyer as stakeholder. Maxey More was
appointed as referee for the contest with
the concurrence Of both parties.
Doubt ms to the Championship.
That either one Of the two men can lay
any just claim to the title of worlds cham
pion, until the question Of supremacy Il set
tied between them, Is not by any means
acknowledged by the majority Of sporting
men, for neither man has hitherto deported
himself as champions have been won't to
do. In appearance and conversation they
teliigence far above the average usually
looked for In the mere fighting man. well
proportional, good looking and highly In
tellectual Both men possess to remark
able degree that perfect knowledge Of their
profession and cat-like stiffness Of move
ment which IN these latter days has caused
such q revolution In the boxing world.
Though the Englishman possesses q much
more conclusive record than the American.
the latter cannot be equaled-not even by
the famous red-haired antipodean-in the
perfect utilization of his immense advan-
tages in the matter of height and reach
over his more stockily built rival. The bet
ting Is inclined to favor Corbett, and the
almost universal opinion is that he ought
town, yet there are those who.more intimate
" acquainted with the English champion 3
characteristics as a ring general. his brute
courage and unconQuerable pugnacity, feel
perfectly safe in placing their venture on
his chances Of victory, confident that they
win at least get q brilliant run for their
money. The victory will most likely hinge
on-not who is the greatest fighter, but who
- the greatest giutton for punishment.
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prospect Of a satisfactory termination. Cor
belts world-famed battle with John L. Sui
Ivan at the Olympic Club, New Orleans,
where the latter was beaten into insensibil-
ity without making scarcely a struggle to
defend himself, Is too recent to be recalled
here except in so far as to notice that on
the strength Of this altogether one-sided en-
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counter Corbett has dubbed himself cham
pion OF the world, and as champion has
tamely listened and submitted without a
murnur to personal insults, abuse and chal-
lenges from Mitchell, Goddard Maher and
a host Of others that the old-time orthodox
fighting hampion-Sullivan, for instance
usually went insane over till he mopped
them from his memory with gore. For
build, style and ring tactics, Corbett may be
classed at the head of the new and advanced
school Of boxing experts of which Bob Fitz-
simmons and Jim Hall form the right and
left bowers, built on the ostrich pattern as
regards breathing apparatus and endurance,
all neck and legs. with the speed of a cy-
clone and the kick of a mule. In such a
shape we are told and such guise the weight
Of evidence goes forward to prognosticate
the coming man" Tiff 1t wasn't that the
''other fellow don't see 1t in that way.
Build of the Two Men.
The respective measurements of the men
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Should Wine Be Used at Big Public
Receptions2
VIEWS OF SOME WELL-KNOWN WOMEN
It Will Not Be Seen at the Cabinet
Entertainments.
CUSTOM AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Written for The Evening Star.

ITH THE COMING
OF New Year day
the old question OF
serving wine at New
Year receptions mas
been revived. and Is
being discussed m
official circles. The
question is not OF SO
much Importance In
other cities perhaps
as it is in Washing
ton, for the New
Year day reception
has not so general an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
Etiquette That Holds at These Sol
emn Affairs.
DIPLOMATS at THE PRESIDENTS TABLE
invitations That Flow in Upon Mr.
and Mrs. Cleveland
PRESENTS sENTBY STRANGERS
Written for The Evening Star.

HILE MIR. CLEVE-
land has not yet &C.
cepted an invitation
to dine with any one
OF the new ambassa-
doris at washington.
diplomatic etiquette,
as observed in other
countries. W o u ! d
oblige him to do So
A President Of the
United States does
not eat in the house
of a foreign minister,
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A Man of Taste.
From Puck.

Prayed Fagin fas housewife gives him a
pair Of russell shoes)-"Now, where's the
derby hat and sack coat?"
Housewife lin surprise)-"Derby hat and
sack coat! These shoes are all I've got,
and all you'll get"
Prayed Fagin Throwing the shoes down
in disgust)-"Want me to wear russell shoes
with a high hat and Prince Albert coat?
No, madam If you were raised In Brook
lyn, you needn't think was
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And That's n Fact.

From Truth.
DR.. Fourthly-"Look at the groveling SER
pent, my boy. and behold It's punishment!
1t has to crawl in that manner for its sin
in the Garden of Eden"
Tommie Tompkins-"Huh. don't see how
that's any punishment / should think it
would be bothered worse If 1t had to crawl
in some other way"
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The Great Battle That is to Be
Fought Next Month.
WILL IT Be CORBETr OR MITCHELL?
Comparison of the Merits and
Chances of the Two Men.
THE RESULT Is IN DOUBT.
written for The Evening Star.
PRELIM1NA.

RES Of what promises
to be one of the most
notable boxing events
in many years have
at last been ara nged
and articles Of agree
ment drawn up t
the apparent salts
faction of the ( W o
principals - Charles
Mitchell. champion of
England. and James
Corbett, champion OF
America
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Every man having beard should keep II an even
and natural color and IL II IL not % already, ~
Buckinghsm's Dye and appear tsdy.
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A National Characteristic.

From Truth.
Lord Forxivuz-'T can always tell an
American by what he drinks"
William Ann-"But he drinks anything he
can get"
Lord Forgivuz-"That' the way tell"
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IL may De observed that where Corbett
has the advantage Of height and reach,
Mitchell possesses the greatest development
round the neck. chest, shoulders and biceps,
80 that 1t is not the easy soft snap to pick
q winner that the American public have been
schooled into believing. and that James j.
Corbett will enact a reproduction of Bob
Fitzsimmons and Charlie Mitchell of Peter
Maher Is, to say the least, a very tall con-
versation.
Preparations on an exceptionally large
scale are already in progress at Jackson
Vile for the erection of a capacious frame
building, capable Of seating 1900 people.
A 24-toot ring will be erected in the center
on a stage raised some four feet above the
ground, and Illuminated by blaze Of cleo
trictty. admitting Of a perfectly uninterrupt-
ed view Of the combatants from all sides of
the amphitheater. The inner circle Of spec
tators win be wholly confined to newspaper
men and telegraph operators, the outside
circle being laid out in private boxes for
the accommodate ton Of over 1000 of the
guests the remaining portion being parti-
toned into reserved seats, general admis-
sions and galleries. the whole to FORM with
its thousands Of spectators, a vast arena,
such as the world has seldom seen since the
palmy days Of ancient Rome.
JOHN CHARLES EARL.
Ex-Champion Of Ireland.
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ways has the courage Of her convictions,
and she has very generally substituted a
pure unfermented grape juice for wine on
her table when she has entertained young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
Corbett. Mitchell.

The respective measurements of the men
compare as follows:
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DlcepS,
forearm