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Evening star., 1894-12-15

From the London Daily News.
A correspondent who has Just returned
from Constantinople writes that, according
to current conversation n that city, the
present Sultan of Turkey Is one Of the
Iaost hardworked men in all the Ottoman
dominions. Rising at 6 o'clock every morn
ing. his days in the seclusion of the Yildiz
Palace and gardens are devoted to per-
sonal attention to all the affairs OF state
laid before him by his ministers. He has
been the means of establishing $4,000
schools throughout his empire not only for
boys but for girls also, which Is q strong
departure from the traditional usage of
his race ard people. Once a week only
does he present himself to the view of the
people, TO assure them of his continued
existence and health. On one Of these
state visits to the mosque, two or three
weeks ago, his majesty was accompanied
in his carriage by Ghazi Osman Pacha
The difference in appearance between
them is remarkable. The sultan is Of
slight ngure. plain brown overcoat con-
ceals any decorations he might he wear
ing, leaving all the attention of the spec
tators to be directed to his pale, wan and
careworn face, half covered by thin
brown beard tinged with gray and sur
mounted by a plain red feZ. Osman Pacha
has long silver-gray beard, a robust
physique, manly bearing and clear. bright
eye. He acknowledged any remark made to
him by the sultan with military salute.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

first New Hampshire district. Mr.. Blair
was not renominated to Congress and will
therefore not take his place with the great
republican majority next December. on
and on for twenty-five years Mr. Blair has
been the firm congressional champion or
woman suffrage, temperance, moral purity
and education for the masses. He was the
author of the bill to extend federal aid to
common schools in all places in the United
States where there should be a certain
percentage of illiteracy. This bill was de-
bated in the Senate for long time during
the Fiftieth Congress, exciting the atten-
tion of the whole country. 1t finally pass
ed the Senate by vote of 80 to % and Mr..
Blair received congratulations from every
source for the long and successful fight he
had made. His bill was doomed however,
tc die an untimely death in the House.
Mr.. Blair's term as Senator expired in
1881, having been defeated for reelection.
Three days after leaving the Senate Presi-
dent Harrison appointed him minister to
China. When he arrived at San Francisco
to take steamer for his post Mr.. Blair was
very much surprised to find a telegram OF
recall The Chinese government had de-
clined to receive him on account of the hos
tility he had evidenced toward Chinese inn
Evening star., 1894-12-15
CAPITOL GOSSIP
Bright Paragraphs of Interest About
Well-Known Men.
THEY BOTH DRINK COLD WATER
Where Senator Hill and Repre-
sentative Blair Are Alike.
VEST AND CLOT u r Z

EXT FOURTH OF
March will witness
the retirement from
public life of a man
who for many years
has been a promi-
rent figure in Con-
gresS, and who, a
few years ago, was
the center of a good
deal of public inter-
est in the United
States Senate. This
person is Represen-
tative Blair of the
Evening star., 1894-12-15

These are some Of the diseases that are CURED
by the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt 1t is the veritabls
water of the Sprudel Sprlng-evaporated solid,ned
eonceI trated In every ailment OF the Kind Carls.
oAu mas become famous the world over, and for
hmdreds of years, as a prompt, permanent. NAT.
URhL remedy
Beware OF limitations sold as ''improved' or
"artifoiaP' Carlsbad Salt, which consists only of
ordinary Sedltz Powder and Glauber Salt, and are
sold by INSCRIPTIONS dealers upon the reputation
of the genuine.
BE sure TO obtain the genuine imported Carlsbad
Sprudel Salt only, with the seal of the city Of
Carlsbad. and the signature of ''EISNER & MEN.
DELSON CO., Asts., New York." on every bottle.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

~ Il A4A1 - - - 80
expert the railroads
of the country at
this time Of the year
are we'll nigh per-
feet, and to the or
binary traveller look
ing from the car
window, as he is
rushed through the
country, an unusual
aspect of things is
noticeable. The bal
last stone is all in
place. hacked regular
Evening star., 1894-12-15

She had sent off a telegram and wa3
waiting for an answer. Suddenly the pecu-
liar, halting click of the receiving machine
sounded in the ONCE and she said to her
companion: That's from George, I know
/ can tell his stutter.7'-Philadelphia Times.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

House in this respect: while there are
many men there who could direct the
finances Of the nation and make the fiscal
policy of this government the greatest In
the world they are unable to manage their
own finances to keep the mortgage of their
own properties. Mr.. Walker however, has
managed TO fnancier in his own behalf
pretty successfully up to date, ard he is
one of the solid men of the House. Many
people will recall the episode which occurred
to MIR. Walker during the consideration OF
the famous sherman act In the House. 1t
was hot day and hot discussion. Mr..
Walker grew more interested and excited
as the debate proceeded and finally, when
he became warmed UP to an unusual de
gree in the discussion, he pulled off his coat
and fought the rest of the day in his shirt
sleeves.
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin is the
hero Of the House these days. AS the late
chairman of the congressional committee
which did such effective work in the cam
paign, he is receiving enough compliments
TO turn any but his very level head. Mr.
Babcock is of very genial disposition, has
a long business head, a rotund figure indi-
eating good living and fine digestion, is as
keen as a briar, and smokes a great many
high-grade Havana cigars. In the latter
respect he differs entirely from the rank
and file of congressman, probably due TO
the vile class of cigars sold at the Capitol.
and at high prices.
Mr.. Babcock is a good story-teller, and as
chairman of the campaign committee
naturally became aware of all of the stock
anecdotes told on the stump. These he
prudently refrains from springinG ON his
colleagues There is nothing irdlscreet
about Mr.. Babcock.
1.-The predicament of the democratic party
reminds me of the experience of the two
Irishmen." said Mr.. Babcock to group OF
members the other day. "They were In
sleeping car for the first time, and were
gravely discussing whether to undres5 or
not when they went to bed. Pat decided
he would keep on his clothes in case
accident should occur, In which event he
wanted to be ready. Nike undressed and
turned in. Sure enough in the night ther-
was a wreck. Pat tumbled out, and i'm .
few minutes Mike scrambled UP. havln.
Evening star., 1894-12-15
TIRED PROFESSIONAL MEN
Use KOrsfOrd's Acid Phosphate.

The tired professional and literary men will
dnd nothing 60 soothing and refreshing Hos-
ford's Acid Phosphate. This Is the testimony of
thousands Of these classes Of men.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

migration during his senatorial career.
After a brief retirement from public life
Mr.. Blair was elected to the Fffty-third
Congress. His congressional career began
in the Forty-fourth Congress and he was
elevated to the Senate in 1879. During his
term of service he has presented more pc
titions for prohibition, for woman's suf-
aries than probably any other five men
put together. lie has always been q
stanch advocate Sof prohibition in the
District and has been the mainstay of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in
Congress.
Like a war horse champing his bit, paw
ing the ground and waiting inlpa tiently for
the signal to .charge is Representative
Walker of Massachusetts waiting for the
financial fight to open in the House. Mr.
Walker is burning with eagerness to get
into that fray. He Is loaded for the fight
and probably his only regret is that the
short session of Congress is not long
enough to give him time to say all that he
wants to say or could say upon the sub
ject of finances. II there Is one thing more
than another which Mr.. Walker likes to
talk about It is finance. Mr.. Walker has
collected an amount of data for the COM
Ing discussion which would stagger a stat
istician. He Is now disseminating financial
literature among his colleagues, he talks
finance In his conversation all day, he
thinks finance when he is not talking, and
the probabilities are that he dreams finance
all night. He Is a walking encyclopaedia
of finance. a perambulating collection of
facts and figures well theories. He
differs from many other financierS CT the
Evening star., 1894-12-15

Artistic calendars are plentiful this sea-
son, and many of them are much more
than ordinarily attractive. J. j. Decker
has some Of the best; among them The
Spinning-wheel." by E. Percy Moran; "The
Polar Bear" From Month to Month";" oy
Elizabeth s. Tucker; The Colonial, by E.
Percy Moran. "A Year OF Paper Dolls is
destined to be extremely popular with lit
tie girls; the dolls and their garments were
designed by Elizabeth S. Tucker. The
calendars and the dolls are published oy
the Frederick A. Stokes Company of New
York.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

tinue to give Arthur p. German a power
of attorney to run the democratic party as
he pleases any more He and Mr.. German
are still on speaking terms, and, 1t may be,
Evening star., 1894-12-15

The Christmas number of the illustrated
London News (World building, New York }
Is quite up to the average Of excellence
common to the holiday annual Of this
popular journal. Among the other good
things to be found in 1t is a comedy by
Anthony Hope;a good story-.'The Power OF
Music,' by o.; Peter Piper" by Lord
Brabourne; many capital Illustrations by A.
Forester, Fred. Barnard, r. Cation Wood
Vile, Cecil Aldin, NJ. Walker, c. T. Gar
land, Stanley Berkeley, Leo Malempre ard
Lucien Davis. Then there are three color
ed plates: Anne Hathaway's Cottage" by
w. s. Coleman; Guilty or Not Guilty" by
w. H. Trood, and "Bo-Peep," by w. II.
Van Beers.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

Mr.. Vest OF Missouri, the latest convert
to senatorial cloture, is In a peculiar at
titUde both physically and politically. He
has literally sunk all in q heap. He sits in
the chamber with his shirt front crumpled.
his head down on his breast and his fine
blue eyes wearing 4 far-away, ruminative
look He created sensation early in the
week by his attack on the Senate rules and
his open opposition to the wishes of the
steering committee of which Senator
,iorman Is chairman, and which has con-
troll of the program. He 10 reported to
have said that he did net propose to con-
Evening star., 1894-12-15

are yet quite friendly from a personal point
of view, but Mr.. Vest is adrift now in po-
hucal sense, and he is trying to form nu-
cleus for a new party front by his open
advocacy of the cloture.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

In the front rank as usual, in the ma tier
of Christmas and New Year cards Raphe ei
Tuck & Sons of London, Paris and New
York this year place upon the market
many new designs and q great variety OF
thoroughly pleasing artistic effects. Some
of these seasonable reminders possess es-
pecial merit; some are opulent as to rich
coloring; all are worthy Of the house whose
imprint they bear.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

In the Dainty" series of booklets, A. w.
Carter of Newtonville, Mass, has placed
before the Christmas shoppers very pret-
ty specimen of delicate bookmaking-
Pearls and Rubies from Frances Ridley
Hnvergal." Bound in watered-silkt eliu-
loid and tastefully adorned and boxed
"rimys Christmas Fairy is a little
Christmas souvenir issued by the same
house.
Evening star., 1894-12-15

como one of the most ornamental features
of the Senate. He says little, bur he looks
volurles. His reelection IS practically as
SUI 81, and he sits back in his comfortable
chair and divides his time wondering
whether he will be nominated by acclama-
tio2 and how many millions of barrels of
flour his mills will grind next year.
Evening star., 1894-12-15
FALL INSPECTIONS
How the Railroads are Prepared for
the Annual Official Inspection.
NOVEL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
An Electric Grass Destroyer the
Feature Of This Seasons Tour.
ORKING FOR RIZES

Written for The Evening Star.
The evening world., 1894-02-27
MAY SEND GEN. MILES HERE.
Talk of Ills BcinE Transferred
when Howard nctircs.

CHICAGO. Feb. 81 report from
Washington that Gen. Nelson A. Miles
will be transferred to New York early
in the Summc is believed Mt army head
quarters hero. although 10 official infur-
nation hrs been received on the sub
ject. Gen. Miles IL now in New York,
whore he went Last week IN private has
mess, but his aide, Capt. Higgins, said
last night that the retirement Of Gen.
q. %. Howard in lune viii very likely
bring about the removal Of the present
commander Of the department OF the
Missouri TO New York.
The command here viii, probably re-
main vacant from June to November.
when one OF the RriEadier. Generals.
either Rugsr. Merritt, Mctbok. Whea
ton. Brooke or otis. will he made NJ tjnr-
General and appointed to Gen. Miles's
place here
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needle. Mrs. Ford Jagged more ana more
and AT last fell, exhausted.
Bin picked her UP IN his arms, and,
with her head upon his shoulder, plodIei
on, HOW strong lie ir't ann no" IaHt
his heart beat against MS burden. II
stumbled and f"ll. tn" lantern was
broken, ana the light Hare! ana went
out. Eli slipped IN" compass into MS
pocket left the wrecked lantern ana
faced the storm with his lo9I, THe
woman slept ana weighed heavily in hi'
arms. The v'rspiration was freezing on
his cheeks, and the frosty air cloSgcd
his lungs. on he walked, with no object
to guide his steps, ever with his face
against the wind. II" believed that 1t
was midnight and called to his brother.
but his words were deadened by the
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well, without the cattle I don't know
as we have very much use for hay"
Both men were silent for a time. The
wind shrieked down the stove ,ipe and
sent a pun Of smoke out into the room.
Hank dropped another length. or "lirk,"
as he termed it, upon the fire
by the way the winds b.owln' the
herd will drift to the southwest. down
the valley 10 the Widow Ford's place
and possibly further
1.-THE Widows alone, Bil. She can't
twist hay in weather like this. We've
got TO git to her" Bill, with the char
acterist!c frontier decision, was pulling
on his fur cap and short heavy coat,
Hank strokcd his beard thOughtfully.
You can't never find the place, but I'm
with you Hank pulled his trousers out
of his boot tops and tied a string about
the bottoms. Faint best for both Of
us to go. one must stay to keep up n
fire and a light. I'll 90 with n compass
and n lantern"
mo. I'll 60. You can best manage
the business II l am lost" But Hank
was the ruler when 1t came TO an issue.
He was older. stroner and better able
physically to undertake the task before
one OF them. Bill laid his hand on his
brothers shoulder.
"You can't 40 that way. boy. This must
The evening world., 1894-02-27
PLAIN TALK FROM THE BENCH
Omnin Judge Scores Officials for
Protecting Gamblers.

Wy associated IT'sS
OMAHA, Mob. Feb, - I'm tho District
Court last evening judge Scott scored the
city officials on account uf the gambling
In the city. lie said it was absolutely
impossible to run the Criminal Court
under the order of things in this city.
Saturday they brought a man in
here" said ne, ARRESTED FOR selling his
wares with mt n license. That act was
made n rr'nN 10y tho came pen from
which flowed ~" ordinance allowing gam
hlcrS 4, rlr EnmhliNE house" IN cunFil-
Grafton ~ $40 n month. Vet | am
threatened nul told that I must not cay
auythiar nhuut It. | hope there Is a
Gni IL Israel VINO will rl5ht his mat
ter.
when tho authorities of tho citv Will
inc1rC"rat" a m'n for selling his own
legitimate Wtr0s. II IL ~ wonder tn" p"o-
pie have NJ respect tOr the courts They
cnli this America, the lana Of freedom.
Il is not 50 Va omaha, II makes "A Ereat
deal OF llffercpc" VINO L. WIN. huw much
money, o much political Influence one
has"
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most effective. The other features Of
me long programme were Sandow,
Aicide capitalne;, Mile. Ena Bertoldl, the
Clown Jigg. ~
IMPERIAL MUSIC HALL.
The entertainment at the Imperial
Music Hall last night was as bright as
ever. The vaudevillers were Josie Greg
CRY, Lizzie Raymond, John w. Myers.
VINO Is a great f%avorite at this house;
Joe tIynn, one OF the cleverest of
parodists; the Zanfretta troupe, and
sam Ber1ard, Preparations are being
with Jennie Joyce in the cast.
HuBER'S MUSEUM.
The variety performance at Huber's
museum yesterday was presented by
Bertha Brush, Oura's japanese acrobats,
Morton AMI Revelle, Shields and Brana-
gan. Maud ~Berington, Fred Deory, Nc
Lean and Hall. the Columbia Quartz;
and others, In. the curlo halls were
Prof. Ricardo and his troupe of perform
ing leopards; Enoch, the man FISH, and
Annie Jones, the bearded m
EDEN MUSEE.
The stage entertainment at the Eden
Musee yesterday was a very good one.
Majilton, the clever English ballad singer,
who has just arrived from England. was
the principal novelty. Lola Yberri contr.-
Duted her picturesque and artistic dances.
MISS Ruth Davenport sang, and COnsuela
Tortajada also appeared. The tuneful
Hungarian Band gave the usual concerts.
HERRMANN'S THEATRE.
]. NJ. Hills entertainers in the usual
continuous performance flourished at
Herrmann's Theatre yesterday. They
were Oltake. the little comet. who sang
and danced: Bryant and Richmond,
clever sketch artists: Allan May, the
balladist, and a number of others. Lots
In New Jersey were again distributed,
although the weather did not exactly in
duce thoughts of Summer homes.
DORIS'S MUSEUM.
DR.. Frederick A.. Cook, surgeon and
ethnologist of the Peary expedition to
the North Pole, lectured very interest
ingly at Doris's Eighth Avenue Museum
yesterday. He impaired n good deal OF
valuable Information on the subject of
the habits and customs OF the Esqui-
maux. A troupe of Esqulmaux with their
"accessorieS' appeared with him. Doris's
stock company, presented a play called
GAN For Gold"
MADISON SQUARE CONCERT HALL.
Mark Twain and James WhitComb
Riley read from their W works at the
Madison. Square Garden Concert Hall
last night, and gave a very ENJOYABLE
entertainment. They were assisted by
Douglas Sherley, who has n reputation
as "The Kentucky Story-Te.ler." He
read a story called Perhaps Mark
Twain made a hit with "The Jumping
Frog and Mr.. Riley with That Old
Sweetheart OF Mine"
The evening world., 1894-02-27

be a fair deal. Well draw cuts for who
goes" Bill picked up a straw and broke
it nearly in the middle. Long goes and
short stays at home" Hank drew. When
he measured with his brother, BIZ held
the long straw. Good. and may God
help me keep my legs exclaimed Bill.
Hank went to the cupboard and took
down a flask OF brandy. a sandwich OF
fat bacon and heavy bread was made
and wrapped. 1T won't be much good
TO give water" said Hank, "for that
would freeze up" Bill had filled and
was lighting the lantern. He put the
sandwich in an inside pocket and the
Task Of brandy in the hlp-pocket OF his
trousers, and then the compass was taken
from It's box on the clock shelf and PHI
was ready. Drawing on his bearskin NIT
tens he stepped out into the storm. Hank
followed outside and shook his brother
by the hand IT'S three miles, Bill, and
II you are not back here by midnight
I'll start out ana search for you" So
the brothers rnrted-RM 10 push his
way daGgcily INFO the swirl Of snow
which on tho level was halfway up to
his knees To dcviate he would keen to
NV llAS' an 81 "N'ANh - " N'N
valley, but he could not tell when he had
gone far enough. 50 he decided to fol-
low the compass exactly southeast.
The wind was on his back and he
strobe rapidly forward, looking at his
compass every now and then by the
light Of the lantern. On and on he
pressed, now stumbling into a hole, now
scrambling out OF n creek bottom, In
the darkness he pictured the shadowy
forms OF houses and stacks OF hay, but
when he turned out OF his course to
satisfy himself that he had at last found
the house, they would vanish.
At last the searcher halted and looked
back, satisfied that he had walked three
miles at least. In the narrow circle OF
light tina surrounded him he saw three
strands Of wire. II was a fcace. and
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Knew, t"'' th"t Iiank WIS then ou;
~S'lf'h.'E Tor h'n., 'iIl tool; down tn"
Nlh'E'S'"F' ana, stepping to The door,
hi"d SIX shoi' IL rapid succession. lie
was answered from somewhere out in
the storm, AMI five minutes later both
hIrtI"is W"r" working over their guest.
IN Tn" c'uF'' # an hour she awoke
nom h'r strange sl".p. B.I gave her Il
cup 81 ''i''" ana tons'sd her n slice
OF foFEy bread. Thrn they gave her a
brand" sing and tucked her up in
he". lHll threw himself down by the
side OF thu stove and slept, while Hank
kept the vigi. and the IRE until late
the next morning.
TINT wind went down when The sun
up IN ;he following day, When the
widow a"ok" there WAS M one ia the
The evening world., 1894-02-27
WINNING a WIFE.
Blu Taft Is Rewarded for His Heroic
Journey by u Romans Heart.

show. heaped and tossed and torn by
we herce wind that swept over the Da-
no'" prairles, fell all day and all night
" '"e blealsest of all December days and
Ae"'S' Snow was everywhere. The air
I"ts so full Of 1t that animals beloved
I""h night because they could not see
Ia'u uriited. like wrec!iage ON a stormy
loueah' across the hills and hollows. Snow
Leu IN through the chinks in the win
Tvs blew in under the doors and fell In
saNeS down the chimneys.
ins TAFT Brothers, William and Henry
Nhown to their fellow-ranchmen as Bill
T. fiank-snt before n red-hot stove. in
nEV,"' OF which lay n coil OF twisted hay.
H." was cutting the coil into "stove
I"s'hs'' and every few minutes Hank
S.'ea the lid and dropped a length into
Ihe blazing fire.
ans Is a regular teaser." Bill
Vnussed his shoulders as he spoke and
lI"eed at the window. which was thiclIly
t"n'ered with the sticky flakes.
MlShty hard on the cattle" was the
fpiS, Wonder where we will find the
Iera In the morninE?"
40 tellin'. It's the worst storm I've
en IN all my time. Just feel the wind
uake the ahantyi I'll bet the hay win
finds," y" '
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That's n good girl. and that will do for
the time being Now. let's cover up"
In a few moments the patients eye
opened She was given another swallow
of brandy. Then Mrs. Ford opened her
eyes very wide
II came over to see IL you might want
anything in the storm," BIN stammered,
as he saw he must now make excuse for
his presence. The widow smiled family.
II am in 4 pretty bad way she said.
Il am out of provisions and coal and
matches, ald Il got 50 cold that ! could
not twist hay any more. | expect TO
down and went to sleep. ] expected to
die" Bin was searching in his pockets
and cursing mildly under his breath.
] thought / rad matches, but ! left
them at home,'' said the ranChman.
striking ore fist against the other.
However could | have been so care
Less"
"Get ready and go with me. Mrs. Ford.
You will freeze to death before | can re-
turn with help and We would run the
chances Of missing the house in the
storm" Eli went out into the Kitchen
and shut the door. When he was called
back into the room the widow was put
ting on n heavy wrap. Bill offered her
:he sandwich ana she ate 1t greedily.
Then she tied a heavy veil over her
head and they were ready for the storm
out into the cold n~ight-colder than the
cherries rooms only because they were
faclug the wind.-ard over to the wire
fence. where the compass told the dlrec-
ton back TO the Taft ranch. The widow
stumbled 10 her knees but VAS helped
up by her companion. Again she fell
and again and again, BIN urged her 10
take a couple OF swallows of brandy,
after which they got on better until they
spra wled into the bed OF a creek that
bad filled over after Bin had passed.
The ranchman helped the woman out
then they trudged on by the light OF the
iar.ern. GLOWING the point OF the