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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20

Bladensburg should hasten to take a GEN.
sus before the Industrial armies decamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
For the House.

long list in yesterdays Star. Three more
hints OF the thousand and one price lowered arti
Giles: &c for DC Fancy Feather Busters with
long handles usually judged worth 15c each. 81. q
instead Of so for the Genuine Bissel Carpet
Dishes, to be duplicated elsewhere at less
than &c. Truth is sometimes stranger. than lie.
ton Basemept hQax.I,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
SHOOTING STARS.
A Wish.

How much more sweet would be life's
cup
He murmured, with q frown,
IF only prices would 60 up
And the mercury 60 down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
Leather Goods.

The correct English Belts. worn by ladies for
tennis and touring. Only DC for those that
25c each.
I5c for the 81 Pocket Books. combining card
case, silver trimming.
39c for wellknown 49c Pocket Books. and
4Sc for the Toe Shopping Bags.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
Baby Carriages.

Only hints each day This evening: The 1.5O
Carriages for Ss95. And you elsewhere buy
such carriages for less than Sl2.5Of Note the
large rattan body with heavy rattan roll around
edge, the damask and plush upholstery, the supe-
rior running the easily adjusted parnsol with
lace trimming Fourth floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
His Use.

IT don't see what business a kicker has
on EARTH said the irritable man.
"Oh." replied the philosopher. he is
very useful"
"HowY'
who are good natured."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

tracted to literature and the influences
which shaped his literary taste, will e ID
great pleasure In comparing these delight
full confessions with Mr. Stevenson's s sketch
of his early experiences which is soon to be
published
Howells is the most famous American
writer of fiction. although that does not
mean that he is the most popular. HIS lit
erary eanoBs are utterly different from those
which have governed Mr.. Stevenson How
ellis processes to have no high regard for
Dickens. Thackeray or Scott, although the
greatest Of English critics. Mr. Andrew
Lang, has pointed out that the realism in
that to which Mr.. Howells has devoted his
stories and far more interesting
Stevenson revealed IN the sketch Of his
early life an extraordinary fondness for
those very romsnces which Mr.. Hcwells
seems to despise He read and reread Wal
ter Scstt until he knew the novels of his
countryman by heart. He bad warm
place for some of Dickens stories and was
able to see beneath the exaggerations and
caricatures the revelations of human nature
which Dickens sought to portray Stew
son believed that in his best work Dicke
was consummate artist, because the II
sions created by his very exaggeratio s
were for the time being perfect.
Next to his admiration for Scott was the
intense delight which he felt for the ro-
mances of Alexandra Dumas-stories which
Mr.. Howells it is said could never get in
terested in. and which be has passed over
in his critical works with the silence which
seems to indicate contempt. Stevenson's
idea is that in many respects D'Artagnan
is the finest character of modern fiction,
because, he says, il seems, when you are
reading The i hree Guardsrnen," as though
d D'Artaglan was flesh and blood Ynan-as
though you knew him and were with him
and delighted in his boAsti1gs. MS courage
snd his peccadiIIos-
SO when Stevenson began TO write for the
public be TOOK precisely the opposite view
from that which Mr. Howeils professed. He
believed that story should be told for it
own sake. He detested nloralizlng and
had small use for lengthy descriptions OF
nature. He did not believe in analysis. but
thought that the characters a. they worked
out the story ought 10 suggest their own
analysis, as Is the case IN life Now tha;
these two most successful authors. differ
ing widely In their methods. are furnishing
the public with their literary confessions.
those who desire TO make repute a. writers
Will have abundant opportunity 20 choose
between them. E. j. EDWARDS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
HUMOROUS.

-stranger-'Can you direct me u
the Old COLONY depot?' Denizen-
You'll have 20 ask somebody else. sir
I'm not an Old Colony director. "-Bos-
ION Transcript
Johnny Plentv-"Ssv, Jimmy. doe.
pie hurt anybody Ny aunt szys Il:
aoes- Jimmy Scant-"Couldn't tell
ger. Johnny never had no chance
ter sperinent Boston Courier.
-"oh. say. Smithers. why are Szs
meters like the Arzbs1-' Don't know.
Jonesy- Because every mans hand 10
against them" mo. Because ,hey
evidently steal away ~ Y. Recorder.
Mrs Wedde-'-so you are 70 be
nsrried7" Miss Unweade-sYes. and
want yoa 20 tell ne which is he
luekies. rnonth 70 be married il Mrs
wedde-'The thirteenth. ny dear
Coolers Magazine.
You don. look ike red had YER,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

good luck at dat house. said Ploddind
Pete. II got q cake, /" replied Mesnder.
ing Mike. Den what yer loskin' So
sour about?" Twas or cake o. soap"
Washington Star.
Poor Pay-"rm in lot of trouble.
The landlady says I'll have to settle un
Or leave" Dead Rroke-"Why. you're
in great luck, old man. Ny landlady
says l must settle up before l can
leave. IN. Y. Herald.
And so. Peter. you spell women
with an 'a?'" said the teacher, correct.
ing an exercise. please, sir" was the
reply. my papa told mamma only yes
terday that women were singula,
beings Music and Drama.
The Condition Of Affairs.-Clara-
"How did Charlie look last night when
your father met him in the hali?" Har.
riet-"He didn't look at all. He just
shut his eyes and waited for the
shock. Detroit Free Press.
you've moved into that new IA,
on the corner?" Yes ''Is it heated
by furnace?" NO" Steam heat.
eh?" mo" "HeavenH man, what
have you?" "A janitor that stands ir
with the landlord. Inter Ocean.
why did you shoot this manSA
"In self-defense," answered the police
man. ''Why, he w.e running away
from you!" II know il locked 40. But
1 was afraid he WAS going around the
block to attack nae from bshind"-
Washington Star.
Whom do you consider the great
est inventor Of the timess" askud one
woman. my husband. ahc replied.
proudly. "Why, didn't knew he ever
invented anything" ''Yoa should hsaS
the excuses he gives for coming home
at two o'clock IN the neraiAS."-WaAA,
iaRton Star.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
WEIGHT OF BEES.

Some Interesting Researches Concerning 6
Rather Peculiar Subject.
An interesting note about the weight
Of bees appears in an American jour
nal devoted to agriculture, says Or.
Andrew Wilson. 1t seems that an or
dinary bee, not carrying any load of
pollen, weighs the one five-thousandth
of pound. Five thousand bees thus
make up pound weight. When, how
ever, the bee is carrying his load of
pollen or honey, as he returns from for
aging amid the flowers, his weight is
increased nearly three times. He car
ries thus about twice his own weight,
a result not surprising to those who
have studied the muscular powers and
ways of insects at large. When bees
are loaded it requires only eighteen
hundred of them to make up the pound.
Details are also given regarding the
number of bees which may exist in a
hive. From four pound to fve-pound
weight of bees are found in an ordinary
colony. This means in figures of pop
ulation some twenty thousand to twen-
ty-fve thousand individuals. A big
swarm, it is said, will often double this
estimate.
Talking of bees, if any Of my readers
wish to indulge in very curious and
fascinating bit of geological study they
should read the story Of what is called
parthenogenesis" in bees and other
insects, such as the aphides or green
flies of the roses and other plants. For
such eggs of the queen bee as are fer
filized when laid turn ont workers for
neuters) or queens, while those which
are not fertilized at all develop into
males or dronea This is very singu-
lar, because fertilization Of an egg or
seed is regarded ordinarily as neces-
sary for its due development. 1 know
of nothing more extraordinary than
the story biology has to tell regarding
this curious by-way of animal develop
ment
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
KNOWS THE ARTIST
Howard Fielding Tells What One
Man Has to Answer For.
de Has Little Chat with tho Man Who
Draws Hit-'Em-Hards and Long
Jokers for the Entire
Country.
COPYRIGHT, 1894 |

I have discovered the man who
makes all the comic valentines. Yes,
gentle reader, it is true that one con-
science has to carry the entire burden.
Perhaps you do not know how heavy
that burden is. Learn, then, that the
person to whom I have referred draws
about nine hundred valentine pictures
every year, and each of them is printed
In editions of fifteen thousand. Most
bf them are sold in this country, but
there is also quite an export trade with
run through many editions. But let
us suppose that each of them has two
editions. That will give a total of 81
000, 600 year. Now reflect, further,
that every one of them is designed to
make somebody swear, and you begin
TO get an idea of the terrible
business in which this artist is
Engaged. Let US suppose that twenty
millions of them reach their desti-
nations and that each individual re.
eipient swears only five times. We have
D total of one hundred million cuss-
words for which my friend, the artist
is directly responsible every year.
Suppose, further, that the artist
holds his job thirty-six and a halt
years, anl afterwards suffers in Purga-
tory one DAY for every piece of violent
language caused by him, as computed
above, lie will be there ten million
years; and do not call it enough.
These mathematical operations are
founded upon exact facts. In this let
ter am simply trying to state a mat
ter of news in plain words.
/ fave known the valentine artist
for . long time, but never suspected
him of doing anything of that kind. 1t
was only yesterday that Learned about
it. / went into his work shop just as
he finished drawing. / looked over
ki shoulder expecting to see pretty
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

PEELED to insult him pictorially on the
14th of February. am unable to state.
But there must be good many million
people in this country who could tel
from their personal experience. This
practice shows the general recognition
Of the artistic value of contrast. An
added charm must cling to the picture
of a jackass labeled: This is You, I"
when it is received on the day sacred
to lovers tokens.
Mr.. Howard tells me that these val
entines are all directed to the pictorial
exhibition of some human fault or fol-
ly. II they were confined to any other
field he might find it difficult to draw
as many as nine hundred in a single
year.
A considerable number of the val
entines intended for woman satirize
eccentricities of fashion. This winter
there is great field for that sort Of
work in the prevailing style of capes.
The preposterously broad and stiff
shoulders with their ccAvoluted edges
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
THE RULING PASSION.
A Striking Illustration OF tho Force Z
Habit.

A Striking Illustration OF tho Force Of
Habit.
BE loved the winsome lass with a
love none the less ardent because she
was clerk in dry goods store, and
he had met her there behind the coun-
ter when he had come in to make pur-
chases.
But she was no ordinary girl, and he
knew that if he won her as his own, it
would be no easy conquest.
For weeks and weeks he had been to
see her, and for weeks he had hesita-
ted on the brink of proposal, which
involved all his happiness
Yet the girl did not seem to realize
how near she was to him, nor that
any moment might precipitate the
final question.
However, these things cannot con-
tinue forever, and one Sunday after
noon as they were walking his voice
became low and tremulous; and she
looked up shyly into his face.
''Christine," he whispered, may l
ask you question:"
Certainly, George" she assented
frankly. What is it?''
"Will you be my wife?"
She turned as if shelf were behind
her.
"I'm very sorry,".she said, softly. els
there anything else to-day?"-Detroit
Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

THE OLD MAID ALWAYS SELLS WELL.
dow. Mr.. Howard gave this to me il
a philosophical spirit, as sample o.
what is considered a rare joke by many
thousands of persons.
Perhaps the richest thing-if popu.
lar applause be the criterion-in the
line of comic valentines for women
was picture entitled Going TO Seed >
1t represented particularly ill-condi-
toned plant in large red fiower-pot
and the flower was the typical head OF
an old maid. Thousands upon thou
sands of these We're sold. and they
served. doubtless, to embitter the
thoughts of a corresponding number OF
women who ought rather to have been
congratulated.
While many of these valentines are
used in malice the real reason why
they sell is that the people think that
they are funny. There's a very deer
theme. have made q special study
OF the problem: what do people laugh
at?' And l have partly solved it. |
have learned what l myself laugh at.
that the remaining persons mentioned
in Mr.. Porter's census have thus ia,
eluded me. And even in my own case
the result is not constant One day,
perhaps, can laugh at one of my OWE
Jokes, and few days later, when rur
across it in a copy of an old magazine
which died before was born, it won't
seem funny at all But Mr.. Howard
has gone farther. He has not only
discovered the secret of what is humo,
to great class OF our citizens. but he
has learned what will make one man
laugh and another man swear. / call
that considerable triumph.
HOWARD FIELDING.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
DANGERS OF EMOTION.
The Part That Fear Plays in Rendsrin G
People Liable to Disease.

Inc 1art mat rear rays ESeuoOrInS
People Liable to Disease.
Many violent maladies have been
supposed to have been produced under
the operation of moral influences SEN
merit believed that fear was capable OF
provoking erysipelas. Hoffman also
made fear and the adynamy resulting
from it play an important part as the
predisposing cause of contagious dis
eases. DR.. Fl. luke believed, in par
ticular, in the influence of fear upon
the eontagion Of rabies. The break
ing out of rabies has been sometimes
observed after psychic emotion. says
Popular Science Monthly. Bouley
cites the case of dog which went mad
after having been immersed in water.
Gamleia cites similar case in man.
and another in q woman who was
frightened by a drunken man. In
order to avoid the influence of fear,
Desgenettes concealed the name and
the nature Of the plague: and it is to
be remarked further that the Turks
died less rapidly of it than the Chris
tians- Cullen supposed that sad emo
tions favor contagious diseases, and
particularly the plague.
This disposition to contagion after
violent emotions which determine dis
charge of the secretions may be partly
explained By the fact that the con
ditions that diminish the proportion OF
the liquids of the blood favor absorb
tion. 1t, however, seems at least prob
able that the nervous discharge is ac-
compsnied by alterations Of the blood
and notifications OF the interior me
dunn which justify the popular express
sions concerning having bad b.o@3 and
turning the blood
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

turned up make woman look Ike the
head of John the Baptist on charger.
Mr. Howard tells me that he has tried
to exaggerate the absurdities of this
kind of cape and has failed.
81 can't make it look worse than il
really does when I see it on the street,
he said, land SO have to make up for
it by drawing cross-eyed woman in.
side the cape. The worse the face
looks the better the valentine sells.
should think it would make poor girl
who had put all her cash into one Of
those capes feel pretty good to be
tenderly remembered with one of these
cape valentines on the 14th. l under.
stand that they are already in great
demand, which shows the state of en-.
vious resentment among the girls who
are wearing their last winters capes. u
Passing to mems attire, the dude in
caricature of this order has changed
very little in the past five or six years,
In this connection the artist told me
one of the toughest experiences that
ever heard. 1t appears that he once
oICW d OIcilSlVc ouut Val
entine. The absolute idiocy of the
countenance which he put on the dude
left nothing whatever to be desired
OF course there were many other dude
caricatures that year, but this was the
most offensive, by long odds. 1t hap
pened that young man of Mr.. How
ards acquaintance got three valentines
that year from three different Cities
and every one of his unknown admirers
picked out this identical valentine
What could a man think under such
exceptional circumstances except that
there was a distinct resemblance be.
tween himself and the fellow in the
picture. 1t must have been deeply de.
pressing. / learn from Mr.. Howard
that this gentleman did not commit
suicide, but he would have committed
murder under favorab BILE conditions
One of the most successful valentine.
ever sent out was entitled ''The Slug
gard" 1t represented man in bed
A pair of naked and gigantic feet hung
over the footboard, which was in the
foreground, and the sun, with smile
of derision on his countenence, wal
seen looking in through an open win
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

son a few years earlier from herring
the conversation of respectable"
heads of families.
However weak may human nature
be, however bad may the world be-let
the ideals of the young be kept high
and pure as long as possible, and much
of the maintaining of those ideals rests
upon the married men and women
with whom they associate
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
TafrS0 On 0sr0an RatlrooDu.

FarrOts have bsen taught 30 amuss
by their tnita ttpn Of The human voice,
md now their Yow~zr in this Eespsos
h2ve been mada uss-e< for . peaoSrai
purpOse. At almost every station on .
German railway the station master
has . parrot or . startling 50 trained
thst whenever trssn ernws uD ~ thS
platform II eommenass calling out tbs
usme of the station most distinctly,
and not only this. bat II contiD usa do
ing SO while the train remains there.
This has been found I'D excellent made
OF lnfcr1ning Che passengrrs whers
they are.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

10 Long Joker with a club, but if he
gets Hit-'em Hard he takes down the
Did musllet from the wall.
The enormous sale of these things
proves that they must fill longing OF
The human heart. The two sexes feel
This want about equally. just as many
bre painted for men as for women.
regard that as an interesting fact
which might easily escape the notice
Df less acute student of human nature
than myself. Just how badly you have
10 hate person before you feel i'm.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
Youthful OhsecYArs.

Little Bessie-Let's play we're mar
ried couple keeping house.
Etbel-All right, but you must be
the husband. Ma says l amt strong
enough to stand the punishment.-Chi-
cagO Record.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
beginning with Iaxuries.

Mamma-Now. Teddy. we must all tr-
and give up something while times ar
so hard.
Teddy-Tm willing.
Mamma-What will it be, dear?
Te6dY-Soap.-Bogoa GlobA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
His Dear Wife.

Brown-That wife of yours just fills
The bill
Jones-She more than does it. The
last one that came in ran clear over to
he next page.-Detroit Free Press-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

ideals are low, however respectable
their lives may seem to the world.
Parents are very careful in the selec.
ton of playmates and comrades for
their children, but not infrequently
the young debutante is allowed the
almost freedom of association with
some married woman, whose ideas Of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

Lowstand-My mind was inspired with
the thought o. the grea. writers. si-,
when / wrote this fhssis-
Professcr-Yes. 80 ii seems There are
thoughts from mos. all os them In il
Yale Record
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
Tiuc Fli,e. Sr-netfues.

She-Pars said you uuss nos stay after
II O'Clock
Ee-It's q o'clock nov.
Shs-Msrcy. We veonly t~c ho1rs
- say good oi<ni--NeT YORK Weekiy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

First Lswyer-What do you think q
the inheritance tar?
Second Lawyer-Well, there's one
thing l want to know. In case of .
disputed will does the government e1-
pect to come in before the lawysrsa-
Puck
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
rcoPYR1cHr, lss4.1

81 E r e is n {
more su b t / e
a nd cert a j 4
way to corrupt
young men and
maidens thar
by all W i n 6
them compan-
ionship of mar
ried men and
woman "h0cG
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

picture designed for one of the maga
zines, with the familiar signature, C
Howard. Instead I saw horrible
freak wearing white apron, and en-.
gagged in pouring cats into a sausage
mill.
''That's sweet thing, Howard, i" said
I. "What's it for?'
"For butcher" said he. "It's in
tended to be slight token of some
body's regard on February IA. I've
made nearly Thousand of these things
this year. What do you suppose old
Saint Valentine, patron of the pleasant
occasion, will do with me when he gets
hold of me?'
That naturally led to discussion OF
the whole subject. 1t appears that
Howard does not allow these drawing,
to interfere In any way with his art
work. He has very nice way of get
ting the time to do them. In those mo
ments of dissatisfaction which an or
hinary man would waste in swearing
DR. in throwing fellow-creature down
stairs Howard simply draws valen
tiucS. ~ IciicNcs hl> feelings PerlSCtly
was glad to know this, for / had beer
Mt loss to account for the exemplary
nildness of his disposition. 1t would
be unjust of course to compare so fa.
sored person with ourselves. We dc
not have the opportunity of insulting
bwenty-seven million strangers every
year. We must do the best we can
with only our families and friends.
1t appears that comic valentines are
Ill offensive. They are divided broadly
Into two classes which are known tech.
nically as the "Hit-'em-Hards' and the
Long Jokers." By the rules of ordina.
y social courtesy a person may reply
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13
SHE IS TO. BLAM ME
Giddy Married Women Do Great
Harm to the Debutante.

Respectable Heads" Of Families Teach
Many q Callow Lad to Think That I'm
morality L. Smart-Let the Ideas
Of the Young Be High.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-13

II is said that the human hair will turn
white during vio.en. emotion If the hand 10
laid upon IL