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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27
Two Girls Killed by Lfshtnfnx.

FREDON1A, y. Y, June 27.-Two daugh-
tiers OF Edwin Blodgett, 4 farmer living
near Bear Lake. were out in the fields yes
terday afternoon, when a storm came up
Ihey Ned for shelter to a large tree stand
ing Tear by. accompanied by a farm hand
Lightning struck the tree both girls were
instantly killed. and the man was badly,
though not fatally, shocked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27
The Star Ont Of Town.

The Star Out of Town.
THE EVENING STAR will be sent
by mail to any address In the United
States or Canada for such period as
may be desired at the rate of nifty
cents per month.
0But all such orders must be &C.
companied by the money. or the
paper cannot be sent, as no ac-
counts are kept with mail subscrip-
lions.
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Saito's Application Denied.

BOSTON, June 2I.-In the United States
circuit court today Judge Colt handed down
his decision in the noted Shebata Saito case,
which was an application of a native jap
anese for naturalization. and denied the ap-
plication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27
Lieut.. Fillette's Case.

1t IL expected that the case Of Lieut.. I.
G. Fillette Of the marine corps will be set
tied by the. President this evening or to-
morrow. He was court-martialed for vari-
GUS breaches Of naval discipline. His dis
missal from the service would make an
other vacancy for the class Of graduates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27

LANCASTER, Pa, June 2T-Execution
was Issued against John Yeager, a butcher
of Columbia, today for So. 600 Other judg-
ments. amounting to over $3S.OOO are also
entered against him. One Of the reasons
ascribed for the failure is that so many
people have been compelled to stop buying
meat on account Of lack Of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27

Shebafa Saito is said to be the first Jau-
eEese who has ever attempted to become q
voter in the United States. He was given a
nearing more than a month ago. and the
judge has since had the case under advise
meQc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

The following are the opening, tie hieA-
est and the lowest and the ciosanr pr1ces
OF the New York stock market today. q re-
ported by Corson q Macartney, meubers
New York stock exchange. CorrssponAents
Messrs. Moore echley, No. % DroaAvay:
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c0nfract Awarded

The contract for rebuilt ling the revenue
steamer Guthrie has been AWARDED to the
r. NJ. Spedden Company Of Baltimore. at
their bid Of $21.U0.
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Ex-Empress Eugenfe's SymDathy.

LONDON. June 2I.-Ex-Empress Eugene
has requested VI. Decrais. French ambas-
sador to Great Britain, to forward to Nine
Carnot message expressing her sympathy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27

A popular young lady Of his city. Miss
Gertrude May Lightfoot. graduated from
westfield Normal School, westdeil Msss,
yesterday with high honvrs. She went
from the District High School
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Range Of the Thernometer.

The following were the readings Of the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
am, IS; 2 pm. 81; maximum. s.: mini
mum, "a.
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Clfne's Armor Plate Testimony Brief.
Superintendent Cline continued his testi-
mony today before the armor plate investi-
eating committee. 1t was a brief correc-
ton of minor details of yesterdays testi-
mony, and brought out nothing new
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Working Again in a Rolling Mill.

LANCASTER. Pa, June 27.-The Penn
rolling mill. which has been idle for some
time. started up this morning.
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WElGA WITH THEIR EYES.
Expert Dealers In Live Stock Do Not
 Often Use Scales.

Expert Dealers In Live Stock Do Not
 Often Use Scales.
 The dealers in live stock who buy and sell the thousands of cattle, hogs and sheep which arc daily handled at tEe Bourbon stockyards must be expert ill guessing the weight of a live animal at glance. In conversation with well known stockman few days ago he ex- plained why this is necessary:
 "It would be impossi ble to weigh the cattle i'll many cases because of the im- mense labor involved and the length of time it would take. while the marked price, which is subject to constant tiuc tuations, might easily vary from its highest to its lowest limit while we were weighing the animals i'll one of our big scales. For instance, today, which has been tho biggest day of the year thus far, there have been received at the Bourbon yards over 3, 400 head of cattle and about 6, 900 hogs. Suppose we had to drive all of those upon the scales to ascertain their weight? There are dozens of old stock men who can in- speet herd of animals and form an es- innate of their average weight which will be readily accepted by purchasers as the basis of a trade.
 In a test case which was made some time since man who has had life- long experience in buying and selling q herd of cattle. .ftcs inspecting herd of 500 animals, guessed their average weight within third of pound of tho actual figure ascertained by weigh ing the cattle individually. The feat was accomplished by MT. BenD. Offutt of this county and is not so extraordina- ry as it appears, because similar in stances of expert tGsuessing' occur here every day. ''-Louisville Courier Jour nal tf
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THE ELECTION RETURNS.
They NalS 5 the Busieit Night of the Year
 hn Newspaper Office

There Is ono nighs i'll every year in every great newspaper office when work is done that is the least understood of all that goes on iii the making of daily paper, one night when the highest state of fever attends the excitement and strain of the most intense work that falls to the lot of any men, except sol diers i'll war. That is election night. That is the night when few men sit down at 6 o'clock before virgin sheets of paper. with the knowledge that be- fore o'clock the next morning they must cover those sheets with the elee- tion returns of nation, digesting mountains of figures and apprising the public of the results ill the most con densed forms, weeks i'll advance of the official announcements, as sparks might shapeless iron oil blacksmith $ anvil. And these calculations must stand the test of comparison with those which the rival newspapers working without col laboration, as eager competitors, will publish at tho same moment.
 Tho election figures come ill driblets and atoms and must be put together as the Floreltines make their mosaics. Some of it, we shall see is plueked from the very air-as magician seems to collect coins i'll borrowed hat--be- gotten of reasoning, but put down be- side the genuine returns with equal con- fidence and almost accuracy
 An, but that is work to try cool heads and strong nerves am quite cer- tain no other mon ill the world include such night of tension and excitement, periodically, as q fixed part of d work aday existence. No other mon, regularly once a year, feel themselves so truly i'll the focus of an intense public interest, manifesfing itself i'll so many ways. = Scribupr'R
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BUYING PRECIOUS STONES.
Some of the Valuable Gems and What
 They Arc Made Of.

Some of the Valuable Gems and What
 They Are Made Of.
 Buying jewels is as hazardous as buy ing horses. and could anything possibly be more risky thnn the latter? Whito sapphires have occasionally been sold as diamonds, and as proof that white topaz may easily bo confused with them ono has only to recall tho fact that the lar gest diamond in the world, tho Bragan- "a, belonging to the crown of Portugal and valued at e58, 900, 900, is by many considered to be only topaz. Carbon, i'll pure crystallized state, is ill every color of the rainbow, red, orange, green, blue and even black, and occasionally the eolored are as valuable as Il brilliant of the same size.
 The jewels next ill hardness to the diamond are the sapphire and the ruby, called by experts corundum, or crystal lized clay Blue corundum is called sap phire; red. ruby; green, oriental emer- aid; orange, oriental topaz, and violet, oriental amethyst. The word oriental distinguishes these from real emerald, topaz and amethyst, which arc distinct minerals.
 The largest and most famous ruby in the world forms part of the imperial state crown made for Queen Victoria in 1888. It is believed that this ruby was worn in front of the helmet of Henry V at Agincourt.
 The most precious sappLires and ru. bies, when cut and polished, show rays from tho center to tine sides i'll the form of six pointed star On this account they are called star sapphires or rubies. It is difficult to produce Il gem upon these stones on account of their exceed ing hardness but there are a few good intaglios and cameos extant ill both one cameo head of Cupid, by isler, one sapphire; another front face cameo head of Diana on ruby. by Pis- trucCi. A
 Topaz is the next jewel i'll degree of hardness. It consists of about half clay, one=thirJ flint and the rest fiuorio acid. I'll 70 arof ellow. with sometimes a gruonisifs tingo. Some found in Brazil are perfectly colorless and are called s.noyamina" diamonds. They aro more brilliant when polished than any jewel There are few blue topazes feund-- these are taken by the uninitiated for sapphires. Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09
For n Sweet Breath.

Don't expect to have clean teeth or a sweet breath while there is a tinge of white on tho tongue. It is an unmistak- able evidence of indigestion. Drink sour lemonade, eat ripe fruit and green yege- tables for purgatives, exercise freely, use plenty of water internally and ex- formally, and keep up the treatment un- til the mouth is clean, healthy and red. Various things are suggested to coun- teract an unpleasant breath resulting from bad tooth, wine or garlic scented dishes. Cinnamon. mint, creams, orris root, cloves, mastie rosin and spruce gum will disguise some odors. Ten drops of tincture of myrrh ill glass of water will sweeten and refresh the mouth A teaspoonful of spirits of cam phor or peppermint in the same gargle is among the very best antiseptics, and few drops of nyrrh and camphor i'll the water are recommended in case of cold, throat trouble or any slight indis- position which may affect the breath. = Philadelphia Times.
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An Expert Opinion.

An old watehmau. who used to keef guard in tho department of justice, from long association with the legal lights in tho building believed he had imbibed 8 fair share of learning in the law, and so when one night telegram addressed to tho attorney general came after hours he had no hesitanoy ill opening it and reading its message. It asked tho ques- tion, ..Is man to be held responsible for q crime committed while under the influence of liquor?" The watchman pondered over this message for some time, and, as he knew what the infiu- ence of liquor was, he sent the laconic answer: No indeed. (SignedD John Jones, in charge of department of jus tice:" Of course there was all immedi- ate attack on the attorney general for such Q decision, and the matter camo to the ears of the department. An invesi- tigation was made and the watchmaa suspended for three months. That did not worry him, however. With et- frontery that simply dumfounded the clerks. ha came to tine building every pay day during that time of suspension and drew his salai 4-e Fields Washingto.j.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09
When They Meet and Part.

An Englishman salutes his friend with: "How do you 10? Goodby. Fare we'll" Similarly the Dutchman, "VaaT wei, ; and the Swede, "Farvel '" A Frenchman says: Bonlourl Au plaisir"
 -i. e., 'de vous revoir. An Italian, "Buon giorno Addiol A livedercil" A Spaniard, FBuenos diasl Adiosi-- Hasta Ia yista'' (French tAu revoirl'') The Turk folds his arms and bows his head toward the person whom he salutes The common Arab says, Salem alei- kum" t''Peace be with you"). He then lays his hands on his breast ill order to show that the wish proceeds from his heart.
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9 WHEN \ WAS A SOY.

Up in the attic where slept
 When was boy-a little boy In through the lattice the moonlight crepts Bringing tide of dreams that swept Over the low, red trundle bed, Bathing the tangled curly head, While moonbeams played at hide and seek With dilnples on each sun Drowned check
 When was a boy-a little boy And, ohi the dreams-the dreams dreamed
 When was boy-a little boy For the grace that through the lattice streamed Over my folded eyelids seemed To have the gift of prophecy And to bring me glmpses of times to be Where manhoods clarion seemed to call Ahi that was the sweetest dream of all,
 When was O boy-a little boyl I'd like to sleep where used to sleep
 When was a boy-a little boy For in at the lattice the moon would peep Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep The crosses and griefs of the years away From the heart that is weary and faint today And those dreams should give me back again The peace have never known since then
 When was boy--a little boy
 Eugene Field in Chicago Record
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09
4, <. .tt<.er Postomce.


 One of the s5raagest postotfices ill tho world is away down at Terra del Fuego, in tho toe end of the big shoe, whiGd :, what the map of South Ameri =, th,, like. The "office" is big .l- 'e''' .,'e 1t is fastened to rock overlooking thr straits of Magellan. Every ship that rounds Cape Horn stops at this odd postoffice. A boat puts out to tho shore with letters to be left. and tho sailor who takes them looks over those already in the barrel, taking ont and bringing away with him any that k's ship can forward to their df1p'iaiiy does sne ss'- 2 fastens the cover or 7ement. She Is ho' hook and staple. and herself wafneo' office that needs Il, pcsblerldea Ill hel bags is left to itself until Y series ol comes by.-New York Times. Neither
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THE wALRus ON LAND.
He Is Just ns Helpless ss Canalboat
 Would Be.

As might be expected, q walrus is about as helpless on land as canalboat. It is with no little difficulty and much hitching and fioundering that he drags his hugo bulk upon sandy shore even with tho boosting he gets from behind by tho breakers as they roll i'll and dash against him. His hind flippers are of littlo use on land, and on sand or peb- bles, where his front flippers do not hold we'll, the labor of fioundering for ward is so great that he never stirs be- yond the edge of the water and usual ly lies with his body half awash, with the salt spray dashing over him like torrents of rain On solid rock or ice he gets along much better, and often a herd will spread several rods back from tho waters edge.
 The females and younger walruses have far less development of neck to cucumber them and therefore enjoy more freedom of motion than the old males, who actually seem n great bur den to themselves. These creatures are strictly social i'll their habits and always go in herds. whether travelling, feeding, fighting or resting ashore. In the days before the slaughter of all living crea- lures became ruling passion i'll the breast of man the Pacific species in- habited the whole of Boring sea and straits i'll herds which often contained thousands and even tens of thousands of individuals. St Nicholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09

proul,,cszd c1tlzeli. II rs InGJo.sty voted against him, he was sent into exile, not because he had done anything, but for fear he might do something. He staid away from five to ten years. then re- turned and resumed his standing as 6 citizen without loss of property or rep utatiCn. Themistocles was ostracized and went into exile. where he was soon accused of reasonable correspondence with the Persians. He was about to be arrested, but fled to Persia He gained great influence at the Persian court and projected an invasion of Greece. but died, it is supposed by poison, before his plans could be realized -Exchange
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and ,The nonke, Vanished.

er, and tThe 1tOnkey Fanished.
 He was .al we may say that the don safe :. Long to vanishing state of hu- ..nan culture, to the time before carriage ways existed. Now that civilization goes on wheels they seem likely to have an ever decreasing value. A century ago they were almost everywhere i'll common use. At the present timo there arc probably millions of people in the United States to whom the animal is known only by description. Ill word. the creature marks stage in the de. velopment of our industries which is passing away as rapidly as that ill which the spinning wheel and the hand loom played part Professor N. S. Shalof in Scribner's.
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A Moral Power.

Queen Victoria is said to have become somewhat fraetious, and age is telling on her at last Ilrit;Lle as the queen may be under the pan If rheumatism which HOW aIflfct her 10 one desires to see her place filled by another. She has kept the balance of moral power ill her share of Europe as no crowned head has done before her or will be likely to do after her. Boston Herald.
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Tl,enistocIes.

Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, was sent into punishment by the prac- tice of ostracism. This was purely Athenian device to prevent any citizen becoming too great. When any man ac- quired such prominence as to be unsafe to the state. n number of citizens de- manded a vote. which was taken by writing on shells the name of the too
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Taken and Taken.

She--I hate to have photograph talk en.
 He-Well, you don't have to, do you, She-How can help myself? left it here on the table. and now it is gone. He-Oh, ah!-D Detroit Fy ' Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09

The habit of turning around three or four times before lying down has sur viyed in the domestic dog from his say age ancestry. It then served to break down the tall grass and make bed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09

A pupil of the late Professor Helm, holtz relates that when his master had discovered the velocity of nerve currents by tho aid of electric measurements Alexander von Humboldt remarked to Du Bois- Raymond, "Then nerve cur rents move only three times as fast as the Orinoco.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09
tIARfiIA4iE CUSTOMS.
Radical clr naes That Have Taken rlace
 Tn England.

Radical Cil naes That Have Taken place
 Tn England.
 Marriage customs have changed ev- anywhere with the advance of ciyiliza- tion. Anglo Saxons ill ancient times, it is said, usod to captnre their wives by force from their fathers CT their hus- bands. 1t did not matter which.
 This was before Augustine came to preach Christianity Then purchase was moro common than capture, although the latter seems to have been frequent enough to tho reign of Ethelbert to need regulation by law. By thR law a mar, might run away with woman, proyid cd he afterwafd paid her previous own CT, be he father or husband, DO shillings. If it was husband who had thus been deprived of his wife. the woman's cap tor had not only to pay him the fine, but also to buy him another wife. In any caso the stolen woman belonged to her captor.
 If man had purchased his bride ill the days of Ethelbert and afterward concluded he lad paid toe much for hes. it was laysftll for hiA te return her to her former owser and claim again tho purchase price, provided that he h-d not previously expressed satisfaction by making the bride t present. OH the morn ing after tho wedding.
 Tho next step was the foster lien, ' when the bride price was paid on the day of espousal and was supposed to compensate tho parent for the cost of bringing up his daughter. It seems, however, that this soon fell into disre- pute, as there was no law against tho fathers engaging his daughter to nu- merous suitors, taking from each the foster lien,' and, ot course, cheating all but one on the wedding day, which, at that time, was only the day of be- trothal, when the suitor gave we'd or pledge for the future performance of his contract If the suitor did not claim his bride within two years after the wedding day, he forfeited all right to her and to whatever money or goods ho had paid for her. If tho woman or her father broke their promises, the father had to give tho suitor four times as much as the suitor had already paid him.
 As civilization advanced the bride price was given to the woman herself and became her dowry, while nowa- days the tables arc frequently turned, and the bride settles tho money on her husband. Kate Field Washington.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09

The Spaniards called Key West Cayo Huesco, or Bone islands, some say from their coral origin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-09

iHer0us cI5isters, With HOW ana theii the tall, black yelled monks passing us, until we reached the chapel of Alexan- der NevssIy, the czar monk who lies buried here--buried ill such tomb as no other man ever had, for it is of solid silver, weighing 3,250 pounds. Not only tho sareophagus but the altar near which it stands and also the rails which surround it are of solid silver A like ness of the great ezar, who was also a monk, lies on top under sheet of solid gold. Diamonds and rubies gleam ill the seonees that hang here and there, and the key of Adrianople, framed in jewels, hangs near the silver tomb Strangeminslingo of austerity withsplen- dor is this wonderful chapel! h this same monastery are the famous coffers of jewels and gold and gems untold that were brought from Persia on camels' backs during the reign of Alexander Neysly. Cor. New York Sun.
 fIARAIAiE CUSTOMS.
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Joseph Bonaparte.

Joseph Bonaparte fed to America after the hundred days and bought Q home in Philadelphia, where he lived in winter, and mansion i'll New Jer- sey, where he passed his summers. He was much liked ill this country, but could not make up his mind to stay here, so returned to Europe, hoping to profit by the changes of government ill France. He was always disappointed and found himself an unwelcome guest ill every country save England. He fiaaHy secnrcd permission to live in Italy and died in Florence in l644. = Exchange.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
a Failure.

A young man who was To make his
first political speech this year 10
Maine arranged with q friend In the
audience that ut the first indication
OF embarrassment on the port OF the
speaker he should pretend to have u
tit SO that during the excitement
created the speaker should have time
to recover The night came. The
young speaker began tn, stammer.
The ''chum," sitting in the second
row Of the audience, started q witch.
ing OF face and jerking OF muscles
that was very good imitation OF u
man about to fall In tit. But IL
happened that next to the pretended
sick man sat q doctor. He ut once
began an examination, and within
two minutes, rising angrily to his
feet, he said to the curious crowd.
"Gentleman, this man Is no more III
than you are His illness Is wholly
pretended, and doubtless Is simulated
for the express purpose Of preventing
our bright young friend"--pOintiBg
to the man on the platfOrm-"frOm
finishing his speech. I" The crowd be.
came angry. They pounded the
"sick man, tore his clothes, aud
threw him down two flights OF stairs
into the street.