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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

their waists, faced each other and waited
Tor Scully TO call time" Paul was pale,
but determined, Jonas savage and flushed,
the tinger marks on his check showing
PLAINLY even in that uncertain light.
Don't let i'm close in on ye" was Soul
US parting warning, les strong as a
orse on the crush"
me lad nodded and the two spared for
posiuoh. with his long arms Jonas had
me advantage. but Paul was much more
acuNe ana the boys were by to see that no
Unfair advantage was taken.
IeITihc left-hander aimed by Jonas
was neatly guarded, and I'm retaliation the
youngster got In swinging overland that
landed under his opponents right ear.
Back and forth the blows came In rhpid
succession, aid when Scully called Tina
both lads were pretty well winded. PaITs
nose bled profUsely from a tap early in the
contest, but his adversary's left eve was
almost closed and a front tooth was miss
ing.
A brief rest and they went at Il again.
me enc savagely determined to force the
nghting. the other keenly alert to keep out
OF cnancery and get i'm as many telling
MhaGks whenever the opportunity present.
eu; IN three minutes they had given and
taken several vicious blows. and the punish
ment was beginning to tell The perspira-
tlon poured down Paurs face and body In
streams. so that he was almost blinded,
whie frightful cash on his cheek added
TO his distress. But he had the grim salts
Iacuon OF knowing that Jonas was in even
worse condition. and he gritted his teeth
for the third round
just as they engaged again and Paul had
stopped a sudden rush by a well-aimed
pody blow the boys were electrified 10y hear
ing wel-known voice exclaim: You
young wretches. what do you mean by this
sort OF deviltry? Stop II this Instant"
In a second the ring had melted and
selzing their buckets the lads crowded up
me ladder and disappeared. Jonas, too.
nad suddenly vanished, leaving Paul and
Scuiiy to confront the angry chief steward
Go be continuedD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
CARNOT,s FAMILY,
His Wife and Children Are Well Pro-
yided For.

faris Cor. of tie Philadelphia Times.
M Carnot is set down as possessed of n
riiddling fortune. In reality he had at his
marriage. in 1853. precisely what he has
left to his family at the end. This was
$1,000 year Of his own, which he received
from his father. His wife brought him the
double of this This gave handsome liy-
ing, with general servant, cook and coach
man, at the little town of Annecy. In Paris
the very modest apartment In which the
Carnots lived before he was raised to the
presidency cost by Itself more than one
third of hts income. With The expenses of
the education Of the three sons and daugh-
ter, little was left for social display. In
fact, the daughter. the eldest of the Car
not children. has been married off without
a dot. Her husband, NJ. Cunisset, son of
the mayor of Dion, has his own fortune
of $4,000 year. The engagement of the
second son, Ernest. to the daughter of the
rich Senator Chris was announced a few
days before his fathers death.
The Carnot children, however, have GER
tain prospects apart from the possibilities
of marriage Their mother is the daughter
of NJ Dupont-White. the half-English sec
rotary of the minister of justice in the
short-lived republic of 1913. He is known as
the translator into French of John Stuart
Milfs work on political economy. His wife,
who is still living, is the daughter of the
former proprietor of the Hotel Meurice the
great resort of titled foreigners in Thack-
eray's day and still well frequented. The
hotel is bound to pay to the family 10000
a year. one-third Of which goes to Nine.
DuIont-Wh ite. AS she has one other child
beside Nine. Carnot. the latter will event.
ually inherit one-sixth of this sum 5000 a
year,, in virtue of the curious French law.
which distributes property equally among
the children of the owner. When this in
turn comes to be divided among the four
Carnot children, each of the latter will be
little better off than their father at his en-
trance into life.
1t has always been understood that 1t was
the admirable management of Mime. Carnot
which made both ends meet in the modest
household. 1t now appears that her stimulus
counted for a great deal in determining the
retiring nature Of her husband to take adj
vantage Of the political opportunities opened
to him In the republic. In this she was ably
seconded by her husbands mother, Nine.
Hippolyte Csrnot, who is Of the family of a
revolutionary general, and has lived to see
three generations Of Carrots influencing
the fortunes of France. The two ladies
were so bent on putting forward the future
president that Nine. Dupont-White. VINO
was extremely fond of her son-in-law, used
to remark: They want so much OF him
that they will end by seeing his DEATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
Analysis of Peanut OIL.

From the Richmond Dispatch.
One of the most interesting discoveries
which we have made is a Characteristic test
for peanut oil as distinguished from cotton
and olive oils. When these oils are dis
solved in equal volumes of petroleum and
treated with few drops of sulphuric acid
of 1.635 gravity. and thoroughly shaken, the
ether solution of peanut oil becomes a mag
nifcent red-wine color, while the other oils
remain either colorless or become slightly
brown. We have not applied this test to all
vegetable oils, but 1t is completely charac-
teristic of peanut oil as compared with the
two mentioned This reaction is entirely
new and will become, without doubt,
standard one for distinguishing between the
oils in question. We will extend the exari-
nation TO other vegetable oils as rapidly as
we can get samples of known purity. ],
may be that there Is no other vegetable oil
which will give the beautiful wine-red color
in which case we will have established a
test by which peanut oil can be distin-
suished from all other vegetable oils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
Written for The Evening Star.
Out In the Starlight.

Out In the starlight bewitching eyes beam
Diamonds are flashing like stars in the sky.
Opals and rubies and emerads CLEAN
Softly the waves Of the music flow by.
But where the heavens bend. duskiy blue,
Oh, to be out In the starlight with you!
Facing me yonder a vision in lace,
Smiles VIXEN l speak, a beauty can smile.
Seldom I've looked on a loyeler face.
Yet is my heart discontented the while;
In the soft shadows and sweet-scented dew,
On. to be out in the starlight with you'll.
What for the music and lights do care
Beautiful faces and splendid array,
Costly e1otics that perfume the air,
When the dear Rose of my heart is awayf
Gladly I'd leave the gay scene that view,
lust to be out in the starlight with you.
HATTIE WHITNEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
FACTS ABOUT RABIES
The Biggest Isn't Away. IN. r,n..,
by Any Mans.

Prom the Milwaukee y~,
Ii isn't always The b,g,as, ,,.,,. 49,.
ne suonseS nor finest, for frmness OF
nesn anu Done with a steady IL slow In
easS IN weight and bulk IS better than
a'p great stature or weight or course
children are built on different models ana
one cannot say that "a baby should weigh
just so much at such and such a time but
some one has gone TO the trouble of getting
some averages with which mothers NAV
console themselves when they have nothing
else TO think OF. At birth boy Should
weight some 6ie to pounds, a girl some
what less. or about 10 I-2 hounds Twins
are always OF lower average weight and
size than single children. although the two
together weigh more than any single baby
In height a boy should measure at birth on
an average Is TO 10 inches; a girl some half
an inch less-the range of health living be-
tween 10 and - inches. The child grow.
with rapidity during the first year. faster
than during any other period OF the same
measuring when twelve months old ahout
p inches. its weight being about IL
pounds.
During the secord year Il gains only 4
lnches on an average, and pounds in
weight, REACHING a stature of 81 inches and
Weight OF "a pounds. But these figures
represent only the average. the extreme
rangIng between wide limits A fact that
IS seldom taken into consideration with
plumpness, is that about their second year
when they are learning to walk, they be-
come thinner, not because they deteriorate
In health but through the increased exer-
else using up more of the tissues forming
the muscles OF the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
rom the New York Ledger.

From the New York Ledger
The rarest and costilest gems, though not
always esteemed the most beautiful, are
pigeons blood rubies, fire opals and dia-
monds that are pure, but shed a distinct
glow of blue or pink. A very perfect pearl
of generous size and lustrous skin tinted
a rarely beautiful golden green was valued,
unset, at 1850. A faultless green pearl
is very rare.
curious stone is the Alexandria II
Is a dark green stone that iss polished cut
and set very like a fine topaz or amethyst
III large, snowy rings surrounded by dia-
monds. BY the light of day the Alexan-
drite mas no special beauty save it's fine
luster, but directly shaft of artificial light
strikes the dull stone. deep CLEANS of red
flash out OF the green, and under the gas
or In the freight one ignorant Of this
vagary would Instantly pronounce 1t q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
1t Passed Along the Arches to the
Ear of Ben. Butler.
AMUSING INCIDENT IN A GREAT Case
Personal Characteristics of the
Bench Some Thirty Years Ago.
ANECDOTES OF THE BAR
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

; HlLE IN THE CAP
itol the other day /
overheard one of the
guides describing to
a party of tourists
the wv h pering
arches" in the Su-
preme Court room,
and it recalled to my
mind an amusing in
cident which occur
red in that room in
1866. The chief ac-
tors were Garrett
Davis them n Sano
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

rector on the mint. Mr.. Preston. and by
him referred to the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The Treasury Department has taken
no official notice of the proposition Of the
society and Mr. Preston has not sanctioned
II officially But in conversation with me
few days ago, the director of the mint ex-
pressed very strongly the wish that new
designs could be adopted for all Of the sill
yer coins; and there is little doubt that II
the competition next year produces any
thing satisfactory the Treasury Depart
ment viii - very glad to adopt it, 1t re-
1uires no sanction from Congress at this
time to change the design of the silver dol
lar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
The Sculpture Society's Offer for a
New Silver Dollar.
PRIZES FOR TIE BEST DESIGN
A Competition Three Years AGO
Which Failed.
ONLY FOR COIN CHANGE
written for The Evening Star.

tire Society succeed,
we shall probably
have a new silver
dollar. The society
has offered prizes OF
<sO and S2OO, respec-
lively, for the best
and second-b best de-
signs for a new dol
lar. the competition
to be held In 1SJJ.
These designs will be
submitted to the di-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11
A Creature of the Imagination.

trenture OF The Imnetnation.
From Puck
The Authors wife-"There is one charec-
ter in your play that is simply absurd"
The AuthorL"Which one?"
The Authors Wife-'sThe old servant vr,,o
has been with the family twenty years"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

"LIABILITIEs amounting to 122, 600
times the assets" is plain matter OF
fact statement Of the condition OF
affairs that seems to have been UNI
earthed by examination Of the Guar
antee Investment swindle. The
company" is said to have issued
bonds" to total amount of So
million dollars, and has less than
$500 with which to meet tn, obliga.
tions. All the rest of the money
paid by the guileless investors" in
the purchase of those bonds" has
gone into the pockets of the men who
originated and conducted the steal,
except the relatively small portion
that was paid out for rent, clerk
hire, printing, postage, and adver-
Using. Surely the exhibit ought to
be sufficient to put an end to this
class If swindling for several years
to come
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
Root Crops Mean Work.

Many farmers have learned that
good crops OF potatoes are profitable
when they are grown near enough to
market to be disposed of without too
long carriage. The same considera-
tion must be regarded in growing
crops Of beets, turnips, carrots, pars.
nips, and other roots They are all
both bulky and heavy in proportion
to their price. a good deal of hard
work must be given for the money
they bring. This is true also of po-
tatoes. They are neither like the
cheaply and easily harvested grain
crops. The roots are worse than po-
tatoes in this, that after they are out
their tops have to lie cut OF Po-
tatoes can be dug by machinery, and
only need hand labor in picking up
and conveying to the market wagon.
WelI-grown root crops, however,
yield SO, much more heavily than do
potatoes that for those not afraid of
hard work they are apt to pay very
well. If the land is good and the
season favorable they will, even at a
very low price, return a good sum an
acre. philadelphia Inquirer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

poor animals FOR breeding purposes
because he thinks he has not the
uime to hunt up and select better
ones. The females need culling.
Those sold must be replaced by
others which will only be profitable
when selected with care. The sire
also must be of the best or profitable
results will not follow. Ordinary
work about the farm and barn often
prevents trip to some locality where
better stock can be procured. How
much better would 1t be to hire a
man to look after the home affairs
for a short time and attend to this
important item. IL a S15 colt dies
during your absence the time has
still been we'll spent II the new sire
produces progeny worth $40 or moreJ
Muny farmers, require more and bet.
ter brood sows Others have not yet
selected their boar A good stallion,
which Ia profitable to any community
has not been urchased. The spare
time now may we'll be spent In de-
Gliding these matters Also read this
winter all the available literature
relating TO your business and as
much besides az possible. This in
formation. Is as important as the
regular feeding of the stock. Orange
Judd Farmer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

CHICAGO is said to be flooded with
green goods" circulars sent by oper-
ators in New York. No person so
gullible as to "bite" at so palpable a
fraud as green goods is entitled to
grain OF sympathy. And no person
with grain Of sense will "bite.
The scheme has so often been ex-
posed by the press that 1t seems in
credible that it can be worked sue
cessfully. But 1t Is, and the opera
tors not only make money out OF 1t
but manage to evade the law. II
the sucker" will stop to think that
the spirit Of philanthropy is not suf-
fciently developed in man to permit
him to give something for little or
nothing, he will save money and
prove his right to be outside an idiot
ASYLUM.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
AMERICAN CULrIvAToR: After s,

AMERICAN CULTIvATOR: After such
business depression as the country
has experienced the past year there
is a general turning to agricultural
industries as the means for putting
commerce and manufacturing indus
tries in motion again. The usual
way is to go on for series Of years,
paying higher wages than can be
afforded in cities, until at last the
inevitable crash comes, and thou
sands are thrown out of employment.
Then a considerable part Of these
unemployed turn to the farms for
the work they can get nowhere else.
Farm help will be more plentiful the
coming season. 1t will also be cheap
er If it were not it could not find
employment. 1t is the farmers way
out of business depression to hire
more help when he can get it at lower
wages, and thus increase the produc.
tiveness of his land at least cost
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

On many farms the great excess of
straw, above the real needs Of the
farm, make 1t important. that every
possible method should be utilized
for turning 1t to some profit Burn
ing straw simply to get It out OF the
way Is too great a waste. II there
is no market for it many ways can be
found for employing it on the form
so that it will be of some advantage.
Straw is vegetable material, and it Is
this which much of our land most
lacks. How to get it back to the
land In the form of plant food Is a
matter to be cons dered. If all the
straw cannot be used as bedding for
stock, which is probably the easiest
and hest way Of returning 1t to the
soil, it is good plan to spread some
OF 1t out in the yard where the ami
mails stand during the daytime. Their
sharp hoofs cut the stalks into small
pieces and tramp them into pulpy
mass When the straw gets pretty
well trampled TO pieces in the yard,
light layer Of dark soil or leaf mold
from the woods should be spread over
1t. The d TT is rich In plant food,
and by tramping the straw into it
very fair manure is made. BY sue
cessively repeating the operation
every month through the winter, the
straw will decompose and be ready
for use on the land in the spring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
Echoes from a CharIvari.

An interesting trial is on at Manistee,
inasmuch as it will tend to decide how
much immunity a charivari PARTY has
from being filled with lead. At Bear
Lake, last October. eight men, rang
ing in age from Is to 40 year., wenJ 10
the residence OF a newly welded couple
and serenaded them by throwing rocks
through the window, hauling cart
up astride the ridgepole OF the house,
and few other choice musical selec-
tiOns. Just after r. ok the size of a
baseball was hurled through the win.
dow into the sleeping-room of the
happy pair gun was thrust through
an aperture and fired, The number of
pellets of shot that found Judgment in
the musicians has never been COM
puted, for the reason that all of them
have never yet been, found, but they
were numerous. One of the party, who
thought he got more than his share,
had the supposed shooter arrested
upon a charge OF assault with intent
to do great bodily harm. The trial is
attended with much .glee. and the out
look is that the glee club will get the
worst of it again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
MIIIs Go In IN smoIxe.

The Howell City Touring mills,
owned and operated by John B.ckhart,
burned Friday morning. The fire was
caused by an explosion Of dust in the
upper part OF the building. 1he plaht
was valued at $4,000, upon which there
was an insurance OF $500. Nearly
1900 bushels Of wheat and l25 barrels
OF flour were consumed. The Midland
Salt a. Lumber Co. IS mill also burned
Friday night. 1t was the la ge mill
in Midland and was rebuilt after the
disastrous explosion of .lun, L., 1891.
The fire was probably incendiary, as
the smell of kerosene cou d be detected
in the salt block part I In mill, where
the fire started. The loss is $4,000,
insured for $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
To Pickle Beef.

AS soon as the beef has beco me
cool or the next day after killing, put
into weak brine and leave 1t for
three or tour days to soak out the
blood. Then for each 100 pounds OF
meat prepare brine made of eight
pounds OF salt two pounds of brown
sugar, two ounces Of saltpeter two
ounces OF black pepper, and six gal.
Ions of water Boil and skim the
brine and pour it while warm over
the meat after 1t is closely packed In
the barrel. If the meat is to be kept
over summtf, In the spring draw of
the brine, boil and skim and pour
over the meat while hot.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

THAT a man should defiantly shout
@Vive la Commune!" in the face OF
the President of the French republic
less than quarter of century after
the terrible crushing Of the insurrec-
tion OF 1871 Is certainly remarkable.
1t proves the proud boast of the
Communists that they would one day
be ready for the vengeance. Coupled
with the incidentin the Chamber of
Deputies, this manifestation must be
accounted alarming. But II Social
lists and Anarchists try to bring on a
new revolution the republic win put
it down, as terribly as she did the
last one, and will go on her way tri-
umphant. H1
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

THE death lists on the football
field here and in England do not tell
the whole story by any means. Twen-
ty-two fatal accidents upon the field
is an extraordinary record for any
sport in single season, and it has
attracted a good deal of attention in
Great Britain, just as two deaths in
one day in this country started a
general discussion of the jangers of
the game. 1t is the appalling list Of
accidents that just fail Of fatality
that has aroused alarm. The decla-
ration of the West Point authorities
that they would not permit the cadets
to play another season, unless the
rules were modified, has also had an
effect, for it is known that the facul-
ty of West Point are not particularly
squeamish Of danger 50 far as the
cadets are concerned. Some of the
most reckless, dangerous and brilliant
riding in the country is to be seen at
West Point, and the maneuvers of
the artillery are filed with danger to
the cadets. They are a hardy and
well-trained lot Of young men, and
the officers who command them are
generally regarded as thorough sports
men. The fact that the discussion
about football rules has become so
general indicates that the college
faculties will, before another season,
insist upon pronounced modification
of the playing rules.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
STAR APPLE.
CROSS SECTION

tree was an a cidental seeding. 1t Is
good, strong grower with rank,
healthy foliages Budded trees come
to bearing very young, and bear every
year, having no of years, though
yielding heavier on the alternate
years The fruit attains large size
quickly, and will ship well and keep
well in this unripecondition, render
ing it valuable for shipments to dis
tant markets The samples sent meas
dred from eleven to twelve inches
around, were greenish yellow in color
with handsome blush. sub-acid, of
good eating quality, and would be
excellent for cooking. Our engrav.
ings show Starr apple and cross
section reduced one uarter in diam
eter.-AmeTican Agriculuurist