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Evening star., 1894-04-02
The Parlor Organ.

There's man living on Brigham stree,
who has no music in his soul saws the
Detroit Free Press, and there's a man
next door to him whose soul is full of II.
as is likewise the soul of his family This
latter man not long ago added a four-lune
parlor organ TO his lares and penates, and
healthy daughter of his began to practice
on it, Several nights later a friend from
KIRBY street came down to see the first
man. and as soon as he got inside the house
he heard the parlor organ next door
Ftne-toned instrument" he said be.
cause he had music in his soul, too.
The musicless man grunted.
Whose make is IL - the visitor asked
Don't know" was the ungracious an
swer.
How many stops has it?"
The host pulled himself up for a power
full effort
Well" he replied Its been in the house
for about a week now, and in that time il
hasn't had any that I've been able to dis
cover, and the visiting musician disceet-
ly began talking about the tariff and the
income tax.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
KNOWLEDGE is POWER.
In the Vicious 1t May Do Society Vast
Harm In the Future.

If the spirit of anarchism spreads and the
recipes for making safe bombs become a
little more widely known, says the London
Spectator. We may yet be able to set the
discovery of high explosives against the dis
covery of choroform, and to doubt whether
scientific research does, on the whole, more
evil or more good. In truth 1t does neither
knowledge being neither more nor less than
a force which produces good or evil. accord
ing to the charGc' er-which is not material
of the man VINO possesses it. The modern
notion that knowledge has in itself some
thing divine is as false as the ancient no.
ton that it has in itself something diaboic
You can rob by the aid of chloroform as
we'll relieve pain. There are whole
branches of knowledge the diffusion of
which would almost Gel :ainly produce pure
evil.
Household murder, for instance, would be
far more common If all men and women
knew what a few physicians know about
the really dangerous poisons-were aware,
for instance, that there is drug procura-
bic in almost every field which Stimulates
the effect of one common variety of heart
disease, the suspension of vitality through
anaemia. And suicide, which. whether II
Is a crime not, is certainly a great evil
would be multiplied tenfold if every one
knew how it is possible to terminate life in
simultaneously and painlessly through means
which no law against poisons will ever
touch, and which can be obtained in every
street. There are no means in existence of
keeping such facts, when once generally
known from the knowledge of the bad, and
1t is they. and not the good, who will want
to use them.
The world indeed may one day, and at
no very distant period. have awful evidence
OF the truth of the theory that knowledge
is only weapon, neither bad nor good. 1t
Is most probable, IT is nearly certain that
means of destroying life on a vast scale,
either by the multiplication of existing
forces-the Maxim gun carried to the highest
power-or by the use of asphyxiating Shells
or as half a dozen novelists have already
successfully explosives directed from aerial
machines, will be discovered and eagerly
utilized by the able men who in every coun-
try are striving to improve" material of
war.
No possible precaution would keep such
processes secret for long, and they may fall
into the hands of the Chinese, the Arabs or
OF the anarchists, with, as result, either the
subJugati ton of the world or its partial de-
population. 1t would be an awful illustra-
tion of that irony Of fate which sometimes
seems to preside over the destinies of men
If science killed civilization: but that is by
no means one of the impossible occurrences
Evening star., 1894-04-02
All SIN PLAYING IRISH MUSIC.
A Chinese Fiddler Who Prefer. Celtic
Melodies to Mclean Tunes.


Extensive as is every San Franciscan's
knowledge of the city's Chinatown, says the
Call, nowhere can be found 4 citizen who
had any recollection of hearing of Chinese
who played popular airs on violin with any
sort of touch that is suggestive of early
training and an ardent admiration for mu-
sic. But Lee Fong is just such al heather
prodigy, with a history that is of exceeding
interest. They call him Tom Flanagan"
for, strange to relate, the boy has a great
liking for Irish airs and melodies and plays
them in preference to the compositions of
German or American composers. Tom came
to California about eight years ago. He
first listened to the playing of violin at a
theater in Oakland. He liked "Melican
music" and often stood for hours at park
or open-air concert listening to brass band
discourse popular airs. Finally the idea
struck him that 1t would be possible for him
to learn to play the fiddle. so straightaway
he hied him to a secondhand store, where
he purchased violin for S..
ME no like China muslc' said he, with a
contemplate sneer TOO much dunn, dum
too muchee squeak"
With the help OF a German, who jokingly
undertook to give Tom preliminary instruc-
ton in the production of harmonious sounds,
the Chinese learned to handle the bow with
considerable dexterity. His advance was
rapid, and in less than two years Tom could
do musical justice at any country hoedown.
and inspire even a more elevated social
SdInerlnS WIN Wnen ne drew
music out of the violin strings.
'Ilish music heep lively" said Tom, as he
drew his finger along his violins bass string.
You like me play for your
by all means"
81 play"
'The Wearing of the Green" Killarney
and an Irish jig followed. Toms arm swung
with an easy motion and his foot beat time
His eyes dilated little and his mouth
twitched, showing that he felt in his very
soul the vibrations of the sweet Celtic melo-
dies.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
For Those in Mourning.

Visits of coincidence are made a week
after the funeral, says the Ladies' Home
Journal. A card is left and no effort is
made to see those who are in sorrow A
number of women have asked me if 1t is
proper to send invitations to friends who
are In mourning. OF course one would not
do this until after a month had passed, but
after that time it is quite proper, and GER
tainly our friends who have had sorrow
come to them do not like to think that they
are forgotten. 1t is no longer considered
in good taste to have "R.S.V.P P" in the
corner, but, instead, are the English words
the favor of answer is request ed -
This is. however, never written on a din
ner invitation. for that presupposes a re-
ply.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
How 1t is Being Enforced by the Eng
lish Government

From the Blackburn Times.
The eight hours government day COM
menced in the royal arsenal, Woolwich, at
am. on Monday. The change has involy-
ed recalculation of every mans wages at
the hourly rate. as the same wages is now
paid for forty-eight hours as for fifty-four.
The war department will recoup themselves
some OF the loss by enforcing strict pune
tuallty, minutes grace three times a day
having been allowed. and by a change in
the system of overtime. Hitherto time ana
half has been paid for the first two hours.
ana this will be reduced to time and a quar-
ter; but beyond the two hours time and a
half. The government will also cease to
pay wages on bank holidays and when the
factories are closed for stock taking, etc.
ana a reduction of sick pay to men who
are in receipt of wages ranging from forty,
shillings to fifty shillings per week will be
made There will be no increase in the
pleSe-Worh rate, so that the piece hands
VIII either be losers or have to turn out the
same amount.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
A Strange Story About st. Andrews

From the London Saturday Review.
1t was mentioned in our last paper that
rot till 1896 was the litter of ages removed
from the cathedral. when the government
OF the day had the grace to make an end
Of that crying scandal. Shortly after the
place had been put to rights, body of
local antiquaries were minded to open a
certain turret that looks out on st. An
drew's bay. They went to it one day, ac-
cordingly, and pulled down certain stones
in the wall; and when there was room to
admit the body of man, one of the party
squeezed in his head and shoulders, and all
of him, in fine, but his feet. Suddenly these
became quite rigid; and his friends pulling
him out, found that he had tainted. While
he was being attended to, a second man
peered into the black hole, in like manner;
and he too, was pulled out in a very iii
way. Finally, professor of the United
College forced his entire person into the
cavity and did not faint; but presently reap
peared, with the corpse of a woman in his
arms, from which the life seemed to have
gone but that hour. The turret was now
fully explored, and, sitting round in a cir
Gle, were found twelve bodies decked as at
a feast, and all of them untouched of decay
The professor on the instant sent off to the
lord advocate, asking what course he should
take The answer came to close 1t UP i'm
mediately If he would avoid prosecution
And this was done. and the matter hushed
up.
But within the last few years two of
those present at that strange disinterment
were surviving, and they told certain of the
modern excavators their story, which, in
deed, there was documentary evidence to
support. So, once again, and at night this
time, the turret was secretly opened up
Two things were now established. The first
was the truth Of what the search party
had alleged Of their discovery so many
years before; and the second was the cause
of what thew had iS Z,
certain soil or certain atmosphere which
preserves dead bodies from decay 1t ex-
lists at Milan, and 1t is now known to ex-
ist nearer home. And at a certain point
from st. Regulus Tower all the dead that
sleep beneath its shadow are lying now as
they lay on their deathbeds.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
SICK PEOPLE CURED
Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Company employ
a number of eminent doctors. who have achieved
distinction in diagnosing and curing diseases. The
marvellous cures which they have made have
caused physicians Of all schools to ponder with
amazement, and have attracted sick people to
them from nearly every state in the Union.
Thousands praise the day they for treat
ment There is no guesswork, no experimenting. no
painful operation You can get your remedies here,
your drug store not at all; there is positively
no charge for the examination.
Open all day and evening. Sundays, &c TO L.
Munyon's II. r. Co.. 1888 st. u. W. .mh12-m W, ftf
Evening star., 1894-04-02
IT A II A Z
Destroyers of American Homes.

No one with the best interests of our
American life at heart can look but with
disfavOr upon the enormous growth Of
boarding houses and apartment houses in
our large cities, writes Edward w. Box in
"At Home With the Editor" in the Ladies'
Home Journal To far greater extent
than many suppose are these growing fac
tors the destroyerS of our American home
system. Each year finds these apartment
houses more generally patronizad by fam
lilies. 1t will indeed be pity If our Amer
lean women shall continue to eSchew house
keeping during the next twenty years as
they have in the past score of years. Moth
ing BODIES so i'll for our children. What
recollection does life in an apartment house,
a hotel or boarding house give to child
in after years? The sweetest memory to a
man is the home of his boyhood and how
little sweetness can there be in the memory
or childhood spent as a "clifr-dwelier."
child has rightful claim to a home
influence, and a mother is untrue to her
highest trust when she deprfves her child
of that right. To offer the argument tnat
a home circle can be established in cur
modern apartment houses lust as well as
in a home is simply to excuse what we
know in our hearts to be an Intruth Home
life is only possible in a home. \ poor
apology indeed for a home is even the most
comfortable and gorgeOusly appointed apart
ment. Women excuse their resort to this
form of life because of the freedom from
the annoyance of servants But the SER
want girl problem cannot be solved by
shirking 1t. 1t seems to me that IL some OF
our American women would trouble them
selves less about municipal and suffrage
problems. which men will take care of ard
devote their much-haunted capabilities for
municipal executive ability toward the soiu-
tion OF the servant girl problem which is
theirs ana theirs only, ii would be better
for our American life.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
Too Reckless.

From Texas Siftings.
Mendicant-'I came to ask for some little
assistance. My wife has been sick so long
that all my means are exhausted"
Mrs. Portly Pompous-"How can your
wife be sick so much beyond her means
You should check her extravaganza"
Evening star., 1894-04-02
WELL, WELLg
HOW TTMELY.

WELL, WELLl
HOW THr1ELY.
"a different Patterns of
Fine All=wool Imported
Spring Suitings ON sale to-
morrow. These we have
heretofore been compelled
to charge $50, S35 and $3S
for, and they will cost you
more than these prices pos
sibly at many other tailor
ing places. Light, me
dunn and dark fancy mix
tures. For a few days we
will make them
TO ORDER FOR S24.
Suitings not so good and
tailorings vastly inferior
cost you more money else
where. OF course we refer
to tailoring-not the Scam
dinaVian "SWeat shop"
work which is not as good
as ready made.
G. WARFTELD SIMPSON,
TAILOR, I2th AND F SITS.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
FINANCIAL.

LIFE TONTINE. ENDOWMENT AND PAID-JP
Policies Purchased =.
at a fair discount.
mhs1-tf EDWARD n. BURNS. 1907 st. NV.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
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GUARANTEE SAVINGS. LOAN AND INVEST
MENT COMPANY

GUARANTEE SAVINGS LOAN AND INVEST
MENT COMPANY.
Paidin capital. $500
T. W. SYNNOTT, President.
THOMAS Ii. WHITNEY. Treasurer
mo J. W. REYNOLDS. Secretary and General
Manager.
169-l11 Washington Loan and Trust building
ORGANIZED UPON THE DEFINITE CONTRACT
PLAN.
Afons its members a safe and profitable In
vcstment for their savings. facilitates the pur-
chase and improvement Of real estate. Money ad<
vanced to members approved securities.
AND PER CENT PAID FOR USE or
MONEY, ACCORDING To TINE OF INVEST.
MENT.
The capital of this company CANNOT be with
drawn and IL
AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE
For the strict performance Of SITS contracta
mhS-1m
Evening star., 1894-04-02

Edward H. Stevenson, secretary and
treasurer of Trent, n. J., Typographical
Union, is missing.
Evening star., 1894-04-02

FATHER TINE TAKES No HOLIDAYS
Your money will accumulate while you sleeu
II properly invested,
We have better facilities for investing thar
you possibly have,
Slo2 Monthly dues. 81. Maturity value 500.
6 per cent special deposits.
FIDELITY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
90S-9l4 g ST. NV. mh1s
Evening star., 1894-04-02
SEOo TO $4,000 TO LOAN.

Money loaned TO responsible parties 20 be re-
turned In small monthly payments. Interest 9
per cent annually; no hOnus premium Of any
character eXacted. This Is the most equitable,
simple and easy method OF borrowing money 70
lie returned In installmcnts yet devised. Why
pay a large bonus for mcney? You will not have
any plan except this when you examine II. Mer~
chants, manufacturers, employees and Others arc
requested TO call at the Offices Of the CONNER
CIAL LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 1916 y.
Y. ave-. for particulars. Take notice. This COM
pany has the Endorsement of leading financial
men OF the country. to the feasibility OF It's
operations. IL you desire to be placed IN posi-
ton your home, call
A number OF loans were disbursed TO citizens
Of Washington on Thursday OF this week 70
investors who called at No. lil6 y. y. ave-
NV. mh3l-3t
Evening star., 1894-04-02

c. 7. HAvESNER
Member Washington Stock Exchange.
Real Estate and Stock Broker
Rooms and IL, Atlantic building
$50 ST. E.w.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold fss
ash margin.
Cotton bought and sold in Se~ York or New o.
leans.
CORRESPONDENT
Purnell. Hagaman & 20. New York Stock Erchan nsA.
Lehman Bros, New York Cotton Exchange.
Lehman. Stern a Co. New Orleans Cotton ElchaneA
Lsmson Bros. & Co. Chicago Board Of Trade.
Private wires TO New York. Chicago and New o.
leans. Telephone. 453 jel7-f
Evening star., 1894-04-02

CORSoN & MCCARTNEY,
MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE.
l4l9 ST., Glover building
Correspondents OF Messrs. Moore A Schley, 80
Broadway.
Bankers and Dealers In Government Bonds
Deposits. Exchange. Loans.
Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities list
ed on the exchanges OF New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore bought aud sold.
speciality made OF investment securities. Dis
trict Bonds and all local Rairoad Gas. Insurance
and Telephone Stock dealt in
American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold.
de3l
Evening star., 1894-04-02

ELEVENTH SERIES
CITIZENS EQUITABLE BUILDING ASSOCIATION
OF GEORGETOWN. D. C..
ASSOCIATION HALL COR OF 3lST AND NJ SIS,
GEDfp5ETONN. u. G.
Books for subscription stock in the eleventh
series Of the Citizens Equitehe Building Associa-
tiDa OF Georgetown. DC Will be- opened at hall
on MONDAY EVENING, AIrl 9. 1874
Shares Of stock ONE Z, llar per share per month.
Maxim Um rate Of advance, TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS per share.
Inter.st allowed on stock at the rate Of SIX
PER CENT per annum.
$ THOMAS BROWN. President.
EDGAR III ISBN. Vice President.
G. =. WILLIAMS. Secretary.
mh2s-11t EDGAR r. BERRY. Treasurer.
Evening star., 1894-04-02
SCHOLFIRLD q CO.,
Room 4, l42l r street NV.


Room 4. 1921 street NV.
STOCKS
Bought ana sold for cash or cn margin.
From s Shares upward
GRAIN
From 500 Bu.A.r. up-.r.
Constant quotations. Private wires. Prompt ssss
Commission. }. Of | Per cent. ,Ale-sn
SUCCESSFUL
WALL ST Rect
SPECULATIoNS
Without the usual risk. can be accomplished by
operating through Special X X. Stock Synd,ate.
Ice per cent to 300 per cent Profit per annum
PER CENT 90 PER CENT
earned and paid TO the subscribers Special R.
Il. Stock Syndicate as tue result Of operations
from December, 1888, TO March 10. 1884 Prospec-
Hshqs9 q afES CO. o. Banis. ssSad S%d
Brokers. Al Broadway, New York. mhs-tm
The Washington Loan and
Trust Company.
CASH CAPITAL. si.ooooco
GRANITE BUILDING, COR. NINTH AND SITS.
This is an age for the division Of labor. II VA
60 INTO banking house YOU will iind that each
When Put together these parts unite form a
perfect whole. Our institution Is aggregate
corporation; each incidental part is a complets
business in its IT,
We encourage the laying by and
OF saving OF money. and pay Interest
SAVINGS to our d tIsOsitors. We Issue GER
DEPARTMENT. tin cates OF deposit for specihed
time, and lay larger rates OF in
tereSt in proportion.
CTR We make loans good real
LOAN estate ard ,ollr teral security We
DEPARTMENT give advice regarding invest
mepts.
We authorized by law 10 ac-
cept trusts OF all descriptions: to
OlR act pSsSuto:. administration,
TliiSrS trustee. fisral general and trans
DEPARTMENT. fer agent, registrar. treasurer for
corpOrr lions. guardian and al
truss Of like general description.
SAFE Boxes for in nagnin-
DEPOSIT cent burglar and hre-prOOf vaultsi
DEPARTMENT. also safe storage OF valuable
papers, jevelry etc.
b. II. WARNER,
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Evening star., 1894-04-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Have you ever stopped to consider.

ave you ever stopped to consider,
when placing your order for gar
mants. how much really depends on the
Judgment OF the experienced Merchant
Tailor in point Of selection in material,
and in HIS Individuality and conception
Of adaptation in prevailing stylss' 1t
costs no more to have frst-class service
In the above points when favoring us
with your patronage.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-23
THEY MAY STRIKE.
Lorraine Weavers Still Resent
the Reduction.
Conference With the Agent Does Not Amount
to Much.

The committee appointed by the weay-
ers In the cotton department OF the Lor-
raine Manufacturing Company to confer
with Agent MacColl In regard to the new
schedule OF wages to go into effect at the
mills next Monday were In conference
with that official yesterday afternoon for
three hours without obtaining any satis-
faction.
The case was considered In all its bear
ings and Agent MacColl stated that ging-
hams which were formerly sold for rs and
10 cents yard were now quoted at IL and
II cents, and the reduction was necessary.
The committee submitted a price list
of the Park Hill Mills OF Fitch
burg, Mass, which are making
the same line OF goods and the prices
paid there for weaving are about
the same as the present schedule at the
Lorraine.
Where weaver has been getting 20 per
week, under this arrangement, he will
receive but s6 and many OF the weavers
say they will quit on Monday rather than
accept the new price list.
While II Is stated IN the notice that the
weavers can make as much pay with the
additional loom, the operatives fail to see
how that can be as the reduction on some
lines Of goods amount to at least 25 per
cent.
With the weaving department in full
operation, the number OF the working
force will be decreased by about sixty.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-23
DIXON KNOCKED OUT
He Was SparrIng For
Sweet Charity
AND MET HIS OLD Rival.
Almost Met His Waterloo in the
Kentucky Rosebud"
AND MET HIS OLD RIVAL,

PHILADELPHIA, March ss.-If the second
round last night between George Dixon
and Walter Edgsrton, the Kentucky
Rosebud" had been allowed 10 continue
for three minutes Dixon would have been
completely knocked out. AS IL was II
took 1-2 minutes TO recover his senses,
while In the meantime the 900 persons
who were present went wild with snthu-
siasm.
The friendly" bout took place at In
dustrial hall, where an athletic entertain
ment was In progress for the aid of the
poor of This city. Neither man attempted
to do any slugging in the first round In
the second round, the old snmity which
exists between the two men cropped out.
They rushed each other all over the ring
for q minute. The Rosebud" had Dixon
In the latter's corner, and the champion
seemed to be wary of his antagonist.
Edgerton led with his left, and as
Dixon parried the blow with his right,
the Rosebud swung his right glove on
Georges neck. Dixon went down like a
log, his head striking the floor a hard
blow, which probably stunned him.
Referee Cole picked him mp aud sat him
In his corner. It was just 1 minute and
10 seconds before Dixon realized what
had happened. The bout lasted 1 la
minutes.
Dixon, by careful handling, was about
able to go on and finish the scheduled
three rounds. Tom O'Rourke said that IL
was the first time that Dixon had ever
been knocked down.