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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

- Prizes; aggregating. .......... 500
The first prize OF 500 will be paid for the
explanation which comes nearest to the
true solution; the second prize of SIS TO the
person sending the explanation next near
est and so on. for the third and fourth
prizes. The remaining twenty-five prizes Of
$40 each will be awarded to the persons
sending the twenty-five explanations next
nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges
may determine their merit
8. The Star is pre-emnently a family
newspaper and it's daily installment of a
high grade serial story Is feature intend
ed to especially commend II to the home
circle. To emphasiZe-and advertise-the
fact that The Star is a newspaper peculiar
ly suitable for women's reading, the fur
ther condition is made that the $500 in
prizes shall be paid only for explana tions
sent In by women and girls. All may read:
but only women and girls may guess-and
win the gold.
when the War Was Over will continue
In daily installments until Friday, Novem-
Der 8, on which date all but the final chap
ter will have been published. The interval
between Friday, November 8. and Tuesday,
November II. six o'clock PIN, inclusive,
will be allowed for the forwarding Of guess
es, and the final chapter will be published
in The Star on Friday. November 10. I'm
der no consideration whatever will guasses
be received from any source and considered
prior to Friday, November g. or later than
six o'clock pm. November IL. For no rea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

easter. quarter of the heavens. All OF these
consultations are well above the horizon
at nine O'Clock, Cassiopeia, Andromeda and
Pegasus being then nearly overhead. In the
east Orion is rising; Hercules is setting
in the northwest, and directly beneath the
Pole Star, in its lowest position, may be
seen the Great Dipper in the Ursa Major.
The first-magnitude stars now above the
horizon at the hour named are Capella, in
the northeast; Aldebaran, at a somewhat
less altitude in the east: Betelgeuse, below
Aldebaran and barely above the horizon;
R!gel at about the same altitude between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

will be at its greatest elongation from the
sun, west, on the 10th of the month.
Uranus. Saturn and Mars are all in the
immediate vicinity of the sun, as shown
on the diagram, and are. therefore, not now
visible.
Jupiter is morning star, rising soon after
midnight. On the 25th it will be stationary,
and during the remainder Of the year its
movement will be ACKNOWLEDGMENT the
west.
Neptune is in the constellation Taurus,
very close to the more southerly of the
two stars which tip the Bulls horns, but
far beyond the reach of the naked eye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
4 Fight in School.
From an Exch; nse.

rom an Exch; nse.
'0rier. order.," cried the teacher;
But the naughty thing was done.
Eddie rubbed cut Tommie's lesson,
And the fight had just begun.
Little chubby hands We're clinchng,
Jackets tor',, and rumpled hair:
They could never sit together.
They We're such naughty pair.
So the teacher straiShtway stood them,
In the corr er, with high caps
And Two little outstretched palms,
From her ruler, got ten slaps.
'Now then. tell me all the trouble"
Said the teacher at recess:
But they both talked loud together,
Each one anxious to confess.
"Hush. now. children said the teacher,
Let Eddie speak, one at time:
So Eddie answered all defiance.
Tom said his MA prcttier i'm mine"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
Disputed the Check.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Customer Qn restaurant)-"Here. waiter,
you've charged me ten cents too much, and,
besides, you kept me waiting twenty min
utes for my dinner
Water-"Yes, sir: that's just why we
charged you extra. 1t gave you time to get
up an apDetite"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
Beginning Practice Early.

From &c Chicago Tines Herald.
The ex-foot ball player turned uneasily in
his sleep.
Gracious! that was beautiful rush." he
muttered.
His infant son had kicked him Up to the
fve-yard line and was trying hard to push
him over the side of the bed for touch
down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
Why She Mns Not Mad.

From the New York Weekly.
. Jinks-"Today L pleased a pretty woman
by telling her that a certain red-faced,
snub-nosed. bald-headed mortal looked like
her" Winks-"Get oIt!' Jinks-"The
red-faced, snub-rosed, bald headed mortal
was her first baby"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
The Rox,a Xersion.

From Harper's Round Table.
1t was a very cold morning, and Bobbie
came rushing into the house very much
excited "Mommer," he cried, there's
something the matter with me. Please
send for the doctor. I'm breathing fog"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
New Romances From Bank Notes
Spoiled in Queer Ways.
FIFTY DOLLARS CUT IN HALVES
The Western Farmer Whose Game
Wouldn't Work.
STOVES AS SAVINGS BANKS

I HE REDEMPTION
division of the treas
ury is forever pro-
ductive of new ro-
mances. Hardly a
week passes that
something odd and
novel does not turn
up there. Not seldom
it is an incident that
might afford to a
novelist q theme for
a romance. Spoiled
money. which people
naturally are anxious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
These Cleaning Visitors Are Quite
Common During November.
FEARFUL COLLISIONS With TIE EARTH
The Principal Consultations and
Where They May Be Found.
A BOUT THE PL A n E 7 S
P r I n C L

pal consultations IA
vorably situated for
inspection i n t h e
e arly ar t of che
month are Cassiopeia
and the Dragon in the
north; the Swan or
Northern Cross in the
northwest; Pegasus
toward the southwest
and the combination
of Andromeda, Aries,
Perseus and Taurus,
which &C upy the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

From the New York Weekly.
Gotham Girl-"How do you New England
ers get over the fact that your ancestors
believed in witches?'
Boston .Girl-"We call it hypnotism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

None better; take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

1. The Evening Star will pay $500 in gold
to the reader from whom it receives by mail,
at the publication office, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 18th street. the complete and abso-
lutely correct solution of when the War
Was Over as it shall be disclosed in the
firaI chapter of the story to be published
Friday, November Is. in The Evening Star.
If two or more complete and absolutely cor
rect solutions are received the $500 in gold
will be divided equally.
2. Should The Star fail to receive a solu-
ton that is complete and absolutely correct
in all its details. the $500 in gold will he
allotted to the twenty-nine readers whose
explanation shall come nearest to the true
eolution of the mystery according to their
percentage of merit, and the money will be
divided as follows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02

From Truth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
FINGER EXERCISES.

gers. He will do this very easily, while
asking what there is difficult about such
an exercise, but when he has come to the
ring finger he will perceive that it is i'm
possible to separate them unless he sepa-
rates tho two joints which are to remain
together. This is curious thing, is it
not?
Fig 9 shows an exercise which consists
of separating into two groups the index
and the middle finger on one side and the
ring finger and little finger on the other.
Some persons can do this at once without
effort. Others require number of prac-
tice lessons.
Fig. 4 shows the folding of the little
finger toward the interior of the hand,
while the other fingers remain stretched
out and close to each other. These last
two exercises are very useful for those who
desire to make their fingers supple enough
to cast all manner of shadows on the wall.
The exercise in No. 3 consists in turn
ing in the end joint Of the forefinger of
ono or both hands, while the other two
joints remain straight That appears a
very simple matter, doesn't it? just try it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
HE LOVES IT SO.
What a Ships Flags Tell Us.

Every one who has watched great ocean
steamship coming into or going out OF port
has noticed that flags fly from nearly every
masthead as well as from a Flagstaff at her
stern, yet few people understand that every
ono of those flags is hoisted for special
reason and tells something about the ship
and her movements. A writer in st.
Nicholas says it is easy to learn what the
flags tell, for they mean the Same things
on all ships the world over, but first we
must know the different kinds of flags.
A flag proper is rectangular, trlangu-
lar flag is called pennant, and triangu-
lar flag with the end notched out Is
called burgee. A flag proper, with its
end notched out, is called a broad pennant,
and very long narrow pennant is called
a coach whip pennant.
First, then, the big national flag waving
from the short staff at the stern tells In
what country tho ship is owned and regis
tered. 1t tells her homo. Then the ma
tional flag at the foremost head tells the
country to which she is going. If it is the
same flag as that at her stern, 1t tells that
she Is just getting home from long jour-
new at sea. Then at tho mainmast head you
will see q flag, or pennant, or burgee,
which is not the flag of any nation, but
has on it letters and symbols with which
you are probably unfamiliar. That is her
"house flag''-that is to say, the distip'
gushing flag of the company to which che
belongs. If you spend much time on the
sea or in seaport cities, you will learn
many of these house flags by heart. Thus
the Cunard line house flag is red flag,
with golden lion in the center; that of
tho White Star line is a red burgee, with
a single white star in the center; that of
tho Anchor line is white burgeo, with
a red anchor in the center; that of the
North German Lloyd is white and blue
flag, with key and an anchor crossed in
tho center of laurel wreath, and the
American line, owning the two magnifi-
cent steamers New York and Paris that
for national flag now fly tho stars and
stripes, has for it's house flag white flag
on which Is blue spread eagle.
The company to which steamship be-
longs is also indicated in many cases by
the colors painted on her smokestacks
You may feel sure, for instance, that a
steamer with tall red smokestacks topped
with black and having two narrow black
rings is Cunarder that those having
black smokestacks with white band neat
tho top belong to the American line, and
that u steamer with cream colored smoke
stack, on each side of which Is painted q
red star, is one Of tho Red Star line
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
aaily 4tnuebre 5aarnat

CARDS OF THAMES, OBITUARY MOTIONS, Rnso
rurroNs OF RESPECT, ETC., will be charged at
the rate cf ten cents per line. No charges
less than seventy-fve cents.
ALL ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF En-
rzRrAINMEsTs, whose object is the raising Of
money will be charged 1T the rate OF fifteen
cents line.
ADVERTISING NOTICES, news form, will be ex-
cluded from our local columns, except such ~
refer to advertisers occupying space in our
advertising columns. and will be run under .
separate head on one Of the local pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive the JOURNAL
promptly will confer favor by notifying tn
office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
Funny Things About Fingers.

Instead of twirling our thumbs wher
we have nothing else to do, we may at
tempt to perform certain exercises witt
our fingers, which will prove useful. The
first seems very easy to do. Ask one Of
your friends to press against each Other
the two intermediate joints of the middle
fingers, while pressing together the ex
tremities of the thumbs, the index fingers
the ring fingers and the little fingers
This is the position represented by the
first hand in the illustration. Now ask
him to move up and down, while separat
ing one from the other, first the thumbs
then the index fingers, then the little fin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
FINE GLOVES.
Out of the Ordinary Information About
the Making of Kid Gloves.

Out of the Ordinary Information About
the Making of Kid Gloves.
Barefooted boys and hens form curl
GUS partnership in the making of pail
of fine gloves. They work together il
preparing the skins for the hands of the
fashionable woman. Thousands Of dozens
of hens eggs are used in curing the hides,
and thousands of boys are employed to
work the skins in clear water by treading
on them for several hours.
If the clerk who sells ''kid" gloves knew
the secrets of the glovemaking business,
he might surprise his fair customers by
telling them that many of the soft, smooth
fitting kid" gloves come from the shout
ders and belly of a week cid colt, whose
neck was slit on the plains of Russia, and
whose tender hide was shipped with huge
bundles of other colts hides to France,
where they were made up into kid"
gloves, or he might, with equal regard to
the truth, tell that those gloves in the 9th
er compartment once darted from tree to
tree in South America on the back of IA
ring tailed monkey and if he made the
rounds of the store and could distinguish
ono skin from another he could point out
kid" gloves made from the skins of
kangaroos from Australia lambs and
sheep from Ohio or Spain or England,
calves from India, muskrats from any
where, musk oxen from China and other
parts of Asia rats, cats and Newfound-
land puppies.
But the little Russian colt from the
plains where the Cossacks live, the colt
from the steppes Of Siberia, where horses
are raised by the thousands, supply the
skins which are the favorites at present
with the glovemakers. Experts say that
the coltskin makes a better, stronger, finer
glove than real kidskin, and as the colt is
little fellow, only 3 weeks old when he
is killed, but small amount of skin can
be made into gloves, so that the price is
about as high, says correspondent in the
New York World who adds: But, after
all, the real kid, the lively infant of the
goats which live in Franco, Switzerland,
Spain and Italy, furnishes tho best finest
and most expensive gloves, and nearly 49,
600, 900 kids are sacrificed every year in
order that women and men may cramp
their hands in wrinklelcss delicate hued
gloves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
A Cycling Note.

The truc cyclist likes to ride not only in
warm weather, but on cold and windy
days. Go out before the wind, and the
fast podaling will quickly warm the blood.
Then you can defy Boreas as long as
you are on tho move. But care should be
taken that tho gear is fast and shipshape
A stop to tighten n crank, adjust bear
ing, screw up pedal nut, slack off or
take up the chain when tho body is nicely
warmed up may prove disastrous, remarks
Golden DAYS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

for the palace. 1t is of the finest hard
paste porcelain and of the most perfect
proportions and purity of style. 1t copies
in form and color the vases Of the best
Etruscan period, that of the third century
b C, and is truly Etruscan in spirit and
feeling. In subject the design represents
a warrior mounted in his chariot drawn
by four flying coursers. The warrior has
the features of Napoleon. Upon the chart
OF is the inscription, 'Bataille d'Auster-
litz," and upon the shield of an attending
angel one reads, ''Veni, Vidi, Wei" Upon
the reverse is the noble French eagle, with
broadly spreading wings. The vase now
stands upon carved wood pedestal su-
perbly mounted in gold bronzes and Is
owned in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

A young business man in this city who
has for some time been amusing himself
at the expense Of Others has had the com
pliment returned in forcible manner
Last Friday he received a small package
and after paying the express man he I'M
suspectingly opened the package thinking
it was jewelry Imagine his astonishment
when he found false moustache. a note
arrived by the afternoon post ana the
young gentleman isn't quite SO certain
that 9 Revenge is sweet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
Oscar Is So Modest,

when Oscar Wilde was asked If he is
nervous on the night he is presenting a
new play for the first time, he answered:
mol am exquisitely Indifferent. Ny
nervousness ends at the last dress re-
hearsal know then what effect my play,
rs presented upon the stage, has produced
upon me. My interest in the play ends
there, and ! feel curiously envious Of the
public-they have such wonderful fresh
emotions in store for them"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

On account Of the necessary absence of
one of the ladies who was to present pa
per at the Current Events Club on We'd
nesday afternoon, the meeting will be
postponed one week 1t will be held at
Mrs. G.. A. Robertson's, Wednesday after
noon, April 3, at o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

The Free Baptist people will have So
ciablo in the vcstry, Thursday evening,
and the entertainers will be, Mrs. i. Is.
Wceyor, Mrs II. b. Burbank and Mrs
G. Y. Penney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

The members who will represent the
Augusta board of trade will leave here,
Thursday morning, for Portland, to at
tend the meeting and banquet at the
prcblo house Of the State board.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Il. +. Storer, left for Dickinson, North
Dakota, Monday morning, where he will
live with Mr. Trask, formerly of this
city, upon his large ranch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

There will be a very pretty wedding at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Fuller,
Green street, Wednesday evening, it be-
ing the marriage of their daughter Flor
cnce to Mr.. T. 9. Ingraham of this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Frank |. Clark has placed in his we'll
equipped machine shop a new planer and
turning lathe, each being larger than any
in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
a FAMOUS VASE.
Made By order Of Napoleon 70 Celebrate
the Battle of Austerlitz.

tho Battle OF AusterIItzs
On Nov. Is, 1889, there were sold at
Versailles several pieces of rare old furni-
ture and other objects that were practl-
cally cut of use, among them q curious
card table and "lavabo" made OF maple IN
the purest and finest Of empire style Al
the end of the sale, without any notice OF
mention of the fact, an immense and SUI
perb Seyres vase was placed on the stand
before the astonished eyes of the few peo-
ple who had known Of the sale and come
to attend it.
This vase, according to The jewelers.
Circular, which illustrates 1t, was made
in the royal mandatory by order OF Ma.
poleon to celebrate his famous battle oil
Austerlitz and as a national monument
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

The following gentlemen have been
drawn to serve as jurors at the superior
court in this city: w. G. Boothby, J. A.
Buckley and J. j. Drucry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Judge Andrews went to the Jail, yester-
day morning, and read to Joseph Brown,
alias J. b. Pitts, the warrant charging
him with crimes as explained in the jour
nal of yesterday. He bound him over or
rather contin ued the case for 10 days I'M
der $1,000 bonds, which he failed to fur
nish and was again lodged behind the
bars. When the turnkey opened the door
for him to pass into the corridor Brown
wore very troubled look and said that 1t
was hard to keep fellow in jail for moth
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Drink no longer water but take a
little wine for thy stomach S sake so said
Paul, so says the Hallowoll druggists,
only they strike out the word "winc,
and substitute therefor the word Sarsa-
parilla." Prices appear to be badly de-
moralized to the public advantage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Conductor Sanborn's train arrived here,
yesterday morning, with five newly
painted cars, which looked as attractive as
new ones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Mrs. Walter Morse OF Bangor, is in tho
city visiting her brother, Landlord A. W.
Thayer OF the Augusta house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
The Seeds In an Apple Core.

Count the seeds in your apple core ant
say the rhyme while you count as far al
the seeds will go:
One love,
Two l love,
Three love, say;
Four love with all my heart,
Five / cast away.
Six he loves,
Seven she loves,
Eight they both love-
Nine he comes, 49,.
Ten he tarries, a.
Eleven he courts, .i,S$
Twelve he marries,
Thirteen wishes,
Fourteen kisses,
And all the rest throw in the bitches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

II. T. Sewcll will leave, this morning
for Oakland, Cal, where he will make a
stay of several months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
The Development of Newspapers.

The Development of Newspapers.
i AS an illustration of the enormous de-
velopment OF newspapers in the United
States it is related that in 1850 the news
paper and press associations received only
2s, 600, 900 words by telegraph. while last
year they received by wire 1900, 600, 900
words.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
Pancake Rolls.

Put in a pan whole eggs, pinch OF
salt, / of sugar, spoonfuls of flour. Beat
with quart of milk. The preparation
must be very light. Make your pancakes
in frying omelet pan, very thiokly spread
with butter. Turn them upside down on
the table, put some currant or other jelly
on one side; roll them. Put them on a
plate Powder them with sugar and candy
them with a poker, which you have heated
relihot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

"The Still Alarm Company went to
Bangor, yesterday, where a performance
was given last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

C. c. A. Cigar.
Wanted--G Girl.
Writers wanted.
To let--Tenement.
Ely's Cream Balm.
The Jas. T.. Fuller Co.
For sale-SSteamboat.
The Bargain Shoe store.
Wanted-Girl orjwoman.
Buxton's Rheumatic Cure.
u. s, Gold Bitters--C. X. Partridge.
Special announcement--A. Is. Ham & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

George Sylvester, compositor of this
city, has secured a position with the
Watcryllc Mail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26

Joseph Williamson, Jr., is expected to
return from NewYork either today CT to-
morrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-26
Local Matters.

Village district schools will close this
week
Mrs. ]. +. Pierce left for Boston, Mon
day morning
The county commissioners will be in
session today.
Supreme court now in session will close
in few days.
Capt Jesse Tuck left for wiscasset, yes
terday morning.
Miss Mittie Fairbanks of Pennington,
is in the city, visiting.
Work has begun on the building of the
piazzas Of Hotel johnson.
George W. Sylvester and wife left for
San Francisco, yesterday morning.
-
Joseph Williamson, Jr., is expected to
return from NewYork either today CT to-
morrow.
About 10 French people went to Canada,
yesterday, on the excursion over the Maine
Central.
George Sylvester, compostor of this
city, has secured a position with the
Watcrville Mail.
1.-THE Still Alarm Company went to
Bangor. yesterday where performance
was given last evening.