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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
THE FATAL COLONIAL CHAIR.
Its Effect Spoiled by an UnIucl1y New
Year bill.

From the Chicago Tribune.
1t was New Year day and the fair Miss
Snobberly was entertaining a caller. The
caller was shining light in the inner cir
Gle of society and potential aspirant for
her hand.
"Oh, Mr. OLDHAM" she cried, taking him
to the end of the room, "see this darling
old colonial chair which arrived yesterday
from papa's ancestral home in Vermont.
Did you ever see anything swecter in your
life?'
why really, Miss Snobberly, 1t is a de-
lightful bit of furniture and no doubt full
of the most delightful associations"
YES indeed; it belonged to ah-the
founder of papa's family in this country,
and has cradled-no, I don't mean that
it has been used by all the succeeding
generations"
How very interesting"
Yes; isn't 1t? To think Of my great
great-grandfather being sung to sleep to
the music of some old Puritan psalm in
that very chair!
ut is, indeed, a valuable heirloom"
Yes; and look" her voice took in a
fresh note Of triumph as she pointed to the
back "look where deeply carven and black
with age, are the letters f. l.. s., my great
grardfather's initials. Think, Mr.. OLDHAM,
when those letters were carven Americans
still prayed publicly for the king and the
royal family, the battle of Bunker Hill
was yet undreamed of and
Maria" said the voice, I've just been
looking over these New Year bills, and
here's one 1 don't understand: To one ex-
act reproduction of colonial chair, $40.
That's all right of course; I suppose it's
that old junk shop affair in the front par
lor-though why you wanted to buy a thing
that looks old when I can afford brand
new ones I don't understand. But it's this
item that puzzles me: To carving three
letters on the back and producing the ap-
pearance of age. So Now, Il
But Mr.. OLDHAM heard no more; he had
caught his breath sufficiently to tell Miss
Snobberly that he had lot more calls to
make and must bid her good afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

Copyright. 1S25 by Bachelor Johnson Blohciler9
We never knew his real name. Every
ere called him Capt. George; and Capt.
George he remained from the first day he
entered Landport harbor until the night
I Larted from him in Plymouth sound,
at out four years later. His arrival at
Landport was am ,u1ced in the Northern
Post ard Shipping Gazette in this manner:
'I.ardport Sunday Steam yacht Wan
derer arrived from Stockton, with ma
chirery damaged Owner, Capt.
George"
What was he like? Well. if you had put
the c-estion to the gentry of the place
:cn;s would have answered il with shrug
of the shoulders as much as to say they
couldn't well make him out; others would
have told you he seemed naughty. re-
served. stand-off sort of man. If you had
asked any of the young ladies. you would
very likely hear that he was charming"
but that they believed him to be pirate
chief in disguise, or some nonsense of that
kind. Among US divers he was looked
upon as a bold, gallant sailor, who loved
the sea and everything connected with 1T,
a man we all admired and looked up to.
He frequently put into Landport after
that-at odd times. summer and winter
but came round regularly every June. lie
never made friends i'm the place, and few
acquaintance. People still held pretty
much the same opinion concerning him. ON
different occasions as he passed along by
the sea wall. I have seen more than one
lovely head turned to take a sly look at
his tall figure. and heard the whisper:
There's that strange man, Capt. George;
isn't he handsomeg'
Toward the end of August I was engaged
with two other divers to remove cargo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

Then I determined to get up and go on
deck. AS I passed Capt. Georges cabin 1
could tell by his heavy breathing that he
was sleeping soundly. l moved on and
stepped out into the cool night air.
How we'll / can recall the scene from the
Wanderers deck at that silent hour The
moon was on the wane; she was wading
slowly through a mass of dark clouds,
emerging occasionally to flood the ocean
with her silver light Not sound was to
be heard, save the melancholy moan of the
sea or the splash of the water against the
yachts side.
In the morning felt more like myself;
perhaps 1 was too busy with my prepara-
items to think much of anything else.
Following Capt. Georges directions, we
rowed away to the south, and when we
got about half a mile from the yacnt 1
went down.
On reaching the bottom I stood for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
FRESH AIR IN WINTER.
It's Value Demonstrated by an Ex-
pertinent on Babies.

An interesting test. which proved that
fresh air in winter was beneficial to even
young and delicate children, is reported in
the Journal of Household Economics. 1t
was tried recently in a babies hospital In
Boston.
All the sickly babies that were suffering
from chronic indigestion and lack Of MI
triton and who would not improve in spite
of good food, perfectly ventilated rooms
and careful bathing were wrapped as for
the street, put in their ambulators ard
taken to the top ward of the hospital,
where ali the windows were wide open.
They were kept in this room from two to
four hours daily, and soon showed a mark
ed Improvement. Their checks became
ROSY, they gained in weight and appetite,
and would often fall asleep and remain so
during the entire time they were in :he
air. Very delicate children had bags of hot
water placed at their feet. 1t is recorded
in the account of this experiment that not
one child took cold as result of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

books is sent to the New York company
that owns the scheme.
More than 1,5O0 books have been distrib-
uted among members of the Em6ury Me-
mortal Church and their friends. Some
of the women intend to give to the church
the money, others will give the first $40
saved.
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wouIu nave TO go IN. we came up. 1
opened the gate and pushed him forward
up the steps.
Heavens, governor p" he gasped,
"Ring the bell for mel"
Tom Neal came to the door and greet
ed us warmly.
Jack" said he, IT owe you an
apology-have owed you one for years.
found out who did that work with the
donkey and I'm sorry ever treated you
as did"
shortly Alice came down stairs. She was
the same girl we had known, only ma
tured. felt sure that she had seen us
before we entered, for she was dressed
in her loveliest. She met Jack not quite
like sweetheart, but very tenderly.
1t did me good to tell them of Jack S
diffidence and what a hard time had
to get him to come. They were little
displeased that he did not. come before,
and when we said something about sail
ing Alice exclaimed:
Sailing! Whatl Are you going
back?''
Eyes" returned Jack demurely, 81
start tomorrow.
Alice hummed to herself a moment,
then going over to him and taking his
hands in her own, said:
"Well, 1 don't propose that You shall
go without me. I have loved you, and
you me. You once asked me to be your
wife, but we were separated. 1 know
you are too bashful to ask me again, so
ask you to be my husband. "
70 say that we were surprised is put
ting it mildly, but Jack turned to me
and said, "'Governor, you are a
matchmaker, after all. Chicago News.
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TEACHERS IN ENGLAND.
A Pathetic Letter From One Which Tells
Its Own Story.

A Pathetic Letter From One Which Tells
Its Own Story.
An English paper, having offered to
throw open its columns to considera-
ton of the "worst paid class in the
community" prints the following:
DEAR ANswERs-I am Il schoolIpaster, and it
is my pleasing duty to teach Greek, Latin,
French, English, mathematics and 81 other
things to the "sons of gentlemen. l receive
board and 10, ging and 4uO ~ year from my
benevolent employer, who makes net profit
Of over 81, 900 per annum out Of his school.
NV Door old dad Ia country parson) was al
ways anxious that should receive 1.-The edu-
cation Of gentleman" so he pinched and
screwed to send me to good public school
and subsequently to Oxford. may say, with
out conceit, that l distinguished myself at
both places, winning scholarships and other
prizes with a facility that seemed to mark me
out for the life Of an instructor Of youth. Be
hold me, then, at the age Of 70, raking in the
lordly stipend mentioned above and luIuriat-
ing in the "home comforts, " which, according
to his advertisements, my principal supplies
fer his boys.
During nine months In the year / may be
said to be on duty for the whole "a hours.
When 1 am not teaching my boys, am play
ing football or cricket with them, and am
even obliged to sleep in the same dormitory
with IL hearty youngsters, who snore like
steam sirens. The worst feature OF the hfe'is
the fact that there Is no future before me. II
lad q capital of $4,000, or even fl,OO, llnight
start school of my own but, as il is, can
hope for nothing better. What will become of
ma in NV old age tremble to think. There
are hundreds Of extensively educated young
fellows in the United Kingdom who can earn
no moro at schoolmastering than do. Sin
cerely yours, N. A. (OIon).
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CONTRASTS OF SEWING WOMEN.

SON hHO . OF OCNlIS1 "OmGN.
Advantages of this Factory Girl In the
Country Over Her Sister In the City.
You may see i'll any one of perhaps a
hundred shops in this city colorless, sad
eyed, dinghy clad women bending over
sewing machines amid sQuaid sur
roundings, with no outlook save through
a window opening upon a sortlid street.
You may see in at least q score of coun-
try villages 30 miles from any great
city crowd of neatly clad, happy look
ing girls and women busted with like
tasks, but amid clean and pleasant sur
roundings, with glimpses OF n smiling
landscape through every window.
The New York women, released from
their toll, hasten home to gloomy tene-
ment lodgings and unwholesome fare.
The village girls troop from the factory
to modest but clean and pleasant homes,
where food is fresh and abundant. The
New York sewing machine woman IS
an insignificant unit in a great COM
munity. She feels daily the pressure of
her fellows that are ready to take her
place and her earnings. She hears from
embittered men and women talk of the
rights of labor and the greed Of wealth.
She knows that her earnings would not
keep some of her rich sisters in cut flow
ers Whenever she stirs out of her own
dingy quarter, it is to see at every step
evidence of the luxury in which some
live and of the contrast between her
lot and theirs.
The village factory girl has hardly
heard that there is labor problem. Her
5000 or $3.50 a year, earned at the sewing
machine, clothes her we'll, procures for
her small Injuries and helps to keep the
family above want. She makes little
pleasure trips hither and yon when work
is slack and looks forward with conf
dence to marriage and a home of her
own, clean, sweet and comfortable. She
a1HUug heF fellow townsfolk
one whoiht1A any essential comfort that
Eshe1ackS, and nine women out of ten
1stha iIlage have less to spend on
dFsssp than She has. She never sees a
hungly or ragged person, unless it be
an occasional tramp, and she hardly
SIdspS tHS hooAlAS VI Nutil Sic AON
and then hears about the lives of the
poor in great cities.
The New York slave to the sewing
machine lives half an hour from the
heart of the western world and may, if
she will, on any night see Broadway
and its throngs by electric light. The
village factory girl believes that she
would be happy to give up all her com
forts for the others privilege of seeing
at will the splendors of the great city.
The New York sewing woman would
not, if she could, change places with
the village factory girl. York
SIM.
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MAY BE SINGING FISHES.
Phenomenon of the Sea Which Is In.
teresting and Mysterious.


Here is an account of phenomenon
of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi,
to which, although it is NOT generally
known, the attention Of naturalists has
been called Oh account of its mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is "the spirits
singing under the water" 1t is MUIR
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to lower tone. The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed, and when they are quiet it be-
gins again. -
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause of the mystic.
rious sounds Of the Pascagoula- The
most satisfactory theory is that the
sounds are produced by species of fish
i'll some unknown way. Professor q.
Brown Goode. who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds IN question.
Instances of peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
pies will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White Of
the American navy was at the mouth Of
river i'll Cambedia, he and his crew
were surprised by unusual sounds. He
described the noises as a mixture of the
bass of an organ, the ringing of bells,
the cultural cries of large rog and the
tones Of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by a
school of certain kind of fish.
DR.. Buist, 1S47, reported taat party
Of people in boat ON the waters near
Bombay heard strange so els, which,
the natives held to be ca d BIZ 9sh.
The we'll known English ira Ter, Sir J..
Emerson Tennent, heard sif5 az sounds
from the lake Of BattiealQ. aCeyIon.
and here again the nativest med thss
fishes made the sounds. Sos raj corre-
spondents of newspapers hay repofted
having heard sounds which 3,ere pro-
duced by fishes. One writer In the Lon
don Field, 1857, AYERS that In the har-
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds. Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river. Other instances Of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw some interesting conclusions.
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore; that they are
usually heard in tropical regions; that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth Of rivers, az
at the mouth Of the Pascagoula, and
that they have been reported from far
distant places in America, Europe and
Asia-Our Animal Friends.
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China and the Chinese know nothing
OF the names given to them by the Eng
lish speaking world.
The ancient name of China is Tien-
Hia. When the present dynasty began
its reign, then the whole country was
called Ta-TsingKwoh. Chung Kwoh
was the name given to that part known
to Americans and English as the Middle'
Kingdom.
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PiOus Indians.

The history of Canada, especially its
earlier history, preserves the story of
many deed Of heroism and devotion
on the part of Christian missionaries
who worked and persisted among the In
dams, but there are few stories which.
reflect SO much credit on Indian piety
as that published from Quebec. Mon
tagnais and Eskimos came from the
southern shore of Hudson strait to wor-
ship in the province of Quebec. This in
volved tramp on foot of 1000 miles
through an inhospitable country,
through forests, across rivers, mountains
and lakes. to render duty they owed
to their religion. Boston Transcript.
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Drop Forglngs.

The machinery for drop forging is
ponderous and expensive. The plates
that stamp out the forgings are in two
sections, one of which fits into the bed
of the machine, and the other is fas-
tened to the arm. Together these two
plates have an opening the shape of the
desired forging. The descent of the arm
on a piece Of tool steel stamps out a
piece of the requisite shape. After leav-
ing the forging machine the metal is in
a rough state and has to be turned down
on lathe and bored out, each Of which
operations has to be carefully done, as
the finished article has to be exact in
every partfoulAr.-Chicago Fimes-Her-
Md
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Besides being great 'ast12lf E2er, Sir
Robert Ball is man Of f CURES lie tells
us what it would cost 6saeh one Of
the most distant stars, stlppQsilg raiI-
way were constructed to it from Eondon
and that the low rate Of penny per 100
miles prevailed. If the intending pas
senger could present to the booking clerk
the whole of the national debt of the
United Kingdom sum exceeding
e67O, 900, OOO-he would require 5000
huge carts to convey it in sovereigns to
the ticket office. Even when the poor
clerk had accomplished the lengthy task
of counting the "fare, he would want
another e1Os, 900, 900 before he would
feel justified in issuing even third
class ticket, and there could not be re-
turn one for the money. Scottish
NiUl+c
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2netiCal.

AUTUMN SONG.
A song of the reaping time,
Of the feast-days of the year;
A song of the grain and the well-filed vain,
And the husking- time that's near.
Here's hey, for a merry romp
In the brown old fields and wales.
And no, for the mead where the cattle feed,
Aud no. for the autumn gales.
A hunt through the tall, dun woods,
For the fruit of the oak and Vine;
A peep at the nest OF the last redbreast,
And call where the chipmunks dine.
A smile in the morning skies,
And a laugh in the streams that flow,
As they share their joy with the girl and boy
That to-day may a-rambling go.
Frank WdkcUtt Hut in 81. ", chOldS.
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The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr. G. Galouette, Druggist, Beaversville.
H., says: ITO DR.. Kings New Discovery |
owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and
tried all the physicians for miles about, hut of
no avail and was given up and told GUILD not
live Having DIR. Kings New Discovery in my
store sent for bottle and began its use and
from the first dose began to get better, and
after using three bottles was up and about
again. 1t is worth its weight in gold. We
won't keep store or house without it." Get a
free trial at Thos. G. Forwood Cos Drug
Store, Bel Air,
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Notice is hereby given to the Taxpayers of
the Third Election District that the underSgn
ed tax collector will be at the Court House,
Bel Air, every Monday, at Robert c. Richard
sons store, Churchville, every Wednesday,
and at Fallston every Friday, from o'clock,
October, November and December, 1895, for
the purpose of receiving State and County
Taxes.
A discount of per cent in September will
be allowed, per cent. in October, B per cent.
in November and per cent. in December on
all county taxes. Interest from January LIST,
1896.
13sep JOHN w. COLE, Collector.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the su
i scriber has obtained from the Register o
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of
JOHN A. AMOS,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against said deceased are
hereby notified to exhibit the same with the
legal vouchers thereof,
On or before the 18th day of March. 1896
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. Ill persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th
day of September, 1895.
FRANK B. AMOS.
sep27 Administrator.
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HIS ACRES, in high state of cultivation,
with sufficient timber of best quality; in a
good neghborhood with all public conven-
fences About and miles from Bel Air and
VanBibber Stations, respectively, on the pub
lie road from the former to the latter place
Now one of the best thoroughfares in the
county. Will be sold at bargain, if imme-
date application be made to the undersigned,
and full information furnished by
GEO. Y. MAYNADIER,
Sap Attorney ct Law, Bel Air, Nd.
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3i4 ACRES OFLAND.
.DwARD b. AMBLER,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 112 E. Lexington St., Baltimore.
Will give prompt attention to all business
tV' 1feb
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Twenty two years as Il watch repairer, 3
years apprentice. one year under instructions,
80 years a foreman and the balance of my
time in business for myself, during Il this time
have made study of "optics," fitting Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses properly, as they should
be fitted.
The lenses are ground to their proper axis
and are fitted and adjusted by myself in Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses of Gold, Silver, Nickel,
Steel, Rubber or ZyIonite frames, and am re-
Sponsible myself for all mistakes.
In fitting Lenses to the eye my speciality is in
Myopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopia and Astigma-
tism, which are near-sighted, far-siehted old
sighted and poor-sighted. Nearly all cases of
astigmatism occur in children, causing pain in
the eye, rubbing of the eyelids, pain above the
eyebrows, headache, letters running together,
&c. Ihave a complete set of instruments and
test cards which use to correct the sight in the
young as well as in the old or middle-aged.
e. refer to DIR. VIM. S. Richardson, DIR. E.
Hall Richardson, DR.. w. B. Munnikhuysen and
DIR. ]. Ward Scott.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
16mh Main Street, Bel Air. Md.
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THE EGISAND INTELLIGENCER.
Is Published Every Fridoyby
FRANK E. GORRELL.
TERMS.-SI.OO A Year I'm advance.

Transient Neutrality-suspicious. Square, 3
insertions or less $3.50. Each subsequent in
sertion 25 cents. Longer advertisements in
the. same proportion. A space equal to six
lines makes square. Figure work double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
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NOTICE To CREnITORS

TNHIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That the SUBJ
L scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters Testa-
mentary on the estate of
Arizona republican., 1895-06-20

Trains No. and No. 1 connect at Ash Fork with trains and on A &. P. R. R.
 Trains No. 31 and No. 32 connect at Ash Fork with trains and on A. x P. R R.
 Trains and 4 carry Pullman combination sleeper and chair cars. Connections at Ash Forks with Atlantic & Pacific and the entire Santa Fe system: at Jerome Junction with the United Verde S Pacific railway; at Prescott with stage lines for principal mining csmps; at Congress with stage lines for Harqua Hala, Stanton and Yarnell: at Phnnix with Maricopa 8 Phoenix Ky. for points on s. P. R. R; This is THE BEST ROUTE TO THE GREAT SALT RIVER VALLEY For information regarding this valley and the 5eh mining sffan gEE 50GtaFy G to thIs As road F M, MURPHY, Pres & Gen. Mgr.
 R. R. COLEMAN, Supt. Transportation
Arizona republican., 1895-06-20
Notice.

In the Probate Court of the County of Mari
 copa, Territory of Arizona. in the matter
 of the estate of Daniel Murphy, deceased.
 Notice of hearing petition:
 Notice is hereby given that Jas. McMillan has filed in this court his petition praying that the last will and testament of Daniel Murphy, de- ceased, be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary thereon be issued to him ard that the same will be heard on Friday, the 12th day of July A. D., 1895, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the court room of said court, in Phoenix, County of Maricopa, Terri tory of Arizona, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to 3D. pear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 Dated June 12th, 1895.
 By J. F. PEARCE, c w GROUSE,
 Depu'.y clerk. Clerk lDate Q. nirst publication June 14. 1S95l