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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
HOW TO HANG WITH EASE.
Some Details Not Enjoyed by the
Average Farmer.

From the American Jewess.
Always face the sides of the car, never
the front or rear. When the car starts, lean
slightly in direction in which it is going.
When the car Is about to stop lean toward
the rear. Plant your feet as far apart as
you comfortably can. When a car turns
corner incline the body toward inside curve
of the rails, and when feasible grasp the
strap on the side of the car over the inside
curve, thus reducing the strain to mini
mum. Non-observance of this particular
rule is the cause of the frantic clutches
and involuntary displays of affection which
the ISLANDERS sometimes bestow upon those
seated.
The philosophy of such rules is as follows:
You lean toward the direction of the start
ing car, SO that your body which does not
acquire the forward motion simultaneously
with the car, shall, so to speak, not be left
behind. The starting of the car restores the
body to Its usual erect posture. You lean
toward the rear when the car stops to coun-
teract the forward momentum acquired by
the body while the car was in motion. In
rounding curve you lean toward the inside
rail to counterfeit the centrifugal force
which tends to throw objects from the CEN
ter. But the main thing for you to remem-
Der is: Always face the sides of the car
These rules are particularly applicable to
cable cars, which rarely fail to start or stop
without jerk.
When alighting from the car place the left
hand on the brass rod provided for the pur-
pose q assume that you light on the railless
side and face the front of the car Even if
the cor Is still in motion, you are then safe.
AS for boarding moving cars, I should ad-
wise you to wait until your garb is better
adapted for higher gymnastics.
In case these rules prove beneficial the
women may thank me. Should they be de-
ficient, why, there's the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
THE .KISSING BUSH."
Some Facts About the Growth of the
MistletOe.

From the London Daily Graphic.
Many old English customs are disappear
irg In these advanced times OF light ard
learning, but the kissing bush is to be found
in most country houses at this season OF
the wear. Its social position is famlllar
enough to all, but not every one has mark
ed the curious appearance OF mlsletoe'
when seen in the woods and parks, growing
as a pendant bush from messy branch
of an old crab tree, its favorite situation.
Here it's effect is, of course most sTlkihs
in the winter season, when the tree being
str;nned of its own leaves those of the para
site shrub display their goalen green tint
most conspicuously. The appearance from
q little distance Is that of huge birds nests
in the branches of the bare trees.
At this period also the pretty whitish ber-
ries a re ripened, and add much to the beauty
of the plant The crab is not the only tree
to which the mistletoe attaches itself, as
II is found wild on the thorn poplar, maple,
willow and others, and very rarely on the
oak. Il is the only true parasitic plant
native to this country, and is hardly known
in Scotland.
1t is curious how mistletoe favorS one To-
cality in preference to another, and flour
ishes on one belt of trees, missing the sur
rounding trees of the same species. It is a
good Illustration of the old proverb kiss
ing goes by favor" Mistletoe may be graft
ed with varying success, but the birds prop
agate the growth on trees by inserting Der.
ries in the apertures of the bark, and the
| mistle thrush Is especially responsible for q
large quantity of the mistletoe supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
Always Places for sIsers."

From the New York Tribune.
1.-The kind of men l want to hire said a
newspaper publisher the other day. while
talking to friend. "are seldom to be had.
No matter what their lines of business,
Users "a word that rhymes with scissors
are never out of work, and always get good
money. I want some 1sers.'"
"Isers"" exclaimed his companion.
What on earth are isers"'
ITO explain what they are" replied the
publisher "let me tell you a story of a
want ad. Once a man wished to employ
for his circus an acrobat who could throw
triple somersaults. So ne put want adj in
the paper. In reply to the advertisement he
received fifty letters. Together with a
tiers he put in a pile by themselves; they
were the ones that read something Ike
this:
Dear Sir: You advertise for a man who
can throw a triple somersault. I used to
throw triple somersaults and think that
after a little practice 1 could do it again.
I'd like trial
THE other letters were put in another
pile and ran something like this:
Dear Sir: am good acrobat, but while
l never have thrown triple sonersaults,
think with little practice 1 could do it.
I'd like to have trial.
Well said the circus man. as he shook
his head sadly, there they are-ffty let
them are has beens;' twenty-five are go
ing-to-bes.' but there amt an User in the
whole lotv
Now, 1 want fsers,' and so does every
other business nan; but they are all EN-
ployed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
EXAMINING PACKAGES.
Some Experiences That the Watch
men at the Treasury Have.

Some Experiences That the Watch
men at the Treasury Have.
Since the discovery of the stamp theft in
the Treasury Department, the rule requiring
watchmen at the doors to inspect all sealed
parcels or packages before allowing them to
be taken out OF the building, unless accom-
panied by pass from proper authority, has
been rigidly enforced.
The other day as employe was going
out with his bicycle, to the handle of which
was tied a small parcel, the Waterman al
the door halted him with the inquiry. What
lave you got in that box?" reminding him
at the same time of the order requiring a
pass or inspection. "All right" said the
employe, inspect the box if you want to,
but you will find that it is all right" The
box on inspection was found to contain a
dozen seidlitz powders.
Another incident Is related of clerk who
was going out with a package under his
arm, and, in reply to the watchman's in
quiry as to what the package contained,
said "rubbers." The Waterman informed
him that he could not take them out with
out pass. Thereupon the clerk opened the
Package and disclosed a pair of rubber over
shoes. oh" said the Waterman, why
didn't you say gums, instead OF rubbers? /
thought you meant rubber bands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
MORMONS IN MEXICO.
They Are Said. However. to Practice
POlyEnmy.


POlyGamy.
From the Butte Inter-Mountan.
The Mormons have obtained a greater
fcothold down in the southern republic than
most Americans are aware, and Mormon
colonies have been established all over the
foothills of the Sierra Madres, and in the
dry and arid desert of Chihuahua. Do they
live in open polygamy? Well, 1 should say
they do. Their harems are on a grander
scale than ever seen in the early days of
Utah, and they are absolutely safe from
molestaton, for the governors of the pro-
vinceS have been bought.
They began coming to Mexico about ten
years ago, when the government decided to
enforce the Ednlunds law by imprisoning
the polygamists. Seeing that the practice
of plurality of wives was doomed in the
United States, the Mormons turned their
eyes longingly to Mexico, where down in the
arid deserts a safe haven of rest could be
established. So successful have they been
through Rardships and obstacles that would
have thWarted any other people that they
have made the deserts blossom as the rose
They have colonies, settlements, at DiaZ
Juarez, Pacheo and other places in north
ern Mexico, but these places were not des-
ert ground by any means. Some of it was
the most fertile agricultural ground in the
republic AS a result, the Mormons now
have a monopoly on agricultural products.
and supply all the northern towns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
A WHOLE CLASS SUED,
As the Result of Lack of Harmony
Among the Colds.


From the Boston Herald.
Writs were served on every male mem
Der of the Boston University senior class.
Tie trouble arises out Of the college pub
lication known as the Hub. 1t is college
annual, and Is supposed to be published
each year by the members of the Junior
class. In '94 the members of the '96 class
called a meeting for the purpose of taking
action on the ACCESSIBILITY of publishing a
Hub. The class was divided on the ques-
ton, the girls not caring to publish such a
book unless they could be well represented
on the editorial staff, and the men, in vie v
of the fact that they had to bear the re-
sponsbility of managing the publication,
not caring to go ahead without the glory of
a full representation.
Finally, the men Of the class held a meet
ing, and ignored the wishes of the girls,
and the result was that the majority of
the class voted against getting out the
publication. The men then formed a club
ard voted to get out a Hub on their own
hook, and hard work showed itself in the
appearance of the most elaborate annual
in the history of Boston University. 1t was
a dire failure financially, however. As a
result. sheriffs deputy appeared at the
college with summons for every senior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
Red CATS IN LONDON.
Described by n Milwaukee Lady Who
Saw Them.


From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Milwaukee lady who has recently re-
turned from abroad says that one Of the
most interesting exhibits which she saw
In Europe was the national cat show of
England which was held at the Crystal
Palace, London, in which about seven hun
cred cats were shown. THE decided fea-
ture of the exhibition" she said, was the
number of superb red Tables, together
with a fine assortment of pure blacks,
smoke-colored cats, and cats with that
peculiar tone of glossy coat known as cat
blue.
The efforts of the English cat breeding
this past year have been blue and black cats
In the opinion of many experts, a black cat
without any markings whatever OF white is
the most perfect variety that Is known, and
1t is proof of the appreciation of this that
certain dishonest people pluck the white
hairs out of cat one by one. 1t has been
noticed that the classes that are open to
workingmen in this national exhibition are
particularly strong in fine black cats. Blue
eyed, white-coated cats are getting to be
highly valued in England now, and one of
these bore off the other day a substantial
money prize that was offered by Louis
Vain, the great cat artist Another prize
winner of the show was brown tabby
tom. Champion Xenophon, which lis owner
values at 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
THE "BLOCkADE KING"
Only Two MOurners the Other Day Mt
the Funeral of Alexander Collie.
L. 41. nl,ilo lnl,, Iodra

Only Two Mourners the Other Day Mt
the Funeral of Alexander Collie.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Two men were the only mourners at the
WoodIawn cemetery in New York at the
funeral service over tie body of Alexand ar
Collie a man who a few years ago was
known in every European capital. In the
civil var he was a noted blockade runner
who established quarters at Wilmington
NC Under The guns of Fort Fisher this
blockade king carried on thriving
trade in the contraband articles of war,
and exported the cotton of the south. The
house which he established at Wilmington
was the abode CT luxury. and there the
leaders of the southern confederacy met to
take counsel together
Collie. who at one time could have drawn
his check for millions of dollars, died a
few days ago almost destitute, ana mis-
funeral expenses were paid by son of an
old friend. If the early seventies, In an
attempt to corner cotton goods in all the
markets of the world, Collie made the
largest failure known in the history OF
commerce. His liabilities above his avail
able assets were f40.O00OOO. He was
Obliged to fly from England, and was taken
tc Spain in private yacht. Afterward he
came to this country, and, under an as
sumed name, he became associated with
the late Col. H. c. Parsons, James g.
Elaine, General Butler and others in the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad.
Prosperous for a time, he projected other
railroads, but misfortune seemed to follow
him, and he became again embarrassed
and compare lively without means, came
to this city. One of the strangest things in
connection with the blockade king was
that although he lived in comparative pow
erty in New York, his wife was living in
luxury in London. AS Alexander Collie, he
was supposed to have been lost at sea- He
evidently made some disposition of prop
erty in favor Of his wife, and went to a
life Of obscurity and poverty alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
PLEA FOR GOwNED JUDGES.
A Report That the Custom VIII b.
Adopted in New York.

From the New York Post.
We trust 1t Is lot merely rumor that
The judges Of the appellate division of the
Bupreme court are to wear gowns in their
new courts, and we wish we could hope
that all the judges Of the supreme court
would follow their example. The small
amount of pains we take to give our adj
ministration of Justice an air Of dignity is
one of the serious defects of our system.
Every one of us recognizes the Importance
Of clothes nearly every day of his life, as
a means of giving to others an impression
of his character and position. He dresses
to go to a dinner ball in order to show
the host that he appreciates the invitation,
and that it has been bestowed on suita-
BILE person, and to make himself agreeable
to the other guests He dresses to go to
church in order to show his reverence for
the Place, and humor the prejudices Of the
other worshipers. We are all impressed by
dress, even the most philosophic of US.
When a complete stranger approaches us,
almost our wi ole estimate of him rests on
his clothes. If he Is we'll dressed We treat
him with courtesy or even Difference, and a
whole host of presumptions in his favor
rise up in our minds If he is badly dressed
we are either Indifferent, careless rude
to him. If he is dirty and ragged like a
tramp, our first impulse is to bounce" him.
The power of dress in making certain i'm
preSSionS on observers Is in fact, one OF
the most familiar phenomena of civiliza-
ton, and yet we have rever tried to make
use of it in aid of administration.
Judges mount the bench every day in cos
tunes which make them to the audience In
court appear to be among 1.-The boys" and
their authority and dignity undoubtedly
suffer from 1t. Judge Barnard used to sit
in velvet Jacket. and he right, for
this was good dress to curse and sell JUS
tice in. We do not mean to say that gowns
are the best costume that Could be devised,
but they are the traditional judicial cos
v,rrIo Co. and fhnN-
have the advantage of covering up the
other clothes. We are quite sure 1t is hard
err to be a fraud or an ignoramus in a gown
than in a cheap ready-made suit Of many
colors. Nobody who has ever assisted at
the robing of an English judge, for in
stance can deny that the process seemed
to transform him and make him seem for
the moment something more and other
than familiar friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
PARDON BROUGHT BY A DOG.
At the Feet of His Convict Friend
the Animal Dropped the Document.

At the Feet of His Convict Friend
the Animal Dropped the Document.
From the CINCINNATI Enquirer.
1t was dog that brought liberty to a
convict in the Kentucky peritertiary re-
Gently. The intelligent brute acted as a
messer ser between Gov. Brown and the
felon, carrying the pardon in its mouth
from the executive mansion to the prison,
and. after gaining admittance, to the re-
cipient of clemency himself. The dog is
the property of the governor. and the con-
Wet is O. G. Garden of Louisville, who
was sentenced two years ago to serve a
term of eight years for manslaughter.
For some time Garden has been employed
as "trusty'' at the executive mansion,
doing chores and running errands. inc
dog a fine-looking specimen of the shepherd
breed is family pet, and is unusually in
telligent.
1t was part of Gardens duties to look
after the animal. and they came to be fast
friends When the prison doors were open
ed in the morning the collie was there to
meet his convict friend and accompany
him to the mansion. At night he returned
with his striped playmate to the grim
portals.
When the pardon was made out it was
81 ggested that the dog be permitted to
carry the welcome of freedom to his de-
voted friend The paper was inclosed in a
stout envelope and given to the animal,
which Was told to go to the penitentiary.
With a wag of its tail, it left the man.
SIGN and RAJ down the old accustomed
route to the PRISON. telephone message
arprsed the guards of his coming, and he
was admitted without delay.
Garden was in the yard patiently await
ing the arrival of the governors messen-
ger, never dreaming that the dog had
been selected. Catching sight of the we'll
known face, the dog ran up to the con-
Wet and laid the envelope at his feet. The
glad cry of happy surprise that the over
joyed prisoner gave vent to on catching up
the official envelope and tearing 1t open
was re-echoed by a successions of joyous
banks from the four-footed harbinger of
good tidings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
A NEW POKER DECK.
Eleven and Twelve Spots In Each of
the Various Suits.

Eleven and Twelve Spots In Each of
the Various Suits.
From the New York World.
Draw poker, Americas national game
has made its way steadily in popularity, as
means of social recreation, ever since
United States Minister Schenck made it a
fad in London years ago.
A serious drawback to the general intro
duction of the game into the parlor has al
ways been that the number of people who
can sit into a game has been necessarily
limited to four five. The ideal game of
poker is with five players. On the deal
twenty-five cards are exhausted. That
leaves twenty-seven In the deck from which
the players may draw. Less than that
number in reserve is likely to see the deck
exhausted on the draw, which makes it
necessary to go to the discarded cards to
complete the draw, very unsatisfactory
arrangement
possible for q party of eight to sit around
a table a new deck has been made that
contains sixty. The new cards are the
eleven and twelve spots in each suit. The
new deck is known in the trade as the full
house."
A dealer near Union Square says that
the new decks are selling quite freely, and
that the indications are that six, seven
and eight-handed games of poker will be
the most popular round-table game of the
winter The addition Of four eleven and
four twelve spots to a deck will at first
strike the player as novel, and it will take
him some time to get used to such start
ling hand as three twelves and a pair of
elevenS.
The addition of the additional cards in
wolves no change in the rules of the game,
although it will upset all present theories
of chances in the draw, and the card
sharps will have to do some new figuring.
The Introduction of the eleven and twelve
materially increases the possible number
of full-hand combinations, increases the
possibilities of "fushes' and "straights''
and adds an additional and most delightful
| uncertainty to most delightfully."- uncer-
tain game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
THE NEW DIOCESE.
Financial Resources as Reported by
the Endowment Committee.

the endowment COmm1ttce.
At the recent primary convention of the
diocese of Washington the endowment
committee reported the following revenues
as reliable:
From parochial assessments, $500; from
one-half of the revenue Of the Episcopal
furd, voted by the convention In 1872
$JSS; from per cent on one-third of the
accommodating Episcopal fund, s116; total,
1924.
The committee also reported that in their
opinion some $500 additional could be raised
by readjusting the parochial assessments,
So as to redress some evident inequalities
in the existing scale. 1t appears that the
endowment committee secured subscrip-
tons and pledges equivalent in value to
about 700. The following parishes are
represented on the subscription list:
Epiphany $1,000; st. Johns, Washing
ton. s12,625; Trinity, $4,000; St Pauls
$500: Christ. Georgetown; $500; St
sl,05O; ST Johns, Georgetown, $1,000; st.
Stephens, s, 900; Christ, Navy Yard. $500;
ST. Michael and All Angels, $500; St.
Thomas 800; st. James, $500: from indi-
v:duals, not identified with any of the
parishes, s6,9lS: total, $4S313.
In addition to these subscriptions there
has been pledged 1919 per annum from
three parishes, to wit: st. Johns, 500; st.
Thomas, $3.50; Emanuel, Anacostia, So.
st. Johns has also voluntarily raised its
assessment $780, so that this parish has
contributed in all the equivalent of over
$4,000. Thus the total result of The labcrs
of the endowment committee amounts to
the equivalent of So, 500. which. it is esti-
mated, will yield a revenue of 81, 1874. If to
this is added the revenue above stated OF
So, 224, and the estimated additional paro-
cEial assessments of $500. there will Ie-
suit a total revenue of Sc, los.
The diocese will be in receipt, however, of
large funds from the legacies so generous
ly divided with it by the diocese of Mary
land Within a month or two it is eN-
pected that it will come into the possess!on
from these sources of the following
amounts, namely: About s:S:S, 900 in interest
yielding securities; about $4,000 more in
real estate, part of which will be yielding
income.
1t will be seen from these figures that the
new diocese will enter on its career finan-
ciaily we'll equipped for its important work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
DOES ENGLAND WANT CUBA:
A RumOr That Spain VIII Cede the
Island to Her

The officials at the London foreign Office,
when questioned on the subject yesterday,
declared that they knew nothing, save
from new spaper reports, of the story which
has been circulated to the effect that Great
Britain is negotiating with Spain for the
cession of Cuba
The report referred to was that Great
Britain, in return for the cession of Cuba,
would turn Gibraltar over to Spain, as
sumo the Cuban debt and acquiesce in the
Spanish plans in Morocco. Prime Minister
Canovas del Castillo, it was said, was fa-
vorable to the idea of cedng Cuba to
Great Britain, but only a last resource.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
Truxton Beale's Tour.

A dispatch to the New York World from
London says:
Truxton Beale, formerly United States
minister to Persia, and afterward to Greece,
is now in Paris, but is about to start on an
extended tour along the entire southern
frontier of Asiatic Russia from the east
shore of the Caspian sea to Port Arthur,
with a detour in Chinese Turkistan.
Mr.. Beale says there Is no truth in the
statement published in New York, and
Paris that his wife, daughter Of the late
James G. Blaine, has instituted proceedings
for divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
A FavOrlte,

From the New York World
Manager-'I think we'd better discharge
the conductor of car No. 1885,
Observation-Disclosures is the matter
with him.
Manager-'There hasn't been a passenger
complain Of him in six weeks. I don't
think he Ia collecting all the fares"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-03
MIR. Leach,s Work at Fort Fairfield.

The manual training school, taught by
Arthur B. Leach, closed Friday after an
eightSweeks term in every way successful.
1t was to have kept ten weeks, but MIR.
Leach received an urgent call to Portland.
and felt as If he could not disregard it.
The committee having the school in
charge reluctantly consented to it's close.
Mr. Leach understood his business we'll,
doing good work, and also having the
happy faculty of making friends of his
pupils. The satisfaction with the school
is so pronounced that there may be an
other term next year, The benches have
been stored away for safe keeping. The
tools have been sent to Stockton for use
in manner somewhat similar to their
use here. Such school fllls an emphatic
want among manyssof our boys. To Mrs.
A. @. Paul, more than to any other one
person, is duo the credit for the existence
and success Of this Dschool in Fort Fair
field. Fort Fairfield Beacon.