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line. or % per cent Of the total mileage in
the United States. The gross earnings
were s1,OO3, O22, $685. of which 500. 465. 702
were from passenger service, $685.. 2.9ss
from freight service, and $26.217.595 were
other earnings from operation, covering
the earnings from telegraph, car mileage
balances, switching charges. etc. The OPP
Grating expenses were $6T7 .667 .635. leaving
net earnings of Ss25,355,21S. as compared
with net earnings of $500, 1910 for the
same roads in 1894. Reduced to a mileage
basis. gross earnings were S6,096, operating
expenses were S4,119 and net earnings were
$1,977, or a decrease in gross earnings OF
s13 per mile as compared with 1891, and of
$1,094 per mile compared with 1883;
decrease in operating expenses of S44 per
mile as compared with 1894. and of $I5S per
mile as compared with 1888. Net earnings
show gain over 1894 of 81 per mile of line,
but decrease of 1897 per mile as compared
with 1893. Passenger receipts fell of Sl!7
per mile as compared with 1894, while
freight receipts show a gain of sl49 per
mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Queer Conduct of q Deer.

From the Forest AMI Stream
Some years since, with five companions I
was still-hunting deer in Arkansas. On the
morning We were to break camp 1 should
cred my Winchester to take a farewell
tramp over the grounds We had hunted for
two weeks had walked about one and a
half miles and was standing near the end
of a prairie. Behind me was a very briery
slough. / had been standing several min
utes when l heard three successive sounds
of noises that were much louder and coarser
than the whistle or snort of any deer l had
previously heard. At first 1 thought it some
other animal, but presently he was in sight,
and when within about 200 yards of me ran
into a flock of turkeys
He would single out one and chase II
away, then another, until he had chased or
nine OF ten, likely all of the flock, when he
returned to the line, or track, he was follow
ing and came on, part Of the time trotting
and part Of the time walking, but all tbs
time travelling as IL he were tracking some
thing When within eighty yards of me he
came on my track and stopped. turning half
around, giving me fine shot. He was only
a three-point buck, and rather small for a
three-pointer, but he seemed 10 be on
the warpath, judging by the way he
chased the turkeys, and he seemed TO care
very little for me- Now. l have frequently
heard deer whistle when frightened, and
have heard them snort from the same
cause, but this deer made altogether a
louder and different noise from either
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
A Giving PICTURE. TRAGEDY.
Some Children Carry Realism Too Fnl
to Suit Maternal Critics.

Some Children Carry Realism Too Far
to Suit Maternal Critics.
From the Philadelphia Call.
A few days ago score or more of boys
and girls, whose ages ranged from seven to
ten years. living in the upper part of Port
Jervis, were wild with delight over the pros
pect of a series of shows to be given by
several enterprising youngsters of their own
age in barn owned by a merchant. An ad-
mission fee OF five pins was. charged. and
all the pincushions IN the neighborhood
were depleted. The barn was crowded The
show was great success, and it was an
rounced that it would be repeated on the
following day.
The children gave such vivid outline of
the performance as to create suspicion that
all was not right. The mothers concluded
to attend the performance and were horri-
fed to see the curtain drawn up on pictures
in which their offspring were exposed as
naked as on the day they were born.
Each mother made a rush for her child,
and, drawing him or her across her knee,
proceeded TO play such tattoos as to fill the
barn with lamentd tons.
The living-plcture exhibition having been
broken up 1t was thought that the show
business had been disposed Of. Not so. Sew
eral of the youngsters had seen .'Od Ken
lucky" and decided to give a repetition.
All went we'll until the fire scene, when
the barn caught fire, and 1T took the COM
bined efforts Of the neighborhood to put 1t
out. not to speak of the narrow escape of
thirty or more children from DEATH The
harm has been padlocked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Swiss Mountain Vultures.
From the Spectator.

From the Spectator.
But the most striking instance of the child
devouring tendency of these birds occurred
in the Bernese Overland. child three
years old, called Anne Zurbuchen, was taken
up to the high alp at hay-making time. and
left asleep while the father fetched load of
hay. He returned to find the child gone. At
the same time another peasant, called Henry
Michel, coming up the mountain by a
rough path, when he heard a child cry At
the same time he saw a lammergeier rise
and sail away. Running up to the place, he
found the little girl. unhurt except for
wounds in the arm and left hand where the
bird had c1utched her. She had lost her
socks. shoes and cap while being transport
ed by the bird. the distance traversed being
about $50 yards. The facts were all entered
in the parish archives of the village of Hab-
keren; and the GIRL who lived to be an old
woman, was always known as 'Geier Ami"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
PEOPLE WHO LIKE ANIMALS.
RcsembIances Which May Be Seen in
the Human Countenance.

RcsembIances Which May Be Seen In
the Human Countenance.
From Tid-Bits.
1t has often been stated that people who
have charge of certain animals grow to be
like them in features, and, probably, to an
extent in habits An 'ostler's face, for in
stance tends to resemble that of horse.
while the keeper of monkeys develops fea-
lures which bear likeness to that animal.
and men in charge of cattle become bovine
in appearance.
1 have heard that the Esquimaus and
Laps, when they are in the water are in
constant danger of being shot by seal hun
tiers because they look so much like seals.
In each case the head only appears above
the water. and somewhat the same express
sion of countenance is common to both. I
cannot explain the reason why such re-
sembance should come to pass; / only say
that such does happen to be the case.
1 don't exactly remember what led me to
take up the study of physiognomy, unless it
was that one day happened to catch sight
of a man with face which Immediately re-
minded me of camel.
Coun.enances bringing to mind foxes pigs.
elephants, balloons, fawns, rabbits, tigers
and host of other animals are to be met
with.
The goat face is familiar to all of u.s. but
not so the face resembling an owl Such a
one has come before me. One could see dis
tinctly the round face, eyes like globes. and
the thin nose, reminding one of the beak.
The cat is also represented, as is also the
more ferocious tiger, while the bulldog-like
physiognomy of the Bill Sykes genus is very
common.
solitary cases. If the eyes are wide open
and used freely, 1t will be possible to notice
instances of animal face almost every day or
ones lifetime.
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CAMERA FIENDS.
Working on n New Scheme to Catch
Snap Shots.

From TIE Albany State.
THE camera fiends are working a new
scheme for catching snap Shots" remarked
friend to me, as we rode down town in
a Belt Line car. Nothing is too sacred or
private for these people. Some of them
have been known to take picture of
clergyman In the act of praying in his pull
pit. Now they have taken up the idea of
making collections of photographs of pretty
girls and women. They carry their kodaks
with them on railroad trains and get
focus on every pretty face they can get
into range. A friend of mine living on Pine
Hill has a very pretty daughter. aged about
sixteen years. She had been visiting some
friends up north and returned home the
other day. She was quite excited and in
dignant over something which had happen
ed to her on the train coming home. She
told her mother that a man on the train
she realized what he was about, had taken
her picture. She was sure of that. because
he had looked at her with an exultant sort
of expression on his face as though he
my list The fellow took the photograph
of other ladies in the car, and when the
train arrived at the station he walked out
of the car with the proud air of hunter
who was just returning from a successful
days hunt.
Now. what do you think of that?" asked
my friend. THAT fellow could not do any
thing like that south Of Baltimore Re-
spectacle people would mob him. He is no
better than a thief in taking lady's pic
ture in a surreptitious manner and without
her consent. 1t is high time to draw a line
somewhere within which these kodak fiends
can carry on their operations. Respectable
ladies travelling without escort are at the
mercy of these people, and something
should be done to put a stop to this prac-
tice. 1 wish you would say something
about Il In your paper"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Street Names of the United States.


From the New York Tribune.
Much use is made in the post Office of a
directory containing the names of all the
streets in every city of the country. This is
published by the Post Office Department at
Washington and is valuable in supplying
addresses that are deficient or incorrect
From this volume it is learned that New
York has greater total of numbered streets
than any other city. Its highest is 222d
street. Chicagos highest is 13Sth street, in
spite of the big areas which have been an
nexed to the western metropolis. BROOKLYN
has a Tooth street. Curiously enough. Keene,
NJ H., with a population of less than ten
thousand, has a ODD street Philadelphia
does not go above I'D street in numbered
streets. Main is the most popular street
name in the United States; 40 cities have
Main streets. 1t is a remarkable fact that
this city, the biggest Of all, has no Main
street 1t used to have, but has no longer.
Washington'S name has been given to 3io
streets. There are some 2I5 High streets.
of which New York has one, a short thor
oughfare on the north side. Cities to the
number OF It's each have Broadway.
Forty-five cities and towns have a street
named Blaine.
Galveston, Texas, perhaps because there
are only twenty-SiN letters in the alphabet,
has adorned certain of its avenues with
these names: Avenue ME-, Mp. or, and so
on to the end of the list. kearney, Neb.,
alone has streets called X and Y. Columbia,
alphabet, and Wheeling. w. Va, numbers
it's alleys from First to Thirty-third. Both
Lexington, KY, and Washington have a
Tin Cup alley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
RHODE ISLANDS POPULATION.
Denser Than That of Any Other State
for More Than n Century.

From the New York Sun.
The census recently taken of the inhabit-
ants of little Rhode Island preserves the
states claim, which. although often dis
puted. has not been overcome for more than
a century, of being the most thickly popu-
lated state in the Union. Rhode Island is
the smallest of the states in respect of area,
covering only 1900 square miles, while Della
ware has 2, 100. Connecticut 400 and New
Jersey $500. But the population of the
state is in excess of 100000 and increasing
rapidly.
During the first twenty years following
the revolutionary war Rhode Island. which
became state in 1870, gained very little
In por'ilation. and in the year 1850 the total
popula ton reached only $4,000, or less than
nait OF what ii is today. With the enormous
Increase of manufactures. however, during
and since the close of the war. the industrial
population of the Unions smallest state,
which row has S40.O00,O00 invested in the
cotton factories, and as much more in wool
en- mills. has taken rapid jump upward.
Since the taking of the first federal census
In lIW. when there were, on the average,
sixty-three Inhabitants to the square mile
in Rhode Island, until the present when the
average number is 1914. the state has
tanned its distinction of being the most
closely populated in the country. Massa-
chusetts has held the second place and Con-
| necticut had the third until 1870, when New
Jersey superseded it, and Connecticut fell
| ropean countries, however. the present dem
sity of population does not appear so great.
BY the last official enumeration the popu-
lation per square mile in Belgium was $50
and in England sos
Rhode Island has a water area of 1875
square miles. which is more than one-tenth
the total surface of the state. The gain in
| its population has been greatest. of course,
in the large cities, but the manufacturing
II dustries of Rhode Island are diffused so
generally that there are more than a dozen
small towns with rapidly increasing indus
trial population. Between 1870 and 1880
Pawtucket increased in population from
GEO to 27,oD, Woonsocket from 1900 to
10000 and Providence from 6S 600 to 49,, 600.
Bristol county, Rhode Island. which is south
of Providence. on the Massachusetts, border,
has an area of only twenty-five square miles,
whereas New York. prior to tine annexation
of the new Westchester territory, had a
land area of forty square miles,
An erroneous notion prevails in many
quarters that what regulates the density
OF population in state or country is the
compact habitation of all parts of it, but
the fact is that high percentage Of popu-
lation to the square mile comes from the
l lumber of cities and towns within the state
or country, and railroads or waterways ac-
count largely for these.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26

Gimbel Bros, merchants of Philadelphia,
have engaged to ship 100000 in gold coin to
the Secretary of the Treasury, under the re-
cent agreement of Secretary Carlisle to pay
express charges both on the gold received
and the greenbacks sent in return. One Of
the members of the firm said: I'VE have
done this simply to encourage our fellow
merchants throughout the country to do
likewise. Speaking for our own firm. can
say that We are willing to exchange every
dollar in gold We receive for an equal
amount in greenbacks."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Effect of peInxic Sealing.

The revenue cutter Bear. the last govern
ment vessel to leave Boring sea, has brought
down some startling evidence of the effect Of
pelaglc sealing upon the Alaskan seal herd.
which frequents the Prebilof, or Seal Is
lands This year not less than sixty schoon-
ers began hunting in Rering sea August i,
and captured nearly 10000 pelts, about 80
per cent of which were from females. This
does not show the full extent of the injury
done.
The resident treasury officers and agents
of the North American Commercial Com
pany made a careful count OF the dead pups
found at the close of the season, when the
sealing schooners had left the sea. The
census was just completed when the Bear
left, and reached 27.0O0, and does not include
those in the last stages of starvation. 1t is
said that the actual pecuniary loss to the
United States and the commercial world by
this needless waste Of animal life would
reach hundreds of thousands of dollars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
Capt. Whites Annual Report Shows
the Hazards of n Clerk.


the Haza rls of Clerk.
The report Of Capt. James E. White, su-
perintendent of the railway mail service.
shows that during the year 49I accidents
occurred to railway post offices, In which
seven clerks were killed and 17s injured
while on duty, an increase over last year
of 1877 accidents and twenty-sevcn clerks
killed and injured. The superintendent re-
news his recommendation for the passage
of bill making provision for the relief of
clerks injured in the line of duty, and for
their dependents. During the past ten
years 3,1S5 accidents occurred to railway
post offices. in which sixty-four clerks
were killed and 800 injured.
OF the 1871 $1,000 pieces distributed
and redistributed, but 1,166,6S2 errors &C.
CURED. being one error for each S,S94 pieces
handled correctly. as compared with one
for each 1884 pieces in 1880, enc for each
1854 in 1892, and one for each 1881 pieo es
in 1894. This is the best record to date.
The superintendent attributes the degree
Of efficiency to the fact that the civil ser
vice has resulted in securing only compe-
tent men for railway postal clerks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Temporary Telephones.

From the Boston Transcript.
A novel Idea in telephone practice has
been put into execution by a New England
company. A letter has been sent to all the
physicians in New Haven stating that In
many cases Of sudden attacks of Illness a
telephone from the house of a patient to
the residence Of a physician would be of the
greatest value. To meet this need the
the physician attendant, a telephone would
be placed in the house for a period Of
thirty days for the sum Of s, and II the
family wished then to continue the service.
the same rates would be made for each sue
C ed ny month. The plan promises to be a
success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
SnYa the pOOl In LeRaI

President D. w. Caldwell of the Lake
Shore railway does not see anything wrong
in tho trunk line presidents agreement.
There are positively no grounds" he says.
whereby any legal exception can be taken
to the rules embodied in the agreement. Its
fundamental principle is the making and
maintaining of all fares, rates and rules Of
the association"
do you think Senator Chandler will be
able to Quash the agreement"
What do We care for what Senator
Chandler or Congress does? Nothing Illegal
has been done. People down at Washington
are making all the fuss, but they will find
that their efforts will have been for naught."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Registration committee-Miss NJ. E. Beck
EFT. CicilY PAYNE, John Mahoney.

Registration committee-Miss NJ. E. Beck
EFT. Cicily Payne. John Mahoney.
Music committee-E. H. Hunter
Reception committee-E. A. Clark, Hattie
Geary. Christina Carter. Ida Brown, Flor
ence Hawkins, Berthenia Davis Julia Har-
rison, Mrs. NJ. C. Howard. Mary Ferguson,
Mrs. Maria Kicks. Bessie Hail. w. H. Daw-
ley, Rebecca Thompkins, Geo. Brown.
Keller Memorial Lutheran.
Decoration committee-NIrs. l.. A. Kali
back, Mrs. G. w. Carr, Adolph Bowlder.
fishers committee-Chas. Boyd, w. K.
Erb D. w. Keck.
Entertainment oommittee--Mrs. D. w.
Keck. Miss NJ. NJ. Keck. L.. A. kalbach.
Excursion commtttee-Geogge L. Beeler.
Registration committee-Jos Boss, Edith
Keck. Lily Bowlder.
Music committee-W. o. Little.
Reception commitIee-Rev. 9. II. Butler.
r. H. Bowlder, Mrs. Chas. Boyd, Mrs. c.
A. Sickle, Miss c. Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Western Commercial Congress.

The eighth annual convention of the
Transmississippi Commercial Congress was
convened at Omaha yesterday. President
G. Q. Cannon of Salt Lake opened the ses-
sion. Though the terrific storm throughout
the west delayed many delegates, 800 dele
gates greeted the presiding officer when the
convention was opened. The morning ses-
sion was devoted to welcoming the guests.
At the beginning of the afternoon session
the committees were appointed, credentials
examined. and the convention regularly or
ganiZed. These preliminaries occupied the
greater portion of the afternoon session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
The New Chilean Cabinet,

1t is announced that the new Chilean cab
met will consist of the following members:
Senior Renjifo, minister of the interior.
Senior Guerrero, minister of foreign af-
fairs.
Senior Arce minister of finance.
Senior Borgono. minister Of war.
Senior Toro, minister of justice.
Senior Albano, minister of public works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Mrs. Reid's Vivid Dream.
From the Stanford Gly.) Journal

Mrs John Reid went to visit latives at
Paint Lick. The next morning after her
arrival she announced at breakfast that
she had dreamed the night before that
some one had entered her cellar at home
and stolen some of her preserves. She was
laughed at, but so deep was the impression
made upon her mind by the dream that
she curtailed her visit and returned home.
She went into the cellar, to find that her
dream was not all dream, for some one
had been in her preserves ard had taken
thirty-two quarts in her absence The
thief made careful selection. taking only
had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Senator Chandler. COMPLAINT.

Senator Chandler has written an open let
ter to the President, making formal COM
plant against the trust aud pooling agree
ment, now nearly finished, of the eight
American railroad trunk lines and the one
Canadian line, controlling the traffic be-
tween New York city and Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Trying to outwft Americana.

Europeans have been trying to persuade
the government of Nicaragua to annul the
canal contract entered into with citizens OF
the United States. AS result the opinion
of Judge Duarte of the supreme court has
been requested on the subject. The official
report of the agent of the Nicaragua
Canal Company has been made public. and
declares that organization to be adverse to
the construction of the canal under the su-
pervision of the United States government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
Confident of II.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Lady of the house-"I should think you
would be afraid to come around In the back
yard 1 notice you didn't do it last week on
account Of our big dog
Tramp-"No'm. But I knew that dog
wasn't here no more.
Lady Of the house-"How did you know
lit"
Tramp-"I let him have that piece o. 20
you gave me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
DEpREDATIoNs OF poAcHERs.
Said to BE Only Ten Buffalo Left IN
the National Park.


A dispatch from Butte, Mont, eaysi It
is stated IN connection with the arrest OF
]. s. Courtney, charged with killing buffalo
in the National Park. that there are only
ten of these animals left in the park; that
the soldiers and park officials are unable
to protect them from the poachers, and
that the true condition of affairs Is kept
from the department at Washington. There
are warrants out for the arrest Of six
others who were with Courtney in a recent
raid. but so far they have eluded arrest.
1t is claimed other wild animals In the
park are slaughtered as rapidly as the
buffalo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
DIMINISHED EARNINGS.

Railroads Have Lost $1,000 Per Mile
In Two Years.
The interstate commerce commission has
just issued a preliminary report on the in
come and expenditures of railways in the
United States for the year ending June 30
1895. prepe red by the statistician. The re-
port covers $50 roads, with 164, $50 miles of