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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10

danger for the mother, and danger for
the child One of the chief uses of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is to take
from this time its dangers and its suffer
ing. In this the Favorite Prescription
has found its greatest usefulness, and for
success in this line, its most enthusiastic
praise has come. 1t insures comfort and
safety for the mother, vigor and health
for the child. 1t should be taken during
the entire period of CESSATION.
In Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser" there are several chapters on the
reproductive physiology of women; written
in plain language, and carefully illustrated
The book contains over three hundred Illus
trations ant colored plates, and greater
amount of ct information about the hui
man body in health and disease than was
ever before published in one volume. The
book contains over one thousand pages, and
has reached the enormous sale of nearly
seven hundred thousand copies, at 81. 30
each. The present edition of half million
copies is absolutely free. The volume,
paper-b bound, will be sent postpaid to any
one who will send twenty-one cents in one
cent stamps, to cover the cost of mailing
only If handsome, French cloth, en-
bossed cover is desired, send ten cents ad
ditional Thirty one cents in a1l, for that
more substantial binding. Address, Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, No. 663
Main Street Buffalo, N. Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
DO FISHES SUFFER PAIN.
Apparently Not, Though In Many
Respects Most Sensitive.
Fro

Apparently Not, Though In Many
Respects Most Sensitive.
From the New York Sun.
All fishes have nerves, and in some
respects fishes are extremely sensitive.
fish that has buried itself in sand or mud so
completely that only the tip of its tail fin is
above the bottom will feel upon that the
slightest touch and instantly dart out of its
sandy bed A fish Is very sensitive to move
ments in the water surrounding it. A
shadow falling upon the water will startle
fish into flight But sensitive as fishes are
in some respects. 1t is probable that they do
not suffer pain from injuries received.
Fishes are extremely sensitive at the nose
A fish that had in pursuit Of prey run its
nose against a rock might shake it's head
tain serious injuries from actual wounds
without showing any indication Of pain. In
fact the indications tend to show that they
do not suffer.
but has ESCAPED, perhaps carrying on q
hook II. Its mouth. may few minutes after
ward bite again at another hook. Such IN
stances are not infrequent In such cases
the hook would probably be concealed by
the bait and the fish would not be likely to
see it. but the fact that 1t Is ready to take
the bait shows that it is continuing to feed,
which 1t would scarcely be likely to do if 1t
were suffering great pain. shark from
whose body all the viscera had been re-
moved has continued to feed.
Sensitive as fishes are about the nose, many
of them use the nose in pushing stones and
gravel about in building nest for the
female to spawn in. The salmon notorious
ly often wears its snout down to the bone in
excavating cavity for nest, and often 1t
wears off its tail to mere stub in brushing
out stones and gravel. Yet such fishes fire.
quently recover from their injuries and re-
turn to the ocean.
Timid and sensitive as fishes are in some
respects, they fight one another vigorously.
In such fights they may receive injuries
that might be described as terrible. To
these injuries they may pay so little atten-
ton that after the fight is over they so on
with their feeding or with whatever occupa.
ton they had been engaged in.
Injuries which would throw human he.
ing into state of helplessness do not inter.
rupt the current of fish life. The fish may
afterward die from it's injuries, but appar
emily it does not suffer pain from them.
Fishes sometimes survive injuries of a re
markable characteeI The stomach of cap
| tured Goldfish was A9und to be pierced by 9
/ spine of a floundeEsWhich it had swallowed
| The sharp. thorn-Hke spine projected abou
half an inch beyohds the outer wall Of The
stomach into the ssh's body: APPARENT,
the Goldfish had Suffered no Inconvenience
from this. The wound caused by the spin,
had healed aroundit. and the Goldfish wa.
fat and in good condition generally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10

From the Green Bag.
The late lord chief justice of England
used to tell his friends this anecdote at
his own expense:
Driving in his coupe toward his court
one morning, accident happened to 1t
at Grosvenor Square. Fearing he would be
belated. he called a nearby cab from the
street rank, and babe the Jehu drive him
as rapidly as possible to the courts Of JUS
tice.
And where be they?
what, a London cabby, and don't know
where the law courts are at old Temple
Barr"
"Oh. the law courts, is 1t? But you said
courts Of Justice"
On his way to his judicial seat the chief
Justice saw at once that a line was drawn
In the common mind between law and JUS
tice. AS il. for instance. while one was dis
pensed the other was dispensed with.
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wise to remain IN full force

be void. or otherwise to remain IN full force
and authority"
AS the sun began to descend toward the
hills west of Cameron run the crowd be-
gan to thin out. All day long the cake and
pie women had been well patronized
oysters had been eaten up by country ne
groes who seldom ate them at any other
time, and the small beer man had found
ample custom. 1t notable thing that
the treating was not even mainly on the
part of the colored men; the colored women
treated the colored men. more especially
the young ones. more often than the males
invited the females to partake of the lux
ury of the tables
The short afternoon was quickly done.
and by the time the light began to fade. In
wagons, sometimes in carts and en-
foot or on horseback. the hirers and the
hired had taken their departure, and the
hiring ground was deserted. as was sup
posed. for another year; but. as Providence
had determined, was abandoned forever.
for this was the last hiring day at West
End. Most of the hiring bonds were for
feited, but none were paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10

nearly straight line to the ford at Gamer
on run, and thence went on south, toward
Fredericksburg. All of this road is now
obliterated. except about three hundred
yards which connects King street extended
with the Little River turnpike road. not far
from Cats Tavern, the outskirts of
Alexandria
The building burned occupied the corner
of the junction between the old road and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
COMEDIANS OF THE ANIMAL REALM
GrOtesque In Appearance and Clown
ish In Their Manners.


ish In Their Manners.
From the London Spectator.
Pigs, especially happy pigs. when not too
fat, bat only well liking" and free to
wander in a big yard and forage for them
selves are almost the most comic Of AMI
mails. Almost all the necessary elements
are present-fat bodies and fat cheeks.
twinkling eyes, tightly curled tails, short,
turned-up noses. voices capable of express
ing in a gruat intense gre edy self-satisfac-
ton, curiosity and all forms of squeaks and
saueals for surprise. fear and panic. The
writer recently watched a family of young
pigs, about eighteen inches long, just turn
ed out to spend the morning in a meadow,
and returned convinced that there was
not a moment at which their appear
ance and behavior was not too COM
ical for description. Each flower and
weed was tasted by the little pigs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
LAST HIRING DAY
Scenes Witnessed Near Alexandria
Thirty-6ve Years Ago.
SECURING THE SERVICES OF SLAVES
Business With the Hirers, Neces-
sity With the Hired.
BON DIS W z r E G. V + n
SECURING THE SERVICES OF SLAVES
BON IDS W z r E G l V + N

SHORT TIME AGO
one of the oldest
frame buildings in
this section of the
country was burned
at West End. near Al
exandria, Va. 1t stood
on the road, the main
southern road of CO.
lonial days, which,
crossing from -Addi-
son, now Shepherd,
by ferry to Vests.
now Fishtown, at
Alexandria. took a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
Relics of Political Contests That Were
Waged Before the War.
WHEN JACKSON WAS 4 CANDIDATE
Nearest Approach to the Modern
Button in LincoIn's Canvass.
THE RCHING Gu BIS

AMPAIGN b U L =
tons. described re-
Gently in The Star.
are comparatively
new features In po-
litical warfare. They
have made their APP
pearance in recent
years. They were
preceded by the
badge. but before
these was the cam
paign medal. some Of
which were as
famous in the pOliti-
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On the first christ

On the first christ
mas, nearly nineteen
hundred years ago,
in a little town of
Bethlehem in Judaa,
a wonderful thing &C.
CURED child was
born. The circum.
stances of the birth
made it wonderful,
marvellous, miracul-
GUS; but, after all,
was it so very much
more wonderful or
inexplicable tn a n
any other BIRTH
Birth and death are
the two greatest
phenomena of life.
Some tim es they
J come together. The
time of parturition is
full of both pain and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
Case of Antiques Abstracted From Thei
Owners House in New York City.

New York, Jan. 27.-Near midnight
Saturday the residence Of DR.. jain was
entered and a case of antiquities, val
ued at $4,000 was taken away. The
antiquities were a collection known as
the Zschile collection, principally gold
and silver.
Some 81 coo worth of jewelry and
silverware, Byzantine, Greek. Roman
and old German and Italian had been
carried off
Some discriminating notes from Lefe-
bre TO SchmOliz, were intercepted by
the police, whose suspicious of the
latter had been aroused and the two
men were arrested. Schmoliz was
away from his post of duty from to
II Saturday night, according TO his
own story and it was during that time
that the robbery was committed.
Mr.. Wernmghoff said the cost prices
of the articles stolen would make the
total about 1000. OF course, even
this is not the intrinsic value. for some
of the articles have their worth not in
their historic associations, but in be
ing parts Of complete collections. The
Zschile collection is valued because Of
the completeness of some certain
groups of articles of use and beauty.
Its eating utensils are an unbroken
history for several cen turtles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
DUPED BY 4 FRAUD
How Mrs. Peter NeIiis was Swindled and
Perhaps Led TO Crime

Erie, Pa. Jan. 27.-AIrs. Kate NJ. Mel
lis and Edgar Gardner. who were arrest
ed last night at Girard on the charge OF
poisoning the wOman's husband. Peter
Nellis. had a hearing today, both plead
ed not guilty. Mrs. Nellis claimed 10
have been under the influence Of Gard
ner. who IS an alleged spiritualist me-
dunn. Letters are in the possession Of
County Detective Sullivan, from Gard
ner 10 Mrs. Nellis. which he believes,
VIII connect the former with the case.
indirectly at least Gardner is said
to have been predicting that there
would be a case of poisoning in Girard
within two years. Last summer he
sent word 10 Mrs. Nellis that the spirits
dictated her 10 80 TO Cassadaga and
occupy a cottage there for long time,
at a cost Of several hundred dollars.
Gardner IS also said TO have told Mrs.
Nellis that in order 70 get closer rela-
tons with the spirits she must buy two
diamond rings. presenting one 10 him
and wearing the other herself, which
she did.
The Nellises have kept the leading
hotel in Girard. tow Of about goo pop
ulation. for a long time. Mrs. Nellis
is about 30 years Of age. and her nus
band was Slightly older.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
GROVER CLEVELAND Is SLY
And He has Lots OF Fun With English
Newspaper Men.

Chicago. Jan. 2i.-Walter Weliman
in a dispatch from Washington, says:
President Cleveland is not easily trap
ped. Tom Fielders, an American news
paper man, who has risen to the front
rank in London, was here for three
weeks trying to get an interview with
the president He had met John Cham
berlain in New York and John had
said 10 him: Come over to Washing
ton, Tom, my boy, and L will introduce
you 10 all the big people" Can l get
10 see the presidentI' See the Dresi-
dent!' echoed the only Chamberlain,
why of course you can. Mr.. Cleve-
land and / are chums. We VIII just
run in and make ourselves at home in
the White House. and perhaps Mr..
Cleveland VIII ask US 10 stay al night. q"
This was very 2''v---g and Fieiders.
having lived SO long in England that
he had forgotten the American tenden-
cy to jolly. took il all in dead earnest
After he reached Washington IL did not
axe him long 10 discover that Cham
berlain had been stringinS him a bit
He could get no nearer the president
than the big door which Mr.. ThUrber
guards so faithfully-the dead line over
which none Of the journalistic profess
sion dares 10 pass. Finally Amos Cum
mings thought he could work il. With
Fielders in tow he marched into the
White House. and literally rode over
poor Thurber at the door Of the presi-
dents room. Mr. President" said
Mr.. Amos. in his blandeSt tone, this
is Mr.. Fielders. a former constituent Of
mine. now living u England, and he
has come 10 pay his respects 20 you be
fore the war begins Amos thought
this a skillfuI opening. and 50 did Field
e-s. With such a cue, the president
would surely give him a great talk on
the war question, and what q selsa ton
the Interview would make in the Pan
Mall oh yes. Mr.. Fieiders OF the
Pail Mall Gazette said the president,
as Amos and Tom looked al one an
other in Chagrin. and they talked for
Two or three minutes about the wealth
.e-. and the visitors sadly withdrew ar
Thurber Er.nning diaboliCaIly al them
as -hey passed ont.
The English correspondent think %
great thing TO b. able - get iutl the
White House al all one q them was
asked by some friends 30 x along with
them u one ~ c-e presidents r-c=p-
tons and was thrown into a futJ=r %
excitement. 30 YOU really tank 1 can
-at in" ~ asked "ef cours- you cz.a
gel in-auy tha- can yak can Ee-
in" wsS the reply. You So. the Eng
lisa compare q White House affair 81 a
function ~ The queens castle and are
amazed that the common herd are a1-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28

mitted within the sacred precincts.
When Harry FurnisS, the carlOoaist,
was here a year OF two ago he was
very anxious 10 get in on the floor OF the
senate and houSe.-'I think l can arran-
&c il for YOU said Tom Oakley Of
TamEany Hall. You just leave II ID
me, III fix IT," Next morning Coakley
called al Furniss' hotel. It's all
right" ne said; I've seen the lord high
door keeper. and its fixed as a special
mark OF honor 10 you. At II O'Clock
sharp We are 10 be admitted 10 the
floor OF the house for fifteen minutes
and al II go we are 70 go into the senate
chamber" Sure enough this program
was carried out 10 the letter. and Fur
Mss was so much pleased that when he
got back 70 London he made a big nit by
writing himself up as the only English
journalist who had ever been h0nOred
by an invitation 10 visit the floors OF
the American houses Of congress. This
gave him a great reputation in London.
where few persons know that the doors
OF our congressional halls stand wide
open till fifteen minutes before noon.
and that whoever cares 10 enter may
do so without hindrance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
NIeetlnr of baseball Hen

New York, Jan. 27.-At the baseball
meeting Today the question of fixing
q time limit for the holding of players
in reserve was suggested by Chairman
Young, who at the time was unaware Of
the protest which later in the order
of business was made by the Eastern
league managers. After a brief dis
cussion of the matter by the members
OF Ehe board, the protest made by the
managers Of the Eastern league was
discussed 50 far as the individual
mebers Of the national board were con-
cerncd. there was only one opinion.
ard bha- was that in justice to the
minor clubs a time limit for holding
players, before they are paid for, should
be established.
The annual election for a chairman,
secretary and treasurer resulted. as it
has for years, in the election Of Nick
Young to the position.
\ number Of appeals for final deces-
ton between players and various clubs
were considered and disposed Of.
George 4. Flynn was released by the
board from reservation by the Peoria
club.
The case Of John Freeman. who is
claimed by both Detroit and Toronto.
was lad over until the February meet
ing ne ClalLn OF Detroit to the SerElc-
- Of George Harper, who, after sus-
pension from Detroit. played, without
protest on the part of Detroit. with the
Nashville and Rochester clubs, was
ClsalloW Il.
At the final session tonight this addi-
ton was made 10 article 6:
a club making selection Of a PLAYER
as authorized in the preceding para
graph of this article, shall have the
right within thirty days notice to the
secretary Of the board OF such selection.
- - withdraw from such selection. and
on notice u tha secretary he snail re-
turn TO the club the amount deposited
with him. A club failing TO obey this
within the time specified shall not be
allowed subsequently TO Withdraw its
claim, and Immediately on signing the
player to q formal contract. the sec
rotary Of the board shall remit TO the
original CLUB reserved the amount 10 be
deposited with him on account of such
selection The selecting club shall,
within sixty days of its original selec-
tion. tender the player selected 4 formal
contract as in paragraph "A" Of this
article, and in case Of its failure 20 do
50, the secretary Of the board shall re-
nit the amount deposited with the club
for whom the player was selected"
The managers then adjourned 10 meet
again ~ che annual scheduled meeting
On Ieb. -. when eli questions now be-
fore the league VIII be finally disposed
Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
EASTERN COMMITTEE MANAGERS
Party Rates and the Grand Army's st. Paul
Demand Before Them.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-The general mana
gers Of the lines in the eastern commit
tee of the Western Passenger associa-
ton met today to consider the ques-
ton of party rates which are making
trouble all over the association terri
tory. The Generalization seems to have
spread from the Chicago-St. Paul lines,
where the chief difficulty has always
been, and now is cropping out all over
the west. The managers decided that 1t
was advisable to do away with the
party rates entirely and substitute in
their stead something that would work
to the advantage of theatrical parties,
and at the same time be incapable Of
being worked by brokers for the inter-
est of private individuals. 1t was de-
cided that the passenger agents should
take up the matter 1t an early date and
If they Were unable 10 settle ii, the
managers will take another turn at *.
The question of CT. A. r. rates was
taken up, all of the roads between Chi
cagO and st. Paul stating that they
have received messages and letters from
ST. Paul asking them TO try TO fix up the
extension of time on tickets so that St.
Paul will not lose the encampment. The
feeling was in favor of making some
concession, and the matter went over
until after the meeting of passenger
S1S MS " 41AC1l GGt44ti LII tO4llOA IN ~
consider the G.. \. r.
Trunk lines have been requested by
the Oceanic Steamship company TO
make material reduction in overland
rates. 1t wants them TO enable ii 10
base on a SCI first-claSS rate, and a
SIS. 30 rate from New York to San Fran
cisco in the construction of through
rates TO Australian ports. These are
the rates which it claims the Canadian
Pacific is basing upon from New York
to Van COuver and it desires TO be put
in a position to meet the same rates
without cutting its own shares Of the
tariff. The trunk lines have referred
the matter to the western roads, and
thel after viii have a cOnsulta ton with
the Canadian Pacific before they take
any action, a the Canadian Pacific is
member of the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION and they are bound to protect
its interests against those of any out
slider
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
OMAHA AND ST. LOUIS SOLD
Buyer is Thought 10 be Baltimore and
Ohio Representative.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Jan. 27.-The
Omaha and ST. Louis railway system
was sold today by L. W. Ross, master
in chancery, in accordance with q de-
cree Of the United States circuit court
for the Western division Of the South
ern district of Iowa, in the case OF the
United States Trust company against
the Omaha and ST. Louis Railway COM
pany, dated Nov. 50, 1895.
The first mortgage bonds, for the SAL
isfactiOn of which the sale was made,
together with interest, amounted 10 So
3l2,OO2.16. The buyer was required 10
assume the receivers Indebtedness Of
$240,O00 on receivers certificates due
November, 1897, and claims for person
and property damage now in litigation.
a total Of $3.50, 170 There are also out
standing Sol 900 in second mortgage
bonds of an issue of S5S0.000 due May
l, 1925, and held by the Farmers Loan
and Trust company.
But two bidders made the required
deposits. These were w. c. Winston
of St. Louis. assistant solicitor Of the
Wabash, and Cornelius 3. Gold, rep
resenting the bondholders. Gold start
ed theb idding at s., 10000, and secur-
ed it al 81, $50 900.
Gold is generally admitted to repre-
sent the Baltimore and Ohio. IT was
generally understood that the 90 was
ready 10 take the line at a sacrifice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Nang-tse kiaug river of China
IS 5000 miles long. and navigable foI
goOd-sized vessels for more than two
thirds of that distance.
-George Ebers, the Egyptologist,
has discovered that many of the queer
medical recipes found in old English
and German books come from the an.
cient Egyptians. They were not known
To the Greeks. but were spread from
SalernO, the great medical school of the
middle ages, To which they must have
come through Coptic and Arabic trans
lations.
Five systems of law are in use in
Germany; 100000 people live under
the PruSsian code, :. 100000 under the
Saxon, 100000 under the French code
civil, 100000 under the German com
mercial code, the modernized form Of
Roman law. and 5OO,O OO under Scandi,
navian law. 1t is proposed 10 substi
tute new code, the draft of which was
completed tins year. for all the Older
laws
"A timepiece presented by Philippe
Fgalite 70 George ~. when he was
prince of Wales. was recently sold at
the Double sale in Paris It is in the
shape of negresS' head, with Jewels
in the wool and jewelled clasp for the
handkerchief. A pair of openwork ear.
rings hang from the ears; on pulling
one The hour il shown in the right eve
and the minute in the left; on pulling
the other a set OF bells chimes the hour.
This year is the gOOth anniversary
of the first appearance Of the fork in
western Europe, according 10 the
National Zeitung. Ia 995 a son Of the
Venetian Doge Pietro OrSeolo married
the byzantine Princess Argila, who at
the wedding breakfast brought out
silver fork and spoon. She was copied
10y the great Venetian families. though
the church opposed the fashion a. an
insult 20 Providence. II took 800 years
for the fork 10 reach Florence: in 1879
il is found in France. but il was not til
1908 that the traveller Corgats
brought it direct from Venice To Eng
land.
OF the Paris subsidized theaters
the Grand Opera and the Cometlie
franchise alone made both ends meet
last year. The receipts Of the Grand
Opera have steadily increased since
1892, when there was deficit OF 500.
600, and now there is a small balance 10
the good. The nightly average FOR
1891 was $3.50. Wagner's "Valkyrie"
and 'Lohengrin" drawing tho largest
audiences. $4,000 night. At the Come
die Franchise the receipts for the year
fell of $4,000, but as the expense were
cut down by 100000, a surplus vaa
shown The Opera Comique lost S2e.-
600 and the Odeon $1,000 by the years
business