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matter of simple duty to the sex. He was
giving up his sleep. was going down a
thousand rect of steep trail to offer his
services during the rest of the night as
simply as an eastern man would have Of
1ered his seat in an omnibus to a woman.
having resumed his coat, with a bottle
OF whisky thrust into his pocket he put
on a pair of India rubber boots reaching to
bis thighs, and, catching the blanket from
ms DUNK, started with an AK and shovel on
his shoulder on his downward tourney.
When the distance was half completed he
shouted to the travellers below; the cry
was joyously answered by the three men;
he saw the fourth figure, now u1mistak-
ably that of a slender, youthful woman in
cloak, helped back into the wagon, as If
deliverance was now sure and immediate.
But Jack, on arriving. speedily dissipated
that Elusive hope; they could only get
through the gorge by taking off the wheels
OF the wagon. placing the axle on rude
sledge runners of split saplings, which,
with their assistance. he would fashion IN
a couple of hours at his cabin and bring
down to the gorge. The only other a!terna-
tive would be for them to come to his
cabin and remain there while he went for
assistance to the nearest station, but that
would take several hours and necessitate
double journey for the sledge If he was
lucky enough to find one The party quick
ly acquiesced In Jacks first suggestion.
Very well" said Jack, then there's no
time to be lost; unhitch your horses and
well dig hole in that bank for them to
stand In out Of the snow" This was
speedily done. Now" continued Jack,
you'll just follow me up to my cabin; It'll
a pretty tough climb, but I'll want help to
bring down the runners
Here the man who seemed to be the head
OF the party-of middle age and a superior
professional type-for the first time hest
tated. Il forgot to say that there is a lady
with us-my daughter" he began, glancing
toward the wagon.
Il TeCkOne0 as mucho inferr,1pfed lar
simply; land allowed to carry her up my
self the toughest part of the way. She kin
make herself warm and comf'ble in the
cabin until We've got the runners ready"
You hear what our friend says. Amy?"
suggested the gentleman, appealing to the
closed leather curtains of the wagon.
There was pause. The curtain was
suddenly drawn aside and a charming lit
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A NIGHT IN THE DIVIDE.
BY BRET HARTE.

With the lulling of the wind toward
evening it came on to snow-heavily, in
straight, quickly succeeding flakes, drop
ping like white lances from the sky. This
was followed by the usual Sierran phe-
nomenon. The deep gorge, which, as the
sun went down, had lapsed into darkness.
presently began to reaprear; at first the
vanished trail came back a wildly
whitening streak IN the night; then the
larches and pines that assembled from 1t
like buttresses against the hillsides glim-
mered in ghostly distinc tness, until at last
the two slopes curved out of the darkness
as If hewn in marble. For the sudden
storm, which extended scarcely two miles,
had left no trace upon the steep granite
face of the high cliffs above; the snow
slipping silently from them, left them still
hidden in the obscurity of night. In the
vanished landscape the gorge alone stood
out. set in a chaos of cloud and storm
through which the moon beams struggled
Intellectually
1t was this unexpected sight which burst
upon the occupants of a large covered
station wagon who had CHANGED upon
the lower end of the gorge. Coming from
still lower altitude they had known
tarily ceased, but had left a record of in
tenslty in nearly two feet of snow. For
some moments the horses fioundered and
struggled on, in what the travellers be-
neved to be some old forgotten drift or
avalanche. until the extent and freshness
of the fall became apparent. To add to
their difficulties the storm recommended,
and not comprehending its real character
and limit they did not dare to attempt to
return the way they came. To go on how
ever, was impossible. In this quandary
they looked about them in vain for some
other exit from the gorge The sides OF
that gigantic white furrow terminated in
darkness. Hemmed in from the world in
all directions it might have been their
tomb.
But although they could see nothing be-
yond their prison walls they themselves
We're perfectly visible from the heights
above them And Jack Tenbrook. quartz
miner, who was sinking tunnel in the
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white canada stretched before her In a
vague bulk of the. mountains rose on either
side Of her In q mystery that was not Of
this life. Yet 1t was not oppressive; neith-
or was it restfulness and quiet suggestive
trsry, the highly rarefied air seemed to
give additional keenness to her senses; her
hearing had become singularly acute; her
eyesight pierced the uttermost extremity
CT the gorge. lit by the full moon that oc-
casionally shone through slowly drifting
clouds. Her nerves thrilled with a deli
cious sense Of freedom and q strange de-
sire to run or climb. It seemed to her. in
he: exalted fancy, that these solitudes
should be peopled only by a kingly race.
and not by such gross and material churls
as the mountaineer who helped them. And
I grieve to say-writing Of a sentimentalist
that was and a heroine that is to be-she
was getting outrageously hungry.
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4 Thoughtful Child.

From Harper's Razar
Reggie. this is the third time have had
to tell you not to make so much noise when
you are playing
We'll. ma IT seems like three hundred
to me-"
Come. come sir: is that the way to an
swer your MOTHER" demanded Mr. John
son, sternly.
How could tell you were listening, pa?"
replied the artlcss child, with more logic
in his answer than might at first appear.
Reggie. Rescie"' demonstrated his mo-
Their; you're getting just like one of those
naughty little street arabs"
Well" began Reggie.
''Silence" Numbered his father
Cant / speak," demanded the culprit.
Mo-
'Why?'
Because I've forbidden You to-
But why did You forbid me tor
BecaIse you are bad boy
How am l A bad boy"
Answering your mother hack"
Il had to. 1t was The third time she'd
spoken to me-"
And making such noise it was almost
impossible to hear ones self speak
Didn't you make any noise when YOU
We're a little boy?'
Reginald" exclaimed Mrs. Johnson.
warnincly, lis that being respectful TO your
father"
Il just asked"
Now, nowr'
Il only wanted"
Il declare, if you say another word or
make the least bit more noise, I'll spank
your
There was silence for nearly a minute
after this, and then:
Mamma
Yes
Il wouldn't do that if / were you"
do what?'
Spank me-"
why not?"
Because I'm sure if you did Ia make a
great deal more noise"
Then Mr. and Mrs. Johnson put on their
hats and went for a long walk together
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
The Sewing Machine business.

FROM the New York Times.
The sewing machine does not occupy the
position in domestic life that it did ten
years ago. There has been a great revolu-
ton in the sewing machine business in that
time. The evolution which began when the
fcremothers of the country gave up their
hand looms and sent their spinning and
weaving 10 the factory is still going on The
appearance of the sewing machine marked
one stage of the evolution, and its disap-
pearance as one of the most important as
slstants in every family marks another.
The sewing machines are superior now TO
tnose made ten or twenty years ago, and
they are made to do better and a greater
variety of work, but the great demand for
them comes from different quarters One
large sewing machine company which has
an output OF over 100000 machines a wear
In this country alone manufa ctures fifty
distinct types of machines. and with the
variations of the types there are several
hundred different kinds of machines Many
OF these go into factories A woman can
buy undergarments ready made che,ner
IMAM she can buy the material and make
them herself. This is owing 10 the factory
work, where each worker makes a part of
a garment which has perhaps been cut out
by die, fifty pieces at a time. The lack of
room In city departments makes economy
OF space a necessity, and the housekeen.r
Tor the periodical viSitationS of the seam
stress Ut dfesSmaker hires machine from
places where speciality is made of that
branch OF the business. Outside the large
cities this practice is not so common. The
manufacturers say that The family trade
trey lose is made up not only in selling to
manufacturers, but to the many foreigners
IN the country. who, in a city like New
YORK, do great quantities of work for
manufacturers on their own machines in
their own homes. 1t is estimated there are
one million machines sold in the United
States annually. The statistics of tho
census OF 1890 showing the number of
used are interesting They also show that
the production of mems clothing in fac
tories was nearly double that of the tailor
ing establishments. While the actual num-
Der or machines sold annually during the
last ten or twenty years has not varied
greatly, considering the increase of the
population. 1t has proportionately Gecrea sed
25 per cent or more.
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AUSTIN CORBIN IN FICTION.
The Late Railroad MaEnute and NJ
Menier Both NOvelized.
From the Boston Post


1t is 4 singular coincidence that after
several months of more peaceful rest in
the grave than is usually vouchsafed to
a dead millionaire. two widely different
events should have recalled to earth the
shades Of Austin Corbin within the same
week. One of them-a sensational law
suit-may be days wonder and then be
forgotten. the other will within thirty
days have spread all over the civilized
world the briefest possible summing up
of his chief claims for renown
The very day before the news of the
law suit came out there appeared the first
lnstallment of Rudyard kipling's long ex-
pected American novel, "Captains Cour-
ageous. In the second chapter the hero
who is on fishing schooner off the banks
is giving the captains son some idea of
his fathers wealth The is a multi-milIion-
aires son rescued from the seal. When
car
'Haow? Lobster carp
No. His own private car, of course,
You've seen private car some time in
your iife?''
''Slatin Beeman, he hez one" said Dan.
cautiously. Il saw her at the Union de-
pot in Boston, with three niggers hoggin'
her run. dan meant cleaning the Win
dcws-) But Slatin Beeman he owns
'baout every railroad on Long Island they
say: an they say he's bought 'baout ha al
Moo Hampshire an run a line fence round
her, an filled her up with lions an tigers
an bears an buffalo an crocodiles an such
all. Slatin Beeman he's millionaire I've
seen his car. Yes!''
We'll, my fathers what they call a null
d-millionaire; and he has two private
cars"
So thinly yelled is this reference that the
twelve letters in Slatin Beeman's name
might just as well have been plain Austin
Corbin. There can be no mistake as to who
is meant, and If the success of the novel
5ustifies the expectations of the three pub
fishers, who between them are said to have
paid $4,000 for the serial rights and SIS, 900
more en- account Of the book rights, all in
advance of publication, the memory of the
capitalist who built up great railroad
system and an immense game preserve
living by the one and dying by the other is
likely to be long kept green in the minds of
the great world of novel readers. 1t is
pretty terse recapitulation of a mans
career, but it covers the chief points in
the life of an transformations person.
Apropos OF game preserves, M. Menier
who intends to devote portion of his new
ly acquired Island of AnticoSti to that pur-
pose, Is said to figure in one of the most
successful of modern French novels lie
Maitre de Forges," by George Ohnet Not
however, in so desirable a manner as in the
case of Mr.. Corbin. On the contrary, he
appears as leading character. NJ. Mouli-
nier, a noveau richie chocolate manufac-
tLrer, disguise SO slight that all Paris is
said to have easily recognized the original.
ton of many an anxious schooma' am who
wanted something emnently proper for the
ubiquitous young person to read in French.
The authors dramatization of the story
has been played on our stage in French,
English and German. besides. which it fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
They Do Not Throw Their emilia,
From the Portland Oregonian,

The spines Of the porcupine are very
loosely attached to the body, and they are
very sharp-as sharp as a needle at the
outer end. At almost the slightest touch
they penetrate the nose of dog Or the
clothing or flesh Of person touching the
pcrcupine, and stick there, coming away
from the animal without any pull being
required. The facility in catching hold
with one end and letting go with the other
has sometimes caused people to think that
the splnes had been thrown at them. The
outer END of the spines, for some distance
barbs cause a spine once imbedded in a.
living animal to keep working further in
with every movement Of the muscles, SO
that it is not a pleasant thing to get stuck
full of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
Women Afraid of Women.

From the New York Weekly.
Jinks-''Have you ever noticed what spite
full things women will say of one another?'
Blinks (married)-"Yes. and / never could
understand why they were afraid TO make
digs at a woman except behind her back
and yet they will rip out anything they
please to a man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

frcm the New York Press.
Gentlemen of the jury" asserted the
counsel for the accused, There can be no
doubt Of the unsound mental condition OF
the prisoner. We shall prove to you that
during his long and striking career as a
poster artist he got every one of his de-
signs out of his own head,'
At this conclusive evidence a wave OF
pity swept over the audience and the most
callous of the jurymen burst into tears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
A Popular Remedy.

From Puck.
He-"I think DR.. Jenkins will very soon
have large practice"
She-"Why?'
He-"He has just had a case in which he
prescribed millinery for hysteria."
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nishes the material for the construction of
The 1ronmast"r," Lady Clare" Glare
and the Forge Master and ''Dakolar"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-13
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS.

The District of Columbia democracy
held its convention yesterday to choose
delegates to the national convention at
Chicago. A combine slate was fixed
up, embracing delegates from the sew
eral sections of the city, and despite
many vigorous efforts to break it went
through, with the exception of Edwin
Forrest, who was beanen by George
Killeen by three votes. The delegates
to Chicago are Robert E. Mattingly,
Frank P. Morgan, John Boyle, VIM.
Holmead, George Killeen and Z. l..
Jordan.
This platform endorsed the adminis-
tration of Grover Cleveland, particular
ly the stand taken on the Venezuelan
question, and expressed sympathy for
the Cuban insurgents.
The plank contained in the demo-
cratic national platform of 1856, and d.
rected against the know-nothing party
of that day, was put in the resolutions.
This declared that a political crusade
in the nineteenth century against Cath
Ollie and foreign-born citizens, is con-
trary to the genius of our institutions,
and cannot be too severely condemned.
The endorsement of the administra-
ton was received with mingled cheers
and Kisses. and evoked hot anti
Cleveland speech from ex-Congress-
man Turner, who has been practicing
law in Washington since his retirement
from active participation in Tammany
Hall affairs.
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Foreign News.

VIENNA. March 13.-The Neue FREE
Presse says that the entire Italian gar
rison at Verona have deserted Will
their arms and baggage and crossed
the Austrian border into Tyrol. Hun
dreds of Italian deserters are crossing
the border daily.
MADRID, March l3.-The tone Of the
articles 10 the Spanish press discussing
yesterdays proceedings of the U. ;.
Senate indicate that the Spanish regard
the tendency Of the debate as good
symptom. Most of the journals point
out that the final resolution of the Sen
ate hangs over Spain like the sword OF
Damocles, and the country must not
lose one minute in its war preparations
in case the belligerency of the insur-
gents should be recognized.
LONDON, March ia dispatch fcom
Constantinople states that the agitation
in Crete is increasing. At Trabanos
several Turks were alleged to have
been murdered and forty Cretans were
arrested for the crime and acquitted,
but are still in Jail.
PEKIN, March 13.-The reported
conclusion of a treaty between Russia
and China is confirmed.
ROME, March 13.-The report that
the Italians are negotiating with King
Menelek to the end of concluding
peace between Italy and Abyssinia is
confirmed upon official authority. 1t
is learned that Generals Albertone and
Nava and many other Italian officers
who were believed to have been killed
in the battle at Adowa on March 1st
are not dead.
LONDON, March 13.-Doctor Besant
has issued circular to the senate of
Cambridge University advising them TO
initiate the example of Harvard Univer-
sity and found a woman's university,
which may confer degrees upon wo-
men.
ROME, Mar. 13.-Major Salsa, who
went into the camp of the Abyssinian
army for the purpose of asking the per-
mission of King Menelek to bury the
bodies of the Italian soldiers who were
killed in the battle of Adowa and also
for the purpose of making inquiries
concerning the Italian prisoners, has
announced that he has entered into
negotiations with King Menelek for the
conclusion of peace.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. March Is.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March Is.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections this morning directed 8
favorable report on TO - posed
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for the election of United States
Senators by the popular vote of the
people.
The Navy Department is advised
from Beaufort, S. c., that the battle
ship Indiana, about the safety of which
there was some doubt, was sighted this
morning going up the bay to the Port
Royal drydock.
Mr.. Anderson of Richmond, secre.
tary of the Virginia Good Roads Asso.
citation, was al the Capitol to-day talk
ing with the Virginia congressman in
favor of bill for national aid to coun.
try roads.
Negro politicians from all over the
South are now swarming in the Capt.
toll, extolling their own personal infu-
ence in the.States in which they live,
and on the lookout for offers from tie
agents of the various republican Presi.
Dental candidates.
Of the six delegates to the national
democratic convention elected by the
democratic convention of this city yes
terday evening, five are free silver
men, though the convention endorsed
the President, who is dead against free
silver. All the six had been previously
determined upon except one, Mr.. Geo.
Killeen, who said it would never do
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-13
FOREIGN NEWS,

General Baratieri, who has arrived at
Massowah, admitted that he mad yield
ed to rash impulse in making the at
tack which led to the disastrous de-
feat of the Italian forces at Adowa.
Brazil mas offered to buy the Italian
cruiser Lombardia, which has been ~
ing in Rio harbor for many weeks with
yellow fever on board, over hundred
of the crew having died of the disease.
The whole of the republic of Hon
duras has been placed under martial
law, pending the settlement of the civil
revolt in Nicaragua, in which the pres
ident OF Honduras has espoused the
cause of the Ielaya government against
the rebels.
General Weyler has issued a procla-
nation to soften the severity of the
proclamalions issued soon after his ar
rival in Cuba, and which will make
submission easy for the insurgents cap
tured in the provinces of Havana and
Pinar del Rio, providing they promise
before witnesses to be loyal to the
Spanish cause.
Two hundred students of the
University of Corunna, Spain, yes
terday, engaged in demonstra-
ton against the United States
and burned an American flag.
At Alicante thu mayor and police,
while dispensing q mob, were pelted
with stones. In the British House OF
Commons Mr.. Broderick, of the War
Office, in response to an inquiry, said
that if any English officers volunteered
their services to Spain in the event OF
war with the United States they would
be liable to the penalties of the foreign
enlistment act. Mr.. Balfour declared
that in the case of war between Spain
and the United States he did not think
the former country would resort to the
use of privateers to destroy American
commerce. Mr.. Balfour explained that
there had been an acceptance by all
the powers that neutral flag covered
enemies goods, except contraband of
war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-13
TELEGRApHIC BREVITIES.

TIE residence and store of J. n.
Hall, at Harrisville, Pa, was burned
this morning and his aged mother per-
ished in the flames.
Seven thousand men and women,
members Of fourteen Chicago local
unions Of traitors, went out on strike
this morning in sympathy with the
| clothing cutters and trimmers.
New Hampshire bank commissioners
TO day reported to Gov. Busiel their
Examination of the affairs of the granite
S ate provident association of Man
hester. They find deficit Of 1851 ,91S
The jury in the case of Frank Wal
lace, who year ago killed Joe Quarles,
correspondent of the Kansas City
Sunday Sun, at Dallas, Texas, has re-
turned verdict of not guilty. Quarles
had published scurrilous story about
Wallace and the latter stabbed him TO
death.
The question of the legality of the
election of municipal officers by the
Baltimore city council as a result of
the revolutionary act whereby Mayor
Hooper was recently shorn of his pow
er, will very sooD be taken to court for
settlement.
The case against DR.. Brown, pastor of
The First Congregational Church, at
San Francisco, who is charged with
immoral conduct, closed last night.
There is prevailing opinion that the
verdict will be nothing worse than IN
ministerial conduct.
A train on the B. & o. Southwestern
railroad was held up at Salem, ILL.,, yes
serday by man who boarded the pas
senger coach and began to search the
passengers. The train stopped only
short time aud only one man was rob-
bed, the robber getting sos from him.
The losses by last nights fire in the
Wayne County Savings Bank building
at Detroit, Mich, will probably not ex-
coed 100000. Detroit commandery
No. l.. Knights Templar, who occupied
the top floor, is the heaviest loser. The
furniture and fittings were valued at
S25, 900 and are practically total loss.
The three hundred and odd uniforms
in the lockers are also more or less in
iured and the loss on them will be
heavy. The damage to the building is
about $4,000.
The residence of Valentine Mushbackcr, at
Bantam, o. burned this morning. An old
man named Isler, and Teenic Mushbacker,
aged Is, were burned to death Mrs Mush-
hacker leaped to the ground receiving severe
injuries.
The steamer Ohio, which has made tour
of the West Indies, with party of excursions
lists, arrived at her dock in Philadelphia this
morning
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Methodist Conference.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 1.-Two O
the most important subjects to be con
sidered by the Baltimore conference Of
the NJ. E. Church to-day were on the
programme as special orders. First
the Bacon resolutions which, if embodi
ed in the law of the church, would en-.
large the powers of the conference and
restrict the authority of the bishop;
second, the election of delegates to the
general conference which meets in
Cleveland, o., in May. In addition to
these attractive features of the confer
euce session, the lay convention, which
meets every four years, gathered to-
ge;her in the lecture room ofthe church.
Rev. G. c. Bacon made d speech in
favor of his resolutions.