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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04

MT. LabOuchere Fails to See Why
Savnges May Not De Exclusive.
From the London Truth.
Among the few spots on the face Of the
earth which have managed to keep them
selves out Of the grip Of European agrees
sion is the plateau of Thibet This the
Thipetans have so far achieved by abso-
lutely fcrbidding any foreigner to enter
their country. They foresee. take it. that
once admit the explorer, and you will
find coming behind HIM the missionary, be-
hind the missionary the trader, and behind
the trader the soldier --'- '--Sii'' '
They judge from what they see and hear
that the only way to preserve political in
dependence against the encroachments of
the civilized foreigner-Briton, Russian,
or whoever he may be-is to prevent him
any .preteAt. That they are right in this,
the history of every ''non-civilixcd" people
abundantly proves.
Last week. before the Royal Geographical
Society, Mr.. st. George r. LittledaIe re-
counted to an admiring audience the result
OF an organized attempt on his part to
break through the exclusiveness Of the
Ihibetans and penetrate to Lhassa, des-
plte the objections of the people. For this
purpose he fitted out an amateur expedi-
| tionary force. His party entered Thibet
thirteen Strong. among them being party
of PathanS armed with rifles and reyoi-
vers III 's' J." "'.,,s' -" =,
When they reached the more thickly pop-
Giated region of Thibet, they were oficiallv
ordered to retire. bat persisted in advance
ing. The Thibetans were evidently afrai
to attack. but parties armed with swords
ana matchlocks rode alongside of the in
vaders At a river ford the Thibetans made
show Of resistance. "A determined-look-
ing Individual laid his baud on Mr.. Lit
tledales bride. The latter Whipped out
ms revolver" and ordered his men to load
put, on seeing that they meant to fight. the
1n!betans again gave way. D-H
Inc invaders pressed on to within two
marches Of Lhassa, where the Lamas came
out In force with about 800 men and or
dered them to retire. So alarmed was the
country that all the bridges between this
point and the capital were destroyed. At
THIS point, however, Mrs. LirtIedsfle;, who
mad accompanied the party, was taken i'll.
and her husband withdrew the minimum
demand Which he had formulated, that he
should be allowed to enter Lhassa, and
partly by threats and partly by diplomacy
succeeded in getting permission and as.
slstance to pass through to Kashmir.
l would respectfully ask what right has
any private individual to fit out an armed
expedition of this kind and ATTEMPT to
force his way into a country the rulers ami
people of which, for excellent reasons. or
der him to withdraw? 1t sounds very fine
and plucky, no doubt-though to all appear
ance twenty resolute and well-armed En-
g1shmen might subdue all Thibet in a few
weeks.
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II
A WOMANfs ISLAND.

Three Times ms Many Women az Men
mt Tristan da, Cunha.
from the Boston Transcript
From tho isolated group of little islands
In the South Atlantic, Whence the Gagged
eagle, Napoleon. was ,guaEded though 1900
miles distant, on lonely ct. Helena. comes
by faraway. roundabout means the strange
tale Of life without communication with
the rest Of the world for Six months, and a
bit Of history In a community in which wo-
men outnumber the men by such major
fty that they may compel obedience by
force, II necessary. The news from the
group Of Tristan da Cunha, the three little
islands midway between the Cape Of Good
Hope and the coast Of South America. came
through the captain of the ship hartford,
who says that In about latitude 81 degrees
5 minutes south and longitude IL degrees 10
minutes his vessel was signaled by
small boat. The yards Of the hartford
were backed and a boat came alongside.
In 1t were several men and quantity of
potatoes. eggs. milk and penguin skins. The
men offered the fresh produce and the
skins in trade. saying they wanted cloth
Ing, tea, rice, sugar and -four from the
ships stores IN exchange for the articles
they brought from their island home. They
told the captain that they depend on pass
ing vessels for the provisions they named
and for clothing, and that the inhabitants
OF the islands were in dire distress, because
for six months not boat had succeeded in
kailing ship.
The population of the island of Tristan
da Cunha. as reported to the captain of
the hartford by the men in the boat, is six.
ty, the women outnumbering the men in
the proportion of three to one. Therefore
there are forty-five women and fifteen men,
The group consists of three tiny volcanic
isles, Tristan, the largest being seven miles
IN 81 diameter dn the center being mountain
1900 feet high: InaccessihiH'' ahoIit f:ro
miles across, and Nightingale Island. a
baby islet. just big. enough to hold two
hills. The islands have been under the.
British flag since 1916. though, as the men
in the boat told the master Of the Dart
ford, no European government had paid
any attention to them in the memory of
was at st. Helena, 1900 miles distant, a
British garrison was stationed on Tristan,
but was withdrawn after the death of the
exile: Corporal William GLASS; his wife and
family and two private soldiers were per-
mtted to remain on the island when the
garrison was withdrawn. The population
had increased to sixty people, some of
the accessions being due to shipwreck and
some to desertion from whaling vessels
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CAPTURED A SHARK.
And Found in It's Capacious Nav n
Paper Addressed to Himself.

And Found in Its Capacious Nav n
Paper Addressed to HIMSELF
From the London Answers
Zone afternoon, when we were in the In
dian ocean," said the captain, II noticed a
shark swimming round the ship, and
didn't like 1t a bit. You know the supersti-
ton to the effect that following shark
presages the death of one of the ships
company. He sailed round US all the next
day, and the next after that, and deter
mined to catch him and quell my uneasi-
ness We baited a hook, and after a short
time captured and killed him. Then we cut
him up. Do you know what we found in
that sharks inside? No? Well, a news
paper, unopened, and it will surprise you,
as it did me, when tell you that it was
addressed to me-"
A shout of great laughter went up from
the captains audience, who winked at each
other unblushingly. He, however, took all
the bantering in good part, and when the
jeers were ended he said:
Nov, gentlemen I'll tell you how it hap
pened. I found that my children had been
skylarking the day before in the cabin.
They found among the mass of reading
that had been brought aboard some un-
opened newspapers addressed to me. They
had been throwing these newspapers at
each other, and one Of them went out Of
the portfolio. The shark saw II, of course,
and gobbled it down; and that was how it
happened Now, gentlemen, Judge for your
selves the truth OF my story"
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Experiment With Marked sa,mo,

Last year twenty-six salmon. caught after
a freshet at a boom in the Weser river, near
Oeynhausen were marked by introducing
numbered clamp of the kind used to fasten
papers together in the large fin on the back
Circulars were then sent by the German
fish commissioners to all people interested
along the river that these twenty-six salmon
had been returned to the river and in the
interest of pisciculture it would be desirable
to know when, where and at what weight
the fish were caught again. Until recently
but two Of these fish had been caught, one
Of which had assembled the river fully sew
enty-f1ve miles, while the other was caught
at a considerable distance below the point
where they we're first taken and returned to
the wet element. Both of them had in
creased in weight and size, the respective
data having been given to the fish COM
mfssioners Two weeks ago three of the
fish were caught together by one fisherman
at the mouth of the Weser river where at
this season salmon will ascend the stream
in schools. Considering that it Is nearly a
year and half since these fish were return
ed to the river 1t Is certainly very strange
that three of them should be found together
now.
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vICTORIA's DESCENDANTS.
Sfxty-Three Are Living and Ten Have
Died.

From the Gentlewoman
A labortous genealogist announces as the
result OF years Of minute labor that the
queen mas had nine children, of whom she
has lost two; forty-one grandchildren, of
whom eight have lived; and twenty-three
decentralization, all of whom are living.
She has, therefore, sixty-three descendants
Evins-seven children, thirty-three grand
children and twenty-three of the next gem
GRAFTON. Her next eldest great-grandchild.
the Princess Feodore of Saxe-Meiningen, is
nc nearly seventeen. SO that in all prob
ability her majesty will live to See her
gri ndchildren's grandchildren. Few Eng
Hsh soVereigns before Queen Victoria have
seen grandchildren grow out of infancy:
anu none ever saw a great-gra ndchild.
Hence, her majesty had to determine the
question Of presidency in the case of the
Drchess OF Flies children, and she wisely
decided that they should rank only as
daughters of duke
This decision was in accordance with a
Rouse law decreed earlier in the reign, by
which the title of prince and royal f1ghness
is united to the children of the sovereign,
and the children of the Sovereign's sons the
children of the sovereigns daughters TAX
irg precedence only according to the rank
CT their fathers Thus the Princess Hell
enas children rank as children of Prince
Christian only, while the Duke of Com
naughts are royal highnesses, and Prince
Arthur of Connaught's son and successor
if he has one, will be the Duke of Con-
Taught, as an ordinary duke, taking prece-
dence merely by date of the creation OF
his dukedom. This is now the case of the
Duke of Cumberland on the roll of tho
house OF lords, though he is STYLED royal
mghness as son of King Of Hanover.
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part OF the limited States speak and write Of
Paine's celery compound, bot q word would be
needful.
Unfortunately. when published in the stereOtyped
peges OF daily paper. these enthusiastic letters
can't help losing part Of their earnest, persuasive
character.
Paine's celery compound Is not Of the many
sarsaparfllas or nervines that manage to make
themselves public, as far their names 70,
but without making themselves known to suffering
people by actual use Paine's celery compound has
been used and Enthusiastically recommended by the
most 1udicious considernte. careful men and women
In every city in the United States, as an absolute
cure for nervous debility and exhaustion neuralgia,
sleepessness, melanchOia, hysteria headaches dys-
pepsa, rheumatism kidney trouble, and all blood
diseases. 1t is the best cpring remedy In the world
Bright and breezy April days have a stronger
charm OF hope about them than any other days Of
the year. Now Ii the season appointed By Nature
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any one had cared to insist upon knowing
how she lived or where she stayed at
nights?
He might have followed her-at q dis
lance. But 1t Is sometimes very easy for
q very insignificant and needy person to
rebuff those who honestly believe them
selves eager to help. And so. when old
Easter, the candy woman, would say, in
answer to inquiries about her life II
sleeps at night way out by de Metarie
Ridge cemetery an gets up in de mornin'
up at de red church. I combs my ha'r wild
de latanier an washes my face in de ole
Basin, 1t was SO easy for those who want
ed to help her to say to their consctences:
she doesn't want US to know where she
lives" and. after few simple kindnesses,
to let the matter drop.
The above ready reply to what she would
nave called their "searchin' question prov
ed her woman of quick wit and fine imag-
inatton. Anybody who knows New Orleans
at all well knows that Metarie Ridge ceme-
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Dr. Parkhurst's best aid in his untiring crusade
against crime In the metropolis is his wife.
In looking after her husbands health Mrs Park
hurst IL doing more than all the members of the
women's campaign. Am worried about the doc
tors healthT' says Mrs. Parkllurst Not at ALL
feel that he is tired. but he recuperates, anil
never try to hinder him from piece Of work, be-
cause feel he will have the strength for it. NV
greatest pleasure is in helping him to carry out
his IDEAS Mrs. Parkhurst wrote to Wells
Richardson Company. January %, 1895:
DR. Parkhurst has used Paine's celery compound
for two weeks with benehcent results. Il has helm
ed to keep him up while very tired"
In subsequent letter to the same druggists, on
January %, she said: Il the Paine's celery
compound is doing Dr. Parkhurst good am under
obligation to Mrs. for bringing II to
our notice"
If 1t were possible to reproduce in cold tyne the
emphatic tone in which men and women from every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04

in de streets-caze they was gwine hurt
him. An he's mighty smart, gifts him right
time O. de moon! But mos ginally he for
gits.'
EFF I hadn't a fell an sprained my leg
las week de bread it wouldn't "a mos give
out, like it is, but done soak down de in
sides o. some ole condense milk cans an
soak de dry bread in it for him an to-
morrer I'm gwine out agin. Vas, tomorrer
I'm bleeged to go, Gaze, you know, tomor-
rer OATS my birfday an all my family
dey looks for a party on my birfdayD
cont you, you yaller, stub-tail Teller you!
Eff he warnt sort O. hungry I'd make him
talk for you. but amt learnt him much
yit-he's my new comer!'
This last was addressed to the yellow
dog.
II had bline Pete out here till 'istaddy
I done adopted him las year, but he struck
out agin beggin' Gaze he say he can't stand
dis heah soaked victuals. But Pete, he
amt rale bline, nohow He's des got
sinkin' sperit an can't work, an 1 keeps
him Gaze a sinkin' sperit what amt got no
git-up to it, hits heap wuss N blineness
He's got deze heah yaller-whited eyes an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04

herself for new growths and casting OF Of the
old parts that have served their purpose, and are
outworn and diseased. That terrible throbbing OF
the heart, the neuralgia, the headche. the leaden
weight over the eyes and In the forepart OF the
head, need only Paines celery compound to vanish
forever.
faines celery compound has come legtimateiy
by Its present tremendous reputation a. an invig.
orator. nerveregulatOr, bloodrestorer and body-re-
cuperator There In hing experimental about Il.
No remedy In existence received such EN-.
phatic and plainspoken testimonials from sick all
Ing, tired and rundown men and women.
1t 10 no halfway cure that is attempted BY
Paine's celery compound but a clean sweep Of
every trace OF neuralgia rheumatism. constipation
headache. dyspepsia snd blood impurity from the
system.
Take fa'ne's celery compound in the spring to
purify the blood, strengthen the nerves and make
health!
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when he draps his leds over 'em an trim
bles EN-, you'd swear he was stone bline.
an dat stuff wha' he rubs on 'em it's In
ju'ious to de sight. SO I keeps him and
takes keer of him now SO I won't have a
blind man on my hands-an' to save him
fom sin. too.
''Maam? What you say, missy? De cats?
Why, honey. dey welcome to come an go.
I des picked 'em up here an dar Gaze dey
was whinin'. Any breathin' thing dat 1
sees dat's poer n what I is-why. fetch
EN- out once-an' dey mos ginally stays.
But, If you yong ladies will come out
d'reckly after Easter Sunday, when got
my pervistons in, why, I'll show you how
de ladies intertain dey company in de old
days when Gin'ral Jackson used ter DO de
wine"
Needless to say there was such birthday
party as had never been known in the lit
tie shanty on the Easter following the visit
Of the three little maids.
When old Easter had finished her duties
a. hostess, sharing her good things equally
with thoEe who sat at her little table and
those who squatted in an outer circle on
the floor, she remarked that 1t carried her
away back to old times when she stood be-
hind the governors chair while he h'isted
his wine glass an drink ter de ladies' side
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Irish of 1t.

From the Chicago Record.
marie. what are you doing up on that
straightforward why don't you have Nora
sash the windowsf'
because. II she falls and hurts herself
I'll have to do her work"
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curls." And crazy Jake said .sYes," he re-
while blind Pete remarkAd that to his eyes
1.-THE purtiest thing About, de whole birfday
party was dc bo quet osiEaster lilies In dc
middle O. de table,
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Due to CIGARETTES.

From the Yonkers Statesman
He-"Oh. dearest I have lost everything
I ever had"
She-'Therei always said those horrible
cigarettes would rob you of your brains"'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
Supposed to Know,

From the Yonkefs Stateman.
A doctor may be able to speak but one
language, but he 10 supposed to have some
knowledge Of all tongues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
RIGHTS OF EXPLORERS.

MT. LabOuchcre Fails to See Whv
Savnges May Not De Exclusive.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
LEGAL NOTIFIES

NJ Office OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
IN In the Superior Court in and for the Cifv and
County OF san Francisco, State of California,
Dept. 8, Probate In the matter OF the estate Of
LEWIS SOBER, deceased.
order OF the Superior Court of the City and
County OF San Francisco, State of California
% Sbs on estas fe 0 on daE q sE I IN sns matter
undersigned administrator with the will annexed
of the estate of LEWIS sober, deceased, will
sell at public auction 70 the highest bidder for
cash and subject to confirmation by said superior
Court, on THURSDAY. the 10th day of Septem-
OF g. II. Umbsen & Co., No. Ia Montgomery
street il the City and County Of san Francisco.
all the right, title. interest and estate Of the
said LEWIS SOBER, at the time OF his deaf h,
and all the right, title and interest that the
wise acquired other than or in addition to that
of the said LEWIS SOBER, at the time of his
death. in and 10 all those certain lots pieces or
parcels Of land situate and being in the City and
County OF San Francisco, state of California
bounded and described as follows:
FirSt-COmmencing OF point the southerly
line of BuSh street distant thereon one hundred
and thirty feet and six inches easterly from
the easterly line of Larkfn street. running thence
easterly along said southerly line of Bush street
thirty feet, thence at right angles southeriy one
hundred and thirty seven feet and six inches
thence at right angles westerly thirty feet, and
thence at right angles nOrtheriy one hundred and
thirty-seven feet and six inches to said southery
line Of Bush street and to the point of commence
ment Being part of 50-vara lot NO 1867 as laid
down on the official Map OF the City OF san Fren-
cisco
Second Commencing at a point IN the southeriy
line Of O'tarrel street distant thereon one hun
dred and thirtyseven feet and six inches easterly
from the easterly line of Mason street. running
thence eastery along said southerly line of OFsr-
rell street fftyeight feet to the westerly line OF
Carlos place, thence at right angles sontherly
along said westerly line of Carlos place ninety
seven feet and six inches, thence at right angles
westerly ffty-eight feet, and thence at right
angles northerly ninety-seven feet ana six inches
said southerly line of o. Farrell and the
point Of commencement, being part of 50-vara lot
No. o54 on the official map Of the City OF San
francisco.
Terms and conditions OF sale: Cash, lawful
money of the United states, ten per cent of the
purchase money TO be paid 10 the undersigned on
the day of sale, balance on confirmation Of sale by
said court. Deed at the expense of purchaser
EMILE SOBER, Administrator with the will
annexed of the estate OF LEWIS SoHER, de-
ceased.
Dated August 1S, 1896.
W. A. PLUNKETT, Attorney for Administrators,
Mills huilding
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
MARRIED.

BROWN-AARON--In this city, September g.
1896, by the Rev. NJ. 3. Levy, Abe L. Brown Of
Mary and Fanny Aaron Of San Francisco.
HAAS-SOLoMON-In this city, September /
1898. by the Rev. NJ g Levy, Gustave A. Haas
and Sadie solomon, both OF san Francisco.
6, 1895, by the Rev. F. W. Fischer Henry q.
Haustein and Emma NJ. Wirtb.
LANE-STONE-In New York City, August g.
1895, Ralph Lane and Mrs. Edith f. Stone
formerly OF San Francisco
NEW MAN-DRESNER-I this city, September
3, 1896, by the Rev. NJ. :. Levy. Morris New
man OF Kings City, Monterey County, and Pau
line Dresner of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.

I 9 ACRES, AN IMPROVED PLACE IN so
l. = noma County; orchard vegetable garden,
house, barn, chicken-houses, brooders, chickens.
DUCKS horses and all implements.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
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The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08

WE HAVE A BARGAIN FOR ANY ONE
W wishing good 10-acre fruit orchard in full
bearing only 40 miles from san Francisco; house,
Darn. windmill and chicken-house; cheap and will