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Evening star., 1896-10-24
The Apple staI. Hangs.
From the Cleveland Reeprdsr:

From the Cleveland RecprdSr
From Glenville Cornersecomes a tale Of
woe with an apple at the Top of l.. Sunday
morning while walking about his farm
John Schneider espied a tempting morsei
at the top Of his apple tree, and straight
way went about procuring it, to his own
misfortune and grief.
1t SO did happen that John was attired in
his choicest ra!ment, and while climbing
the tree his neither garment was destroyed
Undaunted. however, he reached for the
apple. Something broke, and he fell. I'm
medtately beneath the tree the festive
honey bee made honey, and the farmer in
voluntarily found himself forcibly deposit
ed upon beehive. Thereupon the bees sat
themselves upon the unfortunate for a
period, and, then yet unrevenged for the
destruction Of their home made war
against the family horse, grazing near by
The horse rushed to the housewife for pro-
lection and invaded her kitchen.
Mrs Schneider was cooking the midday
meal. The stove was overturned, and in
preventing a confiagration she narrowly es-
capped being burned. Schneider hurried to
her rescue and was kicked in the pit of the
stomach by the once docile horse, which
then set Itself about demolishing the con-
tents of the whole house, but was frus-
trated In his design by the narrowness Of
the doors. Mrs. Schneider then turned upon
the horse. She rushed at him with a
pfooHi. instead OF hitting the morse the
broom came in contact with clock, which
was thrown from It's shelf and practically
demolished.
The horse ran out Of his own accord, and
In the yard met the family COW. The cow
received a kick in the side, and, terrified
ran at the pet dog and tossed-him into the
air. She repeated. the performance until
the dog was dead. whensshe started down
the road, scattering all who were out for q
Sunday walk.
And over all the apple innocently hung,
and still hangs
Evening star., 1896-10-24

"Da's JUS what I say. How we gwine
tor
They were two old colored women, and
they had met to compare notes on one of
the public dumping grounds Of the city,
where they. in common with many others,
were wont to daily ply their avocation Of
trying to make living by the gleanings
from the citys refuse. 1t was their busi-
ness, all the day through. to rake over the
heaps of trash deposited by the ash man
and the push-cart man. in search of some
thing in the shape of rags, junk or articles
more valuable still, that would be salable
to the rag man or the junk shop In their
humble way they were complaining of
hard times and dull business, just as sig
nif1cant to them as to many another in
more exalted station of commercial life.
They Pick Up n Living.
Hundreds of people gain a livelihood in
this lowly fashion, and they can be seen
constantly at work, delving in the refuse
on the various public dumping grounds.
Fair weather or foul. in heat or cold, they
ply their calling, and 1t must be profitable
or they would not keep 1t up. 1t is busi-
ness that does not call for the expenditure
OF very much gray matter or the inordinate
waste of tissue. Besides, 1t Is surrounded
Evening star., 1896-10-24
G O L D IN TEET H
Quantities of the Yellow Metal Hammered
Into Jaws.
Talk With Manufacturer of Leaf
and Foil nnd What He Says of
the Amounts Used.

II cannot form a very accurate idea of
the amount of gold used In gold leaf ard
gold foil in this country" said a manu-
facturer of this material, but it is a big
quantity. Probably a dentist could give
you better idea than 1 can. Gold foil is
used aimos. entirely by dentists in filling
teeth; gold leaf is used in gliding, book
binding and operations Of that sort. besides
the show that is made of acres and acres
of gilded signs spread before the public in
one way and another.
1.-The quantity of gold used in gold leaf
Is at least twice as great as that used in
foil, in spite of the fact that the leaf is
SO much thinner than the fol. A skilled
man can hammer out twenty ounces of
gold foil in day, while 1t will take him a
week to make two ounces of gold leaf, be-
cause 1t is so much thinner. This work has
always been done by hand, probably al
ways will be. A single thickness of gold
foil such as dentists use-to the ordinary
observer that seems thin enough, in all
cons cience-will make an entire book of
gold leaf"
"How much gold foil do the dentists use?''
I inquired.
they use on an average about fifty cents
worth of gold per cavity, as teeth go. Some
are bigger, some are smaller. This bottle, -
and he held up vial such as dentists keep
their gold foil in, holds some 81 worth of
foil, and that would make about eight fill
ings of the average size"
If the average cavity bored cut by the
Industrious American dentist with such ex-
treme discomfort to the suffering patient
con- aims fifty cents worth Of gold, now
much gold do all the millions of cavities 50
constructed employ?
In one way and another, it is probable
that something like 25.O00,G00 of the great
American people are running around on
their usual business with $10oOO0,O0O worth
of gold slowed away in 20O,Oo0.OOO Jagged
little caves mined painfully into their re-
spective teeth with hooks and buzz saws
and jiggers of one sort and another. work
with little triphammers. rubbed off with
sandpaper, and cleaning bright through
Evening star., 1896-10-24
A CONVINCING COMPARISON.
Difficulties of Common Sch0O
Education I'm Early Times.

Education In Early Times.
Johnny Blykins had been less successful
than usual in his studies. and his father
vas trying to stimulate him to greater en-
deavor.
II can get along pretty we'll In most
things" Johnny was saying, but 1 can't
manage with grammar and arithmetic"
Those arc the two essential studies of
modern times" was the earnest reply "a
man nowadays must know how to talk for
| chance to make money; and he's got to
be mighty quick at figures to see that some
body isn't holding back any when he gets
his change"
u CESS 1 can pull through on grammar.
But I've got SO discouraged with arithme-
tic that 1 don't feel like trying any more
Don't give Up. Arithmetic is just as in.-
portent as the other, If not more so. Be
thankful the study isn't any harder than 1t
Is. Think Of the poor little Roman boys"
he went on. with sudden inspiration.
did they have to study hard?"
Study" Why. those boys had to know
Latin before they could understand the
clowns jokes at the circus. Let's just take
and piece Of PAPER from his note book.
We'll work 1t out the way little Roman
boy would have had to do. Suppose we
want to divide 40 by 6. You could do that
sixth grade wouldn't have 1t all laid out
before him in simple. unmistakable fash
ion like that. 1t would be worse than
! 81 amman and mathematics combined with
him. for he'd have to get his intellect right
down close to spelling words that don't
mean anything. He would have to state
the example 1 mention in this way: XIX
divided by VI The next step would be to
say: vi into XII goes VI times and "
over"
"And then what would he dor"
why. then he would-er-Johnny don't
know just what he would do then But 1
shouldn't be surprised if he smashed his
tablet and dropped his stylus down a knot
hole and ran of to fight Indians
Evening star., 1896-10-24
THE NEW DRUG STORE.
1t Was to Re Palace of EleEanc1es,
Luxuries and n Small Lot of Drugs.

1t Was to Re a Palace of EIesancies,
Luxuries and Small Lot of Drugs.
From the Los Angeles Phoenix.
The pride of proprietorship beamed on his
countenance as he stood on the street and
gazed at the big sign which announced to
the world thd advent of a new drug store.
It's the finest location for the business in
this part of town." he exclaimed to the
junior partner, "and if We work things at
all right we ought to make money. 1 see
you have the soda fountain in
Yes, attended to that the first thing"
'Did you buy the biggest one you could
get for the money!
Eyes. Ii is one of the most finely equipped
to be found IN the market
And the cigars; We have variety Of
them. have we?'
Every brand of any consequence can be
purchased at our stand. We have one Of
the largest asSortmentS to be found In the
city"
.'Pll look it over. You mustn't feel hurt if
/ give it my personal attention, but we
don't want to neglect any detail that may
affect the success of this enterprise, and
two heads are better than one. We have q
supply of fancy toilet articles. have We
not?"
'.Plenty of them All Of the latest style,
too"
'And we have some confectionery?'
"A good line of 1t.
"And all sorts of little knick-knacks to
catch the fancy of the women and make the
place look pretty?
II am looking after that now"
How about the stock of cut-rate wines
and liquors?'
II got every thing in that line that could
possibly get, and at good rates. l ordered
a five-barrel lot of one-year-old stun that
we can doctor up and bottle for prohibs and
the Sunday trade, and make barrel of
money"
Good. AS soon you get 1t attended to.
put an advertisement In the newspaper, and
then, when you have time. get in few lit
tie things in the way of drugs. and we will
be ready for business"
Evening star., 1896-10-24

~ Spurious Mflet In the Louvre.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Not q little agitation is at this moment
reigning among the art critics of Paris ow-
ing to the appearance upon a screen I'll the
Louvre galleries Of an important picture
signed and dated by Millet. No announce
ment of this acquisition was ever made by
the authorities, although the national col
lection possesses but few specimens of this
highly appreciated master. Indeed, the
work, which represents cottage interior,
with woman sucking her baby, one foot
hidden In sabot, the other bare and rest
ing on the bar of chair, has never as yet
come under public notice. NJ. Heymann,
one of Millet's sons-in-law, who knows
every detail connected with the painters
productions, boldly declares the thing to be
a forgery. and very bad one. too He
even hints that it had been offered "un-
signed" to various dealers, that the name
and date were inserted in order to secure
a customer. There are no factories for
forged Millets as there are for sham works
of Diaz, Corot and Courbet. partly because
he Is inimitable. partly because the history
of everything that left his studio Is famii-
lar to dealers and connoisseurs.
Evening star., 1896-10-24

appearance Of the front steps. Each house,
holder is determined not TO be outdone by
her neighbor in keeping the portals clean.
Let one apply a fresh cpat of paint and
before the week is oAt tthe painter has
traversed the row.
In the summer evenings the row is live
ly, for then the steps are occupied by the
heads of the household, sitting out to get
breath of fresh air, and gossip a bit,
while the street echoes with the shouts
Of children. And what swarms Of chill
dren these rows can turn out, considering
the relative size of the honses to the number
of children. They are bright and healthy
looking children. too, and they run and
race with an abandon that causes you to
wonder how they ever manage to bottle
Evening star., 1896-10-24
A CHURCH REOPENING
Services to Be Held Tomorrow in the Twelfth
Street NJ. E. Church.
Wnat Has Been Done to Beautify the
Edtfice and to Increase
Its Facilities.

Twelfth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. corner of 18th and streets south
east, Is to be formally reopened for wor-
ship tomorrow. The improvements to the
edifice have been quite extensive costing
in the neighborhood Of two thousand dol
lars. On the west side and slightly in the
rear wing has been erected of brick
22X24. This wing is to be used by the
primary school and Epworth League. and
is so arranged that the doors connecting Il
with the auditorium of the church may be
opened, throwing the two rooms into one
The wing has also a separate entrance
from the exterior. The entire exterior Of
the church has been painted light gray
trimmed with brown, while shutters have
been placed in the tower, which was for
merly open. recess has been made i'm
mediateiy in the rear OF the pulpit. so as
TO accommodate the choir
The interior has been papered painted
and carpeted. and new pews have been
placed in the auditorium. The total seat
ing capacity is now $50. New gas fixtures
have also been put in. The alterations
were made by James II. Hunt, contractor,
from plans prepared by S. c. Cissel.
chitect
Twelfth Street Church IVES founded in
1861 as a mission OF Trinity Church, and
Its first pastor, Rev. NJ. f. Hysore died
while preaching in the church. The present
building is the original church. Rev. w.
G. Cassard, the pastor. is a native of Bal.
ttmore. bu- graduated in the class Of 'Si of
the Washington High School His former
psstorates have been at Severn, Calvert
and Arlington, Md.
The program Of the reopening exercises.
which was published In yesterdays Star
u.s. in brief, as follows: $50 a m. rally of
the Sunday school: IL am, preaching by
Rev. l.. B. Wilson. DID,: pm, platform
meeting; $50 pm, Epworth League; 1:3n
p. M. sermon by the pastor, and beginning
OF protracted meetings.
Evening star., 1896-10-24
the stubble of unshaven lips and chin or

the stubble of unshaven lips and chin or
from parted lips of smiling beauty.
This is big quantity Of gold. 1t would
make between fifteen and twenty wagon
leads, at a ton load. 1t would melt up
into four cubes each two feet in width,
depth and height. Or, IL nodded into one
gigantic tooth. one of the three-pronged
fellows that growl so when removed from
their accustomed places, that ,ooth would
be ten feet high. slenderer front tooth
twelve or thirteen feet high could be built
from the same gold
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Irelnnd'x Large Families.

OF countries for which dependable sta
tistics are returned Ireland takes the high
est place for large families. the size Of the
average Irish family being 81 Next In
order come Russia. 4.S3: Spain, 4.Go; Italy,
4.56; Scotland. 4.IG; Holland. i.22; Sweden.
4.12: Germany. 40; England. 40S: Austria
and Belgium. 4.O5; Switzerland. 3.94; Hun
gary, SO; Denmark, 3.61, and France, 8.O3.
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Her Wise Choice.

From Truth.
His Lordship-"She refused me, and yet
I am a duke"
His Frend-'Yes: she says she'd rather
marry a prize fighter. He is just as brutal
and earns more money
Evening star., 1896-10-24

@rinters' Jna cf8e fifffs se8oof
master Of aaoerfistns,. saps:
il is efa,mso for f8e rpaseinsfom
Star, ane pro8o8fp fruf8fuffp
efaim.o, t8af no Older new sraper
n f6e ooanfrp goes info 50 farssi
a percentage Of off f8e 8ouses
toif8in q raoius Of fpenfp mtfee
from f6e office Of pu8ftea fion
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Rooster and Rat in . Deadly Duel.

Rooster and Rat In . DeAdly Duel.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Eugene Policy, who lives at 1898
North Carey street, has little white ban
tam rooster that is fighter. THE bantam
has mate, a little white hen, not much
larger than a pigeon.
When she went to hernest one day last
week to lay her dailysegg big rat attack
ed her. In alarm she few from her nest
and the rooster went to her rescue. The
little fellow valorously attacked the rat,
and after hard battle. which. lasted for
half an hour. the rat was killed.
The rat tried to escape. but Mr.. Charles
witnessed the combat. would not let it out
of the coop and it had to fight until its
death. The rooster was; the aggressor. US
ing his spurs to Great advantage and bring
ing his bin actively INTO play; The rat was
almost peckea to- pieces, while the rooster
lost part of hiI corab.
Evening star., 1896-10-24

up their exuberant spirits sufficiently to
enable them to crowd themselves back into
their tiny homes.
But. patience, We are coming to the
dumping ground. Away out at the end Of the
street, beyond the last habitAtion,- 1t lies.
marked by the presence Of a smudge Of
smoke. Smoke is always an acompani-
ment OF a dumping ground for there is
always fire. Hn. the summer 1t is mere
smoldering fire, caused by Burning trash,
but on these cool fall days ssand in the
winter brighter blaze Is maintained.
Around it gather. the freGuesters of the
dumping ground who pause In their labors
to warm their hands and toes and to light
their pipes, while they talk. An idle boy
while they listens to the remarks OF their
Create. "a Con, ton.
The arrival Of an ash man and his team
or push cart causes a commotfon. From
different parts or the field the scayengers
hasten to the scene, and when the con-
tents of the cart are deposited on the
ground there 10 ar eager scramble to get
Into them first. In a jiffy tie trash is as
sorted. while keen and watchful eyes in
spect the articles, appraising with uner-
ring correctness their value and keeping
sharp lookout for stray treasure. n chance
spoon, or a. jewel, or whole garment or
good hat.
The first hasty assortment over, they all
sit down to go through the mass with more
deliberation. Pipes are lighted and the con-
versation picks up while they sift every
ounce of ashes or trash, unfold every rag
and poke around in the general debris. Bot
ties. rags. bits of brass and copper, and
Old shoes are standard articles of trade
Goa! and coke are gratefully received, while
small coins and silvfrware are not unusual
finds. The days collection is carefully
piled up to be carrieG hpme in sacks and
baskets until enough is; secured to war
rant trim to The jpnks mans. when the
result of the labor is fufned into cash.
Evening star., 1896-10-24
A Terrible Mistake.
From the Cleveland Leader.

Clerk-"Great heaven!'
Druggist-''Whats wrong?"
Clerk-.I gave that boy carbolic acid in
stead of alcohol"
Druggist-"Say, are you trying to drive
me out of business? Carbolic acid costs me
jsIst three times as much as alcohol!'
Evening star., 1896-10-24

The boiler of the tugboat William Roiler.
lying at the Standard asphalt dock. Brook
lyn, blew up yesterday, sinking the boat,
probably causing the death of the engineer
and owner. Alonzo Lewis. and severely In
Turing the fireman and deck hand
Evening star., 1896-10-24

Mary thing. Deed, seems to me laik de
white folks amt THROWN nothin' away. no
mo-. Dey is gittin' stingier an stingier.
My ole man, he say dere- is some folks
stingy enough to skin flea fo' his hide
an tailow. an deed, i believes it,
"Yaas, irdeedy, da's 80. an 1t certainly
is sin an shame. l believes in live an
let live. How we gwne live If dey don't
nothn' come out In de trash heap?'
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Making Had Worse.

From Truth.
Papa. what do the men. on the cable
cars ring the bells so much for?'
Because. my boy. it helps to confuse pc
deStrians."
Evening star., 1896-10-24
A Visit to the Public Dumps on the
Urban Limits.
EARNING 4 LIVING FROM GLEANlNGS
Commotion When the Ash Man
With a Fresh Supply Arrives.
T U r N ED INTO GAS H

GOD MAWIN', MIZ
Wash'nton."
&c 90 d mawnin',
Miz Johnsing."
"lIow's you dis
mawnin' ?"
Use. right poly,
deed I Is. My rheu-
m a tiz sho'ly l g
hurtin' me powerful.
How's yo'self?" .
deed, 1 ain feel
. in very peart. either.
Z got. g. mis'ry in my
side. Is yo. found
on,,h;n4 ait 1's
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Sure Sign.

From Up to Date.
Wyld-"Is Higbee married."
Mack-"No"
Wyld-"I thought mott
Mack-''Why?''
Wyld-"He is always singing Hon
Sweet Home"
Evening star., 1896-10-24
Crime and Punishmcnt.

From Judge.
Mrs. OBrien-"Say. docther, me grown
son. Patsey. says he's most got tn silver
faver.' Phwat'll OF give him. OF dunno?'
Doctor (grimlye"Give him strychnine
and pruss.c acid, equal parts"
Evening star., 1896-10-24
THE EVENING STAR.
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per month. ~
Saturday ouintuple Sheet Star. 81 per year. with
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BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE CATHEDRAL.
And Its Unique Way Of Protection From
Fire by Mountains.

And Its Unique Way Of Protection From
Fire by Fountains.
When foreign architects visit Japan
and see the cathedral of Buddhism for
the first time, they are generally aston
ished at the magnificent structure. Ii is
executed III pure oriental style and is
richly ornamented with carvings. Fl.
Ito, a famous builder of Nagoya City,
designed it. The structure was COM
menced in 1878 and was completed in
1895. The cost has been estimated at
$4,000, 900. 1t would have greatly ex-
ceeded this amount had not numbers of
Buddhists worked without any recon-
pense.
AS tie structure neared completion
the committee having tie work in
char@e vas much ~Ierple1e! rs t. fire
insurance. Iheg fG1ad tAgt 10 company
would ;.zsua-e The l5ak d saeh Il ,a!a-
able Neoael l-1Get1.c, tise G-.nalr of de-
siract.el 81 it9 1tlts ycy E-tat, ard
tins the lIs.1laol4 atlss.a amount to an
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committee cel--1l etl :, design devised
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aIa it.tzt -s-. y $50 t. .e lA,.t.a ID play
Oh 81 lest4af t-a si1s.4 ,41e II t1.o t..,.e
time.
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Learned In One Lesson.

a truly remarkable s:ery Of feline in
telligence was lately told by a CORE
spcndent Of the London Spectator. In
de,d, it night fairly be called incredi-
be. only that the correspondent, as will
be seen, y~Guciles fer its truth.
an induced to seld you an account
Ct q remarkable Instance of feline sa-
tsclty NIaea occurred ii my house last
WICK.
Ateat a fortnight ago my black Per-
sian CIT Brought to tie Aoasa 1 young
sparrow, ard taking it to tic trent door
l4as, lest.a stripping it Ct its feathers.
Tho cock, rot approving ct tie litter
n.s0e y tie said feathers, doubled tho
u.t ever AID told the e4t III must not
nialaatth i litter, Int st1ess tic feathers
csl tie wrong side Ct the lnataad not On
thea
4 leztn:sht afsezva9l tho cat brought
u sas4aler lid ifd. naeEelaus to say,
td4hfd II Iaat-ya.e1 N.a i heavy COR
zfat-osGr With lis e!..v.s, ;Hl Uttered
lie Eitag f.t.e & y nltA tie feathers,
I 4aesl ! as III tafl5 IN told him to d..
t..s II ABSOLUTELY t-ta. and without
eA~nsste.tlt7s
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fatef Go pupil aged seven)-aWe
nave heard what the duty Of children
is toward their parents. But nar4nts
as nave their duties toward their
children. Now, tell me, what is the
hfsF duty Of q father ~ Pupil-"To
pay all the bills.'-Tit Bits,
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ca i iassa ssl:S-ries HI rally intends
70 ae ~. u t3.e fs.Glttr. lat often the
tn3l point Drops unt ana lie lapses into
10 lt.n.