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Evening star., 1897-02-23
MOVING DAY.
Mrs. Cleveland nnd the Children Have
Gone to Princeton.

Mrs. Cleveland and the Children Have
Gone 10 Princeton.
Today was moving time at the White
House and the Cleveland domestic estab-
lishment was transferred 70 it's future home
in Princeton. Ii was large party that
moved out today, and included Mrs. Cleve-
land and her three children. Mrs. Perrine.
Mrs. Clevelands mother; the chiidrens
governess and nurse and Mrs. Clevelands
maid.
About 1890 o'clock the Presidents car
riage was driven up to the main doorway
Of the mansion. Sinclair. the stewart.
came out carrying in one hand a little doll.
dressed i'm blue worsted, and following him
came Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Perrine and the
three White House babies, the youngest,
little Marion, borne in the arms of her
nurse The family were soon seated in the
carriage. Mrs. Cleveland responded with a
smile to the few onlookcrs who stood with
hats I'm hand TO bid them goodbye, and at
a word from the driver the carriage rolled
away toward the Pennsylvania railroad
station. That was all Of ceremony that
marked the departure of the children from
the White House. that has been their home
most of the time since their birth, and OF
the mistress from the house over which she
has reigned for nearly eight years.
The servants had already been sent to the
station in other conveyances. and the pile
of baggage that went out in an express
wagon was Of great size. There were twelve
trunks. three valises and three covered bas-
kets All Of the necessary furniture has al
ready been sent TO Princeton and installed,
90 that the new home is practically ready
for occupancy. The party travelled in the
private car Of President Roberts OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which
They were expected 1t Princeton ebout 3
O'Clock this afternoon.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
Tea Importation.

The proposed new system of regulating
the importation of tea into the United
States, which was presented to the ways
and means committee of the House recent
ly by representatives Of the trade Of the
United States, was approved by the COM
mittee today. 1t was decided to recon-
mend to the House the bill which the tea
men drew and which has been approved by
the Treasury Department with certain
changes. The purpose of the system is to
prevent the importation of impure tea.
The plan contemplates the appointment of
selected by the Secretary of the Treasury
to hold Office for one year and to establish
standards of tea. The bill makes it un-
lawful to import teas not up to the stand
ards
Evening star., 1897-02-23
Laws without signatures.

Thirty-four private relief bills have be.
come laws without the Presidents sigma
ture by reason of his failure to act ON them
within the constitutional ten days limit.
The President also has permitted to be-
ceme . law without his signature the bin
authorizing the reinstatement and retire.
ment OF Commander John II. Quackenbush
of the navy, but SO Ear has not acted upon
the authority conferred by that act to the
extent OF appointing and retiring the offi-
Ger In question.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
RECOVERED THE sILvERWARE.
Confession of One of Those Concern
In the WoadaidH RahherY

SOnIeaA1On OF one OF Those Concerned
In the WoOdside Robbery.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, February 23.-The
colored woman implicated with William
Crutchfeld In the burning and robbing of
the Braid residence. near Woodside, last
month, was yesterday arrested in Balti-
more. brought here and lodged in Jail.
She afterward confessed her completely in
the crime ard told where the silver taken
from the house was hidden. Last evening
Sherin Collier went to the premises Of the
Crutchfelds and on digging in the wood
yard unearthed the silver ware and a lot
OF fine china ware, since Identified by Mr..
Braid, and the value of which is placed at
$780,
All the accused are now In the county Jail
except VIM. Crutchfisld, who Is serving
sentence in the District. The Robinson
woman was located in Baltimore by the
intercepting Of a letter written by her to
ene Of the CrEtchfield family.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED.
Trestles and Bridges Swept Away
Residents In Danger.

Residents In Danger.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
PARkERSBURG, w. Va, February 23.-
At Ravenswood there has been one of the
hardest and most damaging water spouts
ever experienced. Creeks overf1owed and
fences, foot bridges and railroad trestles
were carried away. Considerable timber
and many cross ties were swept away. The
Ravenswood. Spencer and Glenville tracks
are covered with water for over a mile.
The running Of trains Is impossible until
the waters recede which will probably be
this evening.
At West Grafton the back water from the
river is from three to six feet high in the
On Water street all the families are NOV
ing cut. There is thirty-foot rise in
kanawha river at Charleston, and the
lower part Of the city is under water. Tow
boats are trying to save property.
There has been great destruction of
property at Clarksburg. People living
along the river all had to move out last
night. The river and Elk creek are higher
than since 1889.
A report from Fairmont says that the
general rise has been very disastrous to
the railroads. Between Clarksburg and
Fairmont there are thirteen land slips.
At Cumberland Md. the people expect
flood. People in the lower lands all had to
move out. The Baltimore and Ohio tracks
at Hyndman. near Cumberland, are COW
cred with four feet of water. The lower
part of Piedmont is submerged. The resi-
dents of the back streets were rescued by
wagons from windows and taken to higher
ground. Nearly all the wooden trestles on
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad
across Georges creek have been swept
away. Heavy land slides on the West
Virginia Central have stopped traffic on
that road. The Piedmont Pulp Company
has lost thousands of cords of wood.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The Attempt to Bring the BiI u,
Abandoned.

Members OF the House committee OH Pa
cific railroads have practically decided to
abandon the attempt to bring up in the
House this session the bill fer the essab-
lishment of commission to settle the
debts of the Pacific roads to the govern
Inent. When application was made to the
committee on rules for q day to consider
the bill; the COMMITTEES wanted assurances
that the opponents Of the plan In the SEN
ate would not make the action OF the
House. II 1t passed the bill, q waste Of time
by fiiihustering against the maasure No
such assurances could be given. and there
probably win be no more effort to bring up
the bill.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
To STOP cARTO0NING.
FrOvisi0ns Of n BflI IAte0dRced In 1
New York Lcgaslature.

New York Legislature.
ALBANY. N. Y. Febrrary 28.-Mr Ellis
worth introduced a hill in the senate to-
day to prohibit the pubneation of cartoons
OF any person In newspapers and periodi-
Gals. The bill provides that ..no portrait
or alleged portrait Of any Individual shall
be printed or published in any newspaper,
without the written consent q such indi-
vidual"
A violation Of the prohibitien is to be
made punishable by fine Of 5000 and i'm
prisonment for one year. !.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
Mr. CrokeH.sails.

NEW YORK, February .23.-Richard
Croker and his son Frank sailed for Ger
many today on the North German Lloyd
steamship Spree.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
Frerch Dipaomat Dead.

PARIS. February 2-QDunt LIE Febyre
de Haine. formerly E1snch ambassador at
the Vatican. is dssI aged sixty-eisht
years.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
senator Mitchell Walline 10 Retire.

SALEM, Oreg., February Ex-senator
Mitchell has written latter stating his
willingness to withdraw ;from the sena-
toriaa contest in order that q republican
senator may be elected.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
Goxernuk.se n..,.,nt.

National bank HptAa- Aa-sreceiyed today for
redemption, ol3 IL GovsrnnSut reeeipts:
From Internal revenue, $1O7, ,683; customs.
$o52606; miscellaneous. S6aO6l.
Evening star., 1897-02-23
many thousands of dollars. SO far no fatal
ities have been reported.
WATER RISING AT CINCINNATI.


Rain Has Ceased and the Weather
Has Become Colder.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, February 23.-The
rain has ceased and the temperature has
fallen. until light ice has formed. These
conditions. If continued. will do much
toward lessening the height of the newt
able Ohio river flood. At 8 o'clock today
the river had reached 81 feet inches, and
was rising at the rate Of four inches an
hour. If this rate continues the river will
be running into the Grand Central depot by
pm This will cause a slight inconven-
ience in the transfer Of passengers and
baggage, and will also disturb freight move
ments. but the roads all have high ground
short distance out. where trains can be
handled.
A special to the Commercial Tribune from
Wheeling, w. Va, says: At midnight q big
slide the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
blocked both tracks at Piedmont. The Cum
beriand and Pennsylvania railroad lost
trestles that will close 1t for two weeks.
The West Virginia has abandoned its road
and is using the Baltimore and Ohio road
for its passenger trains. The approaches
to the Luke bridge on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad washed out last night.
Three loaded coal barges towed by the
Joseph H. Cook were washed down the
Ohio by the Licking river swell at Cincin-
road bridge pier last night.
Evening star., 1897-02-23

Mr.. William A. Leetch of the firm Of
Winship, Meredith & Co. was seen by The
Star reporter. and he stated that he knew
very little Of the situation, outside of the
fact that the water had not been SO great
Iy affected at this point as yet 1T will
take some time before we feel the rise
along the water 'front.' said he. .'The
only: information we have received SO far
Ii from newspapers, and from the general
manager of the canal Fortunately this
is a. dull season Of the year with us, and
there Is very little traffic We lave a
few boats at our wharves. and we have
FASTENED the unloading OF these. expecting
to get through the work in q couple of
Evening star., 1897-02-23

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The sum was quickly subscribed. the saloon was
bought, and that night there was q bonfire OF
barrels, casks, and barroom furniture. Pasa-
GSSS mas and r SSu never nc : PO RSd . saloon % % since. 'os So
rooted and determined arc the people against
having a saloon that ex.Mayor 7. p. Iukens OF
E EitS aI the rsG ePosiSit tG,n as1 and %r iossi saSt IwSn
in the city debarrod from voting the anti.seloon
element would be over two 70 one at the polls.
Atter a two yess 5 .t trial OF ncen 1Sn one saloon loon
back to prohibition Of the liquor traffic one year
ago. 1t looks .s II the town will always remain
a prohibition community. The man who wants
regularly licensed physician In that town to
write him a prescTi ption On a druggist. Pre-
scriptions covering n certain period and pre-
not 70 there. One must have a prescription for
each potion OF liquor, and the prescription must
be pasted in a scrap book, where any one may
read H., The. person who sells intoxicants IN
Riy crsid de without a proper prescription is liable
to u hno o. $3.50 and imprisonment for thirty
days In the city Jail. Some one used to be con.
times a year, but since II has been seen how
thoroughly violations OF the law are punished in
Riverside they have become more infrcquent.
The littio city OF Orange, In orsnge county
sale of malt or spirituous liquors. Tho ordi-
nance there makes 1t a miBdemeanor, punish.
able by a fine OF. 500 or ninety days in the city
jail, TO sell or give away any tntoNicantH, except
In the case OF n physician or licensed druggist.
Not only that. but any one in Orange caught
having about his premises or person q eask, bar
cNnts are sold or given away 10 liable to a fine OF
500 or thirty days in Jail: Any one in Orange
who pays for any intoxicants there, except from
o physician or licensed druggist, may DO fined
300 or imprisoned for thirty days. The property
owner In Orange, who rents or causes 10 be used
any Of his property for saloon purposes. may be
property. The Supreme Court OF California has
decided that this ordinance 10 legal.
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ROBINS VEST ON THE oRoUvD.
h1r. fiekeriug's Notions or the Habits or the
BIRD Somewhat Diaturbed.

Silas w. Pickering of Newark was up at
Feltyille, n. j.. on Monday, and while visiting
the farm Of Maxwell Drake he Saw a robin fly
up from the ground and alight upon the top rail
OF a fence. An instant later another robin
Joined 1t, and Mr.. Pickering. feeling sure that
the nest was near at hand, began a search for II
in the nearby trees and bushes. just for the sake
Of seeing how near the robin's-egg blue In jew
ellry enamel WAS TO the actual color Of the eggs.
The old robins cleverly led him away from the
nest. and 1t was several minutes before he per.
ceiyed that he was being deceived. and adopted
. counter ruse. Walking away quietly he made
a detour and came back TO the same spot just In
ground under a skunk cabbage plant. Mr..
Pickering could hardly believe his eyes when
he saw under the unsayory plant a sure.eDough
robins nest huilt fiat upon the ground, lined up
with mud In tho usual manner and containing
four beautiful turquoise-colored eggs.
There was no mistake about the ownership Of
the eggs. for the old birds showed extreme
solicitude about the intrusion and huttered
around Mr.. Pickering's head. He did not dis
turb the nest, but remarked to Mr.. Drake
afterward that his notions OF the hAiits OF robins
were much disturbed. Mr.. Drake told him that
he had never heard OF robins nesting on the
ground before, but he believed that these were
the same robins that nestel upOn a shelf In his
milk house the year before. He had ne er found
robins nesting on the Rrouni, however. and had
TO 10 with Mr.. Pickering 70 see the nest before
he could be convinced.
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REVERSE OF THE ELLSWORTH PITCHER.

other examples OF this historical Iicco among
tho relics OF wartime tayerns and in private
hands. and it would be interesting to locate some
of them. Perhaps the same device was used on
different forms and sizes of ware.
So far as i know there WAS but one patriotic
ceramic design used In the South during the
war, and that was made in England for the Con-
federnte cruiser Alabama. A table service of
china was ordered for the vessel from Edward
r. Bodley g. Co. OF Burslem, who were en-
gagged. In 1852, in the extensive manufacture
OF iron-stone china y for steamship and hotel
use. hay ng succeeded James Vernon, who
started the works in 1857; Originally the manu-.
factory lad been used as the parish workhouss
date about three hundred inmates. hut
subsequently IL was converted into barracks.
Then II was changed into u china factory, and ID
Is probably used as one TO this day. When the
Alabama was finished by An English firm in
Liverpool, she was doubtless, fitted out by
English furnishcrs. and Bodley s. Co. were COM
missioned to prepare the china. The deCora-
tive design selected was a central wreath COM
posed ofthe flowers and leaves OF the cotton
and tobacco plants, inside OF which was a circle
formed OF a cable, inclosing a device OF two
crossed cannon ana An anchor above the initials
&C. T.. n" Beneath the whoir was tho motto of
the ship, Aide toie t Dieu t'Aidera" theip your
self and God will help youO II Is said that there
spectively in gray, gre"n, and blue--one for the
Officers. another for the men, ana a third for eX.
traordinary occasions. There are. perhaps, but
few pieces OF this service now in existence; but
. plate and cup and saucer are known to I've in
the possession OF a lady in Georgia, and a COM
pote or cake stand is Owned by a lady in Florida.
EDWIN ATLEE BARRIER
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THE K1LswoRrH PIToHKR-1s6l.

pitcher of white ware made by u Trenton firm
which has long been ont Of existence. This. %
the time, pretentiousd design was made to COM
memorats the shooting Of Col. E. I. Eilswort
at Alexandria, Va, in 1861. by the proprietor Of
q hotel, while he was tearing down q Confed.
erats nag on the building. This, being one OF
the earliest incidents OF the war, stirred the
public pulse to fever heat, and furnished a hero
In the cause Of both the North and the South.
During tho excitement occasioned by the
tragedy this pitcher was produced. The design
on one side is q relief representation Of the
shooting, showing the fallen Ellsworth and bis
companions and ~. w. jackson. the traitor"
The principal actors In the drama are indicated
by names which are painted on the ware. The
reverse side bears a design Of the American
eagle In the act Of destroying the secession
serpent, while the Confederate emblem is over.
thrown and the American flag floats from Q
stack of Union guns. Over all is painted the
inscription, Union and the Constitution" 1t 10
not known how many Of these pitchers
were produced, but it Is probable that q large
number were made. Attention was called
to one of them in the columns OF THE SUN
about a year ago, an example IN plain
white. which had been found in Philadelphia.
ond specimen. finished in colors, which is here
shown, for which l am indebted TO Col:
William s. Sharp, editor OF Smiths History OF
New Jersey" and compiler OF an exhaustive
work on the early history OF that State now In
course OF preparation. Doubtless there are many
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
MArBE THEY'LL STOP FLIRTING.
me Length to which the Rerosners Propose
70 Go In Bonervile, MAS.

The Length to which the ReFoEners ProDose
% Go In somervine. ManL
Bosrox, June 1.-the fourishing city Of
Somerville. one Of the pleasantest and most
convenient Of Boston's suburban bedrooms, 10
suffering from the reform fever. 1t hAs always
had o weakness that way. but hasn't been IN.
comfortably good until recently. The selling OF
beans on Sunday may DO forbidden without
causing any great comment, but tho latest law
proposed. ono to prevent flirting on sun-
days, evenings, week days. or any time ut all. 10
likely to cause q good deal Of discu1aion before
people submit to It
Somerville has long held the banner for rolling
up the biggest majorities for no license. but not
content with that, she started In this year to beat
all records, enacting first q law forbidding
sprinkling the streets on Sundays. Somerville
Is an especially dusty town on account OF Its
dryness. and as 1t is a great resort for bicyclists.
this law against sprinkling streets was pretty
good as a starter in the way Of producing virtu-
GUS discomfort. But it was only the beginning.
BY the way, though, 1t has rained in Someryille
every Sunday but one since the anti-sprinkling
law went into effect. This may not point q
moral, but 1t adorns the tale.
The next agitation by those who seek the
moral welfare OF the community regardless OF
cost was one in favor Of Sunday closing Of all
drug stores, bake shops. &c. no more soda,
sold sunday, and people who had been in the
habit OF having their beans delivered piping hot
IOL tHO pakUEg VII ouIIuh "OTullR nus uO
their own baking or submit 10 q beanless SUN
day. This reform movement also includes the
forbidding of the sale of Jamaica ginger and
similar intoxicants on, week DAYS. Tho
foregoing might be endured, perhaps. by a
munlty win submit TO the proposed law against
flirting Is still a question. The Board OF Alder
men considered the measure restricting the time
honored rights of young people at its last meet
ing, but not wishing 10 bear the responsibility
alone, 1t has asked the Public Property Com
mittee to assist in wrestling with the problem.
This la nraaOmnhly hPcanHe love Ia nuhlir
property, whether firtations are or not.
The bill doesn't state just how a policeman Is
going to tell whether a couple are flirting for
fun or nre in dead earnest. But for that matter
the bill doesn't make any dis tinction between
the two varieties anyhow, and the bluccoat who
starts in TO arrest every one who comes under
suspicion in that line will have a very hard
time. even in someryille. The bill provides
among other things for iron gates to TO placed
at the entrance Of all public buildings, the gates
to be closed and locked at nightfall. not to KEEP
people In. but to keep young people and would
be firters from going inside the porch and sit
ting on the steps. 1t is rumored that the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Servant Girls Il
opposed to this bill and 1t may be defeated.
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QUEER CURRANr BUSHES.
The Butcher Told tho woman 20 Plant ghea
Upside Down and she Did 10.

The Butcher Told tho woman 70 Plant gheA
Cpside Down and she DID Be-
Over tho river. in President street, Brooklyn.
there Lives o woman who possesses some OF the
most remarkable currant buAhes TO DO found
anywhere. When the bushes were propagated
they neither camo from remarkable stock nor
were they In any way peculiar when tho nursery
man sold them. Their novel features now arc
the result of q Joke. perpetrated first upon .
conhding woman and then In turn upon nature.
Near whero the woman lives IL Q butcher shop.
The butcher is a jolly fellow who not only sells
good meats. but also in the spring deals in plants
and shrubs. and he sells Christmas trees at the
holidays. The woman decided last spring that
she would like to grow currsnts. and 30 she Or
dered ten bushes from theb butcher. He deliv.
cred them, and as he was going away and the
woman was going Into the yard to plant them
BE sure to plant them upside down"
Why, Of course" she answered. and then
Of valuable information just In time to save
herself. from making a great mistake. she care
tally planted the ten Sushss roots upward.
days was delighted to find buds sprouting and
leaves bursting forth from the air;ted roots. and
How are your plants getting on r asked the
butcher 9nl dsG IL he l% ' sSs Woman .0,u.r.s.
"Com.. and see them" 'A' Woman answered.
The woman had never raised currant bushes
before, and, therefore,, nothing about these had
seemed strange to her; but. the moment the
butcher saw them ho remarked the peculiar
way in which the branches dropped. and their
strange forms.
II planted them Just as you told mo to-" said
the woman, and all but four OF them lived"
That explained the curious appearance Of the
plants. Tit roots had become Transformed in
their functions and produced leaves instead OF
~rootlets, but they had continued to grow In their
natural gnaried shape and with a drop. The
butcher has tried TO buy the curious bushes
and also to raise some like them, but neither
the woman nor nature fayors him this time, and
1 he has not succeeded in either direction.
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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
A nrisr Consideration or Matches frsua HI
Point or View.

There is this to be said in favor OF the sulphur
match" said tho retired burglar. that 1t 10
noiseless when struck; but its odor Is decidedly
against II. More than once. when I have struck
q sulphur match In the hall, l have heard some
light sleeper, when the pungent fumes OF the
sulphur permeated the atmosphere. turn In bed
In the adjacent room. / stuck to sulphur
matches for . long time-naturally enough, I
Suppose-but finally l cam to use parlor matches
altogether. They are noisy. but odorless. and IL
may DO possible to scratch them when teams
there is some other noise abroad. At any rate. l
came TO prefer. from experience. tho noisy,
20 course the ideal match for anybody In my
business would be one that should be both silent
and odorless. 1t 10 a wonder 10 me that nobody
has invented such a match; 1t 10 greatly needed.
and ! should say that II would DO comparatively
easy OF invention. Now that j have retired,
maybe l will devote myself to the Invention OF
such q match and to DO something TO promote
the interests OF an arduouA and none too remu-
nerative calling"