Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-19
Varieties.

Varieties.
RoBBING Ills FATHER.-A member oftbe
late Massachusetts, State Convention.
named Clark, made speech which. il
has since been discovered, was printed
90 years ago. Mr.. Clark says in self de-
fence, that he inherited the speech, as it
was delivered and published originally by
his father. But, did not Mr.. DIsraeli,
not long ago, while Chancellor of the
Exchequor, deliver a speech in the British
Parliament that proved to be stolen nearly
verbatim from discourse delivered in
Paris by the famous historian and diplo-
ment 1hiers! So let Mr. Clark be in
good cheer. He is in excellent company.
IL his fathers ghost is satisfied with the
theft, who else has righ to murmur
Who else has lost anything?
DThe maintenance of the Russian
army absorbS far more than half of the
gross revenues Of the empire, notwith-
standing the very small pay of officers a.
well as common soldiers. After various
deductions made from the pay of the SOL
der, he finally receives less than sir cents
month i,a cash. The pay of the officers
through all the grados, even to the highest
is proportionally as mean as that of the
soldiers. A lieutenant in the infantry has
not SIS a month.
1.-THE agitation now going on in Eng
land on the subject of bribery at elections.
has brought to light some enormous facts.
One paper says: with all our corrup-
tions'we don't spend quite as much on
contested elections as did our ancestors.
In 100, at the Northampton election.
decided in favor of Lord Spencer that
nobleman spent nearly G430,000; Lord
Halifax was ruined; and Lord Northamp-
ton, besides cutting all his old timber, to
the amount of 100000, sold most of his
furniture from Ashby, and the whole of
that at Campton, and spent the rest of
his life in Switzerland"
N"Have you any cold victuals 2" said
little urchin to young lady who
opened the door in obedience to his rap.
"Oh, no." she replied, jocosely, ''they
are all hot"
Then please, Miss, returned the var
let, I'll wait till they are cold.''
UOstriches must be cheap birds to
keep. Those at the Hippodrome live on
gun-hints and rusty nails. a fresh spike
is delicious morsel, while an old hinge
with little oil on it is fought for with as
much earneStness as pair of aldermen
would exhibit over bowl of green turtle
DWhen Audubon arrived in the city
of Cincinnati, his poverty was so extreme
that he humbly requested of a drayman to
pull a few hairs from his horses tail
The novel request was granted, and these
Audubon manufactured into rings, which
he disposed of for few cents.
LOGIC" Mind, John, if you 90 out in
the yard you will wish you had stayed
in the house."
"Well, if [ stay in the house | will
wish was in the yard-so where is the
difference, dad !'
1.-THE yellow fever prevails at Algiers,
opposite New Orleans, to greater extent,
in proportion to the population, than in
the latter city.
FAULTS IN THOSE WE LoyE.-Tbe dis
covery Of faults in those whom we believed
to be perfect is always sad temptation
to injustice. Our vanity is concerned:
we have deceived ourselves but do not
it, and insist on believing
that we have been imposed upon by 9TH
ers. And we fling guilt, annoyance and
hatred on a person who certainly was not
the cause of our mistaking him for what
he never desired to be thought.
U The Chinese Dramatic Troupe in
New York city have become so reduced
as to be a public charge An attempt was
made to remove them to the Aims House,
but they threatened TO kill themselves
before they would 60, and two came very
near carrying out the threat. 1t has been
finrlly proposed to raise money and send
them back.
u The English papers State that since
the abolition of slavery in Jamaica, not
only have 600 estates been abandoned,
and the blacks become generally indolent
and extremely poor, but they are also
fast relapsing into their old superstitions
which they brought from Africa, and that
they are now seen paying their devotions
to snakes, toads, and old ragged puppets.