Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-18
See Matthew oh. vii, w.

Be thou mana odlke freeman!
See Matthew eh. vii, v.2.
IDOL WORSHIP IN NEW YORK.-A gen.
tleman in this city while visiting in Cherry
street, for an industrial school, went into
q room where were little company of
Chinese offering sacrifice to an idol. A
Chinaman was kneeling in front of an
idol, burning some understanding SUBJ
stance in little cup floating in water.
The gentleman apologized for the intru-
sion, but they did not seem much
troubled about tn. Y. Times, April
IA. a.
Probably they were preparing me-
mortal to the U. S. Senate against the
Nebraska bill. .. biz
MUsK.-The Empress Josephine was
very fond of perfumes, and, above all,
of musk. Her dressing-room at NAL
maison was filled with it, in spite of Ma
poleon's frequent remonstrance. Forty
years have elapsed since her death, and
the present owner of Malmaison has had
the walls of that dressing-room repeatedly
washed and painted !; but neither scrub.
bling, aquafortis, nor paint, has been able
to remove the smell of the good Empress's
musk, which continues as strong as if
the bottle which contained it had been
but yesterday removed.
~ The Chinese in San Francisco,
composing the Secret Society of Triads,
have all been arrested for their systematic
depredations upon their fellow Chinese
by means of a system of terrorism. The
society appears to be little else than m
organized band of robbers, who conspire
together to levy black mail upon the
weak, defenceless and superstitious.
UA new lamp, called ID. Kinnear's
Patent" has recently been introduced
specially designed for burning inferior
oil, and even lard or grease of any sort,
50 as to produce even better light
than that which by ordinary methods is
obtained from the best and most expen-
sive oil. The apparatus is so contrlved
that the smoke arising from the use of
grease, lard, and very poor oil, is itself
consumed.
q The following horizontal musings
of loafng tipler deserves to be perpetu-
ated. Hear him wall:
Leaves have then time to fall, --.
And likewise so have /;
The reason s, too. the same
Ii comes of getting dry.
But here's the difference 'twixt leaves and me,
i falls more harder" and more frequently.
" A newspaper published in New
castle, England, says that a short time
since joiner residing in that town, re-
ceived an order to make child's coffin,
one of the conditions being that it should
have a lock and key. TIE father wished
to preserve some tangible memorial of
the last resting place OF his child and
his intention was to wear the key it's
coffin round his neck.
UWithin the last six years, the sum
of 81 500, 900 has been subscribed toward
the endowment of Baptist colleges and
seminaries in this country. The whole
number of instructors connected with
them is l54, students over $500. They
have graduated over 1000 students in ali,
and their libraries contain more than
l20, 900 volumes.
UNever back down. If you once put
your foot into thing face it out, whether
it be bad style of matrimony-the COL
lection of long winded bill-listening
to woman's last word-or sitting under
DR.. Prosy' preaching. Be hero, and you
will come out right one of these days.
Brave men and pretty women always
land in sunshine, flowers, plenty to eat
and wear, and all those luxuries. Order
peck, and investigate.
Ult is said, that upon the average
sixteen men in every troop of the En-
glish army destined for Turkey were
married, consequently the $4,000 men
would leave behind $500 wives, and be-
tween 5000 and 5000 children.
70 If you would be happy, take the
papers. We never knew a man out of
humor, cash or piety, who had the latest
news on his shoulders. Newspapers and
Happiness are brothers and sisters.
u Which is the most dangerous, the
contents of gun barrel, or the contents
of whiskey barrel ! Referred to the
Bungtown debating society.
70 A lover wishing to concentrate his
ardor into one burst of passion, exclaim-
ed: "Oh, Angelina Augusta, feel to-
ward you just like the burning bush
which Moses saw-l'm all fire but Amt
consumed"
" Chicago is the great central point
of business in the northwest. In twenty
years the place has grown to be a great
city, and is now progressing so fast that
house-rents are higher than in New York
She has twenty -four track railroads, with
thirty-seven branches, and forty-six
trains of cars leave and enter the city
daily.
U The use of grapes as an article of
food, is much recommended in cases of
consumption. They contain large
quantity of grape sugar, the kind which
most nearly resembles milk sugar in its
character and composition.
UIt was Georgetown lady that said
she would make poor sailor, and -
which nautical friend replied, bat you
would make an excellent mate though.
% An slopement took place the other
day which caused some CONSERVATION