Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-03

y RICH Thief INMAsMED.--The Cincinnati
Commercial publishes the particulars of an ex-
pOsure Of pilfering dry good dealer worth Dron
eTtv amounting 10 $4,000, and who pretends To
Ilgld church membership. Affecting bad health
ne haDitnally wore an ample cloak. and under its
iFiendly drapeTy would conceal his iil-gotten
booty. puTlOined from other premises during the
momentary abSense Of their custodians
THOSE WHO WERE DUPEp-The sick and
PennlIess portion of Walkers NiCaraguan army
lust arrived at New y ok are i'll danger of starv-
alton The u. :. officers who brought them
nome raised contribution for them, but since
they have got to New York syruDathy seems 10
be leSs active. 1t il noted a curious fact that
walker himself has not been seen near them
HOTEL Tactics .-W hen the rise Of fare was
talked of among the 1T. Nicholas and other hotel
keepers in this City-from b 50 to 80 Der day-
The Metropolitan (LelandS') advertised that they
adhered tn the - 50, and the So 81 per diem only
The consequence has been. that the MetropoIitan
nds Deen IuIl and running over, and the hotels
suspected OF rise not so full. while some of them
nave been rather running UndeT.-N Y Express
III Some persons employ an acid to remove
rust from knives, this should never be done I'M
DER any circumstances. Nothing surPasses rotten
stone Tor securing knives and forks To prevent
stoves and CRATES from rusting during summer if
situated in damp places, give them thin coat
OF lard and roSln melted together, In the proper
IONS Of three parts Of the former to one of the
latter
CALIFORNIA LAND TITLgs-The insecurity
OF Callfornia land titles Is such as to seriously
affect the settlement OF that State II is said that
mexican titles, many of which are spurious and
have been so proved, while many more are belle
ved 10 be also forgeries, though not considered
by the legal arbiters. These land troubles have
been in some measure diminished by the action
OF the courts but they will probably continue for
years yet.
IL The spring costumes for children are un-
French style: "
Low bodied frocks. for little girls. are worn
with white cheInisette, and sleeves to match
f0[ outdoor garments, jackets made of black
Six, and sitting close to the figure. is the most
approved pattern. For every little Girl the man
telet tying behind is in vogue up to ten wears.
they wear Tuscan. grey or brown. fancy straw,
hdts; over That age. drawn bOunets are the most
suitable
" IL you wish to know how to get fine
white house out Of an empty barrel. try the fol-
Put the barrel In a secure place Near a snring of
good water, on the road to the grog shop When
you want dram take the price of it in your hand
ana star 70 The grog shop go as far as the barrel.
drop the money through the bunghOle take a
good drink Of wafer from the spring and return
nome Repeat this operation till the barrel is
lIII, knock out the head. and YOU have the price
OF splendid brick building. Fact.
PORE.-''A fat hog is the very ouintessence Of
scrofuia and carboEic acid gas: and he who eats
II, must not expect thereby to build ND sound
physical organism. While it contributes heat
there j. not twentieth part of it nitrogen the
base OF muscle;
This is sound practical truth. Fat po-k was
HeNeI designed Tor human food il is material for
breath, and nothing more: see Liebig and other
organic chemists and Psychologists; ii makes no
red meat o. muscle; the prize ghter is not al
lowed to eat IL all that is not consumed by the
lungs remains to clog the body with fat-Nslc
York SeGIpsI.
MORTALITY AND SUFFERING AMONG Films
1BRs-HenTy Barstow, OF Newark, Y one of
Walkers men. has just returned home and re-
ports that OF twenty-five men from that city who
went TO Nicaragua, only three survive The Ad-
vertser saws:
AIR. b. relates an incident of Walkers cruelty
IN shooting OF d man on charge Of infuenciu;y
men 10 desert. The man was brought before th..
GENERAL and charged with the attempt where
upon, without holding any court martial Walker
said Take that man ont and shoot him " The
man was immediately led out on the Plaza and
shot. Three DAYS af.erward 1t appeared that the
man was Innocent.
SOLEIS SCENE-At private residence at
the corner OF Twelfth and Green streets u,elsn
ChoIY affair occurred SUNDAY night The
1dHilY, IL seems. consists of mother and several
children, OF whom two are grown Young men
The latter had been out in the afternoon and had
INDUCED IN drink They Quarrelled while at the
supper table, when a younger brother interfered
Dnt wlthOut avail, to bring about reconciliation
ne mother next essayed to still the turmoil ard
II Is sald received harsh replies from the sons
She fell In swOon upon the floor during the al.
Ieication, and was dead before the strife ceased
W no can envy those rash lads the remorse to
winch henceforth they will forever be a prey,
Pht5- NOTfh AusrIc1g