Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-05

IL Tbs Philadelphia police recently dfscoy
cred bsggars' boarding house in that city,
where only professionals" are taken to board
Upon the roof Of the house they found various
stolen property which the enterprising mendi-
cants had accumulated.
III Mother-"Here, Tommy, Is some nice cas-
member, don't give 1t all to Tommy, leave some
for me-" Tommy, (who has been there, D" Doc;
tor"
IL Speaking Of that great queen of dead head
travellers, Madame Pfeifer, (now deceased an
exchange says-''She was more than forty years
old when she took up her pilgrims staff During
the following twenty one years she the in
earnation Of feminine restlessness " Let US hope
that her "long journey has given peace at last.
III They read so much Latin and Greek at
the English universities that they forget how to
write English. A head master at Cambridge re
Gently aniHed this notice to the panels at the
trance OF certain college chapel: "On Sunday
morning next, chapel will commence at 10 O'Clock
and continue until further notice.
u Walter Scott was very particular about his
books He would always endeavor to have the
best copy OF al edition, and w hen he received an
Inferior copy he would make some marginal
notes here and there, and on account OF the de-
sire to be possessed of a specimen OF his hand
change.
IL In Islander case in a Madison, Wis ID,
court, few days since, proceedings were sus-
pended In conseGnen of one of the jury turning
u,
recting the sheriff to walk the inebriate about
and sober him, and the process proving salutary
In an hour or so the court again met and pro-
eeeded with Its business Boston TTarEIsr.
IL Stories respecting the effects of the late
cold snap are just being thawed out The Port
land Transcript relates the following: "a lady
upon coming down stairs one of those cold morn
lngs, found one Of her canaries in awkward
predicament-his tail feathers were firmly frozen
Into the water dish. The lady cIapped bird and
osn in the stove where "a fire in the rear soon
thawed him outD
W This spicy little warning comes all the
way from Hong Kong:
Eve are not prone to pugiIism; we have been
many years here, and never been called on To
Keep the peace toward any one vet; but we here
give ne editor OF the China Mail fair warning,
tnat ne oaTes 10 misrepreseBt one fact in his
report, or Whatever comment he may make on
the case OF the Crown VS. Tarrant now In court
xno 70 De tried to-morrow-soones or later We will
horsewhip him"
ID The Inspectors Of the Rhode I.Ispd State
Prison state that $40 persons have been iIapris-
oned Tor debt In that State during the last year
Inc ms ectors say "these unfortunate men, naay
OF tnem certainly without crime have been
placed In common prison with felons and men of
the most abandoned characters. IL we continue
the practice OF imprisonment for debt We Ger
talnlY are bound to provide accoinmodat Ions for
victs.n -'0-- ~"
u A writer In the new number of the West.
minister Review urges the public payment of
msmcs.s o. Parllament Distinctly We believe, -
says the westminster, ''that every member Of
farnament ought to receive handsome salary
t5Oo Al least, perhaps E ,u00-and be bound TO
give the nation his undivided energies The law
stil suosists by which he may claim wages from
MS constituents, but with modern notions this
cannot easily or generally be resuscitated To be
Palo oy them would be thought degrading-to
De paid from the Queens Treasury is an honor +"
OSome scandal hunting old ladies' In ouie I
neikhborhood In New York city, made the dis
coSery that late every night a man came whist.
ing down the street to u spectacle boarding
house, where q door was opened by a young lad Y
ana ne was admitted into the house after giving
her salute that shocked their (the old ladies' y
idsas OF pfopriety They called upon the la nd
lady, Informed her Of what they had seen and q,
the "talk" II was creating in the neigh borhood.
They Were Informed that ths man worked on a
morning paper, and his WIFE, dear soul that she
Is SITS mp 10 let him in, Whenever he whistles
10 inform her Of his presence