Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-29

The art Of advertising is the glory of YAM
keedom. For example, an ingenious piece of
mechanism has lately been adopted at a tailors
operations Of the sartorial profession Three AZ.
ures capitally Initiate sewing-one employs the
goose.there is dandy giving precise directions
as TO the cut Of his clothes, and assistant quiz
zicaiiy measures large fat man around the waist
" Ii 10 now proposed In Boston to lay out ou.
one large long street, that shall be to Boston what
Broadway is to New York This street should be
one hundred feet broad, and 1t is proposed to COM
mence Ii at Washington street near Essex street
and run 1t towards the Back-Bay lands through
Bolyston market, and finally parallel to the Al III
dam 1t Is proposed that 1t should reach Brook
line and Newton. .
III The Israelitish journal, the Aurora, an
nounces that class In the Jewish religion has
been founded at the Gymnasium Of Simpheropol,
through the efforts Of Mr.. Smolenski, Director OF
the schools In the government Of the Taurida, and
With the concurrence Of Mr. Frenstein, member
Of the Jewish Commission Of the schools at Sim
pheropol. - =.
III Bishop Potter, Of Pennsylvania, has de-
cllned reelection to the Presidency ofthe Penn
sylvania Colonization Society, and Mr. John p
Crozier has been chosen to I'LL the vacant chair
in his letter OF declnaton Bishop Potter declares
his abiding faith in the enterprise with which he
has been for SO many years identified.
NA military company in Richmond, Va,
deacons, class leaders, lawyers, doctor, L
ludge,2 clerks Of courts, deputy clerks, 40 pro-
fessors Of religion, Is religiously inclined nom
professors, who pray In public, DC Sons Of Tem-
perance, and 80 temperance men,
III DR.. Joseph s. Stone, who was shot by l..
w Bliss Secretary Of State, under the provisional
government Of the Pixies Peak region, in a duel
last March, died from the effects of his wound on
the llth instant, after having suffered intensely
for seven months
u The body Of the Marquis de Pimodan was
sent TO his widow at Rome, by General Cialdini,
with this verse Of Dante inscribed on the GOTTA:
"Le ire non vanno al di la del rogo.n
(Anger goes not beyond the funeral pyre.)
r IL The census Of Vermont, IL is stated, win
show decrease since 1850 Of about four or Eve
thousand. This is, We believe, the first instance in
the history Of the country where the population Of
State has receded in the course Of ten years
IL Col: Oden Bowie, the president Of the Bal
timore and Potomac railroad, publishes fatter-
Ing account Of the prospects of the road, and
appeals for the subscription of the amount yet
wanted before commencing operations.
IL On the first of November the railroad be-
tween Charleston and Savannah will be formally
opened. The Charleston papers are delighted at
the prospect Of speedy Communication by rail
between the two cities.
ID A druggist in New York, having a pre-
scription for quinine, put up morphine In mis-
take, and killed a child in conseq usnce. He has
been held to bail in 81 600 to answer charge of
manslaughter.
II The Oldest Postmaster In the United States,
who has never been out Of office since the date of
his appointment, is John Billings, at Trenton,
Oneida county, IN. " His appointment was
made on the 10Th Of June, 1905. g.r.
III Thomas Hood died composing a humorous
poem. He 10 said to have remark ked that he was
dying out Of charity to the underak ker who wished
to urn a lively Hood.