Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-07
THE EVENING STAR.

"a So~s TO b. tacored at aay Of the Music Hd!ls)
As i strolled down BROADWAY,
"A scrumptous gal met
Her name IL v IS Je mime,
And her hair was in met:
Her cheeks were red ss roses,
AID just tt to :hor her pefticeat
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Odd yop twis her snclef
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Too raj loo raj layl
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- 1t is said that the Treasurer OF the Con-
federate States is under an indictment for
gambling at faro tables. The Examiner of the
18th says that If all the money that has passed
through his hands at these tables was his own,
Ms friends can congratulate him on the pos.
session OF a most ample private fortune.
- The Scientific American says "A crossed
belt Will drive more than a straight belt, be-
cause II hugs the pulley tighter" Cross
sualgnt belt, and, OF course, 1t will hug more
uRntly and drive more. But crossed belt
wiz drive more because it clasps more OF the
pulley.
u A locomotive got loose on the Brighton
tEpg) railway recently, and tore along Iear-
fully, made q clean hole through the station.
house, carried away q tailors shop, part OF a
house, and an entire wall, and at last brought
mp against a building substantial enough to
arrest its progress.
~ Nearly 2 coo children died IN New York
city during the month Of August. The New
York papers call attention Of the authorities to
dren is owing in a great degree to the over.
crowded condition OF the tenement houses Of
the poorer classes.
~A gentleman in Brussels has prosecuted
aphotographist for exhibiting his photograph
in his showcase. He alleged tina: owing to the
Circumstance and the uglness Of the copy OF
nature, he had lost good chance Of making a
rich marriage.
Emigration Society, in communication to the
London Star, says the Society does not furnish
aEy aid to those who wish to emigrate to the
United States They must 60 to the British
Provinces.
~ Why ought a carpenter never allow
himself to be chiseIled out Of his dinner! Be-
cause he can always chop stake out of piece
or wood, or lay his hand on q saws edge
(sdRsdge) at a moments notice.
IL 1t is asserted that more than one enthu-
siastic sympathtzer wrote to Mrs. Yelverton,
ofering marriage as soon as the decision Of the
Lords was known.
den, by the European Academy of Fashion,
for superior school to teach the arts relating
to dress.
IL AZ life" con Wet, who had lived fifteen
In the State prison of Michigan. He murdered
his father seventeen years ago.
IL The miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Illinois have formed protective associations,
einnati In September.
~ All the policemen OF the Broadway
Squad in New York are required to be six feet
in stature. The countrymen are perfectly
"stunped" by their appearance.
~ Why do hens always lay in the day
time? Because at night they become roos-
tiers.
~ The prayer Of every selfish man is, "for-
give us our debt" but he makes everybody pay
who owes him to the utmost farthing.
~ When is neuralgia in the face like the
ancient money changers! When 1t is seated
In the temple.
~Boston papers say overcoats were not
uncomfortable there on September 4.