Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-11
~ By general consent IL has he.n de,srrnin,

@By general consent IL has been determineo
In future 10 describe the Jamaica negro as "a
man and a bother" instead OF "a man and a
brother"
ga new stove has been invented for tbe
comfort of travellers. Ii is TO be put under the
feet, with mustard plaster on the head.
which draws the heat through the whole sys-
~Old Gent (disgusted)-"Here, Waiter,
here 8 a.heres in this chop!'
Waiter (fiIppantIy)-.'Yes sIr; about the time o.
year for 'em just now. Sirr'-TPunch.
SA shrewd chap, named Scofield. who
succeeded in swindling New York merchants
10 the tune OF S7nUOO, has been arrested He
will probably compound with the merchants,
and then have a snug sum left.
- The King Of Denmark is said To have nv
dered an examination Of large tracts of land
recently purchased in Florida. with the view
OF sending forward a iarge number Of emil
grants.
SOur young friend ]. ID. was asked bv n
young lady who had been dancing the .CSer
man, whether -she saw her feeti'' ssNo, ma
oam, ne sald, with solemn shake OF the
head-''far from it,'
MA curious man in Taunton. Mass in
serted on Sunday red hot poker into the FMS
hole OF an old shell TO see whether il was load
Cd. He ascertained that IL was, but mIracu-
lougly escaped injury oy the explosion.
@ltaly is finished, and Rome is counter
acted Austriais is undone, and Germany rs re-
constructed: Prussia is oyergrown, France ia
Just right, and England is satisfied.
" A child's head was taken of by a Chicago
street car.
sIH. Greeley won glory by a prize SQUASH
at Cooper Institute last week
Skossuth, old and worn, is a dependent
upon the worlds charity.
~"Mother and infant receptions are now
in vogue in New York
ga country lawyer, who was the father OF
ten tall girls, often beasted that he had sixty
feet of daughters.
81 Watts, the Reasonl-why do .birds i'm
their little nests agreel' Because they'd falI
out ifthey didn't-Punch.
0A letter from Switzerland states that a
movement has been set on foot among ina
Jews in Europe which has for its object either
10 buy or wrest Palestine from the Turks
~ little girl OF Montreal was sayed nv
gaboling geese-their noise drew assistance To-
the spot. .. ..#.. 49,
STo the credit OF the Prusuan soldiery
nota single case has been found where yio-
lence has been offered by the soldiers 70 wo-
men. - - -
~At a fire in Lonoon, Ohio, on THURSDAY
morning, a venerable negro, called "Otd Der
rick" rushed into one OF the burning buildings.
aru brought out a keg cf powder.
- The fashionable walk for Young ladies
says Saratoga critic, is sort OF hobble as il
they had a sore toe on each foot TIE sprieho-
ly Jenny Lind hop was once the tou. =. :
1A new style Of bonnet has made its an
pearanee in Paris. 1T is twine string with a
Diamond set In the top. 0-.. Frr : -. -.
YE MoDEL BosoMs.-A well m ade artisciay
palpitating bosom rs sstd 70 be equal 20 twenty
gentle heaves aninute.-Seientife Aneriean.
~"I have nothing but my heart 10 give
you, sad spinster to lawyer Who had con- D
yer erumys .go to my clerk-he lakes the fees.'
~A trace Of double leather. two inches
wide and half a yard long. 10 the baxtiuaoe
used 10 punish girls in the Cambridge tMass.)
schools ~ -r5 rarTi|..i.