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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-06

WASHINGTON IRON WORKS.
GRAY AND MOVES,
Founders, Mnchiai1s, and Boiler Makers,
Corner of Maine avenue and Sd street.
Manufacturers of Improved Stationary and Port
able Steam Eng ines of any required power; Saw and
Grist Mills; also, of Architectural Iron Work,
Gratings Railings: Forgings, Iron and Brass Cast
ings of all descriptions
The increased facilities of our new and extensive
establishment enables to offer those having
orders to make in our line superior class Of work
on the most favorable terms.
Agents for Burnham's Improved Jouval Turbine
Water Wheel. my 2O-3m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-06

BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS The new bu,ld
ing association IN the West End was organ lied
Tuesday evening under the name of the Prov
ioent Building Association. The following
csacers were elected: George H. Plant Pres
dent Y Sforrs, Vice President: Jas w. Bar.
Ref, Treasurer; Fred koones. Secretary Di
feetors--John L.. Pfau. G. w. Hardness ~
~ BuTcheI1, - Ross, n G. Gin, and VIM II
Claggett. " -
Money sold az the Excelsior BUILDING Assn
Slation last night Oath month"; at an average
oi SO per cent; about 50, Geo being sold
Al the first Tnee1nE OF the National Union
buhoing Association, held last evening the
money sold al an average OF 81 per cent
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BROOKLYN

Nos 2, 3,4,5,7S g. II. IL. I3 Is Is, IL, 49, 49, o.
80, -, %, 81 33, "a IS, 81, IS, 80 a. 43, A. 4S 49,
80, 81. 81 81 81. IS, ~, S. 81 20, 63, 6i So 60 10 "a
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All of best quality.
N. W. BURCHELL.
je q under Ebbitt House, cor. 18th and SITS.
ROYS oWN-For the Fourth of .Iuy-new per
~ loaded; cheap. harmless and amusing toy for
the young patriot, doing away with the use of pow
der. Pistol and 100 reports, fifty cents.
KING PLACE,
JeG Corner Vermont ave and l5 II ST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-06

SSsocsr /. =, ~ P5sPsrsd tSE Dressing Salads
in handsomely ornamented decanters
TURKEY FIGS, theaanes IN the market, large
LAYER RAISINS, VERY large
EECTARINES. N. W. BURCHELL,
corner 18th and streets,
my Is under Ebbitt House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-06

EXAMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR TEACH
EssHlPs--To.day, the committee OF the Board
as ceacoers in our public schools, and apple
cants for promotion, are examining the candi-
oates IN the school building at the corner Of +
ara 5'h streets. There were % ladies and 1
Gentleman present, OF which 3 are pupils OF
lne fe<nale Grammar School Of the Let district.
. OF the I'd, of the Sd. and OF the 4tn or the
Iehamoer, ~ are now teachers and applicants
lot promotion, and are applicants from a
distance AAo1
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
AN AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WINS
THE PRIZE AT PARIS,

The reader is already acquainted with the
fact that the Patterson Locomotive Works
sent a locomotive to Paris. which has attrae-
ted great deal of attention from visitOTsfrom
all parts of the world The jury on locomo-
tivea have -ccme 90 a deciusoa ca the merits
of the different machines. The competition
was great. England having large number,
France at least q dozen. Austria and Russia
three or four each. The Austrian aud
French members of the jury took exception
to the America because it was so light in
some Of its parts, and also to the amount of
Polish to the iron work, which they thought
was more for show than utility. They
claimed that the lightness Of some of the
machinery was a sacrifice of strength 10
beauty. But fortunately the English mem
Der Of the jury Is well informed on locomotive
engines, and he explained that the railroads
in America are of an entirely different con-
stTuction from European roads; that the
country is new, and the roads cheaply built,
aud the ties are subject to displacement from
frost; that to ride over rough roads there
must be elasticity in the machinery; that
American engineers had difficulties to con
tend with wholly unknown to Europeans;
that, taking all things into consideration,
the American locomotive was superior to
any otherin the Exhibition. His arguments
were so convincing that the other jurors
gave way and alrarded tie gDld H,edalt0 tie
"AB,erjca This is q great triumph and it
has been achieved through the intelligence
and honesty Of the English juror Unfor-
tunately | have not his name, but he is
thoroughly couyersant with American rail
ways and American engineering, and though
his own country Is one ofthe largest compe-
titors, he has been strenuous for justice and
has succeeded in obtaining it for the
United States. This is good beginning,
and if the other contributions equally deserv-
ing have equal justice, the United States will
have fair share Of awards, notwithstanding
the meagre contributions and faults of man.
agement.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
WHAT Is GOLD THREAD,


Gold in the minutest particles is used for
ornamental purposes in the form OF plating,
Leaf, wash, ETC., but one oi lts most delicate
applications is that Of a tae thread either
woven into a fabric OF siikj used Tor en-
broideries, twisted into iringe or netted into
lace. In none of thcsetorms, however is the
thread hlament or wire oi solid gold; the
thread is gilded and consists Of two metals
and core Of silk. Wire fpr gold thread Is
Of silver with a coating OF gold so infnites-
simally thin as to be beyond our comprehen-
sion A rod of silver is coated with gold to
thickness of about one hUndredth part Of
that Of the silver, and thea this silver gilt
wire is drawn down to wire much finer
than the finest human hair. and yet it will
be then perfectly coated vita the gold, still
maintaining its relative thickness Of enc
h'7s'lre9dth- mart one tentl1eae thickness OF
fine gold leaf.
This gilded wire is then passed between
highly polished and hardened steel rollers
and flattened preparatory to being spun
upon the silk thread. la this form OF film
ike ribbon it is SO light that handful of 1t
tossed into the air will float in the atmoS-
phere of a room like gossamer This fattened
wire (if its diminutiyenes deserves the name)
is spun around thread of silk, covering it in
a spiral coil, SO closely laid that it appears
like a solid gold thread while in fact the gold
is as nothing compared to the other material,
This thread is 50 delicate, although Of triple
composition, that it can be easily threaded
in a fine needle and used for embroidering
purposes. 1t can be woven into silk or into
gold lace, or spun and twisted into cord,
bullion, and fringe. The lace that decorates
the uniforms of our soldiers, the bullion
fringe of their epauletttes, which has such
massively rich appearance, is but this fine
hair ike thread of silk, silver and gold.
But the larger part of our gold lace and
other ornamental gilt material is base, hay-
ing not a particle of gold in its composition.
That which represents gold is merely one Of
the compositions having copper fora base,
ductile aud tenacious, and worked in the
same manner as in the true gold thread.
This wire, however. has no silver core, nor
is 1t usually spun upon silk but on orange
eolored cotton. This is largely manufaetur-
ed in this country, and when just from the
workman's hand is very rich in appearance,
but soon furnishes, and, if exposed to mois-
ture, turns green from oxidation, which
quickly rots the cotton core.
Gold thread and its manufactures are
costly, not so much for the material employ
ed as for the skill and care necessary in its
production. 1t is wonderfully strong when
properly made, aud if protected from mois-
tnre the lace and embroidery viii retain
their luster for years.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
VOLUME 40; NO. p.
TYFoGRAPnIcAL ERRoRs.


The errors which Green into newsna ners
are sometimes odd and queer enough. II
may be the fault of the compositor, but
more likely that of the writer, whose manu-
script is often entirely illegible. 1t is said
Horace Greeley once wrote an editorial en-.
titled William III. Seward, and was highly
enraged when the proof came to him under
the caption Of Richard the Third. Yet,
anybody familiar with his chirography, Ii
his lnky jerks can be so designated, viii
readily see not only how such a mistake
could be made, but how probable it would
be. Again, he wrote about three men in
buckram, and the prosaic type-setter got
It three men in back room. And this,
notwithstanding the fact that two compost
tors OF sagaeity and experience are hired at
an extra salary, because they can read his
enpy- Bat George Ripley has been the vic.
tim OF the grossest outrages Ia this line. Iii
one OF his book notices he took the liberty OF
quoting from Shakespeare, '"Tis true, It's
pity; and pity tbs, tbs true, and the wretch
ed bungler got il Its two, tbs fifty; It's
hfty-'tis fitty-two !" That is some worse
than James F. Babcock' S martyrdom, when
he wrote Is there no balm in Gilead?" and
read next morning, to his CONSERVATION, is
there no barn in Guilford ?" Mr.. Crawford,
a member of Parliament, recently sent to
India the message, THE news from Amer
lea fayors the holders, and it arrived there
with the information that news from
America saYors Of soldiers !"
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
THE MORNING STARS.

| had occasion, few weeks since, to take
the early train from Providence to Boston,
and tor this purpose rose at two O'Clock in
the morning. Everything around was
wrapped in darkness aud hushed in silence
except by what seemed at that hour the un-
earthly clank and rush of the train 1t was
mud, serene mid summer night, the sky
was without cloud, the winds were whist
The moon, then in the last quarter, had
Just risen, and the stars shone with a spec
tral lustre, but little affected by her pres
ence. Jupiter, two hours high, was the
herald OF the day; the Pleaides, just above
the horizon, shed their sweet influence on
the east; Lyra sparkled near the zenith;
Andromeda, her newly discovered glOries
from the naked eye Of the south; the steady
Pointers, far beneath the pole, looked meek
" pp from the north Of their sovereign.
cueh was the glorious spectacle as | en-
tered the train. As we proceeded, the timid
approach Of twilight became perceptible
the intense blue of the sky began to soften;
the smaller stars, like little children, went
hrst to rest; the sisters beams of the Pleaides
soon melted together; but the bright con-
stelations Of the west and north remained
unchanged. Steadily, the wondrous change
went on. Hands Of angels, hidden from
mortal eyes, shifted the scenery of the heav-
ems, the glories Of dawn The blue skynow
turned softly gray; the great watch-stars
shut up their holy eyes; the east began to
klndle. Faint streaks of purple soon
blushed along the sky; the whole celestial
coneave was filed With the overfowing
tides Of the morning light which came pour
ing down from above in one great radiance,
till, at length as we reached the blue hills,
a fash Of purple FIRE blazed out from the
horizon, and turned the dewy tear drops of
flower and leaf into rubies aud diamonds.
In few minutes the everlasting gates of
the morning were thrown open, and the lord
of the city, arrayed in glories too severe for
the gaze of man, began his course. E7,card
EUereiL
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
EVERYDAY RELIGION.

We must come back to our point, which is
not to urge all of you to give yourselves up
TO mission work, but to serve God more and
more in connection with your daily calling.
have heard that woman who has a mis-
sion makes poor wife and bad mother;
this IS very possible, and at the same time
very lamentable; but the mission l would
urge Is not Of this sort Dirty rooms, slat-
ternly gowns and children with unwashed
faces are swift witnesses against the sinceri-
ty of those who keep others vineyards and
neglect their own. have no faith in that
woman who talks of grace and glory abroad
and uses no soap and water at home. Let
the buttons be on the shirts, let the chill
dren' socks be mended, let the roast NUT
ton be done to turn, let the house be as
neat as a new pin, and the home be as happy
as home can be and then, when the can
non balls, and the marbles, and the shots,
and even the grains of sand. are all in the
box, even then there will be room for those
little deeds of love and faith which in my
master name | seek of you who look for
his appearing Serve God by doing COM
mon actions in heavenly spirit, and then,
if your daily calling only leaves you cracks
and creyices of time, fill these up with holy
service. To use the Apostles words, 'As
we have opportunity, let US do good unto
all men. II SpurgeoH.
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4 COULD NOT FIND You, MOTHER.

Amid all the denominations and illustra-
tions Of the dark side of fallen humanity,
seen at the station-houses, says the Boston
Hsratd, one occasionally witnesses a scene
IN which the ludicrous or affecting stands
out In the strongest colors. An incident of
the latter class came under our observation
recently. While in one of the statiOn-hou-
seS, our attention was attracted to a little
boy Of three OF four years of age, neatly
dressed, playing on the mating with a cat,
and apparently utterly indifferent to the fact
that he had wandered away from home, got
lost on the streets, and had been brought in
as ''lost child by the police. He was
talking in his childish way to the persons
who noticed him, and no one would have
dreamed that the fountain Of suppressed
grief was bubbling up so near to the smiling
surface. just then plainly dressed woman
raped at the inner door of the Office, and
was invited in. She had hardly time to ask,
in an agitated tone, if anything had been
seen of lost darling boy, when the little
fellow caught sight Of her, and bounding to
his feet, ran like a scared deer to her arms;
then elasping his littlearms around her neck,
broke forth in long pent-up agony of tears,
exclaIming-'I could not ind you, mother
The scene was over IN less time than we can
tell it, but the effect produced on the by
ISLANDERS, judging by what we sawson the ia
ces of bearded men, viii not soon be forgot
ten. The little fellow was the only child,
and had wandered in search of his mother,
who had been compelled to leave him few
minutes alone in the house.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
WHAr DO YOUNG MEN MARRY?-So,

WHAT DO YOUNG MEN MARRY?-Some
young men marry dimples; some ears; some
noses: the contest, however, generally lies
between the eyes and the hair. The mouth,
too, is occasionally married; the chin not so
often. Poor partners, these you will own.
But young men do marry all these and many
other bits and scraps of wife, instead of
the true thing. Such as the marriage is,
such is the after life. He that would have
a wife if he can meet with one of equal So
cial position, ike education, similar disposi-
ton, kindred sympathies, and habits con
genial to his own, let him marry. But let
him beware of marrying a curl or neck,
however swan-like, or a voice, however me-
iodlous. Young ladies do also make some
queer matches, and unite themselves to
whiskers.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
WE DO FADE AS A LEAF.

As the trials of life thicken, and the
dreams of other days fade, one by one, in
the deep vista of disappointed hope, the
heart grows weary Of the struggle and we
begin to realize our insignifcance. Those
who have climbed to the pinnacle of fame;
or revel in luxury aud wealth. go to the
grave at last with the poor mendicant who
begs pennies by the wayside, and like him
are soon forgotten. Generation after gen.
Grafton, says an eloquent modern writer,
have felt as we feel, and their fellows were
as active in life as ours are now. They
passed away as a vapor, while nature wore
the same aspect of beauty as when her Crea-
tor commanded her to be. And so likewise
shall it be when we are gone. The heavens
viii be as bright over our grave as they are
now around our path; the world viii have
the same attraction for offspring yet unborn
that she had once for ourselves, and that she
has now for our children. Yet a little while,
and all this will have happened! Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and song
will be heard in the very chamber in which
we died; and the eye that mourned for US
viii be dried and viii glisten with joy; and
even our children viii cease TO think of
us, and viii not remember to lisp our name
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
THE MIsERIEs OF WEALTH.

1t Is to have a subscription paper handed
you every hour in the day, and be called a
niggard if you refuse your name 1t is to
eat turkey, and drink wine, al dearer rate
than your neighbor. 1t is to have every
college, infirmary and asylum make run
upon the bank Of yuur beneyolence, and
then wonder at The smallness Of the diyi-
dend. 1t is TO have sectarians contend for
the keeping Of yoLr conscience, and lawyers
struggle for the keeping Of your purse. Lit
Is to be taxed for more than you are worth
and never be believed when you say so. II
is to have addition Of dollars, substraction of
comforts, and multiplication Of anxicties,
end IN division among spendthutt heirs. 1t
is to have the interest Of every one about
you exceed their principle 1t is to make
up to the merchant all the profits he looses
by knayeTy, or frugality. 1t is never to be
allowed to be on easy terms even with coat
or a shoe. Iti Is to be married for your
money, or have a wife always casting up the
sum total Of the dollars she brought 1t is
to have your son steps surrounded by
"mau-tTaps, and your daughters made a
target for the spccuatiug and selfish TO aim
at 1t Is TO measure friendship by the
length Of your purse to buy iattery and sell
happiness. Iti to have debtors smile upon
you, and knayes shake you by the hand. II
is 10 have dyspcptic wife, and pale chill
dren. Ii is 70 have sons 90 to college to buy
themes of wi.e heads aud daughter 5
brains turned by the fattcry Of fools. 1t is
to be invited TO drink poor wine, that you
may give better ia return. 1t IS TO have
your lady 5 peace disturbed by a higher
feather or a brighter diamond 1t is to buy
green peas at nine shiilings, aud relish them
not because your neighb0r gives two dollars.
1t is to have relations wish you a short lite
and a long viii. Il IS to have your widow
mourn bitterly provided her fortune de
pends on perpetual wid5whood. 1t is to
have more temptations in this world than
other men; and lastly, to End the entrance
into better, more difficult than the rest Of
=
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31

STRONG MEN.-StreDgth OF character
consists Of two things-power Of will and
power of sefrestraint. 1t requires two
things, therefore, for existence feel
ings and strong command over them. Now
we all very often mistake strong feelings for
strong character. A man who bears ali be-
fore him; before whose frown domestics
tremble, and whose bursts Of fury make the
children of the household quake, because
he has his own way in all things, we call
him strong man. The truth is, he is a
week man; it is his passions that are strong;
he, mastered By them, is weak. You must
measure the strength of a man by the DOW
er Of the feelings he subdues, not by the
power Of those that subdCe him. And
hence eomposure is very often the highest
result of strength. Did we ever see a man
receive fragrant injury, and then reply qui-
city? That is a man spiritually strong. Or
did we ever see man In anguish stand as
if carved out of solid rock, mastering him
self? or one bearing hopeless daily trial,
remain silent, and never tell the world what
cankered his home peace? That is strength.
He who, with strong passions, remains
chaste; he who, keenly sensitive with
manly powers Of indignation in him can be
provoked and yet restrain himself and for
give, there are the strong men, the spiritual
heroes.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-31
THE WRITING ON THE ROCK

Ages upon ages ago the tide was out, and
the muddy beach lay smooth as this sheet Of
paper before me. A cloud passed over the
sky, and a shower Of big rain or hail came
down, and pitted the mud as thick as leaves
on the trees. A strong wind drove the
drops, so that the impressions were little
one sided They bad written their short
history as plain as my pen can write; and
even the direction from which the wind blew
was recorded, Some great frogs and lizards
which used to live there came hopping over
the mud, and left their tracks also deeply
printed on the shore BY and by the great
waves came softly stealing up, and cover
ed the whole surface with tine sand, and so
the tracks were seen no more for ages upon
ages. The clay hardened into solid rock,
and so did the sand; and after these thou
sands ofyears had passed away, some masons
came upon the curious inscription Men Of
science, who are skilled IN reading these
stony leaves of God great book, read, as
plainly as if they had been present, the story
of that passing shower. 1t had been written
on the softest clay, but il was read on solid
rock So your hearts TO day are like the soft
clay. Everything stamps them, but the
stamps are not so easy 10 remove. They
viii be there when you are grown up to be
man or woman. O. what deep, dark prints
the bad words Of evil associates make? But
how lovely it will be to recall the record
which kind aud loving actions make upon
the SOUL