Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-17
IFor the Evening Star.l


| OF the communications handed in 70 the House
keepers Club on Monday evening last:
adds a. = rough es,imase. 500 to 500 per
| apBum m 10 the cost of living of every family
| whose income ranges from $1,000 TO $500 per
| aunum, and In ITS effects, Is equivalentlu KIND
| lite a custom house, making Of the District OF
| COIum bia a separate Repu blic-an imperium ~
| imt,Tio-v rich Ievies uties OF imports not for
ats Gun rsr,hHs, but TO enhance the revenues OF
| a foreign and sntagonisIc power Until with
| in u year CT So there Were in the Quarter
| masters Generals Onice several clerks from
! Baltimore who lived there, travelling TO and fro
oaIIy at The rate of $50 per annum commuta-
ton. IN preference to having their families in
| Wasting or. All housekeepers in Washin gion
| shouId protest against this outrage.
| .kIneIed with II Is the Corporation AK OF
| $500 per snnum for non resident speddlers,
under which d. finition all who take orders for
| goods are included, according TO this law.
webster defines peddler as zone who carries
| about small commodities on his back, or in a
carr ard wafon. and sells them But our City
fatbefs OF course know more about the Eng.
/ lsh language han Webster, Under the opera
non of this law. dealer in baltimore could
not come here aud take orders for groceries, or
! tailor from Baltimore take your measure for
snIt of clothes. without paying this prohibitirs
! license Thus Is carried out in Washington
: 10" tdea OF a Virginia reaciionIsL wno ctsled 10
build Chinese wall around thar State. 10 keep
out carpet baggers. The Chinese wall-or one
Practically like il, ana more difiicGlt 10 sur
4 mount-bas long BEEN built around the District
OF tOtufnDtH. ltndIOTdS. nunlclpai dutDOri-
! tbs. Congress. aud the Baltimore ana Ohio
Railroad are combined IN league to rack the
people OF this District " ith taxes and vietImize
Government employees. 10"
Another interesting COMMIT nlcalOn from an
Unknown TIisnd suggested mat the club should
make lsef acquainted With, and initiate the
manasemtnt of sueh establishments as are
found III Pans, where the family washing and
ironing. bread bdk ing Hnd roasting OF meats
are done out of the house. ANY inform alton
upon this matter In the possession of any OF
led fris de lSo
received by the club. Possibly some who have
not beeu abroad are informed concerning these
establishments. 1t is veil known fact thai
TIE French as nation are far in advance of
MS IN the cart of living" They know how TO
feed more palatabiy, and more cheaply than
We dc. Ii costs much less money obtain the
same comforts in Paris than in any American
city, and the housekeeper in France is tar less
burdened in providing food, clothing, aud
eleanlInt IS for her family, than In this cOun-
try II - 10 be hoped tnat we may he able 20
attain to some good things by simply Initiating
them.
Inc Government Printing Office employees
have found that by combination they can pur-
chase groceries of an established grocer a.
small advance on the cost. As there is nothing
20 hinder any person from joining their combI-
nation. but small fee for certificate OF mer1-
beTship. the members of the Housekeeper'
Club will probably avail themselves of this
privilege, Tor the present.
ltWes suggested also that purchases Of but
ter. maple sugar, &c, from Vermont may ne
made by the Club so as to bring producer and
consumer together without paying third
parry. Gtnuine maple sugar. last season.
yielded To the farmer in Vermont only II
| cents Ter pound.
One small matter connected with kerosene is
here offered for the benefit OF housekeepers W no
Use IL. Wicks. made of three thicknesses OF
cotton flannel, slightly run together, will give
better light and are much more easily trimmed
than those which are usually purchased.
Any person wishing to join the club, or 10
hSiF IN coaSs, should address the Secretary CT
! Houseke' per's Club" AT S12 ith street., ana
every Monday evening at half-past sven
O'Clock. until further notice, meetings for DIS
cussion Will be held at that place. ii. q. 1.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Feb 10Th, i50s.
EDITOR STAR "A suburban village of
Wa>bin gton,' hear you say. You serve the
truth. But We owe no fellty TO his honor the
Mayor II | understand the matter, that we a-e
b youd the boundaries of his auI rity, and
that we are as free of his regulations and re-
sIlctIons "a the air that sports about our vel
lnss 80 agreeasly and so ncalthfully But
hass thiee OF bsse villages clustering IN one
eIgbhoThood. The Oldest vaunts its classic
shades III sUmmers sun, and proudly gazes
down upOD the city with its thOn sands OF ihrOp-
bing humanity, or off on the histori old Poto
mac stretching away towards the realms OF
uncbangIng summer and gle aiming in the sun.
shine like a lake OF moltrn silver. Really
'College Hill" has a slightly locality. and with
reason. 10 some extent, may "put on airs"
MERIDIAN Hill has a slightly elevation too, but
has not yet outgrown its cradle, the embryo
stage. IL Is nevertheless great on paper aud in
prospect. It's goodly name, however, is stilI in
the keeping Of the her. af er. Mount Pleasant
! Is the most important, If population, nu.no-r
| of dwellings. and extent of domain settles that
question Three years have given it ab lut
wen iy-nye residences, at once comedy, COM
Portable, com modious, and convenient; and
denIzens who are law-abidiBg, intelligent,
viituous, and social; and nature, room. a pure
air, beauiIful situation, and neal fulL sss
It las Its bible class, burthe school hou ana
be church are essential instii utions, which the
coming time must bring ~. Its calender Of
crime - brief. and confined 70 minor ofienc.S.
The poultry roosts within its precincts, were re.
Gently almost entirely depopulated. Death,
thank HeaNeB.rarely invade Its peace .ul homes
One Wit only in weeks has the '.palc- horsp
aEG bis r.der" made Us. Little Mary died. l
ms! say withe at doctor. Seven fleeing sum
mer suns alone bad autified her cheeks,
when in the tenderness, sympathy, and affec-
ton of the heart. we fancy that she lefr the
hrman form Tor .'tne dark glons OF the grave"
TO he with angels
That most delightful drive. IIth street sxten.
sion, connects Us With the city. This street
bounds the Stone estate on the west, and what
a sIte mat would De for a Presidential Mansion
The EVENING STAR sheds its light upon all
OF a v bo wish D., three miles away from Its
once Cf pubilcSfi n. regularly, each day, by
caETler, early IN me cleaning. l.. y A.
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TEE POTOMAC fRoNT.-The usual routine u
IT, river front some y Z n versiflsd ye-
ierday afternoon by an exhioitioa al Watts
Bay oil "kIchsTdsou's patehi dry.dock,' by
" bISn damaged vessel can BE- raised above
the waters surface in q few min les, ready
fCr repairs. The Trial was witnessed by large
hum ber Of naval officers. citizens, and strangers,
all of " HON expressed much satisfaction as re-
CARDS The pIacticability and economy of the in
yentICL. 1h- steamer Arrow, Stackpoie, IN aue
ner regular trip TO Mount Vernon and Mar
shalls Ian ding, taking down Iarg. mum ser
| OF >lght-ssers for The frst-named place ana
mails fcT the latter TIE steaIner Wswaset is
now ing at the Potomac Ferry Wharf, and
beng crushed up preparatory - rCsuming her
/ iTIIs To Cone River and Intermediate landings
4 IL a few oays. In the way of arrivals OF YES.
sells tueTe can be noted nat OF the schooner =
| J. Foster. TTowan. at Berry Wharf from
| Portland, Me. with 900 bushels of Irish no.
! tatoes for Holmes & Bro; Of the steamer Guii-
! ing Star a. Carriers Wharf, with wood, for
/ market, and at RIley's Wharf OF a half or I'll
| email schooners, with ys'ers for M-e>rs
| Turner Son, WIngfield Co., and other
! dealers
! MOEB VISITING FIEEAKN.-Nr. NJ. DTI-
new, of this city, has beeL req 1ested by the
| NewCe.n (NOrtn Carolina) steam engine CON.
| pany 10 make arrangements for quarters. &C.
I here on the iIh OF March, and is to-day mak,os
I iDe arrangements. TIE company will bring on
/ IS men and their steamer. Toe Fire Commi,.
sioDars have. through the Secretary. Mr. T. T..
/ Corbin, rendered the use OF No. (Union) en-
CINE. house 10 he Washington hose com pany
OF Reading, IA, TO house their apparatus
during their visit here TO Join in the inaugural
CEREMONIES. 1t Is calculated that there will be
more than twenty companies in line, with
| about $40 men. on Inauguration day.
| SPECIAL PRAN ER-Tbe Executive Comml,.