Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-19
EVENING STAR.
The Poetry of the Period

The Poetry Of the Period
We ind the following in the st. Louis Repab-
F-7r. n Vsrpcrts 10 be the work OF 'Cadwalla-
der congo lin" evidently the no" d. plum of
s1me voting woman dazed with much reading OF
Jean lugelsw and other modern poets:
Two sLiI- o,e the mountains HsS;
Lu-frs- , Z midnight bead window
H.. rest 90; tue willow leaf SAL
Wba-ril e mulberry sleeps on the nut brown lea
tInt-. ri- z, WI the violet tide,
sn~~ drIft clou 1ng- runp:e the sun;
v hen wsye bon oIeite chs were Young.
TLeTi.I1- ia, iurss in the songozlis SWELL
F..r.UI STINT .rgs melt the tender blue,
Kim s-r,Vs SAINT under the sea;
Paws w5sPg,d M ny hssrt has the hue
Ny 10 = who is choking the WIND locked mere,
WHIP ? wills TiSe through the meadow gloom
Sbsd1W- troll rvuud-laNs low aud sweet,
\ 2 .i.e grox5 Old. and shuttle and loon
v sty, mesh If despair to tangle my feet;
Oh. val. phantom vale his tail
Who. the Eod-wit drives piles in the lake with
v n'Pl.d rivers wind under the mon,
= .rLiUl -Cu nlit- :. AID over the shore
ara pale Ia E-Iis sl..p for aye, in my dor.
Uh ~ ..tu- III y sire,
- the scn-Ozlin poets HsrsV expire
PEVsslAN Tar:rEpoxs-we understand thai
the PrESsIauS have Lid regular network o.
torTSd Gcs aI-Tg their Baltic coast, and az the
mouth OF De rivers Ems, " cscr and fsloe. both
classes OF tnfpedOcs are said to be IN use, IN
charge bting in general dynamite, whtch
although a dangerous, is u fearfully explosive
material. Many of these tOrpedOeS are believed
u be mechanical, and, ii 80, are exceedingly
dangerous 10 both friends and foes. Others are
arranged on the ordinary electrical principle,
ard are perfectly safe except when the electric
cummuni cations are established. Thus tn
navigation of the coast, with its rivers and har-
IOrs. j. quite open to the friendly ship. The
-neTChantman, fleeing like the dove from the
hawk. NAV safely steer over and among the
hidden mines; yet the next moment, by the
mere tuTu OF a key, the channel may be effect
uallv closed to the purSuer. The torpedo is the
war-ship's JSfs u0irs. The proudest iron-cls1
that ever iOated is pOwerless against these
submerged volcanoes. Many OF our sailors re-
member the Russian tOrpedOes during the last
var Harmless and Insignificant as they were.
vet they caused a good deal of trouble; and II
they has! only been on hall or quarter the scale
Of the present mines. several of our ships would
be now lyingin Baltic mud. We shall not be
the least surprised, therefore, some morning to
teTe Of the sudden disappearance OF q nautical
belligereEt -LoHdon GIOb>.
FSGLASD's NEUTRALITI-The London cor
respondent Of the COcStitntionnel, who signs
his letters John Wilson" has sent the follow
ing communication TO that journal: "To give
vcuT readers an idea of the impOssibility of Eng
land breaking her neutrality, we may cite an
example which shows the chaos into which the
organization of the army has fallen. few days
ago a detachment of artillery was sent from
WOOIRich TO AIdershOt to bring back some guns
thatIt was found necessary TO spike the guns.
IL with the greatest diff entity that the car
riages. whose PlanSs were disjOinted, and whose
weeelS only held on by a miracle, were carried
AWAY. We assured that the whole war
material Is in the same condition. There il a
want OF ammunition. the weapons (Snider and
Martini are greatly inferior to those OF France
or Prussia IL is not an army, it's a ruin
Evidently Wilson is not patriot.
THE EE-TLT OF STEIKEs.-The Scranton
pa Republican saws: ''the Schuylkill region
l. poorer by seven I-iilionS of dollars than ii
would have been but tor the recent suspension
there 10 saws further: " The beginning of the
suspension fCuud all the more thrifty OF the
miners III money IN the bank, and the END OF
IL touuG -be most of those bank accounts with
drawn and used up in the support OF their
families Many men have been Obliged to
mortgage their houses and lots to meet their
current living expenses. and now they must &c
% work tn litr the obligations incurred during
jhe months 81 idlene-S. In some cases there has
been TeTsOnal suffering in consequence OF the
cessation OF work and OF wages, and it will be d
Tor z lime before a majority or the miners arC
in a. good a condition PecuEiarily as they wer,
~ April last
The FOLLOWING Is a succinct but spirited &C
count OF the history of the Kilkenny cats:
There Onst was two cats in Kilkenny.
And aiCh thought there was one cat too many
so they Guarrelled and tit,
And they gouged, and they bit,
Til. excepting their nails
And the tips Of their tails,
Instead OF two cats, there warn't any.
ga singular marriage was recently soIem
nlzec III the Mammoth Cave OF Kentucky. a
mother that she never would marry the bride
groom ION the face of the earth" The recess
OF the cave where the ceremony was performed
has since been known a. the Bridal Chamber