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passing by the Presidential Mansion TO r. to
IN, TO the Avenue, passing IN review before the
WIDOWS and orphans Of the opder, assem- led at
Odd r,uv- Hsll;) thence up the avenue until
the head OF the procession reached the reser-
vation between 18th and Itta streets, wnere me
colum was halted, and forming In two ranks the
widows and orphans, who had previously as
sembled at the hall, passed along the pavement
to the theater, after which the line was opened
to the right and left and the Grand Lodge, pre-
ceded BY the grand marshal and aides, followed
by the encsmpments and lodges in order, en-.
tered the theater. Here the member--,,n g..
seated by p. q. John W. Thomrcon. and = corn.
OF assistants. WI Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

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lished in Wellington. b. O., ISL he snoossssn,t.
Eests O9ns, D1nions. OhillblAins. Club, and In.
o1t Sein or tnconvenisnce 20 the patient The sSos
esn be yorn With eess Immediately After the operS
eSocs, and thovseads q other resIondble 1srsons,
We netronize bis setaokshmnt. Hours. from :.
ts:os.. ssos,s es Ss. e - sS:S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

0HERRY WIFE IN BOHD.
We have few qr, ca:ks very pale and dsIicas.
town, ID. O., which We will sell 1t Q very mali -
vance Il e vine Of our ON Importation from th.
bounced BY judges the finest wine this ma fhs A.
isnslc: Samples can De seen ct eur store.
We are Sole Agents In the District for r 4 n A.
tin Co.'S world renowned PURI WHTHT
MHIeki distilled from the best grain eIpressl;
prices, By BROWNING 4 6fDDL ETON.
Io4 Ga pennaVlvonia svSnrs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

BY Rev. A. b. Groeh, Past Grand.
AIR-" Aald Lang Syne."
Should I" days Of small things" be despised
And never brought to mind;n
When few our humble Order priced,
In days OF auld lang syne?-
In days OF anld lang syne, dear friends,
When Wildey and Z" the FOUR
Were our whole Order in this land
One Lodge 1T Baltimore.
Win loving hearts, through weary years,
Iney early wrought, and late;
from precious seed they sowed in tears
Wereap our harvest great.
We reap-but tits asa,n 10 sou
ne increase, Lord, Is Thine -
three hundred thousand laborers now
For nve in auld lang synei
And Woman, now, her winning pracs
Will with our strength combine~
Rebecca's Daughters take their place
Unknown in auld lang syne.
And million dollars yearly dow
To speed our work divine,
Where only dimes ooxed, few and slow,
In days Of auld lang syne.
Then throw the triple links abroad
Till all the world they span,
And teach the Fztherhood OF God,
And Brotherhood of man.
Already distant isles rejoice,
And Europe's on the move
They ak the hand, the heart the voice
OF Friendship, Truth and Love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

The thanksgiving exercises at the theater wer
as follows: Music by Prosperi's band; invoes
ton by Grand Chaplain George r. Timm
Thanksgiving ode, composed by Bro. H. 4
Dobson, Of Washington Lodge, by the Odd Eel
lows choir, assisted by the orchestra and entir
audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

S6oTSIh !it.SSSEas ozsF Sir st dE6TH hSP
SoASe nreet, 9e9reetown. Nots by MI fro6
SsofeeseWn or Warrington attended To- ooaa-iS
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MOCAA, OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
oIfLSN, sLASUArRA, MARACAIBO, Ri
To, s ssis Isr !, COFFEE ALL GRADES.
BROWNING q MIDDLETON.
Ola PeBpsylvanis aver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-26

The many Thousands cured e tkis establi.e,,.-s
Iortant surgiosl operations Dsrfonsd b. Dr. JoSS-
sten. witnessed b. the reDorss Of the Sss and
other DeDers, notices Of which have apDearSd sSsS
md A9ein eefore the public, bedss bis sfandtns ~
. Gentieman Of character ana resDoudbflifV II
XII D02AsDo sPbRDTLT OURuD. ocas-l n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
A Tender Conscience.

A good example of a morbidly tender
conscience, as we'll as one wholly imper.
vious to conviction of wrong, is afford
ed in the story of n halter and black
smith, who were members of the same
church. The latter, who was thor
oughly pious man, arose one day in
conference meeting to tell of the en-
.joyment he experienced in communion
with God, in which delightful duty he
spent an hour in the middle of each
day. "Try it, BRETHREN" said he; ''you
will be richly repaid for the loss of time
in your business, and do not allow your.
selves to be interrupted by any calls to
business. Why, when | am thus en-
gagged, | would not lose my devotions
even if ! knew were losing the sale of
a hat-that is" he added, after mo-
ment's pause, "a wool hat" The black
smith, unlike the halter, never troubled
himself to make corrections. On the
contrary, his crying sin was that of ex-
aggeration. His deeds of valor were no
less remarkable than those of Sir John
Falstaff, and the enemies whom he dis
puted in battle often increased in the
same ratio as those of the hero of Gad's
Hill. The brethren of the church,
panied by the reproach which these
marvellous stories seemed to bring on
his profession, resolved to call a meet
ing, invite the offending brother to be
present. and, in delicate way, hint to
him that he was doing much harm to
the cause of religion. A number of in
direct illusions producing no effect on
the blacksmith. the halter rose and said
he should be under the painful necessi-
ty of being personal, and would unwil-
lingly say he referred to the brother in
pew No. 4. Brethren" said our friend
of the anvil, slowly rising and looking
about him. with tears in his eyes, 1t
must be that you allude to me. | ac-
knowledge my fault, and thank you for
your kind interest in me but, brethren,
pity me, for I hare she'd barrels Of tears over
that ucry SIM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

At a recent meeting of the British
Association at Edinburgh, a paper was
read giving the history of the photo
graphic post during the siege of Paris.
1t will be rendered that dispatches to
persons within the walls were reduced
to microscopic proportions by means of
photography, SO that a large number
could be sent by single bird. These
Photographic dispatches were rolled up
in quils, and fastened to the tails of
carrier pigeons. Every film reproduced
sixteen folio pages OF printed matter,
and contained an average of three thou
sand dispatches. The lightness of the
materials enabled the French Govern
ment to put upon one pigeon eighteen
films, or tifty-four thousand dispatches,
weighing altogether less than one gram.
me, or fifteen and half grains. The
whole of the official and private dis
patches carried by pigeons during the
Investment of Paris, numbered about
one hundred and fifteen thousand,
weighing in all about two grammes, or
thirty-one grains; only one pigeon,
therefore, would have been needed to
carry these dispatches. If the number
of copies made were taken into account,
it was stated that two million five hun
dred thousand dispatches were sent in
all.-Hearth and Home.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
The Last King of Ireland.

Roderic O'Connor, of the ancient line
of Connaught, was the last king who
sat on the throne of Celtic Ireland.
His character and exploits are painted
with no iiattering hand by the monkish
writers, who longed for his destruction,
or later historians, who have written in
the interest of the Roman Church. All
the crimes and woes of fated Edipus
are attributed to the unhappy king who
ventured to strike last blow for the
freedom of Ireland, who resisted with
obdurate patriotism the steel-clad le.
gions of the Pope and Henry H., and
who more than once seems to have been
on the eve of final triumph. 1t is
said that Roderic was thrown in chains
by his father, who feared his savage
temper, that he put out the eyes OF his
two brothers, and that he wasted in
civil fueds the forces that should have
been turned against the foe. He seems.
indeed, to have wanted prudence, and
too often to have been deceived by the
treacherous arts of Dermot and priests.
Yet one can not avoid reviewing with
sympathy the story of the unhappy
monarch whose disastrous reign was at
least marked by sincere patriotism,
and whose misfortunes were never
merited by his treachery or his servile
fear. Amidst his savage and ancestral
wilds the O'Connor, terrified by novel
dangers, assailed by the most powerful
monarch of the age, exposed to the
anathemas of the Italian Church, sur
rounded by traitors, and scarcely safe
from the intrigues of his own sons or his
ambitious rivals, still maintained spirit
not unworthy of that long line of patri-
otic chiefs of whom he was destined to
be the last; and it is a graceful trait in
the character of Roderic that he strove
once more to revive, by liberal endow
ments, the famous college of Armagh,
as if concious that Ireland could only
hope to secure its freedom by general
education of its people.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
Domestic Animals as FOOd-HOw to Get
Used to the Meat.

A Miss Taggart, of indianapolis, who
was in Paris during the war, pursuing
her musical studies, had opportunity
also for testing the uality of the differ
ent kinds of meat resorted to during
the siege. She says that about six
weeks after the first siege had COM
menced, the lady of the house at which
she was boarding, with some thirty 9TH
ers, remarked to her tenants" that
they soon would have to eat horse and
other animal flesh, as the supply of beef
was rapidly decreasing. They all begged
her not to tell them when they began
to eat it, as they feared they would not
be able to overcome their repugnance
at the idea of such food. The landlady
gratified their wish, and it was not until
a week or ten days had passed that they
knew that they had been living on
"new meat" Miss Taggar found it not
only palatable, but pleasant. Mule
meat was very nice, tasting like fresh,
juicy beef; horse flesh was good, but
not SO tender cats were really excel
lent, and when served up with rabbit
could not be distinguished from it. For
dog meat, however, Miss Taggart ac.
quired distate which she could not
overcome.. Her fellow boarders said it
was because her first piece was not q
tender one, as they had developed
partiality for it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
Selection Of Insects for Food by Birds,

Although we look, and with ample
reason, to the birds as the main agency
in destroying insects injurious to vege-
tation, observation shows that different
forms of insects are molested by them
in very different degrees. This is
especially the case in regard to the
Lepidoptera, some forms of which are
not touched by any birds whatever, and
others again are devoured by some and
spared by others. As general rule, it
is said that the most beautiful and
brilliantly colored Lepidopetra owe their
safety to their tints, as the bird first at
tacks the most striking portion, namely
the red hinder wing, and the insect
tears itself away and escapes. Hairy
caterpillars, again, are less eaten than
the smooth species, not only perhaps
on account of their bristly covering,
but their more nauseous taste. The
streaked caterpillars, spotted with yell
low, are usually refused, while all the
smooth and dark kinds, especially those
resembling plants in color, or of red
dish tint, are generally devoured with
great avidity. - Harper's Magasine for
October.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
Humorous and Witty.

AN air of importance-One's first
breath.
WHEN is the most dangerous time to
visit the country2 When the trees are
shooting and the bullrushes out.
Why is minister near the end of
his sermon like ragged urchin? Be-
cause he's toward (tor'd) his close
(clothes). q
MUSICAL Jones' doctor last week for
bade him to eat pastry. Musical Jones
simply responded TO his medical man
by singing dolorously, "Good-by, sweet
tart, good-by."
DoEsN'r this lovely scene animate
your" asked Anna of her lover. "No,"
said he, "nothing but you can Anna
mate me. o, say yes, my darling"
She did say yes, and his cup of anima-
ton was full.
"How shameful it is that you should
fall asleep" said a dull preacher to
drowsy audience, "while that poor idiot
is awake and attentive?" 81 would
have been asleep, too" said the fool,
"if had not been an idiot"
The other day, at Saratoga, John G.
Sake was leaning over the railing of the
grand stand "You look like the mon
arch of all you survey" said Fernando
Wood, patting him on the back. "No;
| only have lean on the property" re-
piled the genial Sake.
The following correspondence is said
to have taken place between mer
chant and one of his clients: "Sir,
your account has been standing for
two years; ] must have it settled i'm
mediately." Answer -" "Sir, things
usually do settle by standing; | regret
that my account is an exception. If it
has been standing too long, suppose
you let it run little"
"I ONCE dreamed" said Pat, "that |
called upon the President, and he axed
me wud drink. told him l didn't
care if | TUX a drop of punch. Could
excellency, said L; and he stepped
down in the kitchen for some bilin'
water; and before he got back | woke
strate up; and now it's distressin' me
that | didn't take II could.'
A CELEBRATED dandy was ordered by
his physicians to follow a course of sea
bathing at Dieppe Arrived at that de.
lightful town, he ordered a machine
and attendant, and went boldly into the
water. He plunged in bravely, but in
an instant after came up pulling and
blowing.
Francois" said he, "the sea smells
detestably it will poison me. Throw
little eau-de- Coolgne into the water, OF |
oh haII he suffncated ~
A GAMBLER informed the Detroit
Police Court, the other day, as to a GER
tain difference in the names applied to
the lairs of the tiger. "Is the place in
question known as a common gambling
house?" inquired the Judge, and the
votary of chance explained: No: it
is what gamblers call snap room;
but don't s'pose you know what that
means, so I'll explain. A snap room
is place where any gambler can take
man and deal faro, on condition of pay
ing the proprietor ten per cent. of the
winnings"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
Importation of Stone from Greece.

The Boston Journal, Of August 3lst,
says:
The arrival of a vessel from the classic
shores of Greece is rare occurrence at
this port. The bark Edwin has arrived
laden with 500 tons of white cliff stone,
quarried near the sea shore, ON the isl
and of Negropont, in the Grecian Archi-
pelago. AS it is the first importation of
the stone here, it has excited some no.
tice, and many curious questions have
been asked respecting it. Since last
March this species of stone has attracted
the attention of scientific men. 1t has
white, chalky appearance, and is used
for the manufacture of artificial stone
of rare beauty and polish, and is also
made into emery wheels, oil stones, &c.
The process of manufacture is first to
reduce the stone to fine powder,
which, after being mixed with any min
eral substance, sand, gravel, or ether
kind of stone. in varying proportions
according to the desired result, it is then
moistened with bittern water, by
which it is made plastic, and capah1r
of being moulded into any fQSaG
thus turned into a caaditis
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

The GIRL OF THE PERIOD AN OLD-FAsH-
IoNED GIRL.-In l647, the "Simple Cob
bier of Agawam" wrote in Massachu-
sets as follows of the ladies' dresses of
that period: 81 can make myself sick
at the time with comparing the dazzling
splendor wherewith our gentlewomen
were embellished in some former habits
with the goose-down wherewith they
are now surcingled and debauched.
We have about five or six of them in
our colony. If | meet any of them ac-
cidentally, can not cleanse my phansie
of them for a month after. 1t is enough
to break the heart for to see our goodly
women imprisoned in French cages,
peering. out of their hood holes (big
bonnets) for some men of mercy to help
them with little wit, and nobody to
relieve them. 1t is no marvel they
wear daIes on the hinder part of their
heads, leaving nothing, as it seems, in
the fore part but few squirrels brains
to help them frisk from one ill-favored
fashion to another. 1t is no little labor
to be continually putting up English
women into outlandish casks who, if
they be not shifted anew once in few
months, grew sour for their husbands.
When l hear a gentle dame inquire
what is the newest fashion of the court,
with desire to be in it with all haste,
whatever it be, look at her as the very
gizzard of a trifle, the product of a
quarter of a cypher-the epitome OF
nothing
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
To an Autumn Leaf.
BY GEO. l.. CArLlN.

BY GEO. l.. CATL1N.
The buds of spring. their beauties coyly hiding
From stranger eye,
Breathe not to us, thou, the sweet, sad chiding
That all must die
The summer wild-fower, blooming for some
finder
That chance may send,
Hath not, with all its bloom. thy still reminder
That life must end!
Thus neither beautious buds. nor flowers, giving
Their perfumes rare,
To us who cannot always here be living.
And half so fair.
As thou, bright leaf. which waited from distance
Hast hither flown;
For. in the story of thy brief existence
We read our own.
Fl BuldmiR's Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
Gold Discovery i'm Cascade.

A few days ago Mr.. E. d. Catlin, of
Coldwater, returned from a visit to Cas-
cade township, Kent county, bringing a
small amount of gold dust of his own
panning out. 1t was found in the bed
of small creek, a tributary of the
Thornapple river. The discovery was
made but recently : the largest particles
yet found were about the size Of pin
head. Says the Coldwater Republican ::
"The sample left with us was passed to
DR.. G.. X. Smith, an old Californian, for
analysis. He pronounces it genuine
gold, mixed with black sand. the latter
being partially composed of sulphurets
of iron, the same as exists in California
in connection with gold. This sample
is of the character of float gold" Pros
pecting may develop sufficiency of the
precious metal to pay the public debt.
Let us hope so.-East Saginaw Enter
prise
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

HGMATosINE, the coloring matter of
the blood in man and the superior ami
mails, is the subject of an interesting
Medicales, which has just reappeared
in Paris after its suspension during the
siege. Hematosine is contained within
the blood globules, where it is associated
with colorless compound called "he-
matoglobuline." Hematosine is pre-
pared as follows: Clotted blood is
kneeded into paste with the solution
OF some harmless coagulating salt, and
is then subjected to strong pressure.
The cakes thus obtained is taken of the
press broken into crumbs, and digested
with 81 parts alcohol and three parts of
some acid. The hematosine dissolves
in the the liquid which becomes strong
ly colored, and the "globuline" settles
at the bottom of the vessel. The solu-
ton is poured off from the precipitate,
and on being neutralized deposits
quantity of reddish flakes which are
raw hematosine. That is purified by
successive washings on filter with wa
ter, alcohol and ether, and is afterwards
dried and reduced to a powder of a
brown hue and metallic appearance, but
with neither taste nor smell. H9matos
inc is insoluble in water and alcohol,
but can be dissolved in ether, all the
essential oils and fatty bodies. After
calcinating, residuum of protoxide of
iron is obtained. According to many
Psychologists this is the form in which
is contained in the blood, although Ger
man chemists think it exhists there in
its natural state. HGmatosine, however,
is administered in the shape of pills and
lozenges in cases where iron is recon-
mended, it being more easily absorbed
by the stomach in conjunction with
food.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

A CHINESE BENDER."-A correspon-
dent who recently visited the Chinese
shoemakers at North Adams, Mass,
writes: learned one thing that do
not remember to have seen in print,
that they are strictly temperate except
on the lst of January, when they have
u grand drunk. Last January they
were given four days for spree of this
sort, and they went through it with
magnificent system and success. !
omitted to inquire what their favorite
beverage is, but somebody should lind
1t out; for after getting drunk and
keeping so -four, days, they come out re-.
ffeshed, and inyigorated. There is no
| Joke about this, for the proprietor said
that on the day following their enor-
nous bum in January they did larger
days work than before or since on a
single day, rs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30

THE account of some of the principal
female poisonersewho have attained no.
toEiety during the PRESENT century, which
i published> is curiousiy supplemented
by dispatch, narrating the, crimes of a
Miss Edmonds,s at Brighebu, in Eng.
land. Hsseems that she iifst attempted
to take the life Of woman with whose
husband she had fallen in love, by the
use of poisoned chocolate creams. The
attempt was not successful. Then, for
the purpose, it is said, of covering up
her former crime, she distributed td6
poisoned confections throughout the
city, with serious results. Surely me-
diieval history is repeating itself about
this time in q most unpleasant manner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
A Slate Quarry Experiment.

Slate auarries have been opened with
in a year at Monson, Maine, and their
discovery was peculiar one-at any
rate worth relating. A Welchman
named William T. Williams, accustom
ed to quarry work, while passing
through Monson observed some slate
rock that had been thrown from Gel
lar. He recognized it as valuable, and
in company with another man named
John Tripp, traced the vein along the
surface, and finally purchased fifteen
acres of the apparently worthless land
for seventy-tive dollars. They immedi-
ately commenced an excavation, and
found, as they expected, good slate at
the depth ofa few feet. In few weeks
they sold their purchase to New York
company for sixteen thousand dollars.
Four other quarries have since been
opened by different parties. From
one of them, the Eureka" two hun
dred and fifty squares of slate have al
ready been taken. All these quarries
promise well, but only two, the " Heb
ron Pond" and '' Eureka" are at pres
ent working any hands.
A LITTLE travestie of fashionable cor
respondence was published some years
ago, which puts in an amusing light the
absurdity both of writing pet names and
of fashionable precocity. The writers
are supposed to be young ladies of eight
years or thereabouts,-such young Ia
dies as are now figuring in " children's
balls" at the watering-places, if the cor
respondents truly report. The first note
ran thus: Miss Minnie Smiths COM
pliments to Miss Maggie Jones, and de.
sires the pleasure of her company this
evening. Refreshments at eleven"
The response was "Miss Maggie
Jones's compliments to Miss Minnie
Smith, with regrets that prior engage
ments preclude the pleasure of accept
ance. She is to be whipped at seven,
and sent to bed without her supper at
eight
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-09-30
"A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

ty-loakiag traveller turned in at
- gate, and passed Up the walk
to the. Tf,yward farinhouse.'
Iereswas nsthing preposseSing in
kpearai1ce. The clothes he wore,
not of coarse materials were yet
nd thrsadbarv !; and his hat,
a quarter of n century before,
ng and gclose acquaintance
line and storm. He was quite
Dalthough he stepped quite
pmbly upon the gravel walk, and tired,
FOR he had tsamped many miles under
the proilinE heat of that July sun.
sWithal, theIe was a look of shrewdness
md MoMledge of the world about him,
That seemed to belle his INDECENT ap-
spearahea nj
: iIeklancs6 about him at the well-cul-
fields. the comfortable dwelling,
3inne barns and the numer-