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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-03

THE SUNDAY EXCURSIONS of the steamer
Lady OF the Lake are very delightful, quiet. au
healthfGl affairs, and arc enjoyed by the NEST
respectable people in the community. a large
number, including many family parties. went
on the trip yesterday, and everything passed OF
In the most satisfactory manner. The m mage
ment OF the boat is excellent, aud the catering
also; the refreshments being good ia QUALITY AMI
furnished al a reasonable price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-03

REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Wm l.. Wal * ca.
sold part Of lot IL, square 2Sl. on 18Th. near a
street, improved by two story brick dwelling
70 Slower ~ Latham, for $3.50. Also. hJu-e
ana lot on 18th street, neal X. % {. b. Church
Tor sl,e25; ditto. 20 John Cronin, Tor SI..Sl:
into, on near 18th stFest % John Cronin for
Sd lo ditto, TO JOhnsOn& Son. 20 II Isl: .littD
TO johnson * Son, for Si,7sl: ditto. GA Con-
necucut avenue, 20 &. b. Church, Tor II $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-03

OFF FOR EURoPE.-Among those who sailed
from New York for Europe on Saturday were
Mr.. Mazel, Minister from the Netherlands TO
this country, and family, r. NJ. Corwine, Esq,
and wife, and Mr. NJ. w. Gait, Of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-03

THE BOARD OF VISITORS 10 the West Point
Military Academy have made their report to the
Secretary of War. 1t is very elaborate, giving
the results Of their examination, and making
various suggestions calculated, in their opinion,
TO give increased usefulness 10 the institution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-03

To BE TRIED FOR KUKLUx OUTRAGEs IN
NORTH CARoLINA--A letter received at the
White House from the U. s. Attorney at Salem,
y. C, states that the grand jury of that county
has found bills of Indictment against p parties
engaged in the kukluX Outragcs on Mr.. Justice
a member of the Legislature, and Is indictments
against parties engaged in the outrageS on Mr..
Biggstaff. He writes that the parties are all in
Jail awaiting trial.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
An IIIIterate SehOolmaster

The following is a verbatim ct lit
erdtiHs COPY of a circular distributed
in the west of England about thirty
years ago. Roger Giles, grOsir, parish
clark and skule-master, reforms ladies
and gentlemens he draws teeth with
out waiting a moment, blisters on the
lowest farms, and fiZicke for a penny
o peace. He zells gOdfathers cOrgial,
cut kOrns and undertakes to keep
every body nayles by the yere and 70
OH. Young ladies and gentlemans
larned thare grammar language IN the
most purtiest manner: also gurt care
taken of thare morals an spellin, also
Farm singing, teeching the base vial,
and all other zOrt of phancy work
Parfumry and jOllOp, znuff and ginger
and all other spices, and as the times
be cruel bad he begs To tell he is Just
begun to zell all ZOTts of stashunary
wares, blackin balls, hurd herrings and
coles, scrubbin brishes and pills, mice
trans and trikOl and other zOTts OF
sweetmeats including taters, ingOns,
black led, brick dist, sassages and
other garden stuffs, also phrute, hats,
ZOnge, howl, latin-buckets and other
altAEfCSs holh alu uuu al 11tf fC anu
all hardwares. He also parfOrms
fleabottOmy on the shortest notice.
And Furthermore in partaklar be has
lard in q large ZOrtment Of trype, dogs
meat, lOlipOps, and other pickles, Zuch
as hOysters, winZur soap &c Old
rags bort and sold here and no place
helse, and new laid eggs every day by
me. ROGER GILES.
"P. ;. 1 teeches Joggrafy, Reuma-
ticks, and all them Outlandish things
queer drills, fashinabuIl pOkars, and
all other contrary dances tort at home
and abrOde to perfekshun. 4 bal OF
Wensdays when our Marian parfOrms
on the git Tar
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
Words Wifhnnt Rhrmss

Poets have often been greatly puz-
zled TO find rhymes for particular
words. II IS said that there is no
word in the English language which
fairly rhymes with "Step" Or''nIOuth. -
Byron says that it is impossible to
find a rhyme for the word silver"
Every little while some inquisitive
genius pTGclaims that a particular
word is without a rhyme, and chal-
lenges the world to disprOve his as
sertion. Forthwith many people
cudgel their brains, and some times
do produce the desired word. Some
years ago the RHickerJOcker offered a
brass quarter dollar to the person who
could find a rhyme to the word "win-
dow" The prize was earned by the
following effort, which furnishes the
rhyme and has some fun in it as well:
A cruel man a beetle caught
And to the wall him pinned, oh
Then said the beetle to the crowd,
Through I'm stuck up am not proud, ~
And his soul went out Of the window
Somebody has challenged a rhyme
for carpet" and the following was
the best production ELECTED, styled
'Lines to Pretty Barmaid:"
Sweet maid of the inn,
lis surely no sin
To toast such beautiful bar pet
Believe me, my dear,
Your feet would appear
At home on nObleman's carpet.
\ line ending with "harp it'' also
came near the mark. A rhyme was
found for TimbuctOO, as follows:
/ went n hunting on the plains,
The plains Of TimbuctOO;
shot buck for all my pains,
And he was slim buck too
And also for garden"
Though Africa's Hon be not here
In shOwman's stOutly barr'd den.
An "lriSh lion" you may, see
At large I'm Winter Garden.
Hood, in his humorous poems, eth
er originated or adopted the idea of
words at the end Of line for
the sake of rhyme. The following,
which is floating about, is a specimen
Of that kind OF composition .-
\ year old to-day Is little Molly
R0mping, noisy, fIt and jolly;
Too young to walk, and like polly
WOg excited she goes frol-
licking about the door. and gDflVI
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26

TO,any producing any Medicine ablsto show
half as I.any living, permanenteures as Or,
Fltler's vegetable Rheumatic; and a fUrtleI
reward OF SOD for any case Of Neuralgia 0I
rheumatism 10 VIII not ctire. This Rheti-
matte Syrup Is used inWandly Oni v. pleas
ant 70 the taste, and guaranteed free from
injurious Drugs It IS nos "a Quack Medf-
cline, but the scientific prescription or jos. Il.
Filter, NJ. D., Professor OF TOxicOlOgy and
Chemistry, graduate OF the ceiebratell u nj
verSity Of Pennsylvania, a. D., lSsjs whose
entire professional life has beer devoted
Specially 10 this disease, and his praetice
eOnfined strictly thereto. This propagation
Is believed, eOnseieutiously, nader sOleni "a
oath, TO be the only positive, reliable, infnl
iiblel specific ever discovered. As an evi-
dence Of confidence IN It's Wonderful Inerit,
a legal-sigued contract win be fOrWarded,
without charge, 70 any sufferer sending BY
letter q description or nfilctlOn the con-
tract setting forth the number 81 bottles
warranted 10 cure, md In case Of failure,
amount pai6 for Medicine cheerfuily y refupd-
ed. This fair and generous offer securely
projects sufferers from quack tmplsltiOns
aud useless expenditure OF money. Medi-
cal advice, with certificates from prominent
Ply icians, Oiergy men, etc, who have been
cured after all other treatments nailed, sent
by letter, gratis. Afflicted cordially invited
to write fOr advice 10 ths pricipai ohiee, %
South ST., Philadelphia, Pa. -r
D2l-iy. J. F. MARQUARDT, Agent.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
Piano For sale, Cheap.

NEW Piano. manufactured by Win.
"A Lindeman & Son, New York. one OF
no best instruments that eveF came tUsFif-t
IN, by reason Of lack of TOopl, viii bs sold
under cost price BY a. MANNS,
" No. -, MARKET 81, finn.
Ang. u, ls7i--tL 80 rra- 7I-E
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
The German Population.

The total number Of Germans resid-
ing in the United States is 1850, ,533,
distributed as follows: Alabama, .
4S2; Arkansas, l, ,jG3; California, %, 70l;
Connecticut, u, 453; Delaware, l,142;
Florida, 5O7; Georgia, 2,76l; Illinois,
2O3, ,75S; Indiana, 5000; Iowa, 66, ,I62;
Kansas, 1915; Kentucky, 3,3lS; Lou
isiana, is, 1888; Maine, sos; Maryland,
47,04j; Massachusetts, 1903; Michi-
gan, IS, 443; MinnesOta, Al 1854; BIissis-
sippi, 1850; Missouri, 1l3, ,GIS; Nebras-
ka, 1854; Nevada, 2,1Sl New Hamp-
shire, 436; New Jersey, $4,000; New
York, 316,902; North Carolina, 9O4 ;
Ohio, 1S2, ,S97; Oregon, 1873; Pennsyl-
vania, 160, l46; Rhode Island, I,20l ;
South Carolina, 2, los; Tennessee, f. $50;
Texas, %, 95S; Vermont, $40 Virginia,
1850; West Virginia, 6,232; WiscOn-
sin, 1884; ArizOnia, 379; Colorado,
!, 1,456. DakOtah, 563; District of Co
lumbia, $500; Idaho, 500; Montana,
l, ,233; New Mexico, 5s2; Utah, 35S ;
Washington Territory, 6t5; and
Wyoming Territory, G52.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
anecdotes Of Washington and Andre

Many years ago I made my first Wis
it to Washington's headuuarters. a
old IappaE Town, about halfa mil,
from the ''Seventy-six House, m,
ancient edifice was more than q hun
dred and twenty years old, and, al
though built Of stone, seemed al nos
tottering to its fall. 1t had four roofs
one on top of the other, and from the
first lower layer Of cedar shingles 1 Sc.
lected pOwdering specimens, which
pulled out easily, and have them now
I among Revolutionary relics.
/ l eDtered with my friend. whose
I guest l was at the time, and who was
a resident of the immediate neighbOr-
! hood We we're cOurteOusly welcOm-
ed by its then occupants, two elderly
ladies, who were born in the house.
Nothing could be in more perfect
/ keeping with the mansion than these
two venerable women. Their name
I was Van Bruyck; aud | was the more
I interested in them because | had r,.-
Gently become acquainted in New
J York with relative Of theirs of the
same name, "A promising young pain
/ ter, Who was fast increasing his rep
I utatlOn IS very natural artist and 4
keen observer of the picturesque .-
! One Of his most admired sketches, I
-.---sf 1si'i ~ ~ - IIIOs4 fa-IiL-a nj.
ture Of this same old house.
One Of the two ladies was over eigh-
| ty years old, and her sister was seven
ty-tye. They were very lively for
persons so aged, and were Obligingly
communicative.
"Did you ever see Gen. Washing
ton?' L Inquired of the oldest old lady.
"Oh, yes-many and many a time,U
she answered, sin this very room.
He often used to hold me in his lap.
l remember it just rs well as il was bat
yesterday: He was q lovely man,
General Washington was. And
here" she continued, going to and
opening a wide cupboard, 'the used to
keep his things" These blue-and-
white clancy cups and sassers he
used to drink out of; and here's the
very bowl he used to make his wine
sangaree in; and they used to pass it
round from one officer to another when
they'd come to see him. They helped
themselves. He seen u good deal of
company, Gen. Washington did"
Did you ever see Major Andre?" |
inquired.
'Oh, yes-more'n fifty times. He
was beautiful man. He kissed me
twice. l was little girl then. Iseen
him the very morning they took him
on the top of the hill to hang him.
The day before, in the morning, 1 took
him up some handsome ripe peaches.
He thanked me so kind, and broke
one of 'em open and put it into his
mouth and tasted it; but somehow or
mother he didn't seem to have no
l asked how Gen. Washington
seemed to feel on the occasion.
'Oh, he must have felt dreadful
He walked back ards and fOr'ards all
the morning in this very room; and
Eve hear'n Pop Blauvelt say that he
never see him feel so bad afore. He
kept looking at his watch every now
and then, and was Oneasy till the time /.
had come, and Major Andre was hung. |
| seen Major Andre myself, when was
a-swingin' in the air; and I seen him /
when he was dug up and took away; /.
so did yOU, Polly, too, didn't you ?'j-
From Our Monthly Gossip, in the .
November number Of Lippincott's .
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
What the Chicago Custom House
Vault Was Worth.

W HAT lut OhiCdsO custom house
Vault Was Worth.
The Chicago Journal Of the 18th
inst. says:
The supposed tire-prOOf vaults in the
Custom House proved to be shams of
the worst character, and that the gov
ernment was badly victimiZed by
those who undertook to do the work.
Collector McLean's vault, il seems, in
the second story of the building, rest
ed only upon two iron pillars built
from the basement, with two iron
girders of great strength and weight
-OOnnscted with the wall. A third
girder connected the two pillars,
forming frame work. a heavy fire
proof vault was built upon this fOun-
dation, and proved to be about the
weakest in the city to resist the fierce
ness of the fire. There were i'm the
vault at the time OF the fire s., 800, 900
in greenbaeks, $4,000 in National
Bank notes, S225, 900 in gold, s., 600 in
silver, making 4 total of 81, ,I30,O 900, of
which $500, 600 was in specie. During
the fire the iron pillars melted, and
the vault which they We're supposed
" NC oott W ouppolt uuuCA AuJ CiI-
cumstances, save terrible earth.
quake, fell into the basement and
yielded up its treasures to the insatiate
appetite o. the fire fiend.
In order to illustrate the Uselessness
of the vault, it is only necessary to
state that an old iron safe which con-
tanned So, 900, and stood outside the
vault, stood the test, and after the fire
gave up its contents unframed, while
about 81 500, 900 which was in the
vault was reduced TO ashes. The spe-
Gle was mostly found i'm fused masses,
and sea-ch has resulted SO far in the
recovering of about five.siXths of the
whole amount. 1t seems that only
about week ago $500, 900 in gold, and
50, 900 in silver were shipped from
the city.
Tue next proof of the trumpery
character of the building was found in
tile shamefully frail manner i'm which
the fire proof doors of the POstOfiice
vault had been hung. The safes or
doors are heavy enough, probably, but
il seems were only affixed to n single
bricks. When, therefore, the walls
expanded with the heat, the doors fell
out Of their own weight, each hinge
carrying with it the single brick 10
which il held, while the remainder;of
the wall was as firm as possible. or
course all the Government records
were destroyed.
1t is said that the Custom House
was only one of a large number of
buildings constructed on
the same plan. If this be so, it would
be advisable for the Government to
order an inspection Of such buildings
and make the necessary alterations.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
From the Atlantic Monthly.
4 NEWPORT ROMANCE
BY BRET IIARTE.

! They say she died Of a broken heart,
/ Il tell the tale as Z was told mel,
But ner spirit lives and her soul Is part
! Ofthis sad old house by the sea.
/ Her lover was tickle and fine and French /;
/ II was nearly a hundred years ago
I When he sailed away from her arms-poO
wench-
! With the Admiral Rochambeau.
marvel much what periwigged phrase
Won the heart ofthIs sentimental Quake
] At what gOld-laced speech of those modisl
days
/ She listened-the mischief take iler!
/ But she kept the posies OF mignonette
That he gave, and ever As their bloom faile
And fadedthouglI her tears still wet)
Her youth with their own exhaled.
TIL one night when the sea-fog wrapped
shrOud
Round spar aud spire sndtarn and tree,
Her soul went up on that lifted cloud
From the sad house by the sea.
And ever since then, when the clock strike
two
She walks unbidden from room TO room
And the air is filed that she passes through
With a subtle, sad perfume.
The delicate odor of mignOnette,
The ghost OF dead and gone boquet,
Is all thattells other story, yet
Could she think Ofa sweeter way
/ sit I'm the sad old house tonight
Myself and a ghost from further sea
And trust that this Quaker woman might
In courtesy, visit me.
For the laugh is fed from the porch an,
lawn,
And the bugle died from the fort on the hill
And the twitter OF girls on the stairs is gone
And the grand piano is still.
Somewhere in the darkness the clock strike.
two,
And there is no sound I'm the sad old house,
But the long verandah dripping with dew,
And in the wainscOt mouse.
The light of my study lamp streams out
From the library door, but has gone astray
In the depths OF tie darkened hall. Small
doubt ..F
But the Qutkcress knows the way.
Was it the trick OF a sense o'erwrought
With outward watching and inward fret ?
But swear that the air just now was fraught
With the odor OF mignOnette!
1 open the window and seem almost
So still lies the ocean-to hear the beat
OF its great gulf artery of the coast,
And to bask in its tropic heat.
In my neighbor's windows the gas-lights
fare
As the dancers swing in a waltz ofStrauss
And I wonder now could fit that air
To the song of this sad;old house?
And no odor of mignOnette there is
But the breath of morn on the dewy lawn,
And mayhap from causes as slight as this
The quaint old legend is born.
But the soul Of that subtle, sad perfume,
AS the spice-embalmings,th say, Outlnst
The mummy laid in his rocky tomb,
Awakens my buried past.
And think OF the passion that shook my
Youth,
Ofits aimIess loves and its idle pains,
And am thankful now for the certain truth
That only the sweet remains.
And hear no rustic OF stiff brocade,
And see no face at my library door;
For nav that the ghosts ofmy heart are laid,
She is viewless for eYermOre.
But whether she came as faint perfume
Or whether a spirit In stole of white,
l feel as 1 pass from the darllened room
She has been with my soul tonight,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
Distance Lends Enchantmenf.

a traveller who writes from Italy,
the "Land of Song" says the follow
ing: Returning home, 7 heard a
band Of operatives singing a chorus in
something like harmony and style
and this gives NE an opportunity OF
recording, that the street singing OF
this supposed musical city is, nineteen
times out Of twenty, wretched in the
extreme; nothing striking in the mel
Odies, attempted harmOnies generally
discords, the words couched ii the
ugly and uncouth AIiianese dialect, an
en- seDlbIe most dismal, most ear-rend-
ing. II the "Land Of SOngU owns no
sweeter nightingales than those of Nil
an, tremble for her reputation. Oc.
easiOnally one hears u mellow, tuna
bic organ; but the great majority Ol
these midnight warblers possess voices
harsh, disagreeable and screaming
and their gratuitOus serenades will re.
main one Of the very least agreeable
/ reeollectiOns Of Italy.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
The irrepressible punster Of the Bos.

The irrepressible punster Of the BOs-
ton Commercial Bulletin says:
Learn, if possible, 10 play Oh the or
gan, before doing which il will be nee
essary to become thorough i'm the art
Of punctuation, 50 that you will find
40 difficulty in learning the stops
When you begin 10 compose, you
should be quite composed; and when
YOU have completed a giece, try il on
the piano il II should prove tOOsmall,
make q larger piece.
iRyOu find the piano Is not your
fnrtr, try some other iH5trumeut-the
jewsharp OF triangle, for instance.
Avoid organ swells-they put on
airs.
Always stick b. the right pitch: il
YOU are a viOlinist, make your own
fiidiestick, unless you are one Of the
beauX Of the time.
You cannot catch fish With aclarinet
nor get any marrow out Of a from
bone.
You may get plenty Of notes from
an orchestra, although it don't % a.
loan, but has a leader; generaiiv =
very fast man, for he beats time.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
A. H. RYFRG

A TTORSEY AT LAW, Tinin, Ohio. once
a corner Main and Perry streets.
Mays.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
From tbe New York Evening Post
ShahPSneaFpan Yarlefips-

There IS little question that the
writings Of Shakespeare have been
made obscure in many passages by
ambitious but incompetent cOmmen-
tatOrs, who have only
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
Persistent BlaekguardIsm.

Sestary Robeson has at last put
his ot down on the worse than
absu usage of "hazingii that has so
Iongeen permitted to obtain It the
Nav Academy, as at other public in
stitDns. He has very properly dis
miss five Of the "young gentlemen
for vat he most emphatically and
accutely defines "A the "persistent
blac.uardism"- that has always,
hithfo, been tolerated az Annapolis
and lest Point.
TISecretary of the Navy, in dis
missg the 'young gentlemen"-
eveflad in the military school is a
'yOlg gentleman" be he never 50
muCGf cub-says very plainly and
fforc.y; "while mere youthful Wv
acitand mischief may be overlooked
/ persent HdekgH0rdisM is ineOnsis-
/ tentith the character of an officer
and gentleman, and will not he
! toleted."
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
men. GIRsON. M.

MO. . Madison street, between Main and
IN Jefferson streets, Thin, thirty years In
the practice OF Medicine and Surgery, IN
trammeled by the principles and dOgmas ol
any particular school, he has impartially
Investigated the Botanic, Eclectic, Hydro
paihio Snd Homeopathic systems, and
practically tested their remedial virtues
Still devoted 70 the Healing Art. he viii rs
Eiduously apply himself 10 professional Wis
It's. Particular instruction given In Hygiene
the care OF sickiy children, Ae. Ofiice pne-
seriptions prepared In tfe most agreeable
fOrEnE for medicinal use.
April ~, lS7I.1y.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
GRORGR GAGsWAN

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR Al
"A LAW, and Interpreter in the German,
French and Italian languages before the
civil and criminal Courts Of the state 4
close study and application 20 these and
other languages, In q sojOurn Of five years
In France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy,
Greece, syria, Palestine, Turkey-PrOper and
England, will, IL IS believed, the better rec
Omfnend him IN this branch Of his prOfes-
sion. once with DT. Crawford.
Feb, Il
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26

man who had purchased pair Of
new shoes, finding the road to be rath-
er a rough one, concluded to put the
shoes under his arm, aud walk home
ba-efooted. After awhile hestubbed his
great toe, taking the nail of clean as a
whistle" "HOw lucky {" he exclaim-
ell; "what 4 tremendous lick that
would have been for the shoes ~
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
:. a. FREYsLAN. n. D..

nHYGICIAN AND SURGEON, SOuth-wes
corner Of Market and Jefferson streets
opposite the Episcopal church, office I'd dool
on Jefferson street, eOlicils and hopes 4
merit q liberal patroilase, having the ad
vantage OF fifteen years experience In East
ern Pennsylvania and over three years 10
Tiniu, and being familiar with the Englisl
and German languages Special attendance
given 70 surgery. diseases 0f women and
rlIlldren Medlclne furIlislled when desired
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26

O Of the drivers employed in
cleng out the channel OF the river
at Ihgor, Maine, recently found an
aHont cannon on the bottom, near
Iy abedded in the mud and rocks
Itls hauled up and cleaned of, but
isrsted so that no date, il there were
on can he found on il. This piece
! is a very old pattern, and is made
ofOn so soft that il can be cut with a
kie. 1t was loaded with a six-pound
] b. which has been taken out, to-
7 gter with the wooden sabOt and the
/ p,der, the latter still enclosed IN its