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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-22

ITO LIVERPOOL POINT.
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE will make
an excursion 10 ~
LIVERPOOL POINT, e : 8Ah-=S
or SUNDAY EVENING, June % -rT.7-Tzs-za
ls72.stopping at GIymOnt. Leaves her wharf, 9th
street. at $50 p M, r, tIrning at about 10 p. m
Tins Steamer eau be chartered for excursions W led
nesdays, Saturdays and SundaYs. Tickets, so cts
II ID & CLAGETT, Agent
u III A IL Il n NJ
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY:
Containing Cards ofFi-st-elass Establishments
in all Branches Of Business in the District.
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THE FAVORITE EAMER
KEyPORT eseiK@
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can be chartered for select
Z Y u Il IONS.
Apply TO VIM. ii. BYLES, Agent,
req If 600 Pennsylvania avenue
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more and more, every day. They are
the most docile and good-hearted girls
have ever met. But it is a shame how
their male masters lord it over them, and
real pity to see the way they submit to
it all, without word OF complaint. /
have often been told by them, "We
know you Americans treat your women
better, and let them have their
own way much more than we
have it.; but they are smarter
than we are, and like it better
than we do; we are satisfied if we get a
good husband, who loves and supports
us and our children, and then we are
willing to do as he bids; we know he will
also let us have our pleasures, if we
work hard and ask him in the right
way" This is about the drift Of their
ideas, and it is very well for the German
nation that it is so. But how could it
well be otherwise2 They are taught,
from infancy up, to view things in this
light. 1t is fact, that very little is
done toward the mental cultivation of
the German women, and there is very
little hope that more will ever be done.
The men don't want it, and won't do it,
for they know the result.
The German people, as a nation, bear
about the same relation to their govern
ment that the female sex does to the
male sex, and explain it by the same
line of argument. They feel their ina
ability to launch out into the troubled
sea of politics, alone as a people, and
therefore the need of fatherly and we'll
meaning mind to pilot them along. Until
this feeling of timidity is overcome land
the signs even now, after their stupen-
dous achievements in the late war, are
not encouraging, the hope for republic
in Germany will never be realized.
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A Lay Sermon.

The verb "to lay" admits of various
classification. For instance, it is rathe
passive than otherwise, when that usefu
domestic fowl known as the hen, feel
impelled to lay an egg; but it is exceed
ingly active when they come to Lay
on, Macdufl" in the play. Almos
any maritime vessel is superior to thu
hen so far as laying is concerned, foi
while hen can lay only one egg at {
time, ship can lay TO, yet wouldn'
advise frugal farm wives to trade off theil
hens for ships on that account, thinking
to double the quantity Of their eggs
Ships are better to double cape
Hens are not the only creatures who
lay, by any means. A cat or dog car
lay around the stove all day, lazy man
is fond of laying off from work, and q
sailor can lay aloft."
A great deal has been said abou. the
"Lay of the Last Minstrel" but l have
not exactly understood yet what his
lay" was. | never saw the minstrel
yet, although / live in hopes that l may.
If / am alive when the last minstrel ex
pires / am ready to help lay" with the
utmost cheerfulness.
have been told although i know
nothing about the game myself, that the
apparatus by which faro is played is
technically known as the " layout" and
the number of people it has laid out is
beyond computation. Pharoah and his
hosts were swallowed up in the Red Sea,
according to the most authentic history
we have, but our modern Fario"
avenges his eugulped namesake by swal-
lowing hosts of Red Cs, which the un-
initiated are informed stands for red
checks" AS | remarked before, know
nothing about the game. 1t isn't my
lay. / never play, because it is wrong
and l never could win anything.
There are all sorts Of lays in this
world. Show me any particular lay and
| will show you any number of people
who are on it. Some men are continu-
ally hunting subjects to write lays about,
while others laze about all their lives,
and never hunt anything except it's a
drink. One man lays up grudge, and
another lays up something for a rainy
day. 1t is one mans lay TO lay a stone
wall, another to lay STILL A ship lays
alongside, and lazy man lays a long
time in bed One man lays down piping,
and another lays down and dies; while
few, alas lay up their treasures above.
There are men who lay over their fellows
in every particular, and there are others
who are satisfied to be lay members all
their lives; although, paradoxical as it
may appear, lay member may often be
a member in good standing Girls.
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A queer Case ior Jurymen.

A queer tale about the travels Of 9
gold pen is supplied by the Geneseo Re
public. 1t says that a Major Morder
well has for some weeks past suffered
from violent irritation and swelling oI
the neck. This was supposed to indi
cate a severe boil, but two or three days
ago, something appeared to show that
the trouble originated in a cause far
more novel. This was nothing less than
piece of gold pen, which worked its
way through the swollen part which af-
terward began to heal, and the explana-
ton is made as follows: In one Of the
battles in Grants famous campaign in
the West, Major Morderwell was shot
square through the body. The ball en-
tered his stomach, went through the in
testines, and passed out of the back
close to the spinal column. 1t is said
that the Major was one of the very few
so shot during the war who recovered
But this is not the only exceptional fea-
ture of the case. The ball carried along
with it gold pen and part of the pen
case that held it, and which, when he
was hit, were in the wounded man. s vest
pocket; and the ball in passing out left
the pen and case in the Majors body be-
hind it. Since then, those articles have
been wandering about, probably trying
to pass out, too; and, finally, part of the
pen, at least, has succeeded. From this
curious story it would appear that,
whereas it is in the highest degree dan
gerous to be shot through the stomach,
the risk is considerably obviated if you
can only oontrive to adjust gold pen
so that it will 60 Ia with the ball. We
would not, however, advise admiring ex-
perimenters to place too much depend
ence on repetition of the astonishing
good fortune Of Major Morderwell.
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Aphasta.
From Seribner's $ Monthly.l

From Seribner's Monthly.l
This disease of the memory or i'm.
pairment of the idea or power of ex.
pressing language may be illustrated by
the following instances: A gentleman
of seventy years, when wishing for any
thing, constantly employed some inap-
propriate word. If he desired bread, he
asked for his boots, yet would be furious
when'these we're brought. If he wished
tumbler to drink from, ne would call for
an utterly unsuitable vessel and vice
versa. Yet he was conscious that he
used the wrong word, for if another per-
son suggested the proper word he at
once adopted it. Sometimes the substi-
tuition is applied to a single letter. An
instance Of this occurred in learned
patient of DR.. Crichton' who substituted
the letter for {, and, if he desired
(kaffee) or coffee, asked for (katze) a
cat. A singular case was that of Ma
dame Hennert, who asked for a table
when she wanted chair, and for book
when she desired glass, and even when
the proper word was suggested she could
not pronounce it, yet she conducted her
household affairs with accuracy and reg
ularity.
Not only does the defect in question
affect the power of speech, but it also
extends to the act Of writing. The per-
son may articulate Auently and rapidly,
using strange words that he has coined,
or substituting unsuitable words. He
NAV even know that he is talking non
sense, yet when he attempts to express
his ideas by writing he will either write
his words in conformation to his use Of
them or he will write an unintelligible
scrawl.
Among other odd examples of this
defect is one related by Professor Ham
mond, in which the person always made
the tots to any question implying the
use of figures, though he would correct
himself by holding up the right number
of fingers. For example, if he meant
two, he would say tois and hold up two
fingers; if he meant seven, he would say
tots and hold up seven fingers; if he
meant eighty-four, he would say tots,
hold up eight fingers and then four. An
other gentleman could not recollect the
names of his friends, but always desig-
mated them by their ages.
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THE MYSTERY.
r.. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.



Thou art not dead: thou art not gone to dust;
No line of all thy loveliness shall fall
To formless ruin, smote by Time, and thrust
Into the solemn gulf that sewers all.
Thou canst not wholly perish. though the sod
Sink with its yiolets closer to thy breast;
Though By the feet of generations trod,
The head-stone crumbles from thy place of
rest.
The marvel Of thy beauty cannot die;
The sweetness Of thy presence shall not fade;
Earth gave not all the glory of thine eyes;
Death may not keep what death has never
made.
1t was not thine, that forehead strange and
cold,
Nor those dumb lips, they hid beneath the
Thy heart would .throb beneath that passive
fold,
Thv hands for me that stony clasp forego.
But thou hadst gone-gone from the dreary
land,
Gone from the storms let loose on every hill.
Lured by the sweet persuasion of hand
Which leads thee somewhere in the distance
still.
Where'er thou art, know thou wearest yet
The same bewildering beauty, sanctifed
By calmer joy, and touched with soft regret
For him who seeks, but cannot reach thy
side.
keep for thee the living love of old
And seek thy place in Nature, as a child
Whose hand is parted from his playmate's s
hold,
Wanders and cries along lonesome wild.
When, in the watches of my heart, hear
The messages of purer life, and know
The footsteps Of thy spirit lingering near,
The darkness hides the way that would 90.
Canst thou not bid the empty realms restore
That form, the symbol of thy heavenly part?
Or on the fields of barren silence pour
That voice, the perfect music of thy heart?
o once, once bending to these widowed lips,
Take back the tender warmth of life from
me,
Or let thy kisses cloud with swift eclipse
The light of mine, and give me death with
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Royal Relics.

1t is stated by the foreign press that al
the late celebration in st. Petersburg oi
the two hundredth anniversary Of the
birth OF Peter the Great, the uniform, hat
and sword of that monarch were ex.
hibited to the Muscovites who had
thronged from far and near to gaze upon
the sacred relics. 1t was feared that an
attempt would be made by some of the
more superstitious to procure bits Of
uniform for charms, to guard against
which the officers of the Imperial Guard
were stationed in the hall with swords
drawn, attended by detachments of in
fantry, cavalry, artillery and marines, so
that however much the vulgar might
have yearned for a rag of the royal raj
meht, an endeavor to procure it would
have placed them beyond any chance Of
testing their virtues.
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For Renresenfatfye.

JOHN OYERTON, JR., is a candidate to
represent Shelby county in the Lower House
of the Legislature. subject to the action of the
primary meetings of July 10th. 1l5 to
JAMES NJ. HARRIS is a candidate to rep
resent Shelby county in the Lower House of the
Legislature. subject to the action of the pri
mary meetings Of July 10Th.
JOSEPH BARBIERE is a candidate for
Representative in the Legislature. subject to
the decision Of the voters at the primary cleo
tions, July Goth.
S. R. CANNON is candidate to represent
Shelby county in the Lower House of the Leg
islature, subject to the result of the primary
elections to be held the 10th Of July instant.
104-te
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IFDr. Livingstone has not discovered
the sources Of the Nile, he has at least
found a fly which is quite as wonderful
as the mystical fountains he is in search
of. This insect, the teetre, is said to be
about the size Of our common house fly.
Its sting, three times repeated, will kill
the largest OK. The victim becomes
blinded and bloated, and its agonies
speedily end in commissions and death.
This destructive pest is fastidious in iti
selection ofsfood. Il confines itself al
most entirely to the horse, OK, sheep,
and dog. The pig. mule, ass, snd goat
20 unharmed, and man is rarely, if ever
attacked. This curious story would be
quite important, if true; but it is doubt
less an egregious lie from beginning tC
end.
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Japanese breach OF Promise.

After a japanese lover has proven
false to his vows, the deserted maiden
rises at about two o clock in the morning
and dons q white robe and high sandals
or clogs Her Golf is a metal tripod, in
which are thrust three lighted candles;
around her neck she hangs a mirror.
which falls upon her bosom; in her left
hand she carries small straw figure
the efigy Of her faithless lover; and in
the right hand she grasps a hammer and
nail, with which she nails it TO one Of
the sacred trees that surround the
shrine. Then she prays for the death
Of the traitor, vowing that Il iier petition
be heard she viii herself pull out the
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nails which offend the god by wounding
the mystic tree. Night after night she
comes to the shrine, and each night
sticks in two more nails, believing that
every nail will shorten her lovers life;
for the god to save his tree will surely
strike him dead. tits curious illus.
tration Of the hold superstition yet has
on the Japanese mind.
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Phases Of German and student Lii,

Extracts from Letter of an American Stu
dent at Heidelberg.
have given you, in previous letters,
somewhat extensively, my opinions upon
studenten F" life, as well as upon Ger
man life and manners in general. You
seem, however, to have an idea that
am getting Germanized out here. Far
from it. In fact, there are few Ameri-
cans that would be. Some (but very
few do succumb TO certain German
studenten" manners and customs
join the corps" drink beer, fight fancy
and harmless duels, seduce innocent
young girls and swagger about generally,
and then imagine they have been doing
great things, but these are rare and far
between. The Germans themselves are
beginning to see the folly of such life,
and the corp" students are, as gen.
eral thing, not the favorites they were Of
old. But, as Madam DeStael said; ITO
know all is to forgive all, j" and when one
becomes acquainted more closely with
the facts, he can well see an excuse and
a pretty good reason for some of this.
In the Gymnasium these young
fellows are watched and guarded almost
as much as a six year-old child, and it is
but natural that, when they regain or
rather gain their liberty, they should
feel it and wish to enjoy it for the short
time they are at the University. Then,
again, most Of those who join the
corps" aud "schleger" are sons Of
well-to-do parents, and have for their
object either the army or navy. They
claim, and with much show OF reason,
that this preliminary fighting is but
practice for what is to come. But, as
said, these corps students are in the
minority, and to the credit Of the ma
jority be il said that they have outgrown
and condemned this relic Of the middle
ages.
As to the KAtharinas," love them
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For FAX Collector.

After consultation and solicitation Of O.
great many friends and German American
citizens, / announce myself candidate for
the Office Of County Tax Collector of Shelby
county at the next ensuing election.
July %, 1872. Il2i-tel JOHN GEUGEL.
candidate fer the Office of TAX COLLECTOR OF
SHELBY COUNTY. subject to nothing but the
balIot-bOx. Election. August 1st.
l24t HENRY NJ. L0EWENSTINE.
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For state senator.

To the People Of Shelby. Fayette and Upton:
Responsive TO the action Of the recent County
Convention of Upton county. and the request
of my friends in Shelby and Fayette, an
nounce myself candidate for Senator for this
district in the next General Assembly, subject
to3he action Of the Senatorial ConYenton..
este PEYT0N j. SMITH.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate to
represent Shelby county In the Senate, OF the
next Legislature. subject TO the nominating
election Saturday, July 20, 1872.
107-te j. M. CREWS.
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For sheriff.

JACK DOYLE, Democratic nominee, is n
candidate for Sheriff of Shelby county. Elec-
tion August 1st. 99-td
No Politics I'm Local Onices.-I am
an Independent candidate for Sheriff Of Shelby
county. If elected. shall appoint the best
men can get as deputies. Will strive TO do
my duty to the people of this county. The
Office shall never be used as political machine
while / am sheriff. If consistent with your
views, will be glad to have your support.
Yours with respect,
dA-ta A - CIIRRY- L
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To the People of Tennessee.

In response to the call of many leading
citizens Of the State, l hereby announce my.
self as a candidate for the Office of Judge Of
the Supreme Court, made vacant by the resig-
nation of Hon. L. A. X. Nelson. Election
first Thursday in August next.
ROBERT MCFARLAND.
Merristown. Tenn. 2O-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce A. 7.
LACEY, ESQ.,, as a candidate for Congress,
subject 10 the action of the Democratic Con-
RressiOnal Convention. 1l4-te
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For FIoater.

GEORGE A. MATHES. of Someryille. is
hereby announced as a candidate for Floater
TO represent the counties of Fayette and
Shelby in the Lower House of the next Gene
raj Assembly, subject to the action of the pri-
mary elections in Shelby, on the 20th inst, and
the Democratic Floterial Convention. 1l8-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-25

To the Voters of the Fifteenth Civil District:
am candidate for reelection to the Office
of Constable of the Fifteenth Civil District of
Shelby county, which includes Chelsea. Elec-
tion August /, 1872.
1l4-ta GEO. l.. WILLIAMS.
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DISTRIBUTION.
Worth Your Attention.

A Farm Of forty li0l acres. with House, Barn,
Stock and Carriages, valued at...........sl 10 900
With Cash Premium of...................... % 600
First Prenfut -siu ~
Ten building lots, valued ats 500 per lot
Ten Premiums. ms.................... 1880 each
Thirty-three fine building lots as premiums,
Gated in the suburbs Of New Haven. Ct 900
shares at S. each: half shares, $50; quarter
shares, 81 %. are offered, and will remain on
sale until July Sjth. The premiums viii be i'm
mediately awarded. This is not lottery. but
a cash sale Of property rapidly rising in value.
Ten per cent. discount on orders for ten OF
more shares. Shares sent by mail on receipt
Of price. For agencies, shares, or further in
formation, address,
\. n. HENRY. Agent,
Lock BOX So, New Haven "a
S5-ll0-eOd
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A. WOODWARD is a candidate for re-elec-
ton TO the Office of Trustee of Shelby county,
subject to the action of the Democratic
County Convention. 25-t
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FOR SALE.
Lots For Sale in Ida City,
Long island, Now York.

IDA CITY is SITUATED ON LONG IS
Il land, 35 miles from New York city. the
Long Island railroad running centrally
through Ida City. Lots there are hereby Of
fered for sale on the following terms: Fifty
dollars each, on a credit of ten years, paya-
BILE in ten annual instalments-say S. % per
year on each lot. The parties owning the
above property propose to sell to the Southern
people one-half of the lots. cay 1000, on tho
above terms. without interest. The East
River Bridge is now in process of construc-
ton, connecting Manhattan Island, upon
which New York is situated. with Long Is
land.
This is a good opportunity for any person of
this section of country to invest small sums
in the purchase of these lots. Terms are
easy, and within the reach Of all. Property
on Long Island will rapidly increase in value
as soon as East River Bridge is completed.
Map of the City of Ida can be seen, and
full information given upon application beikg
made to HY. F0NTAINE,
responding Secretary,
No. l9 Madison street.
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For Judge OF Chaneerx Court
For Privilege Tax Collector.

SAM'L P. WALKER is the nominee of the
Democratic Convention for the Office of Judge
of the Second Chancery Court. 64-te
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To the People of Tennessee.

TN RESPONSE TO THE EXPRESSION
L of a popular desire. sufficiently general
and influential to control my action in the
matter, hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the office of Judge of the Supreme
Hon. +. A. r. Nelson. Election first Thurs
day in August next j b. COOkE.
Iihottanongn March H. 1872. lite
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ra1eIection 10 tho ofi;ca ~ priviIeea Ia rnIA
lector for Shelby county. subject to the Demo-
cratic Convention A7-ta
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INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association,
No. S34 Front Street,
DIR. HINSON

HAS LATELY PROCURED AN INSTRU-
III ment that removes the disintegrated pOr-
ton Of the teeth with comparatively no pain,
and il is well worthy Of attention. and can ac-
complish with il more in one hour than for
meriy in three. Give him a call aud your
teeth shall be more perfectly plugged and for
less money than ever before.
S. HINSON. Dentist,
lO5-lN Office and dwelling, 2S3 Main Il.
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