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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-02
THE WEATAER.

W.. IN n n AhNI ,OytcS ChseJ Ot0not ODtcey,{
WAsHIHsToH, d. c., Nov. 2, 1872, am
SYNOPSIS roR PAST rwBNTY-PouR HOURS
Ine pressure has increased in New England.
with northeriy to westerly winds and clearing
weather, extending to the lower lakes and mid
die states with partly cloudy weather. In the
south Atlantic and Gulf states, northerly to
easteIly winds, reduced pressure and partly
cloudy weather, with light rain, have pre- vailed
over the northwest, the upper lakes and Michi-
gan, and thence to the lower and mid Ohio val.
ley, sSutherly winds, cloudy weather and COCA
PRoBA Lake Ontario to vir-
ginla and thence over the middle states and New
England, portherly 10 westerly Winds partly
cloudy and clearing weather, winds veering this
evening to southerly, with increasing cloudiness.
Over the south Atlantic and Gulf states, light
variable winds. chiefly northeasterly, with ire
quent cloudiness and occasional night rain, but
clearing on the Gulf 70 morrow. In the north
west and thence to Tennt see, Kentucky and
Illinois, clearing, clear and cool weather, with
westerly to northeriy winds. From eastern
wisconsin to Lake Eric, over the upper lakes
and also to Indiana and the upper Ohio valley,
fresh and possibly brisk southeriy winds, cloudy
weather and occasional light rain.
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MY FFI0E.
JUAN BOYLE q GO,
ZEAL ESTATE KERS,
NO. us FuIKENrH sIRK1I, PLANTS 5uLpINs
FOB SALE.
HANDSOMELY FURNISHED HOUSE on
south a street, between ID and Sd Streets with al
me modern mproy ements. Small cash payments
and long time on balance
several FARMS, small and large, on tine line of
the Point OF Rocks railroad, within few minutes
walk OF the depot, within thirty minutes Of Wash
Also. enc Of two hundred acres, on the same road
and same distance from depot, imDrov ed by Mouse,
Six LOTS near Capitol, fronting on New yersey
avenue. One Of the nnsst situations IN the city
A handsome COUNTRY 6EAT Of & acres one
mile above Georgetown.
A handsome HOUSE, on corner alst and q
streets, With every modern Improvement, long time
4 fine LOf on O street D. L., between ID and Sd.
Two LOTe on Sd street, between @ and s. T.
Several LOTS on d street, bet. ID and Sd s. r.
Three handsoms HOUSES IN the " sst End
Also, bOUSEs and LOTS IN all parts VI the city
Two haadsome HOUSES on 9th street
in sum: Of from siS~ to sioSOs on real estate.
LOB sALE-FIITY JACKSON WAIOSs. arm.
able for fArmers and heavy hauling.
ooiumple AArkst, oornsr Massachusetts, svenn1
and 81 isll eDs
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The defense in the trial of Mrs. LLOYD at Lees
burg, charged with the murder of her dsu ,hter,
took the unexpected line of conceding the
presence Of arsenic in the body of the daughter
Maud, and maintaining that the medicine adj
ministered 10 the child il her last illness con-
tanned arsenic. The attending physician, DR..
Mott, prescribed bismuth for the child, and the
experts called for the defense were able TO show
that this bismuth prepared by q Philadelphia
drug hOuse) really showed traces OF arsenic.
The quantity was small, but sufficient to explain
the presence of the arsenic in the body on a
theory consistent with the innocence of the
accused. The chemical experts for the prose-
cutiOn acknowledged the correctness of the
results obtained by the experts for the defense,
and that the bismuth really contained arsenic
The b.smuth remaining in the possession of
DIR. Mott has been procured for thorough scien-
tifc investigation by medical men in Baltimore
and elsewhere, and the results will be looked
Tor with interest.
drugs are used in the manufacture of some of
the more powerful of the patent medicines, and
ii would be well If the chemical experts while
they are testing the druggists preparations of
bismuth, would T. Ike in hand some of these
patent medicines. Lately a case occurred In
California where a man, OF some prominence,
barely escaped with life from strychnine poison
ing. On recovering after going through all the
terrible spasms and internal tortue from this
poison, he ascertained that a preparation he had
used for rheumatism contained strychnine, and
that the sediment at the bottom of the bottle
from which he had taken dose was impreg
mated fatally with the dangerous drug.
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"a TRIUMPH.

Nc medicine ever offered to the people has won for
itself such reputation In 90 short time DR..
TUFTS EXPECTORANf. Wherever IL has been
Introduced. IL has superseded oil other Cough
remedies. IL not only cures the Cough, but 90
thoroughly purIfes the Lungs, that fears Of its
return ns ed be aPpfehended. a.
MEMPHIS February II. 1869
Dr.. WIN. II. Tnf:-sir-I have been suffering
Tor nearly two years with severe cough and great
dred and forty nve pounds; and when 1 commenced
taking pour Exp-ctorsnt: / vas reduced to oae
thing; had terrible night sweAts I have taken half
dozen bottles. The nisht svests have left me, the
cough has almost disa pesred, and have gained
fifteen posnds In weight. believe It III cure my
cough Irecsmnerdit to oil my & iends.
With respect, 30 OLlVER RICL,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-02

The Philadelphia Lsd2er takes up the money
side Of the horse-dis 2ase. There are about nine
millions OF horses in the United States, valued
at six hundred and sixty millions of dollars
If but enc per cent. OF these should be carried
OFF, making 200 horses, 1T would entail direct
money loss of - 600 ,0O0-two per cent. or two
deaths out Of every hundred, would bring q loss
OF over sl3 coo 0Co, and three per cent, which is
the mortality In some cities, swells the loss to
nearly 81 eco coo. THIS is in addition to the
heavy loss Of the daily earnings of the vast pro-
portion OF the horses, that are disabled and can.
rot work Such figures may have their uses in
some quarters not yet reached by the disease
Humanity should be the only stimulus required
in order TO ensure the use Of such preventive
measures as better treatment, less labor, cleaner
stables, &c, but the money side OF the case
may reach some people who seldom look at any
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-02

iS:t: :'s s,S ss: a.: ss:o1 q
NAMEHfAL PLANfS. sH1Ue9 and
fshks. The cciiectioa e.mprises The eessT ~
ilosiss. corner Of Consectisut avenue ead 18th
sIeet - - 1ov3im.
SouLAoHABNf POtR LBS PIKDe; CORs
ssisnts avee sucose. psrls OOCTDUR WHITE,
Chiropedsts, No. S3S 18th Street, opposite the
L. D0CIIUR WHITE, sst ssablI W sshinsson
depuis 1851. now
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desire e. inform the ladies that BY new process
70 OTIS, II they had been OF the heed tn s
oidipe the tsnsline 81 the hair - formerly. All
sfies syipe CnA BiN0s to Do made NJ In the dis
ter int syhs III please give call ssd satisfy
then seiV,s. - P6TLIPPi,
. : Ji9 nARKFT SPACE,
n9 St between 7th and sh streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-02

There Is nothing more remarkable and touch
ing in history than the voluntary exodus of the
French Inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine
rather than come under foreign rule. 1t Is
estimated that within the last three months two
hundred thousand persons have left Alsace, a
large portion of them sacrificing nearly their all
in the way OF worldly goods, actuated purely by
a patriotic feeling. 1t does not seem that the
sway Of their German eOnquerors was exercised
in way to be onerOus, or that they had any
reason to expect anything but kind treatment
from their new rulers; and the fact that they
were willing to abandon lifelong associations
and home-ties, as well as their possessions and
means OF livelihood, shows a strength OF feeling
the world has not been prepared u credit the
French p Dple with possessing. The deed ranks
with that Of the pilgrim fathers, who, for the
slke of liberty of conscience, left home and its
comforts and friendships to dare the psrils Of q
winter psNsage of an unknown sea to seek
shelter on bleak and hostile shore.
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No. 427 SEVENTH STREET SOUTH,
BETWEEN ID AND <.
II. B.-Five Cents will convey Q person from any
part of the city direct to the door Of this establish
ment. nov2-.r
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To Construct a Fashionable Lady.

The Richmond Eaquirey publishes
the following recipe to make woman
of the period:
Take ninety pounds of flesh and bones
wash clean, bore holes in the ears and
cut off the small toes bend the back to
conform TO the Grecian bend, the Boston
dip, the kangaroo droop, the Saratoga
slope, or bullirog break, as the taste in
clines; then add three yards of linen,
one hundred yards of rufles, and seventy
five yards of edging, eighteen yards of
dimity, one pair silk cotton lose with
patent hip attachments, one /, II OF false
calves, six yards flannel, embroidered,
one pair balmoral boots with heels three
inches high, four pounds whNlebone IN
strips, seventeen hundred and sixty
yards Of steel wire, threequarters OF n
mile of tape, ten pounds OF raw cotton
or two wire hemispheres, one wire basket
to hold bushel, four copies of o New
York paper Cripple sheet, one hundred
and fifty yards of silk or other dress
goods, five hundred yards Of point lace,
fourteen hundred yards Of fringe and
other trimmings, twelve gross OF buttons,
one box pearl powder, one saucer OF
carmine and an old hare's foot, one bush
el of false hair frizzled and fretted ii
maniaque, one bundle japanese switches,
with rats, mice, and other varmints; one
peck of hairpins, one lace handkerchief,
nine inches square, with patent holder.
Perfume with otter of roses, or sprinkled
with nine drops of the "Blessed Baby
or "West End" Stuff the head with
fashionable novels, ball tickets, play
bills and wedding cards, some scandal,
a great deal of lost time and very little
sage; add half grain of common sense,
three scruples of religion, and a modi-
cum of modesty. Season with vanity
and affectation and folly. Garnish with
earrings, fnger-rings, breast-pins,
chains, bracelets, feathers, and flowers,
to suit the taste. Pearls and diamonds
may be thrown in if you have them, il
not, paste and pinchback from the dol
lar store will do.
Whirl all around in a fashionable cir
Gle, and stew by gaslight for six hours.
Great care should be taken that the
thing is not overdone.
If itdoes not rise sufficiently add more
copies of a New York paper.
This dish is highly ornamental, ant
will do to put at the head OF your table
on grand occasions, but is not suitable
for every day use at home, being very
expensive and indigestnble. 1t some
times gives men the heartburn, aud
causes them to break, and is certain
death to children.
If you have not the ingredients at hand
you can buy the article readymnde in an,
of our large cities if you have none,
enough.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02

Did the reader ever venture visit to
the horse-market at Islington 1t is
not q cheerful spectacle the strings of
broken-down and aged nags that have
been vamped, and yeneered, and made to
look spruce, on the chance Of tempting
some one to buy them for pound above
cat s-meat price, for the sake of the bit
of work that may somehow yet be screw
ed out of them 1t is pitiful to see their
thin old names so artfully done up in a
plating of straw, as though it were to
save the wealth of horse-hair thereby
concealed from dragging in the mire.
The misery of the welI-bred horse is
more prolonged. The common Quadru-
peds fail body and spirit together. His
pluck fails him when his knees go
"uueer," when his eyes grow dim, and
his rubbed shoulders chafe against the
collar. There is no such thing as con-
cealing his imperfections, His hide is
of rough texture, and will no more take
an artificial polish than NANCY old
hair trunk; and his dropping ears and
melancholy, HANGING head give the lie
to all that glib-tongucd copper Oh
chaunter" may urge in his favor. You
may black his feet, and trim his fetlocks
but you might as well put dancing
pumps on the feet of a superannuated
agricultural laborer, with view of pass
ing him of as q lively village swain. Ht
inspires no confidence in the breasts
even OF those whose highest price is
"pound leg :" and though he may bt
heaps better than he looks, no one il
disposed to take him on trust, and at {
compa1ativelv early stage of his misora
bic old age he is CONSIGNED to the slaugh
terer 1t is altogether different, how
ever, with the creature OF blood ant
breeding. His brave heart, that in hi
earlier years was his masters pride ant
glory, IS now his LIES plague and hi
misery's proloneing. 1t vii! not permi
him to yield TO the assaults of adversely
With its every limb CALLED and wrunq
blind, deaf, toothless, it must still hol
up its head and dilate its thin nostrils
The least touch of the whip strikes fir
out Of it. Then its hide The horse
dealing tribe have as much admiratio
for The coat of q thoroughbred as has thei
brother of Rag Fair for a garment {
, rare old broadcloth. It is never wor
, out. Its texture and gloss is such tina
/ to the very last, it is guarantee of tn
| responsibility of the animal that weal
= it, and whatever may be its faults an
feelings, there is no denying he is I'll
! "remains Of a good I'm ~ and so it
, vamped up, and its sore places are vel
. ecred, and, beginning its career as
= park hack and the associate of through
/ brcds, the dismal end Of its changer
l existence is in the shafts Of night cal
. and TIE " knockers" cart comes to pic
| it rp out OF the road, just where it sta
= gered an fell, its last brave endeavor
, haul four tipsy rowdies uphill, and wi
= no foothold for It's worn-out thin o
, shoes in the slippery cobble'stones,'
] Lond0a SOciety.
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LAnINnl as il Is.

Paul du Chaillu says in lecture about
Lapland When [ went to Sweden aud
expressed my intention of going 10 Lap
land. was told that I should have to
wait until the mosquitoes had gone, for
could not stand them. | laughed Mt
the idea; but when I arrived there You
may be assured I believed it; why, Jer-
say is not for moment to be compared
with it for mosquitoes. During the reign
of this insect the inhabitants 60 to the
mountains. The Laplanders are most as
tonishlngly honest they leave their val
uables in sight of their servants when
they retire, aud have never known them
to be stolen. left my money-bag once,
and travelled some distance before |
missed it. I tried to make my guide I'M
derstand my loss, and, i'll so doing,
awakened the sympathies OF young Wo-
man the Laplaud women are beautiful y,
who volunteered to get it for me, which
she soon did / offered her some OF the
gold, but she said she would not accept
it not knowing how else to reward her,
gave her kiss ; she looked astonished,
and gave her another. These people
are intensely fond Of flowers in Summer,
when the flower are in bloom, it is a nat
tional custom to visit the graveyards each
Saturday and strew the graves with them
Great interest is manifested to learn OF
affairs in America, and New York and
Chicago are household words. The coun.
try has a very thick growth of birch and
fir trees over nearly the entire surface
some of the fir trees measuring from five
to eight feet in circumference. The
scenery is magnificent, and I can con
ceive Of nothing more grand than thei1
mountains, which are from 5000 to s, 0O(
feet in height. have Travelled for The
short space Of half an hour, and passed
70 waterfalls in that time with an average
height OF 1000 feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02

FAMILIAR LovE.-Perhaps there is no
period so pleasant among all the pleasant
periods of Iove-making us that in which
the intimacy between the lovers is SO as
sured and the coming event so near as to
produce and endure conversation about
the ordinary little matters Of life what
can be do, with the limited means at
their disposal how that life shall be be-
gun which they shall lead together;
what idea each has Of the others duties /;
what each can do for the other what
each will renouuce for the other. There
was true sense of the delight of intima-
cy in the girl who declared that she mad
never loved her lover so well as when she
had told him how many pairs OF stockings
she had got. 1t is very sweet to gaze at
the stars together, and it is sweet to sit
out among the hayeocks. The reading
of poetry out of the same book. with
brows all close and arms all mingled, is
very sweet; the pouring out of the whole
heart in written words, which the writer
knows would be ridiculous to any one but
the dear one to whom they are sent, is
very sweet but for the girl who has
made a shirt for the man she loves, there
has come moment in the last stitch OF
it sweeter than any stars Produced
! AnfOny TrollOpe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02

WHICH THE HuMAN.-The Dubuque
Iowa Telegraph vouches for the follow
ing singular horse story: Recently, a
man whose name we could not learn, was
seen vending his way up Julien avenue,
leading mare by the bride. He was
badly intoxicated, so much so that he
staggered, and il was sometimes more
than he could do to maintain his cquili-
brium. The mare kept close watch on
his movements, and whenever he would
come near falling the mare would grab
his coat collar between her teeth and hold
him up. She cid so no less than dozen
times in the presence of seyeralintercsted
spectators. The drunken man fell down
in the street once, but no sooner had he
done so than the animal grabbed the
back Of his coat and set him on his feet
again. When little beyond McNulty's
house. the owner of the mare met an aG
quaintance of his who was also drunk.
They entered into conversation, and.
while talking. bumped against each 9th
er, and the man first alluded to fell. He
was Immediately picked up by the marc,
and, inst as soon as she had finished her
Job, she turned around and let her heels
fly in a savage manner, at the man who
knocked her master down. Fortunately,
her heels missed the mark.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02

F1RE-PRooF WooD.-Wood may be
rendered-so it is asserted-nearly as
capable of resisting fire as brick or stone,
and without labor or great expense. The
dried lumber is soaked for short time
in solution of soluble glass, silicate of
soda or potash, after which it is immersed
in lime water, by which the silicate OF
soda is decomposed and the pores OF the
wood filled with silicate OF lime. The
substance is fre-proof, and cannot be
dissolved in water, and its presence and
effect in the fibre of the wood are, there
fore, permanent. Soluble glass is readily
obtained, being already largely used for
various purposes in this country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02
On the Plea OF Insanity.

OF fashions-which forever rsgc
Midst rallible humanity
Tho foremost fashion of the age
Appears to be insanity
Whoneer crime eommittedia
Unusually bad,
Its author thus acquitted ia:
"Ofcourse he must be mad!'
scholar has q shrewish wife,
Who little things complains about;
lie gets cnragcd and takes her life
BY scattering her brains about.
He'd no'cr, had he retained his wits,
Have done an act so sad;
His studies ovorstraincd his wits
Poor fellow, he was mad
A woman, dragged by passion down,
To hide her crlminality,
Slowed poison broadcast through town
With hideOus prodigality;
BY strychnino shed difIusiyely,
She Glanced one luclSless lad
To kill which proves conclusivoly
That she, of course, was mad
Brought up on mad Dick Turpin tales,
And sick for notoriety,
An idiot the Queen ossails,
And horrifos society;
But when to tales he's read so of
We nine more tales would add
Again-it has been said 80 oft
We're told, "Poor thing, he's mao I"
OF lntollcct's vast march we hear
But this l say unfeigncdiy,
The march Of Intellect, I fear,
Is marching March hare-brainedly,
That "madnesS" is pNronymous
a. With "badnoss," seems the fad
If so, why they're synonymous,
And every ones gone-malI
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CRUELTY IN AN ILLINOIS PRGsoN.-An
Illinois paper thus details how an insane
prisoner was treated in the Illinois Peni-
tentiary A convict who became insane
was accused of hypocrisy, and was
stripped, covered with croton oil, cupped
in the back, alcohol poured down his back
till it was blistered and then hand aud
foot-cufred and compelled to lie on the
blister on straw bed. Two or three
buckets of cold water at time would be
thrown on him in cold weather IN bed,
and he would be left chained down in this
condition. This was continued month
orso. The case was reported by the nurse
that took care of him,
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A Railroad Story.

"Gris" writes to the Cincinnati Times;
Let me relate an incident Of travel
that occurred when / was risky young
man with o fondness for young ladies
society. understand me, [ have no
distasle for young ladies society now,
but they don't seem to banker SO much
for mine as they did, Say twenty years
ago. This is natural enough. / don't
blame them-only they don't know what
they are missing,
A friend and myself got on board an
express train ono afternoon to make a
short trip. The car we entered was tull,
Only one vacant seat in tact, and that
was alongside Of a charming young lady
NV friend and / made q dash for that
very desirable seat. 1t isn't fair thing
to do, as general thing, but it was al
lowabIe under the circumstances, ! gave
him Just the slightest trip in tho world,
Just enough to enable me to get the start
OF him and obtain the coveted seat. My
friend took seat on the wood box, and
disconsolately enough. / think I added
to his discontinue by certain triumphant
winks, mods, and motions which in
dulged in. The young lady was attrNc.
tive, and some casual remarks dropped
on one side or the other-young folks
will drop q remark occ sionally, and are
more ready to pick it up again than the
old ones - afforded an opportunity TIC
glide easily and pleasantly into CONVEX
sation.
She was witty and sprishtly, and
grew unusually brilliant that is, to the
best of my recollection at this somewhat
remote day. Ny friend observing THU
looked madden than ever. At length We
reached station whero the train stop
ped moment. My friend abdicated tht
wood-box and rushed out on the plat
form. Suddenly he retured, and coming
quickly to me, seized me by the collar
and said in tone heard all through tn
car:
"Ouick now get right off here. lo,
can get work now, You can get
Job here Just as we'll as not. They tel
me there is only one shoemaker in tn
place, and lots of work. Tramping al
around the country for a job of shoe
making don't pay, Take work whe
, you find it. That's my motto"
! He almost forced me out Of the sea
! with his vehemence, and ii 1 hadn
, made a vigorous resistance he woul
! have had me out on the platform. Th
= lady gave me one look Of supreme di'
gust--a tramping journeyman shoemakel
then directed her gaze ont of the VIII
: dow, and kept it there for heremaindt
Of the journey. My friend remounte
: the wood-box, and INDUCED in seri,
. of fendish grins and malignant chucI
les as would have justified me in hurlir
:, him from the car only was too stup
fed by the proceeding to proceed again
/, him. When I left the car, the lac
= looked to see if I hadn't forgotten II
y kit" and am satisfied she thought
y had got off to "kicl for a job" as tn
. say in shoemaker parlance.
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Could WE'LL AFFORD TO WAr.-An
old English soldier, resident of Sunder-
land, who is now So years of age, and
who retired from the army at the age of
26, after meritorious services, applied to
the Government Il short time ago for
some assistance to enable him 10 exc out
the remainder of his days. In answer
to his application he received commu-
nication from the Government asking
why he had not applied sooner, and in
forming him that he had been entitled
to pension ever since his retirement
from the army. A short time after
ward he received the full amount to
which he was entitled-namely, e1,s3I.