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IN THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION he
left this city for his western trip, Secretarv
Belknap invited some 1--WE or six artists to pre-
pare designs for head-stones for graves in THE
national cemeteries, to be furnis6ed in accord
anee with the clause In the army appropriation
bill Of last session appropriating 81 00O, 600 TO
furnish such head-stones. Upon his return
here, the Secretary viii examine these designs.
and accept one or more, a. he may determine
He WIN then invite proposals to furnish the
head stones, In accordance with the design, by
sixty days advertisement in ten newspapers in
various parts Of the country. Last year when
the proposals. to furnish head-sfones were
opened, Il was found that the appropriation was
nothing like sufficient to pay for them conse-
quently the whole matter had to be droDped.
Many Specimens were then submitted, some of
which vere OF iron, some OF stone, some OF com
position, &c. The late act Of Congress requires
thaf they shall be OF durable stone and Of snch
design and weight as shah keep them In place
when set DinereDt designs for various Gene
tefies may be selected, but all must be made Of
stone liver 25e 900 stones will be required for
~ the national cenaeteFies. - s = s,s.s.szg /
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SUMNER RESORTS.

~ III II b A Il d
The OsBURN HOUSE, Leesburg, Va is now open
Tor the accommodation Of Summer Boarders No
pans will be spared in the endeavor to make All com
Portable. tap3-lm'l JOAB OSBUBN, Proprietor
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DR.. MARY L. WALLER WANTS A PENSION
The Commissioner of Pensions is now consid-
ering an application for pension from DIR.
Mary f. Walker, and will make his decision in
a few days. The Doctor claims that she had a
contract as assistant surgeon with the Govern
ment during the war, and that she is suffering
from physical disabilities contracted in the line
OF service.
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MORE Room FOR AMERICAN EXHIBITORS
The Department of State has received infor-
nation to the effect that six thousand addi-
tional square feet of space has been allotted tc
the American department of the Vienna expo
sitioD, and that articles from the United State.
intended for exhibition will be received until
the 10th Of June next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-22

REPRESENTATIVES, WIN. j. 0'BRIEN, OF
Maryland, announces through the Baltimore
papers that he is authorized to nominate a
candidate from the third Congressional district
Of Maryland for appointment to the naval
academy. He proposes to hold a competitive
examination, and whoever shall pass it mos,
successfully will receive the nomination.
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SHAD MATCHING IN SOUTHERN WATERS
MIR. Seth Green, the noted fish culturist has
left here, with four assistants, for Augusta.
Ga, for the purpose of there commencing the
work OF shad Matching with a view of restock-
ing the southern and western waters. After the
season closes at Augusta, Mr.. Green WI come
northward and continue his labOrs suc,s 81 yely
at Newbern, Weldon, Fredericksburg, Wash.
iRgton, and other localities. A portion of the
fish Matched out will be placed in the river AT
each station, and others will be transmitted by
rail to adjacent waters, both on the Atlantic
coast and the Mississippi valley. Mr.. Green
goes out under direction of Professor Spencer
l.. Baird, in accordance with the plans of tha,
gentleman, published at length in The STAR a
few days ago.
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PIANOS. &c.
SCHOMACKEB cos PIANOS, -.
GREAT REpUCTIoN IN PRICES.

These instrun ents, which, on account of their 80
pertOrify over all others. have in few years-H>
become the most popular here, well as sl *
over the country can be had for the folttuN
Iowing low prces-
SQUARE PIANOS frsm Sgs TO sGs.
UPRIGHT PIANOS from 500 to 500,
GRAND PIANOS from Ss56 20 81 as.
Persons uho wish 20 save from 5 I0J to 500 In put
Chasing the best instrument out invited t. cal
and pare for themselves Pianos for rent Piano.
exchanged. Tuning snd Repairing properly sttende
%. CARL RICHTER, Agent,
dis Or 93S Pennsy ivania svenrs
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THE CLAIMANTS entitled to the 20 per cent
increase voted by Congress to civil employees in
1861, will now receive their money, the court of
claims having entered Judgment in their favor
yesterday. Each individual account must be
filed in the Treasury either by the claimant in
person or duly authorized attorney and will be
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GEN. SHERMAN AND THE PRESIDENT
PEACE POLICY. - Many statements recently
published are evidently designed to lead to the
with the Indian peace policy of the President.
These statements are exceedingly ANNOYING to
Gen. sherman, who is in pefect harmony with
the President on the Indian question, and does
not like to have it appear that he Is trying 70
create feeling against the Peace Commits
sion. lie believes as the President does in
caring for the Indians and protecting them so
long as they behave themselves and remain on
their reservations, but when they beco me
hostile and disposed to give trouble both the
President and himself are in favor of dealing
with them promptly and severely, and forcing
them upon their reservations.
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BANKERS.

otis BIGELOw.
" e n h err,
643 n STREET, NEAR SEVENTH,
PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, makes col
LECTI0NS, aud trausaots al business connected
with Banking ao2ly
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DELICIOUS JELLEs. = StrGlgbeTrtes
and BIacE6errSes.- Bruise the fruit,
put in a thin cloth, and allow to strain
over night. Next morning add a half
pound of sugar to each pint of juice /;
boil twenty minutes.
GraPe.--Bruise and boil the fruit,
then strain; add a half pint of sugar to
each pint of juice, then boil from ten to
twenty minutes.
FFg.-Wash and add water sufficient
to cover the fruit and boil as above.
Wild Grab AlopIe.-Cover the fruit
with water and boil until soft, then
strain, add one pound of sugar to each
pint of juice !; boil from fifteen totwenty
minutes. - -
Siberian Grab AppLe.-Proceed as
for preceding, but only add half pound
of sugar to each pint.
HatO.-Cover with water, boil until
soft, mash, strain, and add half pound
of sugar to each pint of juice, boil
twenty minutes.
SyOe.-Mash, boil, strain half a
pound of sugar to pint of juice.
PLunl.-Mash, boil, strain, as above.
Peach-Wash, without removing
skins or pits cover with water boil
until soft, strain, add half a pound of
sugar to pint of Juice boil twenty min
utes.
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CHEAP PoUnTRY-YARD.-Se post
firmly in the ground, six feet high,
eight feet apart. Take No 8 wire, and
stretch from post to post outside, fas-
tening with staples made of wire driven
into the posts. Place three wires one
inch apart, one foot from the ground;
another three at three feet ten inches
from the ground another three at top
of post. Take common laths and weave
in, leaving three inches space between
sides of each. This makes the fence
four feet high. Then take other Iaths,
picket one end and chamfer the other
like a chisel blade, and Intervene
among the top wires; then shove the
chamfered edge down beside the top of
the bottom laths, tapping under wires
two inches. This makes a cheap, dura-
BILE, pretty fence, that is seven feet and
ten inches high, and fowl-tight. Wires
should be left some what slack, as in
terweaving the laths will take it up.
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PRoPOGATIoN OF SoUED.-A locust
may be heard cne-sixteenth of a mile /;
a wren, weighing half an ounce, and q
middling-sized man would be as heavy
as four thousand of them, could be
heard about as far. But If the voice of
either bore proportion to the mass of
matter employed in its production =
man could be heard one thousand miles,
favored by brisk wind. A vessel at sea
few years since, when one hundred
and sixty miles from land, heard dis
tinctly the thrilling music of band
playing on shore. There must have
been a peculiar condition of the at1no-
sphere at the time, while the broad sur
face of the sails were equivalent to 8
great external ear to arrest and con-
verge the aerial undulations.
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Balkv Horae.

Your correspondent "S." asks how
he shall treat his balky horse. I have
plan that seldom fails to start the I'M
ruly animal in a few minutes, and II
persevered in, generally effects a per
manen5 cure, but it is too difficult Of
application to become generally useful.
Have with you a small quantity of
whole corn, and when remedy is
needed go gently to the horses head
with handful, and coax him with ca
resses while he. eats from the hand. At
tempt to lead him, holding the corn a
little way before him, and when he goes
quietly and shows that his temper has
subsidized. leave him with his mouth full
of corn, get in the vehicle and speak to
him to 60 en-, using quiet manners just
as il nothing was wrong and if he re-
fuses apply the same treatment again,
and again if necessary, until success at
tends. Perhaps it may not be clear to
the reader what the difficulty is in ap-
plying this remedy. 1t is in the worse
than balky disposition of the driver,
who would rather succeed once in twenty
times by passionately whipping, than
nineteen times in twenty by gentleness.
Only a gentleman can manage a balky
horse, and while there are plenty of
gentlemen IN society, there are not SO
many gentlemen in the treatment of
animals. a very little observation and
reflection viii show that gentleness is
quite as commendable as gentility, and
is followed by as good results, both up
on our own characters, and upon our
success in getting along" comforta-
bly, with animals of all species, man
kind and woman-kind included. Coss1a-
try Gentleman.
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An ACT OF JUSTICE. castle
was a sad stumbling block in the path
of Bunyan's Christian, though it
couldn't bar his way to truth. We can
sympathize with the pilgrim, for doubt
always besets us when we are asked to
believe anything particularly extraor-
binary. Consequently, when we heard,
some eighteen months ago, that q ply
stefan in California had compounded,
from the juices and extracts Of certain
herbs found there, a medicine that
cured almost every variety of blood
disease, we were incredulous. Since
then We have had opportunities of test
ing the accuracy of the report, and are
free to admit that our doubts have van
lshed. Seeing what We have seen,
knowing what we know, it is impossible
for US to question the remedial proper
ties of DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bitters.
That this famous vegetable tonic, alter
alive, and antiseptic is q specific for
dyspepsia, liver complaint, chronic con-
stpation, fever and ague, bilious inter
mittents, scrOfulous faint in the blood,
incipient consumption, local and gen.
eral debility, rheumatism, sick head
ache, and diseases of the kidneys, seems
to be matter beyond the pale of con-
troversy. fixed fact in medical history.
The statements of friends, in whose
veracity and intelligence we have full
confidence, corroborated by our own
personal observation, compel us to ad-
NIT the surprising merits of the prepar-
alton
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Ths yvear and Tear Of Lie.

The cares, anxietIes and misfortunes OF life have
as much TO do with shortening it as disease. They
in fact the source Of many ailments and physi-
cal disabilities Nervous weakness, dyspepsia at
fectiOns OF the liver, disturbances Of the bewIes
headaches. hypOehondria and monomanIa are
among these distressing fruits. Tt is therefore Of
great Importance that persons whose minds are
oppressed with heavy business responsibilities, or
harassed by family troubles. or excited by specu-
lation, or perPlexed by "a multiplicity of enter
prises, or in any way Overtaxed or Overworked,
should keepup their stamina by the daily use of
wholesome tonic. Thousands of persons thus cir
cumstaneed enabled to bear up against the diff
hculties in which they are involved and to retain
their strength, health and mental clearneSs by the
eases which are prone to attack the body when de
bilitated and broken down by Over-much brain
work. exhRuSting physical labor are kent at bay
BY the resistant power with which this incOm para
organs. At this season. when the heat is evapor-
ating the elements of strength from every pore,
inVigOr9nt Is absolutely essential the ty
and comfort of the public, and Is required even by
the more robust fthey desire to keep their athletic
capabilities IN status quo. Hence course of Hos
tetters Buffers Is particularly useful at this period
of the year defence against the Invisible dis
ease afOat In . sultry atmosphere. It is the most
potent Of all preventive medicines, and for all
complaints which AFFECT the stomach, the Liver
and the bowels and interfere with the per feet d.
gestion and assimilation Of food it is the tandard
remedy.
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A Curious exhibition.


A needlework exhibition, got up by
the Princess Christian, is now is pro-
gress at the South Kensington museum
in London. It has high historical in
terest. No article of later date than
1900 has been admitted, and there is no
lace or woven tapestry to be seen. Wis
itors may here muse over an embroi-
dered shirt that belonged to Charles I.
of England, and the mantle he wore on
the scaffold at his execution. Then
there is a star from a sampler worked in
coIored silk by the wife of Charles IL ,
on which her loving fingers inscribed
The Dist of Maye was our marriage
daye." Poor queen But saddest are
the memories awakened of Mary Queen
of Scots. Three relics, displayed at the
exhibition, attest the dizziness Of her fin
gers. There is a bady-linen basket,
which she worked for her ungrateful
son, James L also work-box, repre-
senting Jacobs Dream, done while she
was at Holyrood and lastly, a beautiful
chair-covering and cushion, executed
! during her confinement at Fotheringay.
All these memorials belong to Queen
Victoria. It seems strange to realize,
as demonstrated to us here, that the
virago Elizabeth once made baby linen
for her sister Mary; eighteen pieces Of
handiwork in this line are shown. There
are also various little toilet articles
that belonged to Elizabeth, such as he1
night-cap, her shoes, and pillow-case, 6
pin-cushion, and toilet-cover. Sill
hangings, beautiful and fresh, as if Just
from the loom, are marked as having
decked the bridal-bed of Marie Antoi
nette. There is a beautiful quilted cover
let, the property of Anne of Denmark
and close by are some curtains, worked
| in Nyorsted bv ANY RObsart
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Hoe CHOLERA thoroughly
one pound of copperas in three gallons
of warm water, and apply the wash
about milk warm to the affected animal
by dipping into the solution or rubbing
upon it until the skin is thoroughly wet.
Whenever the skin of the hog begins to
look rough and scaly or of a dark red
color, apply the wash Immediately.
Don't wait until the more alarming
symptoms, vomiting and purging set
in. Apply the wash every day until the
scales are removed. A correspondent
states that this remedy has been tried
repeatedly, and without a single failure
when the directions were properly fol-
lowed. At any rate it is worthy of a
trial.
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STATIONS or CATARRH.-Dull, heavy
headache, obstruction OF nasal passages. dis
charge falling into throat, sometimes profuse,
watery, acrid, thick, and tenacious mucous,
purulent, mucopur1lent, bloody, putrid, offen-
sive, ETC. In others = dryness, dry, Watery,
weak or indamed eyes, ringing in ears,
deafness, hawking and coughing to clear
throat, alterations, seabs from ulcers, voice
altered, nasal twang. offensive breath, i'm
paired smell and taste. dizziness, mental de-
preston, tickling cough, etc. Only few Of
the above symptoms are likely to be presentin
any case at one time. No disease is more
common or less understood by physicians.
The proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
VIII pay $500 reward for a case OF catarrh
which he cannot cure. Sold by druggists at
so cents. GAO
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Cheer Him.

A fireman was once striving to save a
person in danger of perishing in burn
ing house, but the flames leaped out of
the windows and beat him back "He1l
never do i'll" cried one. 'He'n have to
come down p "Cheer him p shouted
another, and in a moment three stirring
hurrahs went up from the crowd. 1t
nerved the mans arm and strengthened
his spirit. It quickened his movements,
and in another minute he bore the child
down in safety TO its mothers arms.
What a power is in that cheering
So it often is with those who are ready
to give out by the way. They would
have persisted but for some stirring
word of cheer. God put it in the
heart of some one to speak to them.
Have you ever cheered a depending
heart thus +? Or have you let the OPP
portunity slip by with the feeling
Am I my brothers keeper" We are
all, in a sense, our brothers keeper.
Is there a poor, down-hearted man in
your community whom sickness AMI
misfortune have reduced? Don't give
him the cold shoulder, as is the world S
custom when person is unfortunate.
Cheer him, and see if it will not infuse
new life into his heart. Do more.
Lend helping hand.
What would you have done that day
your wheel got stuck in rut, if a neigh
Dor had not happened along who could
lend you q helping hand for five minutes ?
It was very little for him to do, but il
was worth great deal to you. a little
after, you were rolling along prosper,
ously, as if nothing had happened.
Just so little cheer and little help
often puts poor neighbor on the road
again. Surely it were worse than chur-
lish to refuse to give what costs you
such little effort, yet it is worth so
much.
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LONGEVITY OF SOME ANIMALS
Among other spoils which Alexander
the Great took from Polls, an Indian
king, was a monster elephant. These
animals were then as now, held In the
highest esteem In that country. That
particular elephant fought so bravely
for his master that the admiration
Of the conqueror was excited in his
favor. He ordered him to be set free,
and allowed to range at pleasure first
naming him Ajax, and placing a medal
securely to his neck, bearing this in
scription % Alexander, son of Jupiter,
dedicated Ajax to the sun" Three
hundred and ffty-four years after the
old fellow was rediscoved, and probably
In good condition, as nothing was re-
corded to the contrary. Therefore it is
probable that elephants may live centu-
ries before the machinery of life gives
out. Culver, the great French natural
list, saw no reason why whales should
not reach a thousand years. An eagle
died at Vienna that was known to be
104 years old. Ravens have been &C
tive at 100 years. A skeleton of swan
is in possession of an English gentle
man that died when 200 years of age.
Tortoises have been repeatedly found
with dates cut into their shells by an
cient hunters, showing they we're over
100 and yet we're crawling on vigorously
with new markings into a second CEN
fury. Scientists can not fathom this
law of vitality. There is hfe-period
TO most of the animals very SATISFACTORY
" determined, but how long a man
might live is still unknown. No death
probably occurs in which the individual
falls short of hundred years that was
not referrable to a violation of some
law of nature. Hopeland was fully
persuaded the life limitation of man
was not less than two hundred years.
With the progress of sanitary science,
in time, men may again flourish as long
as the patriarches, up 20 several hun
dred Years.
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Live and Dead Weight Of Cattle.

hlVe ana Oeao We1ghI OF Cattle.
1t is we'll known that the amount
of flesh obtained from animals sold
by live weight is exceedingly varia-
BILE, even in animals of the same
breed, as so much depends on the con-
dition or fairness of the beast. There
is also a great variation in the quantity
of the meat in breeds; as a rule, the
finer breed of the animals the more en-
inent the prime points, the Short horns
and Herefords being noted for muscle
and fat, and the Ayershires and Jerseys
being types of milk producing breeds.
Again the Jerseys are eminent
for richness of milk, and the
Ayershires for quantity. The Eng
lish, French and Belgians have institu-
ted numerous experiments to show the
weight of the different parts of the ami
NAL slaughtered. Two instances, one a
bullock, another a sheep, will suffice.
In the case of an OK a live weight of
1922 pounds, yielded, meat, III. A
pounds; skin, HOP; grease, 50
blood, 80; feet and hoofs, % head,
II; tongue, 60; lungs and heart,
1888; liver and spleen, sO.5; intes-
tines, 66.15; loss and evaporation,
1872; making the total of 1922
pounds.
The product of a sheep weighing
HOOP pounds were as follows Meat.
55.1 skin, III /: grease, 5.51; blood,
4508; feet and hoofs, 2.2O4 head,
4409 tongue, lungs, heart, liver and
spleen, 3.40s; intestines, 6.612; loss
and evaporation, 1876 56, making total
of HOOP pounds.
French statistics show that the same
cattle yield as much as seventy PEI
cent. meat, while others only give fifty
per cent. The mean weight of meal
produced is calculated at fifty-five pei
cent of live weight. In the case of the
sheep, the production is from forty t.
forty five per cent, the fatter animals
always give the greatest net weight.
To show how the same rule will apply
to the United States, we may state tina
in New York native steers are allowed
tifty-six pounds to the hundred, liv,
weight, while grades are estimated a
ffty-six to sixty-six pounds per hun
dred AS an instance, weighing net 80,
to 700 pounds, will bring 81 to 12t cent
per pound those weighing from 700 t,
800 pounds will bring 12I to IA cents
and grade steers S75 to 1900 pound
viii bring 14I to 10 cents, and weigh
ing ], 400 to 1900 pounds will bring
| To 10 cents
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How TO CARE FOR HAMs.-To preserve
hams through the summer, make a
number of cotton bags, little larger
than your hams. After the hams are
well smoked, place them in the bags,
and get the best kind of sweet, we'll
made hay; cut it with knife, and with
your hands press it well around the
hams in the bags tie sthe bag with
strings, put on a card of the year to
show their age, and hang them mp in a
garnet or some dry room, and they will
last five years, and viii be better
for boiling than on the day you hung
them up. This method costs but little,
and the bags viii last forty years. No
flies or bugs viii trouble the hams if the
hay is we'll pressed around them; the
sweating of the hams will be taken ZIP
by the hay, and it viii impart fine fla
vor to the hams. The hams should be
treated in this way before the hot
weather sets in Western Rural.
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IDLENESs

And slow and slower still, day after day,
Come the sad hours with boaute0us upturned
eyes,
Cleaning with hopes may not realize.
And seeming in their earnestneas TO saw
Entreatincly: 90 send US not away
Al einpty-handed as we came; arise.
Give US, at least, some promise we shall prize.
TO De fnlhlled, though after long delay
and although weep to zee them pass
Win lingering pace and disappointed look,
Am hfeless a. q statue bound with brass
~, ana listiess a. an open, loOse-leaved book,
Iurned by tile wind yea, passive a. the grass
weak Is the wavelet Of summer brook.