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DiscsuTsing upon "New Years tables the
New York Graphic notices change in the fea-
tuIes of the Set-Out. The Goth amite table il
10 longer loaded with turkey and mince-pies.
and rarely now " it'll the later fantasies of orns
mented cakes and CTystalzed confectionery
Intelligent ladies are beginning to understand
that gentlemen are ''nO great hands" for cake,
and that sweet poisons are thrown away upon
those of them-and they are in the majority
who have once felt the clutches of dire dyspep-
sia. Thoughtful women, therefore, gentle wo-
men who seek to adapt their entertainment to
their guests, give to them simple New Years
rejection, more the aspect of a lunch-instesd
of central pyramid Of macarOOns and sticky
candy, they mount a branching center piece of
engraved glass with traits and hst house flow
ers. Their substantial resource is a tureen of
picked oysters and jars Of dark olives look so
berry down upon dishes Of sardines~and sliced
lemon. There is a small concession to a per-
vertec appetite in the way of cakes and jeIlies
For their delectsuon lobster salad would not be
out Of place, and quail and sliced tongue and
ham would not be objected to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

A number of prominent scientific gentlemen
recently organized in New York an association
known As the American Neurological Socie-
ty," the object OF which is to bring about a
universal system of weights, measures and
values. Before adjournment a memorial was
signed by the members asking Congress to re-
quire the use of the metric system in the Gus
tom-houses in the assessment and collection of
duties upon goods, coming from countries
where the metric system is used; that in public
documents the same system now used in the
Coast Survey reports should be extended and
measures and results given in the two forms
English and metric; that the gold coin of the
country should be put upon the basis of the
metric system, to which it approaches very
nearly already. The gold dollar varies only
about i-T0O of a grain from the metric system
Congress has already put the silver coin upon
metric basis, and the gold coin should be con-
sistent with the silver.
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Largest Circulation in the District
Reading Matter on Every Page.
WASHINGTON CITY:
fHU January \, Is7
Another year has rolled around with varied

Another year has rolled around with varied
fortunes to individuals and communities. The
year has brought calamity to many quarters,
and our city has shared in the general depres-
sion Of business, but on the whole no community
has more occasion TO be satisfied with Its sd-
vance in substantial prosperity than ours. Our
population is increasing at q ratio perhaps
greater than any other city in the country, ex-
cePt Chicago, and this growth is largely Of a
wealthy and cultivated class, who are attracted
here by the beauty and comforts as well as the
delightful climate and salubrious atmosphere
OF our improved city. For the future all looks
hopeful Tor a yet greater growth of the same
desirable character OF population. Thanks
to the energy and public spirit which has re-
deemed the city and made it the boast and pride
OF the American people, instead of the scott an 4
bye-wOrd of the world, the prosperous future of
Washington Is assured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

According to the district attorney in New
York, it is necessary for the Virginius to be
produced before she can be Hbelled, and as
there is no prospect of raising the vessel, pro-
ceediugs in that direction will necess lrily cease
In the meantime Mr.. Patterson, in whose name
the steamer was registered, has written letter
protesting against the opinion of the attorney
general, and asserting that he was never even
called as a witness to ownership; but then it IS
cOhtended that even il Mr.. Patterson did once
own the vessel, he was rot the owner at the
time OF the capture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

The workingmen's unions in several sections
are moving, as are the CHANGERS, in opposition
10 the proposed restoration of the tax on tea aud
coffee, the mere agitation OF which subject has
had the effect Of reviying speculation in those
articles. 1t is noticed that dealers in the sea-
side cities are accommodating large stocks, and
that there are frequent purchases of cargoes to
arrive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

The severe language made use Of by the Pope
in his last encyclicsl letter with reference to
the interference the government Of switzer.
land with the conduct OF the Roman Catholic
church in that country has aroused the resent
nent of the government and the Papal Nuncio
has been requested to leave Berns, the repub-
lie, thus bringing to q close Its diplomatic re-
latioLs with the powers OF the Vatican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

DECLINE IN PRICES OF COAL.-The regular
monthly auction sale of Scranton coal took
place in New York yesterday, the amount
offered, 10000 tons, being disposed of at a rapid
rate. There was an average decline on all the
varieties, particularly on chestnut and stove
others being not 80 marked The following is
the average decline per ton: Chestnut, 20 1 c.;
stove, 15e.; egg, IKE, crate, 6.e.. steamboat,
TLc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

At a conference in Philadelphia, it has been
decided that the present rate OF wages for coal
miners shall remain unchanged until the sth
instant, when the final decision as to the rate
for the coming season is TO be made. Although
reduction In the price OF coal Is desirable, the
miners urgently contend that It should not
come through q decrease in their wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-01

We HAVE jest OPENED ANOTHER
STOCK OF
WHITE LAWN THIS AND BOWS
WHITE SILK TIES AND BOWS.
BLACK SILK TIES AND BOWS
LAVENDER SILK TIES AND ROWS
FANCY SILK TIES AND BOWS.
FANCY SILK wINDsOR sCARFs.
PATTY SILK WINDSOR SCARFs
BLACK BLK WINDSOR sCARTs
PLAIN COLOR WINDSOR sOARFs.
FANCY SILK "TECK" sCARFs.
BLACK SILK "TEcK" sCARFs.
PARTY SILK "TECK" SCARFs.
PLAIN COLOR "TECK" sOARFs.
PLAIN COLOR CHANCELLOR SOARPs
PARTY SILK CHANCELLOR sOARFs
BLACK SILK CHANOEL LOR sCARFs.
FANCY SILK CHANCELLOR sCARFs.
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M IROPOLITAN DOLLAR STORE.

Among the MANY pretty and really cheap sriieles
continue TO Keep supply Of. IL splendid
ST6REOSCOPE.
the lenses Of every one Of which guarantee per-
Views at per dozen which will be found a. finely
executed - photograph possibly eau De- aud prob
ably cheaper than anything Of the Kind offered
WASHINGTON CITY AND SUBURBAN VIEWS,
all the Public Buildings, statusry and
points OF interest In and around the city.
BALTIMORE AMI. OHIO RAILROAD VIEWS,
including Jews OF Hsrper's Ferry Piedmont M on
tam and Vale, Scenery, Bridges, Dspots, Round
houses, &c.
GENITAL PARK VIEWS, NEW YORK.
By getting set of these views you never need to
visit it. a. all its fine scenery is represented.
WASHINGTON TO NIAGARA FALLS,
including fine scenes along the Dad, the Falls,
Rapids, suspension Bridge. &c.
HUDSON RIVER VIEWS,
and some Of the finest bits Of River Scenery in the
world.
Besi'es number Of oiher Views, all good. There
is really poor picture In the whole lot and WON
will be pyzZltd TO chootc.
- Come and take q look at them
b SILVERB6R
METROPOLITAN DOLLAR STORE,
SIs SEVENTH STREET,
detSl-u NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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ence and his country.


L -. STEAMSHIP POLARvS.
SIEs. The reception of your letter OF thanks
to me OF this date l acknowledge with a heart
that deeply and fully appreciates the kindly
spirit that has prompted you to this act. 1 need
not assure you that your commander has and
ever Will have lively interest in your welfare.
You have left your homes, friends, aad country;
indeed, you have hid farewell for "A time to the
whole civilized world for the object OF aiding
me IN discovering these mysterious, hidden
parts OF the earth; therefore, I must and will
care for you az prudent father cares for his
faithful children. Your commander,
&. F. HALL.
T. :. North Polar Expedition, IN Winter Quar-
tiers, Thank God HsrbOr. lat. 81 - North; lon
81 "a West, Sept. p, ls1I.
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AT the meeting of tue survivors of the Polaris
expedition in New York, night before last,
with view of adopting some plan OF obtaining
relief from Congress for their extraordinary
services in the Arctic regions, a petition was
read, praying for aid and relief from the mem
bers Of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives. in consideration OF having spent one hun
bred and sixty nine days ON the ice, exposed to
tie rigors of an Arctic wi-tsr without sufi ,ient
clothing, food, or other necessaries to the detr-
ment Of their health and constitutions. We
have before expressed the hope that when this
appeal comes before Congress, that body will
take under serious consideration the propriety
of acknowledging the exceptional public SER
vice Of these men by giving them something
more than the mere pittance allowed u ord;-
nary seamen. Under the leadership of their
enthusiastic commander, they carried the flag
to the farthest point northward ever attained by
man, and incidentally underwent the most
rigorous hardships-sutferings which, in MANY
instances. ruined health and shortened life.
During the meeting in New York, a letter.
written 10y Capt. Hall, never before published,
was read. IL explains itself, and is another evil
dence that Capt. Hall was as kind hearted as
he was iEdomitable and courageous in the ser
vice Of science and his cCuntrv-
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sepss I'm IS PEHEsYLvAEIA AyEHUI

sep1m IS PEHHsYLvAEIA AVENUE.
L SesS Of sAvoRY MooRR's Paucreatic Emulsion
RQf digestion and assimilation has firmly
these remedies in the estimation of the
- Fof them-made in America, Gan ada, and
being in reality ca, t either ssP9hscsous com.
mGM entirely useless useless The efficacy Of these
kSfpk yo,der the direction of the Physician who
6dsd them, has been and can only be ensured
q 6ical profession recognize no other Pancreatie
HlAsion and Pancreatine than these thus prepar-
sssksgorts Of the Esperenee I and 6pnions Of
Medical Men on the value Of sayory and Moore's
in Wasting Diseases, (Churchill & sons, Londop,i
t. BE- OBTAINED Of Al the principal Chemists in the
a Z. a. the Princs Of Wales, &c. ausis adw II
II THEsUPREMEGg99gRT3F THE DISTRICT
j. r. s..s q ys:s9: Mecsrty, p mil ss
& @ eaS Of
s os the ns settlement sna
the estate 81 said and Of assets
int q and al
9therwise By law Be excluded from an benefit IN sad
s q IN The Be
ns SaI Register of Wills
IN THE SUPREME COUNT OF THE DISTRICT
L Oh COLUMBIA,
Heldiss SPECIAL Tern, psesmsn sd, 1873.
tor OF MARTIN DAY, deceased. the administrator
aforesaid has, with the appreciation Of the Supreme
Court OF the District OF Columbia aforesaid, ap-
pointed TUESDAY, January 2eth, A. D; 1874 for
the final settlement and distribution Of the per
sonal estate Of said deceased and Of the assets In
nand, as far as the same have been collected and
turned into money, when and where all the credi
tors and heirs Of said deceased are notified to attend
with their claims properly vouched, they may
otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit in
said deceased,s estate: Preceded, Q copy Of this
erder be pubished once Q week for three weeks IN
The E,,snins Star previous to SSi isa
decs4-w.a Register Of Wills.
TINTED STATES PATENT OFTIOE,
~ WAsHISsIoN, D. O.. December -. la3
On the petition OF EDMUND l.. MUNsON and
ALE SED II. MpNSON, Of Utica, n. T., praying
Edmund Mupson on the 81 day Of April, 1850, for
an Improvement In Grinding Mills:
II IL ordered that tbs testimony In thecase be closed
en- the "a day Of March next; that the time for
nlins argument. and the Exsminers report be limi;
| petition be heard on the 18th day 81 March next
Any PsT;sn niZ ~ oSnniensr
| sI'HIs is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscriber
has obtained from the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trct Of Columbia, holding special term, letters
| BIZ 3. JONES, late Of Washington City. d.
| G., deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased are hereby warned 10 exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof 70 the subscriber,
Otherwise BY iaw be excluded from all benefit OF the
sad estate. Given under my hand. this SD day OF
December, 1873 WIN. W. DASEkHOWsk,
! decA w.Ns Administrator.
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andkerChieGs.

handkerchief.
Our stock Of Hsndkerchiefs is now comp etc, /.
comprises
CHIEFS
HIM sTITCHED LINEN HAEDKEROHIEp
FANCY B0RDERED LINEN HANDKK
CHIEFS
INITIAL LINEN HANpKNRCHIEFs.
PLAIN AND FANCY SILK HAHDKE
CHIEFS.
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T TO LADIES.
W. How sad II II to see youngv lie, mother
Of Family who requires all her physical strength
70 fuln her house hold duties, and all her moral ca
pecies 70 accept the responsibility which falls upon
per, 70 see her Frustrated, Il osiRg every day her
strength, feeling badly without being able to say
WY, but yet suffering enought be utterly misera-
PEI This state OF weakness and debility Ia more
Istef W ner than severe spell Of sickness, for In
that case she will receive the proper caro-, in the
other she VIII inger months after months not think
nature, exhauste d, gives out, and she carried to
tne grave, when little precaution in proper time
LIFE BITTERs Of DR. l., @. BERTRAM. They
dyspepsia, costiveness, biHeusness. headaches,
morning sickness, and complaints peculiar TO
sisfs are, In consequence Of their virtue and
Sroesois taste, the medicine par sxesllsses for
soies. dec36-ly
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Wy has never been known to fail II frees the
scalp tfon Dandrun, restores Gray Hair 70 it,
the Hair from falling cut, and reproduces II When
By all Druggists. iyl1dtf
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80 doz oNEBUTroS PARTY -ooLoRED KI
GLOVES.
50 do1. 0NE.BUTTos WHITE KID GLOVE
80 doz. oSE-BUTTOE BLACK KIO GLOVE
100 dor. ONE-BUTTON BROWN KID GLOVE
400 doz. TW0-BUTT0N BROWN KID GLOVE
100 doz. TWO BUTTON BLACK KID GLOVE
SO doz. Tw0-BUTT0N GREY KID GLOVES
Is doZ. TW0-BUTT0N WHITE KID GLOVE
Is dor. TWo-BUTT0N PARTY KID GLOVE
g doz. THkEE BUTTON PARTY KI
Is doZ. THREE BUTTON WHITE H
GLOVES.
GLOVES. " i' DBL avn n
e e fSsI ihAhh SOrroN BROWN x
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nFFINE OLD RYE WHISKY.
Wy FINE OLD RYE WHISKY,
ZINE OLD RYE WHISKY
FINE OLD RYE WHISKY
FINE OLD RYE WHISKY,
FINE OLD Rye WHISKY
FINE OLD RYE WHISKY,
PURR PURE PURE

AND CNADULTERATKD,
ROY Gsnerdi aid NJ edtctHdt use.
rms is the article have sold for pwards of
I'VE years with universal satisfaction; put up In
srge ooles at One Dollar per bottle, or be lad
~ Notice, that we will return the money il this
Mhlssy does not give satisfaction prove repre-
Also, an excellent stock Of California Wines
Port Sherry, Angelica, Nuscstel, Hook and Claret:
also, Kelly Island Cstswba and imported Liquors
ARTHUR NATTANs, Drusgia,
decls tr Corner ID and ID streets northwest
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We are allow ne O Discount Of 10 per eeuf, cr
rash sies fin January I. lGf Nov Il the tims
nal g yorr purchases, - Ne will positively dlsc
tinue the dseount % thai day. doom
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COAL AND WOOD.

WOOD AND COALl WOOD AND COAL =
w Our stock is CON plete, embracing all sizes,
from u FURNACE to CH kSrNUT, aud all the best
qualities, which We offer At lowest market rates
All Coal kept on plank floors and screened before
delivery. hickory, Oak and Pine Wood sawed an q
split or in the stick; Oak and Pine Kindlings, in
bundles OF by the cord
STEPHENSON BROTHER,
Office 1924 Pennsy lVanta avenue:
dec2s-tr Mill and Depot, 7th street Wharf
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Chinese Ideas,

The (miscalled) Celestial is narrow
minded but exceedingly practical solt
of being. He wants an ordered world,
but one ordered only in a certain kind
of way. Before hisrapt Celestial vision
lie the fruitful plains of the Great
Flowery Land, lively and bright with
the normal life of China, guarded on
the north by snowy deserts which are
happily far away from him, AMI on the
south by stormy seas with great winds
and waves which he does not tempt.
His ideal is a happy family life, with
age benignant, youth reverential, three
or four generations living contentedly
under the same roof the fsh-pond IN
front well stocked; grain abundant
tea fragrant the village harmonized
the school we'll taught the young Con-
fucius of the family preparing for COM
petitive examinations the ancestral
tablets g ping far back and recording
honored names the ancestral halls
we'll gilded, and fit meeting place for
the wise elders the spirits of deceased
ancestors comforted with offerings and
loving remembrances, not left to wander
| friendless in the air the holidays
cheerful, with bright silks and abund
ance of savory dishes the emperor be-
nevolent; the people obedient; foreign
devils far away or reverential; evil APP
pearing only in the form of impossible
demons, and hideous, wicked emperors,
painted on the walls of his house as a
earning to foolish youth no change nj
Wild customs to perplex the mind; the
sacred books reverentially read and re-
membered; the present definitely ar
ranged the fruitage of the past stored;
behind, sages and emperors; around,
happy families; beyond, a darkness
with which he little concerns himself,
but into which his spirit may occasion
ally float q short way on some Buddhist
or Tauist idea.
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The Lapland Church Awaken ,r.

Even in Lapland the sermons are
sometimes dull, and listeners are occa-.
s;onally sleepy, but the Laps have way
of getting around the difficulty which
may be recommended even among US to
all whom it may concern. In Lapland,
il appears, the preacher is armed with
a large baton, and with this he leafs
sort of hermeneutical tattoo upon the
pulpit whenever he catches any of his
CONGREGATION in the act of noddiEg.
But. lest some slumbering delinquent
should fail to attract the attention of
the preacher, the sexton is uti lied as a
co-worker in the gospel, and keeps him
self awake by meandering about the
church, welding a long stick, mitigated
bya cushion at one end. With this
stick he diligently pokes sleepers in the
ribs, ana goads on their faculties to the
SD duty of attention. Thus the Laps
have an arrangement for punching the
congregation when they get sleepy.
They do not seem to have devised any
method for punching the preacher when
he makes them so.
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Means OF Checking Coughing, Sneez-
ing, Etc.

The following is an extract from the
at Boston:
There are many facts which show
that morbid phenomena of respiration
can be also stopped by the influence Of
arrest. Coughing, for instance, can be
stopped by pressing on the nerves ON
the lip in the neighborhood of the
nose. A pressure there may prevent
cough when it is beginning. Sneezing
may be stopped by the same mechan-
ism. Pressing also in the neighborbood
of the ear, may stop coughing. 1t Is
also hiccough, but some less so
than for snee2ing or coughing. Press
ing very hard on the top of the mouth
inside is also means of stopping
coughing and I may say that the will
has immense power there. There was
a French soldier who used to say,
wheneverhe entered the wards of his hos
pital, 1.-THE first patient who coughs
here will be deprived of food to-day"
1t was exceedingly rare that patient
coughed then.
There are many other affections asso-
ciated with breathing which can be
stopped by the same mechanism that
Stops the n6aEIS 3 dCIlOu. III SpdsulS VI
the CLOTHS, which is a terrible thing in
children, as you we'll know, as it some
times causes death, and also in whoop-
ing-cough, it i possible to afford relief
by throwing cold water on the face, or
by tickling the soles of the feet, which
produces laughter, and at the same
Tune goes to the gray matter that is
producing the spasm and arrests it al
mos at once. would not say that
these means are always successful. 1
would not say that we can ALWAYS pre-
vent cough by our will; but in many in
stances those things are possible, and
if you remember that in bronchitis and
pneumonia, or any other acute affec-
ton of the lungs, lacking or coughing
greatly increases the trouble at times,
you can easily see how important it is
for the patient to try to avoid cough
ing as best he can.
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy
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Music OF THE HEARr.-As the French

Music OF THE HEART.-As the French
physic an, Laennec, applied the reso-
nant principle of the trumpet to the
stethoseope, so that the sction of the
lungs could be made audible, DR.. vi
Wan Poore, of London, has utilized the
guitar for the heart. He places a pa
tient fiat on his back upon a table, sets
an upright rod on his chest, and careful
ly balances the musical instrument
thereon. The beatings of the heart are
thus conveyed by vibration to the guitar,
which emits corresponding sounds.
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COMMON SENSE REASONS why DR..
Walkers California Vinegar Bitters
should be used:
LIST. They are an entire Vegetable Bit
tiers, free from all alcoholic stimulants.
I'd. They are the result of aleful
study, experiment and labor.
Sd. The greatest care is taken to Sc
cure medicinal virtues, and exclude
everything Objectionable.
4th. They unite, as lite restoring
scientific tonic, the greatest strengthen
ing and vitalizing princi pies.
9Th. Persons of sedentary habits and
over worked, find in them specific for
want of appetite, palpitation, debility,
constipation, and many other nameless
ailments.
9th. The aged find in them guarantee
of prolonged health and life, and weak
and delicate females and mothers find
especial benefit from their use.
7th. They are the master of disease.
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COTTON MARKETS,

Standardization is firm. Middling, 1870.
NAsHvILLE.-Cotton is quiet and unchanged
at 13@14c.
Naturalization is quiet and unchanged
middling, 1870.
GALvEsroN.-Cotton is steady. Good ordi-
nary, 1890; middling, 1870.
Manifestation is quiet and easy with a
limited demand. Middling, 1514@1515.
CHARLESTON Cotton is steady; middling,
151E;low middling, 1870; good ordinary,
14@1419c.
New ORLEANs.-Demand fair. Good Or
binary to strict good ordinary, 1870; low
middling to strict low 'middling, 1416@1514c;
middling to strict middling, 1519@16c; mid
ding to stric6 middling, 1515@16c; good mid
ding 16X017c.
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF Al
OLD NURSE.

Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup is the prescrip-
ton of of the best female physicians and nurses
in the United States and has been used for thirty
years with never failing safety and success by mill
lions of mothers and children, from the feeble ia
FAINT of week old to the adult. 1t corrects acid
ity of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to
mother and child We believe it to be the best and
surest remedy in the world in all cases of dysen
terry and diarrhoea in children, whether it arises
from teething from any other cause. Full IL
rections for using will accompany each bOiu-
None genuine unless the fac-simile OF CURTI7.
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
'S''d t'y medicine dealers.