Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-06

sidering what abSurdly conceived and
wTetchedly expressed stuff the most Of il is
Yet some of the noblest poetry that ever was
written, and some that will last as long as
the language, is elegaie in character. What
for instance, could be finer than rare Ben
gohnson's' famous tribute to the Countess OF
Pembroke:
Underneath this marble hearse
y les the subject Of all verse:
SydDey's sisteT,-Pembrokes mother.
Death, ere thou has slain another
Fair, and wise, and 20 ID as she,
Time shall throw his dart al thee!
MARBLE piles let no man aise
To her name for ,fter days.
Some kind woman born as she
Reading this like NiObe,
Shall turn marble and become
Or could anything be more eXquisitely
beautiful and tender than the good Bishop of
Chichester's 'Exequy on the Death of a Beau
years ago:
s'Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed
Never to be disgnieted,
TN thy fate shall oyertake;
Till age, grief, or sickness must
Marry my body to that dust
1t 80 much loves, and nil the
My heart keeps empty in thy tomb
Stay for me there: 1 will notfau
To meet thee in that hollow vale
And think not much of my delay,
And follow thee with ali the speed
Desire can make or SORROWS breed.
Each minute is a short degree,
Anu every nOuf step toward tnee,
AT night, when betake to rest
Next morn i rise nearer my west
Of life, almost by eight hour's sail,
Than when sleep breathed his drowsy gale.
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fit be true, as has been stated, that Lieut..
Hoxie gave orders some time ago that the
street name labels in the corner gas lamps
should be put right side up and proper side
foremost, his directions have been most wo-
fully disregarded. They are still in such
condition OF irregularity and confusion as b
make the whole town liable TO a charge OF
drunkenness in the mind of a stranger. vii
not somebody-Gen'l Babcock, the District
Commissioners, Lieut.. Hoxie, the contractor
or the lamp washers, or some other authority
or subordinate--kindlys see that they are put
to rights, and at once? AS they stand now
they are discreditable all around.
The telegraph FASTENED 10 state last week
that the Cheyennes, under Stone Cali, six
teen hundred strong, had come i'll 10 the
Cheyenne Agency to surrender, and had
agreed to go into camp, attend daily roll
call, etc. Considering the severity of the
winter, it is surprising that they have not
done these things long ago. And the fact
that they have not is suggestive. These win
ter surrenders don't count for much with the
noble red man. They hold good no longer
when the war path may again be taken with
advantage. Only summer surrenders mean
good faith and friendly disposition on the
part of an Indian, and these alas never
come, or very rarely.
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The suggestion made in this column several
weeks ago TO the effect that the notion and
fancy goods dealers should be turned out of
the capitol has been acted upon, so far as
clearing out the old hall of the House is con-
cerned. This is very good, so far as it goes.
But il does not go far enough. The whole
ShOlln haniSba1 no hu
or. at the very least, relegated to the base
ment, where the restaurants are quite con-
tent TO be. The latter are necessary, doubt
less, for the comfort and convenience OF Rep
reSentatlveS and Senators, rather than for
the benefit of the general public, and are
therefore allowable; but TO grant to others
the special privilege of carrying ON private
business in the capitol, rent, light and fuel
free, at once belittles so noble an edifice and
INJURIES other dealers IN the same class of
goods throughout the city. 1t is TO be hoped
that the next Congress will break up the
abuse.
Much Impotence was manifested at the
opera last week towards the nice-Iooking
young men in ulster overcoats who disturbed
the audience by jumping up and hurrying
out just before the curtain dropped on the
last scene each evening. This feeling, which
reached an outward and unmistakable ex-
preston OF displeaSure at times, seemed
natural enough at first thought; but il is
quite certain that no such sentiment would
be entertained, much less exhibited, if the
matter were fully understood, as IL OUGHT 20
be, by tse whole audience The simple truth
is that all these young men are private
cOachmen and fOOtmen, and thew are Obliged
To get outside in advance of the audience in
order TO have the Carriages and wraps of their
masters aIEs mistresses ready by the time
.ney reach the outer door. Otherwise trouble
would enSue, and the young men mi ght lose
their situations without character. With
these facts before 1t, the judgment of the
public ought to be more lenient in future.
Although occupying mental positions, many
of these young men have fine large ears for
music, and unless they can be INDUCED in
this way they will be debarred all opportu-
nifty OF hearing the opera. Give the poor fell
lows chance. Hereafter when the audience
is disturbed ip that way let it remember
that 1t Is one Of the necessities Of their call
ing.
Rev. Mr.. Murray, the Apostle OF the
Adirondacks,' is doubtless one of the best
posted men in the country in regard TO the
topography and beauties of that attractive
region, but he seems to be strangely ignorant
concerning the other mountain localities in
the eastern portion of the United States. In
his lecture on the subject, delivered In the
he claimed for some OF the Adirondack peaks
a greater altitude than is possessed by any
other range or group Of mountains eastof the
except the White Mountains, for he must
| have known that at least four of that group
| exceed in hight the highest of the Adiron-
| dacks,-pu he did not make any exception
This was doubtless an omission, since he
| showed some familiarity with the White
Mountain country But, strangely enough,
| he entirely ignored the mountainous region
| of western North Carolina, the short Black
/ range OF which alone boasts not less than
| thirteen peaks all higher than the White
/ Mountais group, except, possibly, Mt.
| Washington, and more than twice that num-
Der that tower TAR enough above the AdIron-