Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-12

LETTER, just published for the FIRST time
written by Edgar A. Poe 10 the editor OF the
NWn American Magazine, In 1898, discloses
The fact that the eccentric t,ost had a poor
opinion OF the literary merits OF Irying's
writings. he had been solicited TO review
account OF a lack of time, said that .ths
merit OF bis (Irving's) lame propriety and
faultletsness OF style should be candidly
olson, something being hinted about imita
uon, and Sir Roger De Ooverley should be
brought mp in judgment. A bold and a ,DrIOyf
investigation OF lrvings claims would strl Ke
nome, take my word for IL. The American
literary world never saw anything of the
Kind yet. Seeing, therefore, the Opportunity
OF making nne hat, am unwilling 10 haz-
ara rHT lame by failure, and a failure
would assuredly be the event were 10 un-
dertske the task at present"
Pow To FINISH THE MoNUNrxr.-The
Ssn Francisco Chronicle thinks that As the
bcnker Hill monument would never have
been completed unless Fanny Eusler had
danced herself tired 10 raise funds to aid In
us completion, IL would be q good idea 10
Fave some noted danseuse warm her heels
"a ala OF the Warrington monument, which
Will evidently never be completed unless
something very extraordinary Is done The
washington Monument Association has
nine months more In which 10 do its work
before The Centennial date. During the
coming winter q patriotic performance
would De Tor the members OF Congress in
inelr leisure hours, as the representatives OF
each man indulge In manual labor sufficient
10 complete the shaft 10 its projected height
a charge Of twenty-five cents per head being
mace 70 specta tors.-LoutstsQe Journal.
IT rs RELATED that q New Hampshire
JONAS amer ssG sse the
see Jonah passing along the road 10 Ninevah:
I seem 10 see him enter the ticket Office buy
DIS ticket, and pay for It; I seem 70 see him
walk upon the vessel; 1 seem TO see them Iift
their anchor, and the stately ship moves
grandly out upon the broad Atlantic"
- They must have q nne quality OF gas in
81 Louis. The Globe Democrat SAYS that a
plack cat, hung 70 parlor chandelier by the
Ial, would De an Improvement on it.
SWendell Phillips credits Horace Greeley
with having said 10 q lecture comm tee
who paid him In Western bank bills that AZ
convenient he would prefer 10 have a we'll
executed counterfeit on some eastern bank.
"f1garo r rorts that the latest ssmot- I'm
Paris is the remark OF the wife Of an embas-
taoor There, who compared the statesmen OF
tne present time 30 melons, which grow old,
but DO not ripen.
wendell Phillips speaks of the Vene-
uans using paper money. Doubtless OthelIo
lad just received his pay In that currencv
when he exclaimed, He who steals NV
purse steals trash 90
~A younng lady I'm Minnesota boasts Of
having ten grown-up brothers TO watch over
heI, but Norristown girl prefers 20 have
only one brother 10 watch over her-prOvid-
eu nc Is tne DrOtDer oil some other girl"
~Star spapgled stockings are the latest
caprice, but the probabilities are that we
shall not "see, by the dawns early light.
What so proudly we hailed at the twIlight's
last cleaning. "-N7O Orleans Tunes.
ga Michigan stump speaker boldly an
nounced, the other day, that "tbe country is
drifting into arnics." Judging by the steady
Increase In the number Of base ball clubs in
this country, the Michigan orator is about
right.
ga little boy Of four years, standing In
the moonlight by his sister aged six, said TO
her, "Isn't God a good man, Nelly, 20 give
as such beautiful moon?" "Oh, Freddy
said the sister, In earnest remonstrance,
''dont call God man, for n there ever was
a gentleman, I'm sure GOD f. one.n Facts
Christian Union.
ga night or two ago, vicksburg woman
was uy Ing hard 10 get her drunken husband
nome, and her words and actions were so
tender that citizen halted and said: "Well,
All drunkards' wives haven't your DISPOSE
tion sn, don't say anything she re-
piled, In whisper. "pve got 20 call him net
names to get him home; but walt tin he
drops into The hall-be around Lhen."-IT Ticks
burg Herald.