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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-15

"MARTIAL Law" IN THE KILBoURy
CAsE.-The House judiciary Committee
was in session for several hours yesterday
considering the habeas corpus writ in the
case of Hallet KilbOurn. Mr.. Ashe was the
or ly member absent, and the vote against
re cognizing the writ was seven to three.
Those voting in the negative were MesSrs.
HI OFT. LyDde and Fyeye. Had Mr.. Ashe
bt en- there he would have voted with tue
majority. Messrs. Lynde and Freye earnest
~ advocated the recognition OF the court,
maintaining that 10 deny 1t was equivalent
L. the House declaring martial law and sus-
lending the writ of habess corpus.
, 1876-11-24
Diptheria and Its Cure.

A small quantity of either sulphate of
iron, tannin, or chlorate of potash, put
dry upon the tongue, and allowed to
dissolve there, once in every hour, have
been found most efficient remedies in
the early stages of diptheria. This ter
rible disease appears under three yarie-
ties or forms: l. There is fever, Sc
we're pains in the back, bones and limbs,
and very great prostration. There may
be no soreness of the throat, but, on ex-
amining it, small white specks will be
noticed on the tonsils, and but few or
none on the rest of the throat. These
cases will recover under any and every
variety of treatment in four to six days.
The great but false reputation of many
physicians and remedies is based upon
necessarily favorable results of these
causes. 2. Large patches of false mem
brane will be observed, both on the
tonsils and back of the throat; but tine
glands of the neck do not become swol-
len. The majority of these cases will
also recover under very simple treat
ment, unless the disease extends down
to the windpipe, which it rarely does.
3. True malignant diptheria, with swell
ling of the glands of the neck and an
der the jaw; profuse and often offensive
exudations in the mouth and throat;
more or less discharge from. the nos
trils. Chlorate of potash is a disinfeet-
ant as well as a curative remedy, and,
if given pure and dry upon the tongue,
every hour, night and day, will rarely
disappoint the practitioner. A small
dose, every night, may act as prevent
i've remedy. Sometimes tannin may be
given more readily than the chlorate OF
potash. The sulphate of iron is rather
more irritant, and must be given in
smaller quantities. The main points in
the use Of these remedies are to give
them dry upon the tongue, and fire.
quently and regularly, both night and
day.
, 1876-11-24

Previous 60 Aimce's coming 10
America. in ISL. she hal sung two sea-
s"n, IN Bnzil. Az that time Il vas aid
that the brazilian mines were giving
out Aimee Vas persuaded that she
could do nothing better. a. q specula-
ton, than 10 invest all she had IN Bra
zilian stones. a. she was told old mine
diamonds were certain 20 raisa In price.
She bought SJ0.OO worth Of diamonds
oi all sizes. The Dran,afic .Nesrs thus
narraics the results: ''She returned %
fnnce with the diamonds aewn in q
travelling dress. She never ventured on
deck alone far. under tho idea that
somebody would take her diamonds and
throw her overheard. Once in Prance
she was more Tranquil. When Il came
to accepting an American engagement
her fears began again, and she almost
decided not to come TO q country where,
she had been told, every second man
was bandit. In her dress she snug
gled unwittingly, large amount of dia-
monds into this port. When she opened
at the Grand Opera House, she dazzled
the New York public by her magnificent
display Of brilliants. But her nervous
ness about them never deserted her. and
when she came to playing parts where
she could not wear them, she feared
they would be robbed from her dress
ing-room. She made Colonel Fisk the
confdant Of her fears, who had two Do
icemen placed at the door of her dress
ing-room each evening. She took them
with her on her first trip to Havana,
and returned with them to France, again
bringing them back when she returned.
On her last trip to Havana, however,
she determined not to take them, fear
ing the condition of the island, and
scared by the stories of the outrages by
the volunteers there. The major Dor
ton of them she placed in a bank in
this city, which has since failed, and a
valuable amount she confded to a gen
tleman in this city. This person was
wealthy and above suspicion. Reverses
happened to him, and in a moment of
despair he pledged the diamonds in the
hope of reseuing them in few days.
Aimee returned and demanded her
property. The man then made q con-
fession. Aimee, with her own money,
rescued her property from the hands Of
the money-lender. The man has since
repaid in full the sum she was obliged
9to lay out. When she returned to
France that Summer sue took all her
precious stones with her.
, 1876-11-24
AInntellIEsnt AIazpls.

The Rev. Z. q. Morris writes 10 the
Ind osi lIafe-.-''I received the fol
lowing few weeks ago from a CORES
pondent. The fact n stated l. a very
curious one and new 10 me. / wrote 90
ask il he had seen the occurrencc him
self and he replied that he had. II y
~ follows: Finding from periodicals
that you arc a collector Ot anecdotes of
birds. etc. have one az your service.
Binds are great iavoritcs of mine. / have
hal several varieties. both foreign and
British, for years; among the rest some
magpics. One had gone the way all
pets sooner OF later, GO; the other is
still alive and allowed TO wander in the
garden all day, and goes TO her own
cage at night, when told. She likes
running about the sill Of the parlor
window, two feet six inches from the
ground, facing the garden, when there
is anybody in the room. Last Autum
dish Of peas was left inside near the
window. Mag, with her head on one
side, viewing them, evidently made up
her mind she ought to taste them, so
she began to tap at the window with her
beak; but finding the glass was too
strong, after fitting backwards and for
wards several times and trying each
time, she stepped opposite aud seemed
to think and then hoped on to the
path, picked up a gravel stone, came
back, and with the stone in her beak
struck the pane several times until she
had cracked tine glass. The noise fright
ened her and away she went with that
peculir hop and twitch of the tail tame
magpies assume when they know that
they have been doing mischief. Mag
is still alive and goes about the garden
as usual 1t is to be remarked that a
somewhat similar example Of what
seems to amount to a reasoning power
occurs in cases OF the hooded crow
and kinder species, too, we must
bear in mind-which, as also the crow,
is constantly in the habit of soar
ing up to n considerable height
in the air with a cookie or mussel
and then letting it drop on the
rocks to break the shell and so get at
the fish inside. Sir Charles Anderson
once told me that he had frequently
seen them do this. Sir Walter Scott
used to say that he would believe any
thing of dog. We may, 1 think, be-
lieve more in like manner of birds than
we have sometimes been in the habit of
doing"
, 1876-11-24
Ts1a. Girl on Her Travels.

She attracted general attention a.
soon a. she made her appearance ON the
depot platform. II was not so much
the Mexican sombrero which sat jaun-
tily upon her well formed head, and the
tight-fitting, short-skirted, homespun
dress, which set of her well moulded
form to perfection, but it was tho care
and solicitude she manifested for the
welfare Of two aged parents and half
dozen boys and girls, all of whom APP
peared to be in her charge. The family
came in on the Leavenworth, Lawrence
and Galveston Railroad last evening,
direct from Texas, and were bound for
California.
The chief of the party, the manager
and guardian, was this young lady. She
was as perfect o model of female beauty
as ever lived. 1t was this fact which
stopped all business for few minutes
wherever she went, while the mascu-
line portion of the people stared. She
wore q mans sombrero, one of those
broad brimmed felt hats worn by the
Spaniards in Mexico; her luxuriant
brown hair was gathered N net, her
neck was bare, and her form, which was
a model of perfection, attracted the ad-
miration of every one. She tackled
Major Howrigan first, and inquired of
him after her train; she seemed to like
him, and to him she transferred the
care of her father, mother, brothers and
sisters, while she looked after the bag
gage.
Then she tackled the baggage man,
and when one of the trunk tumblers
treated her inquiries with disrespectful
indifference, she caught him by the
back of his jacket and twirled him
round until he came up astonished and
polite. She had her baggage checked
properly, got her checks and walked
away through the staring and aston
ished crowd as unconscious and indiffe1-
ent as if she was still on her native
plains of the Gulf coast. Then she at
tended to the family, purchasing their
food, their tickets, and saw them safe
on the proper train.
The old man, the father of this hand
some young Amazon, is one of the vet
eran heroes of San Jacinto. He was
one of Sam Houston's best beloved com
panions, and q veteran of some forty
years ago. He is now helpless and
without means. The terrible storm Of
last Winter, which wrecked so many of
the cities on the coast of Texas, made
this old man pauper. From the wreck
of their once ample estate, sufficient
means had been saved to pay their way
to California, where they have family
friends, and this young girl was the
Moses who resolved to. conduct the
helpless ones to their new home. Her
perfect beauty attracted general atten-
ton, and her modest, but determined
business-like air, won respect. No won
der all the railroad men about the de-
pot fell in love with the tall, handsome
Texan girl under the Mexican sombrero.
, 1876-11-24
The Winter Fashion. for Ladies'.

Dress sleeves are made close at the
wrist.
Sleeves for outside garments are wide,
or half wide.
Old-fashioned knitted purses have be-
come fashionable.
There is no diminution in the demand
for colored hosiery.
Chatelaine pockets of velvet, silver
mounted, for shopping.
A greenish cream color will take the
lead among new shades.
Dresses are cut high on the shoul-
ders. and very high in the neck.
Crinoline avoids all that is boufant
Immediately below the waist.
Solid colors are preferred to stripes
in both ladies' and children's hose.
Corsages of all kinds show an unusual
number of perpendicular seams.
Catogan nets are in shades to match
the hair, also in all bright colors.
Great variety is observable in the
style of trimming undergarments.
Necklaces of fligree silver will be
popular to wear with dark dresses.
Combination costumes will be quite
as fashionable as they ever have been.
Unbleached stockings, finished with
embroidery on the fronts and sides, are
in favor.
Evening gloves are worn very long,
often requiring ten or twelve buttons.
and never less than six.
"Dog collar bands of feathers,
clasped with the head Of the bird, or
tied with ribbon, are introduced.
Many of the new basques are cut with
cores under the arms. By this new
style all basques and polonaises can be
fitted perfectly over the hips, and the
waist is also heightened in effect. In
stances of this fashion are seen in the
=" Gwendolen polonaise, and the " Le-
ona, y" Mariana, Daphne, " and " Ell
sina" basques.
, 1876-11-24

THE moment girl has q secret from
her mother, or has received letter she
dare not let her mother read, or hasa
friend of whom her mother does not
know, she is in danger. A secret is not
a good thing for a girl to have. In girl
hood hide nothing from your mother; de
nothing that, if discovered by your faith
er, would make you blush. When you
are married, never conceal anything
from YOUR husband. Never allow your
self to write a letter that, he may not
know all about, or to receive one that
you are not quite willing he should
read. Have NO mysteries whatever.
, 1876-11-24

UTILIZING HIS DAUGHTERS. = John
Luikens, musician residing in Grand
Haven, Michigan, is carrying out nov
el plan to utilize his rather large family
of girls. He has eight daughters, the
eldest of whom is seventeen, and the
youngest is three years of age. He
thinks there will be twelve or fifteen of
them some day in the future, and being
comparatively poor man, "how to
make daughters self-supporting" has
been an exceedingly practical and i'm
portant question to him, an earnest con-
sideration of which led him to decide to
teach his girls music and organize them
into a string and brass band, and there
by make them pay for their keeping
About one year ago, he, with consider
able difficulty, procured the necessary
brass horns and violins and engaged a
teacher. His four eldest girls have
made such progress in their art that, as
sisted by their father and teacher, they
play in public occasionally, and will
undoubtedly. in the course of time,
grow into frst-class band and earn
their own "pin money"
, 1876-11-24

EFFECTS OF L1GHTNNa.-The differ
ence in the effects of lightning in vari-
Gus countries is remarkable. 1t is be-
lieved to be more dangerous in England
than in the United States. From sta
tistics collected, it appears that, on an
average, seventy-seven people are killed
by it each year in France, and the an
nual list of killed and wounded there
by this cause amounts to $50. The low
lying departments are less subject to it.
Eighty were wounded, and nine killed
in one thunderstorm at Chateauneuf-les-
Monitors, in 1861; and within one week,
when the air was highly charged with
electricity, thirty-three fearful flashes
of lightning were observed, each bring
ing death to some victims. Twenty-Five
people are killed by lightning every
year in England, nine in Switzerland,
and three in Belgium.
, 1876-11-24

LET every father buy his boy pistol.
1t is wonderful what world of amuse-
meht there is in it. The boy may shoot
some harmless bird, a pig, a COW, q
horse, his little sister, or maybe him
self. Here is horse case right at hand
from an Eastern paper: "Three boys,
who were placticing with a pistol, at
Hartford, the other day, accidently shot
the trotting mare Maybe, inhicting a
wound that will probably prove fatal.
The animal has record Of 2:23, and is
valued at $4,000" Cases where boys
shoot their little sisters or themselves
are too common to meet the reference
OF any case at had.
, 1876-11-24

BURNING BAslN.-Miss Bird has been
recently travelling in the Sandwich
Islands, and describes with great force
some of the wonders she witnessed. In
Hawaii the object of most absorbing in
terest is, as many are aware, the burn
ing mountain of Mauna Loa, the largest
active volcafo in the world. Miss Bird
went through some not altogether pleas
ant experiences in order to see this ex-
traordinary phenomenon, but was re-
warded by witnessing the Kilauea crater
under especially favorable conditions.
While confessing her utter inability to
reproduce what she saw, she neverthe-
less attempts it, and her description is
exceedingly vivid.
The crater, we are told, is one huge
pit in the flank of the Mauna Loa
Mountain, 500 feet wide at its narrowest
part, and nearly half mile at its broad
est. Within this abyss boils and seethes
and throbs and roars a vast sea OF lava,
surging against the rocky barrier which
surrounds it with sound like an angry
ocean breaking upon an iron-bound
coast. From the center of the lake, ever
and anon leap up crimson fountains OF
angry fame, whose fiery effulgence dies
the heavens blood-red. The whole spec
tacle is one of indescribaDle force, COM
motion, terror, glory and mystery, not
unmingled with an awful and imposing
beauty.
, 1876-11-24

dery" asked the lawyer "Thc remain
der. replied he. Il give aud bclueath
Ia the poor little shoemaker acrus- the
street. who has alwavs been a good
ncighbor and a deserving man !" thus
securing a rich bcquesi for himself.
Tho widow was thunderstruck with the
,hocmakcr's aulacious cunning. but dill
not dare 20 expose the fraud: and ~ two
rugucs shared the estate.
, 1876-11-24
A Centennial Martyr--Tho Story OF
Captain Nathan Hale.

One hundred years ago, September
a2l. within our city limits. Captain Ma
tban Hale. of the Continental army. was
bung as a spy, without the formality Of
a trial and under circumstances Of pc
culiaE atrocity. He was but twenty-one
wears Of age. q graduate of Yale. and a
man whose fine literary attainments are
perpetuated in his granddaughter. Rev.
EdIar,l Everett Hale. The World gives
some interesting "reminiscences Of this
ero-martyr. and says: Tradition has
nreserved a picture OF this gallant
Young soldier, who, in April. l776, en-
camped his company in the fields near
our Bunker Hill at Broadway and Bow
erv, and who, in September. the same
wear, crossed the Sound at Norwalk, on
his perilous errand. Twenty-one years
old in June, brightieyed and athletic,
he was dressed in a frock of white linen,
fringed, such as officers then wore, with
n yellow ribbon in his cockade to mark
his rank in lieu Of epaulets. He had
his fire-lock slung behind (all officers
wore them thus) and at his side was the
sword worn by his uncle, Nathan Hale,
who was killed by q shell at the seige Of
Louisburg in 1915. When equipped
for the perilous work of a spy, Captain
Hale changed his uniform for plain
suit of citizens clothes, with q round,
broad brimmed hat.
He was set ashore at Huntington,
Long Island. and thence proceeded
through the British camps on Long Is
land and at New York. After passing
safely to the outposts of the British
army, he stopped at a tavern called the
"Cedars," where he was seen and recog-
nized by Tory cousin, q dissipated
Young man named Samuel Hale, who
had received many favors at his bands
in former times. This double traitor
BETRAYED him to the British, saying that
he was captain in the Continental army
and spy. General Howe was then re-
siding at the Beckman House, near the
present junction of First Avenue and
Fifty-frst Street. Hale was brought
before him, and frankly owned his
name, rank and object. This was on
the Dist day of September, 1776, Just
one week from the day on which Wash
ington had given him his secret in
structions at the Murray House, on Muir
ray Hill.
Howe had Hale hung without trial,
and the infamous Provost Marshal Gun
ningham tore up the letters he wrote to
his mother and betrothed on the morn
ing of his execution. He died like a
hero, saying with his last breath 81
regret that 1 have but one life to give
to my country" The place of his bur-
ial is unknown, but is within the city
limits.
At the time of Captain Hale's execu-
ton, he was engaged to be married TO a
young lady in Connecticut. She sur
viyed him twenty-five years, and though
she yielded to the opportunities OF
friends and married, she never forgot
her youthful lover. When she came to
die, at the age of ninety-three, the last
word she spoke was " Nathan"
, 1876-11-24

IT was at the funeral of the head of a
family. A neighbor in the yard, while
the service was going on inside, was
speaking of the deceayed, and took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to observe
in tone of subdued sympathy: can
had just got in his coal and potatoes for
the Winter. It is sad case"
, 1876-11-24

FREAK OF A DoG.-A Radnorshire
LADY, who was married in March, and
came to reside in Yorkshire, England,
recently paid visit to her father, who
before she was married, had kept two or
three sheep aeRs, of which she was very
fond. Since then he has retired from
business and disposed of all but one
DOG. This one met the lady with dem
onstrations of great delight upon her
arrival at her fathers house, and that
night the dog went distance of seven
miles to farm house where one of the
other dogs had been sent, 1.-THE latter
was blind, but kept as being an old fa-
vorite). In the morning when. the lady
went to the door, she not only saw the
dog which had given her such a glad re-
cePtlon the day previously, but also the
old blind one, which had evidently been
brought by the other dog to welcome
ner. When the second night came the
old blind one was taken back to his
nome by the same dog, which after
ward returned, having travelled dis
Iance OF twenty-eight miles to give
pleasure to the old blind one.
, 1876-11-24


Nor long ago dramatic author sub
mitted. comedy to a manager, who
promised to read it and let him have an
opinion thereon in fortnight. At the
end of the fortnight he goes to learn its
fate.
"My dear fellow" cries the manager,
enthusiastically, " the first two acts Of
your piece are charming, lovely, per-
feet, full of fire and go, sparkling with
wit. Unhappily you do not sustain
your reputation in the last two acts.
The dialogue loses life; the coherency
Of the plot is lost; the denouement is
absurdly weak. But for these unhappy
last two acts, the play. would be an i'm
mense success"
The author takes his manuscript and
goes home, disconsolate. "You must
be an IDIOT" says one of his friends;
" why, he never read the play. Just
change the title and send it back to him,
and see what he'll say"
Ihe author does so, and in O month
goes to the manager, who cries: "Well,
upon my word, you are born to disap-
point mel Six weeks ago you brought
lme play whereof the first two acts
were magnificent, but were ruined ut
terly by the last two; now you send me
one that is just the other way"
Just the other way?" echoes the
author, who can scarcely believe his
ears.
;, p" Just the other way. In this play
the concluding acts are simply superb,
but the first two are enough to damn
any piece"
, 1876-11-24

THE late decline in the price of coal
is blessing to the poor of all our large
cities; they will be able to keep warm if
not well supplied with food.
, 1876-11-24

fercale underwear is in great favor,
as It Is fine and soft, and wears and
, 1876-11-24

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-09
HAZELTON AND THE DeLAP CASE.
The Charges OF the Advocate, Argus d Co.
Completely Refuted.

1t having come to our knowledge
that Mr.. Holford, of the Argus has
been to Orion to see Robert DeLap
and not having succeeded in procur.
ing the information desired, had in
vented story to suit his purpose,
which he said, while in Boscobel, he
should publish on Monday Nov. 9th,
we have deemed Git advisable to pro-
cure the following statement from Mr..
DeLap, that this slanderous attack on
Mr.. Hazelton may be settled for all
time. Ep. DIAL
TO THE PUBLIC.
/ hereby state that | have read the
article in the Grant County Advocate
of Oct 25th, 1876, entitled lizard
on Hazelton," concerning a divorce
suit between myself and former wife,
and desire to state in justice to Mr.
Hazelton, that / never authorized any
statement in regard to the matter to
be made or published. And the same
was written and published without my
knowledge or authority, and evidently
by some personal enemy of Mr.. Hazel
ton, who, in the preparation of that
article, had no regard for the truth.
| made contract with Mr.. Hazelton,
to obtain a divorce, and he advanced
the alimony and all expenses, out of
his pocket, and he did the work hon.
estly and well and to my entire salts
faction, and desire to give the pub
lie to understand that [ have no
complaints whatever to make against
Mr.. Hazelton as my attorney in that
and | shall support him
for Congress this fall.
ROBERT DELAP.
Orion, Wis, November 4th. 1876.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-09
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