Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-28


sum required to meet the chivalrouS de
mand, yet the money was not raised nor did
any volunteers come forward TO man the
beat Without thought of recOmpznse. A
man, supposed TO be a local trades man
CHARGED, however, to pass that way, and
with wonderful profigality produced a $
note. The effect Was electrical. The life
boat was manned and a rescue Effected
| Pal Nal Gazette.
MRS. FITCH's DIAMoNDs-Genls That ors
Useless TO The O1CfieT, 0Itf Prod4ssS 10 ne Cor
| eminent The revenue authorities are puZ
| Zled 10 know what To do with the KheIiye
| OF Esypts famous gift 10 Gen. Shermsns
daughter. The diamonds are locked 40 Ia
the big vault in the sub treasury. They were
placed there in June last. aud unless they
are ken away before next June, they VIII
be Classified a. unclaimed gOOis, and sold by
auction 10 pay the duties and storage. if
this should happen, the money, after the de-
GDction OF the Official charges. would De paid
TO Drexel, Morgan & Co, In who e name the
diamonds are consigned. The trouble is that
Congress In authorizing Lieut. Fitch 20 re-
ceive the present TO bis wife, neglected 10 re-
lieve him from the payment OF the duties.
The necklace and earrings which compose
The gift were first said to be worth S250,J09.
out experts have since appraised them at
SIS, eco The duty on this amount wolli Bs
about 5000 Gen. Sherman feels that he Is
TOO poor To pay this. and be Is unwilling 20
appeal To Congress for an exemption OF the
payment OF duties. Neither the Secretary OF
The Treasury, the collector. nor any OF his
deputies are disposed to exercise taer power
of granting free permit for the diamonds.
ana the Turkish ambassador, who mas the
Official perogative OF receiving them "a his
name, Will not ask for their release, because
the Khedive is only recognized by his gov
eminent as 2 vassal-iN T. StU.
A LADY WHO wIELDED A KSIFE.-Yes
terd8y a famous lady writer died la Tue Rae
des Ecoles This was Nine. Louise Coler.
nee Revolt, aged 60 years. Mme. CJlet has
played moderately important rols in tue
romantic school of her time, her principal
woIks, besides her poetry, being Lies Der
Biers Marquis" "DIeuX Mois aux Pyrenees:"
Lies Derniers Aboes;" "Moliere;" and
.LUi," which caused a literary scandal
Mile. Rev oil married NJ. Colet, Professor o.
Harmony at the Conserv atory, but sne in
troorced discori into his home. OF pas
sionale and lntoleraut nature, she could not
bear contradiction or criticism. and was
guilty of some public acts OF violence. The
Chief Pmone them was her attempt To KIN
AlphODse karr. Attacked by her with a
knife, karr disarmed her and put her out OF
doors. He carried the affair no further but
keeps The knife, upon winch he has had en-
graved, "Received from Nine. Colet uu
the back)." Afterward she attacked her
nephew. Revolt, In the street. WHO, unable
to call out his aunt, made his harmonious
uncle responsible. Nine. Colet inheritc tue
salon OF Nine. Recamier, AMI for years she
entertained literary society in a charming
manner.-[ NetU York Times.
REALISM ON THE SrAGE.-At the ST.
Charles Theater matinee performance OF
Around tue World in Eighty Days." on
Wednesday, Mr.. A. Boyd was severely in-
iured. During the scene in the ships cabin
Mawkins (Fogg's servant) discovers that a
colored servant is none other than Figgs. the
detective, (piayed by Boyd,) who had pre-
viously captured from him q large SUN of
money. 1t was I'm Hawkins stage business,
that as soon as he discovered the identity of
Ftggs, he was to snatch pistol from a
table, and presenting il to Flgg's face, %
compel the restoration of the wealth. Ac-
cOrdiDg TO prog ram me he suai chei the pistol.
held IL 10 Figg's face, and had just male the
demandiior the money, when, by some mis-
chance, the weapon was discharged within
atout six inches of Fieg's (Boyd's) face. Mr..
Eoyd was severely stunned by the shocS,
and directly moved of the stage In a cropping
manner, which indicated that he was blinded
as well. Subsequent medical examination
disclosed the fact that both his eyes were
badly hurt-the left one SO seriously that
the sight was hopelessly destroyed.-INe,0
Orleans Picdy,Sae, March %.
THE ANTHRACITE Coal TRADE has con-
tinued exceedingly dull all The past week.
There is little prO1uctioniand very few orders
Oh The market for immediate delivery. A
good many contracts for GOAL delivery during
the year are being presented TO coal opsra-
Tors. The privileges arising from contracts
with foreign contractors expires with the
present month or March, while the contrss
Tors here and on the line they run 10 the 18Th
OF April. Such operators as have orders Tor
tie immediate delivery of coal will start
their mines al once in small way, increas-
ing their production as orders for coal In
crease. The present aspect of the coal mar
ket just low is not especially encouraging,
still the production OF coal Will no DOUBT in
crease from this time forth to the end OK the
season. The prices Of coal OF all tho com
panies In the association are considerably
lower than last year Pi.itd. Ledger, 2.th.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN PUBLIC
Scholastic question OF reintreducing
corporal punishment in our public schools,
it appears, is soon to be again agitated. At
a recent meeting OF lady teachers G4commit-
tee Of 1--WE was appointed 10 petitioa the
board OF education 10 reinvest the principals
with authority To apply the rod when neceS .
sary, TO refractory scholars. the teachers
claim thai tAe lower grades do nat present C
good depor sment marks as they would IL the
pupils were placed under fear Cf bodily pun
fshment. There are good reasons for below
ing that the discipline In the public schools
is not what il used to be. Pupils do not mind
being kept in for bad conduct, and If they
into other grammar and ward schools The
peiiiion OF the lady teachers will probably
be submitted At the next meeting nj or edu-
cational oDmissioners.- N. y. Star lsSth.
sEooKsNG INHUMANIrY.-Four young
men from sixteen 10 twenty years OF age,
during sSe food last week were caught on .
bridge n New City, Nam. Both oads OF The
bridge were swept away, leaving them pas
| sive in the middle. Tbey called on Po-
| their friends OF theis situation. He rsfased
unless they would give him a large sum OF
Dosiey. The boys remained on the bridge
Ihey were rescued by an EDslishman named
Markham by msaus of a rat They were 50
| badly frozen that all four we're compelled 20
suffer smputation OF bota feet. The opera
| two of the yirtims VIII die Tae PolaAder
/ fed to escape being lynched.
| ~weston, the American walker, is a
| stiict teetotaller. he drinks nothing bal
| Stops OF beef tea, broth, soup, tea, oatmeal
aud The like He has learned frsm expert
/ enee that stimu.ants In a struggle only cal
| firth strength. ard do not create it.