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Evening star., 1876-10-09

lowing In an average OF the pools cold In
New York Saturday night ct Norrissev'a
pool rooms on the Indiana and Ohio cleo
rtson, rep, 500. Barnes. rem. ai0o.
Bell, DEM, $40. Result in New York stSfeC -
I1lden 81 900, Hayes $50; Presidential elec-
uOu-Tilden R75O. Havaa q mn ~>~~
Evening star., 1876-10-09

SHAw's AssAILANT-An Ayrest Mdde-
A man named Melbourne, cook in one OF
the restauranfs In the centennial grounds
Philadelphia, was arrested and had Q hear.
irg Saturday on the charge OF assaultine
and cutting Mr.. Shaw, OF the Boston Herald,
He was bound over for q further hearing,
Evening star., 1876-10-09
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, 1858 ,OO5 6o: customs, s4sS ,25O Ts.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

Porte's Answer Anxiously Expected.
Evening star., 1876-10-09
Political Notes.

large body OF men of respectable, SOL
dierly appearance, marched through the
streets on yesterday morning and took the
train for indianapolis, where they are to
participate In the reunion OF democrats,
soldiers To- day. Arriving at the depot they
were joined by a legion Of the worst bum
mers in the city, who have gone. perhaps, to
take hand in any subsequent proceed
tngs" that may seem desirable to their en-
ploymeDt. Chicsgo is delighted TO part with
these ruffians, even for the few days covered
by their CONT act. Ii is to be regretted for
the sake OF the hundreds OF reputable sol
dlers who composed the procession, that a
separate train was not provided fer their
transportation.--C Chicago Times. dem. lin
speech delivered at Lancaster Mass, a
few nights ago General Butler paid his COM
plimeDts To the newspapers after the follow
Ing fashion: 'They say the newspapers do
not like me. don't mean they shall. LAD
plause. abhor, deteSt, scom and defy all
the lying sheets this side OF the place where
they Will yet go 10. / now take occasion
right here TO say word on this subject /
Offended tfem seven or eight years ago while
In congress by looking up TO the reporters
gallery, which we used TO call 'buzzard's
roost,' and saying that thanked God | was
man that God made, and not one that the
newspapers made. They have never forgiven
me because was not man of their crea-
tion." ''''The greenbackers in Massachu-
setts have the courage OF their convictions
and hold mass convention at Boston next
week, TO put Cooper and Cary electoral
ticket In the field.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

A HALF HOLIDAY FOR THE CLERKS
The President has issued Instructions To
have the various government departments
closed at noon on the 18th instant, to give
the clerks an opportunity of witnessing the
unvetItng of the MCPHERSON statue.
Evening star., 1876-10-09
TWO DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
A TURKISH RETREAT.

s'lt,n'gril' Defest nOuhktar Pattl.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

CRUSHING CUBA.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

This vast stock Of Goods 10 now on exhibition 10
our iars saesroom. aod the public are invited to
call and inspect IL. This display of READY-MADE
CLOTHING is by far the srandsst ever made in
this District, and is well worth visit from those
Who contemplate the purchase OF Winter Clothins
Evening star., 1876-10-09
THE EVENING STAR.
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
EORD'S OPERA HOUSE
The eIseti- n rsturns from Ohio and Indian. viii
be tuletineo In tue loLh sud ann 5H csd from the
stage bsfore the elose % the psrformanee on Tuas
osJ eveniss. The public sre assured that all the
returns received up TO sO3O .. m. iIi be given.
Bouei:auIt's Grsat American Drama,
THE OCTOKOOs:
Or, Former Life ia Louisiana.
FAMOUS JUBILEE slHGER5
oCTOa5Ts MSTfsEs Sp ga saTuROAY.
nstinse prizes, IS snd 50 eeEts. Sight price. %
NATIONAL TIIEATER.
1he election returns tr.m Ohio ard Indisn will
be bu.is,iued in zoe l-bbs aud sluo1ncei from toe
oa5 sTstiTg The pub'is are sssared ina ali the
retuTEs reee'v.a MP q iO;30 p m. viiILs siyen.
COMIC OPERA SEASON
E:ee GO-d Ein's = u ericsn o. mic Opera,
EFANGELtNE
oTER so Singing PEOPLE IN THE CAST,
Leo ~ the fayartte PIims Donna,
And ths 80 nhsrml1S n - Singing G9@Sdienne,
ryAEGELISE MATiHEe ssTUSp.Y. Oc-
- be lsLb ,GGIE MIICHELL- In Prepara-
WILLARD HALL.
GRAND CONCERT.
BENEFIT OF The SAVANNAH SUFFERERS.
wEDsEsDAv EVENING, Oct IIth, 1875, D. N.
ME-. j. REMINGTON FAIRLAMB,
~ EV. MilIp, Mr. Hsrni91 M1rsell,
n 80 fslte Flinr. MIS- W Keen.
N sB Emma Kaufman, Mr.. Clarence BeAll.
TICKETS, SO CENTS,
10 sale at MetZsrott's and the principl Hotels
Octs SO and BOokUores
Evening star., 1876-10-09

Asw and choice designs In WILTON, VEL.
VET, TAPBeTRY, fHRE1-PLY and IHGRAIN
LIHOL1UM, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS
MATS, &C., &c. ssps b
Evening star., 1876-10-09

n q A N.
first premium svsrded to me By the Great
worlds Fair, I'm Pbiladel phia. en- my
invented ard patented HHEGLAsS,
Manufactured in Gold, Silver and Frameleas with
genuine Brazilian Pebbles; Also on hand large
VAT ETY. OF sP8CTAeLBS, OPERA 9LAeSE5,
MICROSCOPES and SHADES for the Eyes, &c.
l.. ALEXANDRA,
oct-trls'p 1929 Peunsylvania ave. n w.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

hAeLE BROTHERS,
ExTHHsly. CLOrHIlRs AND TAILoRs,
seD0-9 Corner 7th and d streets.
WORCESTERSHIRE DRY GOODS.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

NAVAL ORDERs.-Commodore j. c. Fe.
bigger, detached from the examining board
and ordered TO command the Washingt ton
navy yard, 10th instant; Captain s. p. Car
tel as member OF the examining board aud
placed on waiting orders.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

POSTMASTER AT AUGUSTA GA. - The
President has appointed Lafayette McLaws
10 be postmaster at Augusta, Ga, vice Chas.
III. Prince, suspended under the tenure of
Office act. The previous appointment OF
McLaws to be postmaster at Savannah is
thereby Cancelled. and Postmaster Clark con-
unued In that office.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

NAVAL PROMorIoHs.-The board of naval
officers to examine officers for promotion or
retirement held Its final session Saturday y
and signed the reports in the cases recently
examined for promotion, rs follows Com
mander Jas. II. Gillts, to be captain; Lieut..
Commander James ID. Graham, to be com
mander; Masters j. B. Hobson and G.. q.
Spalding, to be lieutenants.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

MEMPHIS, TENN, Oct. "a private tele.
gram from Pine Bluff, ARK, says fire there
last night consumed three business blocks.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

PRoMoTIoN.-On Saturday last Mr.. Emil
Arctander, of the money order branch of the
Post Office department, was promoted from
second 20 fourth class clerkship. This is
deserved promotion. Mr.. Arctander was
for long time connected with the cemc-
terial branch OF the Quartermaster Generals
C1ice, and resigned In 1874 to make room for
"A fellow clerk who had been discharged and
was left without work with q family OF eight
to provide for.
Evening star., 1876-10-09

fkHS1DENT GRANT AND HIS OLD CON-
RADEs OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNEssII-
The following correspondents explains IT.
self:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsHINGToN, Octobar 6. 1915
Adhairol-The President directs me To sav
that it will give him great pleasure TO ueot
again and take by the hand any OF his old
may be pleas ed to call on him st nine o'cioc
on the evening of the 18th instaSt.
sm, sir, your obedient servant,
@. @. SNIFPRN, Secretary
A0nifTdl ID. d. Porter. CAdiynsoss COnsDaiffee Of
An da9eme,as, MePherson Statue, prcsesf
WARRINGTON CRY, October 7, 1876.
Mr.. Presidem:-I have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt OF q letter from your
secretary, dated the 9Th instant, In which he
informs me that you direct him to say that
IL VIII enord you great pleasure 70 meet
again and take by the hand any OF your old
associates OF the Army OF the Tennessee who
may be pleased 70 call on you At nine o'cIock
on the evening of the 18th instant.
Will take great pleasure In commpni-
eating this invitation to the Society OF the
Army of the Tennessee at It's approachfne
reunion In this city, and have no doubt
your old comrades will accept your Invita-
tion and greet you in the Executive Man
sion, promptly and cordially. as they we're
accustomed to do when you called them n
duty on the tented deld.
servant, DAVID d. P0RrI1.
Chairman Com. OF ArTangements, &c
-SSo-S
Evening star., 1876-10-09

HANDMADE BRICK.
sss h.sd ssISn s.I;n s':S
FOR sals ct the lowest market rates.
JAB H. RIOH ARDS,
HpSD-fw- Yard, South OaDftol snd . Sta sw
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
The OYSTER.

Even the statistics of oysters are not
without interest. They would seem to
be the most fecund of the denizens OF
the sea; and for this fact, surely, we
should be fervidly grateful. Somebody
has been lately studying the bivalve,
and tells us, after careful observation,
that, if every oyster in the sea were to
spat every year, the sea would soon be
filled up with oysters !" In the interests
of commerce and the other fishes, we
would fain hope that the tasty tribe will
not wax quite to this extent; though, if
they would make q bridge for us from
America to Europe, the legions of the
sea-sick would have one more reason to
bless the oysters existence. We may
take it for granted that every oyster In
the sea does not "spat once year. It
is, however, boldly asserted by a no less
scientific authority than Mr.. Frank
auckland that a single oyster may con-
tain, at one time, over 100000 embyro
oysters. Mr.. auckland, moreover,
AYERS that he has had in his possession
as many molluscous protoplasms as
would have grown in time into 1923, OOO,-
900 marketable oysters" Thus there is
no prospect whatever of d famine in
this delightful food. Every year the
supply will become greater, and already
their cheapness puts oysters within the
reach of the poorer classes; and as
they bring health and enjoyment at the
same time, this fact is one which we
may well rejoice at.-4ppleton's Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
Cigarettes.
From the Boston Courier.

The smoking of cigarettes has be-
come SO common that it has made very
serious inroads upon the business Of
cigar makers According to the report
of the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., for 1875 the number of cigarettes
manufactured in this country, taxed at
$3.50 per thousand, was 27,Sll, 500, and
of larger sort, taxed at $1.75, there
was Il, 986, 1888 in that year. In addition
to this large quantity of cigarettes of
home production, vast quantities are
brought from Havana. Cigarettes
that cost only 1913 per thousand pack
ages in Havana or from $40 to $40 in
bond gold understood of course
cost, after duties are paid, $145 gold, or
say from $165 to $40 currency. The
explanation of this exorbitant
charge is that whereas, prior to
1871, each bundle of cigarettes was
counted as single piece, and so taxed;
now each cigarette in the bundle is
held to be an independent piece, and
taxed as much as should be taxed for
the whole bundle. About five months
ago many struggled goods were in the
market, underselling the honest i'm
portations, and still paying enormous
profits to the smugglers, that there
was scarcely any sale for the duty
paid articles. It is SO easy to throw
overheard from an incoming steamer,
to confederate in boat, few thou
sand packages of cigarettes, neatly
wrapped up in sheet rubber or oiled
silk, and the profit on the transaction
four or five hundred per CENTS SO
tempting, that the wonder really is,
not that the cigarettes are smuggled,
but that we have any from Havana
that are not. The best Cuban ciga-
rettes are the Hanradez, Habana, As
trea, Chorito, Garcia and Honrodiquez.
They are made of the scraps from the
cigar factories, and wrapped in the
thick, coarse, white or light brown
Spanish paper that burns with strong
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
The Vintage in France.
From Paris Letter.

A good deal of uneasiness is felt here
about the vintage, too. These incessant
rains prevent the vintage and rot the
grapes on the vines; then there is the
phylloxera (which Mons, Dufaure,
Vice-President of the Council of Minis
tiers and Minister of Justice, called in
his last public speech "that accursed
insect") which continues to spread like
q spot of oil on broadcloth. Twas talk
ing recently to a large wine merchant
here, and he said to me: Nothing
could induce me to buy a vineyard
now. I look upon it as one of the un-
safest investments man could make.
The phylloxera has destroyed the vines
on every hill in Southern France, and
we are now obliged to use wines made
from grapes grown on plains, which
formerly none but the lowest winters,
the winters in workmen's quarters,
used. The problem of making good
wines is becoming daily less solvable.
You will never again SEE in France
those delicious table-wines, those uins
ordsrsatres, with which [ supplied you
from 1854 to 1869. Such wines are
no longer made. The vineyards
whence they came have been devas-
tated bY the DhYllOxera. /"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
A C erical Menagerie.
From the Pail Mall Budget.


What a clergyman's menagerie is
aside from a disputatious congregation
is shown by Rev. DR.. bullock, who
for some months acted as curate for
Rev. E. ]. Everard, rector of several
parishes in Gloucestershire, England.
He has been sued by the rector for
damages done the rectory in allowing
certain animals to live in the house.
The rector, it seems, went away for his
health, and the doctor agreed to per-
form certain part of his duties if he
could live in the rectory house. also
STIMULATING that he might bring his ami
mails, which was agreed to, the doctor
promising to settle for any damage the
animals might cause. The defendant
came, and brought all his menagerie.
Commencing with the minor animals,
he brought to the rectory twenty-seyen
white mice, three loose pigeons. a
hawk (allowed to range about the
place., a dove which went out and in
the rooms, nine small birds, five large
dogs, three pups, a Skye terrier, q
squirrel, three cats; and besides these
pets there were five horses and one
monkey. The defendant occupied the
rectory from October 1875, to April,
1876, and when the plaintiff returned
he found the natural result of animals
kept in the house. The dog and cats,
the squirrel and the monkey, had been
quartered in various bedrooms-the
rooms they occupied having carpets
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
A Here.
A hero, indeed, was Herbert, the I

A hero, indeed, was Herbert, the pilot
of the Southern Belle, burned On the
Mississippi. With the alarm of fire the
Belle was headed for the bank, but de-
spite the exertions of the officers to
calm the passengers, some forty In
number, the utmost confusion prevail
ed-terror that defes description
seemed to seize them, and passengers
and deck hands, frenzied with terror,
jumped overheard, the shrieks of the
drowning and piteous appeals for help
sounding high above the sullen roar Of
the flames. It seemed an age, although
it was but short time ere the Belle
grated against the bank, and pell-meH
the passengers and crew sought the
shore. The pilot, true hero, remain
ed at his post until the last moment,
amid the flames that encircled the
pilothouse, and almost blinded by
smoke, with death staring him in the
face, until all that could had reached
the shore. When he considered his
own safety, around and beneath him
was sea Of fire; escape by the usual
route was impossible; q clear jump Of
fifty feet to the deck was the only alter
native. He stood posing himself for
the Jump, calm and collected, king in
his glorious manhood, and then down
he went crashing, only to fall on deck
mangled unto death, with his spine
broken
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08

smell. The delicate French paper, ON
the other hand, such as the Papier Per-
san, Sans Morn, Job, or Riz Ia Croix, @is
made Of rice straw or hulls, is very
much thinner, and burns without any
smell, if the genuine article, and is ed
pure that if lighted sheet of it is thrown
into the air it is SO almost entirely con-
sumed that the eye can scarcely discern
the delicate film of snowy ash it leaves,
All cigarette smokers agree that the
purest and most delicious wrapper is
the thin, inner husk of Indian conn.
The primitive wrapper used Dy the ma
tives of San Salvador, as first seen by
Column bus, was q palm leaf in q sort of
small funnel in which the dried leaves
of the tobacco were placed. Fire was
applied to it and the smoke was in
hailed. No true cigarette smoker pufs
his cloud from his mouth as he would
in smoking a cigar or pipe, but he in
hales it, drawing it into his lungs, often
holding it there while he eats, drinks
or speaks, then expelling it through the
nostrils. A close com putation shows
that the total consumption of tobacco
annually in the United States amounts
to little over three pounds for every
man, woman and child in the country.
One New York firm alone turned out
last year no less than seven million
pounds of plug, two million pounds of
smoking, and two million pounds of
chewing tobacco. OF the plug only @
small part ever finds its way into Gig
arettes, but probably thirty per cent.
of the smoking takes that direction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
Roofs of Enormous Width.

The desire to construct the largest
single roof in the world was achieved
In the roof of the Midland railway sta
ton, at ST. Pancras, England, which
now possesses thai distinction, having
eclipsed the roof of the riding-schooI at
Moscow by a few feet, the span of the
former being 24O feet, and that of the
latter 235 feet. The roof to cover the
large new station at st. Enoch Square
for the Glasgow Union railway has a
span of 1913 feet. and a length of 518
feet. The roof of the new joint station
of the Midland, the Great Northern. and
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln
shire railways has span of 21O feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
The COlOr-Line in Nature.
A. r. Wallace at the British Association

A. ~. wallace at the Br1ClSn AssOC1at1ON.
Some very curious physiological
facts bearing upon the presence or alb
sence Of white colors in the higher ami
mails have lately been abducted by DR..
Ogle. It has been found that a colored
or dark pigment il the olfactory region
of the nostrils is essential to perfect
smell, and this pigment is rarely def
cient except when the whole animal is
pure white In those cases the creature
is almost without smell or taste. This,
DR.. Ogle believes, explains the curious
case Of the pigs in Virginia abducted
by Mr.. Darwin, white pigs being
poisoned by poisonous root which
does not affect black pigs. White
sheep are killed In the Tarentino by
eating hypericum criscum, while black
sheep escape; white rhinoceroses are
said to perish from eating euphorbia
candelabrum, and white horses are
said to suffer from poisonous food
where colored ones escape. The ex-
plapation has, however, been carried q
step further by experiments showing
that the absorption of odors by dead
matter, such as clothing is greatly at.
fected by color,-black being the
most powerful absorbent, then blue,
red, yellow, and lastly white. For few,
if any, wild animals are wholly white.
the head, the face, or at least the muz-
zle of the nose are generally black; and
there is reason to believe that dark pig
ment is essential to good hearing, as it
is certainly to perfect vision. We can
therefore understand why white cats
with blue eyes are so often deaf-a Pc
culiarity we notice more readily than
their deficiency Of smell or taste. But
though inapplicable to the lower an
imals, this curious relation Of sense
acuteness with colors may have had
some influence on the development Of
the human races. If lig It tints of the
skin were generally accompanied by
some deficiency In the senses of smell,
hearing and vision, the white could
never compete with the darker races,
SO long as man was in q very low Or
savage condition, and wholly dependent
for existence on the acuteness of his
senses. But as the mental faculties be-
came more fully developed and more
important to his welfare than mere
sense-acuteness, the lighter tints of
skin, and hair, and eyes, would cease
to be disadvantageon whenever they
were accompanied by superior brain
power.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
A Dance of Death.

The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, step-grand-
son, biographer, and formerly private
secretary Of Lord Palmerston, writes to
a London paper to explain, by means
Of q private letter he mas received from
very authentic source, the meaning
of Mr.. Baring's denial of the statement
that forty Bulgarian girls were burned.
The statement was founded on a mis-
understanding of a colloquial Turkish
phrase. To burn is yakmak, a verb
constantly used in the sense also OF
ruin. Thus q debtor will say: "Do
you wish to burn me?" meaning to
ruin him. The truth as 10 these girls
is they were carried of, and have new
er been heard of since. Mr.. Ashleys
correspondent, consul, further tells
him that after two hundred men had
been murdered In certain village, the
Turks found some more IN hiding
places, and told them that II they
would dance one Of their national
dances they would let them OFT. SO
the poor fellows begun to dance. 1t
was q dance of death. The rufflans
shot them down while at it.
SUITABLE dover for a widow-wi-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-08
The Scourge OF Civilization.
From the London telegram.

The good people of the United States
are celebrating with all proper re-
jolcings and gratulations, the centenary
of their national independence; and in
3 duly ELUSIVE, and in some instances,
perhaps, a slightly too exuberant 8,
manner, the Old World has wished the
New World JOY OF the remarkable kind
of political and social liberty which
for hundred years she has enjoyed.
Looking at the intensely harm onious
nature Of the festival which is being
held at Philadelphia, he, indeed, would
be q pickthank and a spoil-sport who
would unwarrantably make any men,
ton Of Belshazzar, or venture to hint
that any scrap of handwriting either in
Syro-Chaldaic or any other Oriental lam
guage was visible on the walls of Fair
mount Park. Still, while these young
heroes are at their revels, while sports
and gambols are the order of the day,
and while the Alexander of manufac-
turing industry sits high enthroned in
the Exhibition building with the lovely
That's of fine art by his side, it might
be permissible and with no ungenerous
intent, to whisper in the ear of the
triumphant Columbia, envy cousin,
you will one day become Old" With the
fercest wrath would the imputation
doubtless De met. America ageing
There is not an original G othic arch or
Tudor house from the Bay of Fundy
to the Gulf of Mexico. The state grow
ing old Why, New York has just
blown up He'll Gate to show how COM
plete)y she has divorced herself from
Old World superstitions. The highest
born citizen IN the states canot trace
his transatlantic lineage further back
than Pocahontas, and the poor little
Princess of Virginia was only cotem-
porary with our Queen Bess. With all
this the great republic presents to the
philosophic mind number of unmis-
taxable symptoms that age is creeping
upon her, and that, Notwithstanding
the inexhaustible fertility of her re.
sources and the indomitable vigor of
her people, she is slowly but surely
being called upon to pay that penalty
which Fate exacts from long established
and highly civilized communities
Among these signs and tokens there is
not one, perhaps, more significant than
the appearance in the states of q per
sonage hitherto almost entirely un.
known in transatlantic economy, q
creature undreamt of by Humboldt
uncontemplated by De Tocqueville
whose presence On Federals soil was GER
tainly never reckoned upon by the
Fathers of the Republic, Washington
Jefferson and Adams. The objection
able but portentious being to whom WE
sllude is that old and inveterate scourge
of European civilization, the Tramp