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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

~
Conversation IN Europe has eeen de-
scribed as duetto in an opera, in which the
two persons engaged in IL are talking TO an
imaginary third person, each resounting a
tale OF mis- own. 81 say something and you
say something else, and we will agree TO call
II conversation" Now in Turkey there
are certain forms or canons Of conversation,
any violation OF which is considered an out
rage, and the sum OF which constitutes their
code OF politeness as applied to conversation.
will enumerate them one by one:
/. Never to Interrupt the speaker while he
Is talking. However lOng-winded or unin-
teiesting his conversation may be TO you,
politepess requires that you should wait for
his conclusion. You are not under any obli-
at al; but If you 10, II is an understood con-
dition OF yUlr conventional treaty that
you should let him have his say.
2. Never To diverge, in the middle of a con-
versatiOn, from the main thread of q
discourse into s. collateral issue. The breach
OF this rule is considered by Turk as an
objectionable rudeness. To drive a red her
ring, as IL We're, across the scent of con-
versatiOn is, In MS opinion, 10 cOnfouud all
thought and render ali profita bic consecutive
conversation impossible. This leads, as q
8. To allow short but sufficient pause be-
tween the conclusion of a discussion on one
subject and the entering on a new subject.
4. Never tell person thing he knows
5. Not to excuse oneself when convicted OF
being in The wrong. How very seldom you
near IN Europe, res, was In the wrong;
am sorry for it," But in Turkey IL Is consid-
cred a violation ofprinciple and a breach OF
politeness TO refuse TO be convicted of error
The cause of this difference lies deep in the
character OF the two races; In the absence ON
the part OF the Turk Of petty vanity and dis
tracing self esteem. The proudest race In
the world, they are entirely exempt from
vanity.
10. When You have nothing 10 say to hold
your tongue. They never talk for the sake
Of talking Empty Idle taboering is q
something" whether that something Is worth
saying or not. Not SO in Turkey; to say
something when you have nothing to say
worth saying, Is considered there q degrade
ton to yourself and rudeness to your neigh
Dor.
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The Gods Gallery.

One OF our reporters, says the Cincinnati
Times, climbed the stairs to the great gal
lery of the Grand Opera House last night to
satisfy reportorial curiosity; and, We gods
but he was satisfied, and knO VS. better than
to 60 there again. Such crowd and such
larks with peanuts and stick liQuorice and
cigar stubs, and old soldiers, &c Munching
peanuts is SO much more fun when it is for
hidden, and you have to hide the shells in
your pockets. Everything is orderly and
well conducted in the gallery; the gods are
mixed and mingled and crammed into every
inch of space and intertwisted like worms In
q baitbox. When Morlacchi kicks up her
pretty feet and cuts pironette they howl
When some high and moral sentiment Is ut
tered by one Of the fiery. untamed, natural
noblemen of the border, the boys s:tum Died
to 1t" with wild applause of hoOf and palm
and tongue. When the guns go Off and q
bowie knife is fiourished under somebody's
nose, they yell with joy; but when q reek.
Ing scalp is torn from a greaser's head they
go crazy In an ectasy ofdelight, ard the gal.
lery is pandemonium broke loose, and one
unused to il is fain to put patent cloth on
his nose, hold both hands over his ears, and
make a break down the stairs. Aud yet
there is probably no more solid enjoyment
in the city this week than in the gallery of
the Grand Opera House. The boys get their
Is cents' worth.
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wovsN OF THE nav.

77sH-g wss a young lady na net N.ry.
NIs~C a.kli,Es were very conLrsr.
She nut o. her pants
When she went oct - sans.
Ard pigeon winged like csuary.
IA ewSs a you-- lady nsned B ssle.
W. tune 10 anl gave hhTy..i III. T."
TheI wheu sac "a nsNe,i han.
This CN>trtl nous maiden
{, ~ p>eJ n rOESEce thai was Tacy.
There was n foe laiy namei Soosan,
Whose To" cue nobody co IA loosen,
She could N she'd chosen
Tell tales By the dozen,
But never - y liable SOOssn.
There was Young lady named Kate,
Whom the critics hunted like fate,
Sire a tered her name
On the byrosd To fame,
And laid Tor the critics IA wait
There was a young lady named Anna.
Was born for the stage. IN msnnor,
But when Mr.. Daily.
said, Come, my dear"-gsyly
She fitted across 70 Havana
my grdph,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12
WINGED LOVERS

"Fori ,; hslb .s,n ever ssii that on St. Valentine
each bird doth choose itself nate"
In lands uuvexsd with wintry gloorns,
Where white and yellow jasmine blooms,
And nyTtIes blush IA flowers,
The very WOODS know this sweet date
And every biTf doth choose mate
In its propitiOus hours.
The Carrier Pigeons come and go,
And melodies pass 10 and FRI,
For bird si1gs back 10 bird;
With echoes sweet the forest rings.
And by the futtering Of wings
The happy air is stirred.
Bright Humming Birds OF many a hue
Ruby and green and gold and blue
Are telling loves sweet dream;
And BoboliDks in Cuban groves
Have their first thought of nests and loves
In Northern meadows green.
The Ring Dove curves his pretty throat,
And coos and cOOes his wfldw note
Till his coy mate II blest;
And purple Martins seek again,
'Nong pleasant haunts Of kindly men,
Their last years happy nest,
While Mocking Birds from every tree
Pour in ecstatic melody
The hopes for which they pine.
BIRD OF thousand songs, explain
This csnticle OF bliss and pain
This wondrous Valentine,
Some wise winged lovers will not roam,
But choose ana wed and make their home
In u cir own summer land;
While Others wander far away,
Trusting their fate from day 10 day
a happy thCughtless band.
That meet with danger. want. and pain,
Are pincbed with cold, and WEI with rain,
Yet mid their cares are glad,
And sing and work and Toll AID fight,
But tell each other they sre,fight
Fer love is seldom sady
"Imprudeut lovers. 'twers as we'll
N ID trOpic wealth and Srmth to dwell
Poor foolish birds What then?
Love thTives on what he prudent fear.
II birds are foolish on Y a year,
How often, pray, Ire men?
IHdTper's Weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

GAS BILLs.-1here are various causes of
high gas bills which the householder might
well look 70, but into which We cannot enter
In any detail here. Prominent among these
are the burners, poor one OF which may
easily burn double the gas, and not ri We n ali
the Light OF one properly cOnstructsI. The
ordinary type OF burner, besides, burns o1t,
and through the enlargement OF its orIfice
soon becomes very wasteful Of gas. Anotner
cause OF waste II due to people trying
to read or work by. several gas lights 10,
Gated In q high chandelier or gas fx-
ture, Instead OF oy one light brought
tant from the page OF . book, win shed On
that page thfrty-six times more light
than the same burner six feet away;
or. In other words, the single burner.
located as drst stated. will light up tue
page As brilliantly as six chandeliers OF six
burners each, hung six feet from the BOOK.
Tho absolute quantity OF light Il the same q
AZ distances, but IL is spread out over an
area which increases With the square OF the
distance iom the flame; % that IL ID obvious
tnat lights are used very wastefully when
they are placed far away nom the objes.s
which they are 70 illuminate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

AN OvERSHARP PEAsANT.-A story not
unlike one that everyb body has heard already
Is related by q German correspondent as
being true account Of an incident that oc-
CURED after the late imperial hunt at Huber
tustOck. The Emperor William feeling I'M
well proposed TO return to the castle on foot
In company with the King OF Saxony and
the Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg. But firing
on the way the party got . peasant to give
then lin In his cart. Presently the mans
curiosity being excited by the appearance of
his passengers, he said turning To one OF them,
"And who may you be?" 81 am the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg." "Oh, indeed, !" replied
the peasant, with q wink; "then who may
You be ~ he inquired OF the next. az am the
King of Saxony." Better and better" cried
1ne ss 1s
Germany" "Well, them" said the country
man, in high good humor. AZ will tell you
who / am. avn the Shah Of Persia, and can
hoax people as we'll rs you can" But when
he drove up 10 the Castle OF Hubertustock,
the honest fellow found that OF all the p0&eu-
tstes IN the cart, he was the only one whose
claim could not be substantiatsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

CURIOUS MARRIAGE SrATISrIcS.-Sta-
tlstics OF marriages at Worcester, Massa-
chusetts for the last year show that, out OF
total OF 463 marriages, in % cases widowers
and widows were united for the second time,
and Il widows took bachelors for their second
husbands. Five widowers took widows for
their third wives, and the same mum Der took
maidens for their third companions. One
widow took q widower for her third hus-
band, and In one case il was the third IN ar
riage Of both. In 359 cases the groom was
the older, while in is instances both were of
The same age, and So brides were older
than the grooms. One bride was fif-
teen years old, one sixteen, Ii were seven
teen, and 2s Were eighteen. The young
est groom was seventeen, were nine
teen, were twenty, and q were twenty-one
years OF age. The groom Of seventeen took q
bride OF eighteen. and the bride OF nfteen
took = husband OF nineteen. A wld-
over eighty two years old took q nlaiden
of forty-nine for his third VILE A
widower OF seventy six was united to
c widow of fifty-eight, 1t b ling the thiri
marriage OF each. A widower Of fifty-six
took maiden OF thirty, and in another in
stance widower Of nfly took q maiden OF
twenty-five.
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~The following dialogue was overheard
the other day: He-"Araminta, Je radore."
She-"6hut 1t yourself"
~She had mission, rs the other Altar
noon, while several men were drinking al \
bar, she quietly and softly entered. Some
OF the men sat down; Others stared Ct the
woman, and the bar keeper timidly inc uired,
"Come 70 Pray? "pve come here to get the
wash bill. and IL you don't fork over Ill
make these gin bottles sing Q funeral
march" He fOrked.
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Benevolent Requests.
RULING UNDER THE LAWS OF PEN,

l. l..
WANNA.
Judge Sharswood, OF Pennsylvania, re
Gently delivered an opinion on an appeal
from decree OF the Orphans Cour; OF Mont
gomery county, that state interpreting the
law prohibiting requests TO public institu-
lions within thirty days of the death OF the
testator: In the case before the Orphans
Court, the Philadelphia Ledger explains, IL
was shown that the testator, being on his
death bed, expressed q desire to leave his es-
tate for charitable purposes. He was in
formed that II he should die within thirty
days such disposition OF his property would
be Intellectual, but that he might make an
absolute bequest TO an Individual upon the
confidence and belief that when the devisee
should be informed of the wishes of the tes-
tator he would OF his own accord, carry them
out. A will case was made and duly acknow-
ben Yeakel, bishop Of the church to which
decedent belonged, was chosen as the deyisee
on the suggestion OF bystander. 1t was
clear that no undue influence was used 10
procure the will. and the real questions al
issue were whether the beQuest TO Reuben
Neakel was in the nature of q trust, aud, in
cidentaly, whether Reuben Yeakel. having
been suggested as the devisee by Edward
Schultz, and having accepted the bequest,
thereby recognized Schultz as his attorney
The court decided that Reuben Yeakel was
the absolute owner under the will, with no
legal obligations TO carry out the wishes of
the testator. and that he was, therefore. not
a trustee. Furthermore, the court held that
schultz gave no promise or assurance that
Reuben Yeakel would accept the trust, but
merely expressed an opinion accepted nv
the testator. Tho act OF April 26, 1855, pro-
vides that no property shall be bequeathed,
devised or conveyed to any body polite, or
10 any person in trust for religI ous or chart
table uses, except by will or deed made al
least one calendar month before the death OF
the testator or alienor. But as Yeakel, al
though he mas expressed the intention of u.s.
lng the property lor religious and charitable
purposes, is not trustee, and as any fraud
upon the law that may have been commit
ted was committed without completely on
ais part, the court sustains the beQuest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

"a Rochester reporter got kicked In the
feels little like snow.s-tG Y Rcrdd.
0London shopkeepeu complain that the
Duchess OF Edinburgh does all her SHOPPING
IN Paris, and that many fashionable Lonfon
leaies, nnding out whom her royal hig aness
Patronixes, follow her there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

ga wife at Xenia, Ohio, offered her hus-
band divorce II he would buy her q seal
skin cloak Detroit Free Ress.
ga tramp lately asked q lady for money.
She offered him food. "0racious," was the
observation, ''do you think can eat all the
timer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12

JOHN PAUL couldn't ind the hydrant at q
London hotel, but "the process of filling
pitchers and emptying wash-basins In public
house and palace Of the present goes on quite
rs primitively and prettily as we may sup
pose It to have done in Paradise, when Adam
brought water from the brook in q palm leaf
that Eve might take luxuriant nip bath
In the crown of his hat"
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upon u cart. The Roman Catholic priests
who had been in attendance on him con-
Quoted the funeral service. The actual fun
eral took place at about T. u.
Nine or ten of US had been employed for
three days in excavating in the rock a cav
ity seven feet deep and eighs feet square.
The lock was blasted, and where the powder
had made the sides uneven it was flied in
and the cavity smoothed all around. In
the cavity thus made by sappers and m liners,
assisted by my own labor and that Of others,
fagstones were inserted in the rock and
formed into case or box, which received the
coffin. The coffin was covered over with d
large fagstone, and the four corners were
bored and filled with melted lead, which
fastened them firmly together. The re-
mainder of the excavation was filed in
with the rubble and leveled, and mound
resembling Il common grave raised above
it. An iron palsading was placed round.
and sentry kept over it night and day un>
til all the troops were withdrawn. They
were gradually Withdrawn, ami our regis
ment left six months after the funeral
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THE AIR AS A REFRIGERATOR.

The discovery that ice exists along with
o'her rock matter in an ore vein on Nc
Clelian mountain. Colorado, has already
been spoken Of in this Miscellany. No con-
elusive explanation Of the phenomenon
has as yet been offered, and the mine ice Of
Argentine has been rs much Of . puzzle ~
the vel! Ice Of Brandon. Vermont. Mr.. Z.
L. Bsr;houd supplies through 1.-The Ameri-
can Journal Of Science and Arts some ad-
diiional particulars ard theory Of the
cause. which is, according to him. air re-
frigeration- The mountain stands Ia. 40
feet above the sea. and at elevations vary
ing from II 800 to -. 40 feet there are ex-
posures OF veins. standing nearly vertical,
and carrying silver, with q little gold. The
mine in question, called the Centennial
Lodge, is opened By a gallery driven in
horizontally from the face OF the mountain
at height Of IL. 100 feet Nr. Bertbaud
says .-lnsercalAiei in the vein / found
three or four well defined veins Of solid
lee, parallel With the bedding Of the rock.
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HABITS OF A MYRIAPOD

Tie has no eyes; be doesn't wanrany he
passes bis life in the dark. under ground.
tearing up old shreds Of fsrmyari manure
aed vegetable matter. always prsfe-ring
scavenger's work when ne can get il. and
doing good service By eating up the helpless
soft, succulent larvG Of the hosts Of insects
that prey upon our crops The sins Of the
wire-worm hare been laid TO bis charge ]:
his third cousins the TB!toe. DO undoubtedly
steal eur potato ..seis. and bore into
young peas, or rather into oil peas just
.spriiting and about TO send up young
ones: but it seems doubtful if he himself
ever attacks fresh or living vegetables: he
seems TO b. one Of Natures many Ssdongssys.
and, because be is found mIndinx bis bust
ness and ea.ing up rottenness. be is accused
OF prodnein, IL As well might We say that
our sewer-men produce typhus aAd cholera
But he has evea been charged with having
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and filing oil its thinner side, cracks and
assures; in fact, after furth er examination,
found that the frozen stratum and the
congealedi hard earth, rock, and gravel be-
gan only . few feet below the accumulated
rock and debris of the mountain slope; and
continuedso far as the excavation reached,
some forty feet in depth" About SGD feet
westwardis the international Lode, which
has been penetrated for Assistance Of 500
feet, and, here the same phenomenon was
present. Ice occurred to the very end Of
the tunnel. Next to this, and reachieg al
most to the summit, is the Belmont Lode,
in the lower levels of which ice is found,
though il is absent from the upper drifts.
With these appearances of the interior
workings Mr.. Berthoul compares the
physical phenomena of the mountain sur
face. To the north and three quarters Of
mile distant is peak on which timber
grows to height OF l2.4a1O feet, while on
Gray's peak, three or four miles southwest.
the timber rises to hei ght of only II, 100
feet, and the average far that latitude is
reported b. DR.. Haydo to be from II 900
to II, 500 feet. Mcclellan mountain is abnor-
mally bare, the timber line being much
lower than on the peaks around it. Mr..
Bertlseud explains this by the fact that the
mountain has northeast exp ,sure, and is
swept by winds from that direction. Its
soil and rocky debris is deep and the water
whish trickles through it has been cooled
by evaporation in cold dry wind. The
ice IS formed in precisely the same way as
in the porous French caratfes aud Indian
water jars.
The opposite effecA Of geuia! winds is seen
ca tie slope opposite Mcclellan Mountain.
There the timber line is II, 400 feet in ele>
walton, or 500 feet shove the highest proper
ito that latitude, and only 400 feet lower
than the timber line At the equator. This
is due to the fact that argentine Pass in
front of it allows the southwest winds free
access, and these are invariably genial and
warm in that region. Thus the action of
the winds is permanently recorded on the
mountain surfaces.-.' Scientific AiscelLany,"
IN the GALAXY for October.
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The Anti-AGonOpOlist.
its history there had happened an accident

its history there had happened an accident
on the A-Railroad.
John Mortimer hurried quickly to the
scene. From a cloud Of steam and debris,
where lay the shattered locomotive, a hu-
man being emerged, a man whose head had
boiled upon his shoulders while he was yet
alive.
1t was the engineer. hideously scaldeG,
frantic with agony, but unbappilY for him,
not dead
Others crawled from the wreck. Those
who could set to work instantly TO rescue
such as were hey ond the power Of helping
themselves. Some still breathed, but near
ly all semblance to humanity was crushed
out Of Them.
Among the rest Il man was PEELED from
beneath the ruin of the smoking Cal. and
through his side huge splinter had been
driven like an arrow. 1t was Lionel Chel>
mont.
Mr.. Chelmont was taken TO Chestnut
Farm, and he recovered consciousness.
Nellie, distracted with grief. was at his
bedside
His first words were:
Send for my wife"
They thought him delirous> but it was
not so. In this. his last hour, he told the
truth, that he was married man. lie i'm
plored Nellie to forgive him.
81 loved and would have betrayed you,
my poor girl villain that was. he gasped;
''but am fifty punished. Say that you
forgive me, Nelly
He died with that unanswered prayer on
his lips. Next day his beautiful young
wife came, and there could be no further
doubt She told the history of her own
unhappiness, how heaven had bestowed I'm
Lionel Chelmont every gif, but that Of a
strong moral nature, and how that one de-
feet blasted every blessing.
1t was long q mystery how the rock had
come TO fall to the railway tracks, and
never till he grew to manhood did Frank
Tyrrel reveal the truth--that in the
thoughtless mischief Of childhood he him.
self had contrived TO loosen and hurl il
there that fatal afternoon when his sister
had so impatiently longed for a change, even
for some horrible accident.
Nellie's nature was transformed. The
dreadful escape she had made was a lessor
never to be forgotten.
"Old friends" she sighed, ''old places
and old things nre the best, after ALL" and
she married faithful John Mortimer.
Never once since that event has sh'
wished for a change.
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AMERICAS FUTURE
By T.. A. HORTON.

What though across our cOuntry'S path
cloud or two appears!
Her hands are full Of trophies wrung
Prom out the ileeting years.
The undazzled eye of youth is hers
And every instinct grand
The stir OF busy millions sounds
Throughout the rock-rlbbed land.
It's men we need,
Statesmen, indeed.
Men OF pure hearts and wide-ex pandnc sol
Men who We're born
TO look with scorn
On lrihes and frauds
Without false gods
Men trne to right as needle to the pole
Remember, to-day,
That ~e should pray
For light along our nations way
The anthems of the future roll
And wake deep echoes IL the soul.
O people OF this ripening lend. q
q ships that sail from every strand
q flags that wave on every sea-
q streams that oceanward do flee.
Rear, this song
Your paths a ons'
To- dav the harp of history
Its richest music gives;
America is fun ct JOY
To him who notify lives.
Yet towards the past " e fondlv turH,
As marching on we go,
For dear To lis are those who lived
One hundred years ago.
And from the mountains to the shore
We hear the refrain ever,nore;
America is full OF JOY
70 HIM who nobly lives
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caused the potato disease because he was
found laboring to remove the affected
tubers. Beware, ye brave surgeons who
fight with zymotic demons and risk your
own lives to lift up stricken humanity, lest
ye he arraigned for produciog all the long
catalogue of human Ills that figure in our
sanitary statistics. Our captive has no
eyes; he has, however, an ''ooellns,'' a
mere pigment speck behind the base Of each
of his tifaeen>jointed antennse. and he has
the smallest possible threaded of An optic
nerve. L suspect he cannot see, in the ordi-
nary sense, but can distinguish between
the light with which he has nothing to do,
and the darkness in which he feels his way
about with his antenna when doing his du>
ty like an humble vegetarian jacAai or adj
iutant