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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-09
Wesley Grove Camp.

Emory GROVE camp meeting, near Baltt-
more, begins to-day and continues until the
ed inst. A number of tent-holderS arrived
yesterday. ms king about 10 families al
of tents will approximate 300. Gen. j s.
BerTy, preSiden of the association, and
family ar.lved on Tuesday, and occupy
several tents on Ames place, in the rear of
which Is situated the general Office of the
EmOry-GTOve Association. The devotional
eXeTt ises will be directed by the committee
OF the Balti more Conference NJ. F.. Church
on religious services, of which Rev. l.. F.
Morgan IS chairman, Rev. Thomas Harri-
son. the celebrated revivalist, who is ex-
Iected to-day: Rev. DIR. Fowler, editor Chris.
jt0a odrOc0te, New York, and Others.
EishCp Ams is among the lent holders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-09

st. JOHN CLUB EXCURSION
- To PINEl PUIN md POINT LOOKOUT.
Leaving the Z q = OH street SATURDAY
EVENING, August ISfh, 81 0O'Clk,
s Itsmer jane MSDS my.y fek
dollars Limited sud viii ouly be scld 20 psries that
are known They can be had q any Of the Com
mittee Of the t. lers the Masonic halls
S's erooms Of ". l.. eeers, llth and v St..
!y3it JAMES GUILD. Sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

RAWLEY SPRINGS,
- ROCKINGHAM CO, VA. IA
grand Ball will be given at this famous VEAY
resort on the 9Th and go August. AZ 3W' ls:EX
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
Search for Wealth in Arctic Wilds.

Amidst the frozen wastes of the Arc
tic regions there are, no doubt, stores
enough of mineral wealth to raise half
the human race from poverty to riches.
If we could only get at them! In the
days of Good Queen Bess, the celebrated
navigator. Frobisher, made several ex-
peditions into those inhospitable climes
IN search of gold. And now we hear of
the return of an American expedition,
sent out by Philadelphia merchants, in
search of mica-an humber mineral, it
is true, but perhaps as profitable. The
Americans had proceeded to what is
known to whalemen as Nialtic Valley,
and there they had laid a tramway,
built shanties, and conducted mining
operations for about six weeks. The
Eskimo lent them q helping hand, but
only for q short time, as they had to
set out on their summers deer hunting.
The miners worked in quarries about
1900 feet above the level of the sea.
1t was impossible to carry the tramway
to that height, and the mica was trans
ported the greater part of the distance
on the backs Of the workmen. Some of
the blocks were remarkably large and
clear, and about fifteen tons of mica
were brought away. The mineral was
estimated to be worth from IS TO S12 a
pound. The charms of wealth may
thus lure us on nearer and nearer the
coveted North Pole. And, after all, we
must have material gain for an object,
as well as the increase of scientific
knowledge and the qualification of a
pardonable ambition -CasseU's Maqa-
zsHe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
A Prussian Railway Regiment.

The Pail Mall Gazette says: The
military railway from Berlin to 70 sen
is used as a school of instruction for the
railway regiment" which forms part
of the Prussian army, and by which 1t
was constructed. This line is % miles
long, and upon the same level as the
Berlin and Dresden Railway, with which
it has a junction, and terminates in the
Forest of Zossen, close to the Polygon
of Artillery. There are three stations
on the line, which, though mainly used
for military purposes, is open for or
binary traffic when nothing stands in
the way. The management of the line
is intrusted to the Colonel of the regi
ment, another field officer, and two
Lieutenants, who are, as a matter Of
course, responsible to the Commander
in-Chief of the Army. The working of
the line is effected by staff formed out
of the eight companies which compose
the railway regiment, !" and the staff is
relieved every six months. There are AZ
men employed upon the permanent way,
under the control of five inspectors, the
latter of whom are non-commissioned
tion-master and assistant station-mas-
ter, who are also non-commissioned
officers, with more privates under their
control. The Geographic service is un-
der the management of an officer, as
sisted by an inspector, who holds the
rank of Sergeant. Daring the first
year of working this line six non-com-
missioned officers passed their examine
ton as engine-drivers, and six soldiers
were taken into the service as stOkers.
There were eight non-commissioned
officers appointed guards, and Is pio-
neers as brakesmen. The engine
drivers and stokers are under the con-
troll of the head engineer, and the other
servants under that of the general man.
ager. They do not receive any special
pay, but the on-commissioned officers
and men who are absent from their
garrison beyond stated time are
granted an extra allowance. In the
course of the year 1875 this railway
conveyed 41,074 soldiers from Berlin to
the Polygon at Zossen.
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W0man's Rights.
GTdphtc

Jenny June tells of an ardent WF
man's-Rights woman who went lnto
mandatory to learn how many Of 'a1
$50 working-girls wanted their rlgnu|
They sniggered, giggled, mu n!slsl|
something about Woman's-klgl1
ers;" said "she looked as though y
might wear breaches, and nobody no u
the wiser;;'' and finally and scornluI|
rejected all overtures. She next WI
among $50 female rag-pickers, OF wna1 .
a woman smoking a pipe was rreslasa.
81 say, look a-here!" the rreSlasn'
screamed to a lot of women ana glls
in all sorts of garments, VINO W.T. !
picking rags; "here's a woman t. !
wants to know eff we want our rlgnsI
Amt we got 'em? Look a,het se,,,
fight my rights. | kin drink wn las
with any man. Let any man come nss
and think he is goin' to boss U.s. s " !:
put a black eye on him. En- sm !,
(this to a grimy, ragged gifl y a
years.. "You bet," returned oal. u
boy gin me some sass yesterday an
gin him a black eye, you bet!"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
Industrial Education In the Common
Schools.

No child can proftably attempt to
learn any industrial pursuit, however
simple, without the average school
amount of such information and dis
cipliae. 1t is true, several millions of
the American people are destitute of
such primary education. But the re-
suits Of that deficiency are now upon us
in the ruinous and shiftless habits of
work, the wreck of health, the destruct-
i've fanaticisms and dangerous preju-
dices, and terrible hostilities of our So
cial and political state. 1t is, then, not
wise to risk the general training in ele-
mentary knowledge and discipline now
given in the peoples schools for the
sake of what is somewhat obscurelv
called industrial education - So lit
tie can be known, at this age, of the
ability or the destiny of the boy, that
any such attempt must be umbling in
the dark; often mischieyous perver-
sion Of faculty, and cruel robbery of
the only opportunity to acquire that ele-
mentary knowledge and discipline, with
out which no trade can be well learned
or practiced. We confess even to q
Jealousy of the new institution Of sewing
in city schools, especially when pushed
with the zeal that fires the heart of
many Of its lady advocates. The trou-
BILE with the women of America is not
their inability to darn their children's
stockings, and mend the ruptured gar
ments of their "men folks" but gem
eral want of mental discipline and ele-
mentary knowledge, which keeps them
ignorant, narrow and vulgar-the kind
of wives and mothers and women that
perpetuate all the evils of the time
Journal of Education.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
A Horses knowledge Of Time.

1 am always pleased to see anecdotes
relating to the intelligence of animals.
l am sure you are doing a good work
by publishing such anecdotes, for they
seem to educate the people into an ap-
probation of the rights and wrongs of
our dumbfriends. Bayard Taylor's in
teresting variations in your Sunday
edition reminded me Of my old and
faithful horse Charley, now dead, whom
| had driven in my daily rounds for
nearly 10 years. Like nearly all ply
sicians' horses, he had learned to stand
at the door of patient without being
hitched. But he would not remain be-
yond particular time. My habits were
quite methodical, land usually drove to
the stable at IL O'Clock noon and 6
p. m. Charley soon learned this, and,
whether he associated the hour with his
feed or not, certain it was that, if left
him unhitched at either of these hours,
as soon as he heard the deep clang Of
the old Courthouse bel. he would be-
gin to shake his head, stamp with his
feet, and, if some one did not appear
and either hitch him or get in and drive
off, he would start off alone in about
five minutes after the bell ceased to ring
This habit of his l soon learned, and [
have often convinced increduious per-
sons of the intelligence of the horse BY
asking them to watch his motions when
the bell sounded. He would start of
very slowly, shaking his head, and
looking back as if saying, 81 cam
wait much longer" If he heard the
door or gate open, even if he was a
block away, he would stop and look
back to see if | was not coming to him
| never knew him to run to the stable,
but he would go from my office ON
Washington Street to his stable, several
squares away, through the crowded
streets, without any collision or dam
age. After removed to Twenty
ond Street, Charley kept up his old
habit. For several weeks, if he heard
the II or 6 o'clock bell, he would start
off down town, in meditative way.
The police came to know him and his
habits, and rarely took him to the Sta
ton. He soon came to know that he
did not board down town, and would
90 to the new stable. He certainly
knew the numbers IL and 6, for he
would not start off at II and O'Clock.
1t is proven by large amount of testi-
mony that some animals can count, or
that they associate certain numbers
with certain things, which is nearly the
same after all.-Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
Teddy's Big Heart.

In the lottery of Office Teddy was
cast for the part of deputy constable,
and abandoned his daily occupation to
qualify for duty. The first service COM
mi,ted to him was to execute q land
lords seizure upon the household eff
fects of a family consisting, in the ab-
sence of the husband, of a lady and six
children. Teddy was met st the door by
the lady, in tears, and all the children
crying in chorus. The husband was alb
sent. Teddy grew very restless, and
said to a companion, snow, look at
that. Who the devil, wild heart under
his jacket, could stand by and see
woman cry, and then take away every
thing in the house? Be id if | do it
Il wouldn't have the dirty money for
doing it. No, begorra, I'd whip the
devil that would" This he said to the
lady: "See here, madam, l didn't
know what a sazure was or I'd niyer
touched it. You look too much like
what my own mother and childer might
be, and me dead and not to the fore to
work for them. Now, wash my hands
of the sazure, and I'll tell you what to
do. Shut the dure; get you big
stick, and the first constable that comes
foreninst you club the skull off of him,
and if I'm in hearing I'll come and
stand by you and the childer. For me
I'm done wild the politics and the sa-
zure. I've got a heart in me and
niver a cobble-stone, so l wish you a
good morning, madam, and I'll go back
to drivin' the cart and let some other
fellow that's got neither mother nor
childer make the sazure" So Teddy
made the matter certain by tearing up
the saznre" and departing to resume
a more congenial vocation of driving a
cart for the support of his family.-Neso
Orleans Repub!lcan.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
The Coming 1heater.

The artistic seene-painter may MOI
pack up his pots and brushes and lear|
another trade. Theatrical managed
have no longer need of him. Science
the magic lantern, photography, an|
oxyhydrogen lights have extinguishe|
them. BY these appliances some l
the London theaters are produein|
their scenery. A blank curtain at or|
end of the theater, man sliding i
of picture in groove at the othet
and temples, prisons, Landscapes
dungeons, cities. or dark glens for mur
der, beautiful brook banks for love
making chase each other across tn
stage like the phantasies Of a dream
Worse even than this, the parties OF
the stage who have no part but that O
simply putting in an appearance-th'
armies, the ghosts, the street loungers
the walking but not talking gentlemel
may in time all be supplante'
shadows. A little skillful yentriloquisn
thrown in, and even these could b
made to perform small parts effective
ly. A simple stage, six or seven goo
stock actors, one good ventriloquist,
frst-class hand-organ for the orchestr'
a spectroscope, and we have the prime
pal adiuncts of the coming theater.-
Grdphic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
The Education of The Ha,s

1t is only now beginning to d,u,
on the public that the mind is NI Nv,
aprt OF the man; that the eve, t Ju' o o.
the taste, the hand, also n :, sie ca
eating, in order to fulfill their , mi. 60
IN the best manner. Especially do !
mean TO recognize the claims ~ ~ y, Y
hand to specific training When ~ Y
consider the large proportion 81 IN !,
necessaries and comforts wb; !, i'lsI
wholly dependent upon the saHI
dizziness of this physical menu
when we recollect how important !. ~
it plays in the civilization and bap
ness of mankind, and how constaps
it is called into service Of some t;na
most of US, it seems strapge ,ha.
should be left so largely to cbanoa ' /
to the mere habit of practice for it, N
ucation. 1t is true that macbiner w N y
superseded much manual labor X.
has not, therefore, provided for N
folding of the hands in idleness q,
the contrary, it has taken upon ;,.9i
the heavier and more automatic NJ.
of the work, leaving that which reo1 Sal
more adroitness and dexterity, and th1
making the education of the bssl
even more necessary than before m
boy and girl on leaving school have y
quired much valuable informatia,
much facility of thought, and NINA
mental force. But how is it with II
hand, that wonderful instrument who's
possibilities have never vet hes
fathomed? Is it swift in motion. firm
yet pliable; quick to adapt itself !
new requirements? Has habit mad
manual employmen easy and pleasant
Is there taste for any of the diferr
varieties of hand-work, a desire to exc,
in them, a sincere respect for them
Commonly the reverse is the case. To
often the youth is thoroughly indispose
to gain his livelihood by any descripto
of manual industry, and the girl, as al
inclined to q part in her mother
household affairs. This is partly b.
cause they have learned to look dow
upon such labor as something beneat
them, and partly because they are col
scious of an inferiority of power to e1
cute it well.--Pht!ddelphia LEDGER.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
Artificial Leather.

In q recent English patent we have
the following new process of producing
artificial leather:
The base or body of the composition
constituting the new manufacture is
cotton or cotton waste (according to
the quantity of textile leather to be pro-
duced), or any other textile material
which can be carded and used as cotton,
also wool or any kind of animal hair
which can be felted into sheets of wad-
ding or carded felt uniform. The sheets
are placed on table of polished metal
plates, having false bottom, and heat
ed by steam; the sheets of wadding or
felt are impregnated with animal glue
or size, made of 3 concentrated decoc-
ton OF rabbit, hare, cat or dog skins
deprived Of hair, waste of skins or green
leather, CUTS and membranes Of all
kinds OF animals, which have first been
well eleansed and then cut into narrow
strips. When the decoction is we'll
clarified, and of sufficient substance,
and made hot, the coloring matter
which is to be given to the leather is
added, with a slight addition of glycer-
inc, which varies according to the sup
pleness and elasticity required. The
sheets of wadding or felt, after being
well saturated with the decoction, roll
ers are passed over the surface in order
to make the sheets of an uniform thick
ness, which are left until the watery
part is well evaporated. This improved
textile leather can be used in place of
natural leather, and may be employed
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22

Women, have been able fighters in
war; have managed commercial enter
prises; have printed, written, plowed.
shoveled in coal, governed Kingdoms,
inspired great social enterprises; and
there is no good reason why they should
not preach, if they can save souls.
There is one thing, however, that a
woman can not do decently-she can
not sharpen lead pencil,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22
An Oregon Girls Achievement

Miss Malissa Wilson, ayoung iaul
years of age, shot and killed P .s.ssrss
a mile and quarter from her fa sssr
house, which is six miles above !, sn Tss
dan, on Saturday, December s5 ;.tA II !
Sheep, aud his dogs got, after ,, the l adlI
mai and freed it, and the young 10y 10y
killed it at the second shot sns !. f M
sents it as a Christmas present /" M
stock-raisers Of YamhiH County: M.
panther weighed $50 poanosi, eour.
Wilson is certainly true type u ~ =,
ageeus frontier womanhood, an as
spirit of daring and adventure ou y n
forever put the blush OF shal le,s = vs
cheeks of her fashionable slSlei .rrolss
are ready to swoon when . p narslas
mouse crosses their path'-i"
Oregontan. 80 Tr..f
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-Curran, the Irish barrister, was
pleading the cause of certain Miss
Tickle. The Judge was also a. bit of a
wit. Curran opened his case with:
4" Tickle, my client, the defendant, my
lord" The Judge interrupted him
with "Tickle heryourseIf, Curran; you
arc as well able to do it as I ann
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22

in particular for covering tables o,,,
SOFAS travelling bags, lining ba \, sual'
kets, carriages, harness, and T m;,. eai
equipments, slippers, book biua; lu,ilA
many other uses to which il msr a.
plicable. De u
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-22

The names of 1872 young ~ ts|
have been entered as students y sr,s
Faculty of Medicine at aot. fe''i'l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-14
FINANCIAL.
Secretary Sherman's Views on the Silver
Question.
HE THINKS A SUPPLY OF SILVER COIN
WILL MAKE RESUMPTION EASY.

NEW YORK, June 10. Secretary Sherman has
furnished a newspaper with his views the silver
question. He says supply of silver coin will alb
solve portion OF our paper monv, and will sup
plement and make easier resumption in both sill
yer and gold coin. Kept equal with each other
the silver dollar ought to be received by the gov
eminent and made legal tender the same as pa
per dollar now is, and in this way. fifty million
silver dollars can supersede fifty mill paper dol
lars. The popular demand will determine the
amount.
This process will bring both paper and silver
nearer TO the gold stand point. We will then have
paper money supported by the public credit, with
gold and silver coin in abundance, so that every
man who has either his labor or productions to
sell can have either kind of money and all Of the
same value.
Practically, silver and paper will be the current
money. and gold the ultimate standard. No doubt
it would be better if the relation of gold and sill
yer could be established by international agree
ment, but 1t is not now practicable, and though
the United States IS great country, 1t is not
great enough to control the world.
We may use silver alone as China does, and
plenty OF countries are ready to take all the gold
we have, but when we come to buy or sell in the
markets of the world, as we now doing, and
hope to do more largely, we will have to buy and
sell al the gold standard. We cannot afford to dc
this and compete with them, nor can we afford to
deny ourselves the great convenience of an ample
silver currency, kept equal to gold by combining
its issue to the actual demand for it.
We are now so near the uniform standard of all
kinds of our money, that have too much confd-
ence in the shrewdness of the people TO believe
they will take step backward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-14
PORTLAND.
The Friends Meeting.


PORTLAND, June l3. At the annual meeting of
the Friends to-day, the following report of quar-
terly meetings was made: Total number births,
%; deaths, 50; moved in 43; moved out, ~; ad-
mitted. 76; released, IA; present number, ,407
total loss, ~.
Great progress reported in the Indian Mis-
sion, west of the Mississippi river. Sixty pupils
were enrolled in one school, with an attendance
of So; day school attendance, Sc. The Indian
children had made great progress in common
English and agriculture. The Modocs have
closed, becoming Incorporate, since the establish
ment Of the mission There are sixteen thousand
Indians under the care of this mission, and $780,
% appropriated for its use the past year.
The Friends in the evening held 8 temperance
meeting, which was addressed by Neal Dow, Ell
Jones, Mrs. Martha Hunt, VIM Mitchell, Mrs
Harriet d. Collins and others.
Druggists Meeting.
A meeting of all the druggists in the State is
proposed for July 8.
Annual Meeting.
In the Maine Medical Association to- day. a res
olution was adopted recommending the removal
of the Maine Medical School from Brunswick 10
Portland.
The Association adjourned in the afternoon
having elected for President, DR.. T. Fl. Jewett
North Berwick. Vice Presidents. P. S. Haskell
Stockton; w. Osgood, North Yarmouth. Secre-
tary, holding over, DIR. Chss, o. Hunt, Portland.
Geo. F. French, NJ D., of this city. delivered
the Grafton before the Association this evening
Subject, "Msterialism."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-14
ROUMANIA THREATENS
OPEN WAR.
The BOmbardment Of Odessa
Ordered.
SERVIA CONTINUES PREP.
ARATIONS FOR WAR.
Reported Capture and Shoot
irg Of Spi' s.

LONDON, June l3. Roumana notifies the
great powers that unless they intervene to prevent
the Turkish outrages, the Roumanan government
VIII be compelled to carry the war into Turkey.
1t Is reported at Pera that Hobart Pasha hiss
positive orders TO lombard Odessa. The Russians
are carefully engaged in placing torpedoes for his
reception.
Prince Milan has ordered large military camp
near Belgrade.
loan of S60 600 900 will be brought out .oon sim
ultaneousy 10 the capital and Provinces and W i'll
be taken up at once.
SAYS Russian spy was captured in Rutschuk and
he will be shot The Russians shot spy at Plo-
eJestl, who pretended to be journalist.
a cable despatch says that SeTvia continues war
like preparations.
AT Constantlnople rupture between the Porte
and Greece Is considered inevitable
lac Turkish detachment which entered the
Russian district of Achazich, is breaking the Rus
sian communications with Arabian.
The Turks at kars made several sorties from
the town, but the Russians drove them back.
1t Is reported that the Tu ks defeated the Mon
tenegrlns by forcing an entrance to Duga Pass, in
the plains OF Nlcsics.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 10. vessel which
was about to discharge a cargo of l50 barrels of
gunpowder at Crete, has been captured by Turk
sh war vessels
Moustapha Tewfc Pasha has been appointed
appointed Commandant at Kars.
Dervlsh Pasha is to take command of the Ba-
toum division OF the Turkish army.
Two captains of Russian torpedo boats recently
sunk at Sulina, mouth of the Danube, one an
Englishman and the other an American, are ex.
pected to-day at Constantinople.