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Evening star., 1877-08-21

NAVAL ORDERS Lieut.. Herbert Wins
low detached from the photographic Office
and ordered to the Ossipee at Norfolk, Va,
on the 2Sth inst; Lieut.. John G. Irvine from
ihe Ossipee on sd inst. and ordered to the
Monongahela; Lieut.. +. NJ. Wise from the
Hartford and ordered TO the Naval Academy
18th September; Midshipmen Chas HI. Ans
den, Charles Laird, Moses L. Wood. John
Hartford on 31st inst. and ordered to pro
ceed home and await orders; Passed Assist
ant Engineer George w. Melville from the
Tennessee and ordered TO the Alert; Assist
ant Engineer James H. Perry from the Alert
and ordered to report for duty on board the
Tennessee and TO return TO the United states
on board that vessel for examination for pro-
motion; Sailmaker L. B. White from tn 9
Pensacola, 10th September, aud ordered home
TO await orders; Sailmaker John Roddy fro m
the receiving ship 81. Louis on the 3lst inst.
and ordered 10 the Pensacola, North Pacific
station, on 10Th September next.
EXPERTS" IN THE ENGRAVING AND
PRINTING BUREAU The committee ap-
pointed by the chief on the 4th instant to re-
commend, as a neces sary preli mipary step,
d grading OF what should be held to consti-
tute days work, made on the 10th instant
their report, which has been endorsed by all
The superiutendents OF divisions and ap-
proved by the chief. Accordingly, to-day
Mr.. Mcpherson issued an order fixing Sep
tember 5O-the close of the current quarter
as The date up TO which applications OF en-
pi"yes desiring promotion to the new grade
of'.exps rts" Will be received. The daily re-
ports and other records as to their.work for
The months Of August and September will
furnish the tests by which each applicant
upon the sole ground Of merit. The standard
OF work which has been established has besa
posted In each division, and each employe
ative standing This system is based upon
the order Of Secretary Sherman made on the
lst Of this month.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

CROOK TOBACCO. - Deputy Collecto.
Harris returned to Memphis from Henry
and Myer, charged with manufacturing and
dealing In Illicit tobacco. They were sent %
jail in default OF 5000 bail. Twenty-niue
ty-pound boxes of tobacco were SEIZED
wht n these parties Were arrested.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

FANATICIsM AND MURDER.-At Dallas
Texas Louis Bernere was shot throueh fha
heart last week by . religious fanatic named
u. +. Chambless, Of the sect known as Cobb
ties. The murderer said that God had told
him TO do the deed.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

SA fire at Guelph, Ontario, yesterday.
destroyed $4,000 worth OF property.
s0The national board Of trade met In NIL
waukee to-day.
~The Pennsylvania democratic state
convention n - be held In Harrisburg To-
morrow.
~Ths colored men Of New-Jsrsey sx, m
bold deleGnte convention In Princston. n
morrow.
"a tenn OF sixts:n mules, drswiag q
common sight In Reno, Neyada.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

REsUMED WoRK.-The Newark city silk
Mil s, at Newark, n. j., resumed work yes
erday, with half of its usual force. at wages
strikers. The Vice and Tool Works, a. Tren-
ton, N. j., also resumed operations yester-
day.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

re- mark u three classes uf the public good
The r!Ch are hstirss all thr'r thoughts to more
Aspiring; They. that struggle v 18th their wants
Short II the means Of life. are camorpuS. rude,
I envy much ad iCtcd, 'gaiust the rich
\ ming their bitter shafts. and led away
by the false glosSes of their WHY leaders
wiki these extremes there are who save the II at
Guardlahs OF order, and their country laws.
4
Evening star., 1877-08-21
SARATOGA Races.

SARATOGA, N. Y, August 2i.-The regular
races on the programme. Weather fiue,
track IN good condition and the attendance
fair. The first race was for purse OF 600
One mile and an eighth. There were four
arts, pools as follows: Bradamanti 800
OriOle i50, Virginius $50, Henry Owens 25
The race was won by Eirginius in 1:5 4
second race was for the handicap stake al
$50 each, II. +. with 200 added for three
year-old. One mile and a-half Toe bet
ting was as follows: Zoo Zoo 800, Cuba 65
Zoo Zoo won in canter. Time, 2:e3 =. There
We're IS entries. but only two starters for The
third race, sweepstake for two year-old. SO
horse to receive $50 out OF the stakes. Three
quarters OF mile. The betting was 4 TO I
On p. Lorillards Spartan Win lis lbs :.
AGAINST Grinstead's Alarm, colt, with Ia
Ids. Tne race was won by Spartan in /. .iex
Evening star., 1877-08-21

THE THIRD OF THE SARATOGA RACES
yesterday-mile and q quarter dash was
won BY Bombast in 2.15, Bushwhacker sec-
ond; the mile and i've furlongs, similar
puree, was won by Rappahannock I'm 256,
Partnership second.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

IEE MINES AND THE CANAL-At the
close OF the railroad strike and pending IN.
trouble In the Pennsylvania regions the price
or ali kinds of coal advanced IN the market
and demand was made upon our region for
supplies, the buyer often agreeing to paw the
advance on mining, which resulted in sew
eral mines going 10 work at the advanced
rate. Since then one after another O! the
companies has fallen into line, and TO da y
al The principal companies are at work al
MY nVe cents ton for mining. Oa the
canal several OF the conn panies are prenarjny
10 ship. On Saturday the Con>oli,i attd
started one boat, and this morning Will load
hve more. The Maryland company also
commences shipping TO day, and will send
iour or hve boats out. Mr.. German is ex-
pected here 10 day for the purpose OF consul
tation with all parties Interested in shipping
by canal As we understand it the canal
company will propose 10 the companies TO
denver coal in Georgetown for 81 Is per ton .
which viii include tolls, freight and wharf
age. Under the old workings the boatmen
received seventy five cents. the canal com
pany thirty five cents Tor tolls and d We cents
for wha1 fage-in all 81 -. Under the pro
posed arrangement the price to the conipa-
MES VIII be Tue same, bur the canal com pau y
Will submit TO the reduction and give IL to
The boatmen, who will receive ninety aud
nIneiy-five cents. according to destination
lCtm6e7tdfad AUegdrid1l, 2O,h.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

~ The conference OF the greeubackers of
New York state Ia TO be held In R3chester on
Thursday next.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

BRITrON JUSrIFIABLE IN SHOOTING u
=. MARSHAL PURNELL.-A dispatch from
Austin, Texas, dated yesterday, SAYS: "Coi.
+. l.. Britton has been discharged by the
examining court, where he was tried for tn =
shooting of u. 8. Marshal Purnell The
being in self-defencep
Evening star., 1877-08-21

STRIKES THREATENED IN THE
COAL FIELDS
Pennsy lvanfa Coal COmpany Em.
PlOyes Demand an Adyauce

PITIsTON, Pa, August 2O-To day the
Pennsylvania coal company's men gave
their final decision upon the striking issue,
and the result is Unexpectedly unanimous
not only not TO resume work upon the propo-
sitlon OF The company, but also not 10 handle
PICK anp drlll again Until an advance OF 10
cents Oh the ton is conceded. This is virtu-
ally asking for a restoration OF wages TO the
prices ruling previous TO the last reduction.
This, in face OF the fact that the company
anticipated the employees by informing them
several days ago that there would be no in
crease IN The compensation. The meeting
held In Pittston 10 day by the workingmen
was attended by some fifteen hundrej be-
longing TO the company and large repre-
sentation from other idle works In this sec
uon.
10y at WilScsbarre.
WILKFsRARRE, PA, August 2a.-The
siriklng miners in this vicinity arc juki kilaut
over Tie determination made by the en-
ployes OF the Pennsylvania coal company at
Pl'iston this morning for demand OF 10 per
cent. advance. The men here imagine tnis
Will have the effect OF frightening the COM
panles into an early recognition of their de-
mands, for they assert that by a complete
Stoppage OF work in this county Frank
Gowen Will soon get control of the markets
The operators, however, say that they will
not give way under any circumstances. They
argue that II would be suicidal TO future in
ter1sts TO DO so.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

FoR9RKss NoERoK, Auaust 2i.-Ths 10
mains OF Captain Blunt, killed BY explosion
OF the ting Man White, on Saturday, WerO re-
covered This mognlDg.
Evening star., 1877-08-21
FAtal EAll

HARRISBURG, Pa, August 2l-MontRom
cry Ieigier fell from the roof Of . hous .
ing. ''--'
Evening star., 1877-08-21

RI PoRTKD PREMATURE BCRIAL-The
WaIeftown y. " DtNpdich OF The I4Lh irst
says - A story comes TO US from Edwards
apparently died one day last week, and tba
funeral Was held ia regular time. After low
erirg the coffin into the grave, tie sexton
otgsn ID shovel in the earth, anu had go;
about a foot OF 1t upon the coffin wnen ne
heard some movement inside the casket Ee
called the friends back, the coffin was brought
up again, opened, and il was fouud that In.
man had turned over on his face, but was
dead. He was evidently alive when put into
Ihe coffin
Evening star., 1877-08-21

FAST RUN was made ON the Hudson
composed Of an engine, baggage car. smok'
Ing car, and three passenger coaches, started
from Poushkeepsie fifteen minutes bshtnd
time, and reached Fishkill Landing, sixteen
after q half minute stop At New Hamburg.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

CALEDoNIAN CLUB. The 18th annusl
gathertng Of the Caledonian Club was oele-
orated At Philadelphia yesterday. Repre-
United States and Canada, and over 5000
people witnessed the games, which were ali
well contested,
Evening star., 1877-08-21

SUING AN ORPHAN AsYLUM.-Franz
Grosz, aged six, through his guardian began
suit In the city cOIrt, Brook lyn, Yesterday
for $4,000 damages for personal iniurjcs
sgaiL ST the Catholic Home and Gerrnsn or.
phan Asylum ofMontrose avenue BroOlxIvn.
E. In May, 1876, The lad, who was a half
orphan, was placed in the institution HIS
Iaiher agreed To pay 81 week for his board.
Soon afterward a contagious disease of the
eyes broke out among the children. TIE
of1ic r. OF the institution, ii l. alleged made
no effort to separate the diseased children
from the healthy, and all OF the chillre
wsre compelled &c use the same towel Tha
p'alnIlf soon caught the disease. His father
TOOK nim away and gave him into the care
OF a New York occulist, who said that MS
eyes could not be cured as they had be an too
long neglected. The lad was soon wholly
Olnd. His father who is q laborer, appear,
as his guardian.-lN Y Sta, 10Th.
PLANETARY CONJCNCrIoN-Be Before the
end of the fall season Mars and Saturn will
come twice into conjunction, the first time
upon August q and The last on November
AT tbe hrst conjunction they will rise at
hali. past nine O'Clock in the evening, and
they will be only eleven minutes apart, and
can both be Included in the same telescope
nt ID OF vision, presenting one of the most
beautiful sights that the heavens ever af-
lofoed. These two planets will come into
opposition with the sun within four days OF
each other, the former on the 5th and the lat
Ter on The 9th of September. In that opposi-
tion Mars Will be nearer the earth than in
thlrty years before fact that the Supersti-
tious and imaginative may invest with in
lefest in connection with the eastern war
MARYLAND Coal MINIsG-We have
noted from day TO day the resumption OF
mining at the old rate of miners wages by
one company after another, and within the
past three or four days the going To work of
Two very heavy shippers, who will be fol
lowed to day by all but one OF the remaining
companies. The Consolidation, the Ameri-
can and the Borden companies will com
nence mining this morning, paying their
miners Efty-fve cents per ton. This Will
ieave only one company, the Maryland. idle.
ALI excepting the Borden company wiz IL IS
reported, ship by rail, 10 settlement of the
canal freigbt Questi ion having been arrI vnl
Evening star., 1877-08-21

MEXICAN RAIDERS CAPTURED.-Ge1.
Cd announces the capture of three OF tn =
band of outlaws who recently broke ope
the jail at Rio Grande City, Texas, and re-
leased certain prisoners. The captiyes in
clude Csmargo, the chief. Two OF the band
are residents of Texas, five are Mexicans,
and the others nationality is unknown. The
Mexican government is confident that all
will be captured.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

FREE CUBA AND FREE DRINKS-The
revival of the effort to induce the President
TO recognize the belligerency of the Cuban
patriots brings to Washington a class of
bummers whose Ouly hope OF future exist
ence is that the trunk-full of Cuban bO lds
held by them may by such an act of our gov
eminent realize enough on the dollar to en-
able them TO get a cocktail without beguiIing
barkeeper with their Establishments for a
frt drink.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

l-oNDoN- august p The report contained
ia a If"cS ' Jenna dispatch that Kos sutn, an
a proclamation 10 the Hungarians nr'ysS
Austria hungary To come 10 an understand
ing win the Porte as Ia The extent OI cOncrS-
SONS 10 The Christians which can ba made
Mitfout compromising the integrity OF The
Turkish EuRnfrp il
Evening star., 1877-08-21
g on ROTH SHIPS

The loss on both sides vas heavy. The
Russians had 30i men lied aud 20 wounded
Among The latter are four officers-vis: Ma
lor Esigoveritsch, Captain Mice llaefT and
Lieuler ants Makropolof and COmOrof,
The Turks are reported TO have had /, 500 men
killed.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

SUNDAYS Rattle

MALTA August 2l--lter naieSty's iron
Gao 81 amshtp Agincourt, on sailing from
Bes ka Bay, took four hundred sets Of eu-
tTeIching tools.
Evening star., 1877-08-21

RATIONALE the government record of
the number OF rations issued for red men be
accepted as true, there are to-day about
twenty five thousand more Indians in the
United States than whes America was dis
covered. III there are not enough Indians to
eat these rations, then who does get the ben
eft of them?
Evening star., 1877-08-21

NIR6ISIA's NEXT GOVERNOR. When
Col. Holiday received his nomination for
the Governorship OF Virginia, john Stephen
son. colOred man residing in this city, of
more than ordinary intelligence, and whose
mother was slave in the cOlonel's family,
wrote him cOngraiulatory letter under date
August 10th, from Winchester, Va. Colonel
Holiday replied: "Your letter of congratu-
latiOn received. thank you for il. and hope
In The discharge of the duties of the Office for
which am nominated, should i he electe :
may rot disappoint the expectations of IN =
friends"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-19
Fight of n Sea.LiOn aud n Sturgeon.

The San Francisco Cal Of the 18th
instant has this account Of II sea fight
Yesterday morning the passengers of
the 10 o'clock boat from ashland wit
messed tough fight between sturgeon
and a sea-lion. The former had swan
away from the curative mud ofthe San
joaquin III quest of something to suck
in the bay, and its flippered enemy had
entered the bay on prowl One want
ed to eat and the other to escape. The
seal saw its chance for magnificent
meal on what is too often sold as sea
bass in chowder, and the sturgeon. was
painfully conscious that nature ought
to have endowed it with sharks teeth
and the capacity to crush like the squid.
Fish and mammal came to the surface,
the former to breath and the latter be-
cause it couldn't stay down. The seal
bit vciously at the gill openings of its
adversary, and showed superior tinesse
in planning the campaign, while the
sturgeon dashed the water powerfully
with its unequally-lobed tail, and occa-
sionaIly administered stunning blow
to the seal. Blood flowed profusely,
and the water was dyed for yards
around, but eventually the sturgeon
yielded up the ghost being seized I'M
luckily by tho tail and paralyzed IN
movement by having its only propeller
nearly bitten off. Thus wounded and
circumvented it desisted from the bat
tie, and the seal administered the coup
de grace, and towed his dinner beneath
the waves. The spectacle was an ex-
citing one.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-19
Some Other Rights of Woman.

From Bob Ingersoll's new lecture: "
believe woman is the equal of man and
has all the rights of man, and one more,
that of protection | believe the iusti-
tuition of marriage to be the hottest and
most sacred institution among men,
Yet it took thousands Of years to adj
vance from slavery up to the marriage
institution. | hate man who think,
he is the head of the family | do. |
despise him. hate one of those digni
fled galoots. | never saw II dlgnitied
man who was not II Ounce. Solcmnity
is breastwork which mediocrity throws
up to defend itself from the eyes of the
world. | hate man who is an aristo-
crat in his family, and whose wife is
obliged to be a beggar. She says, L
want dollar and asks for it as If she
were standing on n bomb-shell, and he
replies, What did you do with the fifty
cents | gave your How many women
are obliged to be continual beggars
How can you raise children in such an
atmosphere! It's a terrible thing; it's
wretched and Infamous. | believe IN
the democracy of the family. Every
home should be little republic in itself
Love is the only thing that will pay ten
per cent to both borrower and lender.
Love is the only thing where the least
possible extravaganza is the height of
economy. What right has man to be
the head of the family? \ man should
be cheerful and pleasant ON coming into
house. When you enslave anybody,
you make him dishonest. A hut with
love is a palace fit for king. A little
while ago stood at the tomb of the dead
Napoleon, and, when | thought of his
past life, | thought would rather have
been French peasant and worn wooden
shoes, living in hut with little wife
loved, with children upon my knee, and
their arms about my neck, and died UNI
noticed and unknown, loved by those
who knew me, than to have been that
king. 1t is not necessary to be great or
rich OF powerful to be happy"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-19
MuSssulmans and Christians.

Until about year or two years be-
fore the time of my going there, Dam
ascus had kept so much of the old BIZ
got zeal against Christians, or rather
against Europeans. that no one dressed
as a Frank could have dared to show
himself in the streets; but the firmness
and temper of Mr.. Farren, who hoisted
his flag in the city as consulgeneral for
the district, had soon put an end to all
intolerance of Englishmen. In the
principal streets there is path for foot
passengers raised foot or two above the
bridle-road. Until the arrival of the
British consul-general, none but Mus
sulman had been -allowed to walk
on the upper way. Mr.. Farren would
not of course, suffer that the hunilia-
ton OF any such exclusion should be
submitted to by an Englishman, and |
always walked on the raised path as free
and unmolested as if had been in Pail
mall. The old usage was however,
maintained with as much strictness as
ever against the Christian rayahs and
Jews. Not one of these could have set
his foot on the privileged path without
endangering his life. | was walking,
one day, remember, along the raised
path, "the path Of the faithful" when a
Christian rayah from the bridal-road
below saluted me with such earnestness,
and crayed so anxiously to speak and
be spoken to, that he soon brought me
10 halt He had nothing to tell ex-
cept the glory and exultation with
which he saw fellow-Christian stood
on level with the imperious Mussul-
mans Kinglake
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-19

without their intrinsic merits have been
pulled into fictitious and even fabulous
prices, because some interested parties
would declare they were fashionable.
The common or scrub cattle can be
wonderfully improved by crossing them
with thoroughbred short-horn bull
Indeed the first cross of such bull on
a scurb COW is almost marvellous. The
COWS as a general rule are good milk
ers, and thoroughbred and high grade
steers by good keeping often reach,
when between two and three years old,
1000 to 1000 pounds, and are gener-
ally sold off to the butchers at thirty
months of age. Short-horns require
generous feeding, but they amply repay
liberal masters.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-19
Sitting in Banc.

The lawyer pcrcelying that his elo-
quence had put the court to sleep stops
speaking and the silence naturally
awakens the Judges He continues his
argument, saying
"And now let me return to the point
that / endeavored to make clear to Your
Honors yesterday"
The Judges stare at each other and
are perfectly convicted that they have
lost a whole night Of his speech
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-28
CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.


He is above mean thing. He
cannot stoop to mean fraud. He
invades no secret in the keeping of
another. He betrays no secret con-
fined to his keeping. lie never
struts in borrowed plumsge. He
never takes selfish advantage of our
mistakes. lie uses no ignoble weap-
on in controversy. He never stabs
in the dark. lie is ashamed of inuen-
does. lie Is not one thing to man .
face and another behind his back. If
by accident he comes in possession
of his neighbours accounts, he passes
upon them an act of instant oblivion.
lie bears sealed packages without
tampering with the wax. Papers not
meat for his eye, whether they fiutter
in the window, or lie open before him
in unguarded exposure, are sacred
to him. He invades no privacy of
others, however the sentry sleeps.
Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hedges
and pickets, bonds and securities,
notices to tresspassers, are none of
them for him. He may be trusted
alone, out of sight, near the thinnest
partition-anywhere. He buys no
offices, he sells none, he intrigues for
none. He would rather fail of his
rights than win them through dishon-
or. He will eat honest bread. lie
tramples on no sensitive feeling. lie
insults no man. If he have rebuke
for another, he is straightforward,
open, manly; he cannot descend to
scurrility. In short, whatever he
judges honorable he practices toward
every man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-28
PRAY FOR THE BOYS.

We commend the following to the
thoughtful consideration of the cler-
gymen generally:
so, wasn't that good minister
we had to-day?' said Johnny.
eyes, very geod. Which sermon
did you like best?" said the mother.
so, don't know. 1t wasn't the
sermons altogether that I mean.'
''What then -
'Why, he prayed for Sunday
schools and for boys, so good; I
never heard any one pray so much for
boys. Most of the ministers do not.
That is why 1 like him.
''Do you like to be prayed for?"
''Why, yes of course do"
''The minister prayed to-day that
all the boys might be Christ's boys.
Did you like that:''
eyes, and prayed as hard as l
could that I might be. When we
heal people praying for us, it makes
us think it is about time to be pray
ing for ourselves. If children don't
like TO say much about good things, l
guess they all like to have the minis
ters to remember them. | always
watch and see if they pray for the
young folks; and if they don't I
think they won't have much in the
sermon either. Then, of course,
don't listen as well as I should if |
thought there was something for
me-"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-28
WHAT Is AN EDITOR :?

Well, he is the man who reads the
newspapers, writes articles on most
any subject, sets type, reads proffs
folds mail, runs on errands, saws
wood, draws water, works in the gar
den, talks to all who call, is blamed
for a hundred things which is no.
bOdy's business but his own. helps
people get into office who forgets all
about it afterward and frequently
gets cheated out of half his earnings.
He pufts and does more to build up
town than any other body, and the
miser and fogy are benefited thereby
yet they will say that the editors pa
per is of no account, viii not adyer-
tise or take the paper, but will bor-
row it. Who would't be an editor =
Torch-Light, Oxford, n. c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-28
CONUNDRCMS.

Here are two little conundrums.
first: A man orders n pair of boots.
for which he is to pay $40; he calls
for the boets and hands the boot
maker $50, the boot-maker goes out
to get change, and hands. the pur-
chaser $40 and his $40 boots ::
the purchaser skips out, presently
the man of whom the boot-makcr got
the change, comes in with the $50
note which is counterfeit; the boot
maker takes it back and pays him
good money; how much is the boot
maker out: Second: a man buys n
horse for $50, sells him for $40. and
then buys him back for So; how
much is he out ;-Iix.