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BOOKS, &c.

W what Women are Doing in Industry, Education,
Philanthropy, Social Reform, Art Science Litera.
ture and Government Also, faithful record of
what men are doing to advance the interests Of
women. Every household should read one good
Woman's Paper. Published monthly. Price per
year by mail postage prepaid $100: single copies,
10 cents. THERESA JUAN LEWIS and SARA
ANDREWS SPENCER, Publishers Call or send
orders to Mrs. THERESA JUAN LEWIS, Managing
Editor, Room No. 10, Republic Building, 1101 Penn
sylvania ave. dec3
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THE TRADES.

DOOABINDING.
- The public Is respectfully informed that the
LYCETT BOOKBlNDERY
IN carried on as heretofore. The sSme excellent
worfnen are employed. and the work turned out
viii be In tie SUPERIOR style which hAs always been
characteristic Of the establishment
sgSly 1913 PenNs HLo0,sS0 0ce., Sd foor.
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GIBSON BROTHERS.
NJ PRACTICAL BOOK AND Jon PBNTHRs,
I01v Pc3s,tsyIr0ntd oce., WAshta8tons y.
- Fine Printing Specially. tao1e1y
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We hereby inform the Public that our Refaed
Sugars consist SOLELY of the product of raw sugar.
refined. Neither Glucose NuFsote Of Tin, HurIa,,r
Acid, nor any other foreign substance whatever ia
mixed with them Our Sugars and syrups are Ai,so
lutely unadulterated
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AUCTION SALES.
DUNCANSON BROS, Aucsioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE
By virtue OF deed OF irus. gwen 30 ME ~
and duly recorded November 18th, 1875 IN IN
tho land records Of the District OF Columbia III
viii sell At auction. in front Of Duncausnn Bro,
auction rooms, corner lh and L streets northwest
on SATURDAY MORNING. December 2ist 1878 al
10 O'clock
l Horse, l Grocer's WAGON, Single Harness
Ii ". J. FISHER. Trustee
WALTER B. WILLIAMS K CO, Auctioneers,
w 100l, northwest corner 10th and d SITS.
REGULAR SATURDAY SALE OF FURNITURE,
&c.
On SATURDAY, December 2lst, 1873. we 81
shall sell, in front of auction rooms, Va
general assortment of Walnut NJ I. Dressing ~
Case and Bureau Suites, odd Bedsteads. Bu- l
reaus, ~ashstands Tables. Chairs. Dining room
Mattresses, Comforts. Blankets. Spreads. Feather
Beds. Pillows, &C. Brussels and Ingram Carpets,
Crockery, &c, &c.
II WALTER = WILLIAMS K co.
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pLANS AND PROPOSALS
lrnIQ A Dl2InGE

Il
l. FOR A BRIDGE
Across Pimitt's Run and hlling the southern
approach TO said bridge near the Cham Bridge, VIII
lie received by the Commissioner OF Roads OF Alex
andria county, until DECEMBER 21sT 1878
For further information Apply to GEO Q. WUN-
DER, Commissioner Of Roads, at bis residence in
Aleyandr1a county, address him. Box 5S6,
town, d. c., or @. " SAEGMULLER, Coast survey.
Washington ID. c. oec32av3S
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CONTEST FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.-A Spe-
cial dispatch TO the New York Ts1s, from f,a-
leigh y. G.. Dec. is, SlyS:-The state canvass
ing board met again to-day. Judge Seymour
hid granted mitndamtS compellingthe county
canyassing boards OF Halifax and Edgecombp 10
amend their former return. and an appeal had
been taken FROM this order. judge Seymour de-
cl1ned 10 1SSne another injunction to restrain
ire state canVaSsing board from counting until
the appeal IS decided by the supreme court
which meets in this city on the first Monday ct
january next. Counsel for o 'Hara. the Ipnulj-
mean contestant. moved that the board adjourn
until February ~, 1919, at which time al mat
ttlS before the courts viii have been decided
The board unanimously decided not to take.
announcer adjournment, and proceeded with the
count. ana announced that w H. Kitchen had
received lu.4oi votes and UIiara 1863 votes.
kltchenS majority. 1.G22 votes. OlIara VIII
now contest before Congress-
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BISHOP WINNERS SUCCESSORS.-Ane XtraOrdi-
nary session OF The council OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church OF Louisiana will meet IL
New Orleans Oh the Goth OF January 10 elect a
bishop to succeed Bishop Wilmer Rev. :. :
Harris, OF Chicago, formerly rector OF Trinity
Church. New Orleans: Rev. W. F. Adams OF
Nicksburg, and Rev. John T. Girault OF New
Orleans. are prominently spoken or Tor the
vacant biShoprlc
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THE EVENING STAR.
FRIDAY
December 20. IS4s.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SEN AIE.-Atter our report closed
lAe ON 10 amend the act or June 20. lS.> and
70 hN The rate OF interest on bonds authorized
DS said act to BE- issued ny the commissioners
on the District OF Columbia and for other puI-
poses was passed.
The Vice President announced as the select
committee 70 inquire whether the cnnStitIl-
Iohal rights OF citizens were Violated AZ the re-
cent elections in accordance with the reSolu-
ton OF MIR. Blaine. adopted on Tuesday. MeSsrs
cameron rep: kirilUOod. rep: Mitchell. rep
pItillo. rep; Bayard. dem: Wallace dem
hale3- GEM; ami Garland dem NpSSl,-
MITCHELL and Plumb were excused at their own
request ana MeSSFS. Hoar. rep. and Mcmillan
rep. vert appointed 10 MI the vacancies,
Inc further consideration of the nafent bin
was postponed until January = After a brief
executive session the Senate adjourned
Hot SE.-After our report Closed
Inc indian appropriation bin then passed
MI. HARRISON, ueln., chairman of the commit
Tee on reform In the civil service, submitted the
report OF the committee in reference TO the in
feStlgation made by II into the Charges made
against certain members OF the House in re-
ceiving money for aiding in the passage al a
bill providing for the payment OF Interest on
the 3.65 District bonds. The report states thai
there was not q particle Of testimony Sh0wfur
that any money had been used for c0rTUp. ia
fiuence brought 10 bear in passing the bill ana
that the publication In the Washington Post o;
the article making such charges. was w3aton
and wholly unjust itiaOie attack on members Of
this House.
The speaker appointed MeosrS. Durham.
DEM: Clymer dem: smith. rep: Baker. rep, OF
ma; and Singleton, dem. as coBfereeS on the
part OF tie House on the military academy and
fortlilcations bills. respectively. Adjourned.
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At EUSSELL'S.
"A ICE CREAM the best.
CHARLOTTE Russo, 80 and 80 cents per dozen.
WINE JELLY, 80, 80 and IS cents per mold
noy22-1m 1897 Eesc York uee.
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THE VIRGINIA House OF DELEGATES YeSter-
day adopted the resolution for conference Of
the creditors OF the state with the finance COM
missioners At Richmond, January Is, on the
basis OF the Barbour bill and the rate OF taxa
ton prescribed by it. Both houses have passed
the bill giving the United States jurisdiction
over lands la Virginia for life saving Stations.
FoBGERY.-ISaac Dreamer, Il clerk IN the
water department OF Philadelphia during 1886
and 1877, was yesterday convicted OF forgery. in
falling to make a correct entry OF moneys re-
ceiyed by him for the payment OF water rents
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HAVEMEYERS & ELDER,
DECASTRo & BONNER REFINING COMPANY.
Affidavit to the above effect in the New York pa
pers of November Is. 1878 deC3 2axlm
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STEAMERS, &c.

NOTICE TO MOUNT VERNON PAS.
IN SENGERS.
The steamer W W. CORCORAN, which has
been recsct'y I.Iilt snd furnished, eN-n
l. /. BEskT Captain, is tie only boat
allowed % LAID Passengers at Mount
Vernon wharf. Round trip 81, including admission
10 mansion All grounds.
Steamer leaves 9Th street wharf daily tSuDdsys eI.
HKJI New GiRTu s1,,,, az Nom. yeTnr,r
Association L L BLAKE. steamer ". W. Cor
cora
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MARY STANDARDS GRAVE special dispatch
10 the y. \. World from New Haven, conn. Dee
Il, says: The grave OF Mary Stannard. in Mad
iSon, was opened for the third time last Satur-
day III order that the counsel fOrthe state might
pe assured that the body OF the murdered girl
had not been disturbed by the defense Sis
plcion OF this WAS occaSi0ned by the mysterious
actions OF the police who came here last week
looking prOfeSsedly Tor the body OF A. f. Stew
art, but whose search is said 10 have been for
Mary STANDARDS body. Nothing anias was
found, but the incident excited much gossip
Parts OF the body sim remain in the hand, OF
experts for examination.
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MURDERED AT A BALL.-At a ball TueSda,
night at Chambersburg, Pa, in quarrel abou
one OF the female participants, Peter Swingler
colofed, shot and instantly killed John Ander
son. also colOred After the shooting Swingel
beat his dead victim over the head with iii,
butt OF his gun and then escaped
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IN LIKE BETWEEN NEW IORK, HAVRE, LONDON
SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN
The steamers Of this company VII san every sat
urday froLl Bremen Pier, foot OF Sd St, N
HObOken- Rates of passage: From New SIfEsSkS
York to HsY-p. London, Southampton n.
Fold stsers-e. $50, currency. For freight or pas
ss2e apply 70 oELRICHS CO., Bowling Green.
New TOrs oCt1-1y
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

ABOUT CANARY BIRDS. Place the
cage so that no dmught OF air can strike
the bird. Give nothing to healthy birds
but rape and canary seed. water, cutie
fish bone, and gravel paper or sand on
the floor of the cage, no hemp seed. A
bath three times a week. The room
should not be over beated-never above
seventy degrees. When moulting Shed
ding teathers), keep warm, avoid all
draughts Of air. iveplenty of German
rape seed; a little hard boiled egg,
mixed with crackers grated fine, is ex
cellent. Feed at certain hour In the
morning. BY observing these simple
rules birds may be kept in fine eondi-
ton for years. For birds that are sick
or have lost their song, procure bird
tonic at bird store, Very many keep
birds who mean to give their pets all
things to make them bright and happy,
and at the same time are guilty OF
great cruelty in regard to perches. The
perches in cage should be each one of
different size, and the smallest as
large as pipe stem. If perches are of
right sort no trouble is ever had about
the birds toe nails growing too long;
and of all things keep the perches clean.
-Fdncier.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

WHAT A GooD PERIODICAL MAY DO.
Show us an intelligent family of boys
and girls, and we shall show you family
where newspapers and periodicals are
plentiful. Nobody who has been with
out these silent private tutors can know
their educating power for good or evil.
have you never thought of the innumer
able topics of discussion which they sug-
gest at the breakfast table, the important
public measures with which, thus early
our children become familiarly acquaint-
ed; great philanthropic questions OF the
day, to which uncOnsc,ousty their alten'
tion is awakened, and the general spirit
of intelligence which is evoked by these
quiet visitors? Anything that makes
home pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thlns
the haunts of vice, and the thousand and
one avenues oftemptation should be re-
garded, when we consider its influence
on the mir!ds of the young, as great
moral and social blessing, Emerson
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

NEVER MARRY A MAN WHO DRINKS
The writer who said that, said all in a
few words, 1t Is n motto that every
girl might have written upon the wall OF
the peaceful litto chamber where she
dreams her maiden dreams and often
makes up her mind to marry the dear
good fellow whose only fault is taking .
glass too much now and then, and reform
him after marriage.
II is all the moro necessary that h
should be written there, because the men
who "drink" are by no means the worst
men 10 the world, We know that gener-
Gus, warm hearted men, men Of intellect
and men of power, have found the temp
tation too hard to Withstand, and that
many a man, otherwise contemplate and
wicked. has never had a "glass zoo much"
in his life +; although IL is also true that
under the influence Of liquor, men have
done deeds the very thought Of which
would have sckened their sober souls.
If only all men who drink were
despicablo m all other respects, thero
would be little need Of the warning I;
but as il s, lot every girl remember It,
let every mother whisperit. Whatever
his charms or bis natural virtues may
be, no woman be happy with q drunkard.
And he who will not give up drink for
his sweet hearts sake viii never give it
up to pleese his vito,
II Anything can check q man in bis
career OF dissipation, it will be for tho
dread Of losing the girl ho loves. Say,
"You shall not have mo unless you
forsake the bottle,n and you may con-
quer him. Failing In that, All your
wifely tears would tail also. Don't
marry him. Better weep over your
dead hopes, and 20 single to your grave,
than suffer. Never marry man who
drinks.- Mary Kyle Dallas, tn N. Y.
Tribune.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

LEl those who are curious in coinage
-numinsmatology is the learned name OF
that particular weaIsness-co twenty
cent pieces, if they can, and lock them up
securely in their cabinets. Whattwenty-
cent pieces will bring twenty years hence,
at auction or by private treaty, who can
teli2 Fabulous sums, perhaps, for no
more of them are to be coined, the bill to
tnat effect having passed both Houses.
SO they lapse into the category OF eurior-
tiles, and the pockets which knew them
will know them no more forever. They
will be scarce as Hebrew shekels or Mas
sachusetts pine tree shingles, or any OF
the old colonial eoppsrs. They have
never been much admired by money
spending public because Of the faculty
with which they might be taken IN change
for quarters. So they 60 into banish-
ment and desuetude, and as they disap
peared, we remember, not altogether aR-
fectionatey, divers discarded coins and
tokens which have gone before them.-
N. Y. Tribune.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

WHY He NEVER WORE A CoLLAR.--
1t was a fact observed by many that Gov.
Briggs for several years before his death
never wore a collar. When he was the
honored Chief Magistrate Of Massachu-
setts he appeared at his levees and on all
public occasions without collar. There
were comparatively few knew the reason
of this. But the secret is most inter-
esting and suggestive. He had neigh
Dor whom he highly esteemed, who had
fallen into the habit of using intoxicat-
ing liquor. He was already the slave
to the appetite. The Governor remon
strated with him. Il will never drink
again, if you will never again wear a
collar" agreed" said the Governor.
The man gave up the Intoxicating cup,
and the Governor laid aside his collar
He never wore it again, but he saved
his neighbor. The adverse criticism to
which this seeming lack of attention To
his dress and personal Appearance ex-
posed him, never moved him from his
purpose. 1t is an example worthy oi
all commentator.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13
NUMBER %.

ly. Bring me Mr.. Gromley's box"
he said.
And he who had conveyed old Hiram
to the spot where he now stood set upon
tho table box like those in which law
yers keep the papers Of their clients, la
beled, +" Hiram Gromey, Esq" From
the depths of this box he drew roll Of
parchment, and read from thence: A
mortgage on the soul of Hiram Gromley,
given on the day he turned his daughter
from the door. Another, when be took
advantage of flaw in the papers to evade
the payment of Il just debt Of his own.--
Myriads when he first began business,
told fifty lies a day, and gave false weight
and measure, and one tremendous mort
gage for passing through the world with
out one loving, tender, sympathizing
feeling for mankind
Your soul-bah What Is it worth
now ?"
IN take it all back IN have my
daughter and her husband home. I'll
pay"
Too late I" said the dark creature.
Too late, Hiram Gromley. too late I"
But tho old man, stretching out his
hands, cried aloud in terror, and fell back
in unconseiousness.
When Mrs. Gromley returned trom the
dinner party, she found her husband
stretched upon the hearth-rug, with "A
blue lump upon his forehead as big as
hens egg.
! When he related his adventure shs con-
sidered it dream, and laid tho blame to
the old port in tho deoanter on the side
board but, dream or reality, it had n
strange influence upon old Hiram Grom-
Icy, for within week no was reconciled
to his daughter, had ignored the Aaw and
ms6e the settlement, performed various
unwonted acts Of charity,s and was, in
fact, an utterly changed and altered man +,
and, singular to say, no earthly power
has since been able to induce Hiram
Gromley to speculate in breadatuirs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

A MAGNETIC Clock. The Allentown,
Penn.) Register contains this statement;
"Daniel Dlawbaugb, of Harrisburg, is
the inventor of a magnetic clock. 1t has
neither weights nor springs, but is moved
by the magnetism from the earth, trans
mitted by copper and plates, to which are
attached wires connected with the mag
net. acting on the principal of attraction
and repuson. This magnet is constant
ly charged, and the clock kept in constant
motion, having been running between hve
and six years. The works operate the
reverse of other clocks, the pendulum in
this case being moved by the magnetism
which in turn moves the works. Inc
clock is seven feet high, and tho pendu'
lum weighs twenty-five pounds"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13
Weaverville, July Is, 1873,

AN UNDERGROUND FOREST The au-
thors of the newly published book, nam
ed Two Thousand Miles in Texas on
Horseback" f" tell wonderful story about
the subterranean forests which they OBJ
served on the prairies lying near the river
Chocao, in the western part of the State.
Riding over these vast prairies," thus the
story runs, "though you see no trees, vet
you will often see a tender little switch
of the mesquit shooting few feet above
the ground. Now, stop at one of these
and strike at its root with pickaxe, you
will expect nothing but tender, fibrous
roots, but instead of these the pick comes
in contract with heavy, solid body"
/ Surprised, you remove the thin cover
ing of earth, and you find u living log as
thick as mans leg, extending you know
not how far. Exploring around the same
little shoot you find many logs of the
same size, and an infinite pumber of
branches extending from them. Thus
each little twig yields you from quarter
to half cord Of fuel wood. not equaled
for that purpose by any other wood with
in my knowledge. Thus these treeless
plains are filed with fuel almost equal in
its supply to the heaviest forests. These
shoots do not increase in size, but after
attaining certain dimension, too small
to be dreaded by an urchin, they either
stand at that or die and give place to
others. The branches of the large roots
left in the ground speedily supply the loss
by other roots rs large of those taken
away"
Various theories are put forward to
account for the existence of these under
ground forests, but none cited by the
narrators of the story are satisfactory. 1t
is said by some that the burning heat OF
the sun has prevented the growth of the
the trees above ground. Others arge
that the scarcity of rain in that region in
duccd the phenomenon, and again, that
il is owing to The frequency ofthe prairie
fires, which consume the vegetation ex-
posed to its effects. But the same infu-
ences have nowhere else produced the
Same remarkable results.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

MANY OF the old naturalist entertained
the notion that geese were produced from
tIees. II WAS supposed that on the banks
of river in the Orcades, y tree grew that
produced live geese like fruit. In aa old
volume printed at Basle in 1850, entitled
"Munstsri Cnsmogrsphis," is a curious
engraving representing the barnacle goose
dropping from bursted pods on the tree
into the stream beneath, and swimming
away. A similar cut 10 to bo found la
"Ald!ovandusn and at the end Of Ger
raTd's Herbal" The early nayigators
and travellers related the most extraordi-
nary stories Of this character.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

"A GOOD story is told Of Rochester, n =.
Y, deacon, who thought he recognized a
young lady friend leading little boy up
the street, and stepping to her side he
asked: "Why, Mary, where did you get
that child2" The scarlet face instantly
turned to his was that of an entire stran-
ger, and her quick reply fully satisfied
him. II came by it honestly" was all
she said, and the good old man had come
thing to think about all the way home TO
dinner,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL. DIRECTGR RY:
COURT TERMS I:

District eourt-Second Monday in April
August and December
County COurt-First Monday in anu
AIRY, March, May, July, September and NO
vsmber.
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court
BOard of SupervisOrs--First Monday
February, May. August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

JUDGE GRANT of Davenport, Iowa. has
seventeen daughters-all adopted-and
most of them have been married Oh with
generous endowment
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

HERR BEksIa, the greatest locomo-
tive manufacturer in Europe, died at
Berlin the other day, worth $4,000 900.
He employed 10000 hands. His father
began work on a small borrowed
capital.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13

THE pay Of a good horse jockey is about
the same as that Of good preacher, but
then he doesn't &c. 50 mphy donation par
ties = Hawkcgc.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-13
Weeklu Trinitu 5ournal.

Bs- The "JOUR.N:EL''-ha has a0 .sgsafs
the Publisher prsferrfns to do bwsfaess
scffh .sdr<rffssrs direct. .Edpsrffsfng
Rates furnished on application.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-27
About Re. mailed and Drop Letters

About Re. mailed and Drop Letters
A great many persons, not being
versed, perhaps, in the postal regula-
tions are in the habit of re-mailing
letters, especially from some OF the
hotels, after taking them from the
post office and without re-stamplng
them. A great many are thus re-
mailed at the car shed box, or on the
postal care. OF course, they never
reach their destination until they go
through the dead letter office, for the
postal men have strict rules on this
subject, and they must observe them.
Another mistake frequently occurs by
persons dropping letters into the box
at the car shed addressed to some one
in the city, with a one cent stamp on
them, thinking they will reach their
destination just the same as if they
were dropped into the post office. This
is grave mistake, and there is no
other alternative than for the route
agents to obey instructions, and
forward them to the dead letter office.
For all these irregularities" the
postal men receive rounds of abuse,
and frequently curses, for simply doing
their sworn duty. Such occurrences
take place almost daily and if all per-
sons who carry on correspondence,
or handle letters to be re-mailed
would take the pains to post Them
selves a little there would be much
less trouble about ''lost letters, 'irreg-
ularities" in the mails, etc. We
merely throw out these Suggestions
for what they are worth, hoping they
may meet some ones eye who will
profit by them.