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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-09

There is nothing new under the sun. The
philosophy of the present day rattonalistS and
scepticS was entirely anticipated by the old
Roman, Lucretius; and Froude, in reproduc.
ing il, declares that IL was also the creed OF
Cicero, Julius Cesar, and TarituS. We copy
IT as historical curiosity, 10 show that, with
all their ingenuity modern materialiStS have
nos succeeded in giving us anything better or
radically different: Death is nothing, Tor
begotten, empires were conyulSed provinces
were wasted with fire and sword: nations
were sunk in wretchedneSs. We knew moth
ing OF these salamities, They touched not us,
We could suffer nothing, for We were not. As
II was before we began 10 live, 81 it viii be
again when we have ceased to live. storms
may roll over the earth, land may be mixed
nothing OF IT,. The substance of our bodies
VIII be In other forms, with other souls at
tached to them New beings will have come
INTO existence. To live and pass away as we
did. But those beings will not be us The
continuity once broken Is broken forever.
We shudder when We look upon a corpse.
We imagine. that when our bodies are cor
rupting We shall be in some way present and
conscious OF our own decay. 1t is not SO. Our
bodies will decay but We shall not be
Shall not suffer any more. "Ahi'' some one
says, must leave my wife and children, and
my pleasant home? Must all be taken from
me?' They will be taken from you, for You
will have no being. You will not miss them
You will have no regrets or vain longings for
what is gone. Your friends will lament for
YOU lou VIII not lanent lOr them. NOl
will be in peace. "Why, then, unhappy mo :
tai, says LucretiuS to the vain complainerS
why do you grieye2 Why cry out on death?
Has your life been happy, the banquet is
over; you have taken your fill depart and b.
thankful. Have you been unfortunate, has
life brought you sorrow aud pain. why wish
for more of il? Life and sorrow end together.
Would you live forever? The terms of hui
man existence do not alter. Had you a thou
sand lives they could brlL you nothing new.
You would but tread again the same circle.
AS II has been with you, SO it would be though
you could repeat the process to eternity This
IS natures sentence, and who shall gainsay
her? Dry your tears. Peace with your idle
whines. Use your time wisely while it is
yours. A little space, and it will be gone.
The ages before you were born are a mirror
in which you can read the ages to come. The
past has no terrors in it. The future has
none, unless you create them for yourself.
Real, indeed they are to you asElong as you
anticipate them Tityus and Sisyphus Ger.
berus ard The furies! the thought of these
VIII cause YOU agouieS as long as you believe
in them. Know these spectreS for what they
are, the offspring of your own fears, and be at
rest. Who and what are you that you dream
OF Immortality! Wiser and nobler men than
you will ever be have lived and are gone Ac-
cept our fate. There is no remedyn
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kearney's Little Story.

There was small little grocery store down
south in little village and they had in a
cage tame crow. A few men used profane
lang uage, and the crow learned to say ID ann
YOU" They had fuss one night and the cage
Tell down. and the old crow flew out and built
nest in the rafterS of the only little church
there was in that village. Every two weeks
the minister held prayer meeting there, aud
one evening he was delivering his sermon, and
when ne was becoming warm with his subject
the old crow p0ked out her head and said
Damn you" The old minister wondered.
He commenced to tremble, but he tried to
keep his courage up and resumed the sermon,
when again the bird of darkness said Damn
YOU His knees trembled. The old crow
flew down upon the platform upon the pulpit.
he threw his sermon one way, his Bible the
other, and jumped out of the window.
The audience began to rush to the door, but
there happeded to be one old lady who had a
lame leg in that audience, and she fell down.
She had Satchel, and in that was some bread
and cheese. When she fell, the Satchel flew
open and the cheese fell upon the floor. The
old crow hoped from the pulpit to the cheese,
and he looked at her. She opened her eyes
and said; at the devil!'' The old crow says
you, too! l didn't organize this meeting;
didn't call this meeting. This was Method
iSt meeting, and am Baptist"
Next November, ladies and gentlemen, by a
united organization you will have the state of
Massachusetts in the same predicament.
These men will come to you with tears in their
eyes, saying / did not vote the democratic
ticket, but voted the wOrkingmen'S ticket
Capture the state! That is all you have got tC
do. As soon as that is captured, capital will
come down on its knees to the workingme n
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.ASH. B. WILLIAMS, Auctioneer.
w No. lOO1 u street northwest.

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE on North Capitol street, betWe m U
and streets north, andalSO on 2 street north,
between North Capitol street and First street
east; and also on . street, between North Cap
itol and First street east; also on Boundary
tween D and p and North Capitol and First
streets east
By virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court -
OF the District Of Columbia, In equity cause ~
No. 1922 Francis II. Stegmaier against Geo. -
W. stegmaier ct al. viii ssll at public auction,
DAY, the 18th day OF August, 1878, commencing
ground, to wit: Lots numbered six (e), seven "a,
eight (8) nine ~, thrtysev (37l, thirty-eight
1887. thirty nine (39) and forty t40), Of Edward
Glarks recorded SUBDIVISION OF square Numbered
numbered thirtyf five 1851 forty -four (44) forty
five (45), forty six (46), forty seven (47), forty
eight (48), ffty-one (61), fifty-two (62), 1.ty-
three (e3), seyenty-!wo (72), seventy three (73)
seventy-four 90 and seventy six (7el, of VIM. B.
Todd's recorded subdivision, dated Febl uary LIST,
nine (669). The sale Of these lots will commence
at the time aforementioned, and IL not completed
on the first day will be con inued from day to day
until all are sold. The lots VIII be sold separately,
one at time.
Terms Of sale as follows: One-third cash, and
six aud twelve months from the day Of sale. and
secured by Coed OF trust the property sold de-
ferred payments to bear interest at the rate of Z
per cent. per annum until paid, $25 deposit re-
quired at time of sale. Seven days given to COM
ply With all the terms. II not compiled with the
risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. Convey
ancing at purchasers cost.
GEORG TUCKE Err. Trustee 1880 street.
VASE. b. WILLIAMS. Auct. jy3I-d
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NFORTGAGEE'S SALE

by virtue OF the power contained in mort IL
gage from William bowling and Elizabeth ~
Dowllrg, his wife. dated on the oh day of i:;lM
yanuai y A. %; 1906, and recorded in Libsr E. B.
MGntgom.ry county, Maryland, the undersig aed,
as Mortgagee, will SELL at public sale, to the high
sst bidder, at "CabiR John Bridge in said
Gov o1, and near said property, on TUESDAY.
O'Clock m all that farm or real es ate in Aid conn
ty, upon which the said William DoWlinQ nov IA.
sldes, and which is described in said m orig aga By
courses and distances, as containing 2O2 acres Of
This valuable Farm is located on the Government
CONDUIT Road and the road leading from the Old
fapeT Mill to the Seven Locks, in the Chesapeake
ana Wnio Canal adjoining the lands Of Captain d.
r. e. White and Major Charles Dodge eight miles
from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
,, IL Is improved by large new Frame Dwelling
Rouse, containing twelve rooms, spring-house
sRso OK and AL other buildings necessary to
shfstrcIass farm, all in good repair.
y Is well Watered. in good state OF cultivation.
Snd has upon 1t thrifty young orchard of fruits Of
of1ce, all within half mile OF the place.
II Will be sold to suit purchasers In one or mora
lois and can be advantageOusly divided iatO two or
more lots, II purchasers 80 desire.
Terms OF sale: One third of the purchase money
thereof by the COURT and the residue In equal in
salnents OF one and two years from the Day Of SALE
the whole to bear interest from the day Of SALE and
ne oeferred to be secured by the notes or
ponds OF the purchaser, bearing interest from the
Gay OF sale. and the payments thereof secured by q
deed Of trust or mortgage on the property. Upon
compliance with the tea ms of sale deed Or desas
VIII pc given: ConveyAncing 1T the cost of the
ha tt Ibree hundred dollars to be paid 1t
CHARLES CLAGErT, Morssasee.
JUS. 4. ROBERTS. DR., Attorney. jy48-f,6t
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r II. WARNER. Real Estate Auctioneer.
TRCsTEEs, SALE OF A LARGE FIRST
CLASS DWELLING HOUSE, No 300 Oj
STREET, BETWEEN 8rH AND or

Glass DWELtISa HoUsE, No sos sS On On
E + sTREET S,oB BETWEES srH AND srH
Of d G5 sss the 6
among the land records of the County Of :;i
Washington, d. G., In Liber 658 folio 1897, the
subscribers Will sell to the highest bidder. at pub
DAY. the 18th day Of august, A. ID. 1878, at 6
wit: AT that certain parce 81 land lying and bsnS
bia, the same being tie easterly part Of lot num-
and six (406j, and bounded and described as fol-
lows Beginning for the same at the southeast cor
northerly on the line dividing lot No. from lot
sever !s feet 81! e inches to private sE s13sy
division between Blagden and Moore ' the S1se
so as5 S afsa IL
Wa MashlngtSn . county, =. G. thence running west
es to the land conveyed to Michael Duffey Oscem-
Der I'd, A. ID. 1858; thence running southeriy. by
saio Ou1ey's land. In straight line through
o. eighty s feet and SIX co. inches to o' said
street; thence running easterly on said e street
twenty sig t2e} feet FIVE 90 inches. more or less,
10 tne P01nt OF beginning with right in said alley
on, together With all the bui: dings improvements.
ragznfs privileges, asin said deed Of October 18th
The terms Of sale are: Oue-fourtb n, the mr.
chase money In cash, (Of which $500 must bs paid
at the time of sale and the residue In three years
WIN interest at per cent per annum payable
semi-annrsly or al cash at the option OF the pur
by note to be secured by . deed Of trust on The
property sold, to the satisfaction OF the Trustees
All conveyancing at the urchaser's cost.
y ~, nu e. = s1FHaEoM ZION, Trustees.
d. L. COLDWALI, Salesman. jy28-d
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DAYS THAT RETURN NO ,,n.r

oh foT sw ing in the old elm tree
Ana breath from the clover fields.
10 give the state oi n palace han
Ana The spices that India yields
To see again IN the old time aay
I he meadows and pastures 4 knew
ne mus and ihs valley fhS aud IN, f,SNss
Ana 'he w"'dS where tbs ~ipl-d overs grew:
To lie once more ia the thick sort grass
With TIE sweet winds hrn>hits ~
The world outside and heart at p.a's
And above the summer shy:
To watch the clouds in their shifting light,
Aud the miStS GA the distant htllS
And dream Ia the music ui wStling leaves
And the voices oi dancing rils;
To wade once more In the cooling stream
That wound hV the roadside below.
" here the laurel boomed. aud the Byzantine
And the maiden-haiT used ta grow;
To kneel again I'm the little church
Where prayed with childish trust
Ere the haunting doubts of a later time
Had touched il with moth and rust;
To sleep once more meath the moss grown roof:
My spirit would find again
The long lost chord of that happy time
And take up the < al refrain
Ny heart grows sick and my eyes are dim
For tight eff familiar things:
The grassy nook and the old elm tree
Would he more than the throne uf kings.
All me, how the years have stretched h.,w.au
" hat chances and changes they We wroughtf
hat gains and what losses, What hopes aud what
fears.
How little Of promise they We brought!
JEHsIbeta a. Dauls.
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AEDICAL. &C.

III ADREI 8 OF YOUNG MEN have been
IL cured of Seminal Weakness, ImpOtency or
} ost Nlgor. after using bottle OF two OF DR..
opposite Smithsonian. aug6-2w~
j. ment Of SPERMATORRHEA, PREMA-
IeRE DECAY, and all Diseases Of Private or
NeDereal Nature, without the use OF Calomel or
Charges reasonable. Office, 1905 ST., near corner
18th Z. W., Back Room. Hours-8 to 10 q. M: 8
to and to 8 p. N. 1yl3-1m'
DE6ISTER'S EMINENT
Ii Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache and
it. Sold bI druggists, rs and 30 cents. sTOTr l.
CROMWE ELL, $50 Pennsylvania avenue, Agents
for Washington. ap1b-m, ", .8m
MANHOOD RESTORED.
A victim Of youthful imprudence, causing pre-
mature decay, nervous debility, etc.. having tried
in vain every known remedy, has found simple
sell cure which dd1a he will send FREE e ns fellow
my24-eo1y&E 43 Chatham, st.. N. p.
CPECIAL NOTICE.-Dr. ROBEK1sON can be
- consulted every "Wednesday and Saturday at his
ONCE, 92l ID st., between 9th and 10th, from to
On al diseases e tine ur1 1 Grgs1s ana
ness, Nervous Debility, ImpOtency, Premature De-
eay. Nervous Trembling PslpitHtion Of the Heart
manhood, and early indiscretions. Gonorrhea,
STRUCTURES and Syphilis quickly cured. DR.. Il. is
ys Of n y
of this city, visits Washington every Wednesday
and saturday. Persons In need OF medical treat
5sa 1os ANY q tss above VII ana It
honorable and scientific treatment, and . cure
guaranteed In every case he undertakes. Will refer
his patrons to any OF the leading phys,c:ns OF Bal
sa&<a Call OK address ~ above, or to ID South
Eats&street, Baltimore. mAr30-N
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CALEOF PROPERTY ON THE OUTSKIRTS
DE Gk0Rli ETIlWN

By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court -
of the District of Columbia holding special f:l
term III Equity, passed in a cause in which. ~
bowman Green are plaintiffs and Clement q !.
Brooke aud others defendants, No. 8, 62s, the IN
dersighed will offer at puplic sale, on MONDAY,
the 12!h day Of August, 1873. at the hour Of s
O'Clock in the afternoon. on the premises, all that
piece or parcel OF land lying and being in the county
part of tract OF land called 81 Resurvey on Lucky
Discovery Beginning for the same at q point or
end of three hundred feet, measured north two de-
6; east, on the west fine Of the Rockville turn
pike. from its Intersection with the northern
boundary of Georgetown, in said district, running
thence south degrees west, 1881 feet thence
north 66s degrees west 822 feet thence north % 4
degrees east lit feet; then south 66 degrees east
e10 feet more or less: to the place OF beginning:
containing 23 acres OF land, more or less, with all
the buildings and improvements to the same be-
longing.
Terms OF sale: One third cash. the residue of the
purchase money In 6. IL and 10 months, the pur-
chaser giving his notes bearing interest from the
day of sale. or the whole of the purchase money
may be paid on the day of sale. On the ratification
Of the sale by the court and the payment Of the
whole purchase money the undersigned will convey
to the purchaser, at his expense. the property to
to said cause. deposit of 500 required when the
property is struck off.
WILLIAM A. GORDON, irustees'
THOMAS BOWLING, Auctr. aug1-10t
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FatteninS Poultry by Maehin cry.

CParis Correspondence Rochester Express.
While in the French department of agricul-
ture was much Interested in an exhibit for
fattening poultry by machinery. The hens
and cocks were arranged in little stalls about
ten inches square, with their heads towards
the open front and their feet battered to the
floor in way to prevent their turning round.
The attendant passed in front of the stalls,
seized the unhappy bird by the nape of the
neck, inserted tube, 70 which was attached a
long hose. into It's mouth. pressed upon pedal
Wlt1 neG loot, and a graduated quantity OF
iUo9 was forced into the stomach OF the Dlrd.
Ihey TOOK their nOuriShment very much as a
boy would take medicine. Tie food is com
posed OF ground mixture of corn, rye, par.
ley, milk and water; and while it ma, moi
ACCORD WIN the American idea of chicken
tights TO make rooster eat, whether he wants
to or not, it cannot be denied that this regi-
men makes him much more desirable to be
eaten. have nowhere else tasted such sweet,
juicy chicken as they have here. About the
morality OF this system there may also be
some question, and doubt if it could obtain
. 1t certainly dIveStS chicken life of much of
its romance. They must devote their lives
exclusively to the ignoble, unheroic business
OF getting fat. No Growing or cackling aud
nest hiding in OutOf-the-way places in barns,
or Matching. or scratching for the early worm
In gardens or on ancestral dung hills for them.
Indeed, these people who, it is said, have no
word for home, have done much to divest the
lives of chickens of hallowed and homelike
associations. They are Matched i'm steam in
cubatOrS, and the velvety little birds never
know the Sheltering arms of the old hen, but
are protected in fannel-lined drawers
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SWEET SwIMMERs.-Pretty. Yes One can
say hearty amen to that as they take peep
into the Chicago Natatorium, where forty OF
tbs ,o,,,, ne sex may be seen disporting them
Snfyao in tho coz, '"an water OF Lake Michi-
gan. just then Is hear. tremendous
splash nothing is to be seen, but In rrieme->
up crops through the waves, looking with her
golden hair and white skin like great water
lily, handsome blonde. She has Jumped a
distance OF thirty feet plump into the water
and now she swims back like duck, runs up
the ladder and dives down head first: up
again i'm second, flops over on her back and
H0atS about Tor rest Starting from the
steps, cutting the water with long graceful
strokes, comes young married lady scholar
OF last summer. A pair of beautiful arms
white, and hard with muscle. and perfect
limbs, carry her TO the center of the tank.
where swing is suspended from the ceiling
She climbs into it and, starting it in motion,
goes on until the long ropes are In horizontal
line. All are wondering what will come, wnen
up go her heels over head aid ike a bali She
drops into the green water. splash, a
silence, and here She is, an aquatic Johnny
1ump-ur, laughing and breathess. Then she
races through the tank with two other pro
ficients. and to the uninitiated il looks some
what like game Of leapfrog.-ICitcag
Inter ocean.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
FYNRUsTEEs' SALE OF IMPROVED PROP
AND 80 STREETS SOUTHWEST, AT AUG

TINRUsTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED PROP
i ERTY ON STREET, BETWEEN %
And 3D STREETS SOUTHWEST, AT AUG
TON.
By virtue Of a deed of trust dated the 2Sth -
cav OF pr1l 1871. and recorded in Lber No. ma
t6S. folio 4l2. one nf the land records fol. G4
Washington county, ID c., and by direction OF the
PARTY secured shall sell in front of premises, on
WEDN ESDAY. August 14th, 1878 at 81 O'Clock
Z M, Lot No. 2 and part Lot No. 20, in Square
6o3. with improvements thereon.
Terms made known on day OF sale:
THOMAS w. CLARK, Trustee.
A UCTION SALE or NEW TWO-sTORY
IA PRESS BRICK FRONT DWELLING, ON
THE EAST SIDE OF NINETEESTH
STREET WEST. BETWEEN Q AND Il
fTREkTS NORTH.
BY virtue of a deed of trust dated NOvem-
her 8, 1875, of record in L!ber 1888, at folio 10:
1873, ne Of the land records for the District ~
OF Columbia will offer for sale at public auction,
In front of the premises on MONDAY. the 18th
day of August, 1873 at O'Clock q. m. Lot D. OF
Cannon's subdivision of certain lots In square 1884,
and the improvements thereon, situated In Wash
ington city, In said District.
Terms of ssle: Ons-thrd cash on the day OF sale,
or within days thereafter; the residue in two
equal psyn ents a, six and twelve months from the
dsy OF SALE the promissOry note of the purchaser
lie give therefor secured by DEED OF trust on the
property sold, ana satisfactory policy OF insur-
piled with within seven days from the day Of SALE
reserve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost Of the defauitfng purchaser. All convey
aDcing a. purchasers cost. 500 deposit accept
ance Of bid. jas. 8. EDWARDS, Trustee.
aug1-eOSds WASH b. WILLIAMS. Auct'r.
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j. T. COLDWELL.S
p II. WARNER, Auctioneer.

TRUs STE = I sAhE sr OF 4 THKEE-sToRY
THE TIL E = SOUTH IS SIDE OF u sTREkl, BE
~SOUTH CAPITOL STREET SOUTH EAST
by virtue Of . deed Of trust to me dated -
folio ITO &C., one Of the land records for The VI:
District Of Columbia and by the direction of the
beneficiary therein named shan seil q public
s the 18th Gay Of July, At O'Clock the
square numbered six hundred and ninety three
nlnsse ess1 ieeI on street south
ttol street, and running that width to the run
depth Of the lot, " with the Improvements thera.
on.s Three,story and Basament Brick House,
Terms Of sale: One-fourth cash; balance in six,
twelve and eighteen months after the day Of Sale
With g per cent. interest. to be secured by deed
OF trust on the property. containing IN Insurance
clause: II the terms are not complied with in tan
Gays arter sale. tee properly VIII be resold ut the
nye days, notice. to be published in the Evening
Star. An the cost OF deeds and recording to be
pa,d b the puT T%H rrnnrnv
.@THE ABOVE SALE ID POSTPONED un.
I'll MoNDAY, August 18th 1879 same hour and
d. L. COLDW ELL, S0l66m00. ty20.d
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DROPOsALs FOR STATIONERY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 8. 1878
sealed Proposals viii be received at the Depart
Hent or sfa-e until IL m. on the 10TH DAY OF
ACSusr, 1873. To furnish this Department with
Ssaiohefy for the year ending June SOsh, 1879, In
Sccoruance With schedule OF articles which VIII
rs SuPpued 10 persons and firms proposing 70 bid
The right to reject any and all bids or TO accent
Any portion or any bid. or to amend the quantity
gwen OF any article In the schedule Is reserved:
ana eacb bldt eT Is required furnish with his hid
Dono. with two sureties, In the sum of two thou.
sand collars. as guarantee of q faithful perform.
Ahce OF The contract which may be awarded TO him.
JyH, 10. "a. 3lAau9
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ANOTHER LADY ABDUCTED. - The Cleve-
land tOhio) Leader prints story of the alb
ductiOn and robbery of lady, with the state
ment by its editor that he personally knows,
upon the most undOubted authority, that if
took place in Jersey City year ago this sum
mer. The story for obvious reasons is told
without names, and reads thus: AT Newark
Nd, resides young married man, the son of
leading physician of Boston. During the
summer OF last year the young wife left New
ark for Massachusetts. with the arrangement
that her husband should meet her In New
YORK and accompany her to the end of the
Journey. The husband was detained In New
York, missed the last ferry boat that connect
ed with the coming train, and when he reach
ed the Jersey City depot of the Pennsylvania
railroad found himself just fifteen min
uteS late, and his wife gone. She had
come from Newark by an evening train,
been taken possession of by a scoundrel, who
had represented her as insane, forced her into
a carriage and driven her to an designation
house in New York.. where she was robbed,
but not otherwise outraged. The husband
learned the name and number of the driver In
whose carriage the captive lady had been
driven away, and by this clue found and res
cued his wife within less than an hour, rob-
bed and terrified almost to insanity, but saved
by her prompt rescuer from the worse fate
that no doubt awaited her. The rescue was
made without the interv nti0n Of detectives
or police, and the husband succeeded In keen
II the affair out of print The motive of the
villain was plainly that Of a r0bber and liner
tine. The facts have been known to yarions
blends of the lady's family for several
n OnthS.'