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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS
THE EVENING STAR.
THE WEEKLY STAR.

The proprietors OF THE STAR present TO the
public its daily and weekly editions, respective
ly, as not only the cempletest and best, but also
the cheapest epitome OF events occurring at the
national capital, and OF general news as well, to
pe round anywhere. How well the public TN.
derstands this is conclusively shown by the ex-
ceptlonaly wide circulation they both enjoy,
not In the City OF Washington alone, but
throughout all the States and Territories.
In order that the reader not now familiar with
the paper and Its strong hold on the public NAV
understand at glance upon what elements its
great popularity is based, the opinions OF some
OF its contemporaries as TO its merits are an
pended. 1t is needless to add that no person IA
so good Judge OF the value OF any given news.
paper as the men who conduct new spapers
themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
Il THRENODY.

The day is come. and the carpets
Are dragged outside the house;
a. q man is dragged to the station
At the close OF big carouse
! see the wife and her housemaids
wade through the suds and the dust;
And feel as though the pie of my lie
Was nearly all under crust
Ctme. give me club with handle
AS long as the month of May;
And will waffle the carpet
The whole of the iyelOng day.
Do you reckon the II and old masters,
The immortal bards sublime,
Sent he echoing thuds of the carpet stick
Down the corridors Of time.
Or, like strains of martial music.
The endless ''thrum, fun, thum."
Makes me think of the man on DIRE IS para lie,
Astounding the big bass drum.
WELD the stick they have brought me,
With flap, and thud, and hiss:
Oh better year and half of sleep
Than fifteen minutes of this
Perehance some humber poet
Was driven at rise of sun,
To face carpet and collar club,
But he didn't do it for fun.
Fora carpet has power to quiet
These dreams of the upper air,
And make man run riot,
And nip, and rave, and tear.
But pound from dawn to noontide.
And II ever stop from choice,
From the back door nigh or the window high,
hear the good wife's voice.
And the day is so full of this music
That wish that some April day,
Some tramps would take in our carpets and run
Twelve thousand miles away.
huntington Haukeye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

Mr.. RALPH WALDO EMERSON was seventy
seven years old on Sunday. on Friday after
noon he gave very interesting lecture on
Memory In Boston for the benefit of the old
South church. He begged that no repTt
should bel made of it. The Herald, OF that city,
says kindly: 'Mr. Emerson is now unequal to
the EFFORT TO speak to large audience. HI
form Is stila erect his piercing eve is as keen
ever; his smile has lost none OF Its inef1ablo
sweetness but still 1t is evident that Old age Is
coming upon him rapidly. He read his lecture
at small desk in sitting posture, his faith
full daughter guiding and prompting him when
ever he lost his place, with his audience, Of
some 200 lbersons, SO thoroughly touched with
emotion by his infirmities that they did not
mind what they lost, provided only they could
look into bis serene face and watch its varying
expression"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
Afghan Towers and Huts.

These towers are structures about 80 feet
high ard the same In diameter. The first 10
o OF ns
whole loopholed and rooted In; above the roof
Is look balcony. The only entrance Is q
small doorway above the stone substructure,
Of rope, which, when the tower is occupied, is
drawn up. Scattered round the towers are the
huts or cave dwellings, OF the people. The huts,
surrounded generally by low earthen walls,
walls ard nat mud covered roofs some 20 feet
long, 10 or IL broad and high. Sometimes
they are longer, and divided Into apartments,
housed, though quite as often they occupy the
same apartment as their owners. Their por-
ton Is generally anything but clean; the por-
ton occupied BY the family mil = swept out daily
nestle work, but good portion OF outside duty
also. The only furniture consists of two or
three small bedsteads, covered with string,
kets; In one corner some seed-caseS covered
with coating OF mud, containing the grain for
daily use and for the next sowing season; q
small stool or two, and some spinning wheels,
Is seldom; few ghurrGs, earthen vessels, hold.
ing water or buttermilk, and used as cooking
pots. In one corner, or in the center OF the
room, lies heap Of ashes or wood fire, on
which the cooking is done, the smoke OF which,
having no outlets, blackenS walls and rafters
On which hang the warlike implements OF the
lords OF the mansion. These consist OF match.
lock, or fint-lock musket-lately superseded In
many Afreedee homes by the Enfield, snatched
from the Ameer's panic stricken infantry flying
from Aii-Musjd-a horn Of powder. q bag Of
bullets, an old pistol or two, and the long knife
used as sword and dagger OF some tribes, or the
sword and shield OF others. All these are worn
by the men not only when on the war-path, but
almost invariably-even when blowing In theil
fields. Add to this sheep-Skin bag containing
about 20 pounds of -four, in which are Embedded
some pieces OF salt and goor, (molasses) and tht
Pathan is equipped for weeks campaign
fBtGckuo0d's Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
JaCk-stOneS and the Probability of
Chances

In the classic world, girls used the astragalf
or hucklebones as playthings, tossing them up
and TO this day we may see groups Of girls In
England at this ancient game, reminding us of
the picture by Alexander of Athens In the
It was also noticed that these bones fail in four
ways with the fiat, concave, convex, or sin
uous side up, so that they form natural dice,
and as such they have been from ancient times
gambled with accordingly. In India, nature
provides certain five-sided nuts that answer the
purpose Of dice. OF course, when the sides are
alike, they must be marked or numbered, as
which tends to .supersede all others, the six
s si kutos, which gave the Greek geoneters
lne name Tor the cube. Since the old Aryan
a1aTa many oa ~ nroken gamester has cursed the
down with mere contempt at his folly. Bnt
we ludge the ancient gamester too harshly IL
M n0lget mat his passion Is mixed with those
ttiougntS OF luck or fortune or superhuman In
,.thr o which form the very mental atmos-
ns . OF the sooth-sayer and the oracle prophet
propti nee1 }he prayer ana sacTee he would
nlng throws; nor, indeed, In our own day have
Suc1 hopes and such appeals ceased among the
uneducated TO the educated it is the mathe-
the folly OF the gamesters stalking his fortune
on ms powers OF divination. But it must be
DOane IN MIND that this theory itself was, so to
samhi, Sak eav o4t OF me When the
W rascal IN how many throws he ought to get
ao.ouole,sixes, and Pascal solving the problem,
chances, this laid the foundation of the sclen-
INC system OF statistics which more and more
a aae1la the arrangements of society. Thus
f ncc9rate method was applied to the insurance
taDle, which enables man to hedge AGAINST
nus uglest risks, to eliminate his chances Of fire
ana death by betting that he shall have new
TOOL over his head and provision for his
widow. OF all the wonderful turns Of the hui
~ mind In the course of culture. scarce any
~ I; more striking than this history Of lots aud
olce. Who, In the Middle Ages. could have
guessed what would be its next outcome-that
magic sunk into sport should rise again as
science, and mans failure to divine the future
should lead him to success in controlling IL?
1.-THE Fortninghtty Repieu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
The HOuSekeeRer.

Conducted by "a Lady," in Germantown Telegraph
LOBSTER SALAD.
VIII you In your next issue give me a receipt
for making lobster salad; also where the poi.
sonous part OF the lobster lies and how to de-
ANswER-Make dressing the same as for
vinegar should never be put In lobster salad
Say FOR two pounds OF lobster meat take the
hard,boiled yolks Of three eggs, mash fine with
little cod water, then add Oil enough, say
three or four tablespoons, stir well until there
are no Jumps; two or three teaspoons OF mus
Iaru, wlth SAT- ana RED pepper to taste two
twenty-five minutes. None but a lire lobster
should be purchased. There is no part of n
poisonous. The membranes Of the head, where
m ia OF me green tat comes from should be re-
Jected. When dished, place lettuce around It.
as many like this addition to the salad, but
should be added only as used. Some reject the
mustard IN and eggs altogether, and we prefer it
so ourselves. Two two-pound Holsters will
make dish for a moderately sized family
JED.
TO MAKE SUMMER DRINKS.
To make root beer, take quantity OF sarsa-
parllla roots and sassafras bark and some hops
and boil till the strength is extracted. To three
gallons OF the liquor, after it is strained, add
one quart OF molasses and quart OF yeast
AFTER standing In warm place eight or ten
hours, strain again and bottle 1t viii be fit for
use the following day.
For gtnger-beer, take one pint of molasses
be half fiIed With boiling water; when Well l.
stirred together, fill the pail with cold water
leaving room for one pint OF yeast, which must
not be put in till 1ukewarn. Place it on the
warm hearth for the night, and bottle it in the
morning.
For spruce beer, take three pounds of sugar,
four gallons Of water, one ounce of ginger, a
little lemon peel or essence of lemon, and lit
tie essence OF spruce to give it flavor. Stir all
together, warm 1t trifle; add cupful Of good
yeast. When fermented bottle up close.
Mead is made by dissolving one part of honey
In three OF boiling water, davOrfng 1t with
Spices and adding portion of ground malt
and piece OF toast STEPPED In yeast, allowing
the whole to torment.
TO KEEP HAMS IN SUMNER.
There are number Of modes given to keep
hams through the warm season free from the
attacks OF insects. Some bag them and white
wash the bags, which Is troublesome and some
what expensive; some cover them with dry
wood ashes and pack them in barrels; some
pack them In barrels and cover thoroughly
with pine shavings but we think the best plan
OF all, tand certainly the least expensive with
all who have smoke house, and every farmer
should have good one, Is to keep the hams
hung up In the smoke house, which should be
kept perfectly dark at all times. We have eaten
hams so kept two years old, and they were
among the very best we ever tasted. Uniform
darkness Is a complete protection against the
all other cases must use small change. We are
attacks of fnSectS.-ED. TEL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

NJ EW BOOKS.
Ire Rifle Club and Range.
Tbackeray, by Anthony Trollope.
How to Gee Strong, by VIM. Blsikfe
Vol Gresn's History Of Enelish People
Mr.. Grantley's Idea. by John Esten Cooke
Ny Sisters Keeper, BY Laura M Lane.
ISSUED
PLAYING CARDS and the finest qualities Of
STATIONERY specially
Francis B. ESSaUN,
,o =. Snc~r<sor to Mohun Rrothert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
Advice to Lawyers.

Upon entering the clerks room do not put
your hat or overcoat on the rack, but walk
ali YOUR 1uggage On that. 81 this does not divert
his attention from his work push his book a IL.
tie to one side, sit down on the end or side #
swing your legs about until the clerk gets up up
and asks you to be seated In chair. II, how
ever, upon entering the room you find that
ton on the table, get a chair and lean against
1t, being particular to spend at least i've min
ntes in settling yourself, but never sit down In
Is aweI-known fact that the clerk can write
much faster and smoother when some one Is
shaking his table.
cause, whether pending now or already disposed
of, ask the clerk to give 1t, but in making In
Quiry never give the names Of the parties whose
particular to INQUIRE after some who are known
In the case as ''et all The clerk Is perfectly
familiar with every party who ever had the
and, as a matter Of course, knows just what
term the cause was tried as well as the style OF
cause.
write plain, leg1ble hand, as no good lawyer
does that, nor should you be particular how you
spell proper names or mention christian names,
with every I man, woman and child both white
and black, In Tennessee, and can put In the
names If blanks are left.
the clerk has copied them upon the minutes, for
1t Is then much easier to discern mistakes, and
besides, erasures and 1nterlineatiOns greatly
improve the appearance OF the record and
makes it appear to Court that you are some
what sharper than the clerk. 1t also raises
the clerk In the estimation OF the Court and by.
ISLANDERS TO have his minutes corrected.
Put on handing DEGREES to the clerk until
about ten minutes before Court opens. He can
easily enter forty or fifty pages upon the record
In that time, and Ii he says he can't tell him
he's lazy liar and that unless your decree
goes upon the minutes Of the previous day, you
VIII lose your fee and your client not less than
800, 900, 0O0.05H.
alone are interested never put yourself to the
trouble or expense OF enclosing return postage,
Tor the clerk Is erich as CrG5uS," lives by rob-
berry and theft and can well afford not only to
pay your postage but win let you have $ or $40
any time you want 1t-if he don't, he Is a stingy
Scoundrel
Adhere strictly to these rules and you will
place me under lasting obligations
HENRY K. Moss, Minute Clerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

One or the first and most imperative Symp-
toms that the strain OF living Is becoming too
great Is the jaded head, which DIR. Agnew de-
scribed as one that cannot be depended upon
for long stretch OF work, that grows weary
prematurely, that has to be coaxed from the
pillow In the morning, and that does not face
The work Of the day cheerfully. There are
more OF such heads than might be supposed.
They are found In every rank OF life; but chiefly
among persons OF sedentary pursuits and among
both sexes and almost all ages above Ia. Gen.
orally, the early symptoms Of the malady is
discomfort during headwOrk In the back of the
head and In the upper part OF the spinal region.
He Is happy man who meets this symptom
with rest, and seeks In sunlight and fresh air
some fresh investments for hts nervous system,
and drops every. habit that does not do him posi-.
tive good. II he takes to artificial StimuantS for
relief, he Will begin career which, soon or
later, VIII place him among the incurableS or
bring him TO an unt1mely end. Alcohol and all
sleep-producing drugs are dangerous In the high
est degree; for they mask the malady without
curing it. No organ in the human body is SO
abused as the brain, and no organ Is so well
ntted Tor daily use. Still, the brain Is not so
susceptible OF disease as some suppose. 1t was
probable there was not man present who had
not during the day abused his brain by over.
WorK, anger, tobacco, alcohol, FUSS hurry, too
not study Ing to be quiet, by not doing his own
business, by attempting TO do something beyond
Aer reach by attempting to do something for
HhicH ne had not been sufficiently educated, By
carrying ALI evil conscience, or by the unmanIy
strain OF trying to Guido his neighbor The
habits which cannot lie defended by the highest
Kind OF reasoning; the Careful Determining of
each man OF his ability to stand work: the
avoidance Of doing anything for which man
the keeping up OF the tissue building powers by
wholesome foOd-f.Scie2tffc dD<ricGu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

MATRIMONIAL CHANCES OF BACHELORS AND
WIDOwERs.-Dr. BertillOn writes Paris cor
respondent Of the New Orleans Picayune, Is a
French ply slcian who has given great attention
TO medico- social statistics. In framing tables
OF the chances OF marriage he has discarded the
method OF framing tables by groups and by
corresponding ages. He rightly Insists that age
has great deal TO do with marriage He goes
frst TO Holland for statistics, because there
better than anywhere else, tables can be framed
OF bachelors and widowers. He says that In
Holland young men between 22 and "a wears old
annually marry In the proportion OF 46 per 10OO
Those who become widOwers at this age marry
In the proportion OF 2l3 per 1,OOO-that ia FIVE
times more than bachelors. At the Ace
when men marry-that is, between Is and az
bachelors annually marry In the pronor.
ton OF 10 per loco, while widowers marry in
the proportion OF $50 per LOCO. After rs men
feel less inclination to marry, but even during
these chilling years three or four W1doWerS
marry to ore bachelor. In Switzerland four
times more widowers than bachelors marry.
In Holland, Switzerland, England, Belgium
France, where 607 bachelors marry, 1874 widow
ers buy plain gold rings. In France, Paris ex-
cepted, men marry most between 20 and Is. In
Paris few people marry between 20 and IS. In
Paris the greatest number of marriages take
place after men are 20 and after women are IS;
after these periods the maximum of marriages
take place and the per centum surpasses that
OF ali France, and raises, as Is above seen, the
average age marriage from 1926 to a1ss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

ACCORDING to the Rev. Mr.. Scudder, mis-
slonary In India, four men bought quantity OF
not iDjure It, they bought cat, and agreed
that each should own one Of its legs. Each leg
was then adorned with beads and other orna.
jured one of Its legs, and the owner wound a
rag round it, soaked In oil. The cat by chance
set the rag on fire, and, being In great pain,
rushed among the cotton bales where she had
totally burned The three other partners
brought suit against the owner OF the invalid
leg to recover the value OF their cotton, and the
Judge decided that, as the Injured leg could not
De USED, the cat carried the fire to the cotton
win her three remaining legs. They only were
culpaDle, and their owners were required to
compensate the owner OF the injured leg for his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

THE BLESSED LOVE OF CH1LpRsN.-A little
boy once called out to his father, who had
mounted his horse for tourney, "Good-by,
papa, love you thirty miles long" little
VII never ride to the end Of my love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

LoNd-RANdR MoDEsrY.-I hear of an excess
slveiy modest lady, who cannot talk to q gentle
man excepting, OF course, her husband) with
out blushiDg, who turned red, as usual, when
on asking 'Charles' through the telephone
Wnlcn connected home with once what time he
epned.-(Forneys Proqress. ''''~ '~'0~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
Tricks Of the Memory.

Several cases tried In the Circuit Courts in
this city have developed either some curious
tricks OF memory on the part of witnesses, or
made a9 one case nnte a9e aaa
certain important transaction, but On the wit
ness-stand he could not remember anything
about 1t, although it occurred but few months
before. In another case in which deposition
had also been taken, the witness who made it,
when put on the stand, gave an entirely differ
ent account OF the matter. In neither instance
the suit, and q rigid cross examination and out
side scrutiny failed to detect anything beyond
tr1ck OF the memory. Agentleman who knew
OF one OF these cases, in commenting on it, said
cautious In forming severe judgment Of q
witness so situated. A few days ago, he said,
he was In the office OF friend, where he was
ing there book which he wanted to read, he
wrapped 1t up, intending to take 1t away with
him. just as he had finished his friend came
In, and after they had chatted a few minutes
the visitor left and went to restaurant to get
his dinner. While In his Office after dinner he
suddenly recollected that he had left the book
on the table beside his plate, where he had laid
was to go Immediately after it, but, as he was
pressed for time, he concluded he would wait
until ne went for supper, rejecting that ii the
safe in the hands OF the restaurateur, who knew
him WE'LL and at whose place he was In the
habit OF getting his meals. At supper time he
SlOkc dUOut Iut UOOk, anu WAS uUJlc SURPRISED
when he was assured that he had taken it
away with him, the host having seen him
bring 1t In and lay 1t on the table, and also
take it out when he left the restaurant He
ransacked his memory, then to try and trace it
up but utterly failed. He remembered dis
tinctly wrapping up the book In his friends
ONCE, taking 1t with him to the restaurant lay
Ing 1t on the table beside his plate, then all
trace OF IL was lost to his memory. The next
morning he was again In the Office Of his friend
and as he was about to leave his friend said to
him: "By the way, here is book 1 saw you
leave On my desk as you went out yesterday
morning" at the same time handing him the
Identical book in question, still wrapped up as
ne nau uASd 1t TO lake away. The gentleman
said he had never -, hts life more distinct
recolection about anything, than ne appc... -.
10 nave about that book, and yet nothing could
De more certain than that he was mistaken.
MnaG puZzled MIN too, was, that the restau-
Iant-keeper was SO sure as to having seen him
Dllng the book In and take it away with him.
In many cases this might be explainable "a a
mere suDterfuge, but In this instance the res
tauIantkeeper was man OF tried honor. the
friend OF his guest, and far beyond any stispic-
ION OF the kind. He had probably seen some
ore bring In package on that occasion and
take 1t away with him. and, by trick Of the
memory, had associated the two cases with
each olher.-T. Louis Republican, May 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31

tE-"Mother, what is an angel?" can angel?
Wen, an angel is being that flies" 'But,
mother, why does papa call my governess an
moments pause. "she's going to fly Immediate
ly."J[UnknO,cn.
"Cetewayo is drawing considerable OF the
worlds attention at present. The Ia est infOr-
Amation we have about him is that he Il the h,,s
hepd of II 600 wives The next Will probably he
tha& he has Russsiantzed his name into Get
aWaySQ.-(Lo Louisville Cour. Var.