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THE HORRORS OF GAMBLING.-The stories of
run every day, sometimes on good authority,
for children and widows, the sums ACQUIRED by
tie sale OF commissions, sums raised on house
and land, have disappeared In q few days or
nonrs; Olten IT Is the extrayagance Of the
companion that drives her victim back and
back to the tables, deeper and deeper. But the
women themselves are the most reckless gamb-
lers. The common computation is q suicide q
together. On the ramparts or the garden of
Monaco, there are several points from which
ruined gamblers have thrown themselves into
a "lady" threw herself out OF her third door
chamber into the road. There have been sui
cides In the rooms OF the Casino and one at the
table Itself. Having staked and lost his last
franc, gentleman stood up and drew his pistol
and discharged 1t In his mouth. For the recep-
ton OF such scandals there is provided room,
handy for the railway, which passes almost d.
rectly under the Casino. Some inquest there
must be, and IL is performed by the servants of
the establishment. But most OF the victims 90
away and hide themselves, and die like sick
dog In some corner, where they hasten death
or let broken heart take its course 1t Is Inn
possible to conjecture the total amount of the
annual ruin; nor is that an important natter
Tor the loss OF few hundreds Is as utter ruin
When man cannot meet his creditors, or even
his wife and children, 1t is all over with him,
unless he Is devoid OF natural feeling and lost to
ling has been known to kill people constitn.
tionally weak OF heart or head, whether thew
nave won or lost. Ecstacy works the effect OF
se par 1 n M sncn cases People have been
friends and doctors that it Will be their death IL
they DO, return home late and die In few
c nOmrs me attraction once given way to be-
Dank chiefly stands. II visitor loses he leaves
the table and there Is an end OF him. II he
se tns, NO always returns and plays till he has
T;w =" s'eiSemhs.-tManaco Letter to the London
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MIGHT DEW IN TExAs.-A popularity u the
climate OF Galveston In winter. and until ate IN
the s1rlng, Is the dropping OF what d here
called the "nigntdew." During the whole ni0hf.
commencing at about IL O'Clock and lssa %
unCu near SUNRISE, sound as OF gentle rainfall
Is heard Though the moon and stars may be
shining clearly, and not cloud 20 be seen. it Is
the same-the caves OF the houses are dropping
water; You hear the constant fall upon the TIN
dows. In the morning you are surprised 70 sec
the evidences, seemingly, OF q heavy shower
Just before DAY. The streets look as though
This phenomenon does not occur In hot weather,
unless cold n0yther sweeps down this way
from Denver and the R0c1uR-lGelpsstos Let
tsr.
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SPRING SONG.
Othe little streams are running.
RnppipC v.f,nnfpUf

Othe little streams are running.
Running, running,
" the little streams are running
Ger the lea:
And the green soft grass In springing.
Swinging. springingi
AND the green soft grass IL sprinsfng.
Fair to sea.
In the woods the breezes whisper,
whisper, whisperl
In the woods the breezes whisper
To the flowers:
And the robins sing their welcome.
Welcome, welcome,
And the robins sing their welcome
Happy hours.
Over all the sun is shining.
Shining. shining!
Over all the sun il thinning
& ear and bright,
Flooding bare aud waiting meadow.
Meadows. meadows,
FLOODING bare and waxing meadows
Win his light. tEtafae Goodate,
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TIE DEATH OF GEN; WoLF.-In graphic and
which MI. Fl. N. Fairbanks lately prepared Tor
he Bangor (Mel Wing, he thus retells bliefiy.
The story OF the death OF Gen. Wolf: "tSuppOrt
let my brave soldiers see me fall. The day is
ours; keep it, Water was brought from wen
toQuench bis thirst. The charge was continued,
hero nad leaned exclaimed: 'They runp VINO
runs7 asked the gallant Wolf, with some emo
ton. The omcer replied: The enemy, SIR! they
give way In every Quarter! what said he
fdo they run already? Send word to Col. Bur.
ton, and tell him to march Webb's regiment
down to st. Charles river to cut OF the retreat
OF Montcalm from the bridge. Now, God be
praised-I die happy"
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One Dream Proving True.
HOW GEN. RICHARD TAYLOR WON FIVE rHors.S,
DOLLARS on RACE

DOLLARS on RACE
tFrom the London Telegraph
Inc great handicap at EPSON, which Will no
decided on Tuesday next recalls an incident IN IN
the lie OF Gen. Taylor which is not without In
telest 10 those who believe In what the learned
a s.n.n OF the anatomy OF Melancholy" calls
On the morning OF the day when the civ and
subnlpan Handicap was won by Aldr;ch' a nm.
TeI,nr OUTSIDER, t SO chanced that Gen.
Win Loid Vivian. and heard from him tnaf n
was MS intent on TO back Lord Rosebery,s horse
u uSsa ne hao Dreamed that he saw the prim-
rose ana rose hoops borne to victory IN Iha
rae winch they were on their road TO witness
Act ng upon this hint, Gen TAYLOR took tha,
sand 10 thirty about Aldrich, and was not a it
Tie eated a. the success of what he Justly callad
"a leap In the dark" But for the acc,d snt
which caused Lemnos, another much u assed
candidate for the race, 20 fan at Tattesham
dream OF Lord Vivian would have found rne in
terpi etaif Ion upon which Gen Tay:or coIntad
ana which Is only another illustration or tba
dangers from which hackers OF horses can never
hoIe 10 escape.
To fte Editor Of the Daily Te!egraph-Sir. I'm
your ieacer OF Gen Tayl In this DAYS paner
yon lntIo duce an anecdote relative 20 a dream
al NINE. The facts are these: did dream a,
q morning or the race for the City and sublr-
ban Handicap, that / had fallen asleep In the
weighing room OF the stand at EPSON prior 20
LAT race, ana that after 1t bad been run I was
avail ened by gentleman-the owner OF ano-
ther horse In the race-who Informed me that
The Teacher had won. OF this horse. SO far az
my recoilection serves me, had never before
heard. On reaching Victoria station the frst
person saw was the gentleman who lad ap-
peareq 70 me In my dream, and to him men
Toned hol II, observing that ] could not md any
morse SO named In the race. He fepiied: There
Is horse now called Aldrich which was pre-
vlously called The Teacher" The dream had
so vivid impressed me that declared nv in
tent1on OF backing Aldrich for c100, and was In
course OF doing this when was questioned by
DIS owner as 10 ''why was backing hts horse "
replied. because dreamed he had won the
race" To this / was answered: "As against
y Qr cream VIII tell you this fact: / tried the
hOrs last week with hurdle iumper AND he
was beaten distance" Il afterward learned
that the trial horse was Lowlander,'1
thanked my informant. and discontinued
packing A1drfch. zen. Taylor, who had over
heard what passed, asked me, IL did not in
TEND backing the horse again for myself, to win
I'm Ct, Geo by him. This did By taking Tor
b m 600 to 30 about Aldrfch
Such Is the true account Of my dream ana or
Gen. TaylOr's profit from It. VIVIAN.
ga CORK STREET, Aprfl l6
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DIAt the Dukes Theatre thoao =, .so
ence VINO are Wen dressed are Invited tn snraor
curing tne "Cremorne scene" on the stsoa -
t t6e{ a are privileged to order liquor provided
Mass Il Pay dGa T. TINS H. as the critics
ia popular concert singer advertasan =,
participate In an entertainments IN q Hi.ac,,Us ~
Say age excused svses her abeen,e On the ground d
day received the following from an al snn Msxs
-, inns y gouse grezei melt It and rub an he
rge OF yOre noze until kured. INV vnn - Az ~.
uaxshun. "-tAndrewf Beser. '00 )" W.
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TWO YOUNG MEN went into the woods ne.r
aurora, III, 10 play game or Cards AS fsey
were ryai lovers. and had not previously spoken
the girl ia dispute was the stake rhss tnax
pla! ed for. The winner, however, was not per-
milteo 70 gain the prize, for his opponent in
to settle rivalry by chance had q no. iess saS
result IN Texas. The two suitors were con-
WINGED that the young woman would accept
elLner II the other would let her alone, and thew
agreed to throw dice TO decide which ssc,s,SS
give her up. The loser honestly endeayored In
keep the compact, but the woman refused to ba
olspostd or La that way, and wrote 10 him thar
she would marry nobody else, and would nor
even see the winner. The latter would not be.
Ieve that his competitor had tried to retire
Tom Tie contest, aud SO murdered him
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Cons cienti0uS Witnesses.
SAMPLE CT THE TESTIMONY TAKEN AT TIE ia
MAGR TRIAL.


4 SAMPLE CT THE TESTIMONY TAKEN AT TIE TALL
MAGE TRIAL.
The interest In the Talmage trial Increases
1t Is expected the interest will be compounded
at last, or that the trial WILL Our New York
reporter Is busy taking down the notes OF the
testimony, and his first page presents the fol-
lowing appearance:
Mr. Willard to Mr.. Bright, showing witness
"What editorlal?"
"That one my finger is on"
"W hich flngeI7"
"Th1s finger"
"Yesn
"What about it,"
"WhO wrote lit"
1.-THE flnger?"
''NO, the editorial"
''What editorial?"
'"This editorial in this paper, which hold
up before you, which is headed, Coiumbine
thumb"
You want to know who wrote it,"
''Why?"
Its OF interest in this case"
"Talmage's case"
"What Talmage?"
citedly.
"What edttorial7"
~ he one just showed you"
1.-The one In that paper"
"The one you put your finger on first, and
then e 2 put your thumb on It,"
. "Xou ), want to know who wrote it,"
Witness reluctantly replies. 81 don't know"
lou City Derrick
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~A Milwaukee men says that Talmage
trial does more harm than Sunday fiShing
U-In the German capital paper napkins are
in common use and are sold at about i've for
cent.
~Cremation Is gaining ground In Germany
example Of Gotha, In autt orzin , It's practice.
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UA New Milford lMass) man wished %
~. ID the gathering oi brok, rock while blast.
q ditional weight pla' ed b mself at0p. TheeT.
plvsion threw him high In the air sud tue Ia 4
learly KILLED han.
eIThe extreme party In France have put for.
ward the name OF Monsieur Loyson best known
as Father Hyactlthe," as q candidate for one
Of the Paris EMBELLISHMENTS. Notwithstan6-
I g his eloluence. he has not drawn many hear.
g 70 his new church The PRINCIPAL Intend. nfa
have been Americans and Engiish
- Lager beer Is down TO three conts the
glass In Cincinnati, st. Louis, and Providonces !,
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WHO Rule THE woRLD?-we left Ch,ca m
ana are whirling along towards Burlington.
got into the dining car to eat. come back.
ana 10! family had 'squ aStedn In nv seat.
am lncnneo 10 get mad and think, In iced.
90 make a pretty good start at f. 4 Jerk nv
OSeIcoat angrlly away from the recumb at
snouioersol the honest but not stylish agn N !.
sayagely down at q little bundle of blue O d
Wnne baggage that these people have piled
upon my seat. And 10, while L glare, tiny,
dlmpled hand peeps out or the folds OF the blue
cloak, with dainty nails, tinted like a shell; q
no6Sy little halo OF silky hair, white lids closed
over the blue eyes, long iashes that fringe the
while nds-ah, the baby Is welcome TO all the
seat. Who can Keep cross at the baby? Poor
little dot, Il viii have 60 night Tor It's privileges
after while Il Burlirotoa Bdsrtsre.
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The Man who nidu.t Vote.

TIE man who had fully made up hts nina
never 10 poll another vote was "around- at the
last election. BE was heard on street corners
and In groceries for fortnight previous and tt
QUO MN neap OF good to have men reply to his
"oh, don't say that, Mr.. Jorkins We can't
spare you from politics, indeed we can't
But he was Obstinate He had Deliberately
and carefully made up his miDd not 70 20 q Or
Ioe polls, and no arguments could move m
would be smashed to pieces II Mr.. Jorkins didn't
CINE out, ne wouldn't relent During the morn
Ing of election day he expected callers-in-
uueEtial citizens to entreat him for heavens
sake 70 come and poll his vote and save the
country-but they didn't cali. he also expecfed
10 near rumors that the whole election m &
been declared ''offr on account OF his absence.
Tut no such rumOrs came.
M. MT. Jorkins talked out after dinner. he
truly hoped that he would not meet any OF the
csndidates and be rushed to the polls, and-ne
DIDN'T meet any. He expected that every o.
zen would wildly demand IL he had voted vet.
but not oDe OF the hundreds he met said q word
soout election. On the contrary, they talke1
about bilious fever, catarrh, the weather, etc.
Even when MI. Jorkfns accidentally wa,Ee1
past his ward polling place no one rushed for
him. he went home and gave orders that 20
callers should be admitted, and had almost per-
when bis son came home and said IL was the
biggest election he ever heard Of
But didn't vote, persisted Mr.. Jorktns.
KNOW, father: but the party went right on,
ust the same"
1T did?n
Yes father; and we've saved the country. ~
You did Didn't they ask for me z"
"Well, i heard one man ask for you, and
some one told him your vote wasn't worth send
ng hack for, and SO they didn't send"
And now he ruos his hands and saws: aBy the
great Mogul. but didn't we Just clean EN- out
OF tnelr boots ?"-(Detroit Free Press.
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Fruit Treea.

The question often arises who owns the fruit
OF a Tree standing near the boundary line be-
tween Two propriet0rs. IL Is generally sup
posed that fruit on the limbs overhanging ones
land belong to him. but this Is an entire mis-
Cake IL tree stands wholly on your land
aithough some OF the roots extend into the sod
OF your nelghbor, and derive support and nour.
lshnent from his soil he has no right 10 any OF
the fruit which hangs over the line, an Conn.
Ia; s. VIZ. los; Is n. Y. 196, band II he attempts
oy iorce 10 prevent you from picking IT, he ia
laole Tor an assault and battery. [46 Bart ss1.
- n: 4. 2ol1 In one instance q LAZY while
stanolng On the fence picking cherries which
nubg over the iine was forbidden to do so by
Ihe ADJOINING owner, who was at work In his
garden, and La the scuf1le TO prevent her she ne.
ceiseQ some bruises on her arm, for which he
had the pleasure OF paying the neat little sum
OF $le00 II your fruit falls into your nelghbor,s
lou, you have an implicit license In law co 20 and
PICK 10 up, doing him no unavoidable Damage
tllS Mass $40; IL We. 273) II, however A fruit
Tree STANDS directly In the division line and Is
Mnat Is called Zine tree" both parties own
the Tree and fruit In common, and neither can
cut down the tree or seriously fn1ure it without
"a Bart. 81; rs n. Y. 1881 Sometimes persons
are tempted to poison or secretly XII a neions
oors tree or some kind which stands near fhe
renee ana casts 0aneful shadow on their car
oen piot, OUT TINS Is dangerous business ana rhe
party dOlLg 50 may possibly lind himself fnside
the county jail, where the rooms are ami to he
slnaii, ahd not always very clean. the safer
Way Ia sucn cases Is TO cut on the limbs which
nang over your side, which undoubtedly YOU
nase lega! right TO do but IL would not be
SAFE 10 use the limbs for firewood or otherwise
CONVEX a Inem 10 your own Use, lest you have 20
address, ''s' De"'sctte
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the whites, indicating that possibly this might
be Of value ethnologIcally as furnishing an ad-
dftional race characteristic. He threw out as a
suggestion whether this increased capacity for
color was not coupled with the well known
negro appreciation for harmony in sound. At
ter adding many other interesting examples
s statlstes bearing upon dnsrens an1nroP Sv
stating that many Of the ideas advanced could
be brought 10 the test only by vastly increased
data, and earnestly solicited the co-operatlOn
of American men of science In order that we
might in this subject, as in others. oVertaEe' OF
possibly Keep pace with European researcn.
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=
the most important archaeological discovery of
that year. and It's figure adopted as the seal of
tie society. bu' had the members Of that
society been practically familiar with flint
chipping, they probably would not have re-
garded as 50 rare. the inverted base of a com
mon barbed and stemmed arrow head from
which the point had been removed by acct
dental chipping.
ARROW taking was accompanied by great
fatigue and prOfu-e perspirat1on Ir had a
Frustrating effect upon the nervous system,
which showed itself again In the directions OF
fracture, and IL was noteworthy that on an un-
1mpressibie substance like Tint, even the moods
and passions OF centuries ago might be found
Mr.. Cushing then closed bis remarks by call
ing attention To the use of the study and prac-
tlce OF the art OF arrow-making In establi ihinz
cations o. chipped articles, based On diversity
OF form; or OF aftrOuting distinct or definite
uses to types OF form which these investi0a-
tons proved to be the results only OF CONSTANTLY
recurring accident.
About Color Blindness.
Mr. B1Tnett's paper On Color Blindness showed
ut once the cultivation and scientific zeal aud
perseverance OF It's writer. He began by defn-
ness a. tue effect either OF congenital incapacty
for appreciating one Of the three classes OF
colofs, or as incapacity from want OF cultiva-
ton; the one being beyond remedy, while the
exercise He stated that In his experiments he
employed as was done In Europe, skefns of
6ernn woo i Oh al co,ors and shades The ex-
by side, and Dc ting TO what extent the natienf
was able 70 dis fngutsh them Mr.. Burneft then
ta s co ms rlnn,v,esSgatCns showed the
smaller b, two thirds than In men. which he
F. Hs' nd 10 The greater amount Of cultivation
=. ~ them en- 81 the faculty OF approaching color
sano !S oCe case OF colored people examined nv
nun In the h strict the PERCENTAGE az CO..,
onnohess hao Den found macn bc.0w tnat OF
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cOuId nOI nave IOuOWeQ you; ana II you wonder
at seeing me here, In the neighborhood Of where
Teresa lives, it is because came to bid farewell
10 this spot, to that rock, under which our love
letters have been hid"
"What, this morning, when saw you as YOU
bent down under this rock"-
~ wanted to submit to 1t my last message to
Teresa-the letter In which told her Of nv
desperate resolution. A voice, which thought
rascal fed, taking the letter with me: Tor
had no time to lay 1t In its place."
And l." said Teresa: 'came here with the
much astonished at the remarkable reception
which 1 received from perfect stranger"
"My poor chtldren!" said the master laugh
Ing heartily at his late foolish fears, an taking
both by the hand, you caused me q wearisome
night and miserable day. Who Is this grabbed
father that has the heart to wish to make his
child unhappy"
Giacinto.
sSignora," said Cerquozzi. 81 have seen Won
somewhere else than On Giacintos canvas"
81 very seldom leave my aunt's apartments.
and my father would never allow me to enter
his studio. I am the daughter OF the sculptor
xtthis moment a voice was heard that caused
the lovers to change color; the painter, too,
knew tonly too well TO prevent an Outhreak
Of Indignation he Immediately approached the
sculptor, offered him his hand, and said:
"friend, a word with YOU" ''- '''''
"You here?" cried Algardi, "and with these
"Don't you think the poor children need
friend?" asked CerQuozzi; "let me plead their
cause"
II VIII never give him my daughter"
ter d. nots you say that you'd give her to pain
"Well, and what OF that"
less with me, but Will send him to Laufranco.
wager that inside OF two years people win be
quoting Giacinto Brandt" - ~
"In two yeaEs'" smiled Algardi scornfully,
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his way thinking he was quite refreshed, but
az er he had taken about five hundred steps he
was obliged to sit down again. ''The DEVIL" he
cried, 81 9, over estimated nay strength; perhaps
on"
But moments consideration convinced him
OF the foolishness OF such step; he Was not
more than two hours distance from the grott0,
while 1t would have taken him four to have re-
turned to Rome ga little more courage" he
murmured, "and can get along"
And so while his back was bent, his knees
trembled and the persptratton rolled In great
drops from his forehead he pur sued his Weari-
some way.
Every i've minutes he made pause. wiped OF
his fac and cried In disgust, COMPOUNDED chest
-accursed goldr'
Then fearing some traveller might overhear
"No, cannot go an other step!" he gasped at
length sinking at the foot OF tree, III my life
depsrded on It could 60 no further" Already
The master could not lie under the tree with
his chest. He looked around and observed q
little ways OH group OF rocks. TO be sure this
but as he had no Choice he determined 70 hide
the box there, and come for it In a NV days
when he had rested from his fatigue and carry
Re limped with great difficulty to kind of
natural bench or seat formed by Jutting rock,
dug hole IN the earth under it with his dag
In few shrubs and low bushes to deceive the
psssers-Dy and thus relieved of his burden,
started on bis homeward way.
But as he was leaving the place new care
arose. He thought that 1t was possible he
might have been watched Perhaps some I'M
perceived witness OF his work was only waiting
| Tor his departure to dig up the treasure
The thought seemed like q presentiment to
| him, and he determined to go back. He turned:
already man was approaching the place
where he had buried the chest. He moved eau
tiously, looking right and left; stood before the
rock, bent doWn-it was Giacinto!
"Ah. see you, you rascal!" screamed Ger
| quozz1.
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GHANOEKY SALE OF DESIRABLE BUII,DING
~ LOTS IN TnE SQUIRE IMMEDI 4TEIS
S0HTH =, OF THE RESIDENCE Of The
f ffht1IsA af Ms5NN5sr iHb EEINa 81 G2NNEg
AND NINETEENTH sTREhTS AND JEF =
FEhSON PLACE NORTHWEST
DT NItue or decree OF the supreme Court OF -
Gay OF December, 1877, in Equity Cause Mo-
U,H9o ~ G1nssnt Of an the parties in interest
st four o'clock m, on the premises, and contin1
ing ct the sane time and place from day to dsy nntl
gu TIE lots be- enaftsr described are offered offer
land IN the city VI Washington, in the District of
COlumbiaf % known and distinguished on the Mats
and ground pian Of saio city Lots numbered from
ingersolfs subdivision of Square urirnbsrsd one
hundred and thirty nine Q39l, which .aid subdivi-
sion is recorded In L'ber J. ii. K, folio 49, in the
and compriElI9 all the building lots in the said
SQUARE lacb lot viii be offered seq aratey and the
lots on avenue Cat the uortheasern cor
the subdivision may be bad at the Office of the auc
uoneer or OF either of the Trustees application
70 them at their addresses siven below.
n cash and the residue i'll equal instaiments paya-
bic In six f6) twelve (12) and eighteen (l8) )nths
sss or BE-
By them until the whole 81 the purchase money is
paid in cssh at the option Of the purch ser de-
posit OF 800 will be required each Lot, and con-
veyancing and recording at the cost OF the pur-
in one week from the day of SALE the Trustees re-
serve the right to resell the property sold at the
risk and cost Of the defaultng pnrchss after not
Evening Star and Washington Post
. GA Bsnk Of Washington Trustees
ATTORNEY al Law, 225 ia s.nw)
B. II. WARNER. Auct. 9i6 st. DIV. ap16-dtf