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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14

II THE CHEAP CASH STORE
One case good yard wide Cotton, &c
0ne case Androscogs1n Cotton &c
One case Namsutta Cotton, 10c.
One case 12-4 Beached Sheetins pc
One case MarSeilles Spreads never sold for Isa.
than -, S25O 10000 yds Hamburs Edge and In
eeTtllg, from Sc mp. Large lot of Misses Hose or
our counter, sold ut % and 30, now &c An fancy
winter Dress Goods 81 cost Black Silk IS. LOO / as
ton hIds, SIPS 6-button Kids, 81 75, party shades
NO GOODS sold except for Cash. and all Goods war.
ranted as represented. LUTTRELL & WINE
lan25tr 1880 Pa. ace, corner 2Oth et
CALlCGES. 4, 6 and &c. yard
~ Calico Remnant, 25c pound.
Cottons, 4, 5. 6, z, and loo. yard
Sheetlns Cotton, lSc yard
Gasslmeres for Men and Boys 25c to 81 YARD
White and Red Flannels, l2a TO soc yard
Nine. Demorsst's Reliable Patterns
lan2Otr JOS. b. BAILEY. cor. 7fH 4 SITS 500
SIX FINE DRESS SHIRTS
- Made to order, Of Wamsutta Muslin ana lxtrs
nne Linen bosoms, for $3.50; ready te put on
Finest DRESS SHIRTS made 70 ordaS IN m.
most elegant manner for "a Is
Our MISTERY" SHIRT, unnnished n IN efs
made OF Mamsutta Muslin and Extra nne Liner
Our Mystery" Shirt at Is cts, unfinished. IN N
eood as any 81 Shirt In the market
Our Mystery" Shirt In retAilet n Rnefoyv
WHOLESALE prices. and Blk Of them Is Q nice Ohrist
The GREAT SOUTHERN SHIRT. opyx p.ov,
terry" VIZ ~"
Our q Shirt ready to put on. is worth double 10.
money put We are compelled to reduce Stock Of our
Factory IN Baltimore. as we are about to build .
large addition thereto, and desire to carry less
Stock whilst the building is in progress w.
onov6tr MEGINNIss'. IO6S II street n.,c.
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CITY ITEMS.

h. .V the new fragrant Vanity Fair Cigarettes.
. -th plain aud halves. Most exquisite of all.
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c. NJ. TowsoN,
$50 Pennsylvania dreaue,
tsn27-tr south side ,,asr -tb :,
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FIFTY pieces or new spring dress goods. lust
received % cents per yard: all-wool buntings
new colorS, . cents; yaIC-wide percaleS, cents;
carpets, IRON . cents; Nottingham curtain
lace, from - cents. TowSon's, $50 Pa ave :,
south side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14

pearance or youth or boy than stylish and
neat fitting suit OF clothes. b. Robinson & Co.,
OF the Boys Clothing House, 900 Pennsylvania
avenue, have reduced their prices on all goods
In order to run OFF stock to make room for
spring goods +
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14

SILKS. SILKS. SILKS Checked and striped
silks, 62; colored silks Is, 70, 81, 100; black
silks, 90; excellent black silks, reduced from
reduced from 81 80 down to 81 .25. Carriers. III
Market Space. Silk and wool dress goods re-
duced to 25. DamaSse black silks 81 rs
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h,oo0 YARDS OF

Enc CORDED PIQUEs, 20 cts yer yard.
PLAID ka1NSoOKS, u, Is. IL 30 35r
LACE SlhlPEp NAtNSOoKS, Is, Is, 20, Is
boNSDALE CAMBRIC, l2Jp cents
PLAIN NAiNsOOKS, al weights
Bleached TABLE DAMASKS, all linen 50, S. 60
As. so. IS, o., 75r. ' ' W. "
White CRoTCHET QUILTS, 50, 81. IS, 81, al
ALI-LINEN TOWELS from 10 t, l2s cents.
Turkey Red TABLE LINENS 81 IS s7c
NAPklNS, Plain White and Colored Borders
90 CASsIMERES for men and boys' wear, rs, 81. SO
CARPETS At cost
BLANKETS al cost
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=" .th plain and halves. Most exquisite of all.
THE YEAR has four seasons. during al OF
which keep on hand Or. Bats Co'fJd Syrup
HATS Fok SPRING OF $50.
We are now receiving the latest STYLES OF soft
and stiff Felt Hats. for gentlemen. BOYS. and
children, at Lewis; 9sq It'll street northwest.
DoN'T WAIT TIL you arc disabledwith rAeu-
matiSm before trying D9raags Rheumatic Rtns-
edu. but give II a trial at once.
Nervous and sick headache Weld 10 a few
doses OF Lodt9e's II 'dicchc SPECIFIC.
THE GREATEST PART of the annual contract
i0r supplylng Her MaIesty's troopshipS with
ChampagneS mas been awarded 10 Mr. BoIIIN-
GER for his Dry extra quality.
CREW Jackson's Best Navy Sweet Tobacco. fly
SOLOMON HIMSELF would DE puzzled If called
upCn TO decide which Is the more exquisite
the Violet. West End Bouquet, or Stephanotis
OF j. 4 E. Atkinson.
PILEs.-Dr. Chambers Piion; sure cure for
Piles; instant relief; harmless; never failing. All
druggists: 80 cents. Principal depot. J. ".
Drew, eth and Penna. avenue. 2,10,r,w.f,l:
VICTORIOUS EVERYWHERE From all quar-
teiS comes the same happy news. "Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar" is accomplishing
such cures In severe Coughs and Colds and
other throat and lung complaints as astonish
ter, Is most serious matter in any family
P,kes Ioothache Drops cures Toothache In one
minute. Sold by all druggists at % cents.
FOR UPWARDS OF THIRTY WARS Mrs. Wins.
soto's Soothing Syrup has been used for children.
u correctS acidity OF the stomach, relieves wind
COLO, regulates the bowels cures dysentery and
oiarrh9a, whether arising from ueething or
0Iner causes. An old and well-tred remedy.
q cents bottle.
TO LADIES AND GKNTLEMKN-We wish to call
attention to A. Fischer's Chemical Securing sud
Dyeing Establishment, No. 500 street, near
gth street. By promptly adopting the latest
improvements, whether of American or Euro
pean invention, he Is enabled to do his work In
manner not to be equalled by those not pos
sess1ng these facilities Gents suits cleaned
Tor 81. N. Blaze curtains cleaned from 81
up to s.. so window. Wool blankets from so
cents to s. pair, by cleaning a number a re-
auction In price. Specialty-Ladies party
dresses, spotted or soiled round the bottom,
cleaned without doing the whole garment; rs
years experience
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nAshlS6ToS CITY CATTLE MAREET-Qusens-
foWii Stock Yard, Feb. Is. Is19-lI5 cattle sold
at prices ranging from B., 10 5 lilo cents per
pound; 800 Sheep-S50 sold at prices RANGING
from "a 10 SIS cents per pound: Is COWS and
calves sold from SIS to $50 each Market fair
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THE COMING RIFLE MATCHES The executive
committee OF the Columbia Rifle Association
nave decided 10 make the three matches az
BenhlngS on the 22d or February open to .'all
corners with any rifles within the National
Rlfie Association rules, VIZ: Not to weigh over
ten pounds and trigger-pun TO be not less than
three pounds and no telescope sights The
entrance fee 10 each match for each contestant
Is 81. No entrance money VIII be charged az
the gate for riremen nor for visitors.
WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TO announce IA new
departure. Theodore Friebus. $40 Market
Space, pennsylvania avenue, between Sih and
SIN streets is selling button Kid gloves for 81
3-burtOn for sl.l5, 4-buttOn for 81 25, 6-buttOn
for g. -: and he guarantees every pair. II they
should break out or show in the stitching will
give Ia Z ~ Z
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THERE WILL BE OFFERED in Georgetown. D.
C.. at the Farmers and Butchers Narket J;,1b
street, on saturday, February 18th. some
superior beef by Joseph Weaver ana grazed
and fed by Mr.. John Saunders one on the beSI
farmers Of Montgomery county, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14

BOOK SALE:-Thomas bowling viii sell on
MONDAY evening next collection of valuable
miscellaneous books +
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04

shayen, especially the priests, and
for this they gave a certain sacred
reason" which, initiating Herodotus.
we do not think it lawful to divulge."
The neighboring Libyans, on the
other hand, were bearded, and the
northern maritime enemies of the
Egyptians, probably the early Greeks.
wore rather thin, yellow boards. Yet
out OF shayen Egypt the Israelites
carried boards which they highly re-
spected. To cut an ENJOYS beard
was a gross insult, and he was Obliged
to tarry somewhere until his be ard
was grown. Friends might generally
touch the beard in a reverential sort
of way, and thus Joab took hold of
that OF Amasa and ran him through
the body with his sword. The As
syrian kings wore enormous boards,
in many curled tiers or stories, and we
have an impression that some orien-
tails carried their boards in a box.
DIR. DOran, in writing on the beard.
gravely maintains that the early
Greeks were shaven, and that they
called all bearded and alien races
F" barbarOus," connecting the world
with barba, a beard. But Homer's
Greeks, we know, wore their boards,
and the races recognized as Greeks on
the Egyptian monuments are some
times bearded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
sHnranN law

Very little law or order has ever
prevailed in Onr neighboring State
of Arkansas. Whether in the towns
and among the swamps along the
water courses, or on the high hills of
the interior the people are in the
main wild set, and they have pretty
much their own way regardless of
legal influences which latter exist only
in name. The latest show of unwar-
ranted authority is a dispatch report
ed to have been sent by President
Southall of the Little Rock board of
health to DR.. Burney at Des Are, re-
garding the steamer Trader, Captain
Charles Postal, which vessel is re-.
ported to be four miles below Des
Arc in White river. Southall says !:
Call your people together and en-
force the shotgun quarantine if the
necessities of the case demand it and
I think it does" SouthalI was
doubtless drunk or scared when he
sent that.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
How to Induce immigration.
nashville Banner.l

NashVliie banner.l
The twenty families who lately ar
rived in Tennessee from Lowell. Mas
sachusetts, settled on place belong
ing to Mr.. VIM. Bush, of this city
The liberality of Mr.. Bush to these
strangers has met with the warmest
thanks and acknowledgements. He
sold it to them with a small payment
in cash and the balance in payments
annually, or if they preferred IT, he
only exacts the interest at six per
cent. to be paid annually and the bal
ance at the end Of five years. He
allows them to cut 1t up into any sized
farms they want, whether 30 or 100
acres, beginning at one side and set
ting through as they come down.
There are 5000 acres in the tract and
he sells it to them at 80 cents per acre
This is the way to induce immigrants
to come down and settle among us
Thereare letters every day, numbers of
them, making inquiries for the pur-
chase of small tracts, and the man who
files a description of his land in the
commissioners office, terms. etc. will
very soon be able to sell. But those
persons who sit still and expect BUYERS
OF this class to hunt them up and then
ask two prices for it because they are
immigrants, will never sell. If YOU
have small tract and wish to sell It.
write your description and send it with
two dollars to pay the clerks fee for
recording If a large tract, divide
it up into small ones, and there will be
but little trouble in selling. But re-
member that these men who come
down incur much expense in doing SO,
and must reserve enough money to
live on at least one year. Therefore.
exact but a small sum as an advance
payment. The improvements they put
on the land will compensate for the
chances of its not being kept. In this
way they can secure homes that can be
made quite valuable, and will improve
the surrounding country. The lands
up there where they settle are far SUI
perior to the Massachusetts, lands, and
the idea of getting homes of their own
for from fifty to one hundred dollars,
is a temptation that few New England
ers can resist.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
THE cOMPROMIsE

On Thursday next the people of the
State are to vote upon the proposal to
compromise the State debt at fifty
cents on the dollar with four per cent.
annual interest. Those who vote
Accepted" will sanction the issue of
new bonds for half of the present
State debt, and at two per cent. per
annum less than it now draws. To
vote Rejected" in the opinion of
many eminent lawyers, means that
the State or the people thereof will
ultimately be compelled to pay the
entire debt with six per cent. inter
est. The suits new pending in the
United States courts may eventually
saddle some twelve millions dollars of
the debt upon railroads within the
State, but it is an uncertain legal
problem, and even should this result
1t vii. to a large extent come out of
the peoples pockets, by reducing the
value Of railroad securities and vast
ing their earnings, in compelling them
to repay what they have already set
tied with the State, and what the
State may be obliged hereafter to re-
turn to the roads. Aside from this
the residue of the debt, for which the
railways can in no sense ever become
responsible, will be largely in excess
OF the aggregate amount of what it
will be should the compromise be car
ried and be afterward accepted by the
bondholders. The LEDGER lends its
influence in advocacy of the compro-
mise and earnestly urges the people to
vote Accepted" with view of get
ting the vexed debt question out OF
the way, and also in the belief that it
is the most equitable and just settle
ment that can be made. Therefore,
vote Accepted on Thursday next.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04

Senator Thurman and wife are at
the Isle of Shoals.
Lucretia Borgia's signature is worth
SO. Martin Luther's will fetch $28
The Prince of Wales and other
members of the royal family will visit
the Melbourne exhibition.
Annie Louisa Cary will receive sl2,-
600 for FIVE months singing in the
Mapleson opera company.
Ex-senator Ramsey, of Minnesota,
an exchange says, wears "a bland
smile and is popular with elderly
ladies"
Ex-Congressman N. p. Banks, of
Massachusetts, is announced to speak
at Connecticut temperance gather
ing.
1t was by the express desire of Lord
Beacons6eld that the ministers of war
and of the colonies attended the fun
eral of the Prince Imperial.
Congressman Frye and Reed and
ex-Congressmen Hale and Peters,
Of Maine, are all anxious to succeed
Mr.. Hamlin in the United States SEN
ate,
Three letters from Napoleon III,
Eugene and the Prince Imperial sold
at London auction the other day for
500. That from the prince was an
affectionate note, in English, in which
he says " love you Of all my heart. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
Mysterious Shrieks Ofthe Whistle
I of q SaW.mill.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
On Sunday afternoon, while all was
peace and quiet in the neighborhood
Of Falls avenue, Lombard street and
Concord street. the few residents
thereabouts who were not doing the
hours away were surprised to hear
noise hike that of steam whistle close
at hand. Again and again it was re-
peated, sometimes in short, sharp
screeches again in a long blast,
and then shortly as if the valve
were but half opened. The
matter was decidedly mysteri
Gus: There are plenty of whistles
in the vicinity in various factories, but
those establishments were all closed
up for the day The fires we're out in
their furnaces, their boilers were cold.
aud their doors we're closely fastened.
The noise might have come from the
steam dredger in the Falls, but that,
too, was deserted and had no steam
up, and the whistling was too near
by to permit of the supposition that
it proceeded from any boat in the
harbor. As the people aocked out
of their houses the excitement spread,
and men began to attempt to def
nitely locate the sound, while women
clustered together and whispered to
each other remarks in reference to
spirits. The policeman on the beat
joined in the search, and it was de-
termined that the sound was in or
about the box factory and sawmill of
Asendorf x DreyeF, at the corner of
West Falls avenue aud Lombard
street. But the whistle in that es-
tablishment rose above the roof and
there was no sign of steam escaping
from it, such as would be the case if it
were being used. However, entrance to
the premises was gained, and as the
exploration party worked their way to
the boiler the secret was solved. Two
cats were having 2 select circus of
their own just where ths wire leading
to the valve of the whistle hung
down, and In their tumblings they now
and then dragged on the wire, thus
opening the valve and permitting the
escape Of the confined air from the
pipe and producing the noise. The
cats Eere driven out, the doors were
locked, and the whistle was afterward
silent until Il resumed its normal
work on Monday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
Little Rock Gazette.

LlIlle ROCK daZette.l
A strange story comes from st
Francis county. In the st. Francis
river bottoms there lives a man named
George H. Toban. With him live a
wife and thirteen year old son. This
family has resided in quiet way, SO
far as any one knows, until recently,
when the first strange bubble arose on
the lake of the family's every day life.
One morning, just after the yellow
fever excitement began to spread over
the country, Mr.. Toban, upon opening
his door, found a card lying on his
door step. On the card were written
the words yellow fever" Very lit
tie attention was paid to the matter
but when again and again similar cards
were found, Mr.. Toban became con
cerned, and not being as clear of su-
perstition as a festival is of conscience,
regarded the card as ominous, and as
a warning of an approach of the ter
rible disease. Every night he read
gloomy reports from Memphis, and
every morning found the card, yellow
fever" Finally he determined to
watch and satisfy himself, and on the
door step remained all night. No one
appeared, but when the darkness was
dispelled by the streaks of daylight he
saw card lying on the step beside
him. Catching it up and examining
it, he saw the words yellow fever :
written in exactly the same hand
that had marked the cards before.
Then there was indeed anxiety in
the family. The fever reports grew
gloomier and the family settled into
the belief that Providence, by a hand
writing on cards, had advised fight
The husband did not know what to
do, the wife was frightened into a ter
ror that trembled at every sound as
though yellow fever walked with
noisy footsteps, and the son was al
most dumb and sometimes deaf with
fright. 1t was at last decided that
vacation of the place was necessary.
But a change came, and the mystery,
like mist, cleared up. On the night
before the proposed departure, the
husband, unable to sleep, sat on the
bedside almost terrified and weak
with dread. Suddenly the door of the
room opened, and his son, in night
attire, stood in the room. The fa-
ther, influenced by sudden feeling,
did not speak. The boy advanced to
the mantelpiece, took down a pencil,
went to the "little table" took out a
card, leaned over, wrote something on
it. and then. advancing to the door,
slipped it under.
The father watched breathlessly,
and when the boy started to leave the
room the man caught him. The boy
struggled, gasped and awoke. He did
not know nor could he understand
why he stood there grasped by his fa-
ther. The wife spfang out Of bed. A
few words explained all, and when
the door was opened there was the
card bearing the words, " Yellow fe-
ver.p The young man in his early
youth had exhibited signs of somnam
bulism, and reading every day the
yellow fever reports to the family no
doubt influenced his action.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
The Eucalyptus Tree.

Certain kinds of the eucalyptus tree.
Of which there are many species, most
Of them indigenous to Australia, have
acquired wide reputation for their in
fuence in drying marshy soils and
preventing malarious diseases. Some
2.0OO, 900 of them have been planted in
Algeria by the French government,
which has granted a subvention to a
company for planting many more.
They have been tried as prophylactics
at the Cape of Good Hope with very
beneficial results; in Mexico, and
other regions where malaria is preva-
lent. Into Corsica they have been
extensively introduced, and the Brit
ish have already put not less than 30
600 in the fever.infested districts of
Cyprus. On the miasmstic Campagna
about Rome, they are being set out.
and will, 1t is thought, have a most
wholesome influence. The variety
known as the Tasmanian blue gum
tree is one of the most effective puri-
ters of the air, although the other spe-
cies, notably the eucalyptus amygda-
lima, serve the same purpose. The tree
is valuable in many ways, Its leaves
are usually entire and leathery, secret
ing much volatile aromatic oil. and
instead Of presenting their surfaces
horizontally. often so present their
edges, thus exposing each side to the
light, Many are called gum trees from
their resinous secretions, and some at
tain great size-eight to sixteen feet in
diameter. They grow rapidly, are soft
when green, so as to be easily felled,
split and sawed, but get very hard
when dry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
The Personal Appearance Of
Christ.

Troy Times.l
The following item is circulating
through the papers, and it has inspired
the comments which accompany It:
M. Meziere's doubt of the authen-
ITCHY of NJ. Remains description of the
personal appearance of st. Paul, ap
pears to have set the Paris bookworms
at work delving among the works of
the early church fathers. The result
IS not only the justification of Renan.
but a good many curious discoveries.
of which the following are perhaps the
most notable. st. Clement, of Alex
andria, thus sketches the Saviour
Jesus had no beauty of face his
person offered no physical attractions
he only possessed beauty of soul. which
is the true beauty" "St. Irenaus. a
disciple of St. Polycarp, who was a dis
ciple of st. John, wrote that his
master had often heard the beloved
disciple say that the hair of Jesus had
already turned white when he began
his mission"
To us, the last sentence of this stray
walf floating upon the sea of newspa-
per comment is extremely touching.
We have read nothing for a long time
which we have thought of so often. 1t
expresses what we had not conceived
before, seeing it in this form. The
condemnation of the Jews and their
cry Of cruelty him, the arraignment
before Plate, the buffetings of the
Roman soldiery, the last utterances
upon the cross and the dying cry, are
fearfully familiar to us all but that
the weight of his great mission bore
upon him with such magnitude that
he became prematurely gray awakens
new thrill Of compassion within us.
1t is safe to say that no reliance can
be placed on any of the descriptions
Of Christ's personal appearance that
have come down to us. The declara.
tion of lren@us is based upon the re-
motest hearsay testimony, and there is
not a syllable from any one who saw
him or even from one who had con-
yersed with one who had seen him.
The gospels give us not the slightest
hint, the apostles give us no descrip-
ton OF him, and the writings of the
apostolic fathers are silent on the
subject. As soon as one hundred
years after his death so fully had all
tradition Of his appearance died out
that controversy arose as to whether
he was fair or ugly-some taking the
one view and some the other. Justin
Martyr, TerUullian and Cyril took the
ground that he was physically ugly
in fact, some declared him the ugliest
Of men-giving a literal Interpretation
to the passage in Isaiah, which de-
clares that he had no form of comeli
ness" and no beauty that VIC should
desire him." Ambrose, Jerome and
others took the opposite view, and
declared him to have been the most
beautiful of mankind. The fact that
the early fathers take exactly opposite
views Of the question seems to prove
conclusively that there was no correct
knowledge and no authentic tradition
even in their times. The letter of
Lentulus to the Roman senate, giving
quite a minute description of his per.
son, is commonly regarded as spuri-
GUS.