Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-08-07

~ Alfred-Your poem must be laid over,
having some minor defects. For instance,
gorge does not rhyme with morgue.-[Er.
tS"Marriage with tinge Of romance" Is
rides after the couple and shoots the hat off the
DrdegrOom's head with bullet from an army
carbine.-[Free Press.
UA new mot Is attributed to Prince Napo-
leon. Being asked why he should be more scru-
Pulous than Henry ~, who when he abjured
professionalism to reign said, sPariS is well
worth mass, he replied, "No doubt, but they
offer me mass, and can't offer me Paris"
IVA sea-serpent OF the conventional size and
general attitudes has been seen In johnson g
Pond, in the middle of Ohio. The sea-serOeDt
mas his habitat everywhere: He can be seen
Of mind, and there is no scientific deduction
against his being discovered up a tree.-[N y
Tribune.
II Some OF the women in the Methodist con-
gregation at Laconia, Ind, volunteered to clean
tne church; and On an appointed day gathered
for the purpose. Two Of them essayed to direct
the job, and the division OF authority brought
On quarrel, which was followed by fight.
In which brooms, mops and pals of water were
freely used.
The Rev. X. FISK accused himself OF grave
offences and resigned as pastor of the Grand
Rapids Uniyersalist Chucrn, two years ago
He low says that he confessed more than the
truth, calm thought on the subject having con-
vinced him that he painted himself too black
and asks TO be reinstated.
1.-TWO rusty rOustaboutS went out from a
Chicago barroom to fight on balcony that eX-
and hard, each trying to throw the other over
the railing, until they went over together
They would not relax their hold after faIlin !
into the water, and both were drowned
sN"Attention has just been drawn in Egg
land to Miss Dick, OF VentmOor, who has voiun-
tarly stayed abed for twenty years. She was
prevented by her parents from marrying the
man she loved, Whereupon she went to bed, de
that on
has kept her word. She is now said to have
been the original Miss Havisham In Dlckens's
''Great Expectations"
az Mrs. Western Is most uncommon reiig-
iOuS convert. After announcing her change or
heart In Baptist meeting, at Worth, Ca she
began to exhOrt with great vOlubillty, and has
kept Iu up ever since storccr:.na. hardly enough
to eat and sleep The superstftious relghbors
regard her as an inspired speaker r., she viii
| from morning until night. Thousands OF per-
| sons have been to see and hear her.
| TEA Russian physician, NJ. Malarev5ky
! struck by the prevalence OF shortsightednes:
among literary men, proposed that books SHOULD
| be printed In white ink On black paper. and ht
| has made experiments with nifty persons which
| tend to confirm his view.
gs-The German Crown Princes eldest son
| Prince William, who is now finishing his studio
! at the University OF Bonn, viii start at the be
| ginning OF his vacation, about the middle o
| August, for the East His Imperial Highnes
! Will be absent for several months.
| sE-The queen, on receiving intelligence 0
the brilliant victory OF the British arms Id Zulu
| land, Immediately sent Off by telegraph her con
ordinations TO Lady Chelmsford upon the au
spiciOus event The telegram was couched II
| the WarrneSt terms OF praise.
| gsAGeOrgia newspaper expresses the Opinion
that the dreadful scOurge OF gambling In future
has done more to inpoverish the South than tn
| drought, the caterpillar the Freedman'S Blu
reau, spurious guanos, radical reconstruction
and lie insurance companies all combined