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A Literary Character.

When Simpkins was invited to attend q
literary party on the south side. few nights
ago, he began studying the prominent quota
lions and familiar sayings in order to make
good impression on several ladies whom he ex-
pected to be present, as well as the general
snowman say, and knew just where he was
going to put in the phrases, which he had jotted
down In note book In case his memory should
welcomed him, he sald
"As Shakespeare remarks its better late
than-than-nOt to get around at all, you
know, T" and then he dropped down with q very
red face into q corner and took peep at his
book to see what 1t was he intended to say.
began conversation by remarking that "The
present age OF poetry seems to appeal to the
sentiments less than the passions, and the
future we should hope would bring more
Yes, yes" said Simpkins; undoubtedly the
future will, for you know the-the saying Is,
never too late tO-to-darn stOcklngS-nO! MOI
never too late to put In stitch In time saves
nine. No, that isn't what meant to say, either;
Then Slmpk1ns crawled behind the stove and
read all his phrases over again. When he
emerged and joined circle at table he was
caught between two young ladies, each of whom
came In for share Of his attentions, until he
said: "HOw happy could be with ..either, II
tother dear charmer WaS-waS-n she'd 60
home"
And then simpkins broke for the door as a
horrifled expression came over the young ladies'
faces, and grasping his hat he rushed from the
house and down the street, murmur1ng: I" How
sharper than tOothless child it Is to have a.
a." and then he tainted dead away Burling-
ton HGwkeye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10
The Matter with Women,s Suo.s.

Let me give you the result of nv observation
anu IhoughI:-The sole is too narrow! NV
nisa,' MIS-: " In reading the chapter in "Our
Sni ue'oiea 10 Boots and Shoes" came tn
from corns and general sore and crinnied cn1
dltlon OF feet, her shoes were neveerthe Soa
ea LioL ino9S, Twice as large as her feet She
WE would see II 1T was not 40. Iexam,nad
~. .ne SnoeS ana agreed with her that they were
LIZ tuU iaIse. AS sne stepped, 1t was dOnhtless
G s,ue' as she said, that her foot rocked over
nr roe o1 Gnis sue and then On that Now IL
Inc ad over on the outside, rubbing down over
me one euge CT the sole and touching the ground.
ana perhaps, If the ground was at ali all Uneven
o om .n o very next step, her boot would rock
I'VE urGr On Inc other side of the sole. such frc-
oou DetWeen the little toe and the big toe Joints
d dgalhsI Inc upper leather must inevitably pro-
too large. "A"'''''' ~ 0no0' "'0
sh MIS- e wished me to accompany her to the
n nnooeinakerS and see what could do for her re-
!, Ior really life was becoming torture. We
10 seat and declared
Wont Try TO walk again, there"
-, III suoc was removed and Mr.. Shoemaker
ins heu around her foot, while she was stand
t ths upon IL. We measured the mark and found
t vdt ~ was exactly four inches. That was the
on tei vi ner d0ot when she stepped on 1t with
~. ouC shOe. Then we measured the sole OF the
onS &c enc nao Deen wearing and found it two
whole trouble
pair OF shoes were made for her at once
with soles four inches broad.
hon nov , she can walk for hours without pain in
There are millions of poor sufferers in the
country, who are limping and hObbling through
Ine world, who might be perfectly relieved and
eoieu ny Inc same meanS.-fDf. Di0 LeWis.
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HOW. TO SEE THE WIND.-Much advice has
been given as to how to ''raise the wind" The
following Information about seeing the wind Is
surface with straight edge-a large handsaw
viii answer the purpose. Choose windy day
whether not or cold, clear or cloudy, only lie
not RAIN or the air be murky; In other IL
words, let the air be dry and clear, but this is
rot essential. Hold your metallic surface at
right angles to the direction OF the wind
east and west, but instead OF holding the sur
face vertically incline it about forty five degrees
to the horizon, SO that the wind striking glances
as water over dam. Now sight Carefully over
the edge at some minute and sharply defined
object, and you will see the air flowing over "a
water flows over a dam. Make your observa-
the air. no matter how cold; the result is even
better when the sun Is ObScured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10

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 completed and best, but also
the cheapest epitome OF events occurring at the
national capital, and OF general news as well, TO
pe found anywhere. How well the public UNI
derstands this is conclusively shown by the ex.
cept1onally wide circulation they both enjoy,
not 10 The City OF Washington alone but
throughout all the States and Territories.
In order that the reader not now familiar with
the paper and It's strong hold on the public may
UNDERSTAND at glance upon what clements ita
great popularity is based, the opinions on come
OF its contemporaries as to It's merits are an.
pended. 1t is needless to add that no person n
so good judge OF the value OF any given news.
paper as the men who conduct new spaperx
themselves.
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The Author of ssJohn Halifax.

She was obliged to write for her daily bread.
and, that she might forget how miserable she
was, she wrote great deal. OF course, with
all this practice and with her vast experience
In sorrow, for her pen was one actually dipped
IA TEARS, she wrote better and better till finally
h fnns h belng geI IKE woman awoke to
Org1lvieS," was very successful, and was pub
iished In 1879, when Miss MulOck was only
fw twenty three but her great masterpiece John
In 1864 pension OF sixty pounds year was
awarded Miss Mulcck
All this fame and unqualified success doubt
less aSSuaged her grief and helped to make life
endurable, but to one with such loving heart
and such quick sympatheS, bereft OF q hone
and without relation, her life was still very
sad and lonely. But In 1865 Capt. George Lille
had been In the Crimea, met Miss Mulock,
and although some years her junior, ad-
dressed her and succeeded In winning her
panions, and their married life has been
all that they could wish, with but one ex-
ception. The woman whose love for children
amounts Am. almost to q passion, who wrote
ness Of feeling baby fingers upon her cheeks or
OF ever hearing herself called mother. This Is a
severe sorrow, but even this pain has been par
rainy night, while she and her husband were
speaking OF children and OF the Joy and bright
ness tney bring to so many dwellings, there
came LOUD ring at the bell and then furious
knocklng. on opening the door. lying upon the
Sill, Ihey FOUND basket incl0Sed In many wrap
pings. when they were removed they discov-
cred lovely little baby only few hours Old
Inc CHILD was wrapped In one roll after another
OF India muslin, and On its breast was pinned a
note begging Mrs. Craik to be kind to the little
wall mus brought to her door, and assuring her
L I no mean blood flowed In its veins. Ten
derly she lifted the little thing in her loving
arms, and her heart opened as warmly to take
IN the poor little deserted creature They called
tEe child Dorothea, God: given, and she is now
oaeit iegally ADOPTED daughter whom no one
can Jake from them, not even the parents who
80 cruelty deserted her. The little girl is most
tendefly attached to the only mother and father
she mas ever knOWn.-(C Christian Union
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AN INVENTION IN WALTZING.-Olive Logan In
one OF ner letters writes: 81 heard OF rather
amusing reply given the other evening at ball
strayed away from the ball room. Her mother
subsequently discovered her In a remote nook
WIN geDkeman, who had his arm around her
little ringers on his manly shoulder. Daughter.
WHATS an THIS? exclaimed the 1rate mamma.
! Inc Me oangter looked up calmly, and replied:
you: | had promised him dance. but was 80
ureo mat couldn't keep my word. and I'm
just giving him q sitting still walt instead. ~
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~, A XoHng SPeculatOr's Success.


The on City (Pa9 Derrick OF the ed OF April
relates the following:-It was just one year ago
that the new S oil , exchange in this city was
make II the stories OF all the money made and
lost IN the exchange during that time
could be truthfully told. One little trans-
the new exchange was opened the ruling quota
ton for Oil was 81 80. That evening, after the
excitement OF the day was over, a young man
with more capital we're discussing the market.
Ine younger man, In the course Of conversation,
"What do you think of the market?n
"Oh, think Oil Is cheap at present prices.
The market can't go much lower. There's too
much capital ready for investment"
Perhaps that's 80: but Pm feeling bearish,. =.
replied the young man. SO believe it will 90 to
one dollar"
"Oh, pshaw neverw returned the other
Swell, low, I'll tell you what I'll do" said the
enthusiastic young bear "I've got 800 that
IN give you for the privilege Of putting 10 600
barrels any time during the year at one dollar a
aoh, pshaw, 1 don't want to take YOUR
money: 1t would be just like throwing it
"WeIl, hardly think the market will 90
there myself, but would like to get the put
IAN right, I'll let you have it, was the reply.
know It's not business-like to sell a put for
30 long time and for so small an amount Of
money; but I'll let you have it."
The 800 was paid and the contract made.
The young man remained "short" of the Oil,
during the entire year, until the latter part Of
October. when he bought 10000 barrels at so
cents barrel. He knew that this secured him
$4,000, and he was afraid to wait longer for
decline. On the aOth day Of November the mar
ket jumped up to 81 10. Then he sold 10 900 bar
Iels, which friend had been carrying for him
at $1.10, thus clearing g, 600 on the purchase at
so cents, and still having his "put." At the
close OF the year he "put" the oil, the market
then being 97H cents, but instead of buying the
ell he gave the party to whom 1t was going q
sellers option for the year. Yesterday he closed
out the transaction at profit Of 22K cents per
barrel, or 81, ESQ on the 10000 barrels. To this
add the $1,000 made on the first turn and we
see that the young man made 8, $50 In one year
on q capital of 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10
COMFY n DANCING GIRL

Only dancing girl
With an unromantic style,
With borrowed color and curl
With fixed mechanical smile.
With many a hackneyed vile,
With ungrammatical lips,
And corns that mar her tips.
Hung from the flies in air.
She acts a palpable lie;
She's as little fairy there
As unpoetical II
] hear you asking why,
Why in the world siIa
This tawdry, tnsiled thing.
No airy fairy she,
As she hangs in arsenic green
From highly impossible tree
In highly impossible scene,
(Herself not over clean,)
For fays don't suffer, I'm told,
From bunlons, coughs or cold
And stately danes that bring
Their daughters there to see
Pronounced the dancing thin1n
No better than she should be,
With her skirt at her shameful knee.
And her painted, tainted phiZ,-
An, matron, which Of us is?
6And In sooth it oft occurs
mat while these matrons sigh
Their dresses are lower than hers
And sometimes half as high;
AND their hair is hair they buy,
ANA they use their glasses, too.
In way she'd blush to do)
But change her gold and green
For coarse merino gown.
And see her upon the scene
VI her home, when coaxin0 down
Her drunken fathers frown,
In his squalid cherries den;
Shes fairy truly, then,
O1'e Of ". s. Gilberts Bah" Ballads.
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The Checker Board.

Up to three evenings ago such thiag as q
checker-board was never known in Mr.. Graf
managed to pass the long evenings very pleas
antly, and he supposed they were happy
enough until friend from the east paid them
sha {ng visit and asserted over and over again
rage there, but that 1t served to quicken the
perceptiye faculties, enlarge the mind and rem
der the brain more active. After giving the
town and purchased checker board, ana when
evening came he surprised his good wife by
bringing it In from the wood-shed saying:
We sooa U U e
you all to flinders, but you won't care"
"Of course not, and If beat you, why you
won't care, I" she replied.
They sat down, and he claimed the first
move. She at once objected, but when he be.
gan to grow red in the face she yielded and he
led of: AT the fourth move she took a man
Il don't see anything to grin at, ," he sneered
as he moved man backwards.
"Here! you can't move that way!" she called
81 can't, eh9 Perhaps never played check
She saw achance to jump two more men and
gave In the point, but as she moved he cried
out:
"Put them men right back there! I've con-
Guided not to move backwards, even If Hoyle
does permit it,"
She gave In again, but when he jumped O
man her nose grew red and she cried out:
~ didn't mean to move there, was thinking
of the sOcial!'
"Can't help the social, Martha-we must go
by Hoyle."
In about two minutes she Jumped two men
and went into the king-rOw, shouting:
"Cr0wn him! Crown him! I've got king!''
One would think by your childish actions
that you never played game before!" he
growled out.
81 know enough to beat your"
You do, eh? Some folks are awful smart"
And some ANTI" she snapped, as her king
captured another man.
"What in thunder are you jumping that way
"a king can Jump any way!"
"No he can'tl"
eyes he cant"
"Dont talk back to me, Martha Grattan! ]
cradfe!''
al don't care! can jump two men which
ever way you mover
He looked down on the board, saw that such
was the case, and roared out:
you've moved twice to my once!"
"Ihaven't!"
"IT take my oath you have! can't play
against any such black-leg pracuces!'
"WhO'sa black-leg? You not only cheated,
but you tried to lie out Of it!'
Board and checkers fell between them. He
could get on his hat quicker than she could find
Eer bonnet, and that was the only reason WHY
he got out OF the house first. A woodward
avenue grocer found him sitting on a basket
OF cranberries at the door as he was closing up
for the night, and asked him Ii he was waiting
for his wife to come along.
"Well, not exactly; stopped here to feel In
my pocket for the key Of the barn. shall sleep
on the hay tonight and see IL 1t won't cure this
cold In my head!-( Detroit Free Press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10
May Day Past and Present.

May was the second month of the year In the
Old Alban calendar, third In that OF Romulus
and fifth In that Of Numa Pompilius. In the
AlDan calendar 1t only had twenty-Six days,
and In that Of Numa thirty days. The odd day
OF which Numa deprived tt was restored by Ju-
Illus Cesar. From an early period it was the
custom for all ranks Of people In England,
France and other European countries to 20 out
ga May1ng," as it was called, early on the first
OF May. In all parts OF England, at the dawn
Of May day the youth Of both sexes left their
towns and villages and repaired to the wood
lands with music and singing. They gathered
the "may," or poisoning branches of the trees.
and bound them with wreaths Of flowers. Re-
cunning home by sunrise, they decorated the
latticeS and doors OF their dwellings with their
scented spoilS, and spent the rest Of the day In
sports and pastfmes- This was the relic Of an
ancient custom among the Romans, who OBJ
OF May In memory OF Flora, the goddess of
flowers. The earliest notice of the celebration
OF May day In England was by the Druids, who
used to light large fires on the SUBMITS Of the
hills In honor Of the return of spring. How
0tnerent Is the May day of the present from the
May day OF old times. Now on the first Of May
the annual household arrangement takes place
throughout the United States. In most Of the
cities OF the Union, moving Of residence Is
more universal practice than 1t Is anywhere
else In the world. The people are more rest
attachment than any other section OF the Anglo
Saxon family. One house OF given class Is so
very much like another that it is hardly to be
wondered at II the average tenant finds 1t i'm
possible to develop anything like q strong at
tachment to any particular combination OF
WOOD, BRICK, mortar and 'smOdern improve
ments."-lT. j. Botoditeh in the Free Press.
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The RUSSIAN SITUATION Nfhilist sports.
Inen discovered near the Winter Palace. They
speak cautiously and In whispers
rIst Nlhiiist-Killed anything this morning?
heeplng close under cover now. What luck?
FIRST Nihilist-Two generals
T., second Nihilist-Fat, aren't they? I'm walt
Ang mere 10 get q crack at the En- eror.
First N1hil1st-No use. They say he lodges
now IKE duck at the FASH Look out! . Here
CONES all Imperial gamek eeper.-[N.Y Y. Graphic
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SENTIMENTAL AND TRAGIC FLIRTs-How
much mischief these sentimental flirts do In
their day. They give you the impression that
you and you only are the one sweet woman
whose love Is needed for their happiness, Your
touch can heal them, your smile rejoice your
love render blessed. You give into the fond nlu-
siOn-one OF the most seductive to true wo-
man-and find that you are just taken as an
BXperimentaltst takes cat or dog for vivisec-
ton; and that you are only one OF many who
have been so taken before yOu-tO illustrate
that point Of female credullty and womanly
soft heartedneSs which the flirt has set himself
to learn by all the methods given to man. or
take the tragic fiirt from the other side of the
house, that beautiful little woman with the big
eyes and the melOdiOuS voice, who sings sad
love songs as II she felt them, and around whom
melancholy cl1ngs as graceful garment, how
many men has not she captured and drowned
In the unfathomable abyss of her vanity She
looks all sorrow, and her life has not cloud:
she seems all sentiment, and no neither mill
stone is harder, more prosaic; she gives you the
impression OF one seeking Consolation and the
merrieSt little grig who dances all night In pink
and rose buds Is not more light of heart, more
free from care. She is sham all throuphout.
and she att1tudiniZes- does not feel But
clever men believe In her and good ones fall
down AID worship her, and she rides ON the
crest OF the wave In the worlds esteem: while
her sister, who dtsdains falsehood and couuetry
alike gets Only Scant admiration, and her heart
which never deceived human being is disre.
garded as common kind of thing, worth little
love and less endeavor.-l Home Journal
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eE- The 112 model tenements that Pas W.
mans built at Baltimore some years AGO fSr
working people have been unpopular and hit
nine OF them were disposed Of at recent sae
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THE ORIGIN OF SHAvING.-The custom OF
shaving the beard was enforced by Alexander
OF Macedon, not for the sake Of fashion, but for
q practical end. He knew that the soldiers of
India, when they encountered their foes, had
habit Of grasping them by the beard, and so he
ordered his soldiers to shave. Afterwards shay
Ing was practiced in the Macedonian army and
then among the Greek citizens. The Romans
initiated the Greeks in the practice, as they
did In many other things, and spread 1t to the
different European nations yet barbaric. In
the middle ages, at the time of the Renaissance,
shaving was introduced and the habit was re,
tanned, though classiclsm gave place to roman
ticism, and that, In its turn, was replaced by
realism. The beard was source Of trouble to
Peter the Great, who, simultaneously with the
introduction OF his great reforms In Russia,
tried to induce his people to initiate the shaw
Ing nations. This innovation was resisted by
his subjects with the utmost resistance, and
they preferred to pay heavy fine rather than
suffer disagreement, as they believe, of the
image of God. To the Russians Of olden times
the beard was symbol OF liberty. In several
countries OF Western Europe and in the United
States the beard was restored to honor only
about 20 years ago, bat even yet the majority
OF men respect the custom introduced by Alex
ander the Gr a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10

tNThere is dog in NOrwicl /, Conn.,, who is
entitled to salvage from the insurance COM
panies In an emergent y he never falls to raise
an alarm. Recently the straw bedding under a
horse In stable caught fire. The dog rushed
Into the stall, drew the burning blanket from
the horse and carried it into the street, burning
himself quite severely.
~ A German inventor proposes to make boots
that Will never wear OUT He mixes with n
waterproof glue q suitable quantity of clean
quartz sand, which Is spread on the thin leather
sole employed as a foundation. These quart
structible, while they enable the Wea-er to walk
safely over slippery roads,
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