The Virginia star., 1879-09-27

hdfe Iail vacation.
"ReV. Iii. A. He hry, one Of the Oldest
ana most respected Rabbis Of San Francisco
died onthe 28lh uIt after lingering illness
Of several weeks.
There was recently ordained in Rome
coiored priest who was formerly slave.
He nad suffered many ind2nities, and an
1talIan lady learning his condition and char
acter, purchased him aud gave him his free
oom. lie has been sent to labor among his
own people in Abyssina.-N Z. star.
-A Colored Convention was recently
held at Terre Haute, Indiana. at which
resolution was PISSED demanding the repeal
OF the inter-marrlage laws as incOnsst ent
with the Constitutional amendment of the
Uulted states, which gives full rights to citl>
zens without Pegard TO color or condition.
Ete0dtOr.
The A. NJ. g. oft the G. U. D. Of o. F.
will meet at Little Rock, Ark. in October af-
ter all. We have the best authority for max
ing the ;bove statement. 1t is certainly
worthy of its me--'' Movable Committee"
for that is what the M. G. in the above inis
tials stand for,
The Journal Of Industry says Frank
Leslie of Frank Leslte's Illustrated Neacs-
paper will have special artists, and that the
N. Y. Times and Tribune will have special
correspondents on the grounds Of the coming
fair ofthe colored people Of North Carolina.
The fair will commence on the 18th Of
next November.
The Educator and Refornser, col>
ored paper published at Nashville, Tenn,
republishes part of the address of the Com
servatiye Committee to the friends of the
public schools and highly indorses that part
of it which dissuades from any further aglta
ton Of the debt question in consequence Of
its dettiment to the cause Of free public edu.
cation for the masses.
Many of our readers will be astonlshed
to learn that there is not single colored
teacher in the public schools of the city Of
Baltimore. although thu colOred population of
the city Is about sixty thousand. The colored
people Of that city however, are awaking TO
sense Of their duty to their children and are
holding meetings and organizing for an
uncompromising fight for" COE0red Teach
ers for CoIored Schools.
The great international walking match
for the Ashley belt commenced in New York
city at los a. NJ. last Monday morning.
About one dozen contestants entered and
there were eleven thousand persons present
to witness the start. The feature of pecui-
ar interest to US. is the fact that one of the
contestants, named Hart;is colored man, who
at the present writing has steadily main
tanned his position as third in the list.
Two beggars stand on Boston corner;
one, according to the sign on fis bosom, is
deaf and dumb, the other blind, with three
children, an invalid wife and paralyZed
mother-in-law to support. The ether day
the deaf and dumb man stood alone. with
bunch of shoe strings around his neck, eyes
shut tight. A gentleman dropped nickel in
the hat, and heard the deaf and dumb man
ask. Don't you want any shoe stTiDgsw
"How is this, | read you We're deaf and
dumb" said the gentleman. The blind man
immediately opened his eyes and exclaimed,
.Wny, great snakes, PVe got on the wrong
sign."-B0StOR Herald.
The colored people Of North Carolina are
making gigantic efforts to ma are success
Of colored peoples fair which ih"y are go
ing to have in that State. The Journal of
Industry, of Raleigh has the following on
the subject:
"There are hundreds Of our people liv-
ing in the country who propose coming to the
Fa ir and bringing their families I'D wagons.
Yes, come in wagons. carts. buggies, car
riages. or any kind of vehicle tnat you can,
and we will provide places for YOU TO camp.
and extend to you all the hospitality that a
generous people possibly could. we repeat,
come from the East, West, North and South,
and YOU shall be happy while in our midst.
We are making great preparations for you"
THE negroes Of Mauritius have an in
teresting way of Of dispOsing of the termltes,
or white ants which destroy their houses,
and every thing OF wood in the country.
When they see the covered ways OF the ter
mites coming near a building they drop q
train of siruD from one of these ways TO the
nearest nest of black ants. BlacK ANS are
very fond of sweets, but still more fOnd OF
termites. The first ones that discover the
sirup follow it up till they reach the termlte
passage, when they at once return 70 tnelr
nest and prepare for war. In few hours
black army In endless columns leaves the
home and Starts for the white-ant stronghold,
With great fury they rush into the galllrles,
and soon entirely destroy their enemies I;
and each one. on its return home carries
dead termite. probably 10 eat.-N. q. StdT.
I sing beneath your lattice, love,
A song of great regard for you;
The moon is getting rather high,
My voice is, too.
The lakelet in deep shadow lies.
Where croaking frogs make much ado,
Il think they sing trlde hoarse;
sing SO, too.
The blossoms on the pumpkin vine
Are weeping diamond tears OF dew;
,Tis warm; the flowers are willing fast,
NV linen. too.
All motionless the cedars stand,
With silent moonbeams slanting through !;
The air is drowsY, love,
And / am, too.
oh, could soar on loving wings,
And at your window gently wool
But then your lattice you would Dot-
SO I'll bolt, too.
Detroit Free Press
There Is not much, generally IN an
sold shoe," but we think any one VIII read
with interest what "Thomas' in his Norfolk
letter has to say this week about one.
we have had some personal experience
with this "old SHOE" He sent Us the pre-
ceedings of the second district Republican
Convention last year with an order for t"o
hundred copies Of the STAR containing salu
proceedings, directing US to send bill. we
supposing that we were dealing with q gen
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