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How a Young Lady Won $4,000.

But here comes one OF my favorites, writes
the Boston correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin. Isn't she tine-looking? No? Wen.
listen while tell you her story, and learn why
l like her looks. Some years ago. a man who
had more money than good reputation, adger-
table white woman who would walk unveiled
from the Adams House entrance down Wash
tngton street with him, at an hour when all the
fashionableS were promenading. For weeks
that offer remained untakeu. for his reputa-
tfOn was such that no respect able woman
would be seen with him, and the advertise
ment had said "that none others need
apply" Finally, this woman who has just
passed us agreed to his terms and to join
him at the appointed place and time. When
the hour came, Mi. - was on hand Soon q
carriage drove up with the lady. It had been
noised abroad that the offer had been taken up,
and quite crowd had gathered to see hin pay
his $1,000: He helped her alight, offered her his
arm, walked few steps with her, when she re-
moved her veil at his request and revealed to
his gaze face as black as night. ''You have
deceived me- !" he said; ''this is not fair" 81 am
not negro" she replied, and to prove it she
pulled off her gloves and showed pair Of hands
as white as yours are this minute. The man
turned toward the carriage, paid her the S., 900
and she drove off, leaving him to the laughter
and boots of the amused crowd OF byStanders
1t turned out afterward that the girl was very
poor, and that she had a magnificent voice that
she could not cultivate for want Of money, and
went to Europe and studied five years and has
returned one OF our most brilliant singers. You
can tell from her proud bearing and refined ap-
pearance that she is just the sort OF woman 70
do such a thing with dignity, and come out
none the worse for IL either.
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Fall rurning-Up of Garden Soil.

ffoieSsed gardeners well understand the fall
management OF these important lutte fatatIy
farms IL Is needless TO tell them now oa1,a
the success or next years crops Geaeals M "a
turning up the ground SAY 10 NoVe,nbar1 in
teIded for such crops. Bat there are Inaoy
olherS-thcSe who rave small gardsns-anij IL
tAls class are many OF our regular weIi-to do
farmtrS-Who only raise half crops or vegsya
DIS, and these CT an inferior quality and Won
dec now II Is so. Now. We cannot too often re-
peat The advice that II they VIII use the garden
FORK, and turn the soil up full FORK deco al
lowing II 70 remain IN humps all winter exposed
10 the frost II viii put the soil In excellent
coEchton and tend greatly 10 adj to the
production OF next years crops. This is e.
Ieciaily the case with ground nor SO treated
frequently. ard we would mention that every
other year Is best, instead OF every year as
some gardeners do. Gardens. and especially
old ones, should also be Timed about ones Ia
five years. and stated about every other spring
applying OF lime at the rate or about thirty
bushels 10 the acre, and OF salt from eight 10
ten. In applying salt keep it from coming Ia
contact with box-edging and AL other ever
greens, very small trees, &C. Such course
Mtl bring up your old gardens In surprising
manner T1rnips, radishes &c, will grow as
wen as they ever did, and all other vegetables
DC largely benefited Telegraph
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English SuperstitiOns About New.
Born Infants.

According to Yorkshire notion, new born
infant should be laid first IN the arms Of
maiden before any one touches It; and In some
places the infants right hand is left unvasled
In order that he may gather riches. IL Is. too
considered very important by many that an
infant should go up In the word before IL goes
down. Thus, in Cleveland, says Mr.. Hen1er-
son, ''if a Child should be born In the top story
of house. for want of fight Oh stairs one OF
the goss1ps will take 1t in her arms and mount
a table, chair or chest of drawers, before she
carries it down stairs In the north OF Eng
land, when an infant for the first time goes
out OF the house, IL is presented With an egg,
some salt, little loaf OF bread, and occasionally
with small piece Of money-these gifts being
supposed to insure that the child shall never
stand in need of the common necessaries
OF life. In the east riding Of Yorkshire g few
matches are added to light the child to heaven.
1t was, too. In former times customary and the
practice IS not yet obsolete, OF providing large
cheese and cake. and cutting them at the birth
OF child. These were called the ''Groaning
cake and cheese" and were distributed among
all the ne1ghbors. In Yorkshire this cake Is
termed the pepper CAKE and in some local.
tics the ''SickeniDg cake" 1t Is the source of q
species OF diyination, for being cut Into small
pieces by the medical man. 1t Is divided among
the unmarried OF the female sex under the
name Of dreaming bread" Each one takes a
piece. places Ii on the foot of the left stocking.
and throws 1t over the right shoulder This
being DONE they must retire to bed backward.
without uttering word, and those who are
lucky enough to fall asleep before midnight are
favored with sight OF their future husbands In
their dreams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-16

The attempt to disparage OfIenbach now that
ne 3I Is dead Is not only ua6lnd It is irrational
payne, have ike that bubbiing wine, mads the
whole world their subject.
While In New York ne was very fond OF visit
pg the tneaIers Sitting one ne night In box at
tleman who was with him and remarked:
wagner, they say, Is the musician OF the
future. In the same sense Rosslni is the mu-
s1C1an OF the past; but IL am the musician OF
the present"
How Indifferent he was to the conventional
was best illustrated by one OF his experiences at
II his strangely stupid work On America He
gave dinner 70 four couples OF his friends In
an upper parlor. TO his surprise, and blythe
ns 10 hs ., wa.sr
the scene with an sir OF inquisitorial severity.
Cnenbach lost HE teMper-alwayS an easy feat
for him-and demanded an explanation. The
austere Lorenzo Delmontco, 1t seems. distru5tful
OF his guests, had instructed his head waiter on
no account to lose sight OF the jewellers. How
Justly be suspected them was proved by the
to the piano. Inspired by his magic fingers,
his guests danced the most ferocous can can
ever seen by limited constituency - In
America But Offenbach Was SO angered by
lie never set foot in Delmonfco's afterwards
"A number Of his friends. just before his de-
pal ture, gave him supper. 1t was very
large affair, and its obvious intention was TO
impress him with an idea of the ascetic "oro.
perness' OF American conylviallt7. He ac-
cepted the Invitation on the condition that the
supper should take place elsewhere than at Del
monicO's, whose recurrent waiter he never for
got nor forgave. The Brunswick was selected.
AS poetic and decOrOus Offset to the ri)tous
can-can OF his own festival OfTenbach'5 nOsrs
desired him to cut huge game pie which was
placed before him. So soon as his kpife and
fork demolished the crust cloud OF song birds
rose into the air. 1t was pretty realization of
the Old nursery rhyme. and, till this day. at
least one of the canarieS which Ofenb acn lib
Grated from its cage OF pastry survives to sing
as merr1ly and blithely as the old songster did.
He was as vain as peacock, as ignorant as it
Is possible for any intelligent German Israelite
TO be. systematically 1lltempered and aOomf-
nably loose, both in his moral theories and his
personal habits. Yet, somehow or another. he
managed to die idolized by his children, pro-
found!y respected by his wife and absolved by
his church. His appearance was striking, for
he was nothing but bunch OF nerves. His
hooked nose, his sharp chin, his leering, pro-
iectfng eyes, his confirmed scOOD, all made him
as odd a picture as the vision ever fell upon.
The most awkward and uncomely OF men, he
was consumed by a wonderful confidence In hts
personal charms. That he regned paramount
among the prime dome, he attributed not to
the fact that he gave them profitable employ
ment, but to the fallacy that he was, In appear
anCe, In manner and In address, absolutely
iTTeSiStible.-T7te Hour.
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Trees as n Check to CONFEDERATION

sacramento tCaL) paper bears testimony
That In that city disastrous and widespread
confiagratlons have frequently been averted,
almost solely through the agency OF shade
trees. The trees serve to prevent the passage
bers OF which would otherwise be blown from
house to house and from block to block, being
caught In the upper branches. and falling
mer trees act as screens between houses and
blocks, moderatlng the heat Of fires, and inter
posing barrier which is seldom passed by the
flames. When we add TO these very practical
considerations the value OF trees In breaking
the force OF the wind enhancing the beauty OF
a city and affording grateful shade to pedeS-
city streets, pay for themselves many tim 8
over and in many different ways c0mmu-
nifty which acts on the suggestions thus en-
forced not only ministers to its aesthetic tastes
and promotes culture and the love OF the eaa-
tiful, but erects a barrier against fires and
checks the spread Of CONGREGATIONS In one OF
the simplest and most common. sense WAYS
conceivable.
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A Boss HUsBAND.-Dr. Louis Bose, OF St
Louis. was married last July. Now his wife Is
suing for divorce. Her chief cause OF COM
plant is given In her testimony as follows:
1--WE had roast duck for dinner with onion
stufiing. When he saw the onions he got just
IKE wild man and threw down his knife and
fork cursed me and called me names. and asked
me what Find OF eating that was. He wouldn't
sit down to the table then; bat went and sat
down In the kitchen. | wasn't eating then,
him, III you will not eat will not ether He
then said. If you don't sit down this every
minute and eat will show you who Is boss In
table and sit down, and took some victuals on
my plate just to please him. but couldn't eat
He then went and got stick and stood behind
stick? That is for you, and II you viii not eat
now will break this stick on your back. Will
break every bone In your body. Fill up your
ana he kept standing behind me TIL / had the
whole plate emptied."
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England's Religious Condition.
Ipal1 Nall liarott. L


Papers were read at the Church Congress
yesterday which confirm In remarkable man
ner the truth OF Mr.. Bright 8 epigram ..tbat tho
working classes care as little for the dogma as
The upper classes for the practice OF chris
tianity." Canon Barry, reporting on 1.-The re-.
ligious condition OF the nation as represented
by the upper classes Of society," says THAI. Gun
limited skepticism, the positive license OF a
conscious ungodliness, aud resolute self.trust
and self-will as their only rule or iite." The
Bishop OF Bedford. who reported on the indus
trial classes, stated that without much specu
lative uDbeef or hostility to religion. "the feel
lbg OF the masses is that Of simple indifference"
Inc speakers had, OF course, no Intention OF
indicating Mr.. Bright, and their testimony Is
all the more valuable on that account Tleir
gloomy picture or the two extremes of society Is
hardly relieved by the account given in
another paper of the religious condition OF the
middle classes. They contain. We are told, the
religious might OF the nation, but they display
deplorable moral weakness IN reference to COM
mercial transactions" The admission that the
most religious part of the community Is deeply
tainted with commercial dishonesty Is at any
rate courageous. and II 1t be true, It compli-
Gates the knotty problem which the Church
Congress has set itself TO face
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LIBEL SU1T.-Charles E. Smith. editor OF the
Philadelphia Press, was arrested yesterday
morning upon charge Of libel for publishing
dispatch from West Chester, In last saturdays
issue OF that paper. to the eject that on the oc-
Chester county, on Wednesday night OF last
week, man named Dawson. employed by the
Baltimore Central Railroad Company, raised q
rebel Gag made by himself; that Dawson Is an
ex rebel and served In q Mississippi regiment,
and that there was great Indignation at his ac-
tion. The warrant was sworn out by Thos. b.
Dawson before q justice OF the peace OF West
Chester Mr. smith entered bail Tor hts appear
ance ct West chester when required
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have learned the fastest dances,
And I've caught the baby stare
And1 throw about my glances
With the very newest air;
which gives % much 'ehisch s talk,
And the Sara Bernhard wrieale,
And the Lady LonsdaIe walk
Yes, used to have a passion
Fer old China ana high art,
But they re going out of fashion,
SO I've had to change my part
Fer think il is the duty
ot a girl to keen ahead
OF the style, and be beauty
When the English once have led.
Cultures well enough in Boston.
But good matches there are few
Oh, What dreary hours lost on
My attempts at being blue!
read az about old Brahma,
And the Nedas, and Joe Cook.
And used to brighten mamma
with the awful views took.
pulled out my hair so hay
-, After "hister's oldest ''tune''-
That ia said must be crazy,
And would talk about the moon;
i had such an awful bonnet,
Ont OF something by Blirne Jones,
With sunfower garland on it,
Ard gown in minor tones "
Once talked about old carving,
And wore hidcOus antique rings;
And when l was nearly starving
To do society" fingS
III the N3ilSe, posed aesthetic,
Lie Calypso UnconsoIed-
Twas much worse than an emetic-
what? You think that word too bold -
Why, go in for plain speaking,
With a spicy toucn of slang
It's the style-there's no more Speakiny
Just sing out with q bang.
For lis every true girls duty,
And quite Ill English way,
To profess 70 be beauty
Not to mind what people say.
/ have learned the art of chatting
All the men think it's SO Cute
And way of loudly laughing
That is Just the thing to suit,
With 1aunty air of pertness,
Like soubrette's on the stage
In London their alertness
Makes our Yankee girls the rage.
Yes, my photos have been taken
They'll be sold st all the fairs,
And my phiz has been mistaken
For an actress, But who caresS
It's too awfully delightful,-
Now, really, dear, profess
Drop your modest air-it's frightful,
And you'll copy my success.
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Canoe Travel in Alaska.

Alaska Is full OF food for man and beast body
and soul, though few are seeking 1t as yet. Were
one-tenth part OF the attractions that this coun-
try has to offer made known to the world, thou
sands would come every year, and not few
or them to stay and make homes. At present,
however, Alaska is out Of sight, though by
no means so far and inaccessible as most peo-
pie seem to suppose. For those who reilly
care to come into hearty contact with the
country, making long crooked voyage in
canoe with Indtans. is by far the better way
The larger canoes made by these Indians
Will carry from one to three tons, rise lightly
over any waves likely to be met on those
inland channels, go well under sail, and are
easily padded along shore in calm water or
against moderate Winds, while snug harbors
where they may tide at anchor or be pulled up
On smooth beach, are to be found almost
everywhere. With plenty OF provisions packed
In boxes, and blankets and warm clothing in
rubber or canvas bags you may be truly indie
pendent, and enter into partnership with ma
ture; be carried with the winds ana currents,
accept the noble Invitations offered all along
your way to enter the sublime rock portals OF
the mountain fiords, the homes OF the water
falls and the glaciers, and encamp every night
In fresh, leafy cOyeS, carpeted with flower
enareled MOSES, beneath wide out-spreading
branches OF the evergreens accommodations
compared with which The best to be found 10
artificial palaces are truly vulgar and mean.
John MttlS Letter to San Francisco Bulletin,
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She Made a. yy,stake

TIE hHa California tells this yarn: "An
awful case Of the consequences of refusing a
young mans honorable love is reported on The
West Side. A really nice young man fell In
love with handsome girl, the only daughter
OF handsome and well preserved widow Of IS,
and offered her marriage. She ridculed MIN
because he was %, and said he was Old enough
TO be her father, aud SO On, and with h-r
taunts goaded him to such q pitch OF frenzy
that he sWore he would BE- tearfuily revenged.
Accordingly be proposed to and married the
Wrefched girls mother Now that wfotcned
girl has to wear stout leather boots two sizes
TOO large for her. and go to bed at pm, and
eScheW the thedter. ChOlOiate caramelS, ice
cream. and In fact everything else that makes
lie worth living for, her step fathers nominal
object being that when she grows up she may
Oe as splendid matured a woman as her mother,
the compliment implied In this Inducing the
mother to second him enthusiastically. When
a young man comes round to see that wratchei
girl. her stepfather Dounce5 him down the front
steps throws his hat after him. and tells the
wretched girl that the young man is no. fit
companion for her, and thsr ne Is as solicitouS
for her future as he would be for that Of his
own child. and altogether. IN the kindsst man.
ner possible, he makes that wretchei girl even
wish she were dead as many as hundred
times dag. Let all other beautiful girls who
are often tempted to refuse the matrimonial
offers CT eligible young men, be warned oy her
uIhapDy fate.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-16

The governor of wen-known prison ex-
t0lled the liberal diet OF the convicts under his
care, In the following manner: "rhey have not
men. ls OF gelatin, 10 Of fbrine, and OF phos-
pilates, but also 10 cubic yards OF afr day-up.
ward Of 500 gallons-a regular orgie.n
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L u NJ B T. r

LUM Der.
ANOTHER FALL IN PRICES Is COMING. AND
AS USUAL
WILlET 4 LIBBY,
COR 9Th ST. AND NEW YORK AvESur.
ARE THE FIRST IN THIS CITY TO pRor
NO NEED OF ARGUMENT.
FIGURES ALONE TELL THE STORY
FLOORING ).......................s1.e0
BOARDS. THE pEsr........................>s
BOARDS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
NEW DEPARTURES.
WE HAVE IN OUR EMPLOY
AN ARCHITECT,
READY AT ALL TIMES TO MAKE DRAWING
AND FURNISH ESTIMATES
FIRE. or CHARGE
WRITE TO Us II YOU THINK OF BUILDING.
WILLET d LIBBEY,
OFFICE.
COR, 9Th ST. AND NEW YORK AVENUE.
(6TH STREET AND n. Y. AVE.
sPRAGUEs SQUARE. BETwEENL
AND NJ.
N. L. MARKET SQUARE.
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RR. Won NIOSCRZISHEH
syear ago opened his Offices at
Go 10th street northwest.

II
ayear ago opened his Offices at
010 10th street northwest.
for the special treatment OF
DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE HEAD. I'M
PAIRED SIGHT. CATARRH. ASTHMA.
DISEASES OF THE TER0AT.
LUNGS. CHEST. KTC.
His success has been most gratifying 70 himself
and TO many Of the numerous patients who have
been under his care, the majority of whom hsve
been from the best class, SENATOR'S, REPREsESrA-
IIvEs, LAWYERS, OLEReYMEN, MERCHANTS.
CHIEFS OF DEPARTMENT., etc. Without lay
ing any empirical claims to infalhbiiity. he has
no hesiancy In asserting that he 10 willing that his
professional record shall be compared with Its
centage with that Of any specialist or physician In
this city or elsewhere. His success was so great
that he has resolved 70 make this city by SPECIAL
REQUEST, his PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
Among Testimonials of successful treatment al
ready published. he would name those of SENATOR
VOORHEES,; SENATOR INGALLS,. REPRESENTATIVE
kAPHAH, ". IhvIDGE7 ESQ T. ssoxERvILLE.
others. Over one hundred references to the very
best citizens can be examined at his Offices. 6l1
18th street and he wishes il distinctly under
stood that no name as reference is given letter
of testimonial ever published which has not been
placed VOLUNTARILY at his disposal for that pur-
pose. sug27
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DEAD THIS!
1T is TO YOUR INTEREST.
SOMETHING ABOUT CLOTHING.
WHAT YOU OAN DO AT A. STRAUy.

You can buy BUS .NKss SUIT for IS: bst.er
cre for So.
good AL WOOL SUIT for SO; fine. one for
Sl2: a still finer one fer $l5.
= eenttel DRESS SUI is offered st $40; the best
lice nrees Snit see those at els. A fine Ere 1ch
Dissor al Dress Suit. suitable for dress OF street
,dsSme English DIAGONAL and wORsTED
SITTFp e0nal to any custom made, at $40.
FAIL OVEECOATS in endless variety at 81 "a.
Immanse sssortmeut of PANTS, YOUTHS,
ROYS, and CHILDRENS' SUITS.
You can save money by purchasing your CLOTH.
ING for yourself or boys by calling at
a. 0TRAU0,
lO11 Pennsylvania Avenue.
octl6 Between 10th and llth streets.
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rE'HE CELLULoID Truss AND SUPPORTERS.
THAT NEVER RUSTS NEVER BREAKS.
NEVER WEARS OUT, ALWAYS CLEAN, ana can
be worn while bathing, is for sale at
CHAS. FISHERS G23 7th st. nv
Mrs. Fisher Geyu,es her attention 10 the wants of
lady patrons. nlar29
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THE MILD POWER CURES.
HUMPHREYP
HOM EOPATHIC SPECIFICS.

'nly medicines adapted to popular use.
LIST PRINCIPAL NOS. CURES. PRICE
!. Fevers, Congestion, In0ammatione ....... as
2. Worms. Worm Fever, Worm Oolic ........ as
g. Crying OolIc, or Teething Of Infsnts...... as
{. DiArrhoea Of Children or AduIls. ......... rs
s. Dysentery. Gripping. Bilious Collie. as
g. Cholera Morbus, Vomiting. .....~.......... .21
T. Coughs. Colo, Bronchitis as
5. Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache. .......... as
Q. Headache Sick Headaches, Vertigo ....... as
%. Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach................ as
II. Suppressed or Painful Periods. rs
a. Whites too profuse Periods ............... AS
IS. Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing $500. as
II. Salt Rheun. Eryspalas, Eruptions. $500. as
TO- Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains ............ .25
!6 Fever and Ague Chill. Fever. Agues...... 80
u. Piles. Blind or Bleeding. Observation-Disclosures. so
3. Catarrh, acute chronic influenza. ....... so
20. WhoopinG Cough, violent Coughs. ........ so
a. General Debility, Physical WISknesS. 80
~. kidney Disease. so
30. Urinary Weakness, Voting the Bed....... so
-. Disease OF the Heart, fslpitation. 90
FOE SALE BIZ ALL DRUaGIsTs,
Or sent by the case, Or single vial free Of charge.
on receipt Of price
Address HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MED
ICINE CO.. leg Fulton St.. NY.
Humphreys Specific Manual on Disease and In
lure u44 pAgss) sent free. aps-eoIy
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AUIcIDE

It's Cause q nd Its Great increase.
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r oUIsIANA STATE LOTTERY,
TAKE NOTICEy

This is the emily Lottery uoted on blythe people
Of state. and under late decision Of the U. S.
Supreme Court at WASHINGTON is the only Legal
Lottery in the United States az other charters
hGrihG been repealed or hdring no eristeace.
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A Splendid Opportunity to Win Fortune.

ELEVENTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION, GLASS
T, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
9. 18S0-126TH MONTHLY DRAWING.
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TNALKER'S, 9O0 10th st
w Lime, Cement, Plaster. Pitch, Hair. N. O. Tar
and Gas Tar No. 3 Roofing Tins, FEET 6rAvel
Elf Fire Brick aud Claw sen16-1v