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Evening star., 1880-02-14
1880 THE NEWSPAPERS 1880
OF THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE EVENING STAR
THE WEEKLYESTAR.
WASHINGTON, D. C.

The EVENING STAR, ION Saturdays double
sheet or eight page paper Of fifty-sx columns,
the size OF the New York dailies), is everywhere
recognized as the leading newspaper of Wash
ington. With two exceptions only, it has the
largest circulation orany daily paper published
south Of Ne,1 York, AND MORE THAN DOUBLE
THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE CITY.
Every issue of THE STAR is carefully read
not only by the citizens Of Washington and ad-
jacent cities, but by the throngs of strangers
constantly visiting the National Capital on
business or for pleasure, (and who constitute,
in very large degree, the purchasing popula-
tion OF every State and Territory In the Union),
thus making it for most purposes
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Its influence as an agent Of publicity has in
deed practically no limit within the boundaries
of the country. The best evidence Of this is the
number Of new advertisements it printed in the
year 1879, which reached 20, ,636, averaging
from 1.7OO to 1900 per month in the busy
season.! These figures include only the sub
ject Of the advertisement, and not any change
OF the matter, which, in some instances, is made
daily, and, although new advertisement in
fact, is not counted but once instead Of $40 puD-
lication dates. The advertising books are open
to the inspection of advertisers to verify this
statement, or an affidavit of its truthfulness
will be submitted.
Evening star., 1880-02-14

THE WEEKLY STAR.-This is a double or
eight-page sheet, containing fifty-six columns
of fresh News Literary and Agricultural matter
every week, and is pronounced by competent
Judges one of THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
WEEKLY PAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES
Evening star., 1880-02-14

GREAT REDUCTION IN TIE PRICE
" OF SHIRTS.
Elegant Ready made Shirt for.
Odi Eiupuc onlrt s0U
Our Celebrated Triumphant Shirt Wamsutta mus
lin, S-ply all-E bosom, linen bands.
made in the finest custom
manner, only 81.
Leave your orders with us for Fine Dress Shirt.
We never fail to give perfect fit.
Elegant Shirts to order for........... 90
Very Fine (solid bos } to order for...,.,.. 900
Fine stock GENTS FURNISHING fof Holiday
Presents, at DUBREU1L BROS.,
dec16 No. 1112 # ct. N.t0.
Evening star., 1880-02-14

SHIFTS
THAT WILL GIVE SATISFACTION.
The Grown Diamond" Shirt, only 50 oents
The Senate" Improved Shirt, 65 cents.
The Mystery" Shirt made Of the very best mus
The Reception" Shirt, made OF the BEST muslin
and EXTRA INE linen, 76 cents.
Boys Shirts, of the best musAn and twenty-oue
hundred linen. 60 cents.
Al MEGINNISS.
Evening star., 1880-02-14

OtATARRH AND THROAT AFFEuTIoNg.=0f.
~ fendye Breath and Discharges fron s1e He9Q
and &ars permanept1y cured hY ud1g ssDk AA1x::
LEYE G1EAT RtxxDx 10R oATARR1;;s 20
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30
Worth Remembering.

Now that good times are again upon
us, before indulging in extravagant show
it is worth remembering that no one can
enjoy the pleasantest surroundings if in
bad health. There are hundreds of mis-
erable people going about to-day, with
disordered stomach, liver or kidneys, or
dry hacking cough, and one foot In the
grave, when so ct. bottle of Parker's
Ginger Tonic would do them more good
than all the expensive doctors and quack
medicines they have ever tried. 1t al
ways makes the blood pure and rich and
will build you up and give you good
health at little coast. Read of it in an
other column. 45 At
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30
1881.
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$as SloonfitlD Sgin'es.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
The Peach and Where II Originally Came
From.

The peach originated in Persia and
Nothern India, and Is of the same genus
as the almond. The nectarine differs
from the peach only In being smooth,
while the peach is downy. 1t is a mere
variety probably produced and assuredly
preserved by cultivation. The freestone
peach of the French is their peche, while
the clingstone is the pdvie. A remarka-
BILE variety of Chinese origin, has the
fruit compressed and flattened, with al
most evergreen leaves. The peach Is
cultivated widely in Southern Europe,
In many parts of the East, in South
America and Australia, though it has
never, it is believed, attained the perfec-
ton of the fruit of the United States
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and Ohio raise superb peaches
and have often orchards containing from
10000 to $4,000 trees. The quantity of
dried peaches is reported to be steadily
increasing, while peach brandy is di-
minishing. Peach water obtained by
ey bruising the leaves of the tree, mix
ing the pulp with water and distilling it
is not only employed in flavoring, but
in medicine as sedative and vermifuge.
The stone of the fruit is very like the
bitter almond in its properties and the
blossoms exhale an odor of bitter
almonds. Boththe stones and blossoms
are used in the making Of liquor called
Persieo. In the Old and New World
there is, it is said, more than 100 varie-
ties of the delicious fruit.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30
Something about Nutmegs.

Nutmegs grow on little trees which
look like little pear trees, and are gen.
orally not over twenty feet high The
flowers are very mnch like the lilly of
the valley. They are pale and very
fragrant. The nutmeg is the seed of
the fruit, and mace is the thin covering
over the seed. The fruit is about as
large as a peach. When ripe 1t breaks
open and shows the little nut inside.
The trees grow on the islands of Asia
and in tropical America. They bear
fruit for seventy or eighty years, having
ripe fruit upon them all the seasons
A fine tree in Jamaica has over 1000
nutmegs on 1t yearly. The Dutch used
to have all this nutmeg trade, as they
owned all the Banda islands and con-
quered all the other traders, and destroy
ed the trees. To keep the price up,
they once burned three piles of nut
megs, each of which was as large as
church. Nature did not sympathize
with such meanness. The nutmeg pig
con, found in all the Indian islands, did
for the world what the Dutch had deter
mined should not be done-carried those
nuts, which are their food, into sur
rounding countries, and trees grew
again, and the world had the benefit.
EgA Columbus, Georgia, paper re-
lates the following: On Judge Aliens
plantation, near Steam Mill, is one of
the most remarkable calves on record.
1t is owned by a tenant on the place,
and his wife, who did the milking of
COWS, usually took her six-year old
daughter with her to keep away the
calves. The little girl decided she would
play milk woman, and see if she conld
milk the little calves. She was surprised
to find that one of the calves gave milk,
and called the attention of her mother
to the fact The lady then began to
milk the calf, which at nine months old,
gave a gallon, and at twelve months
gave three gallons per day. The calf
was exhibited at the State Fair, and
took premium.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30
A Gross Baby.

Nothing is so conducive to manas
|remaining bachelor as stopping for
bone night at the house of married
8six hours by the crying of cross baby.
: All cross and crying babies need only
HOP BITTERs to make them we'll and
smiling. Young man, remember this.
-1FapeLer. 472t
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30

Gar If the mother is feeble, 1t is inn.
possible that her children should be
strong. Lydia Il. Pinkham s Vegetable
Compound is perfect specific in all
chronic diseases of the sexual system of
women. Send 10 Mrs. Lydia +. Pink
ham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass,
for pamphlets.
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1891.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
Tie Vital Question.

\. W. W Oflu.
1t is not with Washington steno-
graphcr's version of an cxtemporancous
speech delivered by Senator Bayard, it is
witt, the deliberate language used and
printed by the New York TriDuac in COM
mcnting upon the case OF Phelps. Dodge
Il Co.. that we advise Senator ConEling.
Vice Prcsi'!cnt-clcct Arthur. Governor
Cornell and State Supreme Judge Noli,
Davis to concern themselves if they are
anxicus to ascertain the origin OF the
widespread popular impression that
their connection with that case will
bear a much more searcli;n; invcst;-
CATION than it !as ever yet undergone
On the aS:I, of March, 1874, The
Tibunc Published = Ion. and careful arti
Gle on this scandaIous case, which We re-
produce to day, and in the course of which,
it said plainly and forcib'y: eve are Of
necessity driven to the conclusion that the
motive which induced senators and repre-
sentatives of the United States, district
attorneys, independent but influential at
tnrneys and detectives to manifest such
unusual energy and to act So differently
from what they do when Peter Schmidt
or John Jones is accused Of defrauding the
revenue Of many times sixteen hundred
dollars, was simply and nake,lly the desire
for plumber
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
The Holidays at the High school.

The closing of the boys high school for
the Christmas season is always q pleasant
occasion, but this year the boys rather
surpassed themselves. Securing the keys
at seven o'clock this morning, by half
past eight they had their beautiful study
hall transformed with tho display Of
Christmas decorations. The pictures
were ornamented with laurel and spruce
in front Of the desk was large laurel
wreath ana back of it q horseshoe of
green the pillars were wreathed in laurel
from top to bottom, and over the large
forest scene to the rear Of the desk was
great branch Of holly, giving its apprOpri-
ate finish to the work of decoration. After
the story Of the first Christmas, as told in
one of the opening chapters Of Matthew, and
singing. the boys interrupted the regular
order of work through their class represen-
tatives with presentation speeches. which
were heartily applauded on all hands.
This brought out the teachers. MIR. Nc
Caskey thought his set Of table cutlery fit
in just where it was needed Mr.. Gable
meant to enjoy his easy chair now, and
still more hereafter Mr.. Glover thought
he could use moro time to advantage, and
If his ALA 'aster mantel clock did not sup
ply it, it might still measure it to better
purpose for the future. Mr.. McCaskcy
thinking "turn about fair play" then had
general distribution Of packages of fruits
and candies in bags appropriately printed
for tie OCCASION.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
Christmas in Norway.

In the mountain districts the da; is kept
with hearty hospitality. All wcrk is sus-
pended for thirteen days. Ths entrance
of every house is decorated, a:,d the walls
of the kitchen arc roughly adorned with
gaudy pictures, fantastcaily painted in
water colors. Throughout Christmas eve
and Christmas day the mcrry-making is ell
t;rely domestic, restricted to the members
Of each household. Not even Il friendly
visit is paid. On the following days the
ncishl,ors assemble at Gael, others houses
by turns. for carousal. No regular meal is
provided, but open house is kept. the tables
richly spread Tor all comers. No stranger
is permitted to leave the house until lie
has partaken Of the strong Iule ale, which
is served up in true Norwegian fashion,
cask following cask in rapid succession.
On these occasions the servants sit ut the
same table with the host, his wife and fam
lily. Al! arc dressed i'm their gala attire Of
rich colored cloth, trimmed with gold and
silver braid, the women wearing caps and
aprons Of brilliant hues.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
\ Terrible Boiler Explosion.

A terrible calamity has thrown the town
of Palo Alto in mourning. Engine No.
252s, manned by Patrick Donohue, engineer
Thomas Ke:yn, conductor; John Maher,
and William Ash, brakemen, left the
round house at half part six last evening
to collect loaded trains ut Eagle Hill and
neighborhood Oh the Schulki!l Valley
railroad. 1t followed til: Tamaqua pas
senccr train, and when it reached Old Bel
mont station branchcd Off for some pl,r-
pose unknown. On returning to
the mai, track the engine blew
up. killing all sn board. The noise
of the explosion brought ti.c inhabitants
to the scene, and 4 search for bodies reveal
ed Patrick DonoAuc, engineer, with his
entrals protru,l;ng. lying face downward
on the track John Maher, brakeman.
found two hundred yards away, Oh coal
dirt bank, dead William Ash, alive in the
creek, two hundred yards off. with
half of his face blown off, and Thomas
Kenyin, mutilatcd beyond recognition
Ash lived three quarter: OF an hour, and
when brought to the depot died. The
bodies were taken to PalO Alto and an in
quest was started. Kenvin's body was
first viewed. A watch in his tattered
clothes was found we'll preserved. except
the crystal, and tie time indicated that
the explosion had occurred at 7:2S p. m.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
Christmas Carols. .

In Sllakspcare's time c1rOls were sung
in the street ut night during Christmas by
the waits or watches. who expected to re-
ceivc gifts for their singing. Many a
writer of old times and customs refers to
the wakeful sketches Of Christmas
Eve 1t WIS after the Reformation chat
they ceased to sing Latin hymns in tic
churches and substituted the sweet
Christmas carols. For there were two
kinds of carols in voguc-thosc Of q dcvO-
tional nature. which were sung not only
in the churches, but also through the
streets from lnUse to house upon Christ
mas Eve, and even after that morn
ing and evening, until Twelfth Day.
In those times men were able to spare
more than one brief day for the celebration
of Christmas, and kept up the festival fo,
ut least twelve days. Other carols We're OF
livelier nature, AMI were especially
adapted to the revel and the feast where
the lore, o! misrule had potent sway. These
carols were also called wassail-sOnSs, and
probably originated among the Anglo
NOrnanS, who were 0! 4 cOnvivial nature.
No Christmas entertainment was complete
without the joyous singing of. carols, and
thence came the motto, ''NO Song. no
SUPPER" for every guest At the table was
expected to join in the carol. One of the
ru'cs laid down by the ancient customs
was that the ancicntest master of the
revel is, after dinner and supper, to sing 4
carol. 4 song, and to command the other
gentlemen present to sing with him and
the companies
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
CORN FOR FUEL.
Again the Last Resort " in the W0o,i!e
NUriiwest-Facts About Its Use.

Again the .. Last Resort ~ in the Wood!ess
N0rihwest-Facts About Its Use.
There are localities in the West aud
Northwest where scarcity OF fuel has
forced people to burn corn again this win
ter. The frequent recurrence Of the fuel
famine in those places leads 4 corrcspon-
dent of the st. Louis Pioneer Press to suggest
what he calls a practical solution of the
problem. Coal cannot be found, and the
use Of wood will soon exhaust the avail
able supply of that article corn is the only
substitute, and must be the fuel o: the
future. For stoves it is superior to any
other substance, hard coal alone excepted
and it is cheaper than anything that is
likely to bc used as fuel. Two III three
acres Of corn will afford an ordinary family
4 years supply for fuel; and this writer
alleges that the same corn sold in the mar
kct, aud the proceeds turned into either
wood or coal, will not begin to do it. OF
course, he speaks Of the far northern
prairics. Corn may BE- used in either
4 wood or coal stove without any
change of CRATES, and make steaiy,
hot fire, which can he regulated as
readily as coal of fire. Two bush
els of corn in the ear, it is estimated. will
keep 4 comfortable fire The c,dcst day
hcSafulii.S. Ihc cS'luflaiSihc"S iooNL pi!ih
ing IN article that is used for food, the
writer says pointcdly L would sooner
have an acre of corn that can Gc replaced
in 4 single year, than to burn al acre OF
timber that takes years to repiaca, even on
the score of sentiment There is common
sense in this. If it is cheaper for people on
fertile prairics to raise their fucl rs they do
their food, and gave what little timbe:
they have for other purposes, sentimental
squeamiSllncss shonld not deter them from
doing SO. More cookc,! food is daily
thrown away than would feed the hungry
poor, and it is done without ccmpunctio,l.
While there can be No excuse for this
wastefulncss, there is good reason for burn
ing corn, when it is of more value rs fuel
than the proceeds would be il used in the
purchase of wood or coal.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
PERSONAL.

Now Dir. Cuyler states over his own sig
nature that he believes BERNmARDT to be
't.,e representative of the most infamous
code of morals knOwnin civilized society"
Sir Thomas George Fcrmor IIeske'h, Of
Bufford Hall, County Lancaster, was
married ut Belmont, cx Senator SHARON 5
handsome country scat. near san Frau
cisco, yesterday, to Miss Flora. second
daughter of the mining millionaire. The
groom belongs to one Of the Oldest I;smi-
lies in Lancashire, one of his ancestors hav-
ing been knightcl by Henry VIII. for
gallant services in France. His mother
was the daughter OF the Earl of Pom!ret
and an ancestrcss was cousin of the poet
Cowpcr.
Mr.. HENRY w. OLIVER, jjr., ,now Senate,
Camcron'S candidate for the sc,latOrsl,ip,
is native of Ireland and about forty-tive
years of age. He was IN apprentice ut tho
saddler's trade in early life, but SOON af.
forwards became a shipping clerk in TIC
office OF an iron establishment in Pitts.
burgh. In 1868 lie began business 20,
himself with 4 small interest in firm.
and by the display OF tact and enterprise,
developed his interests SD rapidly that hs
was soon i'm the front rank of the iron
manufacturers. Mr.. Oliver has been very
little in public life. lie was 4 member OF
councils for his city and for some time
presiding officer of the select branch
Last fall hc wasa candidate for clector-at
large Oh the Republican ticket.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24

We have heretofore mentioned that Il
number of business men of the city have
presented their employees with turkeys
for their Christmas dinners. Mr.. John a.
:Shober, has not only remembered his en-
ployees, but iIas kept in mind the editors
and reporters of the lNTEILICENCER to
each OF whom he has presented gigantic
gobblers. They were selected and dressed
by VIM. II. Shobcr, who must fairly
divide the honors with Hector Kautz, liz
knowing where to find the finest specimens
of the great American bird. The Mcssrs.
Shober have distributed among their
friends more than dozen fine turkeys.
Edward Wiley, proprietor of the Spren-
gers saloon North Queen street, instead of
presenting his employees With turkeys has
presented each Of them with ali American
caglc-the genuine eaglc-coined in solid
gold at the United States mint. Although
these g birds don't weigh as much rs the
turkey, they are quite as valuable.
This morning Commodore JOhn Hull,
cigar manufacturer, of West King street,
presented each of his employees with a
large turkey for Christmas.