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HARRIET BEECIlER STOWE.
Inc opportunity for .st-nCsc Tom. q
eabiu'' and IT, SuCceS.

Mrs. Stowe. according TO her bographer IN
Lon don nun, jealousy huckled 10 literary
career 10 exc Out tue family Income. aud soon
became known 10 the editors of several mara-
zines. She Is good specimen OF an au nor
who has made herself at the expense OF her
readers. By constant practice she has ac-
QuiTed a pelfeC mastery OF the tachnlcal part
OF her art Observation. refle.tion good sense
much paihos and a little humcr-these form q
The stock in-trade with which she set IN ANY
one thus gifted, aud taking pains. is sare 10
Write something worth reading and 10y striE-
lne the public fancy at critical moment by
picturesque expression OF public opinion may
Insure measure or success denied 10 IN,
greatest masters In their generation For
about II years Mrs. Stove toiled patiently on
M ,s very moral essays and very proper lit
lie stories, which no doubt sweetened ihe tea
cups OF many New England spinSter on
winter nights. Bur I'm 1850 came the chancs
Whlch, according 10 Lord Beaconsheld, comes
10 every man and woman once In a lifetime
ana no more. She was asked TO write a special
slavery story for the National Era an abn.
ntionlst PAPER published at Washington. Mrs
Stowe accordingly commenced 81 ncle Toms
CaplD, which made a decided hit though n
was not TIL 1852, when the tale was publishe1
ln book form, that Its success began 10 attain
gigantic proportions In the space or threa
years and half 81, 600 copies were sold in ma
United states alone. In England something
IKE ZOO 0O copies were sold tn about the sauna
perioo. Win US la fact. the book was univer-
sally popular; In America IL evoked rather
nlngled feelings, and IL is questionable whether
Mrs Stowe Won d have been perfectly safe IN
south Carolina toward the close OF 1888.
JBcie Tom has been translated Into 90 lam
guages, including Arabic, Armenian Chinese
japanese, Russian and Welsh There are IA
qlnerent German and four French versions
me influence or theiwork can scarcely be over
estimated. Mrs. Stowe spoke the slaves nara
ple In manner it had never been spoken be-
lore: all the world listened, wondered and
wept; ana this lady was TO nave the crowning
glory or helping 10 liberate another country
beside her own. The present Emperor OF Rus
STA was among the earliest readers OF ''Uncle
Tom" on this side the Atlantic; and the peru
sal or the story is said TO have made him take
the resolve that, come what might. he would do
his uttermost 10 root out slavery from his own
country. This may be an American legend.
but IL contains nothing intrinslcally improha
ole TO those who know the sensitive nature
OF the Car, nothing Will seem more likely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13

Reducing Studies in the Public
SChAAlR~

Editor Star: Your forcible and judicieus edi-
torial comments. some days since In favor OF
abolishiDg corporal punishment III the public
schools OF this District, have, 1t is hoped.
awakened the minds of the Board OF School
Trustees on this important subject. 1t is graft
tying to note that, at the last meeting OF the
corporal punishment 10 the schools was adopted,
and referred to the committee on rules. Let US
hope that this barbsrism OF the past may be
speedily consigned to the dead past" where
IL properly belongs.
1t will also be observed with sincere pleasure
by very many who have an abiding faith and
profound interest In the success Of the public
schools OF this District, and q deeper solicltude
for the welfare of their children, who are being
trained In them. that at the last meeting of the
Beard OF Trustees another resolution was
adopted, looking towards reducing the number
OF studies and curtailing the hours OF study. !
believe that 1t may be safely asserted that all
who have considered the number OF different
studies now imposed on small children in the
public schools and the length of time they are
confined In the close and impure air Of large
school buildings, will heartily agree that the
proposed reduction of the number OF studies and
the hours OF study is a judicious and much
needed reform.
A boy in the fifth grade, under the present
system OF the public schools, will have at least
four lessons to study at home, every night or
evening, after school Is dismissed. Besides
reading, writing. music, drawing, and perhaps
other branches taught during the day at school,
he has as regular studies, spelling. intellectual
arithmetic, practical arithmetic, geography,
grammar Language lesson), and physiology,
and OF these. four at least and sometimes five
different studies have to be mastered and men,
orized at home daily. Considering the tender
years of the average pupil, is not this piling it
on rather too thick? Can 1t be expected that
mere child can digest and assimilate such
mass of matter, even If a prec0cious intellect
may succeed in memorizing tre severe task?
Does it not justly lay the public schools open
TO the charge Of '.cramming," as preferred by
Mr.: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and other able
fhnrDuOhlV
learned, Is infinitely to be preferred to a mass
OF superficial examining. The maxim Leye,'s
nautun1 non malta is none the less wise to-day
than when 1t was enforced by Horace and Quin-
lillian. Referring to The studies above enum-
Grated, might not the physiology be dropped
from the nth grade at least, without detri-
ment? With It's technical phraseology and
terms. 1t is very difficult study for small Child
rem, and the text book In use (Hotze's First Les
sons In Physiology Is very little less simple
than Cutters Physiology, which is used as
text book In the freshman Class of many Of our
colleges. In the abolition Of corporal punish
ment and the reduction of the number of
studies ard hours OF study, we may hope for
material Improvement In the system Of our
public schools. j. r. G,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13

Mile. Grevy, the daughter or the President.
anects American ways altogether and Will
walk and ride alone, much TO the horror OF the
arlstocrats, and even republican papers OF
Paris attack her for infringing on long -estab-
lished customs. They tell some very anuSinc
stories about the young lady, and the dini.
cuites she encounters in carrying out her
Ameiicanism. For instance, no respectable
French woman goes Oh the street alone, either
a gentleman Celatlye, OF course.) or q servant
must accompany her. A foreigner can DEFY
this rule with safety, ana every day you meet
English and American girls by themselves but
their nationality is so evident that IL protecrs
them where native would be insulted right
aud left. IL seems on a number OF occasions
that Mile. Grevy, when walking alone, has
oteI acc0sted by her too gallant countrymen:
put, instead OF losing her temper or being
frightened, she hands them visiting card 10
enforce her statement as 10 her personality.
ana then begins TO barangue them on the
beauty and proprtety or woman walking
unescorted, and on the folly or a man presu n
Ing for that reason that she is not an sue
should be The novelty OF this proceeding IS
rendered more striking because unparalleled In
the annals OF French history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
The POpe,s FINANCES.


We hear from Rome that Cardinal Jacoblni
has been nominated by the Pope to the post
once held by the aStute AntOnell1 and more re-
Gently by Cardinal Nina, who notwithstanding
MS great learning and varied requirements has
been anything but diplomatic success as Pom
tween the vatican and the RadzivilI Palace
being for the present at an absolute stand-still.
JacobfniS services are no longer required at
vienna, where he will be replaced by Vannu-
tell, the Papal NuAciO now at Brussels. For
Cardinal Nina is destined the Office OF Project of
The Papal C0urt-a functOnary charged with
the supervision OF the Pontiff's real and per-
trat1on OF his fixed and f1uctuating rev.
enues. His Eminence will also preside
over a committee or Cardinals and pre-.
lates about to be appointed for the purpose of
recognizing The Peters pence fund, the pro-
duc1lVeneSs OF which has fallen Off year by year
sin the death Of .'ius TX. 1t appears that des-
plte the many reductions In his household eX-
pendIture effected by Leo Kill, the outlay OF
the Holy See still amounts to nearly 5000, 900
lire annually, toward which total Papal invest
Inents IN foreign stocks. &C., only contribute
about million and a halt Thus 1t becomes
desirable that the Peters pence should be made
70 yield as much as win balance the Pom
WIN py degrees TO augment the capital invested
abroad. The Pope still declines to accept the
lncome-three and a quarter millions of lire
ouered 10 him by the Italian government.
although IL has lately been proposed that this
S Sh snOuio take the form OF a personal
part OF their Majesties the King and Queen Of
Italy. AS, however, the deficit In his Revenues
must De maze up somehow, it is eXpected thai
strong appeal to the faithful will Shortly he
promulgated at the instigation Of the commit.
zee aoove referred TO, with the object OF achieV-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
FOR TIE EVENING STAR.
ROCK CREEK.

Alone wandered wild Rock Greek to-day:
But how alone when Beauty cheered my way,
Love, Poetry, and stil-suggestive Art:
Indeed, its not alone, alone to be-
Such fairy music winding through the heart
Such ever changing charms of scenery!
And Memory's MOSES, too, from long ago.
On all thy rocks, thy trees, luxuriant grow
Here found my boyhood holiday delight,
Rambling thy emerald, howery, curving shore,
Or up the giant steps of some steep height,
Till Robin Hood the greenwood ranged onct
more!
Then Verse here claimed me, Love, with garland
chain,
And Art whose happy student remain.
o. SEAToN DoNoHo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13

VERY TOUCHING are the idyls of the country
schools or pennsylvania A boy OF twelve.
whose ideas are shooting In the vicinity of Ian.
schoolmate OF the opposite sex by dividing a
huge turnip during school hours Another lad
jealous very ike, teased him BY rolling Ais eyes
and mutter1ng Sweet on the girl" The lad
the offenders head. The teacher saw what
had been done and directed the boy who had
thrown the turnip to take his place at the desk
The girl who had received the other part of the
turnip, hot with Indignation and anxious to
share disgrace with her admirer, at once
teacher ordered her to take her place beside the
first culprit-which was precisely what she
wanted TO do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
Riankcts for Fires.

kdttO7' Sta7': THIS Idea Suggested Itself 70 me
While witnessing fire In the eastern part of
The city few nights ago, and If, according to
would respectfully ask you to have the same
published In your paper. We all know that a
great many lives, and also vast amount OF
property, have been saved through the use OF
wet blankets during conflagrationS, and we also
know that great deal OF time is consumed In
procuring those articles. Now, my idea Is this
why couldn't each one OF our fire companies be
provided with a suitable number OF blankets TO
be used on occasions OF that kind, so that all
delay would be SaNed2 M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
UNPLEASANT EFF TRUE.
An Old Time Ghost StOrY-Dean
Stanley Tells it Over Again.


=. In the middle OF the last century the chief of
the Campbells Of Inverawe had been given an
entertainment at his castle on the banks OF
Inc awe. The party had been broken up and
Campbell was left alone. He was reused by a
violent knocking at the gate, and was surprised
at the appearance Of one of his guests, with
torn garments and dlsheveled hair demanding
pursued by enemies. 1 beseech you to let me
In: Swear upon your drk--upon the
cruaehan or hip where your dirk rests
betray me-" Campbell swore, and placed the
fugitive in a secret place in the house. Pres
emily there was second knocking at the gate.
1t was party Of his guests, who said:-"Your
cousin Donald has been killed; where is the
murderer" At this announcement Campbell
remembered the great oath which he had sworn,
ers In wrong direction. He then went to the
fugitive and said ''You have killed my cousin
Donald: can cam not keep you here" The
s 20 b}m h oay a and tRPe n
Campbell did so, and retired to rest. In
the visions OF that night the b,oodstained
Donald appeared to him with these words:
"lnyerawe, lnverawe, blood has been shed;
Shield not the murderer" In the morning
Campbell went to his guest, and told him
that any further shelter was impossible. He
took him, however, to a cave In Ben. Cruachan.
and there left him. The night again closed in,
and Campbell again slept and again the blood
stained Donald appeared. "Inverawe, Inver-
ave, blood has been shed; shield not the muir
derer." On the morning he went to the cave on
the mountain, and the murderer had fled Again
at light he slept, and again the bloodStalned
Donald rose before him and said, 'InveraWe
InyeraWe, blood has been shed. We shall not
rect again till we meet at Ticonderoga" He
woke IL the morning, and behold 1t was dream.
But The story of the triple apparitiOn remained
by him. and he often told 1t among his kins-
men. asking always what the ghost could mean
by this mysterious word OF their final rendez-
VOWS.
In l75s there broke out the French and Eng
liSh war In America which after MANY rebuffs
ended In the conquest of Quebec by Gen. Wolfe.
Campbell, OF Inverawe, went out with the Black
Watch, the 42d Highland regiment, afterward
so famous. There, on the eve of an engage
ment, the General came TO the officers and said:
I'VE had better not tell Campbell the name of
the fortress which we are to attack to morrow
il is Yiconderoga. Let US call it Fort George"
The assault took place In the morning. Camp
bell was mortally wounded. He sent for the
General. These were his last words: General,
you have deceived me; have seen him again.
This G l'innndernna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
Giants i'm a Sleeping car

- lOOuIcll blufIS NOnpar6ll.
capt. Bates ana wife, the two largest giants
VINO have been travelling with Coles circus for
some years. arrived at Council Bluffs on Sat.
nroay evening last on the delayed Union
racine train. The tall folks were afraid IN
ilsk their precious lives on the water In order
10 Teach Australia, where the show has gone
70 exhibit during the winter At this noint
Sne large people engaged two sections on the
Northwestern, opposite each other. The other
p;Sssengers were curious to know now the
g as would manage to sleep In their berthS
long. ''-0 o''S0 o0u' IL DIS
Their curiosity was not gratified. howevar
t u.l morning, as the tall people were still sit
stng up When the last of the small sized mas
ssSngeIs nad "crawled in.n The next morhtng
Sne Early rlsers In the car discovered an nh'
SoIuGGon across the aisle about the center OF the
car. Spon looking little closer the obstruction
Mas aouno 70 De nothing more than the giant
occrn me, VINO nad gone to bed across the car,
&c Inc Two opposite sections of births
S O. tunIuin@Iy stzed persons would OCCUPY one
O N, Tue giAntS were compelled to rise quite
eaIly IN or0er 10 permit the rest OF the naSsen-
gers 10 go from one end OF the car to the otner.
FOUR NEGROES were found recently in an
Alabama graveyard going through with mum
merfeS which they thought were to give them
certain magical powers. One was on his knees
praying at the head of grave another was on
his knees cursing at the foot and the other
two were playing game OF cards In the CEN
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13

STEALING FLOWERS FOR HER MOTHERS GRAVE.
Harriet Carr. girl eighteen years old. was de-
tected on Sunday In the act OF transferring
flowers from one grave to another In the Ever
greens cemetery at East New York. She was
taken before Justice Gertum yesterday. With
at1Dg was her mothers, and that she had no
means OF getting flowers for it. A fine of s. was
imposed, which she was assisted to pay, and
then she went out OF the court room observing
that she would never 60 again to the cemetery
till she was carried THEREBY r. World, 10Th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13

LETTERS REMAINING IN GEOhSEIOWN Cd
O.)P. o.. NovKMBER l3TH. lSo0.
LADIES' LIeT-Addison Lucy Miss: 6chumxn
Eva; Kelly Edward Mrs; Quick Emma Miss.
G1NTL1MEN'B LI6T-Grumel 0ilbers Master
D. q. AINdER. Postmaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-13
THE WONDERS OF ALASKA.

VISIT TO OTTER IsLASD-SONsrHING ABOUT SEALS
AND SEA lions MILLIONS OF SEA BIRDS AND
ACRES or EGGS-PIRATICAL FoxES
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

y FOGEST OF LIeUTNING.-lEe .>..
ElmO'S Fire. - or electricit- seen I.aE-
ing ON the bayonetS of marching armies
and around the spdTs and maSts OF sar
comes from the presence of "a -'ehar-5.
cloud I'm the air. from which tie pointed
objects draw the lightning.
y splendid instance of IaIS rlel0lIe-
non was lately witnessed in the d H.l ..
st. CerCues, where q whole forest .-
pine trees was seen To he aE.gW win
light like q phoSph0rescent sea il .-5
tropics. y thunder-StOTm was raging
at the time. and at every flash OF ..----
ming. the illumination entirely .>-
peared, but soon sLOne forth a-a.l ...-
the next flash came. Before Tie a.-
pearance of this st. Elm0's Fire. I5a..
rains had fallen and soaked the i.-rr.-
so as To render it conductive oi sr-t.r
city, and the thunder-Cloud oTtIIts.-.
heavily charged with electricity nal -.--
duced an opposite charge ON The E-...-
below. which discharged itself INTO ..-
air 10y the pointed buUghs aua ues...s
of the pine-trees.- gfrh.S ".I
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

\ NEW PAYING OCCUPATION FOR LADIES
AND GENTIENiEN. The handsome Nickel
Plated New Home Lamp, being Introduced
tn the public this season, is the most merit
UriGlIS article ever offered y gents to make
money with, is safer and more convenient
than the Student Lamp, which has hprctn-
fore had the reputation of being the Safest
Lamp made, and has Il clamp to attach il TO
the Sewing Machine, Piano. Organ, Desk.
etc. The fear of th,. ordinary lamp being
accidpntly upset or thrown from the table
is entirely relieved by this sample clamp con
trivauce. 1t can be adjusted Il throw the
light Just where il Is wanted to suit the eyes
and can bc converted into a handsome wall
lamp. II has the bcS. arIand burner, fill
ing indicator, and convenient match box. and
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and Post master of Cincinnati, the gent of
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, made.
There are three reasons why y gents should
seek such an article to canvass fOr-Grst, for
its absolute safety and great convenience it
Is needed in every home second, lis low
price makes its sale immense third, il will
be a credit tn handle such an article. One
southern Agent writes, it sells faster than
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another writes, il beats the palmy days Of
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

STRAW As HORSE FOOD.-I have fed
many horses all winter on straw and
grain-nO hay-with entire satisfaction.
/ have even fed so with great advantage
when the horses have been steadily en-
pIoyed at heavy work, and in other in
stances when they have had only Occa-
siOnaI light road work. 1t has been said
that nature made two animals gluttOns
the horse and man. 1t is true of the
horse. But fed on straw the horse is
not likely to eat too much. The nutTi-
ment should be supplied mainly 10y grain.
the purpose Of the straw being to distend
the stomach and aid the animal economy
to maintain thrift otherwise than by the
nutriment supplied in the straw. In
taking horses from hay to straw they
are likely TO show uneasinesS for a few
days, but not long. They soon become
cOntented and thrive just as well as
when stuffed with the best of hay, and
they are far less likely, when kept idle,
TO become injured in wind. | believe
most cases of heaves are caused directly
by over eating when the horses are kept
with insufficient wOrk--IF. 4. Iy8t-
StrOEJ EimirG, NC1r York.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

KEROSENE STAINS TPpN A j Lg....
"A correspondent writes from l
Mound. Mimi. that The breaking. Y. ~ y
kerosene lamp has caused % 'iII=-
spot" upon the floor. and wishes l' a...
how it can be removed. Good hel.z.
has a boiling point of $50 degrees .z
siderably above the boiling point -- .'-- ..,.
hence in order to drive 10 coul.s..
crom any fabric, from paper OF -t..- -.-
wood, it must be heated high enough ~ =
form a vapor. when, it pure, Ll i-.--
completely removed. Heat may 2.
plIed 10 the floor by using ial-ll'-.s. s
ficiently hot, first placing a uieee y ...'- r..
per over the spot. 1t may DE lLh. ,.
the oil Is driven to the surface t. -.'
some of the oil remaining in the WI
viii be brought to the surface 10y
larry attraction. In such q case H.. . -.
be necessary to repeat the opeI,t.---
often as the strain appears.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

Curious SEA-WEFD.-Aia, mons ..-
strange things that grow in l-s -. ...--
weed called Nac0tg>tis- u JAS
no larger than "a whip cord ld. .r.
three hundred feet IN length. ~ ,-
upper end is an immense hollow ,'--
Uel-shaped object, six OF seven Lts- ..-..
The vegetable barrel being l-ltL
air, holds up this immense e.g"- +
leaves. so that il rests on The sl'--,. .r
the water, and the cord Is SO s,I1--5 III.
it is used as fisning-liue hy le'l-- 80.
live on the coast where Do =--.
Among those leaves is The lo.-
home of the sea otter. Hiding .
them. or resting on the 'ue! r.E-e
holds them all up, he catches tls s-...-a la
wants, and eats them al his .r.ta
To him. no doubt, IL Is q u-ea''.'
floating island of the sea.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-01

INGENIOUS SPAEROwS "A man in
Indiana recently had a chance To OBJ
serve the ingenuity of sparTOws which
were seeking a drink of clear water.
The clear water was too far away from
the swampy margin of the bank of a
stream to allow them to reach it read
ily. but weeds grew thickly along the
edge. -Four sparrOws settled on one of
these weeds, one above the other. and
their weight bent iC over halfway to the
water. y fifth lighted further up and
bent it further down. Then sixth
settled near the end and the whole stalk
came down level with the surface, and
they drank their fill without any diff
Guilty or having 10 wade through the
muddy margin of the pond