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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

TIE PRICE Of the double sheet STAR is the
same as the single sheet-two cents-and the
post age is but cent to any part Of the United
NtafnC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

ARMY CHAPLAINs, according to orders just is
sued, may wear on the uniform coat prescribed
for them in general orders No. 90, of 1872,
shoulder-strap of black velvet, with shepherds
crook of frosted silver the center of the strap
They may also wear black cord on the outer
seam Of the trousers prescribed for chaplatns in
the same order,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

RESIGNED THE TRKAsURERsHrP.-On account
Of the political turn given to his connection
with the Irish relief fund by Mr.. Parnell, Mr..
George W. Riggs, Of this city, declines to acs.
any longer as treasurer of that fund for this
locality, and he has written letter to that
effect to the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

49, FOUNDRY M. E. CHURCH. 14th and
VSg G sts.-To-morrow, Rev. DIR. LANAHAN, pas
tor, at II, and 80 pm. At 8 80 the MoGIBENY's
will sing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

CINCINNATI does not seem to be moving with
any spirit to get the national democratic con-
vention. The Cincinnati Enquirer Of yesterday
says that up to that date its citizens had only
subscribed $40 as an inducement for the national
convention to come to that city. Washington
has already shown a nberality hundred-fold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY CAsE-In the Court
in General Term this morning Chief Justice
Cartier, Judges Wylie, Macarthur, Cox and
James-the case OF Dauphin agt Key, POST
master GeneraD, bill to enjoin the latter from
interfering with the letters addressed him was
taken up on demurrer and argued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-14

AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day wer
Senators Baldwin, Paddock. Ferry, Saunders
and Ingalls,, and Representatives Updegratf,
Otero, Hubbell, Williams, Dwight Bland, Town.
send, Valentine, Newberry and Haskell.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

AIRING BEDs.-The German usage
OF eider.down coverlets is not recon
mended. Though warm and light, " it
is insidious in it's action" says lead
ing authority, "and in case Of invalids
should be watched, for it is apt to throw
the sleeper into a violent perspiration.s =
1t would seem almost unnecessary to
advise the airing of beds, as ali good
housewives are supposed to have it
done; still, as it is something which
depends entirely upon servants, it is
safe to say that this, the most import
ant point in regard to health, is often
neglected. No one ever possibly would
think of washing his face in the same
water twice, unless there was no more
water, but it is quite as disgusting, and
much worse, for health, for person to
sleep twice in a bed which has been
fully imbued with the efluvia of his
body. Air and light are the great puri-
fiers, and the work IN a bed chamber
is worse than neglected when beds, pill
lows, coverings and mattresses are not
thoroughly aired
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
Advice to Bookish People.

We may end with q few words OF
practical advice to persons about to
have books bound. First, they must
increasingly protest against the use of
the mangling "plow-knife," with which
the careless binder cuts the margin Of
books to the quick. It is better, on the
whole, to have books bound with rough
edges (though these attract dust) than
to have the margins mangled with an
atrocious cruelty that positively robs q
book of all its pecuniary value. Again,
do not send new book to the binder.
The sheets are still damp, and print of
on their opposite neigh5ors. Avoid
vellum; it dirties easily it has no beau
ty, except in SO far as to remind one of
Dutch cheese, which some seem to think
q recommendation, and very little va
riety can be produced on the surface.
It is also difficult to make title-pieces in
leather adhere to the greasy surface.
Again, let the decorations be appropri-
ate. Do not have black letter romance
of chivalry fooled with the fowery or
'nament of the eighteenth century, nor
dress Rabelais in coat after the fashion
OF Gerome. Lastly, don't hurry the
binder. Hasty work is incompatible
with good binding, and good bindings
are the best ornaments of library
SATURDAY ReDieau.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
Pins and Whisky.

Mr.. Cough, in one of his addresses,
spoke of some things that save life by
not being swallowed:
They tell us that alcohol gives
strength and nourishment. No, it does
not; it gives stimulus. You sit down
on hornets nest, and it may be quick
ening, but is not nourishing.
A man once said to friend of
mine: You are fighting whisky.
Whisky has done good deal of good.
Whisky has saved great many lives.
What do you mean? ?" said he.
Why, whisky has saved q great
many lives"
You remind me-" said my friend,
" of boy who was told to write an es-
say about pin, and, in his boylsh way,
he said, A pin is very queer sort OF
thing. It has a round head and O
sharp point, and if you stick them into
you, they hurt, and women use them
for cuffs and collars, and men use them
when their buttons are off. IF you
swallow them, they kill you. For
cents you get packet of them, and
they have saved thousands Of lives
The teacher said What on earth
do you mean2 How have they saved
thousands of ives?'
BY people not swallowing them,
answered the boy"
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
How They Do Things In Arkansaw,

How They Do Things In Arkansaw.
IF You want good item," said jim
Johnson to q reporter, II can tell You
OF funny occurrence that happened a
Hot Springs last SUMMER while I was
there. Mayor Linde, of Hot Springs,
had been blackguarded by the editor Of
. paper there until he couldn't stand il
any longer, so, according to the custom
of the country, he went out cunning
one day. He brought down two by
ISLANDERS before he bagged his game,
the editor, whom he shot in the leg.
None of them died, I believe. Then he
went on spree, and, having full charge
OF the police and the station-house, he
turned out all the prisoners in the sta
tion, lot of horse-thieves and murder
ers: The next morning he fined him
self $40 for drunkenness and disoredr.
~ conduct. In the course of time he
was indicted for the shooting. He got
change of venue on the ground that
he couldn't get justice in that county.
His trial came off in another county.
He was fined q fine and costs amount
ing to $95. He had forty witnesses
subpgnaed. Their fees amounted to
S. each-$2O0. They Jumped their
fees and gave them to Linde. He paid
the $95 and pocketed $1o5, and went
home happy"
That's the way they do things in Ar
kansaw.-CS Cincinnati Commercial,
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

THE earliest pen was a sharp iron,
steel, or bronze instrument, used for
cutting out letters or hieroglyphics on
stones or metal plates. It was this kind
that is referred to by Job in speaking
OF an !" iron pen" For writing on parch-
ment the reed or quill pens were used
Tor great many centuries. The first
recorded iron pens used for writing on
paper and parchment is in the year
1885, but their use must have been very
limited and the pens themselves poor.
These were not, however, improved
upon until the beginning of the present
century, when there was demand for
something more durable than quill pens.
In 1903 steel was tried in Wise's barrel
pen, but they were found too expensive
and clumsy. Joseph Gillot was the first
to perfect and bring about the present
form Of steel pens, in 1920, and began
the manufacture of them at Birming-
ham. Eng. The first gross ofsteel pens
ever sold at wholesale were sold for $50,
in 1920, at Birmingham. In 1880 the
price was So; in 1882, $1.50; in 1860,
IL cents, while an article as good as
those manufactured in 1920 was sold at
4 cents. Several other men engaged
IN the manufacture of pens at Birming-
ham, and all have made large fortunes
out Of it. The annual production Of that
city has ranged from 100000 to 15,-
1000 gross of pens. Almost the en-
tire world are now supplied by Bir-
mingham.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
A Plea for Tobacco. .Smoki

Smoking is essentially an American
taste. It is in harmony with our climate
and our habits. It resists the blues and
it stimulates reflection. We pride our-
selves on our reflective qualities. These
qualities can never receive justice so
complete as at the hands of the tobacco
smoker. Smoking collects the thoughts,
combines ideas, quietly lays down
phrases in logical order. It invests
poetic fancy with great halo, and in.
cubates invention in its genial exhalar
tions. As the magicians of old burnt
herbs, and produced from their vapors
an image of magic beauty, scene of
the future, or the eidolon of distant
present, SO does this necromantic herb
of modern days, with it's weird powers,
support the exertions of genius, evolve
thoughts from eminent minds, and si-
lently cooperate in great labors. From
all times smoking is said to have existed
IN one shape or another. On the carv-
ings from Nineveh man may be seen
enjoying an instrument very like pipe;
and the prevalence of the practice in
different regions forbids the assumption
OF common origin. Narcotics are Sec
ondary necessities of human life. TO.
bacco, opium or betel nut supply this
want to the different races of man.
Civilization adheres to tobacco as =
middle course. Among its uses, smoking
is the most ofeditable. Shutting OF
chewing are as ignoble as they are dirty.
Fire, the great purifier, redeems the
smoker from the less pleasant forms OF
his pursuit. it."-Ercha7a1e,
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
Finding Drowned People.

An Old Folk -Lorist" writes: The
remarkable incident Of the discovery Of
the body of q child drowned in the river
Kennel, at Newbury, in 1867, by means
OF two-penny loaf with quantity of
quicksilver put into it, was quoted by
one OF your contemporaries some twenty
years ago, and then elected many curl
GUS proofs of the existence of similar
practices with analogous successful re-
suits, and with what is not always the
case--a satisfactory explanation st tie
phenomenon. Sir James Alexander, in
his account Of Canada, after stating
that the Indians believe that drowned
body may be discovered by floating q
piece of cedar wood, which will stop
and turn round over the exact spot,
mentions an instance which occurred
within his own knowledge, where the
body OF aperson who was drowned by the
oversetting of his boat near Cedar
island could not be discovered until
this experiment was resorted to-"
But something more remarkable was
stated by an eminent clergyman, happi.
~ still living, who mentioned thae,
many years before, boy who had late
ly come to Eton imprudently bathed in
the Thames where it flows with great
rapidity under the playing fields," and
was carried out of his depth and
drowned. All efforts to recover the
body failed till one of the masters threw
9 cricket-bat into the stream, which
1oated to spot where it turned round
in an eddy in deep hole, under which
the body was found. There were, I
think, other instances, but these elected
from some intelligent correspondents
tho simple and natural explanation of
the phenomenon. There are in all run
ing streams deep pools formed by ed
dies, in which drowned bodies are
likely to be caught and retained. Any
light substance thrown into the stream
would naturally be drawn to the sur
face OF the river over the center of the
eddy-hole.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
HYMN FOR THOSE AT SEA.

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid'st the mighty ocean deep.
Its own appointed limits keep.
--- Ohear US, when we cry to Thee,
For those In peril on the sea.
Q Christ, whose voice the waters heard,
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkest on the foaming deep,
And calm amid the storm did sleep.
. hear us, when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.
0 Holy Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the waters dark and rude
And bid their angry tumult cease
And give for wild confusion peace.
0 hear us, when we cry to Thee,
For those IN peril on the sea.
0 Trinity Of love and power
Our. brethren shield in dangers hour.
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect US, wheresoe'er we go
49,. Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and
b. t-. sea.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

WHEN you get ready to draw up your
will. the following, which is the usual
form, will be found Of use: an the
name Of God. Amenl I, A. B., of the
town of in the county of and
State of , of the age of = years.
and being of sound mind and memory.
do make, publish and declare this nv
last will and testament, in manner fol
lowing, that is to say: l. I give and
bequeath to my wife, E. B., etc. 2. I
give and devise to my son, @. b., etc.
8. give and devise the rest, residue
and remainder, ETC., etc. In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this = day of ., in The year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and A. B. Il. s. = All
wills Except those of personal property
to the value of 5000 must be in writ.
ing, witnessed by two competent Wit
nesses, and signed by the testator, or
by some person in his presence, and by
his express direction.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
EAsrERrLowERs.

Brirg flowers, bright flowers,
On the glad Easter morn;
The chancel and altar
With their beauty adorn!
Their fragrance ascending
All the temple shall I'LL,
Like cloudlets of incense
Floating softly and still.
The lily of Egypt
With its pure regal spathe,
And rosebuds and .pansies,
Shall we strew DER the path
Where footsteps of Jesus,
Coming forth from the tomb,
Shall mid their fresh cleaning
Rob the grave of its gloom.
The Earth in her bosom
Her Creator once took;
And thrill of great JOY
All her strong pillars shook.
So ever at Easter
In grateful remembrance,
She offers fair flowers
OF new life the semblance.
And as the sweet blossoms
From all climates are culled,
May Earth and her nations,
Their transgresslons annulled,
All join in the anthem
To the Saviour arisen,
Whose echoes shall enter
Heavens portals Elysian!
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

aYou look as If you Just waked up
from nap Of week with your cl0thes
on and came of without washing your
face or comblng your hair, = said my hus-
band. 4 Il. n
"Oh!' and Edwards countenance
frightened q little. Then he said with
much gravity Of manner. 81 have been
extremely hurried of late, and only left
business few minutes ago. Z hardly
thought it worth while to 60 to dress; /
knew we were all friends here. Besides,
as my fortune is made, (and he glanced
with look rot to be mistaken, toward
his wlfe), do not feel called upon to
give as much attention to dress as for
merlY. Before I was married it was neces-
sary to be more particular in these mat
ters, but now it IS no consequence"
turned toward Cora. Her face was
like crimson. In few moments she
arose and went quickly from the room,
followed her, and Edward came after
Us pretty soon. He found his wife in
tears, and sobbing almost hysterlcally.
"1've got carriage at the door," he
said to me, aside, half laughing, half Sc
rious-"so help her on with her things,
and wen retire in disorder"
"But it's too bad of you, Mr.. Doug
lass,'' replied I.
"Forglve me for making your house
the scene of this lesson" he whispered.
"1t had to be given, ard I thought
would trespass upon your forbearance .
sl'll think about that, replied.
In few minutes Cora and her husband
retired, and in spite Of good breeding
and everything else, we all had hearty
laugh on my return to the parlor, where
explained the curious little scene that
had just occurred.
How Cora and her husband settled the
affair, never inquired. But one thing
is certain, never saw her IN slovenly
dress afterward, at hcme or abroad. She
was cured.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
M-D,WlE1Lrlsa, con.

10
H dwelleth on the mountain tops.
Where tho morning mists arise,
Mo N the gltst'ning drop Of dsw
inst in the valley lies;
And IN the gloomy caverns deep.
Where sunless waters glide
And stalactc beauties have their birth.
There, too. He doth abide.
I see Him in the silvry stream
That to old ocean pours,
And n the wondrous bow that spans
Whsre sdread Niagara roars.s
I hear His voice whom the whistling wind
Around my dwelling blows,
And In the jingling hail and rain.
And music Of the SHOWS.
In the restless wood birds simple song
From thrush to whip-poor-wiu-
HIS presence ID apparent
Al city on hill.
The fragrance of each beauteous Aovu
70 but His scented speech,
And the glory Of His eloquence
Far into my soul doth reach.
The light Of sun and twinkling stars
Are embodiments Of His smile,
And oh, how oft upward gaze
And worship al the whilel
Closer, closer still, I follow Him;
His Language understand;
Through every joy, and sorrow too,
He's with mo hand in hand.
And when His mandats summons mo
TO Cross deaths darksome tide.
2 Nay interpret the summons thus:
Nestle closer to His sids.s
1ASco0o Ledger.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

HYDRoPHoB1A.-M Mr.. Galtier, a learned
professor at Lyons, has been inocu-
lating rabbits with the virus of mad
dogs, in order to find whether the NAL
ady will yield to any treatment he may
devise, but has not been successful.
The madness shows itself in the rabbit
in about three weeks. m. Galtier finds
that the virus of q mad dog will be as
powerful, when preserved in water,
twenty-four hours afterward, as it was
at first.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
lmxrH.ooD. q I ,

Nhat hsppy star shons on her bisth1
Whist grassy corner Of The earth
0rs8 daisies for her bsby feet
10 dance between. since they repeat
On I'll the nowsrlsss ways they pass,
That beoeay motion Of The RIassl
What brook bewitched hsr 10 IL brink,
And drew her fresh lips down TO drink
1ts music, while It slipped unseen
1ts happy cadences betweenf
30 sweet and glad the voice that slips
From smbnsh, OF her maiden lips.
What winds upon the hills gave room
70 her, and buneted to bloom
aer rounded cheeks, and made hsr hair
4 flying sunshine in tho ARR
Eor still, like sungleams on . rose,
Her wayward color comes and goes.
What ersy-beard tree upon the down
caught, . she sped, her floating gown,
Ana whispered through his ancient girths
Tho long dumb sorrow of the o.rthi
For the sweet pity in her eyes
Almost their gladness overlies.
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21
Ambiguous.

Dear Nellie, don't let the men come
too near you when courting." .Oh,
no, dear ma. When Charlie is here we
always have one chair between u.s.
Mother thinks the answer is rather am
biguous,
The Princeton union., 1880-04-21

Tommy What does it mean, Sissy !;
laying up something for rainy day Z"
Sissy Don't know, Tommy; spect it
means borrowing q friends umbrella
and never returning it"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-07

New BANKRUPT LAw.--The bill now be-
fore the house of representatives has the ap.
proval of the Boston board of trade and
other commercial organizations. 1t pro.
vides that registers in bankruptcy shall be
paid by the government, the estate paying a
fixed sum TO the government, according to
the amount of assets. The fees of the clerk
of the court are also simplified and reduced.
A salaried officer is appointed in each cir
cult with duties resembling those of a
bank examiner, whose duty it will be to
oversee the settlement of all estates and the
administration of the law by all officers,
with authority to procure remedy for negli-
gence or fraud. Provision is made for com.
position, but the rights of creditors are
guarded by the mode of proceeding and by
requiring one-thi-d of the composition to be
paid in cash and the remainder to be amply
secured and of the debtors by giving them
regular discharge as soon as this is done.
The amount of property exempted from the
operation of the decree is made substantially
uniform for all traders throughout the coun-
try. 1t is claimed that this will secure the
rights of creditors while giving chance to
every debtor who has honest intentions.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-07
A National Disgrace.

Mississippi's colored senator, Bruce as chair
man of special committee, has just made
report on the Freedmen's savings bank at
Washington, which is endorsed by all the
members of the committee who have exam.
ined the subject. The causes assigned for
the failure are few, and they are stated with
a degree of candor that deserves commenda-
ton. Instead of following the business for
which the bank was established, heavy
discount business was undertaken. There
was lack Of responsible oversight and the
powers vested in the trustees were exercised
by three members of the finance committee,
and even by the actuary acting alone.
This downright robbery of more than sew
enty thousand poor, ignorant but innocent ne
groes amounts to national disgrace. The
institution was established at the close of the
war, avowedly for the benefit OF the freed.
men as a safe depository of their hard and
scanty earnings. The government had dealt
generously with the emancipated slaves, and
they in turn, regarding this as an act of be-
nevolence toward them, poured their scanty
earnings into its bottomess Golfers with the
utmost confidence. And when congress
looked quietly on and saw a set of graceless
villains rob these unsuspecting depostors of
nearly or quite two millions of dollars, we
say it not only amounts TO national dis
grace, but it constitutes claim upon the
general government of the nation as equit-
able as any that ever existed To make the
outrage still more palpable, it seems by this
report that more than ten per cent of the
claims against the bank (s35O,OOO) has
been expended IN liquidating its affairs.
The report gives encouragement that in all
about fifty per cent will be paid TO deposit.
ors but this leaves the loss at about 49,.
100000.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-07
Truth in a Nut Shell.

On Friday last the exodus committee at
Washington struck rich lead in a colored
witness, one G. j. Murrell, an ex-member of
the Louisiana legislature from Madison par
ish. He stated that he first noticed the ex-
odus movement in March, 1879, on his re-
turn from Legislative duties. Several hun
dred of the colored people in Madison par
ish were on the banks of the river anxious
to get away, and he advised them not to
leave. They seemed to fear that the Demo.
Gratis would change the constitution and
state laws 80 that they would bear more OPP
pressively upon the colored people. A con-
vention of representative white men was af-
terward held at Vicksburg and whitewash-
ing resolution adopted, promising protection
to the negroes; but toward the latter part of
November, just prior to the Louisiana state
election, armed bands of white men rode
through Madison parish in squads of twenty
five or fifty, intimidating and whipping the
negroes. Many negroes have since left, and
Murrell thought that there would be such an
exodus from that section by June 1st as had
never been heard of before. Murrell said
that he went to the Democratic leaders in
December, 1870, and endeavored to compro-
mise with them, offering to persuade the me-
groes to vote for some local Democratic NOM
inees, if they would allow them to have
peaceable canvass. One of the Democratic
leaders, distrustful of Murrel's ability to
persuade the negroes, remarked that there
was "more eloquence in a double-barreled
shotgun than in forty Ciceros." The Demo.
Gratis carried the parish by two thousand three
hundred majority, as reported, but Murrell be-
lieved that not over three hundred and sixty
votes were actually cast, and that not more
than eighty colored men voted in the parish
He said that there were some Democrats in
the state, men who were Wings before the
war, who are inclined to treat the negroes
well, and that the bulldozers are men who
have no interest in the welfare of the peo-
pie, but " live on peanuts and sweet-potatoes
and kill niggers."