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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-26

The SrS.-Poets OF all ages have sung the sun
anu us splendGrs. A Vast majority OF people are
~ FAVOR OF that golden luminary and ioui In its
praises liz was reserved for a Partisan rio ar.
Nestor ROqueplan, TO form himself into a On.
mittee OF one and deliver the following iiatri be
against the sun: THE sun Is the most brilliant
or the seven large planets; all turn aroun IL
only the moon is reoelliOuS and shows SUFFICIENT
independence and good taste TO abstain from
tnls courteSan-lile rotation. The sun being
nothing more nor less than planet and not a
goo there Is nothing 10 prevent US from telling
IL piece OF our mind. The sun gives the pest
tne cholera, sterility OF SOIL shortness of life
ana Wild beasts TO southern countries And we
farsians, what do we gain by a visit OF the
SUM- Heat, that Is ali, heat All, truly how
Deautlul Paris Is on hot day, How beautiful
Is thls gtuunous population, o what nice red
perspiring faces, what beautiful hands, swollen
, ~ 'ne neat All. what delightful dust there
-, AN, what pleasant choking sensation YOU
Ieei, ana what mad dogs you meet on your
S o,.! such Is the strain Of Mr. Nesfor
noIuepLan exclamation against the eve OF the
unlvefse. he who used to delight I'm the iighf
Oh gas ana candle In some sumptuous dining
room or cabinet pdTttc,iier on the houIeyara
could never pardon the sun for COMING In the
morning and disturbing his quiet demofition NJ
some goodly feast In company with some dash.
Sog ds3al-ti!Q:sa ine.--TAe Parfsian,
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What lie the use of all this eager strife
For place and power Sill &c so soon we must
Resign our hold ON all Alngs-yea, on life,
And he forgotten in the devourin9 dust:
What is the Use. Gear love:
What is the use of this unceasing quest
Tor fame s1d riches, since we all must die
And leave our god: And glory, at the best
Is but d red fame in the sunset ak
Dear love. what is the use:
What is the use o! hurryiug so each day.
What gOodher thing is there in life TIA an rests
And care is waiting further on the way;
Full soon enough We'll reach the Swallowed west
What is the use, dear loyes
What is the rse of reaching past bliss
For unknown blsssi from a world above:
In such little, feetin1 life as this
What IL the use Of any thing but Love:
Dear love, there is no useI
ELLA WHEELER.
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Model Marriage Certificate.

81
The following marriage certificate, through
course Of legal investigation, lately found lis
way to the Office OF Judge johnson:
GALVESTON, TEXAS, 3rd May. 1875, A. ID. OF
our Lord.-Know all persons by these presence
that Mr.. Julious johnson, and Miss Mackenzie.
applied to me at, and at their residence and
where Duely Joined together In holy Wedlock
In the presence Of Witnesses. According to the
law OF God and thease United States the mutual
Bond that God Ordained and was beautyfied
Win the presence Of our Savior, at canaan OF
Gallalee, and is commanded OF ST. Paul. b.
honorable. among all men, to which | set nv
hand and Seal as minister in charge OF the Meth
OdlSC Chutch. REV. JESSE SHACKELFORDn
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- LIGHT FROM OYSTER SHELLs.-It has long been
known that certain compounds OF lime and sui
phur had The property OF absorbing light, and
giving IL Out again when placed In the dark
Simple way 70 do this Is to expose clean oy ster
smells TO red heat for half an hour When
cold, the best pieces are picked out and packed
WIN alternate layers OF sulphur In q crucible.
anu exposed TO a red heat for an hour When
colo. The mass Is broken up ana the WhfJest
pieces are placed In clean glass bottle On ex-
posing the bottle to bright sunshine during the
day, II Is found that at night its contents viii
give out pale light In the dark such a bottle
nlled more than a hundred years ago
stu gives out light when exposed to tie
sun. proving the perslstency Of the prop
city OF reproducing light. Very many experl-
mentS have been more recently made In thi, di-
rectlon, and the light-giv1ng property greatly
enhanced. The chemicals, ground to a flour.
may now be mixed with oils or water for paints
may DE powdered on hot glass and glass GOV,
ered with him OF clear glass, or mixed with
CeIuiold, paplef-mache, Or other plastic mate
Tlals. AS paint. ii may be applied to divers
oreSS, TO cards, clock dialS, sign boards and
other surfaces exposed to sunlight during the
u us. tne pant gives out pale violet light at
hlgnt sulhclent TO enable the objects to be readi-
y seen ID the dark. II the object covered with
me prepared pa int Is not exposed to the sun. or
IL lhe light ladies' In the dark, short piece or
magnesium wire burned before 1t serves TO re-
store the Ieht-glving property. The prepare
Ion, under various fanciful names is aboi1t 10
NC mace upon commercial scale
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London SPECTATOR

We have no doubt whatever that, In this gen.
GRAFTON more especially, the well-to-do have
much more difficulty in bringing up their chill
dren than the strugglers have. Formerly, this
was not so much the case, because the nacessity
for strong discipline was 80 thoroughly acknowl-
edged that 1t was maintained almost without an
effort, and the habit OF obedience was enforced
by practically irresistible authority. But the
speciality of to-day is to concede freedom in
all directions. and especially freedom to chill
d are ana those VINO 9 are subordinate: Discip
and over great tracts OF the world, nearly
dead. The bad effect OF that change-we do not
mean the change from severity to kindllness,
comparative tnattention-is very great, but is
partly concealed by the fact that poverty acts
as discfplining atmosphere. 1t fixes condi-
dressmaking, or go untidy. The boy must go TO
work, or there Will not be enough, and to that
particular work, for only the rich have much
choice Of occupations Economy is imperative,
s sell acts daily. hourly, momentIy,
compressed By the facts Of life, AMI becomes
With the rich, that discipline is
absent and cannot be artiicially produced, a1i
the young have only conscious "trainlng," In
as we said, IL Ii the tendency of the age to re-
lax. The result Is not only that the passions
especially the passions OF selfwtll, grow too
strong, though that Is so clear as to have be-
come truisin: but that among both good and
bad certain bonelessness of character is ap
parent, certain 1ndiSpOsit1On to endure, or to
form strong purposes as to the work of life a
certain want not so much Of energy as OF de-
c1stOn and pertinacfty. The children of the
strugglers very often fail utterly, either from
inherent defects OF character or from insupera-
ole obstacles OF position; but more OF them
win than the children OF the well-off and
taken as body, they have stronger and
finer characters. AS their children grow UP
the well-to do find them more purdensone,
more difficult to manage, more troublesome to
settle, than the poorer do; are more anxious
for their future and more displeased with their
defects OF character and conduct, which, in
deed, from the absence of the pressure OF Cir
cumStanceS, are much greater. With the very
rich, anxiety about their children, crosses OF
different kinds inflicted by them, and their
frequent taSfailureS, make up we believe
definite and separate source Of pain; and even
with the Weldon, greatly increase the burden
OF life, just at a time when burdens are most
anxiously avoided. A man has not gained
much In the struggle OF life whose children are
profgate, babyis characterleSS, or given up
to selhShness; and that is far more often the
lot OF the rich than OF the poor, and constitutes
at least one true "piQch OF wealth.
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The RhododendrOn AT Home.

1t is only out of England that the glorious
rhododendron can be seen in true perfection
and nowhere; perhaps so perfect as in the
Hfmalayas. There. In its native haunts, it be-
comes tree, ritalling In height the oaks
among h1ch it grows, and lifting up its great
rudy postes out OF and above the glossy foliage
OF the lex and the plumed shafts OF the hill
bamboo. For one interval Of the year 1t holds
an undivided empire over the densely-wooded
slopes OF the great range. Then all the other
beauties of mountain and valley are forgotten
for that interval OF lovely depotism, and every
one who can goes up to see 1.-The rhododendrons
In bloom" II the rhodOdendrOn blossoms
yielded scent like those Of the orange, the
citron, and the lime, or like the petals OF
that little rose which gives the East its ..attar "
the whole H1malayaS-a broad belt of land run
ming from east TO west along the north OF India
would be one huge picking ground, and all the
1eetS OF commerce could not carry away its har-
vest. The flowers lie upon the hills In sheets of
square miles, and the valleys are choked with
the rosy punches. The fallen petals, deepening
In tint as they die, lie in drifts OF flame along
the jungle paths, and bank themselves round
the messy roots OF the trees In the hand they
give out only the faintest odor OF honey; but
what deluge OF perfume there would have
been had the rhOdodendrOn shared the scent OF
the violet or the heliOtrope The HfmalayaS while
the glorious plant was In flower, would have
been too overwhelming delicious for human
habitatfop, and the sitting Intensity Of the fra
GRANGE must have made the exquisite scene de.
SerteQ.-LOHdOU TpIpO1UDh.
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THE STAR FOR 1880.

The present year promises to be one OF the
most interesting and eventful OF the century
1t Will witness early In the summer the meet
ing OF the National Conventions OF the two
great political parties and the nomination OF
candidates for the contest In the following No
vember. The impending campaign promises
therefore, to be one OF the most spirited In our
history. and THE STAR, with its increased facil-
tiles, Will print all OF the news OF the day on
which it is issued. 1t has direct wire from its
news room to the Western Union Telegraph o.
fee In New York city, from which wires radIate
to all parts Of the globe, and is therefore ena-
bled to secure the latest news by its own opera
or from every quarter UP to within few mo-
ments OF going to press. 1t is the only evening
paper south OF Philadelphia which receives ex.
clusively the Associated Press dispatches
As newspaper THE STAR being the organ
OF no man, no clique and no interest, Will pre-
sent the fullest and the fairest picture it can
make Of each days passing history In the city
the District, the country and the world. It will
Inn hereafter, as heretofore, at accuracy nrstof
all things In all that it publishes. The circula-
ton now Is larger than at any former period In
the twenty eight years OF its existence exceed
ing Is, 900 copies In its regular, bona fde edi-
ion, without any extra effort or squirt In the
news market
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS.-DAILY STAR
Served by carriers In the city, 10 cents week
or A cents q month. BY mail. 50 cents
month, or $500 per year.
u ALL MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST b. PAID IN
ADVANCE, and no paper win be sentllonger than
paid for. Specimen copies furnished gratis
0A SCHEDULE OF ADVERTISING
PRICES VIII be sent to any address on applica-
tion, .and In the cities Of Georgetown and WASH
ington representative OF the counting room
win call, on application, to write advertise
ments and explain ratea No canvassers are
employed.
Address In al cases
THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER coMpaNYa
WARRINGTON, D. C.
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INPRONPTU.
BIZ NENBER OF TIE LITERARY socIErT.n

BIZ MENBER OF THE LITERARY socrRrr.n
Miles Standish sent John Alden once
In Piymouth's olden daye,
To win for him fair young bride
With bis more winning ways:
But the maiden chose the wooer's self,
To the Captains sore amaze,
And thus our Garfield went to WOO
For fair Columbia's hand;
Not for himeelf but for his friend:
She saw him-calm and grand,
And reckoning, called him to her side
The chosen Of the land!
June IL, 1882 m.
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PARIS authority on American affairs tells
me me ioiioWing truthful story about an adven~
when manageress Of a travelling circus IN the
WIGS OF ONO, she was suddenly attacked by a
6 6ana or sewage Sioux Indians led by the re-
uoueeapit Sllting Bull. Everybody fed ana all
beng drowned In the tempestuous waves of The
mighty Amazon: Suddenly this heroine sprane
upon an unsaddled horse, rallied around her p
and, with revolver in hand attacked and dis.
persed the murderous red devils. Kansas civ
rewarded her with commemorative medal. and
colonel Buffalo Bill, OF Lieut.. Gen Sherfdan,s
stan: knelt at her feet and offered her his hand
and fortune"
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Hone and 4.

Hope stood one morning by the way,
And stretched her fair white hands to me,
And softly whispered. ''For this dag
III company with thee"
"Ah no, dear Hope sigbing said,
loft have you Joined me in the mora
But when the evening came you fed
And left Iae all forlorn.
"'Tis better far to walk alone
Than have your company awhile
And then to lose it and go on
For weary mile on mile"
She turned, rebuked. went my way,
But sad the sunshine seemed, and chill,
l missed her, missed her all the day;
And oh! miss her still
ErSAN G0OrrDcE
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THE DOCTORS said the man couldn't live and
weeping friends surrounded his bedside He
was young and there was much to hold him to
life. He struggled hard mentally to accept the
situation, but he couldn't feel right about it.
At length he opened his eyes and asked in a
feeble whisper ii the leader of the village band
was at home. II so he desired as a last dying
request that the band be brought out and al.
lowed to play one of their ,ayorite airs, No. 6
he thought. under his window. The appeal
was granted, and before the concluding strain
was reached submissive smile lowered about
the shIunken lips OF the departing one as he
-can-happen-now." Then his light went
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"WouLDN'r YoU like to have bow,r said tho
Doid young archer as they sauntered down the
neld; and she murmured YES and the alb
soroed archer said, "What kindOf a bow would
you prefer She Quiyered little as she re-
pled archly, Il think should prefer yeW." and
tnen the young man took It In, and although
ne was an arrow.chested youth ne went TO the
target and heayed bulls Sigh,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-26

ELI PERKINS laurels are In danger. Last Sun
day one OF our Sunday superintendent,
on his way to church, met boy with fishing
pole.
Where are you going with that pole?'
asked the Superintendent He had not seen
the boy since the last time he filled up at a
Sunday school picnic.
PLEASE, sir, I've got wicked father, who
SENDS me out to fish every Sunday morning,
but, as soon as get out of sight Of the house,
am going to play hockey and come to Sunday
school,
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a A figure OF speech-Naught set down in
malice.
eB Paris editors lead a duel life; one in the
Sanctum and the other In the suburbs.
eR Denny Kearney has left the working
mems party; that is to say, he Is Out of the
workhouSe.
~ The cashier of an Eastern bank ran away
with all the funds and the directors placafded
the door, mo cashier"
IF The beginning and end OF chickens Life
-Hatchet.
re- The New Haven Register speaks OF q
woman who enjoyed good health. Once In a
while you find person who enjoys bad health.
but hardly ever
E- Salem youth calls his lady love "oleo-
margarine because he hasn't any other but
her.
H When a man draws an inference he
should draw 1t mild. -
~ An unfortunate Indianapolis man who
.oSt several toes by Car wheel was consolei
oy an Irishman near by with: ssWhist thera
you're making more noise than many a m al,
I've seen with his b. ad on.n =
II Sparkling acruss = garden feaca alpIts
OF good deal being said on both sides.
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- murderer was hanged In Texas the
Otner Gay, but It was by q mistake-the
worthy citizens thought he had stolen horse.
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Something Good.

When over the fair fame Of friend or foe
The blight OF deep disgrace shall fall instead
VI words OF blame. or proof Of thus and SO,
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall so low but love may lift his head;
Even the check of shame with tears is wet
If something good be said.
No plying heart may vainly turn aside
III Ways of charity; no soul 30 dead
Tut may awaken strong and giorified,
IT something good be said.
And So charge We. by the thorny crown,
And by the cross on which the Saviour b ed
And by your own souls hope Of fair renoWu.
Let something good be said.
JAMES W. RILEY.
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sE The ST Louis newspapers, indignant over
the census returns, publish the names OF the
enumerators and brand them as the authors or
the city's ruin.
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our Latest Gis, 70 Eux,.na.

An absolute idler Is an tmpOSStbility. and has
fatal date Is chronicled-when the American
Boss is Puzzle was introduced TO this great me-
troponS since the threatened visit OF the po-
commouon In this country as "a now being oc-
casioned by what a contemporary feelingly
calls this "Diabolical Puzzle" spelling bees
we, were oan enough Heaven knows, but no one
StlInclentiy distressing but no one was abso-
iuteiy Obliged TO put them on: but from this
1t has Wse Is eso s@ no 2ss
into our daily life, so to speak II already per
meateS our existence and the worst OF IL is In IL
spreading Into the Provinces with all the fatal
1ecuDdity or the Colorado beetle ALREADY
named. We went 70 the far West. hoping 10
escape II, but, alas. q lady ia the train was
doing IT. or trying 20. all the way to Somer-
ticed at the hotel OF our choice was the Roots
trying to explain the dreaded mystery to the
chambermaid In the hall, fiendlsh visitor
having Spttefully left one of the puzzles under
his pfllowthe previous week...As to how ubi0ni
tous, 1t is in town We need not, unfortun ateiy.
trouble to state. Rival makers are pouring the
puzzles, at needlessly cheap rate into the
market: the comic papers are writing them M
Spurgeon has by this time probably worked In
an apt religious allusion TO them In one OF his
bloc commissioned the property masters at tie
various theatres for which they write to AT
once prepare Brobdignagian sets of numbers
80 that at Christmas we SHALL find the Boss
however, that the government has offered a
prize of $500 for the discovery OF fair and
square solution of the 'l3, Is, Il" position,
though this may well be ere long. AZ present,
however, Mr.. Gladstone is busily engaged on
pamphlet showing that Homer must have
known OF the Boss Puzzle In his youth, and TIL
this point is fairly before the public. the other
matter VIII have TO wait-LOhdOn Figaro
THE COMPANY happened TO be discussing the
approaching marriage OF young gepLlem 10 OF
means with prominent member OF The deml-
monde.
What singular unIon." said one.
What motive can impel him TO marry such
woman?" said a second
..Oh. It's all simple enough said third;
he's infatuated with her and marries her TO
save himself from being ruined by her"
THE OTHER DAY cenSuS-taker presents
himself at a house where all is In confusion
and several women are running to and fro
with pieces Of red flannel, camphor and the
Ike.
Have you any children" says the employee
to the agttated head OF the household.
" have two" replies the latter, ''and-aS ft
Will save you the trouble OF calling round
again-1f you VIII have the goodness OF taking
seat for moment, will have three-at least
three"
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DENVER man has offered a reward tn at is
the Denver Republican: 'On the same night
the stable OF Addison Baker, In West Denver,
was burglartzed. The thieves took fine horse,
and Mr.. Baker has offered three rewards-s50
5000 for the dead body of the thief. Now, VINO
will be the lucky man to fire the fatal shot?
The horse was branded "R" on the left
shoulder"
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II! If Is CURIOUS FACT. not generally known,
close to the waters edge, the fine sand is CON
llnually travelling up sIream In one eternal bro.
cession. TAX OF the great army of Xerxes on
talions that pace the maree OF the miohfv
nseIE IN comparison With these mighty 5rav-
eiers. what are the leaves OF the forest when
summer is green!' This sand is being contin
uaiiy washed ashore, and as the water falls
away with the dearth OF the season It dries Is
tahen up oy the Winds carried back down
s es[esm Is blown into the water, and makes an.
zion back anu forth BIZ Land and nv saa poes
on forever and ever. . - 49, 80 ~
TT When big trees begin 20 shoos ), am I
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PROPOSALS.
FOR SAND.

Office of Building for State, War and Navy De "a,
WAsHISGroN. ID. o., June az :. 1880.
SEALED PROPOSALS. for furnishing and d.liv-
erng 400 cubic ysrds (more or less) OF best ND
Building fol state, War and Navy Department. " II
be received at this Office until IL NJ. OF JVIY 4
1850. and opened Immediately thereafter, in PROS
SPECIFICATIONS. general instructions for bidl@-s.
dealers IN ssn oe 10
this Office, where sample OF the sand required
may be seen.
THos. LINCOLN CASEY.
te226t 1t Col. Corps OF EDsineers.
PROPOSALS.. r FSE .,r NAIpRAL nv
OFFICE OF BUILDISG FOR
STATE. WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS,
Sealed Proposals, for furnishing aud deIiye5 lug
at the site of the Building for State War I'D Navy
Departments, IL this city. 1000 barrels, (nore or
NATURAL HYDRAULIC CEMENT"
sTH, 1880. and opened immediately thereafter. in
presence of bidders.
speefea;iops blank forms Of Propossl and ia
fscturers and dealers only, upon aPplica,i "a to
ea Sse IH9 Co.'S t GGSSs II E SAssY
pKSP0sALs FOR CAsT-IRo
BEAM SEPARATIONS. WEDGES. &c.
OFFICE OF BUILDING OF STATE. WAR AND
wAsHIsGToN b. o June 2lst. lssoI
about s5 600 pounds OF small Iron Castings and Sr
a6ont 500 pounds WTonght Iron Bolts and Nuts, It
se S sne NI q the ne b mild , for s
received at this office until II NJ OF July ira 1850
and opened Immediately thereafter. in presence OF
Specifications. general instructions for bidders,
and blank forms OF proposal win be furnished 70
oce spf%n casE sa as
je2i-st 1t Col Corps Of Ensineers
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keraMlOS.

There was a young lady named Nancy.
Who tor bric-a-bric had such fancy
That a family jar
'IwlXt her ma and her pa
Del phted the soul of Miss Nancy