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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20

HOLIDAY GOODS.
FLORIDA ORANGES. MALAGA GRAPES.
Fine DEHESA RAISINs NEW FIGS,
HOME MADE PRESERVES AND JELLIES.
HUMBEET'S CANDY, MIXED NUTS.
CONSERVE GINGER, FRENCH PRIMES.
PkUS ELLA, FANCY BASKETS.
And full assortment of FANCY GOODS suitable
fer Christmas Presents
FOR SALE LOW.
j IL. BRYAN Il BRO,
Cos Penna ave,
dec20-5t Opp. MetropO itsn Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20

NJ W. GAIT, BRO. & CO.
JEWELLERS AND sILyERsMITHs.
rIO7 Penn. ave-,
Rave completed their preparations for CHRIST
MAS aid lave exhibition the entire collection Of
NONELTIE~. which have been prepared With
great care for their
HOLIDAY TRADE.
Special attention s invited 10 the low prize a.
which 4 Creditable present can he purchased.
JEut Christmas their store VIII be kept open in
the even. declI-9W
i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

Fl, I assortment of LADIES' NECK WEAR,
SUI IUFFLERs, HANDKcRCHIEFs, FANS,
2Oh BkSKETS- COMB and BhUSH 5XES
and TaNCY GOODS generally
Fu,l Eae of EMPRESS and MONOGRAM KID
GLOVES, IN opera aud street shades.
C5,ice assortment of French and American
3;Oc' AETS and BOUND HATS for Ladies and Chill
CTeE.
Mrs. NJ. j. HUNT.
SscO Nos. GA and 62j ID street,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20

NORTHUMBERLAND AND RETAIL.--Rs-
~ celved daily PRIME NEW YORK OYSTERS.
SSH6EEHSs s BLUE POINTS, EAST RIVERS
hOSkAWAYS and PHILADELPHIA MAURIS
COY Is. NORFOLK and LYNN HAVEN BAYS,
SLiDERS and DIAM0ND BACK TERRAPINS
always on hand Hotels, Restaurants and Families
supplied at the NORFOLK OYSTER DEPOT. 62I
L So northwest.
decl5 Ct n. WHITE & co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
500 dozen SILK and LINEN HANDKEROHIEFS,
put up in fancy boxes, or by the single
ENGLISH WALKING JACKETS, at SO, so, Sl2
and 815.
ULSTERS and DOLMANs. a. So, $40. s12 and SIS
SILK PLUSH. at "a and 81 81.
Great Bargains in LYONS BLACK SILh VELVET,
at Sl.25. $3.50. LIS. g. 50. 81. s.. So, SO
and S12 per yard.
Special Bargains in five pieces of BLACK SILK, at
% Der yard, worth 81 50
Magnificent BLACK SATIN DE LYON, st 81 80,
81 and 50. so
NOVELTY DRESS GOODS in great variety.
w. w. BURDETTE g. CO.,
Nos. 32S Seventh st.
FOG II st. NV declG-4t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-20
HOLIDAY GOODS.
NEW EVENING GOODS.

NEW EVENING GOODS.
FULL LINE EVENING SHADES IN sATINs.
ELRGANT STOCK EVENING BROCADEs.
CAsdNEREs AND ALBATROSS. In delicate
tints.
GAUzFS in ali the shades White. Cream. Blue,
Pink and Heliotrope.
ELEGANT WHITE BRooADEs. in great
variety.
SATIN DE LYONS, choice t,nts.
BRoCADE sATINs, all colors. in medium and
fine goods.
". NJ. SINISTER 4 SONS,
decl7 90 Penna. avenue.
USEFUL HOLIDAY PRESENTS
FOR GENTLEMEN
Gents Latest Style SILK HATS, IS:
''CLIMAX SHIRTS" ready to USE reduced to 81 !;
Al. wool SCARLET and White UNDER GAR
MENTa:
Cashmere. Merino and Shaker Wool HALF HOSE;
Fur-top, Lined Dogskin GLOVES. 81 and 81. 25;
Two Button KID GLOVES. 81; Nice Cloth do, Soc. +;
Silk, Alpaca and bingham UMBRELLAS;
Splendid Stock of Gents Silk NECK-WEAR;
LINEN COLLARS and UFFs. Pulse Warmers;
Knit Jackets, Silk and Linen Pocket Hdkfs.
At LEWIS
POPULAR ONE-PRICE STORE,"
declT-7t $40 Seventh st northwest
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

,erferes with It's free movements IL Is
wrong 10 allow such dress; aud any
mother, Knowing mis- and suIi Dsrsist-
ing in all sorts OF hasaperiue Emery, iss
criminal. and deserves any result.
Mothers cannot think too much or
watch too closely. Dress, food, sur.
roundings, treatment, all that comes
into a cbild's experience before it is ten
years old, makes or mars the whole life
Then give them clean but plain clothes,
good aud simple food, sweet words,
sweet looks, sweet thoughts, the utmost
freedom consistent with proper moral
training, and constant, unliring watch
fulness. Let their plays, their airings,
their sleep even, be looked after. Better
that the dainty dress and shining car
riage never be seen of the home square
than that only once the little one should
get fall, slap, or moral scar. Bet
ter healthy body and a lovely spirit
than all the finery in the world
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09
STANDING TREAT.

No American custom causes moro
general surprise and amusement au1dr
travelling foreigners than that which Is
known in our saloons as "treating'-
consisting in the entertainment Of two
or more with refreshments, for which
one volunteers to pay. It is q pure
Americanism. All over the Republic
1t is as common as iu Europe it is IN
known. There is probably no minute
Of day in the year when two or three
hundred citizens of any large city are
not guzzling something stronger than
water at somebody else's expense.
The casual meeting Of two men who
have never exchanged a word together
is signal for both to exclaim, "Come,
let's have something ~ and for both to
dive down into the nearest subterranean
cavity below the sidewalk lin the large
cities, most drinking places are in eel
lars). The one who spoke first usually
insists upon "paying the shOt"-the
word "shOt" being a metaphorical refer
ence te the deadly character Of the con-
tents usually taken into the stomach.
If two old friends meet, the regular
thing to say first is, Let's drink to
old times" and the resident must inva-
riably ''treat" the stranger. II 8 man
be well acquainted, il is considered the
princely thing to seize upon ali bis ac-
quaintances as often as possible, take
them to a saloon, and give them a COM
pliested stand-up drink at the bar.
If there is anything more absurd than
the habit of treating" we are unable
to put our finger on it. Men do not
always "trest1 one another to car fares
because they happen to meet on the
same seat. We never saw a man take
out his pocket-bOok on encountering an
acquaintance and say:
"Ah, George Delighted to see you
Do take few stamps ! It's my treat ~
Do men have a mania for paying each
others bills? And is driBking together
more "social" than eating together or
sleeping together?
a traveller may go all over the conti-
nent Of Europe, of Asia, and Of Africa,
without seeing any man except Yankee
offer to "treat." The Frenchmen are
quite social enough, but when they turn
into a cafe to sip their wine or branded
coffee together, each man pays for his
own. When two Germans, long sepa-
rated, meet, they will be very likely to
embrace, aud then to turn into an ada
cent beer cellar, sit down and drink and
eat pretzels and chat; but when they
part again, each man settles his own
score independently. The Italians are
proverbially merry and generous, but
each man pays for his own wine, mac
caroni and cigars. They would as soon
think OF transferring to each other their
wssherwomen's bills as their refresh
ment scores.
The prepOsterous fashion Of ''treating''
is responsible for the terrible drunken
ness in America. There would be as
little need of temperance societies and
as little work for the Good Templars as
there is IN Germany, France and Italy,
if this perniclous and insidious habit
were abolished. 1t is, take il all in all,
the most unreasonable aud the most
pestilent custom that ever laid it's
tyrannical hand on civilized human
beings.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

CLOTH FROM THE Down OF BIRDS
An Ingenious Frenchman, NJ. Thierry
Girees, has devised a method, and in
vented machinery, for the manufacture
OF cloth from the down OF birds. The
down may be worked either by itself or
in mixture with wool, silk or cotton.
The goods produced, whether exclusive
ly Of down or mixed with fibrous mate
rial, present entirely novel features aud
characteristics. Ii is found that the
down, whether OF the swan or any other
bird, will take any shade Of dye, from
the most delicate to the deepest color.
The cloth is very warm, more 50 than
wooden, aud may readily be made inn
perviOus to moisture. 1t has been found
beet, as a general thing, to mix the
down with some fibrous material, aud
for most uses wool is preferable. In its
preparation with wool, in order 10 make
an ultimate mixture, oleic acid is used,
iu certain fixed proportions, during the
first stages Of the manufacture-in sort
ing aud carding. IL is carded, spun,
woven, fulled and teaseled down by
special machinery, invented for the
purpose by NJ. GiTees. The cloth is
much like velvet; the "Dapn OF the
mixed material, after il is finished, con-
sisls mostly of down. SheariDg and
dveipg is effected in the usual way, and,
as already stated, this down" cloth
takes any shade Of color. EIRgenieur
Uniuersel, Of July 2d, gives an illus
trAted description OF most Of the ma
chlnery employed In this new article Of
manufacture.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09
Married Women Teachers.

Several years ago, Mrs. Pauline
Swain, editor of the Fort Dodge Mes
senger, sent out through her newspaper
the following excellent pOiuts, to be
carefully considered by acting School
Boards. They fitted the question" so
securely in the eommon-sense nook that
it has been preserved, and now, when
the same question is agitating the pres
ent School Boards, we venture to assist
their grave deliberations by republish-
ing her suggestions. She says:
The New York Board Of Education
has a very singular discussion on its
hands, concerning the Rdvisability Of
prohibiting married women from teach
ing 10 the public schools. The argu-
ment, of course, is the old one of mater
nifty, and we would advise the Board TO
gently drop the subject aud let the mat
ter remain where IL is. Most married
women know whether they can safely
undertake the duties Of teaching or any
other public pursuit, and this knowl-
edge is paramount in controlling their
action. A ruling Of this kind cannot
but work great Injustice in maDy-esses,
and is wholly without excuse in fact.
If the New York Board of Education is
anxious to tackle the social question in
this direction, let them begin with the
washerwOmau. We apprehend that
bending over a wash-ttb six days in
The week for a living, aud washing her
own clothes on Sunday, is not condu-
Give to the child-produeibg qualities OF
a woman. The simple fact about all
sex legislation IS, that it il wrong and
utterly at variance with the fundsmen-
tai principle Of all life and science. The
natural laws Of sex, as of science, will
take care Of themselves, and they OF
themselves should be judge, jury aud
decree. Let them alone, brethren.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

The movement for the higher educa-
ton OF women at Oxford University
has been so successful that 1t is neces-
sary to enlarge Somerville Hail. A
meeting conducted by Lord Aberdare
was recently held IN London for the
purpose Of providing for the enlarge
ment.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

No SECRETS FROM MOTHER.-Some
mothers, when they discover that their
girls are hiding things from them, re-
buke or seold. Innocent faults are al
ways pardoned by kind parent. You
may not know, girls, just what Is right
or just what Is wrong, yet. You can't
be blamed for making little mistakes,
but you will never do anything very
wrong II from the first you have no Sc
crets from your mother.-Chllrch Union.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

Alaskan explorers report one Of the
largest rivers in the world the Yukon,
AS navigable for steamers Two thousand
i've HUNDRED miles, and hve hundred
from its mouth h receives very large
uavigable tributary, The basin Il formed
by tie confluence 10 tSeDly-i0Er. miles
vide. The Yukon Is nearly as lafga as
the Mississippi.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

Shallow men believe in luck and cir
cumstsnee; strong men believe In cause
and effect.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09
elk tlew 1lcrtb~es..

A Journal fer the People.
Devoted to the Interests cf Eumanity
Irdspendent in Politics and Religion.
alive n all Live issues. and Thorough
Radical in opposing and Exposing =
Wrongs Of the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-09

Correspondents writing over assumed sign
lures must make known their names % the
Editor. OF no attention VIII be given 20 th,'
som fnunicltious.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19

Unfortunate circumstances have initiated
very much against the excursion from T. xas
by which it WAS proposed to celebrate the
opening of allrail communication between
this city and Houston. In the hrst place,
the newly-completed railroads were not in
condition, nor arc they yet, to transport at
one time large number OF people comfort
ably, and the silly rumors of isolated cases
of yellow fever have had the effect of Great
ing fear in the minds of Texans that there
might perhaps be some danger in their
coming to city that in point of fact is one
of the healthiest in the union. In the face
of these difficulties there has been much hes.
itation and doubt as just how to proceed,
and the merchants having tho matter in
charge have wisely moved With much eau
ton. 1t seems to us that iaasmuch as these
unavoidable circumstances have rendered
postpoucment of tho proposed excursion
incvnahc, thst it would now be tho part of
y.isUu.a and ,iddeuCo 10 defer tho matter
until such time MS the railroad will be able
10 furnish adequate transportation for a large
number of guests, and until every fear, how
O. or idle or uniounded, shall be allayed.
We who are on tho ground and fully realize
the absurdity of the foolish rumors and ma
licious misrepresentation made concerning
the health of New Orleans, can afford to
smile at tho credulity Of our Texas friends,
but we must, nevertheless, recognize the fact
ihut IL mill hn haitian IN xuaiY N
bension of sickness is allayed before we send
out our invitations to our friends in the
Lone Star state. to visit US. We believe
that whatever is worth doing at all is worth
doing well, and it is certain that the o1cur-
sion can be arranged to much better sdvan-
tage for the middle or last ofNovember than
now. Our gay season by that time will have
been insugurated, and there will DO much
more to interest and please those
who come over than there would DO now in
this wsrm weather, before the festivities have
fairly begun. While it is doubtless truo that
most Of those who come will, in ali probabil.
ity, be merchants and MEL whose first object
will be to examine into the claims and merits
of New Orleans rs n market, yet il is, never
theless, safe to assert that every ono Of them
W Il expect to be entertained and amused
during his stay. A month or SO hence we
will be prepared to extend such cordial and
hospitsble greeting as the occasion demands,
and hence we trust the merchants who have
the mstter in charge will defer action until n
more suspicious season. The Texans would
prefer ~ postponement, we have no doubt,
and their wishes in the subject should gov
ern. There is no Iisgging Of interest among
our people 10 the platter, rs our Texas
friends Will have abundant proof whenever
the time comes for us 10 welcome them.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19

A very large audience greeted DR.. Tanner
yesterday on his first appearance in this city
as temperance lecturer. He delivered his
address at Hsverly's Fourteenth street the
atre, before the American Temperance
Union, and as it had been supposed by many
from the announcement made the Sunday
previous that the Doctor would have some-
thing new to gay about his fast, he was cor.
daily received and attentlvely listened 10.
Ex.Judge Stephen B. Ransom, of New Jer-
sey, opened the meeting with prayer, after
which w. Ii. Bartram, of Paterson, made
few remarks. DR.. Tanner began his dis.
course by saying that be WAS the man whom
tic" aud "the landlady's darling and
that, while he did not mind these
epithets, he wanted TO contradict the
statement that he was an itinerant temper
ance lecturer. He had always been a total
nhatniner, he said, hut not until his fast had
he known how mistaken the doctors were III
their ideas rs to the beneficial effects of
liquor on the human system This fact made
him anxious TO prove that alcohol was over
estimated rs medical sgent, and the greater
part of his remarks W taken up in arraign-
ing the medical profession for prescribing it
in their practice. To the great dsappolnt.
ment of the audience, very little was said
about the fast. 1t was only referred to uc-
cssionally, but when touched upon the effect
on the audience WAS at once apparent, from
their increased attention aud interest.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
Black sheep.
San Antonio Times

To judge from the persistent efforts of
fstslwart editors to ruin the characters Of the
'ex-RepubIicans who have enrolled themselves
under the Hancock banner, the Republican
Ssrty, before the presidential canvass opened,
must have had an awful lot of black sheep
within its fold Thousands Of Republicans
have signitled their intention to vote Tor Gen.
Hancock; yet there is not one of them OF
sfny prominence who has not come in for his
ahare of abuse at the hands of the Republican
press. But it is strange that our stalwart
contemporaries have only just begun to find
them out As long as they voted the Repub.
slican ticket they appear to have been all
Tight-at least, nothing was said in the party
organs against their character, although the
same newspapers were moved to denounce
Gen. Garfield and Gen, Arthur in tho most
unmeasured terms. BY what mysterious
alchemy, then, have these excellent Repub-
sicaps en- suddenly transformed into wicked
aud unprlncipled men? If they were honest
and reputable rs Republicans, how does ii
happen that they have suddenly become dis
honest and disreputable although their only
otfense seems TO BIO that they have decided
not To vote the Republican ticketY Tho
itruth is that the stalwart editors have SGT up
a Heculi-r code oF morals Of their own, md.
judged by their standard, all who vote for
Garfield are "chaste MS ice and pure rs
SNOW" but all who vote for the patriot
soldier Of Spousyvania and Gettysburg are
irrcdeemably wicked and irretrieyably lost
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
Money i'm Politics.
Fort Worth AlyaI


If the American people desire the perpet.
4s&don If Jul present form of & varnment,
and anything like civil virture, public conf.
dence and domestic peace, a check must be
put upon the use of the money in controlling
Che ballotbox. Campaign money cuts as
prominent figure nowadays in the public
prints as cotton money, or money used for
say other branch of trade. We need n most
aaingent law--not to regulate this thing
bat to forever stamp It cut The man who
hays Votes ought to DO hung, and the man
who sells his vote ought to be put in prison
for lif,, MS being unworthy, and incapable of
tiEenship. This language may seem strong,
Gt the government is in jeopardy by this
shameless peryeraion Of personal freedom.
IL is said that the fall of the Roman empire
dates FROM when the man who had the most
.moley could thereby buy tho Roman army
and hence become emperor Moral suasion,
I'D libitum either by an array Of false or true
statements, may always be used in carrying
elections, and the law be either. incapable or
-iindisposed to interfere beyond that which it
essays to do now; but this thing of allowing
votes to be bought and sold like cattle or
merchandise, is criminal and ruinous in the
highest degree. Every American who loves
freedom and good government, irrespective
rof party, should demand the immediate and
gAerna extinction Of this monster. Nothing
but law, dire and terrble can do the work.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
To Your Tents, %, Israel!
Galveston journal Of Commcrce.


II is well known TO tho public that while
Che Texas Journal of Commerce believes in
Democratic principles rs being tho best for
the good Of tho whole people, It is not bit
ter partizan journal, and never did deal in
mud dobbing. 1t advocated the rominaton
of Gen w. 5. Hancock, for president of
this great nation, as n pure patriot who had
ui6ted his life on many a hard contested
field. Since his nomination, this paper has
continued to advocate Hancock, as n capable
man, an honest man, and truly great and
magnificent man, Indeed the grandest man
that has been presented for tho sutfrages of
ilty millions of people, since the grand old
days of Washington, & dams and jefferson.
With faith that was almost instinct
teith American love Of Justice, equity, hon
esty and capability, We have expected and
predicted his election.
Turned loose before tho country, today,
with their public records simply published,
and not another word said, not dollar spent
en- either side st9 Gen. Hancock would do.
Z seat Gen, Garfield by eight to nine million
pOpu,oi votes
But the love of office, the corruption of
politicians and the power of money, could
defeat even our Savior, if he were upon earth
and stood in Gen. Hancock's shoes to-day
unless counterscted by Christ 10 ing yeo-
man Democracy, who cherished principles
above place or dollars.
This is u fearful shame upon tho morals
ard honesty of our land. We call upon the
great American people to rise up in their
might and rebuko it. Let us show to the
world that we are capable of electing great
gpure and grand chieltain TO the American
White House, and thus strike down corrup
Jlions, pronigaCy and wickedncss in higl
places.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-19
Commanders In Connect.


Under this alliterativo head the conference
., Of the Democratic leaders is announced as
taking place upon the battlefield that thew
recently have lost. Messrs, Voorhees,, Nc.
Donald, Hendricks, English, Fleming, Ian.
ders, and other Democratic celebrities met
On the 10Th inst. at Indianapolis to hold a
council of war. The meeting was held with
Closed doors, and we are lett to conjecture
the cause and the results of the secret delibe.
cation. The cause that brought these lead.
ers together is patent enough. The frat thing
i'll order after an action is the repairing Of
damages, and the traditional consequence of
having steed stolen is the locking of the
stable door. But be il far from us 10 treat
the case with lovity. 1t is serious enough in
Nil conscience, to our Democratic friends,
and we are Independent enough to say that
We are sorry tor them in their trouble, after
80 gallant and obstinate fight. "Sweet are
.ne uses OF 'yersity' II is this chewing of
tAae end OF bitter reelection in which the coun-
cutters oil the Democrats are employed, hop.
Ng thereby from the thistle danger 10 nluek
The flower eal0ty.n This IA n sensible and
A1dable undertaking, 1t may be n tli0e loo
late, but wisdom does not come amiss. avian
though little lame of foot. OF courSo tbn
.ahj i've subject of tho conference il tho can.
vass Tor the election on the I'd of November.
Nc English has promptly given his opinion
81 the hopefalluess of the situation, assign.
e Hig as the causes OF the recent defeat The
lAsessing of the national Republican force up.
Ssl one point which cannot be managed in
&oyember, and tho machinery F" of the depu-
~ United States marshals. Asto the latter "a
.ssxtlon, both specification and proof are vet
Mnuhgi but the former position seems 10
s.s, s'u s cause for reasonable reflection. and
~ 'Sc' 'na' may exert a practical influence