Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-22
An act snde>crib.n,y su,ut,iu-.

The government Of Germany Is daily pecom-
ing more oppressive. Freedom OF the press has
Fever existed either I'm the empire or its com
porent states, but freedom Oh thought ami OF
TIE expression OF thought In books mas always
been the beast OF Germans. \ day or TWO
ago. however. the Berlin police warned the
Booksellers that they were distracted 20 Sctze
al copies az poem forty years old, because
IL contained aD onslaught on the PrGSSlan
AFgs. This was 40 ieSS 3 work tnln
HeincS "SchlOsS LegenGe. which is 10 be
suppressed. even when Iha seizure OF the
volume SPOTS an entire edition 81 MS works.
This IS as II 'Le English police seized every
SONGS, and the longest step backward Yet
taken even by Prince Bismarck. There Is
something about such an act IndeScTibably IN
Sulting to such a people as he governs and
Which he VIII not trust even with literature
generation old. The prosecution Is 50 wretch
edly incomplete. too. The police should seize
all new testaments and tear our The sermon On
the mount, because II says, blessed are thr
meek. for they shall inherit the earth. which
is clearly fatal TO the expansion, If not 10 the
existence. Of the GermaDic empire. II the
meek are 70 Inherit, tlp heGliaEcof the uOhen-
zoleins VIII De out smalL-Sprc'a'p'.
\ HUSBANDS TkRKIrIE M!sT.KE-A sperlal
dispatch from Scranton Pa. says: When
Charles SickIer came hone last SIIureay even
Ing from his weeks work be found his Wife,
who had been atiing for some days, threat
eLCd tn hysterlcai CONFUSION, such as she
was recently subject 10, and at her request
fastened TO give her dose OF choral to soothe
utr nerves. lie gave ntr a tablespoonful. She
had no sooner swallowed the medicine than She
cried. oh Charlie you have burned me 10
death Then looking IT the bottle from which
he had poured the dose, he saw that il was
labelled ''CarbOlic acid instead or chlOrai
Both bottles had been kept on a shelf close TO
where the patient lay. Seeker ran for the al
tending physician, Dr. Hand. and with him
came DrS. Squire ana Fisher: but although they
arrived at the scene a few minutes after the
fatal dr2Gght was taken they found Mrs. SckleT
already UNCONSCIOUS. The paralysis or the body
ana congestion OF the brain, symptoms peculiar
10 carbOiic acid poisoning. had already set III,
aLG all remedies were useless to restore tn
sufferer. who died shortly before midnight.
The husband appeared 10 be distracted over the
terrible havoc wrought b. MS fearful mistake.
and acted Ike crazy man when he aScerJalCeu
that there was no nope OF saving his wife.
HUNTING EETRsoRBINAEY.-Mr. Alley BinfOrd.
OF this place, gave US a few DAYS ago some In
cidents connected with his hunting lately which
are 50 unusual as 10 be worthy OF note. Not
long since while out partridge hunting, he
scarf d up a rabbit which he shot at. and stimuli
taneously with the discharge or his gun par
JTige not seen before lew up aud was killed
receiving nearly the whole load, the RABBIT
getting Oil With only a wound. A few days
later he frightened up covey or partrdges,
against his breast and was caught. Later In
the same day his DOG got alter a wild turkey,
and, strange 10 say, actually caught IL. one
day this week at one shot he killed hawk and
partridge which the hawk had captured and
was making Off with. The game have reason
to fremble when Mr.. Bfnford is out.-PrenkJIn
(IG,l Gazette.
A caucus OF the republican members OF the
legislature from Allegheny county, Pa, last
night unanimously determined 10 present the
name OF Harry W. Oliver for | ntted States Sen
ator.