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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

POPULATION OF PHILADRLPHIA.-The censu;
bureau has issued a bulletin Showing the popu-
latiOn OF the city of Philadelphia. The total
population aggregates SAG, $50, OF which 4O5. s.1
are males ard AL ,OSl females: OF those 642, GAS
are native born and 204, 1872 foreign. The
whites number S15, 1872 and the colored 81 T0S In
the latter list is included so Chinese, Japanese
and 25 Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

CHOICE BOOKS
Christian Religion. D... ......-.....-.....sl2 50
History of Painting. from the German Of DR..
WoltmAnn vol. 1st...-.. -.......-..---- -.
Church Building in the Middle Ages. Nor- I.50
TON Observation-Disclosures. 800
Old Paris Lady Jackson on.................. 233
Table Book OF Art. SAndhurst- .-....-....-.. o.OO
Pictures and Painters OF the English School.
elOnEHOuees
Ainton's Tiles painted, with Easeis. Novelties
in London, Paris and Vienns. Stationery Just re-
ceiyed. JAMES j. CHAPLAIN
MxTRoPOLrTAs BOOKSTORE.
novo OH Penn. ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT of the United
States geological survey has been handed in to
the Secretary Of the Interior by Mr.. Clarence
King, the director. The document is an inter
estiDg and suggestive exhibit of the work OF the
year, and OF the future plans OF the survey MI.
King urges with much force and ability that
the system should be extended by Congress
over the whole United States, and that the
work should be placed on a basis of i've hun
dIed thousand dollars per year. The report
Will probably be given out for publication to.
morrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

FUyHE HOT BLAST FURNACE
y Ia the most SUOCESSFUL FURNACE we
have ever known, and our practical experience of
twenty-five years in making and putting up fur
naces and the close attention we have paid to all
valuable improvements in heating apparatus, war
rant us in claiming that these furnaces possess al
the mer1torious features to be found In any fur
pace. We clslm that for ECONOMY, DURABLE
ITY, SIMPLICITY and EASE OF MANAGEMENT
they not eXcelled. We also claim tn lat have
put up more HOT BLAST FURNACES in this city
within the last two years than have bean put up of
al other kinds combined, and have not heard
single complaint from them.
HAYWARD 4 HUTCHINSON.
noy1l-lm No. 3IY 9th street N. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

LONDON, Nov. 24.-A Times dispatch from
Dublin says: "Fifty-seven sacks OF Mr.. Boy
colts newly threshed corn have been dis
patched from Lough Mask TO Cong for shipment
to Galway, thence by train to Dublin. They
were sent TO Cong under an escort OF cavalry
infantry, police and ulstermen."
The Hebrew Question in Germany.
dispatch from Berlin to the Times says
The debate In the chamber OF deputies was ex-
pected to settle the Jewish question. at least for
the moment, but Ii seems to have only brought
II TO an initial stage, and the discussion has
@ - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

COL. MEACHAM'S ARREsT-A telegram has
been received from Denver, Colorado, by the
Interior department, which says. in reference
TO Col Meacham, whose recent arrest WAS
noted, that his examination Is postponed till
April 2Ith; that all the parties will be admitted
to bail to-day; and that Col. Meacham will
then proceed TO the business OF the commits
sion. 1t may be added that the military CON-
mander On the reservation has received orders
TO relel intIuderS by force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

lust PUBLISHED
SCHOULER'S
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER
The CONSTITUTION,
VOLUME 4,
11S9-lS0l.
Volume IL nearly ready
A standard History of the United States from the
pericd which Mr.. Bancroft has occupied with his
well known work. Volume L sent by mail, post
paid. upon receipt Of price, 50, by ali booksellers
w HI. a o. III. MORRISON,
LAW BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS.
Ats PKNSA Avs NJ. W,
noyl6 WASHINGTON. d G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

THREE SECOND LIEUTKNANTs in the army re-
Gently examined were this afternoon assigned
as follows:-L. j. Hearne 2lst infantry, Colum-
bus barracks; E. A. Webber, Goth infantry.
Dayids Island. New York; and j. A. Dopray,
Esd Infantry, DaVld's Island New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

LONUUN, NOV. N.-The Premier OF Cape Col
ony telegraphing under date OF the goth inst
says: "The resources OF the colony are appar.
emily equal to the requirements for suppresSing
the rebellion. The c. lonial government has no
intention OF applying for imperial troops"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24
BOOKS. &c.

VVNHE BOYS KING ARTHUR. by editor
II of the Boys rnissart.
Pretty Peggy and ether Ballads, Illustrated by
Rosina Emmet.
Zis Gag Journeys in Classic Lands.
Jack and jill, by l. NJ. Alcoit.
The Chatterbox for 1880
A Day of Fate, BY T. =. Roe.
Christ and His Religion, by Reid
PraDg's Prize Christmas Cards.
Wm. BALLANTYNE q SON,
noy20 42S 7th street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-24

OF, TIE SLAVE OF DUTY.
The opers which is produced under the personal
direction of the author and composer, will be rem
dered in the same manner that characterized its
successful run IN New York
The scenery is entirely new; elaborate new Cos
TUNES. an enlarged Orchestra, and Chorus Of
Forty Trained Voices.
noY22 MONDAY-Noy. 29-LOTTA.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
An important Discoeerx

Ez-Seuator Thom AZ L. Cling
man, Of Ncrth Carolina, an age d
statesman whose public experience
goes back to the days of Webster
and Clay, is now coming to the
front as an important factor in the
experiments for an electric light. It
seems that Mr.. CIingman owns
large property iu. the ncighborhood
Of AsheviIle, in this State, which
has al eady been famous for rich
and rare miueral deposits. Among
o'ber things of value be discovered
there some years bach, the mineral
known as corundum, which is nsed
In the arts by dentis;s, as it is
harder than emery ard better
adapted to their purposes. The
corundun wheel is well-known
instrument emopg the fraternitv.
The mineral in a crystaiized state
has the appearance of the ruby,
and one Of these crystals from Mr..
Ciingmaus farm bad the almost
incredible weight Of 316 pounds.
1t is now ip the cabinet of Arnhert
College. While prospecting in his
scientific way the EX-SENATOR dis
covered ano'her mineral which he
took to be of value. On investiga
tion it proved to pe zircon IAN Opaque
mineral, of graYish hue aud found
with double ry'amidal crystals.
L Learning something of its great
hardness and ILLUMINATING proper
ties. be went ahead with his expe-
riments. and recently be appeared
before the commissioner Fl patents
in behalf of a patent for What be
terms zircoua,wbich is nothing but
the oxidized zircon. His apphca-
tiop bad been previously filed. The
Senator claims to have discovered
the philosophers stone which is to
solve the problem now puzzlipg
the ingenious brain of Edison. The
Menlo Park Inventor has up to
this time heen totally unatle to
discover substance that will pro :.
duce uninterrupted light for any
length of time. Mr.. Clincman has
subjected bis zircon to the ACTION
OF blow pipe for two weeks and
at the eEd Q! that time found no
perceptiple diminnt,on in the size
OF ihe crystal. Iuaeed, it see Eaed
lite, IlIY indestructible. lie CON
tands that the properties claimed
for it and shown to exist under ex-
pertinent will supply the Article
needed in the manr factcre Of elec
TIC light, Should this prove tEse,
he has already fouud enough ofthe
tniEeral on his lard t" supply the
world with light. The patent will
und"ubted be issued, and it will
then devolve on the community 70
await results.-Raz5insore Guzette.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
Shortened Services.

Is there any authority to shorten
them given to the individual clegy-
man, the rector of a parish? 1 deuy
that there is any. and I am surpris.
ed that any clergyman should c ub-
licly announced bis own unac-
quaintance with the legislation of
the church by giving. as authority
for change or omission the action
of the General Convention. The
Law IT that body. as enacted IN
canon a2 os title /, section l, re-
maids d"altered by the General
Convention. 1t is true that the
lIouse of pepu,ies passed canon
in 1871 authorizing q short orde,
of prayer under certain c,ecuo.
stances. The Uanse of Bishops
refused concurrence. The House
of. D-pu les is not the Go neral
Convention. 1t is true. also, that
the louise Of Deputies proposed in
l&s4 an amendment of article 6 os
the constitution providing that the
General Convention may have
power.as it has not now, bv canon.
to arrange an order for shortened
services. To that proposed amend
ot the constitution the House of
Bishops consented. Bat the arti
Gle re,nains unchanged: so that, if
both houses has ever corcnrred in
a canon providing such services, ,as
they have. not done, it would be
null and void, because plainly un-
CONSTITUTIONAL
Such. in brief, is the history Of
legislation on this subject. The
law remains ip full force that every
clergyman is bound 10 use the
Payer Book as it is, and not as he
would like to have, or as lie thinks
it would be t, The edlfcation OF the
people to have it. Obedience to
law Is the only safeguard to liberty,
aud | thus state what the law is,
because am persuaded that it is
not known or understood as it
ought to be by few OF our clergy.
The Bishop is as much bcnnd by
written law as the bumhlest deacon.
Aud the law requires bin to see
hat lh- law is obey Rtshop
II G. Tulbot
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
Uses of the Lemon.

This is the way an exchange
sings the praises of our fayorite
the lemop, and We would willingly
JOIN in the chorus if there was one.
The lemon is a native of Asia. al
though it is cultivated 10 Italy,
Portugal aud in the south of
france. In Europe. however, it
seldom exceeds the dimensiops Of
the smallest tyae while in its native
state it grows TO over 80 feet in
height. Every part of this tree is
valuable in medicine, though we
rarely employ any of it bu its fruit.
that is, the lemon itself. Aud
everyone knows how to employ
this as in lemonade: 10 squeeze
the juice iuto gold water, this is
she shortest way, Or to cut it in
slices and let it soak in cold water;
or to cut it in slices and then boil
it: Either way is good. Lemon
ade is one Of the best and safest
drinks for any person, whether In
good health or not. 1t is suitable
for all stomach diseases, is excel
lent in slckness-all classes o.
jauudice, gravel and liver com
plant. famation of the bowels
and fevers. II is sspecifc against
wo, ms and skin complaints, Tue
pippius crushed may also be nsed
with water and sugar aud be used
ss a drink. L~mon Juice is The best
au,iscorhutic remedy known. Itnot
oply cures the disease but prevents
it.Sai:ors max ke q daily use OF it TO,
this purpose. A physician sng-
gests rubbips the gums daily with
lerpon juice to keep them in health.
The hacds and nails are also kept
clean, white,soft and supple by the
daily use of the lemon instead ol
soap. it ALSO prevents chilblains.
Lemon is used in iatermitteu,
levers, mixed with stron hot black
tea or coffee. without sugar. Neu'
ralgia may be cured by rubbing
the part affected with lemon. Il
is valuable to cure warts, and t.
destroy dandruff on the head by
rubbing the root of the hair with it
In fac. these qses are manifold. .anc
the more we employ if externally
the be- ter we shall find ourselves
Natural remedies are the best, ant
, patate is onr best doctor, if w
! could only listen to it. Decidedly
, rub your hands, head and gum
j with it, and drink lemonade il
preference to all other liquids.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05

"Keading,:' Bacon said, "maketh
a full man." but it is questioned
whether the food will be properly
digested which is simply picked up
for the occasion to be arranged iu
our own terms. Bishop Bull, !
think it was, who called the man a
feIon or a pirate who could take
the sermon of another man end
preach it as his own. Aud OF the
same Bishop it is reported that
going ineeQ. one afternoon into
church be listened pleasantly to a
sermon delivered ny .'such g
preacher" When it was over he
went round to the vestry and hum
bly, suggested to the preacher tha
the sermon he had listened TO viii
so MUCH pleasure must have givei
him much trouble in its compost
ton. ::'Oh dear no T. Was the reply
Il am SO accustomed to tn,
thing" ''Ah we'll, it gave me
good deal of t,ouble when ! w-ot
it! Coed bye"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
WINSTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST s 1880.

take upon themselves the uttice
of lsdy's maid.
Take your money back and
leave me my dress.
'Oh, no, madame; that dress ia
worth more than two hundred ru-
bles to me-
slow much do you ask for it =
Two thousand rubles,' said the
officer, firmly.
I will pay the sum- the weep
ing lady's husband responded
promptly. i have here i've hnnt-
red rubles. Give me pen and pa
per and | will write an order on
my barker for. the remaining
fifteep hundred.
Afs9r he had yritten the draft
the worthy pair withdrew, amid
the Kisses from the evidence.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
Decadence of Exter Hall,

Few places in England have any
closer assaciations with evaagelical
religion than the celebrated edlfce
in the L,udon StrsLd, known as
Exc q, Hall, where. tor forty years
aud mo,e. great crowds have gath
cred at the annual May meeting of
the religions societies. Bat Exeter
Eall has lost something of the
glory which it might we'll have
uoasted len, twenty, thirty aud
forty years ago, when the minds OF
a large element of the whole Brit
ish population was strongly direct
ed to it. But these meetineshave
80 far fallen away tia; the revenue
from them is unable to yield a div
idend to the stockholders. Various
Causes have wrought the change.
which An English paper calls, "a
silent but very efectual revolt"
Tue meetings are too long, it is
said; familiar ground is goLe over
to much, the Speakers have been
heard too of en- before, aud rivals
10 tno place nave up ~ various
parts of London, such as Memorial
Hail,r raised ON the site OF Fleet pris
on, 10y the Copgregationalists. The
ora,ory, WHICH prevailed in Exeter
Hall in Its pallniest days, is de-
sc,ibed by the Pull NaH gazette
rs u style somewhere between rev.
erence and 6urlesque. 1t never
forgot the pulpit, aud it was deem
ed lawful, and it WAS ex !ected ex
pected, that among its distinct
fea III es the lights and rants of the
platform and of the piquaIt effects
OF the stage should have places. In
the making Up Of the lists of speak
ers ut Fhe great gatherings, there
We're intrigues nnd heartburnings OF
which it Is probable that no histcrJ
will ever tell the story.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
No. 35.
Charcoal and Its Uses.

Charcoal, laid fiat while cold on,
burn. causes the pain TO abatc
Immediately j; by leaving i: on for
an hour. the burn seems almost
healed when the burn is superficial.
And charcoal is valuable tor many
other purposes. Tainted K,eat SUR
rounded with it is sweetened !;
strcwn over heaps of dtcomposed
pelts, or over dead animals, it pre-
vents any unpleasant oInr. Foul
water is purified by it. 1t is a great
disirfectant, and sweetens offensive
air if placed i'll shallow trays around
apartments. 1t is SO very porous
in its "ninutc INTERIOR" it absorbs
apd condcnses gases most rapidly.
Cne cnbit inch of fresh charcoal
will absorb nearly one hundred in
gaseous ammonia. Charcoal forms
an unrivalled poultice tor malig-
rant wounds and so.cs, often cor
roding away dead fash, reducing it
to one quarter il, six hours. In
case of what we cal. proud flesh it
is invaluable. 1t Sives no disagree
able o6or, corrodes nc metal, hurts
no texture, Injuries 20 color, is II
simple and sale sweetcner and dis
intt Giant. A tcaspoontul of char
coal, in half a glass OF water, often
relieves sick headache it absorbs
the gases and relieves the distended
stomach pressing against the nerves.
which extend from the ST II lch to
the head.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05

THE HAND.-Tue hand has a
great share in expressing our
thoughts ana feelings: raising
the hands toward heaven
with the palms united expresses
devotion and suppilcation wripg-
ing them, grief; throwing them to-
ward heaven, admin atior; detected
hands, despair and amazement
folding them, idlen ness, holding the
fnge,s interningled, musing and
thougktfulness; holding them and
the eyes to heaven, solemn appeal;
waving the baud from us, prohibl-
ton; extending the right hand tS
any one, peace, piety aud safety !;
scratching the head, care and per-
picking thought; laying the right
hand on the heart, affection and
solemn affirmation, holding up the
thumb, appreciation placing the
hight TO; ;ein ger Oh The liis perpen.
dicularlyI bidding silence.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
Altitude of Church Towers.

The Cologne Gazette states that
the towers OF Cologne Cathedral
are now the highest in the world,
the height they have attained being
five feet higher than the towers of.
St. Ni:holas' Church il Hamburg.
which has hitherto bee, the highest
edifce. Ultimately they will be
tiity-one feet, ten inches higher.
The following are given as the
heights of the chief lofty buildings
in the world: Towers of Cologne
Cathedral, 524 feet, IL inches,
from the pavement of the cloistcrs,
or SIS feet, one inch, from the floor
of the church tower of St. Nicho-
las at Hamburg, 473 feet, 1 inch,
cupola Of St. Peters, Rome, 1863.
feet, 2 inches Cathedral spire at
Stras6crg, 465 teet, II inches;
Pyramid of Cheops, 419 feet,
inches tower of St. Stephens,
Vienna, Alb feet, 10 inches tower
of ST. Martins, Land shut, 434 feet,
s. inches Cathedral erire at Fried
burg, 40 feet, !! inch , Cathedral
of 4 Antwerp, 404 feet, 10 inches
Cathedral OF Florence, 800 feet,
inches; St. Paul's, London, 365
feet, l inch ridge tiles of Cologne
Cathedral, $50 feet, 3 inches ; Ca
thedral tower at Magdeburg, 339
feet, ! inches tower of the new
Votive Church at Vienna, 314 feet,
II inches tower of the Rathaus at
Berlin, 2SS feet, s inches and the
towers of Notrc Dame of Paris,
3a3 feet, l | inches.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05
Fort Fish,ek
A PosIHUMo oUS LETTER FROM GENERAL
W. Fl C. WHITING.

print the foliowfog from the Phila-
delphia Times 1t no donbt con-
iains the last words written by the
gallant Whiting:
To- the Eaitor of the Tines -
The inciosed is a copy of frag-
menta, y letter commenced by Whit
ing to me, and which he wrote. ~.
ing on his back in the hospital, the
day before be died. He did not
have The strength to finished or to
sign it. 1t was given to me after l
returned from Europe, having been
found by the surgeon and prese1v
Cd. l was in England, having ac-
cess to the London jour naIs, and
Whiting desired me, MS T. .riepd, to
vindicate his reputation. ! do SO
now, for if there ever was a noble
and gallant fellow, true to his
friends and true TO bis cnpvictIops
of duty, it was w. A. q. Whiting.
Very Respectfully.
BLANToN DUNCAN
Louisville, July s, 1880.
Hos PIrAL, GoAT ISLAND,
March, 2nd, 1865.
Cpl. Blantoa Duncan
My DEAR DUNCAN:-I am very
glad to hear from you on my bed
OF suffering I see the papers haye
put you in possession of something
of what has been going on. That
l am here and that Wilmington and
Fisher are gone is due wholly and
solely TO the incompetency, the i'm
beciilty anl the pusillapimity Of
B.axton Yrnge, who was Sent to
spy upon and supersede me about
two weeks before The attack. He
could have taken every ono of the
enemy, put be was af, aid.
After the feet stopped its infer
nal stream of 6ne TO let the assault
ing column come on, .ws fought
them six hours f,om traverse to
traverse and pa,apet TO parapet,
5000 of them. All shat time Bragg
was , witbin two and hall
miles, with 5000 of Lees best
troops, three batteries Of artillery
and 800 reserves. Tne enemy had
no artillery at all. B'agg wss held
in check by two negro Erigades
while :he rest OF the enemy as
saul,ed anI dida't even fire mus
ket.
! fell severely wounded,t two balls
IN the right leg, about 4 +. M,
Lamb, a little later, DANCE, ousIy
shot in the hip. Gallant old Relliy y
con,iu"ed the fght hand to hand
until 9 p. M, when we were over
powered.
Or all Bragg's mistakes and fail.
ures, from Pensacola out, this Is
the climax. He would not let me
have anything to do with Lee $
troops. The fight was very desper.
ate and blaedy. There Vas no SUR
render.
The fire of the fleet is beyond
description. No language can de-
scribe that TERRIFIC bombardment.
l43 shots a minute for twenty-fcul
hours. Ny traverses stood it Dobly
bnt by the direct FIRE they were
euabled to bring upon the lan1
trout, they succeeded iR knoskipe
down py guns there.
| ! gas very kindly treated and
with great respect by all of them.
l seq that the fall of Fisher ha'
attracted some discussion in tb'
public prints in London. So cleve
fellow as Captain Cowper Coles
r. N, ought not to lake Admira
Porte,'s statement aud reports al
; paed de lettre, and be onght to b.
disal p~ed befo, 2 building theorle
on what be accepts ae facts an,
WHICH are simply bosh.
!, The fight az Fisher was in n
! sense OF the word test for tn
monitor MoDadnock (over whicl
Potter makes such ssoundinl
! brags), or Of any o.her monitor g
\ ot.1
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05

An old Judge OF the New York
Supreme Conr. meeting a friend in
a neighboring village exclaimed
why, what are yon doing here"
i am at work, trying TO make an
honest living was the reply
Then yon'll succeed said the
Judge, "for you'll have no COM
petition.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05

Some OF the striped stockings
this spring are made with one con-
tinuoas spiral etripe, SO that, when
the wearer stalks across a muddy
street, the spectacle creates in the
minds Of the spectators the i'm.
preston of a pair Of twin augers
mortisipg the cross walk.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-08-05

"Attcr Demosthenes had lost
most of his teeth, he was one day
delivering one Of the most elegant
of his orations. 'What, asked an
auditor, 'ie he giving us now q
'Gum-drops,' promptly answered
Dioycnes.'