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on tho pnrt Ut tho ENHltah Government. II was
q sis dtnth u or iate a,nsntcsi md scsucted i
r11sl''cHt ,s t., GaFSla la!planssI thu tho English
Enesh court" res any foraisn '' man. u rhas hDs
urest WI a %ay WIT T. say ne9o t thssa GS
Aer,sss' Ar ot yo ~ sss how sorry se afs
So now rcrunt sGis H.. ia iar, TsosI,suat ." lii.
coin xas asas!n !nates, ksllctl by, tnrjproas nsns.
IN. Thu assassination was ~ bloody and way Just
tio. d our lasu bo,orc,' ircsi,,c.s Ths 1:s'. Es
xllsh court dhl mt 70 lntu au.trnng tl!uu. Ii
W. @ ~ ss ee s 9fss' I tats Sf SspfSse. w sn:
GnsnEcil lncnn!nxless rhrnses us ioyn between
nsterent es'!intrles; ttnt u!ay ha. Why shunll
Into tho sivurust ,nuurht.,x NJ thu tiu ior tho
loss nf s,.cli a n,ul, NJ President l.neolr: liz
draw insl,s coia1NrsIolIs ictwcot, ly Tho ;wu 70
tatuented PrcFsdenls who havG leon murdered,
hmt but !ot me WY ihls: A.: L!nculn ha4 .rll!oi,.
his luvaD!o rh3rlcter. u,iA his JUSTICE undor tic
with 1lit Volt.s lhslsa WIN wuro ha titturust
R"l.t'e eaGM!cs leGok'!tks h!s qualities Of
Hf, nei Ga i,t u & aoari' wa W. n9uh 70 tint ~ right
prufessloii hut from Ills nets tliut when hu ujrl
!1vrey iost ono ot ~ tiotleal mud most .!svr.
uln.,Aelt. Ut slavery iroln fair lalIli,,s II hu.
'n ginxs ana K'y. Them !o lght u liberty
Ms1 "isht9ry WI ~ psE,t s r" ~ As t.ne t be
.tbrlh,l,n 1.tnco!n t.Anplausu. Nuy, he w,ts i
tinrtyF 70 thu yueattou Ut fr'%to1n purely, und
inent puroly. our Iatu President was i t,,ar;yr
" t,t,1 Of s,slr lust hfainnla prinSiples-tat Vi
sPs' Es tXnnlaass @ y e,.s: G.: tS NJ:
Anerlsni! tcopo. why dtt! II nut deck III uoI,st
+ 4sS9!"lE *eS aEsssn ID ,"ssl sn,. %xa'
Il IL lecauso Enxand's love ot iht4 cuSutry,
alal nuf love- uf thls e1untrys itistltuti0ns aud
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Spelling Famous Diamonds.


The Star OF the South" was found in Brazil,
In the mines OF Bogagen, by poor negresS, In
July, 1853. 1t originally weighed 254 caratS,
but was reduced, BY being cut as a brilliant"
10 lN caratS, or less than half its size. C0nsid-
ering the enormous price set upon diamonds of
the largest size 1t Is strange to find that several
OF them should have been deliberately cut
down to much smaller dimensions simply to
give them an artificial shape, little Increasing
their original beauty, but immensely decreaS.
ing their value. 1t Is estimated that the Rus
sian "Orlor" lost four-fftAs of its value by
being cut down to half its original size.
The most striking instance OF such In judicious
cutting Is to be found in our own famous 'Koh-
1-noor:" As before mentioned, this stone once
gs going by the name Of the Great Mogul," was
Ehed down" by an unhappy and unskflful
venetian lepidary to $50 carats, and as such
came into the possession OF the Crown Of Eng
not liking the appearance Of the crystal hover,
conceived the idea OF having it fe-cut. After
consulting Sir David Brewster and other scien-
tf1c men. 1t was determined by the Prince Con
sort, with the consent, of course, Of the gov
eminent, to polish the Mountain of Light
FOR this purpose one OF the largest OF Dutch Ola.
mond merchants Mynheer Coster, OF Amsterdam.
was engaged. and he sent over to London his
most experienced artisan, one Herr Voors8nger.
with assistants, to Improve" the "Koh-i-nOor !"
Inc improvement was carried on With the. help
gan working on che 9Th OF July, 1852 the Duke
OF wellington placing With his own hands the
Mountain OF Light" On the cutting machine.
For rty'eight days the unlucky diamond WAS
swung round on 1t until 1t had been reduced
rom ESQ 10 1872 carats, at cost to the govern
ment, or rather the nation, OF es GOO. It Was
as truly remarked by Mr.. c. ". King. one 81
the best writer's on and judges of gems In this
country, "a most i'll advised proceeding, which
deprived the stone OF all its historical ana min
eralogfcal value" reducing the once famnmo
stone, ''unrivalled in Europe" to "a bad
SNAPPED, shallow brilliant, OF but inferior water
Sac nansN gloria nau'adi, even for such sever
lasting" things as diam onds.
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Troubles About Wills.


The law In regard to wills is such that many
persons die believing they have made a certain
disposition OF their property, when. In reality.
owing 10 the testator's careeSSnesS. or ignor-
ance or both, the estate Is not 80 disposed Of
case In neighboring town illustrates this
idea:
An elderly woman made a will. leaving her
property, amounting to about q, 0Oo to two
nepheWS. Five years later-Some time last sum.
mer-she made second will giving the proper
y Chiefly TO niece. In November she died. But
this last will cannot be found. The man who
drew up the document, q local justice. who has
done something at such work, says he drew this
second will last summer; that the woman duly
signed IT; that 1t was legally witnessed land the
other Two witnesses are living, In the same
TOWN. and, that he left IL, together with tina
1lrst Will, on table in the room where the teS.
tafrlx sat He further teatifies that she asked
MIN what she should do with the first viii. and
ina. ne toid her to burn it up. 1t is surrnised
and left the first WAL
inc mousse has been ransacked from cellar to
ga1et, ana every cupboard, bureau and drawer
seaicneQ 10 ma the second Will but without
avail the matter was referred to the local
piopate Judge. he decided promptly that the
ma.kKing OF second VIII Destroyed the validity
~ I'LL LUG nfst. Tnen the case, with copy Of the
Hartford probate onice, who prompiy conffrm ned
Inasmuch as the testimony OF the witnesses
70 the second viii win be Regarded in iaW 40
conclusive OF the tact that such document
vas actually drawn up and legally signed And
s tna5 iegaly destroys the FIRST win. the prac.
found. that the estate viii now be divideI h W
SMeen the heirs according to the law 0Overa a.
ing intestate eetates-in tbs case three In
number, 'A'se III
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Another Good Boy
Tnak.osk Hoo n~>1.


A Detroit grocer was the other day hungrily
waiting for his clerk to return from dinner and
give him chance at his own MONDAY meal,
when boy came into the store with a basket
In his hand, and said:
:" seed boy grab up this ere basket from
the door and run, and run after him and made
him give IL up.'
"Yes. SIR
And you look like good boy
"YeS, SIR"
And good boys should always be encour-
aged. In box In the back room there are eight
dozen eggs. You may take them home to your
mot her and keep the basket"
I'll, The grocer had been saving those eggs for
days and weeks to reward some one. In Ne.
WardlDg good boy he also got eight dozen bad
eggs carried out OF the nelghb0rhoOd free OF
cost. and he chuckled little chuck as he
walked hcmeWarda.
The afternoon waned. night came and went,
and once more the grocer Went to his dinner.
When he returned he was picking his teeth and
wearing cOmplacent smile. His eye caught a
basket OF eight dozen eggs as he entered the
store. and he queried:
been buying some eggs.''
YES: got hold OF those from farmer boz. -
replied the clerk.
"A lame boy with blue cap one"
Eyes"
Two front teeth oute"
"Yes."
The grocer sat down and examined tho eggs.
The shells had been washed clean. but they
were the same eggs that good hoy had Iugped
home the day before
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20 copies one year $50.
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THE STAR FOR 1881.

THE EVENING STAR with its Increased facIl-
tiles, Will print all OF the news OF the day on
which 1t Is issued. 1t has direct wire from its
news room to the western Union Telegraph OF
nee IN New York city, from which wires radiate
to all parts OF the globe, and is therefore ens.
bled TO secure the latest news by its own opera
or from every quarter up to within q few mo-
ments OF going to press 1t is the only evening
paper south OF Philadelphia which receives az.
ciusively the Associated Press dispatches
As newspaper THR STAR being the organ
OF no man, no clique and no interest, VIII pre-
sent the fullest and the fairest picture IL can
make OF each days passing history In the CITY
the District, the country and the world. II win
aim hereafter, as heretofore, at accuracy nrst or
al things In all that 1t publisheA The circu,a.
ton now fs larger than at any former period IN
the twenty-nine years OF its existence.
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menus and explain ratea No canyasaera or
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TO a Lady Doctor.
AN AFFECTION OF rHB HEART.
IRON Punch.l

Yes, Doctor, your physic I've taken.
That surely should conquer my ills:
The bottle was sOlemnly shaken,
dOte on those dear little pills.
I've followed your rules al to diet,
don't know the taste OF tart;
But, though I've kept carefully quiet,
The pains at my heart.
OF course you've done good convalescencs
Seems dawning. Aud yet, it is true,
j fancy the light of your presence
Does more than your physic can do.
I'm well when you're here, but, believe me-
Each day when fate dooIns us to part
Come stf angest sensations to grieye me
That must be the heart.
Your knowledge is truly stupendous,
Each dainty prescription see,
/ read - HGust0S stGtum suDlendps::''
What wonder you took the NJ. d.
hang on each word that you utter
With sage Esculapian art,
But feel In a terrible fiuttar,
1t comes froE the heart.
Have you ever felt the emotion
That stethOscope ne'er could reveal,
II SO, you'll perchanCe have notion
OF all that I've felt, ana still feel.
Oh. gay, could You ever endure me?
Dear Doctor, you blush and you stare
There's only one thing that can cure me-
Take Ine-and my heart.
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The Tale of the lncffectual Hen.
IMaN0fa 4

We learn from reliable conscientious listing
Clerk at the Brunswick freight depot that Just
previous 10 the alarm OF fire Tuesday night a
hen Jumped upon the window seat outside the
window. and, by peckiDg on the glass, attracted
attention from within. The window was raised
but, instead Of entering, the hen dropped one
wing and began scratching 1t with her left foot.
Afriendly hand gathered In the fowl and placed
her upon bookcase to roost; she retained the
position, but was evidently uneasy for some
minutes. Finally cry Of fire was sounded,
and the house adjoining the depot blazed up
and was consumed In q short time. 1t Is now
thought that the hen came over to alarm the
men, and tried to initiate the scratching OF a
match by rasptng her toes on her wing.
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Wanted Time.
rD~[. D.-r

al must have immediate satisfaction. cried
ID. TO C.. who had insulted him.
-" A duel Is against my principles replied
Apologies then. apologize exclaimed the
onFaGed d.
"Well give me time" returned c.: ''do you
sapp0se Thar carry book Of blank apollo
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1881 THE NEWSPAPERS 1881
OF THR
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south Of Neco Pork, AND MORE THAN DOUBLE
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Every issue OF THE STAR Is carefully read
not only by the citizens OF Washington and ad-
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strangers constantly visiting the National
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constitute, In very large degree the purchas-
Ing population OF every State and Territory In
the Union,, thus making 1t for most purposes
TIE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE
UNITED STATES
The evidence OF this Is the number OF new
Advertisements 1t printed In the year 1885,
which exceeded 20, 600, averaging from 4. 700
to 1000 per month In the busy season !! I
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During the present year 4,9Ao mlles a, nev
railway have been built In this county.
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NOTICE.-Thousands q WATCHES have pen zen
yeaxS. They are q perfect b-day = when manu-
Insured. Ven made Watchss W. VITA cA~ -.
"a. u. J0GL ~ e0R1V1yaoh aus suss
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+ oUIsIANA STATE LOTTERY.
TAKE NOTICE,

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All correspondence should be with L. A.
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themselves Are sent. and neUev circulars Offering
certificates or anything else instead. Any one pro-
posing to offer anything else by circular or other
wise. on his own behalf or that Of The Company. 10
. sriHdier.
4 Splendid Opportunity
TO WIN FORTUNE.
FIRST GRAND DISTRIBUTION, CLASS A.
AT NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY. JANUARY
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This institution was regularly incorporated by
the legislature OF the state for educational aud char
liable purposes in 1865 for the term Of
twenty.nve years, TO which contract the In
vloable faith OF the state Ia pledged. which pledge
has been renewed by an overwhelming popular
vote, securing its franchise In the constitution
adopted December I'd, AID. 1879, with Q capital Of
LOO, OOO 70 which il las slnoe added o reserve
fund Of over ESQ. 900.
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBU-
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THE MILD POWER CURES.
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Sophy Norris, still young and pretty and as
piacld as ever, pears traces neVert he!eSs OF her
life-s0rr0W, as how should 1t be otherwise? The
marvel Is that she survived the blow In all
probability she would have sunk under IL, but
that the flood OF newborn wifely love, which
IN It's outpouring had seemed to carry the very
essence OF her soul before IL, had found its
channel changed, although not checked. As a
mother, the devotion bestowed upon the stal-
wait Lao OF nine now standing at her side gave
almost vent and verge enough for the deep love
that was n her. In young Ronald she seemed
10 see, perhaps concentrated, a double claim
upon her affection; first, for the father, wnom
ne SO much reSembled, and then for his own
sweet sake.
Thus time and circumstance lent their heal.
ing influence TO her great heart wound, and
though the cicatrix was wildly evident al
the birth OF her boy had come about. as sur
geons say. at the first Intention. But for this
there was enough outside her loss, and conse-
quent upon It, TO crush all hope and Joy from
ner future. widowed as she had been she had
0een Obliged to return to her parents roof, and
found, as the eldest OF large family, that the
poor pittance OF the merchants clerk, her
father, made home far from bed of roses.
For, be II remembered, with the husband had
disappeared the provision for the widow.
which the uncle'S VIII had insured. Carried
In Ronalds pocket as the document had been
no claim upon the old mans estate could be
established; and the money, round 6 10, 900 In
Consols. had passed to the next OF Kin. a
younger brother, John, very different man.
Intentions that bis elder brother might have
had he knew OF none OF them, he said aud
for the nephew's widow and her chiidf Welt
Why should he7 He knew little or nothing
about this nephew Ronald. WHAT had he
meant by marrying penniless girl solely upon
the eLIength OF some vampered-up promise
made or not made, John Norris said. by that
old fool, my bachelor brother Matthew, The
mere copy OF the Will produced BY the lawyer
might. or might not, be genuine; at any rate.
John MOTHS declared 1t was q worthless piece
OF paper as 1t stood Besides had he NOT
claims OF bis own to meet7 However he would
educate the boy, that much he would do, until
he was fifteen, and then he should wash his
ands Of the whole affair,
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- 11UO Matters grand opera, AdTt1 di GInd
recently brought out at Her Majesty's in Lon.
don Is pronounced full OF meioay but not ais
melodies"
San FrancfSco somehow seems TO have the
habit OF hearing new foreign works before east
ern people are fully aware OF their existence
Lecocq's latest opera, TIE Pretty Persian. has
already been produced there, and It's story Is De.
ctared Witty with many good situations while
the music Is light and fuu OF melody.
1t Is likely that Albery's Where's tie C.t2
farce from the German. now causing good deal
OF merriment In London, will be brought out at
Waliack's. IN New York during this season
A New York paper charges that during Sal
.inrs engagement Booths Thester has hsc reg
ularly hired and duly organized claaue of so
members. half OF whom lea the applause In the
orchestra and the rest upstairs. That Is 8 for
eign Institution which America can well spare
w. w. Ioungs new play ArthuJ' P0Rta1-
e'set, which Lawrence Barrett was expected to
bring out early In the season, will probably be
produced oy him during bis forthcoming Boston
engagement.
The Mapleson opera troupe opened 10 Bos-
ton Monday nignt In Aida. Miss Cary ap-
peared as .Amneris. a part in which she has no
rival In this country. TheDaiiet OF the small
children, which was prohibited In New York,
was permitted In Boston Miss Marie swift
appeared as the 'Nuoian Princess"
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin made their
temperance before an American audience at
the Grand opera House. New York. on Mondsy
night They are both excellent performers
ana II Is agreeable to know that they were ap-
preeiateo at their worth In England.
The only dramatic attraction1n Pittsburg
V the Denman Thompson Troupe. On Monday
the Arabs appear.
Agnes Ethel, now MrA Tracy, appears at
Albany next week. supported BY Mr.. AlSSugh
OF the National Theater. 1t Is many yo.rs
since she has appeared On the stage.
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A shudder more than once ran through my
veins as l remained automatically surveying
tnlS mysterious spectacle. It seemed that
was rooted to the ground as firmly as the trees
the half-terrlfytng, Notwithstanding sensations
WI %nicn at nrst iured me on now became 1ntensl-
ned, and kept me InOtionle5s, Tor rriyhtFTlI
thought entered my head What wouli have
Deen my tate, had ] been unable to eXtricate
Mysell from that cleft In the rocks, or suppos-
ing l mad fallen into deeper place and been
laHmed oy shoulders or hips between a similar
insure; should ever have got out unaided? No
help could have reached me In such wilder
ness, ana | must have been held there a pris-
Oner Until starved TO death-neger PERHAPS to
be discovered, or not until my rotting and
bieached cones had begun to look Ike the other
pare skeleton forms surrounding them. Treach.
cry now seemed added TO the other perils OF
the place, and when at last began slowly re-
tracing MY steps, l struck my stick on each
piece or ground ere ventured my foot upon 1t.
. AZ turned back by the way had come, the
first breath OF air that had been felt for an hour
or more blew across my face; 1t was but a
slight pun, but it was. sufficient to create O
HUE SUI among the boughs, and to send a dis
ana u wanihg sougn through the wood. Faint
as &c was, It nevertheless gave an additional
melancholy to the place, and increased the fas-
citation with which it had BEST me. | again
s $1,000 sui now 70 listen; Tue wind by degrees
every breath more and more sound. It seemed
now as II the weird forms Of the trees were en-
00Wed with voices. and were moaning and
whispering sadly to each other. One particular
wall especially caught my ear, and the longer
listened the more DEFINITE il became. Itmieht
easily nave been mistaken for the voice OF q
human being In direst misery. Presently
wrought up "a my imagination was, l began to
fancy could almost hear the very words it ut
tereo: Wait tor NEE! Walt tor me. e!"
IL seemed 70 Say, now family now quite audibly;
and at length 30 actual, so real did the utter.
ance become. that l turned back toward the
spot whence 1t appeared TO proceed. This was
not far from where had been brought to
stand-still, but as ! advanced the voice grew
fainter. and when had got q few more Yards
the wind died away. audit ceased altogether.
Evening was coming on apace by this time.
sooner did i do so. however, than the waiting
whisper enced:-"W.a.i-t fer mee