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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-28
A Mistake was Made.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A young lady gave her young man. beau
tifully worked pair of slippers. and he acknowi-
edged the present by sending her his picture.
encased in a handsome frame. He wrote note
to send with it, and at the same time replied
angrily to an oft-repeated dun for an unpad-for
suit Of clothes. He gave boy ten cents to de-
liver the package and notes, giving explicit di-
rectiOns as to the destination Of each.
1t was boy with a freckled face, and he dis
charged his errand in q manner that should
give him a niche in the temple of fame.
The young lady received note in her adored
ones handwriting, and flew to her room to de-
vonr it's contents. She opened the missive with
eager fingers, and read:
I'm getting tired Of your everlasting atten-
tons. The suit is about worn out already. 1t
never amounted to much any way. Please 90
to thunder!'
And the tailor was struck utterly dumb when
he opened a parcel and discovered the iicture
of his delinquent customer, with note that
said:
"When you gaze upon the features, think
how much | owe YOU"
When the unfortunate young man called
around that evening to receive the happy ac-
Acknowledgement of his sweetheart, he was very
ostentatiously showed Off the steps by the young
ady's father.
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Understanding Womankind.

Pope, like BOileau, lacked one incentive to
lyrical inspiration. Boileau by physical misfor-
tune, and Pope by congenital physical nfirmity,
were not fitted to feel passion for the beautiful
sex, and the fine erOtic madness that peoples
the world was unknown to both Of them. Pope
was small. weak, decrepit-amOst defOrmed;
and although he could talk we'll. he thought. as
Addison asserted, a great deal too much of
himself. And the ladies Of his day, as Of our
own, do not care overmuch for the society of
men whose admiration is concentrated in and on
themselves, and who do not know how to flatter or
to make themselves agreeable to women John
wilkes, one of the ugliest men Of his time.
according to his own confession, took the
hearts of women captive by. his fattering
tongue, just as the serpent in the Garden OF
Eden made Eve forget his ugliness in the witch
cry OF ms eloquence. Neither the French nor
the English satirist understood womankind or
the art of pleasing them. They neither of them
felt what the great prose poet Emerson finely
calls 1.-THE divine rage and enthusiasm which
SEXES man in his youth and maturity; which
works a revolution in his mind and body. unites
him to his race, pledges him to the domestic
and civic relations, carries him with new svm-
pathy into nature. enhances the power of the
senses, opens the immaginatiou, adds to his
character heroic and sacred attributes. estah-
fishes marriage, and gives permanence to I'M
man society,"" Neither Boileau nor Pope under
went the delicious thralldom Of love- and both
escaped the overwhelming mastery which Vol
taire declared to be the fate of everybody when
he wrote:
''Qui que tn sois, VOLTA ton matre;
II Fest, lie tut, on lie dOit etre."
The Nineteenth Ce0t,,,.,
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The Making of Pearl Shells.

FfOm FrOHf6SS.
The manufacture of articles from pearl shells
is quite extensively carried on in this country.
particularly In Philadelphia The pearls are
found on the southwestern coast of California.
and are brought in frait vessels to Santa Bar
bara. whence they are shipped East A consid-
cradle number of the shells are exported ia
foreign countries. A firm in Baltimore re-
Gently shipped thirty-six barrels of the shells TO
France
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-28

slight-of-hand performer who tried the
shooting trick at Leadville the other day and
handed the pistol to a citizen of the place acted
inconsiderately. The Leadvilie man never
trusted unfamiliar ''weepings," and SO coolIy
pocketed the showman's revolver and toolr o,;}
his own TO shoot at that person. Luckily there
was Boston man present and the hand MAS
stayed In time. 80 80
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S1afreas

From the Quincy Modern Aryo.
We lately saw an advertisement In Boston
paper offering for sale an assortment OF me
shirts. among which are mentioned the " busi-
ness, opera, dress, party and wedding shirts
The suspicion that there might be distinction
without q difference is rudely dispelled by the
fact that they are all listed and divided of into
such lots as would warrant distinct individ-
uality to each separate shirt. But it is hard for
US to realize that such things can be- 1t is 1m-
possible for us to believe that a " business shirt
materially differs from dress shirt or that
an "opera shirt would not be the most appro-
pirate thing in the world to wear at party And
then, what exquisite torture 1t must be TO a
financier to be caught out in his dress shirt and
obliged to transact business unadorned with the
regular business shirt. Tears come to our
eyes unbdden and our heart is torn into kind
ling wood and tortured with irst-proof SYM
pathv for the poor wretch arrayed i'm dress
shirt standing by the altar and promising TO
love, honor and cherish fair and radiant
bride for life. Married! And minus wed
dng-shrt!" Clothed, but in paltry dress
Shirt Surely that man should fly from the
wrath OF outraged society and call on rocks to
cover him. But the subject is painful. To us,
perhaps, it presents manifold horrors when We
realize the absolute mpossibility of having our
only shirt cut over into five distinct styles No
no. it cannot-must not be. Let us rather
fly this terrible nightmare of contemplation and
seek lodge in some vast solitude where the
cruel forms of too-to0 fastidfous society viii
never intrude their baneful obligations '.Busi-
ness, opera, dress, party" Avaunt.
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TUE DEAF HEAR THROUGH tn

ME DEAF HEAR THROUGH THE TEETH. AND
4 the deaf and dumb hear and learn ia SNEAK nv
BENT 81 sSfsnt xSndernl scsnhc invention the
sighted the pentaphone s to the deaf By s nss ths
Sezs aTe enaIled to hear al ordinary Compression Lee
nesr ana are being taught to nnderstand spoken Ian
sosEe. For sale b. CHAS. FISCHER, cas- fth street
~SA ssHsss d22
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Must Hotel Carr Have = Ltccnses

MUST H0t6l C0fS nave - AAhCCsASCs
From the Railway Age.
The novel and interesting question whether q
railway dining car is liquor saloon and shonid
be required to take out q license for selling
liquors in every village and city through which
it passes, is about to be tested In the courts.
The village Of Taylorville Christian county, ILL.,.
is no-license town, and some of its temperance
advocates. being troubled by the fact that the
Wabash. st. Louis and Pacific company was
running through its limits dining-cars upon
which intoxicating liquors were sold, sent an
officer. who entered the dining-car while the
train was at the depot and purchased from the
conductor bottle of beer. The conductor WAS
thereupon arrested without warrant, taken
from his train and brought before
magistrate, who fined him $40
Tor violating village ordinance
against keeping open dram shop. He paid the
ance people, who caused his immediate rearrest
for violating the state law. and he was held be-
fore the grand jury, which subsequently in
dicted him. The railway company proposes to
test the question thus involved, and has,
through the conductor. brought suit in the
United States court at Springfield against the
village authorities. claiming damages to the
OF allowing travelling dram shops" as dining
cars are styled. has been discussed in England
since the introduction of the Pullman cars.
but we believe has not been practically
raised in this country heretofore. In England.
however. the objection to the sale of liquors en-
route was not on the score of temperance. but
was raised by local inn-keepers who objected to
liquor business. If the prohibitionists should
join with tue 'saloon-keepers. who are also OPP
posed to liquor selling On hotel cars, they could
make the fight on both GROUNDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-28
The French burial Law.

Under the new French burial law the right
of Frenchman or Frenchwoman to choose his
or her funeral rites begins with their
sixteenth year. Until they attain tina
age they are to be buried with the
ceremonial Of the church in which they were
baptized, unless with the consent OF their par
ents they have been converted to another faith
The same general rule holds good in after-life
in every case when they die without written
declaration Of their wishes. which must be de-
posted at the marie within twelve hours of de-
cease. In case of physical inability tO:sign such
document. a declaration TO that effect bearing
the signatures of two witnesses will be accepted
but the witnesses must neither be doctors, mid
wives. nurses, ministers of religion, nor men,
bers of religious orders. Strict provision is
made toprevent any disrespect being shown to
civil funerals by the local authorities and all
who oppose the execution of the wishes of the
deceased are liable to be proceeded against I'M
der the penal code. Tie new law, which con-
ssts of twelve articles, is an interestiog speci-
men of French legislation. securing to our
neighbors across the channel that absolute lib
erty OF conscience in matters of sculpture which
even the present House of Commons has not vet
seen tit to cOncede.-PGu Mall Gazette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-28

Ayoung lady who was squeezed between two
ofnew corsets. Philadelpkia Ctrnsicse- Herald
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DIR. BENsoN's
SEw REMEDY AND FAyoRITE PRESCRIPTION
DIR. c. w. BENSON'S SKIN CURE
Is WARRANTED TO CURE

ECZEMA. LETTERS, HUMoRS, INFLAMMATION
MILK CRUST. ALL RoLGH sCM.Y ERSP
TloNS, DISEASES OF HAIR AND SCALP.
ScRoFCIA ULCERS. TENDER ITCH
INGS, AND PIMPLES ON ALL PARTS
OF THE BODY.
II makes the skin white soft and smooth tan
and freckles and is the BEST TOILET DRESSING IN
THE WORLD. Elegantly put up. two bottles in one
package. consisting Of both internal and external treat
ment.
An irst-oass Druggists have it. Price, 81 pack
age sl2
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WlLLET & LIBBEY.
WILLARD HOTEL LOTTERY DRAWING
14TH FEBRUARY, 1892
OR MONEY REFTNnED

LOUISVILLE, KY, November TO- 1881
ResOtred That the Board If Commissioners coYHentn
postponement of thed rawing of the Willard Hotel Lot
terry until tie l4th day of February, 1882. and thst
they viii not consent any further posponelncnt of
the
ROBT. MALLORY Chairman.
BY the above resolution tlis Dire wing must and Az ne
had on the day fixed, money distributed back to
ticket holders.
If enough tickets sold, before date fixed. the
drawing viii he had, and notice OF viii be aiyep
through the papers.
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L u i MMMM b b r
l. U " NJ M n II X r
ILL w III NJ n BIB ZEE X

FINE GRADES.
CABINET OAK. Every thickness.
INDIANA ASH, Z"
INDIANA WALNUT Il. a, y. S. y inch.
INDIANA WALNUT. i inch to sxs inch.
INDIANA WALNUT. Counter Top. 20 inch to sc inch
wide.
INDIANA CHERRY, Every thickness.
INDIANA CHERRY, Counter Top. Is inch to "a inch
wide.
MAPLE, Every thickness.
SOFT YELLOW POPLAR, Every thickness
HARD WOOD YARD. sPRAGUE's SQUARE
SIXTH STREET AND NEW YORK AVENUE.
LARGE srRAsuE SQUARE.
YARDS NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKRr souARn
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A Lesson i'm Humility.

=
Dear me-" said Mrs. Breezy. hnrrying into
the breakfast room, and falling into her chair at
the breakfast table, what bother this Christ
mas season is, to be sure. l am Just tired to
death already, and the day hardly begun.
wish those stupid people at the stores could re-
member anything five minutes at time. Every
thing is all wrong. They haven't sent home
half the things bought, and they have sent
home great many things that did'n buy"
"And there is no health in them,' chimed in
Mr.. Breezy.
eff you intend that for a joke" said Mrs
Breezy, lit is i'm very bad taste If you haven't
grace enough to belong to the church, you
should at least respect it for your wifes sake
Mr.. Breezy. But shall not be interrupted to-
day. Mr.. Breezy. I've too much to do to bother
with you, and for that matter so have you. |
have a thousand commissions for you this morn
way to the ferry. can't possibly set out before
ii O'Clock. and have any number of articles
that must be changed at once. There. L shall
not be refused. Ii you think anything of the
children and their happiness, you will be only
too eager to help ME. But whoever heard of a
man who cared to put himself out in the slight
est degree even for his own flesh and blood?"
But haven't refused to do anything yet, "
said Mr.. Breezy, mildly.
mo, you haven't, but you were Just about
w, hASsHJ. oh, sou hoShh
attempt to deceive ME, Mr.. Breezy L haven't
lived with you for over fifteen years without
| knowing your face like a book. Yes, / under
stand. You are too proud to be seen with your
arms full OF bundles. Oh, l know your sex.
Mr.. Breezy, and you are no exception TO the
species. Dear me. the false pride of you men is
simply absurd, or it would be if it wasn't down.
right wicked. Here l have been running about
all the week loaded down like pack mule, and
you are absolutely ashamed to take a few pack
ages to-"
But, my dear. haven't said that 1 was
| asha-"
mo, but you are just the same, and it will do
you good to have little of the false pride taken
| out of you. There is that baby carriage. l did
think of sending it back by the eXpressman, but
the quicker it is returned the better chance we
shall have to select one to our fancy and it will
do nicely to put the bundles in. You may wheel
it down to-
Nov, dear, / protest. said Mr.. Breezy.
growing really alarmed. '.I'H go anything but
the baby carriage. FL"
You'll go the baby carriage. Mr.. Breezy 50
and little later poor Mr. Breezy started on his
tour down town, pushing baby carriage before
him loaded high with bundles of every shape.
Quite the father of the family this morning
see old boy
"Confound the luck, muttered poor Breezy.
as he welcomed with sckly smile his stylish
batchelor friend Brown.
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w o q + II
THEIR WEIGHT IL GOLD.

DR. c. W. BENSoNS'S CELERY AND cH.yo.
NILE PILLS
THEIR EFFICACY IN SICK AND NERVOUS HFar.
ACHE, NEURALGIA, NERVOUSNESS
PARALYSIS. SI.EEPLESSNESS.
AND DYSPEPSIA.
Is fully established fact based on actual ex,,eran
and there no kind of doubt but that they viii cure
WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY
DIR. Beneon's preparation Of Celery and Chanlonk
for diseases is the most important addition made
TO the maeria neca in the last quarter of century
DIR. j. W. J. Enger, Of Baltimore.
Dr Benson's Pills worth their weight in gold in
Nervous and Sick Headsche."-D- A. Il. Schliohter, Of
Baltimore.
"These Pills invaluable in Nervous Diseases
DR.. Hammond. OF New York.
..Dr Benson's Pills for the cure Of Neuralria are
success. "-Dr. q. +. Holman, Of Christanburss Va.
Theee Pills q special preparation for the al
special diseases named end for these diseases they
worthy If trial by al Intelligent sufferers. They
prepared expressly to cure and viii cure Sick and Nor
Headache Neuralgia, NERVOUSNESS Paralysis
SleeIiessness and Dyspepsia
Sold by all Druggists. Price so cents box Depot,
LOG North Eutaw street Baltimore, Nd By snal, two
boxes for ST. six boxes for g. 80. TO address
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MODERN USES OF OLD COINS.
Popular Craze for JeWelry Made Of
Ancient Money.

4 NEW PHAZE OF THE ANTIQUE MANIA-OID
COINS AND THEIR yAIUE-wHERE AND Row
THEY ARE oBTAINED-THE MARKET FLOODED
WITH LIMITATIONS.
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Virtue vs.. Intellect.

From the Denver Tribune.
once upon Time there was Bad boy whose
Name was Reginald and there was Good Boy
whose Name was James. Reginald would go
Fishing when his Mamma told him Net to and
he Cut off the Cats Tail with the Bread Knife
one Day and then told Mamma the Baby had
Driven it in with the Rolling Pin, which was
Lie. James was always Obedient and when
his Mamma told him Not to Help
an Old Blind Man across the street or Go
into a Dark Room where the Boogies
were, he always did What she Said. That is
why they Called him Good James Well, by and
by, along Came Christmas. Mamma said. You
nave been SO bad, my son Reginald. you will not
Get any Presents from Santa Claus this Year;
but you my Son James, will get Oodies of Pres
ents, because you have been Good Will YOU be-
lieve it, Children that Bad boy Reginald said he
didn't Care Darn and he Kicked three Feet of
Veneering off the Piano Just for Meanness. Poor
James was so Sorry for Reginald that he cried
for Half an Hour after he Went to Bed that
he Saw James was Asleep and then he
Said,~ If these People think they can
Fool me, they are Mistaken Just then
Santa Claus came down the Chimney. He had
Lots of Pretty Toys in a Sack on his Back
Reginald shut his Eyes and Pretended to be
Asleep. Then Santa Claus Said Reginald is
Bad and will not Put any nice Things in his
Stocking. But as for you. James, / will Pill
your Stocking Plumb full of Toys, because You
are Good. SO Santa Claus went to work and
put oh! Heaps and Heaps of Goodies in James
stocking but not Sign of Thing i'm Reginald's
stocking. And then he Laughed to himself and
Said, guess Reginald will be Sorry tomorrow
because he Was SO Bad. AS he Said this he
Crawled up the chimney and rode off in his
Sleigh. Now you can Bet your Boots Reginald
was no Spring Chicken. He just Got
right Straight out of Bed and changed all those
Toys and Truck from James's stocking into his
Own. Santa Claus will Have to Sit up all
Night. said He, when he Expects to get Away
with my Baggage. The next morning James got
out bed, and when He had Said his Prayers he
Limped over to his Stocking, licking his chops
and Carrying his Head as High as Bull going
through Brush Fence. But when he Found
there was Nothing in his stocking, and that
Reginald's Stocking was as Full as Papa is when
he comes home Late from the Office he Sat down
on the Floor and Began to Wonder why on Earth
he had Been such Good Boy. Reginald spent
a Happy Christmas and James was very Msera-
BILE. After all, Children, it Pays to be Bad, SO
Long as you Combine Intellect with Crime.
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LIST OF PRIZES:
The Willard Hotel. with all its Fiktnres a

five Hundred Cash Prizes, each 80. COO
AMOUNTING TO 1868. $50.
Whole Tickets, SIS Halves, "a, Quarters, g.
Remittance may be made by Bank Check Express,
Postal Money Order, registered mail.
Responsible agents wanted at all POINTS. For circu-
lars giving full information and for tickets address
W. &. ID. WHIPS,
Willard Hotel Louisville. KY.
W W GOULD. Agent.
1922 Peuna ave-,
n22-eo&kfebl4 Washington, ID. c.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-13
coxrlrrxcT. July sth. 1851.

Ed. HERALD The news from Washing
ton of the improved condition of President
Garfield and the fair prospects Of his ulti-
mate recovery, has brought joy to many a
heart The deep gloom and indispensable
horor occasioned by the attemp. upon his
life can never be described. 1t was like q
tLunder-bolt from clear sky, and every
body was ''dazed." The trembling voice
and fearful eye indicated the deep emotions
of the soul better than words can describe
them. At first it was feared sha. il was the
result of a conspiracy, but since everything
tends to show that it was the prcmeditated
act of Gaiteau himself unaidcd by anyone
except the devil, the public mind has been
greatly relieved.
The insanity ofihc woald be assassin does
not receive much credence, but so long as it
is his own act ii matters not so much wheth-
er it is the result of a dcranged mind. or a
wicked heart, for the Nation is saved the hu-
initiation of n plot against the life of its
chief executive It is TO be regretted that
the punishment for an attempt upon the
life of the President is not more severe !.
Congress shonld see to this and afiix the
death penalty to any attempt upon the life
of the President or his Secretaries.
Let everybody rejoice and give thanks to
God that our beloved President still lives.
Y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-13
Blaine and Arthur in Conference.

New York, July The Times
Washington special says: When the
Times correspondent called on Vice
President Arthur this evening he
found him closeted with Secretary
Blaine. The conference lasted near
ly an hour. Both gentlemen looked
fresh, bright, and altogether differ
ent from yesterday and the day be-
fore. When this fact was mention
ed to General Arthur he replied
with smile, "As the President gets
better, / get better too" Secretary
Blaine chcerily answered q question
as TO what was new by saying, "The
President is doing splendidly."
Since General Arthur arrived in
town two or three members of the
Cabinet have made it practice TO
call on him at Senator Jones' resi-
dence every morning. and two or
three others every evening. Secre-
tary Blaine has not missed an even
ing and his visits have lasted from
forty minutes to an hour each.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-13

Rev Henry Ward Beecher, at 4 prayer
meeting, referring 10 the attempt TO assas-
sinate the President, said sin the history
of this country there has never been such u
wccl, Of prayers as this past week, and
hope that the families of this Christian
church have lcen united in that prayer for
the President. And now. when from day
to day we have been checred with growing
hopes, aad are to-day cheered more and
more, hope brethren will not forget TO give
thanks to God for the benefit received. In
the assault which was made upon our Pres
ident the nation received shock which
was on a large scale the equivalent of the
shocl, which President Garfelds system re-
ceived from the bullet The nation was for
the moment in the condition of a child that
wakes at midnight and cries for its nurse
or mother and finds neither ofihem. When
Fort Sumter was fred upon the shock was
immense. But indignation came to our re-
lief, and the rising of a great people, as it
has been called, that sprang up at first was
a surprise to every one. But in the case of
our President the danger was very great TO
him and there would have been great in
conyeniences If his life had been taken. 1t
would have shaken the Government, nor
the nation Il is strange that a man who
had gone through SO many dangers on the
battlefield should, after so many years, have
been stricken down by the hand Of suck
ling assassin, and struck down in the midst
of security and peace. There were no par
tisans, no sectarians and no divisions Of
sentiment among the people. Everyone
wanted to help the President. We were in
the midst Of political jugglery. regard it
as one of the most unfortunate, and | may
say disgraceful things, / have every known
in my life. The whole difficulty lies in
this, who shall have the plunder? The Re
publican party which carried the nation
through its struggles is now like the Roman
soldiers sitting on the ground throwing dice
to see who shoud have share of the Sa-
vior's garments. Liberty was imperiled
for the sake of party plunder. Guiteau
should be the subject to penal action. We
have no use for such man any longer.
His liberty should be no longer permitted