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Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
TO THE LAND o. yHE LEAL.

I'm vearin' ava, jean,
Like snaw IN thaw, Jean,
I'm wer.rin' ava
11 the Land O the Leal.
There's nae sorrow there, Jean,
There's neither cauld nor care, Jean,
The day IL ever fair
In the Land o. the IAal.
You've been leal and true, Jean,
Your task is ended moo, Jean,
And I'll welcome you
To the Land o. the LeaL
Then dry that tearfu' ec, Jean:
My soul langs to bo free, Jean;
And angela wait on mo
To tbe Land o. the Leal.
onr bonnie bairn's there, Jean,
She WAS bath guide and fair, Jean,
And We grudged her ssir
To the Land o. tho I,eal;
But sorrows self wears past, Jean,
And joys comm fast, Jean,
The joy that's aye to last,
In the Land o. tho Leal.
A our friends srr gone, Jean;
We've lang been left alanc, Jean;
But we'll a meet again
" the Land a. the Leal.
Now fare ye Wee, my ain Jean!
This worlds care is vain, Jean;
Well meet, and aye he fain
In the Land o. the I.eal.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
THE MIDNIGHT Sun.

In this latitude the sun goes down at
night and We retire to our couches and
sleep. In the morning the sun returns
and we arise to the pursuit of our vari-
ous daily avocations. But in the Arctic
region in the spring the sun never sets.
There is no morning aud no night. II
is one continuous day for months. At
first it seems very difficult to under
stand this strange thing in nature. One
never knows when to sleep. The world
seems to he entirely wrong and man
Grows nervous and restless. Sleep is
driven from his very eyelids, his appe-
tite fails and all the disagreeable results
of protracted vigils are apparent. But
gradually he becomes used to this state
of affairs, devises means to darken bis
tent and once more enjoys his hour Of
rest. In fact, he learns how to take adj
vantage of the new arrangements, and
when travelling pursues his journey by
NIGHT. or when the sun Is lowest, be-
cause then he finds the frost that hard
ems the snow great assistance in sledg-
ing.
The old cnstOm was to call yonuG
women Miss and old women Mr., tho
age Of 30 being about the dividing line,
regardless Of whether they were married
or not. Elizabeth A. Kngslcy writes t'
the WOnen's Journoi that the usage wa
right and ought to be revived. 1T Is
annoying" she says, "to be introduced
to Mrs. Brown, silly, superficial Great
ure vet in her teens, and the next III"
ment to be presented to MIS- Williams
who at a glance We perceive I" he "h III
tellectual, noble, broad-sonled woman q
s35 or 40, worth more than II dozen nh
Mrs. Brown"
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
FAIR HfRYARD.

Said Miss Posigush to Syntax, the
college tutor, $50 you teach at Harvard!
That must be SO delightful, I'm surel
But then L should be frightened to death
to meet any of the students, with half-a-
dozen foreign languages at their tongues.
end. 1 suppose they never speak En-
glish at ALL" Very seldom speak it"
said Syntax, in dreamy way. "Therel
| knew they didn't" continued Miss
Posigush. "What language do they
speak most, Mr.. Syntax, Greek or
Latin, or" Slang" replied the tutor,
with laconic simplicity. -7ranscri,d.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
OPTvM-SuOKTNG IN CHM.

The habit Of opium-smoking Is COM
mon all over China, but it is in tho COM
parativcly unknown half of China, west
Of the 10th meridian, that it Is mo-t
prevalent. Insome parts of Western Ilu
Pei and Eastern Szechun it is all hut
universal there are but few adults Ill
any station of life who do not take an
occasional Whit, and the very streets OF
the towns and villages reek with opium
fumes. The practice is there induISed
in in tho most open manner, and no
moro stigma or disgrace attaches to it
than to smoking tobacco. Mr.. Walters,
the British Consul at Ichang, made
careful inquiries last year into the origin
of the practice, and he found that it mad
been indulged in for several hundred
years before either the present reigning
dynasty or foreign merchants and thelr
opium were ever dreamt of. The Gus
tom generations ago passed into the
family sacra, and at funerals in the West
of China, among other gifts which are
transmitted into the next world, by
burning fac-similes of them in this for
the solace of the deceased, is a complete
set Of opium smoking requ'sites-plpe,
lamp, needle, etc. BY the people the
habit, SO far from being regarded as a
curse, is looked on as a sine qua non for
Cbinaman who wishes to make the
best of both worlds.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
THE CAMEL.

Arabia has produced the best breed Of
these animals, which differs greatly from
the Bactrian or Tartary camel. The
Arabian camel has one hump, and seldom
exceeds nine feet to the top of it. His
proper home is the desert. In richer
lands, where food is very abundant, he
becomes larger and coarser, and loses
his most valuable quality, that of being
able to live on little food and of passing
many days without any water at all. The
camel and dromedary are the same ami
nal, differing only in breed, as the cart
horse differs from the race horse. The
dromedary corresponds to the latter and
is used to ride on. He is distinguished
by his small head and ears, slim neck,
and especially slender and wiry legs.
With noloadbut his rider, water-skin and
alittle food, he may travel 100 miles day
for four or five days, without injury. On
IN emergency he can even go $50 miles
day, a stress, however, which renders
the poor animal useless afterward. The
burden camel, corresponding to our dray
or cart-hOrse, carries load OF 4W
pounds and walks two and one-hal
miles an hour, regularly rs clock. He
is coarser, heavier and slower than thu
dromedary.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
4 FISHEKHAN'S REMARKABLE Ex-
PERJENCE.

Mr.. Morse, of Piney Point, relates as
fact the following remarkable fish
story as coming under his personal OBJ
servation while fishing in his neighbOr-
hood: L was fishing, says he, 'aith a
two-inch perch for bait; it was swal-
lowed by an eel. Before tho eel could
lie drawn from the water it was swal-
lowed by twelve-pound catfish. The
eel was too slippery for the cat, and,
twisting its tail through the catfish's
gill, held it fast. A thirty-pound turtle
then hooked on, and, tearing the fish
hook from the cells throat, got it fast
ened into its own, and the three were
drawn out ON the same line. -Homstoa
(7cr.) Post.
AFTER the battle Of Jena the famous
French surgeon, Baron Larrey, observed
that many Of the German prisoners were
completely bald. This arose from want
Of ventilation in their headgear.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
NOW SIM SOLOS FIRED 4 GIN.

Col. Solon's boy Sam traded off hii
yellow dog to Jem jenkins for the lat
ter's old army musket. Sam had ne;:'r
fired gun, but he had a notion how it
should be done. His father had half
pound of powder i'll the house, which
Sam poured down the muzz!c, thcn
lammed down whole newspaper, and
filled the remaining space with chunks
of lead which he cut from the lead pipe
in the kitchen with the butcher knife.
The cap was put i'll place, and, armed
with this Gar destroyer, the boy went
forth in search Of adventures. Upon the
roof of an adjoining house were Il flock of
doves, and Sam rested his gun OYER tho
fence, pointed the nluzzle III their ,Iirec-
tion, and, saying TO himself, "Ihey
won't know what hit EN-" shut both
eyes and pulled the trigger.
For about half Il minute that neigh
borhood WAS So filed with feathers,
noise, chunks of doves meat. pieces of
wood, boys yclls and woncn's shricks
that the people thought there had bc,n
a collision on the circus train and the
elephant was taking ont IN old ;:-rIlge
on the lions. Sam laid ila, on his hack,
with the gun rod behind him and still
shivcring from the conclusion. Half of
SANS face was black and blue, and he
didn't dare to get up until he was sure
the gun had got all shot OFF, and even
then he wasn't certain that more than
half tie load had gone out. And those
doves! Why two dozen had been par
alyzed, and the top of that house looked
as if a shell had burst i'll the attic and
blown feather bed with servant girl
up through the roof. There wasn't
enough left of the doves to distinguish a
| fan-tail from a bull-terricr, and the peo-
pie in the ncighborhood are preparing
to move away unless Sam is sent int
the country.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30

two or Three uays, 1ncie.1soe tife s'fS's'cI
of deaths as certainly as continued hot
weather, though in a different manner.
Severe cold depresses the vital forces,
and exposure to it produces fatal results
among those persons, or classes OF per-
sons. whose vital force is weakened by
any cause. Such persons are the aged
and the very young, and also all who
are sick or debilitated from any other
cause. Beside this, severe cold is no
preventive of, but on the contrary is
favorable to, the spread of some of the
most fatal diseases, as smallpox, diph-
liberia and scarlatina.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
Ay ADMIRING FATHER.

There was joy on the farm when Ben,
the oldest boy, came back from college
in his Sophomore year, and the village
was proud of him. "Cheese it, emily,
he said, when he met an old friend, the
son of neighbor who joined farms with
his father "cheese it. Gully; shove us
your flipper; clench daddles. pardy.
How's his nibs and what's the new rack
et?" And his proud old father said :
1T was Jest worth more twice't the
money to hear Ben rattle off Greek
lest like livin' language. ."-Mrere-
port (Ld.) Times.
As AN archer makes straight his ar
row, so a wise man makes straight his
thought, which is difficult to turn.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
A HAWK 4N1 4 f1TILESNAKE.

My musings on the ages of change
that it must have taken to mold the
scene to its present aspect were broken
in upon by large rattlesnake gliding
out on a bare rock, within fifty feet of
the point where I was sitting. He
seemed to search around like dog for
a place to suit his snakeship, and then
stretched himself out to enjoy the
warmth. l was thinking if it was worth
while to heave q stone at the monster,
when a big shadow swept down and a
hawk nearly caught him mapping, but
not quite. The snake sprung his rattle
and coiled himself ready for attack
while the hawk hovered around, making
a dash, now on the right and now on the
left. 1t was quite an interesting skir-
m1sh, but at last the snake made n
spring and apparently failed tc strike,
and, before he could recoil himself, the
hawk seized him with both talons close
behind the head-in fact, he had him on
the neck-and swept into the air, while
the snake struggled and twisted. away
up into the blue, in wide, circlins
sweeps. until the struggling reptile hung
Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
nov RTS>TIN EXILES LIVE.

On his srriVal the prisoner Is driven
straight to the police ward, where he is
inspected by police officer who is ab-
snIlte lord and master of the district.
Thi, representative of the Government
requires Of him to answer the following
dncstions His name? How old? Mar
ricd or single? Where from? Address
of parents. OF relations, or friends'
Answers TO all, which are entered IN the
books. \ solemn written promise II
then exacted of him that he will not
give lessons of any kind, or try to teach
any one that every letter he writes will
po through the Ispravnik's hands, and
that Inc will follow no occupation except
shocmaking, carpenterlng or field-labor.
He is then told that no is free, but ut
the same time is solemnly warned that,
should he attempt to pass the limits OF
the town, he will be shot down like a
doc rather than be allowed to escape !;
and should he he taken alive, shall he
sent off to Eastern Siberia without fur.
thcr formality than that of the Isprav-
nik's personal order.
The poor fellow takes uD his little
bundle, and, fully realizing that he has
now hidden farewell to the culture and
material comfort of his past life, he
walks out into the cheerlcss street. A
group of cxiles, all pale and emaciated,
are there to greet him, take him to somS
Of their miserable lodgings, and fever
ishlv demand news from home. The
new. conner gazes on them as one Ill (
! dream some are melancholy mad, 9TH
ers neryously irritable, and the remain
der have evidently tried to find soact
/ in drink. They live in communities o1
twos and threes, have food, scanty
I provision of clothes, money and books
/ in common, and consider il their SACRED
duty to help each other in every emer
gency, without distinction OF sex, rani
} or age. nc HD''lt ~ bii III 81 ~ 'iii'
lincs a month from the Government fo
their maintenance, and commoners onl,
10. Winter lasts eight months, aperio'
during which the surrounding countr.
presents tho appearance of a noiscless
lifeless. frozen marsh-no roads, n
communication with the outer world, n
means of escape. In course OF time nj
most every individual exile is attacke'
by nervous convulsions, followed by pro
longed apathy and prostration. The
begin to quarrel, and even to hate eac
other. Some of them contrive to forg
false passports, and, by a miracle. as
were, make their escape; but the grea
majority of these victims OF the Thir
Section either 30 mad, commit suicide c
die of delirium tremens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

In consequence OF the extraordinary pressure on
It's columns. by advertisers, another double or
eight-page issue OF THE STAR will be printed to-
morrow.-Thursday,- in order that its readers may
have that consideration to which they are fairly
entitled. Its columns seem 10 be regarded by
every body as the only sure means OF reaching
the whole public,-as they are, in fact,-and while
this unprecedented demand exists it can only be
met by these mammoth editions, fncOnvenient and
expensive though they may be to us. Another
will be issued on Saturday. usual
street lamps Will be lighted at $40 pm. and
eXtinguished at As am
The house OF MIR. Paris, SIC Connecticut avenue,
between III and streets, was entered last evening,
about O'Clock, while the family were at dinner
The burglars entered the front parlor window
which Is over an area, and took overcOat, silk
umbrella and small clock.
The death OF Mrs Frederick NJ Bell, the wife OF
Mr. James f Bell superintendent OF carriers In
the city post Office, Is announced Mrs. Bell was
identified with Trinity Il. t. church In all that per-
tanned TO the interests OF the parish Her funeral
will take place from the church tomorrow Thurs
day. at O'Clock pm.
Dr. LOring, treasurer OF the Masonic memorial
Charitable fund, received the first subscription
thereto to-day, being 81 from III. A. Bechhold Co
mmD1a. Pa.
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TlHoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.

County. NEAR The aR CITY HYi LfMiTs IN ihh
ia Ser f oa So s's f'
land records Of the District Of Columbia we WILL
MI s. Esbe T IL fFSHt Ct The
O'CLOCK Pm. = part Of the tract called Pleasant
property Of q Puner sudde al the
under decree Of the Supreme Court Of said District
On s sss front sS on ts
remainder front forty foot road OF street laid d e
said subdivision The lots the 7h street road have
'front.' Of 30 feet e feet and 50 feet by depth Of 200
street have front Of SO feet by dep of lao feet or
except lot TO- which fronts SIS feet on said
Fosa OF street and ls5 feet or the road
road to Rock creek church. There is a commodious
on Mt Pleasant street by depth Of 400 feet the other
ots on NJ Pleasant street havea similar depth with
snd SIG 0 s n is On
Rock creek church. The the 9TH street front win
be INST offered then the lots said 20 foot road
and lastly the dwelling house lot. Pats Of the sub.
Wnon may be seen upon application to the auctioneer
orthe trustees Some Of the 7th-street lots win be sold
Terms Of sale: nethird cash balance in three equal
inealments ut six, twelve and eighteen months with
Seed q % or IN esh e O
quired. e1cspt lot S which deposit Of $3.50 win
CHASER. cost Il the ssrms Of sale are Dot fully COM
piled with in any in i've days from day Of sale the
The rsk and cost Of the defsntns rurchsser or i,r
Snasesr upon i've day. adyersemsnt IL the Evening
o8-o0 corner 18TH and ID GtDee1D nogthwest.
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n tIct1" Oh 1mIGC CaT0 NOME Mems
HOW CoUNTRYMAN WAS swINDLKD OUT OF 500.
Yesterday, a countryman named William F.
Norman, from Leesburg, Loudoun county, Viz
ginia. fell in with the three card monte gang,
which has had uninterrupted sway in this District
the past ten or more years, and was robbed out OF
upwards OF s20O This occurred in the forenoon,
somewhere on Capitol Hill, on the commons One
hundred dollars he lost by betting the JOKER and
the balance was Snatched out of his hands by the
Kentucky drover,' and all hands scattered to
keep out OF the hands OF the bogus police. Subse-
quentiy. Officer Shelton arrested James King,
charged with being one orthe gang. He is white
man about 30 years old, and he was
locked up in the seventh precinct station house
TOT hearing. Later in the day Mr.. Norman being
In the nefghbOrhOOd OF 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, thought he recognized one OF the gang
VINO robbed him. and followed him On street car
TO Georgetown TO the Curtis school, where there
was charity con rert given. Here Norman
pointed out his man to Sergeant Swindle in charge
OF the third precinct, and the mana well-known
citiZen OF this city-was informed by Mr.. Swindle
or the suspicion entertained OF him, which almost
paralyzed him for moment The individual sus
pected Is well-Snown government official, and
the case was simply one. OF mistaken identity.
ms was fully explained to the accuSOr, who
seems now to be sa tisfied OF his mistake.
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The Christiancy Divorce Case.

DECISION AS TO THE EXPENSES OF THE EXAMINATION.
To-day in the Equity Court, Judge Wylie heard
the motion Of Mrs Christiancy in the divorce case
brought against her to charge the examiners costs
to the husband. Mr.. Cole appeared for Mrs. Chris
uancy and Mr.. 1ngersoll for the plaintiff. The
motion was resisted, and an affidavit of Mr.
Chrlstiancy was flied to the effect that since his
return TO this country In September he mas had
no income, and his time has been spent in this
case; that his real estate is heavily mortgaged and
does not now pay the taxes. MIR. Ingersoll said
mat under the order of the court, Mrs Christiancy
nad ABUNDANT means to pay her expenses The
court directed that the plaintiff pay the examiners
coStS the counsel remarked that the StenOgraph-
ties.
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7 t. coLpwELL. Real Estate Auc,ioneer.
Public SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROP.
ERTr ON sTREET, BFTwEEN SIXTH AND

PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROP.
ERTY ON STREET BETWEEN SIXTH AND
SEVENTH STREETS NORTHWEST. BEING
HOUSE AND PREMISES No. SIS.
BY virtue OF deed az trust hearing date the -
18th day Of june, A. D. 1874 and recorded In 1lter
oso folio as &c. of the land records for the Dis
trict OF Columbia. made to Vim. H. Ward hse and
Sssns With power of sale aud conveyance by the said
VIM. H. Mard. or his heirs. in Of default In the
81 the certain rromissoy note by the said deed
Mm wsrd now dece.sed AZ the request cf the hold
thereof viii ofer for sale ut public auction Of
the Eremises, on WEDNESDAY,, the TWENTY FIRST
p y OF DECEMBER, A.D 1851 atFoUR O'CLOCK
r. NJ the eastern half Of Lot numbered 50 in square
n9rlbered four hundred and hftysl t456 in the city
OF Washington, ID. C., with the improvements thereon
House and Stable
Terms of sale: One third cash; the balance in one
and two years, with interest from day Of sale the de-
ferred to he secured 10y the notes Of the
chaser and deed Of trust upon the property, or ell
cash, At the option Of the purchaser. $500 10 he
paid down when the property il struck OF. All con-
yeyancne at the cost Of purchaser. Terms tn he
piled with in days, otherwise the undersigned
the right 10 resell the property the risk and
cost Of the defaulting purchaser.
M MAJ : M ShHps JOYCE, Sole Heir. a, Law
ROBT. II. WARD, of
ANNA WARD, Vim. II. Ward
]. A. WARD, deceased.
FRANK Nj. WARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

THE WASHINGTON EITHER CLUB Is presenting to
the citizens OF Washington an entirely new feature
In concert music, by introducing the Either as a
concert instrument, Under the able leadership or
Professor AdOlph Maurer late leader OF the Either
club, at StraSSburg, Germany. This most charm
ing instrument has been enthusiastically received
and we are confident of its being received in our
capital city with much favor. Admission fifty
cents. Tickets for sale at MetZerott & Co., j. +.
Ellis Co. and G.. L. Wild / Bro.
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I CAN PROVE to your satisfaction that all goods
sold elsewhere in the - 80 and 80 cent order i'll
many instances. can be duplicated at my store for
less money and of a superior quality. An eXaml-
nation OF my immense stock OF toys fancy articles
and hOusefurnishing goods will convince you of
this fact and that this oidcent business OF other
dealers is a fiimsy pretext TO deceive you into buy
Ing. when you really are paying higher price
than you should. Remember you will get free
chance in of the three great presents, decided
by the public to be the handSOmeSt and most use
full to be- seen in the city, by patrOnzing X. Cold
SchmldS mammoth department store, ol2 9TH
street, betw III and northwest.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.

Amusements, &C., Tonight.
FORDS OPERA HOUSE.-Mr Frank MOrdaunt in
Old Ship1adteS.
NATIONAL THEATER- - Fanny Davenport as
"I-ady TeaZe."
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-"The Messiah by
the Philharmonic Society.
LINCOLN HALL-Lecture by Mr.. George W. SEQ
Vile ON the Guitcau case.
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What VennOr Says.
FUI-AR WAVk COMING TO WASHINGTON.
MONTREAL December 11th 1888

MONTREAL December 18th, 1881.
EditOr Erening Star, Washington, d. c.:
Sir:-I fear the December of 1880 is going to re-
peat itself this year-particuarly as regards Wash
lngton and southern and western localities gene
rally. You may prepare for "polar wave" about
the 18th of the month, and frequent snOw-falls-
increasing in severity-from the 10th. 1t is proba
on the entry of 1892 referred to by me in letter
In your columns in August last. Yours, truly,
HENRY G., VENNOR,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

THE FOLLOWING GREAT BARGAINS will be sold
tomorrow at X. GOldSchmid'S Mammoth Depart
ment Store. No. S12 9TH st, between III and north
west: Fine French china plates, decOra ted with
gold. fruit and flowers only 20c piece: tin toilet
sets In different cOlOrS containing covered cham
Der bucket water carrier and foot tub. $50 set
worth 81 go; 9-inch pie plates 10c.: 9nch jelly
plates. 1Uc: ornamental cake cutters. D for 10c-:
large Japaned cake or bread boxes, S0c., worth
@c; 1tllnch pie plates. for 10c; loot retinned
riHSing pans 30c-, worth 45c.: fine engraved COB
lets, soc. \ d., worth Sc; extra fine French
china, gold banded tea sets. containing "A pieces,
only $50 set. worth s11; large Japaned dust
pans, with brush. 15c., worth 35c. Also to make
room for an immense stock OF hOuSefurniShing
goods, which Will be received during the next
month, we offer great bargains In rubber-tre
bicycles velOcipedeS, toys and fancy goods, suit
able for holiday present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

Mr.. b. SHyERBERG our oldest toy house in this
city, has certainly done more than usual to satisfy
his largely increasing trade this season, as visit
TO his immense place OF business, 3l2 18th street,
which is two hundred and fifty feet long, will
testify. He occupies whole column in cur
double STAR issues, in which he mentions simply
some OF the goods he keeps. To give a full list
o. them would nil up all of our eight pages. Do
not fail 10 visit him The Christmas cards which
he gives To his customers are each perfect gem.
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Skinny Men.

Well'S Health Renewer,-abSOute cure for
nervous debility and weakness of the generative
functions 81, at Druggists, $50 Pennsylvania av-
enue.