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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-17

III may nor De aIniSS 20 state that Mr.. R4rh-
boLe N Jhe present supreme lecturer or rhe
order, anu That lodges afr how to be found IN
every state or the country. The report al the
Sc sion Of the Supreme Lodge IN -. L1u'S In
August last, showed total ~ S7If5 members
OF " hlch number over = .ape had been ADMIT d
H. la. over l2UtO by iaitlai i04. The Tt -.l0rS
To- mat year were SS62 1S4.9I, and expenditure,
Sta9 st IA: $40, 9i?.2Z for relief. Iuer,, we're
o e. 100 sections of the endowment rank and
over s. divisions of The uniform rank insLitq5ed
during the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-17


NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-Notice Ia hersby
~ given TO the creditors of II. W. HALL 10 prove
their claims a2anst his estate and file the same in
the Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia in
the case Of BARBOUR \ HAMILTON ssainst said
HALL and L. W. BALDWIN, sssisneee Persons
indebted TO said HALL are hereby no iiied TO pay
the same forth1fth TO the understand or TO his
anfnGrized agents, HI WAGTON HALL, FRANK
BURNS or 10 IL. HALL, No. COZ II street nortb-
IN suit. " w 'Ns
febl2. l5.l7.l9 B. ". BALDWIN, Ass:2nee.
u ARE ENGAAVINGs
Mr.. FREDERICK KEPPKL.
Of New York.
has a fine collection Of
RARE ENGRAvINGS AND ETCHINGs
on exhibition for Q short season at
JAMES j. CHAPMAN'o
METROPOLITAN BOOK STORE.
SeblE Oh Penna. arc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-17

T u
IL clun1nE the besr musical talent in rho eity
The FAMOUS AtoLIo GLEE CI.ITR "a Il rem
Ger the c1hefelt chorllses and Will also aprsar IN
the Po.ceHeL's eNfrAVaganZs The en- r. I.ro-
ceads To be expended in TIE purchase ~ ma t,iDss
LOT the poor OF the District BY courtesy OF
LOyiey Carte, Esq huiIVsn'a original orchestra
score III Ire psed on thIs occasion
Tickets 81 %, Reserved seats IS cts. Extra. Bog
sheet at Drew's Store, 9ih aud Pa ave- f-hiS 81
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.

Those who have books or pamphlets 10
print, can have such work done In good;
style at this Office
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
Poster Printing.

We prepared TO do hand-bill printing
from a double-sheet poster, down to the
smallest dodger. Programmes printed In
the best styles known
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
WEDDING INVITATIONS.

Our Office is especially equipped for thjs,.
kind Of work, and parties desiring wedding
invitations printed, are invited to call and
see our samples. A large stock OF Wed.
ding papers always on hand.
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nOuttit furnished free; with full
" instructions for conducting the
AW most profitable business that
m anyone can engagein. The bus
W mess is so easy to learn, and our
instructions are 80 simple and
plain, that any one can make great profits
rom the very start. Noonc can fail who
is willing to work. Women are as success.
ful as men. Boys and girls can earn large
sums. Many have made at the business
oyer one hundred dollars in single week
Nothing like it ever known before. All
who engage are surprised at the ease and
rapldity with which they are able to make
money You can engage in this business
during your spare time at great profit
You do not have to invest capital in it.
We take all the risk. Those who need
ready money, should write to us at once
All furnished free, Address TRUE &OO.,
Augusta, Maine. oct 13~1v
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aGTsCnLIAWNoUa.

M =: !: ; s: !: s. =!
's'ssls's @-A@ who alwaystake advantage
Of the good chances for making money
that are offered, generally become wealthy,
while those who do not improve such
chances remain in poverty. We wan.
many men, women, boys and girls to work
for us right in their own localities. The
business will pay more than ten times or
binary wages. We furnish an expensive
outfit and all that you need, free. No ono
who engages fails to make money very rap
idly. You can devote your whole time 10
the work, or only your spare moments.
Full information and all that ia needed
sent free. Address STISs0N & CO., Port.
land, Maine. oct.l3-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23

We know a man SO cross.eyed that
he put his hand into another mans
pocket and distracted therefrom a
watch. He wanted to learn the
time. The judge told him it would
be thr1e years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
LOWEST PRICES

The Weekly Register has the largest and
best assortment oil job material in the State
and fast presses, paper and card stock and
is prepared to do all kinds OF job printing
neatly and promptly, at the lowest prices.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23

When q car is accidentally put off
the track nowadays, it is said to be
"de'railed," We presume that when
a man is accidentally put off the car,
he may be said to be de-ridcd. Just
so.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
Commercial Printing.

We keep in stock full line Of Commes.
cial Stationery, which we are prepared 70.
furnish in any style desired. Envelopes,
Cards, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Checks, Drafts, Notes, Statements,
Bills Of Lading, Dray Books, Shipping
Books and all other variety OF work need.
ed by business men furnished on short
notice. Printing for Salt Furnaces and
Coal Companies, speciality.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23

The man who picked up a "woll.
filled pooket.book the other day was
Disguised to find it full of tracts on
honesty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-03-23
OHIO
Blue Sulphur Springs |
Near KYGERvILLE,
Gallia County, Ohio.

HAVING leased the above property for
Ill term Of years, take pleasure in
announcing to the public that such prog
ress has been made in fitting up and i'm
proving the buildings and Springs MS u
enable mo to entertain regular boarders
and transient visitors
Those, seeking restoration OF health
will find here variety OF as good mineral
and other water as the world affords; pure
air, beautiful scenery, lovely roaming
groves, and healthy diet,
Those seeking recreation and innocent
amusement, will find every possible effort
made TO crafty their wishes.
The entertainment OF excursion parties
will be madea specially OF this season.
A fine airy hall, Refreshments and music
VIII be furnished on short notice; also sta.
bling and feed for horses.
On. JOHNSON, who resides near the
Springs and has been prescribing the water
III his practice, for several years, kindly Of
ters his adviceto visitors in regard to use
OF the water, this season, free Of charge.
July 2l-tf DIR. JACOBS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06
Security of the Harem.

In the harem Turk is free from all
Interruptions, because no servant will
venture to call him on the request of a
visitor, however importunate. During
the late war with Russia, the observance
of this rule lost to Turkey battle, an
army, and perhaps a province. In Janu-
ary, 1873, the Russian armies were
swarming along the northern slope of
the Balkan mountains. These noun
tains formed the last defensive line of
Turkey. This line was, however, SO
long that if the Russians broke through
it at any point they could place the
whole Turkish army in danger of destruc-
tion. The Russians did break the line
of the Balkans, at Shipka Pass, and cut
the Turkish army in two. Suleiman
Pasha, the Turkish general in command
of the left wing, heard rumors of the
battle, and telegraphed to the command
er-in-chief, who was also minister of war
at Constantinople, asking if the rumor
was true, and if 50, what he should do.
Suleiman Pasha knew very well that the
only safety for his troops lay in rapid
retreat to Adrionaple. If he could
have begun to move within an
hour, possibly he might have escaped.
But no answer came to his telegram.
ALI night he waited. and at noon the
next day he took the responsibility of
ordering the retreat. But he met the
Russians on the road. and was routed,
and driven into Macedonia, losing q
large part of his army and all his ar
tillery. This disaster left the Turks no
chance. Adrianople was abandoned and
in one month the Russians were in pos
session of the Notifications of Constanti-
nople, and dictated peace With their
camps in full view of the royal mosques.
Afterward the inevitable court martial
was called to fix the responsibility for
the catastrophe. It then appeared that
the Minister of War was in his harem
when Suleiman Pasha's telegram arrived
and his servant refused to disturb him.
He only heard of the message at noon the
next day, and by that time the Cossacks
had cut the telegraph wires. The ancient
usage which permits a man to shut him
self up in his harem was respected by
the court. The Minister of War was not
blamed, and his subordinate, the luck
less Suleiman, was condemned to exile
for having lost his army.-H. o. Dwight
in Harper's Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06
HelIOl

The other day New Britain gentle
man had urgent business to transact with
Hartford parties, which was satisfactorily
discharged through the telephone, and
he was SO elated over it that his final
utterance to the man at the Hartford end
of the instrument was, "God bless the
telephone!'
A day or two later the same party had
other business on hand, and with the
rleasantest recollections Of the last trans
action he again sought the medium of
the telephone, but this time it did not
tell at all we'll. The Hartford gentleman
could get fragments of the message, but
they were SO disconnected it was almost
impossible to make them Ineligible.
Sometimes three or four words would
come through loud and clear, as if shot
out of cannon, and others would sound
faint and far away, like the dying whis-
per of summer breeze. The voice
would be so indistinct at times it seemed
as though the transmitter had been re-
versed SO as to carry the sound away,
the same as an inverted telescope lends
enchantment to the object viewed.
The New Britain gentleman struggled
in vain to make himself understood.
II say, Hartford, do you hear me?"
quite make you out"
.sWell, now, try again." responds the
other.
''All right; go ahead"
'.Did you get it this timer"
"What name did you say?" and the
Hartford man listened intently.
The voice family replied.
Didn't quite understand you'll" says
the man at this end of the line. aDid you
say smith?"
s'No," came from New Britain little
spitefulIy. 81 will spell it. Keep your
ears open" After pause: stThere, did
you hear taat?"
81 believe SO; you said Jones, didn't t
your" 5.
"Hang it, no! said"
This was as far as he got this time.
There was lull for full minute.
ssHellor' came from New Britain
directly after.
Hello, yourself 2 answered Hartford.
"Did yon hear what I said?" asked
New Britain.
Eyes; you said shellop
ssNo, confound you! I mean the time
before that.
ssYou didn't say anything the time be-
fore it, replied Hartford, testify.
just here New Britain's patience was
exhausted Hartford Times.
If we add pint Of pure water to q
pint of impure water, we dilute the I'M
pure water, and it is made that much
the more pure. If we add dozen plnts
of pure water to it, we dilute it still
more, and bring it nearer purity yet;
but If we add certain number more,
IL
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06

tense, and it were righteous penalty to
load him down with the handled darling
for life
see scores of these fraii shoots daily
whom one could easily break in two with
thumb and finger. For them have no
sentiment but commiseration; but my
wrath blazes at sight of those who are
chargeable with their frailty. There is
homely proverb to the effect that it is
easier to take care of peck of feas than
of one woman: but too much care is the
death of women whom the tempetuous
seas of human life cast desolate upon
the shores where lie wrecked and broken
the stately ship in which they sailed so
merrily when the seas were still and the
sky was blue Signor Max, in Detroit
Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06
S,sRupture
CURED

DAYTON, W. r, Feb 10. 1879.
W. j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 702 Market street, San Francisco o-Sir:
The Truss purchased of you about enc year ago
has proved miracle to me. have been ruptured
forty years, and dozens of different kinds of
Trusses, all of which haye ruined my health,
as they were injurious to my back and spine.
Your valuable Truss is IS easy as an old shoe and
is worth hundreds of dollars to me, as it affords
me so much pleasure. can and do advise al,
both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, 10 buy and
wear your modern improved Hestic Truss imme
diately. meyer expect to be cured, but am sat
isfied and happy with the comfort it gives me to
wear it. It was the best $40 ever invested in
my life. You can refer any one to me- and will
be glad to answer any letters on its merits.
remain, yours respectfully,
b. B. BUNNELL
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A REMARKABLE CURE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 1879.
W. j. Horne, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 702 Market street, San Francsco-Sir: 1
am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CURE
your valuable truss has effected on my little boy.
The double truss purchased from you has PER-
FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on
both sides in little over six months. The steel
truss he had before bought yours caused him
cruel torture, and it was a happy day for US all
when he laid it aside far the CALIFORNIA ELIAS
TIC TRUSS. / am sure that all will be thankful
who are providentially led to give your truss a
trial. You may refer any one to me on this suo-
ject. Yours truly, VIM. PERU,
638 Sacramento Street.
This is to certify that have examined the son
of VIM. Peru, and find him PERFECTLY
CURED of hernia on both sides.
L. DEXTER LYFORD, M. D.,
Surgeon and Physician.
Ilsses for,oarded to all parts of the United States
at our ea1oesase o., receipt OF the price
send Stamps for illustrated Catalogue and
Price List.
Giving full information and rules for measuring.
California Elastic Truss CO.
702 Market Street S. F.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06

TRAMPs IN GERMANY.--A recent writer
in a trustworthy German periodical, who
has made tramp life in Germany sub
ject of special investigation, estimates
the number of able bodied tramps in that
country at 100000. The results have
been similar to those in this country.
In the more retired districts crime has
multiplied, and general feeling of in
security prevails, despite the stringent
police regulations. This condition of
affairs adds to the perplexities of the
government since the great majority OF
these vagrants are thoroughly imbue0
with the Nihilist doctrines, and are ready
to assist in any disturbances by which
the peace of society is threatened. This
unhealthy condition of affairs is partly,
doubtless, result of war, which always
is followed by more or less vagabondage.
But thoughtful students of German So
cial and political affairs look upon it as
very largely due to the removal OF relig-
ious restraints, o result of the modern
German tendency to skepticism and dis
belief in everything tendency, by the
way, against which strong reaction has
begun-and also as due to the unre-
stricted traffic in intoxicants. The latter
portion of this theory is worthy the con-
sideration of those who profess to be-
lieve that beer tends strictly to temper
ance and sound philosophy Hartford
Courant.
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SAN FRANc1sco, March 6, 1879.

Endorsed by a Prominent Medical lnstA-
tute.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 1873.
". j. Horne, Esg.-Sir: You ask my opinion
Of the relative merits of your Patent Elastic Truss
as compared with othei kinds that have been
ested under my observation, and in reply frank
ly state that from the time my attention wes first
called to their simple, though highly me
chanical and philosophical construction, together
with easy adjust bility to persons of all sizes,
ages and forms. add this testimony with spe-
cial pleasure, that the several persons who have
applied to me for aid in their especial of rup
ture, and whom have advised to use yours, all
acknowledge their entire satisfaction, and consid-
er themse We: highly favored by the possession
of one of the improved Elastic Truss.
Yours truly, BARLOW j. SMITH, NJ. d.
Proprietor Hygenic Medical Institute,
635 California street, San Francisco.
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Notices ~ Lora. Co.umn. ~ venI, per iiuo. .ac

insertion.
Transient Advertisements, per square Of 10 lines.
Nonpareil measure 81 90 for q. st. and 81 for each
subsequent insertion-in ADV ANCE
Legal advertisements charged as transient and
must be paid for upon expiration. No charge for
publishers affidavit of publ 'hton
Yearly advertisements on liberal terms. Profess
sional Cards. Il Square) Sl2 per annum.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-06

An invention which must prove Of
much importance in architecture and
sculpture has recently been made by
DIR. Gehring of Landshut, Bavaria. By
means of an enameling liquid he claims
to be able to render any kind of cement
or stone harder than granite, and gives it
the appearance of any other mineral de-
sired. The enamel may also be applied
to metal, and is said to effectually pre-
serve it from rust.
Mr.. Evarts is improving. In his let,
ter declining the New York dinner the
longest sentence contained only eighty
four words. It may be different when
the ex-Secretary gets his second wind. -
Philadelphia Chronicle.
A cigarette machine which makes over
1OO, 900 cigarettes per day--the work of
go hands-has been invented by J.
Cowman. civil engineer Of New York
City.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-02
The Dramatic Author.

That little fellow there in the corner
in the rusty black suit, is the stock
author of the theatre. What a look of
haggard usefulness there is about his
face as he sits there on the outskirts of
the circle waiting for any scrap of con-
versation that may be thrown to HIM
from the surrounding tables. He is
only poor dog of a playwright. Watdh
him as he sits lingering over his modest
tankard; you would not think, to look at
that furrowed brow and thinning hair,
that he is yet young. Such, however,
is the fact; his present drudgery has
compelled him to borrow a few years of
his life in advance from Old Father Time,
and the date of payment is rapidly COM
ing due. The managerial cupboard is
filed with work of his, and more than
half the applause which so pampers these
inflated players is due to him; but you
cannot make them think so. An author
is but jackal to these spangled lions,
and should be content with the remains
of the feast. So let him mask his with
cred little face in smiles, borrow q few
more years from that memorable old
creditor, and die, as becomes him, in his
obscure garrett feeding their fame. T.
Tinsley's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-02

CHICAGO Tribune: What are the at
tempts upon the life of Guiteau and
such events as the lynching at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, and Durand, Wis, if they
are not symptoms of a profound and
widespread conviction among the peo-
pie that criminal justice in parts of this
country is almost failure? "The law
is farce" was the motto of the mob at
Bloomington and the mob at Durand,
if it had no motto, had equally vigorous
methods of procedure. 1t is time that
members of the legal profession were
awaking to a realization of the condition
into which the criminal law and practice
have fallen, and the need of reforming
them. The facts will not be smoothed
away by any light-sounding illusions to
:" our noble profession, for it is neces-
sity Of the case that of all the lawyers
emp Dyed at any time i'll the trial of
criminal causes, one-half, and probably
more than one-half, must be engaged in
an attempt to defeat justice. When we
reflect that the laws in this country are
framed by lawyers, and chiefly for law
yers; that courts are multiplied, appeals
and supersedeas made easy and various,
and the whole influence of the law
thrown in favor of procrastination and
retrials, we may excuse supplemented
laymen for believing that the object of
all this complicated machinery is to
prevent any great criminals from being
easily punished. The execution of JUS
tice gradually comes to be Synonymous
Ill their minds with failure of the law
or the lawyers, and it is tacitly assumed
either that the defendant was poor and
unknown or that his attorneys were in
sufficient, or that he had been foolish
enough to plead guilty. Now, this
chaotic condition of the law is not a
necessity of civilization, nor boon to
the communities in which it is found, as
the legal benefciaries OF it pretend.
There is no such common and habitual
failure of justice in England, or in New
York or New Jersey, or even in Massa-
chusetts, as in Illinois, or Wisconsin, or
the District of Columbia. The Western
States have been growing so rapidly that
they have not found time to revise the
practice in their courts in the interest of
public justice, though they have made
amendments on the other side in favor
of the prisoners.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-02

to create breed of youthful ruffians and
bullies in every college and academy,
and their pranks in different schools dur
ing the past two years are too fresh in
the minds of the public to need mention
at this time. Like others, Bowdoin Col
lege has its quota of "hazers, and not
long since several of them proceeded to
exercise their peculiar arts on youth
named Strout, the son of well-known
resident of Portland, Me. They succeed
ed, by using chunks of coal AS missiles,
in injuring one of the boys eyes to such
an extent that he will probably lose the
sight OF it entirely For this the father
of Strout has brought suit for damages
against seven of the highly-educated per-
sons who were engaged in the assault on
his son, laying the damages IN each case
at $40, 900. 1t is to be hoped that the
courts, now that the matter has been
squarely brought before them, will give
so emphatic an opinion on the subject of
"hazing" that in the future its .xpo-
nents will be few and far between.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-02
Force OF Habit.

He was nice and very new young
man, and his employer took kindly to
him on the first day in the factory, ask
ing him to help in checking OFF, and
"calling back" the sizes of certain goods.
All went well until the youth in finish
ing up string of numbers called out:
"Fifty-fve, eleven, forty-fo'-Kenol'
A great solemn hush fell over the rest of
the clerks as the old man called the blush
ing lad up to the desk and desired an
explanation, and the misguided youth
put his foot in deeper by stammering
out that it was only ''force of habit"
made him say it. The old gentleman
eyed him calmly for moment, and then
laying down seventy-five cents for his
days wages, said: 'Boy, rake the pot
and 90 and renounce your sins"