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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05

The following stems" in relation to Mr.. Twains
new investment are published:
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF MY ssHAsHERYr
!. This house will be strictly intemperate, and
no questions asked.
2. None but the brave deserve q bill OF fare
3. Persons owing bills for board Will be bored
for bills
4. BOarders who do not wish to pay in advance
are requested to advance and pay.
5. BOarderS are respectfully requested to wait
until the cook cooks the meals
6. Sheets will be nightly changed once in every
six months, or more If unnecessary.
z. All regular boarderS are earnestly requested
to pull of all their boots regularly, IL they can
conveniently do so, before retiring for the
night
8. Beds, with or without bugs or neas, If pre-
ferred.
g. All moneys or other valuables are to be left in
charge OF the proprietor. without cost This
he insists upon, as he viii be held responsible
Tor no losses On any account
10 Inside and outside matter viii never be fur
nished newspaper men, under any cOnsdera-
tion-excepting reporterS-whO Will be always
kept out.
II. Single men, with their families, will never be
''taken in"
IL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fare, 81 an hour.
ID. Stone vaults for snoring boarderS.
IA. Children without families preferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
MurderOus Dscking Guns.

10 the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
cannot the attention OF the authorities, having
such matters In charge, be called the fact that
as the cold season approaches the gunners (who
gun because they are too lazy 10 do anything else)
are getting to work with their large immovab.e
duck guns? 1t is fact oftentimes noticed, that
py nrng tnese large guns several times at iocks OF
ducks, it is possible to exterminate the whole
1ock. In the 18th section OF the District Game
Law we find the following: "Be it enacted, that
no person shall, at any time, kill or shoot at any
Wild ducks, wild goose, or wild brandt, With any
otner gun than Sucn as are habitually raised AT
arms length n ana hred from the shoulder under
killed, and under the further penalty OF $25 for
firing such gun at any wild fowl as aforesaid or
having said gun in possession" (The above game
laws were published In your paper in 1881 Be-
neving that this note will be seconded by some
other persons interested In the preservation of
game In the District,
1remain, very respectfully,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
Laws Of Hygiene in Government
Offices.

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
Permit me to suggest to those who have
charge of different divisions in government
buildings, school rooms and other places, that
while ventilation is indispensable to health and
comfort, sitting in a current of air or draft is
dangerous and not unfrequently fatal. One can
safely sit in a cool room where plenty of air is
circulating. and perhaps feel no i'll effects, but
to sit between a door and window with both
open will soon give any one but cast-iron NOR
tai fearful cold. In many offices the laws OF
hygiene are entirely overlooked. Clerks will sit
for hours perfectly STILL writing or figuring per-
haps directly in front of window and a door
open behind them, with current of air which
raises the papers on their desks. When they
attempt to straighten up they will find their
necks stiff, their shoulders lame sneezing will
ehsue. and in many cases a dangerous sore
throat and pneumonia perhaps. If any one in
Inmates there is danger in such exposure. they
WIN not unfrequently get this answer: ''Pm not
q pioY; like plenty of fresh air; I never take
Those who are afraid of fresh air are always get
IN ing cold. Such persons are totally ignorant of
Tue laws OF hygiene, and the first thing they know
they are down with pneumonia One can 90
lnto many OF our Offices and hear nothing but
conghing sneezing and hawking. and will per-
ceive at the same time a Continual draft and
those In the line Of it half sick without scarcely
knowing why. Thirty clerks NAV ocenny a iar1e
room, and with the windows down from the ton
ana raised from the bottom with the patent adj
Justment for ventilation, the air is constantly
changing, and not eften impure. No one is ex,
pose Posed. Let me DOORS however, be opened into
those who sit in the draft thus occasioned will
not escape long without an lawful cold Even
in very warm weather currents of air should be
avoided, and certainly now in this changeable
weather some precaution is necessary. Hum
dreds Of victims de,Heariy from just such causes
as have named. Yeu hear It said, ssOh, he
took a hard cold at the office; had pneumonia,
and never got over 1t; had quick consumption. /
believe"
health is endangered. or run the risk of being
called fussy and afraid Of fresh air if he asks IOr
door to De closed?s Ones health first. after
wards the margin fO1 those to speculate ON VINO
tempt death BY needless exposure
nssa WHo Known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
The Lights o London.
The way was long and dreary,
But calamity they strobe,
A country Lad and laSSie,
Al0nO tho hAoUY mad

The night was dark and stormy,
But blthe Of heart were they,
For shining In the distance
The Lights OF London lay!
U cleaning lamps or London, that gem the city g
crown,
What fortunes lie within you, o Lights OF London
Town!
With faces worn and weary,
That told OF sorrows load,
One day q man and woman
Crept down q country road.
They sought their native village,
Heartbro6en from the fray;
Yet shining Stdn behind them
The Lights Of London laU
cruel Tampa Of L0ndon, II D ars your heart could
-Four Victims eyes would weep them, Lights Of
I0noon TOWN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05

IsShfs Wanted i'm the Dark Noruinpx.
Tome Editor Of Tax EVENING STAR:
our brilliant EVENING STAR could usa its
innnenee 10 eniighten the morning Just before
day 0he time proverbially the darkest,. il
would, indeed. be double blessing. i do not
know at what hour the lamps are extIngnisheS
pat some time before 4:3O am, just at the time
the bakers, milkmen and provision dealers are
On their way to supply the wants of the thrifty
nousekeeper number of mornings past the
rnsn or fog have rCade it so dark driver could
scarce see his own horse, and certainly ran a
great risk OF running into the horse or wagon
o. another just turning the corners. If our
cfty cannot afford light all the time it il less
needed the first hour after they are lighted In
the evening. viii not the editor speak q word
u behalf OF some sufferers and
MANI OLD SUBsCRYBxrS2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
G:arfiesd's Grave-A Steady Tide Of Wis

Garfiesd's Grave-A Steady Tide Of Wis
itOrS.
A Cleveland exchange says: There was con-
slant stream of pilgrims to the Garfield shrine
yesterday The avenue was crowded with car
riages, street cars were packed to suffocation.
and amateur pedestrians lined the sidewalks. In
the cemetery the crowd. scattered over the broad
grounds, was not 80 apparent. In front of the
vault spruce soldier trOd his constant beat and
ogled the pretty girls from the corners of his
eyes. while stalwart soldier, with his hands in
his pockets, saw that inquisitive women did not
linger too long by the vault door to gaze upon
the new bronze casket, almost covered with
floral tributes. On either side, and along the
route to the Garfield knoll. newsboys were hawk
ing copies of weeks-Old newspapers filed with
horrible caricatures of the Garfield family. and
imaginative cuts Of the funeral car and the
catafalque. The sales, however, did not
seem to be remunerative. On Garfield
knoll the crowd was thickest for from that point
can be obtained a fine view of the distant CITY
and lake. The tread of thousands of pilgrims
has worn the grass till the spot is bare Below
the funeral car, with slight covering of can
s.rests and rots ON the bare ground. The plumes
have been removed, and lie on the platform,
where the wind and rain can the sooner DESTROY
them Some of the regulars complain bitterly
of their treatment. and insist that barracks
should be built for their accommodation if they
are to remain all winter. Vandals were to be
seen on all sides, and trees, shrubs and flowers
suffered from their depredatiOns In the rear of
the chapel several little mounds have been trOd-
den down almost to q level by the feet of vandal
sight-seers who 'scut across lots IN their haste.
nient hotel decorated with the mockeries of woe
did f1ourishing business, the proprietor taking
advantage of the truism that there il no great
loss without some small gain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
No Rest for the Flooding PlOugiman.

No Rest for the Flooding PIOughman.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
If Constant Reader" Room 4S, War depart
ment, will overhaul his arithmetic, he will find q
certain rule as to progression Of figures that
will demonstrate his researches still undOne. If
this sentence of seven words were in figures, he
would find that he has not by any means COM
pleted his task. What has become Of all the
"plods"? Here are some Omitted
Plods his weary way the homeward plOwman.
PlOdS his way weary the hOmeward ploWman.
PlOds the homeward plowman his weary way.
Plods the homeward plowman weary his way.
Plods the homeward plowman his way weary.
&C., &C., &c.
Do not, o. STAR! make the weary compositor
set 1t all up again: but let " Room 43" take the
problem home and finish the job this time.
Room 81, WAR DEPT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
He Still Plods.

TO the Editor Of THE EVENING star:
Pernsing your valuable paper Of Goth ult..
find one more way of reading
The weary pl0ughman plods his homeward way,
which il:
Homeward plods his weary way the ploughman.
Room 4S, War Department. might find another
'sway," perhaps. will, however, send only one
ct timG Yours eyeriaatingiy,
~ onsmyrp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05

ctTcLStu duu zeal i'll The cause give
promise OF efficient services. She was also par
ticular to inquire what aid we received from the
government and from organized societies, and
II We had a fixed fund. She was quite sur
prised that sufficient voluntary contributions
Could be obtained to support the school. and
that We should have been so successful without
the aid Of el,dowments and government appr0-
priatlOns, SO essential to enterprises OF this
kind in Great Britain. She listened with much
interest to an account Of our late loan exhibit
ton, and was particularly pleased with the fact
that our leading citizens were interested in it's
success. Florence Nightingale began her life
work by acquiring knowledge Of systematic
nursing in 1849 at kaeserworth an institution
on the Rhine for practical instruction in the art
of hospital nursing. During the Crimean war,
in 1S54-55, she entered with zeal upon the
duties Of her high vocation and
GAINED WORLDWIDE FAME
by her genius in the organization and superin-
tendence Of the nursing in the large military
hospitals She retired from this field of work
with broken-down health, from which she has
never fully recovered. On her return to Eng
land she received letter of thanks from the
Queen, accompanied by suberb jewel. A fund
of ESQ GOO was raised by subscription and a
Florence Nightingale Training School for
Nurses established. A penny subscription was
raised by the British soldiers to erect to her a
monument. which she declined. To this school,
which bears her name, she is still giving her at
tention, being specially interested in the educa-
ton of nurses for the poor Many, If not all
the pupils are from among the gentle women OF
England and ladies Of good social position. Al
though she Is aware that the wealthy will in
duce some of those educated to nurse the poor
to 60 into service for high rewards, still many
OF those educated in this school go on nursing
the poor and doing good without regard to re-
muneration. Her description Of the services
rendered by the nurses TO the poor was about as
follows: wherever sickness Was found In q
house. OF application n,ade tor . nurse IN part
OF the city within IT, 0itxtct saofRned q g. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05

A business man recently asked The Boston
Journal why gospel cars should not be attached
to passenger trains as well as smoking cars.
Conductor Harris, Of the Old Colony Railroad,
answers through the same paper that the sug-
gestion is practical one. He writes: There
are hundreds of Christian men, who delight i'm
the worship of God, who spend from six to
twelve hours per week on the railroad between
home and business. Now why not utilize this
time to the glory of Cod What fitting it
would be for the business of the day. Instead
of card tables have an organ or piano. have the
seats arranged facing the center Of the car. In
stead of spittoons have carpet; instead of cards
have Bibles and Gospel song books. venture
twenty years railroad experience that the thing
Is practicable"
The Sunday School Times aptly takes OF the
anctioneerlike-way in which some leaders Of
music play the singing master in the hours and
exercises of worship: eff the Sunday school ID
a singing school, then the manner OF singing
ought to receive . large share Of attention
Sunday school hour is a sacred hour the singing
is part of its exercises of worship the teach
ing of music ought to be arranged for at an
other time than then and the singing of hymn
ought not to be interrupted for the purpose az
giving singing lessons. II 1t is right to run the
two things together-worship and method
teaching-in the service Of praise, why not in
the service OF prayer, Imagine q school trying
that In the Lords Prayer, ''Our Father who art
In heaven'-"Hold on there " says the superin-
tendent. 'Try that over again; all together.
Noeo then"-''Our Father" ..Stop! Not Our
Father but Our Father Now, once more"
Sour Father who art In heaven" Notice
there. in heaueS' It's not your earthly father,
but your Father in heQuea that You are address.
ing now. Go on" "Hallowed be Thy name"
STEADY there. Steady! That word 'hallewed'
is to be spoken softly, revereDtly. Don't blurt
it out IS IL you were driving oxen" gooa
way Of pvomoting revefence that would be-
wouldn't it? Did you ever hear anything e
that sort in the service of praise?"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08
Coal Tar On the Farm.

The attention of our readers has been
frequently called to the value of coal
tar on the farm, especially in the pres
crvaiiou of woods, and we are more
forcibly impressed with its value as our
experiments begin TO assume the au-
thority of q demonstration. Much has
been written Of its adaptation to the
needs of the farmer as a cheap paint
for out-buildings; without detracting
from its value for such purposes, We
are led to believe that this is one of the
minor considerations in its practical
use, and that the great purpose to
which it will be applied will be in the
preservation of timber and the conycr-
sion of woods. liable to decay from ex-
posure. To material valuable for all pur-
poses. That coal tar does almost per-
fcctly preserve our soft woods has been
fully demonstrated. so that it does not
belong to the speculative.
Last wear. to test for Iowa the value
of our soft wood. when properly treated,
we boiled posts Of green Eastwood,
watcr-elm. cotton wood, white willow
and oak. in coal tar, allowing them to
remain in the tank ten minutes each;
then they were drained and piled up.
exposed 10 the sun one month; after
ward they were Sc. in the ground as
ordinary posts. AT this date there is
no perceptiblc difference in their dura-
bility; al, are rs sound rs when set.
What is more remarkable, the bass-wood
holds nail apparently Us well as the
oak. In eating a cross section. the tar
seemed to penetrate quite distance,
filling the pores and hardening the
wood from one-hslf TO quarters OF
an inch deep. which was ike cement and
impervious 10 water, Much depends,
doubtless, upon the method OF prepare
ton. The wood should be green 10 OBJ
tain the best results. Farmers are IA
miliar with the decided Improvement in
the character of wood when cut green
and seasoned under shelter. Poplar.
cottonwood and white willow thus pre-
pared. MAKE excellent fuel Beech and
other woods for mechanical purposes,
when the greatest solidity and tenacity
OF fiber are required, are dressed green
and oiled, then are dried under cover.
The charring of wood also adds materi-
ally 10 its durability. Coal tar secures
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08

all these conditions. When the green
post or board is placed in boiling tar
the sap is expelled. and is replaced b,
the tar to some extent; deeper portions
are affected as by rapid seasoning.
The vat tor heating the tar may be
made like an ordinary sap pan and OF
any length; put in barrel Of tar and
dip the whole post or as much AS de-
sired. The most particular part to be
covered is that just above and below the
surface when set. Where great dura-
bility is desired the post should be
boiled thirty minutes or more; ten min
utes will answer for boards,
A barrel of coal tar, costing 81, will
cover $50 posts. if boiled, or 200 il
dipped one-half length. The cost OF
boiling lumber in tar is estimated at %
per thousand feet, and thus prepared.
even Eastwood is practically indie
structible. Treated with coal tar the
long. slim white willow poles, so abund-
ant in the West. become as valuable as
cedar and are the ready solution of the
question, what shall we do for fence
posts?
As a paint. one coat of hot tar il
worth more than any known prepara-
ton Of oil for the preservation of wood.
-frof. $. a. Knapp. ia Lotcd state Reg'r.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08
The Restorative Power in Nature.

Equally worthy of admiration, and
all but equally complex, is the process
by which nature repairs a fractured
limb. especially when the injury is such
that the broken ends of the bones can
not be brought exactly into their prop
CT positions. II is remarkable, too,
how she adapts her process to the diff
fcrent habits of her patients. In the
case of simple fracture. If the parts
that have been disjointed are set close
together in their normal line, If it be
the leg of a dog, for example, there is
first hard sheath called a "callus.
formed round the fracture, and this
"callus" permits a restricted use of
the injured limb. even before the two
parts have grown together. 1t is. how
ever. only a temporary provision, ne
cessitated by the natural restlessness OF
the lower animals. After the fracture
has completely healed the ''callus"
gradually disappears. A human case
is treated differently. Here, unless it
be broken rib (Which requires the
provision in consequence of an inces-
SAINT motion in respiration), the healing
takes place ordinarily without the form
alton of any outer "callus. Some
times the broken ends cannot be, or. at
all events. are not, brought into their
proper relative positions. Is IL possible,
II NAV be asked. that nature can pro.
vide the means for meeting such an
emergency when. that is TO say. the
two portions of bones to be joined are
all awry, aud sometimes quite new-in
fact, 4 kind of bridge, and bridge not
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08

"A device has been perfected by II.
NJ. Albee, of West Oakland, CAL, by
which any one who knows the alphabet
and how to spell can correctly transmit
Geographic dispatches. The invention
is a substitute for the key, which re-
quires training in order to be used. 1t
consists of piece of metal, in which
are inserted conductors Of brass and
non-conductors of whalebone to CORE
spond with the characters of the Moose
alphabet. Each letter or numeral is
divided off and marked. By moving
metallic pencil over any one Of these d.
visions the particular letter or figure is
reproduced at the other end of the line
by means of the insulations and connec-
tons. One stroke suffices for . charsc-
ter, while greater precision is obtained
than by the key, as on account of the
mathematical accuracy of Mr.. Albee's
device letters or numbers can not be run
together, as now too frequently occurs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08

The director of the excavations at
Epidaurus reports that he is unearthing
a theater in the forest OF Asklepios
which is, with one exception, the larry
est of all yet found in Greece which be-
long to antiquity. 1t is said to be a
masterpiece OF the architect and sculp-
tor Polycletus. and there is every rea-
son TO believe that it is SO, since Pau
sanius mentions Polycletusas the great
est architect of his age and the builder
of the Epidaurian Theater. finer than
any in Rome or any other in Greece.
1t is. therefore, nearly twenty-four hun
bred year sold. The Archaeological So
ciety at Athens will also soon set about
the excavation Of the Temple of Ceres.
having purchased the ground which
covers il at Eleusis.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08
POrt,rhOuse Steak.

This is the porterhOuse, is it,
asked the sad passenger, sitting at the
corner table in the restaurant Yes.
SIR" said the waiter, with the weary air
of a man who was tired of having to tell
the same lie 4 thousand times day,
.'porterhouse steak, sir, same as you
ordered, sir. '.Do you cut porter
house steak from between the horns
this year?" asked the sad passenger.
with the information OF a man who want
ed to know. STRIP said the waiter.
lit seemed to be a trifle tenderer last
year." the sad passenger went on,
with the air of tired man indulging
in pleasant "reminiscences Of the
past, ..but 1 remember now; it was
cut n trile lower down then. Last
year you cut your porterhouse steaks
from the curl in the forehead, and the
sirloins from the shin. But | think
this comes from between the horns. 1
used to live in a hear ling house where
they cut the porterhouse between the
horns, and this one reminds me of
them. Animal dead this steak came
FROM" Dead" echoed the aston
ished waiter; ''course, sir. He was
butchered. SIR" "Butchered to make
Roman holiday" sighed the sad
passenger. "He could be more likely
to make Roman swear. Well. it was
time he was killed. He hadn't many
more years to live on this earth. All,
here is the brass tip from one OF his
horns. Dropped into the steak. no
doubt, while you were slicing it off.
What do you do with these steaks when
the guests are through with them?"
The waiter looked puzzled. "Why.
SIR" be said. .'they amt nothing left
of 'em, sir" ..Possible?" said the sad
passenger; .'what becomes of them?"
The waiter looked nervous. "What?'
he said; 1.-The customers eat them up"
The sad passenger looked up with an
air of interest. Incredible he ex-
claimed; "cannot accept your state
ment without proof. They may hide
them under their chairs. OF secrete
them in their napkins. or they may
carry them away in their pockets to
throw at burglars. but l cannot be-
lieve they eat them. Here, let me see
one of them eat this. and viii believe
you. Trust me, good waiter, ~
But the waiter pointed to q placard
Inscribed: Positively no trust" and
went 10 the cashiers desk to tell the
boss TO look out for that man at the
corner table. As he didn't seem to be
satisfied with his steak and had asked
for trust. -Burlinqtoa Haickeye.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-09-08

The Connecticut Valley was form
erly the great broom-corn region Of the
country. Now the corn is chiefly raised
on the fertile prairies of the West, and
Chicago is the principal market. Once
Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, and
many a town in that vicinity did q
thriving business in the production of
brooms, and largely supplied the coun-
try with these articles. Before the days
of railroading it was not an unusual oc-
currence to send fifty or sixty-ton load
down the Connecticut on a flst-boat to
be reshipped at Hartford by steamer. A
veteran in the business says that he has
sold as many as AZ 600 brooms within q
month. Massachusetts, no longer mo-
nopolizes this business; it is distributed
all over the country, with perhaps the
largest interests centered in New York
State.