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HEARING r0sTPoNED.-The hearing Of the charge
Of assault and battery with intent to kill against
John Newman, colored, of No. 5, Goat alley for
seriously aSSaultfng Charles Brown, whom he
claims he found In his wife's room, again post
poned by the government in the Police Court To-
day, on account OF Browns injuries preventing
him nom appearing at court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

4.
"ALTHAM WATCHES.
We confidently recommend thawATCHES manufac
tured by the American Watch Co.. wathan Mass. As
the best keepers that be obtained for the price,
large assortment Of al gredes in Gold and Silver
Cases. of the newest patterns. always in stock.
n. W. GAIT, BRO & CO.,
n15-2m 11O7 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
TUE WHITE EopsEH0LD. NEW HOME.
kc Any machine you want cheap as NcKENNEYsG
III 9TH st. northwest. RentnG aud rcpairing. nl6
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USING OFFICIAL ENVELOPES FOR PRIVATE PUR-
PosEsIn the case OF the Pension Office clerk John
T. Sullivan, mentioned in The STAR a few DAYS
| ago, as having been charged with using OIL
cfal envelopes for private purposes, warrant has
been issued charging him with the above offense.
On account OF tue non-appearance OF the defendant
the case was not tried In the Police Court to-day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

RULES For WHITE HOUSE VISrroRs.-After some
consideration it has been determined by the Presi-
dent to continue in force the old rules regarding
the reception OF general visitors. On Mondays.
Wednesdays. and Thursdays the public will be re-
ceiyed rs OF Old. from 10 to O'clock. Tuesdays
and Fridays being Cabinet days, OF course no viS-
tors will be seen. and Saturday the President
claims for himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

The attention Of the Ladies is respectfully called to my
select assortment of
Embroidered TABLE COVERS, TABLE SCARFS
TIDES IN PLUSH AND FELT
EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, SLIPPER CASES,
- CUSHIONS,
WHISk HOLDERS AND FANCY WORSTED GOODS
Large variety Of FANCY AND JAPANESE GOODS.
WORK AND SCRAP BASKETS, FANS:
EMBROIDERED SUBSCRIBERS, CARD AND CIGAR
CASES.
Choice selection Of PLAIN AND SILK HANDKER-
CHIEFS, LACE GOODS. TIES. RID GLOVES AND
CHlLDREN'S MLHINO CLOAhS, LACE AND
PLUSH BONNETS. at
MRS. SELMA RUPPERTS,
n26 COS 9th street, opposite Patent Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

EOR CHRISTMAS OF 81,
We offer the finest and most complete assor1nento of
SEWING MACHINES
In the city. A machine family use at So war
ranted for five years. with al attachments.
Special attention IF called to
NEW ElDhEDGE.
The finest and best machine offered the public
The light running Weed and new Victor, new i,ueri-
can, Howe, and all other makes, 1t
OPPENHEIMER'S,
52s 9th street, St. Cloud Building.
Machines rented and repaired.
Parts and findings for all machines. do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

SHARP SHOOTING IN THE ARNY.-The General OF
the army, in general orders No. S. announces to
the army the results o. the contest held during the
past summer in each OF the several DEPARTMENTS
Tor positions In the teams of the three great MILL
Cary divisions, we'll as the score made by each
Individual member OF those teams, and says: The
exhibit is very gratifying. and is accepted an
assurance that at the great contest to he hea next
year for the Army Prizes the members al the win
ming team VIII not only Practically demonstrate
their claim Skillful marAsmen, but reflect much
credit on the army OF which they are members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

We have made special efforts to place in each depart
ment Goods of intrinsic value. at reasonable prices,
with view OF attracting those in search of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

III tsns done mp equal 70 new. Fine Laeea, Ladias'
md CfdDen'e Dresses and other fne work IN 8 o1po-
sior manner. MedeEate prices. aaS 0tSSv, 49,
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DAMMANN'S
" ALTHAM WATCHES.

sO6 7TH STRKET NoRTHWEsT,
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DEATH OF An AKMY UFFICER-1lt War DEPART
ment to-day received information OF the death at
Buffalo, New York. or 1st Lieut.. Alurcd Larhe,
company F, 10Th infantry. His death occurred
this morning, and resulted from congestion OF the
lungs Deceased was from England, and appoint
ed from Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

Advocate General Swain to-day forwarded to the
Secretary OF War the proceedings and findings OF
the Whitaker court martial, accompanied by bis
revision OF those papers. They 60 from the Secre-
tary OF War to the President for his final action.
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Let the Greenback Organization be
Maintained.

What has become of the famous
"business boom,' about which work
ing people were told so much Just be-
fore election? All over the country the
factories are gradually shutting down.
Wages are being cut down from ten to
twenty-five per cent. Corporations are
reducing their help and their pay Hun
dreds are already out of work. and be-
gin to look up anxioasiy at the Tramp
laws which are posted up for their
benefit
The fact is that she money power has
secured the people in its clutches. The
corporation laws are holding back. pend
ing the fate of the proposed Refunding
bill Capital is aow so thoroughly Or
ganized and entrenched in power that it
stands between the people and their
daily bread. Il can stop the industrial
machine or set it in motion to suit its
purposes. 1t is gradually becoming
able to wield the power of life and death
over the people, as does Landlordism in
Ireland
The English landlord organs often
compare the revolt against landlords in
ireland to the protest against bond-lords
in America. They call both protests
Communism. Keep up the Green
back organization! The country is yet
so vast that land monopoly has not yet
captured it entirely. Money monopoly
has, however, already seized the people
by the throat. Do not desert the Green
back gunsi-ITislssW World.
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A PiteOus Case.

XAVIER AUBRYET is dead, after seven
years of atrocious sufferings from the
horrible malady that tortured and killed
Henri Heine-namely, decay of the
spinal marrow. The agonies that the
poor author suffered were by him de-
scribed in vivid terms. In his preface
to sour Neighbors' Homes and Our
Own," he speaks of himself as having
his whole skeleton ''as sensitive as a
decayed tooth" In one of his notes
addressed to M. Villemessant, (for he
was for years attached to the staff of
the Figaro he declares that ''his body
contains MarinOni engine that issues
Is, 900 pangs a day." To add to his
misery, his eyesight gradually forsook
him, and when he died he was barely
able to distinguish light from darkness.
This blindness brought upon him an
added stroke, perhaps the sharpest of
them all. In his days of health he
had written q book upon Theophile
de Viau. 1t was the beloved toll of his
life, his masterpiece, his chief claim to
posthumous honors and enduring fame.
A few months ago he decided to pub
lish this work. He caused it to be
drawn from his hiding-place and put
into his hands. He caressed it fondly,
turned over the pages he could no lon
ger see, and then offered it to his secre-
tary. "Read it," he cried. Alas! that
was impossible. The peculiar hand.
writing of Xavier Aubryet, minute,
flowing, almost feminine in its charac-
ter, had become, under the first press
ure of the terrible malady that con.
sumed him, an illegible scribbling. lie
alone could have read it, and he was
blind. Friends and experts in hand
writing both did all they could, but all
efforts we're in vain. The book remains
q sealed volume. 1t never will be
printed-it has perished with its author.
Paris Letter to Philadelphia Telegraph.
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PERRY COUNTY AND HER TREAS
URERS.

With your psrmission, / will write q
short communication in reference to the
different persons filing the Treasursr's Of
nee In Perry county. i have been q tax.
payer Of the county for thirty eight ysars
and in',hst time have paid over four thou
sand dsllars in taxes. The frst taxes I sv.
or paid was to William Brown, I think.
and that was in 1s42 II generally took
day TO get into the Treasurer's Office, and
wait your turn. and give the Treasurer time
70 count over and over the the amount Of
taxes and the change to return This state
Of sfsirs continued until c. 7. Brush took
charge Of the Office, and lchsnss took
place for the better. Geo. Phesson came
neIt, and IL looKsd ss thoush We would
get back in the old sut. A marked change
Tor the better took place whom J. j. John.
son took charge Of the Office. John Over
myer was the next and he also made IN
efficient officer, Gllins the Office to the pub
lie sa,isfscsion. Noah Karr 6lled the Of
hOs for two years and the county never had
. more honest and upright Treasurer but
he was not gifted with that activity in 6g.
ures that soms men have been born with,
W. !. Shrivsr. the present incumbent. |.
the superior Of any one who has ever been
honorsd with the position. He aesms Il
be adapted for that particulars business
and the only objection l have sgains, him
is that he is not . Demossat, bot fear
will have to support him regardless Of pol
i,ics:if he be candidate, and the peopi,
regardless Of rarty will dsmandthat he b,
o candidats sor reelection. G..
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Form Of a Petition to Congress.

To be cut out, pasted upon a blank
paper, and signed by all who oppose
perpetuating the debt, then forwarded
to your memberof Congress, with per-
sonal request to present it to tha.
body:
To the Honorable Senate and House of ReE
resentatives of the Uni ted states in Legisla
ture convened:
The undersigned, citizens and taxpayers OF
the United States, respectfully represent that
the burden of taxation for the support of the
Government is now unjustly borne by the
laboring classes of our country on account of
our system of untaxed Government bonds
through which millions of dollars of capital es-
cape its portion of the burden Believing that
the further issuing of untaXed Government
time-bonds, which deprives us of the privi-
lege of paying our debt whenever we shall
possess the ability, is a direct and unjust
system of putting labor under tribute to
wealth, and that debt, whether individual Oh
corporate, Is an unmitigated curse. There
fore, we ask your honorable body to instruct
the Secretary of the Treasury to use the sur
plus money now in the Treasury in canceling
so much of the debt as is possible, and that
such portion of the maturing debt as cannot
be thus paid shall be provided for by the issu-
ing of Treasury notes receivable for all dues,
public and private, and convertible into coin
at the option of the Government, said notes to
BE used to purchase the said bonds becoming
payable i'm 1871
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the PlHss.
THE SEASONS.
BIT p. II. BrrCKLIY.

Those OF the ancients we're right who
began their year with the spring. 1t is
most fitting. I, Is the season Of renewal.
Nswnsss in all the aspects Of nsture-iD
all the phenomsna Of life upspringing from
the dead ruins Of winter, beauties and
slori6ss the earth; and 30 il is proper thar
the year should become new with every
thing else. Granting all this, and begin
ning the sprins and the year together.
what day 10 the FIRST Of the seassn, and of
the year; ihs,rus New Years day.
Our calendars fx the beginning OF
spring on the 2is; Of March, bu, in the Or
dss Of nature IL begins on this 9th day Of
February, and the 21t Of March will be
the middle Of the season. To explain:
The dsclination of the sun, north and
south, across zone Of the earth forty sew
en- degrees wide, CAUSES the diverse SEA-
sons Of all extra topical la.itudes. Twenty
three and q half degrees south, and th.
same distance north Of the equator are 10
Gated the tropics, which are simply the re-
spective limits Of the northern and south-
srn declinstion Of the sun.
As the southern declination causes the
northern winter, it is plain that the far
thest limit Of that declination, marks the
point, or period Of mid winter; and that 10
the winter sols.ice, December 2lsi, when
the sun stands vertical over the southern
tropie, and from which he begins to recede
northvard. The beginning was at the half
way point between the equator and the
sonth rn topic, and half time between the
su.umnsi equinox; and the winter solstics;
45 days before the 21st December; on the
9th Of November. Starting there:
Back from the winter solstics-mid win
tsr-shs sun declines northwsrd, and In
40 days IL again at the point of half way
between the. .tropic and the equator, and that
10 the end Of the wiuier, and is the 5th Of
February:and At the same point spring be-
gins, and on the sams day. Forty Eve days
more, and the sun 10 on the equator. at the
vsrnsl equinox, and We are at mid spring;
and 40 days thereafter, on the 9th Of May,
spring ends and summer begins. The sum-
mer solstics. IL days Afterwards, June 2lst
when the sun stands over the northern trop-
ic is mid summer; and the season ends in
46 days more, on the 9th Of August, and
autumn begins. The Autumnal equinox,
September 2lss, IL mid autumn, and that
season ends, and winter begins As days sf-
terwards, on the 9th of November.
And thus we come back TO the point Of
departure, having followed the seasons
around the circle. and here this article
should close. and does.
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The Bank Burden.

MuGh anraylaipt 20 ir,of1r1 v,,aIa - xb .
burden NJ the nnh,;c dahf rh;oI, r;th .o
ont cons;deration or vaira ~ ran.;ved
absorbs fvom industry eighty or . bun'
dred rn;lIione a uaay Rnt ,b;s :. -
the beav;est burden that has haen ~ ;n,0 0
nosad On the raorIa Co.. az 80 hans.
r. - roonou FoIr IrnJn. 'ao Soo uoneu'
Or ,,ad;rr - aonb -.
IF monev ono Mt ~ orod;t tmo
rart. Xo har.p o. 900 n0o On0 s ns IVY; wv
monav so caiIaS sO;OOO arS SS 600 GOO ~ GOO le -
orad;; ,oonar ''A" ~-'0o0'ooo'ooo VI
~.
ING ,aeoe. oonslsI@ oi Wnas Is termed
oank aeponts'. o, amounts In banks
Placeo 70 she cre9is OF haiVlduals ana
LILIES, nllns, anu securea py Donas ana mort
sages pearIhg INTEREST, which can De
urawn against az any tlme' serving all
tne purposes OF so much money. We
otten near IL saio tnat there Is but eight
hundred or Thousand millions OF mon
ey Ia the whole country, and that wages
and general prices are governed and
regulated by that volume: That is
mistake. Inc business OF the coun,
try, wages ano prices are controued
ana oaseo upon S3,ooo,oOo.OOO OF ex-
cnange heooium. ACCORDING TO the
Jast report OF the comptroller OF the
currency, the banks OF the country
report total deposit OF over S2,OOO,-
OOo,OOO, every dollar subject to check.
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PITH AND POINT.

A NOTE from her fathers counsel,
offering to conduct her divorce suit free
of charge, was among the presents re-
ceived by Philadelphia bride.
A PENNSYLVANIA firm is engaged in
the manufacture of glass into fabrics for
clothing. Those who wear glass coats
shouldn't throw stones.-B0Ston Post.
"MY darling" he intensely whispers,
vainly attempting to seize her hand,
"do you know that love you madlyP ;
could tell that. .''-AndreUs' Bazar.
ELDERLY lady with foot like dump
ing)-"I It's not so much durable ar
ticle that 1 require, Mr.. Crispin. 1 want
something dainty, you know-some-
thing coy, and at the same time just q
wee bit saucy y!''-Lo1aoloas Punch.
"WELL, have done one good deed
to-day" said Ellington. "What's
thatP" asked his friend. 81 have given
a poor, deserving man an Overcoat, ="
replied Ellington, turning about; show
do you think it fits ts?''-Boston EUesai,ag
Journal.
GIRLS, if there is one thing more than
another that holds the young men of our
day back from matrimonial ventures, it
is the disheartening spectacle SO often
presented them of your owr dear papa
and mamma walking into church glori-
fed respectively by $12 ulster and a
$50 bonnet. That's what scares the
boys.-Burdette.
A GALVESTON parent is very much
discouraged at the way the boys destroy
each others clothes. The other day he
saw that little Billy's shirt-color was
torn off, and he angrily asked how it hapa
pened. 'sJohnny did it," was the re-
sponse. "Well, I'll tan Johnny's hide,
that's what I'll do!'' "Well, dad, I've
paved the way for you. I cut the whole
ceiling out of his new pants. '-G Galres-
ton NeaOS.
IT always pleases us to see man who
looks after the small things in life, as
every one knows that the great things
will take care of themselves. Jones is a
man of this kind. His partner, Robin
son, at the close of a week of hurry and
drive, remarked, "Well, Jones, we've
had rousing week, haven't we?-one
constant run of customers, and good
ones, too, from Monday morning to Sat-
urday night!' eyes," was the reply,
sand that new door-knob's about ruin
ed!" Jones never forgets the small
| things. ."-Boston Transcript.
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White Bronze.

White Bronze is the name off meterisl
from which are manufactured Monuments,
Head Markers, Statuary, Medallion Por.
traits, and Portrait Bus.s. II is even en-
during, being covered by thin Aim or or
ids, formed by the atmosphere, which pro-
tects 1t from further decay.
The inscriptions are all in raissd OF
block letters and are sure TO bersiained by
ths monument. The material admits oi
better outlines and greater perfection oi
detail than granite Goes, aud all of theae
6ns lines will bs retained as long as the
monument stands, where, If they were pro-
duced in stone, time and the element,
would wear them away.
We have carefully examined lot o.
the different designs Of monuments snt
must say thcy surpass any thing made o
marble or granite and are q great dsa
ohesper. AZ fos their durability, 10 ha
been thoroughly tssted By scientists ant
pronounced the superior Of granite o.
marble. John DAnisos Of New Lsxing
ton is the agent for Perry county, an,
will furnish any information desired II
regard to the matter.
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mense annual interest to o. class that

mense annual interest to o class that
gives no equivalent in return.
But with the National Legislature in
the hands of the money power anything
like justice to labor cannot be expected.
In 1869 the ex-post-facto law, known as
"The Strengthening of the Public
Credit Act" was passed. 1t provided
that the National debt, which by the
original contract could be paid in Green
backs, should be paid in coin.
On that ex-post-facto law Shylock
has ever since taken his stand. But he
Is not at all anxious to have Uncle Sam
pay him his debt in full. This Shylock
is good, generous fellow, who is ready
to give Uncle Sam any length of time
to pay off his debt, and tells him he is
willing to wait thirty or fifty years longer.
No hurry at all. Only let the bonds
which, according to the original agree
ment, ought to be paid in Greenbacks
next July, be converted into bonds
bearing three or three and half per
cent. interest, and payable in 1911 or
1881. ShylocK is such a very good fell
low that he doesn't want this genera
ton to bear all the burden of paying off
the National debt. 1t has done its part
in paying it off once or twice in the
way of interest. 1t is only right that
the next generation should do some
thing, too. distribute the burden"
cries Shylock; ttlet your children have
share in uphoading 'the National
honor by paying me and my children
interest on the bonds that l purchased
ut fifty cents on the dollar"
In all probability this advice will be
taken by Congress, which, by refunding
the seven hundred millions of bonds,
will mortgage to the money lender the
labor of the present and the next gen
eration. Do Democrats and Republi-
cans realize the villainy that is being
hatched at Washington at this moment?
The men who have been elected by
their votes, obeying the orders of Shy
lock, are by this Refunding act prepar-
ing to steal millions from them and
their children. Every dollar of this
seven hundred million ought to be paid
off next July, and could be if the money
power had not made representatives
elected by the votes of Republican and
Democratic workingmen its tools to do
its bidding. AS result of this sub
serviency these so-called representa-
are now preparing to hand over the
country to the money lender for thirty
or fifty years more, and at the end of
that time the original debt of seven
hundred millions will still remain to be
paid. Was there ever people so robbed
as the Americans are by Shylock?-
Irish World.
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Renew the Contest for the Right.

With the beginning of the New Year
let us begin anew the contest for the
right. With strong hearts, fresh cour-
age and faith in ourselves and the fu-
ture, let us push forward. All can do
something for the common cause, and
all should do. No one has right to
stand back and say: l have voted our
principles, and in doing so have done
my full duty, and will rest.
This is not the time for rest. When
we have driven the enemy from the
field; abolished banks of issue; restored
to the Government the exclusive right
to issue money; paid the bonds and
thrown proper guards about the trans
portation companies-then, and not till
then, should any speak of rest.
You, reader, have work to do; we
dom know just what your duty is, but
we know there is work that it is your
duty TO do.-Indidnaaolis San.
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LydIs's Rocks.

The scsnery Of these rocks is becoming
picturesque from the numerous icicles
which sdorn them,
q. o. Sanderson succeeded in killing
four coons last Thursday. George will
doubtless live fat for while as least.
w. II. Petty is Ill nj this writing, re-
sulting principally from cold.
G. Klinslsr being In q state Of i'll health
has dismissed his school for while, bul
will doubtless soon be able to attend TO the
duties of the same.
Sam Brehm is engaged in hewing post,
for Col Lemerts coal mines.
Weaver Barnes still wares the same
placid smile ~ OF yore. HANCOCK