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the funded Indebtedness of the District Of CO.
! iuulbia for the sinking fund authorized to be
created for the redemption and payment of the
water stock bonds of the District OF Columbia,
as in his opinion may be for the best interest of
the District.
HOW REQUIsITIoNs SHALL BE DRAWN.
The act provides that all moneys appropriated
for the expenses Of the government of the Dis
trict. together with all revenues of the District
from taxes or otherwise. shall be deposited In
the Treasury of the United States. aud shall be
drawn therefrom only on requsitiOn of the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia Tex
cept that the moneys appropriated for interest
and the sinking fund shall be drawn therefrom
only on the requisitiOn of the Treasurer Of the
United States), such reuuisition specifying the
appropriation upon which the same Is drawn;
and the accounts for all disbursements of the
Commissioners shall be made monthly to the
accounting officers of the Treasury by the
auditor of the District of Columbia on vouch-
ers certified 10y the Commissioners, as now re-
CURED by law. The Commissioners are prOhib-
tied from making acquisitions upon the appro-
pratiOns from the Treasury for larger amount
than they make on the appropriations arising
from the revenues of said District, including
one-half of ali general taxes paid in drawback
certificates during the fiscal year.
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WantOn Waste OF Water.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR.
Will you have the goodness to inform your
readers as to the law in the use of water and its
employment in the way OF luxury by people fav
ored with hose and fountains. Living near the
Iowa circle, had occasion to proceed by 18th
down to and along N street, en- route for the
druggists. and having left house where no
water could be had, was CAT midnghO not Il
little surprised to find several private fountains
in full flow, to an extent even which wet the
pavements and ran into the street. Should not
the police be Immediately instructed to report
all such disregards OF the law limiting the flow
of water? Humanity, security against fire, re-
gard for the sick. to say nothing OF respect for
law. should induce people to cherish little self
denial and respect for Others in this heated term.
III the law be not enforced siedge-hammers will
soon be brought to bear, as water is for the poor
as well as the rich. He has ever been consid-
cred the enemy OF man who destroys spring
or water supply, and they who needlcssly under
mine the supply of their neighbors must be
thOughtless or heartless. Some rood pumps
have, through selfish influences. been destroyed,
but it is not often that an American citizen by
birth has been guilty Of this. Foreign ard un-
refined training and sudden wealth gained here
have proved great enemies to the spirit of hu
manitY CnARITAS.
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Easy Comes Easy Goes.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The finder of hidden treasure. the heir to I'M
claimed estates, the land owner who ''strikes
OIL the holder Of the prize ticket in the lot
terry, or any other son of Adam who finds his
pockets full OF unearned dollars, is in position
Of peril all the more dangerous for the reason
that it is unknown and untbought of. An honest
shoemaker of our acquaintance, who made a
good living for himself and family by plying his
trade a year ago received 81 800 arrears of PEN
sion money. He was sober man, with no VIC
ious appetites to crafty; but he bought his wife
diamond ear rings, bis daughter piano, and
set himself up as a shoe merchant, instead
of shoe maker. The sheriff sold the poor fell
low out last week. Ris debts will follow him
for years. This man is the type of thousands of
his fellows There are Others who find swifter
and reader means Of disspating the gov
eminent bounty. II would be matter of as
tOnishment to the country to know how
little real benefit has deem conferred by It's
unparalleled largess, if unwritten history could
be traced from the pension office to its remoter
bearings upon the fortunes Of pensioners. The
pensions were withheld at the time when they
would have been most helpful to the soldier.
The accumulation that now sweeps down upon
him is a very doubtful favor. What part OF It
the claim agent gcts is robbery; the remainder
u most uncertain benefit.
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A Pennsylvania Paradise.
Special Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
YORK SULPHUR SPRING July 12tl

Special Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
YORK SULPHUR SPRINT July 10Th
Whilst you are at home, turning out daily
your bright. sparkling STAR, we are enjoying
he cool breeZes Of this lovely spot, surrounded
by mountains, and with the most picturesque
views the eye could rest upon. The hotel has
over hundred rooms. and. with its wide
porches and cosy summer houses. is most inyit-
ing to the lovers of comfort. 1t was a great re-
sort in years gone by, but fell off as the old fire.
quenters died away. 1t has taken new lease
of life now, however. and under the new man
cement is doing good business. 1t is so Sc
Guided that you feel you are alone with nature
in all her beauty. There is spring of sulphur
and magnesia. and another Of iron.
On Sunday we made visit to the old meeting
house built by William Penn. Its graveyard
contains many old epitaphs, and records many
antiquated burials, some as far back as 1888. It
was a curious and rather sad sight to see the
one single member of the Friends hold his sol!-
tary service; so. as was descendant of that
pure, old community, joined him as long as |
could keep the children of our party quiet We
sketched the old house. and returned home well
pleased with our Sunday service.
There are a number OF HashingtOnians here,
who find the waters very beneficial.
TOURIST
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Old Friends.
How SkObeleff Won His Spurs.

1t was in the khivan campaign that he first
won his spurs and gained the reputation of
being mailman who was ready to risk his life.
At the close of the war he was made colonel and
attached to the late Gen. Kaufmann's staff In
this capacity he took part in the first expedition
against Khokand. One singular circumstance
of this campaign has been thus related by the
late Mr.. MacGahan. the distinguished war cor
respondent, who knew him intimately: "On one
OCCASION" he says, ia Russian detachment of
500 men with 400 Cossaeks was compelled to re-
treat before superior force of the enemy.
Gen. TrOtsky decided upon night attack and
confided his plan to Col. Skobelef, then his
chief Of staff. The latter entered into the
idea with great enthusiasm and proposed
leading the attacking column himself and
to take only $50 COssacks. SkObeleff hay
ing reconnoitred the ground, perceived that
the khokandians had encamped within a mile
and a half Of the Russians in an oren plain
which gave every facility for the manGuvring
of cavalry At midnight ne took his $50 Cos
sacks, divided them into three parties, and eau
tiously surrounded the enemy's camp. The
party led by Skobelef himself managed to pass
the enemy'S outposts who were sound asleep.
Then he gave the signal for the attack by the
discharge of his pistol, and, followed by his $50
Cossacss, rode headlong into the enemys camp
Of 5000 or 1000 men, his Cossacks shouting and
yelling like fends. For quarter of an hour
the plain resounded with shrieks and yells,
shots, the tramping OF horses, shouts and
groans, and all the uproar of battle. Then all
was silence. SkObeleff assembled his COssacks.
and when morning came he found That the whole
army of the enemy-6,o00 or 1900 men-had
disappeared, leaving on the field about 40 dead,
2,000 or 3,0OO muskets and sabers and all their
camp material and baggage. But what was his
astOnishment on calling the roll to discover that
be hadnot lost man, either killed or wounded. "
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ALARGE SNAKE STORY.

From the Madison tGa. Madisonian.
story of a large coach-whip was related us
the other day by Mr.. j. w. Stovall an eye
witness to the scene. and who says he will make
affidavit to the occurrence. 1t appears that a
very large coach-whip, measuring eight feet in
length. and as large as an ordinary mans leg
below the knee, had visited the burrow of a
rabbit and taken therefrOm one of the young,
which was nearly halt grown. The old rabbit,
seeing the condition of her young would jump
on the snake and then take hold of the young
rabbit and try to rescue it as the snake ran off.
Mir. StOvallS attention was attracted bya noise
similar to that a wild hog would make running
through canebrake. aud looked around to see
the snake coming with its head about three feet
in the air. TO keep the young rabbit from being
rescued by its mother He gave his snakeship
all the road he wanted. and said that he would
run over the top OF bushes several feet high.
Mr. StOvail says this was the first time he ever
heard Of a rabbit showing fight. This goes to
prove that it is instructive for every breathing
thing to fight for. its young.
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Across the Potomac.
ACIVsS TIC FOfCfnsAC.
AFFAIRS ON THE VIRGINIA sIDE-G0OD CROPS
QUEER LAW.
FALLS CHURCH, july ii. 1882.

FALLS CHURCH. July H. 1882
The hay. oats, wheat and rye crops are eXtraor-
dinarily good for this region. Early potatoes,
SO far as have heard, will be light. They never
delay for rain. A week of dry weather, just
when the tubers are swelling, will consequently
make small potatoes and short crop. Robert
+. Roberts, down about West End, near Alexan-
dria. understand has already threshed field
OF ten acres of wheat and has measured thirty
I'VE bushels to the acre. That is large yield
Tor virginia Mr. Isaac CrOssman, of this place,
cut very fine field of wheat, but his threshing is
not done. so that the yield is not yet known.
J. G. De Putrow, noticed about heading time,
had very promising field OF wheat. Mr.. Seth
Osborne and Mr.. Levi Parker both have great
grass crops. With large ouondam observation
for many years in the great grass growing re-
giOn OF the OHIO Western Reserve Judge that
these gentlemen must have yield of about
three tons to the acre in the best portions of
their meadows. The early apples appear to be
not much better than failure. Early peaches
not yet in season, q have known them to be fit
Tor market. some years, as early as the 18th Of
June)-wil be small. That temperature OF 24o 4,
when the buds were ready to burst into bloom,
whilst it did not kill had marked injurious eff
feet.
The Washington and Western railroad is en-
ploylng men enough in the repairing operations
to make the farmers complain of short help.
Mr.. +. j. Birch is chosen mayor tor the ensu-
ny year. he Is very MGhly respected, ana the
selection Is good one.
Ex-MayOr and Capt. w. A. Duncan was
charged before the cOlored justice of Halls hill
with an assault On Mrs. Steyes. express agent.
in attempting to take a package away without
pay. At the trial the justice. report states, de-
cared that the testimony was so nearly alike on
both sides that there was no preponderance on
either side, and decided that there was no cause
of action but held that the defendant must pay
the costs. That is an entirely new administra-
ton of justice and very favorable to plaintiffs
with doubtful cases L. s. A.
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About Department Office sHeurs.

10 Tie EultOr OF 1HE EVENING STAR:
In the matter of closing the Interior depart
ment at o'clock, referred TO in your issue of
Tuesday evening, beg to say that it is a sub
ject OF which Congress should take immediate
cognizance. 1t is question which should not
be left to the heads of bureaus nor should the
heads OF departments have any authority in the
premises. We see the result of the present con-
dltion of things in the closing of every govern
ment department, except the Interior and its
various bureaus. This is unjust TO the last
degree. 1t is a perfectly well-known fact that
the clerks Of the Interior bureaus are worked
harder than those of any other department, and
in the Census office they worked faithfully, con-
scientiously. from June to December of last
year without pay. And now again for two
months and a-half they have not received dol
lar. Of course this is no particular argument
in favor of closing the department at 3 o'clock
during this swelterng weather; but the thing
should be uniform No department should be
permitted to close unless all close. and special
and immediate Congressional lie .sisiation should
regulate the matter I'll.
,JUfV 70 1872
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Pa,la's Prayer.
From the Ff1ppyilla

From the E1lenvlIIe JOurnal.
A lady in Greenfield had company at tea few
evenings since, on which occasion her two
little boys were invited to await the chances of
a second table, in which arrangement they
readily acquiesced. But the visitors fingered
over the ruins of shortcake and pot-cheese to
indulge in an entertaining and somewhat pro-
tracted '.feast of reason" &C.. and the evening
shadows had begun to thicken, when member
of the household discovered the elder of the boys
Git was his seventh birthday crouched upon the
doorstep outside nursing the remnant of his
patience. and asked him. ''Where is Paul 2"
With deep-drawn sigh. the lad responded. II
don't know; l spose he's somewhere prayin'
the Lord for his support"
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RELIGIOUS NOTES.

-Messrs. Whittle and McGarrahan have
closed their meetings in California.
w. C. Jones, of England, recently gave
$500, 900 for missions in China and Japan.
- The Congregationalists have four ministers
at work in Utah, and three others are about
settling there.
The Lutheran City Mission Board. Of Phila-
delphia, has under its care ten congregations
six English and four German.
- Rev. II. H. Wayne, Of Baltimore, has &C
cepted call 70 ST. Paul's Memorial (EpiscopaD
church, at Tompkinsvlle, n. Y.
- Rev. Father Sourin, 8. J., of st. Ignatius
church, Baltimore. will in August 9th celebrate
his 5Oth anniversary in the priesthood.
Rev. John McNally. pastor Of st. Stephens
church, will leave on trip to Nova Scotia IS
soon as his assistant Father Tarro, returns.
The Womans' Board of Foreign Missions
Reformed Dutch church, has undertaken the
support of medical missionary at Annoy China.
- At the next annual council of the Protest.
ant Episcopal church In Nebraska there will be
ten new parishes, all self sustaining. asking ad-
| mission.
- The Board of Foreign Missions Presby-
terian) received for the year endi ng May list
S64O. 600. and will this year send out thirty more
missionaries.
- The Universalist convention Of Maine, at
its recent session, adopted resolutions urging
that steps be taken to check the alarming in
crease OF divorce.
- The General Baptists Of England recently
celebrat ed their 18th anniversary. In the past
twenty-eight years they have increased from
$3.50 only to &c, 1873
-Rev. Father Boland, assistant pastor Of st
Matthew's church, who has been absent in New
England in bad health has been much improved.
and will return shortly.
- Rev. Robert \. Baer and family are at their
cottage at Rehoboth Beach, During Or. Baer's
absence DR.. Charles Adams has charge of the
Metropolitan NJ. f. church.
= Sir Francis Lycett, Of London, left by his
will 81 100000 to build Wesleyan chapels in
Great Britain. and the will being contested by
nephew it was, few weeks ago, sustained.
- st. Paul's (P. E. church. of Rochester. n.
Y, has voted their pastor. Rev. DR.. Foote. a
residence and 81. 900 per year, he having served
them faithfully and well during the past twenty
three years.
The Methodist ministers of Providence RI,
recently discussed the question or ordaining
women to the ministry The presiding elder,
Rev. DR.. Talbot said he did not object to
women preaching. but there We're some of the
duties of a minister they could not perform
baptism by immersion. for instance.
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AN UNIMPEACHABLE SNAKE STORY.

From the Newman (Ga.) Herald.
1t is my duty, though little out of my line,
to deal in snake tales but when one comes the
truth of which is verified by unimpeachable
witnesses, / can't withhold it from the public.
Mr. w. Wood, one ofmy near neighbors. owned
a little flee dog which freed snake. Mrs.
Wood went to see what the dog was barking at.
when to her establishment she found the game
to be a large snake of the cOach-whip kind The
little dog taking courage at her appearance,
seized it. when the snake cOiled it's tai around
the dogs neck and made its way under a log,
pulling with such force and grip that it broke
the dogs neck. The same day she stumbled
upon another large snake Mr.. J. n. Nix was
called to her assistance and killed the snake,
which was six feet in length.
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Gin Cocktails invented by Confucius in Cochin
China. B. c. 500
Shampoong introduced by Babarossa, 1922.
Quail on toast, first served by the lsraelites
65
Free lunches introduced by Joseph into
Egypt. b. c. 400.
Bricks first worn in the hat by Noah, B. G.
1900
Bicycle first used by IXiou, col
Weather prophecies invented by Annanas,
b. c. 800
Aprons first worn by Eve. ].
Circulation discovered by Harvey, 1910. Lied
about by editors ever since
First great moral show. started by Noah, B.
{. 500.-BOStOn Commercial Bulletin.
Yes sir" said Brown. "if there is one thing
more than another that am proud OF it is this,
that | always keep my word. VERY true"
replied FOgg; "but how can you help It. You
know? Did you ever know anybody who would
take it?"
Here is an ingenious ''Elegy to the Memory
OF Miss Emily Kay, cousin TO Miss Ellen Gee, OF
Kew. who died lately at Ewell and was buried
in Essex" written by Horace SMITH
When her piano-40 she did press,
such heavenly sounds did MNS, that she,
Knowing her @, soon L confess
Her ALNC In an XTC.
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AFTER RATS AND FISH.

From the West Point Enterprise.
friend of ours, three miles from town re-
Gently witnessed a singular attack of a snake
upon wood rat. While walking in his farm he
discovered two wood rats near the fence, and
very quiet. He approached and pushed one
with his cane, and as it jumped it was seized bS
q larGe snake that he had not seen.
Wednesday, at Reds station, Mr.. L. w
Laisbs shot and killed the largest snake that
we have heard of this season. His snakeshil
was of the kind commonly called water rattle
snake" a species Of the moccasin. and measured
; feet inch in length and Il inches in circum-
ference. The snake was cut open and inside
was found trout that was Is inches in length.
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BITTEN BY A BEHEADED REPTILE.

Mr.. Jack Helton, workman for the Chestatee
company. killed a large rattlesnake last week
by cutting it in two, leaving foot or more
with the head. Mr.. Helton undertook to ex-
anime the fangs of the serpent with short
stick and was struck at by the snake. or what
was left of it, and its fang came in contact with
his hand, since which time the hand has been
badly swollen and throwing Mr.. Helton into
spasms- There is some chance for the bite to
result fatally.
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An Anxious inquiry.


To the Editor Of The EvENING STAR.
Is there no law to prevent the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors on Sunday, or close saloons or
whisky shops? Nor to prevent the sale of liquor
to children for drunken fathers and mothers? 1t
seems as if the police were linked with the pro-
prietors of those places, for they pass them by
and do not pretend to see them. There are so
many societies for prevention Of cruelty to ami
mails. C.. L., and why not for wives?
2
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A SIX-FOOTER.

From the Milledgeville Union Recorder.
Mr.. Jerome futile killed rattiesnake last
Wednesday abont six feet in length, with six
teen rattles. This is the fourth and largest he
has killed this year. The Supple plantation
cultivated by Mr.. futile. is a good place for
ugly snakes. Look out where you put your
foot my boy.
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THE NUMBER AND KIND OF CARS AND The NUMBER
OF HORSES EMPLOYED ON EACH ROAD LENGTHS
OF ROUTES NUMBER OF TRIPS AND RUNNING
TINE - ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE HORSES, ETC
THE HEROIC COACHES.
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NEW CURE FOR SNAKE BITES.

From the Walton News and Nidttte.
Little Willie Preston of Good Hope was bitten
by a mOcCasin snake while grabbing for fish
among the rocks in stream. The immediate
application Of the yelk Of eggs and salt TO the
wound and the administration Of half pint of
whisky. however. soon oyerca.ne the poison.
and he is now well.
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EWES TEMPTERS.
Arn't You Glad You're Not in th<
Country
ANEW SNAKE STORY By rELEGRA PHI.

Special to the Chicago Times.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 6.-Col. Hiram
Hardin, a planter living in what is
known as Old Trough bottom. Independence
county, killed curious kind of snake last
Monday. The reptile was of a grayish color,
FIVE feet in length, with a horn five inches long
on the tip of the tail, and long sting in the
horn.
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FOND OF SPRING CHICKEN.
T.,

Not long since Aker Randolph commenced no.
ticng that his young chickens were disappear
ing without his leave. Hearing one crying one
day last week he went in the direction Of the
noise. and soon came upon large highland
mOccasin with chicken in his coils. The snake
made every attempt to secure his prey, and was
dispatched with difficulty.
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John Hope, lately appointed q member OF the
Board Of Education Of Brooklyn, N. Y. has sued
the Brooklyn Uni0x-ATvsss for $4,000 for libel In
stating that he ought TO have been sent 70 the
penitent1ary.
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Good Word for the Scissors.

Some people, ignorant of what good editing
is, imagine the getting up of selected matter to
be the easiest work in the world to do, whereas
it is the incest work done on a newspaper. If
they see the editor with scissors in his hand,
they are sure to say: ''Eh, that's the way you
are getting up original matter, eh?" accom-
panying their new and witty questions with an
id.otic wink or smile. The facts are that the
interest, the variety and the usefulness of a pa
per depend in no small degree upon the selected
matter, and few men are capable for the posi-
tion who would not themselves be able to write
many of the articles they select. A sensible edi-
tor desires considerable select matter; because
he knows that one mind cannot make so good a
paper as five or six.