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DIAMOND SPECTACLES.

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THESE Spectacles are manufactured from
l. MINUTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES" melted
together, and are called DIAMOND on accouni
of their hardness and brilliancy.
Having been tested with the polariscope, the
diamond lenses have been found TO admit Of
teen per cent less heated rays than any other
pebble. They are ground with great scientific
accuracy, are free from chromatic aberra
tons, and produce brightness and distinctness
of vision not before attained in spentacles.
Manufactured by the Spencer OPVlcal Manu-.
featuring Company, New York.
For sale by responsible agents In every city
In the Union. g. P HAMILTON, Jeweler and
Optician, is Sole Agent for Savannah, Ga, from
whom they can only be obtained. No peddlers
employed Do not buy pair unless you see
the trade mark - CELLULOlD EYE
GLASSES speciality
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aost

T OST. Pocketbook. containing q sum Of
IL money aud some valuable papers, either
on Bay or East Broad street. Finder will re.
ceive reward by leaving at this office.
T OST, a Setter Bitch Puppy. liver colored
II tan tipped. Finder viii be literally re
warded by returning same TO
JAS. G. WEST. 6S Bay street
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EnttEriEs.
Particular Notice.

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EARLY.
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By an overwhelming popular vote its fran
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frs GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS viii
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sNBEZE. SNEEZE, SNEBZE.
Until your head seems ready to fly on; until
your nose and eyes discharge excessive guam
titles Of thin, Irritating. watery fluid; until
your head aches. mouth and throat parched
and blood at fever heat This is acute catarrh,
or cold in the head, and is instantly relieved by
a single dose, and permanently cured in most
cases by a package Of Sanford's Radical Cure
for Catarrh. Complete treatment for 81.
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-04
4falfntiukS.

For sale by Lippman Bros. and soIOmons & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01
For TIE EVENING Stan.
The silent Harp.

OF white aud yellow roses. white lilies and snsx
placed q table in front of the altar. One broken
string signifed the loss which the assembly mourned
From rsyerf q the Lcnafeiler obsaguies ppieoa
CAn1,s. Cam6rid0e. Moss. MARCH, 26. 1854
Quenched Is another light OF deathless songi
He leaves q world that hearkens unto these
Lamenting voices in the air, and sees
The shadow creep from land % land that long
Shall brood in silence over this last wrong
Done 70 that Harp whose broken string the
breeze
Shall wake no more, but leave it, IN surcease
vi music wreathed with flowers, unto throng.
Touch not the Harpi it Is the masters, gone
TO that assembly, in the sacred choir,
Next him he loved for those immortal airs
which clothe songs Tuscan sire In that red dawn
where earth's pure singers breathe but one dc.
sire,
Waiting to add his music unto theirs
john SAyANy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01
Ihr the EVENING STAR
Lyric for AIl.FooIs' Day.

On me- young April sveetiy srafled
Ard Cd. j with her finger:
"COme, let US wander in the wild
Nay, come, and do not nnge1
~The meliowing earth, the blue above,
The building leaves just suit KS:
Come, pee, gather for ySar lore
The trailing, sweet arb utu2"
Ny pulses gan to leap and s1usf;
Suca Suzsfve speech STsruied ms;
We went put srUute ngne fonnfE;
The mad-cap maid had fooled me.
She laughed till tears ran down her face,
'sLet this expere8ce school yen:
You rhymesfers are silly race
You April-Aprn-fool, you!
T knew there were no arbutes yet;
It's seldom March brir g any:
The first OF April don't forget:
All, fools to-day are manyi
"But look not now so blank, so glum:
The f1owers-you shall not lose 'em;
Fer |, ere long, win bring you some
To grace your Uue-lovcS bosom
"But you're too warm-so speaks that Sigh
Pray, pray old Time to cool you:
Beware, say, less worse thanI
The maid you love befool you"
Then DER the hills and dales she danced
With blithesome, young Apollo;
Backward at me-her bright eyes glanced,
But heri could not follow.
My true-love's face 'twixt her and me
Made dim that beauteous vision;
But on the breeze came taantngly
A laugh OF light derision.
o April, April, fair you are,
And sweet, Apollo's new lovei
Be not so proud, for fairer far,
And sweeter. Is my true-love.
w. L. SHOBNAKIR
SchaarafYenland, DC, April I, 1881.
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A Motion.

10 the Editor Of THK -EyxxrNo SrAH-
move that there be . strong mar appointed
n our City Post Once. whose special busi-
ness It shall be to deliver PACKAGES sstco
large to be'de.ivered by the carriers. We do
not think the hard-woTkci carriers should de-
i've. such packages, but We do think Que should
De appo!4o1o - DO e. Lot him have small
wagon, neue11nRy. Al e h now. one mat
gut 49, - - sesecnl n1l1p 10 get 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
read In The STAR, few evenings ago, tho
fact that Henry alias Robert johnson, the col
ored burglar, had been sentenced to sevea
years imprisonment In the penitentiary ct An
stances Of the arrest Of johnson, on 18th street,
between and streets. last fall, and l only
want to say that the arrest was made By Q
private policeman, Frederick W. Courtney, who
trayerses the s.beat" within which reslde, aud
whose vigilance know to be worthy 81 special
cOmmendatiOn. CIV
March RI 1854
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01
THE SOLDIER,s HOME AT HaMp.
TON.

Opening Of q New Amusement HALL
An Engiishman's Lrgacy-Gcn Nc
CleIlan as Local Manager Of she
HOMe-His ReceptiOn-The Play
Capt. WOOdfimss Rule. etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

RUSSIAN GENERAL AssAsszxArD.-0en.
etreie4kom, the Russian pub1lc psuescutof q sho
kien military tribunal, was shot with revolver
penefratod the head and CAme ON thr0ugh TIE
forehead Gen. 6treielko6 died lmmodlntezy. II
nom the scene IN q carriage, odegod violent n.
distance WITH the1f revolver 81 po1Gnng1R, an
Nounoca snsee psrsonx my yere nnssy 49,
ssy Ss@s e g e SsssSs g 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01
Something for the Eye OF an ssGnD0len,
WOm6nsss

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
The cool impudence of an '.Insolent Woman"
in her reply to an Indignant Citizen" shows
her to have been one Of the aggressors in his
narrow escape from death. Personally have
little interest in this matter for when choose
TO walk realize that II take my life In my
hand, and generally avoid reckless drivers and
''insolent women" enjoying the rare luxury of .
carriage. The spectacle of citizens, however,
fling sOlemnly across the streets at the exact
corner, or, crossings" to quote the Il. w."
would be extremely c0mical in this city Of
smooth payements, whose principal rec0mmen-
dalton consists in the comfort OF crossing any
where without going to corner. If an II. W."
would remember that pedestrians have as much
right to cross the streets as carriages have to
pass along thcm-and that the law has 60 de-
cided7sshe might save herself the trouble Of
asking the Commissioners to fence In 18th street
and New York avenue, or any other portion OF
the public way. The fact Is, probably, that "An
Insolent Woman" has employed q boy or man for
driver, whose occupation has been to set up
pins In bowling alley, and he has come to re-
gard pedestrians on smooth pavement - 30
many .'pins--to be bowled down or knocked Of
their feet-and heproceeds to do his level best
to make ten STRIKE out Of spite. Cor having
been 50 long compelled to sIset them up." Ny
advice to IAN Insoient Woman Is to change
her. driver and endeayOr to acquire some az that
sweet gcnticness and grace, 90 becoming-and
alasi 90 EAre-iu woman
THOMAS c1Rcla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

THE NECESSITY FOR NEW BULDING-wHAT
POSrNASTER ANGER SAYS ABOUT THIS
VIEWS AS TO THH LOCATION AND PLAN or
THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

HI
$50 you see," said Mr. Reed. sthe building
| boom which was predicted is practically at q
stand-still. and nearly month of this season
has already passed. II the contractors and
builders would only be satisfied with fair profit
the year round, work would begin again lively,
for, as said, there is plenty of it to do"
THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
ga remarkable feature of the material growth
of this CITY," said Mr.. Smithmeyer. the architect,
to STAR reporter, sis the fact that nearly all
the houses designed and built in this city during
the past two years have been for people living
away from the city. They are people Of wealth,
who wish to have in this city home for the
winter. and this class seems to be more numer-
GUS each,year.
LIVELY BUSINESS AT TIE END OF THE SEASON.
Said Mr.. John Frazer, the architect, 81 do
not think the prospect Is very favorable.
think the high prices of material and labor will
interfere very materially with building opera
lions this season. Generally at this time peo-
pie begin to talk about building, but there Ia
less this tpring than for several years past as
iar as am concerned"
.sWiTl the disinclinatIon to build have the
effect OF lOosentng prices" asked the reporter.
mo, think not, for workn,en are getting
higher wages IN other cities than they get here.
Ifthere is no work for them here ct good prices
they VII go to other Cities. 1t WIS Just 20
last spring. There was check given 20 build
ing bG the advances III prices People hald ID,
thinking thure would Be fall II prfcm, hat
g prices kept up they afarteii n 70 build Innf
nspnced is1t year hnse been carried into this
year. They were begun nte ~ tho aeneon.
I1N tmrfesoaon 8 there - ~ aonk3 - Nh.
Inel9 leo end - Tho eeoeee.. ~
8 s 8 s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01


Some Of the builders do not share in the
alarm, and state that they have no fears but
that work will be lively enough this season
They state that these advances in material are
the natural results ofa general demand through
out the states, and the increase of 20 per cent in
wages Of mechanics is reasonable and Just. The
increase Of more than that. except in few in
stances, Is too much, and will soon find its level:
that persons Of large means are not obliged, as
general thing. to build houses. and can wait:
when they are obliged to build the advance will
make no difference to them.
MEssRs. BRIGHT HUMPHREY,
builders, state that they have about as much as
they can do in filling their contracts for the new
school houses, therefore are not SO much in the
way Of private work. They, however, are bid
ding on all work and have several private jobs,
but do not see much money in them. They
think the advances have been too heavy and
Cannot be maintained long
Mr.. JOHN n. IowLErT,
builder, states that thus far he has not got Job
to do on private work; he still continuesto put
in his bids. but gets beat every time. He says
he doesn't propose to work for nothing and un-
less he gets fair prices he prefers to rest. The
result Is that he gets left BY others underbid-
ding Kim. He proposes to do his work well and
In accordance with specifications. and viii not
slight it for the sake Of coming out within too
close figures.
Mr.. CHARLES c. MARTIN,
contractor and builder states that there Is lust
as much work now as ever. and he ia. sjust ~
busy. and he does not see that the Increase IN
wages Of mechanics has had any effect on build
Ing. The contractors had fair notice Of the in.
crease. and have therefore not been caught nau-
ping as general thing, aud all know how 70
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uTuS a6 SIX per C6uG. we CANNOT invest IL.
There is very little property, especially at the
prices mentioned, but would pay, at least, per
cent. l consider, the way improvement liz going
on, that the time Is not far distant when the
corporate limits of the city of Washington will
have o be extended. There are a great MANY
great many sales have been made, taking in
the Stone estate. Meridian heights, Mount
Pleasant and the surrounding section"
sALwAYs BUILD ON RISING MARKET"
Mr.. A. L. Barber, of the firm of Barber &
Langdon, interested in developing the Columbia
heights property, said to q STAR reporter:
There are many inquiries for property, and
number Of residences to be built there. The
death Of President Garfield and the uncertainties
regarding the tenure of Office, not only Of PROM
inent officials, but those under them, had the
effect of causing stagHation in all kinds Of
business. Now that Is about over, and there is
revival"
s.Wiil the rise i'm labor and material have an
Injurious effect on the building?"
II have heard that talked about. but my ex-
per1ence is that people always build ON a rising
market, and do not build on falling market.
Talking OF Washington real estate generally do
not think person can make q better invest
ment than wise and judici0us investments in
real estate h ere.r
MODERATELY ACTIVE AMI HEALTHY.
Mr. Thomas j. Fisher said: ssThe real estate
market this spring Is moderately active and
healthy, and there are quite 4 number OF trans-
actions In the northwest part of the city. Isilt
the incrcased cost Of building and material is
going.to deter'buyepR There are quite large
Number who WERE going to inyest In real estate
or Improve their property, bat they have now
concluded to waltz IN spite OF this. however,
{ I think that there Mili be considerable building
xsrx 6av Is osE sonf reei estfs s. ;sra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-01

are iulc Tic TCSt Vi the year. All OtHcr TRACES
have advanced their prices moderately, but
don't think unreasOnaDly. The advancein work
has not been in proportion to the advance in
material"
@. ''Then there is no antagonism between the
contractors and jOurneymen?"
A. 'None whatever; that is. between the
legitimate builders and the workmen. There is
new class Of real estate SPECTATORS and their
workmen and laborers. of which the members
Of the Builders Association and the Carpenters
Union know very little and have nothing to do
with Them.
city,"
A. ''There are about sxty-flye regular build
ers. that is, men engaged In contracting for
buildings, who are practical mechanics, but
there are only about thirty Of them who have
joined the association. This is more on account
OF Indifference than opposition to the organi-
cation, most OF them approving entirely Of the
plan Of organization"
Q. "How about the cause Of rise in builders
material ?"
A. .sWeIl. 1t Is easily explained. There are
many kinds of timber and lumber used which
are very high, and never viii be lower in price.
For instance, white pine and the best kinds of
yellow pine. walnut, chestnut. oak, &C. They
are growing scarce. and every year this Is more
apparent, while the demand is constantly In
creasing on account OF the fashion for finishing
up fine dwellings and other buildings in the
natural woods. The time viii probably never
come again when these woods VIII be as c3leap
as they have been. The country Is getting rid
Of the best lumber. As for articles that VIII
taxa thef1Hge sef have, for tine most part, rot
to be invented and manufactured. This viii
follow IN time. and already rapsd strides have
been made IN iron ccriisces, terra Gotta ware,
moulded brick, aud other materials used In place
of wood lumber.
g. Then zen have no fears Of any lack Of
work on account Of strikes or unreasonable ad-
yancc e labor S.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-11
DEATHS BY ELECTRICITY.

Two men have just been killed at Paris
by accidentally taking hold of the wires of
electric lights. The presumption is that
the lights were being furnished by the
Gramme or Brush machines, which work
at high tension. The Edison machines
have this advantage over the ones named,
that they work at q low tension. They
proceed on the principle of the least resist.
ance to the current, and their current does
not work higher than from 100 to I5O
volts, whereas those of Brush and Gramme
60 as high as from 700 to 500 volts. One
effect of this difference is that while the
full current from an Edison machine could
be put through mans body without Civ.
ing him more than brisk shock, the current
of the Brush and Gramme machines would
kill him instantly. And this is a reason
why the Edison machines are likely to be
employed eventually for house lighting, as
against any other machines now in use
for it is clear that it will not be safe TO let
machines whose upguarded wires are
laden with death, be introduced as gener.
ally as must be the case where the illumi.
nation OF city has to be done. 1t is equally
evident that the danger which attends the
Gramme and Brush machines because of
their high tention will have to be OBJ.
waited in some way if they are to be at all
generally EMPLOYED.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-11

A SPANISH GRANDEE The Duke az
Osuna, whose death is announced, was a
curious specimen Of an old. fashioned gran.
dee. He had about fifty titles, manv OF
them being historical. He was a singu.
larly stupid and singularly liberal man.
being possessed of vast estates. He mar.
ried German lady, but was with difficulYv
prevented from running away on the dav
OF the ceremony. He always insisted that
the Empress Eugene owed her throne IN
him, as the Emperor Napoleon would never
have married her had he not feared tbat e
he delayed she might become Duchess of
Osuna. For some years he was Spanish
Enbassador at st. Petersburg. but he
always refused to draw his salary. as tn do
so was beneath the dignity of am Osuna
His notions of hospitality were of the
grandest. In Madrid open house was kent
IN one of his palaces, whether he was there
or not. One day lady told him that she
was going to some town in Spain, and, pre-
Stunning that he had a palace there. he
begged her to use it !; but, finding that he
was mistaken, he at once ordered one to be
bought and furnished, in order that the in.
visafon should stand good It was diff.
cult to praise anything in his presence, for
ne st once insisted upon the person who
praised it accepting it. One of his estates
10 Spain was so large that it supported a
band OF robbers, who respectfully called
themselves "the robbers of the Duke of
Osuna.n Of this be was extremely proud.
New York Sun.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-11
A Low-L1vsD TRICK.

Clara Bell, in a recent letter to the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer, says of fairrswinmer p in
the surf She was a blonde sirl ofslS or
so, with great deal of muscle imbadded
in her plump limbs. She wore an incon-
spicuous costume of blue flannel, and
though her arms We're bare to the elbows,
and her legs to the knees, she kept them
so much under water that there was no
unseemly display. She-swam like duck,
diving, floating, treading, doing anything
she pleased in the water. She took me
away out beyond the guard line, keeping
my nose in the air by holding hand I'M.
der my chin, and bringing me back ex.
hausted, while she was exhilarated. Women
seem to swim easier than men; possibly,
their material is more buoysnt. ANYHOW,
it is fact that those women who try to
learn almost invariably succeed, whereas
many men fail. 4 An effort is being made at
Coney Island to introduce cork discs, about
foot in diameter, and fastened TO the
hands by straps. 1t is easy to swim with
them. But saw disc that made trouble
between a couple. They were bathing to.
gether. He had tenderly foated her by
placing his hand under her stomach he
had jumped her over the surf by lovingly
grasping her taper waist ne had led her
into deep water by clasping both her little
hands; and to none of this polite handling
had she demurred. It was when he
put discs on his > hands. that their,
amiable relations exploded with a
sound somewhere between dull
thud and sharp smack. Made bold by
an hours familiarity with the water,
she resolved to take header into
an incoming wave. Clasping her small
hands above her head, abe changed ends
with becoming grace-her head going into
the water aud her feet coming ont. At
that instant. when abe was bent, as 'twere,
in mid air, in the full view of hundreds,
the young man was tempted by the glorious
opportunity into giving her, with the
broad, fat disc, one resounding spank.
Mad /! Well, it may have been the con.
cussion that redeemed her face as she
walked right out Of thecwater alone, but I
guess not. because, in my opinion, it was
the glow of undying hatred for that shame.
less spanker."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-11
THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.

All attacks upon the President in con.
nection with his veto of the river and har-
Dor bill are unjust. The truth is that he
was entirely justified in the position he
took on that measure, and that it is base
to assume that he acted from demagogical
motives. He certainly could not have
toreseen that Congress would pass the bill
over his veto, for no such enormous appro.
pristion has ever been proposed before,
and therefore the rational presumption
would have been that if it was vetoed
Congress would hesitate to enact it. The
relative positions of the President and Con.
gress are, however, attributable, as we
have already shown, to the existing politi.
cal system. Congress, in voting through
the river and harbor bill, has only given
an exaggerated illustration of the effects
OF local greed all over the country. II is
the people who are responsible for this ex.
travagauce. Every member of Congress
holds his seat on condition of submission
to the demands of his district for local
improvements, and every district always
takes everything it can get in the way of
appropriations. and generally grumbles be-
cause 1t cannot obtain more. Considering
tho facts. it is utterly unreasonable to At
tack Congress for extravaganza on this
head, but it is equally improper to charge
the President with ignoble motives. He
is independent, and can afford to do what
he thinks right. Congress is not indie.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-11
An OPPORTUNITY FOR THE eALLows

Two fools in Texas went out to fight a
duel. They missed one another, but one
of them shot and killed boy who was
near the scene. If this had occurred in
some States of the Union there would have
been chance for the due hanging of the
murderer. In Texas, of course, there il
no probability that any official notice will
be taken of the affair. Aud we. it is pity
that even in Texas it should not be DOS.
slble to bring in the gallows as an argu.
ment against the ineffably silly and illogi.
cal practice of dueling. A man considers
himself offended. His honor is wounded.
And for that reason he insists on giving
the person who has thus injured him an
opportunity of killing him. There is
really more sense in assassination than in
dueling, for then the person who thinks
himself injured takes pains to secure re-
venge without exposing himself. But
dueling will continue to be upheld by fools
probably for a long time to come. Per-
haps until Society agrees to ridicule in.
stead of aprlauding the murderous imbe.
Giles who take that method of demonstrat.
ing their inability to think in a straight
f,,o