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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Park Carriages
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAB.

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR.
We are glad to hear that cabs have reached
Philadelphia. few hours journey might bring
them to Washington, where the want of this
useful and inexpensive vehicle Is deeply felt.
Cheap and rapid transit over our city of mag
nificent distances will be paying investment to
the progressive man whoinauguratesit. Another
improvement we would suggest is that park car
riages, such as those used in Central Park, New
York, be stationed at the entrance gates Of the
Soldiers Home. The beauties of this charming
spot are known only to those who keep
private carriages, or who can afford to
pay .$5 to livery stable for an after
moons drive. transfer of the 7th-street
car line now takes passengers to the entrance of
the Soldiers Home grounds, four miles distant.
The extent Of this beautiful park can only be
appreciated by drive through it's winding
roads over picturesque hills and valleys by
running streams and placid lakes. In some re-
spects it is more beautiful than Paramount p rk
cities,-and yet these government grounds
are almost unknown to the majority
Of our citizens. In New York. the elevated
railway takes you to the entrance Of the
park in Is or 20 minutes, and the park carriage
accommodating eight or ten persons, gives q
drive of several miles through the grounds for
twenty-five cents EACH OF course. proper
authorities would have to give permission to
the enterprise, with suitable restrictions, but
there is no reason why the people should be de-
barred from the enjoyment Of this beautiful
domain, provided by government for our disa-
bled soldiers and sailors. To those who cannot
make a summer trip to seashOre or mountains,
glimpse of paradise. which is now as inaccessi-
BILE to them as was the Garden of Eden to our
first parents, when an official with flaming
sword guarded its entrance. K.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Attorney General Brewster and the
Star Route Cases.

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR.
1t was asserted In THE STAR of Tuesday that
the friends of the Attorney General were disap-
pointed by his closing address in the star route
trials. The author of this assertion was proba-
bly, absent when the address was delivered and
got his impressions from the very meager out
lines furnished by the press reporters Owing
to the scheming policy of the defendants coun-
sci, it remained doubtful, up to the very last
moment, when the Attorney General could
begin his argument; consequently, the
number of listeners present on the first
day did not greatly exceed that in usual at
tendance at the long, WearisOme trial. But on
the second day long before the hour appointed
to begin. the courtroom was densely crowded.
Of all the multitude there assembled it may be
affirmed without fear OF being successfully con-
tradicted, not one departed disappointed. The
counsel for the ring" showed, by unmistakable
signs. that they felt the blows inflicted by mas
ter hand, and that they clearly perceived the
points made by a logic which could not be an
swered by their sophisms. The friends of truth
and public honesty applauded the fidelity and
the zeal displayed by the chief officer of the law.
Every step discovered his intimate acquaintance
with the devious Mazes of q conspiracy iunpaT-
aleled in the history of the republics every ut
terance revealed the fearlessness of the upright
guardian of the public tranquility. His dis
course was clear, fOrcible. scholarly in arrange
ment and allusiOn, eloquent in denunciatiOn of
crime. What more can the critics require?
MEDICATION,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
GEN. GORDON,S SPEECH.
The American Colony I'm Paris.

The American colony in Paris gave a dinner
about two weeks ago to Emory A. Storrs and
Gen. J. B. Gordon. To bring these men to-
gether for after-dinner speeches, with Consul
General George Walker for master of ceremo-
MES. was good deal like mingling fire and water
There was. however, no undue sputterng.
StOrrs was eloquent as usual. but Gen. Gordon's
remarks were more noteworthy from the fact
that, as it is understood he ia to 60 back to the
Senate from Georgia as Ben Hills successor
1t will be fortunate for the man and the state If
his speeches In the Senate hereafter agree with
these sentiments of his at Paris:
The destruction of slavery made one race tree
and another race LoOr; but the time is near at
hand when the verdict of all men will be that it
was best tor both races, The war has
made OF different sections one people. At NO
period OF our history for fifty years has there
been such tendency to universal concord as at
present. The long quarrel was ended by war;
The disputants, who met as foes parted as
friends; and whatever may be in store for other
sections there will be war no more between the
north and the south. The war has decreed that
there is to be no peaceable separation of the
states. 1t has removed the great cause of per-
petual irritation. 1t has prepared the way for
free dispassionate discussion Of every govern
mental policy in every section of the country
1t has opened new avenues of enterprise, which
invite the ablest intellects into other channels.
and to higher planes than sectional wranglng
and political warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21

ID. Appleton q Co, have already received part
Of the manuscript, and the book is being put
into type IS fast a. possible 1t will make two
large octave volumes.
Charles Scribners sons have reprinted In
pamphlet form Professor Fishers able paper on
''The Christian Religion" recently published I'm
the North american Rerie,c. il will doubtless
find, as its merits deserve, many new readers
In this shape.
Mr.. r. worthington announces new edition
OF that pretty little volume "Point Lace and
Diamonds" which has been out Of print for
some time past, with several new poems by the
author, which are said to be quite clever.
Messrs. Fords, Howard & Hubert announce
that they will this month resume the publication
OF Plymouth Pulpa-i.e. Mr.. Beecher's ser
mons-with some improvements on the appear
ance Of the former SERIES but at q less price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
tsWide Awake, Again.
be Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Since I took my 'pen in hand" last Sat-
urday there seems to have been music in the
air for the gigantic intellects who are the tails
to Mr.. Star Route Helms kite. I mean Mr.
Cadet Taylor (Phebus, what a namely and
Capt. Brian, who for the present seem to be de-
termned to hide the pompous Helm under
their coat tails widely spread out for the Occa-
sion. But Helm is too great (don't let the com
positor make this 'large'O q man to hide
behind the two feather weights mentioned; 30
We viii have him to the 'front.' All the summer
long those In Mr.. Helms confidence have limited
that an onslaught would soon be made on the
employees who belonged to the District, and
while :! used to tell my shopmates that
it would prove only rumor and noth-
ing else, those who stood near to the
gentleman who can represent Brady at the
Critic Office and draw six dollars q 6Sy at tne
government printing ONCE at one and the same
time assured as that as soon as Congress was
fairly out OF the way grand upheaval would
occur and Washingtonians would "catch It"
Ana they evidently knew whereof they spoke.
Chief Clerk Taylor seems very eager to take the
credit - for 1t. 1t may interest you to learn
MI. Editor. that have not been touched. but
nevertheless my blood boils at the outrage per
petrated on my fellow-workmen. because they
did not happen to come here under the protect
ing wing Of Congressman. And It il elmo1t
as much as o mans place IL worth to express
even the mildest dissent from q policy which
is not only heartless and cruel. bnf
which will do US no good politically.
But what do these men care for the republican,
party7 Helm is actuated simply by greed Tor
money and love OF control. Brian is not really
bad. but he was placed in position through
Helm, and has to obey orders. Cadet TAYLOR
Cts such sweet name, must write It In ft1lN
Is quite intoxicated with the Importance Of hls
position, the peroulsitee which rumOr savs ara
attached to It, tho fat saiazy, the nobby hon1e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
TriCyCling.

In order to effect long ride without severe
fatigue it is goods and, indeed, right. to divide
the Journey into. easy stages. From two to
three hours Is long enough to work at one
stretch, and Is to 20 miles is long enough for
one ride. It 10 always wise, in touring, to take
the morning and evening for the longest rides,
and few enjoyments equal gentle spin along q
pleasant road by moonlight do not think it
Is q sound plan to break suddenly through fixed
physical habits bearing on bodily rest and bodily
exercise, and / would not, therefore, recon-
mend those who have arrived at mature lite to
alter their times for rest and work very much,
out of regard to the practice OF this new exer-
else II they are by habit early risersI should say
by all means take full advantage Of the first
hours and get the prime of the morning for the
first ride get 18miIes outof the 36in day'stour.
Then or miles may be made in the course Of
the day, and the remaining 10 or IL when the
sun is going dawn, or. If there be full moon
when the moon has risen. By this division
time is afforded IS well for rest as for the pur-
pose of becoming better acquainted with the
history and character Of the localities through
which the Journey is made.-Dr. Richardson, II
Good Words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
IS Malone, Virginia.,

Washington Correspondence New York Sun.
Malone has whole fiat in the Portland apart
ment house. Here his clerks grind while he
furnishes the fodder. Here every Virginian in
federal employ, in Washington or elsewhere,
has been weighed in the most delicate of bal
ances If the Virginian does not stand the
test-frst, respecting contributions of money;
second respecting his ability to control at least
three votes besides his own-the grim execu-
tiouer nOtches against him and he becomes q
victim. SO that. though Mahone's pathway to
power Is strewn with as many victims as have
fallen in some other countries to the lust for
power vet he has in the place Of these q large
and faithful army who will obey him in any
thing. That is what Malone and those who
support him regard as free popular govern
ment.
Malone is not an ideal prince, though q prince
in fact almost. A stranger would have chosen
any one of the others who surrounded him to-
day, beforeIpointing him out as the chief of the
new dispensatiOn. His voice is mild, he never
loses his temper, and he sits with his long and
loosely articulated legs balanced the one over
the other. constantly pumping the air with one
of them, and listening with seeming indiffer-
ence to the reports and suggestions that his
aids make A huge white sOmbrer0 hides his
face. or that part of it which his grizzly beard
does not, and if he ever expresses emotions on
| his countenance, the chances are that q never
ending cloud of tobacco smoke would conceal
them He Ia the mildest-mannered living skele-
ton who ever went into politics; but his grip is
| hard aud cold as steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Gable Worker.

The work in the operating room at Hearts
Content has brought out number Of curious
facts about caoles and cable operating. For in
stance, New York city sends and receives about
two-thirds Of all the cable business OF the
United States. Philadelphia comes next, then
Chicago; while some of the smaller southern
cities, with their messages relating to cotton
sales, 0utrank more northern cities like Boston,
Baltimore, st. Louis, or Cincinnati. 1t amazes
the telegraphers here to tell them OF the i'm
portance Of places like New Haven, Albany.
Troy, or Buffalo. from which the cable business
is so small that in the Hearts Content station
they are supposed to be little towns. The
present price Of message is fifty cents q word.
Yet, q few years ago, when competition reduced
the rates to twelve cents, the increase In the
number of cable messages was relatively very
small. But as the competition was compare
lively brief, the test of cheap rates can scarcely
be called q fair one. As showing the Importance
Of choosing steady men in cable work, the ex-
ample is cited of q subordinate at Talentia
charged with the duty Of making certain COM
pick connections with the wires there. One
day he became intoxicated, and as no one knew
the intricate connections communication be-
tween two continents was well-nigh stopped for
q large part OF day until drunkard could
recover from his spree.
There is q side half romantic, half weird to the
life of the telegraphers shut In their workroom
here at Hearts Content. Day and night the
messages of two continents pass thither, making
their brief stay, then fash again their meaning
to souls far distant on the old or new hemis-
phere. In storm and tempest, mid winter
SHOWS and summer blossoms, these men, work
ing often almost within earsh0t of the crash of
Arctic bergs, interpret the gossamer characters
traced in rise and fall along the mystic tape.
The knell Of death, the wall Of SORROW, the story
Of fortunes made or lost, the tale Of wreck by
land or sea the crises of statQsmen the rocOrd
of crime. the cry of BATTLE are all registered in
the tiny line which, passing the sun In his
course, makes two continents one In their
knowledge OF things done and to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21

/ was not little amused TO hesr an observing
feminine tourist from Chicago speak OF Bos-
ton popularity, which she called the shopping
bag rage" She said that In no city had she
ever seen anything like It; that In every horre
car that she had entered for the fortnight that
she had been ia Boston nearly every woman bad
In her hands q leather bag or basket cfammed.
With small shopping packages ] asked he's
what the Chicago women did when shopplng.
and was Informed that they didn't carry tbelr
own peckasars, bit isd thr'a senti =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Is 1t A Job

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR.
The employees of the Post Office department
desire to know why watering cart is constantly
kept going around that building from early
morn to late In the evening, wet and dry weather,
thus keeping sloppy condition of the streets
being of no service whatever. as the concrete
payements are as clean and tree from dust as
any in the city. SUFFERER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21
Interesting to New York Voters Resi-
dent i'm Washington.

dent in Washington.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
The following clause in the state constitution
of New York will be of interest to gentlemen in
the departments here contemplating returning
to that state to cast their votes at the coming
election:
ART g. Sec. 8. 'FOr the purpose of voting. no
person shall be deemed as having lost residence
by reason Of his absence from the state of New
York while employed in the service of the United
States: PROVIDED, Said person shall net have
voted in any other state or territory during said
period"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21

Judge Allen. Of Boston. called up lawyer In
open court and compelled him to refund tee OF
425 from poor woman whose case he had Mt
torly neglected. ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21

From the CdncdnnaH inquirer.
The Wholesale dismissal of printers from the
Government printing ONCE, at Washington. be-
cause they are supposed to have no political in
6uence. u the latest outrage. These discharged
printers are citizens OF the District OF Columbia
and are showed out to give room for printers
who can vote. The discharge Of these men Is
an insult to the entire craft, and, II We mistake
not, VIII prove boomerang.
High French authorities have found by ex-
perimenta on animals that while small doses Of
arsenic seemed to do good at f1rst, they resulted
ultimately In poverty Of blood. end that post
mortem disoloaed IN tho liver, lungs and Kid
neyB The chaxaoterlstics Of thtty degeneration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21


young people fond of adventure.
JAMES RICE.
Liable CONSTANTINE. BY LuDov1c BALEvx
FRECKLES. By REBEocA FERGUS RADCLIFFE.
We have here three volumes Of the 'Lovells
Library" series, published by the John W. Low
ell Company of New York, which combine lite
rary merit. typographical clearness and cheap
ness of price to an astonishing degree. even in
these times of liberal enterprise. They are each
more or less familiar to readers Of fction, and
those who have not already read them will be
glad to find them in this cheap and convenient
form.
from the French BY Lady Georgiana Fullerton
New York: William s. Gotssberger.
A delightful story and perfect picture Of life
in French chateau, given to the world with q
moral,-the purpose being to lay bare tho evil
side of the Continental system Of marriages for
convenience The interest Of the story hinges
on the mutual love Of young couple, who,
though kept apart for long time BY an ambi-
tiOus and scheming woman, who Ii mother of
united at last. Unlike most French novels Of
the period, it Is unexceptionable In tone.
The November number Of the Popular Science
Momthy,-a publication which seems, BY the
ber,-opens with an important paper on sewer
gas by DR.. Frank Hamilton, who win be remem-
bered a. one Of the physicians attending the late
President Garfield. He says the worst gas can
not be perceived by the sense Of smell, and takes
the ground, substantially, that the only way tn
avoid sewer gas II to avoid sewers.
The long-expected Life Of William Cullen
Bryant, BY Psrke Goodwin, win probably BE- t.
sued during the coming winter. The pubIish6uk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-21


The arrow is not held on the bow-s.rin y with
she thumb and finger. a. many suppose. and as
Children are wont TO practice with toy archery
implements. The most powerful man wouId he
unable To draw heavy bow in that way The
&rTow fits upon the how string SO ti,ehtiy as to
stay in POSITION The string is then held by three
fingers hooked around it, the fingers being pro-
tected by heavy glove. In loosing the arrow
the string simply glidcs off the ends of the fin
gers. with force enough. however. to take the
skin 7 Ith 1t after very few shots unless the
archer uses very light bow or protects his
hand in some way. SO the bow arm is protected
by shield Of heavy leather. or the archer may
occasionally &c. tap from the bow-striDg
which will make his forearm the size and color
of a Joint OF stovepipe. The fCICe OF an arrow
from a 45-lb. bow Is sufficient to penetrate an
Inch board or about the same as that ri a 81
cal.eer pistol bullet. Even iadys bow will
throw sn arrow with force equal 10 that Of q
y ballet from pocket pistol. but. IA an ar.
row can always be s"ca in It's flight. there Is lit
Tie danger OF in,Ery to any person by stray ar
rows, unless there is gross careiessness ON the
archery ground
soHE OF THE ARCHERS.
Gen. Meigs Is n devoted archer and next tf
Col Pickett. probably has the best private col
lection OF archery iEiplerHents In the city. Capt
Bartlett keeps half-dozen bows for use ant
has made some experiments in their Taanufac
ture. Col Fiat. librarian OF the Patent Office
usesa light or heavy ycw tr,e bow a. he feel
muscular or Otherwise. Col Pickett has bee.
too unveil to meet with :he archers this season
but his son "Jac'" pulls % pouEd Englsi
yex rfetty effectively. Mr.. Johnson. the prs
eat president fthe Potor,ac Club. makes fair
scores with q Fight ycw-apd-hicxory bow. Mira
Butcher, principal CT the Wasaia,:On coilc"iat,
Institute, Mss l.. Brown. af the Patent 0l;cc
Mrs w. A. Bartlett. Mas Fanny Beai anil sIis
Burnside, daughter Of Col! J. T. EllrqIsi.ts.
ore a;aoEz tire Eiost enthusiastic of tls.. al,
members or the Pvtouiac artt Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-08
Slavery in the South.

Paul Boyton, in his trip down the
Missouri, has run across a curious
matrimonial custom that the gov
eminent should look into. One
night he was entertained by a
rancher named George Mince. A
comely squaw presided over his
household, and three pretty half
breed children called him father.
To his guest he confessed the fact
that he had bought this woman at
Standing Rock agency for a horse.
He purchased her as a substitute
for his Indian wife, whom he had
bought several years ago, married,
overworked, and maltreated until
she ran away. The squaw is kept
hard at work, and the husband or
master does not allow her to sit at
the same table with him, and beats
her whenever he pleases. What
Mince has done is common thing
among his neighbors. "This sys-
tenn Of female slavery" says Boyton,
"is much more extensive than the
public generally supposes. Scores
of. white men are accommodating
wealth from the physical labor of
these poor women and their child
rem" Boyton says that a few
years ago a white wood-cutter
bought a twelve-year-old Indian
girl for $3.50 at the Berthold agency,
and it was regarded there as an
ordinary business transaction. AS
all the half-breed children are en-
titled to rations and clothing from
the Indian agencies, the Importance
of this immoral slavery, as to mere
matter Of governmental economy, is
self-evident. This is a phase of the
Indian question which is kept in
the background, but it is a fruitful
source of evil and misery which
demands immediate attention.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.