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How American Girls Talk.


We are told that talking Is only variety of
singing, and in listening to the talk of Ameri-
can ladies, that doctrine is very acceptable. At
first the pitch sounds somewhat shrill, though
not disagreeably. only unaccustomedly so. BY
and by you begin to like it. AS presumably we
should like any keynote coming from pretty
lips There always seems a note of interroga-
ton at the end of the spoken sentences of Amer
lean ladies, and sort of cosey quernlousness
not so much plaintive as sympathetic, splinter
peradventure of the pity which is said to be
dangerously near to love. Nevertheless, over
the rows of lOunging chairs on deck, there
seems to brood a sort of cooling sound as Of
well-cOntented doves. The young American
ladies take the talking reins in their hands very
early in life. At fifteen they ease their mammals
considerably in that respect, and singularly
enough, with their mammas consent The Eng
lish mammas at that age. would prefer CONVEX
satiOnally sleeping daughters.
About this early American talk there is no
gable. These young women rising sixteen
speak as deliberately and naturally as Mr..
|. Henry Irving, and without the hooking twinkle
of having something in reserve which renders
the talk Of that eminent actor not unpleasantly
irritating. English girls at the same age talk as
it were with their hands behind them, as if to
conceal skipping rope The Yankee girl looks
you straightly and serenely in the Iace-we
never ourselves shirked the Ordeal-and screels
off an easy bObbin OF conversations; you may act
as "plecer" if you please, but generally she does
the ''piecing" herself; you have sat down to
talk to your companion as child, and before
the talk is over an interval of three years is sup
posed to have elapsed, and you say good after
noon to self-possessed woman. Should any
one run away with the idea that all this is un-
natural or precociOus, he should be undeceived
For us it was one Of the pleasantest pastmes on
the ship and when the sun was shining and the
waves dancing there could be no more agree
nbl nnv,f4
chant of the New England dialect, with its note
of Interrogation at the end
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Beer In the Fathcrland.

From the London Globe, December IL.
While the taste for beer seems to be gradually
giving way in England before the growing at
fractions OF more ardent spirituous drinks. the
robust appetite Of the German continues with
undated zeal to patronize the malt liquor to
which he has been so long addicted The sta
tistics of the empire show that last year the con-
sumption of beer within the Fatherland
amounted to no less than $50 600, GOO gallons.
OF this amount about "a, OOO, 600 were consumed
in Baden, 100000 in Wurtemberg, and
265 600 600 in Bavaria; the rest being provided
for Prussia and the smaller states by 1900
brewers which are there established The taxes
on these places of business amounted, one way
and another, to about ESQ, 600. besides some
100000 levied on exports of beer. The proper
ton in which various natiOnalities in the
empire indulge in their favOrite drink is by no
means uniform. Thus the genSral average is
about eighty quarts year for each individual,
and in the Kingdom of Prussia the average is
rather less than this. In Alsace-L Lorraine it de-
sends as low as fifty quarts. But every Badener
drinks on an average about one hundred and
seventy quarts, OF nearly pint day, and every
Bavarian at least 200. 1t is necessary, to arrive
at a fair estimate of what this means, to deduct
from the total of consumers In the kingdom
many Of those who. living in the Palatinate,
drink wine rather than beer. When this abate-
ment Is made and allowance also given for the
women, who are not great topers, and such
children as are not yet nurtured upon malt
liquor, 1t will be seen that the adult male native
of Bavaria who drinks beer at all regularly has
to account during the twelve months for some
thing not far short Of half gallon day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28

Early Marriages I'm LanC06htr0s
From Good Words.
Early marriages are nowhere so common as in
the prosperous manufacturing districts Of Ian
cashire. Boys and girls not out of their teens.
but earning big wages and having their feeling
OF independence prematurely developed by the
absence of home life. get united in holy wedlock
at time of life when, in the higher ranks of So
ciety, they have not left school nor begun to
think Of calling. Saturday is a favorite day
for getting married because it is short one.
and the ceremony can be got through with a
minimum Of loss-a thing certain to be con-
Hdered by thrifty operative. The town is pa-
raded for few hours in cheap tawdry 1nery of
glarfng colOrs which can never serve any use
full purpose again; perhaps one of the watering
places is visited If 1t be f1ne and on Monday
morning by the stroke of 6 the newly married
couple may be found at their looms, In defiance
of all poetry and romance, and the wear and
tear of life begin with them once more in real
earnest. Marriage makes no alteration in the
position ofthe wife SO far as mill-work ia con-
cerned; she puts in her ten hours day now as
she did before. Indeed she has incOmparably
the worst OF the bargain, for when the days
work is over it is her privilege to light the fire
at nome, get the supper ready and do the ne
cessary household work, while 1t is the peroga-
tive OF the husband to use his leisure according
to his own sweet will. When the time comes
for the baby to be born the mother-expectant
withdraws from the mill for Q few weeks, and
when she iswell enough to resume her place at
the loom the baby Is placed in the care Of some
old crone, who is past work herself and ekes ont
sufficient to live on by taking charge of I'VE or
six OF these luckless babies for the consider.
alton OF shilling or two o week. according to
the age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28

J. A. Froude in the Fortnightly Review.
When l was in New York Wendell Phillips
gave lecture there upOn Oratory. When was
asked what thought about 1t said he had
given a fair account of the business but he had
omitted one requisite-that the orator should
have something true to say. / was answered
Immediately that the art as an art had nothing
20 do with truth The less truth the greater
the skill needed to produce the effect
Thus the Americans hold oratory in es-
TEEN, but not i'm the highest esteem
They do not make their great speakers
into presidents. Abraham Lincoln the best
President they have had since Washington. had
q sharp wit, but he never talked spreadeaple-
ism. Gen. Grant hardly ever stood on plat
form in his life. A Yankee once observed to me-
when he had been listning to famous per-
former, "A very small piece of soap will make
o deal of froth in the mouth" Indeed the
truly great political orators whose speeches are
an heirloom of mankind, the most finished ex-
ampies of noble feeling perfectly expressed
have rarely understood correctly the clrcum-
stances of their time. They felt passiOnateiy
but tor that reason could not Judge calmly
DensOsthenes stirred his countrymen with a
voice like a trumpet to fight Philip of Macedon
But his countrymen could not fight Philip of
MacedOn, and fell the harder for trying If
speaking could have saved the Roman republic.
It would have been savedby Cicero. His orations
2eainsl Antony were Tue hHest ever heaIo III
forum or senate. But they were only modulated
wind. We have killed the king, he was obliged
10 say but the kingdom remains. The mob. who
one year made the streets ring with shouts for
Cicero. shouted the next as loudly for Augustus
70 fight against fact might be very beautiful
and noble. The patriot, in his failure, could
eoasole himself as Lucan did
"victrix causa dels placuit sed victa Catoni."
Cato could still think that he was more righteous
man the gods. But the gods had their way.
-. uaorv Nichols a Rostan stock oporator
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CflildhOOd'S Valley.
1t was a quiet valley,
Set far from human ills,
A sunny, sloping valley,
Begirt by green. green hills

1t was quiet valley,
Set far from human ills,
A sunny, slOping valley,
Beg1rt by green, green hills
The white clouds softly knitted
Gray shadows in the grass;
The sea-birds poised and fitted
AS they were 10th to pass.
A clear stream third the bridges,
Blue, lazy smoke uncurled:
Beyond its purple ridges
Lay the unquiet world.
Under the ivied rafters
Low crOOned the Sun-drOwSed dove:
While youthful, breezy daughters
Moved on the slopes above.
Where mid the f1ower-clad spaces
We children made bright quest;
Sure as we ran quick races
The far-Seen flower was best
Thus while the sun uplifted,
And flashed adOwn the stream,
The white clouds drifted, drifted.
In deep untroubled dream.
Fair shines that sunny valley,
Set far from human Ills;
our cnildh0od's simple valley
Begtrt with green, green hills.
Nor all the worlds mad riot
Which we have known since then.
Hath touched this valleys quiet
Deep in our hearts own ken.
Good Words.
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wHo sTRUCk BIGLY PArrEnsos,
A Question which il Credited to an Old
Baltimore Merchant.
From the Gainesville (Ga. Register.

From The Gainesville CGa.) Register.
Many persons have heard the question. "who
struck Billy Patterson" without knowing the
origin of it. l propose to enlghten them a
little on the subject. William Patterson was a
very wealthy tradesman or merchant of Balti-
more. In the state Of Maryland. In the early
days of Franklin county he bought up great
many tracts of land in the county aud spent a
good portion of his time in looking after his in
terests there. He was said to be as strong as a
bear and as brave as lion: but like all brave
men he was lover of peace and. indeed, good.
pous man. Nevertheless, his wrath could be
excited to q fighting pitch. On one occasion he
attended public gathering in the lower part
OF Franklin county, ut some district court
ground. During the day two opposing DULLES
and their friends raised row and general
fight was the consequence. At the beginning
of the affray, and before the fighting began,
Billy Patterson ran in the crowd to persuade
them not to fight. but to make peace and be
friends. But his efforts for peace we're unavai-
ing. and while making them some of the crowd
in the general melee struck Billy Patterson a
severe blow from behind. Billy at once became
fighting mad and cried out at the top of his
voice: who struck Billy PattersOn:" No one
could or would tell him who the guilty
party. He then proposed to give any man 800
who would tell him ''who struck Billy Patter-
SON" From 800 he rose to 81 GOO, but not
$1,000 would induce any man to tell him ''whO
struck Billy Patterson" And years afterward,
in his will. he related the above facts and be-
queathed 81 600 to be paid by his executors to
the man who would tell ''who struck Billy Pat
tersOn.' His will is recorded in the ordinary s
office at Gainesville. Franklin county, Ga, and
any one curious about the matter can there find
1t and verify the preceding statements.
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SWEEPING REDUCTIONS.

THE SWEEPING REDUCTIONS WHICH
WE INAUGURATED DECEMBER Is ia
MEETING WITH EVEN MORE SUCCESS
THAN We ANTIGUA! ED. WE SAID
WE WERE GOING TO SELL FILES OF
CLOTHING BEFORE NV YEAR. AND
OUR SWEEPING REDUCTIONS ARE
DOING THE WORK. OUR WHOLE
STOCK OF CLOTHING CUT DOWN
IN PRICES FROM TWENTY To
FORTY PER CENT. ovERcoArs AT
LOWER PRICES THAN EVER BEFORE
NAMED. BUSINESS AND DRESS
SUITS AT PRICES THAT WILL SELL
THEM QUICK. BOYS AND CHILD
EENS ovERCoATs AND SUITS AT
SACRIFICING PRICES. AS WE HAVE
TOO MANY ON HAND.
TAKE .NoTICE.-THESE REDUCTIONS
ARE GENUINE, AND YOU ARE RE.
QUEsTED TO CALL AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF.
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A REVOLUTION

In the Treatment Of nervous diseases is now taking
pace Dr.. G. W. Benson. Of Baltimore. many years
sso discovered sure remedy ia his Celery aud Chano
NILE f1!is-tey have had wonderful sale and sccess
They be relied on to permanently cure sick ana
nervous hea az he neuralgia, Dyspepsia sleepcssness
and al nervous diseases. All druggists keen them
ic 30 cents yer box Two boxes for 81 ii, fer 81 50
Tree 10y maj on receipt OF price. DIR. {. W. Benson
Baltimore. Nd.
& y C1ttenton. Of New York il wholesale Peon. for
DIR. c. W. Bensul's remedies sis
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MOCK AUCTIONS m NEW YoRk.
Where Twelve Boxes 81 Cigars are Sold
for Six Dollars, You Know.
/ Letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

New York Letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer
red flag and the gable Of an auctioneer
drew my attention to a small store on my return
to Chatham Square. l entered what was in
tended to be mistaken for a bankrupt cigar con-
Germ. Several show cases We're piled promiscu-
ously on boxes and some smokers utensils were
tumbled on q shelf. A burly fellow scrut.-
nized me covertly as walked in He was at
the same time excluding some women OF kind
which were thronging the street The place
was full of men. among whom were q number
OF stool-pigeons. for this sale was a fraud One
OF the swindlers told me his regular lie which
was that the sheriff had seized the stock and
was shamefully sacrificing it. Then he pretend
ed to buy IL boxes for Sc. in the expect alton
that | would bid the same for the next lot II |
had done so would have found that was buy
ing dozen at So apiece and could take nv
CHOICE between losing that sum or So. made
some casual remarks about the Stiffness of any
body who would permit himself to be fooled by
so transparent trick. That aroused bad feel
ing and was loudly blackguardcd out of the
place.
You'd better not make any trouble in there. -
said policeman whom | had encountered be-
fore.
You had better stop their swindng." | re-
piled
Look here" and he scowled as he toved
with his club, Il don't allow no man to tell me
my biz"
His "biZ" was to protect that mock auction.
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The Meeting Between COburn and Sui

The Meeting Between COburn and Sui
Ivan.
From the New York Sun, 9th.
In answer to questions yesterday concerning
the bout at arms between himself and Sullivan
set down for tomorrow night at Madison Square
Garden, Mr.. COburn said that the prospects
were favorable for large attendance. He COM
planned that Vanderbilt had charged him 81, 600
for the use of the garden for one night, whereas
he had let 1t for similar purposes heretofore for
1900 Boxes are still being sold at BENEFITS.
SD street and 9th avenue, and there is consid-
cradle excitement in sporting circles over the
coming meeting. Cobufn is regarded O. one of
the best scientific boxers Of the age.
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The Mystic Christmas.

ohm g. Whittier in the Youths Companion.
GAN hall" the bells of Christmas rang,
"All hall" the monks at Christmas sang;
The merry monks who kept with cheer
The gladdest day OF all their year.
But still apart, unmoved thereat,
piOus elder brother sat
Silent. in his accustomed place,
With Gods sweet peace upon his face.
"Why sitt'st thou thus?" his brethren cried.
ut IS the blessed Christmas tide;
The Christmas lights are all aglOw,
The sacred lilies bud and blow.
"Above our heads the Joy bells ring,
Without the happy children sing.
And all OF Gods creatures hail the morn
On which the holy Christ was born!
"Rejoice with us; no more rebuke
Our gladness with thy quiet look'
The gray monk answered: "Keep, pray,
Even as We list, the Lords birthday.
"Let heather Yule fires flicker red
Mnere thronged refect0ry feaStS are spread;
With mystery play and masQue and mime
And wait song speed the holy timel
1.-THE blindest faith may happy save:
Inc LORD accepts the things we have;
And reverence, howsoe'er 1t strays,
May ma at last the shining ways.
..They needs must grope who cannot sec,
The blade before the ear must be:
AS We are feeling have felt,
And where We dwell too have dwelt.
"But. now, beyond the things Of sense;
Beyond occasions and events.
know. through Gods exceeding grace.
Release from form and time and place.
81 listen, from no mortal tongue,
To hear the song the angels sung;
And wait within myself to know
The Christmas lilies bud and blow.
"The outward symbols disappear
From him whose inward sight is clear:
And small must be the choice OF days
To him who ILLS them all with praise!
''Keep while you need it, brothers mine,
With honest zeal your Christmas sign,
But Judge not him who every morn
Feels in his heart the LOrk Christ born!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28

Jacob May boot and shoe dealer of Richmond,
Va, has assigned = liabilities as, 600, assets
about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28

VIM Henry Nichols, a Boston stock operator,
- failed: liabilities about $4,000. Edwin HI.
sampson 4 Son, manufacturers Of leather board,
otc., In Boston, have also failed.
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OF INNoCENTS' CLOTHING

SLAUGHTER OF INNoCENTS' CLOTHING
THE MISFIT STORE.
CORNER TENTH AND STREETS.
FOR BOYS FROM TO IL YEARS
SUITS at s.. 90. worth So. 90.
SUITS SUITS at : s.S &C. WORTH worth 200 eSS
sUiIs at 800 worth 800
SUITS at 600 worth 10 90.
Sits Sits at at s." %" worth worth Y GO CO.
overcosts with or Without ii Plush sGrh a 81,
With With or or without Plush
oyercoats. with without Plush CaPes 6, worth Ii,
Sizes in these soods Icing rapidly broken and
call At Boys sGss t.G aaa
S Ss tho Sr G ss from u to y had such shaking u
ss Is s 5St sness
s aisorsaf and viii ne beaver we o Ssy
S ssS. Ct sao worth u.s. fine Gnca oysreSat
S25 an all wool Melton overcoat. at Sl0 worth Sl6
worth SO fine reversible osercoa at si5. worth ISL
black DissSna, oyeTe9at siIk facing at sls worth
worth $40; good chinehla oyercea st.io worth sis
SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUTHS.
SUITS SIT at at s. &C. &c. worth worth $500 70
SUITS at 10. 30. worth 1900.
sTiTs at IS 60 50. worth worth 500 500
SUITS at 1900, worth $500.
lswallowtail coats. } at 800 worth s55. 90.
BOYS GOSSAMERS at 81. rs, worth -. 50.
BOYS GOSSAMEkS at 20. worth 3. so.
Youths and Mems Gossamers at 81. So worth s. 90.
Youths and Mems Gossamers at g. 90, worth 500.
Youths and Mems Gossamers at $780, worth 600.
ODD PANTS,
At 81. co. $780, So co. So So 81 co. s. co. and So CO.
worth fully double.
Satisfaction guaranteed to al purchasers money,
refunded.
Our MoTTo: No trouble to show goods
THE MISFIT STORE.
CORNER 10TH AND f STREETS.
Open every evening. AIT
NOID WEATHER is COMING. PREPARED
~ for it early by purchasing first-class HEATING
STOVE. LATR0BE OR FURNACE. Our stock is no0A
complete and If you viii favor with call CAM
show for your inspection the largest assortment Of
above goods III this city.
AGENTS for the st. George and Stag Head Elevatedl
Oven Ranges, Social and Fire Side Jewel Iatrobes,
Radiant Home and Barstow Furnaces. Also SLATE
Mantels and Crates. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. Job
Ding and Repairing promptly attended to.
". Is. JENko CO..
SO s17 9TH street northwest.
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e "a. celY lPlses NhEs InIatc.. 6E6OND. HAND
O. cal af yuSTRS od sand No. 6le stxest bowen
e0 and J3 seeee noEAwWe y. b.-Aote b mad
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+ IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.i
IL FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT FLAVORIN0i
STOCK FOR SOUPS. MADE DISHES AND
SAUCES.
LIEBIG COMPANYS EXTRACT OF MEAT. /
An invaluable and paatable tonic In al cases}
Of weak digestion and debility. lis suo-,
cess and boon for which nations should foG1l
grateful. See Medical Pres6 |" Lancet
'.Britsh Medical Journal. 20.
CAUTION-Genuine only with the fac eimileoe
Baron Liebigs Signature In Blue Ink acroaD<
the Label. This caution II necessary. OWING
tovarious cheap and inferior substitutes b.
ing in the market A
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF NEAR
~ ~ 70 he hnd q a et0rekeepsEA Grocers a.
20, Ghe.,sts; SEE AgnS for tss United ss.t1t
a. eAnfch avenue. Lon60a. Engiand. sp27 y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-11
Mans Treatment of the Horss.

The man has cut away the frog, be-
cause he thinks the horse will be injured
II the frog touches the ground. He has
then cut a deep groove at the base OF
the frog. This is to give well opened
heel, as he is pleased to call it. He has
scooped away the sole to ''giveit spring"
He has scored deep notch in the toe
for the shoe. This is evidently con-
sentative relic of the time when nails
were not used, and the shoe attached by
three-pointed clips hammered over the
edge, one in front and one on either
side, Then he has improved the whole
OF the outer surface Of the hoof. As the
Creator has furnished this part of the
hoof with thin, hard, polished plate,
forming sort of varnish which is inn
pcrvious to wet, the farrier rs matter
of course rasps it all away up to the
crown. And, as the Creator has placed
round the crown fringe of hair, which
acts as u thatch to the line of junction
and throws off the rain upon the water
proof varnish. he cuts this away with
his scissors. Lastly, the Creator having
given to the horny hoof nothing OF
soft and partially translucent brown,
gray-bluc, yellow, black and white
never exactly the same in two hoofs,
much less in two horses the farrier
takes blacking-pot and brush, polishes
up the hoofs until they look like patent
leather boots, all four exactly alike, and
then contemplates his work with sa!is-
faction. In his own words, he has
"turned out a finished job of i"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-11
A Seven Hundred Dollar Heir,

A young man Of this town, and well
known, too, wears handsome cluster
diamond pin, valued somewhere about
500. A few nights since he arrived Mt
home late, and hurriedly undressing,
threw his shirt carelessly on the floor,
with the valuable pin in the bosom, and
retired. The next morning when no
came to don his shirt the pin was gone,
and the strictcst search for It was unre-
warded with success. II happened that
there was about the house q hen--a set
ting hen, kept in the house on account
OF her occupation and because Of the
cold weather--and the thought occurred
to the father that perhaps the pin had
become detached from the garment
when it was thrown down, and the hen,
in her wanderings, might have been at
tracted by this shining valuable, and
gobbled it down. He had.a great mind
to kill the hen then and there to investi-
gate, but he didn't really want to, rs, if
he did, the eggs would be no good; so
for a couple Of days the hen was kept
close, not allowed to 90 ont Of the house,
and closely watched in the hope of find
ing the missing diamonds. But no pin
was found. Finally, on or about the
third day, it was decided to kill the hen,
when sure enough, in the gizzard was
found the missing pin. The gold set
ting was bent and scratched and one OF
the smaller diamonds was missing, but
four of the diamonds were all right. -
Providence Journal.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-11
Mothers, Mothersi, Mothers,il

are you disturbed at night and broken
Of your rest by sick child suffering aud
crying with the excruclating pain of cutting
teethi II so, go at once and get bottle OF
Mrs. WiDslow's Soothing Syrup. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
depend upon it; there is no mistake
about it. There is not mother on earth
who has ever used it, who will not tell you
at once that it will regulate the bowels,
and give rest to the mother, and relief and
health to the child, operating like magic
II is perfectly safe 10 use in all csses, and
pleasant to the taste and is the prescrip
tion of one Of the oldest and best female
physicians and nurses in the United States
Sold everywhere. 25 cents a bottle.