Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-27
SATURDAY SALAD.

SAIOBbAI SALAD.
James Egan and Maurice Brick pitchers respect
lively for the Brooklyn and Monitor base ball clubs
have each committed an ''error." both OF these
scientists being under bonds OF $500 TO answer a
cnarge or highway robbery. Their error was in bat
ihg, not pitching, however as the complaint is
that they Knocked down MI Thomain and robbed
him OF $50 and diamond.
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The discovery OF a new style OF sea monster near
Panama suggests the suspicion that an effort is on
foot to make that ancient city rival OF Florida as
place of winter resort Along side of such an at
traction as has been seen there few stupid aliga-
TORS would be nowhere
The week has furnished two affecting stories Of
Womans devotion TO unworthy lovers one woman
in West Virginia threw herself between a young
man Who had led her aStray and parent who was
ABOUT TO shoot him, and received the charge in her
own breast. The other is an almost Incredible
story from New York, OF woman who to support
drunken and idle husband. and at his orders,
Ioppeo her employer for four years, and at last
discovered through the malicious revenge of the
Wfetch, VINO wrote the storekeeper an anonymous
letter OF information, upon her refusal TO continue
steallng longer for his benefit
LORD Coler1dge In his address at Haverford Col
lege lately, named Bryant to the students as the
dlStinctiyely American poet. 81 do not say Long
feliow," remarked the speaker, 'sbecause although
he Is sweet, and noble, and delightful poet, he is
not Americana mean that his poetry might Just as
we'll have been written in England Italy. Ger
many, or France. as in America; but Mr.. Bryant'S
poetry is full OF the characteristics OF his own coun
Try, as well as noble natural and invigorating"
Bryant Is doubtless best poet OF still life but
ne does not stand as the spokesman of American
Thought as truly as Whittier; and he is to Longfel
iow as an American poet only as we might say
Wordsworth Is a truer English poet than Byron.
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Evidently the stage needs to be reformed In
Pierre Dakota Territory. The Free Press OF that
town says in its local column, noticing an operatfc
performance to take place I'm the Congregational
church: This is the first exhibition of moral kind
IhaI Pierre has had for a long time, and should
meet with success"
They have keen sense OF humor out west Some
time ago, "just for fun" workman In a St Louis
factory pretended to be In love with a deforned
single woman of forty. She gratefully reciprocated
the affection. to the no small amusement OF the
otner operatives who were all in the secret Finally
she asked her pseudo-lOver when he would marry
her, upon Which he burst out laughing and said il
W., Was aIl JOKE 81 wouldn't marry such an ugly
Old thing, of course" he explained. She saw the
Joke LEFT the factory, went home, poisoned herself
and died.
The gallant policeman and his delicate attentions
TO tmu ladies who have to cross the wagon jammed
streets OF New York widely famous. 1t has
peen supposed that these little attentions from
stalwart members of ''the fineStn were not dis
pleasing to their fair charges but officer Morris
Finn finds that there are exceptions TO all rules
He offered to assist blind woman across the street
the other day, but TO his establishment the aged
dame no sooner felt his touch than she raised her
smashing In his helmet and infiictng severe Scalp
wound. The policeman. not reliShing this treat
ment which the knights of the locust think is more
blessed TO give than TO receive promptly took hold
OF the woman in earnest and escorted her TO the
lock up.
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an unfortunate man who, after various unlucky ac-
cidens, wound up by falling on red hot stove and
perishing in this unhappy fashion. Over against
Ihls unllcky being can be placed Mr.. Adams, Of
the Las Vegas Gazette, must certainly take the
cake for luck. That Gazette says: 'sWhile pros
pecting he found his haversack on fire, his pros
pecting glass having focused the suns rays upon
IT, AS the haVersack contained six pounds OF pow
der, he dropped it and got out OF the way It fell
into crevice, and a large mass of rock was blown
up. Adams turned m0urnfully to gather what
might be left of his effects, and found vein OF sill
yer that the explosion had exposed to yiew."
Wits in name? The London Life thinks there
is god4 deal i'm it, Its editor strenuously objects
TO the ney Engish haTgman because he is known
70 the Wor1S by the plain and pebean name OF
Bartnolonew BlnnS- "Calcraft and MarwOod," he
says, '.were grand names; but Bartholomew Binns.
Good heavens! that the public eXecutiOner OF a
great empire like ours should rejoice I'm such an ap
pellation 1t is only suggestive of funny story la
a Christmas annual What burglar would fear the
clutches OF Binns. Anybody could get the better
OF man with such name"
The public takes very little interest in the battle
OF the doctors the snew coden and ssold code"
What the people want is to be cured and they do not
sympathKe with theories which let the patient die
while the doctors quarrel 1n France it is Criminal
m1Sdemeanor for a surgeon to refuse to attend the
sick or wounded I'm emergencies. In Albany, how
ever, we read that two allopathic physicians re-
Gently refused to asst in affording relief to a
choking child because the family physician was a
hon8opathlst The child choked to death, and the
doctors should have been prosecuted under the law
Tor cOntr1butOry homicide 1t is gratifying to see
that the recent elections in the Medical Society in
New York reflect more progressive and civilized
spirit In the profession than has too often directed
their policy in the past
Captain Drever'S foolhardy attempt to cross the
English Channel in toy paddle-wheel boat recalls
an incident in the life OF Napoleon which Campbell
made the subject Of one Of his best poems The
story1 is that captive British seaman. left free
however, to walk about BoulOgne found an empty
hogshead one night on the beach and fashioned out
OF rude SIKH. with Which he launched boldly forth
Tor England. But he was caught with his tub by
the French guard, and with much laughter taken
before Napoleon. The Emperor was. however,
kindly, and asked if his heart was not Imprisoned
by some British lass TO make him SO bolo;-but
let Campbell tell the rest OF the story:
81 have no sweetheart" said the lad,
"But-abSent long from one another
Great was the longing that had
To see my mother"
"And so thou SHALT" Napoleon said,
''Yeve both my favor fairly won;
A noble mother must have bred
SO brave SON"
He gave the tara piece OF gold,
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