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Hotel Society I'm Washfngt0n
Manhattan for October.

Manhattan for October.
Then there is the hotel society. The ladies
staying in the Brown house all receive on the
same day. Ladies calling can thus kill all the
birds, socially speaking. there are in tho Brown
house with one handful OF cards. The ladies of
the Smith house have another day, the ladies Of
the Robinson house another. Then at intervals
each hotel has q soiree, Invitations to which are
generously distributed. There is q fine band
and finer supper, and dancing unlimited.
Congressman and their wives and daughters.
lobbyists southern colonelsa and numerous s'gen-
erals" visiting strangers. politicians. and the
rest make up q mixed company. At one Of
these entertainments the wife Of Congress-
man whose constituents had omitted to re-eiect
him, spoke sharply to lady sitting on sofa
next to q friend of the Congressman's wife.
"YOu might move up" said she. When the
lady had "m0ved up" and the C0ngressman's
wife had settled herself down In the room thus
obtained, she turned to her friend and pro-
Lycurgus. This Washington society units one
for any other society. You can't go back to the
society you were used to Once-you Just can't.
No; tell Lycurgus we must come back to the
house. He says we can't, but say we can.
And we mustI That's all there is about it, A
few months later "Lycurgus" is wrestling in the
dust of the district arena for q denomination.
No one who sees him engaged in that delightful
Occupation-red in the face, metaphoricaily
is all because Of the social aspirations of Mrs.
Lycurgus, who has been unified by Washing
ton society for the humber society in which she
once moved. II any man doubts that women
rule the world. he can have his doubts removed
In any circle OF Washington society.
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Tho Art OF Advertising.

CEOm the C1O EFa0cl6CO CAL.
The newspaper has become the legitimate in
heritor Of the patronage of advertisers It offers
advantages that no other vehicle possesses, and
1t costs less than most others. It cannot be
assumed that the advertising pages of a paper
are 80 carefully read as the news portions but
1t has gradually educated the reader to look for
what he or she wants in the advertising columns.
and those who read the paper quietly at home
are far more inclined to go over their wants and
look where to supply them than the man on the
street, who is probably thinking more of selling
his own goods than of buying his neighbors.
Then the scope Of this method Of advertising is
almost endless. 1t takes in business card OF
two-line notice. or 1t may cover an entire page.
and there is q chance for literary display. MANY
large business houses keep gentleman Of edu-
cation and skill In literary matters to superin-
tend this department of their business, and II ia
wonderful how much he canflnd to say on what
would seem to be Q hackneyed subject, Indeed.
the art OF advertising il to be always fresh and
new. to be short, yet clear and concise, to be
humorous when hnmor will tell. but to be plain
and direct. The nearer an advertisement harmo-
nizes with the general drift Of the paper the
more likely 1t Is to be read and make an impres-
sion.
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The schooner Kodiao, from the north, brought
down to San Francisco tour Alaskan mummie4
which are supposed to be as least three o..
turtles old. They are In On excellent stete q
preservation, and ere intended for tho Bsri0
museum.
warrant has been issued for the arrest -
Grove. Nj. upon criminal charges made b.
Mis- Emma Howell, Of that place. The poliCo
are unable to ind Hustia He has . wife anA
one child.
In the law department Of Yale college thsrs
n 4 colored student In tho senior Glass Of s.
Mr.. George d. Robinson. republican cundidnto
for governor Of Massachusetts sings ben =
Chlcopec sunday school
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While Quaker folks were Quakers still, some NIFTY
When coats were drab and gowns were plain ana
speech was staid and slow,
BEFORE Dame Fashion dared suggest a single frs o.
curl,
There dwelt, mid Penneld's peaceful shades, IN
old-time Quaker girl
Ruth Wilson's garb was Of her sect Devoid q
She spoke rebuke to vanity. from bonnet to her
toes;
Sweet red bird she. all disguised In feathers q
With dainty foo, and perfect form and eyes that
sylvanus Moore, a bachelor OF forty years or 30.
quantity pious, weazened soul. with beard and
And queer, thin legs and shunllng walk and drawn
Was prompted by the Spirit to make this maid hp
own.
He knew 1t was the Spirit, for he felt It in his
As oft before In meeting time. and, sure Of his re-
quest.
rrOcu5sa the Il permit in due FORM On Fourth
he let Ruth know the message true that he was
"Ruth, 1t has been revealed to me that thee and
have spoken to the meeting and the members IN
That our union seems righteous one. which thsy
Third-day."
The cool possession Of herself by friend syivanus
Moore
Aroused her hot resentment which by effort she
forbOre
(she knew he was goodly man, of simple, chi0-
like mind.
And checked the word sqmpert1nencelp ana
answered him in kind:
"Sylvanus Moore. do thee go home and wait ~
see
The fact that must be thy wife revealed una,
me-
And thus she left him there alone at win to rumi.
nate,
Sore puzzled at the mysteries OF Love, Free WIN
ami Fate.
Richard a. Jackson, In the October CenturH
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PECULIAR NEW ENGLANDERS.
Elder SlOcum's Marriage Shop and It's
ElOurishing Trade.

A Norwich special has the following:
Beach Pond Is q lovely sheet of water, six
teen miles east Of this CITY, In the widest char
coal region Of Western Rhode Island. Its
shores are clad In primeval forests. In cabin
In the wilderness dwell Elder SIocum and his
wife. Over the door of his lodge Ia the no
tice: marriages Performed for $5 Couple"
The elder is the most eccentric preacher since
Lorenzo Dow, whose birthplace, O gambrel-
rooted house, is In Montville. eight miles west
0fthis city. He has to deal with arough, back
woods Glass; and his style suits them. About
year ago he appointed day for his funeral, and
punctually on the date his obseQuies were cele-
brated by 100 Of his neighbors. who caroused
in and about his cabin, while the elder reposed
in an open-faced coffin on the table In his sit
ting-rOOm. All got drunk, and some one set
IRE to straw-stack, which was consumed, one
Of the jewellers narrowly escaping cremation
While attempting to run through the flames.
has been OverTun with orders. mostly from
runaway couples. To accommodate all classes
he has to ''shade" his price considerably at
times, sometimes throwing OF Is per cent for
cash. He does business In both Connecticut
and Rhode Island. There have been two cases
within the past two weeks in which the course
Of true love. interrupted by paternal interior
ence, flowed from this etate over to Beach Pond
for relief. Miss Reilly. OF Wauregian, . rail-
road village in Windham county, loved care
less young fellow, Bob Blye, of the same neigh
borhood.: Her parents objected to Bob's suit,
and finally locked the young lady 10 an upper
chamber Of the house. She yielded and ex-
pressed cOntrition over her misplaced adec-
lions. One morning she careessly informed
her mother that she didn't care to marry at
present, and that she probably would ''live and
die an old maid" On account Of this express
sion the freedom Of Wauregan was extended to
her. She accepted It, and the following night
went to ride with her lover, who, It Is said
ssdrove over to the Elders" They were mar.
ried that evening. The rage Of the parents
when they learned Of the deception was 90
great that they said nothing. The second case
was that Of Louis Danineau and young laEiy
Of FitchvilIe, six miles north Of Norwich. who
eloped on last Thursday evening. It il reported
that the Elder married the couple, who are only
nineteen years Of age The father ofthe giri Is
looking for them. with horsewhip curled up
In his coat pocket.
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Saturday Smiles.

Nice and slow: "Walk slower, papa" cried
the little girl. whose short steps were no match
for the strides Of her masculine progenitOrs
cant you go nice and slow, like Q police
man?"-LO,oeR Citizen.
Polack family in Chicago used q railroad
torpedo for fuel, but 1t was better to blow ND
the shanty and learn what q torpedo was than
to go through life wondering II the Internal
thing was restaurant sandwich.-Detrol FIRE.
Press.
Quality and quantity: ''The idea Of my being
jealous Of Miss SMITH" exclaimed Mrs Brown.
Indignantly; 'the idea Of my being jealous of
her, when think 80 much OF her!" .'Yes. but
what do you thinki" asked Brown.-Bostos
TrGnscylpt.
The egotism Of genius: Eminent violinist-
"Dell me-who Ii dat fiddle paid old chendle-
ing at the bigchus!" Hostess-'It's my Uncle|
Robertson. I'm grieved to say he IL quite deaf.
Eminent viollnist-"Ach, am 20 zorry for himi
He will not pc able to hear me blay re fddle!"-l
London Punch
"where've you been these two or thret
years." recently asked o Connecticut man OF
jovial old friend whom he met on the street
1--WE been in the whaling business" was the
repIy. "You haye7" "Yes-out west-teach-I
ing school" explained the returned wanderer.lI
Nep York Commercial
Many papers are now discussing the question:
as to whether or not man descended from the|
bear. In our opinion, n the bear was in the
tree the man probably did descend. with Q We
locity that would upset the theory Of evolu-
tion.-Neso York COMMERCIAL
The government should never let Dakota Ter.
Shirtail Bend, Whisky Flat, Puppytown. wild
Ranch, Squaw Flat, Rawhido Ranch. Loafer's
Ravine, Squitch Gulch, and Toenail Lake.-NeU
York Commercial
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To Heaven In a Pullnaau Car.

Sand his [Eleazersl sword clave to his hand"
was the Rev. Mr.. Talmage's text at the Brook
Ign Tabernacle last Sunday. He contrasted the
Hebrew generals energy In fighting the Philis-
tines with the easy-going ways Of those modern
Christians who want q ''rose-water and kid
glove" campaign. ''They want to ride to
Heaven In Pullman sieeping-car," said he,
with their feet on plush cushions They want
the bed made up early 80 that they can sleep all
the way. and have the black porter, Death
only wake them up In time to roll into the
Golden City. They want soft sermons, in mo-
rocco covers. laid down before them on velvet
cushions. But that Is not the way to salvation.
We must expel from the church those who eat
the communion bread on Sunday and eat the
widows houses all the week. Not baptism of
cologne and rose-water, but one Of fire, IL
needed"
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BRIGHT FANcIEs or THE POETS.
The Mother e q Family.

characters-Nother OF the family, children, Ger.
Recit-At length my labor T. over ana dopef
IT'S true the morning Is nearly gone,
But stfli there's hSlf-hour iert> ind.
So now I'll SIT down and improve my mind
I'll write that letter I've owed 80 long,
Set right those accounts that would come
rnpeep into scrioner and Harper, tool
OH In this hsll-hour what wont dof
ARA - sweet II Is when the dishes are washedi
sw ct Il f. when the children are dressed,
Pleasant the Time when the stockings are
Han TO the hour Of noontlde rest
Hail. hall hall
To the hour OF noontide rest
what though a bonnet b. vet 10 trim
Tim nsn Tor , and tringe for my sunday oesti
Mn ~ ,V ~ .na ao' Wasn the dayishts dimi
Haill HAN! haill
To The hour OF Doontide resti
sEMI-CHoRUs L-cHIpRFS
on! please mamma. my jacket Is torni
"! please mamma, my kitten Is gonei
On! please. mamma, look whore win,
My cap and mttens are missing stIll,
(Da capol
DUET-cooK HorsFMsp
That empty stands the ilaur-hln t o. SoV
You haven't any fuel for 10 warm you,
And tie nelghlors dog has stole the bee,
away.
Housemaii-om sorrow and grief
The beauiifuI beef
Cook-The beautiful beef
Oh. sorrow and gren
COOK and Housenaid-ohi powder and shot for tho
rascally thief.
Who stole the beautiful,
beautiful beef
, The beautiful beef
Housemaid-Alas! mum, here's your vase OF Injy
The way OF II I cannot understand.
Your nnd no fingers carefuller than
mine are,
But here his all 10 pieces in my
hand.
CooS-ohl pitcous easel
The iilegant vasel
Housemaid-The Elegant vasel
OIL pfeOuS case!
Cook and HouSemaid-Ohi dagger and knife for
the mlscreant base
Who broke the Elegant, lie
The ill-gant vasci
sENr-CHoRUs n.-CHLpREN.
ON please, mamma. want some cakei
ON please, mamma, my teeth do achei
On! please. mamma, what shall do?
My dolls LETT leg l. broken In two.
TRIO AND CHoRUs-MorHER, COOK, HoUsEMArD, AND
CHILDREN
Mother-Sweet is the hour
Cock, soto voce-Ohl sorrow and grtefi
Mother-When the dishes washed
Cook. s. v.-The beautiful beef
Mother-Sweet Is the hour
Housemad, =. y-Ohi piteous easel
Mother-When the children are dressed
Housemait. s. v-The Elegant vase!
Mother-Recosant the time
Children. s. y.-Ohl please, mamma,
Mother-When the stockings are darned-
Children, s. v.-What shall do?
Mother-Hail TO the hour
Children, 8 Why dolls left leg
Mother-Of nooniide resti
Children, S. Wis broken in two
ALL TOGETHER.
Labor TO pleasure lends liveler Zest
Away with the hour OF noOntide resti
Away! awayi awayi
With the hour OF noontide restl
For oh! it's glorious thing TO DO
The mother or a familee,
or fam-i-lee,l
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Indeed He Was.
A young lady remarks:


For the sake OF recreation,
Once 1 asked an explanation
From young man (no relation)
What was meant by "osculaJion,"
While shifted my location
To invite the sweet sensation.
Well, imagine my vexation
When he gave M the translation
And its Latin derivation,
And lot OF Information,
Like pedagogue's grafton,
Just as II he were at school
Wasn't he an awful fool7 -PtIck
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An irrec0ncilable southern Journal is wonder
Ing what Stonewall Jackson would say II he
were Informed that his wife and daughter have
been the guests of Ben. Butler, In Boston.
It was an emphatic child that said 81 don't
want to, and don't want to want to"
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THE ELEVATION OF THE COLOR ED
RACE
Mr.. DOuglaSs' Views COntrOverted-
Holding Office NOs the Proper Ele'
VasOr, Etc.

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
Fred. Douglass seems to think that all that is
needed to complete the elevation of the colored
race, is to put one of them in the Cabinet. How
that is to change the character or habits of the
mass OF the colored population ne does not ex-
plain and it is not easy for ordinary minds
to see He was given an important and prof.
table office here, to the exclusion of equally as
competent and deserving white men-an office
that is said to have paid as much as the salary
of Cabinet officer,-but have yet to learn that
1t had any perceptible effect on the race Col
Ored men have been i'm the House and Senate
THERE'S Mr.. Bruce in the TREASURY; Mr. Cook.
collector of taxes; Mr.. Brooks on the school
board. and cOlored superintendent of schools
TO say nothing OF the great number holding SUBJ
ordinate positions in the departments and else
where. and still the records show that the col
Ored one-thlrd OF the population commit about
two-thrds Of all crime; and to Judge by
the great number of colored boys and girls
growing up here in idleness and vice, the pros
pect for the future Is not specially encouraging
Why is this SO. IL office holding by one or more
prominent men Of their race is to work such
wonders?
Mr.. Douglass ought to know, and he ought
TO teach his race, that they, as a people, can
never rise above their condition as individuals
that what their character and habits as indi-
viduals are. that, and only that, will they be as
people The only way for them to rise to q
level with the whites is to become intelligent
industrious and yirtuOus. They will be re-
spected for what they are and do and no office
VIII ever relieve them from the necessity of COM
handing respect by the same rules exactly as
governs the white race. A REPUBIIcAN
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nal Service Report for 1881.
To the Editor Of The EVENING SrAn:
The signal service report for 1881 omits the
table of daily minimum and maximum tenn
peratures which characterizes the reports of
PRIOR years As farmer would like to know
the reason why. The only feature in these par
tIcular reports that Is of value to the agricul-
turist. aside from the ranfalls table, is this
omitted table. 1t Is to Us a matter Of special
interest to know when frost comes and goes
when We may reasonably expect the beginning
Of low temperatures and these points are pecu-
liarly determined by the temperature tables Of
the signal service reports in the years preceding
that of 1881. Any intelligent farmer can take
these tables and by comparing one year with
another deduce guide Of action OF invaluable
service To himself, for they show him for each
year when the thermometer ranges both above
and below the freezing point. The monthly
means are OF no earthly use to q farmer for
they teach him nothing beyond q general prin-
ciple which even an idiot is cognzant Of am
aware that General Hazen as a West Pointer ia
not presumed TO know anything OF farmers
needs and to care less. Perhaps this Is the rea-
son why he has omitted the temperature tables
from his reports and made them to US valuable
only for waste paper. We are affected by the
daily fluctuations Of temperature. and they 90
absolutely determine our course of action In
both spring and fall that we are at q loss with
ont a knowledge Of that PARTICULARLY given BY
the signal service reports prior to 1881.
earnestly trust General HaZen will restore
this feature and thereby render his reports as
valuable to the farmer as they NAV be to the
SCIENTIST AGRICuLTURIsT.
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RITUALIsrIo Practices IN 4 CLEVELAND
CHURcH.-The Rev. Father Einkle, rector OF
Grace Episcopal church, In Cleveland, recently
tried to establish confessional. but his parish
makes the sign Of the cross at communion and
at the blessing. On Sunday last he took his
text from the stigmata Of st. Francis d'Assissi
Grace church Is one Of our aristOcratic churches.
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A Colorado rough proudly wears ring
the bullet Of barroom adyersarys pistol.
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SIBERIA AT THE HAfYoNAL-THE NEW PLAYS
SUSPICION AND sTARLIGHr-FEpoRA AGAIN
THE RACKET, ETC.
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ferries man and horse across the Grand. Rest
ing one night. the march is resumed in the
morning. care being taken to lay in a supply Of
water The distance of six miles is ACCOMPLISHED
In about as many hours; but there is an increase
in altitude ofab0ut mile. Tenderf0ot never
before put In such an uphill days work.
~ WILLOW SPRINGS.
Surrounded by groves of beautiful cotton
woods is the ranch OF Mr. Hull, who q few years
since left his southern home with lungs in bad
condition. The lovely grassy park which he
owns is we'll improved, and he is as healthy q
gentleman as yoh could find. He was engaged
in strengthening his wagon preparatory to NOV
ing his family TO lower level. as life In the
lonely Rockies is dull. with snow OF great depth
In the winter He and his h0spitable young
wife are well known to weary travellers.
COFFEE-ROT sPRNGs-MURDERl
A walk of three miles brings one to this place,
and the first cabin one comes to is being put in
order by Che Brothers Taylor, in whose lonely
place in the hills man has just persisted by
poison administered in milk. The name of the
victim is Bailey; that Of his partner, the &C.
cused, Robertson. The trial takes place in a
few days at Carbonate. The accused denies his
The strong hand Of the law. even in this
sparsely settled country, is stretched forth, and
the TaylOrs, as write, live close to me In q
tent, being there held as witnesses by the
sheriff. The cool approximation Of the property
has also been checked by the same officer.
Leaving the accursed place Tenderfoot puts up
at Stewards tent, half mile farther on, where
the Inequalities Of the mountains were dis
played at their best.
CARBONATE AND GRESHAM.
The trail now leads through level country
Of pines and grass, the latter often waist high
The wonderful beauty Of the scenery IL varied
BY the grotesque and weird shapes assumed by
the great rock groupings cliffs. precipices, linz
mense powders, etc. As Won are probably Ia
millar with HaYden's end Powel's works, you
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-14
PETERSBURG.

THE y.yopArry-A CASE MADE UP FOR THE
stpRrME CoURT-CONFERENCE OF EA-ofs
rIcIAI.s-ELEcTION OFFICERS NOT PAID
PERSONAL. ITEMs-TABLETs on BATTLE
FIELDS, &C.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dispafch.l
FEBRUARY -, 1885.
Nv agreement OF the parties interested
case was made up here this morning ior
the Supreme Court Of Appeals Tor decision
NJ 10 whether Colonel i. ii. Archer or Mr.
r.. ]. Jarratt Is the rightful Mayor OF the
city OF Petersburg. These gentlemen, ac-
companed by their counsel, met IN Ihe
MAYORS Office, when, by mutual un-
derstanding, Colonel Archer, the Demo
cratic claimant, directed police officer 10
bring in prisoner for trial. This order
the officer refused TO obey, stating that ne
did not recognize Colonel Archer as the
rirhtful Mayor Of the city. Colonel Archer
then directed the Sergeant OF the city TO
take the officer in charge and commit nm
for contempt Of court. This was done, IL
being understood that the officer would ap-
nly nj once for writ OF hdbedS corpus.
Colonel Archer then retired and Mr.. jar
raft took his seat, and the identical pro-
ceeding with the identical result was re-
peatcd. Applications for writs OF hd6edS
corDus will be made at once by the two oill-
GERS thus nominally in charge Of the Ser
oeont. and the case will be taken before the
Supreme Court without delay. 1t is eX-
pectcd that it will come up for argument
on the 18th or 10th instant, Immediately az
ter the case Of the city treasurership.
A conference OF the late Democratic city
officials with some OF our citizens will be
held ut the courthouse tonight, the object
being TO ascertain whether any plan can be
agreed upon TO raise the funds to pay their
salaries for services rendered during the
last six months OF last year.
The deputy marshals and supervisors OF
election who were appointed for duty in
this city ut the election held in November
last have not yet been paid off. They are
anxious to get their money.
Mrs. Il. II. Brownley, relict OF the late
William s. Browney, died on Sunday at
the age OF scventy-eight years.
Captain William 5. McCance is out on
the streets again. His recovery is assured.
Mr.. w. L. Underwood, 4 wel-kn0wn
citizen, is seriously i'll OF pneumonia.
1t is probable that movement will short
Nv be made towards causing the erection OF
tablets at suitable points to mark the scenes
OF the prominent battles fought in this VI
entity during the late war.
II is understood that Judge Hughes SAYS
he has no authority to hold terms OF his
courts in this city. rs has been requested.
The law fixes the places OF holding the Dis
trict Court. and Petersburg is not in the
list. If authority is granted him the Judge
will willingly hold court here.
ROBIN ADAIR