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The Evening critic., 1883-03-19

IF IR1sHMEN were all united there would
be no trouble about their securing their
freedom, But they are, on the contrary,
all divided 1t was so in the days of
Strongbow it was so in the days of Cron-
well; it was SO in the days of William of
Orange, and it is so to-day. One section of
Irishmen would sooner see the foes of their
freedom triumph than to see another fac
tion of their countrymen enjoying the
boon Of liberty. All this must be changed
before Irish independence can be secured.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-19

SPRING oYERcoATs at A. Saks Co.'s.
An apparatus for recording the exact speed
OF train during It's entire run, Including
stoppages and startings, has boon invonted by
NJ. Pou2et
BRONZE aud plush frames at veerhoil's, 916
Seventh street.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-19

Mr.. j. Fox TURNER, of Manchester,
England, made brief visit to this coun-
try last year and after getting back home
of course wrote book. His observations
on the New York papers are at once
amusing, truthful and instructive. He
says:
Reading the New York papers IN tho most
superficial manner, one is almost forced 10
the conclusion that their editors must look
out from their several chairs upon a sea OF
corruption, In the absence of the splashing
waves OF which their occupation would be
gone. AS before the man who sticks the pigs
at Chicago, so the public men IN America pass
in squeaking procession before these editors,
whose sharp knives cut their throats. 1t Is n
mechanical operations; the editors have to do
II; they do not entertain feelings Of resent
ment toward the victlms-nothing whatever
against the characters OF the pigs; but there
they are, and the throat cutting must bo done,
for the blood of q leading politician Is the
seed Of q newspaper. The American journals
damn man In catching lines OF headings
half down the page. No one there appears 10
think bit the worse of the gentleman at.
tackled after this fashion. Well, then, as 1t Is
of no use, and as II Is not lovely display
this elevated, shrieking, hysterlc pollcy-why
should IL be continued? II you meet an
American journalist you VIII most likely
meet a well-educated, weil.read, socially. we'll
equipped gentleman, whose talk and whose
manners reflect in no wise the ferocity of his
paper, which seems rather to be purely his
trionic.
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A Better Type.

fToiii the LITHUANIAN. Nov
1t Is refreshing, now and then. to hear OF actS
Of kindness on the part of employers. which.
though rare prove that some men do not deem
IL necessary to acquire wealth by altogether
shutting their heart against the kindly feeling
which the right thinking man should have for
MS neighbors. There are employers-perhaps
many OF them, although it is not anparent-
who consider their workmen in one sense
partners in their business and never neglect
10y kindly acts and friendly sympathy TO
show that they take a sincere interest I'm
their welfare. They show this not alone hy
kindness and good treatment hut in that most
substantial manner. through the medium OF hard
cash. Remember Childs, the prosperous owner
OF the Philadelphia Ledger, who promptly de-
cllned to take advantage OF untoward cIrcum-
stances which compelled the printers of Phila-
delphia to reduce their scale from 45 to 40 cents
per thousand. Mr.. Chiids remarked when the
reduction was brought to his attention. that he
considered his printers entitled TO all that was
being paid to them, and instructed his foreman
to estimate and make out the bills at - cents a
thousand. And that IL still the price paid on the
Ledger Such an employer surely deserves his
prosperity.
The proprietors of the EVENING STAR, or this
city, also have record they may We'll be proud
oil. as regards their treatment OF Old and faithful
employees. No salared man in their employ has
ever been dOcked for day time lost by sick
ness, although in one case at least such illness
extended over year, and we know of our own
knowledge that at one time for about six con.
se"utive months. not less than 5SS week WAS
| paid out every Saturday to faithful men who
were slowly nearing the grave after wears of
faithful service. We honor the proprietors of
The STAR for the spirit which prompts such 40
ton, and are glad Of the opportunity to publish
| it to the world.
1t is notable fact, by the way that the full
est measure of prosperity generally rewards the
enterprise of such empioye while large pro-
portion of the skinflints. who would grind
their workInen down to pauper WAGES sooner
or later are overtaken 10y what they may call
hard iuck, out which more properly may be
termed ''retributon"
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A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT..
The First Electric Light With rnder-
ground Wires a Dazzling Success.
From the Philadelphia Press. November Il.

After fighting the most formidable obstacles
for ten months, the Philadelphia sectional cleo
trio underground company succeeded last ulght
In establishing the Claim il made when the propo-
sitiou 10 convey underground electric light,
telephone and telegraph wires was first made
to city councils. W. ii. tombstone. president
OF the company. promised 10 have sample
electric light on Chestnut street with the wires
underground three DAYS sfter the street was
openei Tor laying the cOniults. Work WAS be-
gun on saturday night and nj O'Clock last
night there were three lamps IN s,iccassf,l on
Grafton; one nj 9th and Chestnut streets ,,na
on Cnestnut street. above Oh. and one at thu
southwest ~ 10th and Chestnut streets
The light Is perfectly white burns steadily
without the suspicion OF a flicker and for tns
practical purpose of lighting the street l. AS SUI
perior TO the overhead lights rs they are 10 the
gas lamps The problem Of preventing inluc-
ton appears to have been solved aud the tate
OF the network Of wires in the air determined
The light furnished for the initial experiment
last night is supplied by the Underground cleo
trlc light and power company, a corporation
that simply uses the conduits as vehicle for
carrying Its wires. it uses the system OF the
Excelsior company, Of New York The Under
ground company VIII continue to Law Its con-
QUITS until stopped 10y the frostS Ii is conf
IDENTITY expected. however that before Decen.
Der tn" area Enclosed by Chestnut. Market.
| Front and 18th streets will bav, The wires
| underground In front OF every building there
| will be .hand-hole" in the canduit so thaf
the wire can he drawn out COUPLED and ths
| lighting apparatus made complete inside of an
| hour.
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WASHINGTON AND TEE SURROUND.
INi: COUNTRY.
Better Facilities Wanted For Getting
Out and In.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
Recognizing the fact that the only way to
speak to the people at large is through the
press. therefore take this method Of calling
the attention OF men Of business, men Of CAPT.
tai, all classes that have any interest In the
present welfare and future prosperity of this,
the capital city OF a grand country. to the fact
that there is no city with one-tenth the popula-
ton or wealth that Washington has, and some
even without the advantage OF being the capital
OF County. but what has better facilities for
getting in and out than Washington. The coun-
try is rough, roads the poorest in America-in
dry weather dusty and In wet weather muddy
About all OF the people who can get away from
the city are really forced to go to distant parts
and those who cannot go SO far owing to the
nature OF their business have to remain or send
Their families to places SO distant and where
living is high. and be separated from them:
whereas, il there was cheap and rapid trans
portation to the various sections of the sur
rounding country they would take advantage of
such facilities to live in the country and be prac-
ticaily In the city at the same time. Per-
sons Of moderate income could secure
home near the city where lands are
cheap: business men could locate their
families in the country during the summer and
be with them every night, returning to the city
In the mornings in time for business. If prop
erty owners think that such an arrangement
would reduce the value of their property such
Is not the fact as | have seen in many large
cities, where scores Of accommodation trains
are run daily-on Sundays church trains-to
accommodate just that class of people, And
the more such facilities are provided the greater
do those cities prosper. Now would make this
suggestion, build narrOwgauge railroads, ra-
dating In all directions, extending as far into
the country as would seem wise; they can hardly
go too far. Manage them economically. run them
in fact. for the benefit of the people and the
CITY, and there is no doubt but the stockholders
would reap rich reward. A narrow gauge
road can be built much cheaper than the
standard gauge. making shorter curves. saving
expensive cuts and fills. climbing sleeper grades
than the standard gauge roads. l have served
great many years on railroads and helped to
develop facilities for the movement of CITY
people who wished to live In the country contir-
uous. and know the many advantages in such
arrangements. / throw out these suggestions
with the belief that if public spirited men should
take hold OF the matter many advantages to all
classes, and very fair dividends, would be real
lied. Push the thing along, you newspaper
men. for your interests are in every way identi-
Cal with all others.
There are many advantages could mention
but space fOrbids, and will let others give their
views ''MILES GREENWOOD"
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The AibaIro.S.

The friendship OF strange and apparently in
congruous animals is well illustrated by the al
patross, which is of most voracous dispo-
sition and tyrannical nature He is one OF the
largest and most formidable birds OF Africa and
America. W hen its wings are stretched they
sometimes ME assure twelve feet from tin to tin
lie lives upon fish and smaller aquatic fowl
they have the strongest and most uHaccouut.
able friendship, hsweyer for the society of pen.
gums. They always choose the same places for
breeding. which Is some distant and unuhabited
island. where the ground saats to the sea "a
the penguin can neither climb nor fy. In the
Falkland Islands. which are i'm the South At
lantic. which the birds had undsputed possess
sion OF for many years, these birds are seen llv-
ing together in the greatest harmony. Their
nests cover acres OF ground, aid are laid out
with the regularity of a plantation. In the mid
die on high the albatross raised Its nest on
sticks and long grass about two feet above the
surface; round this the penguins make their
lower settlements or rather holes in the ground,
generally eight penguins to one albatross.
Though most birds perch on limbs when they
sleep, or crawl into holes In the ground like the
wren, which is found in the hole of the prairie
dog OF the plains, the albatross is said to Sleep
In the air. At night when pressed by slumber
they rise Into the clouds as high as they can
then, putting their head under one wing.
they beat the air with the other apparently
like the girl Of the song on the flying trapeze
floating through the air with the greatest OF
ease Soon. however, the weight of their body
only half supported brings them down, and they
are seen descending with pretty, rapid motion
to the surface of the sea. They then put forth
fresh efforts to rise again, and alternately as
cend and descend at ease. Not unfrequently
while in this sleeping state they fall on ship
board and are easily captured,
During the late war. whenGeneral John Mar
maiuke, of the cOnfederacy, was transferred
from the army OF Virginia to the army at Ten
nessee some of the soldiers of the latter army
We're talking about the new general and won
dering what sort of a looking man he was Only
one OF the group had seen him, and his descrip-
ton was that he was great tall fellow with
white hair Why, he's an a.batross," he said,
be meant alblno. The story got out and some
OF his officers used to annoy him considerably
by calling him the "Albatross General" The
general had very white hair ruddy complexion,
was six feet three, and only weighed ll9
pOundS
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About Growing Old.


Our esteemed cOntempory the Su. takes eX-
ception to the idea that man is necessarily old
at the age Of 20; and the exception is well
taken. Three score and ten is merely a ripe
manhood for one who unites cheerful spirit
with vigor Of body and mind. There are many
septuagenarians better entitled to be called
young than some men Of IS or SO. Old aye.
properly so called, does not supervene In any
case where all the faculties have been pre-.
served by judicious exercise and a careful OBJ
servance Of the laws OF health. Until the vital
powers begin to decay, until the spirits lose
their exuberance. until the step falters and in
terest in surrounding things shows signs OF
falling, man cannot with propriety be called
old. The iamented Peter Cooper at 50 would
have scorned the asperslon. David Dudley
Field in his 18th year retains the vigor and
freshness OF middle life. Charles O'Conor at
about the same age deied the efforts Of halle
dozen doctors to kill him, aud the veteran
Samuel j. Tiden still preserves the playful dis
position even IL he does not possess the physical
elasticity or the lamb. No. old age Ia not so
much matter OF years as of temperament aEo
feeling-of mental and bodily condition.
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Visible Speech Again.
Of THE EVENING STAR.

LEEsBURG, VA. Nov 10, 1883
The recent articles in The STAR on "Visble
Speech" recalls some experiments made here in
small way by teacher who invented an al
phabet for the occasion, to teach his pupils to
articulate clearly.
The principle Of his alphabet was to have
characters which would be rough pictures of
the position of the vocal organs, so that a child
would PIT his mouth, tongue, teeth, throat.
ETC.. in the position pictured on the board and
let the sound come and the word would be
pronounced.
For example the word oman" was written on
the board in these characters and the pupi
was told to put his lips, tongue teeth etc. in the
relative positions pictured end let the sound
come-no intimatiOn was given what letters these
characters stood for, and in some cases the boys
readily pronounced the words indicated-as in
the word IMAM" The first character looked
like our B. without tho vertical line at the
back: TIE papa closed has hps-the next
| character, like an A turned sideways
opening to the right, the pupil opened
an N turned sideways, LETT side up, right
side do,rn-looking like roof of mouth with tn
OF tongue pressed against 1t. lips slightly apart
Character open at the back indicating nasal
that position, and was surprised 60 find that he
| had pronounced the word IMAM. >" with slightly
| affected drawl to the a. If any unpreiudiced
| observer will examine the capital letters of the
| Greek alphabet he will be surprised at the like
ness between certain letters and the position of
the organs OF utterance in pronouncing them
notably sigma, point Of tongue close to
opening OF the teeth. as in hissing theta, point
OF tongue bet,oeen the teeth, as In pronOuncng
i the words The" "thin," and the close of the
word 'ieett;' Ornaikron, the open mouth; omega,
| if turned sideways, the ,o,de open mouth,
| Though this may DO only two omikrons Joined
| together, denOting long o. won't bore your
| readers with any more, only beta (our b repre-
| sents closed lips and back of mouth stopped, no
escape of air at ala nearly perfect mute.
Our Roman letters also show like resem-
blances. w.
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The Wicked Clerks Must Go.

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
In connection with the recent recommended
lions Of the Commissioners in relation to the
evil effects of buying lottery tickets, allow me to
suggest that they 60 further and ask that all
government clerks be discharged who chew
tobacco or say bad ,oords. There are hundreds
of clerks In the departments who chew tobacco
smoke and swear; there are hundreds who
never go to church or read the Bible. Now
every sensible person knows that no man who
chews tobacco or swears can properly attend to
his work.
What blessing it Is for the young men of
this community that they are watched over 30
zealously by our dear good Commissioners; few
cities are 50 fortunate.
1t Is to be hoped that the heads Of the differ
ent departments will turn out all the bad,
wicked. naughty people.
The wicked men must 90. MORALITY
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stock company to run the Sc0ttsville, Albemarle
county, agricultural fair annually. The last ex-
hibitiOn was complete success
Mr.. w. w. Pigg killed q swan on his mill-pond
last week, which measured over seven feet from
tip to tip OF her wings. Her plumage was as
white as the driven snow, and she presented q
most graceful and beautiful appearance as she
swan on the pond.
The authorities Of the Norfolk and Western
railroad-the president and each of the directors
have been summoned to appear in the u s.
Circuit Court. at Norfolk, on the rirst Monday In
December, to answer 10 the suit against tho COM
pany to compel the transportation Of dynamite
over its line
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Yes, Good for something.

FROM the InllaCslELia SaA-
care advertising circulars addressed 20 houses
any goodI" asks one OF our readers. Yes: cir
culars are very goOd-for the job printer They
show his taste and skill. and add both to his
reputation and revenue. But for advertising
purposes circulars are OF little If any value.
They are the cheapest method Of ADVERTISING
so cheap, in fact that those who receive circu-
lars treat them accordingly. No matter If on
the mailed envelopes are Immediate" 'Perso-'
nal" important" "Don't Throw This Away"
ITO The Lady OF The House, especial Dispatch
by Telegraph" etc, etc. the circular within is
readily suspicioned by the recipient. He tosses
the unopened envelope out Of his mail or II he
opens it he barely gianoes at the circular as ne
throws 1t into the waste-basket.
Hut after all advertising circulars ere some
good to others THAI the JOB printers; they may
please the children who pick them up ana paste
them away In scrap-hookS which In few days
go into the dark cSsets with forgotten dolls
and toys. Therefore, In this phiianthropio
point OF view we answer our inquirers that adj
vertising circulars arc OF some good-they make
money for the printer and often amrse tho
children-if they happen to rescue them from
the servants quarters.
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We read In western market report that "Col-
oradO stock Is thin this winter. If it means
mining stock, We believe every word Of 1t With
out looking up references.-Nsss York Co,nnssr-
oial advertiser.
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Copper Roofing.


The decline in the price of copper is likely Il
lead to the increased use Of that metal in build
ing. At present the material for o copper roo
costs. at the outset, only about twice as much
as tin, and as the latter must be repaired and
painted about once in three years. and in Is OF
20 years must be renewed altogether. the COD
per, which never needs painting, and Is practi
cally indestructble. is much the cheaper mate
rial in the end. There are at Boston many cop
per roofs, put on about forty years ago, which
show no signs Of deterioration; and the
metal is still much employed in that city foi
cOrnices. cutters and rain water pipes. as well
as for covering bay windows. and In many other
ways, In place Of galvanized iron. which Is much
inferior In beauty and durability and not very
much cheaper. The copper has the additional
advantage Of needing no paint, SO that the deli
cate lines Of artistic work are in no danger OF
being filled up, and the metal increases rather
than dminishes In beauty, by the slow forma-
ton OF q blush green patina over It. For fash
ings, as well as other portions OF roof work.
copper Is much superior to zinc or tin. and with
the aid Of certain amount Of lead the most diff
fcult problems In roofing can be successfully
and permanently solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-21

A MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL.-An effort L. being
made to start manual labor school In Balti-
more, In connection with the public school sys-
TEN. 1t will be open to boys in the grammar
schools. Intellectual and manual training will
be united. Redistribution will Include drawing.
arithmetic for mechanics, geometry and English
composition. The manual training will be con-
fined the first year to working in wood.
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A CHEERFUL CHAT WITH A GRAvE-DIGGER-THE
sEPULcHRAL AND PROPHETIC H0OTING OF MID
NIGHT observation-disclosures SEEN BIT AN
OLD VETERAN OF THE sPADE-sCENEs FROM
LIFE DRAMAS ENACTED AMONG THE TOMB
STONES, ETC.
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THE STAR REPORTER IN GET
TING AT THE VIEWS OF THE GOvERNOR-HE Ex-
PLAINS HIS CONNECTION WITH THE CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL-BUT DECLINES TO DELIVER HIM
SELF OF ANY POLITICAL uTTERANCEs.
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Pay your taxes or get into the army is the
law In Madagascar.
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the plot was laid abroad and Mr.. Sears detec-
| tives were compelled to make one or two trips
| to Paris before the conspiracy was fully broken
up.
RICH MEN OF THE WEST.
John D. Rockefeller is the richest man In
Cleveland and is worth In the neghborhood of
$15. 1000. 900. Every dollar of this vast sum was
| made, directly or indirectly, out of the Standard
| oil company. Dir. Rockefeller is forty years Of
age aud comes Of Scotch ancestry. When q
young man he was commission merchant. He
| started small distillery as an experiment, the
| nucleus Of the Standard oil company. He is
| superintendent of the Second Baptist church,
| and his wife, former school teacher, teaches
| the infant class J. H. Wade is the second
richest man in Cleveland. He is worth perhaps
S5, 0OO, 900. He was originally poor carpenter.
Forty years ago he became an amateur photo
years ago hetOOk the first daguerreotype ever
| made west Of New York City. Mr.. Wade was
| the originator the Western Union Telegraph
| Company.
Few persons familiar with the great estates of
| Chicago will question the statement that the
largest is that Of Cyrus H. Mccormick, which is
estimated by fnanciers at from $40 100000 to
Sis. 900. 900. He made it In manufacturing reap
| ing machines: Probably the second in rank is
Marshall Field. WHO'S not over tOrty-eight years
of age He lisa native OF Conway, Mass, and at
| an early day entered q dry goods store. When
Potter Palmer, during the war, decided to
abandon mercantile life Mr.. Field had S35 900 or
so with which to purchase the chief interest in
the valuable plant. It soon became apparent
that he had financial abilities OF the highest
order, and he now stands at the head of the
| merchant princes of Chicago. His wealth is esti-
mated at from "a. O0O, 900 to 100000 There
are many shrewd business men who insist that
the second richest man In Chicago il Philip d.
Armour He has had some wonderful strokes
of luck and has been known to hint that he had
$40 900 600 In cash with which to work corners
1t is quite well known that he has been caught
on the losing side this year to the tune of mil
lions. Rnt Tor this he would probably take the