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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-22

Lass evening Acting Mayor Brooks. OF Denver
CD, issued an order arecitag that all gainf; NO
hsuss in the ci,y te closed. Several arrests wee
made.
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BUILDING FINE HOUSES.
gfsAsk< : ~ &S * zs1'EEss-
Handsome Structures Now I'm Course
OF Erection i'm the City.

THE MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT UNAFFECTED BIZ
POLITICs-THE PROSPECT FOR THE FUTURE
THE CASINO ENTERPRISE AND IT'S ULTIMATE
CoMPLETION-A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT
CAN BE DONE WITH BRICKs--soME OF THE NEW
HOUSES NOW IN PROGRESS OF ERECTION
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Talk With the Man who Serves Out
the Wooden Legs.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY OF
CRIPPLED S0LDIERS-MEN WHO WEAR WELL
AND MEN WHO DO NOT-ARTIFICIAL ARMS,
. EYES AND SECTIONS OF SKULLS FURNISHED BY
GRATEFUL REPUBLIC TO ITS HEROES, ETC.
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years ago. The remains OF Geo. Moore grand
father of VIM. Moore. who died in 1910, were
removed about six years ago to Mt Oliyet.
Thomas Given, who died i'm 1910, was
buried here. Gen. Andrew jackson, Virginia
militia general, buried a child here in 1918
about the time his namesakes fame was spread
ing over the country. Among other well.known
Washington names on the list of interments are
the following: Andrew Mclean, buried 1909:
Joseph Mcintosh. 1909: George Morland or Nor.
lin; VIM. Seaton, Samuel Douglas, 1915: Alex
ander Smoot, Robert Breckenridge John Sess-
ford, Nicholas King, James Hoban, Thos H.
Gis, Alex. Cochran, 1879; John Lenthall. 1903:
Andrew Way. the well-known printer: Walter
LenOx. Robert Underwood John McCIelland,
Cornelius Mclean, Ezekiel King. 1926: Major
Stone, 1916; Peter Lenox, 1882; Mrs. Shieffely.
1889; Mrs. A. j. Larned, 1887; James Larned,
1s47; VIM. O'Neal, 1881, aged ST. Alex. McIntire'
1S43 Chas. Polkinhorn 1874 and interspersed
through the list are the Stanleys. Hines. Somers-
Mclntoshes and Handleys. The BODY of the
first man executed in the District, Patrick Nc
Gurk, hanged in 1873, for the murder of his
wife, was also buried here. but the people were
opposed to its burial in that place and removed
It. McGurk's final burial place remained a
secret for over 40 years, when his skull was found
in square south Of, the grounds
THE TITLE TO GRAVE SITES.
The common belief has been among those who
purchased sites in the ground that the certiH-
Gates issued gave them the fee simple of the
ground, and in the early part of the century
some of the certificates were filed among the
land records of the District. Some of the per-
sons holding such certificates, it is thought.
may hereafter ask reimbursement. but II ia NOT
likely that there will be many such claims pre-
sented. Under the recent examination as to
the title it was found that the action of the
Commissioners in setting aside the square for a
public burial ground was without authority, no
power having been given except to hold the
land in trust and dispose OF It as the public
land, consequently no fee simple title could be
obtained by the purchase of grave site therein
the land not having been disposed of as other
squares were was the property of the United
States. The cemetery was several years ago
condemned as being detrimental to health, and
burials were prohibited therein. The project of
selling the land for public school purposes has
been from time TO time agtated for a dozen
years or more by the school authorities 1t was
not, however, until the session Of Congress Of
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what that means II we keep IL up-death
and
PLACE IN THE TRENCH.
want my bones laid In New York, where
i was born Il know we have had . mean
Thanksgiving dinner, and Il does seem as
though we had TO look around little 20 find
something to be thankful for; but we are
alive yet and We may yet get home after
all Thanksgiving's gone. but IL we live
until Christmas we can have q dinner, and
won't be hungry after we have eaten IT,
-. HowT inquired my two comrades,
eagerly.
I'VE won't feel much hungrier than we
do now Il we each put by spoonful Of meal
and spoonful Of gookas every day from
now until Christmas, and I think our saw
ings will make dinner that will be salts
flying
AFTER some discussion as TO the relative
strength Of our appetite and our wills II
was decided 10 lay by our six spoonfuls OF
food every day, all agreeing that the spoon
fuls should not be heaped, but even.
dreamed that night Of feasting on all the
good things in the way Of food that had
ever heard of or eaten. The next morning
we made two bags of generous size. In the
afternoon when our rations came we put
three spoonfuls Of gookas In one bag and
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This is good time to propose to .
girl. She will be afraid to refuse for
fear she'll miss Christmas present
Hotel Mail.
1t is said that $500, 900 are annually
expended in Christmas cards in this
country. The Christmas card for ten
cents bea five-dollar Christmas pres-
ent all to finders-from the giver's
standpoint. Hartford Posi-.
"A Wilhamsport (Pa.l young LADY,
was asked by her .'fellero what she de-
sired for Christmas. She said. 'sCaH
around for me Christmas morning and
bring a minister with you" Two souls,
two earts.-Breakfast Ta6le. !,
On Christmas eve, In San Antonio.
Tex, the Mexican pastors walked n
shepherds costume, with gayly decor.
ated crooks and jingling bells, visiting
the babe of Bethlehem in many pFivatel
houses, and finally celebrating mid
night mass in San Fernando Cathedral
This is an old Mexican custom.
1t requires cool brain and a steady
nerve to carry q man successfully
through a bewildering array of Christ
mas presents ready for purchase. Tbs
average man would fare better by going
in blindfold and buying the first thing
he could chap his hands on. "Resolva
me this doubtp" was probably first
spoken at holiday counter.
When you see q well-dressed man
standing in front of a shop window and
wearing the air Of one who has buried
his last earthly friend, do not be mis-
led. The poor fellow isn't meditatins.
suicide, but he's got q list of gifts thai
must be purchased and he don't know
what on earth to get. Pittsburgh 1sle.
graph.
1T is said that the custom Of maxi
ing New Year calls is ON the wane-,
Last year .best society in New York
merely hung out baskets To travel
about city all day, in suit hired for
the occasion, dropping cards into d.
basket, is about as wild and hilarious
fun as to sit on q fence and see your,
best girl 60 BY with another fellow
NorTistot0n Herald.
First Innocent -'.Is your father go-
ing to hang up his stocking tonight
Billp" Second Innocent-"Dunno; but
if he does, ] don't believe he'll get any
thing" First Innocent" What makes
you think SOP" Second Innocent Be
cause, as was standing where he left
me, just outside the door at Pat Malloy's
saloon, while he went in with couple OF
men, there was a good deal Of noise,
but / could swear heard pop say hs
guessed he wouldn't have anything in
his this time. -
MIR. and Mrs. Blimber, loaded with
good things for the stockings Of the two
little Blimbers. paused on the threshold
Of the bed-chamber to reconnoiter the
ground. 1t was quite still, and their
bosoms swelled with the emotions pecul-
lar to Santa Claus on such happy occa-
sions. The darlings are asleep,n said
Mr.. Blimber, ''and we can 90 in" But
they had not advanced three steps be-
fore there was cracking of the bed, .
rustling of clothes and the half-smoth-
cred accents Of Q small boys voice, say
ing: Wake up, Jimmy; it's almost
time for dad to be coming down the
chimney
81 declare - exclaimed Mrs.
Thrifty, ''if there isn't that Christmas.
card again. 1t is getting little soiled,
but guess it will last few more years.
Let's see; got that from Uncle David
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in 70 or 80. and, after keeping it ID
the house Q year, / sentit to Mrs. Browns
then she must have sent it to Mrs
Smith, for saw it in Mrs. Smiths par
lor for long time. Then il suddenly
disappeared, until 1t turnc J up in Mrs.
Green's bedchamber. Wen, to cnt -
long story short, I've traced that card
from house to house, and I don't be-
heye there's family in the village that
hasn't had it for a Christmas present.
How natural it does look, to be sursl
And it win probably look just as natmali
to Mrs. Smith; but then, I've got to givet
her something, Isuppose. !"
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A akRlNeLEp. FAMILY.

The Observations Of q Detroit Lad who
Thought Christmas Fraud.
Dad wasn't SO much to blame, after
all," explained boy OF twelve as an officer
walked the old man towards the station
house Christmas forenoon. 1T all come
about through that turkey"
What turkey?''
Why, last evenin' cutter driy up to
The door and a hfgh-toned lady sent in a
seven-pound turkey by the driver. He said
It was Kriss Kringie, or jing -iangle, or some
such thing meant to make poor folks hap
ny. Then the trubble began"
How2n
Why. dad wanted to trade It for beer
md mann wanted to trade it for candy, and
us young 'uns wanted it baked We had a
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How Three Prissssrs o. war Dinsd In Ne
~ SEE cenber, 1854.

How Three Prisoner. of war Dined In De-
~ cenber, 1854. ~
As the guests were rising from dinner
table which had been covered with the good
things Of the season. one Of them said to the
hostess: mo one could enjoy q dinner
more than.I have enjoyed this.r
"John win not agree with you" turning
toward her husband; 'she insists that he
helped 70 cook and eat dinner which
tasted better than any have ever pre-
pared"
The guests Joined In requesting the hus-
band to tell the story Of that dinner, and
after they had moved to the sitting-room
and were comfortably seated John began:
''On the last Thursday Of November, 1854,
three of us sat in q shebang in the prison
stockade at Fl6rence, s. G. Shebang was
the prison word for dwelling constructed
in this way. An excavation about seven
feet in length, six feet in breadth, and two
feet in depth was made. The earth taken
out was banked up perpendiculariy on
THE EDGE OF THE EXCAVATION
inside; outside the surface was sloped. Two
crotched sticks driven firmly into the ground,
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had added bY picking up eyary splinter a

had added by picking up every splinter as
large as a toothpick and every chip as larg
as ten-cent piece that we discovered j
our wanderings about the stockade.
The occupants Of q shebang near out
own, in addition to the usual cooking uten
sils quart bottles and tin or sheet-ir0n pans
possessed gunboat. This was piece
OF old roofing tin, made into pan more
than a foot long and about six inches wide
and deep. The corners where the tin has
been cut off or turned were soldered with
corn meal. 1t was not slightly, but was con-
venient. We had bargained before for the
use Of this gunboat.
]. The fire was lighted. The gookas had
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Z IA friend contributes the following as a
specimen OF the conflict which annually takes
place between himself and his pocket-book
over the question OF holiday shopping:l
E-.well, purse, TODAY wen shopping 20,
10 buy our Xmas gifts, you know,
There is that book want for D.,
That picture that meant for T.,
Kim And all those toys and fancy things,
Those roses, fans and 5eweled rings,
That"
Rnsc-.What chattering you makeI
Where are your funds, for mercy's sake?
I'm sure I'm empty as the wind,
Or MS discontented mindi
You never put penny in,
But still keep up Q fearful din
II none you findP
r "Why, well-but then
WhatI not q cent? OF mortal men
may myself most wretched call
OF big or little, short or tall
At least think you'll let me buy
P--''Not q confounded thing, not Ip'
leone, don't be ugiys there's dearr'
P-'sBut, isn't that rent-day Just here2
And one, who like the prophets coffin
shows
No visible support--why, fool knows
He can't be always spendingF
Il .weIl, deem
A purse unworthy of esteem
Who'll twit of faetsl So shut ND Tight
IN have no further words tonight.
Must all my very best intents
Be thwarted thus for lack of centsP
Rssrhe sense is lacking, must ownl
Not mine the fault"
sHow pert you've grownl
Here, get into my poeketl There,
III have no further words, | swearl"
s--Eachdsqe
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HOLIDAY CHATTER.

Highly gifted Santa claus.-E r
JournaL
These are the days when girs
don't care how large q stocking she
wears
-''Got anything for q Christmas pres
entp' asked Pfumbottie Of Dolby
"Yes" "Whate'' "Got left"
"A little boy being asked who was
the greatest man in the world answered.
Santa Claus" A ssasonable reply.
If the children ask how Santa Claus
got down the chimney, tell them hs
fiue down in his winter soot-Bostos
Bulletin.
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ne earth 4 cold and drear tonight ~ ll
he wind goes moaning through fhe trocs
while mm1ucr hirds have winged their flight
10 ueener heids and var1her seas
ne dear old year is nearly gone, 'i sss
Yet AZ q slowly dos away, ans rr-.
ke1cp4 anotncr pace along, ~ = ....|.t
And bringpAnother festiye day.
xD-norrow Christmas bells win chime
An anthem fuli Of Joy and uirth.
N uemory Of that blezsed time
when jesus Christ was born on earth.
Moan ON 70 night winds n ~ wm,
Tea mourn for the departing year, E
but let the troubled heart be etn,
And Christmas be day Of cheer.
vhat care we for the winds without
What care we for the frozen earth.
Dor Christmas bells will soon ring out
10 celebrate the eaviours birth. t
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A Man to he Pitied - The
Beautiful Custom of Making
Christmas Presents.
This is a time when the purse
strings are opened as they are
at no other season of the year.
And why not? We pity the
man, from the bottom of our
heart we pity the man, who
draws them tight for fear some
thing will drop out, and who
has never felt a single emotion
of benevolence, or tenderness
at this time Of universal gift
making. How singularly PEN
urious and poor some men
grow at the approach of the
holidays; they are verging on
starvation we should suppose
from their language. We do
not by any means advocate
extravaganza, but what should
there be to prevent us from
giving gifts to our friends, our
parents, or childrens How It
will do our own hearts good
to remember each one of the
family with a small gift, land to
allow the children to do the
same. How such things are
appreciated in after life. A
ring, a cup, a book, it will be
Q treasure when the giver is
gone. How much tenderness
there is concealed in the ex-'
preston: Mother gave me
this on Christmas many years
ago." or Brother gave me
this as a Christmas present q
few years before he died, and ]
hold it very dear" The form of
= = II
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three spoonfuls of meal in the other. Ev-
cry succeeding day the bags received their
portion, and were felt Of affectionately, to
find out how much they contained.
CHRISTMAS MORNING,
1864, after being long waited for. came at
last. The faint light Of the morning found
us stirring. We had boarded our fuel, sav.
ing little every day. 1t was not an easy
thing to do, for the daily fuel ration Of
ninety men was three sticks of pine cord
wood of average size. To his supply we
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been soaked the night before, and were now
put In the gunboat covered with water, and
tR gunboat was set over the Ere upon two
mud bricks made for the occasion. A
watched pot may not boil, but a watched
gmboat did. for three heads bent forward
and SIX eyes gazed intently upon the con-
tents Of the vessel over the fire, until the
water was buebling and fhe peas dancing In
and out among Che bubbles. gt
AT short intervals q few peas were
taken cut IN q spoon and allowed TO cool
and . pea was tasted BY each Of rs and
Judgment given as 10 It's being done
Finally we were unanimous in the opinion
that the gookas were cooked enough. Veal
was brought forth and stfned In, and the
pudding was allowed TO remain on the fire
until it had thickened, 90 that there was
danger c. Its being scorehed. The peas
were dark skinned, and had given the
pudding purplish hue. The boat
was lifted of and set on the ground to cool.
While we were waiting the fire was re-
newed. Com-meal saved for the purpose
was put In pan and thoroughly dried and
Drowned. This corn coffee was divided
into three portions, put In three quart ket-
ties, and boiled.
AT last our dinner was ready. The
gunboat was put ON the ground in the cen
ko~ - A. cIah.u-- - -. -
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] RON, and the turkey was hung up for .
Chris mas dinner" "a.
/" WelIy'' s,s
ssWell, this mornin' some Of ms wanted 10
\ billed, and SOME baked, and we had another
n shindy. When we decided to bake it, mann
went out to buy stufin' and lost q quarter.
Then dad went out to buy stnfftn' an come
4 home tight Then mann borrowed some
crackers an got trusted fur some oysters,
an the turkey was stuffed
Then what?a
Then we couldn't GIT up fire ,naE ID the
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THE CHRISTMAS CAROL SINGER.

aridge- pole laid in the crotches, army blank
cts stretched over the ridge-pole and fast
ened to the earth slope with wooden pins,
mud chimney at one end and hole for a
door at the other finished the building.
" 1t was in the afternoon. We had re-
ceived our daily rations- -about three table
spoonsful of gookas, or COW peas, and a
little over pint of corn meal-had cooked
and eaten them, and were sitting on the
ground floor of the shebang, our eyes list
lessly turned toward bas-relief upon the
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slowly, that the little mind may take
in the meaning and watch the rapture OF
the upturned face, the marvellous won
ders that fills the young soul, ask yourself
If the vision does not furnish the most pleas
ure that anything real possibly could give?
But, you say, it is not real, it is not true.
Granted. What is real and what is true?
The prospective possession of wealth that
gives you pleasure, the castles that you
build as you bend over your books or
con the figures Of your trial bal
ance, the enjoyment in expectancy, the
pleasures in futurity, are they real? Yet
if you analyze your own happiness you will
find that 1t is not the present, that it is not
what you see, it is not what you have, that
makes you happy or that gives you the zest
of life, but it is what you do not see, what
you hope for, what you expect to have and
to know. And why should you confine the
children to narrower limits and colder
reality that belongs to maturer years?
On the other hand, Is II not true that in
one sense, the story of Santa Claus is a
reality? Suppose he does not drive REIN
deers of flesh and bones; suppose the jingle
of his bells is not heard; suppose his round
little face does not actually beam from under
his fur cap as he energies from the fire.
place; suppose there is no land that the little
brownies and the elves do his bidding; is it
not true that In land where mortal eye
has never seen, amid gl0ries and beauties
that the human mind has never conceived,
in the midst of purling brooks and
sparkling fountains, perchance, sur
rounded by music that ravishes the
ear of cherubim and seraphim,
there is Friend whose heart overfows
always with love benefcence to the race, a
Friend whose advent proclaimed Peace
ON earth, good will toward men," and
from whom springs all the inspiration of
Christmas-tide, year after year? And what
are we, the fathers and mothers, the
brothers and sisters, who are driven In per
plexity from store to shop day after day to
provide necessary adiuncts for merry
Christmas, but the elves and brownies, the
genii who obey the behests of good Saint
Nicholas, in providing for the little children
the happy hours that Christmas brings2
Let the little folks enjoy while they can
the quaint faith in the brownies and the
fairies, and by and BY they can learn all too
soon that all their Joy was but a phantom
and will fly to other joys no more real or
substantial because mdulged in ripper years.
The good hymn writer well wrote This
world is all a ieetlng show for mans IL
lusiOn given, /" and there is little occasion to
dispel the bright delightful illusions that
cluster about childh0od's Christmas before
the young mind can enter into those Of later
years. burlington Haackeye.
6 y.
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yet speak in the most tender accents
through these things. Let giftgiving be a
oart OF your Christmas. Give cheerfully.
Do not forget the widow and the orphan.
Send coal, and flour, and meat to such as
you know need these things, and do not
forget the children. Your Christmas will
1e all the sweeter for it.--Christtdn
World
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around 1t. Two Of us had
SMALL TIN PANS
and one a fat piece of sheet
iron for plates, and each had a
spoon. Not one of us would
have been called a religious
man, but we hcsitated, looked
at one another, bowed our
heads, and were still. But 1t
was only for amoment, and
then the Kentuckian volun-
teered to act as host, and helped
US and himself.
"When that dinner was over
the contents of the gunboat and
quart cups had vanished, and 1t
was just noon. After such
unusualexertion we lay down,
drew our blankets over us, and
slept. We were awakened near
night by a neighbor, who called
US that we might get our ra-
tlons. After returning to the
shebang the Iowa man said:
Boys, I'll think of that dinner
as long as l live. Why, / amt
hungry yet IN. Y. Sun.
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Charley wanted to give Clara Christ
mas present but couldn't make up his mind
What II should be; so the next time he
allied he frankly told her the difficulty un-
er which I've was laboring. Want to
iake me present, Charleyv' Clara ex-
aimed, in well-disguised astonishment.
Why Charley, You forget yourself" !"
harley took the hint and offered himself
on the spot.
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A SYMBOL OF THE SEASON.

As birds to sun-land wing their
way in blithesome bevies and
with song, so from the gift-hand,
Christmas-day /, flow tokens that
hfe's Joys prolong. The sea-
sons symbol, like o charm, wish
and delight is isinterlocl1ing; and
plainest gifts the heartwill warm
be they but found within stock
ingl ~ Time can destroy the
dearest whim; the sweetest Joy
age can bedim; but on Hfe's
wav all love to pa11se each vesr
aSav u,,+,, Sa,,to T,,a,,s ,n,s,,
80 o.a1o' Inv
neads pe bowed Win weight
of years, and onward
crowd lffe,s saddinC
nar.s +,,o ,,,a,,,,,,., 4,,r.,c
=, s.o ~ w,
as Christmas-tde in
grooves Of child