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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

- EFeocFAPsAOn HOr MISS R1mHOl0'8 Eyes.
y The Washington correspondent of the Pitts
burg Times writes: THE father OF Gen. H. ].
Hunt, just appointed superintendent Of the
Soldiers Home, was one OF the homeliest men
IN Washington. He was physician. After he
hAd practiced his profession tor time he mar
r1ed Miss Ringold, one OF the handsomest
young ladies In all OF Maryland. This story Of
the marriage has been told me by an old Wash
ingtoniAn: One time / was visiting General
Jackson's family when he was an occupant OF
the White House. During my stay was taken
eertOusly ILL., and the general called upon DR.
Hunt to attend me. When he came into INV
room where I was confined to my bed Presi-
dent Jackson came with him. The two thought
I was asleep, and not wishing to disturb me
fhey sat before the fire and began q cOnversa-
ton. heard the general say, Hunt, how did
you ever happen to marry Miss Ringold?
"'IIl tell YOU said the physician when she
was attending boarding-school her eyes were
injured and she was blinded. was called to
prescribe for her. For some time l kept her
eyes bandaged, and she finally recovered her
sight, but she did not see me. About o year
afterward we CHANGED to be together at q recep-
ZION. She knew that had previously attended
hert and that evening she came to me, COM
planned OF suffering from q severe cold, and
asked me TO prescribe. took nom my pocket
ssasn p1esSS5,ipon and wrote Dr. Hunt tob
y = :. She read 1t, and looked up laughing.
ITS bitter pill, Doctor she said, and must
% well giloed II i take It.
sour engagement followed, and soon after
our marriage occurred. didn't have much
eoid 70 GID the medicine, but managed to make
seoogo 70 Keep her nom starving"
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Accused OF EmbeRxlement.
AN Ex-LAND OFFICE RECEIVER ARRESTED j

CHICAGO.
Howard 8. Lovejoy was the receiver of the
land Office at Niobrara, Neb., up to the fall of
1882, and was then removed from office for
irregularities. His bonds at the time were for
$4,000. His books were found to be in a
very bad condition and the funds were short
Lovejoy disappeared.
Some time ago an indictment was received by
Marshal Jones, of Chicago, which charged Love-
Joy with embezzling $4,000 while he was a
public official. With the Indictment word was
received that Loveioy was in Chicago and on
Saturday Deputy Marshal Hayes arrested him
at saloon on state street, i'm that city, where
he was rOustabout. Lovejoy SAYS that while
he was in office he attended too much to poll
tics, and was around the state attending politi-
cal conventions and meetings, leaving the office
In charge OF the deputy receiver and his son.
After he was removed from office for this reason
he tried to fix up his books and get them
Strengthened out. One OF his bondsmen got
nervous and threatened to arrest him. and SO
ne left He drove to Yankton and there placed
$4,000 In the United States depository and
then left. believing that when his books were
Strengthened out his difference would be less
than 81 900. Had he desired he could have
made away with the SIS 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06
Playing with an Army OMicer.
Iao


On Q western train q number of passengers
sought to while away the tedious hours with a
game Of poker. The game ran along for several
hours, man dropping out occasionally and an
other taking his place, but two of the players
stuck to their posts from first to last. There
seemed to be rivalry between them and, in q
measure neglecting the other players, they de-
voted their attention almost entirely to each
other. Finally the other players retired and
watched the combatants The stakes became
larger and larger and the work keener and
keener. The well-dressed, slouch-hatted, mill
tary looking man was all cOmposure; the one
with the big sombrero, belt and fierce NOUS
tache seemed nervous. He was losing. The
pots that he won were small; those be lost ran
.'Stranger," he said finally, srm going to quit
We aref"
+, Certainly" replied the other. II am Colonel
- OF the regular army"
IAN army officer! An me q playin' poker
with you What an internal fool I've been |!
I'm professional myself-they call me Poker
Jim, an I've cleaned out many q camp~but
I've got no truck with army oihcers. When
play kyards want half a chance to win, any
how. Good day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06
Children to Name Themselves.

A farmer from the State Of Kansas, who is now
In New York on q visit to relatives and friends,
is the proud father OF twelve children. He says
he has bestowed names upon the six oldest
children, but that the other six are as yet
nameless, and are designated and distinguished
by numbers. The idea back Of this rather novel
arrangement Is to allow the children, when
they arrive at years of discretion, to choose
names satisfactory to themselves. and not to
compel them to 90 through life with a name
fastened to them that they abhor. A great
many people who have been burdened all
their lives by absurd, outlandish and grotesque
names would have been glad had they had
parents as confederate as this Kansas farmer is
trying to b0.
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Mr.. Kelly's Health.
From the New York Star. MAY Sd.

Mr. John Kelly, accompanied by Mrs. Kelly
and Judge John j. German, left the city on
Thursday for Clifton Springs For the last
three weeks Mr. Kelly's health has visibly i'm
proved. He sleeps regularly, without the aid
OF narcotics, and his appetite was never better
than now: He does not propose to return to
town until after the warm weather when he
will certainly resume his seat as chairman of
the committee on organization in Tammany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

QT0ln yn8 NEW TOfK DAWN.
stranger In the little cities Of southwestern
Texas is often awakened at early dawn by the
beautiful but sorrowfui song Of the house or
sobbing wren. II the stranger hes been long
away from home and friends, and Il sensitiye
to impressions OF external nature he never TOR
gets the peculiar melancholy note Of the tiny
songster. 1t begins In . high, clear key, ltke
the tinkiing OF silver bells, and descending
sweeter, II suddenly falten breaks Oh and sobs
IKE child, the song dying away In gasp. The
listener, touched with sympathetic emotion
may find 1t difficult to auppresa the uncomfnrts
able feeling that one Of the little ones % hisOwn
family circle, fhr away, IL weeping and sobbina
twilight Of dawn, and q repeated but 8 isw
times Then the handsome little sipeer. with
black, retires through some crevice In the
house top, and r. rarely seen during the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

I1uftlOk0 OOuf80L.
While all Germany was keeping Bismarck's
birthday, Frantz Abt, the Saxton pastors son
who forty odd years ago gave up theology for
music, was dying. His part on the big stage
has been very modest one by comparison; he
contrtved no policies, set on foot no wars, took
can say that his swallows will not still be home
ward flying when the German empire Of to-day,
Bismark's solid handiwork and colossal monu.
ment, shall have gone the way of empires9
Who can undertake to set q limit to the life OF q
true melody, any more than to that of q true
poem?
Thrones and realms in darkness huIled,-
Noble flags forever furled,-
WiaeSt schemes by statesmen spun,
Time has seen them. one by one,
Like the leaves Of autumn fall;
little song out lives them ell"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

One OF the keenest things ever said on the
bench u attributed to Judge Walton. While
holding term Of the supreme court ut An
gusta he sentenced man TO- seven years In
counsel asked Tor Q mitigation of the sentences on
the GROUND that the prisoners health was very
that my client cannot live out half that term.
and beg OF you to change the sentence ;" "Well,
under those circumstances" lid the judge,
Life instead Of seven years." It is needless to
add that the respondent agreed to abide by the
original sentence, which the Judge permitted
him to elect
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= Lord Churchill. savage Attack.

HE DECLARES GLADSTONE MADE A .BAsE,
COWARDLY SURRENDER" To RUsSIA-THE
VOTE OF CREDIT PASSED BY LARGE MA.
JORITY.
Mr.. Gladstone in the house Of commons and
Earl Granville in the house of lords made
lengthy statements Monday regarding the
English understanding with Russia, in effect
about as indicated in THE STARS special cable
dispatches from London. At the close of Mr.
Gladstone's statement Lord Randolph Church.
ILL., the young conservative leader, arose and at
once launched into a savage attack upon the
government. He argued that the announce
ment just made on behalf of the government
was terrible piece of news to those anxious for
the security of the Indian empire. "The gov
eminent" cried out his lordship, shave made a
base, cowardly surrender of every point at issue
to Russia. greatly fear that as result we
have lost India" In regard to the Afghans,
Lord Churchill insisted that the Russians long
ago passed the boundary which they had prom
ised to respect the righul frontier line of the
Ameer's dominion. In 1882 series of pledges
were voluntarily given by Russia concerning
the boundary, and all of them had been delib-
erately broken. The vote of credit Of $685.
GOO, 900 was then passed by the house by vote
Of l30 to 90. a motion by Mr.. Labouchere to
reduce the credit from fifty-five to thirty-five
millions was lost by vote Of 70 to %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

Two Can Ride ON One l,OOO-Mile Ticket
From the Charleston News.
Paul Howes Ii Georgia drummer. He was
recently travelling in South Carolina, and,
with fellow traveller purchased LOCO. mile
ticket. The conductor refused to allow but one
OF them to ride on the ticket, saying that
while 1t could be issued to two or more parties
only one person could ride on 1t at one time
Mr.; Howes was put OF the train about four
miles from marlborough, and gave notice
that he would sue the road for damages. He
employed IN attorney, but 1t was not long
before the authorities offered to compromised.
The offer was accepted, and Mr.. Howes came
OF d 900 better oh. His walk, four miles to
Wadesborough, netted him just $3.50 per mile
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I'm an Indian Mound.
GIGANTIC SKELETONS AND INDIAN PIPES AND
VESSELS FOUND IN OHIO

VESSELS FOUND IN OHIO.
A dispatch from Homer, Ohio, says one of the
most important discoveries of the many made
in that prolific field of Indian mounds was
made near there on Monday. Beneath a small
mound at five feet below the normal surface
five gigantic skeletons, with their feet to the
east, were found in a grave with a stone floor.
Remnants of burned bones and charcoal
stone vessels and weapons. The skele-
tons are of enormous size, the head Of
one being the size Of a wooden bucket.
The most striking articles besides the skeleton
was beautifully finished stone pipe, the bowl
being large and polished and engraved with
OF birds and beasts; knife shaped like q sickle
reversed and having wooden handle held by
leather thongs, and kettle holding perhaps
six quarts. Those who know say this md is one
of the Oldest in America and perhaps the most
valuable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

A LONG ISLAND GIRL MIssING.-Margaret
Deans, of Winfield. &. l.. who has been missing
from her home since Tuesday last, It is feared
has been abducted, and no trace OF her where
abouts has yet been discovered, although an
active search is being made in every direction.
Maggfe's father, who has until recently been
living in st. Louis, has lately sent her many
opinion Is gaining ground that he has reclaimed
her and that she Is with him. The idea that
she has been foully dealt with Ii not enter.
tanned.
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Wellnesdny whatnots.


=, III the offices sought the men, professional pol.
iticians would get lett. The Offices could never
md any of them at hOme.-Philadelphia CuH
In China and Japan every land owner has to
plant o certain number Of trees. Out in the
wild west, in this country, it Is different. No
person Is respected who does not occasionally
plant man.-Pe0ra Transcript
what pains a father more than the cry or
his infant child?" asks some one We don't
know unless it Is the cry Of his infant twins
Boston Post
"NOw, sir" said q man in defense Of the 1e.
cent session OF the Arkansas legislature point
If you can, to single act out Of the way" -"Oh,
none OF them are out OF the way" replied some
the next legislature meets aud repeats them. D.
Arkdns0U Traveller.
An anglers paper speaks Of the ashrinkage Of
trout streams" A trout stream may Shrink
but the trout never does. 1t generally expands
and increases in weight after being ren1oyed
ala. >~s'
A noted poem by George Eliot commenced
with the line 20 may Join the choir invisible +"
She had seen enough OF the Quarreiing and
nirting choirs that do 80 much at one end Of
the other end.-NeV OrIe0ns Pcayune.
"Trayer's latest has now been travelling
about the clubs quite long enough to be entitled
to the honors Of print. Driving along In q iight
trotttng wagon he espied Gov, Dorsheimer on
the sidewalk, drew up alongside and asked him
TO get In. The pOrtly statesman looked from
the skeleton wheels TO the narrow space on the
seat, ana after . careful survey OF the vehicle
said said I'm AFRAID I'm too biz for that trap Of
perhaps you are not so b-b-big a. you think you
are."-NetO York Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

VIRGINIANs PAYING TAXES IN MONEY!
Information from various cities and towns In
Virginia show that all license taxes paid 70 the
collecting officers since May LIST have been
made in money, and that SO far as heard nom,
no coupons have been used In payment Of this
tax. Twenty-Five Thousand dollars were re-
ceived at the state treasury In Richmond yes.
terday from this source.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06
Behavior Of n Rejected Lover.

From the London Standard.
The situation of a man who has been "wnged'
is much better than that Of a girl under the
same circumstances At first he takes IL very
hard. He rails against marriage sneers at
women in general, and becomes for the time
being a second Diogenes. Ere many months
have elapsed he emerges from his tub and his
sulky fit. He now begins to realize that ne is
Interesting A halo OF romance encircles
him; Others may bear away the palm In litera-
ture, science. art, bat there are some kind
souls by whom the detected hero is at once
placed on q pedestal. owing TO the mere fact of
his having been badly treated by one of their
own sex. "Poor Edwin so clever SO amusing
self. She at once sets to work to repair the dam
age done by the unappreciative rival. II Is her
pleasing task to guide the wounded spirit
through the successive stages of piaue, cyni-
cism, desire for sympathy, and platonic friend
ship: until Edwin is gently but firmly led to the
altar before he well knows where he is. Some
times, however, the young man is too wide
awake for this and while making a very good
thing out OF his broken heart, he prefers confid-
deftly "sheering orr when pity is becoming in-
conveniently like love. Thus one disappont-
ment may prove q foundation for many fiirta-
tions, and Edwin consoles himself and 10 con-
soled by an ever-varying procession of good Sa-
maritans till at last he really forgets how IL all
began, who Tilted him and whom he Tilted. He
has the proud satisfaction OF feeling that he has
blighted beings whom he has ''winged" in his
turn, continues his triumphal progress until IL
is brought to a close by well-dowered widow
i'm ''the roaring forties," from whom he fails to
escape, and finally settles down to "peace with
honor, and a comfortable income
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

The detachments here spoken OF included
odds and ends of troops, the provost guard, the
headquarters cavalry escort, a part of the navy
them. the aggregate paroled, according to these
figures, was % 1856; without them, 26,7O7.
Perhaps further light may be thrown on the
matter by observing the statistics OF the cam
paign preceding the surrender. The series of
final movements began toward the end of
March, 1865. The morning report of the Army
of Northern Virginia for February CO. 1865
which is the latest to be found among the con-
federate archives in the War department.
gives, as cited by Gen. Humphreys, these re-
suit
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Type-wrfting BLACK mailer~.

TO BE THROWN OUT OF OCCUPATION By AN
ASSOCIATION TO EMPLOY THE WORTHY.
New York Correspondence of the Pttsburg Dispatch
The Women's Christian association has
opened a registry for girls who desire employ
ment as operators on type-writers. An investi-
CATION of the character of each applicant IL
promised so that the employer may know in
every instance something about her antece-
dents. This move is a result of an evil which
has suddenly become a big one i'm New YORK.
Inspector Byrnes, who is the head of the de-
tectives OF the police department, says on this
subject:
have been taken into the Offices Of lawyers,
brokers, merchants and others since the type.
writing machine came into general use. They
are necessarily educated and bright Most OF
this field find work enabling them 70 support
themselves or help their families. But type
writing has also opened up rich thing for con-
extensive and adroit work than ever known
before. They get into daily intercourse with
have plenty of time 70 make favorable i'm.
preston; all the circumstances are conducive to
the success Of their schemes In case the chosen
compromising position, he is tricked into what
looks like one. Then blackmafl, in some
brought to us In astonishing numbers, and
often by men who could be caught by no ordi-
tFs s %So yeTy Wal
very black for him, until q brief search into the
history of his fair young secretary exposed her
u
Usually we do not feel that the public police are
rightly called on TO act, and the men are adj
vssed TO go 70 some lawyer or private detec-
tive"
Talk with the managers Of the Pinkerfon,
Irving, Mooney Boland and other detective
women who get into ofiicee as type-wr1ten has
become the leading swindle, and that the in
vsstigstion and exposure oftheir real characters
constitutes q considerable share OF the work
now done by unofdcial detectives. In most
cases the past careers Of these women furnish
times the escape II laboriousfy and expensiveiy
brought about -, - = - : !.
The plan OF the Women's Christian Assocsa-'
women nom competition and assoctnftou with
the edventuresses, wiz operate 70 drive the
lar 70 require certihcate from the association
whenever employing type-writer. The buEsan
u now In oDeration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06
The Creole Girl as She In.


Who has not heard rhapsodical descriptions
ofthe Creole girl given by hard-breathing and
thick-lipped enthusiasts--her voluptuous figure,
heavy-lidded and languishing eyes, dark hair
and olive and oval face, which she carries about
IN please-sOme-one-love-me expression? Don't
dream about her any more. Come and see her.
Look at her az she slOuches out Of doorway,
in calico wrapper, the pattern and color Of
which long ago ceased to be obvious, and drags
herself along to the adjoining house to gossip
with another beauty. Mark how the heels Of
her slippers have been vigorously "run down"
till there y no Intersection at all to speak Of
and then follow the squat figure up to the head.
The face ts always an interesting one, bat sell
dom beautiful. Almost invariably the mouth
Is large and the teeth prominent, but the chin
is dimpled and small. The cheek bones are
high, the eyes dark and the skin Is coarse and
greasy, often covered with ill-laid streaks Of
powder. She is clever though, when she talks,
and often very bright, and has the same idea
Of honor as her lackadaiscal sister has on the
other side Of town. In this respect the girls OF
New Orleans are all alike-they Wilt never
brook familiarity from q comparative stranger.
and their street manners are severe and proper
in the highest degree. Once the ice is broken,
however, they rush to q finish at headlong
speed. To men to whom they have not been
properly introduced they are ice; to the men
they know they are gushing, Hopping and eff
fuSfVo even In public.
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Transfers Of Real Estate.

Martha ]. Hunt to Emelie NJ. Darnielle part 4,
Do. $50; n 900; Commissioners d. c. to Olivia
y: Scala. lot 2S7 Uniontown; s.. Glen W.
Bso to part IL block 2Ss
ment to 9. Norment, ". y b, 50. SIS, and subs.
F: G. McCathran, part is. 50. s22; $. q. E..
Emmons to Amanda GLADDEN., lot 81, of part of
Chichester; 800. J. T. Walker to ]. N. Walker,
part y, Res. b, and lots 10 and 20, so. LILO:
,. Elizabeth E. Straining to August Vogels.
berger, ne. part 3S, Hawe's sub. Mt Pleasant:
has asfsest 'a + se s. To F.
Wynsn To- T. S g. Hl 81 10 Se 49, $685. $1,000
Il G. Emery NJ to os H. d Ra1s 81 lot sS a.
60 S52; $4,000. n. g: Emery to L: N: Corn.
t Est4 lot c a, So s52 900 Mary II. Forrest
Riggs to S. Maddox, lots Ia and Is, SO. 175;
S6,9 800: Christiana F. Osborne to Mary r. Gull
Lucy Alexander, lot 2, 50. 81, Georgetown. 4.
=; D D to Ed Neale, lot 3s, sub. SO. AT:
coo aes1y 5Shnson oy to E Nary C. Levi lot
81 to Elizabeth y Lowe, lot 49, So. 40 $500 o.
1,4O0. Chas. Herman to Catherine f. Bali, lot
So 90; sub %. 62S; $3.50. Catherine r. Lati-
a meS 70 John +. Waggaman, lots "a to As, So.
app lot A. So aa e. }oen c BaGg 70
Laura A. Flint and Fannie j: Barrett pit IS, So.
lot AZ, SO. $50; 81 500. C. Kimball to ]. G..
Heald, part 8, 50. 157; $500. George f. En-.
mons TO Amanda GLADDEN., lot 81 Chichester.
$1OO. Mary 1ngersOll to c. G. Thorn, lot 81
piccX ~, II. & r. sub, Meridian Hill: S7OO
Sphn sherman to Susan Gangewer lot Is
6lock SO, Columbia Heights; 81 ,OO7 so. g. W.
>. 1s Droit Park; s. C. J. Hillyer to r. l.
nida 4. Hornblower to r. q. Davenport, part
To-, So los; S3,25O. C. w. Simpson to C. Brown,
part lots and 6, SO. $50. s., 800. Chaplin
Brown to Addie Simpson, same property:
$4,000. John Downing to Julia A. Downing,
lot 10, SO. 279: s.. c. H. knight, trustee to
Isaac Young, lot % and part %, so. 3O2; =.
= W. II. Holiday to James N. Carpenter, sub. 25
g. .6O; $6, $3.50; Jennie A. De Shields to E. A.
Newman, lot 8, block 50, sub. n. grounds Co
lumbia University; $500. L. NJ Gregory to W.
q. Gregory and Alice I. Ellsworth, interest in
SCOTS Bunder, (76ta acres) part of VIM. and
Mary Increased and part Seat Pleasant, n4a,
acres6 81 900. Ralph jefferson to c. f. Banes
70. i, block 8, II. 4 Els sub. Meridian Hill:
n 800. Clara G. Hammett to Arthur A. Biz
ney, lots 35 and 60 50. 74s; $500. Lethia A.
Dick TO Lydia A. c. and E. E. Pinkney, part IL.
Jane D. Peterson, lot 1OS, 50. 1913; "a $50. W.
sharon TO Christine Schmidt, lot 35, So 1873:
$2.292. A. n. Maker to Martha l. Burns. part
8, SO. 1858; S2O4 81. C.. NJ. Barrick to q r
Bailey, pts, sc. 400; 200. J.Roth to n Cohen.
pit. lots IA and Is, So. 97S; 81 lao. Maria Jack,
9on 70 b. r. Leighton, lot ID, So 3SS; g.. T.
T. Green TO W. b. Jones, lot II, w. and C's sub
Pleasant Plains; 81 200. John Alcorn ct al TO
" = Burford, same property; $4,000. w. E.
g. ". CASTELAR, to E. Greer pt 123. Beall S add.
% Georgetown; 81 800. X. A. Edmonston ct al.
do; $4,000.