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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

6OX1O0D SO0FD0ut0m In London.
London Correspondents Manchester Weekly Tfmea
The streets Of London were never 30 noisome
o. they are just now with the offensive cries of
newsmen. A very low ana vile class Of publica-
tons has come out like . mushroom growth I'm
imitation Of the journalists literature of which
too much has been heard, and which was sun.
posed to have the much-boasted patronage ofthe
archbishop OF Canterbury. The primate is now
alive 70 the nature OF the mischief 70 which he
too easily lent his name, and wishes the publica-
ton OF. "The Maiden Tribute" stopped. This
Is far from the intention or desire OF those who
are guiding what the Times calls . discredita-
BILE agitation, which has lost Its meaning ana ex.
cuse since the Criminal Law Amendment Biil re.
ceived the royal assent Among the pubiications
which boys and girls are now invited TO purchase
nom the street hswksr y ..the Amt number o
contents may be guessed from III title and the
bevy Of bere-legged ballet girls printed BY way
A curious publication Of another kind a. Of
fered for penny. II 70 an edition OF Nicolas
Mickleby, printed n clear though small type.
the afot and last chapters b0ing oboSnf The -.
cretofthe cheapnese Of this publication Il oecom.
ing apparent when it n found that 4 linz S6ver.
tissmsnt appear q the foot az saah page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

London Journals say that Che authore.. :, -.
"Duchess' fiction, which has been Claimed nv
woman figuring at some Of the Amerfcnn 49,; ~
ing places this seasons IL Mrs. Angeles, an irish
chicago girl, being caught In q hish.neek
orees at Gunner where the rest OF the corssares
wefe very low, was 90 ashamed Of herself that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

From tie pAfladslphia Nsws
y. H Giiehrist Of Philadelphia, owns IN I'm.
ported shetland pony mare six years old, -
inches high, weight 76 pounda meosurine 40
inches nom nose 20 tau, IA inckss round Sta6S,
~ round the hook, 90 round TIE Girfh. sn1 III
uino-anoh COLLAR. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

THE WASHINGTON D1cYcLIsTs AND THE "YAN.
KEE" MAIDENs-A RAINY DAY AT THE SEA-
sHoRE-A STRANGE TENALE HkkAIT-wASH.
INGToN FOLKS WHO ARE suNAERIN0 THERE,
ETC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29
I'm monarch Of all survey
My right there Is none to dispute"
A FEMALE HERMIT.

On the way, and returning by Q change of
road, are many antique huts, cottages and tiny
homes the clusters Of which are dignified by
being called villages. Near one of these, called
''Tisbury," dwells female hermit, who has be-
every visitor feels that something IL neglected
to make sojourn complete If he fails to pay re-
spects to Nancy Luce, one OF the many of that
name, who make the native part of the popula-
ton of the island. Nancy Is either soft-brained,
half witted, or assumes very deceptive anec-
ep upon Sc wnica 20 her
that knowing ones gently hint at con-
siderable fraud in the old lady's hermit
ag From % Is sa' an sne on has been
horse, the riding Of which distinguished her as
she became recluse, cutting Of all relations
with society: Different causes have been
assigned to this strange conduct It is said she
Archie. He was q sailor, and LETT for q long
voyage without bidding Nancy adieu. Never
again ,, was his ship sighted; Months sftsrwards
and upon it was deciphered "Arethusa," the
name OF her lovers ship. Its more than forty
allowed to share her home but numerous hens
and COW. Hens seem to be on her brain, and
out OF that brain have come some queer mix
hsr The Of her ps
are az odd as all else connected with this queer
being; Some Of them ap Ms,ss TO Jay Metres.
Ticktuzy," aPheendy Tutally, !" 1Phebea Pea
deo" "Teeddla Toonna," and "Gedena-room.
any" Her especial pets. "Ada Queetie' and
"Beauty Sirma," died. She wrote long obit-
uary q song for the dead, the opening etanxa Of
which will hive the idea OF the effort
"Poor little Ada oneetie has departed this ill.,
Never to be here no more.
No more to love- more to speak,
No more 70 be my friend
OF how long 70 see her with me i've and well
Her heart end mine %ss We: .rnassd,s.,
She and I could never par,
lam left broken hearted"
The old lady II plainly attiFedi In Mother Hub.
bard gown, with q handkerchief tied about her
head The burrows that run here and there
about her lace signify that she has enjoyed
many hard winters. BY her chickens she sifS.
BY them she swears. And they are treated with
the deference Of objects Of worship. She keepo
them attired In tiny bibs. In the room assigned
10 Them are their nests and rooatiug places in
dormitories after the manner Of the slowing
away Of young girls In q convent TO eli who
wish TO zee her pets she throws hack the cur.
Tain and pointing to them, rays not ~theoo are
my Jewels," but sthis 10 my fhinily.n "A room fs
aesixnod to the hay and her COW. @JuliA," the
cow q invited into the Kitchen always to BE- fed
and MIXED. Nancy has IAN itching
palm," and governs her hunor In peOpor,
Ion 10 the amount Of lucre thaa Il being
bestowed upon her. Some who have seen her
liken her unto the roalistic idea q Neg Mev.
riases. Other psenlias;chasscts. q lss.sx note
ohoiy and sxpresses. "in msettn'S and cut,
deceitful, and have dlled ny head with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

lIQS huOWn. w Qll6 GQ0y diner WHOLLY In size
and appearance, they bear a resemblance
structurally, and have similar habits, feeding
upon honey and insects. The collection COM
humming bird of Mexico, which boasts of pro-
portions nearly as great as as those of the robin
to tiny hummng bird OF Jamaica, scarcely
birds with bills longer than their bodies which
they use in extracting honey from deep-cupped
n Hover and n1;mmng birds with no more beak
different varieties Of humming birds
are distinguished only by the marking Of their
The crown, throat and breast are marked with
topaz, gold and ruby, in the most exquisite
shades: The colors seem iridescent. a. pecu-
pointed out to THE STAR reporter is that vol,
can see only one color at time. When the
nra 6 or prs Solos Is .nrowa back at certain
other comes to view. The feathers have o sheen
or gloss like Furnished gold or gems, and in
colors become more pronounced in dark place
than in the twilight. In every variety where
this gloss Or sheen exists, except one, the gloss
from its front. II the bird was flying from one
the colors would be dull ana lusterless
Would sppear as snDg only to the e6s % Sl6d
got rear view. Many of these birds derive
beauty not only from their matchlesSco
out from the graceful arrangement OF their
feathery drapery. Some have most delicate
little ruffs about their Threats, and are called
co9uettes. Others have two long aud graceful
tail feathers, which cross each other in beauti-
full curves.
Nearly all the South and Central American
birds are conspicuous for the richness Of their
plumage. The feathery gorgeousness reaches
its climax in the royal bird OF the Aztecs q
magnificent creature, considered to surpass the
famed bird Of Paradise In grace and exquisite
ness of color.
The markings of birds differ very strangely
sometimes, and form the only distinction
between two varieties. In Ecuador, for instance,
one variety Of humming bird, marked In q
peculiar way, Is found only at Q certain eleva.
ton on the Side Of Chimboraxo. Upon q neighJ
boring mountain. at a certain elevation, is
found another drumming bird, the exact coun-
terpart OF his Chimborazo cousin. except in
c coo Inc pattern upon which the colors are
iaid are the same, but the colors themselves are
alnerent; In some valleys few miles in extent
are io9nd birds, peculiarly marked, which have
never been found elsewhere.
'MADK-UP" BIRDS.
In South America Mr.. Ridgway says native
Indians are largely engaged In hunting birds
for the trade. Recently, In one consignment.
900 humming birds were sent from Brasil to
Paris. some times" said Mr.. Ridgway, "the
natives will make up . bird by attaching leath-
ars 70 that do not rightly 6elong to 6 70 give
~ an attractlye appearance. They do this very
skluiuiiy, and, or course, &c makes no diner
ence 70 the lady who wears Il on her bonnet,
ana ID more particular about the ellects 81
colorS than scientific truth. bird loIl Into the
hanos q an English ornithol0g1st some time
ago, ana ne supposed he great prize. He had
described It ct length In Communication 70 {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

Oh the club, measures all canoes as directed and
Keeps record of the dimensions &C. of each
canoe He IS required to- report at any time
when requested by the commodore or executive
committee. He has possession of the lOgs of
voyages. records of waterways and routes de-
tails, drawings, collections OF maps charts and
DOCKS, anu IS required to keep the IN so that they
snail De accessible To the members of the club.
FLOATING BoAT-noUsE
1t is the purpose of the club to erect floating
boat-house next spring at the foot of New York
avenue, near Easby's wharf, If permission can
this privilege. The clubhouse will be SO by
% feet and two stories high, accommodating
nifty canoes, with kitchen, bathrooms and ali
necessary convenienees for the growing needs
canoeing in the District, which will. it is ex
pected, soon boast one of the largest and most
enterprising organizations in the country.
Among the projects now being talked of "a
that OF getting war canoe for the club. not
that the members have any beiligerent inten-
tions or lack confidence in the Navy depart.
mcnt- The canoe desired Is one of the huge
IndlaI birch canoes made to carry a war party
and which, 1t Is said, can he obtained by con.
tract from some savage John Reach in the will.
dernesS of Manitoba. With such a craft the
modore OF the club can ride in regal dignity
ike the King OF the Cannibai islands while d.
rectlng the movements Of his fleet.
Inc canoe'st has n special vocabulary, as long
and as iull of mystery to the landsman as thai
oil Tue Earliest Jack Tar who ever ate salt Junk
or spliced "a mainbrace. Every part of his little
craft has its special name. A perfect canoe has
yet TO be built, and the canoeist derives no
small portion OF his pleasure from the study of
tines ana forms ana models. The "Wanderer,"
best AL round" canoe in the club.
Inc outlook for the future of the club Is most
promising, and the members confidently louk
yields both health and pleasure In most liberal
measure.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08

a colt its first lesson in harness hitched
to a stump or an immovable load. A
few such lessons brushes the ambition
all out Of a boy or colt either, and
while no one so treats an animal, the
country is full ofsuch examples with
the boys. We know hundred such
fathers. They seem to think that
the boys have no rights that their
fathers are bound to respect, that the
entire end and aim of bOyhoOd is to
add a few dollars to their wealth, and
when the boys, utterly disguised,
leave home, they wonder why the
boys take no interest in the farm.
Fathers, this is all wrong. Those
boys are given you to fashion into
men. One ullgrown, honest, intelli-
gent man is worth more to the coun-
try, and should be to his father, than
the whole farm. Your whole study
should be, not how to squeeze a few
more dollars out of the boys, and to
this end, dwarf them mentally and
destroy their ambition; but how can
you make them more thoughtful,
more ambitious, and more intelligent
than yourselves. Nothing pays better
than to encourage the boys--except
to teach them honesty-and this you
can't do by defrauding them, and
nothing so encourages one to thought
and care in his work as pecuniary
interest. DON'T fail therefore to give
the boys a direct interest in something
on the farm, and then see to it, as
you would prize their integrity, that
you deal honestly by them in divid-
ing the profits. With how much
more complacency will you leave
when you come to die, full-grown,
honest, prosperous man-your son,
than a paltry bank account! Deal
justly, literally, deal encouragingly
with the boysw
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Worrying.

Every. mortal has burdens and dis
comforts. By picking the burden up
fifty times a day and weighing it, it
becomes no lighter, but rather pro-
duces an increased sense of heaviness.
BY worrying over the discomforts they
become none the more comfortable, but
are harder to endure, and give cause
for more and more worry and COM
plant. To ignore them may be i'm,
possible. We are not called upon to
do that. But by turning the sunlight
upon them and greeting them with the
merriest laugh we can raise, we Tighten
them, and melt them as cakes of ice
are melted in the monday sun, SO that
when we look for them we find that
they are gone, and we wonder who has
carried them away.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Green Corn Fritters.

Cor Home and Farm:
l am formerly from Georgia, but
now l am a Texan. My husband is
a subscriber to the Home and Farm,
and of course l read it, and am par
ticularly fond of the Woman's De-
partment. l see so many valuable
recipes; some / have tried with sue
cess and SEINE failed in. Twill here
give the sisters my recipe for green
corn fritters: Take four ears NEW,
tender roasting ears); CRATE fine on
common potato crater; add che cup
offlour, pinch of salt, enough sweet
milk to make thin batter; have
your lard hot, drop in in small par
GELS, fry brown, then serve with but
ter and butter-milk, Try it, and also
the poor mans cake; recipe: Three
eggs; beat the whites to a stiff froth;
beat the yolks with two cups of sugar,
one-half cup butter, one cupful sweet
milk, three cups sifted flour, one tea
spoonful good baking powder, sifted
with the -four; beat well together,
then add the whites last; mold and
bake to a light brown.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Encourage the Boys.

The Rural New Yorker makes the
following very truthful and pertinent
remarks about the treatment of boys
farmers boys-by the fathers. The
advise given is just as applicable to
fathers in any other business and we
wish every one of them could realize
how important it is to encourage
their boys. Just try it for a while
and see:
GA fourteen-year-Old boy writes us
that, wanting a little money that
should be all his own, he bought a
pig with his saved-up pennies and
managed to buy enough milk to keep
it growing all summer, and last fall
he earned the com to fatten it by
husking nights for every eighth
bushel. He has just sold the pig for
$40, and his father took the money
saying the boy had no use for it and
that he would give him another pig
in the spring. The boy asks was that
right? We wish we could say NO
loud enough so that every father in
America could hear. Legally, no
doubt, the father had right to the
money, but morally he had no more
right to it than he would have to any
other boys money. That boy had
worked full time for his father and
had taken time from his sleep to earn
the cOyn that made the pig, and in
the sight of an honest God it was
theft for that father to take the money,
Not only this, but the father who
would so treat his boy is rs nearly q
fool as would be he who. should give
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
He Stopped to Count Fifty.

Detroit Free Press
81 remember" said a Detroit boy to
his Sunday-school teacher, "you told
me always to stop and count fifty when
angry"
eyes? Well, Pm glad to hear it. 1t
cooled your anger, didn't it?"
"You see, boy'he come into our
alley and made faces at me and dared
me to fight. l was going with him.
He was bigger'n me, and I'd have got
pulverized. l remembered what you
said and began to count"
"And you didn't 6ght?"
"No, ma'am. Just as got to forty
two my big brother came along, and
the way he licked that boy would have
made your mouth waters I was going
to count fifty and then rum"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth
ma and all throat and Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and ali Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thou
sands of cases, has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a desire
to relieve human suffering, / will send
free of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, W. A.
MOVES, 149 Powers Block, Rochester,
My.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
THEDEYLL.

The devil arose from his little bed
And washed his face and combed his head.
The devil to breakfast gayly went,
And gorged himself to his hearts content.
The devil with many merry jest
Gave to the meal an added zest.
The devils mother poured the tea
And smiled at her sons impulsive glee.
The devil finished his early meal,
And started away on nimble heel.
"FOr you you know" he 2aid, 81 make it
by six,
Or the foreman will treat me to sundry
kicks"
"GOd bless you, son" said the devils ma,
As the devil caught on a passing car.
GOOD bless the devilP" 'Tis strange, yet
true,
OF printers devil Pm talking to you.
Chicago Sun.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Girls First.

"The best husband | ever met, says
a living writer, "Came out of a family
where the mother, a most heroic and
self,denying woman, laid down the alb.
solute law, girls frst-not in any au>
thority, but first to be thought of as to
protection and tenderness. Consequent.
ly the chivalrous care which those lads
were taught TO show to their own sisters
naturally extended itself to all woman.
They grew up true gentlemen-gentle'
men generous, unexacting, courteous of
speech and kind of heart. In them was
the protecting strength of manhood
which scorns to use its strength except
for protection, the proud honesty Of
manhood which infinitely prefers being
lovingly and openly resisted to being
twisted round ones finger as mean
men are twisted, and mean women will
always be found ready to do it, but
which think all honest men and brave
women would not merely dislike, but
utterly despise"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Two Remarkable Turkey Hens.
Cadiz Telephone.

Cadiz Telephone.
Mrs. DR.. Ley Lindsay, of this city,
has two remarkable turkey hens They
commenced laying the LIST of March
and up to the present time have laid 1876
eggs. During the time one of them
Matched a brood and has raised them
to good size. During the time she
was setting she laid every other day,
and she yet continues to lay. 81 Of
the eggs were set and 80 of them
Matched. The other hen continued to
lay until about the goth of June when
she commenced to set. These are I'm.
doubtedly facts, and if the reader has
ever paid any attention to turkey rails
ing it will be readily understood that
they are remarkable.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
COUNTS.

CHARACTERISTIC LIST Monday in May and
u November; Z. D. Hancock, Judge; J.
C. Biles, Clerk.
NIRCUIT-Sits Tuesday after 4th Monday
u in January, May, and September; J.J.
Williams, Judge; A. ]. Curl, Clerk.
NOUNTY-Sits by quorum 1st Monday in
U'every month; full court every quarter;
S. j. W alling, Esq, Chairman; A. II. Gross,
Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS-H.. P.
" Maxwell, Sheriff; JnO. L. Jaco, Register;
Jas. r. Gardner, Trustee and Tax Collec'
tor; Geo. I. Purvis, Ranger; Mat. Jones,
Jailer; Sam O'Neal, County Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-MayOr, Jesse
N1 Walling; Aldermen-Wm. Biles, Z.
r. Morford, VIC. Womack, G. W. Hood
enpyl, D. F. Wallace, W. w. Fairbanks
Recorder-D. F. Wallace; Street Commits
sioners-Geo. w. Hoodenpyl, VIM. Bilesi
w. w. Fairbanks. Treasurer-C. L, Nor
ford.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
,,,., . Held His Seat.

Generally in skirmishes between
the railroad conductor and the obsti-
nate passenger, the latter gets the
worst Of it, as he ought to; but now
and then, by sheer drOllery, the per-
son in the wrong will get the whole
car-full of people on his side, and the
official has to give up. An incident
of that kind was recently reported to
the Boston Herald, which, by its
very absurdity, won the good will of
the spectators.
a big, burly, good-naturedly ag-
gressive man entered Charleston
horse car with huge turkey in his
hand, and having seated himself, he
placed his turkey on a newspaper in
sitting position on the seat beside
him. The car filled rapidly, but the
turkey kept its seat, guarded by the
burly owner. When the conductor
came through the car, he noticed the
turkey, and addressing the man,
said:
"YOu will have to take that turkey
up"
"What for?"
"TO let some of these people sit
down. You can't keep him on that
seat"
"What's the reason | can'tT
eBecause these people are as much
entitled to seat as your turkey"
"Well, who said they wern't
This turkey amt bOthering anyone,
and I'd like to see anyone bother
him."
"You'll have to take him up, any
how; he isn't passenger"
"No, he isn't; but he's a mighty
sight better hammered than the
average passenger you carry. He's
clean, he isn't telling all he knows,
he isn't drunk, he don't smell of to-
bacco, and he don't spit all over the
floor"
By this time all the passenger,
were laughing, and the peculiar ap
pearance of tie turkey, as he sat boil
upright with his legs spread out or
the seat, added to the merriment.
The conductor, annoyed by thu
laughter, eXcitedly said:
every seat in this car that's Occu
pied has got to be paid for; now yor
take that turkey up, or get out"
81 won't do it. Here's ticket fO
him, and see that you punch it.
guess it don't make much difference
to a railroad company what kind o
an animal occupies seat, so long a
it's paid for"
So the turkey kept his seat, to tn,
great enjoyment of the passengers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Novel Cure for Hiccoughs.

Popular Science Monthly:
Here is a remedy, tested many
times without failure, which can
always be used by one person upon a
person who has "the hiccOughs'' and
generally by the sufferer himself.
You say to your friend something
like this: "See how close together
you can hold your forefingers with
out touching. Now keep your elbows
out free from your side. You can
get your fingers closer than that.
They are touching now. There
now hold them so. Steady?" By
this time you can generally ask :
"Now, why don't you hiccOugh ?"
The involuntary tendency to breathe
slowly and steadily when the atten-
ton is fixed on performing a delicate
manipulation counteracts the convul-
sive action of the diaphragm.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
Some Definitions.

A writer in a juvenile magazine
lately gathered number of diction-
airy words as defined by certain small
people, of which the following seems
genuine:
"Dust-Mudw with thejuicesqueezed
out"
"Fan-A thing to brush warm off
with"
"Ice-Water that stayed out in the
cold and went to Sleep"
"Monkey-A small boy with a
tail"
"Pig-A hogs little boy"
"Salt-Makes your potatoes taste
bad whenyOudo not put it on Them"
"Snoring-Letting off Sleep"
"WakefulneSs-Eyes all the time
coming unbuttoned."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
GOING NORTH.
Mails.

Tullahoma to Observation-Disclosures $3.50 p.
~: leaves $40 a. m, daily except Sundays
McMinnvile to Sparta-Arrives 700 Am;
leaves 200 pm; daily except Sundays.
Beersheba Springs-Arriyes 500 pm;
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; leaves
600 a. m, same days.
Smithville (route No. 1885 y arrives 1900
m, Mondays, THURSDAYS and Saturdays
leaves 100 pm, same days
Woodbury-Arrives y m, Wednesdays
and Saturdays; leaves 100 PM, same days.
Horse Shoe Falls-ArriveS 1900 m, Mon
days and Thursdays; leaves 300 pm. same
days