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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
Advice to Young Married People.


"Drive gently over the stones!" This piece OF
advice, which is frequently given to iuex-
perienced whips, may be respectfully sug-
gested to the newly married. There are stony
places on the road to happiness which, If not
carefully driven over, may upset the domestic
coach. The first rock ahead, which should be
marked dangerous is the first year of mar
ried iife Here especially, it is the first step
that costs as 4 rule the first year either mars or
makes a marriage. During this period errors
may be committed which will cast a shadow
over every year that follows.
On awakening suddenly from sleep we feel
put out and rather cross. May not the young
husband and wife experience feelings not en-
tireiy different when they awake to reality
from the dreams OF cOurtShip and the faScina-
ton of the honeymoon? Everything must once
more be contemplate after the ordinary man.
her of the world, once more with subdued feel
ingS spoken of. considered and settled. For the
they actually are. Each brings certain pecu-
liarities into the married state to which the
other has TO grow accustomed. They have
now to live no longer for themselves, but for
each other, and the lesson is not learned In q
moment. In all things Indifferent the hus-
band and wife must be willing to yield, how
ever new it may be to them, however diff
ferent from what they themselves thought
Self must be sacrificed in order thereby to gain
the help of another beloved existence. A lady
once asked DR.. Johnson how in his Dictionary
he came to define pastern the knee of horse.
He Immediately answered: Ignorance ma
dam, pure ignorance" This is the simple eX-
at the commencement OF the matrimonial jour
ney. The young couple have not yet learned
the dangerous places of the road, and, as q con-
sequence, they drive careeSsly over them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

Hrs BABY.-A young wife In Brooklyn, N. T.
taught her recalcitrant lord ia q very effective
fashion that IL was his duty TO help support the
baby. Two women rang the door-bell OF proIss-
inent citizens residence, and when the DOR
was opened 10y the father Of the family laid q
bundle upon the walk. This Is your SOL o
child" they said as they walked away. Tie
bundle contained six months old gfrl baby.
The gentleman took the child into the house
and then went and reported the matter TO tlse
police. He thought that some malicious Fersops
were adopting desperate tactics to make trouble
for his son. Next day, however, the son notified
the police they would keep the baby. SIT In my
child" he continued, and the sergeant looked
have been married some little time, but my
father did not know It. / was out OF work and
a. could not support my wife or child, or even
myself I remained at home with my father.
suppose my wife began to think that IL was
about my turn 70 take care Of the baby, and %
all that at home, and Wen keep the child"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
Prayer Better than Preaching.

A PRESBYTERIAN CRITICISES THE STYLE OF
HIS CHURCH.
One of the most interesting topics discussed
by the congress ofchurches at Hartford, Conn.,.
Tuesday, was 1.-THE function of worship in
promoting the growth of the church" Prof.
Hopkins, Presbyterian, said that his church,
most OF all others, needed TO be instructed and
raised to appreciate the functions of worship in
Its relation to her own growth. He complained
that in the Presbyter church the worship of
God occupies the most unimportant and least
considerable part of the services. The promi-
nent feature ofever Presbyterian service is the
sermon. Whatsoever precedes il is distinguished
not as devotional. but merely as an introduce
tory service. The worship is not for its own sake
but for the sake of homiletical Grafton that
is to follow. The sermon as q means of draw
ing people to the house of God has measurab!y
survived its usefulness. The time has obviously
come for substituting. instead of this out-worn
power, attractions o. habitual principle, which
shall lead men to attend church, not to hear
preaching, but to worship God. He further said
that the people should take some active part in
the service, and that the spirit of Professionalism
requires that public prayer should be common
prayer There are ecclesiastical bourbons who
never forget anything and never learn any
thing. The clergy of a church which boasts OF
its power of adaptation to the varied and ever
changing conditions Of society should not he
among them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

any satisfaction out of a pile of dissrticulated
bones: The osteologist views a skeleton not
ONLY from a scientific standpoint, but from q
mechanical point of view Mechanically speak.
ing. the human skeleton is q simple structure.
Still, more than $50 holes have to be drilled In
1t hang together well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

A WOMAN BOUND BY THIEvEs-Mrs. Bin
ney, the wife OF a laborer, on returning % their
apartments in Philadelphia last Saturday, says
She found in the rooms two men-one white
and one colored-ransacking the effects that
She raised an cutlery whereupon they seizsd
her. pulled her hair down over her face aud
stuffed il into her mouth, and then bound q
cloth over her mouth Then they secured her
hands and left her lying upon the floor. The
amount of money stolen r. about $40. She de-
clares that she managed to get the cloth of her
mouth, but was threatened that If she made ON
cutlery her baby, which was in the room, would
be Killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
WASHINGTON. d. c.. May Is, 1885.

A MAN WRITING FRoM SOUTH CARoIIyA
tells strange story in natural history While
out hunting he killed the mother of some Young
squirrels and secured four Of the little ones un.
hurt. tie carried them home and gave them to
a cat that had lost her kittens. She took charge
of them, and became exceedingly fond OF them
and now they are risky little fellows running
every where and growing finely. They seem to
like their stepmother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
sMajor Ward. Of the Treasurv.,

Philadelphia Dispatch to the NY. Tribune May12
The expectant Office-holders among the demo-
Gratis In this city mad their hopes considerably
raised last night by the appearance of q young
man who visited the principal headquarters
and announced himself as Major Ward, of the
United States Treasury. His mission, he said,
was for the purpose of selecting the democrats
who most deserved recognition by the admins
tration, and to that end Secretary Manning had
appointed him to visit Philadelphia and bring
back report to him. AS matter Of course he
was well taken care OF, and in numerous in.
stances was handsomely rewarded by his
friends, who were anxious to secure places.
The major" seemed to be familiar with the
wants and standing Of the men and he brought
JOY 70 the beert Of Samuel Josephs by inform
Ing him that there was no doubt as to his being
appointed United States marshal. He had seen
on the Presidents private desk. Other promi-
nent candidates were called on and the same
assurance OF their respective appointments
given: After diiigens search and numerous IN.
person as "Major Ward" attached to the adj
ministratto1 but It was TOO late 70 detect the
richer than he entered it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

A young man may be too ingenious for his
own good, as, for example, the fellow In Jack
son, whose duty 1t was TO lead the extra street.
car horse back from the top of the hill, ready,to
assist the next car. He trained the animal to
return on his own accord and place himself in
position for the next trip, and now his services
have been dispensed with Waterbury Ameri-
cQH,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
A You've wIFE's sUrcrpE.-At Pittsbus

A You've WIFEs SUICIDE PittsbuFg
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Annie Pershing, wife q
w. Z. Pershing and daughter-in-law OF Rev. q.
c. Pershing, president OF The Pittsburg Female
college, a prominent Methodist Episcopal edsi-
cational institution, shot herself I'm the right
temple, and is now in dying condition. slx
weeks ago, while a student at tbe college, Size
married young Pershing. The marriage was q
candestine one. quarrel last night, IL Is said,
eliminated i'm young Pershing goipg 70 Chicago.
His wife started out TO hunt him, and MT
finding him, returned 10 her home In Allie
gheny, where she shot herself. Mrs. Pershibg
was the daughter of a wealthy resident of New
castle, Pa. She Is eighteen years OF age, alSo
quite handsome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

A. NJ. Clements, son Of Cashier and Director
Clements, OF The Fort Edward, n, Y. state bank,
which was wrecked last September, has beea-
lation of the law.
After robbing Hopper's jewelry ana druw
store ut Darlington, Ind, early Thufsdsv
most OF the business portion of the toWS -
destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

SUICIDE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.-Charies
lehman, aged seventy-two, late Waterman
recently fell, and his wife, aged seventy-one,
were found dead IN their rooms, East 18th
taken paris green. Poversy IL sci down :. the
cause OF the suicides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

GEN. GRANTS PHILADELPHIA HOUSE To RE
SoLD.-The four-story brown stone residence ON
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, that pre-
scented 10 Gen. Grant 10y a committee OF Phila-
deiphia citizens Immediately after the close If
the civil war is to be sold at public auction June
I'd. The committee paid S33, 900 for the house
i'm 1865, and furnished IL. When Grant was
elected President he rented the dwelling. and
he has never lived In il since. A Philadelphsa
firm is acting under the instructions OF Clarence
Seward, The New York lawyer, i'm making the
sale. II is supposed that Gen Grant and VIII
liam III. Vanderbilt will sign the deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

John Anderson. NV 10 John,
" hen We Wtr.. first ac,Illaiut,
foIr lock- were like The raven,
our bGn:i:C brow brent:
But now Your hT nv ~ bald, John,
Your iscSs are Ike the SNOW:
But Ei>S>l:-;Ss Oh Your frosty head,
john -t:i efsou, my 10.
John Anderson. my 10, John,
We ctamb ;!Ic hill ibegither;
And uia!iy 1t happy day. John,
We've had with are anither:
Now we n!adli lotter down, John,
Eut hand IL hand well go,
AMI sleep t!iegit,er al the foot,
john Anderson, my 10.
John Anderson. my 10, John.
Wei. rest 81 iittie night
AMI then arise thesither
10 Eaii the III brliiDg bright:
For Jes Il SAYS he Il call us.
And han. III hand we'll 60
To walk with him i'll raiments white
John Anderson, my 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
JOHN ANDERSON, MY 10.
An Added Verse.
THE STARS TEN THOUSASDTH APPEARANCE
so3iE CoSGRATCLAToRY REMARKS

To the Editor OF TIE EVENING STAR:
On saturday, May 10th. 1888, THE EVENING
SrARa3pears for the ten tOusandth time. What
a vas: amount of information il has given the
people. guiding wisely public opinion, correct
ing pubic taste. benignly encouraging that
which was for the public veal. and shrivelling
with lis scorn that which was selfish and mean,
Keeping close to the interests of the people I'M
iii 1t has become a landmark in Washington,
and veteran in the republic Of letters. Long
may II shine with perennial brightness and its
vltalizing power be ieit in the future as in the
past iii every household O; our beautiful city. /
send for that number Il copy q; that pOrtraitulre
OF domestic serenity by Robert Burns, in order
to introduce Il third verse, written by n lady
friend nf mine in Georgia, and which seems to
round 'iut the full and just conception of the
poet with unusual felicity, by reverently "lift-
ing the veil and Obtaining glimpse .beyond
the river as the contamination of the whole
journey OF life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
FEET IN DIFFERENT STATES.
Pedal Anatomy East. south aud West
as Viewed by the ShOemak er~.
From the Phila. Times.

from the Pfila Times.
There is q decided difference In the shane NJ
peoples feet I'm different sections OF the coun-
try, said a member OF one OF the largest sh,a.-
manufacturing firms In the city yesterday I'm
the eastern states the feet are narrower ard
somewhat longer than In the west while in the
south they are not only narrow but they Dos
sess very much higher insteps. So much 10
this the case that we are obliged TO keep three
sets of lasts for these three sections That
comes to be large item can assure you when 10
is remembered the number OF sizes there are In
each set For example, I'm one size alone ne
nave the Initial number-say sevens; then
there are narrow sevens, broad seNens seven
and quarters marrow and broad. seven and a
half marrow and broad), seven and three-q uar-
tiers marrow and broadl-that IL, twelve pairs OF
lasts 10 one size, and TO each OF these sizes we
must have three different STYLES for the sections
OF the country TO which we are going % seSsd
our goods-fhat Is. thirty-sfN pairs OF lasts 20
one size pair of boots. Sounds rather eStras A.
CANT, doesn't fte OF course, this IN only the
case with firms who deal with ali these see
tions.
''Some firms only send their goods TO one part
OF the country. Now. You would be surprised
TO be told that i'm different sections Of the coun-
try different shapes OF the toes of boots are re-
quired. Out in the west nothing will suit bat
the square-toed shoe. whereas I'm the eastern
states square toe would be I'm stock "A century
country require different kinds OF leather. also.
In the north and west a tougher harder leather
can be worn than In the south. where not ongv
a soft upper In necessary, but, owing to the
sandy, hot soil, quite thin soles necessary
For this kind OF wear IL is not unusual TO u o
imported leather-that is, for the 'uppers'-bat
for solcs we employ domestic productions al
most a. XclusiyelV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

Jane Holmes, a wealthy maiden lady OF
Pittsburg, revently deceased, by her viii dis
tributes 700, 600 among local charities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
The Logical View of Is.

From the New York Times.
Mamma" inquired Bobby, "do only good
little boys go TO heaven"
"Yes, dear"
sand bad little boys to the bad placer"
"Yes."
I'm good little boy, Amt t."
sometimes, Bobby, and sometimes YOU ax
quite a bad little boy"
Bobby thought for a moment and said:
Then L spose I'll have to spend part Of the
time In one place and part OF the time in the
other"
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Humboldt On Top Of Popocatepcsi.

MOTIF Busch, IN Our Chancellor.
The old gentleman used TO be horribly am
noyed when he could not have all the talking
to himself. / remember that once there was
somebody at the Kings who took up the coll-
yersation, and quite naturaiiy-for he could
talk in an agreeable manner about things that
interested every one present. Humboldt
beside himself Growing, he filled his plate
with pile of goose-liver pie, fat eels lobster
tails, and other indigestible substances--a real
mountain! IL was quite astounding what tlse
old man could put away. When he could pod
lively eat no more he could no longer keep
quiet, and so made an attempt TO get the con-
versation into his own hands. Upon the peek
of Popocatepeti, he began-but IL was no Use;
the narrator would not be cut short IN his story
upon the peak OF Popocatepetl, 700 yards
above" he resumed, after coughiag
and raking up his throat To attract attention;
but again he failed TO get his oar In, and tie
narrator calmly went on. upon the peak II
Popocatepetl, 900 yards above the level OF the
Pacific ocean," he exclaimed IN n loud
agitated voice, shaken by grief and Indignation;
but all 10 no purpose; the other man talked
away steadily before, and the company
listened TO him and 10 him only. such "a thipg
had never been heard of. Humboldt sat down
In a fury and plunged into profound medi tatios,s
upon the fngratitude OF courters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
CITY AND DISTRICT.
AN OLD DIRECTORY.
4 Peep Into the Past Through tn
Leaves of an Old Book.

THE FIRST DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON CITY
CAPITOL HILL IN 1922 FAVORED AS THE
RESIDENCE OF CoNGREssMEN-THE CITY COR
PoRATION, ETC.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27

claimed he, glancing round. as pickers
do who mean to be keepers. And so it
was; for people in that parish were not
likely to go about ring-dropping "And
gold it is-eighteen carat, should say.
It's mighty queer 1 should be going to
spend guinea on the very thing, and
come across it lying for nothing, under
my very nose. That looks like luck,
somehow; and if it don't fit Pat ence it
can be made to; though / think it will.
1t strikes me if l don't save the price of
that last journey l shall be fool. And
save boot-wear, too, and timc. 1t
wants rubbing up a bit, that's all; and
that's easy done Lucky nobody came
this way before me-it might have got
stolen"
1t is hardly too much to say that the
winning of Patience Blackthorn had
given him no greater happiness than the
finding of ring to marry her with for
nothing. 1t appealed to his very in
most soul, to which little else could ex-
tend; and it was the best of omens be-
sides. Only to Fortunes choicest fa-
vorites do such chances as these ever
occur. He looked at the ring all over
once more, then put it into his waist
coat pocket, and went back whistling,
in the lightness of his heart, some
thing meant to be tune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27
FACE TO FACE.
by r. Il. FRANCILLoN.

FABLE THE sEvENTH.-CoNTiSUED.
Assuredly he bad right TO triumph,
IL over a man had in this world. Plain,
almost old, awkward, and almost with
out single grace, ignorant (till quite of
late) of women, and starting too late,
he had, in no very long time, distanced
rival who had every advantage in
which he was lacking, and in such wise
that there was no fear OF future trouble.
He was no murderer, and yet near
enough to satisfy his conscience by
being none. As for the rest, everything
Is fair in love, war and money. As to
the first. the only unfair thing was that
il should have cost him so much TO win.
Patience, he had noticed, did not eat
much, and no doubt he would be able
TO make her see the advantages ofwater-
cruel as diet before long. Nor, so he
noticed, did she care much about new
clothes; she would really be model
wife, even II he had gone out to choose
one otherwise than by liking. But still
II would take good long time TO save
up, in dressmakers and butchers bills,
his estimated losses by neglecting his
own affairs for neighbor's, and by
two journeys from home. And then
there would be the fees TO the clerk and
parson to set against the absence of a
wedding-breakfast and all the common
tomfoolery; and then he supposed he
would have to keep Tom Blackthorn in
grog and tobacco for the rest Of his
days. "But I'll cut the old fool down
TO one pipe and one tumbler. and one
can get brandy cheap at Manchester.
II one goes the right way. Or shall
let him have as much as he wants,
so that he'll want no more the soonerp
I'll figure ii out as soon as Iget home"
Under all these circumstances, there
fore, Enoch Marrish had Intentionally
postponed buying the ring until the
very latest possible moment; for, since
he could hardly give less than a
guinea, three weeks interest on twen-
ty-one shillings at five per cent Is near
ly three farthings; that Is TO say, three
times as much as O man who means TO
die rich ever allows himself to lose
without cause. His last journey had
cost him guinea; and now there was
another TO 60 "What tomfoolery 1t
all is, to be sure!'' grumbled he, as he
walked towards Manchester. "As II a
woman couldn't be just as much
wife without q ring on her finger-or
rs II, anyhow, a bit of brass wire
wouldn't do as we'll"
Thus musing. in as near approach to
happiness as his natal stars allowed, he
plodded on, with his eyes just In adj
vance Of his toes, when he was caught
by something sparkling just under the
bedgerow.
Nine people out Of eleven would not
have seen the CLEAN; and the tenth
would have passed it by. But between
the metals and Enoch Marrish was n
state Of perfect sympathy. Even old
brass has its uses-it does to add to a
score Of scraps, and may serve to make
up pound. 1t was really getting
needful to pick up everything; his
pockets we're beginning TO bulge with
ends Of string, and his coat 10 bristle
with pins. SO he stopped for the piece
Of glitter; and lo--a plain gold ring!
''Now, that Is mighty gueerl" ex-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27
WORTH REPRlNTlNG.
A Apoel for Are to the Sextant OF the Old
Brick Meetinouse.
by A CASPER

by A CASPER.
The following lines which originally ap.
peared in the Detroit Tribune, were published
over thirty years ago but the philosophy they
contain is just as good and applicable now as
then. While the writer was seemingly rather
poor speller ho was evidently In earnest
aud possessed keen wit:
U sextant of the meetinouse which sweeps
And dusts, or is supposed tool and makes
fierS,
And .ltes the gas and sumtimes leaves a screw
loose,
in which case 1t smells orful-worse than
lampilc;
And wrings the Bel and toles it when men
dyes
to the grief of survivin pardners, and sweeps
pathes;
Wich them that thinks deer, let EN- try II;
Gettln up befoar starlite In all weathers and
Kindlin fires when the wether is as cold
As zero, and like Us not green wood for kin
dlers;
wouldn't be hired to do II for no some
But sextantl there are kermoddity
Wich's ,Eore than gold, wich doant cost nothin,
Worth more than anything exsep tho Sole Of
Man
mean pewer Are sextant, mean power Arel
o IT Is plenty out dores, so plonty It doant no
What on airth to dew with itself, but ilys
about
scaterln leaves and bloln mems hats;
In short, Jest "fre as are out dores,
scarce as bank bills wen agints beg for
mischuns,
wich some say purity often ttaint nothin to
Wat i give aint nothln to nobody but sex.
tant
u shet 800 mems wlmmen and children,
Speshully the latter, up In "a tite place,
Some has bad breths. none aint swete,
Some is fevery, some is scrohlus, some has
bad teeth,
And some haint none and some aint over
But every on ON breetbes in out and out
and In.
Say % times mint, or million and half
Now how long will a church full of are last at
that rate
I ask YOU say Is minits, and then watts to be
why then they must brethe It all over agln.
And then agin, and 80 on, till each has took II
At least 10 times, and let 1t up agin, and watts
more
The same lndIvidible don't have the privilege
ofbrethen his own are and no ones else;
Each one mus take whatever comes TO him.
sextant, doant you know our lungs is
bellusses,
TO bio the fer Of life and keep It from
goin out; and how can bellusses bio without
wind,
And amt wind drei put It to your conscens.
Are Is the same TO us as milk to babies
Or water is TO fish, or pendlums TO clox-
Or roots airbs unto an in]un Doctor,
Or little pills unto an omepath,
OF boys 10 gIrls. Are Is for us TO breethe.
Wat signifies who preeches IL | cant breethel
Watts Poll Waits Pollus2 TO sinners who are
ded2
Ded for want of brcthp why sextant, when we
die
Its only coz wo cant brethe no more-thats
all.
And now, o sextant let me beg of you
2 let little are into our church.
Power are Is scrtn proper for the pews)
And do 1t weak days and Sundays low
IL ant much trouble-only make hole
And the are will cum in OF itself:
ut luvs TO cum In WHARF Il can git warmJ
And how IL will rouse the people up
And sperrlt up the preacher. and stop garns
And yawns and fggits as etfectooal
AS wind on the dry Boans The Profit tells Of