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A Nuisance for Abatement.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAB:
Pedestrians are especially interested in the
street improvements on street, between 9Th
and 9th. For more than q year buildings have
been going up on that block, and ali this time
the pavement has been almost impossible in
wet weather. People attending church and
children going to Sabbath school are very
much annoyed, and cannot pass without soiled
shoes and oftener wet feet. The attention OF the
city authorities is most earnestly called TO this
they will promptly relieve the citizens who
daily are obliged to cross pavement always
disagreeable, ana dangerous at night to limbs
II not to life. One would readily infer that the
Residents on this block were the direct descend
ants Of the old Patriarch Job, whose Growing
twelve-month. It ceases to be . virtue.
PAssER-BY.
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The Death Of the Just.

Written for THE EVENING STAR.
How softly fall the shades of death
Ger eyes that have been waiting long
To catch amidst the thick ming gloom
A glimmer Of the white robed throng.
For such the night tho dark and chill,
Is terrorless No spec;res roam
To brighten them for whom the Christ
Is standing by to take them home,
But all is calm. The little babe
That slumbers on its mothers breast
Knows not q sweeter draught of peace
Than Christ's own when they sink 10 rest
FREDERICK j. HAHN
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Some Sad SymphOnies.

IN MEMoRIAM, JULY 4rH.
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
Bright beautiful, and healthy was darling little
She never had the measles or the mumps or soarla-
tina.
But she Lit devil chaser while she held 1t in hsr fin
And now immersed in sweet oil q bed Of psln she
fingers.
John Allen aedt seven years went early morn
And carried pyrotechnics. too. despite his mo,srs
warning
He set them of and now where once he was there s
void.
They exploded prematurely-Johnny is m angeloid
Young Thomas Henry Hunter was as gleeful o
startling;
He was his fathers only pet; his mother called him
darling"
He filed q lager bottle with quantity OF POWDER
Hegave YELL the bottles sweet remark WIS some
what louder.
The doctors said that Thomas Henry Hunters soul
did pass out
The places they had taken half q pound of broSep
glass out
The Fourth of July 1t has come and has gone,
Likewise the green fire and red,
Next spring little rosebuds will sweetly bloom %
The mound over Abraham's head
For q seven Dali rocket
Went or In his pocket
And his soul up 10 Psradiso nod.
He's dead.
Bright little Jimmy and smaller Maria
Monkeyed with big giant crackers and frA
Gone up higher.
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MANY PRIVATE PERFORMANCES
A Summer Night,

Written for THE EVENING STAR
flushed is the swallows brood beneath the caves,
flushed is the plowman's shout among the hills;
The weary earth no longer tolls and greves,
But gentle sumber all her bosom fills.
dreamy drowsy mum comes from the bees
Who guard their Hyblean treasures till the MORN
The sprites have scattered jewels Ger the leas,
And hung their gems on golden-crested corn.
The butterfly sleeps on the thistles bloom
With folded wings ornate with floss and fake:
While from the distant torrent thro the gloom
Accented echoes tremble as they break.
Anon the tuneful cricket wakes his note,-
A minstrel he who sings his mistress praise;
On all the Silly air there is a-fioat
The scented breath Of Floras sweet estrays.
The wanton wind toys with the ripening grain.
While Hesper pales his watchful beacon light
Calm beat the pulsings of the tranquil main
Whose waves Of sound break on the hush Of night
The soul hears melodies from depths unknown,
strains too ethereal for mortal ears:
As seraphs hear the soft liquescent tone
Awakened by the vibrant crystal spheres.
Oh summer night. On. fair florescent wales
Where cattle chew their cuds by limpid stream
How glorious is the hush Of moonht dales.
Where daisies nod their heads and dream
All. me what bliss summer evening brings
What calm beatitudes the bosom fill:
The buOyant spirit scars on franchised WINGS
And revels the sweets the flowers distiL
The stealthy zephyr climbs yon lattice thro'
His bland breath filling all the ambient air;
His fair young visage bright with smile and dew,
And scent of clover In his amber hair.
With slumber on each pink, voluptuous lid,
Fair Daphne sleeps untouched by human woe:
All! wherefore should such lovelness be hid:
'Twere JOY to watch her pure dreams come and goi
FRANCIS c. LONG.
WASHINGTON, July 2, 1875.
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Bad Postal Arrangements.
Blue RIDGE SUMMIT,
FRANKLIN Co., Pa, July I,
THE EVENING STAR:

To the Editor OF THE EVENING STAR:
This place is only three four hours ride
from Washington by the Baltimore 4 Ohio
road. via Hagerstown, or by the B. & r. road 10
Baltimore, and thence by the Western Mary
land road. Your paper is invariably delayed,
and j. usually from = 10 "A hours behind time
Letters received In the Washington post Office
and mailed on the afternoon OF the Sd instant
did not reach here until Monday, the 9Th.
Letters mailed at this point for Washington
meet with the same delay. What Is the
matter? C. 4
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Sam Jones, the revivalist, raised Q2l 900 In
Nashvtlle the other day on sermon l6 min
utos long. This encouraging little incident
should teach clergymen to limit their sermons
70 IL m1nutoA-NorstaCosg1 4orubk
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Some one says: " Man Is born to rule the
world" Yes, but he sometimes gets married.
Boston Posi-.
Is your daughter . musiciaps" be said 20
Mrs. Parvenu THE seaside hotel No." sa1d
Mrs. Parvenu. "she isn't she only plays on she
piano. I do hate them brass trumpets, and
never allows any OF my children 10 play on
'em."-N, y, Ausl and Express.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
A STRANGE STORY.
, the Editor of the EVENING STAR:

The Secret of . Haunted House Said to
Have Been Revealed Through u Spirit
Medium.
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has carved for itself the ravine in which it
Virginia side Of the river by the level tract
upon which Fort Myer and Arlington stand,
and which extends thence southwark to near
about 200 feet. These terraces are
carved out of the sands, clays and srayels of
the Potomac formation. which is we'll exposed
in the artificial cuttings on 10th street on tia
street, and particularly in the projected streets
intersecting TIN street road west of Schuetzen
park.
but imperfectly represented within the District
but has its maximum extent on the south side
of the river. It's escarpment passes about a
quarter of mile west of Fort Myer extends
thence southwark and sOuthwestward in a
deeply crenuiate line for three or four miles
and then again sweeps southeastward, passing
just east Of Fairfax seminary. Its plain extends
westward from this escarpment to within about
mile of Falls Church village where n Is
bounded on the west by irregular spurs and
knobs of gneiss, sometimes capped by the gray
els and clays of the Potomac formation. With.
In this area of twenty square miles or more the
pam Is aiversineo Dy shallow waterways, but
Except along Its immediate escarpment IL IL
formed OF unmodffied Potomac sands and CLAWS
composition, but it is fringed by gravel, peb-
bles, and boulders, representing the coarser IN
terfals left after the destruction OF a portion OF
indicates that the entire terrace was Fashioned
by wave action, and thatit has been SO little
modined by subsequent erosion that the pres
eht SrcuuldCe lilaIgln represents Approximately
the original limit Of the plain The altitude Of
the terrace Is about $50 feet.
Higher terraces occur OH both sides of the Pc
tomac They extend to attitudes OF tulIv 400
feet; but unlike the lower and newer terraces
they have been SO greatly eroded that without
accurate topographic maps it is impossible &c
cOrrelate them,
The eastern shores of thePotomac and the East
ern branch are as conspicuously terraced as the
westward. The insane asylum stands upon the
margin OF terrace plain SO broad and SO little
ahected by erosion that its interior is imper
tectiy drained: This plain is occupied ia parl
Dy the OLD national race course and Tournament
overlooked from the north by the scarcely less
aennite and uniform plain, $40 feet above tide
toward Its northern extremity. ocrnni.sd by
the village Of Good Hope The same terrace 4
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into Maryland; bu while most of the practical
questions connected with this great gneissic
belt have been decided. geOiogiSis are not vet
agreed whether 1t should be referred to the
La.urentian or regarded as Inetamorphic Paleo-
Zolcs.
THE POTOMAC FORMATION
The name Potomac formation" is applied to
the notified clays, gravels and Illuminated sands
and clays, forming the bluffs surrounding the
city ON all sides except the northwest, where
the highlands are partly or wholly OF gneiss
The formation consists of three divisions The
lower division is made mp OF irrcgularly-strati-
Ii"t S,nd cuf:eH: aeddti sands and clays. some
ttII'~ containing scattered bouldcrs and con
-iUcf.i-c lenticular beds of coarse gravel IT.
was ii iciy exposed. III juxtaposition with the
ildrT recent Columbia formation, in the great
Boundary sewer near the Dear and Dumb in
stitGlIon. The sands OF The formation appear
also IN the lot west o. North Capitol street be-
tween New York avenue :tnd ii street where
they occur beneath the Columbia claws and
grayels. which arc removed in order that the
SAND may be extracted for economic uses. 1t is
BEST eN posed in the new water-works reservoir
near Howard University. Here the inconstant
and elusive character of this formation is well
exhibited. Not single structure-line can be
traced rom side to side OF the excavation, nor
Tor more than Il lew hundred feet In any of its
walls The great mass OF the terrane, as there
exposed, Is gray felspathic or kaoiinic and
quartzitic sand, but there occasional beds of
pipe clay, of dark plastic and carbonaceous
clay containing abundant liynitized wood of
pebbles and Douiders sometimes containing
siiicified wood and IF coarse quartzitic sand or
hne pebbles. None of these beds occur at def
mite horizons IN different parts OF the excaya-
ton, but are irreyulariy distributed through
the formation in both its horizontal and yerti-
cal dimensions. This division OF the formation
extends but a little way west of Washington
IL Is last seen on the north side OF the river I'm
the northern part of Georgetown, and on the
Tuniaw road. where It is generally capped by
the pebbly division.
The medal division of the Potomac formation
consists Oh coarse gravel, generally made up OF
well rounded quartz pebbles which are Of re-
maFkaDly UNIFORM siz: al each exposure. A
typical section through this division is exposed
Ia the angie of the H..few0od road, northeast oi
the Soldiers Hume grounds; and 1t can be seen
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motbsrsiMothers, Mother,,

Are YIN disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with the exeruciatipg pain Of
cutting teeth9 If so, go at once and get
a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup. 1t viii relieve the poor little sui,
ferer Immediately depend upon III;
there is no miStake about it
There is not mother on earth
who has ever used it who win
not tell you at once that Il will regulate
the bowels, and give rest to the mother,
and relief and health TO the child, opera
ting like magic. 1t is perfectlp safe TO
use in all cases and pleasant to tbs taste,
and is the prescription of one of tbs old
est and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States. Sold evey-
where. Is cents bottle
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Nnta. rrnm NYinnnhoro.

WINNsBoRo, April A.-lCorrespond-
ence.l-A severe rain ana wind storm
on Wednesday evening did considera-
BILE damage four miles east OF this
place. IL blow down six houses ana
nearly all OF the timber, fencing, ETC.,
IL hurt MIR. Smithwich quite seriously,
breaking one of his legs, and blowing
his house 70 pieces. No other person
hurt.
This place has a proposition from the
Marshall II Northwestern railroad 10
come here by July l, The citizons are
irving to raise the money aud secure
the road, which they think they Will
twill add considerably to this place, as
this is one OF the finest farming sections
of Texas
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PALo PINTO, April A.-LCorespOn-
dencel Married at the Christian church
at 1880 p. M, Mr.. S. S. Taylor and Miss
Kittie Dalton, of Gordan, Texas, Judge
Il. X. Taylor "a brother) tieing the nup-
tial knot. Alter the ceremony was over
the gutsts, aboLt 100 in number re-
paired TO he Palo Pinto Hotel, where a
SUMPTION. supper was served. To-day
the oomrats of tho bride and groom
were invied to dine at the same
place.
The cyclone that passed through the
Dalton neighborhood Wednesday un-
rooted Mrs. Morrison's DWELLING hurt
ing no one; passed into Messrs. Carson
a Lewis pasture fence, sweeping n two
mile string 70 the ground.
Crops reported as doing we'll In this
section.
1t is expected that sheep will get very
fat the coming summer, as there Is an
abundance OF weeds on the prairies
which is said to DO better for sheep than
grass.
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NUto TOT IIItbf
Piles are frequently preceded by q
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing tho
patient 10 suppose he has some afiec-
ton of the kidneys or neighboring or.
gans. At times, symptoms of indiges-
uon are present, fiatulenoy, uneasi-
ness of the stomach, etc. A moisture,
like perspiration, producing very dis
agreeable itching, after getting warm,
IL common attendant. Blind,
Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at once
10 the application of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the
parts affected, absorbing. the Tumors,
ing a permanent cure. Price, SO cents,
Address, the DR.. Bosanko Medicine Co.,
Piqua, OHIO. Sold by all druggists.
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Owing to the increase Of my shoe trade
and being too crowded to exhibit my
large stock of boots and shoes, L have
concluded TO give up my hat business.
| will, therefore, close out my entire
stock OF fine silk, felt nd straw hats at
q great reduction, at least from - to so
percent. lower than the same goods can
be bought elsewhere.
This is no old or broken stock, but all
new and fashionable goods, maze ex-
pressly for me- for this spring trade. An
inspection is respectfully solicited of
those in want OF something nice and
cheap in head gear.
Call soon and make your selection be.
fore the stock is broken, and you will
save money, at
LEON KAHN's,
COG, Elm street.
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An Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring us a case of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that Electric Bit.
ters viii not speedily cure? We say
they can not, as thousands of cases al.
ready permanently cured and who are
daily recommending Electric Bitters
will prove. Brights Disease, Diabetes
Weak Back, or any urinary complaint
quickly cured. They purify the blood
regulate the bowls, and act directly OF
anteed. For sale at SOC. bottle by w
II. Howell IL Bros.
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Marbles, tops, balls and bats, at Erb's,
Young Nfen2-.Read This.

The Voltaic Belt company of March
chall, Mich, offers to send their cele
brated electro-V oltaic Belt and othe
Electric appliances on trial for thirt,
days to men (young or old) afflicted
with nervous debility, loss Of vitalit,
and manhood and all kindred troubles
Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paral
ysis and many other diseases, Com
plete restoration to health, vigor ant
manhood guaranteed. No risk is in
CURED, as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at once for illustrated pam
phlet Free
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The reign of Caesar Augustus is desig-
mated as the golden age'' of Reme's
history. The golden age of medicine
seems TO be this present time when
Mishler's Herb Bitters is universally
acknowledged as the sovereign specific
for all diseases OF the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys. In severe cases OF
dyspepsia, indigestion, cholera morbus,
cramps, collie, fever and ague 1t has
proved its worth, and If the certificates
of thousands of reputable citizens are
worth anything there should be no one
to dispute It's claim as the greatest medi-
cine of modern times.
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mckinney Matters.

McKINSBY, April 25.-Ispecial'l-A
wind ana rain storm visited this county
last night.
Crops are not materially injured by
the late heavy rains, and the prospect Is
ilattering for the best grain crop In ~
Excursionists from this city were on
the wreck near Calvert. None OF them
were injured. r. II. Seay is enthusiasts
tic on the subject of the exposition
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NOTICE: In an other column will be
found an article in which all whether
they will or no) are interested. Neglec
ting to read IL may prove q very seri.
Gus as well as an expensive affair. We
refer TO the advertisement Of Prickly
Ash Bitters. A knowledge of its merits
derive from using 1t VIII save NOS only
health but many dollars otherwise ex
pendod in "noclors.s bills.n
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The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, totter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed 10 give perfect satislac-
ton, or money refunded. Price Is cents
per box. For sale by w. II. Howell d
Rr0
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That which we call q rose
BY any other name would smell as sweet,
But the reverse Is equally true, and the
simple fact chat SO many wretched per.
fumes are designated Florida Water
does not impart to them any of the
sweet fragrance of the genuine Murray
81 Lanman's Florida Water. Beware Of
these oounterioits, and make sure of oh.
tanning only the right article which mas
Son for itself the foremost position as 8
toilet repuisita
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The Testimony of a Physician.

James Beecher, NJ. D., OF Sigourney,
Iowa, says: "For several years | have
been using Cough Balsam, called DIR,
VIM, Halls Balsam for the Lungs, and
in almost every case throD ghout my
practice have mad entire success.
have used and prescribed hundreds of
bottles since the days Of my army prac-
tice. lS6Sl, when / was surgeon OF Hes
pital No. Z, Louisville, Kentucky"
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Bolton April, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ern mail was received to-day, the nrs'
since the Dist. Nonorthern mall yet re-
oeived. =, n. graat
as at first anticipated. u.,. ,,.oo
A great many people from TINS p'a ~
went To New Orleans to be present on
Texas day.
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An Entorprising, reliable House.

w. III. Howell &lBro. can always be re-
lied upon, not only to carry in stock the
best of everything, but TO secure the
agency for such articles as have we'll
known merit, and are popular with the
people, thereby sustaining the reputa-
ton of being always enterprising, and
ever reliable. Having secured the agen-
cv for the celebrated DR.. Kings New
Discovery tor consumption, wall sell II
on positive guarantee. 1t will surely
cure any and every affection of the
throat, lungs and chest, and to show our
confidence, we invite you to call and
get trial bottle free.
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a Cork Carpetlng

"Lainoleum" is neat, carpet-liko, in
appearance, and of extraordinary du.
rability. II is elastic 20 the tread, hand
some and never cold like the ordinary
oil cloth. The American make has
completely superseded the best English
goods and only the inferior grades car
now be imported. All carpet dealers
kept.
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Great ReuctIon. Thirty Dn,s Only.

DALLAS, TEXAS, April 81 1885. Owing
to hard times and scarcity of money,
will give board az the famous Delmon-
leo and Board of Trade restaurant Mt
the small price of s. per week. Meals
at any hour of the day.
a, II, LIVINGSTONE, Proprietor.
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Distressing Death of a Child.

At coroner's inquest in Philadelphia
recently over the body of a child, the
jury returned verdict that death was
caused by the administration of a pat
emit cough syrup containing morphia.
DR.. Samuel X. Cox, of Washington,
states than not cough medicine in 10
is free from this objection. After care
fut analyses and practical tests he en-
dorses Red Star Cough Cure as being
purely vegetable, absolutely free from
opiates, poisons aud narcotics. He re-
CARDS it as most aappy and valuable
discovery
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(jjqtiiyCl1ra
infauiile Skin Beautillers-.Appeal t.
MOthers..TrY Them.

EoR Cleansing the Skin and sc alp of Birth
II Humors, for allaying Itching, Burning
and Inflammation, for curing the first symp-
toms of Eczema, Psoriasis, Milk Crust, Seal
Head Scrofula aud other inherited skin and
blood diseases, CUTICURA, the Great Skin
Cure, aud CUTICURA SOAP, an Exquisite
REsoLv Mt, the New Blood Purifier, Inter-
nally, areinfallible. Absolutely pure.
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"FROM HEAD TO FEET"

Charles Eayre HlnBle, Jersey Chy Heights,
N. j., writes: "My son, n lad of twelve years
was completely cured of "a ter ible case OF
the top Of his head to the soles of his feet
was one mass of hcabs.n Every other RENEE
dy and physlelans had been lrled In vain.
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"rERRIBLY AFFLICrED.n

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett S,ebbins, Belcher-
town, Mass, write: "Our little boy was err
ribly afflicted with Scrofula, salt Rheum
and Eryslpelas ever since he was born, aud
nothing we could give him help ID him, until
we tried CUTICuRA REMEDIES, which grad
ually cured him, until he is now as fair as
any child"
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A call for state convention of the
Womans Christian Temperance Union.
All of the local unions are requested to
send delegates to the state convention
to be held ON the Sth, 9th, and 10th OF
May in Dallas.
JENNY BLAND BEAUCHAMP
Denton, April 90 1885.
State papers please copy.
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"saoo FOR NoTnING.n

VIM Gordon, 81 Arlington avenue Charles
town, Mass, writes: "Haviag paid about
$40 10 hrst-class doctors TO care my baby,
without success, tried CUTICURA RENE
DIES, which completely cured, after using
three ppCkagesn
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The poonlea, world.wIde yerdIct.

Burnett's Cocoaine has been sold In
every civilized country, and tho public
has rendered the verdict that IL Is the
cheapest and best hair dressing in the
world.
Burnett's Flavoring Extracts arc in
variably acknowledged the purest and
the hest.
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LoNevIEw, April 9S,-tspocial' Tine
biggest picnic excursion ever held IN
this section Is arranged for Nay day,
22miles down the Galveston, sabins&
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Those visiting Pilot Point should stop
AZ tho Harris House which has Just been
completed, wheretho best accommoda-
tiOn and table supplied with every deli
cacy she market affords.
Il. K. HARRIS, Proprietor.