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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
Four Great Generals.
From the Montreal Gazette.

The four greatest generals produced by the
great civil war on the national side were Grant,
Mcpherson, Sherman and Sheridan. One of
the most pleasant memories of American his
tory is, and will forever be, the fact that between
these four great commanders there was never
the shadow of jealousy or envy. 1t the high
est honor that Grant ever received from mems
judgment or admiration that these three able
captains all willingly and always looked up to
him as their superior. Mcpherson fell In bat
tie before the splendor of bis abilities could at
tract the worlds attention, but In his death
Grant, as he declared, lost one Of the greatest
perhaps the very greatesIof bis lieutsnsnts.
Sheridan. as In right Of bis Irish blood, had the
invention in council, while McPherson could
fight with the one and plan with the other, but
they all admitted, because they knew and felt,
that "the silent gray-eyed man. was greater
NV %WS by asked Gen. Sherman once, "Did you
your leader" s'Because," he responded, in his
quick, idiomatic manner, while could map
out dozen plans for campaign. every one OF
TO victory, neither he nor could tell which Of
the plans was the best one; but Grant, who sim
Ply sat- ana listened and smoked while we had
OF our talking tell us which was the best plan,
and in dozen or two words the reason Of his
that he was right that Sheridan and 1 would
look at each other and wonder why We hadn't
seen the advantage OF IL ourselves
~ tell you" he continued, AFTER q moments
pause, "Grant Is not appreciated yet The critics
Of Europe are too ignorant Of American geogra-
ply to appreciate the conditions OF his am
paigns. What is 1t to march an army from Rer-
lin to Paris? Look at the shortness Of the dis
lance. Look at the multitude Of reads. Leok
at the facilities Of transportation Consider
how many times the same ground has been
fought over by successive commanders. IL not
every point OF vantage known? What oomman-
der can blunder where all the conditions lie
open to bis eye? But l have seen Grant plan
campaigns for half q million Of troops along Q
front line 2,50O miles In length, and send them
marching to their objective points through sec
tions where the surveyors chain was never
drawn, and where the commissariRt necessities
alone would have broken down any transporta-
| ton system Of Europe; and three months later
have seen these armies standing where he
| said they should be what he planned and 40
complished. And give 1t as my military
| opinion that General Grant Is the greatest com
n1ander of modern times, and With him only
and Moltke."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
Beside The Soa.

Written for THE EVENING STAR
Idhng on the white beach, basking on the sand,
Oh that summer nser would end
Beside this happy land
Her little made foot prints sometimes she'd O. er
them bend,
AS there stroled upon the beach
(Whils love bewtched the eyes of each)-
And hstsned To the band
Suppose we two get married. Msudr"
There's nothing else for me;'
Kou know love YOU "Yes dear Oauden
She turned and gave II little hand
sudden glory I'll ed the land
Beside the summer sea,
And the pressure of that little hand made q wife
to me.
April 81, 1885 w.K.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
IMPROVEMENTS,
The Father and Not the Mother TAX es
Care Of the Kitten Fish.

To the Editor Of THg EVENING STAR:
Permit me to correct the impression conveyed
by an article on the catfish, copied arom a
Havre-de-Grace paper, in your issue of yester-
day, that IL is not the mother fish which takes
care OF the eggs and young, but the male or
father fish. He not only guards and matches
out the eggs more successfully than could be
done by artificial means, but also, after hatch
Ing for sometime, takes a patefnal interest in
his somewhat vOraoious as well as numerous
brood or school OF "kittens" These points were
positively determined by the writer by the OBJ
serEailon OF the spawning fish and their sub
sequept dissection, two years since in the Ar
mory building corner 9Th and b streets south
west }. A. RYDER,
Smithsonian Institute, May 7th, 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
Eloped with Hts wife's Sister.
pEsERrED WIFE AND HARp-HEARTED

GATE KEEPER.
Five years ago Joseph Strumpf, assistant SUI
perintendent of the Hays coal mines, at Beck's
run, Pa, was married to the daughter OF An
drew AcDevitt. They tex up their residence
In neat little house. and Miss Sarah, the six
teep-year-old sister OF Mrs. Strumpf came to
live with them. Mr.. Strunpf paid more atten-
ton to his sistsrln-law than his wife thought
was necessary, and abe frequently demonstrated
with him Their Intimacy finally became the
talk OF the nelghborhood, last Sunday Mrs.
Strumpf ordersd her sister TO 60 10 her Hther's
home. At Sandy creek. She LEFT the house, and
an hour later 6trumpf disappeared, and neither
be nor the girl have been seen since. Miss Sarah
did not go home, and MIS- Strumpf came to the
conclusion that they had eloped. AT noon Mon
day Mn. Strumpf created sensation At the
had boarded q train with his companion. She
WAS accompanied by her aged father, and
pleaded piteouSly to be permitted TO 60 through
the gate TO an Allegheny Valley railroad train,
In which was seated the fleeing couple. The
gateman refused to let her pass. She was al
most craEel with excitement, and he thought
she wanted to do something desperate. While
she was talking to the man the train moved out
OF the station, and with q frantic effort she
pushed him aside and rushed on 70 the plat
form, but she was tss late. For moment she
stood speechless. eszing after the fast recsding
train, and then fell PROSTATE with q heart
her with tears In hfs eyes. Mrs. Strumpf il In
delicate health. She Is leh with two small chill
dren, and VIII soon become the mother Of the
third. She IL %, aud her runaway husband %
years old Her sister u described as q bright,
handsome girl
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IndeciSiOn.

1ndeciSiOn.
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
Night is retreating;
Still, my love, thou art cold
Thy heart feel beating
From the story just told
The story 30 old.
Pale the moons growing:
Not 60 pale Is thy fhce.
Oh, cold winds are flowing
With u beth In embrace
Thy ouris, In rare grace
Beautiful maiden!
Like Q goddess In stones
To what distant Alden
Hast thy soul 50 fong flown
Thy soul all alonsf
Oh. art thou dreamingf
Has vision ofdays,
With childhood all cleaning,
Through the night cast its rays-
The nights mystic maze?
Give me token;
Break away from thy dream:
And, when It 10 broken,
With fond love may You BEAM
Thy loves hidden stream.
Like the dark waters.
Where the moon seldom shines;
But where the leaf loiters,
While the psol round it winds
Thy life round me twines.
Alexandria, Nay 8, 1885. r ].
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TREES IN THE CAPITOL PARK.
Old patrcian trees, so great and good.-C0,cley
Written for THE EVENING STAR:
Was the slow hand Of Time too dilatory
For pitiless Improvements rage and so
Her sacrtegious axe dared overthrow
Those trees majsstic-giants strong, though hoarys
Grown with our Citys growth-part Of her story
We mourn those leafy Senators laid low,
Whose shade. In which walk Cd great men long ann
seemed haunted by gray memories sftheir glory.
The oak, that for q thousand years has stood.
Falls In the forest not without q SIGH
From Natures heart FOR grandeur passed away;
Nor can we see but In regretfnl mood
Where lowered our tall patrioians the blank ssry-
We feel strange pathos mingled with the day
W. L 6HoEMAKER
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Haunted by an Unpaid Debt.

From the " Y. Times.
"You ought to have your baby baptized
'Rastus," said member OF the church to q
colored father.
"Yes, sab, but can't afford de cost"
sit doesn't cost anything"
81 know IL doesn't cost nuthin' TO- de mere
act of baptism, sab, but yo' see, owe de min
lister 81 for perfomin de weddin' cer'mony q
yeah ago, an he mought object, sab, to bap-
tizin' q baby dat hadn't never been paid fo'.u
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"PrOven" and s'Gotten. -

A "Clerk" In Lowell writes thus:
Should say .they have proved Beneficial or they
have proven beaefciale' j end a difference Of
opinion In the office this subject no books
OF reference.
Proved is the correct form, and the only cor
rect iorin unless very recent usage can be reclz-
oned TO have made proven admissible. The
latter Is NO legitimate word, prove and all its
compounds being "wsak" verbs. We say up
proved, not apprOuen, etc. A few years ago,
proven was never heard except ip the old scotch
law phrase mot proven" and the best diction-
aries do not recognize it except as Scotticisn
or a poetical word.
Gotten il another archaiem which recent affec-
tation is restoring to use. Webster and Wor-
cester both call il "obsolesce1t," as IL seems to
have been even in the Elizabethap age. Shakes
peare uses IL only Eve times lapd three Of these
are In the ID and Sd Parts Of Henry VI while
be has got as the particfple In m6rs instances
than we have patience to count Milton does
not use II once In his poetry; we cannot speak
for his prose. Tennyson has toeii- gotten In Maud,
but elsewhere 0Ot; as in the familiar lines:
Most raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed"
It Is equally In all the best modern writer's,
SO far as we have noted; but nowadays the
"schoolmarms" have got into the way OF say
ing gotten, and the young folk seem to suppose
that II Is the only correct form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

ANrnAIS on ROLLER ekATEs.-At Wheeling,
w. Va, G. y. Taylor, an oyster dealer, has
skate on rollers made from spQols. The ami
mails are q little awkward, but they make
heaawey. The performance is exceedingly
laughable. Mr.. Taylor has refused several
offers Of money for his pets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

LOCKED THk SHERIFF UP-A special to the Tele-
gEoph aud Messenger from baton Ga. says: AS
snefiH Richards, accompanied by visitor, was
ieedlns The prisoners In the jail yesterday morn
Ing, three of them rushed 10 the door, locked
up the sheriff, ran over the visitor, and es-
sc2ped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

John kfngsbury, alleged counterfeiter,
died last week in the Coyington county (Ky.l
JAIL where he was held to await the action OF
the u. s. grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

Advices from Honolulu state that Queen
Dowager Emma, of the Sandwich islands, died
April %. Her death was sudden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

TIT for TAT.
The girls Of Minneapolis have q club with the
motto:
"The lips that touch wine
WIN never touch mine"
And the young men have formed an opposition
club with the motto:
"For lips red with dye
We never viii sigh" Boston Courier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
SOnnets

ON THE LATE DEMOLITION OF CERTAIN OLD
TREES IN THR CAPITOL PARK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09

REGULAR MEALS AND A RAPID DHPATCH OF
BUSH ARTHURS NRrHoDS
AND THOSE OF HIS SUCCESSOR CoNTRASFED-
THE PRESIDENTS TABLE AND LOVE OF con-
GENIAL COMPANY
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blown and often
ALIVE WITH MAGGoTs
! goes In with the rest. am told by some Of our
most respectable butchers that it Is daily oo-
currence to see maggots crawling through the
Oleomargarine fat when 1t Is delivered to the
| oleomargarine works from the slaughter houses
! hear that some Of our learr cd chemists say
that no harm can come nom using such mate
temperature Of steam, after which, BY means Of
heavy press, the oil Is extracted: This may be
true. It may be that scientists will De able to
Of fire. the great purifier. Is we'll Is destroyer,
can be transformed into proper article OF food.
If 50, let the fact be demonstrated, openly and
it is, SO that we may know, what we are buying,
and then let the learned gentlemen set rs an
by made such
| 1t. am told by an eye witness that he has re-
peatedly seen maggots floating on the oil after
It is ready to ship away.
merly connected with the press Of st. Louis,
informed me that q manufacturer Of oleomar-
garine In that city some four years ago had an
dying OF all kinds Of diseases in the streets and
stock yards, whereby they were delivered 10 the
oleomargarine factory. There the
OIL OF THESE DISEASED DEAD ANIMALS
was tried out, made into oleomargarine and
sold for butter. The manufacturer, when de-
tected In this infamous business, came near
being lynched. He was arrested, tried, convict
ed and sentenced to a heavy flne and imprison-
ment.
Il is common saying that there are but two
articles that the hog will not eat or drink, viz:
third article must be added Ito to the list. =
THE HOGS WON'T EAT IT.
Tam told by well known citizen that he has
time and again procured the material from the
oleomargarine press after the oil had been ex.
tracted, and taken 1t home to his hogs, who have
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense Of weight in the back, lolns and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some election
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
At times, symptoms of Indigestion are
present, ilatulenOy, uneasness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspir-
alton, producing a very dlsagreeable
itching after getting warm, is u common
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application Of
DR.. Bosankos Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts effected, absorb
ing the Tumors, allaying the intense
itching, and eilecting permanent cure.
Price 80 cents. Address, The DIR. Bo-
sanko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by
Rice 81 Fowler, r. COIN & Co., j. ID. De-
vine, j. ClaYln.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

A. G. DEVoE, the New Jersey weather
prophet, has written to the New York
sun the following regarding rain clouds:
"After carefully studying the formation
of clouds and the causes which produce
rain, | have arrived at the conclusion
that there is no such thing as rain
cloud; that there Is no such thing us a
drop of water descending from cloud
In the form of drop of water; but that
all rain, when / I descends from cloud,
vaoates its position In that cloud either
as frozen sleet or snow. Whenever we
see the sky obsoured by clouds, and il
does not rain or snow then, there is "A
warm current Of air just above the
clouds, and the particles of moisture are
not frozen, and drift onward. The old
theory that 1t rains when warm cur
rent OF air comes In contact with cold
| current OF air, the cold current not be-
| ing able to hold the same amount of
moisture in consequence, is all nonsense
| Tue moisture Ia simply condemned into
yapor, and forms into cloud and the
cloud thus formed moves on until the
| little particles Of moisture in the upper
edge of the cloud become frozen sleet.
| Then 1t descends toward the earth.
| passing right through the body of
! hhNt0AhANs AANANooAib III bhlh PROPORTIONS
ately to the thickness of the cloud which
1t passes through. II there be no warm
current between the earth and the cloud,
then II will reach us MS sleet or snow.
This Is why there Is always snow on the
tops OF high mountains. In the fall of
the year we see snow gathering on the
tops Of high hills while It Is raining in
the valley because the warm air melts
1t. All snowtlakes are of only two orr
ginal forms, namely, round balls and
straight bars. Last winter / caught
some large snowflakes on black cloth.
and dissected them, and found that
they were composed of from 20 TO 80
separate little particles of sleet, frozen
white, and the atmosphere being damn
they chung together. When 1t is raining
and 1t turns to showing 1t will clear uI
very cold. But when it SHOWS and tber
begins to rain 1t will clear up warm
Snow will reach us this fall very early
and your readers had better order heavy
overooats and rubber boots for the frs
week In October"
Cigarette smokers pre- fer Opera Puff
because they do not stioktO the Inns 4
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22
Cancer of the Tongue.


Some ten years ago had u scrofulous sore
on my right hand which gave me great trouble
and under the Old-tme treatment healed up
but 1t had only been driven into the system by
the use of potash and mercury, and IN March,
truted in what some of the doctors called can
Ger, eating through my check, destroying the
roof of my mouth and upper lip, then attacked
my tongue, palate aud lower lip, destroying
the palate and under lip entirely and half my
tongue, eating out to the top of my left cheek
bone aud up 20 the left eye. | could not eat
any solid food, but subsisted ON liquids, and
my tongue vas so far gone | could not talk.
Such was my wretched, helpless condition the
first of last October 1850 when my friends
commenced giving me Swift's SPECIFIC In less
than month the eating places stopped and
healing commenced, and the fearful aperture
In my cheek has been closed and firmly knitted
together. A process of IA new under lip IL pro
crossing finely, and the tongue which was al
most destroyed is being recovered, and IL
seems that nature is supplying new tongue.
! can talk so that my friends can readily un-
dorEtand me, and can also eat solid food again.
II any doubt these facts, 1 would refer them
70 Hon. John II. Traylor, State Senator of this
district, and TO DIR. n. s. Bradhold, Of La
Grange, Ga.
MRS. MARY L. CONFER.
I.aGrange, Ca, May IA, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPEoIuo Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta
Ga. N. Y. l6I W. Esd St.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

-Medlcina Mexlcana Maravillosa, or
Marvellous Mexican Medicine. is COM
pound Extract of roots and barks found
In the forests of Mexico and long used
by the knowing Mexicans and Spaniards
as an infallible cure for all diseases of
the blood of whatever name or nature,
from the BLACK or SPANISH SY-
PILLS down to the common pimple.
II il undoubtedly the most potent blood
purifier Of the age. Write to MEXICAN
MEDICINE COMPANY, st. Louis, Mo-, for
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases,
free. Sold by #. Kalteyer q Son.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

Fevers and exhausting chronic or
acute diseases leave the patient, on his
recovery. In pitiablo state OF prostrn-
ton. Then II Is that he needs TOME
upon which he can rely, one which. like
nOstetter's Stomach Bitiers, VIII accel-
crate convalescence. and AID the pro-
oosses of digestion. That peerless invig-
GRANT compensates. MS nothing else VIII.
for depleted strength. After using u "a
short time the quondam invalid feels In
every nerve and muscle that he Is get
ling strong again. Appetite increases,
there Is a gain in weight, color and full
ness return to the cheek, the lack-lustre
eyes grow brighter, sleep Is unbroken
and refreshing. These gratifying eNpe-
rlences are renewed with each return
ing day. until completely restored In
health and vlgor, he returns to the avo-
cations which his illness Interrupted.
Use the Bitters In biliousness, dyspep-
sia, rheumatism and constipation.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22
THE voLKsf6sr.
Attention Ladies-A Golden Opportunity onered
70 win fine $50 organ.

The fine $50 Chase organ kindly do
rated to the Volksfest Association by
Mcssrs. Rhodius & Tempsky VIII be
awarded to the lady who sells the great
est number OF Nolksfest tickets from now
until 9 D. m. on Wednesday, the 2lst Of
October. 1885.
Those wishing to compete for the prize
organ will please call on Mr.. Ferd. Herr,
,fr. treasurer, who will furnish all neccs-
anry Information and tickets. lie says,
don't all come AT once"
g-i7-tf l., w. MADARAaz. President.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

o. 1uK question that General Grant
was convinced that ridden was elected
President in 1870, the Washington cor
respondent Of the New York World, In
terviewed Colonel Fred Grant on the
subject In which he said; "rhat he was
with his father good deal during the
winter of ls7G-77. lie has In his posses
sion papers which throw light upon
General Grants belief at that particular
time. Colonel Grant says that he does
not think that his father was clearly (
the opinion that Tilden was entitled to
the seat. lie says his father thought
that there was 50 much fraud upon buth
sides that the title of either Hayes or
Tilden would have been clouded. lie
said: II think fathers idea was that
there should be new election. AT least
that was his original idea. lie was sat
lsiled that whatever result was accom-
plished there would be n very large
number Of people throughout The coun-
try dissatisfied and disposed to look
upon such a result with serious distrust.
To avoid this my father hoped TO reach
some sort OF compromise which would
result In no election. Then the Secre-
tary OF State would have been obliged
to give notice for another election. MY
father was not able to secure this re-
suit. The Electoral Commission was u
second thought and was really compro.
miseM
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

For enterprise, push and a desire to
get such goods as will give the trade
satisfaction, II. l., Fowler, Il. Cohn &
Co., j. d. Devine, J. Clavin, the drug
gists leads all competition. They sell
DR.. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup,
because its the best Medicine on the
market for Coughs, Colds, Group and
Primary Consumption. Price 80 cents
and 81 SAMPLES free,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

Fine family groceries; make a speciality
of fine teas, Olong, Gunpowdor, English
Breakfast and other fine qualities; fancy
and staple groceries always fresh; coun-
try produce, etc. We beat the world for
times. 9-0-5m
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

AnoUr the general desire for the re-
turn of good times, and the revival Of
business, the News, of Chicago speaks as
follows regarding the iron trade: "rhe
expectations Of iron and steel manuiac-
turers and hardware dealers for brisk
demand for goods at remuneratlve prices
this fall are in fair way to be realized.
A decidedly firm tone has prevailed for
some time, and 1t is remarked that there
is more inquiry than has been usual at
this time for several years. Prices have
advanced slightly, and manufacturers Of
popular brands prefer not to sell ahead
but await what they hope will event
uute in still larger demand and higher
prices. The placing of recent heavy Or
ders for railroad iron Is accepted as an
earnest Of better times for the iron in
dustry. Mills are starting up In all di-
rectiOns, and contracts have been made
by many Of the more important con-
Germs that Will last all winter. This
means the rehabilltating Of old and worn
out tracks as well as the construction of
new lines. The orders, however, carry
with them still broader Significance.
1.-The result q prominent dealer said
yesterday, Twill be far-reaching in its
effect for good. Thousands Of unem-
ployed will have work for the winter,
and thus swell the volume of Oonsump-
tiOn In other departments of trade, and
the placing of the product of their labor
In position will employ still others.
The great amount Of building now in
progress has made trade in building
hardware very satisfactory al good, liv-
ing prices. Ali all, the iron and hard
ware trade presents cheerful aspect.
! Ii may be interesting to refer to figures
In this connection. In the United States,
| in 1860 100000 tons Of iron ore were
used, while last year the amount was
| 100000 tons-almost n1nefod in
crease. In 1850 the metal industries in
this country employed $1,000 persons,
consumed Sl00,0O0,0O0 worth of material
and turned out about SlS0,000, 900 worth
OF goods. Now 100000 people are en-
ployed, S3S0, 100000 worth of material IL
used, and $500, 100000 worth Of stock /.
produced"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-22

For doors, sash and blinds, go to f.
j. Bethel, at International and Great
Northern depot. Billy,