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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18
A Proposed National Drill Here.
COMMISSIONERS WHEATLEY TO APPOINT A COZ
MITTEE OF NINE.

PAYING FOR HIS Enthusiastically at the B.
d o. depot gentleman gave his horse and car.
riage to George Adams, q young cOlOred man,
to drive to livery stable. but instead of going
direct TO the stable Adams drove to the resi-
dence of q lady friend and took her out driving
and was seen by the sister of the owner of the
carriage, who, knowing the horse was her
brothers, started to drive after Adams. but he
drove rapidly away He was arrested by Officer
Butler for fast driving. This morning Judge
Harper fined him $50 or 60 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18

THE LITTLE Boy AND THE BIG DoG.-At an
early hour this morning Mr. Augustus BruIs-
NELL reports that he saw "A small boy named
William Harris eoaxing away his dog. Both
boy and dog were taken 10y Mr.. Brummell To
the station The dog is bigger than the boy,
but the little fellow was taken To the Police
Court and charged with larceny. The Judge
held that the charge had been made out and
imposed nne of three dollars, but suspended
execution of sentence, taking the boys personal
recognizance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18

You Can Buy Nothing
that will give you halt the satisfaction that q
pound of our soc. Tea will. You only want to
try it to prove the assertion.
N. I. METzGER & Bro,
AIT 7th st. NV.
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EDUCATIONAL.

Mrs. J. l. McGEh's School (-INTH VAR
VA VIII reopen Monday. september 10th. nj lilo l.
81 auls-sm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18

NTARlLAND AGRICULTURAL tolIEtsE
ANl Next Session olelss sEl'TTsM BIER 20. 1856.
Beside the regular Collegiate Course .nhI a ing
Engl h. the tssics and the Scien special couT IS
IN Agriculture, owl and Mechanical Enginee ing
and Applied Chemistry are prov ldvd. under
u N of "A iul corps oI Professors tminent trtnr-
erN The Cadets are under military organization aud
cisCl line.
Before making a final selection send for Cataogue
Oi this INSTITUTION giving m particulars to courses
OF Instruction, Terms aud >cio arships
Location unsuT passed Tor beauty healthfulness and
conN enence of access.
Address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18

RoBBERIKS REPoRTED.-Smith Rodgers, 600
street northwest, reports stolen from his
trunk 413. John l. Burkhart, 9th and +
streets, reports stolen by a sneak thief cash
box containing S22. Jesse Cook, Harrison street,
Anacostia, reports stolen 30 worth OF tools.
Isaac schernberg. 61S 423 street, reports stolen
fve pairs Of boots, worth So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
N2.I 2m Prince Georges couny Nd

rINHE NORWOOD INSTITUTE
Il Sect Boarding aad Day School for
Young Ladies and LiiIIe Girls
Re-opens SEPT 20. 1886. For Catalogue and All
particu arr address MT and Mrs. WM. ID. CAREII.
principals. 1912 and 1914 l4th Il or for imme,I aIs
ate tIon AT Norwood. Nelson Co Va
Iupils desrons of preparing for regular course
OF the Norwood institute, who wi n an opportuuItv
t. scqu Practical the French language viii
Norwood. tvo.l.1Tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-18

THE SUMNER OPERA.-The Summer Opera
company al Albaugh's will produce for the first
time this season on Monday next "Fantine or
Victor the Blue Stocking, with strong cast,
including Louise Searie, Blanche CHAPMAN
Minnie De Rue, Stuart Harold, s. w Keene
Joseph Fay and Walter Hampshire. This will
be also the first appearance OF the popular conn.,
medisn, Mr.. Louis De Lange, who, Ii will be re-
membered, became such popular fayoriie last
summer. Miss Winston leaves the company al
the end Of the present week.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
FUN FOR HIS HONOR.
A Territorial Judge Who Is Bound to En-
Joy the Pleasures of Life.

A Territorial Judge Who Is Bound to En-
JOY the Pleasures of Life.
The constable was sent out to bring
an important witness on a trial before
Dakota justice of the peace. He soon
returned without the man.
What's the matter?" demanded the
justice.
Il found him holding a mans coat
during fight and so didn't disturb him,
your Hon or"
"Sir!' Numbered the justice. don't
you understand your duties better than
that?'
"Why, your Honor, l thought this
was your ruling in such cases.
mo, sir: this court was never guilty
Of making any such order"
''What was it them"
THAT you were to Immediately
bring the parties fighting into the
courtroom where they could have it
out and l could see that they had fair
play. Go right back after them. The
jury will remain seated and some of
the spectators will please move back
the chairs and form a ring. Any gen.
tlemen making bets must deposit the
stakes with the court who win re-
tain ten per cent commission. II this
court knows herself she is going to
have her share of the fun that u go
ing on in this town. -Estelliwe %.
~ Bed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
ISLANDER AND GOSSIP.

The Mysterious Chest Left by Prominent
Pennsylvania Citizen.
In the first part of this century man
of prominence in Western Pennsyl-
vania, who had been disappointed in
his political aspirations, died. and left,
among his other effects, an iron-bound
chest. This chest, by the terms of his
will, was to remain unopened in the
custody of the descendants of two FAM
lilies for the space Of seventy-fye years
II was then to be opened, and its con-
tents published without reserve. Tho
term of years was reached last summer.
when the casket was solemnly opened
and its contents examined. They
proved to be letters, journals and other
documents bringing charges against
most of the men who were prominent in
the State during the testatOr's lifetime
Crimes of almost every grade were
alleged against them by these papers;
whether the papers themselves were
fOrgeries or not, it is impossible, at this
late day, to decide. There was
scarcely a family of any prom
inence in the neighborhood into
which the publication of these pa
pers would not have brought
disgrace and misery. The trustees
illegally, but prudentiy, disregarded
the terms of the will, and burned the
contents of the chest
Lord Byron's journals and letters
were destroyed by his executor for the
same reason. Mr.. Carlyle's diary and
notebooks, in which the acrid bitter
ness of his soul was poured ont in per-
soma. abuse and slanderous gossip of
persons who are still living. was pub
lshed. not SO prudently, by his liter
airy executor, and vast amount of
pickering and unpleasantness has been
the result.
This long-lived malignity which
would stretch murderous hands out of
the grave to blast and kin, years after
the malicious assassin himself is dead,
appalls us. Yet if we 60 about scatter
ing bits of malicious gossip and scam
DIAL from our careless tongues now, are
we less guilty than these posthumous
seandalmongers? They try to be-
smirch the character Of men long dead,
leaving il to the discretion of one or
two men whether or not t. publish
their FLANDERS. We try to kill the rep
utation of the living man, and place
the murdero0s weapon in the hands Ct
the cxuWd-Xoasfk4, CamnnaiaA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
FASHIONS FOR TRAMps

II IL Tftff. 10y , -. - -. 90 g
Current Styles and Esiq.ssas Asr NsAs0
Knights Of the AseA.
Hats this season win DO worn with
open crown and the brim moro or less
depressed. a
The general costume viii affect .
general appearance Of ne0ligc which b
quite charming.
Trousers are worn quite long-in
fact agood while. unless the .'cld clio y
business is brisk.
The fashion of wearing q splinter in
lieu of suspender-buttOn is now out
of date, horseshoe nail now beng
considered the correct thing.
The hair is worn very long this sea-
SON and with q decided tendency to dis
order, which lends picturesque air to
the face.
The rumor that soap and water
would be extensively used this season
by the perigrinating fraternity proves
to be without foundation.
The fashionable coat this season, as
heretofore, will be the high-cut minis
terial, which will be worn close-but-
toned to the throat during the full
moon period to conceal the absence of
shirt 1t is allowable, however, to
wear them open during and immedi-
ately after the dark of the moon, if the
wearer. has been able to discover =
loaded clothes-line.
Tourists who, hunt watermelons and
chickens after sunset should note tho
fact that the latter arc still served with
the usual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dress
ing on the side. -
There is no change in the style Of
''striking the back door for hand
out"
1t is now ess reglc to wear one boot
and one shoe, instead of slipper and
an overshoe, as heretofore. Thetrous-
er-leg should be worn inside the boot
leg, as it gives quite an appearance Of
chic to the traveller when entering .
new town.
1t is no longer a u mode to sleep in
a city bastile, but rather to secure =
first-floor room in hay stack, thus Sc
curing hot and cold air, water and
light, to say nothing of plenty of room
and q fine view of the adjacent grounds.
Ties are out Of date, except those
made of hemp. which continue all the
rage in the West, but all members of
the fraternity will protest most vigor-
ously and emphstically against wear
ing this style. >, ka.
Cuffs are much worn this season.
The fashionable style is terra Gotta coli
ored. .t.s Gg. .t5 80 II t
The beard is worn full and UNI
trimmed while in the rural districts.
1t is permissible, however, to shave If
you can discover a barber who will
trust You, but no thorough tourist will
permi. himself ever to pay for it.
As tourist dies every week, 1t is
now stylish to wear the finger nails
long and dressed in deepest mourning
This innovation will cause but little in
convenience to the fraternity. g
Collars are worn more reversibly and
chalked the same as last season.
"A tuft of hair projecting through tho
crown of the hat gives bizarre effect.
Mis-match suits are much affected
by the beau monde this season.. q.
Downs, in Peck's Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
MATRIMONIAL VICTIMS.

Desiguahg Scoundrels Who Flourish by
Deceiving Credulous Girls.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote:
1--WE are not very much to blame for
our marriages. We live amid halluci-
nations" There is great deal Of
wisdom in the Concord seer's re-
mark. Men and women are so easily
deceived that scoundfels flourish readi-
ly on matrimonial spoils. Hardly q
day passes that the news does not con.
tain details of the late success uf SOME
heartless fortune-hunter and women.
ensnarer. One of the saddest stories
recently related is that Of fair young
German girl, protegee of the famous
painter OF Bavaria, Paul Weber. The
other Sunday she reached this port on
a German steamer. A few days later
she was married to one Hauersmith.
whom she met IN transitu, and who
claimed to be wealthy wine-grower
of California To-day, deserted and
robbed, she mourns in Philadelphia her
rash haste in seeking matrimonial ties
The recent tragedy at the Sturtevant
House is still more striking nlustra-
ton of the dangers attending an III
advised marriage. In both the cases
cited the men concerned represented
themselves as financially well-estab-
lished. In one case robbery. in the
other murder and suicide resulted from
their falsehoods. A wealthy Chicago
girl eloped q few days ago with her
hair-dresscr. She, too, was deserted
in Philadelphia to find her way home
again as best she might.
The countless women whose stories
arc but variations of the theme touched
upon above are not SO much to blame
as may at first sight appear. 1--WE live
amid Authorizations" Marriage seems
to young girl an enchanted land.
where love and loyalty shall be hers
forever. Alas, how often is the fair
dream destroyed by the bitter irony of
sad experience! Year after year it be-
comes more easy for scoundrels to play
their matrimonial games. The num-
Der of men of character and wealth
who pass through life without mar
rage ties grows larger as time goes on
Luxury and ah1uence have always
been detrimental to the formation Of
the domestic relationship. Rome illus
trated this and several European coun-
tries to-day still further prove, tho
In this country there has
been q steady tendency towards celiba-
cy among men of stability and worth.
Is it strange, then. when opportunities
for successful marriages are compare
lively so scarce, that credulousg girls give
ready ear to the smooth fiatterers who
wear pretty whiskers and who tell Of
their palaces on Lake Como, of tho
alabaster lamps, the slaves and horses
and the regal luxury? A large per
centage of unfortunate marriages
might be prevented If parents exer-
cised the care they should
Beware Of the man. dear, confding
girls, who talks too much of his
wealth, whose vineyards are in some
distant corner of the earth, who smiles
and smiles and IS . stranger still. Tho
wisdom Of old age should not be de-
ceived even where the heat Of youth II
blind. To paraPhrase Tennyson . IL
y "ParentA guard your own"-A
y Werld.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
A. LAUNDERING FATHER.

oeOuv0eBsSv0 y -
How the Old Han Spoiled Tender Ro.
nance In the Theste-.
He-Good evening.
She-And how did you come hare.
Very nice. this is! If poor, perse-
cuted girl can't come to the theater
with her father in safety
He-A theater is public place. isn't
it?
She--Yes; but how did you get the
seat next to ours? 1st ~ M
He-By misapplied ingenuity and a
slight acquaintance with your first
night habits. }tsf ttis
She-I shall have to introduce you
to papa as soon as he is through talk
ing with Mr.. Bliven.
He-Delighted Why didn't you an
swer my note? M
She-What note?
HeTThe note I wrote asking if I
might call upon you.
She-Oh. yes
He-Well? -
She-Well, You SEQ since poor man.
ma diedlpapa has been very particular
with me. and I only knew you at
Monterey, you know.
Hell suppose that as the Trether-
icks presented me to you [ was suffi-
GENTLY Endorsed. But, of course
She-You had no right to meet me
every time 1 went shopping. You
know it was not all just accidents.
He-This is the most extraordinary
tow for. accidents, though 1 meet
peobN alf the time. Nae
She- thought You were going back
to the mines?
He II was; but waited TO. see you
inst 40 = 81 ~ = -
She-Oh! But the curtain is going
up now. ,. ...a
Ho-.Ncan whisper. sr
5, She-Yes; but 1 can't listen to the
play. and hear you at the same time. r
He-Never mind the play! .ez :;
She-But I must mind the play Is
it very important?
He-Yes. May call? .s-
She-No. ii.ii,t'
He--Not if l can make your fathers
acquaintance down town? sf,
She-But you can't
He-Wait and see
She-Mhy do you want to call? There
are plenty of places to 60 to. There is
HeETes, bpt you donf belong 70 my
club?
She-Propose me.
He-Proposals are not easy. want
to make one to you and can't. ,.t ~.
She-Nonsense!
.He-MayI call or not? "a. qg
She-No. OF course / can't help it
if you have to call.
Hell dom t quite understand.
She-Well, suppose a gentleman 1
barely knew-just knew by name
should lose any thing and / should pick
it up, what ought to do?
He-Send it to him, suppose.
S.:e-I thought you were SO clever!
He-Not bit.
She-Suppose you lose your card
case; or no, suppose left my fan lying
here, and you knew me very slightly,
what would you do?
He-Call a messenger boy and send
it to you.
She-You wouldn't call with it, of
coursel
He-Certainly I would. How could
you think that / would be so discour-
teous as to do any thing else?
sne-Very well. m.y leave my
opera-glass here-mind, l don't say l
will.
He-How good you are!
End of Play.]
Papa-Where is my umbreila-oh.
yes-here it is under your seat, my
child. And here is your opera-glas
too. How careless you are!
She-Yes, Washington Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
eY THE JOB AND BY THE DAY.

o, listen to the swinging fafl
Through all the livelonx day:
ITS strokes beat out q merry scale
OF muse light and gay;
With the quick returning tappin2s.
how II patterS on the grain,
dl1e the restless. nervous rappings
VI the raindrops on the pane!
From the flushing OF the morning
Til the stars the tot er greets
Comes the happy. joyous slappings
On the floor in rap d beats:
Every hint or respite scOrning
Still the whiriing arm is sent
On its mission, ever warning
That no time for PLAY IS spent:
For the ringing and the singing,
} AS of kettle on the hob,
Mark the swift unbrOken swinging
Of the work done by the job
- BY the job, by the job, BY the Job, Job.
IT'S the working without Sinking
By the job.
Listen to the slow strokes of the fail,
L Ike the booming OF distant IN nnte-gun,
Creep. be:ated, through the fog-clouds one
by one:
With deliberate long blows
How slow it falls upon the straw;
Then, reluctant, back it goes
To trace again its tiresome law;
From the time the dew departeth
Till the {. sst turned shadows tell
That, by and by, the day will close
The sound comes like droning knell;
OFT from actions rule 1t parteth,
Then the silence reig rs serene:
From long delay at last il starteth
in tardier strokes with stops between;
But the rests and the jests-
Schemes to wear the hours away
Make the sure and certain tests
That the work S done "by the day."
By tn e day. by the d a-y,
tbs all shirk and no work,
By the day.
&C. N. Hdr0ey, in Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

Stephen Powers thinks the straw.
berry is to be to Florida what the grape
is to California-almost, If not quite
its most valuable fruit
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

aonscompos, and the plaeesw2ich have
known Iniun Baptist so long win know
him'no more forever Rotksuillc (Tex)
Cor. N y. Sun. 40 -
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

-CarsR sf Maa Who West About Light.
nag Matches Untu He Became Z
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

way 10 COmpilu1cnG E1m ana 90 MIN
kindnesses. Injun Baptist getting
smart now" he would say when ques-
toned on the subject of his adventure,
and every body would admit that he
was telling the truth. After a while
he developed a habit of going around
with matches in his possession, light
ing one occasionally, and while it
burned or the stub remained in his fin
gers appearing to be searching for
something. For time people smiled
pityingly at Injun, thinking that he
would soon get over the passion, but
they were mistaken. 1t grew upon
him, 20 that, instead of going through
his performance, as at first seemed to
be the case, for the benefit of others, he
got to prowling around at night in dead
earl est.
No place was secure from his intru-
sion. Ladies going down cellars would
find Injun there striking matches. Men
going to their barns would encounter
him. always mysterious and always
with a match. Late at night ne would
be seen prowling around the streets
with his Pickering light in hand. He
would follow people home, striking
matches at almost every step, and
when they had closed the doors of
their houses in his face he would hang
about the yard, striking matches under
the tees and bushes, and peering into
the grass Is II looking for something.
His friends bore with him patiently for
; time. but 1t last his performances be-
eame so much of . nuisance that they
were very reluctantly forced to canse
bis arrest He has been examined by
eAJsicians. who have pgonounced him
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

myself.
Mrs. Allan looked around for some
support, but finding nothing nearer,
retreated to the doorstep and sat down,
while the two young people stood in
front of her.
"You want to know, Richard, do
you? Well, 1 thought you'd have heard
it dozen times in the last three weeks.
So there isn't any thing in it, is there?"
she said, in her exasperatingly slow
way.
'.Miss FARMLAND is engaged to a
gentleman for whom 1 have the high
est regard. and we have never imag-
ined that our names could be connected
till this morning, when we received
letters from friends at 3 distance, in
forming us that we were the victims
of some objectionable gossip whose
name we are now determined to find
OUT said Richard.
swell, Richard" said Mrs. Allan,
clasping her fat hands around her gar
den trOwel. ''you walked down Main
street on the 2Sth of April with long
red fringe off jules collar hanging to
the top button of your coat and all the
village saw it -
ibid II" said Richard. impatientIy,
'.and what more?''
''What more! Seems to me most
people would think if mans cost
was that near to girls collar-no, I
don't mean to say you had kissed her,
but you could have counted her eye
lashes, Richard" and Mrs Allan looked
at the two amazed young people with
. deprecating air.
ION the 18th I never left my room;
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-14
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

MfnMfssfppf and Tennessee.-Trains
move ~ followJ: New Orleans mail arrives
daily ct $500 am: leaves daily at 800 .. m:
6ardis accommodation arrives daily AZ s;2
am; leaves daily at S:45 m. Local
freight srriv cs daily Except Sunday at 80
Pm; leaves daily Except Sunday at 10
am. Mail trains do not stop at flag sta
tiops, nor Whitehaven, Horn Lake, Nesbit
and Loves.
psts.issfpp VALLEY Route IL. N. q.
nnd Il. Ry.l-Trains on this road run as fol-
lows: New Orleans fast mail, daily, leaves
al l:90 pm; Vioksburg express, daily,
Leaves ats;l5 am; New Orleans fast mail,
press, daily, arrives at s as ON.
Newport News ana Mississippi VAL
ney.-TrAins move as tollows;. Fast line
leaves at 1890 am; 81: Louis fast line
leaves g 9;@ Pm; Fast line arrives Z, "a e. 80
louisville and Nashville - Trains
move o. follows; Fast mail arrives daily at
6tlb am. leaves at 10 40 pm; mail leaves
daily at 1910 a.m.i arrives at $500 pm;
except Sunday, at s 100 p.m.; arrived daily.
except SUNDAY. at 8 80 am. standard timel.
Gulf R0ute-( Kansas city, spring.
Meld and Memphisl- Trains leaveM. and
p.. s:pHI leaves y ' q los o No. Ksnsa:
Oily exprpss, arrives at 3 80 pm. No. 2,
Kansas City mail, leayes ate 90 pm. No:D,
KAnsas City mail, arrives At $50 am. No.
81. Louis. ana On1ohGo oxpfohef tebVoe n
100 pm; Ne. !, 81. Louis and Chicago ex-
Prsss, arrives at s;4b am. In eject Sunday
Memphis ana Charleston - Trains
move a follows; Through. express leaves
daily at l0;ey p.m. Mail and express leaves
daily ct 10 100 q m. Somerville accommoda.
lon leaves daily. except Sunday, at 80
pm. Through express arrives daily a. ~
am. Mail and express arrives daily at ~ i2Q
Pm. bomeryille accommodates ArrivsS
daily. except Sunday, At $3.50 am.
s1o-HoIly Springs RQpte-Trsins move q
followsi No. leaves Memphis daily at 8: 46
10. leaves Holly springs daily at 300
an, arrives at MemphiS q 1910 s.m.i No:
leaves Memphis daily ct 7i1b p. In.,. azriSs,
At Holly Springs at 1;b I'm. No. leayes
Holly Spring. daily at 3ilb am, Arrfsesst
Ms%ps Il ''s ana an i.it.Ie Roeh.-TraIps
move a. follows toentral STANDARD HmSl |,
No. leaves daily ct An Pm. arrives ct
e,2S pm. No. Slesyes at 5 ib6 ami arrive.
1919 am. No. 8 tfteiEhp leaves Hppeeeld
daily lexospt SundSy) 81 si0 Ant; arrives
nj Gsm N m. n"