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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-19
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A Plea For C0lumhuS.

HIS DISCOVERY OF AMERICA WAS THE ONE THAT
DISCOVERED.
From the st. Paul Globe.
III ever poor fellow had hard work to win his
laurels, and still harder work to hold on to them
IT was Christopher Columbus 1t is perhaps one of
the penalties Of true greatness to be looked upon
as the prey of literary scalpera The lamented
william shakespeare has had an experience Of
that kind, second only To the experience that the
fame OF Christopher Columbus has been subjected
TO- AS time passed on, it was thought that the
regulations OF both Columbus and Shakespeare
were established beyond all controversy
This has been deluslOn. Mr.. Donnelly's recent
assault on Shakespeare and Miss Browns erort
10 transfer the laurel wreath from the brow OF Col
umbus TO that OF Lief Erickson only demonstrates
the perpetual activity OF the two elements In hJl-
man nature known as combativeness and destruct-
tveneSs. But Tor all that, Columbus and Shake.
speare are going 70 keep on their feet. All rival
claims are now barred by the statute Of iimita-
tons.
1t IS possible that Lief Erickson, the Iceland
voyager, did set foot On these shores long before
Columbus landed. SO did the Indians but the
with Christopher Columbus. BIS achievements
produced greater revolutions and grander results
than ever before attended the efforts Of mere man
born OF woman. With his discoveries old IDEAS
which had held the human understanding In bond
age passed away. The bold Genoese adventurer
brilliantly Illuminate the world to-day. he esta6.
lished the fact that the earth was spherical body
and In an age, too. when It was considered bias
phemOuS TO hint at such theory.
When Columbus lifted the veil OF darkness which
hung between the old and new worlds a Hood OF
strange light poured In upon both. knowledge on
all subjects followed like sun-burst In the morn
Ing OF new day. Practically, 1t makes no difrer-
ence who first landed on American shores COL
umbUs alone is entitled TO the honor OF the grand
results OF Americas discovery. Nor is'it OF much
practical difference who wrote the Shakespearean
plays. II was the hayward Dard OF Avon who
published them 10 the world and he will forever
stand acknowledged as the high priest and inter
prefer OF the sorr0ws and joys OF human nature In
Its lOIt1eSt and in its lOw1iesl moods
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SchOOlrOOm Atrocities.

From the New York Teacher.
We. had long known that alcoholic beverages
were 'liquid fre. but this is decidedly new ver-
sion of their origin: Teacher-"What is a VOL
cano?" Boy-"A mountain that throws out lager "
boy In one OF our schools was asked to define
the words feat and feet, which he did in the fol-
lowing manner: Feat-a trick; feet-the home OF
the soul.
Teacner-"John. give me sentence containing
the word contents" John-"The contents OF a
cow Is milk"
Here is a boys composition on the COW: oThe
COW IS quadruped. She has four feet which are
split In the middle, and has horns and tail which
she chaseS files on with. My uncle says not to be
AFRAID OF COW, for she is nice and chews a cud
and gives irish milk. But when she Is mad she Is
bull and then she don't give no milk. Bulls and
6illygoats buck people. They have big horns.
People have cows in the country specially In Jer-
sey where the JerseS are"
Here Is another composition: "A ield is big
wide piece OF ground where there amt no trees.
Some fields are called meadows and some lots The
baseball Held Is called diamond. They mean a
card diamond, not diamond ring. The farmer
SowS In the field, but his wife sews In the house
once saw Held Of corn cyrus Field has an awful
lot OF money and the papers talk about him."
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rom the Philadelphia Times
Mary Ford servant girl, was arrested by Con-
stable Fisher In Reading last week ON the charge
Of larceny. The accusation against her Is a novel
one She was employed In the family OF a promt-
nent merchant six weeks Then the family missed
some articles and she was discharged. IL has lust
been discovered that while her mistress was AWAY
she paved some lively pranks. She attired herself
In the BEST dress OF the lady OF the house and called
On strange ladies' living several squares away she
introduced herself as the wife OF The master OF the
nous anu invited the ladies' 10 call on her. desi2-
mating the time when she knew her mistress Womb
De away. When they called she was dressed In
her mistress finest garments She entertained the
guests handsomely, showed them over the housa.
and felt so provoked because her girl had gone out
This continued for some time, and led 10 some
queer computations before the truth was discoy-
cred.
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ROadside Nut.Trees-

Prom Orchard and Garden
suppose the people OF the older states, when lay
ing out their highways through the country, and
streets IN villages, nifty or a hundred years ago,
had planted hardy nut-bearing trees instead OF the
NAPLES, elms. catalpas, pOplars and similar kinds
now seen on every side, doing service only for
shade and ornament. Yes, suppose 1t had been
suggested that nut-treeS live TO great age, are
handsome, AFFORD as good shade as other kinds,
besides bearing seeds that are valuable as food.
and suppose these suggestions had been acted
upon b. a Large majority OF those who were about
painting wayside trees. II certainly requires no
great stretch Of Imagination 10 see what would
have been the result. Rows OF fruitful and noble
sAellbark hicSOries would now be growing in hun
dredS OF New England villages instead OF insect
infested elns pOplars and HndenS, the wood OF
which Il, down, not worth one-fOurth as much
when cut as hickory or in fact that of any OF the
WalnutS IL Is true that the small boy might have
enjoyed the nuts from these trees and occasion
ally loiJered by the way when going to or coming
from school, in order TO NIL his pockets, still the
possession OF such treasures usually gives more
pleasure than their cost In time. What might
nave been now may be realized twenty-five or
my years hence n those about planting street
trees In cities and villages and along the highways
In the country will plant the best nut-Oearing
trees instead OF the other kinds, which yield
nothing, Of value, and DO not afford any better
shade than trees bearing delicious fruits and nuts
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What Evolution is NOt.


Everybody nowadays talks about evolution.
Ike electricity, the cholera germ woman's rights
the great mining boom, and the Eastern question.
j i IN the air." IL pervades society everywhere
With its subtitle essence; 1t infects snail talk with
Us familiar catchwOrds and It's slang phrases; ii
even Ierrneates that last stronghold OF rampant
fLlistlnlsl. the third leader in the penny papers
Every body believes he knows all about IL, and dis
Sls@ II a. giloly In dis every DAY conversation as
l. us Uses the points OF race horses ne has never
sen tEe charms Of peeresses he has never spoken
70, an The dement's OF authors he has never
ieal EVery body - aware, IN q diIn and nebulous
siAi-echscl0, fashion, that II was all Invented by
tIe late w. Darwin, and reduced 10 q system by
Mr. Herbert spencer don't you know, and a iot
Elore OF those scientinc fellows. 10 Is generally
,nteIstOou IN the best-infOrmed circles that evO-
4etIOnlsil consists. for the most part In belief
ABOUT nature AT large essentially similar 10 thai
appte1 Oy IoIsy 10 her own origin and early his
srrovts, - tSoaeetSei IN short, that most things
oe,,',ss Especially Is IL known that, In the
opinion OF the eyOlutlOnists as a body we are All
~ 70 l4ihstely descended from men with tails,
nnO were lhe mai offspring and improved edition
~ the common gorilla. That very briefly put is
lle POI uiar conception OF the various points In Inc
tIeat modern evolutionary program
III l. Scarcely necessary % Inform the Intelligent
!S.tueI VINO Of course, differs fundamentally from
We lhieriJr class OF human beings known 10 ali OF
- ~ 'uI own minds as other people that almost
every point IN the Catalogue thus briefly enuIner
Seu i popular fallacy OF the widest descrtption
1 ST.. Darwin dd not invent evolution any more
ISL s|sO Stephenson Invented the steam engine
OF ", MI kdison the electric Telegraph. We are NOT
u u IRON men with tails any lore than
~, ar 1eseeu aled IRON Indian eephan : There Is
NJ esiIshee lh1t we have anything In particular
.-oae tIah the reInOtest nfJieth eousInship with
our poor relation the west African voytlIa S.,eaca
- ~ IN search OF missing link few links are
go ~ ~ missing and those are for the most MARI
, so.y uiililpoftant ones. II we found the iula1
La nuA IA QUESTION, he would not BE- a Inonkey
MOI yet ~ sEy way a tailed man Ana "a forrb
senrfiS tnrOugh the whole list OF poonl,r b.Iisss
and current failacies as 10 the reoi ~, ~, aaea p,
e,o.liiOnaIy Teaching Whatever people tisins
80, = ,or The most part pure parody OF
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Symbols In Eggs.


HOW THEY HAVE FIGURED IN MYTHOLOGY AND IN
PAGAN SYSTEMS.
From the London Queen.
III Is wellknown fact that eggs have figured In
mythology, and have or have had symborcal
meaning In certain Pagan systems. But It is
quite true that there is no traceable connection
between them and the eggs which are the subject
OF this note; mere resembances not being enough
10 prove identity OF origin AS for Easter eggs,
the date of their Introduction Is unknown, but the
egg as symbol OF hope was recognized by st. Au-
gustine, and probably at a still earlier date For
our present purpose IL VIII Suice to note its
clati0n with sacred seasons.
l. To this day Jews at the Passover introduce an
wonderful deiiverance
p In the Church there was festival OF eggs on
the Saturday before the Shrove Tuesday but the
meaning OF This Is doubtful though perhaps it can
be explained.
3. The Paschal or Easter egg was blessed by the
priests ana at the termination OF the Lenten feast
was and perhaps In some places still is desired as
tne nrst 1ood eaten after the conclusion OF Lent.
Inc second and third instances seem to Indicate
that eggs were regarded as proper for the transit
t1on from ordinary food before Lent to its resump-
tion a1ter Lent. 1t may, however be stated That
Cne Paschal egg was certainly regarded as resur-
rection symbol, especially in anticipation OF the
resurrection OF the Saviour This last point seems
evident from the form OF blessing employed In the
Roman Catholic Church, where the words "on ac-
count OF the resurrection OF our lord Jesus Christi
are to be seen.
The statement Of learned German writer agrees
Win this, Tor he says: 1.-THE egg symbol or the
resurrection OF Jesus, who broke forth from the
grave as chicken from the shell, has been from
very ancient date an Easter gift with Christians
VINO Wish each other prosperity at the resurrec.
ZION OF the saviour" The practice OF dyeng Easter
eggs is OF uncertain Origin but II Is very widely
extended, and has been thought to be derived from
the Jews, whose Passover occurs at the same time
as our Easter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-19

WHAT Re SAID AT A RECENT INTERVIEW.
From the New York Times. March 49,
Rev. Brother Justin, superior OF the order OF
Christian Brothers In the United states, has Just
returned from Rome, after absence OF four or
five months having been there on a special mis-
sion 20 take part In the beatication OF Jean Bap-
tiste de Ia sale, the founder OF the brotherhood
Brother Justin, in address at Manhattan Col
lege, said that he had had a pleasant interview
with the pope, who had asked him how Americans
acted In regard 10 liberty. Brother Justin said in
reply that all were perfectly free here and when
the pope asked about the way the free government
worked In America he told MIN that Americas
government was different from that OF any Euro
pean form; that here the people actually made
themselves felt through legislation and had a dis
tinct voice In the affairs OF the nation while in
the majority OF European forms the government
was the political unit and sw allowed up the masses
In It's indiv1duality. The pope also asked him
about religion here and II strongly marked dis
elimination was pereeptible in IL, and he told him
that he was pleased to say that there was none
whatever. Al the close or the interview the pope
SAID 10 him 10 guard well the education OF the
youth OF America Teach your young men, he
ss.id that without religious training society can
not Dc stable Impress IL upon them that religion
j the basis OF freedom and that without God nan
His creature cannot fulfill his duty 10 his fellow
man. No true liberty Is possible without morality
Brother Justin closed by saying that the pope had
the highest appreciation or America and regarded
It, institutions the symbols OF the true enlignt-
eminent Of the age.
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Bix Carolina Pine Trees.

Iroln The kaIeigh News
In private letter to gentleman In this city
from COL John ID. Whitford there Is an account OF
some forest giants lately measured In Greene and
Wilson counties on COntentnea Greek. One pine
tree measures - feet In circumference and would
make stick OF timber, solid heart, feet square
and - feet long, or straght-edge plank feet wide
anu ID feet long. Another pine measured Is feet
Ia circumference and 100 feet TO the first branch
some white oaks were measured and would make
plank = rect wide and 60 feet long. A pine which
was felled for making shingles measured 4 x feeS
In diameter and l42 Ieet In length. These immense
trees ara found aDundanty Ia that section and
VIII some day command a good price
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Boot and Shoe Etiquette.

From the London Globe
The boot and shoe etiquette In india sorely per-
plexes native of1icials on ceremonial occasions
In the Mofussil IL Is customary for all native gov
ernment officials TO take on their native shoes he
fore entering the presence OF their superior bur IL
they wear English boots no such change Is re-
CURED When the governor OF Bombay lately held
levee at Ahmedabad. a number OF Hindoo officiaIs
ciuboed together 10 buy pair VI English boots so
as 10 avoid the indiSnity OF appearing before his
exceilency with bare feet Each took it In turn 10
wear the boots as he was presented 10 the gov
ernor, and no small amusement was created out
ward and forward TO exchange the solitary pair OF
boots with the next conner f ~
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uow a DISCOURAGED ILLINOIS FARMER " ESr TO wOR
TO KILL HIMSELF.
Washed mp by the Great storm.
PIRATES BURIED TREASURE EXPOSED OS tn
NORTH CAROLINA COAST.

NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
RALEIGH, y. C., March ia famous pirate,
known Blackboard, frequented tine coast OF
North Carolina and his chief rendezvous was near
the mouth OF Cape Fear River. For more than
century there have been current stories OF treasure
he buried and many searcherS have looked far and
near for IT, Very little, II any, had been found up
10 last "wednesday. The gale on the coast the past
winter has been very severe and the tides phenOm-
inally high The result IS many changes on the
coast. Wednesday some pilots who live At South
port, near Wilmington. made a recent ind. They
discovered great numbers Of old spanish coins on
Baldhead- Many OF them bear the date lib.
They were exposed by the blowing away OF the
sand. some OF them are 50 badly covered and cut
by the sand that they are nearly illegible. The
search for more IL In progress II IS believed that
Hack beard buried them.
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nY DUNCANsON BROS. Auctioneers.

TRUSIEES SALE OF ThREE;ST0RY AND BASE
sTnR TEE BETWEEN E AND F STREETS
nv Urine of 2 deed Of trust recorded in I,h.- No
1882 folio 492 ct seQ. Of the land Of the
District Of Columbia. and ct the written request
a%stiop IL front q the PEsRmisss On THTRsDAY
O'CLOCK P. NJ, the north sixteen feet nine ipches BY
depth Of hundred feet to an alley of lot nineteen
in square two hundred and ninety in the city of Wash.
ington, D. c.. improved by . three-story and base
nent with back building) brick house. No Ola 18th
street northwest.
Terms Ct sale: One-third cash. balance in one and
two years. at per cent snnum interest from day
deed OF trust the premises or AL cash. at option
purchaser The trustees the right resell II
terms Of sale are complied with days at risk
and cost Of defsuting purchassr after
purchasers cost 1900 to be deposited 1t time Of sale
.a eSAAS Z f fRRaNSHSb AwsoNS Trustees.
mhl0.eokds
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AUCTION SALES
no. y. sTIcKNEY, AucrioNEER eso =.

GEo. ". sTIcKREY. AUcrloSEER es6 r.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE uNIMPRoyEp
ffss3 p NUhf 9N lsTH STREET. BETWEEN r
BY virtue Of deed OF trust 90 m, dated June %.
1885. and duly recorded in Iaber No 1877, folio
43e et sea one Of the land records for the District
thereby we will oder for ale in front 81 tie prrm
Uses on MONDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH.
A. ID. 1SSS, at 80 O'CLOCK ,. IN . the following de-
scrbcd real estate In the city Of Warrington. District
of Columbia, 20 wit; Lots numbered forty-one (4l,
fortytwo t4 forty three (43) and forty -four t44
Hopkinss subdivision Of square one hundred and
uI0.
two years respectively for which the promissory NOTES
Of the purchaser must be even 10 bear interest
go per centum per annum from day Of sale. payable
semi-annually and secured by deed OF trust on the
property sold: all cash- NJ the option Of the pur-
chaser. deposit Of 400 will be required ON each
lot ct time sale: all conveyanctnr at purchafers
cost Terms Of sale TO be complied with in ten daya
rsk and cost Of dcfsulng purchaser after i've days
JAS II. MARI 936 Fst
JOB BARNARD. 800 5th st. nv.
mh1-eodkds Trustees.
gYTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED TO
THURSDAY. the FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH.
ms,s.a,. j 5os; s y MAHh Trustee.
sVTHE ABOVE SALE Is FASHIONED TO
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH TwENTY-FIRsT. 1855.
III. Jas las B !; MAERS Trustee.
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"Yes," said the principal OF the young ladies'
seminary to the proud parent, "you ought to be
very happy, my dear sir, TO be the father Of so
large family, all the members Of which appear
to be so devoted to one another Large family,
Devoted?" gasped the old gentleman in amaze
ment; what on earth do you mean, maam?-
"Why, yes indeed" said the principal beaminp
through her glasses. mo less than eleven OF Gus
sizes brothers have Oeen here this winter TO take
her out Safeguarding, and she tells me she expects
the tall one with the blue eyes again Tomorrow
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Nearly Upset BY . Whale.

The crew Of the fishing schooner Josephine
swanton state that when AZ miles or the cane
near New Ledge, one afternoon last week, a large
black whale came TO the surface beneath the stern
OF the schooner, nearly capsizing two men In q
dory alongside, and knocking overheard the men
on deck. Later on he appeared some distance
away, flashing the water with his tail, and then
sunk out OF SIGHT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-19

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, March 19-W. H. West, OF
Plattsourg. aged eighty-One years, and Mrs. Dru-
ella Burke. aged sevenJy-three were married in
Piattsburg. Mo-, Saturday. The bride has been
married six times, her NTH marriage having been
celebrated seven months ago. The husband lived
OllV weeks
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GERMAN WAITING MAIDS ORIGINAL NODE OF ROE
BING HER MASTER

GERMAN WAITING MAIDS ORIGINAL NODE OF ROB-
BING HER MASTER
From the Chicago Herald
The devil In court, accused OF theft and sen.
fenced to the pententiary, is new feature in the
annals OF crime. 1t was at teonberg, In wurtem.
burg, the devil with horns, blood-red tongue, club
foot and regulation tail trailing ON the ground
appeared at the house OF well-to-do but decfepit
and helpless old man, and made q great disturb
ance upsetting tables and chairs, breaking crock
cry and &C times amusing himself BY pulling the
slckly old man about and administering some
SOUND cucgelnga 1t was remarkable that hts So.
tanlc majesty never left without having pulled
open the money drawer and thrown about the
COINS on the moor, and that the Old man found
some OF his treasure gone after every visit the
spook paid him Tho Old mans grown-up son.
s.ayinG on Visit at his fathers house, was much
stIuck Dy that love OF the demon for money, and
wnen the spook came next time he seized q and
iound Maria Laengerer, his fathers servant girl,
~ 70 inside the mask. The amount stolen having
oeen very small, she would not have been SEN
senced 10 one year In the penttentary but for the
TACT taat her assumption OF the part OF devil was
considered an aggravattng circumstance.
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TVHOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.

VnNHOMAS DOWNING Aucuoneer
EXECUTORS SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THIRTEENTH SYREET,
8ETWEEN e AND + STREETS NORTHWEST,
IMPROVED By FINE THkEE-STORY BRICK
RESIDENCE. No. 5X1 THIRTEENTH STREET.
On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH
TWENTY-EI0HTH, 1888, AT FOUR O'CLOCK. ~!
IN front Of the premises. shall sell the abovede-z
Terms Of sale; third Of the purchase money in
cssh. and the residue in two equal instruments paya
bic In and two years. with interest from the day Of
ealet At nix par cent p0f annu. payable
The deferred payment to b secured By the
Of $500 viii b required ct the time OF sale. All con-
veysncinE and rscordinG g the Rsircha,ers cost
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from the Brooklyn Eagle.
AS well as we can understand horsefiesh ia held
in high esteem article OF food 1t is declared
to be wholesome and even beneficial. 1t has been
used largely in France for long time, and some of
the people In the towns Of Lancashire. England
applied TO parliament to have the sale OF horse
flesh legalized. Then, we have seen the question
put boldly, "Why should the flesh OF horses he
otherwise Than wholesome? They have the same
food as Kline, with the addition OF corn while thew
eat none OF the NTH consumed by the pig" Ac.
cording to Baron Liebg, horseesh possesses higher
qualities OF nOurishment than beef or mutton
During the revolution famine 1t appears to have
been the main food OF Paris for six months and no
evil results followed In the campaign of the
Rhine, Catalonia, and the Maritime Alps, Larrey.
the eminent surgeon, used 1t to strengthen his
wounded soldiers and BY ITS use he stopped scor-
DuJic affection In the army. In the Crimea two
companies OF French artillery lived on the flesh of
unserviceaDle horses and escaped the prevailing
diseases The ancient Scythlans ate hOrsefies6
with peculiar greedness The Kirghis, the Tartars,
and kalmucks OF to-day think 1t q great deIicacy'
The ancient Germans and Scandinavians bred the
horse TO eat, and so did the SaxOns OF Britain in
the eighth century. In Paris the weight OF horse
flesh consumed increased from III, 800 pounds in
1866 10 ,9S2 $40 pounds In 1879, while there was
propOrtionate increase in the provinces.