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written for THE EVENING STAR
GEORGE BANCROFT.
Tho Declining Years Of the nlustrious
Scholar.

DRAWING NEAR THE END OF A BRILLIANT CA
RHER-Loss OF MExoRY-A BRIEF SKETCH OF
HIS LrE-MINrsTER, CABINET OFFICER, AND
NOTED HIsroRIAN-HIs DOMESTIC CIRCLE
The encroachments of years are beginning
to show their effects upon the aged historian,
George Bancroft In physical energy he still ex-
hibits that vigor which, like that of Simon Came
rons, enables him to maintain fair standard
Of bodily health; but the intellectual fires
which have illumined two continents, and
which have edited and interested mankind for
nearly three-quarters Of a century are becom-
ing dimmed. The time is not distant when
there will be little left but the dying embers of
that once brilliant mind The first indications
OF this sad ending of all that has made the
name of George Bancroft immortal is the loss
of memory. This tendency to mental breaking
up has shown progress by increased ratio of
late and to the extent of seriously alarming
those nearest to him by friendship and long
personal associations. In conversation he COM
prehends what is being said to him at the mo-
ment and participates with somewhat enfeebled
energy, but very soon lapses into forgetfulness
and mental oblivion. 1t has not been
many days since the tall but somewhat
unsteady form of the patriarch of letters was
seen entering the portals of the executive man.
sion TO say farewell to Its young and beautiful
presiding lady. 1t was a scene worthy of the
canvas of master. The aged historian. who
had been an honored guest at her table, was
much affected. The gentle consideration
which he had uniformly received from her,
and the isolated and sad surroundings of his
own tireside, the veil of eternal ending which
hung between him and the fast approaching
future, the shifting scenes of public affairs in
which he was once conspicuous figure, formed
contrasting conditions which as deeply i'm
pressed the Turing fantasies of youth, beauty
and home as they did the disappointing retro
spect OF age, decrepitude and the end
HIS BRILLIANT CAREER.
The last days of George Bancroft, Americas
great historian, are sad and lonely. The be-
ginning of his career and its advancement
through the subsequent stages of brilliant
and active life might ordinarily have been ac-
cepted as surety for happy ending. In
Worcester, Mass, he first saw the light of earth
just eighty-nine years ago. Harvard vised
him seventy-two years ago as a Bachelor of
Arts. Gottingen gave him her highest univer-
slty degree sixty-nine years ago. Heidelberg
appreciated his genius by patent OF intellec-
tual nobility slxty-seven years ago. The Rev.
erend Aaron Bancroft, who doled out doctrine
and theology for souls thirsting after righteous
ness and mammon, saw in his hopeful progeny
an intellectual capability which made him
feel opulent in the DETECTED blessings which
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The Typewriter Girl.
dreamy and

From the Omaha Republic.
With the eyes Of an odslisque, dreamy and
brown;
With teeth that would rival the pearl,
She quietly walks TO her ONCE down town;
My darling, the typewriter girl
Her voice Is soft as the whispers Of love,
Her fluffy hairs tied with . curl,
And her form would surpass all the graces above;
My darling, the typewriter girl.
From the tips Of her feet to the flush on her
cheek,
She keeps me in one constant whirl
She told me she earned six dollars per week,
My darling, the typewriter girl
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PIPES AND PIPE-MAKERS.
SMOKING GEAR OF ALL NATIONS.
How Savage and Civilized Men Seek
the Solace of Tobacco.
rHr CALUMET OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN-THE
RED PrPE-sroSE QUARRIEs-scULPTURED PIPES
FROM THE PACIFIC coAsT-PIPEs FROM AFRICA,
ASIA AND THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

IL there is a mountain, or q desert, An island,
or an iceberg anywhere between the north and
south pole inhabited by man where smoking is
unknown, the birds-eye view of the globe taken
oy SrAR reporter, through the medium of the
National museum, which brings all the world
together under one roof, where it can be
studied without going to the trouble of long
voyages, failed TO disclose the spot. The scien-
tito gentleman who stood by the reporter in
this investigation and acted as guide in the ex-
ploration of this condensed little world re-
marked that one of the most marvellous events
in history was one little dwelt upon, and that
vas the great rapidity with which the knowl-
edge Of and use Of tobacco spread through the
world after the first daring voyagers from Eu-
rope discovered the properties of the weed and
learned from the natives of Cuba how to smoke.
Where history is silent concerning the long and
hazardous voyages made in their cockle-shell
ships by the Portuguese and other daring mari
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Tho Delaware senate has passed bill pro-
viding that the face Of policy Of FIRE insur-
ages in case Of total loss. II the company
refuses payment and suit 10 brought against
them and Judgment obtained, the company IL
to be taxed the attorney fees and costs.
=, The Rev Samuel ". Boardman, Of stanhope,
n j., has accepted the presidency Of Maryvills
college, Maryvilie, Tenn.
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Ex-Preaident Arthur's grave in the Rural
cemetery, at Albany, il soon to be marked by
. beautiful monument consisting Of sarcoph-
agus copied from the Egyptian tombs, and
resting on . granite platform.
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PROFESSIONAL.

V,EsT CIRCLES AT 7l3 4TH ST. n. T. EVERY
wonderful tests ever syen; also private sittns from
8 am. to q Pm. nh5-2Ot'
DROF CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED CLAlR-
il voysnt, Astrologer and spiritual Medium born
with second sight and veil livery hidden mystery ~
den treasures. Gives lucky numbers Causes speedy
msrsses bnss ~ We sn1esss
fuences. Cures sieknsss, IL disarpon.ed BY efforts
vince the most skeptlcal Strangers from other cuss
Will ave time and disappointment by calling on the
only genuine clsirvoy in this city he succeeda
where ali otheEs fail and sdyertises only what he os
IL Name. lock Of hsir. date u lafta Hours y 70 d
Open Sundays from i IA b p.pl
mhi6-toapl' al 9th e. NV
MNE BROOKE TELLS ALL The EVENTS o.
IVA II{E An business cunhdrntiai Ladies' aud -
usaneA 30 ceuts ssch aus I st. bctwesn sth and 5th
-. Aw. oo2A-xovs
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had fallen upon his son. In traversing the
long retrospect of life measured by the years
of the active career of George Bancroft, we go
back to the school-house citadel of knowl-
edge which crowned Round Hill in old North
ampton, Mass, sixty-fve years ago. A worthy
pastor and himself divided the honors of the
ferrule and for six years propelled the cause of
education by its vigorous application TO the
boyhood seat of learning. necessity and lag
ging application to study suggested. Fifty
nine years ago he received the suffrages of his
friends for the legislature, but refused the
honor after he was elected Fifty-fve years
ago the first volume of his history of the United
States appeared
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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

President Polk made him his Secretary of the
Navy forty-four years ago, which period was
characterized by the foundation of the naval
academy at Annapolis. He was minister to
Great Britain in 1863. He was negotiator for
the liberal treaties of navigation and allegiance
to Russia in 1867, the North German confedera-
ton in 1868, and was the first American minis
ter to the court of the new German empire in
1871. In 1874 he was recalled at his own re-
quest and year after transferred his residence
to Washington. The fifteen years since have
been so full of honors and satisfaction that the
aged historians constant lament has been that
he did not settle at the capital when he came
hither as Secretary of the Navy, nearly a
half century ago.
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HIS FAMILY.

HIS FAMILY.
In those remote days of social life Secretary
and Mrs. Bancroft, who was daughter of U.
S. Senator John Davis, known as Honest
John" were conspicuous factors in the gave
ties of the capital. During the later life OF the
historian in Washington his second wife, who
was the widow of gentleman of fortune pre-
sided over his household with exceptional
grace. Since her death the increasing burden
of years has not been lightened by the sympa-
thy and affection of his children. His eldest
son. John Chandler Bancroft. who has been
member of his fathers household with his
wife and children for some time. is more i'll
terested III Boston than in Washington, and
passes much of his time there, leaving his
family here. younger son has never crossed
the domestic threshold since he incurred his
fathers disfavor when he married in Paris
twenty and more years ago. The woman who
caused this irreparable breach between father
and son proved devoted wife. She is now
dead. Two beautiful daughters live to speak
of and cherish mothery tenderness and
solicitude for their care and training. One is
Madame Russillion, wife of an officer of the
French courts. The other is our own Suzanne.
who left her Partisan home as q new link of
affection between fat her and son, who shone so
brilliantly at her grandfather's side as lady of
his house, who was one of the brightest bellies
of two seasons ago, the maiden companion of
Mary Endicott, now Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain
the heroine of the social sensation of last wear
season as Pauline Fuller is of this, and now Just
entered the conservative sphere of maternity
The I'd of March witnessed the advent of a
little stranger, whose name will be George
Bancroft Carroll. When Suzanne Bancroft left
her grandfather's home maid and by priestly
dispensation returned a wife. gossip's busy
tongue had much to say. A honeymoon in
Paris, home in Washington and son to per-
petuate the name and perhaps the fame of iher
grandsire are events associated with happy
husband and devoted wife.
While the mental energies of the illustrious
Bancroft are ebbing away in isolation almost
from those of his own blood, he finds his
greatest consolation in his step-son. Col. Alex
ander Bliss, gentleman of culture and learn
ing, who was secretary of legation at Berlin
when Mr.. Bancroft was minister. For time
he made his residence with Mr.. Bancroft. but
for the past few years, since Mrs. Bancroft's
death, he has lived at the West End. His
daughter, Miss Bliss, is one of the favorites
among the young ladies in society. A son is
now a student at law in Baltimore.
Col Bliss is a daily visitor at the Bancroft
mansion, and devotes much Of his time to the
aged historian, whose sunset of life is so lonely
and sad. DEB. r. Il.
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PROPOSALS.

DRoPosALs FOR FURNISHING 4s-INcH CAST
II IRON WAIER-PIPk AND CASTINGs.-OIFIcn
OF WAsHISGroN AoUEDUcr, WASHINGTON, De- March
20 1SS9-Sealed Proposals, IN duplicate VIII be re-
ceved Ut this office until noon. WEDNESDAY, APRIL
TEN 1889 for furnishing and delivering in the city
of Washington, % 200 lineal feet more or less Of As
inch castron water-pipe and such special castings
may be required for increasing the water supply Of
this Office The United states reserves the right 20
reject any and all proposals. The attention OF bidders
IA Invited the Acts of Congress approved February
20, 1855, and February %. lss1. Vol %. psge 332
and Vol "a pare Al 4, Statutes st L.rge. JOHN n
WILSON, Colonel. U. 8. Army. mh20-4tSsp5.6
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cannon, and tho smaller end lie put into the
mouth. Hoopah warriors. it is said, like this
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< HIRLEY-NEAR THE OCEAN KENTUCKY AVE.
- ATLANTIC CITY, " j.
Popular location. Opens March 1.
f26-3m MRS NJ. I. SOUTHALI. Of Washington ID q
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NEW WINTER RESORT,
IN THE PRINCESS ANNE,
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

HOTEL LURAY,
III ATLANTIC CITY, MI
- On the Beach, Kentucky ave,
Will open February 10, 1859. }. WHITE. Gl-2u
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Il ATLANTIC CITY, Nj
Near the beach. open CRATES; good drainage.
fel-3m JAMES HOOD.
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all average OF over Sl,lOO for the one hundred
and forty-three pictures sold. The most graft
flying feature of the sale was probably the price
obtained for Bastien le Pages Joan of Arc. ~
This painting, which cost the owner only about
$4,000, sold for $23, 400 thus making the in
vestment very handsome one financially, and
at the same time justifying the judgment of the
owner and confirming In a substantial manner
the many fattering things that have been said
about it by the press lately. But in spite of
the high price it bought, the precise position
the picture is to hold in the world of art is by
no means settled yet. For the present about
the most that can be said of it is that it will be
immensely liked by people who like that
sort OF thing-or think they do. The
name of the purchaser has not been made
public, the only means of identity afforded be-
ing the statement that he was "a bad-headed
man, said to be Chicago dealer" represented
by the initials &c I. b." though by other au-
thorities he is credited to New York. The
same person made many other purchases, the
whole amount of his investment in the sale
being about S125,OOO. The other paintings in
the sale which brought over $4,000 were the
following: Troyon's "Pasturage in Nor
mandy" S17,5O0; Delacroix's Lion Hunt, ~
Sl1S00; Millet's Hay Maker" 50, 100. Corot's
Woods at Marcousis," So, 500; 1.-The Ford" by
the same artist, $1,000; Troyon's Feeding the
Chickens" $1,000; Courbet's Music" $1,000;
Manet's boy with Sword" S6.7O0; Rousseau
Interior of a Forest" $1,000; Sunset" by
the same artist, $4,000; Landscape and
Trees" by the same, s6,25O; Dupre's Land.
scape and Cattle" $500; Rousseaus Sun
set in the Pyrennes," $500, and Millet's
Landscape Near Barbizon," So, 1OO.-Since
placing the above in type the direct charge has
been made in New York papers, appa-
| rently with good foundation,-at least it mas
not been denied, as it ought to be, if un-
founded,-that the sale was In large part a
bogus or mock auction affair; and that the mys-
terious stranger who bought in at such high
prices most of the best pictures in the collec-
ton was none other than friend or employe
of Mr.. Davis, himself, and bid in the paintings
referred to on that gentlemans account. II
seems hardly possible that reputable auction.
GERS would knowingly or could be unknowingly
parties to 80 disreputable transaction, and L
Is likely therefore that good deal more will
be heard Of the affair, in one way or another
before it passes out Of mind. The offense a,
charged L., under the laws Of the state of New
York, misdemeanor, punishable by imprison.
ment for thirty days, or by fine not exceed ding
one hundred dollars, or both. It il now said
by way OF palliation that it il Mr.. Davis in.
tention TO present the "Joan Of Arc" the ssBoy
with Sword" and another Of the lot TO the Ne.
tropolitan Museum Of Art II, 10 the intention
Is, under the circumstances, little to his credit
II he had such Q purpose in view it should have
been carried out before the paintings were put
under the hammer.
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On THE BEACH.
~ HADDON HALL
n5-3m EDWIN LIPPINCOTT.
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WINTER RESORTS.
SARAToGA SPRINGS. NY.
DIR. sTRoNG's sANrTARIUM.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AVENUE
w ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.,
Near the ocean open all year; telephone los
f26-lm MRS q l.. HOUSTON.
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EUW TO STOP COUGHING.

A physician who is connected with
ali institution which contains many
children, says: "There IS nothing more
irritating to a cough than to cough.
For some time | had been so fully as
sured of this that | recently determined
if possible for one minute, at least, to
lesson the number of coughs heard IN
certain ward in the hospital of the in
stitution. By the promise of rewards
and punishments succeeded in in
ducing them TO hold their breath when
tempted to cough, and in little while
| was myself surprised to see how some
of the children entirely recovered from
their disease.
Constant coughing Is precisely like
scratching a wound on the outside OF
the body, so long as it is done the
wound will not heal. Let person,
when tempted to cough, daw a long
breath and lold it until it warns and
soothes every air cell, and some bene-
fits will soon be received from the pro-
cess. The nitrogen, which is thus re-
fined, acts as an anodyne to the ir-
ritated mucus membrane, alaying the
desire to cough and giving the throat
and lungs a chance to heal. At the
same time a suitable medicine will aid
nature IN her effort to recuperate. y
Baltimore Meas.
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cough and scarlet fever and rash and
throat distemper and short sleeves and
bare legs and pins sticking into him and
too much candy and bad temper, why
her husband tells her that he "does wish
she would try and quiet her baby" and
he says it as if he fought she alone was
responsible for its existence, and as if
she was considerably to blame for it.,
too. And when she has The headache
nobody thinks of minding it-a woman's
always having headache. And if she is
"nervous enough to fy," nobody shuts
the door any quieter, and nobody tucks
her on the lounge with shawel over
her, or coddles her to death as a man
has to be coddled under such circum-
stances.
We might go on indefinitely with the
troubles of woman, and if there is a
man who thinks a woman has an easy
time of it, why just let him pin on a
pound of false hair and get inside pair
of corsets, and put on a pull back over
skirt, and be woman himself, and see
how he likes it.
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SCANDAL MONGERS.

DO you hear the scandal -mongerS
Passing by?
Breathing poison in II whisper,
In "A sigh?
Moving cautiously and;slow,
Smiling Swcet,y as they 90,
Never noisy-gidiug smoothly rs II snake
Suppin" here and sliding there
Through the meadows fresh and fair,
Leaving subtitle slime and poison in their wake.
Saw you not the scandal al-mOnger
As she sat.
Beaming brightly meath the roses
On her hat?
In her dainty gloves and dress
Angel like and nothing less,
Seemed she-casting smiles and pleasing words
about
Once she shrugged and shook her head,
Raised her eyes and nothing said,
When you spoke OF friends, and yet it left doubt.
Did you watch the scandal-monger,
At the ball?
Through the music, rhythm, beauty,
Light and all,
Moving here and moving there,
With a whisper light as air,
Casting shadows on sister wuman's fame
Just whispered word Of glance,
As she foated through the dance,
And doubt forever hangs upon Il name.
You will find the Scandal-mOngerS
Everywhere;
Sometimes men. tut often women,
Young and fair;
Yet their tongues drip ioulest slime,
And they spend their leisure time
Casting mud on those who climb by work and
worth
Shun them, shun them AS you go
Shun them whether high or low;
They are but the cursed scrpents Of the earth.
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Culinary Maxims.

Beauty will buy no beef.
Inquire not what is in another's pot.
Better half an egg than an empty
shell.
A good stomach is the best sauce.
Better some of the pudding than no
pie.
He who depends on another dimes i'll
and sups worse.
Make not your sauce till you have
caught your fish.
He that dimes and leaves lays the
cloth twice.
He deserves not the sweet who will
not taste of the sour.
He fasts enough whose wife scolds at
dinner time.
He who would have hare for break
fast must hunt over night.
When a man cannot have what e
loves he must love what he has.
Healed enmity and a warmed-up
dinner are never worth much.-7a6.e
Talk.
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Why he Changed His Manner.

A celebrated divine who was remark
able in the first period of his ministry
for loud and boisterous mode of
preaching suddenly changed his whole
manner in the pulpit and adopted a
mild and dispdssionate mode of delivery.
One of his brethren observed it and in
quired of him what had induced him TO
make the change. He answered /:
"When | was young l thought it was
the thunder that killed the people but
when | grew wiser l discovered that it
was the lightning; so determined to
thunder less and tighten more in future. "
Tile CHWchWaR.
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ANOTHER GOOD BOY.

A Detroit grocer was the other day
hungrily waiting for his clerk to return
from dinner and give him a chance at
his own MONDAY meal, when a boy
came into the store with basket in his
hand and said:
81 seed boy grab up this ere basket
from the door and run and ran after
HIM and made him give 1t up"
"My lad you are an honest boy"
eyes, sir"
"And you look like a good boy"
eyes, sir"
"And good boys should always be
encouraged. In box in the back
room there are eight dozen eggs. You
may take them home to your mother
and keep the basket"
The grocer had been saving those
eggs for days and weeks to reward some
one. In rewarding good boy he also
got eight dozen bad eggs carried out of
the neighborhood free of cost, and he
chuckled little chuck as he walked
homeward.
The afternoon waned, night came
and went and once more the grocer
went to dinner. When he returned he
was picking his teeth and wearing a
complacent smile. HIS eye caught
basket of eight dozen eggs as he entered
the store, and he queried:
"Been buying some eggsa"
"Yes got hold of those from a far
mer's boy" replied the clerk.
ga lame boy with blue cap on9"
"Yes."
"Two front teeth out1"
EYES,"
The grocer sat down and examined
the eggs. The shells had been washed
clean. but they were the same eggs that
good boy had lugged home the day be-
fore.
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SORROWS OF A MARRIED MAN.

Fogg meets Brown, who sports new
necktie. Fogg-"Hello, got new
necktie Where did you buy it7
Brown-"Got it at Shopleigh's."
elbow much ?"
"Seventy five.
"Did you pick it out yourself?"
"Of course | did"
"Where there many people buying
necktles when you bought it?"
"Haif dozen, perhaps"
"Did anybody buy more than oneP"
81 didn't notice."
"I'm sorry for that. But what colors
seemed to be most IN request ?"
"Oh, some bought black, and some
black and red, and others took blue or
green"
"Did any of them choose white p
81 think not"
You are sure OF that
81 didn't see anybody"
GLOW old were the people-the peo
pie buying, | mean"
GLOW in thunder do you suppose |
know"
"None over so, for guess"
mo, am sure of that"
"That's good. And none under ~
"Sure of that, too
"'Thank you. Brown. Very much
obliged. You don't know how much
I'm beholden to YOU OF course, |
don't care anything about 1t myself, but
when | tell my wife you've got new
necktie she'll want to know all about
lt-she always does, you know, and ii
makes a fellow feel queer when he
can't answer a few simple questions
from his wife "-B0St0n TaRS0 i6t.