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ST. NICHOLAS.
The Century Cos Magazine for Young
Folks, Enlarged and Printed in
New Type.

Since 1879, when, under the editorial management
of Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. the publication of 81.
Nicholas for Young Folks was begun, it has lie /
all magazines for boys and girls. Nothing like it
was known before, and to-day, the Chicago Inter
Ocean recently said, ait is the model and ideal
juvenile magazine of the world" Through its
pages the greatest writers of our time speaking
10 the youth of America and England, and the best
artists and engravers traing the eyes of the
boys and girls TO appreciate the highest in art.
Nobody knows how many readers 81 Nfc4oiaS has.
In the third largest public library in Amerca-that
in Indianapolis-more than 5000 people read each
months number.
Since the first issue Mrs Dodge has remained as
editor. Early in It's history other young people
magazines, "Our Young Folks" THE Little Cor
poral, Riverside etc, were consolidated with it
and its history has been one OF growth from the
Miss Al, OFT, Mrs Burnett, Charles Dudley Warner,
W. ID Howells, and almost every well-known
writer .. time have contributed to its pages.
there is only one way in which its conductors can
make 1t better, and hat is by making more of it,
and so they announce that with the beginning of
the seventeenth volume November, 1882 81.
Nicholas will be enlarged by the addition of eight
and som etmes sixteen extra pages in each number.
This enlargement is absolutely required to make
room for the rich store of new material which has
been secured for the benefit of the readers. The
of new and clearer type will be begun with the
November number.
During the coming year there to be four i'm
portant serial stories by four well-known American
authors Athletics and outdoor sports will be a
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acter and adventure, sketches OF information and
travel outdoor papers, articles OF specl al literary
interest, suggestive talks on natural history qther
scientific subjects, and the march OF events. Both
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day issues.
The price will be the same as heretofore $500 a
year rs cents number, and all dealers and the
publishers (The Century Co., New York; take sub
scriptions New subscribers should begin with
November.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-15

A swallow had caught its foot in a
sling which was hanging from the
water pipe on a roof 1t huttered and
pulled and tried to extricate itself, but
got tired out and hung helplessly down
by its leg Presently all the swallows
Of the neighborhood assembled round
it and gave the alarm. After a good
deal of twittering and parleying one
of the birds struck the sling with its
beak; the others followed suit, and af
ter an hours work the thread was cut
and tic prisoner freed-The lntelli-
gence of Swallows.
Sapphire.
There was in the ancient Hungarian
crown a fine large sapphire, surround
ed with four oblong green gems, the
nature of which has not yet been made
known. These mysterious green stones,
rendered still more interesting by the
disappearance of the crown, are per-
haps of modern introduction, as they
are not mentioned in the inventory Of
the jewel, when Queen Elizabeth
pledged 1t to Emperor Frederick ".
Hence the inquiry arises are they
green sapphires, emeralds, tourma-
lines or antique glassa-Jewelers' Cir
culac
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throughout The entire land and today Lftbin-
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ELECTRICITY in the Heart.

DR.. Augustus Waller, of Philadel-
phia, has recently made number Of
experiments showing that 1t is possible
to detect by existing electrical instru-
ments the electric currents generated
at each beat of the heart Two people,
holding each other by the hand, and
connected with a capillary electrom
eter, give evidence of electric shocks
through each other. The hands of a
single subject, dipped into two basins
of water in connection with the cleo
trometer, give detection of the in
strument at every beat Of the pulse
New York Telegram.
xnisation Wines.
We have never yet heard OF wine
merchant quixotic enough to deal avow-
eddy in Limitation wines, says London
Journal, or even to inform his customers
that the champagnes and clarets, sau.
ternes and burgundies with which he sup
plies them at SO many shillings a dozen,
were imported into France for CONVEX
sion from Spain, Italy, Hungary, Greece,
or even far California. It is still less
agreeable from the purchasers point of
view, to reflect that these so called wines
were manufactured of all sorts of hete-
rogeneous ingredients at Hamburg, the
headquarters Of continental Justification
"a city in which more win de Bor
deaux' is annually pl oduced than in the
whole department of She Gironde, just
as more "Havanas" are fabricated than
go to three Zines the entire yield Of all
she Cuban tobacco plantations.
With respect to these Ralpractices,
heavy charges, we regret to say, only
too solidly founded on fact, have of late
been brought against the wine trade, by
persons manifestly well acquainted with
the nefarious maneuvers in which grow
ers and shippers, importers and retailers
alike, are leagued together with the COM
mon purpose of defrauding the consumer
Their victim being the only honest man
connected with the whole transaction
that is, if he pays his wine bills n4ces-
sarily at the mercy of SO formidable
hostile coalition, and is fore condemned,
80 to speak, without benefit of clergy, to
exchange good money for worthless
wares, deliberately palmed upon him un
der false pretepses. Boston Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17

bers Of colored people were brought north on
boats and quartered on the confscated Airing
ton estate. The freedmen's bureau gave them
some assistance in erecting homes and Gen. o.
o. Howard made contracts with them for the
payment OF rent of land. Since the bureau
which swindled so many of them was abolished
they have worked out nominal rent by sitting
on the grass to keep it from growing in the
cemetery and by other calisthenics adapted to
the climate and season. They had been told,
or ID some way given TO understand, that they
were eventually to acquire title to the lands on
which they lived. This was more particularly
impressed upon them after a large number had
been taken to Hayti on a coloniZing scheme
and returned with more woes than wars or
women have. Many planted trees and other
wise improved their little places that had been
divided of in severalty by the government in
1868 and paid cash to the agents of the govern
ment for their houses. the contraband camp
being by this time broken up. The thirty or
more original houses were mostly "a by % feet,
one and a half stories in height, and contained
eight rooms. They were shingled and had
brick chimnevs. but we're neither ceiled nor
plastered The price paid was from s35 to $50
apiece, and usually two or more families pur-
chase one house. After almost a quarter Of
century the houses now quite dilapidated
and owing to the uncertainty of their tenure.
there is little inducement to thrift Oh the part
q the peOpla-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17
A TYPICAL DWELLING.

Including the additional $50 acres now being
walled in and beautihed about 400 acres are
in use for the fort and cemetery, while the
other 700 acres are lying around summing them
selves almost within hearing Of the tariff de-
bate in Congress. They are not saying q word,
but they thinking loud as a new suit Of
clothes how much a little protection like q
crop of corn or alfalfa would help their COM
plexion these bright summer days. Their voice
is lifted up to the powers that be, and as they
behold the stately Agricultural Department in
the distance they cry aloud to uncle jerry
to come across the creek and build him barn
as is a barn. They point out that through their
rural depths runs the ancient Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, connecting those busy marts, Alex
andria and Georgetown, and in il the Secrets
could experiment on the cost of water naviga-
ton compared with amphibious railroad
transportation, which is only half water, though
kept at high wster-mark. Then, too, IL ID
pointed out how easily the Secretary could 20
rom the tow-path to the White House; in fact,
he could drive over before cabinet meeting
any busy day. 1t is said the Secretary already
has his eye on Arlington, but thus far he hasn't
put his foot on it. Here on lands, now as use
less as the Sahara desert, could, it ia
urged, be established an experimental farm
that would be the pride Of the nation. Now, it
Is said. the literary man comes here and finds
the richest treasures of thought, the artist finds
galleries OF art and paintings innumerable in
with our courts and law library, the statsman
Is entertained with the doings Of Congress, the
sntiquary can bury himself in our museums
and the mechanic may spend weeks or months
in the Patent Office, but when the granger
comes TO town, and after hanging on strap in
farm, he Is pointed to brick building 90 near
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, where
the money is made, that he wonders IL the
whole thing u farce aud the location Joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17

Since the purchase Of the plantation by the
United States government, the state having
ceded i: with all jurisdiction thereon. thu
schools have been sadly neglected. though be-
fore they we're supported by the state. Since
the failure of the Blair bill the national gov
eminent is not likely to go into the school
business. and these people possessed of humble
homes they cannot afford to leave. and i'll q
measure bereft of schools they cannot afford to
lose, are between the devil and the deep sea, a
very un-American position. They are above
the average moral, law-abidIng and indus
trious people, there being few criminals and,
when the commission made its recent report,
but one pauper Of their number. They are
free, happy and contented except for the loss
of suffrage and the uncertain tenure of their
lands.
Far from the maddnR crowds ignoble strife
Their sober wishes never learned 70 stray;
Along the cool, sequestere ed vale OF life
They kept the noIseless tenor of their way"
But they are not all fond of having their pic
lures taken and good many got away. while
those that appear are not standing so still as
they are wont to do OH ordinay occasions Al
belt, they make pleasing groups about their
happy homes and inSlesides,
And in their veins tits said doth aow
The gentle blood of long ago.
Here and there about the place white stone
bear the names Of departed ones while shrubs
and fruit trees mark where homes have been.
But, though bound by the mystery of affection
and the attachment for endearing scenes to the
old estate. the golden thread will yield to the
silver surplus aud with charity to all and malice
toward none they will move along when paid
for their humble homes, singing the while in
accents sweet and mournful to the soul:
"oh. the cd ark's am vering.
A-move along a-chllderny;
The old ark's a-lnovering,
Amovering along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17

But just about then II dawns upon his bucolic
mind why Congressman send out seed grain in
envelopes and their tariff speeches by freight
MEMORIAL BRIDGE,
connecting the capital with the old confed-
eracy and thus becoming a symbol Of union
between the north and the south, is likely soon
to place Arlington within ten minutes drive Of
the White House. a resolution having already
passed the Senate directing the secretary of
War to examine and report on the most suit
able kind OF q bridge to cross the Potomac
from point near the foot of New York avenue.
Christopher Columbus has kindly consented to
the use OF his name to aid the project, Grand
Army posts have petitioned for the bridge,
everybody seems to want it and, rs already
shown, Congress is getting a move on itself.
With such a connection the proposed farm
would be right in town, and by keeping q few
cows the Secretary, 1t is believed, could add .
great deal to the cream of society and make
observation along the milky way. By placing
the commission on that side of the river the
farm would grow fish. flesh and fowl besides
all sorts OF vegetation. and in case of foreign
nations jumping on to Us for passing a tariff
bill before our gunboats are ready it would
take till the end Of the present administration
to starve us out We could take our regular
exercise, ride the 400 cavalry horses at Fort
Myer and tell the world nfidentially to fight
and be bowed
The scenes in the little village as The STAR
artist chaperoned by Mr.. Clements. passed
through it were animated and interesting. The
town is built on either side of single street
that winds about on the brow of the heights, and
may be seen on the horizon from this side of
the river as the day falls asleep in the gentle
drsperies Of night. The illustrations show the
general character of the buildings and the
placid callings of the people. They toll not,
neither do they spin very hard. for the fruits
OF their labor are not surely theirs and might
be confscated by grasping government. But
they have their schools and churches, recog-
nizing that
mot by bread alone is manhood nourished
To It's supreme estate:
BY every word Of God have lived and Aourished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17

county, but removed by writ of certiorari to
the United States circuit court for the eastern
district OF Virginia, to eject Frederick Kauf-
man and Richard p. Strong, who were in pos
session on behalf Of the United States.
THE TITLE TO The ESTATE.
The title relied on by the defense was a GER
tiheate Of sale Of the demanded premises TO the
United States by the commissioners under the
act OF Congress for the collection of direct
taxes The certificate was impeached on the
ground Of the refusal OF the commissioners to
permit the owner to pay the tax with interest
and costs before the day of sale by an agent or
In any other way than by payment i'll person.
The court held that when the commissioners
had established 9 uniform rule that they would
receive such taxes from no one but the owner
In person, IL avoids such sale and a tender is
unnecessary, since 1t would be of no avail.
This seems to have been the unanimous opin-
ion OF the circuit judge, but when the case was
brought to the Supreme Court Chief Justice
Waite and Justices Bradley. Gray and Wood
dissented, on the ground that the circuit court
had no jurisdiction, without expressing an
opinion on the title.
George Washington Gusts Lee, who can
can say OF Mrs. Washington that his grand
father was her grandson, now found himself
the owner IN fee of "a very extensive grave
yard. The cemetery was laid out in 1868 and
thousands of soldiers had already been buried
there by the government. His only redress
would be long and expensive suit against the
land OF the free and home of the brave. so
when the United States told him he could take
Sl5o,OOO or night be Gcquiesced in the extor-
ton and by deed to Secretary Of War Lin
coin. bearing date of March 81, 1888, surren-
dered the home OF his fathers TO the myriad
children of the pale rider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17

Besides The above there ars several homes
which Mr. Custis had built for his slaves that
are still occupied By them or their children.
and about hundred other houses including
two churches three small stores and one school
house. have been from time to time erected.
Most OF these are clustered together IL what 10
called Freedrnen's village 70 the south Of tho
cemetery proper and near the southern limit Of
the estate but some are scattered here and there
over the old plantation. 1t was only about
ten years ago that Lieut. r. P. Strong then
commanding at Fort Myer, gave the squatters
permission to erect in their village brick
church costing about q 900. and thus further
encouraged to believe that they were to remain
permanently considerable other improvements
OF an humble nature were also made,
LIMITS OF The CEMETERY.
Only about two hundred acres were origi-
nally enclosed for the cemetery, though the
walls are now being extended to the south to
include about one hundred and fifty acres more
through which beautiful drives are being laid
out, and III 1865 all that portion outside Of the
walls was transferred to the Freedmen's bureau
as abandoned lands and placed in chaIg e of
the assistant commissioner OF refugees. In
1868 Gen. c. II. Howard, as assistant commits
sioner of the bureau. had lands surveyed and
subdivided for the purpose OF renting them to
the freedmen. In July, 1872 the Secretary Of
War declared all that part OF the estate OUT
side of the cemetery TO be the military reserva-
ton Of Fort Whpple and s540 we're paid to
settlers for the removal OF the houses and the
loss of crops or the site selected for the new
post now Fort Myer.
no SUFFRAGE.
Until 1884 the settlers on these lands were
permitted to vote and exercise all the rights of
freemen in Alexandra county, but objection
to their registration being at that time made
the registrars referred the matter to the COM
monwealth's attorney. Mr.. James f. Clements
who. in an opinion rendered September TO- 1888,
held that as the state of Virginia had by an
act of February 20, 1884, consented to the pur-
chase by the United States and coded Jurisdic-
ton thereon the settlers had no longer the
elective franchise or political privileges be-
long to citizens of the state This opinion was
sustained by the county courts. Being jealous
of the right of suffrage and all the other side
dishes of American citizenship the settlers
now became generally willing to sell out their
claims and move out where the United States
is republic. The people of Alexandria
county were also eager that their front on the
national capital should not be occupied by
what is best described as a crap pasture. the
estate having been permitted to run down and
present on its low lands a bleached and scrubby
waste. This sentiment having steadily grown
from the time of the purchase by the govern
ment in 1888 a commission was appointed by
the Secretary of War in December, 1887, to ex-
anime and report upon the occupation of the
reservation of Fort Myer and Arlington by
unauthorized citizens or others.
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THE cUsrIs roMBs.

Not many rods back to the southwest from the
cid home repose the mortal remains Of Mr..
and Mrs. Gusts, where they have slept for
generation, the marble shsfts that mark their
narrow homes being now thickly dotted about
with the marble slabs that tell the cost Of war
At his death, in 1857 his wife having preceded
him four years to the undiscovered country,
Mr.. Gusts freed his slaves, but as the act of
manumission was not expressed in his will they
remained in q nominal servitude till the gem
eral emancipation cast their lot in harder
places. Arlington is what was once a part of
Fairfax county, but when, in 1913, the Virginia
part Of the District of Columbia was receded to
That state the new county Of Alexandria was
formed Of it, and thus Is explained the seeming
ambiguity Of the records.
THE BEoINNrSa OF FREEDxKS's VILLAGE.
During the progress Of the war large num-
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4.
The report of this commission made March
q, 1888, shows that outside Of Fort Myer and
the cemetery there were 124 dwellings, 8 shops,
churches, school house and ITO families,
numbering 1853 souls. A careful and itemized
estimate OF the improvements was made, the
largest single item being 3 04O for Mt Olivet
Baptist Church, the brick structure before
mentioned, and the total estimate being
Sl1, 22l.25, not including the improvements
made by the Syphax heirs, whose title to the
tract of Is and $500 acres was confirmed BY
Congress IN June. 1866. A further relinquish-
ment of this tract, which lies near the south
west corner OF the estate, was made by Con-
gress on March 81. 1888. The common wealt II
attorney for Alexandria county, Mr.. James E..
Clements, has interested himself in securing
to the settlers full remuneration for their i'm
provements and bill is now prepared for in
PRODUCTION in Congress, asking an appropri-
alton OF $4,000 to carry out the recommend
atoms OF the commission. The house.
holders have consented to the estimates made
and upon payment Of the money are ready to
pull up stakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17
Are Women Smarter Than Men?

From the Chicago Tribune.
From this place the writer went into the
ONCE OF man who has school OF type writer's.
That 10, he instructs men and women to operate
ypewriters and assists them in getting work.
asked him for the results of his observation.
He replied:
women learn quicker than men. They are
more In demand than men. They give better
sstisfacaon, - rule, mean, than men. And
there 10 another thing want to tell You. lac
said. "A few years ago. when women first
began learning how to operate the typewriter
and began getting work, . cry went up among
men about cheap female labor. In the last
cases in which men have not only offered to do
TINS work for less than women but have under.
taken to get the places by means that were moi
creditabls. am not . woman s-rights man by
woman Of today who II put on her msttls sur.
passes her brother"