Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1879, Page 7

le, Esq. | (How the Republican got hold of this letter | Goes not matter. Let it suifice that it has it, by | by consent of all parties, who hope that in some | extraordinary jay it may greatly advance the | moral and em interests of other young men ard women.) My Deor Tom:— Pve had an extraordii adventure. Prepare ‘Of P all laces sot as traps for the un- H— is the most trying and un- led. I should poor rere Young women (uke myself, before I re- ceived ‘this sad lesson) to settle one point defi- nitely, before starting on their travels; if H— amust jie in their way, determine elther to start from it, last, prepared to stay. ‘When I —. Piainville : = —= crows walting-1 at once the ticket-master, and — ee “How long shail I have to wait for the train be hours,” answered. that “without ‘3 always amusing.—but yesterday morning 1 Seemed as if all the interesting and all th eecentric elements of migratory society had been eliminated, only the dreariest common place remaining. I wanted to take a walk, but my prophetic soles assured me that those Fagor Fradlat- ing heat, were no better t! burning piow- shares—only a martyr could be expected, joy such a promenade; the very grasshoppers in distant fields chirped with a noise like sizz- lpg. You see, Thomas mavourneen, how gloomy Was the situaticn; and yet, out of these un- § elements, your ingenious sister de- veloped an adventure of vast dimensions—so Vast, In fact, that I doubt if you ever let me travel alone agein. (Vous verrons.) Perhaps you would like ine to hasten the narrative; very wel Upon this scene of anguish and gloom enter tne tiveltest of strap; his bat had been Cognition only. but rellet, secresy, mystery, and only, but re! yy, mystery, heaven knows what beside! Jexpected him to hail me as a sister at least, into a seat and bern a steady stat into a seat and began & moment for I changed my is by assure you that. incredible as i FE iz & Be 58 i J if, i meen ae Bogeese al : Ht i He i | E fe it §F ; 5 i i : E F i pie en ; 9 5 gk EF} i i E a i : aghge i? i : i , and t F Bo F 4 ‘1 a fil 2 Ft gee Bee ee 8 yourself, don’t you now? then your sister on the brink of a ‘You know what always happens to boys and girls who do wrong boyd tee or the stolen fl of course the tw false, and I who the down the Father to my own for fully expect to wind up with an Somemen bath in the Fiver. It wasn’t so very bad,—the drawback of the Situation was that I had not the nerve togo b I shook all over, and was rather bruised, too, if the truth must be toid. ‘The family of Burnside has ever been noted for its presence of mind in time of danger (I spare you the time-worn joke, that absence of body would be better), and J, its true represen- tative at that moment, soon arrived at t clusion that I had better shout for help. Of course I didn’t want to—the worst punishment for having been a fool ts the necessity of calling im outsiders to witness to it,—but there was Bothing else to be done. I threw back my head, shut my eyes and @ systematic series of yells. It is strange that one cannot makea premeditated scream sound spontaneous. Don't you know how ridiculous it always sounds on the stage? My performance was very affected, Dut you may try, yourself, to shout the syila- bles “Ah—o-w!” as ioud and as long as possible, and improve on it if you can. Chancing to open my eyes and look up after the first explosion—oh, Tom! there was the crazy man looking do Without a word! I | sSereamed in earnest then, and for the first time he thought ft to speak. “Don't be frightened. You fell down, I see. All right. sit still and I'll come to you in a min- ute. be sure to sit perfectly still” So saying he vanished, leaving me with my mouth wide | Open, and the scream, so to speak, frozen with- in it. Now, Tom, I can’t stop every time to depict my state of mind. Just please to fancy tt, tor the thought of postage on this letter already Weighs me down, and I must hasten tostate the facts. In two seconds or thereabouts, Mr. Madman a ‘where, do you think? Wading through the water around a bend tn the river. He came just below me and holding up his arms. cried, “Jump:” I believe I observed, “Go away?” He answered, scort originality, “Jump, don’t be afraid!” Then, seetng the need of further ent, he added, “I’m here to atch you.” 1 didn’t tell kim that this reason werfully dissuaded me from the step—or the np—but I thought it. I sald, however, “I a cant. Iwon't. On, do go sway!’ “Nonsense!” said he, very re and leave you hanging up the: } mermaid? How will you get down, if I don't stay? Come, won't your” ‘Then, seeing that I sat stock still and my hands over my face—for really, I can’t help re- Tnarking that f was trightened fo death—he said, with a cool determination that froze my mar- | , “Very well; If you won't come to me, 1 | must go to you, that’s all,”—a hint that I inhos- con- a eee ‘ours, . a ever tis out the ‘et, but Tim glad we met we met @ preserver, Miss Molly? You: ther Selegray hed me thi3 morning to meet and look For you. Considering this little ad- venture, iU’s well he did. Are you given to tumbling off hill-tops, Cousin Molly?” He was Clearly laughing at me! I grew frantic. “My Dame's not Molly: You take me for My father is dead—he coulda’t hed you this Leeroy a me go, cried, wriggling like an cel. “You may have { ten your name,” with great calmness. ‘*You know you forgot to take atronk this morning. Shali we go back and t 12” “ could only stare at him, speechiess. I was prey to e the point of my identity, though he must be & bat indeed not to discover his mistake at the distance which then se| Tated us, but to be so taken for granted, with this air of les prem information as to who Imight be—I confess it prostrated my powers of repartee. “Come, we won't pretend any longer, Molly, that we don’t know our name and our cousin, Charlie Thorne. Why shouid I be here, if you were not you, and I were not 1?” I may frankly say I didn’t like his tone, which was in fact boos to an intelligence of eight years or thereabouts. Filled with rage I vurned to him and said, loudly and distinctly:— «I don’t kuow what you in er’s name jord Burnside. I live in the city of Boston, and 1am on my a, to visit friends at Mouatain Ash Station. “Here”—diving into my pocket— “is handkerchief with my name on it— here’s a letter from Tom, addressed to me,” (provientially received this morning before I left Plainville.) ‘Read it, read it if you don't believe me, and do let me go!” Iwrencbed myself from a grasp that suddenly became nerveless. Such a face, ‘om! It makes me shout now to think of if. He stared at the letter under his nose as if its address was in Greek, he heid the handkerchief I had thrust upon him, rigidly, as if turned to stone. “«J—I—oh pray forgive me!” he stammered. “I can hardly believe you even now. What shall I say to explajn to you?—the fact !s—oh, Miss Burnside, it ts really too bad that I should have to Lay tay apology by stating that I took you fora lunatic!” exclaimed, “Why, but Of course I stared I took you for a lunatit:” “What?” he cried, naively, “why should you take me for a lunatic?” This was too much. I retorted bitterly, “Why should you take me for a lunatic? It doesn't seem haif as bad to say a man Is”— ““O yes it does,” he said, beginning to laugh; “To him. We have our feelings, too, and such a charge would be sadly mortifying. But please Jet me state the extenuations of my case. My uncle, Mr. Harris, telegraphed me—watt here is the telegram,” drawing a crumpled paper from his vest pocket, where it evidently had been thrust after reading. Iread “GaTES STATION, June 10, 187—.-To Charles Thorne, 149, Main st., H.—Meet Molly at 10:30 train. She has lost her mind, wandered away this &. m., and tcok train for H. Wears gray dress and Fong oe cee bag. No iy . Stop her, for Baki —— 5 J. G. Harris.” “You understand, don't you? The train was in—I had barely time to reach the station as the crowd poured out. She was not in it. I entered ae bape and rere I saw Urs only one who could possi my poor cousin. I = you are wearing a gray dress and blue veil?” He was only a man, helpless about details of eoprra costume, but he was right, and J told 50. * You really look something like her,” he con- arding me. : bed Thane you," I sald promptly. “T was about to add that my Cousin Mary isa Taving belle—but you don’t deserve it now,” he answered with out impertinence. But it seemed by this time as if we were old Tom,—you know one can’t tumble off a cliff or climb crazy.’ “O—it was a wasp? Ah. yes.” eats oe ene ene} heey lr was ridiculing Prejudices, but I can’t hel it—were I twice 4 ‘man Tsnould be atraid 7 bone Mr. me says that the doc- recovery in time. a —(8pringfield Republican. Household Hints. ¥ be brought up and taken down before and after each meal. sometimes becomes necessary to use the for.drawing tea, or vice versa. When- shake around until every Dart’ Is heated: tur @ aro’ ; turn 1c 7, and @ clean cotton cloth (about the size of a handkerchief) inside. the conte ; hold the hand over the spout to con- Mine the steam about fifty seconds; remove the cloth, Ce bos ——. tor nad Mg od = the case . Nota particle r taste an be detected. ring cool summer Seton when mitik Pp about the same ap- ce. Ifa bitof chalk is kept close at and each pan can be marked, all those of one mulking marked alike, in half the time one <— spend in deciding which was the fitter to skim. “TI would as soon think of doing without a broom as a clothes-stick,” was the remark of an old housekeeper, and I agree with her. Old broom handles cut off to three feet in length make excellent sticks for stirring clothes and ~~ them Lig — eee. ome gore be hung up with a large picture ring, wl must be theststicke Jeft in the clot! When J am ready2to do anything, even though it be e to walt; conse- bie, I disi quentiy when looking tor a pattern, I have not the patience to unroll one 'f another till the right one is found—therefore I always mark the name thereon. I tried writing the name in the corner, out found it too tiresome to roll the same piece outside each time. I now take 3¢ tnch wide strips of new muslin and print the names on them, then tle the pat- terns therewith. Ifthe husband does not take pleasure in keeping the scissors sharpened, the wife must do the next best thing and sharpen them her- self. I have an old pair that dull very easily. I take them to the stove, and holding the bows quite Close to the hearth, I cut the blades across the edge thereof. It does the work nicely. 1 have read that small scissors could be sharp- | ened in the same way with a large darning- needle, though J have never tried it; Charley keeps mine too sharp for that. Any one desiring a number of different stamps for cutting cookies, can add to her list by using the rings from broken fruit-cans. It is often a task to wash potatoes, beets, &c., for cooking, without removing the skins. [f Water as Warm as the hands can be borne in is poured over them, and they are washed briskly with a cloth kept for the purpose, then drop- into cold water, the freshness Will be uain- jured and much time saved. Every house {especially if 1t contains child- Ten who are liable to have their fingers crushed) should have arrangements for fasten- ing the windows up when raised. In lieu of anything better, any boy can make buttons— 136 inches wide, 4 inches long, 1g tach thick— V-sha} » fasting does Tasten Cegowlipes inch y & screw thro centre. When the sash is raised it is to be turned, and holds tt securely in place.—(Country Gentleman, pitably answered with another scream. No use; he cilmbed like a cat; I couldn’t but | admire bis agility; but dont think I admired | the way he swung himself beside me and selzed | both hands. Oh, Tom! Of course I struggled | wildly. The dreadful man then threw his arm | dred. around my shoulder (no doubt I should have | pitched off into the river, if he hadn’t—but Ta | rather bave doe it), and all the time he was | talking in the most way, which didn’t | soothe me tn the least, as you can well 1 | “Poor ehild:” I heard at last; “Molly, Molly, | be still a minute. You don’t know me. I’m | Cousin Charite.” This gave me a bope that I was mistaken and the man was no lunatic, but merely a blundering victim of oe ape who took me for somebody else. I turned on him Sexceey apg a, “You are right; I don’t know youat zl” THE MICROSCOPIC Test FoR MaRRIAGE.—Dr. C. Hettzman (“Archives of Med'cine,” New be allowed in doubtfui cases only upon the permit le microscopist, ” he says, ‘a young physician asked me . He bad fallen in love with bis cousin and his cousin with him. I examined his blood, ing sleepless nights and having a moderate! good constitution. The stmilar condition Belg , for fear of degenerate offspring. So great was his faith @ my ‘assertions fiat ie gue up thi 18 cousin, offering cbhance—' examination of her blood. ‘This beautiful girl her blood of day I to'd York, January, 1879) tells us that marriages should apS of a reliab! “Last season, whether I believed in the marrti among kin- and told him that he wes a nervous man, pass- suspected in the lady, marriage was not vised, i¢ idea of marrying hi er the last Viz... the much to my si marry her.’”.—(British Medical Journal. Miawatha’s Wooing. HE WINS THE HEART AND HAND OF MINNEHAHA, | LAUGHING WATER. At the door-way of his wigwam sat the an- clent arrow-maker—called for short Baldy Sours—making arrow-heads of jasper, or what he said tat ili though on this point there's @ question the minds of those who pur- chased, come for miles and miles to purchase. At his side sat Minnehaha, sat his daughter Laughing Water, plaiting mats of Bese and rushes to take down unto the village and swap off unto the merchants for a few jim-cracks and tin cans to adorn her lovely person. He Was thinking as he sat there of the days when With such arrows he had chased the deer and bisonon the Muskoday, the meadow, chased them up and down the meadow, and then saw them scud fast from him. Shqyras thinking of & hunter from another tribe al and tall and quite a masher, who, one morning in the Spring 1, came aed cogs Ss TOWS, and, depal , smiled upon her, saying, “You're the squaw for me.” ‘Dressed he was and all in blankets of the color of the rainbow and his hair was full of feathers, feathers of the Fore fees wawa and the cock-a-doodle-do. heard 4 » @ Trust] in the branches, and with painted nose and forehead suddeniy from out the wild-wood Hiawatha stood before them. And the maiden leered up at him, leered up from her seat of rushes, scratched her head and spake unto him: “Bully boy! I'm glad to see you!” “After many years of warfare,” thus begun young Hiawat 3] king to the Arrow-maker, “many years of strife and bloodshed, there {s peace between the Jawhawks and the tribe of the Ginswizzlers,” and then added, speaking slowly: “That this peace may last forever, and our hands be clasped more closely, and our hearts be more united, give me as my wife this maiden, Minnehaha what-you-call her, and I’ll give you sixteen gallons of the finest tire-water. fire-water, that will make you git right up and howl tremendous, make your hair to stand on end, stand lke the quills upon the hedge-hog, make you dance and sing and hol- ler; fire-water that is hotter than the hottest aquafortis.” And-the ancient Arrow-maker spoke up briskly, and made answer: “Heaven bless you, my dear children!” And in_less than sixty minutes by the watch the gay Tick- Tick, the ancient Arrow-maker, was rip-roar- ing, staying blind; or, to draw it slightly milder, he was fuiler than a goose; fuller than the goose, the wawa; and hts children had gore westward to grow up with the country.— [Cincinnati Enquirer. Advice to a Young Man. And then remember, son, that the world ts older than you are, by several years; that for thousands of years it has been so full of smarter and better young men than yourseif, that their feet stuck out of the dormer windows; that when they died the old globe went whirling on, and not one man in ten million went to the fu- neral or even heard of the death. Beas smart as you can, of course. Know as much as you can, without blowing the packing out of your cylinder heads; shed the light of your wisdom abroad in the world, but don’t dazzle people with it. And don't peagine, a thing isso simply because you say it is. m’t be too sorry for your father because he knows so much less than you do; remember the reply of Dr. Way- land to the student of Brown university who said it was an easy enough thing to make prov- erbs such as Solomon wrote: “Make a few,’’ tersely replied the old man, And we never heard that the young man made any. Not more than two or three, anyhow. The world has great need of young men, but no greater need than the young men have of it. Your clothes fit you better than your father’s fit him; they cost more money, they are more stylish, your mustache 1s néater, the cut of your hair fs better, and tho are prettier, gh, far prettier than “pa.” But, young man, the old gentleman te the biggest salary, and his homely, scrambling signature on the business end of a check will drain more money out of the bank in five minutes, than you could get out with a ream of paper and a copper plate signature in six months. patie dle are use- love tiem, and we couldu't engineer a Pie-tic love them, and we couldn’t en ra pic- successfully without them. But they are no novelties, son. Oh, no, nothing of the kind. They have been here before. Don’t be so mod- est as to shut yourself clear out, but don’t be so fresh you will have to be put away in the cool to keep from spoiling. Don’t be afraid that your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunting for you, and if you are worth , they will find you. A diamond tsn’t so found as a quartz peb- bie, but people search for it all the more in- tently.—[Hawkeye, THE WEARY MINISTER.—The New York Ob- server says that the minister must have a sum- mer holiday, “For ministers do oe tired, and must have rest—or paralysis. It does not seem to be remembered when those devout and church-going contributors pen their annual squib or sneer about the ‘ parson on his vaca- tion,’ that even a car-horse cannot work seven days in the week. But for nine or ten months in the year a city clergyman has todo so. His door-bell ey as vigorously on Monday as on a during all the intermediate days sia icessant and unremitting. ‘in culminates in the ex- demands of Sunday, and when Sun- day ts over (during which every business man has had @ chance to rest his hands and his feet, and his brain), the cl takes up his load of labor and mn, often as and as dificult on its merely secular as many a layman’s, without one instant’s pause, save that which the often sleepless Sunday night has given him. That men survive this thing, even with the ‘luxury,’ as it is called, of a summer Vocation, 1s often simply marvelous. But that such a vacation is a mere luxury, that it is any- thing else than an absolute physical and mental necessity, is a matter about which there really can be no question. A summer vacation toa etty. peed is a sacred right, and as such he ought to claim it and improve it. Let his peo- pee to it that he has it, and that he may, let m concert with him such plans asshall meet every reasonable requirement for the summer time, and cow usly resist those other re- — Ww are neither reasonable nor jumane,’” SABBATH SINGING AT SEa-SipE HoTELS.—Tea over, and the week-day machinery cleared away from the parlors and piazzas in all the houses, the piano is opened, the Carmina Sacra for an hour or two the whole vil- je 18 vocal with the sober strains of “Ham- ing” and “ Mear,” or the Mitin; Shore.” As “Hold the Fort” and “ Pull for muste it doesn’t touch the highest artistic mark, certainly, but it is and sympathetic, Thoughtless misses and stalwart young swells, who for six days a week know little melody but “ Conosct il suol” or Madame Angot, feel the gentle infection, and those who came to sneer remain to sing. Quain’t, isn’t it, to see young Biceps, just arrived with ail his blushing Spring- Held honors thick upon him, roaring away lke a sturdy, red-faced, six-foot sucking dove, and rasping his manly larynx with an intractable chromatic, as he looks over the book with sweet, Nelly S—, the daintiest little devotee who ever carried a poor fellow’s thoughts skyward on the wings of earthly sentiment? But there 1s nothing like proximity. Biceps won’t be the Worse for a little vicarious devotion; and. it Nelly can make him available in “convertible” (or other) bonds, why shouldn’t she? So none of your scoffing, you wsthetic heathen! It you don’t like the music, or the spirit of it, light your cigarette and take a stroll down the prom- enade. By the time you get back the singing Will be over, and the crowded plazzas in much thepemo tide ct tnsanctified gossip and ilirta- ordinary evei .— [Char in Harper's Magazine Jor Juke Charis Cas roll, Eastern states, but in the far West tl widely different. An affair of this ea took ce ee ee Bory, ena News rview the ye with the following result : See “How comes it,” the reporter asked, “that you wed & man so much older than yourself?” “ Because I love him,” was the pert reply. “That Is a reason, certainly. But Tshonta have thought that a lady so beautiful would have chosen a younger mate,” “Would you? ell, now, I'll tell you. A young man Is very hard to please, and it’s very GifMicult vo displease an old one. You know the old adage, ‘A young man’s slave and an old eat lariing.’ I am rather fond of being a should think so.” Would you, indeed? Then I don’t think there is anything in the world so charming as a lovely young widow, and such a thing is possi- ble for me.” “Tham you are already counting on the old man’s death ?” No, I'm not goonkng on it exactly, but I live in hopes,” and with a radiant smile the guilleless thing went off to join the dancers. It ig not_ necessary to pursue the subject fur- ther, Any one can see that there Is somethin; very bewitching about sweet slxteen. e er ase 1s WOMEN VOTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS.—Some- thing like 200 women of Boston, and among them been’ lide paver ashe known A ane ral women suffrage, have already signi jelr intention to exercise the right, conferred by an act of the present year, to vote for mem- bers of the school committee at the next elec- tion, and have taken the ste] que themselves as voters.—[ Boston Common- &2~‘ Whoop and liquor” is the latest edition Out of the name of the Ohio Republican candi- date for Lieutenant-Governor, §2 Blessed strawberries, made strong with a Plethora of short cake and saucers, are alding foodly ladies to carpet churches and 01 ihe pews at Troy, N. Y. gin t@A new way of suicide ts reported in the Caucacus: A Rt peasant por kerosene over bimself, then lit a match ad ‘set himself on fire—he blazed like a torch. #7 According to the official report of last hi ee nan po phicorel of ecco ob hail; the I is estimated on i S 1088 quaiter of a million of dollars, Semen nation, young | their thoughts they heard a footstep, | { How the Poor Witness Fares. ‘The manner in which attorneys question wit- is to the intelligent nesses is exasperating tb Ms tener, beyond expression. The great purpose of the average criminal lawyer, for inst is to draw from the witness all facts in poscession, ec the facts touching the case under consideration. A countryman, chopping down a tree, stops jis work, and buries his ax up to the eye in brain of his biother-in-law. The witness who saw the whole bloody transaction is besugne into court, and his examination runs about this: yu 3 “You say that the prisoner was chopping a tree down. Now, will you please tell tne Court and jury where he bought the ax!” ay pat cone know; Very well, sir, we'll see about that.” “Now, sir, look at the jury,—don’t stare in that helpless manner at me,—now, sir, do you say, upon your oath, that you don’t know that the defendant stole that ax before he left Padu- cab?” z “You do say 80. ah? Well, now mark me, | sir, How many feet was it from the tree the defendant was chopping to the nearest grist- mill? You can’t say.” “Was It ten feet?” “Certainly, @ good deal more.” “Well, then, was it a thousand miles?” “0 certainly no’ «The Court and jury will please observe the stubbornness of witness. It is manifestly his urpae ad keep from the jury the facts they ou KNOW.” Now, sir, who owned that mill?” ‘The witress innocently inquires, “What mill?” but scon repents it. “The jury will please observe the exasperat- ing contumaciousness of this witness, his eva- sion, and bis manifest purpose to confuse your iinds as to the facts involved in this terrible murdel “New, sir, look me in the face. You have sworn that the man was choppinz solemu]} near a willl, Will you now dare say—look at the jury, sir—that there was no mill within 1,000 miles of the tree the defendant was fell- ing?” “IT don’t say anything of the kind.” “The jury will please note that answer.” “ Now, see here, my friend,—we've had about enovgh of this. You first declared that there was 10 mill, and now you brazenly avow there ‘was a mill near the wood-chopper—” “T sald there was no mill within ten fee—” “ Never do you mind what you said,—I know what you said, and the jury knows; and now, sir, listen to me.” “ Who made your boots? ” «You don’t know! Is there anything under Gcd’s heavens that you do know? There, there! Look at the jury,—not at me. And now per- haps you can tell the jury what your name is?” ‘he witness tells his name. “Now, sir,—look at the jury!—how long did you live there?” The witness timidly asks, “ Lived where? ” when the attorney springs to his feet: “ May it please the Court and jury: I find this witness utterly incorrigible,—stubborn, mulish, and bent upon keeping back the very facts the Jury must have. He has clearly been tampered with, and comes here with the manifest inten- tion of Gey esting cea Lhe J both the jury and the bar, I have temporized with him, Thave led him gently from point to point, in the hope of beguiling him into atrue recital of the facts connected with this dreadful murder; and what is my reward for this considerate Kindness and forbearance? Speaking under Ube sanctity of an oath, he tells this Court and jury that he doesn’t know where he lives, and bas asked me to tell him! Great God! can such things be, and not overcome us like a—Iike— abd not overcome us? I ask your honor that Unis witness be sent to jail for contumacy, to remain there until he expresses a willingness to — what he knows about this dreadrul murder.” ‘The court then admonishes the witness that further trifling will not be permitted; that he must answer the gentleman's questions, or he'll cen feel called upon to commit him to prison. The witness by this time fs bewildered, scared, dazed; and indulges in contradictions and ab- Surdities as fast and as often as the attorne; requires him to; and, finally leaving the stand, it 1s a quarter of an hour at least before he can recall his own name or fix his own ide ‘The attorney then gets u] wretched witness’ terrible contradictory and foo! role all to tatters, and asks the court that it be excluded from the jury as false and nonsensical. And that is one of the ways many of our aver- age criminal lawyers adopt “to draw out the facts in great murder cases.—[Cairo Bulletin, pe ive Dresses. Actresses, being pets of the public for a time— to be ruthlessly put away whenever that, ee lic pleases, however, and at a moment’s not are rather more leniently treated here than other women. They are expected to have faults—and it is not considered good manners to talkof them. But their public extravagancesare matters for busy comment. Just now Paris is amazing itself over the sums which the ac- tresses of the Comedie Francaise, who leave for London on Monday, have been Sper on dress. It aj 8 that Sara Bernhardt, Crot- zette and Keichemberg have spent more than 0,000 francs on a dozen new dresses. Sara has two which Felix made her for eta ee but she will not allow them to be described. “Ruy Blas” she wears one worth 7,000 francs that it has been a r Ww worn a great dealin Paris this year. mene in the “Misanthrope” Crotvette is to wear a rose de chine satin, embroidered with fine pearls, with gold flowers and with silver in rellef; a train in bishop violet velvet, embroi- dered with ae and silver, and a velvet corsage studded with precious stones. This costume . 2 Vhs Sesto bots france. aitae Bernhardt is to be jealous of this, an supposed that she Intends to coruscate in the two dresses which she will not allow to be described. It takes ninety trunks to carry over the acocesso- Ties of these ladies. London is on tiptoe to see them. It 1s rather different from the reception which the comedians of the Theatre F: als in 1760 something. SUDA ay te members 01 nobility fered to ve order.—[Paris vf Correspondence of Boston Journal phe ae sacl Ess Royal SCANDAIS.—There 1s a good deal of Scandal Hosting anout just now eats, our royal fi ie recent mysterious visit to England of German Empress has been ex- plained. She came very suddenly, and while actually the guest of ‘the Queen, the latter packed up and started for oral, while her distinguished visitor went home almost as quietly as if she had been a private individual. itis now said that a serious misunderstanding had arisen between the Queen and her eldest daughter, the Princess Royal of Germany, and that the Empress came over as mediator, but failed. Old people rofess to remember that the mother and daughter were always quarrel- ms pecore me marriage s the latter, and that HS was a serious domestic bete noir of the ae Consort's, mene iB occurrence has served to reproduce a Scandal respecting the German Empress her- self. The fact that she and her husband were about to celebrate their “golden. wedding” in a Style of great magnificence enabled various Scandal mongers to recall the fact that during nearly the entire fifty years since they were married the Emperor and Empress have ab3o- lutely lived apart. I believe, however, that no one pretends to insinuate anything against the Private character of the Empress, The bot | appears to be on the other leg. The Crown a rather hard for, from some cause yet own to the mu! lic, she is seldom allowed to go out. of her mother's sight. It 1s hinted that she hadshown pees oe ae shocking messalliance, and of Chien pestriction.—[London Correspondence OUk INTELLECTUAL Grais.—Perhaps skeptics | may be compelled to ‘acknowledge, Atter a | Fike, that girls can do sometl ig besides | Gress and flirt. From the University of Michi- | fit. Chronicle we observe that every year sinee ey have been admitted to that’ institution, With the Cxception of sts, more girls than me in Propel lon to their respective numbers, ve Das successfully through the course and then graduated. The r cent. of girls Graduating in 72 was 100; of bo: 9%; of girls in '73 was 100; of boys, 70; of giris in"i4 was 73: of boys, 62; of girls in 75 was 70; of boys, 6); Of girls in '76 was 67; of boys, 63; of girisin 77 Was 70; of boys, 63; and of girls in ‘78 was 50: of boys, 69, From another source we learn that to. ently girls were admitted to the privileges of the Univeistty of London, Contrary to the expecta- tons as to their inability to reach its standard, in the first examination, just concluded, nine out of the eleven who entered passed, six of them of taking honors, and three Schol- pais, Relgen is a ee coe than any male Class ever made at the Uniys —[Louis- ville Courter-Journal ay howe A PARAGRAPH ON STYLES.—Did you ever tice the broad, comfortable, shady-lo0king lez. horn hats in the miliiner’s ‘window? Just, buy your wife one, and the first thing she will do ‘With it will be to double up her daint; lunch a three-cornered dent on the ; a= ane peck fs Meee at down, and the K and then stave in three more big dents at odd Cees Sembles in shape an old tin pan that has been a SONG OF THE WRECK. High o’er the beach the shattered hulk, With rtorm-wrenched timbers stern and crav, Mars, with its grim, unsicht!y bulk, ‘The Lrightness of the colden day; THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS PIANOS AND ORGANS. pea>nunr Fiascs. ESTE! ¥ ORG. ANS. ‘While toveed on high each gnariea beam, ubipparcrmnscl bee sTaxDanvixeteu- | THE EVENING STAR. Clear cut szainst the amber sky, RENT at the pe ereeat Like wrestling giant arms inieht doom, cntses Eee eeinnen Sees Sait eed THE WEEKLY STAR. Se sad Leeman Since, bowe S ‘The ables vessel, drifting os aes mech ction nd Jame groaning, shuddering to fat And vallant lives of sta'wart men, pe ‘The proprictors of Tax Stax present to te Borne upward on the raring a Public its datly and weekly editions, respective- Win one anes pane of Sid aoepetr og ah Sd ly, a8 not only the compietest and beat, Dut also in one fierce pan % = ‘the cheapest epitome of events occurring at the Now while on shore and ees the eu Have shown themeelves so far toall others | national capital, and of general news as well, t® purple mantle gently Ja) 8, in excellence of workmausbip, of, be found ud farseen islands. one by ove, toucty beauty of tone, and wrest du " anywhere, How well the public un- Melt in the rosy zlimmering haze— = are een ly sought for by’ derstands this is conclusively shown by the ex- While welling up through breach and seam, ceptionally wide circulation they both enjoy, Telling the beech tacir ster Great Ens Sees ae TEOUghoNe al ve eae aahington alone, but a Tn tea-blown murmurs faint and low — Low Prices Easy Terms. erica 1 the States and Territories, Fair, gentle girls, with eyes like stars, der that the reader not now familiar with And rippling Irushter crisp and sweet, OAUTION! the Paper and tts strong hold on the public may nster aroun Soe grat oid syste. All genuine DECKER PIANOS have the following | “"“erstand at a glance upon what elements its The bright foam dancing to their feet, name on the pianos above the keys: great popularity is based, the opinions of some ‘Till when the sunset srlories fade, And twilight deepens into night, When, keenly flasl throngh the shade, Flames o'er the sea the beacon light, ‘Their Parting voices wane and faint ‘To stillness all unknown before, _ Saye where the nizht wind moans its plaint Round wreck and tower, on wave aud shore. of its contemporaries as to its merits are ap- Pended. It is needless to ad@ that no person is ‘80 good a judge of the value of any given news- paper as the men who conduct newspapers themselves, What Other Papers Say About The Star DECKER BROTHERS, New Your. G. KUHN, Acexr, 407 10th street n.w. | Conrace, sa heart! Thongh dark and chill be ai bp “Thy storm-wrecked life in ruins lie, Deen Tere cea entice Thoth wailing ghosts its chambers fl, —— Decidedly one of the best newspapers published ia And strensth and hope and impulse die, LEADING FAVORITE. | Rie Cited States: hae nothing in common with tae ' one Sg rabid partisan press, "wi I Full youth and love some tender gleams, dS Foe sik mem. | th tine wunfert italy overwtoced ‘A apieit of Some jJoylivht, o'er thy cloom shail cast, ‘Bach a ai character Blirring {0 transient, happy drvaniss aad ene se tbe Geleraied Kranich & Bath | thee nd ata ea nie Tee cenreae ‘The old sweet yearninus of the past. Repairing persopally attended to. Tmyiray | Avs comsendium of the current events of Uhe day And when the darkness falls again, gba la fp chs a‘ : ALLET DAVIB & CO:S PI jpaionTs | Has fair) sts present Sr eo pare trees | ELS ey ae eect ai eam | voz cy a BS Steddfast, remem her—and endr | solid 1 erties a teatis iy {Charles Carroll.in Harper's Magazine For Flin ona” enue, Ope crane and soe Sham 0h iL occuplen vo prominent Sie 1 eae ee Hyacinth Caiture in Honand, | 9 72% 2". _H L SUMNER sp iogion werd "hardly be Washington “eitiees ‘Years ago, when hyacinths were still so hign | W™> MNABE & COs In price that they were only tobe had by the a tich, there were just a few gardens around Haarlem,where these bulbs were grown,and the OWNED PIANOS. Xow the oldest paper in Wi THE LEADING PIANOS OF THE DAY. of the mou! valuable, ana ivine movers aneopee, pal. itan and Congressional life: has earned a contin stock was small at that time. Since the rail-| Pianos and from_other and Prosperous existence by saaciour observance Tait ofthewone ae mean tere | Mae, BAT etait SATEEN | lala sacar abso yatta Gee Se part of the world, the nurserymen of Haarlem pabie, aud leas ‘untortiaing, are producing mote stock, afd have atranged | ,£Very Instrument fully warranted. Tuning and | )SUs. enterprising. (Hillsboro (N. 0.) Be- new burseries for this valuable plant, so that at One of the most in present in spring the country around Haarlem in the country ; gives 5 pas Pifing and beet edited papers OHENDADE'S 33 Mtocon Hews of Congress. and: Washinton ate 423 Lp for many miles to the north and south is in re- aplstr A few doors above ave sre, he city; is a moet tle ong the anes (ow sand hls) aed the oh iu fevers elles Rd cee a lie along the dunes (tow san is), and the soli , tres tnd yoloy torah and eyes Buacee oN iad tin“ (iamerbare (Vata OOF and yellow rown ant yi) ick, Which TRE Wane EB r great difference enables the m en togive | NEW YORK of Wacllinetony oe ia doesent ee, nemapaper the hy acinth every year a different and at the ea | Tacy and readable. Ite weekly edition isa A same time a quite fresh soil. During the win- is | newspaper, and is unsurpassed in variety ‘com. ter, those places where hyacinths are to be mmings 3 news by any paper in the United States. planted next autumn are trenched three feet, WHITE MOUNTAINS. tin (Tenn.) Examiner. and sometimes even five feet deep, in order to bring the soil in which the hyacinths have grown one year down deep in the ground, and Comes as to “ inyomiiermen being an independent paper~as the journal of LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, QUEBEC, AND THE | {le organ of the District of Onumabia: neh ee oe, has made itself the favorite We also to get @ fresh soll on the surface. In SAGUENAY RIVER. necessary t 5 March abo April the soll 48 enriched with cow | rpovgH TO THE MOUNTAINS BY pay. | ‘cml Herld’ erybody in the apltal Sait ak manure, after whic! reen crops or potatoes = = The one conaptcnons are planted, and it is dug again inautuson LIGHT. palma Mader the poe _— able management of about fifteen inches deep before it is ready for — the hyacinths, ON AND AFTER MONDAY, JUNE 30,1879, | food newspaper i its owa felt, see eons hes en cant senna! growers begin ep] Tr ness diligently. and makes money by it —[N. ¥. the in oblong rectangular about "Ge three and & hai! feet in width-the depth vary. | TZ8OUGH TRAIN WITH PARLOR CARS nthe leading paper of Washington, and one off ing the different ages of the hya- inanawement it is aad siecbe be cliths, and fo the nature ot the ground, 0 to FROM GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT VIA bewsy.—-Uindianapolis Sonscal ‘bright the hel ie BO; above vel of 1e oS water. By the end of November all the hya- | NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD | ,,/, rinis ave failed piney £900 cinths are cove ong Eng RAILROAD. the frost ts over; and if the | Leave New York on Day Express........at 8.05am. leaves which are now just Loe out of the ground look yellow, they are lightly covered again till they are quite green, when the reed ig taken away. About the 15th of April gen the hya- cinths are in bI 5 Tis ay tant dime deen: virons of Haai present that splendid sight for which they are renowned. Flowers every- where, and when there is no wind the air is Saree begin to wither th they are sil caretu Ny cut off 1a A8K FOR TICKETS VIA CONNECTIOUT of the best papers r care! cut in order to prevent the bulb from too city; we advise ‘Sur dlonie ee much exhausted, and are strewea over the RIVER LINE. news from the national capital to subscribe = where potatoes are planted, to prevent the sand poem | (Surry (N. C.) Visitor. iPlonetaai egal bata io | ae nd ad een pra | Asn teeing a there is some manure in iS D after ihe ne eet gy rate its half {Washington flowers are cut off the bi begin to grow; J baltimore, Altoona & The ablest and best Jeaves Crack thenecives Sd eet Cates ane | Bittebure, and in We D.0, at office of B. & conducted of the Weather daring Say and June decide wheter Q, BE, Siepch of which offices fallinformetion can | ‘allways presenting the very iatog nows in {reais fore Will be agood crop or r eee —eiaenton two years the ‘hyacinths have been badiy itt BALTIMORE AND ONIO BAILBOAD. | soporte ofal oe Te Le tntereet Gone anes jured during these months by honey dews and = REAT DOUBLE TRAOK. the orkville (8. C.) Enatines Storms, £0 that tt will require at, least ON@ G00 | wastouah Bemis wee Bhect East ce tne | A paper, which, besides the to bring the stock up right again. ational Bente ang Sher So the | and frecbeet news frou Congress, gieesite esate ules bulbs of i gluta aaah 1 | romeamg Rear Berets wtesoam | Has a ee Seether e the o1 e n¢ at the time to multiply them,waich isdone in two | 7° iain ‘Thoe who want cat etecntinnds different ways. fresh out of the ground, the bottoms of cut into six or thickness of the of cultivating is the old bulb is the shells, about before they ve ia aie ey ‘Protestant, c) crossed ear to ‘York and Us the leading paper published in Wash- The y of cultivating ts called, in 3 fe ‘unbesitatinels Dutch, “uollowing,” in English, “sooopiag | 68 sm" 18t. Louis Gotumbus ana | tncad TR nee ee ae out,” which means to make a ‘hole’ Probably » Frederick, and Daring the long period of ite existence it his every one knows that a hyacinth consists of POS Puitings Oats ten vinna “Gee? | ™Aintained its reputation asthe newspaper of Weak several shells arranged ay 2 ho oxa ng top fp Sanday. daly excnpt Sararday. I. o Oe noe oe, Mass.) Republican. which is the flower. By the end of July, when | yie2hee Annapo. | aif tise atest mews ‘tnd eile the weather is fine and dry, this care- | 10.00 a m.—Baltimore Stops at Biadens. | (Charlestown (W. Va) Spirit of fully cut out, so that whine is left but the a A Annapolis Juno- inthe tolerate of the trath that independence Gromit et nate enero ar? ip. m—Batimore, Annapolis, Eiucott City | [The State, (Hichmond, Va} —~ SWPP Press — ad Raed 6 gray ee ee te La OTF | Sa0 bm Now York, Philadeiphia, and Boston try hr apni that entre ato the ane comm great many small may | Express at Laurel Class Journal (Rockville {vooate. beseen near the dry part of the shells; and |" 1:36 p. m- Sunday only, Baltimore and Way. Gomieaet oon — being platted in the autumn of next year, all| 3:30 p. m.—1 and Way Stations. emurae Pipe Sc ny jon ot these knobs will become very si young | _ 4:90 p. m—Baitimore, and Laurel | of the country.—[ — Hzspinune euak Go noe, Bloom. for co or three | Tete, Svecese. we Rake. Stepset Anmapetie 1" oocnssend tf tners of ear teehee s deg te rey ee ts | wee Get fb ae Rees, | esse atest o> Mao Wray ot cufcratng ; One bulb produces m. 60 Panto a and Way Biations gays 9 Way Sta One of the reg Ryne nena id the lo pitit4 i . ia —t Baltimore, Annapolis Tichly deserves prosperity it enjoys.- on Va.) Whig. on ae ‘ther way of cultivating; planted quite | day.” Norfolk Passengers taken in thé cars 0 | Bare eetee at the {Garrett free umn, lifted SO | boat at Canton. at and Laurel. ‘ ears, : A vital deserves Jone on for several years, which dependson the sort pitts evidently in slore for MteiWastiasees Bee, ‘Bint Hitoot |" Fullot the latest domestic and foreign news anit PITTS. | doings about the ital. P : AND, a national capital.—{Keyeer (W. Va.) alt = 2 PHILADELPHIA you want s first-class independent paper from © earth, in order to let the roots die TIMORE EXPRESS. | Signe at Badens. Gig ational capital, try at —iGrayson (W. Va) Gir and to enable the bulb to close ttselt ripen.) | bung and Laurel. Ble gar to New Xork. and | One of the best and cheapest Published tn y are ken out the Unit ates. - sic ets aera ta NP Se | POR, car Qonetrawaurceoe | "Heeg egee ¢ tammntes see re } ‘ay, and brought into wanting = cannot the Dulb-house, where they are lald-out on | g@Daly: #8 é : better than’ by subscribing 40 It-iosbung (Vad wooden tables in the draught; for the windows | ~All taains stop at Relay Station. Mirror. ofa ene are only shut when the weather | | For further into nate eee ene | othe best pane Senet taeenaeal copttals By the end of July or beginning of August;the ei and igs Pennesivaniaavenue, where ofders A wide-awake, first-class ;ope of the best in ieee tamara x | Ser eataueee ce Raa | Opa OE ER orders for flower roots by the beginning of July. | L. M. COLE, Generrl Ticket Agent. sop seieomnnect: a pay ig emcsegl Secs be oe a om seal, GEO. 8. KOONTZ, General Agent. myl74r od Rec ae recomnized af the leading newspaper format dbaue nut ene |1879 ranma 1879 | Cuore eset gaa Reece Gabe SNE ee, ou papers | 20 mE mona waghgaxp gourmwnar, | is, Wirt ryony a uta rarer the a long time it requires, as well as the great cost | SPLENDID BOENERY, ‘EQUIFMENT. i Lr Ih pw ® greatand pores to eile wees of such novelties,— in Bffect Jowe 30,1879, ane st 2 Je of a live a —{Frost- (Case's “Botanical Index.” gcallent exam! newspaper. ise a a TRAINS LEAVE, W. GON, from Depot, aed oe es on Archery. Pittsburg and the Wet 10-30 amu: dally, with Par. (Fredericksburg (Va) Nowe, “a Hundreds abd thousand of young ladles in} jor Gar to and wd Chicago: | _ Leally the only live paper published in Washing: Detroit have set Up a target and drawn the to din A eset?" | tone {Ashland (0) Tunes ‘ Dow, and dozens and scores of doctors have 240 p.m. daily, with saanespengekan > aioe anak pulled down their signs and moved to Toledo | parriMORE AND FOTOMAO RamLROaD. | gh fn PTA Popular and influential — since this healthy out-door amusement was in- | go® Rochester, Buffalo, Biagara | (WcvRe Co. (©.) Démoerat: rated. Here and there and archer or an | *“ pails and e-em asiy. excapt | sfaury (Tenn) Sentinel oom Weloome exchanges — arehergss obtains printed rules and instructions | Sunday’ pc. day Se, ately gulacenins Mabapae’ mca aoc , e majority i pe wae | cenoir th C) Tome i “a string up the bow. up the target and | | Lock Haven, and mam eye. | Oe pie Lote J witnoveinvsugenco, The follow- | yo.°Hew york and the Kast, 1:39 p.m. daily, except | ati Ge,cht Most valuable exchanges.—{Annapolis Be ey ths Doe eth has Be i ee A 5 Pa Oe Alive and newsy sheet. —(Sulphur Springs (Tens) News. when you shoot, o éaily, except Sunday. me on shoot Over the target lower it. Ifyou won Brooke, as et 4 ATS P,reusblc vaper.cNewmarket (Va) Our elevated. t ad Falton street. y, ably When you miss the target and plough @ fur- ie Yarriage and journey screw Mew | zetic 2° SD edited paper.—(Ritchie (W. Va.) Ge. ee - Tore scalp tally two, one for the wort . Fie a eee No better paper.—{Piedmont Virginian, Either close both eyes or keep both open when except, ganday 5:Bu, and, 30:18 Bm; Gauly. the other, but odds is the Suge oenod and some For Baltisoore, ©-30; 8:35, 9:90 way ana 3 a0, 7 i es Samend sts, Fae Ter aaa ‘ Sour tnther cen pence as tong as 30am. THE EVENING STAR and 4:20 p.'m., daily, except Sunday; Don’t sttempt a curve shot. ‘arrow {3 a3 590. 9-40ana 10: Dm daily. ‘The apt tocome down on the baby’s head as else- ws where. and 4:20p.m, Is published every evening, except Sunday, at ‘mo and 6:30 p.m. daily, ex the following rates: Some girls squint up one eye and hang out ; year, by mail. their tongue when they pull the Dow. This 1s a8 oh ail... Saa4 not absolutely necessary toa line shot, though webb vad it does 8 look Tomantlc, a Per month, by carrier. “ ‘hel nO particular distance ved, ‘Sing! ples. ... but the nearer the t, cand tne eons aa ou stand tl chance you have of some one acrees the street in the eye. A center ahot is called a “duffer;” missing the 1tcharhEatyt cone Rava miei ae the barn aud shooting your sat off her nose is call THE WEEKLY STAR Is published and ready for delivery every Fri« day morning, at $2.00 per year. Single copies 5 cents, i ies 2” mi your aunt's spectacles & “Tom-tom;” shooting across @ young man’s shoulder 1s ‘ki as “SnUMes;. sitting Gown oon chee cack 5 copies one year for 89.00, and one copy Wards over your head ts known as “bit the to the the club, 10 copies one gape and holding a spyglass up to get a line vear for $15.00, and one copy to the getier= jas pleas ‘Mashing the mark.”—{Detroi pecidcad coptes one year, $90. 27 Ivis a condition of this offer that the sub- #2" The Duke of Wellington said, “Great na- Scriptions of each club shall commence at the tons cannot wage little wars,” and Engiand same time, and will appreciate ‘the justice of this remark all go to the same post office. Les Zululand bill is presented for pay- *.* Subscriptions in all cases,—whether single ie J or in clubs,—to be paid in advance, and mo paper s2-“‘James,” sald the veteran sent longer than paid doto ae ey previous fi tee Why aa ‘move u) ae ot here as well as elsewheret” inquired Jamon Address, in all cases, ceeded to Tender: his hook teengting vo the isn, "EVEN! NEWSPAPER COMPANY, ce “because, if the motion should prevail, it would THE % ING STAR < cut oat aif do bast.” WasGDIGTON, D.C,