Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1880, Page 2

* Assessment and Taxation. Tiver there was an Indian town, which Fleet | RELIGIOUS NOTES. EW BILL PREFARED BY THE CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE. ‘The following {s the full text of a bill drafted by the Citizens’ Committee which 1s to be offered As & substitute for the tax bill proposed by Rep- Yesentative Neal, and which ts incorporated in the new muntetpal code, when the tax features Of the ecde are reached.’ Mr. Townshend, of I'L, has the consentof the House to offer the an- Lexed bill to take the plsce of the Neal bill. Sec. 1. 1nat all that part of the territory of the United States included within the limits of the District of Columbia shall be divided Into 21 districts upon the basis of assessed valuation of real estate. Sec. 2 The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have power, and are hereby di- Fected, to make such division on or before the | | Ist @ay of November, 1550, and at the end of the period of every five years thereafter, and they | LO Shall have power, and are hereby directed, ti appoint from each district so as aforesatd cre- ated one citizen owning real estate In the same, who has resided in the District of Columbia five ears, and has resided in the district from which is appointed for the period of one year next preceding the date of his appointment. Sec. 3. One-third of sald board shall be ap- Pointed for one year, one-third for two years, one-fhird for three years, and their successors thereafter for three years. The pre t of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia shall call the tirst session of sald board | Of assessment and taxation and preside over | sting until the sald board shall organize ction of one of its members as chalr- aid board shall have power to elect determine upon his compensation , adopt rules to govern pro ings. And said board when duly organized herein provided shall be the board ot lon of the District of Co : ywers and perform the duct 1B this act provided. ec. 4. Fach person so appointed shall within ving notice thereof file with le to the ety ty In the ). conditioned that he will fatth- sum of i fully, diligentiy and tmparttally perform alland singular the duties enjoined upon him by law. And he shall, moreover, take and subscribe an Oath of office. If any such appaintee shall fatl ig qualita aforesaid ‘within the time pre. ri ed the appointment shall be considered void, and ihe Commissioners shall forthwith appoint another suitable person, who shall quali bove provided. See. 5. ‘The Commissioners shall furnish each Of said assessors a map of the respective sub- district. which he 1s appointed to assess and shall contain an accurate list of together with a perUnent description of the reai property situate therein, and, as far 43 may be known, the owner thereof, and also Such blanks, forms, books, surveys, and plats as May be necessary for a systematic Statement ot the prope to be assessed. ‘See. 6. \!l real property shall be assessed tn the name of the owner, trustees, or guardian thereof. All undivided real property of a deceased person my be assessed in the naine of such de Ceased person until the same is divided accord- ing to law, or has otherwise passed Into the pos- Session of some other person. And real prop- the rship of which unknown, shail “owner unknown. ‘h assessor shall, in all cases, froma and from the best sources of infor- maticn iy Eis reach, determine, as nearly as practical. the true cash value of each separaie To what Abort; tribal divisions in 1si9. The eral of Smith’s com; William Simon: Massawomekes, Quotations were Simons. Smith mi and had in it but twelve this discovery,” Chesapeake and was long the standard, and w] main a marvelous monument of this indefatiga- It was during the first voyage, while among the savages of Cus-Kar-a-waok, now the Nanilcoxe river, o} the Potomac, whom Smit Marchants of all other Salvages,” that he FIRST HEARD OF THE MASSAWOMEKES. He says the Indians ‘much extolled a great mekes.” They pointed rection from which they ‘ing that they might be mm. Not finding thet, he rowed em. Not finding them, he row 'y and crossed over to the western far north as Bolus, now Here he exhorted his’ men: spirits, for return I will not, have seen the Massa- womekes, found Patawomek or the head of this Water you conceit to be endless.” Sickness, nation called Massawol across the bay as the dit came, and Smith, infer on the islands tn the bay in search of the Gunpowder river. “Regain your old if God please. until Uract or jot real property in his district in lawful morcy, and he shall separately estimate the valu- or all improvements on any tract or lot, and sha!l note the same in his plat-book, Which shall be carried out. as part of the value of such tract or lot, and he shall return the di- mensions to each tract or lot. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of sald board to make an assessment of the value of all the real the first day of June, Issi. They siiall, before the first day of April, 1ssi, and before the first day of April of each ‘year thereafter, determine in what manner property, other than real es- late, shali be taxed, and may impose a tax on trades, Occupations, and corporations by license or otherwise, and a tax on any personal property | to see them. HN SMITH FINDS THE MASSAWOMEKES. ecund voyage, returning to the mouth james, in the vicinity of the present Fortress Monroe, Smith again credulity of the natives by tion against the Massawor means was well feas! then rowed beyond the first voyage, and ex: Chesapeake bay. While crossi bay they met seven canoes fill table Massawomekes. Both arations for an encounter, nally took to the shore, and there stood starin; at the strange sig ht until Smith’s boat anchored close by them. After a long deliberation two of 0 come to Smith in a canoe, fol- others at a distance. The two being presented with a bell each, the whole party soon became so familiar that they allcame barge. They did not understand ference only by signs, Ted that they had been not exempted by law. Sec. 9. Each member of the board shall make a assessment of property to be assessed in the | of the J: district for which he ts appotated, in a manner Girected by the board, which assessment shall be submitted tothe board for their approval. Such value for taxation shall be the true cash value in lawful money of the United States of the real estate and the improvements thereon at the time of making sald assessment. Sec. 10. They shall meet on the first day of April of each year thereafter, and continue in session until they have assessed the value of all bulldings erected, improved, or enlarged, not theretofore taxed; and they shall meet on the first day of June of each year for the purpose of hearing and determining any and ali appeals | from the assessments made by any member, and may add to or take from the assessments by any member, and shall continue in | ‘Session tntil all appeals are heard and dit2rm- Ined: Provided, Such session shall not exczed sixty days. See. 11. After Baving completed the assess- ments annually, as is herein provided, of the real estate, and after the same shall ha been revised, and the board of assessors and taxation | of an en Shall have determined upon the manner of taxing trades, occupations, corporatioas, and Personal property, sald board of assesiment j and taxation shall, annually, levy a tax as aforesald, which shall produce a revenue equal to one-half of the estimates Missioners of the District of ¢: them for an answ Mnally told asa g1 estate, and the improvement thereon, Hable to | had taken sroils taxation within the District of Columbia, before | Which report spread wu Jamestown faster than they It is apparent that the native: and on the w them ventured t lowed by the each other and had a con! from which Smith inferi to war with the Tockwoghs, a Lenni Lenape tribe on the Eik river, east of the head of the they showed fresh wounds as evidence They gave Smith ‘venison, bear's flesh, fish, bows, arrows, clubs, targets and bear skins.” “The nig! imagined they appoint meet, but after that w OUR ABORIGINAL PREDECESSORS. WHO WERE _ THE MASSAWO- MEKES. Some Account of the Savage Tribes Who Used to Inhabit This Part of the Country. At the meeting of the Anthropological Society on the 4th instant, Prof. A. L. Guss read an in- teresting paper on “Who were the Massawo- | mekes? An inquiry into the identity ot certain Indians met by Captain John Smith at the head of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, with some account of certain members of the Huron Iro- | quots family obliterated at an early date, and overlooked by the historians.” Four sub-divi- Stons of this question, he sald, were sugy' 1. What facts are related by Smith and his | companions concerning the Massawomekes? 2. inal family, nation and tribe, have our historical writers referred them? 3. Is this {dentification correct: if not, what 13 | their true Identity? 4. What was the true loca- tion and situation of the several nations and tribes of the Huron Ipoquois family during the first haif century of Euroj lor to the changes incident on the introduc- jon of fire arms amor ‘The settlement at Jamestown was made in 1607, one hundred and fifteen years after the | discovery of America. Although some attem| at exploration and settle: the Middle Atlantic Coast the Indian history of th belt adjoining the Gulf of Mexico 1s as com- | eS unknown during these 115 years a3 dur- Ing the great indefinite period prior to the dis- settlements, or ng the Iroquois? JOHN SMITH’S EXPLORATIONS. ‘Smith’s History first introduces us to the | d dialeciieal families. It was first published fragmentary, then as a whol London in 1629, and reprinted at Richmond, Va., ‘Second Booke” Is from the pen of Capt. Smith himself, and contains an account among Many other interesting things, of ing “seven boats full of these Massawon at the head of the Chesapeake bay. ‘The “Tul-d Booke” Is extracted from the narratives of sev- ipanions as edited by Dr. S, and this also speaks of the , Giving some additional detatls. given from both Smith aad ‘ade two exploring expeditions up the Chesapeake bay In 1608, the first com- and the other July 24, “about two tuns u e men to perform Yet he produced a map of the streams, which ich must ever re- site the mouth of terms “the best however, compelled his return, At the mouth of the Potomac they summoned courage to ex- plore that river. Then returning to the mouth of the James river, where the natives inferred trom some Signs that they had been to war, and pressed er, and their inquirers were secret, that the explorers Massawomekes, the river towards rowed the barge. 3 east of the Diy, est side as far south as Fortress Monroe, were in constant dread of the incur- sions of a people they termed Massawo mekes, ir description greatly excited Smith imposed upon the feigning an expedi- mekes, and by this ted by the king. They int reached during the ored the head of the the head of the with the veri- parties made pre- but the Indians ht parting us, we ed the next morning to ‘e neveg saw them.” “A rocky river where the Mas: le by the Com- | we called Willowbyes rive nbla for the | F ” now known as the patapsco at Baltimore. This ts all there is of Support aud maintenance of said District, and | this only interview with this unknown people, equal to the amount appropriated by the Con- gtess of the United States for the flscal year for | Which such estimates and appropriations are Bs | “THCSE GYANT LIKE THE ‘The next day Smt h discovered the river and ade. | " ~ Sec. 12. After they shall nave comptetea an | People called Tockwog, who being about to Bually the duties herein provided, they shalt deposit with the Commissioners of the District the result of their proceedings, signed by their chalrman and attested by thelr secretary. All assessments made and taxes levied by them Shall be the lawful assessment and levy for tax- | ation for the fiscal year for which thesame shall | have been made. The Commissioners siall di- rect the treasurer to deliver to the colle:tor a | duplicate cf sald assessments, and charg? him with the grand aggregate of all taxes levied by the board of assessment and taxation, and shail | credit him from ume to time with such collec- | Uons as may be made and pald over. Upon the | final settle tof the said collector, he shall be credited only with such taxes uncollected as he may certify to In writing upon sald dupli- cate, and verify by hisoath he was unab:e to collect. The collection of such taxes as shall have been levied by said board snall be mad= at bee Se and tn the manner as hereinafter pro- vided. Sec. 13. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have the power to convene sald board at such times and places as they may de+m best for the interest of the taxpayers of the District, for the purpose of deciding questions that ma ise during the interim of their ad- jJournment: Prorided, When they shall be so convened by the Commissioners in extra ses- sion, the Commisstoners shall In writing sye- cially state the object for which they are called together. and no other business shall be traas- acted except that specially named by the Com- missioners of the District. Sec. 14. All expenses of the board of assess- ment and taxation shall be paid out of the moneys belonging to the District of Columbia. __ See The compensation of each member Shall be (3) three dollars per day for every day that he Is actually employed in making or re- assessments. EVory assessor who shall refuse or neglect to perform any duty enjoined jaw. or who shall consent to, or con- asion of the provisions of this Chapter. whereby any property required to be as Shall be walawfully exempt, or the ua! f entered at less than ‘Its true fash value, sha’! on conviction thereof, be la- bie to a tine ne" exceeding #200 for each of- fence, which may be collected from his bond aforesaid. The sections relating to lcense collections and forfeited property do not materially alter te s Section of the bill tn the code. An Athlete’s Diet. ‘The late John Morrissey once gave to a friend the following as his regimen when preparing himself fora prize fight, and which, Mr. Mor- Yissey added, would be found of benefit in case Of dyspepsia or almost any disturbance of the ye oe organs: rirst. Take a black draught. Any druggist Will put it up. All prize fighters take this when they begin totrain fora fight. You'll find it the liveliest dose of medicine you eVer took. Second. Be sure and get at least seven or =. of good sound sleep every day. In the morning when you ilrst get up drink a glass of hard cider witha raw egg in it. If the cider ts not to be had then use sherry wine, but I prefer the cider. Then start out Po Walk briskly fora coupleof miles. aca you come back take a sponge bath and rub yourself dry with a coarse towel. Kid watt Your skin is all aglow. Fourth. For breakfast eat a lean ste ik,cooked Fare, andstale bread. Use no milk, no sigar, hho butter, and no potatoes, with the excep ion Of about once a week. If you wish you can eat a roast or baked —- Lege Drink Sparingly of tea and coffee. Tea 1s the best. Fifth. For dinner eat rare roast beef and Stale bread. Use no potatoes or vezetables of any kind with this meal. For change you can — occasionally a mutton chop, but without Sixth. For supper. a lean steak or a mutton Chop without fat. Do not eat any warm biscuit Or warm bread at any time. Stick to good, stale wheat bread. Eat no pies,cakes seasonings very Sparing A Seventh. Use no stimulants of any kind. D9 not smoke. Drink ly of water. Do not or vegetables of any kind, excepting cecasionally a raw onion. If you feel weak tn the morning be- sore breakfast, it comes Honan Sa ee fon BO ho follow it for three wip MOTT may give him a hostile receou Irlends on seeing the Massawomekes’ weapons, ymade to believe they were taken by hile on the Susquehanna river Smith sent for and bas an interview with so: of those “gyant-like Sasquesahanocks, enemies with the M: down from thelr ch! located near Colu ‘0 able men.” and thi | Smith’s map, five othe: Ton. became hsp and very strong cently found iu Neill's “+ the journal of Henry Fi where he In 1634 colonists 1a the founding o that the Indians had not speaking the natives alon; them, and as first Mohawks as Cannibals. It was a preach used by the A]gonquins of the cst, and to Some extent was no doubt true. ord as vee td Fleet hye incre Cot nate Indians of the same in habit an ik but not in location or tribe, As he understood it, these man-eaters were abou" the heads of the Potomac, whether it was possible to go in some kind of water craft, and It 1s cer- tain ee they were not the New York Mo- baw! , and On 2th he taDi+ ty people,” termed by him a mighty people and mortal assawomekes. They came lef town, Sasquesahanough, mbia, Pa They numbered ie nation had, as given on r towns, “and are palli- sadoed in their towns to defend them from the Massawomekes, their mortal enemies.” ‘They promised Smith thetr aid, and victuals and what- ever they had besides if hi | ernor and protector, them of the @ would be their gov- “to defend and revenge Massawomekes.” Many descrip- Uons of this much-feared people were given, arguments presented by Prot: Guss, showing that most of the Indian histor- tans have been misled in expressing the bellef that this famous people were the Iroquois or tribes, and taking the ground that ere the Erles, and for many generations had lived adjacent to the lake which bears their name, and that they were in the habit of hos- tleincursions on the natives of the Susquehanna river and those east of the head of the bay, as well as on the lower parts of the bay. as noticed. On their return Smith explored the Pawtuxent, ple he found very civil, and he prow: as also those of the Patawomeks, to ‘hem of the Massawomekes. After- ploring the Rappahannock, he had ulty with the natives, and used the Massawomekes’ targets as guards around the beat to ward off the arrows. FIVE YEARS A PRISONER TO INDIANS ON THE SITE OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. Proceeding, Prof. Guss relates that he has re- ‘Founders of Maryland,” leet eiving. an account of p the Potomac in ing within twenty-four y Smith's explorations, are of spectal interest. ‘This interest is ennanced greatly by the cireum- stance that the writer was taken prisoner in 1622 by the Analostans, who lived on and near the site of the city of Washington, and was with them five years. Bein; turned to England, when a times been witht 1631-2. The ears of ransomed he re- ler writer of that orteth that he hath oftet in sight of the south seas.’ His representations induced some ship owners to send him into the Potomac to trade for urnal 18 an account of his uip. tober 26, 1631, at Yowaccoimoco. ‘he infant Maryland St. Marys. Finding preserved their beaver, ‘Here I was tempted to run up the there to trade with a strange NATION CALLED MOWHAKS—MAN-EATERS, but after good deliberation gave it up.” Neill posed that these Mowhaks were the historic Mohawks, one of the Five Nations. This mis- take is clearly disproved in the fact thac it was up the Potomac river that he was tempted to run his craft in order to trade with the man- eaters. To understand this 1t 13 only necessary to recall to mind that the term Maquas, as used by the Dutch on the Hudson, and by the New Englanders at that day spelled Mohucks Mo- gS, Mowhaks, and as many other ways, al- though it ripened into Mohawk as denoting ‘the most eastern of the Five Nations, did for many years after the first settlements signify generi- cally any or all of sald tribes, or tuat kind of ple. These inland tribes who used the fe, were stigmatized by ie Hudson river as man- the name from a ated the m™ of re- ‘the 3d of June at the Emperors. Further up the | his arrival in Denver 1s the number of saloons, | amount of intoxication, but that every one pis ment were made along | t prior to this date, yet e states north of’ the | dwelling houses are only one, or one anda half Dame from Ww. our Anacostia and Analostan are derived and who lived on and near the site of the present city of Washington. —__——_—_ THE CENTENNIAL STATE. PEN PICTURES OF DENVER—GROWTH OF THE CITY—DRONES VERSUS LABORERS—THE RUSH FOR THE MINES—BRICK POMEROY AN HONEST MINER. (Correspondence of The Evening #ar.) DENVER, May 10, 1890, The first thing that a stranger notices upon Every third door throughout the city is care- fully screened; not that there is an unusual A Mountain Fancy. Close to each mountain’s towering A white cloud leans its tearfnl cheek, soul of mystic pain Diseolves in slow, soft, vaporous rain. Thus, when our heart-griefs seek aright Some heavenly thought's majestic hight, ‘Their passion, touched by loftier air, Dissolves in tender mists of prayer!" - Paul H. Hayne in Sunday Schoot Times, —The Woman’s Baptist Missionary society, which was ed _nine years ago, has re- Ceived in all $281,100, Last year the soclety re- ceived some $46,175, the largest amount ever re- ceived in one year, —Itis credibly reported that Charles Reade, | the novelist and dramatist, has been converted and will connect himself with a Nonconformist body, and that this change will affect the line | z drinks a Uttle. There is said to be a police force | °f MS future llterary activity. attached to the city somewhere, but a three months’ residerice has failed to discover to me 4 member thereof on duty. Because, perhaps, of its reputation as nature's Sanitarium. Denver fs thronged with physicians and invalids. A gentleman coming here for his health was quite escon sed to meet upon his first walk, a distance of four blocks, nine men with their throats protected by red flannel; and in any public assembly the coughing of the audience would annoy any one were he not en- Saged in the same occupation himselt. ‘he size of the buildings in Denver must also attract attention. One-half, perhaps, of the Stories in height, but many of them look far from poor or cheap, and they have an air of real home comfort and coziness that a taller house never has. Some new buildings are now being put up fully equal in point of beauty and Value to any in the eastern cities. One such 1s an immense block erected by Lieutenant-Gov- eznor Tabor, Ground 1s now broken by this same gentleman for another building, or rather two buildings, which may or may not be con- nected—a hotel and an opera house. Mr. Tabor is now in the east looking at the most modern and approved plans of such ee in Phila- deiphia and New York. Specifications are also being printed for the new Union Railway De- pot whicn will soon take the place of the one wn ich has too long been a disgrace to the qd ry. The streets are not paved, and most of the Ume are exceedingly dusty. ‘Indeed dust is one of the most striking features of the queen of the prairies. I heard a gentieman say, after a dust Storm last week, that the dust came through the keyhole and piled up an inch deep over his carpet. 1 know no reason to discredit this Statement. Throughout the city the streets are bordered on each side with trees. The cot- tonwood fs the only native, but the red maple, elm and horse-chestnut, are easily cultivated: Grass does not grow of itself, but incessant care and Ges incessant watering are pro- ductive of beautiful lawns, even here. ‘The system of drainage ts not at all good. seems to have bee It € nm the belief that the air of Colorado was too pure to be contaminated by any amount of filth, which belief was sadly con- tradicted by the fearful prevalence and fatality of fevers last summer and fall. It is to be hoped that the city will very soon take active meas- ures to prevent a recurrence of what was lttle short of a pestilence. Real estate now commands an almost fabu- lous price, and Js still rising. Fortunes are made every day selling land which not long ago could be had at a cent an acre. Rents are simply enormous. $20 per month 1s charged for one room quite up town, and houses cannot be se- cured at any price. New comers unable to find asheltering roof have pitched tents, until the lower part of the city resembles a camp meet- ing—an illusion that fs quickly dispelled by a hearer approach. Imagine a political conven- ton and two or three picnics landed by mistake at some small country tavern, and the conse- quent rush for rooms and board; such 13 the chront¢é condition of affairs in Denver. Still, every day the long trains are crowded, ani every hour but swells the number of those who seek here elther health or fortune. The straits to which people are reduced in order to find a piace to stay, are only equalied by what they are forced to doto get bread to eat, I heard’a young man, a good bookkeeper, say that in Denver he had been three days with- out a mouthful of food. afore than one gradu- ate of Yale or Harvard builds fires in a lawyer's office, sweeps out the halls of a hotel, or washes the windows of astore. Gentlemen are numer- ous and Supertluous; work for them is scarce, and wages down almost to the starvation point; while hod-carriers and bricklayers command their own price. There is a great and unsatis- fied demand for women for housework at $25 per month. The Chinese seem not to be used at all as domestics, AS to living prices, meat 1s not. more expen- sive than at the east, and it is of much better quality. Game is much cheaper; fine Mallard ducks sell three for fifty cents. Vegetables and fruit are extravagantly high.— potatoes selling at three and apples at ten cents a pound; celery three stalks for a quarter, or about seventy-live cents a bunch. The peculiarities of the climate consists of sunshine, wind and sudden and great changes of temperature. Perhaps there are seven day 3 during the year in which the sun does not shine atall, but Tdoubt it. There is but little of the yellow tnt in the sunlight, tts color not differ- ing greatly from that of moonlight. Being un- modified by moisture and the lower strata of clouds, the sun’s heat is intense and burning, even when the air is decidedly cool. To the Winds no words can do justice; they must be experienced to be imagined. Not untrequeatly there is a change in temperature of nity de- grees in an hour, and at sunset the change Is always so great that during the hour imme- diately succeeding {tno one at all predisposed. to lung trouble should be out of doors. As every one knows, there Is very litule rain here. On April 25th we had the first shower of this siting, and that was a very brief one. Let ho one with the “Western Fever” hope to cure it by coming to Denver. It seems to rage here more furlously than at any point nearer Atlantic. This spring the Guunison coun- Uy Is the objective potut, as Leadville has been tor two years previous. Claims have been located all winter over six and elght feet of snow, and work is now being pushed forward. More than one city,whtch has how but a local habitation and a name, will be- fore mid summer have its thousands of inhabl- tants aud accommodations therefor. The sec- retary of state 13 kept more than busy fillag lied Pers of incorporation for new mining and bulld- mpanies. The building of toll wagon is not one of the least or least profitable of the industries. Every two or three days “ouuits” are made up and started for the moun- tains, either by some private prospector or a mining company. One of the most complete of these started last week for Brick Pomeroy’s Iniue, the “Monte Christo.” ‘The stock of this mine sold rapidly a few weeks ago at $1.550, but though the ore unquestionably contains muuch stlver, there is some doubt as to the practicability of profita bly reducing it, the com} ound being an unusual one. Mr. Pome- réy is now in this city, always good-natured and aiways in a hurry. ‘I saw him a day or two since come into a notary office to acknowl- edge his signature. He opened the street door and called out “where is Mr. M.,? I want to acknowledge that I did it with my little hatchet.” ‘Then catehing sight of the paper in question on the desk, “that’s mine, the hand- some writing,” and left the room as abruptly ie had entered. ‘he only place whose attractions to fortune Seekers at all rival those of the Gunnison is Breckenridge, in Summit county. This is an old mining camp not esteemed of special 1m- portance until within a few months, when the discovery of some particularly rich lodes both ot gold and silver caused a number of old claims to be renewed and new ones to be lo- cated. Cuask. GERMAN PorULaTION Sratistics.—The Impe- rial Statistical Office of Gerinany has published some interesting facts concerning the popula- lion statistics or that country. The estimated population of the Empire at the end of 1873,was im round numbers, 44,211,000, The number of births during the year was 1,735,080, and of deaths 1,225,607 (70,647 children born dead are reckoned among both births and deaths), giviag an excess Of births over deaths of 556,473, or an annual increase of population amounting to more than 1.25 per cent. The number of mar- rlages during the year was 340,016. sor every 1,000 of the population 15.4 were married, 40.4 were born, and 27.8 died; so that the births were more Lumerous th: the deaths by 12.6 per 1,000. In the year 1572 the number of marrt: Was 432,900; they have been steadily decreasing every year since then until 1878, when the de- crease amounted to 83,844, or more than 19.7 of the number six years previously. The greatest annual number of births during the present de- cade was in 1876, when they amounted to 1,831,- 218. The proportion of deaths to births has been a co! gaining during the last couple of years. The number of children bora dead ® 38 of the total number or births. LaTELY AN InBabiTanr of Naples informed his friends that he was about to makea trip to Paris. Immediately he was overwhelmed with commissions. Upon his return to Naples the traveller brought with him, however, only a part of the purchase ordered through him. “How in the world could you be so forgetful?” Said several of those whom he thus disappoint- ed. “I will tell you how it happened,” sud the Neapolitan; ‘‘such ard such a one in giving me their commissions gave me the money at the same time. I folded each one’s money in the paper on which his commissions were written and placed all the paper on my table. A sudden gust of wind came and blew away every paper that did not contain money—possibly your com- mission was among them. A StixoinG Reply CagckkD.—As a woman in Whitehall townshi ns county, in this State, was scolding her children, the neighbors, a hired girl, and everybody in general, her hus- band entered and interposed a mild word. She opened her mouth for an angry reply, but a spasm contracted her cheek, her lower jaw fell, and she could neither speak nor shut her mouth, and her eyes nearly started out of their sockets; she had dislocated her jaw bone tn her violent effort to make a stluging reply to her husband. | A surgeon was who reduced ‘dislocation, d_up her ‘and pre- peribed a quiet diet.—Pnile. Ledger. —The Hibernian Wesleyan Missionary so- ciety reports in Ireland 34 missionarics, 29 mis- sion stations, 399 chapels, 24 day school teach- ers, 3.904 church members, and 2,051 scholars in Sunday-schools. The income of the society the past year was $34, — The Rey. J. T. Massay is a native Virginian who bas been the pastor of the Baptist church at Billingham, Mass., for the past forty-five years. He has recently resigned the office and will return to Virginia to pass the rem under o7 his life amid the scenes of his youth. — Among the statistics of work accomplished by foreign missions during the past century are these: converts from heathentsm 1,500,00; lan- es into which the Bible has been trans- Ri |, 226; copies of the bible circulated, 145,000,000; barbarous languages endowed with a grammar and literature, 70. — Of fifty-six Baptist churches in Philadeljhia thirty-four own their property free of debt. ‘The remainder either do not own their building or are incumbered to the amount of $50,000. Five churches have recently discharged tw obligations viz! The Tenth, $9,090; the New- town, $1,000; the Reth: y. $1,600; the OL.ve , $10,000; and the Roxboro, $8,000, —According to the address of the Methodist Hetooral Bishops, there have been added to that chureh during the last four years, 717 preachers and 119,000 members, while’ 512 preachers and 73,500 members have died. The net gain of members was, therefore, 40.500. There are new 16,00) Churches, with Roney valued at $50,000.000, on which there is a total debt of $7,000,000. — It issaid t) Inilitary chaplains will be dis- pensed with in France after the present year. The Catholics have not decided what they will do, but it is intended by Protestants to go per- sonaily into the barracks of all garrison towns and invite the soldiers to attend the services on Sundays. In ison towns where there are no places for Protestant worship—and of such towns there are sixty-four—the mayors will be asked to permit the holding of services in some public building. —Prominence is given in several religious newspapers to the recent conversion to Cathol- icism of a Methodist minister of Fort Mill, S. C., as well as his five children. His name is J. C. Russell. He hasbeen a preacher for nine- teen years past, and his converston is said to have been che result of several years of close study and careful inquiry. He was received in- to the Catholic church on the 3ist of March, Mrs. Russell was present, at the baptismal ser- vice, but she has not yet decided to accept it herself. — According to Dr. George Douglas, Mr. Ham- mond, the revivallst. 1s working wonders in Montreal, He writes: “That a day of special visitation has come to Montreal, that multitudes. are being impressed and hundreds converted, there can be no doubt. Youth andage, cul: tured refinement and rude barbaric ignorance and degradation, alike testify to the saving power of grace. The ciear statement of evan- gelical truth, accompanied by the spirit of God, 4S the potential means by which these results are being accomplished. —As a religious newspaper, we are called upon to comment on the fact that the two Kal- lochs are properly accredited clergymen. We teel dishonored by the fact, and so espectally does the Baptist denomination to which they belong. Baptists have long been ashamed of Kalloch as one of their clergy. They have known that the Baptist denomination ha3 suf- fered greatly in California by his relation to it. Very lately a second Baptist paper has been started in California to be free from his over- powerlng influence. But nothing has been done to relieve the body of responsibility for him. No Baptist council has een ee hiscase. The names of the two Kallochs staid in the “Baptist Year Book for 1530,” issued by the Bapust Publication Society. That they are ot fair representatives either of christianity or of the Baptist denomination is most true; butit isa pity that their associates had not withdrawn fellowship from them, as there was abundant occasion to do.—Independent, —The following newly published letter from Theodore Parker was written just before his death to atriend: My Dear Sir:... I thank you heartily for ying “you think Ishall get well.” Imean to get well, ‘and shall do ail in my power to accomplish tt. But I don’t pray for it any more than you—in the sense you us2 the word. Tome, prayeris a natural and most delightful exercise. It is this: I feel conscious of the presence of the Inflnite power, mind and love which makes and governs the universe; I feel that it 1s close to me. Then, conscious of thal dear presence, I Unink over the blessings Thave, and the use I make of them, I remem- ber the wrong things { have done, and I think of the right things f ought to do; f recollect. my joys and my sorrows, my bopes and my fears. So my prayer is an act of gratitude, of pen'- tence (If I have done wrong), of asviration and ef joy. But itis not an act of petition. I don’t ask God to do my work,—to saw my wool, to write my books, orto make me a good man. Now, with this notion of prayer, I should no more ask God to restore my health than I should to buy me a cargo of tea. I am amazed that men should think their feeble words can alter the mind of the Almighty God! and stil more that they should dare to do It, if they could. If I thought it was God’s desire that I should die to-day, but that my asking for life would lead him to let me live 30:years more, I should not dare to put my little Mind against lis infinite wisdom and ask for life! The real prayer you and I agree in, and detest the sham. Yours truly, THEODORE PARKER. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The People’s Park. Editor Star:—I have read with much interest the able communications of ‘‘Artist” and “Law- yer,” and would also express my opinion, that nothing could possibly add more to the attrac- uveness of the national capital than a grand park, encompassing the Kock Creek regio. Our “Soldiers’ Home” is beautiful in its way, yet. it lacks the great charm of running water, and, moreover, It does not belong to the people, and ts closed on Sundays. ‘“Lawyer” says: ‘* * * let every driver, rider and walker be in- vited to visit and explore this romantic local- ity, etc.” Very good; bat the trouble is that this region 1s very difticult to be cone par- ticularly by Mr. Driver and Mr. Rider, because the finest and most romantic portions of it are inaccessible and have no roads or even paths leading through them. The roads that do exist are rugged and narrow, and by no means in- viting to explorers. tion to offer, Mr. Editor, hen; tt carried , Will, I am certaln, go very which, if carried out aln, far towards bringing about the desired object, viz.: the creation of the Rock Creek park. It is this: Let a wide, fine, graveled carriage road be Made by the proper authorities, to commence near P-street bridge or else near Oak Hill cem- etery, and to run all along the banks of Hock Creek, Ing by Plerce’s Mill and the next mill (where the creek makes a turn to the west) until it reaches the military road. From here parties cry og) or riding would return to their Starting point by way of Broad Branch road and Bladen’s road, both of which ought to be widened and improved. ‘Thus the people of Washington would have a magnificent, cool, circular ive along Rock Creek and its branch, some fourteen or sixteen Miilesin extent. Our public at large would then, ere long, be thoroughly in love with their Rock Creek lon, and a general clamor for a park would arise, not likely to cease before the popular wish should be gratified. Decror. Over-Dressing in School. Editor Star:—I nouce in Wednesday’s issue of ‘THE Stak, in an account of the proceedings of the school board, that the trustees have deemed it necessary to refer to the matter of “dress” in the public schools. The evil 1s doubtless greater even than the remarks quoted by your reporter indicate, Just why such a state of affairs should exist, however, does not appear upon a cursory view of the subject, and it is the object of these remarks to poiutout wnatseems to be the cause ot the evil to Moe the ae refer. This without any attempt to suggest a remedy. ‘Lhe principle underlying the establishment of public schools, and the gh cand argument in Ubeir favor has been that they are intended to afford opportunities of education to the poor; to place educational advantages within the reach of those who would otherwise be deprived of this inestimable blessing. But it seems that the real object of these schools has been lost sight of. They are not devoted to the elucation of the rer classes. In fact the ni are crowded out by the butterflies of fashion, who are also the disturbing element of whieh the dl- rectors complain. The over-dressing 3 certulaly not among.the children of the poor, for whose exclusive ‘benefit these public institutions are established. It is no answer to claim that the payment of taxes by the wealthy entitie their children to the privileges of these schools. There are other oblie institutions hp oa in like manner, ut I have not heard of the rich seeking admis- sion to them, either for themselves or their children. It would, perhaps, too much of your valuable toam) remarks, but I venture to predict t at many of your readers gree mein the opinion that the cause ie Cy to “dress” and over- ‘who are out x A REMINISCENCE OF THE GREAT WAR ‘The Destruction of the “‘ Nashville (Written for The Evening Star. } The confederate privatecr Nashville was one of the largest and finest ships in the servic? of the southern confederaty during the late war, and but for the untimely end to which she was | doomed, would have rivaled her companion®, the celebrated Sumter and Alabama, in their de)re- | dations upon the Yankee merchant marine. She | PeP ‘Was, in fact, in every respect competent to have | left a record in the archives of the “lost cause” as brilliant as any adventure of Capt. Kidd or the Pirates of Penzance; but fate had decreed that her career, so oe With future promtse, should be but a brief flash of conquest across ee one firmament of that unhappy gov- After a short but comparatively successful raid upon those unfortunate ships of the United | States, which happened to be crulsing off the coast of England in the latter of the year 1862, the Nashville had crossed the ocean again. and had successfully passed through the block- | ade and entered the Ogeecheesriver on the coast of Georgia. Ata pote some distance up thts river a powerful fort had been erected by the rebels, known as Fort McAllister, and beyond this fort the Nashville had taken refuge. Here | she was lying in safety, loading with cotton, and waiting a favorable opportunity to run the blockade. ‘This fact having become known to the United States Navy department, a more ef- fective blockade was at once placed at the mouth of the river, and no opportunity was left for the escape of the privateer, if faithful vigil- ance was to have any reward. However, the rebels had evidently not sielded to discourage- ment as to the probability of her final succass- fulescepe, and had made all preparations for that accomplishment. The Nashville had now been several months in useless inactivity, and her usefulness to the confederacy was being greatly hindered by her present position; and ft was at last determined to make a desperate effort at a release from her captivity. With this end In view, on the night of February 27th, 1863, the steamer was moved down the river, to a point just above the fort. Her movements were observed by the blockad- ing tleet below the fort, and were watched with intense Interest and excitement, when It was suddenly discovered that she iad come to a stop. Vigorous efforts were made to again start her. but they all proved futile, and it was de. elded by the officers in the Union fleet that she was und. Her position was such that she could be reached by the guns of the fleet in case She should remain there until morning. It was nearly dark when the discovery was made, and the preparalons for an attack could not be made before darkness would have overtaken us. We retired with the prayer in our hearts that nothing might happen during the night to re- move our friend from his perilous position, and our hopes were realized, by finding him’ still there at the dawn of the following day. The ship from which I viewed the coming action Was the U. 8. gunboat Wissahickon, commanded by Lt.-Commander John L. Davis, and the fleet Which participated in the Soe pepe included tue gunboat mentioned, as well as the guaboat Dawo, and the monitor Montauk, commanded by Capt. Worden. ‘The latter vessel was to do the principal work in the coming en; ment, as she was able to approach nearer the fori, ‘Whose guns protected the ae vateer. At daylight Wwe all got under way, with the Montauk in the lead, and proceeded ‘to within reach of the Nashville, by firing across the neck of land which separated ‘us from her. The Montauk Stopped within twelve hundred yard3 of the ashville, and close under the guns of the fort, while the wooden ships were compelled to re- main ata more remote point, but yet within reaching distance of the Nashville. “The fort opened a terrific fire upon us, but it was prin- Cipally directed against the Montauk. ‘nis vessel, however, utterly disregarded the uno- welcome reception, and contined her attentions Strictly to the business in hand. We were all firlng as rapidly as possible, and the shells from the Montauk were landing plump in the hull of Uhe privateer, who was wholly at our merey, but which we were not disposed to grant uoder the circumstances, In a few minutes It was seen that she was on fire from stem to stern, and that but a short time must elapse beforé she would be among the things that were. At 9:20 a large pivot gun, mount on her spar deck, exploded from the effect of the heat with a tremendous report. Twenty minutes later, her smoke stack fell overboard, and in about fifteen minutes from that tme the closing scene in this grand and thrilling act was reached, in the explosion of her magazine with fearful violence, and blow- ing her into atoms. As soon as this terrific cilmax was reached, and before the smoke had cleared away from the wreck, the crews mounted the riggings and spars, and gave such loud and prolonged ‘cheers us must have been very torture to the garrison in Fort McAllister. On the return down the river, the Montauk Tan upon a torpedo, which exploded under her, but did no serious damage. At the next ebb Ude, great quantltles of loose and scorched cot- ton, came floating down the river, sticking to fragments of the wreck, and drifted out to Sea. Some of the pieces were picked up by the tleet, ad mementoes of the Nashville were carved out of them. Seventeen years have elapsed since that event, and the old Montauk still bears the scars she got that day, while the Wis- sahickon has long since passed from the list of naval vessels. 1. E. Vat. Civil Weddings in Paris. D:d you ever witness a wedding at a mairie in Faris! If not, go some Saturday, for that 1s he day which, though never chosen by fash- onable people, seems to be set apart specially tor the class who labor, exist by the fruits of their labor, and have no tme to lose. They have Sunday to faire i noce, and on Moaday they put themselves once more at work. About ll a.m. generally, the fances, their relatives, and their witnesses all meet together. Som? ot ihe company have brought with them their cnil- dren, dressed in new clothes for the grand occa- sion, frizzed, pomaded, and “got up regaraless” in honor of the festive event. The garcons de noce are blooming in appearance, the intended hus- band and wife are critically inspected by all the company. They try, therefore, to put on an alr Of modest indifference and naturally enough de not make much of a success of It. M. le maire, or his adjvint has arrived. He puts on the tri-colored scarf across his breast diagonally, which glorious scarf, in the eyes of the people, confers on him alone the power of pronouncing the magic words whose effect no human power can ever break. He takes in his hands a little vook, boumd in red morocco, gives 1 glance the mirror in order to assure himself that ils cravat ts correctly tied, and goes forward to the pretoire, where a low platform sup- porting a. pnogany, stand represents the tribu- ualof Indissoluble unions. A servant playing the rote of /uissier announces M, le naire. He enters. Allrise up. He seats himself. Every- body does the same. Whatever be the season, however cold it may be, the doors always stant wide open, for the act of marriage ts essentially public. A gre (or recorder) 13 seated before 4 puipit-lke desk with a register before him, which big book resembles a huge ledger in a counting-room. A name 1s called. Then ad- vance lo the little platform the jlances, the relatives,the witnesses;they arrange themselves in front of theyrairein some red velvet armehairs which remind one of the orchestra stalls in our theatres. The grefi:r reads the commence- ment of the marriage act. Then the mire call- ing the candidates for matrimony by name, asks of them each individually if they consent to take the other as spouse. Their response must be made clearly and loudly in such a man- ner as to be distinctly heard by all present. If there are present the progenitors of the couple, the maire asks them if they give their consent to the marriage of their children. Then, if granted, he oon the little red book, reads articles 212, 213, 214 of the Code Civil, rela- uve to the rights and duties of the g; es, terminating with article 226, which says: “The wife may make a till without the authorization of her husband.” The ones who most often accept this permission are, so it is said, He- brews. The maire then declares the couple “united in m: The gregier resuming his reading, finishes it; the femoins, the relatives, and the married couple aro all invited to siga the record of the ceremony written dowa upon the great register of the Efat Civil. The garcon de bureau brawls out: “ Don’t forget the poor, sil vous plait,” and each one in passing out drops a@ small coin in the poor box on the table. Song. Love me !f I live! Love me if I die! What to me is life or death, ‘So that thou ve nigh? Once I loved thee rie! ior love eee Fo: 3 Biss me for my love! Compt ana carne in tay oar i again. HK "et 4 Be ee ety Cornmeal ANOTHER GROUP OF SuN Srors have made their appearance. It will be interesting to note whether any great storms or other :rial ee on disturb the earth’s sr uring their continuance. A series or u cbservations ought to serve to either prove or disprove the theory of those who think that the sun has to be an established fact. A few years ago a sudden outbreak of light spots on’ the sun was accompanied by el disturbance in various parts of During the ‘the 5 ing sun- spot cycles the northern lights are most fre- quently seen. When the tremendous power and activity of the solar forces are col in connection with the from the earth é : g : e HOUSEHOLD NOTES, LEMON PRESERVE.—One pound of pounded loaf sugar. quarter pound of butter, six eggs and the whites of four well beaten, the rind or two lemons grated, and the juice of three. Mix er and let it simmer till of the consistene + othoney. Be careful to stir all the Ume or it will burn. PopOvIES, OR BEEF PAaTrigs.—Shred unde~ done dressed beef with a little fat; season wit 1 T, Salt, and a little onion. Make a pla'2 Le, oll it thin, and cut it into shape like ai ple puff; fill it with the mince, pinch t1* ‘Ss, and fry them of a nice brown. The 7&3 > should be made with a small quantity of Utter, egg and milk. A Rarmp CURE FoR a CoLp.—An em'nent Italian physician has found out and published a rapid cure for colds. He says: One ought to chew one or two twigs of the eucalyptus, at the same time swallowing the saitva secreted, course of half an hour nasal catarrh disap- pears. LATCHES, NOT KNonS.—I would advise every one contemplating building a kitchen to place a jatch instead of a knoh othe door. My beck | kitehen door is fastened with the latter, and 1 frequently have to resort to the corner'of my apron before I can open it, esp2cially if my hands are damp or soapy. I know a knob looks better, Dut the conventence of the housewife Taust ‘be’ consulted first; afterwards appear- anc s may be thought of.—Cowntry Gentientn, How To Wasi CREWEL Work.—Some crewel work, however careful you may be, will not wash, as the dyes used are imperfect, but any good crewels will wash with mode care, und the use of branonly issafe andsure. It Should be carried out as follo Pour halt yallon of water over half a pound of bran ove Light and let it soak, stirring ocvastonally; draw off the water and wash the crewels in It lukewarm, merely squeezing the water out and hanging them to dry, not near the tire nor in the sun; fron with cool iron. CRaB OR LOBSTER Sovr.—Boll and pick two crabs or one large lobster; pound the shell and mall Claws in a mortar, then boll it for two hours in three and a halt pints of water; fry one small onion in a tablespoonful of butter; when it ts rather brown add the crab or lobster meat, 1 chopped; cook one minute, then add one e teaspoonful of flour, salt and pepper: stir well; then add three pints of the water in whica the shells were boiled, and one teaspoonful of minced parsley; boll slowly one hour; add one pint boiling milk; boil it up once and serve. STRAWBERRY SHORT-CAKE-—Make a crust sufti- cient to cover the bottom of two ple-dishes. rolled thin, of the ingredients which would make raised biscuits; bake both at once; have Wo boxes or two quarts of strawberries thor- oughiy cleansed, and well sweetened; as soon asthe paste is baked, while hot, spread with 00d butter, cover with half of the berries, | sprinkling more sugar on top; cover with the | ciher baked biscuit, butter as before, add ti other half of the berries, with more sugar. and wrap well with a clean towel, and cover with as to remain to steam until cold.— Annt Julia, LoRSTER CROQUETTES.. lobster to the size of si ‘ince the flesh of a l_dice, season with Pepper, salt, spices and as much cayenne as | will rest on the point of a trussing needle. Melt a plece of butter ina saucepan, mix with it a tablespoonful of flour, then the lobster and some chopped parsley; moisten with a little fish stock until the mixture looks lke minced then stir into it off the fire a couple of 2elks Of egys, and put it by to get cold. When nearly so Shape it into the form of corks, egg them, and roll them in baked bread cramo: Alter the lapse of an hour egg and brea crumb them again, taking care to preserve the shape. After a little me fry them a nice color in hot lard. To CLEAN BLACK MATERIALS.—Take the arti- cle you wish to clean, on the side you intend to make up as the right side; brush well all the dust out of it; then take a piece of black flannel or an Old black woolen stocking (!t must always be black;) dip it into cold coffee, and sponge well the material all fover alike; then fold up each plece or breadth nice and even, and let it remain damp for three or four hours. Iron on the wron side, and the old dusty, shabby dress will loo! just as fresh and bright as new. I have tried this receipt on black silk, paramatas, lustres and me and consider it the best that I have used. It neither streaks, deadens the gloss nor rots the material—I would like to have a sood receipt for home-made bread.—country Gentleman, ORANGE TARTLETS.—These are made by lining patty-pans with sweet short paste, filling with «uncooked rice, and = to a light color; then, the rice belng removed, each tarulet is fur- nished with a small quantity of compote of oranges cut up small. Orange tartlets are ust- ally served cold,but they may be made hot by be- sng put into the oven for a short time after they uave been filled with the compote. ‘The follow- ing is another form: The shell of paste is made the same in diameter as the oranges about to be used; these, after being peeled and cored, are cut in halves lengthwise, and treated with sirup; then helf an orange, with the convex side uppermost, is placed on each tartlet, and a small quantity of sirup is poured over. This vanety of orange tartlet can be ornamented with candied cherries, angelica, blanched pista- bio nuts or almonds. QUAKER OMELET.—A Quaker omelet is a hani- some and sure dish when care i3 taken in the preparation. Three eggs, half a cup of milk, une and a-half tablesposnfuls of cora starch, one teaspoonful of butter, put the omelet pax, and a cover that will fit close on, to heat; beat the yolks of the eggs; the corn starch and the salt very well together; beat the whites to a SUM froth, add to the well-beaten yolks and corn starch; stir all together very thoroughly. then add the milk; now put the butter ta t hot pan, and when melted pour in the mixture, cover and place on the stove, where it will brown, but not burn; c20k about seven min- utes, 10ld, turn on a hot dish, and serve with the cream sauce poured around it. If the yolks and corn starch are thoroughly beaten, and when the stiff! whites are added they are weil mixed, and the pan and cover are very hot, there can be no failure, CLOTHING Morus.--This Is the season when the moth miller begins to look for a place to lay ler eggs. The chrysalis rolled up in its “wooly? house,made by the moth worm last summer,now comes forth with wings, and is called une moth iuniiler, This miller immediately seeks a mate, and alter lying about for a few days will erat uncer the edges of the carpet on the floor ‘hiough some crack in the door of the ward- robe, where the swallow-tall coat hangs, or Into the Closet where the furs are put away, or lato the corner among the woolen rags. Ste is uot particular, provided the place is dark and se cluded and not likely to be disturbed. She now begins to lay her eggs, attaching them here and there to the fibre of the wool, where the worm as hecom(s forth from the egg can find good recding ground. This worm, in turn, shears the nap very close as he makes his road along the cloth, feeding and growing on the oll or dirt which he finds, and afterwards using the fb « to roll up ancther house, inside of which he changes into a chrysalis to hibernate until an- other season. The destruction caused by these l.ttle pests can only be counted by miluons yearly,and are the plague of every housekeeper: Unless you hermetically seal a cask or box, you can scarcely keep the miller out, as she will ciawl through a good-sized pinhole. Therefore we must use something offensive, and the Writer has found nothing so effective and so cheap as petroleum paper, or even the common tar-roofing paper will answer. How to use it: Buy your paper tn rolis, cut it into sections long enough to cover inside, the bottom and the sides, aud lap over the top of the box. All of the inside of the box must be covered, and onthe inside of this again place wrapping paper, s0 as to prevent contact of the nice clothing With the petroleum paper. Use a large box—no matter about being very tight, as the paper will cover the holes—and pack in all your woolens and furs, filling it full. Bring the paper up which has been hanging over the sides of the box and let it cover the whole, so that the miller cannot enter the x without crawling over the troleum paper, which she will never do. Nailon the coverof the box and your clothing 1s safe for three years, if you want to’ leave iu that long. Ihave used itin this way for the last ten years, and have packed more than a thousand cases of woolen and can assure the reader that this is a specific against the ravages of the moth. Itis much cheaper and does not evaporate like camphor, and the carbolic acid in it seems to act like an antiseptic on the animal fibre of the wool to preserve it and make it healthful. I have sometimes thought that it was the partial decay of the wool that attracted the moth, as they usually first seize upon the soiled parts of clothing.— Cor, Phila, Times. A Man WxO Hap His Coat on his arm and his hat in his — a goo shop 4 ‘Woodward avenue began: “Say, sir, one your infernal carts knocked me down on Park street half an hour ago, and I’m to have Satisfaction!” One of my carts? I guess not. ‘William! Willi: Wi iam, man him down with the cart this morning on Park Street.” “I don’t think it,” was tne reply. “ Well I know it!” shouted the man as he threw down his hat. *‘ Whereabouts on Park?” ** At the corner of ” Ab, then it couldn't have been,” said the driver. |“ Here is the route Itook. I first went up Woodward avenue and run over a atthe corner of Alfred street. ‘Then I went down Charlotte and took a wheel off acarriage. Down at the coraer of Cass I run down a boy and a velocipede. I came down Cass to Spreat and out again to Woodward, where I ex; I ran over two women and a horse, and came directly here. It coulda’t bave me, sir.” Then who wasitt” “In- a T couldn't say, sir, but a few doors above this is a butcher who has three carts. If it was him be'll own right up and be see you, for he's keeping a record the killel and to show off over the rest of us. You'd ‘sir."—D-troit Pree Press. | and the prisoner was 3 | called the “trotchatk: | ng im three lashes, which 1s reserved for grave | are almost invariably Unbeliet. There is no untelief Qihgeres Plants a soe’ beneath the sod, waits to { posh way the clod, a Oy ‘the Whoever when clouds are in the aky, “Bo Theat’? light breaketh by.” Trusts the Most Lig wen Whoever “neath winter's field of snow, The silent hagvect of the future eTOW, ‘God's power must know. Whoever lies down on his couch to Flag Content to lock cach sense in s'uaiber sep, Knows God will keep. Whoever says, ** To-morrow,” ** The Unknown,” “The Future,” trusts that power alone He disown. ‘The heart that looks on when the eyelids close, And dates to live when life has only woes, God's comfort knows. | There is no unbelief ; which has a bitter and aromatic flavor. In the | And day by day, and risht unconscionaly, The heart lives by that faith the lips deny ; God knoweth why. Siberian Prison Life. (Correspondence London Times. | Insubordination, I was told, 1s not of frequent | Sccurrence in Siberian prisons, but if it does occur, the mildest form of punishment ts soli- tary confinement, and next the partial depriva- {on of food and minor comforts, as in England. Again. the man may be put ip irons, those for his legs weighing from five to mide pounds English. Some of the old fetters weigh up to tourteen pounds for extreme cases, Bul the new ones weigh only tive pounds. Those for the hands are heavier and more clumsy than British handcufls, and weigh two pounds English Corporal punishment, by Russian law, may be inilicted on no free man, nor the first’ offenoe. Convicts, however, after repeated transgres- sions, are subjected thereto, the mildest being that of a homely birch rod. Finding that there was to be a birching administered in a town where I was staying, I deemed it ricut, since the visitation of prisons was my specialty. to shirk no opportunity of witnessing with my eyes What T was called upon to believe with my Pars; 80 1 went to see tt. The culprit was a re- leased convict of horrible countenance. who hat served his term of imprisonment. was taken into @ merchant's esiabitshment, and had rewary his employer by robbing hit, for whi had been summarily condemned tosix He was laid on the Noor, with his ba ui | ered, with two Cossacks to hold his head and Ms feet respectively. Two other Cossacks then intiicted striped successively on the lowar part of his back, while a third counted aloud the number admtnistered. The man wriggle d roared, and the skin became very red, but 1 Ww no blood. The operation was soon over, lowed to adjust his trousers and to restore to himself his personal | comforts, though there was room for doabt Whether for the next few days he would suce in finding a comfortable seat. ‘They do not u the treadmill in Siberia, nor the “cat-o'-nine tails.” and the “knout” has long been abol- ished; but at three places, and at three only, 1 Was Informed they had a formidable instrument or “plait,” a whip end- end repeated offences of convicts—for tt should be remembered that though a minit haif a doven murders he Is neve le, hanged. OVERWORKED CHILD cian, Who has been giv ntton to the lag situde and habitual headaches of children, s that he finds the trouble to be langely on attributes the cause to ex- exertion, which ambitious hecking, as they should do, ined fo stimulate and spur up on all occasions. Children who have a vartety of subjects to study up and do much nicht-work exposed to these dis- orders, caused entirely by exhaustion of the brain.’ A London physican, commenting upon the German's observations, remarks that he has sometimes found the brain to be growing faster than the skull which contained tt. 1d A German physt- “What seemed like a great stu) y was for a time the result, but me t ull effected its enlargement and the brain was relieved.” A Lrain overworked in childhood prepares a man for great evils later in lif IST OF LETTERS REMA GIN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, Saturday, May Isso. 8P-To obtain any of these Letters the applicant must call for “ADVERTISED, Lerrens,” aud sive the date of this list, 82?7'If not called for within one month they will be sent to the Dead Letter Offic, = mont they LADIES’ LIST. a ene, Bmwa B Mrs ; Ayton Faunie E Mrs; ire. _i8—Brown Carrie N Mrs; Burrows G W; Browa Kate: Brown K:; Bryant Laura, Borwenski Lesh; Brasheres Mary: Broce Ma y Bennett M M Mrs: Baweel Mrs J; ley Magirie; Browo Matilda fBen wet Mary E: Brady Meutchi-e; Browne Mary E- Bray Minnie E; Brows Sarab Mrs. C—voleman A 8 Mrs: Carter Alice; Clark Ann; ark Ella Mre; Os ter Florence N; Chatman Ge trnde; Campbell Hattie; Chisin Jenuie. 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M—Murdock slexander; MacDonald B 8; Malm bune Onl; ainor ‘Miles Fred Moliuey Michael: Mectoni Pater HM a let ‘, * ier hop B Capt, MacDowell 0 Gol; Mills Wan it: Meter Wilbelm ; Miller Wm H Major. Mt. Mec—McBride A; McIntyre Augast OF: le 2 ahi MncGntitey Wa Be aicPhersoa’ Win 3 NN Newman Jehu. Bi no B. Parker Frank; Peck Nosley; Peck Thomas: Porter Toney 2, Pray 3; Pope W A; Powell W H Capt; Rao bn valter H. a Carl; Reena Rese ‘August Reinooke ¢ ey. Rich Tcbinso Lor te Mr! moma sents Red ‘themes: andolph Chomas; Richards Willis “Senior Aifred; Stoddard A E; Scales AH Sarcin CH Stone Daniel; 8 mneabrodt tidmean; , Seybold FF; Bi A, 2:8mith ; Silvers Hears Powers Bowar Hon; Thom Thomas J jor M1. ichard ; Tucker RH Pi Weideman pas M; cer; Walker Thomsa, 2; W er fenry HL. SB. 1f0 Hoth w:608NC ot a LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN GEORG TOM, D.C., POST OFFICE, May 15, 1880. op irae amr eer is jie. ; ENT'S LIST_Hecdin Jas H Gol: ow; (Socy Withan Willams, M aft Mood Gert, vs