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;___________} ton. The water growing too shoal above C LETTER FROM PARIS. RELIGIOUS NOTES. 4 Bainy Day with Uncle Remus. 0 long endey go Yong, enden bimedy yor —— yctpente ped movement Waa raga mai> Mow the Work is Done at the Ob- —— === ‘come troupe en snatch Um slouctways, en de A_ Boat Hide Chrough the City | tothe point of starting. Afterasaifl of fresh | poy GREAT RACE—THE PREPARATION—A FANCY | servatory—Defining [ts Position | — The annual meoting of ‘he board of man (AFTERNOON.) | = erw al dey Is, de wusser dees dey gic Sewers Strange Things Seem by a | tt {he excursion was extended to the 0280 |“ P4ry 4 casual WARD—ZOLA AND BUGO—oDD; | Awtronomically. ee Star Reporter—Feasibility of Ua- AND ENDS, ETC. agers of the Jackson Grove Camp-Mseting (Scribner's Monthly.) | The ltge boy @idn’t understand white pe The unexpected coming of the comet has de- | association took place Thuraday, a | Tangue ag ll, but he 4 JAMES CREBK 3 SECURES 4 MANSTON, | ‘ dergroand Telegraphy. ries (Correspondence of The Evening Star.J Veloped an unusual interest in astronomy. In| the camp grei on the Baltimore MB. RABBIT | Tocogntrad Tas the pre A few dasa since a Srax reporter accepted an | Pelow Virsinia avenue. Tals part of the Panis, Jane 2. | old times these visitors were regarded as dread. | & Potoma: Fallrosd’ ‘Those'preseat aoe | The rain continued tofall to such an extext | Mh nh bg me ey ey pty mae {nvitation trom Mr. J. J. Burrows, superinten- | Somer trom the opening. where the entry WB | ne race for ¢he grand prix at the Bolehas | ful emensof evil, but now mechodical ecicors | Wed. Ge Dalang, | presigent; Tnomas | thai Uncle Remus's “Misa Saily” was competiog “te iuch'g’ sot inlaw wp fer ter be de aes nc dent In charge of cleaning out the Tiber sewer, | M&de, 1s quite uniform in size and in excelleat €clipsed both politicians and free traders; never | inspects them a§ coldly as a physician would | ©. ‘Marche, of Washington, D.C.. secretary: | tosend her ttle boy his dinner, Glancing at py pen rampin’ vous’ donckgneerbooas James Creck sewer. Having same time pre | length until t's mouth, below Virginia avenue, | Duc de Morny, was arace so numerously at- | jit The present cou instead: trightesing | S(oger aug'a large Bumber of stock: “1 olar ter gracious, Bit look Mk Miss Sally Ne'weus avin rouse he onde ce even ane be sous mace a trip in the B street and eome | is reached. and the vista view down throazh | tended or 80 well contegted. America has de- | people, has only exelied (ner curiosity’ Evers | During the day the sites for tents. w de . tegt other of the tdal sewers, the Invitation was accepted, and after a five minutes’ walk the District property yard on 21, near C street about haifa mile of this aqueduct arca is really @ novel and beautiful one. The murky water looks bright and placid all the way down, cldecly found out the road to export horses to win the blue ribbons of Esgland and France pes one Wents to sec It, and to learn all the facts aboutit. He grumbies if earertt and delibarate Sclentists are unwilling Coansiver his «rest! { | nfm: the price being $10 per site. On each site the agers erect a secure double tent with a | re sold. | | boarded foor, ‘The camp.meeting witl be bald | 1 done got my name in pot dis time, suo” wish You look at dat pome er co’a-breat, I } —. en at dat plate er greens over dar, eu £0 he year taker Mr, Man. Rightin de middie opis Draggin', some un ‘ad ap u’ “im ‘bougW at Mz. Mab Gone done. Mr. ua 3 r see ef dey aint got Remus writ some'rs on um. ¢ one e ear” . southwest, Was reached. This property yard is | (be picture or tie month presenting ascene very | and the municipal coune1.can no longer pre” | at ouce. This curlosity bas attracted an un Treg nd conUnue watt! the toch Dat ar ebick'n xin's, dey look like dever co, b eas ng done ain, em den he year aot tos located directly over the sewer and an opening | @U ike the pre of the co re Ae tend that in supsidising the annual interna- et r of ‘sitors to the Odservatory | a an ae - a yet ‘taint familious wid me lke Cat ar bile bimepy pir. Lion shake his mane, he aia, en he has been made, through whica aul of thedepris | Naples, A part of the grassy Dank above the | tional race with ir. 100,000, the city traders g the past wee —Tae “Rational Dress Society,” 18 the latest | bam. Dem ar sw stag’sfa'r fer acy dat he collected by the workmen ts holstéd to the sur- a 4 a face, wher, after the bricks, boulders, paving stobes, &¢, are separated, each 1s deposited objects surrounding. forms @ combination, which, at the distance, resembles hiils, towers, | er tax payers in general, gatn nothing from the expenditure. A gushing writer says, the run- Observations are taken of the comet a3 they are taken Of any other heavenly body, thouza isan exciting interest in the work watch | effort of some of the Christian women of Eag- | Jand to institute a revolution tn feminine ap- reot-taters, dey Qividjan, but dem: ar puzzuy, I lay dey ft yo" Palate mo’ samer dan dey does mine. Disu yer gwineter sarch ‘roun’ ca low, ferter sceefbe cant five Mr. he ‘low. Mr. Lion did, dat wien he { 3 are). buvk er beef, we kin talk "bout dat w'en de be gwineter vi'n tn-en gin Mr. Man san ath = spires, trees, houses; ahd ning for the grand prix is as emotional as « bul | relieves {tot any sense of drudgery. Anu as- |? ke me come, en dem ar Discults, I des natialiy in different eT eee use or Sale. nvaoe fight, and as inte gas a battlefield; bethts | tronomer | —Although Oulo has furnished the nation | knows Into the sewer Is made by means of a ladder let is kept up until near the mouth, when it is as it may, the alr becomes undoubtedly charged ON THE LOOKOUT FoR comers with so many statesmen, there are within Its ‘Sally put um in dar fer some louie | chap Wich his name I alnt gwineter cali in | yuther creet larcupin w'at nobody alot never had Urs, dey tuck’ H’ tell Mr, he better let Mr. Man ‘lone, Bul M~. { oF.” i v1 : transformed {nto an unromantic reality. | with hipple fever. For those not of a horsey uses grnerally a small glass,—one that he can | bounds half million children who do Rot goto | comprag. perost sight | ee ee Gor wa aint regio ‘ope be tenor | Stone wall, rank weeds and thistles, with rab. | 10M of ming, the crowd is the moat interes! ing | handle castly and which has.a broad ela, Tag | S¥nday shcool. ner bad pat C emda iaTareg yor i Put, o al, nty Dish of all kinds, found in such laces, and a part of the whole spectacle, Every kind ot { vehicle is trotted out todo duty forthe day; | —The Free Church Assembly of Scotland con- dinner bad put Uacie Remus tn rare g901 ha- bull, atter he done tuck some res", Mr. comet, having been discovered, the first potat | ais = ; jor. He moved round briskly, taking the | PUL out down de wig Ti San. sue Colored rea OF Per cea wren Swat | back-groundof green turf Another evap was | Yenlclo 12 wolted out todo duty for the ¢ Uy | to be determined ts its posttion,—its right as. | “sted of 735 members, yet the body Was Not jiates from tho waiter and disteibating “chem | tise upen sh . but Mr. Lion, colored men for Largertets pal oft coreg | Made at this point, the lamp trimmed and | peg ana as varied asthe infinite. Asagenera! | Cension and declination corresponding to tae COnSideredunwieldy. Thecontributions of tue with exa: caretuiness around Upon his | ain if come Up cu blow, e chatrs on the taped and ake we oe bs atest some fresh drinking water eagerly swallowed. | onservation, costumes were in liaes, grey- | longitude and iatitude, of a potnt on the face of | Chureb to religious odjacts last year amounted | ittule pine table. Meaawhile he kKepo up 4 | trai orBust; rain, bia w lamp the ss Bei os r ing & Dor! ney i im ‘The distance trom the mouth of the sewer to aris, sea blues, and ros2; the hats, Directoira | the globe. When this has been determined, | to $2,900,000. running tre of conversation. at M@ Lion, he keap on. am ay undies Ba tere, the. propelling sB2Xer | the lower end of the James cree canal {a 7.359 | Restoration or copoie. AS forthe prevauing | And three observations taken at equidistant | — Rev, Sanford Richardson, disabled mis-| _ “Fulks Wat Kin set down en have der vitties D dis a being applied Poel pa Phe aro toned | feet. It 1s walled on. either side to its MULL. shapes ladies appeared as umbrejias in their | times,—about a week apa’t,—the astronomer, | sionary from Turkey, sowat St. Johnsbury, UNE eu pul down rigut spang und’ der nos Puy against the root or top ofthe arch, witcd at | and navigable for sand and wood boats Up 1t8 | sheaths. There can be no doubt Freuch crowds | by @Serles of computations, ig enabled to de: | ies a sy dem Kinder folks aint got no deeds er no un- Wttead Mr. tis point ts rather low. ‘Thisis what ts term d | éntire length. | a culvert or arch sewer—somewhat tn the shape of the capita! letter D careened over, s2oWwing the curse on top, the brick arch resting ou ‘The same illusory vista view of the city and harbor of Naples repeated itself on the return trip, and It would make a pretty photographic the greatest reigning abuses in France, 1s Cabby; daily he is becoming more insolent, are degenerating into roughs, and that one of | termine very accurately the elements of the orbit, from which it 1s am-easy matter for him to compute the siza, distance from Vt. bas had his waltng chamber conneoted by telephone with the church at the instance of kind friends. breil. Night "fo" tas’, wiles Lwaz sectta’ dar 10 de do’, 1 year dem ‘Wiltls-whistiers, en dea 1 des knowed we®uz gwineter git a seasoa. ” td, monst’ aase: aa C | vere] a . Fi {the earth and raptdity of motion of tha cim:t, | —Theyearly meeting of Friendsin England “The Willis-whistlers, Uacle K-mu CS: |) avepom beavy stone masonry abutment walls, tueta- | Pdrare, About two hours certainly passed pep nets Boe he ee Perhaps he may be enabled to mane prodic. | reporters eB fect} again the past Soar of | Claimed the itttie boy; “wnat are they Jeyciee side diam, ter between tuem being thitsy feet | fuickly and pleasantly away in the firat re- cab men, such does not sppear to exist. ‘Tie | lon asto when itwillretarn, Taossodenes |. ies Youer too hard for me 0: hoasy. Dat |” R aey anybouy ‘rout ¢ parta nam> and for almost its entire length a fourveen fect | Joriorlal excursion through the Tiber and ih flinte to che wesc PP BONS nn aretcaen Gk , 106, The rapid deciino of the last half ceatury | wat 1 knows 1 don't min’ tellin. bat wea you anT scee, : ct between the iloor and apex of ths arch. Tne | Potves creek tidal sowers. - Me espe sensations upon entering aud starttag are very pecuilar. The first thing taal strikes the ne ¥ underground voyager is THE MUSTY SwaLL which everywhere prevalls. ‘This, however, Soon Wears Off, and wuatat first was quite of- fenstve, becomes bearable, and a3 other 01d tnings appear, is forgotten. The sewer odor is ROt near so offensive as 13 generally imagined. This erroneous impression, of the horrible con- dition of sewer air, probably comes from the puffs which are encountered trequently in passing along the street corners Where there are sewer traps. it is from the dead and decay- ing animai and vegetable matter that these offensive puffs emanate and not from the sew- ers. Another pecullar sensation is the jumble of echoes whenever tue least nolse is made, and the distinct vibrations upon the dense air, t house, lookin; public works; the entire voyage, nr « THE B STREET SEWER. Ts 1s kept p No swarms of rats, not even a single one, was seen during other. living animal, not even a fly, spider por any insect; so that therat horror is mere! imaginary so far ag these sewers araconcern ‘The sewer laborera say tha’. there are a plenty feels and catfish in the sewer water, ‘thou- sands of them.” any ‘The day following Tus Srax man mad>atrip upthe B-street sewer from its mouth, at the foot of 17th street, in a skiff as far as the mar- ket ig into the large sewers of 14th, 13th, 12th, 1ith, 10th and 9th streets where they empty into the B street sewer. This sewer was constructed by the board of fs of the same form as the other two sewers described; the floor being of beavy plank. reUty clear trom filth, and although ‘the water ‘The note of preparation, for the race was vist bie a week in advance; the shops were piled With fancy goods dedicated to sportsmen and Women, and where a horse shoe, olt aud sulle Were worked up into a hundred curious de- and combinations; even chimney pi-c> clocks ard watches appeared with hippic orna- mentations. A portion of the grand stand had been exclusively set apart for the ladies, and their different colored tollets ve Rot be sar- passed by any horticultural exhibition. The le betweer the first and second jockeys was considered as *Titantic.” The French naturally felt sure that thelr favorite was third; but they had the consolation that England was but sec ond. An Englishman created some mirth by retorting, Foxhall’s syccess was a-revenge for the French exciuding the importation of Ameii- can Be and hams, on the pretence of being tricbined. However, every person who won by betting on the American hors cheered the THE “TRANSIT CIRCLE,” @ large glass, which 13 mounted, exactly on a line with the meridian. This glass 13 lozated in a little wing at the west side of the Odserv- atory. There is an opening through the roof and in the north and south sides of the sqaaire structure, looking as though some one had cit asiice from the middle of it. The glass insid> is mounted, as accurately as sclencs can mount it, so that as {t fs revolved from north tosouth, IC never swerves a hair's breadth towards the east or west. A star seen through ft, 13 19- Supposed to be exactly over the meridian line, By this glass the rignt ascension and decitna- tion of a star, planet or comet, ts ascertained. In case of a strange body, ff its approxt- mate position in the beivens is known, and that can be determined with” the naked eye, before it reaches the meridian, the glats'is get so as to cover 1) when | stop] & few years ago and nowa small an- nual increase is reported. —Bishops Simpson and Pack have arrived in | England on thefr way to the Eoumenteal Coh- | ference. Bishop Peck will make a trip through | ie ‘Teland and Scotland abors on the continent. ——The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has decided, in the case of the Franklin Streat Con- gregational Church against the city of Man- chester, that the comstitutton does not exempt church property from taxation. —The Cincimnatt Ca‘hoic Telegraph makes a strong plea for the pe: formance of marriage care- monies in the morning, according to the Eag- lsh rule, rather than in the afternoon or even- ing, a8 is customary in most paris of this country. before beginning his | de —A committee has been appointed by the ax me ‘bout dat wat I dunno, den yousr tou bard fer me, sho’. Deze yer Willts-waistlers dey Dangs my Ume, en I Din knockia’ ‘roaa’ in isn yer low-groun’ now gwine on elguiy year. Some folks wauter mak? oul deyer 8, yit wish dey pint out uater ms no« Kin holler so dat de nigher you cyme tam un um "ud come ‘iong en teil me dat. many’s de Ume ts I gone atter deze yer Willis whistlers, en, no diffancs whar I goos, deyer allers off yanjer. You kin pitt de shov-l in de fier en Make de equinch-owi hush his tusa, en you kin go out en put yo’ han’ on de u en make deze yer locus’-Dugs quit der rack», but dem ar Wiilis-whisUers deyer allers ‘way off yandes Suddenly Uncle Remus paused over one of the dishes, and exclaimed: “Gracious en de wat nese! de fudder you ts off; | be miguty sagt some | ‘an j we: Sic is,’ 82 Mr. a dat Ikaws im 'm gauy , den, he de ve'y chap Pa a | Vat mout be ya" bizness wid Mr. Mas F. Steer, sezee, 1 Gone come dis long ways fer tar gin ‘im rapin,’ sez Mr, Lion. sezee, ‘I'm gwinter “in who de boss er deze neighbornoo 4s, Rd wid dat Mr. Lion, ne shake ts mans, ergswitch bis tall, en strat up en down wass'a | w@ner deze yer town niggers. Well, don, ef dat w'at you come ate Mp Steer, Sezer, ‘yoa Ges better slew in’ en pint yo" nose todes home, k * ter To git In Sho’ ‘UIT LrouDie,” seze0. mn gwiueter larrap dat same Mr. Man,” s@ Mr. Lion, s:729; ‘I done come fer dat, en dat wat In gwine ter do,” sexee. * Mr. Sveer, ho draw long Drei, he did, en he little boy, atter making an " 3 set ct Ke king ut it _crosges. On either side of the glass ara ‘ mn gas ud glow, en alter wile ae Say, Bezce: the Sewer acting lke eS ee ebes ee ae is very sluggish most of the light sudstancs3 et tee Se fhe tabare sure large Wheels, which revolve with the glass, | Welsh bishops to consider the expediency of ) ou ee mie slanMD’ yer {rout er yo" eres,ea tinetly, and the @ga0es create the impression | Moat off by the force of the free discharges of predicting the favorite at all, aud cx These wheels are 5 and graduated so | revising the Welsh translation of the New Tes- 1, den,” Uncle Remus remarked, tn a | tw bic ts, ch Wal long, Sharp hawus I gov that dezens are Speaking at the same tima, | ater from the laterais which empty into tt | ater the race thelr reasons why: tor tit Hnely that taicroscopes have to ba used to read | tament, taking as a Dasis the Greek text | relieved’ toile, date aitidnte wuz “inos’ | We my heft 1s, en sharp <douga my whereas only one may de talking. Tue volces = ew a ae ae eee unre grand prix, the Wiuuing horse ran the meagurements. i Des aay me tae | auopied by the English revisers. The Welsn feard it ‘uz some er dat ar silierbag, wisn a | is _— ae Ly gett agin <4 nd jer in the than a on the Ktlct cards; now 13, up to the 8 ent has be 5 server, | version now i use was transiated from the whose eka’e T ferter maka | Mt 7 icone Oe cre ea Nace discharged directly into’ the | has been regarded aa an ualuck, number ag ; When he expects tho star or comet, pers _ Whoie jugrul aint eka'cely ‘nuff fer ter mak t THE RUMBLING OF CARRIAGES and heavy steps of horss on the streets ts | sotpg on almost constantly. This, combined | outlet at i7th street, has greatly diminished the Immense tiow which years azo used to be discharged into the B sireet sewer, no Water North of that avenue now entering be- Dig with consequences as getting married or ing to sea on a Friday, or laving 13 guests to dinner. through the glass, The Neld of the glass ts crossed up and down with tine lines, 1a Several groups of two, three and five. Tuere are also King James English text. — The organization of the Immanuel Baptist church, Chicago, with Dr. Lorimer as pastor, Jou seem like you dremp “bout smelitn’ dram Bf i'm gwineter be fed ou foam.” continued the oldman, by way of expiaining hls position a kyart,en he make me haul arive me anywhar he win’ ter. or let Mr. Man ‘lone,’ sezea, “im, Watch our dat he it. Bet foot tae oneal . ‘i on the subject of syllabud, “ict {tv be foam, en | nd " ~ pobre pei ECTS ie A VERY IMPORTANT FANCY air two fine hair iines from right to lett. has been completed. It begins with 285 mem- | ery; cter git dram, lemme gitin reach | : a ee Pranela’ 'roue’ with the notse of flowing water from the late- the lateral matn sewers running up through tie | has been held in the Tutierkes gardeas, and de- THE OBSERVER bers, mostly on letters of dismissal from the unit wilie she gol some Strenk lei’, Dat’s me ey . Tal sewers constantly pourtug their contents in on either side, together with the darkness, city north of B street are of large stze, moat of them being tive or six feet interna! diameter, Serves.notice, Lot in respect to its success, which,was megrificent pecuntrrily for the char- has in his hand a telegraphic key, which con- hects with an electric chronograph. When th Firet. Dr, Lorimer, it will be remembered, is the divine charged with stealing or “absorD- upand down. it come ter yo" floatta Hun, des gimme a hunk er ginger-cake ea a » foich & ro’, en pul out down de so miguty long fo" he come up . . less Wich he Z euivvita’ en a. ‘i . rar = a 3 <p... | og” other ministers’ sermons, mug er ‘slimmon-becr, abd dey wont flue no Liss wich he wur a utbvi « miskes the) suxeoreniings Tastee peciliar, aud |/ SX ai ae sarkisee ore eatrigd OF. tarouga | itable Institution ti served, put as an illustra eine ace mages ve oes S| "here ts just now an tuteresting dlacussion | nlsger wial's got ho silcker feelta’s dan ts. a ference to be on the outektce Grad and a Pro | them than through the sewers alscharzing into | UOn of how Kermesses, like race courses, estab- horizontal hatr lines are aajustabin’ Deenoane | 12 England as to whether the late M. Litre. Miss Sally mighty cu’as wits ‘oman ‘r c es tk = Tiber arch, couse juently the alr is more offen- | lish the equality of women. 7 t =F ~ i starting. which ineludes the crossing under Maryland avenue and under 3d street up as far as the oveitiow in the Botanical garden, 13 less fn height than either below or above the points named, beigg bat 1134 feet from the floor to the apex of the arch, @ difference of 2% fe2t. sive. boat TELEGRAPH WIRES IN THE SEWERS. The entire feasibility of conducting all the It is not feasible to go through them in iS further than E street north. Under the second empire, the demi monde and actresses recetyed during promenades and carriage drives the salutations of admii ater, virtue viewed Uhese attractive parlaks turough fleid glasses, of a Hitle screw in the eye pees of the instru Ment, and the observer 89 adjusts them, that the center of the nucleus Is exactly be en TL e comet is not greatly magni. but 18 very ‘clearly de the French ittterateur, a weil-kaown Poaittvist really received a clerical baptism at the hand: of & priest in the last six months of hia lite The scenes at the grave between Posl:ivis' and priests Caused great scandal. nele Remus went ou. “Sae sendin’ alt deze coln'’s en Nixin’s down yer, en 1 'speck deyer mousUus nice, Lut bo longer'a las’ Caasedis she bad all de biggers on oe piace, big en Il gwine squailin’ ’roan’ fer Remus, Hit’az Re- y well,’ scz Mr, Hoss, . 1 bin @knowin’ “1 Mr. Man? ‘km up fer ter larrap ‘tm,’ “Dey vwelis me he wtgnuty sexes, ‘en loag time, S805 take : nus yer eh Remus dar, en, lo en beholes, w'en 1 rane We 3 telegraph wires, that enter and ruu over poles | {ht Pragents actresces (ke part tn fancy fairs Spears toe, De, a, black | —The International Convention of the Young | ccie ter flue out, Miss Sally waat Remus (eraar ch 1 gwinetake ‘in dowa a OF this eter oreiad eease OF the Bursting | sn the street, throtih the sewers ts quite appa- ROEERE an ee ee ee ee on rif Sseme to saitt. (Witen'gh | Meu’s Christlan Association will be heldin Ex- Whu! In eu cook ‘er wunner dez2 a of this sewer several years ago, and afierwara3 ae NS ‘lr co me. s ; ere the eems tospiit. Wheathe | > z sh-cak hoes et; den en dar; constr eave | Tent to the observer in a trip of this sort. | the address of the miiliner or mantua maker ot ash-Cakes. She bleedzd ver have 1) den en dai The construction of the overilow In the Botan- ical m by Lieut. Hoxie. The bursting of the Tiber arc’ within the Botanical garden, Will be remembered, was during an extraordl- | nary freshet several years ago, before the drain: had been circumscribed by turning it Into other water courses. On this occaston the full capacity of + THE TIBER ARCH ‘was tested, and the depression on the sewer below the overtiow, reducing its capacity, was the Cause of its destruction at that time. Why the difference In the capacity was permitted to sewers, an a through them, Shonid Be Open on Sunday, Buiter Sar:—Haviog no reason to sappose | There are upwards of forty-five miles of brick sewers in Washinton, more than thres-fourti of which could be used for such out detriment tou | security to the wir bim take an ex urpose with- with perfect If any one doubts it let | that the old Bine Laws of Connecticut are tn | force in the District, it strikes me as a decided | anomaly that certain customs should still ob- an actress. THE OPENING OF ANOTHER CASUAL WARD im the city has proved a great success. The forlorn are Lot expected to plek oakum or break stones next day to repay the cost of the come on their fect again in the world, they are expected to send donations of bread. Among the casuals figure men of every color, race and region; misery has had its representautves from the Sandwich Islands, Australia and Fiji; nights lodging; oniy, if any of the relieved | | Calmination, comet bas passed over the meridian at tts lower hich i does now a little after 11 O'clock at nigat, the observer's work really commences. ‘He has to note the time on THR CLOCK. This 18 no ordinary clock, but oneset Ina vault, where It 1s free from all disturbing intiu- ences of varying temperature, with nSthing but its face showing, It keeps sldereat tims, ‘The hour aud minute taken from the clock, an4 the records made by the chronograph, give down to the ten‘h part of a second the time eter Hall, London, from July 30 to August 6 Inciusive, The American delegates are ex- | ‘dtosailJuly 16. Toe associations in tne , nited S'ates aud Canada now number about 1,000 and have 100,000 members. —Mr. Moody, the evangellst, propo32a to gather about him, at Northfleld, Mas3, in the mouth of August, tho3- who are interested in Bible study. Only afew hours each day will | beg ven tO these meetings. Mr. Moody ex- pecis that Dr, Andrew Bonar, of Gias:ow, | Scotland, wll be with hum to take charge of x en wen I git 1c cose, Saily, Ste got a 1.85 er butt ra@ilik, en uck’n’ Sot right flat dowa on de fio’, ces like sLe useier wen she wuz Lit ie gal” ‘Phe oid man paused, etraight ned up, ,00ked at tLe chlid over bis speciacivs, and Cou- Unued, with empbasis: “in I ve Diess er she alct eat a bunk erdat ash-cakem guty nighez tlg:z yo" bead, en den she tuck’n’ iske OUL “Lwa'a't cock night. “Now, den, honey, all dez> done fix. You set over dar, and I'll set over yer, en ‘uwix’ ea *owceb us We'll Sample Gish yer truck ea see wat is it Miss Sally done gone en how tough my foots 1s,” Mr, Man, he kin take'a’ up 1 his Dugg, ep mak me haul ‘ia all ‘rou’, en den he kin taken’ Jasseh me ter de plow ep make me break up alt his Dew groun’,’ sezee, “You bevwer go “loag back home. Fus' news you koow, Mr. Man it have you breakin’ up uls new groaa’, sezvo “spite er all dis, Mr, Lion, be shake bis mane ¢h say he gwiueler larrap Mr. Man any bs a * i | Wat the comet crossed the meridian, the cen- | the meetings, | sont us: en wiles we er makin’ ‘'way| Low. le went on down de big Froud, be did, en is construction ts not very clear, but it is said | tan in regard to tne closing of the puvlic parks | very earned Profession bas contributed repre- | trai wne on the field of the glass representing | —Atthe annual reunton of the Methodist wid it, Il. sorter rusie ‘roun’ wid | Dmcby he come up wid Mr. Jack » BEL that It was done to accommodate the Washing- Ce the first day of the week. I refer particu- = nvenaPhi es | the meridian. The time of the passave is eastiy ton and Alexandria raliroad company, which at that time run their tracks down Maryland ave- nue and around the curve of the Capitol grounds, connecting with the Baltimore and | tly to | Gardens. Judying from the numoer of | who ride or drive on Sunday af‘erovona, I do not think that the majority of our elt the Soldicrs’ Home and e Botanical persons re. the Casual as a maiter of course; the laborer or broken down citizen applies for aid with a feel- ing of shame. The sovond class of applicant is and the members of that worid in general, scek | | Words, to sidereal longitude, convertible to right ascansion, or, in other just a3 the longi. lated by knowing Its time. ‘The register or scale on the wheel on tude of a town can be caleu! Episcopal church, Baltimore, Thursday, at the | Wesiey Grove camp ground, Mr. T. J. Magru- | der, {president of Wesley Grove Camp meet jug Associaton, proposed that the oniy devt | my 'membunce, en see ef I kin call ter mu’ Ge tale ‘bout how oie Brer Rabbit goi ‘im 8 two-story house widout layin’ out mucn cash,’ Uncle Remus stopped taiking a litte waile ‘in’ up tn Ge Cop er de tree. Mr. Jack Sparrer, he whul ‘roun’ en Chirp, en flacter "boat up dar, ch ‘parlenuy make a great “miration. . Bevo yer!’ sezee; ‘who'd er ‘speckted fer erat, 4 a and pretended to be trying to remember some- | ter see 2 Way Gown yer indis nelgn- Onto road; the purpose being to avola a neces- dit as a hetnous offence agatnst morality. | Pntror sends ork ba ave Mee toe eed | the north of the giass, considered together with | Which resiea updn. the association ehould pe | Aba Prete effort that was accompiuied by | borhoods?’ sezee. "Whar you gwine, Mr. Lig” sity of a’change of grade and relaying of the le powers that be. however. ordata difteren’- | nee irer earned waxes tO retlne ee oot | alittle register connected with the serew rega- | removed, atid that $5,500 be taken In stock for | curioue humming sound jo Lis throa. Bi | setae. {racks of the Washington and Alexandria road. | ly. The beautiful drives of the Soldiers’ Home | Waves tor the wsticnion, Toes MEH few | iating the horizontal lines on the field of tue | thls purpos-. In about thirty minutes the ea- | nel y, he brightened up and 2 ~ Den Mr. Lion ax ef Mr. Jack Sparrer know On the part of the city authorities tt proved an | are closed on Sunday. except to certain privi- e e re glass, indicates Ure amount was subscribed. + Hilt Lw’n out one thine dat a whole lot er de | Mr. Man, en Mc. Jack Sparrer say he know expensive indulgence and but Itttle bénetit to | leged characters, such as memb=rs of Congress, | According to official statistics, the le2st THE ZBNITH DISTANCE — Mra. Murray Mitchel', who has been visit- | creevurs tuck a notion dat dey’d goin conoots | Mr. Man mighty well. Den Mr. Lion, he ax ef necting ‘privilege. berore Gove Saephers para | Of OFGMDary mortaie, Dy astute oF ihe eauties | tu general ad. Lalers, walleese tilseeae Tas | of the Dody observed, which 1s readily convart- | img the English Presbyterian missionaries at. | wid bulla’ un tn @ owes ,Ole, Bret Bar. Be | Mr. Juck Sparrer know whar we stay, wica v z Mortals, by asight of tne beauties & eee of fle a y as - | was ’mongs’ en brer Fox, en Bree Wolt, Mr. Jack Sparrer say y . pong Pana a ere oo Papen of eet ee Sondat. he SBotantoal Gardens | soit furnish the most of accused—the propo: | able into decitnation or sidereal lautude. The | Amoy, China, writes: “Iam very sorry to say es one en Brer "Possum. 1 won't make | ‘bouts | Man, eb Mr. Jack Sparrer say night with a gang of laborers, who tore ug. the | are not only closed on Sundays, o26 on week | tion detpg 7 an percent. O! Virgil. Of | chronograph should be describea here, in order | that binding the foot 1s as common and im- tracks and sicepers all the way from 7th street Southwest to indiana avenue. THE FIRST GLIMMBR OF DAYLIGHT Seen after ctarulng was 4 a man-hole near the curb Ine on the nortn side of Maryland avenue. Here a streak of sunlight shoots in through a days at so early an Rour that but few have an opportunity to see them. Whatever different vie+s people may enter- tain on tbls subject, there Cau be litule doub: that when the public is a themselves in places w: that purpose, there 13 a ter nled tie right to sun are designed for ency to congregate tunans nimiun. For every 160,000 of the total population of France there are twelve accused. in the department Of the Setne, of which Paris is the Capital, the number ef the accused is 2 apo (he saue for the Alpes Maritimes, of which Por every womaa ac. cused there are seven men. B to give @ correct idea of the accuracy with which the time can be determined. It consists of a revolving cylinder. covered with a sheet of Paper, 80 placed that au tron trom an electric apparatus Makes marks av reguiar laterva!s The apparatus {s delica! astad, $0 ths perative a Tasbion as ever. It 13 not connected ‘with religion, 1s a purely social custom, and girls are supposed not to be marriageable utless tt 13 compiled with. Even among the Christians It is hard to get 1t dispensed with.” —The position of the Reformed (Dutch) | ‘shoo’, but it seem like ter me dat plum dowa ter oie Brer Mink "uz ’mongs’ um. Leas’ ways, Gey wuz a whole passel ui tmi,eu dey wualin. | dey did, en dey bull’ de oase in leas‘a po | ume. Brer Raboit, ke make uke It m head swim fer ter climb wy oa dese ikewise he say !t make ‘im « | how little 1 Is, en Mkewise how high & kin (1 w 3 Le 1ignt over dar fo de gew grown, en be up'a’ ax Mr. Liou wat he wanl wid ‘im, wich Mr. Lon ‘spon’ dat he gwine larrap Mr. Manu, en wid dat, Mr. Jack Sparrer, he up'n’ 5 “You better jet Mr. Man ‘ione. You se dit, spite erdai, Mc. Mana, be kin fetca about more questionable resorts, Sunday liquor Jaws notwithstanding. It 13 hart to uoderstind how an intelligent person can advocate the tbute to crime t: of 59 per cent; griculturists commis of crimes ugatnst persous; the Interval is exactly a second. | of the key held by the o) vi mark, and any school Gown Wen he git good ca Teady,’ sezer, better tuck yo" tail ex put Oat home ’ sev. & Sparrer, sezee, ‘kaze Dimepy Mr. Manat <mall round bole ta tbe iron cover, and ata distance resembles a pillar of fire.” A ttle turther on. a sco load oi gand was mer, on its | church as to secret socleties 1s deflaitely stated | tf Wuk inde eun, but he gui xtc he stuck a pencil bebime i's 5 +o | resolutios atthe recent meetlag of roun’ megjon en markin—medjua would S092 le RUE * | tell, by means of these marks, tneexa: 1! It isa very simple and uo | markin’—en he wuz dat Dizzy dat ae yathe | ‘ch }0u down,” sezee, way down to the o ‘The Hiczering lignt | Closing of public parks on Sundays trom any | ¢! egamst property. It is between 29 | each tap. When the sgirondner bag oo cues The church will ia no wise | creeturs say ter deyse'f he doln’ moast'ussgui | **Bui Mr. Liod des vow he gwine atter Mc. of ifs coal ol! lamp 4nd tne loud talxiug of the | Feason of morality; and ff that is not the cause, | Alc 40) ears of age Loui 5) per centot the total | the right ascension and decitaation fa tis in in. ibility for Pree Masonry nor | er wuk,en folks gwine ‘long de big road Say | Man, en go he would, en go he did. two hegro propellers, pushing with their hangs | then I should be glad to be Informed what is, © | CFimts-re comulited, und petween 40 and-60 ! secret societies. Neither will it be against Ube toy of preseated a singu- | Jar spectacie at a distance. After passing aud jast before turnicg around the curve towards the overflow, appears the mouth of the Missouri avenue sewer, clscharging 113 contents steadily into the Titer sewer. tere a ratuer sic odor prevails, whieh is caused by & dratnage cn the line of that sewer, bat is soon over ag the scow enters the overilow. Near this overflow a‘party of dredgers were found at Eaiior Crrizen. A Word in Behalf of the Boys. Star: ‘Please speak @ good word for the boys. Last night, at sundown, I stepped upon a wharf some distance below 6th street, where there were a dozen or more little fellows in swimmii unded whart, hiding It wholly from houses that might A high fetice surrot the have been on the street, but were not; and years 23 per cent. ZOLA HAS CHEATED A STORM by clas:ifying Victur Hugo as very much be- neath, and not Lo be compared with, such mea as Littre and Dai win—the latter belong to the living present, and ure ue incarnation of the wants and certainties of science. Hugo ts a Colossal rhetorical mxchine for manufacturing big acd empty words y ) per oS he reatly has just comm: is work. He has before him the tedious ta: CORRECTING BRRORS. It {s always presumed that there are error made by the clock and by the tastrument or lass. Though the most delicate appitanze3 0: clence are used in mounting and adja-tay these meridian glasses, it 1s found that they are so seldom accurate that astronomers drawn ito a sweeping conaemnation of the Uning per £@, Dor into deciariag membership of such Organizations to necessarily {acom- patible wi'h a Carlzttan profession, any more than membersulp i” @ stock exchange. — Grace church, in Broadway, presents not an clator«ts and costly spectmen of eccle- ssastical architecture, but one of the prettiest bits of landscape gardening to be seen tn coa- Brer Rabbit doin’ mo’ hard wuk daa dswaoe kit en bilin’ un um. Yit ali de time Brer Raopit aint doin’ nothin’, en he des well din lays’ oT | in de shade scratchin’ de fleas of'n i@ D yuther creeturs, dey bull’ de house, a oe mene! she “uz @ fide un, too, mos. SBed bina fine un deze days, let ‘lone dem days. ‘She bad ‘er upsta’rs en down-sta'ra, ea thiy o- leys ali ‘roun’, en sbe had rooms forall de cree- irs wat went inter cohoots en hope make It “ Brer Rabbit, he pick Out wunner de up- never see Mr. Man, Mr. Liou atnt,en be d her W'al Le look ike, bUt he go on todes de groun’. Sho’ ’uufl, dar wuz air, Man, ou ? ralis fer Ler muke im a feuce, rippin’ up de Dutt cut, Mr. Man waz; druv In bis wedge eh den be stack in de y ite "Uz spilttin” ‘way, wien bimeby be ye rustlin’ out dar in de bushes, en he look up, e dar wuz Mr. Lion. Mr. Lton ax ‘lm do he kaow Mr, Man, er Mr. Man ‘low dat he knew im mo" Samer dan ef he wer’ his twin brer. Dea Mr. al Aber old child spot always take Itfor granted that thaye are some | ection with any city churen. Tae Prais> | sta’rsroome, en hetuck’n’ got ‘ima gua, en | Lion ‘low dat he waniersee ‘im,en den Mr. = bp CE peed cer eee during the halt hour I stood there no boat or | flattery, and who lives in all tue phuttasma- | orrore in figures first obtalued, ‘A deviation of | wortby ingenulty and taste displayed in the | wunner deze yer brass canton, en he tuck a” Bay, Bezee, dat ef Mr. Lion will come sit fom boone in vue wad and water, working wine | AD¥ Kind paseedelther up or down. Soon two | goriac? the middle uges, He hes contribatel iiekering lamps fastened on sticks and Inserted policeme n appeared upon the scene, capturing but little to the truth of the agé ue hag mei @ hundredth part of a hair’s breadth ceuld hardly be detected on the earth, but where the laying cut of this not very large pleve of put um inden w’en de yuther creeturs ain't Mab is paw in Ge spilt fer ter hol’ de log open tw ie te 4 ground may well serve a3 an incentive to other | lookin’, en de he tuck’n’ got "lm a taber hasty | Le git back, he go fetch Mr, Man. Mr. Lion he in holes On the edges of the boat. They were a | CHE little fellow in the act of dresaing and all | saugfor its joy. Zola advises the ristny gea- | }ine of vision extends millions of miles into | churches to make their grounds neat and ele- | slop water, w'lch likewise he put in dir w'en | march up en slap his paw in de place, en den merry group, notwithstanding the dismal sut- | the clothing of the rest, which they took off | eration to avoid imitating Hugo, but never to ace, It 1s apt to seriously affect nice calcula- | gaut. This is a matter whica is much neg- | dey aint lookin’. ‘So den, w'en dey gitde hous? | Mr. Man, be tuck’n’ knock de glut oul, en de rounétnes, and could be hear: “Lite on | Withthem. The captured boy was released on | forget Littre and the Fostiivist or natural | tions.’ So the astronomer begins a series of | iccted botn in city and country. In the city it | all fx, €n w'lles dey wuz all a-se.tl’ In de | split close up, en dar Mr. Lion wuz. Mr. Mau, the Ocean Wave and a Home on the Roaring | DiS betraying the names of his companions. school. Zola, Uke the Greek philosopher, would | intricate experiments and calculations to cor- | seldom occurs to church managers that the | parlor atter Supper. Brer Rabbit, he grterga | he stan’ off en say, sezee: Deep” long bafore they could be scen. Mr. Bur | _ NOW, Mr. Editor, are not bathing propensities | banish pocts trom the republic. rect the errors of the clock and of the instru. | narrow patch of territory alongside of asanc- | en stretch hisse'f, en make bis “skuswen say | «+ pr you'd ‘a’ bin a steer er hoss, you moxt rows, after giving some directions about the Of the boys lauda! and would it not bean ODDS AND ENDS, ment. The instrument is tested with a iine | tuary or iz front of it can be made beautiful | he Dileve he'll ter hisroom. Wn he git | er run, en ef you'd’a’ bin a sparrer, you mout work, asked them if they had had thetr dinners, | 2¢t of justice, Late So eee on the | a photographer, while occupled tn his dark | level. Underneath, set upona pillar which t3 | __ A translation should bea window of glass | @4f.en wiles ali de yuther creeturs waz a | er tiew, Dut jer you 1s, en jou kote yoss't “O, yes,” Was the reply, “we've just done eat part of the au’ ties oe le somewhere chamber, was surprised to hear a knock 13 | Dullt upon the ground and ts independent ot laughin’ en a chattin’ des ez sociatleez you | sezee. Bo Ren , along the river front a suitable point where Wee Aue = I detrang: | ue Observatory butiding, ts a poolor trougn | through which the reader may look on the | piesee, Brer Rabbit, he auick his headourer de “Wid dat, Mr. Man s‘unter out inde bushes our grub.’ bathing at all hours is permit Father than | Sauctum, with the terrible formal demand, | of mercury. The observer, in order to satisty | Word just as itis. This result, we believe, the | do’ erhisroom en out: en cut ‘im a'hickory, en he let in on Mr. Lion, WEALTH OF THE SEWER MEN. encourage uncl SF iaw Drone eaaliness | “open in the name of the law;” the artist at | himself that the instrument when placed per | revisera bave aimed at. Thircy-eight of the | | °'Wena big man Like me wanter set Gown, | ¢n he grail en frail im twel frailio’ up ‘im was itmay be interesting here to state that the | and health secured by iaw breaking. Please | once aid £0, and found himself in presence of | Pendicularly points directly to the zenith, must | first scholars in Eugiand aud Amorica have | Wharbouts hegwineter sel?" eezce. asin. En down ter dis day,” continued Uncle peng Sone le ee | EER & man with two revolvers: “don't stir,” said he, | fence ne, lnes oD, the Held Is tho teoreace | given thelr unstinted gador to this end. We |, Dende yuthercreeturs dey laugh, en bol- | toe ina tone calculated to destroy all hen—aré in the sewers ten hours almost every se and in a few seconds he found a policeman, who a thee cs Pere ee eae ee, ae A 5000 wore: Chey | OPE Sam set r, | GoubL, “Fou can't git no Lion ver come up whar working day-for months, eat and drink there, June 29, 1851, Op Boy. marched the lunatle to the asylum. ren aiy to all disturbances that if a wagon Is passing | nave not gone 23 Tar as we Could wish: they | Et big. like you can" set im a cheer, Tare the beaithiest looking set of laborers be found anywhere. Noneof them Editor Star : Caring for the Trees. ‘There is but one way for our Picture has been stolen from the Louvre gal- lery; a visitor simply put it under his coat and disappeared, hear the building the surface 43 so disturbed ‘Unat no reflection can be seen at all when look- ing through the glass. The observer, having bave been too much hampered by fear of array- ing against them the Taimezes of the Old! tter Set Gown on de flo’. “* Watch oul down dar, den, sez Ole Brer Ravbit, zee. ccy’sa Man @maulin’ rails en put kis paw in Ge split. Dat you can’t!” . beautiful trees to be properly attended to, and y et corrected the errors by long and tedious com- ees Ser a ere ry | S€Z2e8. Lang tunaigee ay ots Bijah. baraly never’ kacw otc ae ime 1s, and | chat is for each one to give them personal at- | gis wine CAE ee Pe cetae or cae os eorreck Atavement | ton, for which we are sincerely grateral. They | Deeg Nae gd Beg ao ed oo UDetroit Free Press. ] pullt of Drick wagonry, «id Tuus up to 192 Sur | times yearly, cut off te branches having | | The municipality 1a very mach put avout | EJS FeAdy to compute the elements of the | aud morally.—ne Walional Bapst, enilacen, Dut dey dont year no Bo’ fran on | ‘The orator’s place was takem by aeinger who coceavi and selt-aijas ing. Took, whic ses | Women and destroyed them, dug aronad the | against raliway tuncrals, of Bistamie oe se AN ASTEONOMER'S LIFE. month of august to thts Wee ret forthe | “ewa'n't long Yo: dey got ter tis en jad~ ) answered to the name of Justin Jomes. He Wad | grass yearly, Keeping down the weeds, auq | (On; affection and plety will go ag faras the | “Itisa popular idea, “sald Mr. Winlock, the ee ee | ey ide cee lsecngientaln eran heh oragectgra | opening the soll to ratn and moisture, and | Inulcbing them so as to retain the moisture. I outskirts to annually visit lost ones, bat a mile or £0 farther, not at all, it 1s proposed, then, astronomer who explatned the method of tak- Ing observations to a Star reporter, Bible study as carrled on by Mr. Moody and his asgoctates. Mosay will spend the month at his head outer his room d: "Wren a dig en sing oat: man lke rae water sneeze, Coa thin was bis eye-winkers. Six feet tall, “ : nat an \ : whsrbouts he gwineter saceze af? y casi & shadow as he stood iu the | also tu tohave four cemeteries, following the cardinal SY; ae is home tn Noriufield, having as hts special * e s, de} ” hor p and reni . | carbote wae, wii wee he hae nea ise ints. aud On the Outskirts of the city; the | Mé\Tonomers Ife {sa poetical one—that all be | assistant the Rev. Aldrew Bonar, D.D., of oe ee ee ee SET LS Sab and senlied 0p his henar's qeesion, ‘ and Worms and bugs, In & measure, shan suca | Positivists urze that a portion of the Bois de | has 19 do is to contemp a age phroug & | Glasgow, who lias a creat reputation as an ex- | eet big man Itke you sint a gone gump, he | “Ons beck is Sen eeemke® Peer ahNe Pure, | trees. My trees are also regularly watered witn | Bowicsne be converted in'o ‘ burial ground—a | fry and sameness abouvobservines oe aE Ee CS ee Goute | kin sneeze anywhar he please.” : “What dy you di 0 dvatt of atr. ! menento mori, for Une geatiemen and ladies of | FY § went bout 5. ea, | Celebrated byma writer, Dr. Horaitus Bonar. a 4 ss She “4 ra Caecu Bae fink bave twetve tees around my noose, aia] Wolke Can the computations go far made about the | Whtie neither Dr. Bouar nor Mr. Moo4y oat. ene oO Se be ee) ee Leaving t Uon, the first object noriceable ts the sewer | mouth which drains the Capitol, It looxa tobe | about four feet in diameter, and at the present here fs but Wttie flow from it, but during the | sessions of Congress It 1s said'to b2 kept ruao- ays me tour Saelhs . | have found It very little trouble to do tls; and belnt in @ northeasterly direc: thelr beautifel appearance p: Did, Now, we have another troubie in the late stor: One Only of mine was seriously disturbed, aad this one, as scon as forced back to its proper position, and put a | Prop against it for support, until the parking | possibie the next di ay, I It has been remarked that French engineers and the railway interest in general displayed want of tact In atlowing the centeanary of George Stephenson to pass unnoticed. Thiers maintained In €: life that railways were gcod for Angio Saxons, but could never be more than an amusement tor Paristans. Look how comet be correct: “These Computations are hasty. Tae figures announerd were based upon obser'vallous rakep Ty hearly together aud at irregular times. That 1s what makes such a varlution iu the statements of astronomers 10 different paris of | the country. Nothing sure can be knowa until brace the complete doctrines of those Who are | known as “Periectionists,"’ many of those who | allillate with the *boiless wing” of the Meth- | Odists will naturally resort to this series of | meetings. There wilt be no formal organiza- tion of & convention or conference In connec. | bit, sezee. “Kaze I’m gwineteF tu’a ioose en sneeze right yer,” sezee, “Wid dae Brer_ Rabbit let of his cannon— bulderuiem-in! De winder-glags dey shack en rattle, en de bouse shuck like she gwinter come down, en ole Brer B'ar, he felloat de rockin cheer—Kerhiump! W'en de ¢reeturs git sorter “What brought you to the city yesterday 2” “I came to buy some powder. “And What did you drink 2” ‘Root beer. i “izoot beer’ Didn't you know batter than to gO and swallow such Mery giufl asthat? I bet It wasn't five minutes before you were uuy it hows until | tion with ese mecttogs, DUL Che sessions will | : 4 @runk.” - bing Uke « mili-raca. The hetght of the Tiber | Commission can properly attend to it. ‘It itis | be Nes been puulsucd; a raliway tunnel passes | Mine bas been allowed for careful opserving. be Irce to all who come. ‘low dat Brer tubblt got cecue morstaus oad | “"Ttwasw't over two, your Honor,” was the arch is fourteen feet from the overilow up as | petdone while the ground 1s Moist the iree is | Under that Qorilon of ihe cemetery containing | eae RE ae | —Some curious questions were discuased at | cole, dey piceve dey step Om cod git some | huable reply. : before pissing under Pennayivantaarencegs SPE t0 be serlousiy injured and dimcul: to man: ) Bis tomb. | Dunas vran! were 13 wow an, | Proportions of the comet are ascertained, some | the annual convention of the Dankards in Ash. | fresh ay, Dut dem yuther creeurs, des say dey snother ray Of sunlight, admitted throagh $ small et-Inch-square opeuing inside the Bo- tanteal garden. HAD SERN GHOSTS THERE. age. “Trecs bordered by asphalt roadways and pavements of the same materlal havea hard struggle for life. Little motsture can reach | them, and thelr roots cannot expand. It will nounced, tb r ou With the sale of the Casti of Monte Cristo" a4 A BACHELOR too poor to get married, yet too | scope are in progress. A Lucky Paxson, Cenkilng, pastor of very Interesting experiments with the spectro- he Rev. Dr. N. W. the Rutgers Presbyterian land, Oblo. In the course of the meeting a paper was read in which a request was made that a rule be adopted by the church “denounce ing the wearing of plath hats by the sister gwineter stick It out; en atterwile, wen dey down, dey gun ter jower en dey git *-- Wen a Dig man like metake a chaw Cer- ule 8 oy re: be impossible for them to Become very large or | susceptible to let the giris alone, wad ridin: | church, New York city, lias recently arrived in | and even-“making such Wearlng Of hats a for- | packer, wharbouts he gwinespit. ‘This brilliant ute Spot, quivering by reason ery secure Tm their beds, Dut those tn our yards | witha lady “all of a sunimer’s day,” and soe Callforbia to enjoy a season of rest and re- | feltureof church fellowship.” This proposition “ Den de yuther creek ars acy holler back, of the waving branches of the vrees outside, | wii} grow and prosper, and will not be casliy tally dropped an atm round her waist, No | creation, His ines geem to have fallen i use through which the sua passs, brought up the disk advice 1s. let every man My provoked a geceral discussion. One speaker give | objection was made fora while, and the arm | usually pleasant places. Aiter a very success- | made the somewhat a lng prediction that “* Big man er ite maa, ‘spit whar you subject of 18, One Of the colored propellers particular attention to his own trees, and not | gradually relleved ihe side of the carriage of | ful pastorate in tue Arch street church, Puila- | “it a sister be allowed to wear a plain hat, p2- please. charging (he other with belog afrald of guosts. gepend so much on the parking commission, | the pressure upon it. But of a sudden, whether | delphia, he was called, twelve years ‘ago, to | fore we know 1t there will bea feather tn it.” | Pen Brer Rabbit, heequall out: ‘The accused party admitted that he was afraid | whose labors are herculean, and whose means | from a late recognition of the impropriety of | the Rutgerschureh, where he atonce became | The prevailing sentiment among the members “D's de Way @ big man spit!’ en wid dat he @ little, when he has to be by himself, | are so limited. : > ; the thing, or the sight of another beau com'ng, | immensely popular. hot only with hisown con- | of the convention, according to the correspond- | tit over de tud er rer, en wen de log seen ghosts in there, but felt no fear | June 29, of Vermont avenue. never was known, the lady started with voloanis gregation, buf with other denominations. A | ent of The Cleveland Leader, was “that the yuther creeturs year It come a sloshin’ down when in com a oe oxhere, A a comet | ——— guerey, and With a flasntog eye exclaimed, “Mr, ener gee ee Az in- = pare 13 a a in Se a 4 ae sta'r-steps, dey des aaery =. £0 eard for some e Not wine o! ‘ete! , J Gan support myseir!” “Capital!” was the | terested in his preaching, n very bounti- | Wo! \e fewer would she have ings in | Ser outerdar’ Some oat de bac! fore Pennsylvania avenue 18 reached, trom the | acon ebbahcs tt ful to him and his tamiy. ct nat oon transit over this sewer at draining Shepherd's row large 2d street. The sewer | on this street runs a amount of water, and it looks almost very peppers ‘that the water-takera on the | Yesterday afternoon a pompous-looking | iStantreply. “You are just the girl I have colored man, wearing a veteran’s badge over | marry me? for'these B¥e years. his heart, encountered in front of the City Hill been looki Wil you A GENTLEMAN Call She sent him, his wife, and daughter to Europe, paying all’ the expenses of the trip. On his return he found that she had bought and furnished a mansioa for him at a Cost of $70,000, and, not content the next,” The troublesome question was finally settled by the ctanding committee offer- ing a resolution, which was adopted by 4 small majority, that “Whereas This commitiee has deciéed that it 1s wrong for sisters in thechurch co’, en some un um wi front do’, en somhe un Um fell out Ge-winder some — one way en some went mer way; but de! _— sailin’ out.” 22k lied “And you don’t remember what you did after Py solemnly silirm Ghat 1 do mot, 1 nope 1 “J 80) rm 0 did not commit murder.” ss big smal " * But What became 27 me utile | “you aia.” Xia drainage donot suffer from Inék of | Goatand trsiug (0 100k aif he had eeaivod ia | Lana Te ean cally ata French jomeler's in | £07 DIM Ot 2 Cost of $1,000, ap Conkling, who | to wear hats, we decide tse elders and other | poy asked oe depecalla «Kod ft was after mianight?” hat arucle. The water in the Tib-r arch along | Andersonville for a ‘and a half. “Svo} ir Of relatives, repaired. ‘The good na is said to be not one dit jeaious, $100,000 In | officials, who allow members of their churcnes brer Rabbit, he des tuck’ shot up de house “Tt waa.” Fore Deglos to get rather shoal. aud inorder tO | fan~etopt” commanded the fret. “Am sera | sald: “Eb bleot Yarag neon te ‘doue,” con. | SoverBment onos.—Sin Francisco Ohronicie. | to wear hats, be considered transgressors ang de en dea ne go ter be. he | © Well, I deserve six months in jail, and you edna hg err, | Hat tatban ols) Sion Rt ORG | Fete aca A0E Naas | anges overs aon om | acter aght act fn aes | Secu ame eps tng a | op Rat a me “You en?” “Yes, mae 6 » | recently eprung up for th le “ dem | fine.” made of planks, which are fitted to the walls, | youa agin driver?*’ “NO, sah! “f | vateh chain, moch; better san gold; vestae kk They are considered more auravion ean Qn this question the Issue would probably have | thin’; en needer €o he owe am, en ra on | meeting at a point up stream, and held down | Wat in de ranks!” was the indignant fepiy. «'| mako you tink. Suppose you are out wis | moreexpensive than the rears fon ee ca ae iy ICS Eg by a standard resting on the Dridgeand agatec, | War Tight dar_at ” “Waitta’, on de | frlends, you look at your vaten vith gold chain, | The works are not able to fill the Ordena” aoe fam der oon house, ‘wat bizness 18) ay ee jatnst | hospital?” “tN 75 An de commissary | id you say it 1s 10 o'clock. and you put him | company alone turned out at tness works BITTEN bY A RaTrLEsNakE.—A- little grand Rabbit? Dat w’at I like ter know.’ She spe ot thearch. By this means he man- | « a gab! I war tn de fight.” | back; zat is all. But suppose you have chain | about $70,000 worth of car wheels In ApaL— | daughter of Major Russeil, of Anderaon ages his scows afloat, and to bring loads | --Benind a log?’ (0, sah” “Did you havea | of madame’s hair, zen you remember; you say Keystone Courter. county, 8. C.. while playing In the yard was Gebris down from the Tey of the | gnn?” “Yes, sabi” “War it loaded?” “Yes, | it ts 10 o'clock, yere is my wite wali for ‘A Woman appeared ata Rook Ielana hi tat bitten in the foot by a No pe. Baltimore and Galo Fallroad degot, and the | abi” “an” you fired te off” “i did, aan; ot | We, 1 shall go; ches mot’ Vehall so howe engoged a roam and asked ts have ner oreeee | clad. Was 10 che neigh ri ie igey and nearly adjast themselves to | sans te Was pinted ae ea at ds aky2” No, sent Up when Ne arrived. A sleek young raau | remeay to appixe DE eK. ‘Darhaln adentist, The disch. Py zs tho sab; It was fed at de inemy.' De vate Smminc Butt a Bap Neiaus0n—A - came, inquired if his slater was there, and remedy to apply. Dr. 4 a uelr i gel aig pon av. | 2d fo'most7” “No san” “An’ it Peat oft?” | keeper at Qu’ Appelle writes to the Winnipeg | Was shown te her apartment. A bottle of | Greenville, 8. C.. bappened. to be Present, large six foot sewer ranulng up mand | gay esto dat eae eee arappedt | -Lean't | (Manitoba) Free Press: “We aredatty feeling | Wemerorn oyaher SPariment. | Thing heata | Suds with Tare coursge, applied his itps vo th Kepeeot rumen, | Wotta? Seie'Caae ay tad’ Ze Buy | ,cumvnne mg Bt ay | Latina gaauraraganire | Fob edaee acters fh ae SERY i cpmtany dowiag and aera | Cant 'Wane Bua auevoudscimsotnt | Heath Puc amepia tenon | EaT wren otaraie Gtsenee is | mes eos Toca bow recoreng 8 ! com among ‘unt! ven. bin eae aera as very free use of the Potomuc water on the line | dis crowd an’ pariend dat wed de Union, | Supeequentiy 1 ‘was compelled. to Mastee Gas | YOURE rT Re nae, sObwed ont | crzep uy a SriDmR—On ot of its drainage. eg namie runs up Ii of grad | noble red man out of tne pl ‘as they hadre- | that: Pm a Methodist preacner. I am realty; | Week Charles B. Jelfison,; sou of Frederick avenue, and crosses diagonally inte the Ju- het? Go ated their contract about leaving. When th.” He told th, tor | Jelligon ‘ord, Me., was bitten'by a pe oy 3a ar 2 as you | J reti from dinner there was arash about | he was the Rev. ‘rancis Meredith, a | back . ths effects of which he died. siront aia Cane @ straight line Just = | the shop, and I thougnt they meant mischief, | remarkably Pastor of a church’ ar | OD Tuesday morning, when the boy came out. her of @ aud sth streets, where it mares wine gran; | volver in tay pocket ai tho tine, t'wee a's) | Bapsn® clly, and the'woman was 8 deagon's | of Me roam, Ne infan rds nace was taxon of J iP 10 | wife. 7 angle up G to 6th, and another curve around Sitting Bull's the other and saw the bite, which was. over nis eyes. oe Spee . ‘straight course to aon York i a rather gond-tooking white gin, them. A celebrated Lyons physician, M. Mcutain, | It ty : aod UPeiday ter called : sufficient this Americans, Barns, Hamittton, acaptive. They captured her sue colors a time "3 tao was ipa Sremmeer eek Soe coe seeGants aig | Eee ta aad Wats tae | Gemtdt errant sa! rane Ow | taeene nama: Nee tee ike a water famine coald exist in that direc- lish ia ie the weed. ihornlug.—aveion Post. —

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