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THE EVEN PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, At The Star Building, SW. Corner Pexustivanis Av. ani fich St, ay tue EVENING STIR NEWSPAPER COMPINY. re to their sub A District at Tex CANT: FxR counter. Two CENTS. * Pree Bellare, One Ftc Ne papers are scat frum the ier R—psblished on Friday ane -ahalf « year. ENTS ren xosTa. Copies | i For Martixe —Three Mosths. One Dollar H . Bise the owner y were ji mall pocaten tahoe roll s wich heavy, Diack The trimming {Starts Darton wr a i | Black sith beaver chapeaar, with gauze veils at tached and the Spee, der toehes high, wit! smal! spur » p. | Tee bebas ose > or ee email yO + a seatarial or wlleh tho bent ce They are anacde scparale ‘ ‘teckel . The WOOD AND COAL. Coan at 98.30 rer TON, 2.240. we now en the way a large lot of best quaiity aloe WS UTE Ail Coal charge stoves. Twilldaliter her Sule per gs x All other kinds of Coal . proportionate dow pric » | Y¥ STEWAR corner H amd 12th, nedo-tf Woon AND COAT. THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETWN 10 | AND COAL COMPANY jave now completed their shipments of Coal, and af Coal will well, wiz: | thew large stock of = LYK ENS VALLEY, EAST FRANKLIN RED ASH. CENTRALIA LOCUST MOUNTAIN WHITE (4SH SHAMOKIN KEV 45H, Crear, For Caen ONLY. Aino. HICKORY, O46, AND PINE WOOD, Se any quantity, citber by the cond, sawed, or sewed and split Gur (floes two doors from the corner of 12, y street north. i« in charce of WM A. BE ett whe will eld Weed ap ay quantities cash. and receive ork the Company, and will anmect no other busin: 5 at way pT FOWLER. Treas. HOTELS. yd street. december with first at moderate rates. FP HILL. Proprietor " Tux ARLINGTON HOUSE. This new and magnificent Hotel will be o pened for guests on o about the 15th of November. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 400 GUESTS. HAS FORTY SUITS OF ROOMS, With W ater-closet) rooms attached. Also, = and Bath- & PASSENGER ELEVATOR. THE JOHNSON HOUSE, attached to the Hotel. will be fitted up asa Restan- pened abou: it the ke = esting in the vicinity of the Hotel can be sone, > J estrows of ¢ Rooms at the Arling- please sv ly te hi . aa ted _ hief C1 wl ye Hotel. caidas T. ROESSLE & SON, nov 1 im Proprietors, ALLY .cexcept Sunday JaMOUST VERNON, touching ad ria. Forts Foo fini a White Houre and. Ton she CY AES PY Aes SYRES, an Z-tt omer EDUCATIONAL. ETHCOP AL SCHOOLS, connected with the c arch of the Incarnation, BOYS’ SCHOOL, M street north, between loth and Nth, JOHN A. GRAV! Principal. Me HOUL ‘Yo! Ith street. near M street, Miss MAC LEOD, Principal Circalas from the principals, at the book stores or fr Rector. Rev. KW. LOWKIE, 472 M st. north. als-e2m *HEGARY INSTITUTE, 1.527 and 1,529. Aree street, Philadelphia, _. English and French, for young P Ruailing and Day Sebool, will reopen A hb. French i; of fom langu: September ait " iy and je constantly Yd ete MADAM WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT AY PECTION cK L UND SUPERIOR HAND SEWED BOOTS. SHOES, GAITERS, &c. FOR LADIES. GENTLEMEN ¥, MISS AND CHIDKEN S WEAK H. BURNS & €O., 340 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Near 9h street, Adjoining Cochran & Co's. no T 6t Hat and Fur Store. 1840 ESTABLISHED IN 1840 Furs: Furs: Furs: All the NEW STYLES OF CHOIOE AND ELE GANT FURS, for Ladies and Children. B74 large assortment to select from. SF Prices Moderate. Every article warranted fresb made yor gres Il at the old established Pe © great bargains call at Be rte ‘nog-12t* 132 Bridge st.. Georgetow: IANO TUNING AND REPAIRING. § Pianos. now of a. lL. Wik! & BKO.’S PIANO STORE, He. 407 ish street. (west ) y lvania, ‘and yennay lv an: w ine Instruments also Repaired. Tuned, and for sale. 'B7 Pianos for sale, rent or exchange. packs moved. ett -< are ta Free FLOUKH Receipts direct from the mill, with orders to sell at Market Bates. BAKERS, ATTENTION! Aesortment Large! Price Low! TO ALL PURCHASERS. One Barrel er Thousands, at LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES, by 6 W.M GALT & co. C noss & WAausn, MEAL BSTATE BXCHANGE & BROKEKS, Ro. 327 PENN’A AVENUE, South side, Between 6th and 7th streets west. SAML CROSS, aps ly Jas. W. WALSH. : SaaS 170? wise SALOON, UNDER METROPOLITAN HALL, Puxw s AVENUE, NEAR Di TH SrREET Weer. BOBRGE BAUER, Propriewr. from 6a.m.tol2 p.m. The Bar is stocked Wines, abd Ales, wits reg Ltrs Wipes, and ee ely 3 SILVER WARB. xX and Heures raghe wine aol a3 s rH: westery BOE EE EES, STEWway & so exalt, UOTE RR » SQUA AND UPRIGHT PTAN ig new complete, and we ure receiving additions by every steamer. sote agente ot Went; METZEROTT Hamline Cabio-t Ores” | Cholie, Summer Complaint, Dyspepsia, Dysentery, | Asthma, and Rheumatiem, it will cure in one night, ewly furnished throughont. 1 je and Washington, Marshall ‘Va., returning to with fall yerticalars can be obtained ore rmerly Tuner of Knabe's and sub- side.) between’ E street. still gives — Bepairing Pianos. SPECIAL PERRY DAVis’ PAIN KILLER, Asan internal remedy, has no equal. In casés of NOTI - Washington News and Gossip. by taking it internally. and bathing with it freely, Tt isthe best liniment in America. Ets action is like magic when externally applied to bad sores, burns, seakds and ius. For the sick headache, and toothache, don’t fail to try it. Ie abort, it fea Pain Killer. od ‘bo 23-Im PERSONS WHO ARE GRAY Can bave their hair restored to its patural color, and if it bas fallen out,create @ new growth, by De HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER. fe the best HAIR PRESSING in the world, making lifeless, stiff, brashy hatr, healthy, soft, ad Blowey. Price $1.00. For sale by all druggists. kev Hala if CO. Nashua, N- Hl Propristors. Bo INTERNAL Revenve—The receipts to-day from this souree were €613.064.95. , THE Ways AND Means CommittRE has been discussing the tariff on coal. Sux aror BrowNvow will arrive here on Fr- day evening with his wife. Lumet. GM. Hexen has been ordered to command the Triana now at the Washington Navy Yard. Cartas Gronck H. Cooven has been or- dered to hold himself in readiness to command the Colorado. Carrary E.T. Nicuons has been ordered to hold himself im readiness for duty as chief of staff of the Asiatic Heet. THe Covrr or Crants meets next Moudqay. There are three hundred and two cases on the dockets. Josrru Wanner, Esq., a fourth-ctase clerk in the Register’s office, resigned his position yeste day, to take effect on December 3ist. ‘ ra SELES PT, sie lend ic ir Dve is 0 the world; the t and 4 Teliahle, ietattantn to Aegon rienens and leaves the Hair soft amd eaatful, BLACK On BROWN. Sold by all Dru: and Pei ‘and Py aw homeidebai ATIONAL THEATRE. Spelding & Rapley... soseemeseeneeeP rOprictors. GRAND GERMAN OPERA. wena, GSU BETS. ARMING OPERA BLANCH THe MCG ARRARAN CararoRsta Lap Case. ‘The Secretary of the Interior will take this cas¢ to the Untted States Supreme Court on writ of error, it is stated. Sewator Fentow, who is now in Paris, is not in good kealth, and in consequence his returs te United States has been delayed. He is expected to leave for home about the 10th of December. Tue NAVAL Stary anp Link Boarp ad- Jjourned to-day, having failed to come to asatis- factory conclusion of controversy as tothe status of staff officers. The difficulty will likely'be settled by Congress. wit VUPERA HUUSE. ‘hs ¢ Renowned Comedian and Pantomimist, GEORGE L. Fox, GRORGE L. Fox, Sopgerted & his Brother C. K..and FULL PAN IME COMPANY, of the Oijmpic Theatre, 8 York, including the wonderful APPOINTED BY THE PREaIDENT.—The Prési- dent has appointed Thomas H. Talbot, of Maine, to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States in place of T. J. Dickey resigned. Mr. Talbot kas been clerk in the Attorney Gen- eral’s office for several years past. Disratcnres received at the Navy Regt ment this morning from Rear Admiral Rewan, commanding the Asiatic Squadron, announces that the Idaho was caught in a typhoon and dis- masted, and that she will be laid up at Yoko- hama as astoreship. The health of the squad- rou was goed. PosTat CLenks.—W. H. Asken has been pro- moted from assistant postal clerk to clerk on the DAY EVENING, December 2, Inti Combed Pama ne 0 his Com an tomime o HUMPTY DUMPTY AND HICKORY DICKORY DOCK, Produced in most complete style; Scenery. Trick and Properties having been transported from New York with the Company. numbering togrengettne 9B rien BOX PLAN, for securing seats for any ni week in advance. I) be found at the Music Store of John F. Ellis. Extra Charge. Ore! ay Se cars between New York and Washington, in the no 2-1 place of W. 1. Barr, removed, and G. B. Pen- RARE nington, of Baltimore, hax been appointed to the A sient with vacancy thus created. SHAKSPEARE AND MENDELSSOHN " ——- Tur Kimperty-Borier Suit Postroxrp— The case of the Messrs. Kimberly Brethers, of SISTED BY THE Baltimore, instituted against General B. F. ER ORCHESTRA Butler, to recover damages tor alleged extortion, ov THE &e., while the defendant was in command at Fortress Monroe during the rebellion, has been further continued uutil the 6thof April next. BALTIMORE PEABODY ACADEMY OF MUSIC, (SEVENTY. FIVE (75) SOLOISTS.) will render “MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S D: Bit all of Shakapeare’s Text and ‘Mendelssotm’s jusic, at LINCOLN HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1869, (positively for this occasion only. BF Tickets of Adm! ($1.8, (no extrac! e Pl abe RT Seek eerie go Bue. =< aan nold-tf 1) Goma 8 Lp ee 5 ae DANCING D- Estrect, between 9th and Wh streets. A Profesor L.G. MARINI respectfully an nounces that his second quarter's tuition in dancing will commence TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1869. For particulars apply at the Academy nem lw 200 OL PAINTINGS! For sale andon Free Exhibition at BARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. A large anmber of MODERN PICTURES | suitable | for Holiday its will them. No. 23: Penna. avenne, between 12th and 13th streets; south side, over LAMB'S Looking Glass and Picture Frame Kstablishment. iia sik No. 466) ON E BITION \No. 486 bard fae Tt ote. ATM. ERS, { Srmssr. ° venth street, Person at.—Hon. C. W. Hamlin and Hon. T, W. Osborn, of Florida, and Hon. H. H. Stewart, of New York, are at the Ebbitt. Lord Waterpark and Lord Berkeley Paget, of ‘Witlard’s. are at Hon. John C. Breckinridge, and his sons, Clifton K. and J. Cabell, arrived here this morning, and are at the Ebbitt. ae | Repvcriox ov THE PuBiic Dent—From the 11th of May, 1869, to the 25th of November, the amount expended by Secretary Boutwell in pur- chasing bonds was $89,282,272 13, their nominal face value being $75,478,800. Such is the exhibit made in the tertheoming repert of Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer. He has added to his Teport several pages on the subject of redacing the debt, showing that if purchases continue to be made as begun, adding on the accrued inter- est, the public debt will be wiped out in thirteen years. Tux Baxisuvent or HEBREWS IN RUsSIA. ‘The President yesterday afternoon laid the ap- peal of the delegation of Israelites who waited e igtren, eodd Feliows’ Hall, on him, as stated inTne STarof last evening, Shetce of " ings., Chromos, #¢- | before the Cabinet, and it was agreed that the Shades Picture, Cord’ ani Tas. | Czar of Russia be interceded with on behalf of ci ae in the District. these banished people. By direction of the Pre- “en A fame and Number. ap 2%-ly | Sident the Secretary of State will transmit a rs ,. MOXLEY FS ~ | copy of the appeal to the Russian Minister aad B ces rene sire OS atdicr adore r, Li | one to Minister Curtin, at St. Petersburg. The COSTUMER appeal will be accompanied by a letter suggested FOB FANCY AND MASQUE BALLS, ror 5 iN AND CHIL- JMAsevenave costr: LADIES, CET ahD uLDEEN. C cice 489 2th street, by the President, asking that the appeal will be favorably considered by the Russian Emperor. Tue Direct Tax APPORTIONED TO THE STaTES.—The following States and Territories have by actof their respective legislative bodies assumed the payments of the direct tax appor- tioned to them under the act of Congress ap- proved August 5, 1861, viz :—All the New Eng- land States, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Minne- sota, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Washington, California, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The direct taxes paid by any State into the Treasury of the United States have not been refunded or paid back. SEVEN PER CENT. FIRST CLASS GOLD CIPAL PAYABLE IN GOLD IN FIFTY PRINCIPAL PA’ ee INTEREST FAME ON DON” (Y SE") uy pearic Dest—The following is a state- ment of the public debt of the United Statesas shown by the books of the Treasury Departineast to-day: Debt Bearing Interest in Coin FREE OF UNITED STATES TAXATION, ISSUED BY THE o Bonds st oper cont... pacer aw BURLINGTON, CEDAE RAPIDS AND MIN- | ,,, 5 arinc interest in Lawful WESOTA RAILWAY (04 Srrtentey at Spe om Tone” Sty pension fond. acne sphonmenet 14,000,000 00 ‘ BEIXG 4 mn om 61.1960 @ bp ay — Sinmensd~edevonse EE ey | Betced aod ‘legal tou” ou esiteengeee 386,118.28 50 ‘ SHa85 564 6S @ONVERTIBLE SINKING FIRST MORTEAGE OY SECURED BY THE . Branches. Grounds, Rolling Stock, metcieaeenens aes the Company. A FIBST CLASS INVESTMENT, CURRENCY NEAKLY TEN YAEL DING CANE PRR ANNUM. . TRUSTEES: 4 J. EDC THOMSON , of Philadelphia, Pa., CHARLES L. FEOST, of New York City. Financial Agents for the sale of the Bonds, HEXEY CLEWS & @0., 32.Wall Street, New Neves, thy poses Roca Seam bo Dheatand ps: BS. Ons. 2- crued interest, of LEWIS JOHNSON & CO., Bapkers, iv Penngytvania arene and wih strect, ashingion ‘The statement of bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad companics, interest payable in money, shows totals as follows: Amount IDWELL & BESDERSON, - ovina gnae y dhs, . iZ0 TURE oon s Ne, 04 ‘Rinse re . ac. we cious at abort notion, Sept ee Eos pspis camens Bais soawis. 4 . bach end Severe; ro A Deantifel assortmen! Just recetved, apd will be eld cheep 20 comm HOUR & BRO. TRE NEW IMPROVED 4 STEWART COOKING STOVE. | standing, Interest accrued and not THE BEST IN THE WORLD, ; Particg Siting ap should Buy this Bove in’ prefer interest paid by the United States, —__—_- ee ————-— ‘ Labor Congress in DECEMBER 1. 1869. b TWO CENTS. treme cl } Tied will soon demand an | test. Itts a serioas al and im positive Anjw Natural freedom and grace of | to those who wear very * PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE TREASURY EXTENSION. Repert of Supervising Architect M _EVENING STAR. | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, The National Beard of Trade. Fr Ilia, presidiug. Church. Thos. W. Metance, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, deliver, Imerease of Salaries Recommended. ‘ — Cheap Labor va Peer Labor. A. B. Mallett, Esq.” Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, in his annual report, Just finished, says that the business of bis office has greatly increased during the past only inthe number and importance ings h® course 6f construction, wh entlomen Were elected nis of the National Boardet Trade of BaRimore; Avery Plummer - Hazard, ot Battles Geo. Opdyke. . the duties of this office ar r They now embra purchase, sale, and su estate belonging to, or ander ‘Treasury Department, exc: preparation of cle~igns, estimates fons for buildings; the ir constriction; the repairs and jmprove- ment, the furnishing, lighting, and heating of ¥ completes; and the construction and supply of all vaults and sates used by the Bu 4 L._R. Shryock, of St holin, of Charleston, A ion was rater from | the jegraph Company, tenderir the free use of its telegraph lines to members of during ridge, of New and W. L. Tren- those already com comamunicati Western Union Tel: Phe report says;—'Greatembarrascment has etienced by the system of parti 1 t appropriations heretofore for the erection or completion of. pu' It paralyzes the mpelling it to make contracts bor supp materints plece-meat, inereases the contin itures. by causing frequent suspensio and délays the government in the use of building, thereby compeili ital far temporary accon interest on the amount nld be very, decided advanta; nging this manneror making « determined upon by ee Rusa Wants Our Cotten Trade. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. St. Perersnurse, Dec. 1.—A delegation wait- ed ow Prince Gortschakoff yesterday in relation to thesubject of establishing cotton fields and cotton trade at Khiva, Bokhara, and elses in the Asiatic possessions of Russia, in order w be able to successfully compete with the Uhited The Prince promised his support te the { —--—e--- = Napoleon's Speech not Liked Wech. legraphed Ezclusively to The Evening Sar. > Dec. 1—The various rpms letters rs to-day én the opening of the fell fiat, and that the Bablic |. The more the speech Jess it is liked. penetra ors Ne Hope of Mr. Ri ery. Exclusively to the Evening Ster. Richardson, w! icFarland, is slowly sinking, an there is no rational hope 3 mg the payment dations, besi limit.of expenditures for completing shouid at once be placed at the ditposal of the Secretary, to be expended .as fast as the neces- e work demaud.” ‘THR TREASURY EXTENSION. After speaking of the campleti wing of the Treasury buikling and the improve- ments in the other wings, Mr. Motlett says : jesire t renew my recommendation that jiously introduced behind e dispensed with, and the orginal design carried out, or the depth of the reduced to that ot the north front. ‘would also strongly recommend that the unsight- , that so seriously impairs the beauty front, be removed, and the area re- duced to a proper width. This would alxoenable slight expense, of the ad- i Its that are —— ground passage for the removal of ashes, Riso much needed. ‘Some minor changes to im- Prove the ventilation af the of its occupants. ly recommend that this fine building be @ompleted by the rebuildin, The stone of which lly decomposing; its rooms are small, ill- . worse ventilated, and of little vy: it must at no distant day be reconstructed the entire structure completed in a suftabl satisfactory manner. I desire to renew my recommendations for the condemnation of a strip of land on the east side treet, between New York and Penns vi- ‘and the lowering of the grade of the avenue on the north of the that is the chea) in the mornin, skylight, so inj the south portico, the construction, at Telegraphed Badusively to The Evening Sar. ‘Panis, Dec. 1.—It is reported thet M. Guizot bas an interview with the Emperor every morn- building are re- SEER. WY ees Distimguished Arrivals at “the Hub.” Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Mele Boston, Dee. 1.—Generals Gilmore, H. G. Wright, Lyman, and C. D! Ste art.arrived in this city last night by the of the old east is constracted is soe FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Government Securities. ‘Wasuincrox, Dec. 1, 1969 —Jay Cooke & Co, furnish the following quotations of Government treasury grounds, believi and most satisfactory soltition of the lem presented by the unfortir thei cent the subject, a remedy that_would prove e ing the building to the level of the avenue on the north, which, more Costly, and its resulls. . The garth the excavaiton T 865. ctually, save rais Five-twenties, Jan. and July, Five-twenties, Jan. and July, Five-twenties, Jan. and July, ’68 Ten-forties be’ obtained by mach needed for the imp reservation immediately south of the gronnds 5-20's, In&Iy, 97 ..113 4 % 5-20's, In& Jy, 68... 113 | 6 nearty or quite In this comectiou I desire to call spe- ion to the improvements south of the Tienda, néw in progress unde: ‘al N. Michler, Su ublic Buildingsand Grounds a hope that sufticie: to enable him to and continue the commenced, by converti now extend from : Mansion to the Capitol into a continuous p which can be done at 4 merely nominal expe CHEAP LABOR POOR LAnoR. After reviewing the ‘condition of the varioux . throughout the country, the By Bankers" ana Brokers’ Telegraph, James“ M. Lewis Johnson & Co. quote stocks and bonds in home and foreign markets as follows: arenes £ Ee C01 ; Es ‘Coupon, 110%; 520s, 1865, coupon, 11134; 5-20's, new, 1865, coupon, 11334; 5-20's 1468, co custom-houses, & report concludes ax follows: “The additional labors imposed upon this office the past year have been transac’ ight increase in the clerical force, and it at pleasure to bear testimony to the general efficiency, fidelity, and willingness of the employes of this ’ office. ire once more to cal quate compensation pai as possible that the sal ment should be ,at In this connection [ nd to urge asstrongly paid by the Govern- F equal to those allowed by private parties for similar duties. Cheap la- bor, as a rule, is poor labor, and the Govern- ment will find in a series of years that it obtains no more than it pays for. It cannot be expected that employes who are y American Si; Merchants’ Union weak. Gold, 1214 0122. ‘By Ci Lonpon, Dec. ot erel ir families in a proper manner, will be zealous for the interests of the govern. ment, or feel themselves called upon to make unusual exertions in its behalf. exidence that the salaries at present point to the or the number of candidates. mit, are sufficiently numerous, but I respectfully submit that the government has no right to avail itself of the poverty or incompetency of th its scale of wages. m.—Cotton market tirmer and more active. Sales 10,000 bales. Middiing Uplands, 12; Middling Orleans, 12%. a ‘The Markets Te-Day. Exclusively to The Evening Star. Battimone, Dec. 1.—Cotton very frm; low Middlings, 2434. Flour in ard street super, $4.7! family, #6:25a87.25; City Mills suj family, S7a%8.75; Western su- 8. 86.20%) demand; How- ; white, 90c.; yellow, 95 Jig dull at siag1-05. retained. Underpaid and dissatistied clerks are certainly more easily tampered with than those who are properly renumerated, and who feel that their positions are ‘and desirable. and { believe that the present iiliberal scale of ces tends wo promote mud e Courage incompetency. r BattrMonx, Dec. 1. bid, 45 asked; do. 1366, New haere Dec. 1.—Stocks weak and unset. fetzty. 0's, 1a,’ “tortd Carolina 0,00 o- Carolina 6’s, old, 40 4; New York, Dec. quiet and unchanged. New Oonetrte- clerk ‘of the Hi Oxx of the most sadly curious letters is that re pactass “fathers Bala se. Vav- fi the “Don't @ ever put on one of his- or-enything that him? thst Venderpedt ree Tue court at Omaha, Nel g ; i u ‘ nett fiz ite i that the city officers ti i a i til ie : in-door wear. et Se Eeyeenc ce cene | tm fare sake much of am Ohfoct ogee i . ' Rtmest it can de for them New York and Paris Fashions for December. Fro ae —— Slayed with sensible, refined women: [From our Pashion Correspondent.) ij Sodus a3 woah ethan, New York, November, 1809.—!m the pride of | our civilization, and onr superior christian | windom, We Took down with contempt upor'thove | a3 cricr than lart season; trained and even demi ignerant and barbarous nations who stil] create | trained dresses are wholly reserved for evenmye out of wood and stone those idols that they } urar. ‘There t mo cha worship, and wonder Row they still live, genera- | of the ekirieexcept tien after generation the subject of a blind and | Tle at the sides. foolish superstiion. But J begin —_ be doubtrul rn A are so much wiser after all—it our idols, | Born in the hodye as In then h made of less material substances are not | throated boddt Skirts of housé dresses may be made walking Jepgth or slightly trained, but they are mach fe the painted | taste men the ggomenade, ities of the Chinese and the Hindoo. They | ¢MUrcly biddep by the cloak ce themselves upou the altar of tbe dellar political_prejudice, women. of fashion, | crite indoor ordinary ‘wear. in and custom: ne gods of women are more ae m thow of old Rome. They spent making the pretty idols at fer themselves ap. Wel ing tohave created a s tiem whose laws are universally acce| jufiex: ble as tho of the Medes and Pe: HOLIDAY PRESRES, latter bave frequentis a puff at the or ‘The modistes are very busy now, preparing | pleating at the cloow aed deep ‘cuff, whieh i the tollotecs to be worn at the hotiduy festivities, | real, not simulated at the waist. Shich formso important « feature of the senso) EW STYLES OF COLLAR. ghee ge pe aeaiens for —— — Quite a revolution has been effected in lingers it presen! le, is somethin feartul. uJ . flouhces, the Over divers, the paniers, the sash, | ™* least so far as collars are concerned, the the boddice, the bisque or jacket, are all sep- | Simple little linen collars which have beer ~ arate, one from the ether, and all x0 elaborate | long worn haye been displaced by Valenciennes that cach oue occupies the time im making of an | Tufties, by stifl Ince cults, im the Rlisabetban old fashioned gown. The result is picturesque | style and by large stomacher collars compares! and fanciful In the extreme, Dat the time ef | of imerted needlework, alternating with litue ‘women who cannot afferd to pay dressmaker’ | puffings of lace and finished with narrow fluted prices is nearly all absorbed in bringing it about. | frills of Valenciennes. The only linen collars The latest style of saskes forms a sort of basque | that are used are narrow at the back and have at the back, instead of simple ends ag formeriy. | square corners turned in front This dasqae, composed of three ends, roand, | with a fine fluted rufMfe of square or pointed, the third falling over and be- | which is deft ey ing much shorter than the other two, is sur- | with the corners in 1 by wings or double fans of the pleated | used in lace and, by a rnching placed across the | a stomacher is added, whic! + by afold which loops it, and ferms imparts e stylish appearance ng Line. oe the latent models of costumes, some of | of boddice and not only stand up, bat out which are very original, one for a dinner dress | from the throat. They are sometimes spade of is a ruby . ‘The anderskirt‘is short and | Valenciennes edging added to fine clear muslin. plain, with the exception of reckinge ef black | Piain hemmed muslip is used for mourning. lace, ee aad lar intérvals across the HOLIDAY GIFTS. cron; She een 4 aca train, | ‘The stores are beginning to display the usual and is trimmed all around with a rich flounce of caning — lack chantilly lace, headed by two ruchings of | S*0rtment of beautiful holiday goods. Among dlack lace. boddice forms a low casaque, *hich ix cut down to a Vin front, and is fin’ | light fire-gilt xtamds ; filagree cepter * or the 1 Square A bow is used to ornament ves, or au epantette, turned up over the sho: Vand -ae | oe over the sleete as hereto iam | Jore. Potted and plaim cont sleeves are the principal styles used tor house dremes. The F g i | i 3 also, ished round the neck with alittle cape, which | hands, which bold bottles, and # lily shaped deepens, but is open upon the shoul; The 7 casaque forms two side paniers, and s coat front, maned Tuchex of biack lace; Toilet dott! vases from the long sleeves, trimmed to form cuffs, with lace | slender finge: bem & Fy ruffles inside. A tulle handkerchief, laid in | to the elaborate branches and plateaug arranged folds, and worn inside the boddice, anda large | for a grand table, constitute with the dlack crom suspended froma velvet ribbon, com- | boxes and perfumery a per a the Pletes the costume. holiday specialties.” Fancy boxes for Ton tone A very handsome dress of blue silk shot with | are seld in immense quantities, and are much gold wax made plain, skirt bound with blue satin, | more mnable in than, were for- Raphael boddice trimmed with blue satin and | merly.+'A new idea consists of the imi- white lace, antique sleeves with double rutties | tations of bread rolls, eucumbers, melons, cauli- of white lace, and small round panier of blue | flowers, app peaches, and the like, which are satin trimmed with gold fringe. teed Instead of xes to fll with sugar or A charming dress of rose-colored satin quite | with the chocolate beetles, cock , ete, plain, with trained skirt and low boddice, wax | and whieh, together with ther completed by a tunic of white China crape, | infinite fun and merriment among people desir- trimmed with white silk fringe, crimped. A | ounof being pleased. dinner dress for a Jeane eeiren, was of violet Gift cups and saucers are now purchased in shot silk, trimmed with biack velvet, and very | plain porcelain, and elegantly ted with rich black chantiliy lace. The skirt was orna- | the monogram of the recipient done to order. mented with two flounces, looped up high with Sexxy JUNE. avery large band of blnek velvet: “The boddice - twee | = ent square very Jow, and trimmed to ‘Washington. mitch the Marie Aumtolnetic sleeve, was fin. | Members of Comerens im ith deep rafMies of lace, below which SENATO! tties of Honiton lace. A ruttie of Honi- | Hon. Scucynen Courax, View ton lace was set up on a@ wire inside the boddic: tod Asset of dusky Abbysinaian gold is worn this dress, including’a necklace contai — _ strands, to which a gol lecket is a tached. ‘What is called 2 “Pompadour™ toilet has a shirt trimmed to the waist with narrow pinked out flounces of blue and pink silk, arranged eC. Cal, ort: He 5 ternately. ‘The low square boddice is of blue, immed wins bien and pink ruches and a pi | oor e ler of th fate. ‘yaisage ip be | Of black velvet erisemed | Masten; pith narrow flounces and ruchés of Black silk. rancais _* cu! and revers of corded.silk. Ruffles’ at the ‘neck ° white antique lace. Pt eet A simple evening dress of white trimmed with three tlounees one put on with a heading and a binck ribbon velvet. ‘The upper skirt is up at the side with a large bow of black : pi et leeves ruffied at the elbow and boddice cut in | SM eee mantle ornamented with gold and silk . Another dress of pearl grey silk Was worn, Se ne anaes in white and gold and bordered with gold fringe. SILK AND SATINS POR EVENING WEAR, Toilettes that make a great display are often not so very costly after all. Very nice looking satin, in all the pretty shades of color, can be bought for #2 yard. Of course they are not all pure silk; They ‘are linen backed, but they serve their very well, and form a very ‘sey ergnng tet in all the silks, of a q in al bright gas light colors, can be Suelo es ens cee ae nee, mn wear better than heavier silks LINE. Stok Tenn. $4 Sixth et. Re ee ss0e- peepee: aa arr aage yimate y tet Tae Wixrer Soreey oF Deak memerd fo ‘merican Insti for ‘an- New York, and as they now form partof the | th coal now delivered at from material, lady readers may like | the Pi ‘lvania mines is admitted to be about, ‘ennsy! .} how the: with the ar- | 400,000 tons less than last at this ume, Hele. ‘They are composed of silk and wool, and ‘communication look like the famous Irish ins, ex- | closed, or is about uxt claim to be of the best quality, and fully equal | will be in every respect to foreign fabrics of the same | per day where - a . none fe FUR-TRIMMED SUITS. been cost of New and very rich winter costumes are made ore, gma, a. in satin and velvet, trimmed with fur. The | the coal from thelr mines, underskirt, of satin, is bordered with velvet Siar the Serie raltvond during the winter, headed with ruchi , | delivered atthe new dock of ii R Ld Es i S8aix one , commencing to-morrow, by which agrees average of about 4900 tone Seu ‘day during the year Wes Fn ; | 5 ay i f i : i i i i i | af

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