Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1876, Page 3

posit: ~ stered the window. DISCONTENT. [@arat 0. Jewett, in Mt. Nicholas for Foorwary.) Down fn & felt ove da: Jane, + Tue tt all blow togetuer, Bave oue, whe tried to pide herself, Aud drooped, that plasaut weather. robin who had sorret too high, d felt w little iazy, Testing near x bitter enp, Who Wished she were a dalsy. For catstes grow so trig avd tall She always bat a passion For weariug ‘rill~ ab ut her neck An Just the daisies’ fashion. And bottercaps must al The same old tireso: : im xe id th's sud young flower, no: mind trying To find a+ ice white frill for me, Some day, when you are dyin “Yon silly thin. Tthiok st be crazy! Vd rather be my houest seit ‘Thao any mate up daisy. the robin said; “You're nicer In your own bi The little eblidren love you Be the best battercap you can, And think no flower above you. “Though swallows leave ne out of sight, We'd betier keep oar places; Perhaps the world would all go wrong With one too maay daisies. “Look bravely up into the sky, And he content with knowing Thot Got wishet for a batterenp Just bere where you are growlo ——__~.2e--___—_ OLPULNS HOLIDAY STORY, [John Lacy, jr., in London Dramatic News.) I teil you, Burt, this business must be Gone to-aight, Ain’tL master of the show? if I'll stand the nonsense of this a Britisher any longer!” il try my luck wiih his little En: y #i the same time,” { heard M d Burt out of the hall. AL could eau? Perhaps I migotn’t have been too stratght- laced. 1 had been too long tu the profession for that. e dar® allusion to tne bright F company at onee filled me Maybe you've seen the swaying himself right ANXIOUS Expectation of catching ugfromhis keeper! Weil, “t me to sprit out to sway to and iro tn @ similar - and to sem! a quick glance throuch door at the retreating figures of ail and Bar l see the suow lay thick on the and, and it was yet snowing. And across > Leould just make out ke tthe open door of y.. Then the stage coor was si and sheuld b: in compte: shad not a fa tfrom aw 2 SOME 1 help being won indeel by Bes- ? I eoulda’t for one. There was such a tender, trustfal look in her taughiog blue eyes that one was compelle! to su der at etion. She was frank to th: of Mirting, 1 now and then thougat, favored by her smiles F i I sometimes felt an u fortable feeling come over me when Mart poor man! bewildered over head and ¢a with hard work, seemed to neglect L of a wife, and ‘e Me Dougall more op nities than was prudent of being in Bess company. McDougall, it could not be denied. wa: a goed looking, well-dressed man. bisattentions were agreeable to B whether she hegre | endured th bs ned reasons, I couldu'tquite m: ‘ie used generally to be close haudy she—onr one musician—deftly plied her 6 Dngers aud drew the sweetest music pass ve ae froin our rather crazy pian, while 1 went | tbrough the tricks w = every night to olphin” at E over the pages touk ae ing low, woul! always be wi her ear. Hat he g up to the bow de att enry felt pathy. Ine to do aught for whatever m ks of He m their brat S quiet ryt. most ceased to beat, 8 4nx- intent But for ail was silence. Twelve oeloci o'clock chi nel. The moonlight at leneth gleamed through | be window, lighting up my Little platforin and the canpou which surmonuted it, aad hitwas my crowning duty to fire as ale of my perfo a night. | rk hat not % struck when I | Jeet app t the window. Itwas the face of Burt. Evidently the “business” was about to be attempted by MeDougall's tool. I instinctively leapt oaton the stage. Sim- Blancousiy the window was raised by Burt, @nel he thrust his head in. My mind was instantiy made up. I convinced that this burzlartous visitation bored no goo! to Martin; and It flashed apon Ine there was only one means of awascuing Martin's friecd, Abram Lake. An inclined plank led up to my cannon. Up this I wobbied as Burt had almos« ea- Quick as thoaght I snap- ped at the string with my tecth apd gave a smart pull. The usual flash and report fol- lowed. And lookingup I had the sutts:ac- tion of seeing Burt, his face white with the scare, hastily gwithdraw his body througn tae window, and disappear rather mor. y than he came. The stage door was opened a minute la’ Happtiy my ruse had “ied. light of the lanter: round, tli does I “Wall Mas ja } Dolph L. - | nasi | 14s to te | rt | Vil just have asia Ss litic game they weru” n 2 hes gous crept up at—a tia P to thet wintow wiih a aS Jest @ colng tospeax in When fer scare him wi rouse! us the same time I le au Menryda be tt Betow - Amd all th you'll hey ex ster ¥, but you're yieg withou Dougall. toe show as ht in @ few words, La origina.!y the proverty of my go Bailey, an Englishman. I caine across to te states ay Lis mmnager, asa found that Mr. Bailey had e into partnership with this scoundrel McDougall, wo professed to know all the ins and ons ‘of the show busi- ness in this country. Bai Sted back to Engiand, left sas manadse:, 3 i mete re- be profits of every exhibition on . no sooner bat he sated Dougall tried all he knew to get the trely into hisown hands. He ost name in the bills and in the alver- nts. Over and over again ne has triet Possession of the treasury in fuil Over aud over again Ibave only frastrate! hos tricks by virtue of a magistrate's orter. We hata tu the threats he let drup. I ll make an attempt te re- Delph boldly before moraing. Heace is very Wrleome, indeed, Lake!” “Wal. sir. won't stop to tell you now what made offer you the help of Abram [ Lake If you'll flow my advice you'll jest | come back alorg with me to Dick Jaker’s | over the way shall be warmer than we arebyer. We will leave the door ajar ant | ke tel thedurned thiefet he tries iton again” Se I was somewhat easier when they de- or I know keen ears woultt be listen- og tor Burt's return, and I feit I could have & quiet doi wal i must have slept some hours. Seven | ceed mort g, Dorph, | proposal to dey | give Bie | Teese | All were good looking, som: | ments of precious st © clock struck when Iawoke. A little a’ter Ihe rd # door siam ie lane, and @ cheery in Mr. Martin's ‘a- Jitur voice, stole in at the wintow telliog F his waich was at end. ibere conid be notning to fear, surely, ow. It was daylight. The people rere 0 “mt about in the main street of He rs- hergh The sicigh-belis were ringing—rin. ing in Christmas, mayhap, for that evening “oald be Christmas eve, and I don’t min cor fesing the anticipation of @ good gla: of Christmas punch had something to do with my dozing off again—not for many minutes though!” I awoke with a hazy notion that some oue hal broken Into the hall. The next momest I was incompletedarkuess. Something had been thrown over my tab. In vain I at- terepted to thrast my head through. The tnb euveloped in matting, was lifted from the stage aud borne out of the hail in spite of my strnggles to escape. There could be 10 doobt I bad at lengih fatien into the hands of tve Phitistines, and was being ca-ried oi bo) y—whither I cond not imagine. * * ‘' £. & —« ‘We must have been fully two hours’ ¢rive fiom Henry burgh when an oa h escaped my drive: Beyond qoe-tion Burt was my e4p- lor. He lashed bis borses into a mad gallop. TherLigh seemed to fly over the saow Waste pursuet? I listened intentiy, bat could hear rothing but the smack of Burt's Whip and the thud thud of the norses’ hoofs and the whirring noise of the sletz Ashot! Fresh ecarses from bart! Reseve seemed nigh; bat, aias! our speot did bat in crease. The fightand pursu t continued till the s'eigh was brow ty Reudden pause, and my heertgavea joyous leap «hen I recog- nized the voice of Abram Lake. 20k ¥e, byar, stranger,” sald Abram, in bis quiet, resointe wa, tjesttara them horses rou d and kim back to’ Heary- me, I'll send a bullet throas Bat heed! Ye'd best be quick now. is byar warrant, end kim back that fi-h to Heory burgh!” “Check, MeDougalil’ I chuckled as we sherily siter retorned to the hall, and Ba had the pleasure of restoring me to the stage before surrendering bimselt inio the cusloly of the rot 3 i was hallooing before we were out of Mr. Martia presently ente wi mace whiter than ever. [1 brighter up a little at sight ofme. a “Bravo, Lake!” be said, “I have to thank ou, and Ido ro withall my heart, for bring- ng Dolph safely back. If could oaly get a satisfactory telegram from the governor tu gland all might go well Low.” What telegram” “Oh, I forgot. You started in pursuit be- fore the snmupon against me was issuel. In answer tomy charge against him for lar ceny McDougall accused me of perjury, and co. founded Mayor commivied r giv # me the option of paying $2000 bail or go ing to jail. I was oniy let off for an bour or two by Cepositing all the ready cash Mnave, S00. “If the answer to my telegram doesn’t come soon, Lake, I shall have to go to prison, aud the show will bain MecDonga ! the villain may rob me of som: thing (ar dearer than mere means of! mutteral Martin to himselt h clenched teeth, unheard by any save myse His fair jittle wife entered at that mo- ment, and the dingy hatl seemed to me all suzshiny, and | confidently looked up te see her ¢ al smile reftected tn her face. But his face was siern and white. Preeently 1 heard her sweet voice askin “Whatever has happened, Wii knew a little form was nestling up to hin Aud @ pair of violet cyes were fondly ques- viening him. Abram Lake had quietly slipped ox! the Jane and left them alon “Happened?” came the passiona @s if the stricken man couil be no longer. “Only this. Atl] ha ts silpping frem me. 1 bave escaped my y Worst enemy; yet t - ing J found you tn earnest couversation With bine.” “Yes, Will, the Viliatn appeared in bis trv coufess I had taker bis smiling face teptions to mean mere courtesy. Bat he tad the shamejessness to insult me wil a base I oaly stooped to was the impetuors re my it 2 bad confic ld never, ne ne loud, biuil answer tha catied thelratiention to the gauut form © Abram Lake, who had bastil ing a letter in bis hand. the kindest sister of mer. bre ton this byar adrt my s'ck wife, Mr. Martin, and thas ste has br ughtherround Gass Ish y go) man, into troubles— guess 1 shouldn't have rote was fit to drop from the saddle, if it hata t been for that little angel thy, «My darling, forgive met” was the so.) peal of the strong man, as he clasy~i the litue loving woman to bis heart, ad ling witha Kind of sobbing lau “Coufound tDolph! He's splashed some water eyese retve me, B» he repeated, tn & tremuious whisper. ©The truta ts, I have been utterly worn ont {a mind and body by the treachery of that cursed MePougail, ant Ididu’t like to burden you _with my troa- bles, darling. “Batyou baven’t told me of the peril you were iv, Will,” was her anxious appeal, after the kiss of oy ohms had been given. “Guess this hyar telegraph will be yer best auswer, tir,” broke in Abram, as he handed the message to Mr. Martin. With a hopeful look on his worn face the nager Ler pon the envelope, ant read: ‘Have pi $1000 to your credit. Draw atonce oa Goolwin & Co., of Henryburzh. Willcome myself by next steamer. Keep MeDougall out of the show till I come, “Thank Heaven! We're well clear of this McDougall at last, Bessie. I'm in no peril pow, Gearest. Abram, I'll have this tele- gram posted througbout Henryburgh. We shall have the biggest house the town has everseen. And you and my wife and Dolph shall spend a true English Christmas Eve ve 1 200+ THE INDIAN PLAIT DANCE. The Madras correspondent of the London ndard writes to that journal on December : The plait dance, except in the difference ccstumies and In the fact that the perform- 8 did not, in one sense of the word, dance d strongly what ts called # rast May. pole dance uropean ballets. Sixte cancers @ivauced to the center of the plat- rm, Where @ number of colored ropes hung n'a point in the roof. These dancers € ihe picked dancers of Tanjore, cele- ied through India for its Nauteh girl very pretty, a tough mueh spoiled by iminense nose orn t- es. Tueir dresses nl - to the figure, to the walst, and over the 2 irt was looped ap in They wore Colored trons- ¢ and skirts were d the skirts adorned was no theatrical each girl wore jewcis nid excite the admiration “of an Engtish bal-rcom. Tnec ng consisted of the girls standing in # circle, swaying the bodies to and from, sometimes toward UW ter, sometimes toward each other, dot # chaip in and out. Thea fresh swaylogs another and until the ropes were woaud into @ plait. A reverse of the movements ntil the ropes are again undone. Afterward the girls take each other, two and two, and Stili holding the ropes, perform a movement iike an ish Waitz. All Uhts is done to tue sound of muste, and the movement and steps in time and rythmical; but it is , for the feet are perfectiy iat, u wentisashuiiie, the lower limbs appear to take no share in the affair. Toe arms, shovlders, breast and hips move aud quiver, the light flashes from the jewels there is certainly grace in the swayings and bendings. Tbe dance was performed to a version, or rather perversion, of ‘Bounte Dundee.” upon five or six native Instruments. Guyana next advanced for her pas seal. She is accompanied by six players. They sig as well as play, and sing with great errnestness. They appear to relate a narra. tive tober, and this narrative urges hor to various gestures. Sometimes it is low quiet, and tnen she stands almost immo bie, quite immovable indeet, save for a sii quivering of the flogers of her outst: »eTms, and @ twitching of the shoukters. S metimes they 1ise load and boisterous. ‘The singers stir her to rage—they nod their Seas, they excite her to action. Then she Toves with rapid agitated steps; she bounds, ber arms waveover her head; she Is passion stein heranger, furious in her disdain at Sah s that have been passed upon her. Then ted i bout them g d ; #gain the musie dies awuy, and the auger sof eps down, her gestores express grief, and she apparently supplicates for the retarn of her lover. This continued, and was repeated | with variations for @ long time, until the patience of the English portion of the andi- ; ence was fairly worn out. Natives will sit hours absorbed in delight at these dances, but a little of it goes a long way with the English, es ally after 12 o'clock at night. In vain did the native maoager of Ubis entertatoment go up to the singers and request them to stop; it needed no less than four requests before they would break off their singing. rick lass was lately refused 87" Frederic! pens a MM for m any THE CENTENNIAL. ‘The Hertienitural Display—The Divi- sien tne Grounds —tfue Arrange pent Within the Hall. The Continestal Hotei of Philadelphia striking\y resembles the Fifth Avenue ilo- telof New York in the manner in which the immense halls are crowded of evenings. I+ is the common gossip exchange. where the Philadelphians and strangers from every part of ibe country meet to have # social c’ at, and probably a glass of Frederickshail bitter water—the prevailing fashionable bev erage of the Quaker City. And here the Centennial and ail its works are meer d-seusted from the most varied of stand- points, and with every shade of favorable ane unfavorable opinion. 1 have mingled in the tulk at least fifty Umes. yet i have never heard an unfavorable ‘id spoken against the borticultnral buliding. which has been fully deseribed in former letters and which the readers of The New York Times may reeall &S @ Strikingly buld creature of the Moresque or Saracente order. It has sueceeded in charming everybody, and I bore-tly think that the exterior arrange- ments Will meet also wilh general approvs- tion. For, with this cepartment, there is perl ays more to sce on the outside than on ibe luside. The botiding stands in \ pigrved ofabout forty acres—the final swell of the bread plateau of Lansdowne Terrace before | us banks sit k precipitately to the Schayl- | kil river. These grounds reach from the Lansdowne river dyive on the east, along the vathway skirting the great ravine between tand the Art Hail on the south, to Belmont avenue, its western boundary. They exteod this avenue up to the Womau’s Wor acd their vorthern boundary suelebes in 4 straight line from that build- Ing to Lanber’s restaurant, which nestles among the pine trees that overlook the Seb uy lk river. These grounds are bisecial north avd south by the Agricultural avenue, which extends from the buildings of thet de pertment tothe pathway along the great ravine, andeast And west by Fountain ave- nue, Which extends from the drive to Bel- movt avenue, and ais» by tortnons and labyrinthine Walks haying’a total length of three mile: In the disposit'on of these grounds the s: rintendent of the depirtment, Mr. Charles {. Miller, bas shown very coustiterable taste, avd aiso a sincere desire to deal jastly With the foreign competitors, rin ‘no di- Visien of the Centennial Exttbition will be displayed a keener rivalry than here. Nor is the reason farto seek. The Americans are essentially artistic in temperament, though their material surroundings have rather de- ferred any tremend nous outburst in evidence ofthis. Yet it is perfectiy well known to many that there are hundreds of young mer chants and young lawyers who either sketc very fairly in water colors or etch with res lity. In others the artistic desires and jopgings appear only in exquisite apprec Uon of colors, iu dainty furniture, persoval adornment, or in @ passionate love for fow- ers. In New York the ecstasy of appreeia- tion of these gems of nature's handiwork is almost abnormal, and bas led to a rage of ex. travagance which would freem rather the competition of purse pride than the reckless- ness of sincere liking. But the fact fs unmis takabie that in the cities of America the cou sumption of cut flowers is singularly great, and that the consumption of New York alo exeeeds tbat of all others put together He: ce America is @ grand market, as the dealers of Paris, Lyons and Hambarg know full well. Every spring their catalogues of bulbs and rose-trees fool New York and astound the horticulturalty dis by the ever-increasing lists of new glaiioll, Nites, tulips, amaranths, amaryllids, and ever hyacinths. The lists of roses very seldom have new additions; not that they are not sousht for, but that getting a new variety Is Like fi dirg a large diamond. The latest Varit ics that have succeeded are the Jacque mineaud aad the Marshal O'Netl, the first of which came to light, I bel t the latter ilve y ia Jaguemineaud flower " Costs ity cents, #0 that the profit dealers in selling the plant wien it was 4 novelty must have béen something pro digiou-; and 8 the frade of the foreign dealers Is almost entirely ta the things named, It 18 obvio ‘what they have to show will be on the ard not in ine interior, where the palms will droop their lo pieal heat, and i viv yte blossoms w. nine like precious gems The pilot of u nearest tothe W: Work pavilloa bas b borteultnrists and to rs in rastic wo: South of tbe Germany bas 10,000 square from Belmont avenue to Agri- But in this ground are ta oceupied by the German Gov eroment Pavillon, the Brazil: and the Kiosk of the Morocco Se! ar ceded Lo Americus € junctiou of tue Agricaltural a With tlie main pa grownds— Font. cast and west. f pace, whieh my orate? With a si rin ble f + if the display of the I ia ble work are such Aa tis the certain adornment will be the hyacint wh ch, to the bumber of 22,200 bulbs, b en planted around the cirele. The dey ment planted 15 000 bulbs, private competi ters 3000, and France 1,24. Oa the o her side of Agricultura) avenue, opposite t the German Empire, England has ove be filled up by her aly they must not forms of the plots which hav: been arranged in those serpentine lines which may have been remarked in the Centrai park, np at the old convent. Just north of tLem there will be displays by two makers of rustic work, and east of thein comes Spain, with 6/00 square feet, which will be devoted to floral displays from Cuba. There wili be @ fountain in this allotment, and an office of rustic work made of wood from the ever- faithful isle. Then comes la belle France With 9,(00 square feet, in which are incladed those glorious old chestnut trees near the lavine, and that magnificent clump of pines, tall and stately, that borders on the new drive, and is close to the end of the bridge built roelegantly and quickly by Mr. Wil- £0n, one of the ergionss of the Pennsylvania railroad. The Netherlards, just sonth of them, have only 200 feet, and perhaps I may here remark that Holland seems out of humor with this Centennial, and sends very little indeed to her transatiantic friends. Directly cast of the buildings, where the broad plain slopes down to the'steep river banks, the department has reserved all the land for ttsel!, and has arranged a circular walit, around the interior of which is a plot of ground With thirteen star shaped parterres., and in the centre @ fountain with @ Ligh j-t ofwater. North of this isat present a wool of young piues, but these are to be cut away to admit of Austria’sdisplay in an allotment of 2 feet. North of this is the broad drive, op the other side of which is Lauber's res taurant, among the glutinous fragrance of the recinous pines. And this brings us up exactly to the north of the buildiag, wher an annex Is to be erected mainly for t special exhibition of cut flowers, and plavts th pots, &¢., which are forsale. Bat for the opening six weeks of the exhibition Engiand Will have the sole use of this building to dis- Piay the glories of ber rhododendrons. Those who have not been to the great London flower shows at old Gore House, in South Kensirg! and at Kew, have ® well- ef that the bold Britishers Will carry away the palm from. tue native exhibitors of the same kind of nig purely A 1 in- 8 with unmateba mountain sides of the Pennsylvania New York ranges in early summer. Alon the Delaware and the Susquehanna and ty Juanita, and up the steeps of the Catskills ard Kitiatinnies the glow of color ia Jase pr-ecs belief. But in spite of all that, the prub bas been Hitle cultivated in this coun- , &nd tls wonderful capabilities have nol en at ail developed. This building will bo 150 feet Jorg, with a width of 50 feet. West of it there will be, among the grounds re- served forthe Horticultural department, a summer bouse of wire, devoted to the exht- bition of all the fabries connected with gar- deping and flericultare into which wire en- ters. The spot chosen for the competitive cispley of the gladiolus is, I understand, outside of the horticultural grounds, upon the other side of Belmont avenue and neany in front of the U. 8. Exbibition building. And I believe that in the competitive cou- test will be admitted shade trees and shrab- bery plants, and that there will be active competition in this, with the odds decidedly in favor of England, where shrubbery plant- ing has been followed with extreme ardor, and has been ratsed to the rank of au uu- doubted art. Inside, the arrangement is as follows :— Three out of tue four forcing houses are re- served by the Horticultural Department for its own needs, and the fourth is givea to Spain for displays of tropteat vegetation from Cuba. Iu the great palm-bouse in the center England gets 460 feet for growiag plants and 420 feet along tue wall of tne east- ernend for miscellancous exhibits, such as wire work, terra cotta pots aud tabs, fron Work, pressed and dried flowers, aad ‘other matters of a general character belonging to the department. No other countries have by aliotinents of space jor growing plants, aud the remainder of the +pace tu the paim- house isdiviied among American exhibitors and the department itself. Bat the three eastern rooms, which were to be utilized for restaurant purposes, have now bean convert. ed into chambers for the extibition of mis- cellaneous articies cooneeted with hortical- ture. Brazil, which applied for 2.000 feet inside ground without any epeecification to whether & for growing plants or simply for exhibition was destred, has been allotted 450 feet in one of these room: and the odd corners in the same room ha‘ been given to the Netherlands. Should it appear that the Brazilian exhibitors desire space for growing plants—as I cannot but ink was their intentlon—I sin hope that Mr. Miller will see the necessity of giv- to that corntry the that the de- Patment has Teetved for T would ve to make any strictures the cons | upon duct of any dep»: tment, but the tratn is the truth. The Brezilian reqoest for two thous- and feet of i not courteously or even fairly met by givin; four hundred aud fifty feet ia an ante cham: ber. There are ta attention and regard sbould be shown to ail the South American exhibitors, and consid. ering that the emperor of Brazil will come to the exhibition, it strikes me that his realm is evtitied to most marked courtesy. The re- mainder of the wall spaces, and of the rooms atthe eastern and western ends, Is divided among miscellapecus exhibits from priv parties and from the United States, the Pa- risian flower company of New York, geting the northwest corner.-{ Phila. Gor. N. Y. Times. Henry Wilson and Horace Greeiey. The evitorof the Johnstown Daily Tribune. who writes whereof he knows, tells tue fi lowing story of Lwouistinguished characters. The writer was an affache of the New York Tribuce estaplisument at tue time the iuci- vent occurred as related, and tells the story | from personal knowie'ge: Vice President Wilson acd Horace Greeley were alike in many respects, and In no one respect more than their dress. Espectaily when former Was overworked was he about as “‘slouchy”” &s the “old philosophy” dare be. This inel- dentof the iwo meu has never been fn print, ide the palm-house fs _ | ~The Tet ot the eating a Prince Keyal Diamonds — with a Turk. In_ connection with the adventures of the Teasous why unususl Grand Duke Nicholas, of Rassia, with the ‘fair American” Miss Blackfort, it wus given out fom St Petersburg.in a sem «ficial way, that the Grand Duke hat beea £0 c:eply impressed by the circulation of fcande lous slanders concerning bim that his | ning bad become affected, aod he was sent | wr ter of piquant personal i ' | to a retreat in the Cancasus. becessary tosay that this story found but hitile belief. A German Jour: t Vienna publisted a letter written’ by a lady in high potition in Russia. and which another Aus- It is hardiy | tan journal makes bold to say was tae Countess Zavaloff, well known among tue aristocracy of Earope for many years asa ecdotes aid court reminiseences. The Connte<6 states that in the Imperial family the mest rigorous Puritav sin is the rule in regard to the educa Uon of the children up toa certain age. Bat tince ove of the Princes dled from the severe | Strain opon bis system which this Puritani- | eat we believe, but it is good enough to be pat | there. In the old Tribune office Horace Greeley occupied a dingy little eight oy-ten office off the main editorial room. with a fiméil desk at which he sat with his nose gown on the lid for hours at a time and ground out ejltoriuls by the colam: emight not bedisturbed by ward po! f&od other wulsances, he had statio Stcol Just ontside the doc Whose duty it was to hear ihe ay Of ail persons who ciaimed adm: the Simmer of 1807 there was Kiati a couble breasted, strong ested, Jersexyman by the n of Ben, ‘Owe after- neon Horace Was sitting down wiih his nose to Le desk, as usutl, ad Ren was stationet claus “ sion Ia pd there ignorant on the stool ontsidé the door, in his acc tomed plac tors were at work in the iar defks, and @ large, broa {- sho man mace hs appearance, look- Ing bad Just ecme {nto the etty aud bad rot taken time to wash, or, as Boo thought, bad jast come out of one of the sa joens on Chatham street. He staved up to Greeley’s Goor, passed Ben as if he had a right to go in, but the door was locked, and Bev, being aroused by this time, asked what be wanted. The visitor stated he would like to sce Mr. Greeley. “You can’t see him.” bawled out Ben. “But my business ts import- aut,” said the visitor. “That's what you all say; but you can't see him.” Finally the visitor induced Ben to go into Mr. Greeley’s eubby-Lole and inform him. | Ben, opening the door, Went up to Mr. Greeley, and, ia stentorlan voice, while Greviey kept’ ran- nite bis pen diagonal the pase. bawled out: “Mr. re's oul bummer wants to see you.” Greeley, with out taking bis nose off the paj a his usual squeaking voice, cried out: “Keep him out—keep him out!” Ben quickly tarned to go where the visitor w: te You can’ sted, and plead & now Who he was. 3 sented to approached the expression: “Mr. Gre says be must see the topof the desk nd in a bass Tae vis t at Ben did Ben said he did, bat y another t ailosopher w! , this old buinmer from pn.” Again cam the s: senter fore in the s “Keep him out— keep him out!” b Went back and informed tb there was po other alternative; he could not see Mr. Greeley. The editors’ were by this Ume attracted by the conversation, 4mos J. Commipgs, who was night editor, being ata desk ne Stepped up to th visitor politel > seaator Wils how @o you do? Do you wish tosee Gre le The Senator informed bim that be did, and Mr, Cursmings opened the door, asked the Sepator to step in, and the two going up to Mr. Greeley, who was yet undls t, Mr. Cummings spoke to Mr. Greelay wid stated that Senator Wiison wished to spenktohim. ‘Ob, crawled « losopiter, “is that y ry? iold ine tbat it was peated thousands of time way. to see me! Stolen Jewels, re considerably Americans in Burope ¥ stirred, fn the early part © report that Mrs. Paran 8: robbed of jew ring lik, nd dollars living wi rs Gra street, London, Mrs gazed & French maid fanl Laporte. a woman about forty y face, and she soon iuspirestso mneh At she was entrusted with tue Keys. O1 venus and vr daughter wer: ure np ms 4, inte, told the maid tha: for uem The lwo lade at a late hour, and immediately re’ risiig inte therext day. On iuquiriag f ihe maid Laporte, it Was learned that ste oul a few moments after the Ladi ing before, and had not retarne s iclon seems to have flashel at once across the mind of Mrs, Stevens, for she tusled to her jewel-box, and found that she had been robbed. Some time after- wards, having offered a reward of Ove thoa- tant franes for the recovery of the jewel the French police arrested Laporte in Paris. But after a confinement of many months, during which the police made a very active feareh, no trace Of the stolen property could be found. When the case came up for trial the other day, Mrs. Stevens was represented by herattoruey, M. Fournier, who bad be- enn to lose hope, when the diamonds were discovered in the followingdramatic manner: The president was questionipg Laporte, who firmly protested her innocence, whea M. Fournier was called tothe door. He re turned boca fl that there was no necessity of on with the tuterrogatory, for the Jewels were probably below ina ‘cab. The box was brought into court,and, on beloy forced open, the diamonds were found. M Fournier then related the following story: he had @ governess for his children nami Mile Cazat, and this young lady had beea sent to Auteuil to see @ dress-maker, in order to inquire into the character of a cook about to be en: ed. When speaking of the family Mlle Cazat incidentally remarket that M. Fournier was then engaged upon the trial of the girl Laporte. The dressina- ker irnmediately said that she was acquat:t- ed withthe person; that she had come over from England a few months before and had left a box with her, and had not returned to claim it. Suspecting that jewels might be in this box the ladies took it to Madan: Fournier, who went with Itto the Palais de Justice, where her husband was condust- ing the case for Mrs. Stevens. The two ladies will get the reward, and Mrs. Steve is can eall herself very lucky. Incidents in the Lives of Chicago Women. (From the Chicayo Tribune.) A young lady on Calumet avenue rece ve last night a package with the foliowi: note enclosed tu it: *Miss—The accompan y- ing package contains ten $10,000 bouds, registered United States sixes, 1551, Plea-¢ accept them as a tribute from an ardeat admirer who desires to remain unknown I have known many women,and my hes has been cut to the Guick in observing their sinful practices. In you alone have I fou &@ woman Who didn’t carry her pocket: in her band when she was out shopplt You have restored tome faith in woma: kind. Bless you.” A woman on Eriestrect last week lost her double set of false teeth and couldn't speaic a word tl she got the new set yesterday, Up to Saturday morning her husband hal gaived ten pounds of flesh, but last pigat ho Was seen ata lawyer's officer, with a wilt and haggard look,asking the lawyer whetoer abandoument of one’s husband, foriustanc>, was exiraditable. The lawyer said it wasi'\; that if bis wife left bim and ran away wo Brazil, Holland, or Caba, there was no earthly means of securlug her surrender, ‘Wwherenpon the countenance of the unhappy man brightened up and he took bis way to a Ucket office to inquire when the first steamer for Brazil would sall. A philosophical milkman on West Wash- ington street discovered yesterday that aa impecunious boarding house keeper who owed him for two mouths’ milk had foldet her tevt like the Arabs and sijeutly stolen away, leaving neither her address por her effects. The loss was a severe one to the poor but honest milkman, but, instead of tearing his hair or dilating upon the preva- lence of dishonesty, the philosopher simply beaved @ sigh, took a reet in his quart meas- ure. and that night kept his cans under the hydrant a few minates longer than usnal. This morning his howl of Mey tlk!” will beheard 9s cheerfully as if everybody was as honest 4s the day ‘isu’t lougal this time o'year. A Boy, in facta good sizei youth, was a passenger on @ train between Wateroury apd Naogatuck. Wher proached by the ¢- ndéuctor for bis ticket he handed up a half. fare ticket. “How old are you queried the conductor.” “I shall be just twelve years old at precisely 7 o'clock this evening,” a swered the bor Well, you can retura to- night for half fair, as the evening train ts due at Waterbury at 5:39,” said the gentle- manly conductor as he passed on. &7A French widower says that when a Frenchman loses his wife itis at first a duty to ery over bis loss, and then it becomes a —— and finally a pleasure.—[(San Francisco 89- Mr. Punch, being asked Is opinion ot the present ladies’ dress, replied: “I highly approve the present fashi |. comprehending 48 iL does the highest graces of the two most distinguished models of female beau.y— having in front the Venus de Medici, the Venus de Hottentot.” entered their ro: Taoat | | | of her own accord. ance r | wll thefts, what must I | | Blood pale be: oy j } i i | | 1] | improvident enough cove necessitaied it has been considerably ed. Nevertheless, when the yoang Princes arrive at the age of eh- teen, they were given full liberty, aud this sudden change in their mode of life led them into boundless excesses. This Warj the case with the ag ony nephe «, the Grand Duke Nicholas. The Grand Duk fell deeply apd sincerely in love with te American. Hts connection was knowa « court, and though It Was considered disgrace ful, it was not thonght to be serious, ax usual poltey was ad NuAWAres, as It were. dies stcoart. The ef quite numerous, but all f Emperor ordered the you pare for setive duty ia the ibe expeditionary force. failed. On bis return to St Prince was more ost Uoas hig cevotion to “that womar peror became meditative. | jackford by the same standard as ¢ re jadged M if the mears of the Prince be so red to make itimposstble for hin ‘o xupport her in the same lavish style, she wo n of Ub he expenditures of the Pr bis inamorata remained on the While everybody was woudering, the da rouement came. One day a star, set with costly gems, which ornanie: the frame the portrait of the Prince's mother was €. The for tne Minis! Pe S reports t bation, botw 5 “If you said the Emperor, “what happens he pal of the Grand Dake, wa confidence can [have in your reports cou Thing my whole If you ean not scover the perpetrators of this boldest. think of your po- lice; What respect can the people have yourdepariment?” The Minister of his frowning maste: ned his lips to speak, bat elo: them again. The Czar saw it, and sail You have some secretin your breast speak “Your Majesty,” Said the Mi You have commanded and 1 Se: ce wd ne scale. to the Grand Duk you know the thief, who is t the Czar, The Minister bit: his lips, in { tolet the august name passover therm. © W is the thief? I command you to tell sald the Cyvar, peremptorily. The Mivistor stuttered the’ words, “The young Grast Duke.” somoved by this un expectec F seat, a ng pause said tothe Minisier, 1: all the clreamst T has been lim pe his return. He could not satis ands of the person that plunders got Into aid creditors, he took the si m his mother’s por ix thousay fy the ven bim, and he by pawnbroker, who hot purse matte tion for fear the paw rame the ¢ nd Duke With great discretion; [ then yo the Czar, and shook the Minis band. ‘Forget harst wor oken Fo Wnju t fall justice sha! In my E nol even the lowes ‘suffer lunoceutly. Tae servants Leen under tnvestization mast t recompensed, and you wiil propose ¢ sum Of motiey each fs to receive. B your honor must also be relieved from a: imputation, Take now my formal commas i to pub: tatonee. in all the newsp that the Grand Doke was the thief. minister atternpt=t to remonsirate, but imperial Czar stopped him: “Not a moze; you have my order;” avd with thts tee ence endet, aud the same evening ihe wle elty of SL Petersburg, aud, in fact, the le of Europe, knew that'a Grand Duk of Russia was @ com: on thief. One instaue Which the Countess tells is quite interestin Miss Blackford stopped with the Grand Duke at Vienna while traveling. Tere si: had a Turk foran acquaintances. Her mait asked Ler one day whether she loved this Turk. ‘Not in the least,” said this wily American; “not at all, but tt 1s sodroll to cheat a Russian prince with a Turk.” REHEARSALS. A Glimpse Behind the Scenes a: marks Ehereona, Of all things in this world, says Nym Crinkle, a rehearsal is the most dreary and unfathomable. It bears thesame relation to @ theatrical performance that @ paint mi!i does to a picture, or @ pretty woman before breakfast does to a jowable beile, or a mass meeting on & wet day does to the glori- ous destiny of our republic. It is the su- Pleated dull moment when art gives way usiness, and Hebe herself learns the groov by rote. I have attended a great many re- hearsals, Ha!ha! The managercan always be cujoled or coerced. He lets me sofily With his key to the shadowy and desertet auditorium. I tell them to "go away and leave me to my sufferings and myself. And there, unseen and unsuspectad, I bave watched the players take weir lessons. It} a enre way to find out who furnishes ideas and Who builds up the business of a part whieh is to be welcomed on the first bight as a‘ scendent effort of histrionlc genius.” If you teil ine that it is not fair to examine the individuals in this way ani betray their means, I axk who insists up it, the player or the public? Who ts it sires the individuality of Wie performer mace copspicuous and the general exceliesc ot » performance subormiinated to tt Eb? The personaldrama with its pert acd wrToguat stars, has made personal criticism bot ouly possible but tolerable. If the play- er and not the play, noreven the compa’ isto be consicered; if we must weigh { { person in accordauce with his res, then let us examine him bie Lights that the theaver will he of the best possible tights curing one which cov » fail Re- I afford. And upto a back seat at rehear For it is Wat light Unat you see the heavy gentlen imbibe his ideas with the manager's or the play wriztt’s spoon. Boucicauit was won’ Lo Use & pitebfork, as If the players were cat- 2mounts, throwing them tie fool of nls ox perience and wisdom from ihe front. I re inember seeing him rehearse Belle Lama aud Mora. It was like couduecting a rez mental band. Then it was like ordering garg ofnavvies. He bellowed at them from the centre aisle: “Stor! Tuat won't do at ail. Stor! Where's the stage carpenter? Send for the stage carpenter. He dossu’t know his business. Damn it, my dear, your'e all wrovg. Now thea, Mr. Baker, once more if you please, tum U, tum U. Pianissinw Blood and thunder, man! Pranissimo! Somebody was pulled up saidenly with &thort sop! and Wid that the thing could hot be doue that way. Somebody on this oc- casion had no idea of his own, and ventured to say to the indistinguishable director tu the parquet that he thought he could do it bis own way if Mr. Boucicait would ouly let inwiieon Ge Lace a the gary a gored in & , quick Voice, “you can 5; bot Ue with one T, but I want two.” ‘Thereupon somebody felt himself extinguished in a Slage laugh, aud gave up his indepeudence. The ebief office of @ director of rebearsals ap pears to be to tell the players how tney would act if they were not upon the stage, for most of them, unless they Lave ceased U> be pares nee have become artists, are esp ital actors in real life, suiting the action Lo the word in all the exigencies of thelr datiy experzence with effective propricty. Bat the moment they undertake to portray the most Jamillar feelings or Lo couuterteit the coa monestaction, they do just the things whicn bature aud habit disavow. Nor are they readers in that sebool of eriticisia whieh a calls act! Gustly, per! ) sklilfal exag geration. ey only fool it to act is Lo do what piayers do, not what men do, ‘LIGHTNING PRINTS. Marks, remarka®ly tree like, have some times been fount oF bodies bad pen Siruck by lighting. Mio Borsat Leroy, Ti86,reported to the Academiledes Scien-es ease of this kind, aod accounted for it by | Suppo ing WAL the iizhtuing im its passage | threugn the body bai forced the blood inte the vessels of the skin. and thas all toe Tan ifice tions of these vessels were visibleon Ube suy face. Arago adoptet a similar expla tation in regard to @ case whieh occurred in Fracce much more recently. Two persons sarding near @ poplar tree were strack by | Dghtning, and on breast of each were | found marks clcsely resembitog the branches | of the poplar. More etre], belonging to those instances in which the ight resemble familiar obj occurred In a Somervets:, One version of the story i reposing in & meadow were killed by Lightr were iilage that “six rounded by wools | @od wien the skins | en from the animals a {se simile of | & portion of the surroundiig seacery waa | Nitibe oo the mer surace of each = | The other version Is that, about tarnipsow. ibe time, farmer and his men were engaged in the flelds when a violent storm acd lightaing came on, and three oat of four valuable remy which had taken shelter uncer a tree, ‘were Kiliet; when toe skius reached the fell monger, on tue ta tive of each was found depicted « very acca- rate represcptation of ihe (ree under which the animals bad songt reface Although | ting in detatis, these two aocon: ts prob- | } | j | | thander ably reiate to the tame occarr Perhaps, wore credible tha + rg that wecan more iinpressiou of a tree thay ng thue producet. 1 aham's Tewn in South A trie “ satuing Stuck the gal power mil. The batleing cor taine of tx s of gunpowder. In copper-bowid hrreis packed ina cluster about four feet fron the wail The lighting ran along the » f the ga | ble, » the Moor, wi fer thé door | sil rk 1a shape, and directed at an angleof 4 cigh'y oe ‘: plainly visible en ihe white lof the magazive, cosombilag in | r the stzin produced by the ex a very hight train of powder: ant a rack Was made ih the arch w tered There was no tree mark here: the mark produ ag pathof the lit 11 brovght before a sc &rratives reloting fo iichtaing In the first lighte « The fore inaet of Loe brigantine Sa ibe Bay of Arriero, a sail mest was struck four pression ¢ toc dwt the mast b 4 sailor, in a somewhat was struck bya lig breast witb an impression of t &n almost exact 07 41 tbat was at the extremity of one of the masts. In the third, a youn. man was found streck by lightning; te had o some gold coins init, aed tn Were imprinted on his sik t ocenpied in the girdle lala lady of Lugano w window daring @ thunder + though th a way sea fat the time; @ flower whieh bap- be in the path of the ligutuing was laced or oa ber le where it romained th ler storms deser: bed | out rog ard to ccet or valine. curred in the West Indies, was rendered remarkable by uh A poplar tree in a coffee pl uck by lightntog, aud on one of the large dry | aves Was found imprinted an exact repre- | +tio ome pine trees that stood ture | or four bundred yards distant. Whether j was reaily an “exact representation,” or the | preived of an ex magination aol well | Coniroiled by xe polot which we c ines on t ve by bral zigzeeging of the light Little gurl was standing #t Which stood ® young mag lights struck either the girl or ine tree both, ALG an imag tree was { unprinted on ber body oiber instar vbed @ tree irt's pest ing fash stru » boy feli * ground, aud i tie image ree, Wilh the bird and mi One Of IIs les, appeared very conspicuously. utile journals, as Weil as af mon r« ain a rieb store of imilar to (he above. Si that about Uwe: a struck by , by a thunder east aL Exact represen Of that tree. M. Poey, wite tas Looated ubject somewhat fully in the Freuea Journals, of liebtutng t men aud animals. Of at Lrees Or parts of a cow mentions Uwe ty - bo ties Ihe person; D¥0 of ;Oueol & enue words of a of an arm eity which con: passege Wherever metal lies in the 3 takes that route in preferesee to’ one Wood, brick, Or sloue; but Hf the be ciseontinuous or fiuterrapted, markings @re often produced o2 ing Substances, similar ia shape to of metal just traversed. Tats maj bave beeu the ease in the aecttent whieh be fell @ young man iu Cubain ists; after a Dgbtniny flash, he found on bis neck an im priut ofa horse shoe, similar toone nailed up on the window of a house nearhim. If the ornaments were Of brass or some other metal We might perbaps place In the same cuce- gory the varrative (one of those given by Poty) of a lady, at ber chateau of Benaeou- niere in Lavendee; she was reated in her salon, in November, 1530, whea a storm came on; lightning appeared, and on the back of her dress was imprinted a fac simile of some ornaments oa ihe back of a chair against which she was lean. ing. There Is every reasou to believe lasily, that many of the markings are no- thing more than results of the forced zigzag course of the lightning itself. Mr. Tomlin- son, in lis interesting volume The Thuader- storm, has gone somewhat fully into this subject. He had had occasion to observe the manner in which the disruptive discharge of electric: from an électrical machine, marks out its path over a badiy conducting surface, such as glass, and was struck by the tree-like impression produced. He gives a Wood-cut representation of # surface track by the flash or spark of asmall Leyden jar; ahd it 1s impossible to avoid seciug Gow strikingly the markings assume the form of atree. The probability is pointed out, that iu cases Where persons struc lightuing have had tree like marks tmpriuted on their persons, they have been hastily considered lo be real images of actual trees close at hand. Jt may,morcover, be observed that some persons, when struck by tnlog, bave received blue marks or bre e may put on a ramified appearan: only from the irregular mode in wt tricity Wraveis about in search of the i least ‘resistance, but also from t vessels becoming congested, aed quently vistble.— [Che we Journ. A New Dodge. [New York Oorrespanience Bos'on G It would keep @ person busy to } rnn of the various dodges the adventures resort to for raising urow latest swindler Is @ beaatitul Poitsa man, ap extle and @ wand the earth. He 1s well-dresse! bered, and fine looking. He t name, and, rioging the door beil. d Jones is ai home. She is, a S HL once invited Into the parior, When the ser Vat goes Up stairs lo aunounce luis call, he looks around him until he finds the card basket, and abstracts the most lmposing looking card, which he piaces burriediy in his pocketbook, When Mrs. Joucs eaters, he bows gracefully, takes the cart out, and, banding it to her, says that he is tutroluced by her friend, Mr. Sound eo. Mrs. Jones bows, and invites him to be seated. They enter Into conversation, and i is her that he is ap exile, but that he also is the heir to vast estates in Poland, representing $5,000,000. He is poor now, but Us is proud as well. He wants to cross tbe seas to claim his own, but has not the mouey. He cannot ey gig of sien in bom tae a few pairs s, left from the wreck of his business in America. If the laay needed @ny such ariicles—not uniess, O, no!—would buy ® pair of bim? He talks 80 sweetly, and looks 6 hore oy om buys mailer couse: comes so well recommended, iat two or Ubree pairs, and be leaves we Louse promising wo send her a handseme tas soon as be gets home. Une vont Boh my ac quaintance made such a favorable impres- jou upon him that he promiecd to send her @ set of Russian able. O, about the scis- sore—they were iron, and would not eut a piece of paper. CAPTAIN WAED, the Detroit millionaire, like most milliovaires whose obituaries have recently been written, left more than one wife. At least @lady living at Toledo ciatms tob we been inarried privately to him after his divorce from his first wife and vefore nis mi to his second. She methim at Jay familys this wite wien thecoupiees hedinnt iy as couple came east on thelr bridal tour. 9 _———S s7-How mueb do you ask for that there velvet by the said Mrs. Rural at Stewart's the other day. “hat, madam.” Foret oe sold at $14." + coes I seed “now, where's them 10-ceut c+ s*vertised in in the papers.” —|Hariford Pot, | (, BEAT CLOSING UUT SALE. | ANOTHER BIG TUMBLE | 4000 YARDS OF T as DRY GOODS. CLOSING SALE OF TIIE SEASON, 931 PENNSYLVANIA AVEN oretan and aE oy st Brice prices “of Fall ard W: ook We are DAILY reeling select Bpring Badric, ard the Novelties of the Season as scoa as they ap- rar in (be Borthere citirs. cl stock of Moureteg God Fell stock of Domestic " Fall stock of Ladies’ and Underwear con- New Cashiers, real Vel Leone and jamba:g Rdgings, Frew fo bent” We have e cuatl JoMR ru iJ - = made redvetions fra our “ma: Hi Li stock of House, stantly on yin Mogae BARGAINS! BaAkoars: DRESS ae0Ds AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES CLOSING OUT SAL GO00s MUST B Sop 3. Dreae Goo te red ond to Be ~ Bo. g: - Allcthr WINTER GOODS fo same prom be Give pearl eo high pcb ye ® beeein, a the ior “ Pe THE GOW Facr Stowe ex THE erry. CONNOLLY, 60% Hh street. ope Patent Office, SPEGALTY IN DRY GOoDs? TOSS yards ITE OORDED PIQUE, P. K tis conte, cheap al 2 cents, 200 Sards duced from of BLACK LYONS STLER, a 7S and @2 Choapes: Siike we De rears enn uslty SLACK CASHMERES, @1 and tees MOHAIRS, from 87%, 30 and 6% to eet and Brown COTTONS. as cheap as the 8 pe Agency ot the New York UNLAUNDRIE SHIATS 8 best Sbirt sold for the price, Frank Lestic'* Ow ern Se Ro. 314 “ru STREET, Jost northof Penusvivacts sverne, £00 yardsot WHITES GoODS. in ie and par. row cord-d stripes, mst the thing for Ohsidrene Sacqucs or Dresses, at 15 cis., worth double s Skirting ail sold Pieces left of Biack and A te at scone 10 pivces Kisck Gvipure Laoo, at bail price. re Drew Goods, 10 piove: Back 300 yari« M-diam Ualic Figured aud Siriped Uatioos, (Spring spat S cts, 24. 94 and W4 Shevting, in the best Dricee warranted to give earisteotion. bow the very best 2 cent Towels tu the Dome k Towels at Gy sud 75 cts., for- 4 91, of that fine 88 inch Bleck Silk Vel- ate at 810 per yard. = at @ined #250: cheap. Ya*ara mit UL 3 et ck § Hh) be eld with- ‘Don't fail w call, TET NORTHWEST, avenue. Near Panne iva, Torn! Bemembort a IN DRY GOODS, i VERY BEST CALIOO, worTtH 10. CARTERS, 707 Market Space. G8 good Cotleachad Cotton. a% “ Bleached Cotton, 6, S00 yerds of the very dest Foather-proof Bod Tick- tog. %5. sorth 17. 2 dowen Alt lines Demwek Towels, 12, worth 20. sw yords Biwached Damask Table Liven, sa. worth & AU-toen Em Napkiue. 6, Dhe wh ‘k Alpaca, 25, 57, phair, &, worth S?. ¥ fine 40 iuch wide Bidck Casnmere, REMNANTS! REMNANTS!! ReUNANTS!Itr Sod will offer on MONDAY, cnr remain ne stock of . bork Spring sud Winter A be sacrificed to make room rted 16. pt Am ne them con ib some of the fal. tao Spring and Fail Ie Bemunnts Hlack Alpacas 4) Kemnants Lace Stripe Pique. 10 Remo: te Lawns 78 Kemrents Vict fe Lawne. S© Rema te Botubarg Edge end Insertion. 3400 Vards last Spring # Dr. ae ve. ‘The avove goods wfll' be slenchiorl mt half thelr value to make room for new Rp: ing Goods. C.M. TOWSON @ ©o., f.b10-eotr 636 Penna. avenue, south side, CLOSING CAkPET SALE. GooD OPPORTUSITY FOR CaS BUYERS Best Extra Saper Ingrains @' 15: W per cent, off for Au-Weol T J Te, 5 th ri ait heavy, Tc., worth gi Bemuaute at about belt . Rouge, Mate and Oil Cloths cheap All Dress Goods af prime cost, Best Calicores te 80, Frown Onttons Sc. 0 . The Wocliea Stock cheap ue Gros Groin Plack — Tela M, to @3. Blankets and Comforts red: 5 Our stock at low rates to close ont for SPRING ¥. 5. aAS®. GOODS. febs-te Lee ATtrT GOODS DAMAGED BY FIRE AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE, Linens for 60c_, worth @1 25. ‘oot Blankets % . Wort a. Wool Blankets orth 5.00. Bleached Cottons We) worth Ma) seilies Quilts @2 80, worth $4.00. Table Damasks 3c , worth 430. Bleached Table Dawaske worth 75. Bisck SUks 62 00, worta 87 50. GREAT REDUCTIONS FOR 30 DAYS ON ALL CLASSES OF GOODUS. TIBB STOCK OF WINTER GOODB FN SUsT SE SuLY BEFORE Maud b us’ EVERYTHING UNDEX THIS HEAD ATA SACKIFICS. 4. ©. WISWALL 4 00., KCLAL RO uced the pr Co one : ress Shirt in’ Rarope or aiese quantity inane belt dozen S128 @ wail be charged. Weare slo ageots in the District for tue sale of as. wr BORDETTE # co. SeeSi-tr (0.708 Kstrest SEVENTH STEET. FQ]4 1014 BARGAINS! BARGAINS tI Special center devoted to Dress Goods, sae a OS held Siem to Te, worth BRANCH 8TOR 1206 F STREST, BETween 19TH 13Tu Stexers, (OLD 8TAND, LYONS BLACK SILE, @] and ap. BEST PRIBTS, o. WAMSUTTA BLEACHED OVTTON, Ie. CANTON FLANSEL, Se. and up. SWISS MUSLIN, iio. anc up. ‘TABLETABES, Wo. and up. KID GLOVES, 1 Button, 800., (job lot.) KID GLOVES, 2 Botton, 70. (job lot.) ‘KID GLOVES, 5 Batton, $1.35, (all colors, FULL LINES OF DRY GouDs, HOSIREY AT CORRESPONDIAG: LY LOW PRICES, —_—_—____ oo _ = 200.9 i 20R ais $4 ok