Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1878, Page 2

BY BRET HARTE. ‘The first inti which a few frie ing, casually and cumstance, Slight In Itself, se the existence of a certain humor which mizht eventually ure, although his wife's lover—a man of qites dis: cernment, whose lez was br by tae fall— took other views. Jt was som: inter that, re man, while dining with certain other frieuds of his Wife, he excnsed himself from the table to iietly reappear at the front window with a La strean DANY, gnizance of Red three-quarter inch hydraulic pipe, Of water projected at the assembi An attempt was made to take Of this: but a majori Dog, who were at the dinner, de that a man had a right to choose his own methos of diverting his company. vertheless, there were some hints of his insanity; bis wife re- called other acts clearly attributable to demea- Ua; the crippled lover argued from his own experience that the integrity of her 93 could only be secured by leaving her husband's house; and the mortgagee, fearing a further dama his property. foreclosed. But her all this ansiety took matters into hisown hands, and disapy When W some myst wife + and was liv Kove ay, and ¢ risinality he displayed hthe problems of his own pri- larly unsuccessful whe: ‘Chinesr swered only by assault and bs our and imaginative great retls revival in Ca sherit ot —a ni pic have be nef ex- horter, aloft the county r discovered, as a £ surdity, thet he had bequeathing his entire effects maid servant at the nt th wt absurdity became se- uso discovere Linat amoig were a thousand shares in the i Mining Company a diy fter his demise, and w zat lis yrotesiu “mz into” opulence Hiltons of dollars was roughly ¢ Te of th te Thus want or it is on fair to state, as a just » the enterprise and enersy of that youns and thriving settiement, that there y not probal single citizen who did not f Limself better able to control the ¢ humorisi"s property. Some had expressed a doubt of their ability to support a fami had felt perhaps too keenly U ) responsi- bility resting upon them when chosea from thy vaded their publ! declined office and a | @ shrank from the possi- : but bility of bavi functions of F The will w no ¢ Moffat—the hetress. = contested. t by the widow, who, it now appeared, had never been legally divorced from the decease; next by four of his cousins, who awoke, only too late, to a con- sclousness of his moral and pecuniary worth. ain, un exhib. ming her rowsh But the humble legatee, a singularly yj ante pretending, ved a de rights. She Sense of just jug her ability to care of the Whe suggested that she ought to be e three hundred thousand dollars. to throw even that away on some ¢ of am: but three millic p for makin’ her tation to cusedness, uneduc el Western girl, city in ¢ pin promise > fortune ntent with “s bound skunk k Hamlin. teman, Err 1 did. suppose Vd | Sot up on ty hi di said, ‘Look yer, Bu Wethersbee, sow that first Short-eard s uy enough tor vou to tir wose What Pd said te and youd know'd siitare thing to play on your” Kly polated ont the rison by stating —would ah, Ween Ur ad won the money fatrly “And how do sutvagely. be iounded ‘e.snist, sab hezw't put de mered an unintellisthle reply. aid is w! a Wethersbs Look ye said. “every gal stakes bet your Hite on that — 100K to put up » shed bust You Rear I fear ataliy. to Peggy Moffat t wisdom of Sin Fran- widow and na private interview at that she stood in the quasi- eof having unlawfully practised ‘tions of an insane elderly gentle- of getting possession of his 1 to her that no ves- acter would remain after din forcing aid that Pe, potnt minal att ity upon the aff man, with a v property, and suggest lige of her moral the trial, if she persis to that tSstie. It ts Ing this, st her hand: + to “ And e7 that th keep up?” regret to sponded the lawy sorious. i must saging professio my de “that the world is ¢ “he continued, al frankness, * ers are apt to study the opinion ot and that such will be the theory “The sud Peggy stourly, “e Fve got to ev intocourt todefend my eh: i might as well pack in them three millions too." There ts he nce that Peg added to this speec! eto “bust the ernst” Of ber trad: and remarking that that was the kind of hairpin” she was. closed the conver- sation with an int that left a severe her companion. But tals stot bar-ro d gulehes, lacked inte aceident fo the plate popular in ti ontirmarion higher etreies. “Better authentic legend related of an interview wit! entleman had » Show some singular generosity of ." he continued, “the law doc of the will for re on OF Cause for its provisions, ft would be a strong point with the midge and jury—particularly it the t t up—for us to show th and natural. Of cour lently, Miss Moma hy the late M yes 10 you.” Tad he not expressed to you— that tt Hetontial be- t. my dear y 4 iween us, lady, that £ nade pul sentiments of alt ded hin, me—n But were there any conditions— wt You know the law takes no cognizaal tay Hot expressed In the will; bai sull, for «sake Of mere corroboration of the be do you know of any conditions on which save you the property? ‘an did he want anything in retura? y dear young lady.” on one side turned a deep on the other a lighter urple, and her foreh ma- dan indtan red. Toadd the effect of this awkward and dis ph 8 sing dramatic exhibition of embarrass- ment. she bezn to wipe Ler Lands on her dre at stent. “1 understand,” sald the lawyer, hastily. matter—the tions were fulfilled aunazedly; + mubarrassed. “ He did say something. and some C91 ditions.” continued Pez, with a certain firmness througin her awkwardness; “but that's nob siness but min: y Spay yours or thei and bis'n. And it’s no ea! “ But, my dear Miss Moffat, if these very con- ditions ‘were proofs of his "right mind, you surely would not object to make them Kowa if only to enable you to pat yours dition to carry them out. “But,” said cunningly. the court didn’t think ‘em satisfactory you thought ‘em queer? Eh? And with this helpless limitation on the part Of the defence the case came to trial. body remembers it. How for six weeks it was the dalty food of Calaveras county; how for six Weeks the tntellectual and moral, and spiritual competency of Mr. James Byways to dispose of his property was discussed with learned and formal obseurity in the court, and with tered and independent prejudice by ca” wad tr Darrooms. At the end of that tims, whea i Was logically established that at leas’ nine- tentis of the population of Calaveras were hartwss tunaties, and everybody else's reason fo potter on Ns Uurowe, au cAbausted o "Spose x been called upon to assume the | in the community, while doubt- | hon the legal brow ¢ TY, popillan it tise | OF not, did not tend to increase Pes's po ‘ou and | , | opinion as she | her unsuccessful vi > | Twasn’t at home right hand, and a consumptive cough. Bei haps I'd better go with you?” H unabie naturally to back himself, he leav Til find tt. things tome. So, for the sake of argume: nd you won't be too hard on him?” | continued Hamlin, suddenty laying down his | “Til be a father to him,” said Hamlin, de- | cherry, witle | | he chanced to be a guest of the Rockville Hotel. | He had during the | the prosecutionof his noble | sratitic | chalk, and rubbing the end of his billiard cue, | other questions regarding her. | heard of her niggardliness and greed. As she you, or you me, for I am down in the kitchen from sun-up till now.” She st awkwardly, as if to listen to the wind, which was rattling the windows, and reat a flim of rain against the opaque | rkness without. Then, smoothing her wrap- per over her knees, she remarked, as if opening | i papotrees conversation; ,* Thar’s a power of | Fainoutside.” Mr. Hamlin’s only response to this meteoro- ) logical observation was a yawn, and a prelimi- nary tug at his coat as he began to remove it. jury succumbed one day to the presence of Peg iu the court rooin. It was not a prepossessing: 7 but the eceitement an ap to ornament herseif, Ss into a glaring relief sal. Every trecsle on her sserted tiselt sin: gave no indica ‘sly at the Judge; her ove. Md broad at tine Dase, vermin atin, in ntiest possible Heht-colored braid In the inidd:e of her narrow shoulders, was as hard “T ht ye couldn't mind doin’ me a favor,” and uninteresting as the wooden spheres that continur Fee, with a hard, awkward laugh, | topped the railing against which she sat. ‘The “partik‘ly seein’ ez folks allowed you'd sorter Din a friend 0° mine, and had stood up for me at times when you hadn't any partikler call to do it. Lhevn't,” she continued, looking down oa herlap, and following with her finger andthamb &seam of her gown, “1 hevn’'t so many friends | slingsa hind word for me these times that I dis- remember them.” Her under ip qutvered a little here. and. after vainly hunting for a for- gotten handkerehier, she finally lifted the hem | of her gown, wiped her snub nose upon it. but | left the tears still in hereyes as she raised thea | to the man. | Mr. Hamlin, who had by this time divested | , himself of his coat, stopped uubutioning his | | walsooat, and looked at her, | “ Like ez not thar'll be high water on the North | | Fork, ef this rain keeps on,” sald Peg, as if apologetically, looking toward the window. The other rain having ceased, Mr. Hainiin be- } gan to unbutton his waisteoat again. I wanted to ask ye a favor about Mr.—about —Jack Fellinsbee,” began Pez again, hurriedly. <a'lin'agin, and is mighty low. And hes a heap o° money here and thar, and inostly vw. Youcieaned him out of two thousand r= last night—all he had.” Mel? "said the gambler, coldly ~ Wel’, Ethought ez you wos a friend o” mine, Kye tolet up a litle on him, 1 Pez, i an affected laugh. “ Youcan do tle him play with * Mistress Margaret Moffat.” ‘azy deliberation, taking off his gint ing to wind it up; “ef you're th n ) stiekafier Jack Fi » gow kin Keep him \ Cf ef me‘much easier than I Kin. You're a rieh jury, who fer sis weeks had had her described io them by the plaintiffs as an arch, wily en- ntress. Who had Sapped the failing reason of . revolted to a man. There was y gratuitous in her pl : that three million was searcely a compensation for it. “Ef taat iuoney Was give to her, she earned it «re, bo it wasn't no softness of the old man," sud foreman. When the jury retired, it, was fel shat she had cleared hercharacter, When they re-entered the room with their verdict, it was known that she had been awarded three millions damages for lis defamation, she got the money. But those who had con- lidently expected 0 see her squander it were disappointed. On the contrary, it was pre- seutly whispered that she was exceedingly pen- urious. That admirable woman, Mrs. Stiver of Red Dog. who accompanied her to San Francisco to avsist her In making purchases, was loud in | her Indignation. “She cares more for two bits than Ido for 35. She wouldit buy anything at | is ic It of Paris, becaus® it was ‘too expen- and at last rigged herseif_out, a perfect t some cheap slop-shops in Market street. 4 after all pare and me toox of he giving up our time and experieace to her, si Hever So miteh as made Jane a single present.” Pepular opinion, which regarded Mrs. Stiv: attention as purely speculative. was not shocxe it this unprofitab’e denouement, bat when Peg refused to give anything to clear the m1 off the new Presbyterian church. clined to take shares in the Union D predl by many as Col. Ingersoll says he keeps a pocket book in | , an open drawer, and his children go and heip themselves to money whenever they want if. “They eat when they want to; they may sleep all if they choose, and sit aE night if they desire. I don’t try to coe: em. Lnever punish; never scold. They buy vheir own clothes, and are masters of themselves.” A gentleman living on Marshall street who has a boy that ts as full as kitteney as his father, read the «rticle and pondered deeply. Hie knew that Col. Ingersokc was a success at raising children in the way they should go, and he thought he wouid try it. The boy had caused him considerable annoyance. and he made up his mind that he had not treated the boy right, so he called the boy In from the | street, where he was putting soft soap on a lamp-post in order to see the lamp-lighter climb it, said to him: My son, I have decided to adopt a different course with you. Heretofore I haye been care- ful about giving you money, and have wanted to know where every cent went to, and my supervision has no doubt been annoying to you. | Now, I am going to leave iny pocketbook in the | bureau drawer, with plenty of money in it, and you are at liberty to use all you want without asking me. Twant you to buy anything desire, buy your own clothes, and to fee! as though the inoney was yours, and that you had not got to account for it. Just make your- s@f at home now, and try and have a good ats ‘The boy looked at the old gentleman, put his hand on his head, as though he had “got ‘em and went out to sce the lamp-lignte aut Soft soap. The next day the s' parent went out into the eountry, shooti returned on the midnight train three di He opened the door with a latch-key, strange yellow dog grabbed him by the ts, and took him he satd, “1 x barked and chewed until the son wh in liis night shirt and cailed hin off. 'd his father he had bowzht that doz of a | woman! Give him enough money ! Dank, or break himself for good , don't keep him foolin’ round me, pemed to be as regard if pudlic been before the triat; took a less she small house, in whieh she lived with’an old | make araise. Itdon’t pay, Mistress Moffat; it woman who had once b .on | don't pay.” i" apparently terms of perfect equality, and | A finer hatwe than Peg's would have misun- looked after her money. i wish 1 could say | derstood or resented the sambler’s slang, and that she did this disereetiy, but the fact {s she | the miserable truths that tinde she plundered. The same doxged persisteacy. she displayed in claiming her rights was vistbte In She sunk tivo imu- worn-out eased tes | comprehended hin instantly, and sat hop | stlent. Ef you'll placing his wa and quietly unloost my ady dred thousand do! nally projected by shaft orig ator. Shi you'll quit protonged the m'serabl ence of te K this yer foolin’, marry that chap snd’ hand over ville Vanqvard long after it had ceased to ta toh Inoney and the money-ma‘in’ that’s est even its enemies; she Kept the doors of kitlin He'll get rid of it Soon enough, 1 Rockville hotel open when {ts custom had de- | don’t is because Texpect to get it, for when he for th parted; she lost the co-operation and favor of a fellow capitalist through a trifling misunder- standing in which she was derelict and impent- got that muc! if ea break riseo, and lose it to some first-class sport T don't say, neither, that you mayn’t be tent; she had three lawsuits on her hands that | in luek enough to re-form him. I don't say, could have been settied fora trite. Inote these | nelther—and it’s a darned sight more likely— defects to show that she was by no means that you mayn’t be luckier yet, and he'll up and — heroine. T quote her affair with Jacx Folins! die afore he gits ridof your money. But 1 d> to show she was scarcely verage woman, say you'll make him happy now—and ez I reckon That handsome, graecless vagabond had | you're about ez badly stuek after that chap ez I struck the outskirts of Red Dog ina cycione of dissipation, which left him a stranded ‘but still rather Interesting wreck In a ruinous cabin not far from Peg Moffat’s virgin bower. Pale, crippled from excesses. witha Voice quite trem: bling from sympathetle emotion more or less developed by stimulants, he lingered languidly, with much time on his hands, and only a neighbors. Tn this fascinating kind of general dixhabille of ini dress, and the emotions, he appeared before Peg Moffat. More than that, he occasionally limped with her through the settlement. The critical eye of Red Dog took in the singular pair; Jaek—voluble, suffe: ing, apparently overcome by remorse, con- ever saw any woma' own feelin’s eith: ‘The blood left Peg's face as she looked up. “© But that’s why I can’t give him the mo: and he won't marry me without 1 Mr. Hamlin’s hand dropped fron ton of his waistcoat. * Can’t—zive—hlin—the— m¢ 2” he rep —beeause T Jove him Mr. Hamlin rebuttoned his w down patiently on the bed. awkwardly drew the portmanteau to him. teoat, and sat arose, and | Mttle nearer selénce, vituperation and disease; and Peg, | “When Jim Byways left me this yer prop- open-mouthed, high-colored, awkward, ye de: | erty.” she began, looking cautiously” around, Ughted; and the eritieal eve of Red Dog, seeing | «he left it to me on conditions, Not conditions this, winked meantngly at Rockville. "No one | ez was in his sritten will—but condition: knew what passed between them. Butallob- | speken. A promise I made him in this very roor served that one summer day Jack drove down the | Mr. Hamllu main street of Red Dog inan open buggy with | bed you're the heiress of that town beside him. Jack, al- | Like most gamblers, Mr. Hamlin was supe: belt a trite Ey. held the reins with some- | stitious. He rose hastily from the bed. and took thing of his old dash; and Mistress Pegsy,inan | a chair beside the window. The wind shook it enormous bonnet with pearl colored ribbons, a | as if the discontented spirit of Mr. Byways was shade darker than her hair, holding in her short pink-gioved fingers a Boquet of yellow Poses, ab yy glowed erimson in distresstul tion over the dash-board. So these two at of the ment, into the uinst the r Possibly it was heless as the dim lemn’ pines opened to receive ned tpon thetr spade: without, reenforeing his last injunction, “T don't know if you remember him,” satd Peg teverishly. * He was a man ez had suffered. Ail that he loved—wite, fammerly, friends —had sone back on him! He tried to make lizht o: it h me, being a poor gal, he let himself out. I never told anybody: T don't know why he tola me—I don’t know,” continued fared on- woods, 2 . mit and m:- | Peg, witha snifiie, “why he wanted to mike antes stopped in their toil to look aiter them, | me unhappy too. But he made me promise that he critical eye of Red Do: Irom the | if he left me his fortune, Pd never—never, so ft had ttselt sun, perhaps from the fac d, toox ona kind- once been young and dissipat iy moisture as it gazed. © moon was high when they Those who had watted to cou Kon this near prospect of a favorable change in his fortunes were chagrined to find that, having help me God—never share it with any main or woman that Loved! [didn't think it would be hard to keep that promise then, Mr. Hamlin, for Twas very poor, and hedn't a friend nora llving bein’ that was kind to me but him. “« ouve as good as broken your promise sald Hamlin; “you've: gly returned, seen the lady safe home, he had himself de- ’as I know | parted from Ked Dog. Nothing was to be | tT made myself! Listen to me. ned from Peg, wno, on the next d nd ea- When Ja proposed to me. Suing days kept te’even tenor of her way, » 1 offered him about what I kalkilated | couldearn sunk a thousand or to more In unsuccessful | f. When he went away, and was siek and speculation, and made no change in her habits ubleTcame here and took this hotel. 1 of personal economy, Wee! without | <cw that by hard work I could make tt pay. to any apparent seave Tomantic idyt. | n't laugh’at me, please. I did work hard, Nothing was known definitely until Jack, a tdcld make it pay, without takin’ one cent of | month iater, turned uD in Sacramento. with a | ‘he tertin’. And all { made, workin’ by night | billiard cue in his hand, and a heart overchar, ond day, fgave-to him! Idid, Mr. Hamlin. 1 | with indignant emotions. “1 don’t mind say ing to you, gentlemen, in confidence,” said Jac’ ‘lé of sympathizing players: ““f don't mind telling you regarding this thing, that I vs S soft on that freckled-faced, red-eyed, red yal, as if she'd been—a—a—an | And I don’t mind saying, gentlem: that, as far as [ understand women, she was just as softon me! You kin lauga, but it’s One day I took her out buggy riding ain't so hard to him as you think; though I might be kinder, I kno if Mr. Hamlin rose, deliberately resumed his coat, watch, hat, and overcoat. When he was completely dressed again, he turned to Pez. “Do you mean fo say that you've been givin’ ail the money you made here to this Al first- class cherubim? | “Yes: but he didn't know where I got it. Oh, Mr. Hamlin, he didn’t know that. | too—and out on the road I offered “Do Tunderstand you, that he’s bin bucking square thing—just as if she'd beea a lad, , agin Faro with the money that raisedon | y he hash? And you makin’ the hash * But he didn’t know that—he wouldn't hev | took It if fd told him.” “No, he'd hev died fust!” s rs “Why, he’s that sensitive—is Jack Folinsbee—that it nearly kills him to take inoney even of me. But where does this angel reside when he isn’t fightin’ the tiger, and is, so to speak, visible to the naked eye?” “ He—he—stops here,” sald Peg, with an at ward blush. “Isee. Might I ask the number of his room, with a hysterical laugh— | i ffered me twenty-itve dol- lars a week allowance—pay to be stopped when | The roar of laughter that greeted this frank confession was broken b. quiet voice asking, ** And what did you say ay?” screamed Jack, “f just told her to go to with her money.’ They say,” con- tinued the quiet voice, * that you asked her for the loan of two hundred and fifty dollars to get you to Sacramento—and that yougot it?” * Wao ld Mr. Hamiin, Says so?” roared Jack—“show me the blank or should I be a—4isturbing him tn his medita~ There was a deadstlence, Then the pos- tions?” continucd Jack Hamlin, with grave po- sor of the quiet voice, Mr. Jack Hamiin, — liteness. a | sanguidly reached under the table, to the “Oh, then you'll promise? And you'll talk to him, and make him promise? “Of course,” said Hamlin quietly. “And youll remember he's sick —very s His room's No. 44, at the end of the hall. began with gentle gravity. “It was an old friend of mine in Sacramento, a man with a wooden leg, a game eye, three fingers on his Pe! and fixing his wicked black eyes on the speaker, “say it’s me mn afraid that th murely, as he opened thedoor and stepped into | the hall. But he hesitated a moment, and then turned and eravely heldout hishand. Peg tovi it timid did not seem quite In earnest and his black eyes, vainly questioned, indicat nothing. But he shook her hand waraly the next moment was gone. i Hie found the room with no difficult 4 cough from within and a querulous protest swered his knock. Mr. Hamlin entered without further ceremony. A sickening sinell of drugs, stoi . Whether truthful Peseta in a community where recklessness and gener- ondoned for the absence of all tae other and Itis possible also that Red Dog was free from prejudice than other m civilized but equally” disappointed mati toakers, Likewise, during the following year, she made several more foolish ventures and lost no mor he In f rish desire to increase | palpable flavor of stale dissipation, and the | her store at almost any risk scemed (o possess Wasted tigure of Jack Folinsbee, haif dressed, | her. At last it wasannounced thatsheintended extended on the bed, greeted him. Mr. Hamlin | eopen the infelix Rockville Hotel, and ki heme appeared tn the 1 operation the: of Success. Muy ) Was for an instant startled. There were hollow. circles round the sick man’s eyes, there was, palsy in his trembling limbs, there was dissolu- ton in his feverish breath. he up,” he asked, huskily and ner She ory, When put into pre emed to be some chance doubtless, was owing to her of hotel keepin and untiring industry. The mistressof millions, ne cooked, washed. Waited on table, made beds, and labored like a common menial lors were attracted by this novel spectac income of the house increased as the! for the hostess lessened. No anecdote of her avarice was too extravagant for current beltet. it waseven alleged that she had been known to rry the luggage of guests to their rooms, that she inight anticipate the usual porter’s gratuity, She denied herself the ordinary necessaries of life. She was poorly clad, she was ill-fed—but the hotel was making mo} A few hinted of Insanity; others shook their heads and said a curse was entatied upon the property. It was believed also, from her ap- pearance, that shecould not long survive this tax on her energies, and alre: there was dis- cussion as to the probable final disposition of her roert re was the particular fortune of Mr. Jack Ham- lin to be able to set_the world right on this and h, practleal knowledze ng. but more to her rigid economy ve Tam, and I want you to get up too. leant Jack. I'm regularly done up.” He ched his shaking hand toward a glass halt- filed with suspicious, pungent-smelling liquid, but Mr. Hamlin stayed it. Do you want to get back that two thousand rs you lost?” respect insbee laughed half hysterically, donically. “She won't giv Folinsbee, withan ate at a reckless laugh rose trembling and with dificulty to his swollen. feet. Hamlin eyed him narrowly and then bade | him lie down again. “To-morrow will do,” he sald, “and then “If Tdont “Tf you don’t,” responded Hamlin, “ Why, I'll Just wade tn and cut you out!” put onthe morrow Mr. Hamlin was spared that ible act of disloyalty. For in the night the already hesitating spirit of Mr. Jack Folins- bee took flight on the wings of the southeast storm. When or how it happened nobody knew. Whether this last excitement and the near pros- pect of matrimony, or whether an overdose of ee i! ce one end,was Bp Gee olinny, thou hast left us,” wherein the rhymes | 10) ow that when they came to awaken him bereft us” and “deplore” carried a eae , the next morning all that was left of him—a allusion to “a thousand dollars more.” A quiet | face still beautiful and boy-like—looked up cold- contentment naturaily suffused his personality, | ly at the tearful eyes of Peg Moffat. ‘+ It serves and he was more than usually lazy and delibe- | me right—1U’s a judgment,” she said in a low | rate in his speech. At midnight, when he was | Whisper todack famlin, * for God knew that I'd | about to retire. he was a little surprised, how- | broken my word and willed all my property to | A stormy December evening had tin when aust week been engaged in rofession at Red Dog, and had, tn the graphic language of a co- | adjutor, “cleared out the town, except his fare in the pockets of the stage driver;” the Read Dey Standard had bewalled his departure in Nayful obituary verse, beginning, “Dearest | ever, by atapon the door, followed by the pre3- | him.” | chee of Mistress Peg Moffat, heiress and laud, | _ She did not long survive him. Whether Mr. | lady of Rockville Hotel. Hamlin ever clot with ae suggestion Mr. Hamlin, despite his previous defence of | indicated in his 5] +h tothe lamented Jack | that night ts not of record. He was always her } friend, andon her demise became her executor. } But the bulk of her property was left to a dis- tant relation of handsome Jack Folinsbee, and * s Leapne out of the control of Red Dog forever. | LY ¥. Sun, | Peg, had no liking for her. His fastidious taste rejected her uncomeliness; his habitsof thought and life were all antagonistic to what he had ‘Stood there, in a dirty calico wrapper, still re- dolent of the day’s cuisine, crimson with embar- Tussment and the recent heat of the kitchen Be” pt a ata NEA pene Sak Cee reas ot vot the | Rumber, miss, do you ——. Matter-of-Fact loneliness, and the unluck} utation of the | y, ss y. Bs i man before her, she was St least mate on | ORS ni oe And I fear the very consciousness of thigscarcely. | “unk I've gota wi ¢# Mercer—Stockings, miss? Yes, miss. What relieved her embarrasment. &2"No fewer than a million living creatures | “ Lwanted to say a few words to ye alone, Mr. | are on an average sent German | ; Hamlin,” she began, taking an unoffered'seat | post office every year, the ma, y of the pack- | other birds and on the end of his portmanteau, “or [ shouldn't | ages containing canary pees, i hey intruded, Butit’s the ouly tume { cam ketea you won't be hurtin’ your | ted, slowly. | | such that my nerves of sensation ¥ | ada the Prince: | dubious. | Will be brought in contact, but tf he a and if was probably the be~ hat had been made this season. uid tind a, } a kind of a dog.. | The parent took oT his pants, what tt | had not removed, and in the ! : | over a bireh-bark cance the boy bought of aa | Indian for 39, and an army musket wi ramred feil down from the corner. aud puld $6 for that. He had al | self an overcoat with a seal cuffs, and a complete ouuit of silk stockings. In his room the paren’s found the marbie top of a soda fountain, a wheelbarrow and she!t | filed with all kinds of canned meat, presc and crackers, and a barrel of apples. A wall tent and six’ pairs of blanke’s were rolled up ready for camping out, anda buekshin shirt ans ‘a pairot cord for pulling on. Sis : sh lines were ready ror business, andan oys er «N full of grub-worms for bait were squirming onthe washstand. The old gentieman looxed the lay-out over, looked at his pocket-boox in | ihe burear-drawer, as empty as a contribution- Lox. and sat | Young man, tae times have been too tiush. We will Ty w return to a specie basis. Wien you want money come to me and I will give you anickel, and you will tell me what you intend to buy with it, or IM warm you. You hear Ze. alico shirts and rom the low doz, ere a letter wili rea id now that man stands aroun f the encounter with the man He itis the last noble act he ¢ Hl he will kil Ingersoll, it aceomplishes, A Maine Editor's View of Death. The editor of the Gardiner (Me.) Jonrna? has recently had a narrow escape from death, his horse running away ashe hung in the wheel. He thus describes his sensations :—**On, can’t some of my me out of tis seray thought, beseechingly I said or It was a prayer not laid down tn the books, and perhaps the form was not ald nov formal Short as tt was tt did me good. then crowds of spirits around me—part of wiom Iknew. ‘I do not see what they can do,’ I thought, and as they seemed to hover arotind the front part of the wagon, and over the horse, 1 wondered how they kept up with him. Thea I thought perhaps they’li take the old horse's strength away—but I couldn't see very cleuwly how they were to do this—for Old Robin was a hard customer to ‘dematerlalize.” 1 probably should have lived but a few seconds longer. sins had worn off upon the wheel fust eh my strength had all gone. Had died, People would pitvingty hs 5a horri- pie death—but really [suffered very little. All the pain T have had up to now has not bean Mal to what [suffered last summet trom the bite of an insect. The numbed. I had no fear; in fac! physical sort of feeling that it was a bundle about three feet long, with a sort. of hanidic to it, (Which was my left leg, probably,) that was bouncing along over the'ground, whieh 1 was trying to untangle. Then there was anot! self Who had to take care of the wheel, tangle the rein, talk to Old Robin, yell t9 the dog. and attend to matters generally; while the third seit seemed to do the thinking, and 1 kind of liked that one the best. heard that in such erises as these one’s whole life passes in review before him, and I thought of that fact, but Thad no such experience. 1 had only one regret for deeds done or left urt- done, and that was that [ had neglected my usual custom of taking accident tickets, and this regret I felt ashamed of. My only thought was of my wife. The knowledge that I have faced death unflinchingly ts not without satis- faction to me, and there is something that I feel, which I cannot describe, that assures me that there was more powerful influences thin my own aiding, comforting and sustaining me. religious friends will say it was the Good Father, and it matters not what we call it—the feeling isthe same. Ido not feel of sufficient consequence to merit God's special providence, but that loving friends from the other sphere may have comforted and sustained me is not there was a | Tepugnant tomy common sense, and does not lessen my idea of the goodness and greatness of the Creator.” How LOornr’s PROSPECTS ARE VIEWED IN ENGLAND.—It is notorious that the Duchess of Edinburgh, who ts not popular in this country, by the way, espoused the cause of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise most warmly in the vain endeavor to secure the pair a more prominent place in court ceremontals than was allotted them by old and rigid custom. In Can- 5 Louise will have no rival near her vice-regal throne, and we may expect, therefore, to hear of her dispensing the hospi- talities of the governor eoneraratD ina manner that would have graced Buckingham Palace in the days when the Queen had not foresworn the pomps and vanities of th wicked world. About the Marquis I a: He comes of a than was required to keep up the dignity of the House of Argyle. However, a very few weeks will suffige to show which way the wind blow e have no doubt on this side of his capacity to win the affection of the people with whom he pire to nncommonly popular prede- cessor he will have to win their respect aisi His only chance is the reasonable one that he wil' grow to the position. At present he is not Hill the shoes of his big enough to fill ft. And then he follows Lord | Dufferin.” In that view of the case the ordeal he is about to pass through is most severe. Here it is the general opinion that he will fail, but that ts ow? my optulon.—(Cor, Philadelphia letin, Woman's Ricnr’ OREG The legislature of Oregon, at its last Session, passed a law In re- jJation to the property rights of married women, Which puts that state in advance of all others on this subject. The following are the leading provisions of the law:—l. That the property owned by a woman at the time of Thartiage, or acquired thereafter by gift, devise or inherit- ance, shall not be liable for the debts or coi tracts of the husband; and that the wife may manage. sell, devise and convey the same as tully as the husband can *’; property. 2. That the property of either hu. nd or wife shall not be lable for debts or contracts of the other. 3. ‘That an action may be maintained by either the husband or wife against the other for the re- covery of property of which the other has ob- tained ssion, the same as if they were un- marrit 4. That for civil injuries committed by the wife damages can be recovered of her alone, except in cases where the husband is jointly responsible. 5. That the conveyances of ‘ens from one to the other shall be valid. 6, That the one may constitute the other his or her attorney for mutual benelit, or attorney in fact. 7. That the wife may recover the wages of her personal labor in her own name. 8. That the expenses of the family and the education of children shall be chargeable on the property of husband and wife, or on that of either of em. IT MAY BE OF SERVICE to the Glasgow detec- tives in theirsearch for the absconding bank director to know that not long since a celebrated criminal escaped from Ireland in a ventilated coftin. ‘The coffin was driven in a hearse to the steamer, and the detectives, who were closely examining every passenger on board, actually helped to place the cofiin in the ship, little think- ing it contained the object of their search.— {London Truth. THE Best JAPANESE BARBERS are women. As in a Japanese family the shaving of the children’s heads is a regular duty, as impera- live as the Saturday night's, general ablutions are among families where Sabbaths and Sunday ‘schools are institutions, so nearly all Japan women acquire a deftness and delicacy of touch i a razor that rival those of TS. 82-A Salt Lake h that Libby J. Young, third wife of John W. Young, presented ee pee Leche cate ven by the is em) that ever but wi Tretused admission on the round that poly: us women were improper per- sons, init friends do something to help | ara mouth. ‘These ner Tsaw | Thad often | family that was | | hever remarkable for spending more money j you ; | customed, when in any difficulty, to CHARLEY. In a mary, sunlit garden, Where was r watch nar warden, But the butterflies and bees Hifling the laburnum treet: ere lilies and parple phiox Bent above the bordering box, And clustering pinks and crimson roses lade fragrant even the orchard closes, — ere ene blissful hour I strayed With the boy they said was laid forever "neath the yew-tree’s shale. - Chr rley, with his summers seven’ I clock was striking eleven As I saw him down the stair, With his blue eyes aad chestnut hair Backward from his forehead blown By the wind, that mad- sich mown When we lost him. "Twas a day In dreary March he went away. But that now, in iad surprise, Breathed a strain of Paradis How I clasped him to my heart! “ Darling, nacht arain shall part You and me, you and me Thrice he kised me; then in glea Down the winding path he eyed (So he was wont of ofd t Toould see his shining head Bright the ic bouichs between, Agata sunbeam cianced that way - While L fotiowet where he |b Followed still, throush gold By grove and walk, his dancing Ardas he ran, now fuiry-dect, emerging slow, all of light, ystal streams rden fair, bahny air ‘y note T hear! ying hand bird to see, When at Its shade And eating 1 passes d, Di 3 relentless, throws lawn and tr Strewing its blossoms And he was zone, and Lalone, As sharp the clock rang out for noon! ApAnion. Ah, well! days went to weeks, to years, But never watch or prayers or tears Brouzht my darling back to me By warden bower or sunny les! And yet it was no dream of mine, For soft I felt his arms entwine About m: nd close and warm Held his) ing, beauteons forn , Heard his laugh, his footsteps’ fall. sleefal call. No, it was no dream of mine, But a joy I count divine,— y + With his stimmers seven, hat hour away from heayent Hina Dean Proctor in the Youth's © es Nerves of the Head, (Dr. Brunton in the Contemporary Review. There are two nerves, Known as the fifth pair, vhich are distributed to the skin of the head and to the mucous membrane of the eyes, nos are closely d with the heart and vessels, and by tag their branches the circulation may be greatly intluenced, as in the case of fainting. It ts curious fact: that. peopie of all nations are ac ulate ‘ve, and one or another branch of the titth quicken their mental processes, ne persons, when puzzled, scratch their heads; others rub thelr foreheads, and others stroke or pull their beards, thus stimulating the oceipt- al, frontal or menial branches of those ne: Many Germ: Wh thinking, have a striking their fingers ayaiust their nose thus stimulating the nasal cutaneous b: While in tals country some people stim branches distributed to the mu: by, when try to cat brandit ‘ustomed Leat figs while compo: another will suck ott will ke clgareties, others sip brandy er. By the ans they stimelate th lngual and bue and thus reth appears to exc! brain reflexiy f branches of the fifth nerve, xly excite their brains. e the circulation thro mn the mouth, 3 Aly trom the siomaca, even be- ‘d into the blood. Shortly after |, however, 1% tdsorbed od to the heart, to the brain aud to the other parts of the nervous system, upon which tt thea bezias to act directly. Under its intluence the heart beats more quickly, the blood clreutates freely, and thus the functional powe ‘he va- rious organs in the body is increased so that the brain nay think more rapidly, the mascles act nore powerfully and the stomaca digests more easily. But with thisexception the eiTect of al- cohol upon the nervous systein may be de seribed as one of progressive paralysis. Tae higher centers suffer frst, and the judgment is probably the first quality to be impaired. One Of the most esteemed novelists of the present day informs me that, although he ean take a great deal of wine without its having any ap- arent effecton him, yeta singie glass of sherry isenough totake the fineedge off his tntelleci. He ts able to write easily and fluently in the eve- ning. after taking dinner and drinking wine; but w he then writes will not bear hi3 | own criticism next morning, although, curious- ly enough, it may seem to him excellent at the ume of writing. As the effect of aleohol pro- gresses, judgment becomes still further tm- paired, although the other faculties of the mind may remain, not only undiminished by the direct action of the alcohol upon the brain, but greatly increased by general excitement of the circulation, The imagination may thus be more vivid than usual, and the emotions more lively, and both, being more or less liberated frozn the control eer manifest themselves in sparkling wit or withering invective. Sheri: is sald to have delivered his great Speech under the iniluence of two bottles of cham- pagne, which he swallowed ata single drauzit; and persons of overcautious tempermanent, and too reserved manners, the removal of the xcessive restraint under which they habitual- act renders them, for the tine, more sociable and agreeable. By and by, however, the oth parts of the nervous system are suecessiv. | Weakened, the tongue stammers, the vision be- comes double, the legs fail and the man falls It is evident, then, that only the first, stages of alcoholic action ‘are at all be ticial, the later stages being as clearly in juriou: The Price of Corn No,” the honest farmer remart: of the’ deepest dejec “the big crops don't do us a Dit Of good. What's the use? Cora ty cents. Everybody and everything's dead sin the farmer. Only thirty cents for corn! by gum, it won't pay our taxes, let alone buy Us clothes. It won't Duy us enon salt to put up a barrel of pork. Corn only thirty cents! By jocks, its a livin’, cold-blooded swindle on farmer, that’s What it 1s. It ain't worth isin’ corn for such a price as that. Ivs a mean, low robbery.” Within the next ten days in tones ; that man had sold so much more of his corn than he had intended, that he found he had to y corn to feed through the winter with. The rice nearly knocked him dow “What! he yelled, “thirty cents for coi Land alive— thirty cents! What are you givin’ us? Why, I don’t want to buy your farm, I only want some corn! Thirty cents for corn! Why, I believe there's nobody left in this world but_a set of graspin’, Blood-suckin’ old misers. | Wis, good land, you don’t want to be able to buy a national bank with one corn crop! Thirty cents for corn! Well, I'll let_ my cattle an’ horses run on corn stalks all winter before I'll pay any such an unheard of outrageous price for corn as that. Why, the country’s flooded with corn, and thirty cents a bushel fs a blamed robbery an’ I don’t see how any man, lookin’ at the crop we've had, can have the face to ask such a price. (Burlington Hawkeye. How Hk CavGut THE TRAIN.—A good story is told of one of the grand jurors in attendance upon the last term of the court. He was afraid he would not wake in season to take the six o’clock train to the capi which he had talked over with his wife on retit He had just got into a sound sleep when faithful spouse woke him, ing that it must be time to getup. He i; found it was only midnight. and retired again. Soon he was aroused, and this time, upon consulting the clock, it proved to be only 2 p.m. Somewhat disgusted and angered at bei so often broken of his slumbers, he again sought his couch, admonish- his wife thusly: “Look here, you keep your elbow out of my back, and your mouth out of my ear till moi .” Feeling herself relieved of any further responsibility, she went to sleep for good, and left her lord and master to wake when he chose, which he did at 4 o'clock, | Wilbe found at Thinking it would not more sleep, he built a fire, puton his hat and overcoat, took his valise in his hand, and sat down before the fire for a few minutes. Mean- while bis wife slumbered on till 7 o’cl when to try and any she woke to find him gone, whereat felt quite badly, she intended to have him a warm bi Leisurely ee cage oer beheld her hi uly his satchel in hand, sit- | times. tng re upright in his chair before the stove, asleep, _ LADIES’ GOoDs. DRY GUODS. Fo! THE HOLIpaYs. (CABrETS SLACGHTERED = For Large and rich variety of 3 es in FANCY aa Ende of Tapest: ageels. wu seevermrens siirrexcere | fects EY C n zl SLIPPER © 4% oes al re CUSHIONS, SUSPENDERS, CARD and CIGAR “ L tT sine. CASES. icine AN Wo lnsra Fine selection of 3 20s Siik aud Bussan Leather FANS. WORK BAS | Stair Cary GLOVE and HANDRERCHIFF BOX | Halls to watch Choice assortment of Initial HAN DK’ S. White Markets, fill cise, @UTS a up KID GLOVES. Cheapest Lot Ladies Cloaks ia Cty RILK MUFFLERS aud JABOTS inalishates, | Dress Gouda tiatuchlerl CHILDREN'S MERINO CLOAKS ¥ CAPS of superior elecance, at St VELVET MES. SELMA RUPPERT'S, 614 9th strect, *pposite Patent Office CLOAKS: T. NLNAUPAIN, | _ Gecl0tr 709 Markrt Spare. | (PH LARGEST ASSORTMENT i or HANDSOME DRESS GOODS IN THIS CITY. REDUCED’ REPUCED' REDVCED 0 rednoed the PSS GOODS. _dect3tr Choams: CLOAKS! A new and attractiveline of CLOAKS for Ladies and Misses, which I am selling at prices wucu Lower than anything I have before offered. M. WILLIAN, Cite Trevise, Paris. 907 Penna. decl0-tr DE rd Wool Drove red Cashinarve ‘overs, embroutered with «lk, em) redticed to 85. CARTER'S, 711 Market Space, Piano Bleached Table Damask, $9, 62,73 : OXOGRAM KID GLovEs. dopa! wear, 20, 45, 61. Went te, _ reduced toss Cloaking 2. BUTTON, $1.00, Cite all Pwo Heth for Inline SHELTON, 91.25, ciceke, 250." Blanket pure oat eeey ae ee #BUTTON. 8150, $10. Tabie Covers. cuiiec “BUTTON, | SSEION St decStr CARTE! 741 Market Space. | Hz CHEAP CASH sToRE. Wamentta Cotton. - TIES in t= FRENCH MIL 83" Special attention giv Mus. J. P. PALMER'S, 1107 F street, Wetwoen Lith and PARE ATTRACTIONS v FOR THE LADIES, At CH. RUPPERWS. 403 7th street n.w. N rent stock of new and bean. | 1 vies Emproidercd Slippers, Cas and Cushions, handsome desizus.’ Fancy Worsied Work and Knitted Goods of all descriptions. Com | plete outfit for Infants. Fine assortment of M rrme Thread and Point Lace ‘Tranmins. Zephyrs, German and Ar Geruantown wool, the best q at the lowest prices, and the mio NERY. ndid Yard Ce uitiful Dress 5) declOtr ored Carhiere ¢ Blankets Shawls, ‘Cloakiss, Cloth Canin Tabie Line $l SPECIAL BARGAINS IN attract: = :" of VELVET Holiday Goods to be found in the city. Dont foneet ot VELVET the nase and place. 203 ee REERE offer as aeeeat rect ne. | 3 2-No Braxce Storr. S03, «|| Agood BLACK TRIMMING V = 2 SEE Srowe.___novSo3m_ | fine MANTILLA VELV: = DOUGLASS’, post com: | Ninth street, Corner F, | ¥. and ax PORTER: them at from 25 to 50 per cen &r. Crovn Burne. AUCTION SAL | “CURATIVE CORSET.” ‘The enormous demand for the “CL oe cacy } 0 supply ‘any tly the wants of our customers. “We have re ed, and will open this morning, another case of ewe aud ladies who have orders, with Us | _nov23te please call or send addross, and the goods w: : ——— cent to then. } PATRAORDINARY BARGAINS, We invite attention to our new | hy “CUIRASSE CORSET,” | BROPHEAD & Cc The beet and most perfect fittine inedium priced 2th and LO at Corset ever placed upon this market. Full Lue of COLORED VELVETS alwayson hand OONNOLLY'S, 608 Ninth street, Opposite Pstent Oman. SET” has been the cause of our inabi pre Penney! vant Tanah, offer itret. he f9liowins test ‘Mt [owe CLAN TARE KEE Vainio class and popular G4 DOUGLASS, Best make ail-wool French Cashuueres corgi nov2T7-te Ninth and Fstreets, | avd couble width). 69 per yard and ap. tut a ——— = Lyons Navy Blue and Beal Brown Silk, tc. per [APHES WINTER BooTs. yard. worth $1. Lyons Gros Grain Biack Silke, in 4 ing Bonnet, Guinet, Belions and Ponsons tele. VFRMILYA ts selline Ladies Buttoned BOOTS, of bis own make, at $5.00, ted makes, 81 per yard and up. Blacl Cashinere awle © the best ‘make and finish in the world . . nd up. Courtanid Black © 2 The best in the city for the money. | to88.S0 yan Lys leface, isc Vel Bind per yard and up. lack Satin, ent q WHITE AND BLACK BERLIN ZEPEYR | for ona)» AUS) Shoe! Cotton, Ge, Cap : per oz BRODAEAD & CO Colored Berlin Zyphy7, : Rannoyinasite eal Setzevnye.f cont Wah % | _nov2ltr J P virania ave. Bost Germantown Worsted De =e ot Germ ord | SUX FINE DRESS smunTs Made to order, of Wamu al fine Linen honoun, for 8-20" ready to patane Finest DRESS "SHIRTS “made to order in the Our WASTERY™ SIGE anfinsers ‘again to call the attention of the Ladiea to | myn of We "Unfinished, at TS ota, n to call the attention of the Li made of Wamsutta Muslin and Extra fine Lines: A CARD. , present | bosom, is the cheapest Shirt in the world. time the most tasty, elaborate, and extensive etock, Our “ Mystery” Shirt at 75 ished, Gf the Iateat Parisian and New York shapes of ocd ca any 82 Shirt im the market ashOd, 1 ae tery" Shirt is retailed at WHOLESALE prices, and Six of Uetu is a nice The GREAT SOUTHERN SHIRT, Orex Fuowr, at 00 cts. is made of the same material asthe “ Mys: LADIES AND CHILDREN’S CLOAKS. ‘We employ EIGHTY persons in our work room on ey tery thece garments—personally superintend the manu- Ot ready facture of tem: the workwauchip and cattivw be | tony che andis wath dori ties ee ee ug under the supervision of Mr. C. W. Leannarda, | are compiled te Hetoee ot, mur Factory i. Who bas no guperior a an artistic designer and | Ticitimore as we are about to biedd slates waa eae modeler, Shoe sd desire to carry leas Stock whilst the puildine is in [rogers “novstr” MBGINNISS', 1008 F street wn. In addition to the merit of the Quality, Style and Lowness of price of our CLOAKS, we commend the fact to the attention of the public that our efforts to cmpley persons resident here deserves recoaition and support, especially when we offer them bettor msde, trimmied and fi ements than those of Northern manufacture, which are made without any knowledge as to who is to wear tyet, while oune oing direct to our own friends and patrons, self- interest alone would prompt us in seeing that ‘noth. enhance their worth should {OCSEFURNISHING Goons, We invite special attention of purchasers to onr full and complets stock of HOUSEFUBNIBSHING GOODS, which we have Just received, and which we are prepared to offer at very low prices, viz Axuinster, Moquette, Wilton, Boily Tapestry Brussels and Ingrain Garpets. in sll che new detims; Rus, Mats and Floor ia ing that would tend to t variety | Kaw Silks, Jutes, French and usliaa sacape our attention. Gretonnes: ‘Frinwed Jute Guresinn ‘something Bew Lace Curtains in all grades and sytem, An tnspection of our stock is solicited. HOOE BRO. & CO., Pricks RaNcE FRom $2.50 Ur. We respectfully solicit a call. wept ly LANSBURGH & BRO. BUSINESS SUITS, the larerat ly low prices, at A- STRAUS’ GOGCD, BERVICEALLE OVERCOAT for @t can't be anywhere for the money, at a STRAU: : ia! QUALITY BLUE BEAVER SUITS at 815. AUSTRAUS, F ‘TS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRA. ED: That you can buy the very best Clothing tor the very least money of the old and popular Variety, at extreme “A BALM” FOR THE HARD TIMES, Clothier, A. STRAUS. READ THIS. RESS SUITS, MADE EQUAL TO CUSTOM D WORK, $20, wort $30. all and seo thoun at A Good Full Suit for 86. Actual Value $12. A Very Gentoo! Suit for $10. Actual Value $15. Quite A Nice Suit for 812. Actual Value 817. Fine All-Wool Suits for $15. Actual Value $22. A. STRAU So ot “ BE XSEAoRD nary BARGAINS to be had in 4 Overcoats of all styles, at A STRAUS". OFS’ SUITS, for school and dress. from $4 to #12: Jange assortment to eelect from, at A STRAU - Bes AND BROWN BEAVER OV) #18: they are beyond doubt worth STRAUS’. car ARD TIMES!—Purchasors who want to nave money should look at the #10 Suit,as itis a marvel of cheapness. A. STRAUS. Stor AND LOOK at STRAUS’ €10 Elysian Boa ver Gvercoat, H AVE YOU SFEN those nobby Chinchilla over coats for 815? If not, you should see them, « oe for daria: you can find in the city. Tobe had only at A. 5’ RACs". ERAN ow ERS y » su an pockets, ut A. STRAUS A GOOD HEAVY WORKING SUIT for $6, frat the thing for those who wish to a good, eer viceable suit for little money, at A. 5 rk AU: T2 GREAT RUSH AT A. STRAUS’ for those ‘stylish Chesterfield Suits still continues. Elegant Business Suits for $15. THOSE WHO WISH TO ECONOMIZE in pur. f Spuinw their Clothing should uot fail to eall at > - be ¥ fore woime elsewhere. Se ES: OUBLEBREASTED SQUARE CUT FROCK COATS and VESTS, handsome patter os, | ascortment. Call and see them, at A STAC YOUTHS’ BUSINESS and DRESS SUITS, in a reat variety of styles aud paiterna, at A. STRAUS’. STRAUS’ ENGLISH nothing like it in the STRAUS’ FULL LINE OF CHILDR soncly trimmed and made wi from 83.50 up, at A. STI 2 U SSTERS TO SUIT AND FIT tho | as the smnallest man, at STRAUS’. HOSE WITH WHOM MUNEY IS AN OBINCT should not fail to visit STRAUS before coing Very Superior Suits for $ Actual Value $23. RATED OVERCOAT to be found only at A Fine Custom-Made Suits for 8: SUITS, hant in the latest style Actual Value $35. HABLE BROTHER rest a8 well ‘Tattons aNp CLoTHrERs, | cleewhere, as you can save from 2) to 25 por cout. on you buy. Northwest Corner 7th and D sts. . > Temetuber— A STRAUS, = | _deob-tr 1011 Pennsylvania avenue | LADIES’ ENGLISH JACKETS, E. S. PARTRAM, (Late or New Onteans, La) SARTORIAL EXPERT, aND “TAILOR OF THE PERIOD” Now wire GEORGE T. KEEN, 414 Ninth street. LADIES’ OVERCOATS, LADIES’ ULSTERS, by wep 25.tr ' | OUT AND MADB. ! DPEVEIN & Co. CLOTHING TRADE OF NEW YORK, and offer for the FALL AND WINTER OF 1878 A. Btock of PIECE GOODS for Custom Orders, JNO. M. KEELER, iuneyualled. ee WASHINGTON OFFICE, novi9-Im _ 1390 F Street. Anrist Tarzon, novl6-2m 2112 Pennsyleania avenue, HH, » 24nR, Forwentr or Ketix & Bann, \OMPOUND FLUID. EXT! Cc Buca, ar Combining the concentrated properties of Buchu, Uva, Urei, Pareira, Brava, Juniper Berries, and other energetic eubstances; specially useful in the treatment and cure of diseases of the urinary and generative organs ; Irritation, Inflammation or Ul- ceration of the Bladder and Kidneys, Dropsical af- fections, Stone or Brick dust deposits, specially adopted to female disorders. LISHMENT, Puce ONE eee ee te, No. 414 Nuvra Sraeer w. w. Cor. 14th and I sts. and 24. and D sts. =. w. E27 He will be pleased to see his friends at all | _“64r GEORGE T. KEEN'S MERCHANT TAILORING ESTAB- 5 the train gone over an hour. OMETHING NEW. FOBTY BUSHELS DELIVERED FOR $2.16. etic SOREL ousszomr oFricm 2-Three naturalized Chinamen voted at Pen - Sa Co La at the recent elections, ep 122059 fagmImeron, D.O. | cater G11 6n4 613 10th street.