Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1880, Page 6

~ a ee oS What He = of the Denomina- se ‘TaE BRANCH, NARROW GAUGES, SCRUB AND POPU- LaR, NICE AND RIVER ROADS. (Burlington Hawkeye.] ‘On the road once more, with Lebanon fading way in the distance, the fat passenger drumm- ming idly on the window pane, the cross pas- wenger sound asleep and the tall, thin passen- eer reading “General Grant’s Tour Around the . World” and wondering why “Green’s August Flower” should be printed above the doors of “A Buddhist Temple at Benares.” Tome comes: the brakeman, and seating himself on the arm Of the seat, Con has iS “J went to church yesterday.” “Yes?” I said, with that taterested inflection ‘that asks for more. “And what church did you attend?” “Which do you guess?” he asked. “Some union mission church,” I hazarded. “Naw,” he said, “I don’t like to run on these ‘ranch roads very much. I don’t often go to ehureh, and when I do, I want to run on the main line, where your run ts regular and you go on schedule time and don’t have to wait on connections. I don’t like torun on a branch. enough, but I don’t like 1t.” Ly arpa I guessed. ‘ited express,” he said, “all palace cars and two dollars extra for a seat, fast time and nly stop at the big stations, Nice line, but too exhaustive fora brakeman. All train men tn ‘uniform, conductor’s punch and lantern silver- plated, and no train boys allowed. Then the ers are allowed to talk back at the con- Guetor, andit makes them too free and as LIMITED EXPRESS, BROAD A’ No, I couldn’t stand the palace cars. Rich ro.d, nh. Don’t often hear of a receiver being inted for that line. Some mighty nice peo- 0.” travel on i “Universalist?” I suggested. P “Broad gauge,” sald the brakeman: much complimentary business. travels on a pass. Conductor doesn’t get a fare “does {09 erybody Once in fifty miles. Stops at all flag stations and won’t run into anything but a union depot. No smoking car on the train. Train orders ‘are Father vague though, and the train men don't get along well with the passengers. No, I don’t go to the Unive sais, though I know some awfully good men who run on that road.” “Presbyterian?” I asked. “Narrow gauge, eh?” said the brakem.n, “pretty track, straight as a rule; tunnel right u ha mountainrather than go around it; spirit vel grade; ir. ticket before they get on the train. Mighty strict road, but the cars are a little nar- Tow; have to sit one in a seat, and no room in the aisle to dance. Then there is no stop-over tickets allowed; got to go straight through to the station you're ticketed for or you can’t get passengers have to show onatall When the car's full no extra coaches; cars-built at the shops to hold just so many and ‘Rol else allowed on. But you don’t often hear of an accident on that road. It’s run right up to the rules.” “Maybe you joined the Free Thinkers?” I “Scrub road,” said the brakeman, “dirt road bed and no ballast; no time card and no train dispatcher. All trains ran wild, and every en- eer makes his own time. just'as he pleases. Smoke if you want to; kind of ago-as-you-please road. many side tracks, and every switch wide open all the time, with the switchiman sound asleep and the target-lamp dead out. Get on as you please and get off when you want to. Don’t have to show your tickets, and the conductor isn’t expected to do anything but amuse the passengers. No, sir; I was offered a pass, but I don’t like the line. I don’t like to vel on a road that has no terminus. Do you yw, sir, I asked a division superintendent ‘where that road run to and he said he hopel to die if he knew. I asked hii if the general su- itendent could tell me, and he said he did'nt jeve they had a general’ superintendent, and if they had, hedidn’t know anything the road than the passengers. I asked him who he reported to, and he sald ‘nobody.’ Laskea a conductor who he got his orders from, and he he didn’t take orders from any living man or dead ghost. who he more about And when I asked the engineer ‘ot his orders from, he said he'd like to see any ‘ive him orders; he’d run that train to sult himself,or hed ran it into the di Now you see, sir, I’m a railroad man, and I don’t care to run on a road that has no , makes no connections, runs nowhere and has no superintendent, It may be all right, but T’ve railroaded too long to unders! it.” “Maybe you went to the Col gational church?” I said. “Popular road,” said the brakeman; “an old road, too—one of the very oldest in this country. Good road-bed and comfortable cars. Well mani road, too; directors don’t interfere with division superintendents and train orders. Road's mighty popular, but it’s pretty Inde- pendent, too. Yes, didn’t one of the division superintendents down east discontinue one of the oldest stations on this line two or three Jears ago? But is a mighty pleasant road to Welon. Always hassuch a splendid class of Ts ‘passenge: “Did you try the Methodist?” I said. “Now youre % enthusiasm. ice road, é! Plenty of passengers. Engin Of steam, and don't you forget shows a hundred and enouga ail tu Lively road; and when the conductor sic ‘all aboard’ you can hear him to the next sta- tion. Every train light shines like a hy Stop-over checks are given on all throuzh Ul ets; passenger can drop off the train as often he likes, do the station two or th ‘ast time and carry a power ve days ani’ hop on the next revival trai 23 thiua- dering along. Good, whole-souled companion- able conductors; ain't a road int c where the p ngers feel more at home. No asses; every passenser pays full trail: rat:3 r his ticket. Wesieyannouse alr braxe on all trai ate road, but I dida’t rite over ic yesterday “Pertiaps you tried the Baptist?” I gnessed once moi “Ah, ha!” said the brakeman, isn’t she? River road; beautiful curve et around anything to keep close to the river, bu it’s ail steel rail and rock ballast. single trac the Way and not aside track from the round house to the terminus. aheap of water to run It through, double tanis at ev ation, and there isn’t an engine ia the shops that can’ pull a pound or run a mile with less than two gauges. But it runs through a lovely count these river roads always do; river on one side and hills on the other, and it’s a steady chmb up. the grade all the Way tll the ran ends where @ fountainhead of the river b ¥ Til take the river road every time for a lov trip, sure connections and good tim prairie dust blowing in at the windows. Aad yesterday, when the condnetor came around for the tickets with a little basket punch, I dida’t ask him to pass me, but I paid my fare like a little man—twenty-five cents for an hour's ran anda little concert by the passengers in. I tell you, Pilgrim, you take the when you want—* , But just here the fong whistle el the and no rown er road fromtheengine Kennan hurried “Zionsville! ne train makes no stops b2- tween he! ff anapous Early Spring Vegeta bies. We suppose that noteven tne most pr eee enjoy thetr iS average hitman being doe tables; and considering how e u it is to have some of the more Is not done to get them. haps, isthat few think of It time’ comes, when ft 1s too the way of getting thein. Depin (0 think about these tables start into growth with + and even the prote rative mder is reason, le heat, c tl often Ss before those winds to contend rden, near this city, which feet high around reen from cold ‘all of the little sun, is the rhubarb und ani Ls with. We know a ¢: has but 2 low wall avout four it; but even this is a wonderfv Up et the north il souther garden, in the ful andthe asparagus, and this little advantage alone gives them near wo weeks’ start on their neighbors with these two vegetables. It is not always conventent, or even desirable, to have a wall like this, but almost anyone can have a thick arbor-vitwe hedge, which will answer nearly as well. Besides thisemuch can be done et” hot-bed frames, as they are generally calle’. although ee oes wed a an artitic jarmt ey are by gurdeners called cold frames. These placed over crops bring them forward considerably. Beds of aragus can ‘be made with an especial view to having them covered with sash in this manner, and when the comes both radishes and lettuce can be sown on the earth under the glass, and will grow on and do weil without mueb interier- ence from the asparagus growing up between “30 with strawberries, A few sash ses over the plant arm and dry situation, brings th: tuces practices some j= Ament will be require im the management. “Asa general rule the sash should be Jet off in hot days, putting them on only at nights to keep off the white frosts and keep the ground warm. This warmth ts also aided by Leepeins) on the sash early in the even- ing, so as to enclose a body of warm air before ‘the sun entirely goes down. If the sash is kept want of air during the Yeowang dag-tiine, and v1 x are then more liabig to tefury by night. : It ts on these little matters that some judg- ment Is fequired, but it soon comes as natural Wwone with a little experience as swimidtag does to a young duck. st as In the Case of a duck, too, it is a sort of judgment which no nor it natural can teach. et all who have id Just now and see when it can be done. joyments than em ever &nd'no doubt will thank 0 when they find ow is rewarded garden things —{ €27It ts leap year, Goesn’t look very home alone at 2 sparking her bea' ae ring P: both u n, mi OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT SYDNEY. [From Correspondence of the New York Times.] In accordance — several illustrious prece- dents the main building was far from being ready on opening days ‘and one of the courts most in arrears was the American, when there were many blank reserved for not yet arrived. But hindmost of all were the Ger- mans and Austrians, who could show anything except unpacked boxes, thot the, had been in ‘3 0p ion of their apace, along witl the French, for a_ longer time tl any others. Great Britain and the principal colonies were all well advan and had much to display. For ten days after the opening the noise of ham- me was constantly he in_the building, but in the end a pretty complete state of thi was arrived at, and the public, who were rather inclined to hold aloof at first, soon began to pont in in large numbers. America had a fine show, on the ground floor, of cutlery, saws and tools; of silver-ware, electro-plated goods; of cotton goods; of sewing-machines, organs, and merino wool from Vermont; of locks and keys, house- furnishing materials; and on the basement floor a fine display of Fairbanks scales, as well as of stoves and kitchen ranges. The work of two bridge-making companies, one ot whom has ob- tained a conitact under the New South Wales government, (the Edgemoor, of Wilmington. 1.,) were represented by photographs an models. The engraving and repoussé work in the electro-plate sections were deservedly ad- maired, as pot surpassed either by the exhibits of the great French house of Christofle or the Eag- lish nanufactories; but one of the gems of the entire collection was the show-case, in the nive, of the Gorham silver company, of Provideace, which contained almost the only sterling silver- ware in the entire exhibition. In the same area was the big (is lay of the Waltham watch fac- tory, of Massachusetts, which made a const ler- able hit, with its simple movements and finely executed workmanship. The princip u electro- late exhibitors were Reed & Barton, Simson, all, Miller & Co., and_the Meriden brittannia company, all of New York; keys and locks were shown by the Yale company and Russell & Er- win; scales by Fairbanks, of Johns ury, Vt., and Howe; pianos by Steinway; stoves by Aben- droth Bros.; steel cutlery by the Stanley rule corapany. School furniture was also shown, billiard tables, robes, clocks, paper boats, etc.; th machinery hall and agricultural hall hada Lee representation of American inventions, but allin too backward a state of preparation to be examined, even as late as the present day. High as ts the quality of many of the Ameri- can exhibits it cannot be said that the invention and resources of the people are at all completely illustrated. In fact, many visitors from the states are disappointed at the smallness of the total effect produced, particularly when they know that there Is scarcely a department of in- dustry in which Americans do not shine. Bel- lum has been allowed to carry off the palm for ron castings from the Cockerill factory at Se- raing; England shows all the best carpets, wool- ens, cottons and wall-papers, andin porcelain and glass-ware is far ahead of all competitors. ‘The designs in pite sur pite ware and in glass are stated to be equal to those shown at Paris; indeed, the collections are the same. Germany is strong in pianos; Austria in Bohemian glass; Italy, in marbles and mosaics; Holland, in gins and liquors. In cutlery and saws the United States is entitled to be considered first. Though he exhibition in all respects has come up to the expectations of the colonists, there ts no doubt that they would have been better pleased it their brethren in the United States had shone out a little more brightly. New South Wales being a free trade country, ought to offer a large market for American enterprise. Already some progress has been made toward commercial in- tercourse. Pennsylvania locomotives are now running on several of the main lines of railway; the reaper and binder is in favor with many ag” riculturists, while the carrlage-makers of Syd- ney depend largely on New York for the ash and hickory used in vehicle building. Ameri bucket: ‘Id implements, stoves, aud sewing- machines, are well known. Tne colonies, in filling up their courts, have relied chiefly on the raw material with which nature has endowed them, and which art and enterprise have brought into the market. Coal, copper, gold, silver and tin are to be found in several sections; timber and cabinet woods, sugar, and even coffee and tea, from tropical and sub-tropical regions; merinoes and long wools, aud wines in extraordinary variety, showing that the grape is now being assiduousiy cultivated from the 30th to the 36th parallel of south latitude. In manufactures of the simpler kinds, New South Wales and Victoria are already manifesting progress. The colonial makers of agricultural implements and ma- chinery, like plows, harrows, mowers, winnow- ers, and threshers, almost occupy the field to the exclusion of imported articles. The Sydney Melbourne factories are petting on well in the manufacture of heavy and light tweeds, in fur- niture making, rope-making, and they annually turn out large quantities of boots, shoes, and saddles; they are commencing to make port- anteaus and trunks, and already show some skill in brush ware. DEAR JOHN. (Hartford Times. } Dear John, he wants to marry me— He told ne 80 to-day ; It made me ylad, it made ihe sad, 1 knew not what to say. I answered **Yes,"" I answered * . The words they ran toxether— Isaid ‘John, stay,” Teaid “John, co,” And shook like any feather. Dear John, he wants to marry me— Isaw'it long It made me 0; made me sad, ‘or oh, he loves me so! Tputhim off, Ted him on, Whene’er we inet together ; I changed my fickle mind for John With every chauge of weather. he wants to marry me, ids me now decide; 3 d, it makes me sad— T've laughed and then I’ve cried ; For John he waits, and Rob he ‘They want me both t Sure, ming ‘Before Dear John, And Itm er such straits heather. Mrs. Plank’s Pig’s Last Monday, says the Salt e Tribune, a d thinking of family nore she thought the more t her girl, who had hither- arketing, was extravagant, ut. There Was no reason in ead. iy of Zion commenced economies, and the evident it became th to done the td to that effect, a nice little sum would for her and her Johnny to live upon. There a tirm determination in her eyes when sue aa- nounced her purpose to hereafter look after te purchasivgot provisions, She stalked down the pices like a woman with a fixidity of pur- ose, and to. hot into a popular meat shop wich “Nr. Nan what do you sell biggest you be rmined not to cheate ‘That nigut when the husband went home } ‘bfounded. Hed @ Was No chair could be used for its prop eadcheese on ii erator, tabl was du where. purpos je 2 On them. nant airing spell, and argain of mine, Jolin ad for ten cents from Mr a y either; told him to sead in the bill at onc On the following day the bill came, The husband's eyes were like saucers as he showed his SF XE ed. “What an old nd I just won't stand it, now! made a special bargain with him for ‘10 cents, and he has the impudence to send in his bil for 3959. Tigo and see him right away and give him my opinion, now you see if I don’t!” A Tew minutes later she was face to face with the butcher. “Didn't I make a special bargain with you yesterday for that pig’s head?” “I don’t know, Iam sure; but if you say so, piano, barrels, all had hi The wife had a triumpi then ¢ plodac splendid i Dida’ imit it. Well, I do;I bought it for 10 cents.” es, that’s right; that’s what we sell them ai. You wanted the biggest one, and I sent one from a 1,000-pound porker, which weighed 95 pounds, and at 10 cents a pound—” “Oh, bother the pounds. I sald nothing about ppounasi you expect to get 95 pounds of pork for “Don’t say anything of this to husband. Let him pay the 10 cents and Pl Day the rest.” 4 By ones pence the ae “but there is vi ma n aug Ti tell n 1 aad ere often for items, “If you do, I'll kill you s Bee you and him, too, the Justice Murray’s Fable. “Joseph,” said the magistrate, “you remem- ber the story of the mouse that fell into the beer vat? it is old, but the lesson 1s always. ate Joseph Ustened while the magistrate ~ ae cited: “ “A mouse fell into a beer vat ona 5. was looking over the vat, and {,,03¥- aie mouse sald: “if you will’ ice me out of uere Tl aliow you to eat me.’ “a > said the cat, as he put is paw!) ang pulled out the little “ ES Tipe safe on the =. a 0k "sel ranaway. ‘Come back,’ oried She ats "you promised to let me eat you it {pea you out.’ “I did.’ said the mouse; but cn I was in liquor? Five days, Joseph, and then we will see a the Use Joseph accepted lon Of the magistrate and as he marched into prison, said to the offi- 4 Reet aeons story."—(¥. ¥. Star’s 88 oe cen agen eae us cami out the dentist's ‘chatr { where halt { | | Asa fair example of the cw of statis- of the G ties, says Spofford, the congressio! libranan, | APPpreaching End w reat Come “take the army of Xerxes when it, crossed. thé 2oer lellespont vade Greece, ves, a8 1,700,000 foot, 100,000 ho! and 517, naval | S18 WORKS AND THEIR CHAR ACTERISTICS—REMIN- forces—total, 2,817,600; and adds that this. was ISCENCES OF WAGNER AT BAIREUTH. swollen by the attendants to 5,200,000; ahd all {Boston Herald.) this to invade a country which in no age Recalling the sunny midsummer days of 1876, wn to history contained over 1,500,000 in- | when, standing with the happy, brilliant throng habitants. Another favorite of histo- esti we that famous Alexandrian burned by the . 640, witha rhi ai- mouth. Unfortunately for this tic tale no two writers are as to the c' except as to the single fact that there was a library at Alexandria, and that it ceased to exist in the seventh cen- tury. To ask a modern inquirer to believe that 700,000 books were gathered in one body S00 years before the invention of printing, while ie largest library in the world, four centuries after the multiplication of books by printing began, contained less than 200,000 Mie is altogether too great a stretch of credulity. Even in reporting the size of modern libraries, exaggeration holds sway. The library of George IV., inherited by that less ignor- amus from’ a book-collecting father, and pre- sented to the British nation with ostentatious Uberality only after he had failed to sell it to Russia, was said in the publications of the time to contain about 120,000 volumes. But an ac- tual enumeration when the books were lodged in the King’s Library, at the British Museum, where they have ever since remained, showed that there were only 65,250 volumes, being little more than half the reported number. Many libraries, public and private, are equally over- estimated. It isso much easier to guess than to count, and the stern test of arithmetic is too seldom applied, notwithstanding the fact that 100,000 volumes can easily be counted ina day by two or three persons, and so on in the same proportion. Here, as in the statistics of popu lation, the same proverb holds goo’—that the unkiown is always the magnificent, and on the surface of the globe we inhabit the unex- plored country is always the most marvellous ‘since the world began. How Slate Pencils are Made. In making slate Lear broken slate is put into a mortar run by steam, and pounded into small particles. Then it into a mill and runs into a “bolting” machine, such as is used in flouring mills, where it is “bolted,” the fine, almost jimpalpable, flour that results being taken to a mixing tub, where a small quantity of steatite flour similarly manufactw is ad- ded together with other materials, the whole being made into a stiff dough. This dough is kneaded thoroughly by passing. it several times between iron rollers. Thence itis conveyed to a table where it is made into “charges,” or short cylinders, four or tive inches thick, and containing cient to twelve pounds each. Four of these are placed in a strong ron chamber or “retort,” with a changeable nozzle so as to regulate the size of the pencil, and subjected to tremendous hydraulic pressure under which the composition is pushed through the nozzle in the shape of a long cord, and pass over a sloping tabie slitat right angles with the cords to give passage to a knife which cuts thera into lengths. They are then laidon boards to dry, and after a few hours are removed to sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation serving to prevent the pencils from warping during the process of baking, to which they are next sub- fected in a kiln, intoz which superheated steam s introduced in pings, the temperature being regulated according to the requirements of the article ex! to its influence. From the kiln the articies go to the finishing and p: ing room, where the ends are thrust fora se- cond under rupidly reyolving emery wheels, and withdrawn neatly and smoothly pointed. Th y are then packed in pasteboard boxes, each containing one hundred penciis, and these boxes are In turn packed for shipment wooden boxes, containing one hundred e or ten thousand pencils in a shipping bo: Nearly all the work is done by boys, and the cost therefore is light, American Folk Lore. The foliowing signs handed down by tradition are yet believed in in many parts of America: White specks on the nails are luck. Whoever reads epitaphs loses his memory. To rock the cradle When empty is injurious to the child. To eat while @ bell is tolling fora funeral causes toothache. The roy ne of a hen indicates some approach- er. ing dis When a mouse gnaws a hole some misfortune may be apprehended. He who has teeth wide asunder must seek his fortune in a distant land. Whoever finds a four-leaf trefoil—shamrock— should wear it for good luck. Beggars’ bread should be given to children wWiio are slow in learning to speak. It a child less than twelve months old is brought into a cellar it will become timid. When children play soldier on the roadside it forebodes the approach of war. A child grows proud if suffered to look into a mirror while less than 12 months old. He who proposes moving into a new house must first send in bread and a new broom, Whoever sneezes at an early hour either hears ue news or receives some present the same a. ‘The first tooth cast by a child should be swal- lowed by the another to eusure a new grown oF teeth. Buttoning the coat awry, or drawing on a stocking inside out, causes matters to go wrone during the day. By bending the head tothe hollow of the arm the initial letter of one’s future spouse is repre- sented. Women who sow flaxseed rocess, tell some Lie: nevir bleach white. When women are s‘ufing beds, should not remain in the o feathers will come thre When a person en ‘obliged to sit down, If otherwise takes away the hun. ‘The followlnug are omens of death : scratebing on the floor or howling ina manner, and ewls hooting in the” neigh! otthe house. hould. during the the yara wiit men wise the be 13 he with ’s sleep A do; Church Oyster Stews. At last the church oyster stew and Its price have been mentioned in ecourt—to wit, in the course of the Hayden trial A young man who was summoned 1 in the Hay- den trial had been at a church entertainment given by Pastor If sch ad, “lik rious other unwary youths, had ordered oyster stew. Although not discover the exact ingredients and propor- tions of the dish there is no reason to douvt ‘that the time-honored, orthodox church ente tainment recipe had been foliowed, which mixes three small oysters, three-/uart pint of warm water and a powdered cts together, and makes fifty cents the minimun price, Young men oceaSionaliy wink at this style of extortion for the of winking at the pretty girl who usually serves tne stey collects” the money; but, there seem to been no girls accompa shu on th i bein: nh de be p cushions to be bought for the lor the middle aisle, so there was no neet of church entertainments. The churches and in- dividuals to whom the epistles were w: had too many serious broils and stews of their own to think of victimizing other people with three drowned oysters at fifty cents. Beside: the apostles and fathers of the Clurch talked more of sinners than of particular sins, and the way in which an apostle writes about extor- Uoners, and the place he assigns them a3 2 final residence, {cert.inly have their special bearings upon the compounders of the traclit- fonal church oyster stew. Let the guilty be- ings repent ere it {s too late; repent, while oys- ters are yet cheap, for they cannot hove to hide their iniquity by Setting behind clerial or girlish collectors, for all these are blissfully ig- horant of values of every kind. Let them serve Such stews as they would not be ashamed to offer St. Paul if he were still visiting the va- rious churches and enjoying their hospitaltt y; then if they charge fifty cents they will oni be exacting two prices, and every one good- n inment hout saying anythi about 1.—[™% ¥, Herald. eee —— “Official”? Aid to the Starvi7s, Silesian workin! 's t8 $* ponolait charity commisstgner— Theos» on benolding a last from the State. i5,4.;° S Pellet coming at What ails you? ">, viticlal—Keep cool, folks! ing; 1m too-. caterfamilias—We are stary- earn ap~ ., Weak and exhausted to worx or avoir”. thing. OMicial—What was your last 7 .aupois? Pater-familias—I don’t knw. vfficlal—How careless; but that looks just like you; in good times you never think of gath: ng statistical material for periods of distress. see noother way out of the dilemma bu? to weigh you from week to week, and thus a3cer- tain the effect of hunger on your corporo:ity. That weighing will be done tree of chicze, What else do you complain of? P. ¥.—We are freezing in our room. Officiali—What is the mean cea. in your room? P. F.—I cin’t tell, Official—What! can’t tell? That’s bad, very bad. There ’s evidently great need of more thermometers in this province; they nrist be sent at once. You shall havea fine lastru- eed a few days from which you can e. By that time half of us to derth and frozen. Officia’—Reduce that to writs Don't to keep a lst of the mortality. Keep cool, people, De ae ued that we ioe are to record away the (tress.—[Berliner We 's motto: “Alt ‘put on the terrace of Wagner's val theatre, fooked down on to the red roots of the lite” old large , Vivi and glad in the happiest, proudest hours of his life these golden days, I can ee the great theatre standing there empty, 1 terrace deserted, the city dull with all the duliness of a provincial winter, surrounded with white fields and black woods, the landscape cold and and drear, and out there by the H/- garten, in his handsome villa, “Wahnfried,” ‘Wagner eer Unless the tremendous vitality which has car- ried him h the storms ana confilcts of 67 years enables unexpectedly, to rally from the seemingly fatal disease under which he now lies prostrate, we may at almost any moment expect to hear of the death of the test liv- ing composer, and the most many-sided genius, who ever devoted his life to music; a man who has left such an impress on his art_as scarcely any other, and who, with his strong, positive. self-asserting personality, has gathered around him more lent, devoted friends and adhe- rents, has raised up more bitter enemies, j ‘na house on ee Bruehl, a street in the old city THAN ANY OTHER MUSICAL MASTER, but who will pass away with the knowledge that his principles are triumphant, and are recoz- nized as such by an overwhelming majority of musicians and critics in his native land, and that even his opponents have been compelled to adopt them in part; that they are making victo- rious progress in other countries, and promise toredeem music in Italy from its present de- cline, and that they have exerted an important. influence in other reaims of art beside music. Few men have been more maligned and slan- dered; he has also frequently been unkind and unjust, and has said bitter things of others, and he has often been surrounded by disciples who have been blind to his every fault: between the two oP ig bands the middle ound has been held by those who would not let the master’s ill-tempered eccentricities ob- scure his greatness, neither would they allow the latter quality so to dazzle them that they could not see the great worth of many whom he disliked, but were able to strike a balance, as it were; and, while they fully recognized the tre- meprdous genius of Wagner, they could also enjoy and admire Schumann and Franz. here are few Germans to-day, except the dull of ear and the low in taste, who do not ex- jpentrnce the highest enjoyment on_ hearing Wagner’s operas, a8 the invariably full houses that attend their performances will no other composer 1s so popular; but in other countries, especially in England and America, he is most wofully misunderstood, chiefly for jack of opportunities to hear his works. He is. held up as a great musical bugbear, a ruthless sacrificer of melody and a maker of hideous dis- cords and ear-rending noises, a writer of absurd texts to his operas, and a conceited old fool. Most of these things have been said in utter ig- norance of the man and his music, having been caught up and repeated from malicious or would-be-witty statements made in various ir- responsiisle quarters, Wagner's aim has been, to state it briefly to create a new art, or rather, form of art, by making the musical drama the highest expres- sion both of music and the drama, and to tals end bringing the assistance of’ the other hetic arts. Wagner did not start out in life With this purpose clearly in view, but simply hithat impulse to achieve something great which inspires every genius, and it was com- aratively late in life when his purpose had been fully developed, step by step, in his varl- ous works. In “Rienzi,” HIS FIRST GREAT OPERA, he simply followed in the footsteps of Meyer- beer, With the design of producing a great, gorgeous spectacle, aiming at effect through glitter and display. This, however, soon ap- peared to him as ‘false art, and In jater years, he used to say: “ Don’t speak of *Rienzi;” it is not mine; I disown it!” He began to strive, almost unconsciously at first, to gain his enas through purely artistic means, and It was then that he wecded opera of its absurdity, allowing nothing to break the continuity of dramatic action. He laid the greatest emphasis on clear, rational expression; above all, he sought to make bis meaning understood, therefore the words were clothed in music that made their Significance most clear,and best suited to the emotion or feeling they were intended to con- vey, while the senseless repetitions were dls- carded, and the duets, trios and other concerted pieces that tangle and snarl the text until It de- ies understanding—such as are dr: in at the most inopportune places in the conventional opera, making the whole action halt to their bidding—were simplified, and, in his later works they fell away altogether. In Leipsic, in the winter and spring of 1876, I had the fortune to belong to a little corterie or- ganized for the study of Wagner's “Niblelungen” trilogy, preparatory to hearing the work at Bai- reuth, and the kuowledge thus gained was of in- estimable value. We met at stated intervals, at, the house of Gura, the great baritone of the opera, and other principal opera singers ‘yolun- teered their services, so that each evening sev- eral scenes would be gone through with care- fully, the motives and their significance being explained in a preliminary dissertation by Dr. testity, for Stade, a well-known musiclan, who presided at the piano. ‘The evenings were thoroughly de- lighttul. We celebrated the close of the serles by a sort of plenie party at Gura’s, the ladies uuting the edibies, and the gentlemen pre- senting Herr Gura with a handsome testimonial in appreciation of his hospitality. Wagner was born in Leipsie on May 2, 1813 now princt; inhabitated by Jews. Th house ts raarxed by a tablet placed there by the Wagner Verein, giving Wagner’s name and the date oi his birth. { chanced to pass by there on Wagner's birthday, and I notice that the tablet was decorated with a wreath placed th I afterward learned, by some member of our so- ciety. Among our number was a pale, lean and halt-starved-lookings‘ udent from the unive ty, and he sent Wagner a sonnet in honor of hi birthday, which so pleased the old genti that, on meeting his relative afore-inentioned, who also belonged to our society, he asked hin if he knew this student,a i ‘was poor and deserving, Wa 10 THE FESTIVAL AT BAIR a gift worth about #3. ‘The receiver was natu- Ba raised to the seventh heaven fn his d+ ight. J Went to Baireuth three weeks before thi tival to attend the final rehearsals, to whic a correspondent or the Boston Herald, 1 wa: cordially wel There v two full sets of grand rehearsals given; the first an ac! ti and cond set with costum entire play on an evening, just atthe public performances. King Lidwis to attend the second 3. ahd 1b was id Want the house i bitin Munich, z were smugzied oa the evening 1 allery over the royat . Where we could neither he king no besecn by him. But the king expressed a de- s io see a full house, and so on the remainin.s ¢ nings the parquet was crowden—tickets bo: ng d Baireuth, UTH, rious Sud}. Tah re ‘emely interesting, for they gave an inst nto Wagher’s metho ts. Ti sceined as if we had always seen him, for his face miliar through his portr 1 was wonderful what an eye he had for every feature of the performance; not a detail 0: scenery, costume, attitude or expression e3ap ing hii, and the i izened old man, Ly. his eyes gleaming like Steel points through his gold-bowed spectacles, was ever skipping on to and off the stage, now in the midst of the par- quet, watching the effect of the whole, now on the stage, arranging this and that, correcting a singer, and telling how the thing shouid be done, filustrating “his point by croaking th: music In a voice as melodious as a crow’s: now in the cavern-like depths of the orchestra ing instructions there; now frantic with rage, and blowing everybody up in tones resembiing the chatter of an angry squirrel; now brimminz with delight and daucing with satisfaction at the way things were going, or impetoay on. Pacing some singer iN tok" <r nis pleasure. oeother man T Lave Syer seen could calm down +. «0m intense anger to the best of “= uumor. The singers, however, could bzar good-naturedly with his anger streaks, and nobody seemed to pay much aitention to his ex- Pplosions. The singers, who were all sel from among the most famous in Germany, vol- their services, and were simply paid their expenses, they ling the honor as suf- ficient compensation. tz, the Berlin baritoae, even paid his own expenses, The sing2rs seemed affectionately devoted to Wagan er, and they all addressed him as ‘Master.’ How to Hitch a Horse. The Country Genileman says that, incredible as it seems, not half the tavern-keepers, host- lers or teamsters know how to tie a horse, either peeing some: clumsy knot that {s troublesome undo or making a hitch that is insecure. The ‘ay, after the tether around the is Instantaneously 1 Not one-fourth of the butchers or farmers know how to tie the legs of a calf or sheep for transportation. Th= majority of people, when they want to make the animal very secure, wind the cord ey cau: The proper is to make a half knot only on make jot only. each hind aud. 8 2B ing with a bow at is easily untied. 1 find, usually, a handkerchief the handl- est thing, it about the right size. in this way they are al ‘secure and without pain. §2~“Heaven lies about us in our infancy,” saysthe poet. ‘Yes, and our He about us when We grow up. ri “Never Pose you “0, yes, pairs before her. She cl pair, from 2 up to 6's, asked Tial in each, and twice a she seemed on the ‘ou sure ly be ped int of trying ona pair. o z are the French heel?” I guess I won't buy any to-day. I some of looking at some button sn Certainly. Here ts a large variet, “ Cer + Here isa variety. wish kid?” Ns “T presume,” she answered, as she wet her Do you finger and rubbed the heel of a shoe, “ that kid will wear longer than morocco? ” aS ot course. These are patent buttons, you Yes, Isee. If I ever buy a pair of button shoes I shall insist on the patent button.” “Didn't you want a pair of these.” “Tet’s see?” she mused again, fastening her eyes onthe top shelf. She was buried in the deepest thought for a took ene ae the clerk hardly dared draw his breath. en her eyes gradually dropped from shelf to shelf until they rested on his garnet neck-tie, and she said :— ple to-day. Have you shoes with lace?” yen” ose which lace in front?” “Yes'm. Here is something fine. I can sell you a pairof these for twenty shillings.” “Can you? Why shoes must have either gone op or down! Shoes which lace in front are stylish, aren’t they?” “Ob, yes.” “ and they wear as good as any?” “Just as good. I can recommend the mate- rial in these oe as they were made for us here in Detroit. Will you try on a pair?” She seemed about to do so. She looked over at the lounge, seized a pair of 3’s, and was then halted by a new idea. She put the shoes down, let her eyes drop to the floor, and after a men- tal calculation of 70 seconds she suddenty in- quired :— “Did you say that you had shoes that laced on the side?” “Yes, we have. Would you like to see them? She hesitated, looked up and down the shelves as if perplexed, and finally said she would. He emptied two boxes, praised the style and mate- rial, andadvised her by all means to get those shoes if she wanted to be in style and havea good fit. “Tcan’t wear threes,” she observed as she partly turned away, “ but owing- 7 “Yesm. You do not want a glove fitting shoe. You are very sensible on that point. Fives are much too large, of course, but they are better for the feet in winter. These are fives, but very small ones. In some stores they would be marked threes.” “T guess I'll try them on,” she faintly re- marked, as she sat down.” “Yes'm. I’m sure No he wasn't. She had suddenly paused again. What if there was a_hole in the heel of ler stocking ! Supposed her big toe had worked through, as big toes sometimes will ! “Ican try them on alone,” she finally said, and while the clerk was busy on the other side of the counter she pba the buttons off her right shoe, pulled it otf and got her foot into the new one. It was a pinch. Her toes felt cramped and her heel complained. “Do they fit?” asked the clerk as he leaned over the counter ‘he didn’t say. “Perhaps you had better try sixes, with a broad sole and a low instep,” he suggested. “What!” she exclaimed as her face red- dened, “why I can hardly find my foot in these! Ill take them on account of my chil- ate) but Ill only wear them around the asi ry well—I'll wrap them up.” she paid for the shoes, took them in her hand and went out with a sweet smile on her face, but she was the woman who was heard saying to herself on the street car: “Gone and made a dunce of myself again by getting tight shoes! I wish I'd thrown the inoney into the fire !”"—[Detrot Free Press, John Thomas on California Snow. Isee there’s a snow blockade on the Central Pacific railroad in California. — Perhaps you don’t know what that means. I'll try and tell you. Lived on the crest of the Slerra Nevada all one winter. Hibernated there with two other men. Snowed up during February eighteen hours Out of twenty-four. Remaining six hours, light snow. Feil, at average depth, six inches per diem. “Bait, at times, at the rate of one foot Vs r hour. Snowed from every point of compass. Fell right, left, eri diagonally and side- ways." Snowed in the morning, at noon, at dusk, all night, andnext morntng again. And soon for weeks. Lived in a valley. Average height of surrounding precipices, 1,500 fect. Always after a snow, a blow. A big blow, too. Snow dry and very fine. Snow froin precipice blew down in our valley, Blew and fell to an average depth of twelve feet. In other piaces, twenty. Kept on shoveling snow from cabin reo! every two days. Otherwise its weight would crush root in. Spectacie of roof froin bed, asone 3 looked up at night, not reassuring. Oak tatters bent trom weight of snow like bows. Ke ings and snappings. Snow heapea up all about house fifteen or twenty feet in curculation of oft shoyelling. Of Snow frozen to br es OF pines 100 and 150 lect high over cabin—when loosened by stray zephyis careerng through Eureka Canyon would fall on cabin roof. Chronie banging. And +o on all night. Avalanches and snow slides? In miid weather of daily occurrence. Could hear them tive miles away. Would cut an acre of young pine trunks three feet. from the ground as if carved by a knife. Maké sinall account of man’s or nature's wo! ¥ thus snowed and frozen up_untiljMay of Lincoln’s “assassination in 1865, one month after it happened. sing traveller from Au- rora, Nevada Territory, to California over Se- hora and Mono new’ road. Profitless road, Splendidly constructed. Fine bridges, twenty in number, over canyons and raging creeks. Sullt and walled up on mountain side fifteen or thirty fect In height. Built by thre ‘all counties—Tuolume, San Joaquin, islaus. Rival to Placerville route before railroad times. Never paid one cent. Costa million in time, money and iabor. ‘Took up tavern site 8,009 fect above sea leve Hence John Thomas's presence. ‘Total failure Came out of those mountains ragged and penni- le: Torcturn to snow. Dug out two frozen men. Dead, of course. One seven miles from house. Part of hat and tip of ear seen abov.+ snow. Had been there a month. Caught in Serra Nevada “blizzard.” Biows a gale and ai full of fine frozen snow. Fine as flour. Sting: like needle points on meeting human skin. Coming on human body at rate of one thousand per minutes carries heat away faster than human body can, manu: feet of s No ground, sod, clay or soil up there, All bare granite rock, d ‘a grows out of mere ck and crevices, In May Iollowing the “boys” came up, took corpse out of natural ice-box, sledded it down seven m:les to soll and buried nim again. That's where you et show. Homemade house. Homemade chim- hey. Fow" feet wide at top. Snow, rain and hail! Admittance free. Same ropor- tion in falling as or the outside. Also wind. In Eureka Canyon wind, besides knocking around the thirty-1.wo cardinal points of compass, blew down vertically. Blew straight down from above, and also down chimney. ‘ause, perpendicular sides of canyon. Straight as a chimney in Places, and 1,500 feet high. Valley 1,000 feet wide, dead level. Hence, Wind blew down can- yon; also down chimney, blowing ashes, coals and cinders all over cabin; as well into flapjacks and coffee—ashes to ashes, dust to dust, &¢. And three wble-bodied bachelors thus snowed up for five months, with twenty feet square to stir about in. Cabin dark; windows blocked with snow. Path to well through snow bank twalva feet high, No navigation outside of cabin Save on snowshoes, How did we live? On pork, beans, beef and bread. What did we taik about? other sex to us 01 to survive. driven from. mountains Matrimony and its va far-bff 1 ved bility, he nd. Wemia- “3 ing valleys 2,000 feet deep, bringius up at other cud inst natural granite walls 8,000 feet a Wats wanes once oe cows had _stray< ey CO} never st outof. Grass gave “out in wiater. Herds- men ve ’em up. Left for plains. There we killed ’em. bullet. Half-starved = No ds and bone ae oo wi sustaing sustenance Wes. Oak-leat pasture doesn't make juicy beef. Qu''e the reverse. Cows knocked over from pre-i- pice by bullet, tumbling down rocks 100 feet Would rattle like pair of castanets. Bones clat- tering inside of skin. Very poor. Beef ditto. Developed dyspepsia, Gave us all more or less the horrors. Reviewed our it lives. Re- gretted them. Saw too plainly all our sins of — aoe pue Sommles tee. es aod ind internally, aggravat snow. Horror, physical and external. Because to sight month ‘on month only snow and whiteness everywhere. now under foot, snow miles away, show on ockS, On raount ‘on trees, everywheresno., everywhere one monotonous covering of white; Pi no variation of hue, shade or color. And this, after day, sick Jack of variety ta color. No brown, semi-l quarter brown, gray, semi-gray, quarter , eighth gray, sixteenth gray, &€¢., or Que yellow orange, violet green and com! all white. Mind takes same hue; universal white color reacts on 0; gans digestive: gives one dyspepsia and 2 ue SOrTOWSf hig Grape ere. the ad- s-The boys in Portland, Me., have where they can vantage of a bill for coasting slide & distance Of 4 salle awit alt PECIAL XQTICE.—Handeomely trimmed Black 1d Satin de Leon: made and to order $50 up. H.N.PANCO: from Giste, 1527 I et., of 1917 Green st., Phila. WILLIAN ‘Will dispose of his fine assortment of IMPORTED RECEPTION AND STREET HATS, LADIES’ AND MISSES’ CLOAKS, FUR-LINED SILE CIRCULARS, AND SUITS ZEPHYRS, CREWEL AND GERMANTOWN We YARNS, CANV, 'S. HOS] a OOH AREY AND WORKTHD GOODS. No" TIES IN FANCY NEEDLE WORK. ae NGTON or CREWEL EMBROIDERY in “St (@ promply executed. Jans CORSETS, ALL STYLES axp PRICES, DOUGLASS’, 529-524-526 9th street. Jans Br. Croup Bur.pma. INTION.—NEW FANOY GREGAL ATTE GOODS AND LADIES" FURNISHING HOUSE. jana 495 Miva: Me. BICCOE & CO. REAL LACE NOVELTIES. Real Duchess LAGE JAB at 25 to 40c.; Rea Thread Lace BARBES, at $1.75 to $2.50, nice qual- ity; the Point De Lanzquedoc and Brabant De Russe LACES at lowest prices, AT NOOT’S, 915 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. ‘Real Breton LACES, at 20 to 30c. the yard; RIB- BONS, ail shades and widths, at remarkable low : Point De Spret NETT, yard wide, 30c. ; iiftsion ROUCHSINGS, Dress BLERTINGS, 22° Ar NOOT'S, 915 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. All the newest styles of Real Lace FIOHUB BAR- BES, COLLARETTS, SCAKFS, CATEFS, Spanish Lace FICHUES, ciennes, Point, Gauze, Thread and Duchess Trim- ming LACES, : Ar NOOT'S, 915 PenwsyivaNta AVE. Hand-painting In Hand-embroidered, Real Lace, and Ostrich Feather PARTY FANS, we have a large assortment at very low prices, Ar NOOT’S, 915 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. French Reception, Street BONNETS and Lace DRESSES, NOOT’S, 915 Pennsylvania ave. j. J. ME! aig SSMA. AND LADIES’ KING Agency for8. T. Taylors Patterns’ System of for S. T. Taylor's Patterns ys 0! Guiting tau rat, and Journals of Fashion for sale, 1213 Pennsylvania ave., up stairs. dec29-1m ‘OLIDAY PRESENTS. ae JOUVIN, EMPRESS and MONOGRAM KID GLOVES, in Opera and Cloth Shades, from 2 to 6 Buttons, at lowest prices. Discount of 10 per cent. allowed on all sales of three pairs. Ten-Button WHITE KIDS $1.60. TRIMMED BONNETS at cost. Novelties in NECK WEAR just received. MME. M. J. HUNT, dec20 Nos. 691 and 623 D Street. (Cunt =as ERESENTS MAD. ESTREN’S, 1109 F street. SWITCHES 6 inches wide, stem 28 to 82 inches long, of best Human Hair, for $10 and $12. Only Place to be had. decl9-1m_ ISS BELLE LUCAS. DRESSMAKING AND PATTERN PARLORS, 801 MARKET SPACE, Corner 8th st., Keep Building. PLAITING, 902 9th st. n.w. decli ADIES’ SHOES—OF FIRST THE ONLY IN THE ui Sal WE MAKE TO ORDER RTMENT, G. SOHON’S Ok St. nw. nova5 AND KEEP AN. PRICES REASONABLE. RESSM. Ge The MISSES HAMILTON; F STReer. First-class work, at moderate prices. pas FIRST PREMIUMS Over all competitors for LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S FINE SHOES Baye been awarded by the National Fair Association J. H. VERMILY: novs 610 9th. nerest. ME. LE'GARVIEN, FASHIONABLE DRESSMAEER. BRIDAL _TROUSSEAUS MOURNING ORDERS Also, CUTTING and FITTING. Orders filled at shortest notice, and in most artistio manner. sep23-t,th,s,6m. 907 Pa. ave. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. We REPLENISHED Our Stock of CHINA, GLASS, CROCKERY WARE, DINNER, DESSERT and TEA SER- VICES, PLATED GOODS, CUTLERY, And other HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES, We solicit an inspection of the same from citizens and strangers. J. W. BOTELER & Bio., Dimecr ImporTers oF CHINA, Gass, &c., janis 923 Pennsylvania avenue. PRESEN, ENGLISH and FRENOH DINNER SETS. M. W. BEVERIDGE, Cate Webb & Beveriaga,) No. 1009 Pa. ave. Between 10th and 11th streets. SET OF ROGERS’ TRIPLE- PLATED KNIVES, ONLY 82. Se | A ROGERS’ TRIPLE-PLATED CASTOR, 85.50. A GERMAN STUDENT LAMP, WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, $4.50. NICKEL-PLATED LEADER STUDENT LAMPS, 83.00. AND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT CORRESPONDING PRICES AT SCHAFEDR’S, No. 1020 Seventh street northwest. . Jan3 A H° 1843 F Bema, (opposite Ebbitt House), Are offering to the Holiday Trade Goodse” ges 9s at the Lowest Prices, and=purchasers are invited to call andexamine. Also, a fine line of CHINA, CROOKERY and HOUSEFURNISHINGS, at lowest Store open until 9 p.m. decl? 15 bcs «& HUTCHINSON, 817 Ninth street nw. Give special attention to REMODELING axp ig Se egtilen and sell ‘Dr. brator is the only. goad. own the patents for mant ae DEFEC- EVERY ONE WHO HAS HAD ANY USE FOR LUMBER DURING THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, WELL KNOW THAT WILLET & LIBBEY SELL LOWER THAN ANY DEALERS IN THE DISTRICT. BUT FEW KNOW THE SIZE OF THEIR STOCK, OB EXTENT OF THEIR BUSINESS. THEIR YaRDs, * SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE OITY, COVER MORE THAN FOUR ACREs, AND THEY HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLE®E STOCK IN THE DISTRICT. CONSUMERS NEVER GO TO BALTIMORE NOW TO PURCHASE A BILL, BUT INSTEAD, GO TO WILLET & LIBBEY, AND SAVE MONEY. THEY WILL SELL 100 FT. CLEAR SIDING FOR.... 100 FT. VIRGINIA BOARDS FOR. 1,000 WHITE PINE SHINGLES FOR. 100 FT. WHITE PINE BOARDS FOR....... 1.00 WILLET & LIBBEY, OOBNER SIXTH AND H. Y. AVENUE 5. W ecll Wasuinaton, D. 0. MPORTANT PROFESSIONAL NOTICE. DR. L, J. KAHN, 61 EAST 10TH STREET, New York, Principal of Dr. Kann’s Museum oF ANATOMY, AUTHOR oF ‘*Nenvous EXHAUSTION, and other Medical Works, Begs to inform his frien atients and those desirous of conauling kine ‘that he has OPENED AN OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D OQ. ar 608 13th street northwest, Where he may be consulted EVERY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, FROM 10 TILL 2 aND 5 TILL 8. Dr. KAHN having devoted 30 veans to the study and treatment of diseases of the Nervous 8: 4 arising from indiscretion or excess, to which may be tkaced many of the obscure ailments which affect ~outh, cod and old age, is enabled to insure shore placing themselves under his care a speedy d permanent cure. So vaable Medical Essay, ‘*Nenvous Ex- HAUSTION,” forwarded to any address on receipt of 25 cents currency or postage stamps. OPSERVE THE ADDRESS— 608 13th st. n.w., Washington, D, Os Orrick Hours: TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS ONLY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, From 10 a. m. till 2 p. m. decll-3m 6 p. m. till 8 p. m. D* E. A. VON MOSCHZISHER, THE WELL-KNOWN EUROPEAN PHYSICIAN AND SPECIALIST, LATE OF PHILA- DELPHIA, WHO HAS RECENTLY ES- ‘TABLISHED HIMSELF IN WASH- INGTON, AT 619 10th st. n. w. Special attention is given to the practice of the EYE, EAR, THROAT, LUNG, OHEST DIg< EASES, CATARRH, ASTHMA, and the RESTORATION OF NERVOUS FUNCTION. DK. VON MOSCHZISHER ‘Has 60 far met with encouragement, ha already most successfully treated some ‘of the 3 citizens or members of their families. The list their names and places of reetdenee can be exam~ ined at his rooms, a8 they have permitted him to refertothem. On that list are Bu sible Tespor men as THOMAS SOMERVILLE, Esq., National Braag Works; M. M. Ronrer, Esq: ; J. G. Mri - firm of Miller & Jone): 3 8. a - ‘Ss. ‘ARDS, Esq. W. Woopnurr, Esq. ; SEDDAN, Esq., andmany others. At his offices can also be examined letters (frome some of the most widely knows eltizens of the United States) of acknowledgment of professional nest d, among the o.1um-inications from enator D. W. Voorsers, Governor oUR, Hon. J.C. New, Fon. Ros- on. Enis H- Rowenrs, Hon. Joma Anson, and “hundreds of others “équally’ well 10 ere "The following speaks for itself : ‘Wer the nndersicned citizens of take i VON MOsoR. Or ICHAEL, May: the ity: ‘or of 6 City ; er. of the House of Reps.,Pa. i K. McOL i BURTON, Evening Telegrarh ; $IL-YRATHERSTONE: Eveniun Dulleda. OFFICE HOURS: FROM 9 A. M TO1P. M. AND FROM3 TO § PM. an3 MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT KID GLOVES MUST BE MADE IN EUROPE TO BE GOOD. A TRIAL OF THE *“CIS-ATLANTIC’ TNE NEWKIDGLOVE, FOR MEN’S WEAR, WILL CONVINCE YOU THEY ARE The Best in the World. MAvE Br FISK, CLARK & FLAGG, $ AND FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. nov25-eo7t N TO CARRY OVER. .GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. OVEROOATS. Overcoats now $20, formerly $25. Overcosts now 15, formerly 20. Overcostsnow 10, formerly 15. Overcoats now 8, formerly 12. Overcoats now 6, formerly 8. SUITS. Suite that were 825, now $20. Suits that were 20, now 16. Suits that were 15, now 12. Suits that were 13, now 10. Suits that were 10,now 8. Suits that were 8, now 6. COATS AND VESTS, DRESS AND BUSINESS PANTS, YOUTHS’ AND BOYS’ CLOTHING, AT PROPORTIONATE REDU@ED PRICES. A. STRAUS, 12011 avenue, Between 10th and Lith ste. QEBEWs TEA, snd ida wonderful ary, ee : ag erie” ‘Bovs eovm Stew r=