Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1880, Page 2

HOME MATTERS ACE, KING; QUERY; JACK?” ue n ‘The American Manufacture of Play- GeEaSB--The French, who ing-Cards—_““Triplicates” an. of efhacing nan any ctber | dicators” for Poker Players. of effacing candle grease (Bostoe ii 1 ch ls worth knowing. Instead jerald, Teche eaert ri aoe cone voine & It is now more than six hundred years since rubbing the spot with the hand. ‘The grease | Blaying-cards were introduced. indo Europe, — becomes powder and leaves no trace. nd, as is the case with most | great as is ries which have in LEMONADE FOR Mar arta.—The editor of Lon— eS the Cainese are sup; * REMOVING CANDL mse candies to a ¢ pation, have a w: | TELUSIONS OF THE STAGE, How Nature is Imitated. THE INES POR PRODUCING TRE SOUNDS OF THE WIND AND RAIN—NOONLIGET ON THE WA! FALL OF A BUBRING HOUSE. ) ) gye¥. Tripnne 3 Many of thepeciillar effects proditeed upon to have . the stage, imft moonlight, sunlight, thun- don Trvch says: “ADont two months ago i ar} been intimately connected with t first pro- der, a, TAL other battral phenomena, rived at Milan from the Lake of Como. 1 fett | duction. At ail events they were@{ Oriefitat area le tO those outside of the vustaess, the symptoms of malaria, and, Instead of gend- | Origin, and. like chess, seem to havebeen based How realistlo. resentations of these ig for a doctor. shut myself’ up in my bed- | upon warlike associations, the emblems , things as are often y sed upon the stave rooms for two days and two nights, during | appearing in both games, In aay, Maly, | Can bemiade 1s @ question that often enters the whieh time my only nourishment was lem- | France and England Piaying-cards have been Mind of the spectator, and is seldom onade. This vine entirely cured me. Were | in vogue for centuries, sometimes under theban answered {n a satisfactory manner. Ti, 13 those who catch any malaria fever in Italy to | of government, but always more or jess tirmly , always th? ambition of scene painters pursue the same course, they would find tt | Hxed in popular favor, thetr general use and | Abd stage carpenters to devise improved worth ail the prescriptions that doctors ever | abuse remaining about ‘the same under all clr-, methods of imitating these things, and Wrote. j Sst piercer igned at first, !! would seem, CHARLOTTE RUssE is recommended as a dessert , 48 & Means of amusement, their urillty in games Jor the Christmas or New Year's dinner. Here | Of chance was early recognized, 2nd tew per- | is ab easy and very sattistactory reetpe to fol- | SOS, perhaps, would care to welyh tae enter. | jow: Take baif an ounce of gelatine and put talpment and diversion caused by reir employ. | hence the stage may be satd to try to hold the mirror up to nature in a material, as wellas @ moral sense. Years of experience have tended to bring these {mitations to a high State of excellence: but the limits do not yet i {nto just enough warm water to cover {t; | MeDt against the terrible ruin wrousui by thelr | Seem to be reached, and new contrivances are while this is slowly dissolving take one pint of Uhiek sweet cream, and whip it to a stiff broth, beat well the white of one egg. After the ve a | ‘hipists are now de}iberat : dissolved boll Jt for two or three | Where they have been commonly used. ‘Thus | mnie Sinutes, then sweecen aad fate 1c weenie | whist holds fts place in England during sne m “4 } wane cee ene while in the United States, about a8 Warm ag new mili: add the cream and ex, and beat the mixture till tf is cold. sponge cake over which this fs to be turned Is baked In a large round tin which ts seallo; aronnd the edge i adds much to the preity efiect of the dish. Put the cake while warm, to prevent its crumbiing, into a round «lish, allowing the scallops to suow at the top; thel pour the whipped cream foto it and you Mave a Gish fit for the gods. uT or READERS.—A. writer In the ry Journal calls attention to the danger which readers run of injartag their eyestznt by the use of a bad light. He remarks that en- ravers, chmaker3, and all others who use the eyes constantly in thelr work, take extra eare io them by getting the bast pos- sibie light by day, and using the best ardticial ght at night. ‘The creat army of readers are careless, penalty 0! opt ons. pe, making the » fo take in, In- ‘The magnitude of th: eal labor of reading 13 not appreciated. A’ book of 300 pages, 40 Ines to the page, and 50 lettors to the line, ‘contains 1,000,000 of letters, all ot Whick the eye has to take In, edentity and com- h with ttspeighbor. Yet many readers ‘0 through Such a book in a day. The tasx e wollld Shrink from si he shonld siop to re tt beforehand. Tie best position and best lights, clear type. plain inks, with the best paper of yellowish tints, aud abundant space P between the lines, afford the best safecaganis against harm. Biack AND Rep INKS. — The foliowing ani red rican: 1. ounds, water, i n & Copper Vessel for_an hour, gw make np for that lost by evapo ration: strain and again bofl the galls with a gallon of water and stral the liquors, and y of copperis in coarse powder and eight ounees of gum arabic; agitate wotil solution of these latter ts effected, add a few drops of solution of potassium per. manganat h a plee? of hair clots, and ‘alter permirting ite, dotue. ‘The addition of a ittile extract of logwood will render the ink blacket when first written with. Balt ano if sugar to the galton will render It a good copying ink. ‘aeliag, four ounces: borax, two ounces: water, one «uart: boil tli | d, and add two ounces of guin arabic | din a Uttle hot water; boil and add ngh Of a well triturated mixture of equal parts indigo and Tampblack to produce the | broper color: after standing several hours draw | ef and bottie. 2. Half adrachai ot powdered | ateen grains of powdered gam | la Unree ounces of ammonta | Water constitute one of the finest red or car- | mine inks. GEKANIUMS FOR WINTER PLANTS.—Under gera- | niums are commonly classed the sonal pelar- goniums, which are not strictly gerantams. In the room culture of plants, and espectaliy sera- plums, We Want blossoms and weil-follaged plants. 1 have fonnd the following as good a Way as any to obtatn thent. Not all vartettes are good. but some are better than others as Winter bloomers in the Rouse. Piants lifted | from the garden, which have grown to constd- erablesize, will disappotnt you by taking a long time to recover from the effects of Ifting, if they recover at all. It ts betfer to stars young Plats, commencing early in the spring. some in March, others in ‘April, up to June, and then we will bare blossoms in November. and during the winter tll time to turn them eut Into the garden. Propagate in pots, com- menu with the smallest size: shtfc occaston- ally, Dut always Use the next size, never mak- ing iarge shifts. This course may make a little trouble trom drying out where there is no green- Bouse for the earler starting, Dut a box to set the small pots into. with moss to pack around he pots, will save much anxiety ou this scure. 1° the moss ts kept damp. The effect of the foregoing treatment 1s to obtain stocky plants, 2nd prevent mature blooming. Good rf. blooming zonales can only be obtatuel { 3 way. Make the last shift in August for the Jargest-sized plants, the others In the following months. Searlets require r pots thas other colo’s. Pinks, salmons and whites, as well as he polnted sorts, thrive better in aon -waoe co:trected Space. Pinca off tower buds Ull the pots are taken La for Winter. —Covu'ry Gen A Mosr Deiictous Dessexn after a hot din- ner Is plum pudding glacé. [te counterfeit ts Inequently served ac Hotes and cafes, bat this 'S the only way in which ft shon!d 03 intl: to have It perfect: Take two dozen sweet and halt a dozen bitter almonds, blanch them in seald- ing water, and then tnrow them into a bowl of cold water. Pound them saparately tn a mor- tar till they become a smooth paste, free from the slightest lump; add while pontding some drops Of rose water to make them Ught. Cut ta halves a quarter of 2 pound of fine suitanas, Mix in the same quantity of currants washed and dried, adding three onntes of chopped eitron. dredge the mixture with flour to prevent sticking Together, split @ vaniila bean aad cavit 1m pleces three ‘tnehes long and boll tt to alfa pint of very-rich milk till the tavor 1s Well extracted, strain tt out and mix the milk with a pint of rich cream, sti © rring ta gradually half a pound of powdered loat sugar and agrated auimeg. Then add the pounted almouds and a large tumbler of noyon, curacoa or best fy. Beat in a shallow dish the yolks af etgnt *ges into a foam. str grattually inp tie mix- ture. Stnmer over the fire, stirrld@y all the Mme, taking it off before coming to a botl: then. while hot, stir in the raisins, currenis and eitron. As It cools add a large coffe cup or preserved strawberries, half a dozen preserved Peaches, the same quantity of preserved ifmaes, Or any delicate sweets. ‘Then whip co a nee froth apother pint. of cream, addfay tt tently. Put the whole ina large melon mould that opens im the center and freeze in the usual way for four hours. When needed turn it ont cream dish and serve. Flour 1s not necessary, the process of freezing wiil prevent the pudding from falling apart. and it may be called food for the gods.—. F. Pus Some Waolssome Sweera—It is perfectly natural says the New York #vst, for ehiidren to beg for lumps of sugar from the time when the baby first connects sugar with the dow! tilt years later when he {5 allowed to hetp himself. Its entirely legitimate that they should have in moderation the sweets they crave. and which in a large measure supply their bodies with needed heat. They enjoy wonderfully well having sweet things madé at aom= tn whose and ‘during holiday induige them. aod cS Dalls, These Dalls are easily mafe yy boHling some molasses until {t wilt harden 1B cold weter, then ponr it over the pop- corn. take it Into a eool room. pier test shape. matter alan to male chosy. all that ts needed ts one eup of up Of molasses, halfa cap of sugar, half'a cup of grated chocolate, a plece of butter the size of a walnut: sti 5 and Jet it boll until it is thiek: then turn If oat on ta buttered plates; when I( begins to stn mark it tn squares, so that it will break readily when cold. Cocoanut caramels are made of two cups of grated eocoanitt, one cup of sugar. two tab- jespoonfuls of tour, the whites of three eggs beaten stiff: bake om a Buttered paper ina wick oven. Nice white candy 1s eastiy made. ‘ake one quart of cranulated! Sugar, one pint of water, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar; boll just 48 Fou do molasses candy, bu not stir It: you can tell when tt Is done by & in cold Water. Pull itas ff tt were molas-*; candy: have a dish near by with some vanilla tn tt. and work in enough to flavor it a3 ¥ in a cold reom, and the nexi day you delicious candy. A DESPERATE KeveNag.—A Well dre veston gentleman found btmself in a ve barrassIng situation sesterday. hands, and yout the corm into the prope It is a sim y em: He had lett nts money at home. and not 2 uickelor curtic could he find anywhere in bis clothing. He was about to leave the car, when a perfect stranger then shook hts unknown benefactor by the Band, thanking him for the contidencs and ac- | commodation, and asking for his address so as to return the money. “Never mind.” responded. the generous man, flercely, “it's a counterteti, anyhow. ‘The streetcar company will make that hell-hound of a driver redeem it. They wil dock bis waces I’ve ae ‘spite at you. He tsthe scoundrel Lam after. He bas trifle With the affections of my sister, Dut this wil bloed up.—@ fe the | | Sd gilding to an extent never attempted with j cobnection with tue heavy duties, appears to | ‘The modern, round-cornered card of the preseat square-cornered Sessing all the attributes considered desirable mediumship. | ‘The nature of the popular game factiitated by | fards has differed wiib aimost every gation | where Leverything to common wita the Mother country was changed or repudiated, a national game has been slow of adoption, and Subject to several popular whims or caprices before final settlement, if, indeed, iL 1s yet finally agreed upon. In the New England and nulddle states, “nigh, low, jack,” or “seven up,” Was long the popular game, while at the samo Ume the western and southern states and terri- torles practised the more exciting and quicker- resulting game ot “poker,” or “bluff,” or, to a Jess extent, the more localized game of'*lo7.” Perhaps all these have now given place to the more modern “euchre,” which may be called the “universal Yankee favorite.” although “poker” has yet no lack of votarles, and has numerous Manufacturing concerns issuing materials epe- elally designed for its playing. CARD MANUFACTURE. Of course, a practice so universal as eard- playing, and aifecting as it does almost every grade Of society, call for a vers large produc. duction of the means for tts performance. Yet there are but comparatively few manatacturers of playing cards in this country, white the European names recognized In this country can | be told almost in a breath. There was once a | ige card Manufacturiog company in Milton, (Crehere Company,) but, upon the bd: ing of tie establisnment, some years st ended, never being revived here. and there h Since been no playing cards manufactured New England, so far as the writer of this 13! formed. Indeed, it may almost be sald taat the whole businéss of manufacturing playtuz eards fs confined to New York city. are but very few conceras outside ti pality in the couniry—one in Ohio 3 further east telling the tale of taem bese latter are of quite Feceat estabitstt In the years before the war Ea French playing-carda found large s country, ahd those of domest: were exceptionally circulated. is exactly reversed. exporting more of foreign manufacture. Went into operation a tax of from per pack specific was applied to foreign cards, though, even witout that ad their Cost In tis country, 4 ure! c home mai ufacture, and the American article bas ever since led in ali market an markets, comparatively speaking, | although these manufactiires were ¢ tine—a linen card, thin, strong and nice to handle. ‘The great butk of imported S Were from English manufac’ ures, as they | are to-day, ‘The English cards excel in we beanty of thelr finish, geometrical designs for thelr backs being ornamented with fine colors | tea, | an car the American article. Tuls elegance of orna- mentation seems to have always been a soe ctalty With the Eoglish mal , and alone, or in | Warrant the price asked for them—abouc dounie that of American cards, the latter being eveu a better article, But, as has been hinted. of late years great Progress had been made tn the manufacture of | playing cards in this country, uniti av presest ho better goods can be fouled m any market | than are afforded by Uulted States makers. makes fs a vast ter ae aver the old style | ‘air; and the manipulation of | the teeth, and the notse | ening the effect of stage storms. continually appearing. hot yet used, be serviceable The electric Ugut 15 ut as iis pale bluish tint would in particular effects, stage how it can best be employed. Allof the operations men- Woned, together with seme which will be Geseribed, are classed under the general term, “stage effects.” Authors, In writing plays, are always on the lookout for an opporcunity to pone a telling effect. The amount of work stowed upon their production in a theater 1s simply astonishing to those unacquatoted with that nystérious realm known as “behiad the beaten Thunder ts a common stage effect, and is used. With great advantage In mauy ied a In former days it was produced by shaking a large piece of sheet iron hung immediately above the prompter’s desk. This contrivance produced a good imitation of sbarp, rattling thunder, but Tatied to give the dull roar which ts always heard in storms. A contrivanee for this pur- bese was soon invented. A heavy box fram ts Made, and over itis tightly drawn acalf skin Upon this the prompter operates with a stiek one endof which is padded and covered with chamois skin. A fiash of lgbtning, produced with magnesium, and a sharp crack of the Sheet fron, followed by a long decreasing roil upon the “thunder drum,” produces an effect which 4s starUlngly realistic. Traveling co panies are compelled 10 be satistied with Sheet fron alone: and the trazedian who enters a theater provided with acompiete thunder ap paratus always ts happy to think that hts bitrle with the elements dng Lear” will be worth fighting. The rain machine in large theaters 1s a fix ture placed high up in the © tiles, yitndor is made of “half {uch” wood. It is usually tive feet in circumference and four feet in length, Upon the inside are placed rows of small wooden teeth. A lob of drled peas 1s placed In Uhe cylinder. a rope belt is run around one end of tt and dowa fo the prompter’s desk, and tt is ready for a drenching shower, By ing the cylin the peas ro: down betwe D produced by them 3 a good imitation of rain falling upon a . A sudden puli of the rope, see xm- panied by a gust on the “wind mahine,” gives the sound of the sweep of a blast of wind durtpog a storm. Travelty: mipanies often meet with theaters where There 1s 00 wind ma ine. A suiliclently good one, however, isiiy produced. A common child's hoop isob tatued and a sheet of heavy brawn paper 13 ted upon it after the manner of a circus bath ot is placed ape ‘The “machine” ts canted trom one side to the other, and the shot rolls around the paper, producing a fairly good ratn effe Wind js an Item that !3 very useiul tn heli. Tt 13 offen sed with in theaters where strict atten not paid to detatls, but not withort a ism.” If has, moreover, a great in teelt make: oon. A handfal of bird asp Of spectators. The wo Orphans,” 1s much mdience can hear the pitiless bla her shiver. Hence In every large theater the wind machine plays an important part. It fs nota stationary apparatus, butcan be moved to any (uarter of the com- bass irom which it is desired that wiad should Dlow. In the last act of “Oars,” every ‘ume the door of the hut opens snow ites tn ashriek of wind ts heard. The wind machine in that tastauce fs placed just outside tae a and the property man worts {t while his asa ant amnses himself by trying to th Paper snow down Lord Shenarin’s bac Wind machine is constructed in this mionee: A heavy frame is made, in whteh {3 set a cylinder provided with paddles and resembiiag very much the stern wheels seen on Onto river tow boats. Across the top of this cylinder ts Stock ip their make-up results in an article pos- by catd-players. The English manutacturers have been trying tocopy the results ‘ined in | American Tound cornered cards by “dieing- out” the stock; but in this effort they fatled siz- | nally, Since thé card can not be cut in that way without fatally injuring its edges and quality. Consequently, 4 couple of card-cutting machin’ have beeusent to England from this couatry, ‘and, by the use of Yankee methods, no doubt our cousins will achieve better success. PECULIARITIES OF MANUFACTURE. Beside the !mproyement in the shape of caras | above desertbeg, there have been other iavor: ons in American card manutacture, wat have also been tueffectually tmitated abro.t. There are now in the market “triplicate” aud “indicator” playing ecards, both d shorten te process of reading a @ guard against the confederate Kinds of gambling ¢ card basa miniature of the face of the card ri produced in its upper teft-haud eoruer, as, for instance, the five spot of clubs has a ainte ve of elbs in the corner tndicaied, the siz Ube Letter being about half au tach way. Exactiy wby this card shout i “triplicate” and not duplicate, the writer does not know. This device ts (o assist the bolder to read bis “hand” without opening it, he having only to sbuffie his cards suflicientiy to reveal the Miniature on each to discover waat he hokis, But a still better device for the purpose is found in the “Indicator” card. in this cas, in- stead of the minature, there appears, on Une same corner, a gure Immediately over a copy Of the suit, thus: For the eight of nearts, a fgure 3, and immediately under ita heart, no larger than the figure. For the queea of diamonds, a lewer Q. with diamond nndarasat ‘These figures and letters are made “ipau,” a5 the jod | cng ely tee Say, $9 Chat, while read, discernible by the holder of the ecards. ti would be deciphered with ditficaity, if at atl, by alooker-on. This is just What was required to frustrate the operations of confederates of gamn- blers in the game of poker or blulf, wuile at the same time li saves time and trouble for the player—considerations, to be sure, waleh may aot recefve due weight from the discarder of all games, The English makers endeavored to sup- | ply an “indicator” card by plactag their figure in the spot; Dut this arrangement does not seam to be so satisfactory to card-players, thouga t writer confesses that he has made uo very tended canvass of the matter. PRESIDENT HAVE FINANCES A Frank and Detailed Statement. tChicago Tribuue. | When a pressure was imade upon Mr. Hayes five years ago Lo make Ube race for governor tu his state he was at first very positlye tn fs re- iusal to be a candidate. The reason for hfs als- inclination ts re-enter public life at that Um2 Was due to the conviction that it was his first duty io attend to his own private ailairs. te and bis uncle had engaged in certain real estate transactions, and the deprectation in the value Of property after the panic had seriously mbarrassed him. This embarrassment was increased by the death of bis uncle, who de- queathed to Mr. Hayes the entire burden of Uhelr joint Indedtedness, and in addition taere- to the duty of paying off a large number of cash a3 Lae Urtpites | The artist begins the task by patatlug a moo; stretched as tightly as posstiie a piece of heavy gros grain slik. ‘This silk remains sta tionary while the wheel 1s turned by a crank The rapld passage of the paddies across the suc- face of the silk produces the nolse of wind. Otten travelling compantes are in- theaters where there 1s no wind machine. Thea tne property man groans audibly and proceeds to do what In theatricai parlance is called “‘fak ing” the wind. | tie selects a heavy ptec: bose, called by stage gas-men * finding a quiet corner Where there ts s space toswing a cat without danger—to tue cat—he whirls it around bis head witht greatest possible rapidity. Tats method py duces very saustacvory 1ts—to every o but the property man. He is a long-suifer: mn; Dut the extraction of wind from uses him to find 'fe tedions. ery one has heard the start preducea when the hero ky ha four-luch oaken door, Mak that not only the dos must be comoletely shatter r un vais notse (5 one of the u on the stuge. construction. A wheel with paddles 5 augie of about forty-tive degrees to the the main part of the Ine. Upon the tap of the wheel one end of a stout plece of wood is pressed down by fastening the other end to a portion of the frame-work. When the wheel is turned, the slats passing under the stationary plece produce a rattling crash. ‘The principle of the machine ts llustrated by the sinall boy who runs a stick along a pating fe act bs, gratified by introducing into the warid «0a addl- tional morsel of hubbub, ‘There 1s nothing that can be so well counter. felted on the stage as moonitgnt scunery. Aud yet there ts nothing whieh requires more work. Nght scene. In daylight such a sceac a ghastly sight. It 18 done in cold grays and (hears Inwhich Prussian blue and burnt wn- er play an important part: and the lights are put In with white slightly tinged with emerald green. ‘The strong mooniteht of the foreground 48 produced by a calctum light throwa through a green glass. ‘The fainter ligut. upou tne scenery ab the back of the stage 1s ob1 from “green mediums.” a burners with green chimneys. placed upon the stage just In the main scene, and’ are “ma in” from the view of the andtence by a “ground piece.” A row of them Is often suspended fro 0 the “tiles,” in order to ligat the top of vue scene, This upper row 1g masked ili by “sky borders.” Thus a soft green light is throi over the entire distance, while its’ source does hot meet the view Of the spectator. A usual feature of stage moonlight scene is water, be- cause it affords an opportu for the lutro- duction of the “‘ripple’*—a. charmlogly natural stage effect. Tue main sce: view Js always painted on a -drop"—ihat is, a Scene Made like the curtain let down between the acts. The, position of the moon belag determined, immediately under 1, b2- ginning at the horivon, a number of small irregular holes is cut in the drop. These are then coyered on Ue back with muslin and palnted over on Une, front to match, the rest of the water. setitnd these holes is placed an endless to: about etght feat no Teen running arolnd iwo cyiinaers, one at 1 1; bequests, alnounting in all to aboat $9,010), This was a hard ioad tocarry. Nevertuciess, Mr. Hayes finally ylelded to the importunities of the party iwanagers in Ohio, and consented {o run for governor upon the representation Unat he Was Lhe only man at that ci with whom the republicans could hope to carry the stat He re the pominaifoa at some persowil sacri dee, Was elected. The Drililaacy and importanee of tis triumph prepared the way tor his nomination and election as President of the United States. Tis private affairs were sull neglected, and it was evident that t would have bur ltttie me to devote to then during the eusulog (our years. It was Uuls outlook which prompted him to tund nis debtedness, and he made a loan of % upon terms that would relieve him noyance daring histerm of oMice. Hi upon @ position to watch a salary of $591) year is attached, and during a térm o! naar four years he has paid of about $15.00 of his personal indebtedness. This represents the sum total of his savings, and duriug the same period the Waite House arcounts are said to show au expenditufe of about €30,000 more out of the President's private parse than was pid out as “rele from the salaries of his predeces- sors. ‘This is a showing of which the President has no reasou fo be astamed, and im witich the American people may properly feel consid able pride. A saving ef $75.14" out of a toc income of $200,000, in order Co. meet private op- ligutions which had beep increased by the de- accompli or pealse Its supposed by a Boston editor that thow who gather on street corners t stare al an ac- tensre tog poor or too pious to pay for seeing ner. The Ambricqi Architert says that It is unsate w store sof coat ta unventiisted ins “Under a ment that 8 Much more deserving Ulan censure. é Son SHE AR Ry ‘The Women who shop n: pairs are the auis- ancy af the holidags. -Phey can ‘bay nothing that does not sult them both; thay want to is white buying, aud they Want seais Ip the barse-cars and have Them, even ita doen persons have tomove to acconumedate —— house Decause ofits lability to heat, and an- Ubractte Because tt gives ‘Ome unhontentut gases. go OR BU falas mies ihe i wil from Fespect to, the sanctuary they rll Mais Chars deconiting isa sitedenagae : than Mount Desert for a clever girl. s vi ‘This mands of public life and party service. is ap sky wen and one at the bottom. | ‘I'be lower cv. inder has a crank, by which tbe towel ts turned. Tn this towel 1 cut a nuiaber of holes similar to those cut tn ihe drop. .A suroag gas buruer Is Placed between the two siles of te towel. When the machine ts turned the flashing of the Ught from ie passing oles in the towel through the statiouary ones {1 the drop pro- duce a ne ripple. Iria always better to turn the el 8 E he holes pass upward, as helps 10 make tue, ml Pele my dance up toward te Instead of a towel a large Un cylinder has been used, but It Is y. Tt ts necessary this Lowel with great Steadin olherwige tue ripples will so by its and starts, and enilrely lose thelr natural appearance. Stars are easily put into the sky. Each twinkttng orb. cousisis Of a spaugle lung upon a pia best ute 2 dou- ble hook. The slightest motion at the drop, causes these stars W shake and the thshiug of the Night upon them produces thi . One of the most beautiful eifects produced upon the stage is the change from day to uigat OF from hight to day. Of tbese tug former jg the more sirtking, and a teseription of 1 wil serve lo explain the principle of ¥oth taorder to produce the proper effect the back drep is made nearly double the height of (a+ n3ual scenes, ‘Dhe upper bait of lis panied to reset @ sunset sky and the lower half to rep. resent moonlight. bung so Liat the upper halt alone Is visible. ‘The scenery of the“ ats. tance is then paiuted upon a separate plece, which 1s “protiled:” uhat fs. the ttregular line Of the horizon. made by trees, houses, 1s sharply cut out with gnountatns, or 4s placed immediat Hy infos a: ejiatel ut of i Tew feet further fa WH aga CuLgaucse | and Lcanvas ted. While the centre 1s Nile lends an aerial’ pttecr 0.tb¢ front ts hung . This has sides whatis and the green. calctarn | 4 naa always very Beata, Yo dra fort applanse from the au: id ts dience, ‘Moonrise, In a seene where there 1s no change from daylight to darkness, is often pro- daced with a muslin drop anda ‘‘ moo: x. ‘The muslin drop ts p: to represent the sky, the clouds panera ed on strips of can- vas cut in the required shape and sewn on. The Seme Amusing Wistakes. A Writer in Chanihers’ Journai narrates some curious instan¢es of amistgikes with ludicrous endings. bition was Open to the Before the Paris ex public, and when the Buildings contained only moon is made wi Dox op one side of.whick | the cages Which were being ran; for the a#etrcniar ‘sate Overehls wore is pasted respy en piuite a erowd 3s naday 8 pleae of White Manelin. | A couple of ke fattened their n¢ inst the glass entrance serve Lo draw the Moon ugward. jot le | door to } atthe comtents of a case contain- White iiluminated@circle shows piginly throuch ‘ing & pair @f boots. a battered hat, an overcoat the musiin @ky, but di ‘hen ng }much theswvorse for Wear, and a necktle of penis pie = ee hd pe te ‘mang coloms, the report. being cireutated that BS i mm an publy e Objects Pelonged to_King Pagobert, Robes- fading to ite, placed e of tee drop | pierre on Charles The enigma was solved in the moon's path, the orb of night can bemade’| by a painter arriving and throwing off his to red at the horizon and gradually | piouse and slippers, and commencing to dress Chance to pale yellow as ft sails slowly up- ward. Floating clouds are easily imitated by hanging in front of the sky drop a gauze drop vpon which are sewn musiin or canvas clouds, and moving the whole slowly. An ocean of heaving waters Is made in thts Way: Each boun wave Iscutout ‘. ‘The first row fs set up with a distance of three or four feet between each billow; and the see- cnd row Js set so as to show in the openings left by the first. Smal) boys furnish the motive power, The waves are rocked back and forth, hot from side to side: and the effect 1s very [eon The holse of water rolling upon a beach is well imitated in asimple manner. A vox of Ught wood Is ned with tin. By putting two or three ounces of bird shot Into tuis and causing it eh Toll around, the desired sound is pro- aueed. Fire scenes are sometimes dangerous; but with proper care they may be rendered com - paratively safe. That they are not so hazar- dows as 1s generally supposed by the unitlated beholder may be learned from the followiag description: One of the most famillar fire scenes is that which oocirs in the --Streets of New York,” in which a three-story house buras down, the roof caving in, the shutters falling, and the walls breaking with a wonderful ap- pearance of realism. The house is painted on three separate pieces, the top one of which 18 Swung from the Illes; this constitutes the root. Upon the second is painted half the wall, and It ts joined to the bottom plece in an Irregular zigzag line, The simple drop- ping in succession ot se piers to the stage Droduces the falling of roof and wall. The fire itself ts represented by chemtcal red. lire and powdered lycopodium used separately, the former to give a red glow and the latter to Tepreseni flames. The shutters, which are to Ta fastened to the scene with a prepara- tion called “quick mateh.” This 1s made of powder, alcohol and a lamp wick. The win tow Tramtes and sashes are made of sheet tron. ‘They “re covered With Oakum soaked in alcool or haphtha. These sashes and frames are not fas- tened to the canyas scene at all, but are placed a short distance behind it upon platrorins, ‘The quickest possible touch of flame ienites the eakum, and, tn a tmoment, the tire rans around the sash and nothing is apparently lett but the blackeved and charred wood. Si Is used to represent the smoke that 1ssues from the cran- nies In the Walls of the burning butiding: and &n occasional crash, followed by the ignition ot a little powder to produce a sudden pull of smoke, gives the spectator an idea of a falling rafter. Beliind the entire scene Is placed large endless towel upon which Is painted ma Ss. This is kept in constant up ward motion; and, wnen viewed through an open window in the house, gives a cood idia ut the supposed raging furnace within. Adil to these things areal freengine on the stage.a host of yelling superiumeraries in discarded tre. Men's uniforms, and the spectator ts easily filled with a sense of tremendons danger. Nevertheless the only (lames upon the stage a those arising from the burning of Tycopodium in a “flash torch;” and they are only allowed to blaze up for asecondor twoat atime, Fires in theaters, resulting from a fire scene, are usually caused by carelessness in hand. ling the powder which 1s used to pros duce putts of smoke. The amount’ or labor “and care bestowed upon the production of scenic effects is something of Which the wninitiated public knows Mttle; bet | the above aceount gives a general desctiption of how the most elaborate ones are produces. FLUNG INTO THE RIVER, Seeking Legal Vengeance tor a ‘Ter- rible Experience, (St. Lonis Repnblican. A tail, well-built man, with a pleasant. sood- navured tace,has for along time wora a blue salt a half-moon Star, and carried a § 0d sized nick- ory sUck, in and about Esher’s Alhambra thea- tre, on St. Charles street,, All theatres of the kind have thetr “bouncer,” and W. Allen, jr., the man described aboye, holds. or rather’ did hold that humble position in Eslier’s establish— | Hight at about closing | Ot ment. Last Saturda; time Mr, Allen remarked that he would not be on deck the next night, wherenpon those who heard the words fal asked blm why, and won- | dered whether he {nteaded crossing the last | the big bridge, | ditch or takimga jump off for When he sald “on deck” he desperate and determined “I'm golng over to Batavia, Clermont county, Onto.” He sald, “to pnt ve men through tor a lide trick they served me one night {i June a ie : looked 4 trlile are the five? ft some one asked, “and ay roughs, and they pulled me of bed one night, Watked ime down to the Lite Miamt bridge, and ehucked me of of it jutro the river with a rope around my neck you'd aad hang and drown And you didn’t d come preity near it though? ‘Tellus tue wis story.” sald a Republican reporter who bh: pened near, “Well, 1Us not a long one so 1 will @ farm in Clermont county, and man bamed Charles M. Atchi some money down, and was to pay i ance in Instalments. An tnstalmen’ and | went up to Atchley’s trom Cin collect it. After tnishing my vustness there, T got ready Lo leave, and jast about that time Mrs. Atchley sald she was golag to Cincin- hath, 00.” “There was a women If the case, then, as ta You must ha: j usual,” sald a istener, Yes, as ustial,” continued Alle: said, she was yolne my way, there was no invitatton or anythitn; she went on from the farin to Batavia wit 1 and jrom there to Cincinnati. Upoa our val in Clncinnati we were arrested and taken before Ube chief of police, and after a night In jall We were taken back to Batavia. It ap- peared that Mrs, Atchley had lett home without her husband's consent, aud be suppose: had eloped with me. That is why We Were ar- rested. Twas charged with running away with the man’s wile, When they got me back ia Batavia they placed ue on tt efore a jusite of the peace, ‘The judge thought the Case a pretty thin one, and {Was released before the settlement of the case upon my own recogni ance. The night this happened | slept ina no- Tel kept by one Frapk Munson, aud slept w: unul } oclock In the morning, when I was awakened by loud votes, followed by a crash. ‘The crash was caused by'the kicking in of my bedroom door, 2nd followimg the noise came len men marehing into my room. It was dark and J could not see thelr faces, but saw that (hey were all armed, some with pitchforks and others with knives and revolvers. ‘They told me to put my hands up, and when I looked at them without obeying their order, tuey placed revolvers at my head and sald, “Put up your hands, or we'll blow the whole top of your I obeyed the order this ume, then they took ropes and bound me foot.” did they gag you: “No; they just Ued my hands and leg. that I could not use either. Thea they picked Ine up and’ were going to carry me, when they found me so heavy that they set me down again. At this I asked them to untle 1s jegs, and sald 1 would walk with them where- ever they wanted me to go. ‘T'hts was all they Wanted, and they untied my legs and I walked along with them. ‘The Little Miami bridge was only a few hundred yards away from Muison’s house, and they steered me Straight for it. as 1 walked along I was convinced trom hints dropped that they intended to throw me off tt and Into the river, and [ knew tt they threw ine th with ny bands Ued 1 would drown. So | worked hard to get my hands Joos, and sus- ceeded, but kept then behind my back in the Position they had tied them in. When we reached the bridge they tled one end of a hair Tope to my neck and the other to the bridge rail, “Phen I knew What was cou ug. ae une ean to. hang, me to the bridge. y ine 10 the Of the bridge aud got Ieady to turow me ores T knew if 1 did't “and as 1 d_althougin t thackiad, y head off, and] knew what little time J nad to tch it, and { felt pretty queer, | tell you. While J Stood there tiuking, “Jun Griflith, soe of the men th the crowél, caid to the others: Do your auty. men,” atd as he Spoke four of ther (ook oid of and threw me of the biidge, White the others stood by, and when Lweat down some of them fired ‘shots, while others ‘hrew stobes at me. As I fell [ caugnt the roe With ty fingers; and held on to it until roke und It ms. f; ene es ftall headlong into the “And you did not drown?” listener, “No, Ididn’t. When a Sbirt.and the water's all to drowi lf he can swim, all right.? “How all right?” “Well, I swam and waded to the Kk ee ren pas ve et comes anti tasers ferved me the! were 0} ” “and what then !” shee * tm the morning I walkea hot Greased ea eee, breakfast ay usual. ‘There were some people arotng, Of Course, who. looked 4 e surprised wut T''did not ‘mind ther. Al 01 oT went abont fn Pas iy tad Fe ‘ant acci vigenes enough to sevare the Auding of indict: Al sald an attentive ee it, he’, ob, his night not going 1 got out up to the ye up} } once more delay } taibed him; but as he determ it cateh that rope with my hands {t would jerk | himself amid, what was a puzzle to him, loud Jaughter, {n which the police joined. ; Referring to mistaken {deas about relies, re- / calls the story in aGerman paper about a ¢or- tain professor, which is a parallel to the Bill Stumps adventure of Pickwick. This German anliquary made the discovery Wat & stone placed over a stable door ore the inscrip- ton esi. “I must have this stone tn my col- | jection, cost wnat it may,” thought the savant. Calling a tenant farmer, Who was the proprie- tor, the professor said To him eagerly: “Did you | Hot obtain this stone from the castle raid on the hull yonder?” “IU may be that my grandfather fetched tt oa when he built the stable,” was the reply. ‘The antiquary then for the stone. “Since you appear to have a fancy for said the farmer, will bring It to your house. “Rather a large sum,” sald the professor; | “but bring It to my residence, aud you shail | bave the money.” When in due course the farmer brough! the Stone upon @ truck, the zealous anthyuary turned it over, to refresh bis eyes with a sight of its venerable chronological inscription. not without anxiety that it might have been dam aged In its removal. “Why,” he exclaimed This 1s t asked what he would take | a rty guidens and’) | ‘what {s this? not the Fight stove. On ibe etone | bought irom you was the date 1051, while bts bears the very modern date 1801 which proves that the « n hundred and twenty y is. “Do not trouble about that.” said the peasant. The masons, you see, sir, turned the stone up- side down when they set it in the doorway, because It ftted better that way. You can turn it whichever way you like: but of course ! inust | have the money agreed upon.” The Professor it is said at once pati the whcle sum, and gave the man a present beside Wo take away the stone and say uo more about the matter. | ‘There is an amusing account of a Frene!: lady who was very jealous of her husband,and deter- uined to waich Lis movements On one o | sion. when he told ber he was going to Vr | sallles, she followed him, keeping him in sight | UNL She missed him tn’a passage leading to the railway statlon. Looking about her for a | few minutes, she saw a mau coming out of a | giove-shop With a rather over-dressed lady. Making sure from the distance that this man Was her husband, she came suddenly up and, | without a word of wari gave hum ihree or | four boxes on the ear. instant the gentle- 1, slie discovered her mistake, and at the same time canght sight of her hus band, who had merely calle US, { and Was crossing the street for it buf to fatat in the an | Whose ears d. | moved away astonished to Was furtier 3 Wy 2 ui by the collar and demandlp: embracing that lady. “ Why, she DoXed my ears, and then fainted,” | the aggrieved gentleman, shouted the angry hus- | would never Baye struck you with. | use.” And worse than aagry words | would probably have followed had nor the eause | of the Whole intsunderstanding recovered sut- fictently to explain bow it happened. } A Dublin youth was at a partyin the Iris | Capital, and joined with great spirlt ina game | Of forfeits. Amfd the fun and merriment it was proposed that to regain ius forfeivhesnould pay | a Viste to the turf stacks on the aajacent cadut bank and bring some turf into the room. Tutnk- ing only of the diversion that his return with an “rmiul of turf would create, he immedi itely hastened to the place tndicated, fled his arm | abd was in the actot returning, when to nis | horror he became aware that a policeman was in pursuit. Almost paralyzed with fright, he dropped his burden, and awaited the oficer’s arrival. “O, constable,” le stammered, “I've been Playing a game of forfeits, and was told to briag some turf Irom the canal Into the house.” “Not a bad story; but you'll Bave to come with me,” declared the constable. | ‘There bad becn continued complalats of wurt- pilleripg; so, regardless of his protestation: unlucky youth was locked up for the nighr. The | rst intimation bis merry-making friends re- celved of his Whereabouts Was when next morn- ing they heard that ie had been explaluing the mistake to the presiding magistrate, who for | tunately comprehended the case iu & mument and dismissea it. onception as ludteraus, but in which a in figured less creditably than Lae one Just referred To. took place ff the Isle of Man. At a Deemster’s Court in Ramsey a Jew was AboUL 10 by As Jews | are alway ‘Testame: not the New, the Deemster requested th-'con- | stable In attendance to fetch an Old one. After her rs of the gentiem ua ‘hile the other lady ie. ‘The stranger | i e awhile that worthy returned, and handed to the witness an anclent-looking dilapidated | + book, hon being examined provea io bea | j New Testament. ‘The Deemster's atteation being called to tt, he asked the constable why he had not brought an Old Testament, to which the innocent reply was: “Please your Houor, tb | was the oldest one I conid find.” An embarrassing incident, we are told, once happened to ay Evgiishman in Rome. Encerlug | one of the churches in that city as a service was | . | LONE OD, he sat quictty down, placing bis hat | on the ground beside him. Some Ifttle time passed, aud as there seemed no immediate pros- { pect of the ceremony coming to an eud, he | , Teached for lils hat, in order to leave, but was stopped by an unseen hand, which gtasped him | co behind. ‘Thinking some custodian of the | chu! h wished him to remain Ull the end of the , he again watted; but his pattence be | coming exhausted, he again reached for bis | hat, and again he was prevented from goingin | the same inanner. Convinced that the service Was some really Important one, the Englishman his departure; but at the expiration cf a quarter of an hour h@ determined | lo go in spite of etiquette, so he repeated the same maneuver in the di covering. A third time the se | | (S grasp, 2 voice behind him exclaimed in nglish: “1 beg your pardon, but tuatis my hat you are taking.” Such was the tact; he had been detained all tbts while because each Ume he had reached in mistake for the hat of another stratger placed tn close proximity to his own. ‘The Danger of Gooa Ce ! {David Swing in the alliance. | It will be a great mistake and a great misfor- | tune if the return of good times shall } | back the oid fervor for property and for adven- | ture, which once made mortgages s» popular and which heiped bring on all the oid panics and troubles. Mempuis is roundly denounced because, having had an awful eptdemte only | last summer, it did not, ail througu the subse- quent winter and spring, toll earnestly to. pre- Venta return of the pestilence: but our pros- perous north will deserve as much rebuke should it neglect any wisdom or effort that might tena to prevent return of the old yel- low lever of speculation and adventure. Mort. gages area pestilence and debls are a regular cholera. Estates die under tuem. Churches sicken and have to be sat up with at ntzht, tn dividuals pine away, wives and children become lsheariened and the Muauctal grave digger 1s busy day and night. Swamps and dirty houses were the black death of Europe; debis are the plague of America, Should the dawn of good ttmes become also | the dawn of a new vanlty aud extravazance the end of another five years will tind the good limes all gone again and Uae millions which the farmers abd workingmmen now possess or may possess all garnered Up in the money bags of a few companies which bad money to loan, and the guit between the many abd the few will be wider than ever. Let us not draw too much on a rosy future, and under Lhe new Inspiration of Une Limes, rush out and buy more land, and more coats, and bonnets, and geid watches, and pianos than we can pay for On the spot, and not even all we can pay for unless the case is one of clear de mand. | In Wisconsin afew years ago the hop trade set the state wild. Tae girls and boys picked hops or grew them unul the village churches Tustied with silk dresses on Sundays, and every girl in the state began to take music lessous,and each fond parent bought for his frame cabin a Piano, and then set about to build a house that Would blend with the “Chickering,” or tue “Hallet & Davis.” Now there is no law tn ta- ture that limits the growth of fools to Wis- consin, and no law which associates silliness and hop poles. Tremendous crops of wheat may wake up the dormant Tocliamneen ot gon. munity, and the mere thought that ae 1S Cocn- ing over from Eur by the kegfull,. m: aa K the kere |: rope ay flate thousands of human hearts far Deyond strength of their material. The hearts bro! y Jove are half so numerous a3 _ broken by spéculation, on horror ‘an But there 18 2 vice:versa to this kindiof talk.,| Do not suspect the future and become stingy. } On the contrary ¢we must ail buy needful aad the |. wed | Just vefore 11 o'clock yesterday torenoon | there were thi | stam men The woman had something Uedup ina blue TOLY ROCK AND RYE. TOLU BOOK AND RYE. TOLY BROCK AND KYB. TOLU BOCK AND BYE. At the Stamp Windew. hen and one Woman at the | Post of the post fOP-Th? eastern trains. window of had letters match-box. She got ithere fist, and she heid the position with her head tn the window aud (Trade- Mark Becnred. | . eiBows On the shelf. 18 there such a plate iM this country as | Cleveland,” she began. oD, Fes.” ot *-Do Jou send mail there.” { ‘Well, a wo | msi? this Dox for THE GREAT APPETIZER. AND 8UBE CURB R NCBITIB, ASTHMA, diving mext, asked meto | FORCOUGHS, COLDS, BRONCEITIB, tt er. dts directed all | oe, MeTakes (WO Cebte Salt thee Sink after! CONSUMPSION, AND ALL DISEASES Welghing it. there’s writing inside it w =] be twelve cents ‘Mercy on me, but how you do charge!” Here the thirteen men degan to push up and husve around and talk about one old maten- w | OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. deliers, bub box delaying two doz the woman had iots of time. Then it will be two cents, eh?” “Ir there 18 no writing inside. “Well, there may be. I Know she tsa great hand to write. She's sending some tlower seed to her sister, and 1 presume she bas told her how to plant er TOLU.. The most scceptsble preparsion TOL. ; ! known for Bronchial, Pectora! and Pulmonary A@ections. AN EXCEL- “ Two threes:”’ called one of the crowd, as he — trled to get to he window. aa lurry up:” called another. | NT APPETT £1C. tor Mt tO be a separate window here | PEI ASE CES Oa MC ee ro growled a tnira. Ke oh it will take twelve rents!” she calmly 5 5 it queried, as she fumbled around for her purse. Fong, Stawralandtumily mee. Theimacuss “Well, I'd better pay it, I guess.” } TOLD. cares From one pocket she took Two coppers, From TOLU. and increasing asies and testim>yiais her retienie She took a three-cent piece. irom — her purse she flashed out a nickel; and {t was only after a hunt of eighty seconds that she cot the twelve cents together. She then consiuaed four minutes tn licking on the stamps, aski Where to post the box and wondering if there pro- Teally Was apy writing inside, but wos poses and man disposes. "Twenty thousand Jars’ worth of business was being detained twelve-cent woman, and a tidal wave suddenly took bir away from the window. In sixty seconds the thirtepn men had been walt on and gone thelr ways, and the weman_ returned to the window, handed in the box, and said: “Them stamps are eked on kind 0°.c but i make any difference wi trot Bree Pr The Dog that Beat Dr. Tann lowa Hall can boast of adog that ont ners Tanner, having lived forty-two slays w out food or water. On the isth day or Sep’ ber the animal, owned by Mrs. Armstroi Bird's Fiat, disappeared from {ts home. marvelled Iueh at {ts proto after ttle inquiries and that {t had co: death from known, e 2th of October a nell hunting cows was attracted to the ed: eld shaft bya faint yelping at the botiom, Peering down the shaft he discovered the long lost aniinal. A ladder was secured and a sent to the rescue of the lon tb could only shiver and. labori: for joy. 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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS.—DAILY STAK— Served by carriers In the city, 10 cents 4 week or 44 cents a month By mall, 50 centsa month, or $6.00 per year. $2 ALL MAML SUBSCRIPTIONS MU8T BE Pap ix © ADVANCE, and no paper will be sent longer than WASHINGTON, D.C ofan | } and at last | abd when found it was less than | received daily ace the best evitaaces of ite virtues apd popularity: ' { TOL’ PUT UPIN Quaht SIZE BOTTLES. GIVING MOL E FOR THR MONEY THAN ANY PRICE #8 PER BOTTLE CAUTION DON'T BE DECEIVED by waprin- cipled dealer, who try to palm off common Reck and Rye in piace TOLU ROCK and RYE, which 1 only MEDICATED GENUINE having « GOVERNMENT STAMP ON AC BOTTLE. LAWRENCE & MABTIN PROPKIETOKS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SOLD EY DRU: and DEALERS E ERS WHOLESALE AGENTS Ix Waser! A. VOGELER & Co. novl0-e0l2m Bavriwoce. | { { | Portian MONTHLY Duawise oF rae Commonwealth Distribution Go AT MACAULEY'S THEATER, In the City of Louieville, on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, tssv. 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Courier Journal Building, Louisville, Ky., er 307 and 309 Broadway, New Yors. 3. W. CLA! 92: $2,700 Uso 900 seu aK, Orto deck LWAYs Ww EA A ARE STILL AHEAD OF ANY AND ALL OOMPETITION FIRST PREMIU: aR Tak GOLD MEDAL, Awarded seain to he cele! $ FLOUR. RC BERS | and in every reapect the i ir, Was awarded Ttcame oat vie~ tors, end it is the whitest and si most beautiful of all | the FIRST PREMIUM last year. torious then against ali other competi “OUOK OF THE WALK again this year, and any and every housekeeper | OLUB BATES FOR THE WEEKLY STAR Show WHITE EREAD, ROLTS AND BISCUITS, should ask the xtocer tor “CERES, merica. OR SALE BY EVERY GOOD GROCER. WHLESALE DEvOT Corner Tat st we ” the champion + GALT & Co. P. 8.— They are also the soe Wholesale Aven thix District of Hecker’s Self-Raisine Fio Buckwheat. decl3—i rset. OCUOKE & Ov, STOCK EROKERE, 566 Broadway, jw Hork, Buy and selon amall marvin al! Btocke quoted om ew | | ‘Fork Stock Exchanwge; a.s0 dea! in Stock Priv- | Hopeagontreets st clone rane Gesises~ -e a Ps oe UNG DI Bold by druseiste. Price 4 Spl, 4, MATTER, Propricier, 122 W, Fay V. Leech and A. Foster, Wi Do; 4 E, Gil Py Ae 8. | _octl-f,10, wae THE iG RECORD, No. OX Broadway, Sew 3 locks and other Beceriues bow in SOY. BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. HM. H. DODGE, BONDS, STOOKS AND INVESTMENT SECUR- ITIES BOUGHT AND SOLD ON OOMMIsSION, No. 589 25th strect, (Conconas Buriprne.) AGENCY FOR PRINCE AND WHITELY, Stock Baoxenrs, 64 Broadway, New York, clans of SECURITIES Bought and Bold on Commi . ion in Bag Francine ore, Phila- Boston and a. Orders e ~k oi ‘Stock ee een Sireck telegres wines ee'Balamore, Philsisiphias poh Btook C my tee a cities an foported toeck Pe Of Stocks and reported promptly. Quotations: ‘Bonds apd information rewarding the Marketa re- ceived through our wire : in Oot oo REE, —— TO ENGELS AUCTION Hovs G® 7° Toae Penne: venus, B44 | ‘One door from 20th street, and bay your DEY GOODS AND MILLINERY. {1 Zi pay you. LEGA? gammgaiog Dat rely on tt, i PILES. { DR. H. D. SHRADER, Orricr 620 11TH Srxxer NorrEwesr, Conven G, hin, Do not put off your wife's new ‘Specimen copies furnished gratis, : net until her patience ts peffectiy exaust ; Sennee elle ed; and do not put off the new house unttl you | Ors Grocer. Pa. ave. aud 7th st. and she are so old that you are just on the | 7A SCHEDULE OF ADVERTISING | W. 8. B16 18th at, Folden mean between s tlecranyeuciscsey, | PRICES will besent to any address on applica. f- ¥-guven Si Rast Cavitol at Fenturer find there’the elements | tion, and in the cities of Georgetown and Wash- ipa * aT. 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