Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1881, Page 6

rrr a renee SSE, SN, HOME MATTERS, ne ae ‘Tus Best Dvstex with which to clean carved furniture is a new patst brash; you can ra- move absolutely all the dust with it Try it, ALWAYs STAND 4. WET UMBRELLA with the handle down; one trial will convince you of the rapidity with which tt wili drain, aad your umbrella will last louger tf dried quickly. To PREaSEKYR THE COLOR of Diack thread Stockings, wash them in water with bran, no soap, the dDran to be tled up In a muslin bag. The stockings will then preserve their black dye. Merino stockings can be washed the same way. CEMENT FoR RUB3ER.—Powdered shellac is softened im ten times tts weight of strong water of ammonia, which becomes fuld after keeping some little time without the uso of hot water. In three or four weeks the mixture 18 perfectly liquid. When applied it softens the rubber, which hardens again as the am- monia evaporates. Drying CuERRies.—Cherries mtcfaea to be ried must De firet stoned, spread on flat dishes and dry them in the sun or warm oven; pour whatever juice may run from them over them, a littie ata time; stir them about that they may dry evenly. When perfectly dry line boxes or jars with white paper and pack close in layers; strew a little Drown sugar and fold the top of the paper over them and keep in a Gry sweet place.—Germaniown Telegraph. Gioss FOR STaKcoED CLOTHES.—An experi- enced washerwoman gives the following: Two oz. best white starch, mix with half a pint of cold water; half a teaspoonful of powdered bo- Tax, and one teaspoonful of turpentine, m'x Im @ quarter of a pint of bolling water; add this to the starch already mixed, and starch the things in it wet, just as they are wrung out of tae biue water. Lay them out smoothly on a clean cloth, place another cloth over them, and roll them up for two hours, then iron with thor- oughly hot trons, ‘To Cusck MoLss.—The ladies who like to see “flower-borders” near their doors are this year very much annoyed by the excavations of moles. A correspondent, who has tested the pian this spring and found it efficacious, sug- tS a very easy mode of abating the nuisa! ie takes a salt mackerel, the older the better, and cuts It in inen bits. ‘These ne pushes dowa into the mole tracks and at short intervals through the border, neatly covering them over. ‘The moje hates mackerel worse than a fisuer of Fortune Bay hates an American fisherman, and instantly vacates the spot. FLOWERS IN GRASS.—The Garden gives an engraving and description of a cheap way to obtain flcwers for landscape effect, by placing groups of red pwontes In grass. They grow, ‘ake care of themselves, and make a ant display in their season, seen some distance from the dwel . Some of the white and pink varieties will also w freely when treated in this way, as well as other of the more showy perennials. The meadow lily (LZ eanadense) Wil hold its own in any grass ground, and when done blooming the plant goes not disfigure the ground. Inlate sum- mer, Asclepias tuerosa makes @ fine show seen at a distance in grass. A Smur_e CcvRg.—Salt air is apt to strike out, for some people at this season, styes and bolls and other beauty spots. A simple and agree- able remedy is found among other salts. Pat of Epsom salts about as much as makes an or- inary dose ina tumbier of water, cut a large Piece of the crumb of bread and soak it in tas Salts. Bind it upon the place affected when thoroughly moist. Thisis a cooling applica- tion, aud seems not only to_be very grateful to the inflamed skin, but to ex; te Lhe progress Of these usually slow and tedious affairs, It is said to prevent the habit of having such troubles. It certainly softens the hard skin, and relieves the congestion in this way. To Make Your Own Bakixe PowpER.—Put half a pound of ground rice into a bowl, with a quarter of a pound of carbonate of soda; mtx weil together and then add three ounces of pure tartaric acid. Both soda and acid must be freed from lumps, by crushing with a broad-oladed knife or spoon on a plece of paper. When the rice, Soda and acid are well mixed, sift the mix- ture through a wire sieve or a fine gravy strainer, and put it In a tin; two small tins are ag one can be kept shut up and free trom air, while the other tin is tn use. All baking powders being composed of ienta that €ffervesce when in contact with moisture of any kind, the tins should have a close-fitting lid, and the kitchen cupboard's the driest place to keep them in. Use one teaspoonful to eaca poundof tiour. This recipe has been used with great success. Salt in baking powder, which some housekeepers use Is not added, because salt Imbibes moisture from the air. and would caus dampness to the soda and acid.—an Eng- ash Receipt. ‘THE ESTHETICS OF THE WINDOW.—If a win- dow commands a lovely view, let it, if possible, be formed of but few sheets, (if not very large of one sheet), of plate glass; for the works of God are more worthy of contemplation, with their ever-changing beauty, than the works of man; but if the window commands only a mass of brick and mortar Inartistically arranged; let Mt, if ible, De formed of colored glaes, hav- ing Beauty of design manifested by the ar- Fabgement of its parts. A window should ever appear as a picture, with parts treated In light and shade, The foreshorte-ing of tne parts, and all perspective treatments, are best avoided. ido not say that the human figure, the lower animals, and plants must not je- ineated upon window glass, for, on the ca- trary. they may be So treated as not oaly to 02 beautiful, but also to be a consistent decora- Uon of glass; but this I do say, that maay stained windows are utterly spotled through the window being treated as a picture, and not a8 @ protection from the weather and ag a AVG of Ught.—Pattery Gazette, Matanta From Kitcagn Srvx8.—Let me ask do you keep a proper watch over your siuks? Did you ever notice how the girl washes her dishes? Or while she has clean water in the pan, do yousee that she has scraped half the Waste from the plates right into the 4 where it remains until her dishes are wash and put away? “Well, what great harm is there in that? Not very tidy to be sure, but what cause for malaria does Mra. Beecher see in {{? Simply this: The waste, or in plain English, the Swill throwa toto the sink and brushed one side out of the way of the dish- pan, as the dish-water and suds are con- Stantly dashing over it, gradually find its Way into the pipes which carry off the dish- water. These pipes under the sink have usually a bend—or what 1s called by the lambers a “ nec! half way down from e sink to the floor. Water without sedi- ment or substance easily flows down through this bend without any bindrance, and it hot ses the pipes. But the small greasy par- fromthe solid matter thrown into the jek by the way, and grease and sedl- accumulate unui the pipes are effec- tually blocked up, or s0 nearly so that the water {3 carried off very slowly. These par- r t seem perfectly harmless, bat the hourly deposits have rendered them formi- datla Remember what they are composed of—meats, vegetables, coffee and tea dregs, ratlt—and then imagine, if you can, what they will be after some days’ or weeks’ accumula- tors. When at lAst the plumber must be calied In togpen a free passage for the dish- water, if te mistress of the house stood by she would wonder that the terrible stench which rises on opening the passage had not caused sickness and death notonly in herown famliy, but throughout the whole neighbor- hood. And itis from such small beginnings, such carelessness, unnoticed by many house- keepers until Drought to the Nght of day, when compelled to have pipes cleared out or the Grains opened, that our homes become the hotbeds for propagating disease which finds every facility for becoming malignant enougn to depopulate a whole neighborhood.—Mrs, W. H. Be in Christian Union, MAKING Fainca.—‘“Needlemaker,” whose contributions are always welcome and valua- Die, sends these directions for a simple and rapidly made fringe: Take a flat, smooth, thin stick, ten or twelve incheggong, and as ‘wide ag Whe depth of the fringe required. One side of this should be a thin » and the other one-eighth to one-quarter inch thick, to cut on With a knife for slitting the fringe afver it is Seta of thread used, the Tog end the fringe. For the heading tete neeat ing acd the fringe. For se about three yards of the thread and tie the two ends together: then tle this doubled piece by its iddle to the suck near one end, leaving enough of the shortend of the stick to noid ic by. Let the knot come on the tain edge. Now you must have an assistant, Piace the Dall for the fringe in some receptacie. Let her take the Stick by the short end in her left hand, and the end of the fringe thread in her right and place edge of the stick a NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Serious Effect of Home Sickness on a ¥ Girl, ‘The Cleveland Press says: A singular case of the effects of manta re- sulting from homesickness was developed by the discovery of Carrie Strong, the lost German irl, described in last ht’s edition of the ss. It seems that Carrie had for some time compiained of being homesick, and expressed a = L ay oe and poacres in Fre- mon! en peared it was supposed she had gone there. Aftera telegram han ‘been received announcing that she had not been seen at Fremont, Superintendent onidt advanced a theory: based” ious 2 exp: rience, that ay Se concealed herself some where around Premises of her employ- ers, No. Pe street, He was met with the assertfon that a fb search been made; that all boxes ossible Places of concealment nad been ex] around the premises and not a trace of the missii e u the ees had been turned toward the wail. On turning it over, there the girl sat, huddled up in a Bor dpe eg which she had evi- dently maintained since ‘her disappearance in the morning, some twelve or fourtezn hours previous. lier mind wandered, and when questioned she was unable to fell why she had so hiddes herself, or at what hour sne entered the box. It was thought best to send ber to her friends at Fremont, and she departed on the late train last evening. A dispatch to- day announces that she has al Tecovered and desires to return to her employment here, wat It was thought best to keep her there a few days for rest and quiet. Previous to her disappearance she had never developed any symptoms of weak-minded: and the only theory on which to account for her acttons is that. brooding over the desire to see her old home and relations, her mind suddenly gave Way, and in condition she acted on a sud- den impulse and concealed herself as above mentioned. Superintendent Schmidt calls to mind several ‘similar cases in his experience, in one of which death resulted from the mania of home-sick- ness alone. Chinese Newspapers. {San Francisco Post. } There are two Chinese newspapers in this city, both weekly. In company with Interpre- ter Howe, a visit was recently made to both offices, The Oriental (Wah Kee), 800 Washing- ton street, was first visited. The Wah Kee establishment was found in charge of its pro- prietor, ——. editor, pressman, composi- wor, bookkeeper, reporter and office-boy, Yee Jenn, who was discovered seated at a table In Dis sanctum, busily engaged in forming char- acters on a slip of Vata Asmall, fine brush, not much larger an ordinary pea-holder, was dl in a peculiar black and the writing, or printing, performed with great dex- terity and accuracy, In answer to questions, Yee Jenn stated to the interpreter that he was 50 years old; that he had been in the country about seven years, and that he first began pub- lishing the Woh Kee nearly six years ago. He had no previous experience a3 a i ee per and prior to beginning his newspa) in operation a job printing office, which he yet matntained. Of the 35,000 characters in the Chinese language he could make about 3,000, As he had never been able to import type from China, all the characters in paper were formed by hand. The Wah Kee had 1,000 sub- scribers, some circulation in China, and was issued at 10 cents per copy, or $5 per year. He got much of his matter from exchanges; what appeared in local English papers of interest to his readers was translated by an English-know- ing Chinese friend. Although 7 years in the country Yee Jenn had no knowledge of the lan- guage, and he said that but about 200 of the Chi- nese residing in this city were able toread and understand English. The last number of the War Kee was presented to the writer by Yee Jenn. It Was a 4-page sheet, about three-fourths the size Of the Post, and bad 5 columns to a page; the first Bebe occupied by advertisements, mainly doud! jlumned. The publisher's announcs- ments comprised the name of the paper, in five eee ee oe right, in aborizontal line at the head of the page; a Notice, in a vertical line, to be read from the top down, azd at the right of the tltle, that the paper was published in the fourth month of the seventh year of the reign of his imperial mignt- Iness, Quong Si, emperor; a notice, at the left of the title, in a vertical line, of the date and volume of the paper; and & large notice, in vertical lines, to the left of the last-1 which was the pros— pectus, etc., of the publisher. The name of the paper, its date and place of publication, were given in English ler its Chinese title. ‘The title of each long article and of each adver- Usement was giver ina single horizontal line at the commencement of the reading matter, dene was Lng eb aero — ene we LA read beginning at the top of the aD: column in each article. Phe news matter of the Wah Kee, commencing at the right hand column of the fourth page, was four columns of local news, succeeded by a coluran of “ads;” then a department containing news from Pe- «ip, followed by another containing news fron Canton; next an editorial against the use of opium, and then a presentation of the news from varicus count after which come a1- Vertisements, an advertisement of a Chines2 doctor occupying the place of honor. . The press room, composing room, counting ofice and editorial and reportorial rooms of ths Wah Kee, and the parlor, dining room, kitchen, pei and sleeping apartment of its propri- etor, Yee Jenn, were formerly one amall room, ADGui iz by 15. That room was subjected to 4 Jerre rocess by the Mongolian pub- her and into three, two small ones of about equal size, one for sleeping, the other for editing and the larger one for containing gavibg about, peering into Yeo Jean's way azing abou’ ig ee Jenn’ fea hamber; Staring at his 80 an- Uque and clumsy, and fumbling over some musty Chinese exchanges, he was aware the interpreter was being told something quite in- teresting By the good-natured and accomms- Gating Yeo Jenn. “The narrative was this: Last jay @ Chinaman was one of the markets in this city and hap) to see a arge fisb,a sturgeon, which been just brought in and was yet alive. The Chinaman, by some inherent wisdom, or perhaps by an in- spl }, discovered that his mother’s soul was im the fish. After some dickering he bougnt the fish, which welghed 308 pounds, paying $16 therefor, and procuring @ wagon transport- ed it to the bay, where he engaged a boat, Placed the fish’ therein, and had it rowed far ‘Out into the bay and put back into the water. He couldn't bearthe thought of having the goul of his mother devoured by San Francisca barbarians. The manner in which the Wah Kee ts pub- lished cannot fail to be entertaining. Tae ress Consists of a large slab or bed of yellow- Rixwhite stone, By turning a wheel a frame faced with stiff leather, over which are several Cardboard, is pressed sheets of thick Pp down upon the bed. The matter to go on ope side of the paper is printed by hand on ashéet, which is laid on the stone and borne down upon unl- formly. The sheet is then lifted up and the bunéreds of characters forming its face are seen to be duplicated upon the stone, At tho appropriate time a sheet of paper is laid on the frame noted, the wheel is turned, the frame 13 pressed down against the bed, and ina moment or so lifted by a back turn of the wheel, and the peg is Loy gat printed. é there See ene ge 13 passed over the bed or form, another alieet, is subjected to the same process, ‘aid 80 On until the edition is worked off. Atier te Ts are all printed the tnk 1s washed olf the by the application of a chemical, aud another supply of characters is substituted. The process 1s, in fact, that of lithography. ‘The office of the other Chinese pubiication, the “Chinese-Engliah newspaper” (Tong Fan San Boy, 821 Wi was next visited. ‘The paper was found to ke jut the same size, rinted the ame way, at the same price, and about the same style establishment as ths Wah Kee. Mun Kee, the proprietor, rter, Office-boy, etc., was employed in smoking a “Ho la,” (How do you do?) sald ter, “He ere, fan wah?” (Do you speak English?) Mun lea very good English. He stated that he wasabout 83 years old, bad been in this had page, like other, 1° was on the fourth; — ot papers mbied each other. Mun Kee, also, had no previous ex) Cry and had started as a job printer. fe stated tnat neltner Ope Papers bad a policy, religious or political, that the Chinese were great era. Ag to the future of the Chineseon this coast and athome, he said that before years the race would be on an equality with all others, and would be wi A clviliz- imate and other tions being highty favorabie, He verified the statement recently made to the wri 8.8, Smith, of the Pacific, long a residen' rior to the Of last all appt oa were or in the same cat as were the slaves that from their masters in the Ce in — ura times, one. antly reap telligent and wide-awaice Mun Ke to lain ot a SS Se peepee burn, not jueatly being given, itis before conviction, Running Away from Marriage. H® was & profound philosopher who, when he heard of a man’s Detbg in troubie, criminal or otherwise, asked “Who was she?” knew found at of the tribulation. It is probably Longe of mathematical demon- stration that ninety-nine out of each one hun- dred cases of ious disappearance, for example, may be traced directly to a feminine influence. In some instances, to pe sure, the mysterious disappearer has run away because he was a thief, ora defaulter. But for whose sake did he commit the crime which made nim @ vagabond and a fugitive? It is not tothe iit of the gentler sex that the chances nat. [celebs in favor of some one of them being the cause of the criminal’s undoing, It 1s not woman's seductiveness, but man's weakness, that causes the mischief. Many an honest and tnnocent woman has wi man’s ruln without knowing despise him of folly he could go. Not long ago a citizen of Germantown, Pa., the meridian of lite, and who was ep: — be married on sudden The a oan day, peared. e wedding aes but not the bri ay ar- He was in mtd- , & Tespectable citizen and “well fixed” as regards money matters. Naturaliy it was su) Pape that he had been foully dealt with— Tol and murdered, a. The tearful bride-tlect postponed the wedding, and offered Jarge inducements for the production of the remains of the bridegroom-elect, of whom she had been bereft. In due time tne lost one was found, elive in adistant part of the country. At the last moment bis courage had failed him. He did not dare to marry the we- min to whom he had pledged himself; and, like a coward, he had rua away from the tymenial altar. Why did he not face the music and say: Reprints don’t love you well enough to marry you. Let us throw up th’s engagement before it is too late.” Rather thaa say this be ran away, and thus gave the gos- sips a topic which bas not yet been used up, uniees the Germantown gossips differ from those of every other locatity. The number of men who have bap fo atc disappeared on the eve of marri: has become 80 large that the newspaper detectives ask, whenever they hear of a ig man, if he was about to be married. Whether men en- gage themselves thoughtlessly, and afterward Tepent, or women enshare men In meshes mat- rimonial, to the chagrin of the victim, we can- not undertake to inquire. In any event, the cowardice of men who run away from marriage 1s established beyond dispute. this cowardiee has sometimes assumed 80 violent a shape as almost to become a virtue, para- doxical as this may appear. ir eX- ample, a recent Ie od) homicide in San Francisco may be quoted. A well- dressed man, dead, with a pistol-shot through Landen was discovered a fen Oa person was a paper, signed “+ W. . and which was in the form of a confession. ‘The case, a8 then presented, was that Ward, having killed several people, among them be- ing one F. H. Bates, of Salt Lake City, had finally killed himself in an agony of remorse. On, this dead man were found memoranda show- ing that the before-mentioned Bates had been engaged to a young lady In Salt Lake City, and the supposed suicide, Ward, left explicit direc- ons that the aMfanced bride of the murdered man should be notified of the violent death of her lover and the suicide of his murderer. A trunk containing the personal effects of Bates had been previously sent to Salt Lake City, ad- dressed to the young lady, avowedly by the murderer, as appeared by the memoranda found upon the person of the suicide. [In this trunk Was found Bates’s diary, entries in which re- ferred to the diarist’s good fortune, his ample supply of ready money, and his suspicions of Ward, whom he referred to as ‘a clever thier,” ‘This did not seem a mysterious case, although it must be ackowled; that murderers do not usually commit suicide under the influence of remorse, nor do they commonly manifest great concern that the friends of their victims should be informed of the fate of the missing ones. ‘The persistence of the post-mortem requests of the mysterious sutcide aroused suspicion, and, to make a long story short, it was proved be. yona @ peradventure that the man who killed imself in San Francisco was none otner than F, H. Bates, who, being unable to fulflli his promises to the young woman whom he had engaged to marry, Committed suicide, having first Invented an elaborate scheme by which it was made to appear that he had been murdered for bis money. He had represented himself, when asuitor, as being In comfortable financial &i ry . pointed, and he took his own life as the Way out of the difficulty, having contrived a pian which, as he thought, would save his honor in the estimation of his aitiancec bride. It this story were told in a work of fiction it would be dencunced as too improbable, Yet a Judicial inquiry has established the facts as above narrated. The psychological phenomena connected therewith we leave to the study of others. Here was a man who, having employed false pretenses to win th3 hand of a young ‘woman, was too honorable to carry on the de- ception any longer, was too to ac- know! his weakness, and was yet cour- age ous enough to take his own life in order to draw the vell of oblivion overall. After this almost anything may be believed of men who bave uy committed themselves to matri- Mony and have run away from tke conse- quences of that step.—N. F. inves. How to Build a Mexican Hailroad (Mexico Cor. Boston Herald.] First you must get a “concession”—parmis- ston to bulld—then, after buying the land and necessary material, you seek out some point distant from any existing railroad, or s?a- coast, and transport your material to that Place. Tok at the coast, or nearest rall Toad, would contrary to Mexican tradit- ons. Having located the road and, perhaps, Obtained a subsidy of go much per mile, you commence at the further end to build. By pel Es you accomplish many things not otherwise ible; you, first, of all, give em- ployment to a great many carters and team- sters, who bring the rails and rolliag stock over the road. Thisis but ane justice, for when your road is built it certainly take away their freight. tis their employment will soon be teamsters charge you accordingly. You also have the satisfaction of completing the termi- nation of the road before it is begun, and the inhabitants of the town you are running to look upon the enterprise ‘with favor, because they know that, in event of failure, or of a evolution, they will be sure of their end of the abyway. This way of constructing a road will ¢ more time and capital—the time allowed here is one id per mile—but you ‘Will bave the satisfaction of having with you the sympathies of the ownersof mules and diligences, and of having offended nobody’s pet traditions. The road will approach com- letion so gradually that it will seem when Bone as though it bad always been, and by that time there will be the pleasure of renew- ing the ee built first and of employing the grandchildren of your original workmen. ‘This {s the manner in which they are building @ railroad in Yucatan (a8 I explained in a former letter). It is ined the way this Pachuca road is being built, and was originaliy insisted upon by the Mexican government in Tegard to the two grand rallroads now being pushed forward by American capitalists. In Tegard to the latter, and the desire of the gov- ernment to have them started from Mexico, the reason is very apparent, as thereby all the capital Cag ee ‘upon them would be dissemi- bated in the Mexican capital What the Cen- tral and National roads are now paying for freights, transportation of employes, etc., is enormous; it would buiid a large portion of the roads if fed pet at the r’ght end. In making the rail from Tampico to San Luis Potosi, the material and rolling stock were cased over tremendous hills and mountains at a perfectly frightful expense and put together af the ter- minus. The reason given was that the charter Tead, “from San Luis to Tampico.” HIS CABINET OF BEAULrY. A Photographer Tells Some of the Secrets of His Profession. “That? Why, that’s my cabinet of beauty,” sald a photographer who has a studio in this city, in answer to an American reporter’s question. “Yes, strange as it may seem, Within its walls lie hidden charms aad smiles, beauty and which have been photo- graphed and have made many homes happy.” And the photographer turned to his negative, Which he was retouching. The cabinet had a charm which invited a cioser inspection. At first it seemed a catch-all for ali the old trump- ery of the house; but a eecond view convinced the visitor that its only equal was the top bu Teau drawer of a fashionable young lady’s toliet table. Inside there was a brilliant array Of false frizzes and bangs, rouge tablets and brushes, ribbons and laces, two or three fans and a pair of Kid gloves, while a pair of PF pee all and aset of “false teeth lay by themselves in one corner, as ff too aris- tocratic fo associate with the other trash. The sight of these articles awakened a desire to know why they were there, and the old man was again interrupted in his work. “Well, you see,” said he, in reply, “we have to be prepareddor ali sorts of emergencies. It Was ouly last week that a very pretty lady came in here to be taken. She hollow checks, and 1 knew at once the picture would bot satisfy her, and so I thought of my cabinet of beauty and the ‘plumpers.’ I had to use a great deal of tact, you kuow, in introducing the subject, for the thought of putting those things in her mouth would disgust her. While she was ‘prinking’ before the looking giass in the dress- ipg-room, I called my assistant and gave him the ‘plurppers,’ and Cold him te go down stairs, He ueceretced me. When the lady came into the era room I opened fire,and gradually led to the ‘plumpers.’ As usual with them all, she was horrified, but I told her that I knew of @ place whereI could get her a new set, and would send for them. SoIrang the bell, and my assistantcame up. I told him to go around to Mr. Smith’s and get me a new pair of ‘plump- ers,’ ‘The man was gone for a reasoaable time, and came back with my old ‘plumpera’ brigit- ened es and neatly wrapped in white paper. Even then the lady objected, but I persuaded her to try one, ana she did. The effect as seen in the glass was so eee that she slipped in the other and glided tnto the chair, and I got a splendid picture—perhaps_a little full in the face; but no matter—it made her look a hun- dred per cent prettier, and, after all,that’s wnat they all want. Make a woman pretty, and the Picture suits to perfection.” FALSE TERTH AND BANGS, “How about the false teeth?” “Well, it’s different with them. I used to Keep an assortment—all sizes—but T found that 1t Was no use, for one pair was sufficient, and I gave the others away to my friends and kept only one pair. Yes, I have used them quite often. Let's see—at least sixty times since the beginning of the year. These were new in Jan- uary. A funny thing happened to the last pair. It was just before Christmas, when a lady came in here to sit. She was from the country, and had a very bad set of teeth. She wanted to bave her picture taken smiling. I told her that the picture would be ruined, tor her teeth would spoil it. I remarked that if she could use my faise set, then the | soo would be good. Sie left the studio without saying a word, and I thought I had offended her and had lost several dollars: but before maby hours were past the lady returned, and taking her seat in the chatr, asked me for the false teeth. I wasastonished, for sbe had been out aud had all her upper teeth extracted! A3 luck would have it, my cabinet-of-peauty set filled her mouth nicely, and she was so charmed with them that sne in- sisted upon my selling them to her. I charged her a big price, for they were my pet teeth; Dut she paid lt, and what’s more, ordered a large lot of photographs, You can bet her mouth Was open from ear to ear in that picture, and you can’t imagine how well the teeth looked.” “Yes, the frizzes and bangs are in constant use, Aby number of young giris come in and Wear them when they wish. One day a baid- headed man came In, and after looking over the cabinet of beauty, said ‘he wondered how he would look with hair on hig head.’ [ did not have a wig, so we fixed him up one made of bangs. There's his picture now, hanging there,” nd the photographer pointed % & pho- ograph of a man With a most pect ooking head of hair, A MATTER OF TASTE, “There are a great many photographers who Won't use these shams. ‘I'hey prefer to touch up the pose eo There is a method by which you Can fatte, ple out by simply touching up the plate. You can shave off a swelling or lessen a double chin or cut down a long neck. ‘The picture may not be a first-class likeness, but it certainly makes a Deautifal photograph. I have seen ladies with crane-like necks have photographs taken, and the photo— grapher put some lace around the neck or shorten it in other ways, and, the picture is beautiful. Of-course, that 1s always goes back and has others taken, One man came in here with the mumps. Of course, I did not know he wanted the picture taken on that gc- count, so I retouched the negative and cured his mumps; and—wonld you believe 1t?—he re- fused to take the photographs because they did not show him with the mumps.” “The best way to come is to come natural. That's why actresses take such exceilent plc- tures. They allow you to Posture them as you Please. 1f you twist a lady’s head she gets mad; While an actress will allow herself to bo twisted and turned and poised and arr: as much as you wish. Iv’s a pleasure vo take A Plea for Going Barefoot. Refusing to buy tight shoes might bring easy ones into fashion; but boys are better off with- out them, especially in the years of rapid growth, when their measure changes from month to month, for too wide shoes are as un- comfortable as tight ones. Out-doors, chil- dren’s bias ded almost sure to get wet, and keep the feet clammy and cold; while a young gypsy or a Scotchman, inured to wind and Ww r, treads with his bare feet the hhind-hand can give us an idea of the marvels of her he gigs The sole of a planti- Suite pliable and sort vo the touoh, but withall jul t than chouc, us ugher caout- 1m] alike to water, sand, thorns. A camel, oo, has @ f that sort—sads that resist recent tornado, and now of President, the Rev, J. H, Tucker is announced, them, for you are always sure of a good picture. But deliver me from ministers! Of all the cranky ones they are the crankiest. They are never satisfied. They are stiff and disagreea- ble, and their photos never suit. Ladies come in here with their hair done up tn the mostout- Jandish styles, and then complain and ask for another silting, because their hair Is not done the way they are accustomed to.- As it we did up their hair! Then, when we aak them to stand Wa a little, they complain, ‘I never stand up £0 straight;’ and next day, when they see the proof, they say, ‘Oh! how humpbacked you have made me.’ it’s no use to tell them you told them to stand straight; they only answer, ‘I did not know I was stooping 60,” No amount, of retouching of the negative will straighten up these,”—Baitimore American, How to Prevent Drowning. A writer in Nature says: I wish to show how drowning might, under ordinary circumstances, be avoided even in the case of persons other- wise wholly ignorant of what is called the art ofswimming. The numerous frightfal casu- alties render every Wording. suggestion of im- Portance, and that which I here offer I venture to think is entirely available: ‘When one of the inferior animals takes the water, falls, or is thrown in, it instantly begins to walk as {. does when out of the water. Buc when & man who can not “swim” falls into tue water, he makes a few spasmodic struggles, throws up his arms and drowns, The brute, on the other hand, treads water, remains on the surface, and is virtually insubmergible. In order, then, to eacape drowning, it is only ne- cessaty to do as the brute does, and that is to tread or walk the water. The brute has no ad- vantage in regard of his relative weight, in respect of the water, over man, and yet the man perishes while the brute lives. Neverthe- less, bY Mad, any woman, aby child who can on the land may also walk in the water read! the 1 does, if only he just as ag ‘Will, and that without any prior instruction or drilling whatever. Throw a dog into the water and he treads or walks instantly, and there is no imaginable reason why a human under ike circumstances should not do as the dog does, ‘The brute indeed walks in the water instinct- ively, whereas the man has to betold. Tne orance of so simple a possibility, namely, e possibility of treading water, strikes me a3 oneof the most singular things in the history of man, and 8 very littie indeed for his intelligence. He 1s, n ag ignorant on the subject as the new-born babe. Perhaps some- thing is to be ascribed to the vague meaning 1s attached to the word “swim.” When than a man 1s capable of swimming, n the it, 100, 2 dog am without any pre- vious Sratotn or cy and that by 80 ‘The brute in the water continues to go fours, and the man who and can not otherwise por] alternately, ‘without barry or on all Wishes to save his life Swim must do 80 too, one, two, one, two, but ration, with hand and brut Whether e E ae i E. i & - i i i t 5 i | AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. (BOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer. property will a be divided into suitable building lots, a subdivision of which wil) be exhibited at the sale. Terme very easy and made known day of sale, 1e22-d8de ens. BE WAGGAMAS, Auct. LEY, Auctioveer. yandary 2 desirable lot, 15x80. Fiains, improved by aframe house. Title goo.1. ‘Terms: 8100 gown ; balance ‘at $12.50 per month, i ith cent hi ti FOLRY, Auctioneer, 811 7th et northwest. ax UCTION BALE OF A OBAPE! ON JHIRD SLEREEL. BETWE! L STREET AND NEW 10K AVENUE, BE REMOVED WITHIN THREE DAYS. On MONDAY, Jure 27, 188], at 6 o'oLock P.M. Terms cach. jewot J.T. COLDWELL, Anct. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TBUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROV! PROPERTY GN ROAD TOWN HtIGRTS. By virtue of two G-eds of trust, bearing Gate, reepectively, May Ist and September 9th, 1875, ava by reque t, in writivg, of edm init tratrix of thereby, I wiii sell at the preires, on RATURDAY, JULY 2p 1831, aT 6 O'CLOCK P.¥ , li the undivided right, title, es- fate and interest being part of lot 9, of Pleasant LARGE FRAME KN To ‘2D STREET, GEOKGE- the holder of the note secured mblic auction, in froat of of the parties, grantors in said ontat ___AUOTION SALES. —__ | STEAMERS, &c. FUTURE Da¥s. Onn MAN & Ov.. J Heal Rotate Agente and Auctioneers. SALE OF VALUABT & MACHINERY. BOILERS, fc, AT CHEMICAL WORKS. GBOBGE ret peter orton ee, the land reoorda for th Listrict of Columbia, im Liber No. Sats, fello 29, 6 q-, abd by direction of the party secured there- + i will offer at publicauction, on MONDAY, 125 'H JUNF, 188), aT 10 0'CLocK AM, at the Chem- ical Works pear the foot of Montzumery strect and the cans town, D C., aud near the avenus bride, all of the goods, cbatinis mery, Kc.» named in “a™ attachnd to said dood of frust, eontistiog of Steam Bollers, Pamp, ‘Tanke, Smokestack Pipe, Tools, aii fixtures and Yeaschold of lots. Terms JOHN SHERMAN, Trustee, Choad Building. WM. M. SMITH, Saleeman. Jel0, 16,15 22,25 USTEES’ SLE. ‘ousistiog of perte of lota Nos. Twenty-seven (27) and Twenty- eight (28), in square No One bundred and twenty- #ix (126), the whole "lve & front of twenty feet on Farragut Square, and running back of that width and binding on °K street ninety-two fee), with the improvements, consisting of a three-story brick dwelling. Terme of taie: One-third of the purchase money to be pate in cash, and the residue in two equal in stallments, at six and twelve months, respectively, Sith interest, to be secured by noes aud deel of trost on the compiled wi erty may purchaser. remises. The terms of sale must be ip one Week after sale, or the prop- Fesold at the risk jeeda, (being the entire title. estate and interest B- poof born wilisue, stil oulsteodiog. Sin and | ee . rh Williame, 8 age.) 1m am —— te “all that piece or parce: of ground situate and being tne ey Fe gesrmotey 8 inthe District of FAMILY SUPPLIES. iS being in OSs vj lon to nai 7 "I A deseribed as follows: Besinui (LARET, OLARET, CLARET, fecigaeta Geneysrtcrers. asoges | © Now miata deat hr ae cf Hepry D- erly own Boler aud afterward “by John Oarieris. om Ro eee per doz strent, apd running thence west alone aaid street | V8ry choy TARP LUNCH MEATS one hu! sevent 7 sn ‘ “Cl a fourteen at fect wit: tnenee nina southerly "ince, | HAM, TONGUE, (BEER, GAME, DOCK, CHICK- (On, with the east ride of #aid alley and the proper- 5 ty of Hokert P- Dodae, to the property 0; Sonn ®. | SPICED oy: y ry ‘hence east with the nv of Jobn E. fe Carter's property aud that of Joha Chandler Smith, YI to the west line of ibe property of Henry D Oook: 6° aforeea'd property ,and thence with said tine morth- ‘and ten (210) feet, to the ick dwelling house thereon.” This property will be sold erly, about two hundred Place of beainnivg, and buildin P Fubsect to all unpaid taxes and charges thereon ‘with the bri annum frow Ma: 175, secured on said pre: . n- the expenses of sale, (which Wiil'be aubounced at the eaie,) in cash. and’ the bal, ance at six and twelve months, for which the notes six per cent interest deposit af ‘Ocnveyancing at purchaser's If terms of sale are not complied with within of the purchaser, be: cont. ten days from day of saie the fold at the risk and cont of roperty will be fhe detaulting chaser . L. DUNLOP, 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. BUSTEES' SALP_OF IMPROVED AND UNIM- = PEOVED PROPERTY. ber 28th, 1877, and recorded in liber No. ‘S71, folio 289, et feq , aud @ decree of the. Supreme Ccurt of the District of Columbis, on the 24th day of January, 1881, in Equity cause No 7,584, Equity Docket 21, we will sell, on TUEZS- DAY, THE 67H Day OF JULY, 1881, aT 5 O'CLOGK, in front of the premises, Lot lettered C, in Madison & Moses’ eubdivieien of crivinal | 6, Tand 8, in Square 427, lecated on the east side of 8th st between I street and public ES, 13 feet fropt an: ap then widens to 23 By virtue of a deed of trust, dated Novem- ‘fh runs back of that depth 70 feet ano goes back 80 feet further. AT 6 O'CLOCK, SAME Day. in frontof vee perp Lot 64. in Square east of Square 509, lot 14x80 f Tinches, being No. 1640 4th strest, een Q and Ratrecta northwest. On WRDNESDAY, Jory 6TH, 1831, at 6& ¢cLoox, in front of the promises, Jota I, K, Land ‘M, in squsre 694. Each front 18 feet on the side of Ist street east, between North Carolina a’ nue and eouth D street. AT 6 o'cLocs, SAME DAY, original lot 1, in &quare 968, on the northwest corner of 11th and B streets sou’ heast. : Ox TBURSDAY, JuLy 77H, ar 6 o’oLock, in front of the premises, 3, 4 5, 6 and 7, in Howsrd’s sub of bl-ck No. 21, in the Howard University sub of Effingham, fronting on an a'ley leading from Wilson street, near Howard University, tozether ‘With the in provements. Terms: One-third cash; residue in two equal payments at six and twelve months with interest, to be secu deed of trust $25 deposit on is struck off Terms to be implied with in five days. Title or no rale. complied w: ay sO es FRED N a Je22 d&ds _ THOMAS H. CALLAN, HOMAB DOWLING, Auctioneer. -RUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY TRUSTER SHORGELOWS DO. By virtue of s deed of trust to the under- figned, dated 26th October, 18¢9, and duly th recorded in Liber T. & B., number 283, one of the land records of the District of Co- lowbia, I will offer at public aale, on THURSDAY, 807TH JUNg, 1881, aT 6 O'CLOCK P’ M.. on the prem- each lot when proverty ises, at the request of the party thereby, the following-ceseribed premises, situated Georgetown, District of Oojumbis, being all that rt cf lot ‘number 171, in Beatty and Hawkine’ addition to Georgetown, besinning for the same at the end of 320 feet on a line drawn north on the east side of Frederick street from the northeast cor- Ler of Frederick and dstreeta, and raning thence easterly parallel to 3d street 96 feet, thence north- er'y and parallel to Frederick street thirty feet, then westerly and parallel to 3d street 96 fect t0 Frederick etreet, then by and with eaid street to the beginning, with the improvements. ‘lerms of slo: One third cgeh ; the balance of the purchase money in six and twelve months, the purchaser giving his notes, bearing interest from the day of raie, secured by’a lien on the property; or all of the purchase money may be paid in ten days a‘ter the sale. A deposit of 850 required when the property is struck off. All conveyancing at the expente of the purchase Je20-10t . B. P. JACKSON. Trustee. [ABLES W. HANDY, Auctioneer. USTEE'S SALE OF TWO SMALL FRAME TNBOUGES Deira tTBEET SOUTHEASS, der and by virtue of a deed of trast dated pe ier, ‘and recorded in liber No. 660, twenty-two (822), begin: ground at the southeast corner of said thence west one hundred and five (105) feet one (1) inch, thence north forty-one (41) feet, theuce east one hundred and five (105) feet one (i) inch, and thence south forty-one (41) feet to the place of be- ginning; being the south forty-one (41) feet front of eaid lot by the dep’ thereof, lying and ‘situate in the said city of Washington. ‘Te:ms of sa'e: One-fourth cash, balance in six, twelve and eighteen months, with interest at ihe rate of six per ent per snuUm, secured by a deed of trust on the property sold; or al! cash at the op- tion of the purchaser. $100 Gown at time of sale. Terms to Be ones =e seven days. Con- veyancing at cost of pur: er. que-a&as CO. A. JAMES, Trustss. VHABLES W. HANDY, Auctioneer. USTEE’S BALE OF HOUSE No_ 1461 SAMSON oa STBEET NORTHWEST. — Under and by virtue of a deed of ae dated reptember 15, 1876, and duly records among tne records of the District of. Columbia. and at the written request of the party secured thereby, I will offer for sale, at public auc- tion, in front of the premises, on FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, A. D. 1881, aT 5:30 o’cLOcK P. x, parts of Lots 16 and 17, in brury’s subdivision of Square 209: Beginning for the same at a point on bamson street 80 feet east from the corner of aoe aeeck ar Geren east eh sot ea ee 0 feet to an alley ; thence west along the alley 20 feet thenos south $0 feet to the place of ning. ‘erms of sale: One-third cash; balance in six, twelve and eighteen monthe, with interest at the rate of six per cent per snnum, deed trust on property sold ; or all cash at option of par. cenveyaneing at cost of purchaser. ith in seven days oe ee Ads "BENJAMIN C. KEYSER, Trastect | abi BROS., Auctioncers. TEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ES- ON WATER STREET, BETWEEN TY-FIRST AND TWENTY-BECUAD ‘virtue of two deeds of trust, Gated re- ively lth December, 1889, and 15th january, 1831, and recorded in. Liber No. 257, folice 129, &c., and Liber No. 961, folios 261 the Land of 23 R H nage i ei ‘erms 0° a’ amount of the debt, viz:— 813, 417, with interest thereon at ten per cent per pur- 'STERS. ‘Monteerrat LIME JUICE CAFE DES (GOUBMETS, CALIFORNIA WINE. wore), WALDMBISTER*—Try {t and you will find Qelicious and 7 ccok en J BSIONISTS SUPPLIES. GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, 4016-0 1200 Fret, northwest. ALIGHT SUMMER DRINK, BRINGING HEALTH, APPETITE AND EXHILERATION, VIRGINE. CLAR) OR arejunt the Wines SS SEEDLING HUME, CLEARY & 00., ‘807 Market Bpace, That epiendi. nabat splendid Minnesota Family Flour, justly “SOVERE! elds tn perfection whi 4. wholesome Brena. ™ Perfection Sue Creamy & Gee ‘807 Market Bpace. A direct importation of SCOMMENDADOR” PORT wine, absolntely pure, and for medictual_ put Bs | very best." “HUME OLEARY's GO. 807 Market Bjace. OLD STAG PURE RYE WHISKEY is unequalled for smoothness, flavor and purity, and for the sideboard and sick room is valled. HUME, CLEARY & CO., jel4 S07 Market Space. | S*== LEAF TEA, 50 cents per pound. BWKET LEAF TEA, 50 cents. 50 cents. 50 cents. Kither iced or hot takes the place of much higher priced. Bold 5 years ago at 80 cents. WITMER’S, dell 1918 PENNSYLVANIA AVERUE. pronation Day. CANNED GOODS of every description. WOODEN PLATES. PAPER NAPKINS. FRUITS of all kinds. ZWEI Ses LIME JUIOB. B. W. BEED'S SONS, 1236 F st. northwest. H°™ "Sia PSE, Om PALACE MABEKET, Corner 14th street and New York avenue Also, STEAWBEBRIES just received. B. KELLY. | aly at MUTTON. ae CORNED BEEF aS SPECIALTY, Owardodiat the National Fair over all other “TO OERES, The handsomest Minnesota Patent Flour United Beato. _— MINS: a EOLA, t STERLING'S ST. LOUIS FABOY. A Magnificent Winter Wheat Patent GOLDEN. dard Family Fi the District. ron a aE SY EVERY FIRST-OLABS GBOOER. WHOLESALE DEPOT, Corner Ist st.and Indiama ave., febls WH. M. GALT & CO. __MEDICAL, &. RE NO PaY!—To all afflicted with private ‘con 1a you shall be rewarded eat oneeand you shall be rewarded jea1-1m* il WE3T FAYETTE 8T. = ee in hoepital TO CU! diseases BIOCORD, Ladies. at 924 7th street morthwest. Ofice hours from 11o9p.ame je10-2m" LEO) dest reli. Drees Petr efOLa in the city, can be sulted daily at 455 ‘avenue, from Siaritios quickly cured ment. Seps- Pato rooms for fades. Je9-1zm (OTT'S FREI WDEBS — Deze INCH PO’ Oortatn Pane brocrst Seat gee sone Pore eeipt of panty m6 ‘ANHOOD RESTORED —A viotin of early im- ware decay, os Raving, fied in vain evety, renown crea free to) his Tellow-sutfer- By virtue of a deed of trust, dated February 10, isi, azd recorded in Liber No. 777, folios f < 2 Records of the Dis- | JFO# Potomac RIVER LANDINGS, Steemer T V. ARROWSMITH wit) | ease Der wharf. foot of Tih strvet, Jel Si 7s m. every Monday. Tuseday, ‘Bunday for ail Thuredsy and Faturiay se fer ae aia, Nomin' and Prspest HLL uesdsy and Friday as far as Loo- St. C.euzeut's Bay and Wicomico river. F. 4, STONE, Purser. , Friday, Baturday aod Lee. riyer jan } | 3e3 | }°QR BALTIMORE AND RIVER LANDINGS. | ‘The Stenmer “SUE,” Capt. W.C.GR00RRGaN, | lesves Stephenson's wharf every | RUNDAY ate p,™- for Biver Land- fogs and Baltimore, Returning, ieayes Baltitoore every FMLDAY at 4p m., arrives io Washington Seturdey night Pasnengers for | Lower River Landings ahonid take this line $#-A}! river freight must be propald. For fur- ther information apply to RS eee Or i TEAMER “MATTANO" leaves 7th et. wharf, do. 2, at 7 o'clock & m.. a8 fol- of the Lard ‘of the lowe. On TURSDAYS for trict of Columbia, we will offer at auction, WEDNESDAY, THE Gra Dat OF JULY NEXT, on | Si soa eee es ee remisee, AT SO'OLOCK P M.. the Lot of Ground ; iver. JONES, Agent 7°8 RICH . FEREDEBICHS ASD STATIONS “ON TIE" RICHMOND. FREDERIOKSBURG AND POTUMAG AT COMPANY. FAVORITE BOUIE with the new 80 ES splendid Bteamer. - - fehed and appotntea tn every jae cee foot of 7th street, daily, connection at Quamtico with the Fast fains South. Echiraia, areata et2and 10:30pm. Warhineton to POTOMAG TRE OLD bas turt been and J ORFOLK AKD REW STE: % NOS STtaMan LADY OF Tr Lake Hireet every MORDAY. WEONES, DAY and FRIDAY, af 8:90 ¢clock 2., touching at Piney Point ‘xeursion jonros. Fortean Mt office, 618 26th street ; in Bank Building, or at the THE NEW ¥O) JOH,GIBSON snd E. 0. KNIGHT ioave Pier m., and Georeetown every Fit Ten. I IDAY, at 7 8mm. For particulars apply to agent, 63 Water z ALFRED WOO! apR0 G18 16th etreet OMY. US Treearyy. SSS oe SS Sey. a HORFOLK. Po! fi FORTRESS MONROE AN F Ste RSS, sho RerEONy™ FORGE . 8. until 5 p.m. The Steamer will extend her trips every sontey, gropning st Harties’s wha and Stat Tickets TOOmns can mation cheerfully furn! Son's, 1216 F st. northwest; Pa. ave: W. hotels; H. ‘at Company’ BETWEEN BALTIMORE and NEW YORK. Bailing days from Baltimore—I WEDNES- DAY snd SATURDAY, ar 4 pm toot of rom New York Every THURSDAY. and BAT. jew York—I % URDAY, at 6 p.m., from Pier 49, East River (near ra vari sccommodations. rates treleht uaranteed a and stateroom berth. Biserager @3. mealm if dee sired, 25 cents per meal. Gorton Whart.) 4: & HOGG Rou Mo. : i rt . GEO. H. GLOVE hat. 3625 Pres 49, East ivan, N. ¥ NEW YoRK—gorrenpam. class Steamers of this Line, ae ROTTERDAM,” Qsrrying the U. 8. Mails to the Netner! leave Te ees Brooklyn, ED- First Cabin, . B. CAZA ‘The frat. “AMET EEDA! “BC! General Arent, 87 Bouth wit For appl w.a. & 00., Pennay! H. JOHNSON, ¥ , corner New ‘ORTH GERMAN LLOYD— STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEw York, Havaw Loxpon, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN The ‘this com; will sil EVEBY SATURDAY from Bremen Pies, foot of 34 street, Hoboken. ‘New York to and Bremen, fret fare apply 13 Now York: We G. ave, Axenta for area es RoTICE. LANE ROUTE. THE OUNARD STEAMSHIP OOMPANY LIMITED. BRTWEEN TORK AND LIVERPOOL: CALLING AT OORK HARBOR. FROM PIER 40, SPORTING GOODS.