Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1881, Page 7

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. — Miss Panny Davenport during the present feason is reported to be playing to large busi- ness. This week she is at the Globe Theater, Boston. — In leaving her carriage at the Globe Thea-. ter, Boston, one evening last week, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg fell and sprained one of her Though suffering pain, she went on the stage and sang rather than disappoint the Budience. — It is intimated that the brothers Strakosch are in treaty for one of the theaters in Paris, and, if successful, that they intend to give Ital- jan opera there next season, relinquishing. all ‘operatic ventures in America. — Miss Blanche Roosevelt will make her first appearance in concert since her return to this country at Chickering Hall, N. ¥., Saturday evening, November 5. — Mr. Theodore Thomas has been actively en- gaged in Boston in rehearsing Beriloz’s Romeo and Joliet music with orchestra and a large chorus. — The most interesting theatrical event of the week in New York was the first appearance at the Germania Theater of the great German actor, Friedrich Haase. His opening play was Narcisz. — Mme. Pauline Canissa, who has won mzny triumphs on the operatic stage, intends to re- turn this season, and may be expected to ap- ¢ of Morrell’s storage me. Canissa lost, a number of valuable articles, the scores of 63 operas. ssor at the Madison Square Thea- entered on its sixth month. The new play Esmeralda, by Mrs. Burnett, of Wash- ington, will be produced during the /atter part of October. — Mrs. W. Henderson, the wife of Manager | Henderson, sailed for Europe on the City of Ber- | # Mn, and will endeavor to produce her play | Almost a Life in London. The American Institute fair, in New York, tracting large numbers of visitors. Ar- buckle’s Ninth Regiment band give excellent concerts every afternoon and evening, during | which some of the best soloists in the city, in- cluding the conductor himself, may be heard. — Mme. Janauschek will begin her engage- ment at the Union Square Theater on Monday, October 24, as ‘Lady Dediock” and ‘“Hortense” in Bleak House. he has an entirely new com- | aa this season, including Miss Story, of Wash- ‘on, and expects to do some good work with it. —Mr. Archibald Forbes, the well-known Eng- lish war correspondent, will lecture in the prin- cipal cities of the south, beginning in Charles- ton, S.C., about the 24th of October. He will then go to New Orleans, stopping at the princi- pal cities en route. —At Harrigan and Hart's, N.Y., The Major is now closing his second month to a larger ad- vance sale of seats than during the first week. New features are being added and new music from the pen of Mr. Braham is being introduced from time to time. —While the Mascotte at the Bijou Opera House has gladdened the hearts of the management by its success the arrangements are such that it must give way to Audran’s Snake Charmer, which has now been in rehearsal for a number of weeks and will be produced about the end of the present month. —Signor Rossi, the great Italian tragedian, will make his first appearance in New York on | the 31st of October at Booth’s theater. During his first week he will appear as “Othello,” “Hamlet” and “Romeo.” He is now playing at the Globe Theater, Boston, with great success. He is underlined for Ford’s here. icnor Campanini and his wife have arrived In New York, and were greeted by a large num- ber of their friends. The tenor’s entire morning and evening were occupied receiving callers and in reading messages of congratulation on his safe arrival Among those who called to ex- change zreetings with him was Postmaster Gen- eral James. — Mr. Mapleson’s season of thirty nights be- gan Monday evening at the Academy of Music, New York. Mr. Mapleson has selected a grand opera with which to start on his enterprise, and Will welcome his patrons with a performance of Wasner’s Loh Miss Minnie Hauk, after pt three years. will sing the role of in which she has won favorable com- mendation both in England and in Germany. — Mile. Minnie Hauk was married shortly be- fore her departure for this country. She is now the wife of Chevalier Ernst de Hesse-Wartegg, the anthor of the successful book on North Ame: M.de Hesse-Wartegg is about to | publish a volume on Tunis. - — The extraordinary suecess which Miss Em- ma Thursby has met with abroad has been duly in this country, but nobody has had | jea of the enthusiasin which she has cre- where she has sung. A letter from her sister to her old singing teacher, Signor Errani Ss some notion of the reception she met with in_Berzen, Norway, the home of Ole Bull aud of Edmond Grieg, the composer. — The New York Times says that Mr. Faw- eett’s weak and vulgar libel upon American life will be removed from the staze of Daly’s theater at the end of this week. Americans Abroad | is a mistake in a wrong direction, and Mr. Faw- cett. who has talent and who may yet write a/ Yaluable social comedy, should look upon it as @ useful experiment and lesson. — Alexandre Dumas’ latest drama, The Princess of Bagdad was performed through- out this week at the Chestnut-Street Theater, Philadelphia. Miss Lillie Glover filled the chief part in it. The drama was, in a popular sense, entirely suecessful—a suecess that could hardly have been looked forward to with confidence. —The Emma Abbott Opera Company have | ¢losed their engagement in New York. Their | Fepresentations have been witnessed by large | audiences, and yet the critics have assailed them | from every quarter. — Those popular and excellent comedians, Robson and Crane,appeared at the Fifth-Avenue ‘Theater. and pinved during this week Our Bach- dors. This will be succeeded next week by their rearrangement of Shakespeare's Twelfth Wight. — Miss Emma Howson, whose performance of | the Maseotfe was one of the events of the last | season. has been singing in Madame -Favart in Philadelphia. Miss Howson bad the misfortune to be substituted, without notice, in the place of a T artist, and at first did not receive the | Praise she always deserves. —The first circular of the New York Chorus Society, of which Mr. Theodore Thomas is the conduetor, is just issued. The society will give four public performances during the season, | viz.. two afternoon rehearsals and two evening Concerts at Steinway Hall. The number of sub- scription tickets is limited to 1.200. — J. S. Clarke and Wallack’s Comedy Compa- ny have both been doing well in Toronto,which, | by the way, is ol ’ a one of the best theatrical towns — The Metropolitan Casino, formerly the Me- tropolitan Concert Hall,corner Broadway and 41st street, New York, isa creat success. Refresh- ments are served during the opera. elass, but novel. Uliretie is just now Seatee tion, with Catharine Lewis as leading iady. — The New York papers are loud in their praise of Miss Genevieve Ward, who, they say, will not be soon forgotten by our theater-goers. Her personation of ephanie” in Forget-Me- Not is & creation strongly stamped with the individu- ality of an accomplished artist. — Lotta reappears in New York October 31. —Lawreace Barrett is in Bostom this week. — Willie Edouin fs in Cincinnati. Fritz Em- mett is in Cincinnati and sover. — Margaret Mather is the name of the young lady who is to astonish the dramatic world in 1882. She has been studying for along time and good judges, actors and critics alike say she fs very wonderful. She isto come out under the management of J. M. Hill, of Chicago. The New York Triune critic says that after all she needs practical work in a stock company. Mapes Ixsaxe BY 4 Batu.—Miss Gertrude Truesdale, a younz lady whose relatives have been living in Colfax for some months past, was sent to the Stockton insane asylum on the 30th ult. Sometwe months azo. while attending sehool at Nevada ity. she took a bath, and it is that the coldness of the water caused itoek tahes epstems whieh Jed to her present prosonncean acute type of insanity. a pre- of 17, and @ native of Canada, wi she came about four years ago.—Auburn (Cal.) Argus, Oct. 8. a Perils of the Electric Light Wires. The Boston Herald, of October 2d, contains a lengthy account of the new da occasioned by the use of the electric current as an illumina- tor, from which we extract the following: A few weeks ago the Herald called attention to the dangers of life and property cor juent upon the existing and growing number of im- properly constructed and improperly insulated wires used in conveying the force employed in generating the electric light. The incipient fires in the Paris electrical exhibition building then described have had several repetitions in this country, and several cases of loss of life and in- jury tolimb have also been reported as the re- suk of the dangers alluded to. Even Mr. Brush, the distinguished inventor of one of these brilli- ant illuminators, was seriously wounded a short time ago, and ‘he probably reckons himself fortunate that he escaped with his life. He was showing some gentlemen the manner in which the modern light is manufactured, and by some careless move the powerful fluid took refuge on one of his thumbs, inflicting an ugly and painful wound and laying the flesh bare to the bone. Wm. J. Denver, of Springfield, man- ager of the Western Union tel ph office in that city, also had an unpleasant experience a few evenings since. He was handling somefire- alarm wires in an engine-house, and while thus engaged they became accidentally crossed out- side with some electric light wires. The shock was so severe as to knock him down, and the wire which he was holding was reduced to molten iron in the fractional part of a second. If | Mr. Denver had been so unfortunate as to have | been in a position to allow the whole force of the escaped current from the illuminating wire to pass through his body, the telegraph com- pany would have been deprived of a very effi- cient official, and the community would have mourned an esteemed member of society. A man who came accidentally in contact with some of these dangerous illuminating conduc- tors in Buffalo recently was instantly kille and a member of the orchestra in one of the St. Petersburg theaters in Russia was also hurled in a twinkling by a similar mishap. a well-authenticated case in Boston of where a telephone was burned up by the wire connected with it having become entangled or ith an electric light wire, but, for- tunately, no conflagration ensued. The escape of the building from destruction, however, was not due to the inability of the electric current to give ita good start in that direction. This question of protecting the tives and property of the people from the danger described has very P v created a universal consideration of the matter since it was first agitated in the Heraid. The insurance interest is not only look- ing into the matter, but even so distinguished a body as the National Association of Fire Ei gineers has urged immediate and effective legis- lation. At its meeting, just concluded at Rich- mond, Va., a special committee considered and reported upon the subject: “What Relation does Electricity Sustain to Quick Combustion?” was the language of the topic given the com- mittee to investigate. In its answer it admits that it was first ata loss tofully understand the significance of the question, and then went on to say uick com- bustion may be so construed as to imply spon- taneous combustion; and yet, in connection with electricity, such a construction seems out of | eee Quick combustion may convey also the idea of speedy destruction of any given object by fire, and therefore we are induced by the quality ofthe proposition to treat the matter gen- erally. Scientists classify electricity under seve- , Viz., frictional, chemical, animal, etc. In considering the subject of electricity in con- nection with any form of combustion, we must, of necessity, ignore all forms of electrical cur- rents save the most condensed and powerful. It has been time and time again demonstrated that lightning or atmospherical, frictional, elec- tricity, in seeking a lodging-place in mother earth, often becomes a dangerous in- cendiary, against whose ravages no adequate protection.as yet,has been satisfactorily devised. The mat sastrous fires in the oil regions of Pennsylvania during recent years have called out much learned public discussion, and, while men were devising means to ward off future at- tacks, the clouds proceeded tranquilly upon their way, and the thunderbolts descended with regularity or warning. The com- bustion of any object or ignitible material, when inflamed bya thunderbolt, is doubtless more rapid than would be the case under other cir- cumstances of ignition, but probably no more rapid than combustion arising from some ex- plosive agency, equally as destructive and in- stantaneous in action. Until recently the danger of sudden fires arising from chemical electricity, has been slizht or entirely absent, because thie volume of electricity required to transmit me: sages by motion or sound was and is entire! indifferent as a fire-producing element. Danger from this source can only arise where combined and powerful currents are concentrated for the production of heat and light, and it is of the greatest importance that the conductors of such currents of electricity be thoroughly insulated, especially in connection with the electric light now coming into use in many cities and _locali- ties. Carelessness in this particular day demonstrate that powerful electri generated by chemical forces is as dangerous and disastrous as the thunderbolts of Heaven. The only logical and practical suggestions loo! ing to protection against this fire producing ele- ment are found in the careful insula- tion of all objects to be protected, so iar as human ingenuity can suggest such practical and thorough insulation, and disasters arising, notwithstanding such pre- caution, must be met and combatted with such skill and apparatus as the present places within our command.” Chief Engineer A. P. Leshure of Springfield, Mass., in urging a discussion of the question in the convention, caid that the electric light is coming into use in many cities and he thought the firemen, as wellas the public, should know whether they were calculated to endanger life and property. The fire marshal of New York reported that the cornice of a building had been set on fire at a point where it came in contact with an electrie light wire, and ex-Chief Ben- nett stated that he knew of a fire occurring in Cleveland from a similar cause. Joseph W. Stover, the well known Boston electrician, was called upon, as an expert, to g ive his views upon the subject. He did so at length, and replied to many questions put to him by the members. The substance of his statement was that the large wires uséd for carrying a currant of electricity sufficient for ighting purposes were dangerous to b oth life and property, unless thorouzhly insulated: that, if oneof the wires were broken, and a person grasped both ends of the wire, the current would pass through his body and kill him in- stantly: that the wires were charged so full of electridity, that the current was constantly seek- ing to escape from the wire apd take the shortest route to the ground. If, in leaving the wire, it came in contact with an individual, it would be like a stroke of lightning; if with inflammable substances, a fire would be gen- erate He said that the principle of electric lighting was yet in its infancy, and he had no doubt the companies engaged’ in the busine: would, for their own protection, eventually fin adequate means for insulating the wires. Chief Swenie, of Chicago, told how a fire was caused in that city by the electricity leaving the wire where the insulation was broken, and, being attracted by a steel nail, set fire tothe building. The discussion among the chief et gineers was quite general, and at the close a special committee was speonies to consider a series of resolutions, and Mr. Stover was in- vited to retire with the committee and give it the benefit of his counsel. The resolutions re- ported by the committee were adopted, and were as follows: “After hearing the report of the committee on topic No. two, and the evidence adduced in discussion following as to the danger of combustion and the liability of serious injury and probable death to any one coming in con- tact with improperly insulated or broken wires used for conducting electricity for lighting Porposes: it is the opinion of this association hat, as the electric light is about to be intro- duced in many of our cities and towns, and without due precautions being taken in putting up the wires, and their introduction into build- ings, they will become one of the worst and most dangerous factors in the already sufficient- y dificult problem of ‘unknown causes of res,’ and their extinguishment, that our fire departments have to contend with; therefore “* Resolved, That we, the Natioual Association of Fire Engineers of the United States, urse upon the authorities of ail cities and towns where the electric light Is about to be introduced the absolute necessity ot inz ordinances governing fhe manner in which ali wires shall be strung for the purpose of producing the eiec- tic light. all others. nae they shall be thoroughly insu- Third—There shall be upon the exterior of all buildings where the wires are introduced an absolute cut-off, (not a mere shunt,) so that in case the firemen aie called Soe by canbe of Bx6 to enter there the danger of instant death—the inevitable result of ——— in contact with im- properly insulated or broken wires under very Many situations—may be in a very great meas- ‘ure avoided.” Mr. Stover, who has just returned from the Richmond convention. was interviewed by a yesterday on the subject under “In the production of any and all of the electric lighta now in use,” he re- |. “the curreats used are of the most in- description. Large conductors of “ First—That the wires shall be distinct from“ wire are used, but when the lights are burning these wires are so full of the subtle fiuid that a portion of it will quit the lines upon the slight- est provocation. The law of electricity is that it moves in the line of the least resistance, and so long as the conductors are large enough, and their continuity maintained, there is no danger; but let the current be increased beyond the carrying capacity of the conductor, or an obstruction or extraordi resistance to its free passag e occur, and there is instantly a dis- sition on the part of the fluid to jump the rack. A case is by bees in Chicago where a building was fired by a copper wire supplying an electric light, coming in contact or near the head of @ nail. Separate the conductor for an electric light, and sparks will ran from one end to the other of the severed wire through a space of at least half an inch, and if any combustible article were near, of course it would take fire. Let any one pick up those wires, and he would be hurried into eternity with no time to saya prayer. It is undeniable that, as now used, there is considerable danger to both life and operty in the electric light. Men have been illed and property destroyed by the electricity used, The companies engaged in the business should reco; the danger involved, and pro- vide against it. All wires should be carefully insulated; every inch should be covered; they should be colored, or so marked that every one would soon know them at sight, especially the firemen, who are liable to find them in burning buildings, and, at the point of entrance to build- ings, the wires should be | ease with ‘cut outs,’ so the current could entirely shut off, ee as water or gas may be, in case of neces- sity.” ————— BOGUS BRILLIANTS. Peepie Who Wear Imitation Dia- Bignds SA Congressman’s Blazing “How do your diamonds compare with the genuine?” “Put them side by side and you can’t tell them apart. Let me show you some samples,” and the dealer turned to his iron safe and got out a box of unset “diamonds” of about three caratseach. Handing the scribe a dainty pair of tweezers he requested him to examine the stones before the light. The reporter picked up one of the gems as carefully as though it were & $20,000 stone, and held it before his optics, It sparkled brilliantly, was cut perfectly, and any- body but an expert would suppose it to be a genuine diamond. The reporter was tempted to slip the stone up his sleeve, until he asked the price of it, when, getting the reply, “One dollar,” he dropped it’ as though it was poison- ous. “Here are some thirty beautiful speci- mens,” remarked the merchant as he unfolded another paper and laid before the scribe a half dozen stones about the size of a door-knob. “These are worn principally by gamblers on ac- count of their extraordinary size. “They come a great deal higher than those others I have shown you. I sell these at $2.50 apiece, or a pair of them for a serio-comic singer's earrings at $4.25. They are exceedingly brilliant, you see, and at night shine lke a locomotive headlight. Here are a lot of little diamonds that sell from 25to 75 cents each.” “Are those made of paste or fish-scales?” “Oh, no; I never deal in paste goods. These stones come from the Sierra Nevada mountains, and are cut and polished in New York, and some are even sent to Paris to be cut and are then re- turned to this country. They are the best imita- tion of the diamond made, and retain their brillancy forever. Not being as hard as the diamond, care has to be taken in not getting them scratched.” “You re- marked before that the trade was simply immense. I suppose that the second or middle class of society are the greatest purchasers of these imitations?” ‘That's where you're wrong. The principal buyers and wearers of ‘snide’ diamonds are those who move in the highest society, and I'll tell you the reason why. Let a lady who counts her wealth by the hun- dreds of thousands appear in public with a pair of six or eight carat ‘diamond’ earrings, and people never suspect that they are ‘snide.’ They imagine that because the wearer is wealthy she would never degrade herself by wearing €2 diamonds, but such is the case. Hundreds of times have I matched genuine diamonds for high-toned ladies, and it was ac tually impossibie to tell them apart. You see, when a person of wealth wears ‘snide’ diamonds, you can hardly make people believe that they are anything else than genuine; while on the other hand, let a person in more reduced cir- cumstances wear genuine diamonds, and every— body they meet will turn up their noses and re- mark that they are ‘snide.’ So that is the reason the people of wealth can throw on so much style with very little expense.” “And Cincinnati people are great on ‘snide’ diamonds.” ‘Well, I should remark that they are. They beat bn | other city in the Union. You bet that they take the ‘diamonds.’ Let me tell you something. Now. this is between you and I, and I don’t want it to go into print. There is a member of Congress from this district whom I presented with a blazing six-carat dia- mond. Its costs price was $2.47. That Con- gressman fastened that pn securely to his im- maculate shirt front and went to Washington, where in less than a week he created such asen- sation with his massive diamond that the Wash- ington correspondents even wrote about the valuable soltaire worn by Gen.—I came very near giving his name away—the member of Congress form the —— district of Ohio. This Congressman never wears his ‘diamonds’ while in Cincinnati, but it is never missing from his shirt bosom while in Wash- ington. Mrs. ex-Senator —, of Kentucky, appeared in Washington with a mag- nificent pair of solitaire earrings, and set society there wild about the beautifal jewels. Every— body was talking about them, and a great many placed the value of the earrings at no less than 1.000. Many an old man’s ketbook was Pinched in satisfying his darlin’sdesire to com— pete with Mrs.ex-Senator — in the way of dia- monds. The funny part of it is that these dia- monds worn by the distinguished lady came from my show case, and only cost her $20. The setting was fourteen-carat gold, and the dia- monds were worth about $3.50, Oh, I tell you, the deception in diamonds is great. All’ the prominent actresses of to-day wear cheap dia- monds, the entire collection not being worth ofer $35: but stillthey have a couple of detec- tives to travel with them for the purpose of pro- tecting their jewel-cases. Of course this is done simply to make the public believe that the jewel casket is extremely vaiuable. You might not believe it when I tell you that nine-tenths of the dlamonds now are imitation, and that often per- sons pay big prices for imitation diamonds that are guaranteed by the dealers to be genuine.— Cincinnati Times-Star. —————-o-—_____ Autumn Leaves. THE CAUSE OF THEIR FALL FROM THE TREE EXPLAINED. It is a curious phenomenon this annual fall of all the leaves from almost all the trees in north- ern climates; and yet use has so dulled us to its strangeness that we seldom even think about its origin or meaning in any way. Indeed, until certain late investigations of the tertiary floras by M. Sanorta, Mr. 8. Gardiner and othe: it is doubtful whether anybody had ever ask himself any question upon ee subject at all. But these investigations have shown pretty clearly that deciduous trees are quite a modern novelty upon our planet, things of the last twenty or thirty millennia or 80, entirely due to the immense cooling of the earth’s surface, which began in the early tertiary period and culminated in the great glacial epoch, They are a special product of hard times at the pole, like the white bears, the woolly rhinoceros, the mammoth and the snow-buntings. In the tropics all the trees are evergreens, or at least suffer no regular perlodi- cal loss of their foliage; but in the north we have few native ever; except the pines and firs, with their needle-like leaves, and the two or three hardy, broad-leaved exotic ever- greens cultivated in our garcens or shrub- beries, such as the rhododendrons, the laurels and the bay trees, together with our own smaller holly, box and privet, hardly suffice to convey a notion of the great southern forest trees, clad all the year round in thick green, such as the mangoes,the star ples and the sand-boxes. Up to the beginn! of the tertiary period, however, large evergreens of what is now the tropical type covered the whole of the world, as tar as the very poles them- selves. Greenland and Spitzbergen then sup- ported hue forests of the same general char- acter as those which now spread over Braziland the Malay Archipelago. But from the first dawn of the eocene onward some combination of astronomical and geo; as those suggested by Dr. Wallace, began to as the eccentricity oe the earth's orbit and mee pre- ceasion of the equinoxes; perhaps it was further aided, as Mr. Wallace by the elevation mountain ranges about the polar re- gions, which became nurseries for immense glaciers, and so supplemented the natural chill- due to the cosmical cycles. At any rate whatever we adopt for its explana- tion, the fact romain Sedat aie IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1881. €P-To obtai of these Letters the must qiiltor ““Apvantisap Lerrens,” and give the date of jones Franoes; Jones Ida Mi: ; ¥aney: Johneon Rate, Jackson, Kitty; Jackson Mary J Johnton Rolly; Johnson Bose D; Tnceon Hosa: Sack: Keegan Ella, L—Losson Cattis; Lynch Ellen; Latham Flizabeth; Teataile, Hoyas 8 Mrs ‘eo Sua Etosucel sans Lomax Jane; Lamax Julia; Lashron ‘Mary; Lee Tile; irs. 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LADIES’ LIST.—Brooks Mrs: Brooks Mies R; Brown Johnson Miss iter Mies Eliza ‘Mary; Wilkinson Mrs Mary; Young Miss GENTLEMEN'S LIST.—Dickson Joseph; Hester Capt J G: Lewis Willie; Miller Henry: Shuman A iy Tibbetts CW: ‘Tibbetts OW: ‘aibbetia CW. LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN TH: GEORGE- TOWN (D.C.) POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, OcronER 22, 1881. gs LADIES’ LIST.—Ashton Mrs Katie; Gordan Miss jnsan. GENTLEMEN'S LIST.—Carr Geo W; Wateon Lee. TTERS, ‘Thomas Mc Mrs ‘Edward; Washington Ellen, vm, schr ‘Thompson Jno W,schr + Bet Robert, ic lent; Hedrick Horace N, schr Wishart son Edwin, schr LS Levering. schr ‘Thos W Hyde: Galloway Jacob, schr Murray Vandiver; Davis Kimball H, schr Addie Ryson; Sweney John: schr James Bazeo; Fletcher Abiathan, schr Addie Jordan; Lovett Ben 3, barge Hannah Lovett; Moore ‘Thomas, WH sche Ht Biscknema Ponies Pec L jluckmang sche Dail’ Parker Isaac, schr Nelli ore: Snowells Geo, ellie Dinsmore; Know! B, schr Nellie Dins- * eimer E, schr Nellie Dinsmore: Crowley Jno 4, echr W R Hunton: Poplar Jas, chr Lethia; Westeotte schr E B Evermon; Montgomery is; Simmons Frank, schr Silver Heels: Allen, schr Silver Heels; Simon Fra Heels, Lyon A. A, sehr Jag Lig jorence T Lokmant; Pend! Giles Richard, schr Chas" H, schr_ Geo “D schir D Lond: Woodruff chr Fi Weymour; Dri r 8 Watchful; Prindle , Schr Maggie B Tray; Andel JE, schr Jos L Maloy; tee Lewis E hill'Sno W, achr 8 P Hitchoock; bert Clarence; Holt Ellsworth, echr Glenswood ; Arthur W, brig LF Munson: Hi Ellen M Golder; ‘Turner Walter A, schr Hattie N Gove; Hindus Y ¥, eohr Ads Kennedy; Xing 8 0, schr DS os COMFORTS. STAR FURNACE, SOCIAL LATROBE, ST. GEORGE RANGE, and are set, guaranteed to give SAML. 8. SHEDD, DEALER IN GAS FIXTURES, RANGES, SLATE MANTELS, &o, Plumbing, Tinning at | Jobbing rromply ate No. 409 Nnvru steer NortHwest. al6 HH CELLULOID TRUSS; that never breaks, ee stad RNENE PANG con and on to wore CHAS. FISHER’S, Mrs. Fisier devotes Li Uae FaRTTE® devotes her attention to the want of ARFIELD.—AGENTS W, ‘ED FOR LIFE President Garfield. A pbs faithful of from cradle to grave, by the it 3 Ginwell Books all'rexay to antares tly illustrated volume. edition: mts take orderé for f A Age rom 20 to 60 copies daily, Out- Ly one. ita money fo fast. The book valle itealte Experien ee a bo Portland, Maine. o4-1m ——: Rortiand, Maine, Ww. H. WHEATLEY’S STEAM DYEING AND WET AND DRY SCOUNING ESTABLISHMENT. wes diacetate ah eter and to all parts of the Sousa, OF wie No. 1068 (OLD 49) N STREET, aps NEAR BEEEEPASON STREE B.C. LEWis Jounson & co, * CORNER OF PENNYE ETE oy GYANIA AVENUE AND 10TH FOREIGN, EXCHANGE, BONDS, STOCKS, GEN- Genuine Ladies" Peb. Goat oot et 60 Seat HOUSEFURNISHINGS. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES. JF YOU WaNT a HEATING OR COOKING | J W. KENNEDY & CO., STOVE, 3 (Eetabtisned 1800,) ‘Do not fail to call and examine our large sasortment of Dealers in both. Agents for the BADIANT HOME HEATING STOVES AND FUBNAC Also, SLATE MANTELS, GRATES AND BRICK SET RANGES, ‘Please call and examine our stock. o12 GPECIAL TO HOUSEKEEPERS. J. W. BOTELER & SON CHINA, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, ; PLATED WARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS, CUTLERY, ‘And other which they are J. W. BOTELER & SON, 010-6m 923 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. D ECORATED TOILET SETS. most com} medi price English Toilet Baer ataen aoe feces FINE GOoDs, in rich Cut Glass. French and and Triple Plated Silver Ware, suital WEDDING PRESENTS. A complete 'stock of HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, 08 709 MARKET SPACE. POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. N ving from facturers in Europe lanselnvoicen of "om Dest manuf DECORATED lish Fancy Wares for POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF LATEST DESIGNS. Rich Engraved and Piai os GLASSWARE. FINE PLATED WARE AND FULL STOCK OF HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS. M. W. BEVERIDGE, (ate Webb & y) 230 NO. 1009 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. ue CELEBRATED ‘TRIPLE MOTION, WHITE MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM FREEZER. THE CELEBRATED KEYSTONE CLOTHES WRINGER, ONLYSS. ‘Tue Best rx Use, ar J. W. SCHAFER’S, 1020 1TH 4 Apove New Yorx Avenue. FAMILY SUPPLIES. “ACARD FROM WM. M.GALT & CO. a en a Witne and, the District of Calunabis se10 W. P. NEWCO! JOHN D. NEWMAN ixperts on. Attest: JAS. 8. EDW: ferehal, Mr P."8.—The above-mentioned flour Minn tent Process they were made of is other proof it it bet Minnesots Phicat Fours known to 3 For sale by all first-class grocers. WM. M. GALT & CO. CorNERr IsT STREET AND INDIANA AVENUE, Who are also the sole Wholesale its for the Dis- trict of Hecker’s celebrated Belf-raising Flour and Buckwheat. olT AL-WHEAT FLOUR, ALL-WHEAT FLOUR, JUST RECEIVED DIRECT FROM THE MILL. Families and the Trade supplied. ELPHONZO YOUNGS, GROCER, WHOLESALE AGENT, ols 504 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, EO. BE. KENNEDY & SON, Dealers in STAPLE anp Fancy Grocenies. =e of OLD GOVERNMENT zie E* lis prouounsed By sit who aueit the NEW RAISINS; NEW FIGS. NEW CURRANTS; MALAGA GRAPES. BRUNSWICK SOUPS. UHN RB. KELLY, DEALER IN Fresr-Crass BEEF, LAMB, MUTTON, &. CORNED BEEF Stalls See ees, PRfatkoling daliverss Tres of charge to all parts of the city. marta S48GED AND REFITIED DURING THE SUMMER. Extensive §took of FRESH GROCERIES, TEAS AND WINES. Low Prices. Polite attention. Goods delivered promptly. 08 C. WITMER, #23, 1918 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. PALace MARKET, Corwen live sTREgr axp Naw YORK AVENUE, FRANE J. TIBBETS, Proprietor. Allinds of MEATS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, BUT- TER, EGGS, etc. Everything the best. 30 LARET. CLARET. FRONSAC. ST. ESTEPHE. MOULIS. MEDOC. ST. FRELODY, PONTET CANET. CLOS DES MEYNARDS, MONTSERRAT LIME JUICE. B. W, REED'S SONS, 4030 1216 F et. northwest. Foe A LIGHT SUMMER DRINK, BRING- ING HEALTH, APPETITE AND EXHILERATION, VIRGINIA UE NORTON'S SEEDLING &CO., Seen TT Tee space. That Splendid Minnesota Family Fleur, justly named yields in perfection al Pech a iiaees teach. wi an ULEARY & CO., OUEST Marist Space. A direct imy of, “CO) BERD ADOE PORT absolutely pure, a4 tp ea kris trhoses the very he OLD STAG PURE opel ltd Hho eldbboasa ard'etcerooa is unvalods a HUME, CLEARY & CO., ieue 0 Mang ee Szace. SS eee BOOTS AND SHOES. O'Mtot bosold eeard sof conan rere foe Yotal| business to 60 into, Se, Ain wood Seow: Latte, far'ith Meet noriwests an rest GLASS BOOTS AND SHOES AT ACTUAL COST. ‘We will sell all of our Gent’s Fine LOW SHOES and Light CONGRESS GAITERS at actusl Cost, Ladies’ LOW SHOES, SLIPPERS and Light BUTTON ‘BOOTS st Prime Cost, ‘These Goods must be closed out to make room for Fall ‘Stock. ‘This is a good opportunity to get good goods at very ‘Tow Figures. BAR IRON, STEEL, TIN PLATE, ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS, COACH SUPPLIES, BUILDER'S HARDWARE. 606 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND 607 B STREET. 0 __ PIANOS AND ORGANS. _ REAT BARGAINS IN THE WORLD-RENOWH) D WESTEY CHAPEL ORGANS at G. 1 WILD & BRO."S New Piano and Organ Ware- Tooms, 709 7th street northwest. for the ESTEY and OTHER ORGAN and the STTEFF, the KKANICH &8BACH, and OTHE: FIRST-CLASS PIANOS. C) Hee eaGny GRAND PLANO IGHT GRAND PIA a WORLD RENOWNED AND DRBQUALED, Alma, the Oe! HARDMAN UPRIGHT PIANO, fhe only reliable low-eicwd, eood-taned Upright madi H. L. SUMNER, SoLe AGENT, an23-20 81 9a Stuxer Nortuwesr. N. B.—Store closed at 6 p.m. TTATION STAINED GLASS. | and beaut a vacancy OETA Ce ALSOMINE and MABURYS LIQUID ready for use. (Send for circulars. Batimates fw to Builders. A stock of AR- TISIS' SUEELIES alwaye on baad. GEORGE RYNEAL, Jn., m30 18 Tre STREET Noruwest. L MARTIN & Co.'s PULP MORTAR je r's Us Where Black Joints are Rea wired. Best in the world. Only black that never fades. J. H. JOHNSON & CO., Acents, ap27 12th street Wharf and 1202 F street northwest. SPORTING GOODS. __ (Ohaus RUPPERT, NOS. 408 AND 405 TTH STREET NORTHWEST. HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WHITNEY. CHIL- DREN'S CARRIAGE COMPANY, the ch for besuty, comfort and durability in tho cheapest ty, ARCHERY AND FISHING TACK AND LAWN TENNIS, BIC’ VELOCIPEDES, WAG Sseortment of Travelityy and Lunch iy RAILROADS. GHENANDOALT VALLEY RAILROAD, THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE CAVERNS OF LURAY. lotel Company have noti- that they have introduced the ELECTRIC LIGHT ito Caverns, and they are now daily illuminated Bead of this powerful arent. nif NO OTHER ILLUMINATOR BEING ADEQUATE to trate the obecurities of these vast subterrancan and grottos or to properly reveal their MAGNIFICENT ORNAMENTATION. No similar Caverns are known elsewhere. No Caverns have ever before been Mluminated by the aid of elec- ‘The effects produced fully meet the anticipation, and are marvelout to the eye visions which have been heretofore unattain: No extra is made for the illumination by the Electric Light, and Guides are furnished free, as usual. Inay feel asoured of Procuning superior ahd inet clase CROQUET LES, Received a BASKETS. ‘The Luray Cave and fied this Company EXCURSION TICKETS, = with for admission to the Cat lor Secoglheas pilneny for. Werns, are: JOBEPH H. SAND! ‘GHAS. P. HATCH, i "1 Pare'r Agent Superintendent Gen’ ft ae PALtmoRe AND OHIO RAILROAD. THE MODEL FAST Soy THE ONLY LINE THE EAST AND THE WEST, VIA WASHINGTON. DOUBLE TRACK! JANEY COUPLER! STEEL BAIL! SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY 22p, LEAVE WASHINGTON. CINCINNATL AND 8T. LOUIS 5:00—Haltimore, icoté City, and Way Stations. 1640-BALTORE f aus" st @ = Strasburg, Winchester, Hagerstown, and Way, Vik 3 8:10—Point of Rocks and Way Stations. 8:15_PHILADELPHIA, NEW YOK AND BOSTON EXPRES: ‘Cars to New York. 8:0-STAUNTON AND VALLEY EXPRESS. ( nects for Hagerstown and at Point of Rocks for Frederick.) 39:00_On ‘Sunday only, for Baltimore, Annapolis and ay :00 BALTIMORE EXPRESS (stops at Hyattevil occas, Matariley Laue, Setapetie Seactioe, und Hanover. ) 110:40°PEEESBULG: CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. 13:10-Baltimore, Ellicott City, Annapolis and Way Sta ions. }1 :25—On Sun for Baltimore and Way. Pas -paLTIMOuE EXPRESS, 13:00, FAT MOHE,, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW 3:30—Baltim id Way » Fred- ey 4:30—BALTIMORE, HYA’ LLE AND LAI EXPRESS, (Frederick, via Relay, stops at Annap- lis Junction.) 45 Point of, Rocks, Evoderich, Hesarstows, Win. Ae oer and Vay Stations. Gn Sanday to of Rocks and Way Stations only.) Wi t4:40" Baltimore, 2 ‘ay, $5:40_BALTIMOI XPRESS, (Martinsburg and ia villa. at Hyattsville and Laurel.) $8.55 Bulthogesand We Stations. 7:30 BALTIMORE, HYATTSVILLE AND LAUREL :15_—PITTSBI CINCINNATI and 8T. LOUIS 19:1SEITTSBURG, 90—PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK and BOSTON = : ‘Cars to New York. 10:00 BAL TIM) NATOSVILLE and LAUREL RESS. Stops on signal passengers at any station between Washington and Annapolis Ung ‘¢Sundays only. Other trains daily, except All train from Washington stop at Relay Station. Qhio Ticket Oto, Washing Son and 619 and 158 will be taken for baupfage to be checked ‘thd. secelvod at en for eo gr ‘any point in the city. m23 THE GREAT 1 881 PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ae hsoenaes EQUIPMENT. ERY. GNIFICENT . EFFECT MAY léru, 1881. ‘TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, Cy 1861, DO ith Palace Cars to Pitts aac) BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. : : pate an PRAT a ‘Haven and Elmira, at 10:30 a, ant, $00 a.m., 10:30 a, ees Bullman 10:30a.m., and 2:00, and 10:15 p.m: On ‘.m., 2:00, 6:40, 9530, 10:00 340 p.m. daily, ) a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, except ENTLEMEN VE SCIENTIFIC TKEAT- G ament and a wey Gata at all a oe ‘scriptions and advice free of any change whatever.422-1in TARTLING DISCOVERY! Lost Maw SPECIALTIES AND BARGAINS IN PIANOS AND ORGANS. ‘The best in Mi in Hew Pisuvet Use bot, nkens eid on cary SIDNEY T. NIMMO'S PIANO WARFROOMS, «19 483 Trm Steeer Noxtrweer, STEAMERS, &c. YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL. a POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY, Tth Street Wharf. A DAILY LINE TO AND FROM YORKTOWN. STEAMERS GEORGE LEARY AND GRORGEANNA, Beginning MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. day at 5 p.m., returning, leave second clans tickets wis Norr.— steamer EXCELSIOR having been ohar- fered by the Congressional Committee, will remain at Yorktown during the Celebration. FOR YORKTOWN, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRESS MONROE, FREE POISE AND POINT LOOKOUT, Steamer Grorge Leary on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, at 5 m™. Firmt-class fare w Yorktown, Norfolk and Fort First-class fare to Piney Point and Point Lonkout.. Second-class to Piney Point and Point Lookout... ‘Tickets and ststerooms 150 7% for sare and, information tar nished at B. W. Reed's Sons, 1216 F stroct northwost; Cook’s Tours, 1431 Pennsylvania avenue, St. Maro Ho- ‘ nde. at principal Hotels: A co; and wt Company's tel: Roose's Cigar Pollinhorn, next to City Bost Off iret 4 id. after THULSBAY, October 13th, the George Otice, ill etopat Yorktown soiua and returning on hor tripe to Norfolk, Tuesdayd, Thursdays end kat- Url WM. P. WELCI al EZ MATTINGLY, General Supt. old STEAMER FOR YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL, COMMENCING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13,3 board Coasting Co.'s Steamers JANE MOSELEY and JOHN Inland and Seat OF THE LAKE, IOMPAON will leave Gth strect wharf daily, at 8 Besse 8 y) and on SUNDAY, MONDAY, EDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 7 a.m. leave Yorktown morning and évening, same hours. Fare, each way, $2.50. State rooms and meals extra. For additional particulars apply to GENERAL OF- FICE, O18 1bth wtteet, oF AGENT. oth-atroet whart. 2 OTICE. FOR POTOMAO KIVER LANDINGS. The LADY W. TH Romin Ferry. “on THURSDAY, Neowin, and Leonardtown, "On SATURDAY. a. Steamer MYSTIC, Sundays, for river landings an far down as Upper M: at Shove landinga ss ar down an hlatior Oreck, jh = 20-6 @. K. WOOD, Manager. GTEAMER MATTANO Lesves 7th-street wharf No. 2 at 7 o'clock a.m. for POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS a8 follows:—On Toes. days for Nomini; on Thi ysior Mattox Crock and Nomini; on Sundays for Mi woman Creek and Mat- tox Creek; returning on alternate Gays, touching ot, all fulver Landings going and returning; leo stow at Mat Foon eave and FEM JONES, Aneat._ \)ORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. - STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE Will leave her wharf, foot of Sixth + every MOR Pa edie of Pasty Pokat Foist Lanna sod Be pee jonroe. “‘Kxcursion ‘Tickets will be issued as FALL AND WINTER, ARRANGEMENTS, COM- 2 Ni ST i i. -claas Fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk...$2.50 First-class Fare to Piney Point snd Pauat Lockout. 91-00 Returning, Jeave Noriotk, TUESDAYS, DAYS and SATURDAYS, at four o'clock pai. fickets and Te. y erevery SATTNDAY, al four oclocepe o own every FRIDAY, ata. be wey KLERED WOOD, Secretary, p26 613 15th street, opporite U. 8. Treasury. (CUNARD LINE. NOTICE LANE BKOUTE. THE, CUNARD STEAMSH! ia IMITED, é u TWEEN NEW YOR® AND LIVERPOOL. +n PICALLING AT CORK HALON, JOHN GIBSON iver, New Yi m., and N. R.. NEW XORK. Wea. Bothuis....Wea., ed. lov. Wed., 16 Nov. | Servia Des. D EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM se 7 Wed.. 14 SEW Yous, RATES OF PASSAGE. repet 100, according to accommodations, ‘Return tickets on favorable terms. ‘Steamers marked eat ports, a air Eerie eae QUIS BIGELOW & ‘ VERNON H. BROWN & CO., New York; Meaars. OTIS BIGELOW NEw YORK ROTTERDAM. or F. ional Sake Buliaing, corner New York avenue and 15th «treet northwest. aibton, end Bremen drat cabin, $100; “For tivight or pamage apply to OLLRICHS & CO, Girpiriere os ots CA ener THE TRADES. IBSON BROTHERS, PRACTICAL BOOK AND JOB a Bspecialty. janld ye — croploys fret-canm Work testament ys 1612 in one of = Louisiana STATE LOTTERY, ASPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNA Bit ORES ee TUESDAY, NOVEMBER es aa the Agent Met » this Compan