Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1881, Page 6

EVENING STAR: WA SHI FREE RAILROAD PASSES. one Who Ask For Them and Who Sometimes Abuse the Privileges Given thm From the New York Sun. “I am the correspondent of the Minerva Item,” said a pallid and lank young man the other day as he threw down a round-cornered, gilt-edged visiting card on the desk of a well- known and popular passenger agent in a railroad Office in this city. 1. sies to the press?” You extend court Always.” “Can you give me a pass to Chicago?” ‘That's ‘auother matter; that’s busi- ok the yonng man some time to ander- t his relations as correspondent to the of civilization did not entitle him to ride (ter the engine of dynamatie progress. re not troubled so much as we once nt sald subsequently. s live mostly in tie ats have their hands full ications from newspaper real claim upon us; clergy: men, who ask for passeson the cround that they and worthy set, and pe means to tr answering upon the consideration done in the past or ex net new. We used to grant half-fare s to clergymen. but when it was found that of them 1 the favor, they were cut off. There reall net appear to be i give them ot reciprocate, of course. The t ich to a point to which we bused them in their secu ing axents for. of Jerusalem and such-like merchandise. Then, too, they loaned their certificates to th friend and it was not infrequently the case that a ductor would come up tieket in the hands of a most worldly and unre- generate person.” “Don't you find ont the nnworthy ones?” “Yes, and we h ck list of them. Eli Perkins bi t is kept by all of the western nid the causes which lead to the plac es upon it are various.” In one ce, the passenger agent sald, a nd bad been issued. When it was returned te be renewed it was discovered upon holding it tothe light, that “and one” had been written in after the name in whieh t pass was made out. and in the same way the date of the pass had been extended. pass for a certain per these alterations had been deftly scratched out | before the pass was presented to be renewed. Recently a young man threw down what he called his” erédentials before a certain passen- ger agent, and asked for a free pass to a western city and return to New York. talking with the y wrote a dispatch of inquiry regarding the ap- ‘ant, sent it, and received a reply before the man had fluished pressing his claims. pass, and the young man was fu- rions at what he considered as a withholding of his rights. Sometimes the demands for passes from per- whe have some color of a claim to them are ive. The editor of a weekly paper in New York sent last week for passes for himself and ten friends, who desired to visit Niagara Falls. Frequently advertising agents and canvassers of one sort and another ask for free tickets on general principles, and often they ask for them for points absurdly far beyond the line of the Toad to which they apply. Well-known anti- Monopolists are conspicuous among those who frequently ask these favors of the railroads. The misuse of railroad passes is said to be very common. Legislative passes. are fre- quently met with in unauthorized hands. Another abuse lies in procuring passes and sell- ing them to scalpers. Ina recent instance a young man gota pass to go west and return, anda leiter from the azent here to the azent of the railroad at the western terminus asking for passes to a point beyond. The return pass pro- cured here he sold to a sealper, and with the letter he got a half-rate ticket over one road and a pass over another. He sold the pass to a sealper. Wherever such a case is detected, the Rame of the offender is added to the black Ii: Theatrical advance agents travel on passes Bsually, in consideration of the patronage which they control. In these days of theatrical com- binations the railroad rates are an important consideration to managers, while on the other hand. the custom of these companies is sought for by the railroads, and in many places the ri- valry between railroads has resulted in advan- tageous rates of fare. Therefore. to win the fuvor of the advance agent, passes are usually given to him. It is a noticeable fact that next to the bogus or irresponsible newspaper men who appear on the biack list of the Western As- ition of Railroad Managers comes the iwance agents who have sold their The entry in the black is. for example: agent Collins comedy company, A New Brand. From the Detroit Free Press. A tall, lame negro has been tn the habit for a Year past of calling at @ Michizan avenue gro- cery and begging a few potatoes, a bit of cod- fish, or anything else likely to be given to him. ‘The other day the grocer took a flour sack and made up a mixture of sand, and when the negro came around he was almost pulverized to hear the grocer say : * Now, Sam, if you won't come here again for three months you can shoulder that sack and take it home.” “Am you in airnest, boss?” i mean what I say.” “Wail, I reckon I'd better cotch on to dat chance, an’ may de Lawd bress you fur a bun- “red y'ars to come!” He shouldered the sack and walked off, and ‘was not seen aain for three days. Then he en- tered the store with the remark: “Say, boss, I didu’t mean to come back, only nt to aX a queshun.” 0 ahead.” “It'sabout that flour you ginme. De ole Woman an’ me dean't take de same view of it. Thold dat it am a new way of zrindin’ up wheat, an’ she says it am a new process fur usin’ up gravel banks. Kin you frow apy light on de subjick?” “It is anew brand of my own,” replied the at was raised on sandy soil. but if you conld change ns raised on a side hill, an’ put de ole trees an’ stumps an’ stones in one baz an’ de beans in snoder, it would save a heap of argyment in de family.” The Most Attrac the least attractive war there have been offices, and great hotels still swarm with rs; but they seem to i rtainly much less drunkenness and barbarism to be seen in the my! rooms and about the Capitol But, aside rom this nomadic horde, there is now an estab- lished resident society in Washington, whieh is becoming every year more agreeable and more bumerous. There are many who already regard it as the most attractive city in the country. It ig, at least, anlike all other cities. A number of novels have appeared within a few years, fessing to sive faithful pictures of life in Wash- ington; but they are unworthy of attention. They are iow, vuigar and scaudalous, without literary merit; resenting a view of society ned on fact. There is ¥ice and corruption enough in Washington, and it is easy fora man to find it who seeks for it; but there is no more of it ia Washington than in New York. These books would not deserve mention if they had not veen widely circulated. pica Game raisin A Smallpox Flag Mistaken for an Auc- jon. © case of smallpox was reported to he ordered the city marshal to get a red Mag and nail it up on the house. Hogan accordingly hurried after a bit of red flannel anda ‘ath and soon hung out the signal. It ad some furniture tanding on the rly settled, and e to the family were house not bein; he array of household goods concluded there must be an The nm Hocking to the Louse. Fed fag was proiptly taken down and a ye one put ir its place, with the words “smallpox” @n it, so that there could be no mistake. — A religious controversy at Neveda, Iowa., re- Suited tn the election of four anti-f wristian: it of the stx suuool commissioners, and the Bible has consequently been excluded from the puvlic T route, in fact, and is ail | ant sell | Both of | While | = man the agent quietly | nt, on the telegraphic information, | No city in the world has | itnprove the streets | (Commercial. Among the other duties which will devolve upon the new Congress will be to provide for the little that remains to be done to render Washington the most hea'thfal, as It 1s already, in a general sense, the most beautiful of Ameri- can cities. To those who remember the city as it was in the former portion of even the last ten Sears, but especially the last two decades, the transformations in the place appear marvelous. Then Washington seemed founded on dust heaps in summer, and mud-piles in winter. The broad avenues were wretchedly paved or not paved at all. The sinali parks, made at frequent intervals by the crossing of the lettered and numbered Streets at obtuse angles, were repulsive to sight and smell. With the exception of some of ;the public buildings the architecture of | the place would have disraced a mushroom frontier village. The honse drainage and street Sewerage were a reproach to civilization of the age. The allezed works of art which did exist | were few in number, and of such order of merit | as excited nothing but contempt for the nation that endured them. Pen nia avenue was | the magnificent thoroughfare cited to the stranger as a marvel. but even that vaunted street was a vast expanse of ugliness. The re- gion to the west and northwest of the White | House was sparsely dotied with crumbling shanties. On the grand plateau to the eas: t the Capitol were only the mean cabins gro squatters. The entrances to the city b or wagon road were mean beyond con:parison. All this has been changed in these few as if by the magician’s help. No streets in any city can surpass those of Washington in cleanli- | hess and smoothness of surf The shant have almost totaliy disappeared everywhei ‘The northwestern rezion has become filled with dwellings that approach palaces in size and magnilicence. The old government build- ings just west of the White House are gone, and in their stead is the new and im- pesing edifice which accommodates _ the State, War, and Nayy departments. Capi tol Hill has been ‘covered with costly and elegant dwellings. The pnblie places have been adorned with statuary which embodies in marble or bronze the recent history of the re public, and which, in design and execution. are not surpassed by such decorations anywhere. | The public squares in which they stand are al- | most without rivals in ali that makes sech places inviting. In short, Washington has been | transformed, and dominated as it is from every | point of vi near and remote, by the rand | proportions of the Capitol, which from a dis- tance seems resting in air, the city isa credit to the nation anda wonder to the casual ob- | server. But for all this there 1s yet need for improve- | in the city, both as to its appearance and ene. The first and greatest. want is the ex- nishment of the marshes to the south of the | White House, which are generally known as th Potomac flats. iv but whatever miasmas afilict the ‘capital hs | their orizin in these marshes. They have been an eyesore and a nuisance to the public health ever since the foundation of the city. To them the White House exclusively owes its reputation as an unheaithy residence. They have been | talked about in and out ot Congress for so many years that the time has fully come when discussion should cease and work begin. The first thing is toraise them suffi- ciently, by tilling, above the level of the Poto- mac river to prevent overflows, and then con- vert them, as can easily be done. into a vast and | Splendid public garden. The work is one which j; Will require considerable expenditure of both me and money; but in comparison with what has already been done in Washington the achievement will bea mere trifle. This im- provement once properly made will _be perpet- | ual, and render Washington, for all time, one of | the most beautiful and healthful of the cities of the world. That this matter will early engage the attention of the two houses is already be- yond question, but they should eariy under- stand it is one in which there is a general public conviction that where the required action is so palpable it should not be postponed. ——_--____ Flirts. From an English Book by E. C. Grenville Murray. Most persons possess some good qualities, know this and wish others to knowit. The Process of making them known to one’s own sex may be characterized under various names, while the endeaver to attract the opposite sex by them—and at the same time toying, as it were, with the passion of love—constitutes flir- tation. One can obtain the appreciation of one’s own sex by doing ordinary duties well; but to gain the good-will of the other sex, who may not be in a position to judge of our genuine merits, re- quires a manner more or less artificial. Flirta- tion is therefore a forced means of making one’s self agreeable to a person of the other sex. In| the greater or I transparency of the artifice lies the science of flirting which has iniinite shades, from unblushing coquetry to the most delicate power of fureination. Society would be a dull thing without this science. If it were possible that women should cease for a short [time tocare what men thougit about them, most of us, moralists or not, would be glad to | See that short time ended. Men and women flirt, but women more than men; and they also show it more. Women are less able than men to live without admiration, and have less other work in life than the labor of securing praise. At the same time they can- not so weil keep their flirtations out of sight. A man travels and is in very few places reaily intimately known, a womaa is in some few laces at least, closely watched. None of a man’s friends know precisely with how many women he flirts; a weinan’s friends keep an exact account of the number of her admirers. Aman to be called a flirt must flirt to the point of abandoning all other occupation; but a very little atfability, squandered under the form of smiles, procures the title for a woman. A girl is a flirt who exchanges a coy glance with a middle-azed, eligible bachelor who picks upa glove she has dropped; she is something worse than a flirt—a minx—if she makes herself pleasant to another girl's betrothed. The iron Tule of modesty, which men have imposed upon women as a protection azainst their wiles, leaves young women scarcely free to move or speak in the presence of the trousered sex without risk of being thought “forward; ” but women themselves are much sterner in their definition of torwardness than men. In femi- nine judement every girl or pretty young woman is forward, and, consequently, a flirt, who | monopolizes the ‘attention of males in a social cirele. This she can do by being too modest, as well as by being not modest enough; for her | own sex will rot account as modesty the grace | which charms without attempting to do so. | Men never speak so tilof the worst women as women do of the best among their sex who have the art of pleasing. There are men whom all other men join in praising; but there has searce- ly lived a woman, wife,virgzin or saint—who has not had detractors among other women. Should there have been some few exceptions which prove this general rule, they will be found to have flourished in the ranks of the fearfully and unutterably ugly. Every woman has flirted; but we are not con- cerned with the women whose innocent flirta- tions are but the gush of youthful spirits, or with those who owe the title of flirt to the mere malignity of their own sex. The flirts of whom to treat are those who flirt of malice In these flirting is the art of sexual | tantalization. It may also be termed, less philosophically, | the art of playing with fire and getting scorched i r less often. All flirts burn themselves, at least. Some squeal when they but singe | their ta; ips and retire straightway from the | game with their eyes full of tears. ‘These are third-class flirts, having no real heart in the play. The recollection of their first smart makes them redden and tingie till they become old women, when perhaps they smile and wish the | burn ‘could come oyer again. It was a third- class flirt who, on the strength of a short and sharp acquaintance with the ways of the other sex, invented such sayings a8 “Man is per- | fidious.” ‘the second-class flirts get juently burned without ever quite inuring themselves tothe pain. They resemble dullish boys who play at foot-ball because they must, but never surmount the fear of being shinned. Sometimes the second-class flirt gives up playing and learns to laugh at her burns; more often she goes on till she can play no longer, and wearily sums up her experience of the sport as “all burns and no pleasures.” But the first-class flirt cares not a pin for scor- ches. She is the salamander who lives in the fire. Sparks fly round her and she revels in | them; she is all over scars and surveys them complacently asa soldier docs his wor Flirt from the nursery, flirt in her teens, flirt in her prime, she continues flirting when she is an old woman and flirts on her deathbed withthe doc- tor. Ifshe could come to life fora moment in her coffin, she would flirt with the undertaker. Commend us to this elass of flirt for making the heads of men flawe like the tops of lueifer matches. She sets quiet households afire; every- thing turns to tinder on her passage, and when she is buried an odor of brimstone hovers over her tomb. Her old lovers would be afraid to lift up the graye slab that covers her lest should see little blue-forked: flames leap diabolically. ‘them or depend on them, and so, o} ‘pity. too, for VINEGAR’S VOTABIES. “Culvad Ladies” Victims te a Singular Vice—Gurzling Diluted Acetic Acid, it “Does *Em so Much Geod.”” From the New Orleans Democrat, “Do you know or have you ever heard why it is that negro women drink vinegar?” asked a gentleman of a Times reporter one day last week. The scribe professed the profoundest ignor- ance in regard to the matter, but he immedi- ately set to work to find an answer to the ques- tion. In the first place he inquired of several negro women if they ever drank vinegar. “Yes,” said one, “I drink it all the time, ea- pecially when I am troning., All the women in our yard drink it too.” “Does it do you any good?” “Yes; it’s cheaper than whisky, and it keeps up a person Wonderfully. I don't know why I began it—because the others did, I reckon. It hurt me at first, made me feel sick at the stomach, but when | got over this feeling I felt a great deal better. It's especially good after stoking a pipe and leaves a kind of cooling feel- ing behind.” “How much of it do you take at a dose?” “About two tabiespoonful. The first dose I took was about a teaspoonful, but I know some ladies,” the colored women are generally allu- ded to as ladies by their associates, 0 take 2s much asa quarter of ateacupful. If I took that inuch it would make me sict “ How did the habit first begin?” “Some of tis used to take it when feeling badly, and it did them so much good that others foliowed the example. The men folks can’t drmk vinegar and don't like the women folks to take it, but they do it though.” The reporter subsequently saw an up-town lady who is at the head of a large boarding house. : jons propounded to e had a number of had a washer and irone ate very little. T always kept a bottle of in my kitchen where I could get it easil day I went to take it from the shelf a that the bottle was nearly empty. annoyed at this, althoush, a little bit surprised, cluded to keep the vinexar under lock The next day the servant came to me and asked me for a little vine Lasked her what she wanted it for, and she answered ‘to drink.’ She then told me that she always drank it, and that it did her a -power of good. ha greatest whisky drinkers are also the inegar drinkers. You will be surp when I tell you that wit among colored women, especially those advaficed in prevails to a great extent. 1 have been compelled to discharge ever so many valuable ervants just on this account. 1 could not trust who ear One found Iwas not atest had to dis with their se the habit has b think the chief reason of it’s killing them so quickly is on accowat of the mean whisky they get from the gros shops. You know some of these corner grocers will give a servant a lagniappe of whisky for the pai of securing When T'send a servant to the grocery she can go to whicheverone she pleases, so long as it is in the immedia If & grocer refuses to give a servant a dram, she will not patronize him, and so he thinks’ the best thing he can do under the circumstances is to oblige her. Itried once to keep my sFom going out to get her drams by_selling her xome of the whisky I kept in the house, but it tovk so much to satisfy her that L was forced to give up the practice. “And yet she would go to a corner grocery and get royally drunk on ten cents. This made me think that it must Le awfully mean Whisky that they yet at these place rou've noticed, then, that the women who drink whisky also drink vine: “Yes, and those of them who get ou sprees sober up on vinegar.” The reporter, after bidding the lady good day, interviewed several physi in regard to the vinegar-drinking practice. Said on didn't Know that the practice was so general, but [ know several negro women who drink vinezar, although I have never been able to disc what good it does them. Vinegar is very you kuow, and very hard to digest. The wome: can't d for the sake of the whisky that is in it, for the reason tiat it contains very little of the liquor.” The oth Pp clans that the reporter applied to could give no further information in re tothe maiter. He said he had noticed. how- ever, that the women who were in the habit of drinking vinegar were thin and weak-eyed, and usually very lazy. He also stated that the vine- gar-drinking practice was contined to negro women, although the reporter was unable to fully answer the question propounded to him by the gentleman, the fac ti - ablished that the question is pertin a that its complete elucidation would prove very interesting. BN see epee race An Agnostic Defines bis Views. From the Toronto Globe. During the progress of the Murdoch case at Osgoode Hall, Mr. R. J. Belford was cailed to giye evidence on behalf of Mrs. Murdoch. Mr. Murphy, counsel for Mrs. Murdoch, asked dire, which done. The vw of oath applied to a witness who is supposed to be incompetent, and he is sworn, not in the cause, but to truthfully answer the preliminary questions put to him as to his belief. After Mr, Belford had taken the oath and kissed the book, Mr. Murphy questioned hin “Are you the R. J. Belford who gave evidence ina case in ‘o ina judgment of the late Mr. Belford.. lief since tien. Mr. Murphy.—Do you believe in a God? Mr. Beliord.—I ‘believe in an Unknown Power. Mr. Murphy.-—Do you believe ina future state f rewards and punishinents? Mr. Belford.—I do not believe, nor I dare not disbelieve. Mr. Murphy.—Do yon believe that if you are bad fa this life you will be punisied in’ the fu- ure: Mr. Belford.—I do emphatically, if there isa future; but how do I w there is a future? Mr. Murphy.—Do you believe that you will be rewarded for good in a future world? Mr. Belford.—Yes; if there is a future world. Mr. Murphy.—Do ‘you believe there is not a future world? Mr. Belford.—I dare not disbelieve, becanse I do not know; but I have not suiicient evidence to justify me in believing in a future state. ‘Tell me, do you believe in a J ‘ice Me lam. I have modified my be- preme Being. His Lordship ruled that Mr. Belford must understand the term. Mr. Murphy.—Do you not entertain the pecu- liar belief that if aman does wrong he will be punished physically? Mr. Belford.—Yes; but I also believe that his conscience will punish him. Very likely my eens is part of what you cali a Supreme eing. Mr. Murphy.—Do you believe in God? Please give me a direct answer. Mr. Belford.—I_ believe ina Supreme Power which I know nothing about. Do you know Mie = Renee a ir. Murphy.—No; I have heard of such ple, but I find them’ all disagreeing as to what “Str: Belford. r. Belford.—I am_an Agnostic, and I do not believe in anything I cannot rove; I believe in Goa. x epee Mr. 8. H. Blake contended that the law did not require a belief in a future punishment, but in a punishment either inthis world or the next. His Lordship, Mr. Justice Osler.—No one can regret more than I that the law here is not as in England, where a person holding such a belief can give evidence. I have no doubt myself that such evidence would convey in most cases to the mind of the Judge as much conviction as if given under oath. But according to the rule in Comsaian courts such evidence cannot be re- ceived. Mr. Belford then retired. Joun TarHorn and his wife, who keep a saloon in Cincinnati, were aroused from their slumbers the other night by what seemed to be an authentic announcement that the world was coming to an end instanter. The floor sank and their bed gave way, a weird and unearthly shriek resounded in their ears, a bell began to toll solemnly just behind the footboard, a huge volume of smoke and steam rolled over them, a miscellaneous din tortured their ear drums, and the whole situation indicated nothing less ap- palling than the crack of doom. After waiting ~ a gana for their ‘ore Lio re summons 1e 1 ined cor up an whee they found that a freight cegiae bates off the track and into their saloon, where it was at that moment much in need of portico tl cag Rit Reroute shamelessly thrust up the ceiling into the rietor’s ~~ Toen ing 3 Several women from the United States, wives Mexican capitalists are lead- of and era in city of Mexico society. TG i 2 noticed that those women who are the | j a ky drinking | cook | “WEDNESDAY, : Strauss’ Orchestra. id HOW If SOUNDED TO AN AMERICAN If BERLIN. ‘From the Providence Journal, ‘The winter-garden is a large hall with grav- elled floor, ornamented with a profusion of trepical plants and covered witha glass roof. It has a restaurant, so that the people arrange and occupy themselves as at Bilse’s. The or- chestra mptly at seven, and a man of mouan aes aie vet ? pack hair cut short, anda black moustache, pped briskly to the front. This was Edward Strauss. He looked young, but I don’t know his age. He cer- tainly gave himself up to the work of leading in @ commendable manner. He led not only with his right arm and baton, but also with the body. The whole of him seemed to bein mo- tion continually. The first selection was an overture. Ido net now remeinber what. The orchestra played it in excellent time and with much spirit. Then followed a composition by one of the Strausses; the rest of the program in fact was almost entirely Strauss. The leader this time appeared with a violin in his hand. Hestarted ins orchestra off, then swunz to his shoulder, and joined in with the utmost ee, half dancing and swaying his body to the t of the music. After a little he would tarn and direct the players, then fall in again himself. This performance of his, in addition to the per- fection with which his orchestra played, awak- ened no great: enthusiasm. The evening really gave us no little pleasure. One or two selec- tions of classical music were disappointing, but the Strauss music itself was beautifully played. Medical View of the Abuse of Public em. From the London Lancet. We would be the y last toadvocate or tole- strictions on liberty of speech. It is well that the discussion of political questions should be absolutely free. Joy in this country from disturbance of the pub- lie peace arising out of differences of public opinion is doubt! directly due to the libe: with which all classes of speakers and are blessed. It can not, however, be forgotten se ii uument. V4 of the foul and most insulting things which hi: publicly said about Mr. Gladstone of -I all the bounds of decency. utter them, and it is barely nt to allow | them to be'said. In common with the m of our fellow-subjects, we are ashame: t should be so maltr ix ited Kiagdom, pass Tt was indecent to but there are distincti h we feel called upon to | ception to the tolerance of thr | whether they have any jonal meaning or | an fail to prepare the fact that & rd whieh, nd, or written word, tor action ment conceived or expressed. No man man can contemplate or purpose ‘mass: without being more. or less likely to commit offense threatened. It is misel talk of such t | sonal animosit: rated ly specific threats, is not to be viewed with complacency. — ee eee Miurrying Up Yearling Trotters. From the Spirit of the Times. pacanda “It is almost beyond belief,” said Mr. Orrin A. Hickok the other day, arling should trot atuli mile, with w , and re- peat it in 2:43!¢, and yet fam not surprised to hear it of Honda Rosa, because I saw her speed a 2:40 gait before I left California last spri | No, it did not surprise me that she was able to do the feat, astonishing as it seems. You the trotters bred on the Pacific slope kno such thing as being ‘wintered.’ They ercised through the entire sters get plenty of itat ¢ Alto ranch. re is an e sixth or aseventh of aim colts and fillies show th ces, pa ner. hip in hand, stands in the enclosure. wi and the trotters speed aronnd alone. _ In the center of is a stand.with about tw reyolying chairs, where Goy. Stanford a sean fake their ease, and watch ry motion of the ch Twas pleaser ill call hor. sin the spring, c does seem wrong t ne trotted a 2:40 n. ight in {he corral have repeated her s« ing in2:43 ought to be . the sire of Fred Croc! Her is a very fast ©: re, Beautifal fi ‘The Moor, son of C! | fornia r was by of Bald neva Conti amazing 5 not far to seek. It has been s art may be no and that a quick eye, a cool he and a stcut heart will do more to make a gen- eral than all the diagrams of Jomjai.” Th considerations do not quite exhaust the subj but there is no doubt that the above natural qualifications, combined with the serions s of tactics, are pretty Fs captain, fortune moderately him. And Moltke has at leas that fortune should as rare! be against him. it was said of him, According to a story which explains 1 friend of Moltke once encountered him streets of Berlin, on a inemoraile me the second half of July, 1870. The French utti- matum had just been received, and the friend after a hasty greetir ing on. “Whither away so fas I know you must be b thing is read: ng asked Moltke. vy.” “Not at all. E ” And, German-wise, the ed off his companion to “Oh, 2 a caf to talk philosophy over a glass of Bavarian beer. At Versailles the French wondered to see him go often ‘doing nothing,” as it appeared to them. Evening after evening he strolled into the restaurant he had chosen as leisurely as any rich young officer in a crack cavalry reciment; and stayed as long at table as others. Not that he is anything of an epicure—his tastes being of the simplest. It was noticed that a favorite dish of his was roast goose. He had so thor- oughly mastered his work that he had no need to be fussy over it. ——————— How to Fatten Oysters. Lovers of the delicious bivalve will be disap- pointed to know that the crop of the lower pe- ninsula has been materially affected by the recent dry spell. While fair oysters are gathered at Chrisfield, and the shipments from this point are extensive, the crop elsewhere is very poor. When the supply of fresh watertrom the streams emptying into the bays in which the oysters grow is small, as during the present fall, the bi- valves suffer greatly, becoming so salty in flavor as to be in a degree unpalatable. Besides this, they do not appear to thrive, and are rarely found in well-fattened condition. At the fisheries this serious impediment to growth is partially repaired by the use of arti- ficial means in the shape of “monitors.” or flats, The oysters are taken from the rock in their present unprofitable condition, spread upon these flats and taken to fresh water and sunk. Here they remain several days in these feeding grounds. When raised to the surface they are found to be fat, palatable and ready for shipment. Another ingeniens plan to bring fulness to the most dyspeptic-looking of the crop is, upon being shucked, to pe them in a barrel with twenty-fivepounds of fice. The bar- rel can be fastened tightly and put upon the cars. The ice in the barrel will last for several days, and bythe time the western dealer gets his ¢o1 ent the lean and in bivalve will haye consumed the ice and’ buil€ upon this sustenance a full, smooth and nutritious mouth- ful. The present rains are expected to have a marked effect upon the oyster and materially reduce the prevailing bigh prices.— Philadelphia We Never Speculates, From London Trath. 1heard the other day a good story of Jay Gould, the American railway king. A London broker went over to New York and solicited an interview with him. The broker lained to him what vast operations might be oe on the London Stock Exchange, and s1 ited that he should do business: for him. Gould refi and then said: “What you say is no doul aes see only one objection; I never specu- The Trenton (N. ey) Gazette makes a timely appeal for the protection of the quails and rab- bits in that state, ag they are now threatened with extermination. Game of all sorts, it says is extremely scarce im the state, on aecount of eS) deep snows severe weather of last fer. : other arm, with his head, his feet, his whole | around toward the audience, swept the violin | rate any attempt ‘to impose any needless ye- | Much of the immunity we en- | evous even to | r per- | FAMILY SUPPLIES. =— HOUSEFURNISHINGS. _ CARD FROM WM. M. GALT & CO. ‘this 14th of Getober, 1881. ae ee Ra rRTON JOHN Ds Newstead, test: JAS. 8. EDWARDS, a: a a At 3 5 [a3 P.8.— itioned flour the cele- on, whici Premium against all otier competitors at the National Fair in 1879 and 1830 (oid medal), and now again in 1881. The competition iu flour was cer- tainly a very liyely one this year, and the preminin was well Coutestea for, Dut it was simply an inpossibiity to beat CERES, and the premium jast awarded is only nd- diug another {rfomph to the maguificent success this #0 -celebrated Flour has gained in this comni We would respectfully mention the fact that Mrs. 8. F. Anderson received the first premium for the hand=omest | rolir and bieenite on exhibition, and they ‘were thede ol | CERES FLOUR, which is oniy another proof that it | Stands A No, 1 ainong the best Minnesota Patent Fours Known to the trade. For sale by ail first-class erocera. W. M. GALT & CO. Conner Isr STREET AND INDIANA AVENTR, Who are sico the sole Wholessle Agents for the trict, of Hecker’s celebrated Se f-rui Flour Buckwhest. i HAN SGIVING DAY. 2 GA RANG NAS. FRESH NUTS, TA RAISINS, D_ CRANBERRIES, th. Dnekets, ) ‘Those who are using the ordinary Java Coffee, as eid by most stores, are requested to wet a sample pound of our { SUPERB MARACAIBO, retailed at 25 cents per pound, fresh roasted. They will save money and get a better Coflee. suited ut WITM nd 1918 PENNSYLVANIA AVEN' | Borex MARKET. | PHILADELPHIA CHICKE: CHOICE BEER, GAME, YRESH FISH and NORFOLK OYSTERS EIVED DAILY. S$ AND TURKIES, WINE JELLY, NED FRUITS, RDINES| English Daity, Edom and? ‘uglish PLUM PUDDING, DU DES aud JAMS. EDY & SO! 209 F STREET NORTHWES' KEY ult .D STAG PURE RYE W! ;Ol STAG PURE RYE WH is unequalled for smoothness, flavor and purity, and for the sideboard and sickroou: is unevailed. HUME, CLEARY & CO., n8 | Rica AND FRUITY, 4 > EW YORK 807 Manx Space. WFET CIDER. Also, Delicions; in color, pale amber, CRAB APPLE CIDER, Superior as a beverave to the i | For sale by 28 of any other apple. } HUME HAT SPL fioar, favor: =< “ably + Sweet and wholesome HUME, © le 8s ui <. CORNED BEEF Sth street wine, ‘Market; or Addre: ¢ Marketing © delivered tree of charge to all parts of the city mai? | Palace MARKET, Conner 11H srreET axp New York avexve, FRANK J. TIBE Proprietor. Allimnda of MEATS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, BUT- » EGGS, ete. Tver the best. 330 C OAL! woov! woop!! If-yon want to buy good, clean COAL and best KIND- LING WOOD go toJOHN MILLE! i fee Kindling wood nrili4}¢ etrect and V 43 DB etrect inviniaavenne eo: west: branch offices, southeast and street wharf. C THE TRADES \IBSON BROTHERS, Pin PRACTICAL BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 1012 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C. _SP Fine Printing a specialty. janis NG, I ‘CETT BINDERY employs firet-clasa. men and turns out superior work. est establixhments in nue, third floor. Work- Itis oneof the old- city. 1012 Pennsylvania ave- oc] (DUH ELEN STATE LOTTERY. UNPRECED! D ATTRACTION! OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Incorporated in 1868 for twenty-five years by the Legis- latte for Educational aud Chavitable’ puicpeser: iti m capital ct $1,000,000—to which @ reserve fund o: ,000 has since been added ‘By an overt pular vote its franchise was paces Dare et oe ite Constitution adopted IT NEV! I POSTPONES Look at the following distribution: GEAND PROMENADE CONCERT, during which wil take place 139TH GRAND MONTHLY ND THE, EXTRAORDINARY. SEMI-ANNUAL DRAWING 'UESDAY, DECEMBER ire, 1881, op jon and manage! Cae gE ONT oF Sasa oh Se, TUBAL AC EARLY, of Vinwinia. APITAL PRIZE $100,000. & ‘are ‘Ten Dollars only. Halves, Gen. ‘A. EARLY, of Va. Al URAL (or rates to eibe shonld ony be made to the pftice of the Company in New Orleans. Write for circulars or send orders to ‘M.A. DAUPHIN, ae. a SET ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, or UPHIN, ‘No. 212 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, or J. P. HORBACH, 603, tem STREET NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, NOTICE TO THE The PUBLIC. fem tore City, tea one ty ‘Shale Company to sell its fhe eptntry tat Bo Cirevlare purporting to be oF hace ne authority room, thie aa to Ered . pel yar Co. New Onveans, Ls., July 4. 1861. nls | Those who waut a genuine, rich old Java, can be | N®* GOODS. ace, DECORATED DINNER SETS, DECORATED TOILET SETS, JAPANESE PORCELAINE, ‘AND DECORATIONS Ax Exraxaecr Low Prices. AM kin: DRING UTE! WUTNISHENGS or ihe beet clase WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, i DESSERT AND TOILFT SETS, | IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA, OF OUR DIRECT IMPORTATION, AT LOW PRICES. J. W. BOTELE) GB MAN STUDENT LAMP, NICKEL PLATED, LARGEST SIZE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENT, ONLY $4.50. J. W. SCHAFE 1020 7TH STT™ nt APovE, D SCORATED POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, DRESDEN AND CHINESE. LISH CUTLERY. JF YOU Wan? A HEATING Of COOKING STOVE, | Do not fail to call end exaniine our lane assortment of both. Agents for the RADIANT HOME UEATING STOVES AND FURNACE he best of their kind mad. TROBES, SLATE MAN i BRICK SET RB. Prease call and examine our + the country. Also, GRATES AND v 717 Sevesta Sia BOOKS, &e. BOOKS. ol2 Da Chaitlu, 2 vole. Jen's by J My Wife's S WEpAper, a y John W. Judd, Ti Varists, Invalidwand setth by Saints and Sinners, by Cheri ad Arab id LEX AND S 1015 Pennsyly sv HOOL BOOKS: BOUGHT AND EXCHANGED AT ANGLIM’S ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSTORE, Corcoray Bur-prse, F Steer. Cash peid foral! kinds of Books, Pamphlets, &c. 1: | PIANOS AND ORGAN = = = —— i ees STIFFF AND THE KRANICH & BACH | HO PIANOS, ‘and ESTEY ORGANS ai Lowest Prices Eaniest Te at G. L. WILD & BI ‘Ss New Pienoand Organ Ware-rooms, 709 7th street northwest. 8 Line stock ef Puation | ouatle terms, at BEICHE: | Warerooms, Ath et., 1 ALLET DAVIS & CO." UPRIGHT GRAND PIANOS. WORLD RENOWNED AND UNEQUALED, Also, the Colebrated HARDMAN L Hi PIANO, i vel-toned Upright the only reliable low-pri it made. H. L. SUMNER, + AGENT, p2t-e0 811 Yr Ssneer Noxtuwesr. Sipser T.NiMMO'S — Praxo Warrrooms, 433 TrH STREET NORTHWEST. | of sit Eitat-cimss tuahers consents co heal YEP STEAMERS, &e. sR “MATTANO” es Tth-strect wharf at IVElc LANDINGS as n 7 o'clock a. m. for i days tor Bi | ky and Mattox Creek ur} Creeks; returning on 1 at intermediate given landins g so stops at Matiawoman Creck G. T. JONES, Agent. “3 | Notice sh FOR POTOMA‘ ER LANDINGS. On and after NOVEMBER WSMITH will leave her w! y Re ‘On MONDAY as far as AY, Nomini and Currio- rioinan and Leonardtown. JOHN K. WOOD, Axent. FPO? NQRKOLK, | PORTSMOUTH. FORTRESS MONKOE, PINE (ONKO! ¥ PONT AND T LOOKOUT, Steamer EXCELSIOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS: and SATURDAYS at 5 p.m, FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, BEGIN- NING OCTOBER Isr. rt Monme.......$2 50 wrtreas Monroe and Norfoik. 1.50 y Point and Point Lookout... 160 id Lookout. 6 ‘Tickets and staterooms for sae and information tur- nished at B. W. “pel: Hotels: Hs Pollan t to City ic . B. Pollcin! nex fice; and at Company's Office, ith street whut GUORGE MATTINGLY, General Supt, WM. P. WELCH, Ament. wi JORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE her wharf, foot of 6th street, every MONDAY, } oe tags yee Seog meer at Piney Point, Bomnt Lookont and Fortress Sours. Excursion tickets will be iscued as follows: FALL AND WINTTR ARRANGEMENTS, COM- ERCING OCTOBER 1 First-clase Fare to Fortress Monroe an Second-class Fare to Fortress Monroe a1 t-class Fare to Piney Point and Pom Second-class Fare to Piney Point and Poig Ret Norfolk, TUESDAYS, ning, leave DAYS and SATURDAYS, at four o'clock p.in. ‘Tickets and staterooms can be secured st general Ofiice, 613 15th street; in ‘the National Me ‘Building, of ai th ‘6th street wharf, een ee we eee aren crary SATURDAY ot fone Oclocent mind Georgetown ork FRIDAY, at Tam. For fi ALERED WOOD, Secretary, 613 15th street, opposite U. 8. Treasury. yr. N. K.. NEW YORK. Sophia... Wed-, 21 Deo. Orto Jaul2 NEW YORK ROTTERDAM. sag esr ehe Size! sslaes Steamers of thie Tine, “‘SCHIEDAM,” pte To. ve Sacner New Yeck svenussnd ibe NORTH GERMAN LLOYD— NSILS and KITCHEN | john | __ RAILROADS. SHENANDOAM VALLEY RAILROAD, THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE CAVERNS OF LURAY. 7, The Luray Cave and Hotel Company Ihave not hes thie Company that they have tutrodused the ® asco TRC LIGHT Suto the Caverna, snd the " inated the sid of the po cent, AY Cuminated ty ) OTHER ILLUMINATOR BEING ADEQUATE te penetrate the obsen ps of these wmet capean halls aud xrotios or to properly reveal, —_— MAGNIFICENT ORNAMENTATION. No similar Caverne are known eleewhore. No Caverna have ever before been ilumtnated ly the aid of ec Ty meet the anticipation, and nel ptt to the eye Vsone Te unaitainable und mite | | Noextra chans te mate for the sttamination hy the Hectric Light, aud Guides azo furnished {rea es Usual. ' | witt ren war, end visitor cand tret-clap THROUGH TICKTS, | erwon sale by connecting roads | JOSEPH H. SANDS, CHAS. P BALTIORE & OULO RAILROAD. THE MODEL FAST, AND THE ONLY LINE PEEWHEN THE FAST AND THE WEST, VIA WAS nATeN. Pomme Agvnt, . NGTON. DOUBLE TRACK! JANNEY COUPLER! STEEL | Baseat oT SUNDAY, NOVEM- SCHEDULE TO TARE FLY Bi ASHINGTON, ENSATL, AND ST. LOUIS y (Piedmont, Hagerstown, and Way, via tions. OLK AND BOSTON York iw re te New NOAND VALLEY EXPRESS coon- gerstown aud at Point of Mocks for im, Annapolis and SS (stops at Hynttevitiey 1, Aunapolis Junction, o CHICAGO, CLNCLNNATL AND ore, Ellicott City, Annapolis and Way om, (On Sanday only BALTUMORE E- ALA IMOKE EX Pact HIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW EXPRESS. Raltimore and Way. kes “ tations. ts 4c Hacrstoarn, Win, . <n Sunday to Boint of (Martinsburg and tbnvaile and Laurel) ort v YORK and BOSTON ew Lork, aud ST. LOUIS EX- F and LAUREL Sigeon sicnal or to let ol pamengens at any station betweev Waslingtou aud Aunapolie Jonction. | wunday only. Other trains daily, excey@ | ae from Washington stop at Relay | Iaforiuation anply at the Bal Peunsyivania er 14th attest, where orders will be taken for baggage t be checked aud roceived a any pout in the city. Bah Mtaas Z NOVEME TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGT" of Bixth B ‘ittsbung and Spotl PD POTOMAC RAILROAD. he Buflalo, Nu Bs j, except Sunday ; ‘Saturday, with Pulace Cars end Watkins For Walligiueport, Tock Haven and Bimira, at 10:30 a, mi. daily, exes : For New York and 10:00 aud 10.15 2 10-15 p.tw., iimited expreswof Pull 9 daily, exog't sunday. S; 3s all throuich trains connect at Jor- st ading double 1.200, 5 40,1000 ¥, Mi, 5:40, 10a ted Expres, Bl aa. ladelphia, 8 | 0-15 pom. daily, ex- pin. wi Vine, 6:40 a.mand 4:40 p.m. daily, her For Anus? ind: ts, 6:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, exoept Sundar DiIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RATLWAY, AND ALEXANDIA AND WASLINGTON RAILROAD. For Alexandra, 6:30, m6 m. and 10.00 2. Ti Bros years in « treatment; elegant accommodations ; cousultutions with gatlonts oully- 182 Lexington aveutc, nour Slat, ste-ot, By EST ESTABLISHED Female Irrega- larities, Obstru and Leucorrhwa quickly cured. Joe, 900 B strveteuuthwest, opposite Smithsonian, nld-Lin s NPI G ‘Bi ULTELD a uti Chronic Diseases Wednesday of each at ‘M street northwest, from Fi R. ROBERTSON, THE MOST RELIABLE AND longest established specialist im thix eity, with I Jeers eopetience, will guarauter scare in all Verses Urinary Organs, Nervous and Sentinal Weakness, Nocturnal Emissions, Lay (lose of sexual power), ete. | Gonorrhoea and Syphilis positively ear in 3to 20 "daye, (Consultations strictly ‘oundeutial. Can be con newlays and Saturdays, from 2 to 9 p. ta at his office, 456 C strect nurthwost. Refers ealing physicians of Baltimore. Blain Eutaw Baltimore, Md. GENTLEMEN can HAVE SCIEN ment and a Speedy Care of ail Vencreal Di consulting Dr. LEON, 453 Massach Rk. LEON, THE. LDEST FSTABLISHED AND Tost reliable in the: e OF LADIES’ PHYSICTA t,455 Mansachnectis sven jn KNF AND PRIVATE DISEASES OF suns of both sexes cured; new came 5 or a. in trouble ‘call. Virginia avenue, near 435 street south 010, 4to7 p.m, ARMSTRONG HAS HAD OVER Years’ universal success in diveases for medicine on) andG toGp TARTLING DISCOVERY 1 T MANHOOD RESTORED. ‘A victim of youthful imprudence causing Prematare Deca’ Manhood, ete... having —DR. F.C. NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT: AS; Haine 18 WEALTH jor Hywteriay Pizzi Cr ocl6-,t,ths Go MEDAL AWARDED THE AUTHOR! ‘ADAME FOREST HAS ailtemale at 924 7th street west. De fran 1to9 m2. OEE . ve vp tae oe teal