Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1881, Page 7

WINTER LIFE AT THE CAPITAL. About Cabinet Calls and That Sort of ‘Thing. ‘The hope has been expressed that the burdens resting hitherto on the ladies of Cabinet fami- Nes will be to a certain extent lightened during the app ping by their visitors conced- ing to them the privileze of mot returning ealls in person during January and Februar; when so many deu time. During the weeks of the gay season din- fers and evening parties which members of the | Cabinet and their wives are expected to attend are of almost daily occurrence, and It is too | much to expect of any lady that she will devote | | every afternoon beginning by one o’ctock, except on Si and her own reception day, to the business of returning calls, out of which sh owins to necessary haste derive t pleasure, for every moment is Valuable when a lady has as long a list of visitors as the wife of a member of the Cabinet invaria- | has. bs deer rstood that the ladies of the families of the © as at present constituted, desire om them a cordial wel- living here peal Uy turn ealls upon those to ive “iR. BEECHER AND THE GUITEA TRIAL. ‘The Plymouth Pastor Furnishes an Ex- act Report of a Much-Quoted Para- graph in his Thanksgiving Sermon. To the Editor of the Tribune. Sm: I have requested Mr. Ellinwood, the au- | thorized and skillful reporter of my sermons, to | copy from his notes the precise words of my late | Thenksgiving sermon, upon Judge Cox and the Guiteau trial, which have given rise to much and severe criticism. They are here given, with- out addition or omission, precisely as delivered: Even the trial of that wretch, tardy as it is, taxing to our patience, may have unsuspected benefits in it. The self-control of a self-govern- ing people is a lesson that the world needs for its assurance of the safety of a government of the common people. If out of this trial that appears to be going on in Washington there should come a better defined doctrine of the ability of irregutar natures to evil deeds which they com- mit, it will in the long run be a compensation for the disgust which we suffer now. It will be a benefit to all time, and will save us from that repugnant feeling with which we are liable to look upon the course of justice. Unless there be some such hunting up | here in greatest | and February, and | who rarely stay lon: for their calis to be | returned. Ye vurse, in the multitude of cards that are left ona reception day those be- | nz to transient persons cannot be distin- | guished from those of residents who live in hotels and | . and whose calls can returned All ladies who have | T boardi | ing therein know how | in finding out whether isin or out, and how frequently, an heurin fruitless inquiries, it the person sought has removed else- . It is from such unneces- pursuits as that, it is | will be emancipated T expected to make calls «February. veves another; and if the amilies ace not expected to retarn « the months when the city is most | ht they net make a concession, | their acquaintances by day that observed by z in their neighbor- instance. Secretary Lincoln lives in hood wiere numerous Senator's to rid thei of stranzers who Dumbers during J hoped. the ¢ when th in perso: One Cabinet visits du crowded, yy observed reception day has Thursday. Secretary Folger lives quite near Chief Justice Waite, and to the other families in that immediate neigh- borhood, that is to say on Rhode Island avenue and the part of Massachusetts and Connecticut | avenues near by, have for two or three seasons seen visitors on Monday, because Mrs. and Miss. Waite bad that reception day. The Senators’ families who have lived on Capital Hiil for the last few years have invariably received visitors stead of Thursday, because the | ‘apitol Hill do so on that day. Some appear to think thatto speak of abo! ing reception days belonging to one particular class of officials, and to expect those of the | same class to receive on different days, merely because they don’t ali live in the same neighbor- | hood. is to break down old established and time honored customs, and is almost iconoclastic and savers positively of communism. But others say they will be glad to have the change made so they can meet at their own houses } others of the same status in official life as them- | selves. with whom when all receive on the same day, they only exchange calls by card and Lever meet, save at the houses of other people. ee Simple Tales for Little Children. Denver Tribune. 1. Here we Have an Album. It is Full of Pictures for little Children with Dirty Fingers to Look at. Here are two Pictures of Papa. This is one of Him befere he was Married to Mamnra. He looks like a Two-year-old Colt be- hind a Band of Music. Here is Picture of Papa alter he Married Mamma, Now he Looks like a Government Mule hauling a Load of Pig Tron. See if you Can put your finger on the Nose and the Eyes and the Mouth of Each Pic- ture. Torn down a leaf when you Come to a Pretty Picture you Like. The baby is Eating Bread and Molasses. Let him Take the Album and Look at the Pictures, too. 2. This is aLamp. It is full of Nice Yellow @il. Can you Light the Lamp? If there is Too Buch Oil pour Some of it in the Stove. Mamma will not Miss the Oil if you Pour it in the Stove, but she May miss You. A little Oil on the Carpet is not a Bad thing for the Oil, but itis a bad Ping forthe Carpet and You. =. 3. Do not Make a Noise or you will Wake the | Policeman. asleep. It is very Hard on himto Have to Sleep out of Doors these Cold Nights. There is | & Bank being Robbed around the Corner and a Woman is being Killed in the next Block. If the Policeman Waked up he might Find it out | and Arrest somebody. Some people Believe this at Policemen are for, but the Police- | men iv not Think so. is this Creature with Long Hair and a isa Poet. He writes Poems on | : Yomen’s Eyes and Stranze, unreal | ‘Things of that Kind. He is always Wishing he | xill Was Dead, but he wouldn't Let anybody bim if he could Get away. A mighty good Sau- sage Stuffer was Spoiled when the Man became & Poet. He would Look well Standing under a Descending Piledriver. A young Man is coming down the Lane. The Giri’s papa is Sit- ii the Front Porch. He is very Old. He sed a Family of Eleven children. What Poor old Man Thinking about, and why Does he Gaze so Intently at his Right Boot? Maybe he is Thinking about Raising the Young Lai ‘Man who is Coming down t! ——— ‘ron: the Springfield Republican. Ye who would save your features florid, Lithse timbs, bright yes, unwrinkled torebead, From age’s devastation horrid, Adopt this plan: "Twill make, in climates cold or torrid, A hale old man. Avoid in youth luxurious diet, i Ke-train the passions’ lawless riot ; Devoted to domestic quiet, | Soshall ye ete heen sl ye, spite of age’s fat ‘Hesist decay. Seek not in oe ‘Made the sole scale by which ye measure ‘Your opulence. ‘This ts the solace, this the science, ‘S purest, sweetest, best appliance, That disappoint not man’s Tellance, Cer his state; But with calm defiance, + fortune, fate. ——_—_—_.— Reward of From the Salt Lake Tribune. A few days ago a poor friendleas lad might @aye been seen wandering along the streets looking for employment. He presently halted in front of a butcher shop, and, walking boldly Up to the proprietor, asked for a job. There Was something im the young man’s frank, honest countenance, which struck the proprie- ter favorably. “Not afraid of hard work?” he asked. No.” responded the lad with a trembling voice, “i have supported my mother and two sisters for tive years by hard work.” He was put on trial at $5 a week mauling Jeathery beef, and his sturdy frame and healthy constitution came in good play. One day an old kuly came in to get some beef, end the pro- Prietor told him to attend to the customer. “A teaderloin steak, if you please,” said she. “ Here's a cut that nobody but the first fami- Hes get.” res) smilingly as he and cast ming it | down with a quick, dexterous movement, until the indicator marked six even pounds. Then he snatched it off before the delicate machinery, used to weigh beef, had time to recoil. “Six pounds and a half, ” he said, her square in the ‘face with his clear, The | proprietor of the stall called him in that and remarking that he had watched his ave long dwelt, and where the most in | Sorts t> them reluctantly and by slow degrees. | be subdued He is Sitting on the Door Step | taining morphia they little thought that they outcome, unless all those meteor-bred notions out the irresponsibility of a man ‘morally in- sane (for the whole human race is morally in- sane) can be fixed and limited, and limited. too very severely and sharply. we are destined I know not to what waste of life and what imperti- nent intrusion of a dangerouseruelty. If there be not some such outcome—the exposition of the folly of it,a sound philosophy, and legal authority that shall suppress it and show to courts what is the true line—the intolerable prolongation of the trial and the singular lenity of the bench will lead epigrammatists to stig- matize the whole thing asa fight between an imbecile judge at one end of the court anda vagrant fool at the other end; as anidiotic court trying to find out at what point wickedness is insane? But It will not be so; and Iam in full | £ faith that out of the ‘apparently slow procedure that is going on in this court of jus- | tice there will be borna child of hope. I believe that in the end that patience that now seems almost mistimed will then bea patient brooding in the hope of the birth ot better dogtrines; and , that the wild notions of moral insanity will be perseded by the theory that he who is sane enough to organize the elements of a crime and accomplish it is sane enough to be ha 3 I seldom notice or correct misrepresentations of my utterances, unless they are made to do injury to others than myself. I need not point | out how widely the crisp but abbreviated report ey remarks differs from what I really said i il. Henry Warp BEECHER. NV. ¥, Tribune. Morphiomania. Tt is full time that the serious -danger of in- dulging in chloral, morphia and other such drugs should be understood. Toa woman of Tefinement these methods of obtaining the de- | sired immunity from self are repulsive. She re- | There was, till recently, no other wat the downward path is made very easy. the inventor ofchloral smoothed the way, un- | consciously but surely. A woman who would have shuddered with genuine horror at the idea of drinking too much wine, thinks little of taking repeated doses of chloral. Women think so much of the look ofa thing. A brandy bot- | tle on their dressing table would be too horrible. But the small, innocent-looking little phial so constantly in demand?—that is thought noth- ing of. And yet the brandy bottle may be the safer of the two. For the very reason that it represents a more degraded form of vice, it is | safer than the small flask which the chemist sends in so daintily wrapped in white paper. | sealed with wax, and labelled “ mn.” A thousand womanly instincts and feminine fears drag her back from the former. The physician | whom she trusts and all her dearest friends | | urge her towards the latter. | | _ But chloralis an old story now. We see a woman lolling languidly in her carriage, in her box at the opera, or even at her own table, | With a filmy, dazed look in her eyes, an absent | manfer. and a half-unconscious way of listen- | ing and replying to those about her. | once account for it: “Chloral.”_ We see a man | Who was oncethe incarnation oflife and energy, | brisk in business, intellectual, cultivated. We | see him dulled. ‘nerveless, his brighter self effaced, his intellect flickering like a dying | light, his business faculties dwindling, slovenly | in mind as well as person, inaccurate in state- | ments, and careless as to linen; and we say: | “Chioral.” It has become an accepted fact, a recognized doom for a certain percentage of our acquaintance. It is an old story. Something 1 was demanded, and in response to the de- mand a new vice was invented. When physicians discovered that pain could | inserting under the skin a small | pointed instrument provided with a tube con- | We at Yet so it | merry England, beings | who are as wholly under the domination of | morphia as ever was Chinese under that of opium. Women have yielded by degrees to its fatai fascination, until at last they prick the skin a dozen times a day with the tiny syringe that has such terrible results. The operation is almost painless; the immediate effects pleasant. A delicious languor —supervenes. Happ; thoughts and bright imaginings fill the mind. Some see beautiful visions, others feel only a pervading sensation of comfort and weil being. On a few the effect of morphia | is to excite to some intellectual effort, if effort that can be called which is pure delight, a glori- ous feeling of untrammelied power, of uncrip- pes exercise of the highest faculties. It is as hough the mind had suddenly developed wings. | But ai the very height of the enchantment the influence of morphia begins to subside. The glory fades. The wings trail, and the feet that | are their sorry substitute become weighted as | with lead. As with the workers, so with the | dreamers. The visions are obscured. The sen- | ation of comfort gives place to one of discom- fort, irritation, even pain. The mental vision | that had just now looked through a rosy mist | | Sees all things as through a crape veil or a No-| vember fog. Canit be wondered at that the | dose is renewed, that the poison is absorbed | ‘ain and again, that the intervals become norter and shorter between the reign of the po- tent drug? | And the end? The punishment is terrible in- deed. By degrees the mind becomes darkened. Hideous hallucinations sieze upon it. Self-con- trol is lost. Imbecility overtakes the weak. Madness threatens the strong. hese are the personal consequences. There are others to be bequeathed to sons and daugh- ters and to later generations. These can be guessed at. The new vice has not reigned suf- | ficiently long for the world to have seen them mplifed, but a dark array of possibilities ‘sts itself, but too readily. The heritage i ‘ity, of imbecility, will in to those tiny tubes which hold but a aro or two, and to which men once looked as to a blessed means ot relieving pain, | forgetting that blessings and curses go hand in hand in a crooked worid. Dipsomania has now & powerful rival, spedier in its results than its own revolting process and eventually as de grading. The name of the later born sister | fiend is Morphiomania.—London Truth. == aupvosars = ‘The Pewter Age in New England. In the early New England days wooden ware {| wasin far more common use than would be | supposed, and a handsome set of pewter was an | enviable jon. As forchina, any amount of’ | that betokened unusual prosperity. There was yery little money in the farming districts of persons live in vastly more comfortable fashion | can have no Se serious | thing it was in the last century, or early | in this present one, to undertake any new ex- | sending a boy to college. vo = three hundred a year and women both should drudge early and late, and deny themselves most cruelly. Any one who looks’ closely at the signs that are left us of the er-pli e | Massachusetts will find mvsch thee iniatwenlnn, and he may discover in the fields the nameless eave any @ hero and heroine, unmarked except by » -ouzh lichened stone gathered trom the abundant harvest of the soil. The build- of y mills and the rapid growth of thé manufactu: young markets; an | people have earned and Pr f home, the in- ‘ come of the farms has been made larger year by living ‘Meant that the men year, and the farm houses and the way in them have steadily grown more comfortabie. The pewter was not all melted into bullets "| wherewith to fight our foes, but it Is fast dis- | should ha | New England for many years, and numerous | SOMEBODY'S MOTHER-IN-LA’ A Tragedy in the Streets of Paris, and How it Afiected a Humorous Hack- man. A Paris cabman was recently brought before the correctional tribunal charged with assault and battery. His account of the affair, given in all seriousness, is worth reproducing. “You see, this is how it came about. Thad had an old lady in my carriage, driving her about for some four hours, and said I to myself, ‘I'm in for a good tip,’ for she wore jewelry and diamonds and all that. Well, and so at the cor- her of the rue Aboukir the old lady was getting out when—yvlan! up comes an omnibus, knocks her down and kills my fare dead as a herring. I tell you, it'll make you laugh.” The Court—It is rather ludicrous, perhaps. Jarvey—Not yet, but it will be by-aud-by. ‘Well, and so I jumped down; a crowd gathered and I gathered with it, and says I to myself, “This is all very well, but who's going to pay me for my four hou At that minute a gen- tleman comes running up—(itll make you laugh)—and looks at the corpse and cries; “Great heavens, it’s my mother-in-law!” and says I to myself, “That makes my four hours all safe,” and so I told the gentleman that it was 1 who had been driving the old lady. All right; we put her into the carriage and took her home, and I helped him to carry her up stairs, and then I hung round the room, for says Ito myself. “The son-in-law’ll settle with me, and as he comes in for the property he won't be apt to beat me down.” *‘Well, and so he be- gan to say, “How on earth am I going to break this to my wife when she comes in?” and then I withdrew into the ante-room, not wishing to intrude the subject of the fare on him at that moment. Just thenin comes the servant- gil screaming. y well, but ii they'd pay me I'd just as soon Still I thought the time I waited would be charged for. And so then she comes in, his wife does, and when she sees the long faces she screams out, “‘What’s the matter? What's the matter? Oh, it’s ma! Where is she?” Her hus- band says, “‘She’s on the sofa in the sitting- room!” and she runs in, and he follows her, and I follow him, and she—it'll make you langh!—she flops right down along side of the dead woman, and shrieks, ‘*Why, it isn’t ma at all!” If you had only seen her husband’s face— he didn’t come into the property—and mine—I was out my four hours. Naturally, because, as it wasn’t his mother-in-law, he didn’t owe me anything. he Court—Well, if he didn’t owe you any- thing, why did you insist that he should pay you. Jarvey—Well, you see, I wanted him to pay me for the time after he put his false mother-in- law in my carriage, and for the time I had been waiting at his house. Thereupon he gets mad | and asks me who had told me to wait? There- | upon I tell him that I had beea unwilling to ask him for my fare in his hour of bereavement. Thereupon he abuses me, and offers me 30 sous. Thereupon I ask him what he is giving me—be- sides, we charge more for acorpse than for a living passenger. Thereupon he says, ‘What do I want of that body here? Take it to the po- lice station and I'll give yow40 gous.” There- upon I wouldn't and ss— The court instructed the prisoner that he ve cited the complainant before the juge de paiz, and not have struck him, and sent him to jail for three days. a “+8. Strength of Wooden Columns. From the Boston Advertiser, Dec. 9. Ata meeting ofthe Society of Arts, held in Technology building last evening, Prof. Lanza gave an extended account of his experiments at the Watertown arsenal to test the strength of wooden columns. The main results deduced were that in mill construction columns are liable to prove of much less than the mathematically estimated strength on account of defective boring, that is boring to one side of the center of the column, or by working the augur first from one end and then from the other, failing to make the two augur holes meet, thus prevent- ing ventilation of the interior and permitting of dry rot; that wooden bolsters or caps at the top | of the columns are a source of weakness, as was proved in an experiment where the bolster was crushed with a pressure of 20,000 pounds, while ;thecolumn did not yield till 375,000 pounds were brought upon it; that the estimates of strength based upon formulas contained in the books are untrustworthy, as was proved when a column which by the formula should have withstood 8,000 pounds gave way at 4,000 count of eccentric preasure, that is, weight brought by the timbers of a heavily loaded floor upon one side of a column, not counteracted by corresponding weight upon the contiguous timbers of an unladen floor; that pintles are a source of weakness if not se* square and true, whereby a rocking pressure may be brought upon the column; that the deflection or spring- ing of a column is unimportant compared with weakness arising from a knot or crooked grain, and that the text-books on mechanics need to be amended by having a new set of tables com- plied from data obtained from experiments on full-sized timber, such as is used in building. The experiments, he said, had but opened the subject for investigation. There is need of a series of experiments on columns of all sizes that are in ordinary use in building, and to as- certain at what re on a stick of given length deflection begins, and to ascertain the effect of time in breaking a stick on which great pressure is brought to bear. The experi- ments tried lasted from perhaps 20 minutes to an hour, but doubtless less pressure, had it been maintained for days or months, would have ef- fected a like result. An interesting discussion followed the lecture, in which several gentle- men of practical experience in construction took part. Mr. Sawyer called attention to the fact that the checking of the wooden columns, which is something not wholly to be prevented, is a source ofweakness. Mr. Francis, of Lowell, re- garded the element of time avery important one, for which liberal allowance must be made. His practice fh building was to assume every stick of given dimensions in the mill notto be as good as the best or as good asthe average, but no better than the worst. He preferred Wooden to iron columns, because the former would give some seasonable warning of the danger, while iron would break suddenly. Had the Pemberton Mill at Lawrence been euposten anger by woolen columns timely warning of would have been had. ‘ —_—_~+¢-—_ Dinners of the German Emperor. From the American Register of Paris. After the frequent notices we read in the papers of dinners at the Emperor's palace, and tables laid for 20 or more covers, it may not be uninteresting to learn something about the Emperor's table in general. Emperor William isin the habit of taking, about 7:30 a. m., a simple coffee with a large allowance of milk, and acouple of small breads without butter. At1o’clock p,m. the second breakfast (lunch) is served, alternately cold or warm. The din- ner takes place regularly at 5o’clock.. If the Emperor has one or two guests the table is simply set in the lower apartments of the pal- ace, the menu remaining the same which he is wont to order for himself, consisting of four or five courses, which the chef de cuisine submits early in the morning and the Emperor approves of. ‘If the dinner is a large one, the table is Inid in the upper apartments. The invitations are given by the Emperor at an early hour, the ar- | rangement of seats being then and there dis- cussed with the court marshals, The invited guests receive their host ina saloon adjoining the dining-room, where the latter salutes and, after a conversation of 10 or 15 minutes, pre- cedes them to the table. The Emperor takes light claret or Moselle with soda-water, and | coffee only occasionally after large dinners. A | cup of tea, without cake or bread, after the | theater, concludes the frugal repasts of the day. | When the Empress is present the menu is sub- | mitted to her. and, except when a large party is invited, the Emperor es his dinner in the Empress‘apartmepts. Queen Victorta is ill. She suffers much from the comparative mildness of the weather, warmth always being particularily depressing to { her. Her Majesty delights in cold, anda hot room or olonged ceremonial inyolying a crowd in ly causes her to feel ill and faint. } The hot air apparatas which is used to heat | Windsor Castle is never turned on in the suite occupied by the Queen, however severe may be the weather. Truth, one of the the London weeklies, tells the whole siory of Gulteau and finds the right name for him In two sentences, as follows: “As for his being mad. this is non- sense. He is a pernicious fool, and if he were acquitted on the ground of insanity, the life of no President in America would be safe against the endeavors of fools like him, soek- ing to thrast themselves into notoriety, —— pounds; that allowance must be made on _ac- | Ss POTOMA’ BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES. BOOKS, &e. DRY GOODS. FINANCIAL. puTation STAINED GLASS. . Produces all the unique effects of the applying given to every customer. Agency. 939 L street nw. fer by permission to Church of the Tucarnation. a8im* J. G. CULVERWELL., Act. for D.C. J, W- KENNEDY & CO, “ (Established 1800,) Dealers in BAR IRON, STEEL, TIN PLATE, ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS, COACH SUPPLIES, N. B.—Store closed at 6 p.m. BUILDER'S HARDWARE. 606 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND 607 B STREET. cc) pears, ons WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. JOHNSTONE’S KALSOMINE and MASURY'SLIQUID m30 for use. (Send for circulars, Fatiiuates furtisted to DuildGrs: “A Tull slock of AR- TIST: hand. 'S’ SUPPLLES always on GEORGE RYNEAL, Jz., 418 7zH STREET NoRTHWEsT. L MARTIN & CO."S PULP MORTAR le D Best ap27 Where Black Seite afo heguired, ‘are E in the world, Only Disck that notes fades, J. H. JOHNSON & CO., AcEwts, 112th street Wharf and 1202 F street northwest. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. OGERS & BROS. PLATED V TABLE CUTLERY, best makes. DECORATED DINNER, TEAand TOILET SETS Students’ and other LAMPS. German CARPET SWEEPERS, STEP LADDERS, DOOR-MATS, TIN and WOODEN WARE. And full line of KITCHEN UTENSILS at low prices. Novelti day Present n30-1m leg in JAPANESE and CHINA WARE for Holi- GEO. WATTS, 314 7th street, 5 doors above Pa. ave. NEW GooDs. DECORATED DINNER SETS, FUKN nl9 DECORATED TOILET SETS, JAPANESE PORCELAINS, AND DECORATIONS Ar ExrneMety Low Prices. Ail kinds of COOKING UTENSILS and KITCHEN INGS of the best clase. WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, 709 Marker SPACE. ITF YOU WANT A HEATING OR COOKING STOVE, ‘Do not fail tocall and examine our large assortment of ‘doth. Agents for the RADIANT HOME HEATING STOVES AND FURNACES, ‘The best of their kind made in the country. Also, LATROBES, SLATE MANTELS, GRATES AND ‘Ploase call and examine o12 BRICK SET RANGES, our stock. W. 8. JENKS & CO.. ‘¥7 SEVENTH STREET NouTHWEST. D INNER SETS, TEA SETS, DESSERT AND TOILET SETS, IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHINA, nd OF OUR DIRECT IMPORTATION, AT LOW PRICES. J. W. BOTELER & SON, GERMAN STUDENT LAMP, uf NICKEL PLATED, LARGEST SIZE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENT, ONLY $4.50. J. W. SCHAFER, 1020 7TH STREET, York AVENUE. days for alternate. fon x nT Riel deren days and Fridays up. ‘Tth-street wharf at 7 o'clock a.m. for ‘Ek LANDINGS as followe:—On Tues- on Thursdays tor Brick House Land- Ureek) and Mattox Creek: on Supdays fattox Creeks; returning on intermediate given landings ‘stopsat Mattawoman Creek G. T. JONES, Agent. Nomi Note. FOR POTOMAC KIVER LANDINGS. On and after ARROWSMITH. at7am. DAY i Ne 028 forall jomini Fe - On NOVEMBER 3p, 1881, the steamer will leave her whar?, foot of 7th street, every MONDAY, THURSDAY and SATUR- erry. On THURSDAY, Nomini and Carrie. . * and Currio- SATURDAY, Ci and Leonardtown. 3OHN RK. WOOD, Agent. Fo CONNECTING W DENC Steamer and SAT’ NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRESS MONROE, PINEY POINT AND POINT LOOKOUT, ‘ITH THE BOSTON AND PROVI- E STEAMERS IN NORFOLK. XCELSIOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, URDAYS at 5 p.m. FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, BEGIN- NING OCTOBER Ist. First-class fare to Norfolk und Fort Monroe. $2 50 Second-class fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. 1.50 First-ctas ‘Second-clase ag z B. & O. Ticket office, 1351 west; St. Marc Hotel; ipal’ Hotels: oi fice; and. #8 fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout... 1.50 to Piney Point and Point Lookout... | 1 for saxe and information tur- W. Reed's Sons, 1216 F strect northwest; Pennsylvania avenue north- a Gar stand see : H B. Bolkinhorn, next to City Post Of- at Company's Oftice, 7th street wharf. GEORGE MATTINGLY, General Supt. ‘Ament. otk WM. P. WELCH, Nonroie AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE ‘will leave her wharf, foot of 6th street, every MONDAY, EDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 5 o'clock p.m., touch: Ine at Piney Point Lookont and Fortress Sfonroe. Excursion FALL AND WINTER y Point, Point an Tickets will be iseued as follows: ARRANGEMENTS, COM- (ENCING OCTOBER 1. ‘ortress Monroe and Norfolk. ... First-class Fare to F< 50 Secona-clasa Fare to Fortreas Monroe and Norfolk.31.50 First-class Second-class Fare Point and Point Lookont.. 1. ey Point and Point Lookout. 75 Norfolk, TUESDAYS, THURS- Fare to Pine: Fare to Pin Returning, leave N. DAYS ‘and SATURDAYS. at four o'clock pan. cl an office, 613 10th street; in Bank JOHN Gi River, mm. paltouiare apis 022 a is red. at can be secu it general the National Metropolitan > OF at the office, 6th street wharf. THE NEW YORR STRAMIICS ILBSON and E. C. KNIGHT leave Pier 41, East New York, every SATURDAY, at four o'clock Georgetown @ pple Sith a ES eter ae ALFRED WOOD, Secretary, (uNarp LINE. THE CUNARD HIP COMP! BETWEEN NEW Yt ND LIVERPOO) CALLING Av CORR HARBOR in. Parthia. i AND EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM NEW YORK, $80, $80 ana's100, to icke 6 to Paris, $15 additonal. jeckets Ou favorable 613 15th street, opposite U, 8. Treasury. NOTICE! LANE 4 STEAMSI ANY EST TED. iG AT CORK H. FROM PYER 40. N. R.. NEW YORK. ea., 7 Dec. | Gallia. ‘ed.. 14 Dec. | Catalonia, Wed.; 21 Dee. | Screa Wed... 28 Dec. Jan. ‘according Return ti Stouraee af tery tow ies oa from very low a expool and Queenstown aind all coher partsof EEirope st ry bills of taden given for Belfast, Gisssow, Havre, Antwer other portson ‘and for Mediterranean a i For freight and No, 4 Bowlluyr Groen, or Wath stoutaye sual bata Bb OTIS BIGELOW & GO., 605 7th street, Washington, nell VERNON H. BROWN & 0.. fork; Orto Messrs. OT! 1G MLOW k'COn is jani2 605 street, Washington. | al UST RECEIVED, Boks. ae Cc. BAUM hi a waka voip ac! for the Holidays a large an: JUVENILE. CLASSICAL AND STANDARD BOOKS, which will be offered to the public at PRICES NEVER SOLD HERE BEFORE. Call early, as the selection is now complete at CHAS. BAUM’S, 416 SUVENTH STREET, Reg. Price. My Price. n28-1m Knight's History of Engiand, 4 vols.$ 6.00 3.95 Hume's “* “ Byols, 5.00 2.98 Macauley’s ‘* Syole 5.00 2.98 Gibbons’ Roman Empire, 5 vols.. 5.00 2.98 Young Folks History, 6 vols... Charlotte M. Jounge, illustrated..... 9.00 6.50 3.95 =e 2.00 ‘McCarthy's His., Our Own Times, 5 5.00 3.25 Rollins Ancient History, 4 vols....... 3.75 2.50 Self-Help by Smiles, 4 vols... 4.00 English Men of Letters, 5 vols. 2.50 Plutarch’s Life, 8 vols.... 1.50 Macauley's Life Letters, 1 vol. 45 Waverly Novels, 12 vols. .. 8. se 12 vols... E 10.00 Dickens Complete Works, 7 vol 50 4.75 Be ee ** 15 vols..... 21.00 13.00 = a **half morocco. 37.50 24.00 ‘Thackery, complete works 12 yols..... 1500 11.50 Ss 88D yols..... 14,00 10.00 Standard Novels, 1 vol. 15 42 “* Poets, 1 vol. +75 42 CHAS. BAUM's, 416 SEVENTH STREET. Orders from the country promptly attended to, A full line of Christmas and New Year's CARDS at low prices. N EW BOO! ht Sun, by Du Chaillu, 2 vole, ichard Coben's Life, by Joba Wife and My Wife's Sister, No Name erican Newspaper, by Charles Dudley 5c. Voleanoes, by Johu W. Judd, Inter. Sci. jorida for Tourists, Invslids and Settlers, by , $1.50. Saintsand Simers, by Cherbu- ‘Science and Art of Midwitery, 5 by Miss Songs and Those Who Made Them, by Helen K. John- fon, 4to., $6. ‘The Sun, by C. A. Younz, Inter. Sel. Series, £3. ‘A Pickwickian Pilgrimage, by’ John R. G. Hasard, $1. Illusion, by James Sully” inter. Se Series, $1.50. A fine assortment of Kubsia, Seal and Calf-skin Pocketbooks, Wallets, Card Cases, ke. FRANCIS B. MOHU BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, nia 1015 Pennsylvania avenue. GuH00L BOOKS BOUGHT AND EXCHANGED ar ANGLIM’S ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSTORE, Corcoran Burwprxe, F Srreer. Carh paid forall kinds of Books. Pamphlets, &c. #13-6m GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. _ W: w TR SHIRTS, SHIR’ E_WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE SE! better Shirts for the money asked than any other estub- lishment in America. Not that we doubt your know- ledge of the fact, but for fear tat you mizht not think of it just ut the right time, we insert this /itt/e reminder that MEG ol ‘ystery” Shirt for 7: when every one else axked $1.50 for # and it is the same gnality all the time. tery” Shirt that you bought of us 1, 3, 3, 4. years ago for 75 cents can be duplicated both and price to- ‘The **Myste in, 5, in ‘quality in Wash- ts, at west. rt is as good as any unfinished, is only NISS', 1002 F strec N WELL-KNOWN liable HATTER, is yy pared to do all kinds of work inhisline. New SILK HATS made to order, and old ones remodeled. Retember the number—740 bth street northwest. marl S B. ELLERY, 5 SUCCESSOR TO DUBREUIL BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE DRESS SHIRTS GENTS’ FURNISHINGS. 1112 F Street Nozrawest, Wasuixctox, D.C. Six of the Finest Dress Shirts to order Six Extra Fine Shirts to order. Bix Fine Shirts to order. mar2$ LL, OPERATIONS IN STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN d meted on cotim iene. = secured at tbe closest rales: obsatnabbe from pene bie parties. Stocks 2 “acrid on 3 to 5 per cent. Pract IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS. wa pron. Vetances on Puts, Calls and Spreade sation. ° YS OO. 48 Broad at.. New York. F. A. BERS & 0O., Lid La Salle at Silk Plush, $2.50; Double-width Plaid Dress Goods, 6235: Donble White Biankets, large size, $1.50: Double White Blankets, all pure wool, fine quality, $5: Bleached Tabie Stik and Wei Colored Cashmeres, pare Wool, double width, 373y; immense assortment of Cloth for men and boys’ wear, 50 to $1.50; Ladies’ Suit- ing Flanneis, ail Wool, Navy Bive and other colora, 25 Black Silk Velvet, $1; Black Crape, doable fold, 75 | | NEW YORK, | NEW york immense serortment of heavy Cloakine Cloths, $1.50 to spree $3; immenee assortment of Jackets, Uleters, Circulars, &IX PER CEST and Coxts, the cheapest in Washincton; Double-width mone cur os Ladies’ Flannel Suiting, all Wool, 75; Colored Silks, 50 | INTEREST PAYABLE SEMI-A Black Silke, 75, 87, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2 and#2.50; our $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Black Silks are special barcains Piano Covers, Silk Embroidered, $3.75; Colored Cash. meres, not all Wool, 15; Colored Cashmeres, all Wool, | 25; Nottingham Lace, for Curtains, 20 to $1; lange Fize Bridal Quilts, $1 and $1. -ANNUALLY, UPON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY AND JULY. ‘The rosd forms with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad a direct thr uch tive fran . Ay. YORK ‘TO BU: >. The Morteace ix @ tint hen upon the equipment as well as upon the Koad. Por sale by | L. J. & ©, H. SMITH, TOCK BROKERS, 52 Wall Street, New York. a8-1m CARTFR'S, TH MARKET SPACE. pH rare STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES a0 Cc HEAP DRY GOODs. BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORE. 50 to $3. TS, from $1 to $5. H for Cloaking, from 250. to 6-4 CLOAKING, from $1 H. H. DODGE, Black snd Colored VELY Bonds, Stocks and Investment Securities Bough tin 5 om, % Sold on Comnuincion, We. lave sdiel to our stock an immense line of CLOAKS, which we are selling below competition. J. A. LUTTRELL & CO., ce 817 Market Space. NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE! st WE HAVE $20,000 IN IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, which we will sell at the VERY LOWEST CASH RATES, aud would respectfully ask ail in wantof first-class values to give us a call before imaking their selections, and shall in every case GIVE IN VALUE, dollar for: 3 BROWN & CLAGETT, 809 MARKET SPACE. N OTABLE ATTRACTIONS Zz No. 539 15rH STREET, (COKOORAN BUILDING) Agency for Prince and Whitely, Stock Broken, a0 64 Broapwar, New Youn. Every class of Securities bought and sold on commis sion in San Pranciseo, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Warhington. Orders executed on the New York Stock Exchange at one-eighth of one per cent commission, Private snd direct telegraph wires to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, through which orders are executed on the Stock Exchanges in those cities and reported back promptly. Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and information regarding the Markets receive? fhrough our wires INSTANTLY @i- rect from the New York Stock Exchanee. a ___ RAILROADS. _ BALtaoRneE & OHIO BAILROAD. THE MODEL FAST, 'D THE ONLY LINE VIA WASHINGTON, COUPLER! STEEL a at RETWEI THE EAST AND THE WES’ GUINNIP, DAY & CO.'s, 820, 622 anp 824 SevENTH STREET NoRTHWEST. 4 Ejhcott City, and Way Stations. 6:90 Baumores Aunapol y i Way (Piedmont, Hagerstown, and Way, Yi elas.» 17:45—B: We are agents for the sale of the celebrate] prs ig sao STAEN FORMAN TALAEY SHES oon NONPARIEL VELVETEEN, 1 th Ss andat Point of Rocks for Fr a) 39:00 Ou Sunday only, for Baltimore, Annapolis and 10:00—BALTIMORE EXPRESS («tops st Hyatteville, Collen, Beltavilie, Laure ‘Aubapolia Suncsion, . ver ” ICAGO, CINCINNATI AND S. Silk finish, in Black and all colors, New Britain Knitting Co.'s 2-Thread, full reguiar made MERINO UNDERWEAR, all sizes from 34 to 46, | 22: io Baltimore, Ellicott City, Annspohs and Way at $1.25; never sold before under §2. Stations. $435-On Sunday, 12:25—BALTIM only for Baltimore and Way. XPKESS. ESS. —— PHILADELPHIA AND NEW Stations, (Winchester, Fred en, wh ¥ -) he HVATINGLLE ASD LAUREL Bay Rederick, via Kelas, stops af Anuap- ois Junci t4:40~-Baltimore, Anmarolis and Woy 9 Rocks, Frederick, Win- shower and Way, Seotone. ‘Gn Sunday to Point of ‘Stations only. OUR SILK STOCK BALTIMORE” LAViESS. | (Martinguny amd Ixsimp'y beyond comparison in the city, We have just | 6:05 Sint arid a added several lange invoices of the very latest novelties. | {9:¢5—Baltiuare and Way Suton Ue AND LAUREL 18:20-PEMISBURG, CLEVELAND and DETROIT 19:35—PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK and BOSTON EXPRESS. New York. 19:47 ‘LOULS EX- FOSTER PATENT REAL KID GLOVES, All colors, 5 hooks, at 99, Stations. Hagerstown, Sleeping’ Cars to N HICAGO, CINCINNATI and 8 10-00 BALTIMORE, HYATTSVILLE and LAUREL EXPRESS, GUINNIP, DAY & CO. _ni9 MILLI CAPS A Full Line Of ‘SQUATIER UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, .d 10 Button lengths, in the new shades. sortment of NOGRAM KID GLOVES, very pair warranted. 3 Buttons $1, 4 Buttons: ib 6 Buttons $1.50. 10 Button Opera Jouvin KID GLOVES, only $1.50. mrs. a J. AU D Srreer Norruwesr. MoU 8 a0 MRS. J. P. PALMER, IMPOR’ OF FRENCH MILLINERY GOODS, 1107 F STREET, BETWEEN lltn AND 12rx, First Regular Winter Opening of FRENCH BONNETS AND ENGLISH HATS Will take place THURSDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 8TH. N.B,—No Cards. 1y EMILY. 8 LADIES' al BQOTS. BARGAINS! BARGAINS!! Thavea stock of LADIES’ WINTER that I will sell at GREAT BARGAIN: have been MADE TO ORDER, Mony of thet jany em and afl are FIRS’ JAS. H. VERMILYA, 610 Ninth street, _n29-1m Opposite U. 8. Patent Office. pee CLOAKS, DOLMANS, PALETOTS, JACKETS AND SUITS. CHILDREN'S AND MISSES CLOAKS. ‘The largest and best assortment in the aity. FUR TRIMMINGS in different widths. M. WILLIAN, 7 Cite Trevise, Paris. 029 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. . VON BRANDI: 3 Pennsylvania. Hopts paey’s Stationery Store, ave. .over Demoeey'a Formerly wid Lord & Taylon New York and Ware Drewes; iscidal Tiouscusin, «, apeotalty : ruasea ; inane anid Suits; ‘all inade st the'ehortest perfect work, superior fitting; ‘satifaction Ey Cloaks a ME. WASHINGTON, DRESS MAT DENSYLVANIA AVE., = &c., made Dresses, Suits, Costumes, Cloake, in supe- rior tice. “Ladies can have ‘Dresses cnt and bontede Sale pret fit guaranteed. GENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND OTHERS, FOR THE FINEST MADE GARMENTS IN WASH- INGTON, Puace Your Oxprss Wir GEO. T. KEEN, ‘Msnonaxt Taron, 6.1m 414 Ninth street northwest. ORTH GERMAN LLOYD— STEAMSHIP LINE BETWERN NEw Yor, Havae Loxpox, So) We from ‘Plex, ee cabin, $60; steerage, $30; prey ‘certancates, Cees Grek canis NEw UTA! aa He ‘cabin, $100; wwenysynorthwest, Agents fOr OYS' OVERCOATS, AGED 7 TO 10, §2.50. and up. Baye Ulatoetion, ed tri, $8.80, and: Boys’ Suite con 10. : Psa at! Pee ‘a, Seanasi, tp. Boss! Ere eue Seisuam eee ennee “SW. SELEY, YORK ROTTERDAM. The firs*- RPETS. Weare daily receiving our Fall and Winter, of all the new desicns in Carpets, comprising Royal Wiltons Axminsters, Mogi ly Bras juettes, Ww, Ts Ty ‘Si: C: Ri and ~ Linoloum innew Siaigns. Ootos Mate siete nee 1881 THE GREAT ing 'Switn Antique snd Notaghase Tene Gata | TOTHE NORTH WEST AND SOUTHWEST. itive p Purchascre wil nd if'ts the oat DOUBLE TRACK, STEEL RAILS. ‘our Stock. ScuNEEr, Macxiricenr TN EFFECT NOVEMBLK 2s. 1 HOOE, BRO. & CO., VE WASH. ol__1328 F STREET. NEAR EBBITT HOUSE. crag hg mm ga L UU U MMM BBR FEE RRR E RE RYH ES Ee re a b of § MMMM BBR OER BEE. 30 pam. daily, with Palace LLL UU MMM BBB EEE R B ‘bun. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RATLROAD. oF Gran daily, except Suniags 90 p mm, daily, exceyt Sunday; ¥:30 p.m. For Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elmira, at 20:30 a, daily, exceyt Sunt 3 For New 1 doe Hane 8:00 a.m, 1 Fors gmk de Hae Bo CABINET OAK, Every thickness, INDIANA ASH, INDIaNA WALNUT, ¥, 34, 36, %, % inch. INDIANA WALNUT, 1 inch to 8x8 inch. INDIANA WALNUT, Counter Top, 20inch to 96 inch For Baier, 00, 9:30, 10:30a.m., and 2:00, E . A) and 10:15 pm. On Simin S00, 10:80 aan, 2:00, 6:40, ¥ 00, 1008 INDIANA CHERRY, Every thickness. For Faas Grek Line, 6:40 a.mand 4:40 p.m. daily, INDIANA CHERRY, Counter Top, 15 inch to 24 inch Amuspolis, 6-2) a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, exoopt XD yee te RATILWA’ MAPLE, Every thickness. SOFT YELLOW POPLAR, Every thickuena, Ar oun HARD WOOD KAED, SPRAGUE'S SQUARE, 3 Srxra Street axp New Youe AvENUR* LARGE | Srracus Squans. vagps. | Noxrmean Lisenre Manxer SqvaRe, WILLET & LIBBEY. 28 -. DD: AND MME. SELDEN, PRC IDER, Wifery: over 20. youre ; a, Pew Nock City. Patents vinited ‘et anny" gince tn the ines GOWER. | Tnten Staten’ Comespondence by telegtasit col 100 BBLS. MASSACHUSETTS = cis wan OLDEST EaTAneeeD REFINED CIDER, BROTHERS I8 THE OLDEST ESTA ome ec, We Brent eoithweat:copoat alibi 100 BBLS. SWEET NEW YORK CIDER, hn toradvice : pe experlenoe, ‘in all pecturnal Esso, ae cores SAWL C. PALMER. 12% 2TH STREET N. W., WEST WASHINGTON. §2~ Cider in 3-gallon kegs. Keg and spigot loaned. GW Telephonie connection. alo XN Inj ete. Gonopehoes ond 56 C wtreet went. stlus oflon, 456 C1 north ‘Main No. 626 Boe al SS ‘&e., at MARKRITER'S, Ro, 6% E STREET, owe door from 7th street.