Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1882, Page 6

ry of a mnt s passes out of through the vid ent ma: drain the vail to run a tun wide and from 3 Old brick Work of the tunnel is yet to be seen. ON THE MEXICAN We rode in a box-car with the paymaster who ‘Was to go along with the line and pay the leons, as they are called. ef Mexicans, aud get 36% had eight men besides ourselves, with six Win- ybody ca buard kep the baadits who were We had some 310.000 with us. A year ago the train on the road between | ' and, after killing three bandits attacked Vera Cruz and 3 their dress, being ¢ get @ fine dinuer fee and chocol Of the town of Duran; bricks dried in t is brought. the clouds left the tinetty the barren belt We finail Monte were 8311 twenty-five miles we rose 4,70) feet. The Scenery along this part of thé line is grand beyond description, and we frequently looked From it th It took us two days than on foot. treated first rate. only 65 miles long and Failroad, while within five miles of Denver, Col These trees were paid apap and if be unearthed An Early Spring and a Wet Year From the Lebanon Times. One of our prominent attorneys, who is at the same time one of the leading fishermen of the Valley, claims that the weather invariably re- peats itself.and gives the followin; of his observations, viz: All years ending tu 9, ‘Those ending in 2, From the Philadelphia Star. Mr. William H. Scilemm, formerly of the United States mint in this city, which he en- tered when a boy, and who din the f Mexico. but is now in Durango, erection of the ma- made in this city—of which he will take charze when it ts completed, has written hone some very entertaining letters descriptive of life ameng the Mexicans, from h we quote the following: We visited last Friday the Mexican Central Fas far as finished — 26? jes from Mex- y of Mexico by Hernandez Marti- in i540 to 1560, They first started caved in acd killed | after whieh they started to dig out the Over 72,000 men lost their lives “et rep. Part of the CENTRAL. They are the meanest class ht rev oxic Officers and forty soldiers, stole forty thousand doliars aud robbed the passenyers. EVERYHODY CARRIES A REVOLYER. Both in Vera Cruz and everybody has his belt of cartridges and shooter, | illusion it was curious. and even gentlemen in full dre: cents per day. We um beard. and lookout for rp pected to attack us, as the city of Mexico her gold or silver mounted. never, racket. The city is very ¢ tones.but the paveni and eat at the res We pws everybody else is armed, and i or seldom, raise a ran and paved with are narrow. We five reals, have brick or plaster roof: tered inside and out with a fine and the floors are all briek | whom tuaiting. piace in the middie, is a wonderful affair. It i of a mile lonz. a fourth of a mile wide, and 825 feet high, and is one solid mass of magnetic iron ore. Another hill west of the town contains a vein of tin which is being worked. The town bas many fine springs, the water from which uns into the cutters and is in the houses. Describing a trip to the City of Mexico, Mr. Behiemm say: As day came on we caught sight of Orizaba, with its rose colored summit, and at 6 a.m: struck the foot of the great plateau and came to that part of the railroad which has made it famous as one of the greatest engineering feats in the world. As we reached the town of Orizaba we had a fine view of the mountain, 15,800 feet above the level of the ocean. When ipper portion we saw dis- ween the timber and the snow lines. The grades on this line are tremendous and no end to the tunnels. At Gota we stopped for the down train, which shortly. as an insect, was seen in the gap above. We watched it as it wound around through the Avyoyas. over bridges aud through tunnels, until Ginally it was by our side. At Malrata we came to the long grade, which made our four- -five ten Fairlie engine blow like a got up and at Bora del actly alike, with a straight ebony handle Sticking out about two feet. One pot has the coffee and the other the milk. He pours out as wffee as you wish and then finishes it with milk. The cofiee ts thick and as black as It has an elegant flavor, and is raised in wa The town is built entirety of adobe or mud | sum un. They are about sis inches wide and six inches een fair buildin, The The walls are plas- | in pictures. m This yard is al YARD. ich the water for drinking and cooking | The water for washing, &c., is taken out of the streets through which It Funs in large gutters paved and covered over with flagging. avout three-fourths used by the people feet above Vera Cruz. In CHASMS OVER 2,000 This line was ten years in construct At FEET DEF! ion and speranza we stopped for From this place to within a few miles Of Mexico the line is almost le ou either side is covered as far as one can see With maguey. This plaut is called the “century Plant” north, and is known to botanists as the Aguae Americana. and the road It is the mainstay of this country and 4 source of revenue to the rail- e inhabitants make a bee pulgue. and a rat called takella, ropes, clothing, preserve roots, etc. The freight on the Vera Craz road for pulzue alone amounts to $7.000 per week. At San Juan Testihuacan we Saw two large pyramids built by the Aztecs. ‘They are covered with vegetation, and but for their regular shape would be mistaken for small mounds or hillsides, In a subsequent letter the writer tells us:—I took atrip out into the mountains last week with Mr. North, chief engineer of the Altata, Culiacan and Durango railroad, to examine the tin mines and find @ route suitable for a railroad. make fifty-eight miies, as the roads are only fit for a goat to climb. Th mules out here are very smali but climb like cats, and # person is much safer on one of them We stopped the first night at the ranch of General Fees a Mexican, and were | noticed nine d underthe table and in the room while we were eating. This ranch is one of the finest in Mexico. It is miles wide. You may think this a kind of a yarn, but a man in Duran- go wamed Gavilan owns a tains 300 miles square, equal to 57,600,000 acres. This is larger than the states of Pennsyl- Vania and New Jersey toguther. id day out we saw fivedeer and came across many bear tracks, and at night heard the Zaracket. I went down into and examined the tin mines and scouted around the eountry one day. The mines are over 9,500 fect | above the sea, and it tak ju move around lively. In coming home the northern route and went over a which was 10,200 feet high,the clouds being below us. We came down 2,800 feet in three miles, so you can judge what kind of a road it was. Our guide, an ind! to find the trail ranch in the moun- es your wind away , turned back twice In some places the trail came to the edge of the cafons and you could look down over a thousand feet just like «wall. We got off fre- | atly and let the mules slide or tumbie down | best way they could, but they always came t hey ate not shed and climb markable obstruction to th consisting of a buried fo: fied and azatized, at depths of from ten to twent deep as the men found it necessary to go. inet in half a dozen localities, proper machinery was used. pearly or quite whole. : @ or 1 are extremely dry. like goats. Our pack mule was a youngster and gave us much tro: against rocks aud under endeavoring to throw his pack The whole country with lava beds, which makes it hard work to uble, as he would go t all branches of trees Mf. and covered seo An Agate Forest. According to the Northwestern Lumberman the workmen on the Denver and New Orleans from twenty to thirty- ., between Cher and | sti h at, creeks, Sepryroe a somewhat re- ae cir further progress, rest. The trees are all of various sizes, and are 3, 4, 5 aud 6 are extremely have ap 6 have extremely cold winters, early spring. i have a late Sand 4 ate oubject to great Faces in the Dark. From the St. James’ Gazette. Some months ago there appeared in one of the monthly reviews a paper on “The Visions of ns,” contributed by Mr. Galton. this article that distinguished writer brought forward some eases which he seemed to think remarkable, of persons who, when they were in the dark, saw strange apparitions. persons imagined that what flied their PEOPLE OF TO-DAY. A Few of the Notable Folk on Our Streets-Some Famous Persons—Van- derbilt, Patti, Dix, Mills, Boucicault, Grant and the Fremonts. From the New York Herald. There are hundreds of New Yorkers whose names are honsehold words to their fellow- who pass absolutely unrecognized through our crowded streets year in and year Others, who by peculiar conditions ure put on planes of general interest, are almoct It is a curious fact, for instance, that men like the late Commodore Vanderbilt and A. T. Stewart, whose annual transactions affected the marts of commerce and pusands, were personally of their fellow-creatures, he pugilism of a Morrissey, the pedes- m of a Rowell, the ministrations of a Beecher and the practical humanity of a Bergh, or the physique of a Hancock, make their @atures so familiar to the public eye that gen- eral recognition of them as individuals becomes a matter of course. These are men in New York to-day whose reputations are world-wide, but whose faces are like those of strangers to daily on the streets few examples chanced to pass under the observa- tion of a writer for the Herald in the course of a somewhat extended walk during ,the past twenty-four hours, and it was interesfing to see how almost entirely they escaped general and were certainly not produced by any f memory or imagination, but quite One lady told how she used to see in this way. from time to time. showers of turned into a flight | of golden speckles or spaigles; the roses being on as distinctly as real (And not only ays she used to smell their per- but there's nothing like that in my re were stories of seen in the dark in like tures In the memory, but seemi } upon the air for the coming and going as w involuntarily. universally known. whieh pieasantly st i presented to her to} in broad day might be. known to but few Pi y standing off ch and purpose of What struck me most about all this when | ton should think it the world as a cu- i myself been famil- ar with phantoms of this kind, and, without | much thought about the matter, had assumed | that many if not most other people were equally | at home with them. The goldea spangles I, too, | used to see when I wasa child: | turning into showers of roses, in my vision they | were transformed into flocks of sheep running y down hill; as in a distant landscap p got tothe bottom of the hill led into the darkness; and then the tiny low spangles appeared at the top be again transformed. much interest in that, however; though I dare ton thinks so, that as a visual But as to the faces that s never go out | appear to my vision in the dark, that is another el en in keeping with | ™atter. Atter haying been haunted by them in ee ad a neces NY ciel qlee was (or nian seara\ Mill Aden very interesting, indeed. These faces are never seen except when the eyelids are closed, and they have always an ap- parent distance of four or five feet. they seem living enous it was that Mr. ¢ enough to lay before For all my life £1 men who meet t only instead of A MONEY KING. Probably the richest individual In the United States to-day is William H. Vanderbilt. name is as, well known abroad as here. transactions are felt in the exchanges of the He bas lived here and hereabouts since his boyhood, when his father was carving his way to a monumental fortune, but aside from the regular drivers on the road it is doubtful if there are five hundred men w that they ever saw this pos- As the prematurely y changing to the | When the shee ‘There was not on Manhattan ing air was gradual aperature of a yet undeveloped March ly left the unique portal of Fifth avenue, squinted with ned wind from . and not mere pictures they look through the darkness as if traced in chalk on a black ground. Color y have, but the color is yery faint. Nothing more than a face is ever seen; and ex- cept fora fraction of a moment, perhap: the face at one time. waver, fade and return, of phosphoras; but there is no phosphoric ap- ‘¢ about them; their general aspect is as | ir substance were of pale smoke. These | ys confront the vision | Mr. Vanderbilt slo one eye at the clonds that threat sometimes thi d toward the great ca- the few men, women nm near him not on ed or turned to look at him. ly afew inches less than si Hi Here and there their lines ¥ drawn witha pencil rge and expres- He wears long inthe dark alw: ‘anger would judy ‘ | fi 3 go the writer gives us | Only one have I ever seen in profil ing a certain resemblance to | e one who I knew in real life. For (to me) ark: ; has an expression of ry faces is chat while they are: istinctive character, the, I can ever remember to have seen in life or Passing through the street white plaster | see hundreds of people with unfa: yet we could not say that we have belie But occasionally ing, or what is called | and excites our | Wow my faces in the dark are that character. “As I look at them—for there y in to be looked at—and ask ty who was ever like that in a fancied re ns based in kindne general condition of content. Within a block thereafter Mr. D. 0. Mills was met on his way up town. the “days of 49” in California and a little bank In Sacramento, Mr. Mills has been known !n Wall street for nearly forty years. made through the Pacitle railway and mining speculation a very large fortune, variously estl- mated at from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. he discreetly moved his hk York, where he is alre: one of our “first cit five feet five inches hi and yery cons: v e an English banker of dyspeptic habit, ys the impression that In connection with ery house has | pobudy like the around | some very strany : 3 YS | original bloom nearly the year round. The better classes have fine trees, pri ¢ipally orange and plum, and aiso a BATH IN THE I find no answer nblance to some hi penates to New antly placed as Mi Blake's visions were some such as these, presented to his eyes in broad inclined to think been 80, because his wonderful ‘The celebrated Ion mountain is | dreadful drawing. ““The Ghost of a Flea,” is pre- ourths of a mile frum the town and | cisely such a transcript as I could have made by ie score, had I possessed the artist's skill and his memory for transeription. dark are much more often of men than of they are rarely quite agreeable, but they are all extremely interesting (when they can be endured), because they look like the fleeting embodiments of some passion or some mood of the mind; usually not the best of moods. There are some very noble faces among these apparitions—I rather mean expressive of a ity; but I have never seen amongst them the mask of pity, or love, or of any tender emotion. Grief the most despairing, scorn, pride, hatred, greed, cunning inquiry, envious or triumphant meckery—if Blake reall, these faces, either in daylight or in dar! must have had much more than his imagination to draw upon when he depicted tne passions. ‘These apparitions are entirely independent of The gold spangles and the flock af nerally call into vision when I please; but the faces come and go ag pleases You may be awake with your eves closed, thinking of the weather or the last change of government in France, and, as a wreath of smoke might rise, there is a face in the dark. ft is useless to seek to retain it for contemplation, or to attempt to recall it when This you may greatly wish to do; for sometimes the phantom has a pro- meaning, or appealing, look: but all your arts of imagination fail to project it on the air again when it has once died Only for afew seconds does it ever re- main, and it never returas. But what fre- quently happens is that one face changes to another after the manner of ‘dissolving views.” id She change is almost always for the worse. face that begins by being strange and inter- ng, ends by becoming somethi: hideous beyond the power of description and | the will to deseribe. All that I need add, perhaps, is that though these faces have beeu my familiars for many years, they have become neither more nor less numerous; nor are they more frequent that I | have observed; nor do they change in character. They appear pretty often, but they have never given me any disturbance, and I do not_know that their coming and going depends in any measure on varying conditions of health or ease. Maybe they do; but ifso 1am not aware of Lastly, that my sight was not weak I must be- lieve, since it has gone hardily through trying and almost ceaseless labor from my youth up. ee ge ee ‘The Recent Walking Match. HOW FAR CANA MAN GO ON FOOT_IN SIX DAYS? Hazael’s performance of 600 miles in six days, says the New York Sun, was clearly not the Before the close of the ¢ | race he told his backer to bet on his going 625 miles. No one could be found to take this bet, so he contented himself with 600 miles, there is not the slightest doubt that h er distance if there had y special inducement. thinks he eould have gone 640 mile For a six-day race, as in all protracted struggles, of course the quality of muscular , endurance is the first requisite. But that will be found useless unless there goes with ita strong digestion. John Ennis was certainly a man of extraordinary natural endurance and pluck, but he had to abandon his efforts to make a fortune through go-as-you-please simply because his stomach would not go hi After endurance and digestion—good condition being always understood—comes gait§ | Horses win with good and bad gaits; and so also ofthe men who haverolled up great scores some travel with ease, and with no apparent muscu- lar exertion except what is direcly employed in locomotion ; and some go laboriously, with the expense of a great deal of muscular effort that can be of no servicein reall: forward. Ifthe mau that clearly wastes power ean keep up with the man that goes with no such waste, it is evidently because he can erate more force to waste, which implies a ter digestive apparatus; and it must be remem- that the ungainly Fitzgerald, in scoring 582 miles in the previous match, showed his | undeniable ability to go over 600 miles. Also a mau should be able to go well both walking and running. O*Leary, in condition, easily walked awayfrom his competitors; but when a runner came against him he was hopelessly beaten. He could tsa but could not ran. So, the old gtenadier Krohne possessed rance, but could not reach the runners. See, now, what sort of a man has just gone his 600 miles with ease. Hazael always has been known ‘a8 a great runner for any distance from five to twenty miles; but he was never celebrated as a Any one seeing him coming down the it well believe he saw a er spare, bald as dresses neatly and cony he is attending to his‘own business and wishes everybody else would follow his example. That the casual passer on tie street should not recoz- nize this gentleman was not strange, but for all that the thought could not weil be repressed that, rich and potent and important as he was in his own sphere, his fall and sudden death on 5th avenue at 11 o'clock in the forenoon would have created no greater immediate stir than the fall and death of the nearest cabman. 4 LUCKY DOMINIE, As that thought occurred to the mind the writer's attention was diverted by a clerical looking figure then crossing the street not far froin the Windsor hotel. D. D., rector of Trinity parish and son of the late Governor and Major General John Adams Dix, Several gentlemen raised their hats as they met Dr. Dix, who looked as if the world was not entirely correct in its procedure on that He wears a high “plug” lominie” coat, spectacles and a kind of | hairy growth near his Adam's apple, known to the boys as “Galway stuggers.” fortunate in his My faces in the It was Morgan Dix, ‘The doctor was father, who was comptroller of Trinity corporation, aud secured the charming | ars ago, when friends of dis- tinguished gentlemen souzht that eminence for ean administrator rather than a preacher, a pastor rather than a ker. He walks rapidlyand has a tiubit of ng to himseit. office for his son y it has faded out. or revealing Were ‘it not for his pro- rin he would be taken tor a mer- , OT, On account of his ce, for a tutor in a sem- His bearing is quiet and well his father’s son, for Goyernor man and as fond of the ities of social life as he was of shooting snipe. A RARA AVIS. But whom have we here? Blithe the side of a tall and gallant escort the portal of the hotel a littie lady who hesita- ted a moment at the step of a coupe, shrugged her shoulders, said,‘‘Oh, come along, let’s waik,” and suited the action to the word. y masculine pen to attempt to describe All that can be re- ather, a dark hat, a sealskin robe with different fur on the border, yellowish gloves and the daintiest boots, with She was in a happy temper. black. her eyes shone with health and content- je did not profane tie sunshine by monds in her ears on the street and inthe morning. A walk on Fifth avenue to-day means something different te Pat from a scamper down Bleecker street thirty years ago to Adelina, the child of poor and Then she had nothing bat her wonderful powers. To-day she has estates, villas, acastle, half a million dollars in diamonds alone, wealth that is computed in seven figures and a voice inatchless this side of the gates of pearl. Then calico dresses, jet black hair upon her back, flashing eyes and a essiong of one of a “lot. walks or drives, as suits her whim, exacts tributes from kings,- and has the world of art and genius at her feet. But however this may be, she walked down the ave- nue looking at the houses, s: explaining to her companion and absolutely un- known to any whom she met for blocks and 2 chaut from the counti spectacles and smooth inary of learning. bred, as become: Dix was a court a Patti's costume. called is a red + | limit of his ability. gypsy skin, were the of children.” zing at the people, THE AVTHOR-ACTOR. Dion Boucicault would win a fortune as a fast He was caught on the run not far from Fifth avenue and 23d street,over hale after twelve, and going at such an intempe- rate gait as few younger men would care to at- tempt. The public know the actor as Conn the Shaugraun, a8 Danny Mann or The 0’ Dowd and would be surprised to meet him as he is in Imagine a man—short, stoutish, rdless save a minute mustache, his Shakes- pearean head perfectly bal: though apparently about clerical attire he would pass for a Roman priest. He dresses very simply, as he lives. a silk hat or a Derby, as chance directs; a short, bob-tailed coat or a long ulster, as the wina de- cides; never profanes his costume with orna- ment, and has no time for nonsense save in the way of business. Like the others named, Mr. Boucicauit hurried along the street unrecog- nized, unknown to all save now and then an His quick eye evidently saw all there was to be seen, and he mended his pace from time to time as though he had said, “Tm a busy man and must be doing.” 4 NOTABLE COUPLE. And as if these were not enough for one day’s brief tramp the writer was favored, In a bobtail car, by the companionship of a venerable couple who in their day were better known by name than any pair save George Washington and his wife. The man sat straight as a ramrod, his coal black eyes contrasting strangely with his snow white hair. He wore a Derby hat anda dark sult, with neatly fitting boots. The lady, heavily-built, but graceful next him, him time pedestrian. driving the body really about sixty years of aze. enormous endu- ghost. When almost seems to get ‘earings any movement when he slows down to a walk, he moves with great labor and only moderate speed. nearly 40 years old, strength, and has probabl ferent from what would be marked out as the best for a man to preserve his vitality to the fullest extent. He is a sufferer from hernia, and is a poor walker; and, j it hat his digestion is of motion, that he ty feet, as | ground without at all. Yet, a life very dit it is not at all likely r 1g as the result | that he is gifted with such wonderful power recuperation as was the case with Weston. Yet suchas he is he has shown his ability togo not far from 650 milesin the 143 hours. ds phenomenal six a combination of han DUT by Amon: acute protasely, and many d terred ffoin approaching the is told of Canty was an impe gold, Mr, Brow be mau seuidly ded ont formed Ww chief portion ofthe thro who ye te The er that all was right London So J. vided. carefully examined, accurac: develop the ing by ercise: has hall hooa. During ently be dida’t Abraham Lincoln, years of retiracy and quiet. reappearance as governor of Wyoming, and now again back in the city of his early m all these changes and aiid all these excltements Mrs. Fremont and her lord were one. To-day they are the handsomest old couple in the city. THE WORLD'’s GUEST. Among the passengers in an elevated car aat General Grant. Let us sce how many will recog- nize the hero whose name is familiar in the courts and homes of the world. None knew him when he entered. Aftera few stations a middle aged man, In eye-glasses, came In. Bowing, he said, “Good morning, General.” The General nodded, and turned his head the other way. The car filled, but withthe exception of a yo fellow who sat opposite, no one noticed him. “I say,” sald the young fellow to his nei; hind a Herald, “that's Grant opposite. care adamn,” replied his neighbor, and appar- for he continued to read, General wore a hjgh silk bat and a fuil, ciose clipped beard. His eye was clear, bis firmly shut, his overcoat thick aud rusty and his figure very stout. Circ: and this great man was simply one of the crowd. But time is short and space is valuable. He that hath eyes to see can find much that is in- structive, as well as entertainiag, in a walk down town—a type of w: pires to be. e ato Yellow Crocuses. The wind has wailed itself to rest, A watery glory fills the west, here drops the dying’sun; e trees the Uhrushes sing, ‘The fich and Vlackird pipe of spring And gladness new begun. New leaves of Upon the lawn the da And In the borders ail The crocuses are se Bright flowers and brave! the wind hath blown Alf day With ceaseless sob and moan ‘The sparrow twitters in the eaves, ‘The lilac shakes her-dripping leaves, iL green; °S ETOW, W About your slender forms; All day eacii golden head was bent, While Mareh’s passion und a vent In cruellest of storms, Yet no gold petals strew the ground, ‘The old box-borders fenced you round From wind and driving showers; ‘The green box-borders, old Fall from your pet As towards Lie slow Ye lift your he: Bent, but not b Ye look agam for For Bent, but not br: Tturhed me to And stil The old ba Love sive knowu to refuse Bank of prefer local notes ferred to sovereigns. Lane! ofa st. short, so that th and the coun At one of the Were placed in the wind: pile of gold updt the sed for cried out loudly every do be gettin’ on tin’ for th other irre alike in shape. prising busines By! kitchen fire, “if y sweet things ‘Tue gladness of Uh old love feneed me fri And When the bitter str Among Life's rresienis Lifted up 1 droop: And not} Lender leaf was'shed Te Brook's banks peck s over the fire ia the pa it os ir money ” 1G POW the simple By many : ‘My yellow sprin; Ye dent full m And now ti Th drops of rain ay in eat spring. mind me well Of that old sorrow which besel My heart tn y The storm that vexed That shook my faith tn tos That rated in b.tter own golden flowers, in Uhose Tar hours pay eouater. 8 an uur confed duced. slow aud measured terms, ** Other plans were to. pa panting: it twi int aad to ‘giv veto be done over ih them sovere “Coming, si and the was burai. 0+ ASTIC REMEDY, i for theheathen just ¥ who suffered from phthisis, You ip lover for ki iE ad 15, 1882—DOUBLE SHE LAMAR AND HAMPTON. AUCTION SAL AHOMAS DOWLING, AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON, | WHARLES W. HANDY, Real Estate Broker. USTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE Te ESTALE. ON NORTHWEST CORNER Us ‘T AND B STREETS NOKIHEAST. trust, dated July ns records of the District of Cob The Story of the Only Fist-Fights They Ever Engaged in. J. R. Randall in the Aucusta (Ga. ) Chronicle. Senator Lamar was knocked down the other day by coming into a collision with a carriage horse. The Senator is given to contemplative moods and becomes indifferent to the hurly- burly around him, but that is no reason why a driver should exhibit such criminal negligence For a moment after being prostrated Mr. Lamar was stunned. Then speedily reacting and get- ting upon his feet he offered a considerable re- ward for the identification of the rude hackman. The Senator says this is the second time ne was ever knocked down. The first event is thus narrated: Years ago, when he had just begun the poiltical career that has become so glorious, Lamar hada dispute with a local celebrity at Covington named Zacharie, “Unele Jimm BETWEEN TWEEN SIXTH STREETS of deed of trust, bearing of Sanunry. A880, and a Liber 957, fatio 397, et eeq:. one of mite, and by dir the party secaned there seilon WEDNESDA’ at HALF-PAST. proved property. vis. 5 party eecu public auction fn the TWENTY -FUR at HALE-PAST FC za J. Catheatt’s subdivinion « f original Lot rv Lered six hundred f lot fronting teenty-six feet ew) on north B street by sey teast. wo inches (26 fect enty-nine feet on 1 Terms of sale: One-fourt! nd three years, with interest annum, secured by ch All conveyan comme the residue in two equal auths, wath notes bearing Delance in one, the rate of ex pet cr t SF TRE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL FIFTPENTH, same hour e Truster, = HOMAS DOWLING, Auct. ISTPONED UN familiarly called a Was very powerful ame on he was sitting and Lamar confronted him erect. Knowing well enough that his o1 in intimidating his gigantic anta: } Urew a pistol, pointed it at the sitting man, and said: “Uncle Jimmy, if you attempt to rise frou: that chair I will kill you!” U cinded to obey, though with ill-suppressed wrat) and profuse promise long afterward, avhen 1 democratic fellow-citizens at a corn benzine or wine, he heard an exul out behind him, “Lucius, I have got you now | Suiting the action to the word, Uncle Jimm: Y, MARCH FIFTEENT . By onder of the Tru: HOMAS DOWLL stances alter cases, vount of the weath: rpriomas E. wacaaman, cle Jimmy con- Real Estate Auctioneer, UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON G@ STRERT, TWEEN DELAWAR AV vE STLELT SOUTHWEST. © r 3, MARCH SEVENTE =» T will sell on the h is all this sketch as- ature setilement. BE. E AND SECOND par Was treating some 5 at v premises, T ste premises jot 2, i wits ‘TH DAY OF MARCH, in. the SEVENTEENTH Day OF FIVE O'CLOCK, in front of the 15 and 19, in square 1 as above stated. with Lamar’s preniises, Lots’ 1 head,’ caused se, and Unele Jimmy precipi t him. likea catapult. rand by virtue of a decree of the Supreme, urt of the District of Columbia, passed Febraary IX’, in Fquity cause No. 7, ard Schell ix complainant and tated his huge bulk agains ‘Then the democratic party present thought the time had come to interfere. and Uncie Jimmy was seized by sinewy grips and told to release | his hold. Not satistied with ti so, he had a second peremptor | this juncture he plaint holding him, he’s holding on examination it was found th: Uncle Jimmy’s finger in his mouth During the melee, Lamar had | } seized a skillet and made quite a mess of his burly foeman’s face anc | first time he had ever been. kn the last time until Thursday in the annais of Jamar antedated Mr. Stephens sa deed of trast on ane at purchase be required on each THO! c property at tine dante, the tndersigwe uble auction, in front Dade APRIL THIRD, situated in the city of W . 12), thirteen (13) ‘and fo square O83, said lots frontizye on 19th Jot 18 being improved by « commodious Brick Keai- ee. And Immediately after said tic auction, in front of as Trustees, will method of doing admonition. At Sure enonzh, Ds at Lamar had AY AFTE# NOON, MARCH FIF- |, in front of the pi ject 6 inches on B st 4 ist not let it go. But this was the of 66 fort with contains about Plat shown on day of sale, sqnares proposed to be taken for the new the decree: One third ual tnetallinents of twelve (12) he from the day of sue, with y deed of trust upon the prem haser or purchasers fail to omnply thin one week from the day of sale, sor wale One-third cash; Dalance in six and months, notes to bear interest and to be secured trust on Preiuises sold, or all cash, at opbon with said terms wit : will be resold at the risk amd cost eee, T, r We atid re ‘Stephens toted his own and Lamar anotiier | deposit of $100 on each lot sold w' DUNCANSON BROS... Auctioneers, Gen. Wade Hampton says he never had but , and that was with a Colum yr. E A deposit of fifty (60) dollars on esch unim. hundred (100) dollars on the improved time of sale. All conveyancing LEOQN TOBRINFR, Trustee, ___THIS EVENING. _ — All be required at WALTER &. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers at purchaser's Costs, MANUFACTUR J. T. COLDWELL, Auct. the man rose up, drew E K SILVER-PLATED WARE AND RODGERS’ CUT- l give me hts ciut LreRY. b that weapon T fi waraed him that, thou: SEVEN DAYS ONLY. BY ORDER TAUNTON SILVER-PLATE CO. : A by virtue of decrees of the ¢ Dixtriet of Columb 18N2, He took counsel of his fe: I had not a an was laid up = NAND-ACHAL! PS EASIOUS CHINA, snooty, Con routh, nia avenue), expecially adapied About the | north with the line of west 6th wineet 14 feet thence duc west 119 feet 10 inches to the mar or west due south by and with the line of raid lot; the rear line 24 fect 8 rin the Providence The history of Dresden ¢ the year 1710. Breakfast, Dinner, Picale and Sugar Casters. Ice Pitchers, Tilttug Sets, T » Ui Cake Baskets, Epersnes, Fruit and Berry Stands. \r dates back to Until recentiy the work has | earried on in the old castle pd secret of “haw to make covered. A number of commodious buildings are now used for the work and occupied by hundred workmen, we had almost said artists, for they certainly dese a is composed of a 1 i inerly the residence of € “Terme of fale, a prencribe of the purchase money to be stall men 3 y the decree. One-fifth in cash, and the reai- due iu four equsl in at eix, twel Waiters, Cups, Goblets, Syrups, &e., &c. in; ed the flowe! ; a ve that name. xture of feldspar and of making is very simi- ie maicing of any ‘china. principal charm is the skill and eare which ees the numberless pro- trimming, baking, decorat- iH Rogers! and others’ celebrated Triple Plated Kaives, Forks and Sp , Oyster and Gravy Ladles, Pie, Oyxter and Pickle Forks, Pie, Ice Cream, Fish, Fruit and Butter Knives. Sugar Spoons and Tongs. Nut Picks, Napkin Rings, Carvers, Table Cutlery. And axeneral ascortment of ail the Superior Goods made by these well-known manufactories, will be furnished the ladies, who are respect- Sele positive and without reserve, ‘Terms cash on delivery of the goods. By order of JAMES P. HALL, Treasurer. WA WILLIAMS & 00., Aucta, PAWNBROKER'S BALE. d Quadruple 2e8. lar to that used in t ie people have been England notes | In conntry districts of Seot- | land the old one-pound notes were greatly pre- Ir is said hat when there asa upon the Bank of England in 17 the device was resorted 10 of, country people in shillings and sixp er arm painted all their py yper gentlemen wet pape the improved “ead $200 on the — propery vcintor Law Bula ea ta cesses of mouldin; j ing and polishing through whi china, and, indeed, each tiny flower do not wonder at been imitated very teil the genuine is two swords ci THOMAS DOWLING, This china has ely, but one can always le by the royal mark, which __ PIANOS AND ORGANS. SPECIAL BakGains a ae ala ae quatities of Dresden china; nbe distinsuished from the fi the addition of two little grooves, run right angles with the swords. r se Classes arises simply from the baking the second-class articies -e not retained their perfect form. 1 for china is greater than can be supplied, orderscome from Eng- PIANOS AND ORGANS, ik. Whee there mins rush for obtained a number uf sacky of meal, opeved them at ite top, puta good thick layer ot coin upon the contents, then placed them uutied where the «litteriag coins would ifest to all observe: eda number uf people whom tiey paid goid, wi door and ¢ )) WEDNESDAY, {URSDAY, MARCH SIXTEENT °K we will sell at onr 1 Pennsylvania avenue, ait forteited Dove consisting of Goi CHAUNCEY J. REED, (Successor to Sidney T, Nimmo,) |. $125.) Full 7-oct. warranted, ote, and Silver Watches, tickets and the majority land and the United stat Towed by a Shark, Correspondence Albany (Ga.) News. Heading across the bay to St. Simon's light tlie man in charge of the wheel hailed Mr. Tift and directed his attention to something ahead edout to be a sh so larze as tobe a matter of wonder to the board. The boat happened to be pro- j-li maiilla cord abont a ha large hook tied to a trace- } $ quickly puton UARE PIANO, in bean- ems $00 conn” ‘baka Oue bank pro- slipped round stain aded it, and thus the No. 2. ( .) UPRIGHT GRAND PIANO, in order, by Tn Knabe & Co. Terms $100 cash; i D streets northwest. «$160. Matchices PR AE OE aE ie teeniece ttc 2 4. .) HORDMAN UPRIGHT; we ment. $50 cash; balance 5 toned SQUARE mr sevutiny, The object tur - $75.) Full and (0, by Andrew Steine. $25 cash; balance monthly. $70.) A SQUAP” PLAN .) Genuine MASON & HAMLIN DOUBLE "Terme canh How may these 1 Lyn be secured? are suited, make a depo ones, as we stall posl- Eveiy decline hereafter te'give fetunals. he had coinpleted nis pre- A, he handed the note to one | Ladies’ Colored and Black Dress Silke. Silk Grenadines, Cachieres, “Alps vided with a sh: If inch thick, w Del — ‘Laince, and ine made fast to the capstan. ppeared nd all enly the line eared and the head ‘heeked and the man at the He's hooked!” never saw the like of that. | The fellow rose looked at us. ve yards of line out by this time, d the fish the fin di eagerly watched the fos “dL. ome! sald comp! tomer should com; the float diszy measures inverte ns facinz the Mreet. p. atter the maauer of eet corne vei Spoolt, Spook Sim, es" fine Alpaca and other Shawls, pieces Embroideries, Ribbons, Fringes, &c..&e., artice psuaily found ‘in a Bret Fenovaed Pianos. ‘Taming and Repairing. 423 Mites above Peunsylvanis avenue. Tekery mnencing at T' AND, c THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH SIXTEENTH, on WM. SHAEFFER'S then got under shel the premises abo ied, and to which we call i and all hands | helped to hold that tine. The fellow, when he | — led to eat us up. made for the ocean and | rly made the waters foam. unile’s run he began to tire, and the boat was headed for the beach on Jekel Island. aily we pulied in the line until the boat touched the beach, and then one of the hands waded ashore, taking the end of the line with him, which he made fast toa stump, and came back Four of us got ou'shore and com- menced to pull Mr. Shark ashore. puld do, and two ri \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctoneer. GRAND AND IMPORTANT SALE AT AUCTION. By J. SCHNITZER, 51 Broad ctreet, New York, SINE IMPORTED PERSIAN RUGS AND CARPETS, ‘Rare and Rich Selections V. BECKER, 80] 9th otreet northwest. igus: folks is a. After about a RANICH & Ra AND ORGAN’ — HE STIEFF, 4 ‘other first-clars PIAN( at lowest pric-s and casicet G. L. WILD & BRO., aded and ihe wi reconstitute on such occasions the st as the peopie OF TURKISH AND Agents, 709 7th etreet northwest, near G. Pianos and Oreans for rent, tuned and repaired. Jat ___ SAFE DEPOSIT CO. _ ECURITY FROM LOSS BY BURGLARY, ‘YY, FIRE OR ACCIDENT. AL SAFE DEPOSIT. COMPAN Resa persuaded—tie proof = their fingers. — SIAN, AFGHANISTAN, e balls to boot, to land DAGHISTAN, When I tell you thai. he measured sey: teen feet ten and a-haif inches from tip to tip ‘ou will know what a job we had. mined to prove that we caucht this shark, so we gave two nesroe# wet his head off so that we could get his jaw His teeth are wonderful, being about three and a-quarter inches long and so strong that he actually flattened out the big iron hook. The negroes mnade quite a prize. stomach they found eleven silver lars and one Spat whole lot of brass buttons. RUGS AND CARPETS! “The proportion of my ight curvature of the spine, one shoulder or bip higher than the other, or some ity, tliat any dressmaker will tell you that few dresses have two sides exactly On this basis of fact an enter- oman has undertaken to build upa not by padding and pressing to force ery, but on the theory that gymnastics ill remedy the fault if properly employed. She has opened a smail private gymnasium, in which light Indian clubs. dumb-bells, trapezes, ladders and other appliances for exercise are pro- The candidate for shaping is first in order to determine exactly her departures from true grace and Then tke kind of exercise to he lacking spot is prescribed. hip isout of plumb, swinging from the trapeze legs, accompanied by a swaying from side to side, is recommended. ders are the blemish, club-swinging and hang- he hands from rings are the proper ex- How much real improvement can thus be accomplished 1 do not know. but I have no doubt it is considerable. The; exercise is good, at least; and it would be wise for every girl of woman to swing a light pair of Ladian clubs in her room in getting out ofbed in the morning, before putting on any clothes to interfere with the free movement ofthe arms and shoulders. This practice ts coming into vogue a little, but nowhere near as fast as it ought to. Let any vigorous young woman try it, and find out how good it feels to get herself into astate of glow and Speen and she will continue it if she i an ounce of vim. After getting intoa perspiration, flop into @ bath-tub full of warm water, rub yourself dry with there you are for a day free from hi Tassitude.” 4 -____ : Nothing for the Heathen To-day. From the New Haven Register. She was a real sweet-looking lady, with a sealskin sacque snd ® big plush hat, and she stood on the steps of an uptown residence, hay- ing Just pulled the bell. ‘I called to see,” said she to the lady of “the liouse, who was very red in the face from. frying doughnuts over the ou wished to give anything to the heathen to-day.” “No; I don’t want to give anything to the héathen to-day. woman next door a sealawaz of a boy that broke down m; ‘That's all Tecan A ‘When asked by to cut him open ‘and | JEDAZIENE, KELIA } Being by far the handsomest design and quality ever offered by us. To take place at MY SALESROOMS, 8.W. CORNER PENNA. AVE. AND LTH STREET, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MARCH FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH, MORNING AND AFTERNOON, AND BAGDAD PORTIERES:! collectian of Textiles, ital. Safe ofselunitce usd ENSAMIN P. SNYDI CHARLES C. GLOVER, of Kisaen & Co., Vice Presidamt, Nytwan, Asst. Secy. Glover, fice bree REAT SALE OF BOSTON AND NEW YORK CLOTHING. LOOK FOR THE RED SIGNS, At No, 723 ru Sraeer N.W., Ber. G ayy Bi Ste, SPECIALTIES AT SPECIAL BARGAINS. doubloon, gold, and a Benjamin P. Snyder, eee Handling Tennessee Crowa. pamistpaicand «9 chizan man who has a patent windnfill went down toTennessee last fall to see what he could do among the farmers of that state. Reaching atown in the central part of that state he went toa dealer in agricultural imple- ments and stated his desire to erect his ma- chine and call attention to it. “Well, it can be done, I guess,” was the ar ELEVEN AND THREE O'CLOCK. | ON EXHIBITION SATURDAY, ‘TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 13TH AND 14TH. y article guaranteed wuine and it THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. HANCERY SALE OF A DESIRABLE TWO-STORY BASEMENT AND ATTIC DW FOUR-AND-A HALF STREET NOKTH- WEST. virtue of a decree of the of Columbia, sitting in of Sep 7,078, Williams et al. nublic_anction, in front of the AY, MARCH EIGHTH, 1882, st M., the ibed real MONDAY AND If round shoul- “But how had I best proceed?” “Well, you kin put her up over on the bill I don't know whe owns the ground, bat | you treat the crowd I guess no one will ob- . For this week, 80 psirs: worth 1-50, $2, $2.60, Title over " “Next Tuesday is market da: heaps of folks intown. You want to be around esrvand treat the crowd.” “Yes.” nd there'll be “Set the old thing going and ask the bo; irink something.” me 0.” “You want to stand on _abar'l and make lanations, of course, for it will be new of ‘em. But long. Make jt about ten minutes, and then treat the ‘a coarse towel, and & eadache and have to talk there's another drink ahead.’ “T see.” “If the old man Jones comes in with his boys there'll be a row in the crowd. as ofa Tow ask tie whale ink.’ “Tok on for dog fights. out f you can’t hold the bo: eye ou the canines. any more, tell ‘em } AMD B STREETS LOOK POR THE RED SIGN. teen 23 (TH STREET NORTHWEST. Thave the best made goods at low prices. milé-St ee GoaRcE AND DESIRABLE crowd out to If one takes place a minute. Keep your you see a yaller purp to bristle up ask the crowd to step over moisten.” os a but by that time the whole crowd will. the agent. and that’s what you want of give you a chance to ski I just give the iece of my mind about her