Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1882, Page 3

RE ESCAPES BY A CLOSE SHAVE—GRAPHIC DE- SCRIPTION OF WALL STREET. Correspondence to the Cincinnati Gazette, ew Yourx, March 23.—The flurry in stocks being now over, one may take a calm look at Sts lessons. One of these is an illustration of the facility wig which the heaviest operators @ike Russell Sage and Jay Gould) may bé sud- denly attacked by even weaker men ina suc- cessful manner. William R. Travers and Ad- dison Cammack, the leaders in the bear move- ment, saw their opportunity and made a rapid and successful. strike. They, discovered, as they supposed, that Gould had’ been unloading for several weeks, and hence they made their fiercest attack on the leading stocks—New Ji Ceutraf and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. Other stocks sympathized, but the nerve which Gould so readily displayed soon brought a re- action. While money is so cheap all dividend Paying investments must retain their value. Gould, however, is so unpopular at the stock exchange that every possible attempt is made to injure his interests, and he would soon, in- deed. be crushed if his enemies had him in their Coa The recent excitement pricked a num- of bubbles which were ready to be floated on the market. Such things are the first to suffer during a flurry in stocks. GOULD, 48 USUAL, keeps closely concealed, but when he meets his friends he displays a smile of triumph. Still he is not to be envied. He is under a tremendous burden, and it would not be surprising if his brain should suddenly sink beneath its present strain. He carries a acore of railroads in his head, and can reach conclusions concerning each ‘with almost instantanecus rapidity, but it would only require a little ent of the in- tellectual eer, to throw the whole into chaos. The defaulting bank clerk Conwell is the latest instance of the evil ences of speculation. He is only short $70,000, and might beat ba more had he been thus foe gaan plundered bank may consider it- self fortunate to ‘escape so easily cs the ray- ages of a speculating clerk. It has been bas to have an agreement made among brokers take no orders from clerks. This, however, is simply ridiculous. Brokers live out of stock rs. Hence, they will take com- missions from all who can pay them. Jay Gould’s movements are watched as closely as | mye but he conceals himseif so adroitly hat no one outside of his own little clique knows his purposes. At present his southern Toads attract attention, and some believe that he has discharged his men in large numbers and reduced other expenses for the purpose of making a handsome report, which will enable him to sell out. Others hold that this story js a mere canard. Gould has shown great skill in manipulating the roads centeri in St. Louis, and really holds the destiny of that city in his hands. He can increase its traffic or divert it to other points, hence his name and purposes are under constant disenssion. At present, indeed, Gould is the sphinx of Wall street, and he is determined that no one shall penetrate his mysteriofts He has not ike Vanberbilt) sought a social position, and hence has never been snubbed by the old no- Diese. He has not wasted his money in $80,000 pictures, or horses of similar price. On the other hand, he has concentra money, time, and his transcendent genius on his railway em- pre which is advancing with marvelous ra- idity. Having obtained mastery over St. 8, he will proceed to invest other cities, and if his purposes succeed he will bring the south and west to pay him tribute and thus acknowledge his sovereignty. WALL STREET LINGO. east the captain of any small vessel “skipper,” and in Cape Cod parlance a “school” would attract a fisherman rather than pedagogue, mong iron smelters pigs are nok amor sm are also, i Wall street ceae “short,” while another isa feet ‘searce may be “long.” As I take this opportu: *, e this a “Canard” ig French for duck, most remari — itis figs as sai Vililderbilt. on well considered, the genius of the modore enabled him not to turn the tables on his enemi ished in a terrible manner. at least a million and a hal was never repeated. The co: up to 285 in a few weeks, bug it ret mer quotations after the commodore’s These arethe most common street ling, and are so widely understood ion is hardly necessary. Tw years ago they were but little in use, but.as the Tage for specuiation increased mon triam| methods of which combines the above privileges, is of double price. Options” are much the same as. the above, but the term has a more sound. Hence when we read ot the esle of ‘100 shares, buyer 30,” i¢ is optional for the buyer to call any day within the specified time for his 0 wi in eno! for all ordinary” speculation. When “s pooictoe bought a “put” the question with him is, “is the stock going to decline?” Ifso, he will wait till he thinks the lowest mark is reached, and will then make the tender. It the stock, on the other advances, his investment inthe pur- chase of the “privilege” is lost. If the man buys acall he waits till the stock advances. When any one is under the full power of the Wall street fever, he will generally continue as long as a dollar is and a very striking Instance of this is found in J. Howard Welles, the gray headed blackmailer, who was driven to such crime by the frenzy of 5; ion. Such are the men who enrich the broker; the latter makes every effort to keep up the supply of victims by such advertisements as the fot panies Z orf active stocks and bonds boucht and sold for easly, ie Sees Seem te + eis Smanren & Co., Wall street. Here is another, intended to attract business from the country: Tm Stock E: inf peercta Tite Pat, Bostenes spteastin of %. PRIVATE SECRETARY. See how accommodating this man is: and miscellaneous ‘shares I x in 3 person with $25 has same chance as one with larger One statement in the above I can readily be- eve: “A person with $25 has the same chance as one with larger amount,”’but what that chance 1s worth in either case is the question. Person- ally speaking I prefer to keep my $25 in my pocket, and recommend the readerto do the — Here is another highly accommodating offer: och Sramite ee endear, ceed or gentlemen investing $50 to 3 000; now is the time to realize profit; small sion. “Now is the time to realize profit,” says the advertiser; to which I reply now is the time when wise men will attend to lar business and close their < bal the Ace street — wi ing solid results, while street speculation may gen- in that brief proverb con- simply means that a stock has been put on the catalogue which is called off daily at the Stock Exchange. The list is called in regular order, but the latter will be varied on application of any broker on payment of 8 specified fee. Nothing can be sold on the floor except thes® “Jisted stocks.” Hence, there is a great pres- sure Eye Operators to get their fancies on the list, much opposition is frequently met. —_ Jay Gould is so unpopular that some ot ‘but they — Ge are parlance, fiyers that eventually Speculation. A lucky “yer” is often much worse thane losing one, since it naturally lures the victim to final ruin. “Buying on a margin” is a term so common that every one may be supposed to understand it. It is the common method of Speculators, who - erally pay one-tenth down, and the stock te held at their risk. If it decline they must put up a ‘fresh *“ " or be sold out. To return to <= the latest is the report that Gould and at war. who had operated with man suc- = that after a few used his entire funds in the hase of a million—this being at the rate ton per cent margin. The stock, however, declined, and he was called to put up a fresh able to do this, he was sold thing. Loans on a margin banks by the brokers, w: charge a small com- mission for this service. “Going long” is when man has “loaded” himself in hope of an ad- vance. Anyone who has Bought stock on a margin Is mg.” and the broker who nego- Hates the loan is said to “ ” his customer. When the margin is exbausted by a dectine the “carrying” stops, and in many cases only an hour’s notice may be giveg before the stocks are thrown upon the market. Thismakes those flurries which occastoually almost create a panic, When a man is “long” he is always a ‘buil,” working for an adv: “Short” expresses the condition of one w! future delivery, and such a man of course is a “bear,” working for a decline. It this decline does not occur, he may meet his contract by borrowing stock (for which a commission is paid, and sometimes a high premium), or he may pay the difference in cash. Stock ean always be borrowed, but collateral security ig invariably required.” When an operator thinks that a stock ts about to omit a dividend, or meet any other trouble, he at once begins to sell short. Jay Gould, for instance, discovered In margin. Being un- out, and lost every- are obtained of the @ tremendous bear move- When he also discovered that the grass- bopper scourge would diminish western freight, he sold short on Lake Shore, and began a bear movement — stock. In both cases he was successful. These movements were immense im their cliaracter. Gould began to sell short on New Jersey Central in May, but he did not reach his consummation unti the next November. The stock had Jong been @ favorite, and his attacks were it were grodual. ‘At first he brought fom pur to 90, and then 89, still selling short till 60, 50, and even 40 was reached. This took Place in the early part of the autumn, and led to ® general distrust, which enabled the relentless Wreeker to continue his work of destruction Until the quotation was bo gga Having desired point, immediatel: changed his method from “short” to “Jong.” He loaded himself at tuese low — and then pooon, 2 his organs informed co ae that there been no real cause for a decline, and that the stock would soon be worth more than ever. a Practiced the same crushii opexation on the coai stocks, making a poms | havoe, followed by an advance which yielded His destructive powers were ad- @ first-class jour- miltions. mirably displayed, and having nal in his service, he made iasues (such as “Man! second preferred”) Tefusea. The ee ea acces increased raj late; indeed, ex— has pote large a ist that ft can not anymore. Hence there is now aa ar- Es iF securities has been farmed. Nearly fifty railway bonds are included in the , and y of these are, no donbt, of real Seats in this ‘unlisted room” are worth ym $300 to $600, and the daily proceedings are very extensive. It has, however, no presi- dent, and hence can not be called ledge required by the reguiar board that its em rs shall not join any other stock organi- zation. figs Avro Bie bye ier aed. managed by outsi who make it highly prof- itable. The regular board has learned at length that it can not suppress traffic in these irregular securities, and hence will now attempt to con- trol it. A room for “unlisted stocks” will «son be opened adjacent to the board, and under its ma je! This will crash the present tem- porary em, and give vast to the power of the regular exchange. ‘TRADES UNIONS UNITING Am Address to the Workingmen Calling for Organization Against Capital. ay At the meeting Sunday last of the Central Union of the trades and labor organizations of New York and the neighborhood, the union, by @ large majority, decided to adopt resolutions previously reported. They demand that the State should supply tfle necessary machinery for prison industries and work the convicts; that products should be sold for not legs than similar products of free labor; that a large proportion of convicts should be employed in raising agri- cultural produce for their own subsistence and in making clothing for their own exclusive use; that not more than 5 cent. of the inmates of an institution should be employed at any one has sold stock for | manuiacturing industry, and that the time of labor should not exceed eight hours per day, and for persons urtder fitteen not over five hours. The following appeal was adopted: “‘Fellow-Workera:—The situation of labor iz critical. Let us calmly consider ft. For years past our work of organizing the trades has been in @ measure futile. If this were not so we would not be to-day at the mercy of those who do not labor, but Bot only the soil, but all the means of life. The men who mi than three months in adead-lock over the strug- gle for the spoils of office, while the governor calls out soldiers and sheriffs to compel hard- working tarmers to Tailroad monopoly. ‘alton, a street-cleaning contractor in this city, leads a squad of police against thirty-five men, who refuse to starve at $1.37 a day. In Glen Cove a factory aristocrat has the audacity to send for the sheriff because few emaciated wage-slaves ask for a pit- tance over one dolar a day rent of the land thieves. of what loungers and drones, live on, and if they dare to_say otherwise they are shot down like dogs. We must expect to meet the same answer if we declare that we can a neee bar Sein fe land- lord, usurer and the Wall street gambler, Frerclysog Fagen! whose powers are concen- te ghiasene great metropolis, its wealth, luxury and created by that the power of our fathers’ hands. hinery ot state ui =? the mac! ot be wrested from the The hyacinth which we keep in glasses on eur mantel-pieces represent such a reserve of accum three or four tains material enough to send up leaves and Diossoms from its own and it will do so even if grown entirely in the dark. In that is | Case the leaves will be pale yellow or /aintly because the true green pigme! agent of digestion, can au be produced under the influence of light; whereas, the flowers will retain their per color, because their pigment is al; ue to oxidation alone, is but little dent upon the rays of sunshine. Even if grown in an ordinary room, Lag! & fall green; they are malaly dapendesk on te green; are nt on food-stuifs aid by in the bulb, and do but little active work on their own account. After the hyacinth has flowered, the bulb is reduced to an empty and flaccid mass of watery brown Among all the lily kind such devices for stor- ing up useful material, either in bulbs or in the very similar organs known as corms, are ex- tremely common. As a juence, mi of them ne large and showy flow- ers. nm among our native English lilies we can boast of such beautiful blossems as the fritillary, the wild hyacinth, the meadow saffron and the two pretty squills; while in our gardens the tiger lilies, tulips, tul and many others belong tothe same handsome bulbous group. Closely-allied families give us the bulb- ring narcissus, daffodil, snow-drop, amaryllis and Guernsey lily; the gladiolus, frisand core-flag ; while theneighboring tribe of orchids, most of which have tubers, probably produce more ornamental flowers than any other family of plants in tite whole wotld. Among a ied different ee J herbs which lay by rich stores of starch or sim- ilar nutritious substances in thickened under- ground branches, known as tubers; such, for example, are the potato and the Jerusalem arti- choke. Sometimes the root itself is the store- house for the accumulated food stuffs, as in the dahlia, the carrot, the radish and the turnip. In all these cases the plant obviously derives benefit trom the habit which it has acquired of hiding away its reserve fund beneath the ground, where it fs much less likely to be discovered and eaten by its animal foes, for it is obvious that these special reservoirs of energetic material, which the plant intends as food for its own flower or for ita future offspripg, are exactly those parts which animals will be likely unfairly to appro- priate to their personal use. What feeds a plant will feed a squirrel, a mouse, a pig ora man Just as well. Each requires Just the same free elements, whose combination with oxygen may yield it heat and movement. ‘Thus it happens that the parte of. plants which Fee te ee, use as fodd stuffs are Just the organs where starch has been laid by for the plant's own domestic economy—seeds, a8 in the pea, bean, wheat, maize, ah rice or millet; tubers, asin the potato and Jerusalem artichoke; corns, as in the yam or tare; and roots, as in arrow-root, turnip, parsnip and car- rot. In all these, and in many other cases, the habit first set up y nature has been sedulously encouraged and increased by man’s deliberate selection. What man thus consciously effects in @ few generations, the survival of the fittest has unconsciously effected through many long pre- vious ages of native development. pac enaithenraeei The Coming Great-Comet. From the New York Sun. If the comet that was discovered by a young fagtronomer in Albany a week ago fulfils half of the promises made for it, we may expect to be- hold, in May or June, a celestial spectacle such as has not been equalled since 1858 or 1811, This comet, although some 200,000,000 miles from its perihelion, which it will not reach for three months, shows a bright tail anda star- like nucleus. The inference is fair that the comet is a very large one, and that when it gets into our neighborhood it will present a magnifi_ cent appearance. Moreover, Prof. Chandler’s figures show that the comet ts plunging almost straight at the sun, which it will probably ap- proach within 100,000 miles. The only other comets, in the lo lst of those bodies whose orbits have beer, caleulated, which specacrs anything ‘iké as near to the sun as this are the comes Of 870 B. C., the comet of 1668, the comet of 1680, often called Newton's comet, the comet of 1843, and the comet. oz 1880: The last named was ob- Served Only in South America and Australia and at the Cape of Good Hope. Concerning the comet of B. C,, of which frightful things are related, and which is said to have split In two, not much is known, but the measurements made in the other cases are generally to be de- pended upon. In fact, itwas the nearness of the approach of the comet Of 1680 which led New- ton to anticipate possible peril to the earth from the fall of a great comet into the sun. This is not the popular view of the danger from comets, the fear usually being that they may strike the earth, or produce pestilence by mingling the substance of their tails with our atmosphere. Of late, the other view has been made more con- spicuous, especially since Mr. Proctor’s recent. article on what he calls the menacing comet of 1880, which he anticipates may retarn in 1897. ‘The appearance of this new comet on the heels of the ussion awakened by Mr. Proctor’s suggestion gives the subject renewed interest, especially in yiew of the announcement that the coming comet is going so close to the sun. Uniess the calculators have made a very great blunder it will pass thy th the corona, and. if large enough, may graze the luminous surface. At should be noticed that there is a discrepancy between the estimates of the Dg haaiaey dis- tance made by Prof. Chandler, of Harvard Uni- ay, and Prof. Boss, of the Dudley Observa- tory, the latter making the distance consider- ably greater than that above given. Both agree, however, that the approach will be a close one. The question whether the earth may not at some time be in danger from a great comet ia-all the more interesting because men of science are not exactly in accord upon ft. Mr. Proctor is not the only astronomer who thinks that if ever the world is to be destroyed with heat it will be when a great comet plunges into the sun. Even those who thiuk Mr. Proctor is mis- taken in his conclusions admit that, given a comet big enough and massive enough, un- doubtedly its fall upon the sun would prove die- we get other ay the bonds of a thieving | Ted ets ever seen are mere pigmies. Besides, there ould. neuen Sata me would, on jose ent sun, Secohewtc eens orb, through many revolutions, fg that the accession of heat caused by the conversion of the comet’s penis would be H ES a ffl Z i af 2 8 i $ i § rs i i ele i rile iH lal F HE i l i fl from the window, the | t i He g g 8 5 gEre ange I ing up Seventh avenue yesterday, had with Charles W. Griewold’s chestnut gelding Palma (record 2:22}{), and erms, Was soon on even megs Casas ie Ld sie MUSIC HATH CHARMS, Its Effects Upon the Conversational From the Rockland Courier-Gazette. There was a social gathering in Rockland the other evening, and among the guests present wasa musical genius from Boston, A num- ber of local celebrities had favored the company with selections, both vocal and instrumental, and then the musical genius from Boston was with great difficnity prevailed upon to play a piece upon the piano. He seated himself amid much applause, and fell to pawing the ivory keys with a vigor that left no doubt of the sin- cerity of his emotions. The audience contem- plated the scene fora brief moment, and then fell into a pleasant and comfortable conversa- tion, intermixed with light and joyous bursts of laughter, as is customary among good society when a person is performing on the piano. An idea flew into the mind of the musical genius as he proudly listened to the storm of laughter and conversation which his talent had called forth. He suddenly stopped in the middle ofa bar, or a rest, or some musical term, and the awful silence of the piano was filted by the following fragmentary ends of current remarks: “—Was awfully cold,” said the thin woman in the bine dress and green ribbons. “—Of the best pork,” said the bald-headed man with the mottled face. “—8o we chipped another ten all round,” said the young man in the phenomenally short coat. *“—Puts on airs like all Boston musicians,” said the sad-cyed party who bad been watching the musical genius’ back with jealous eyes. ‘Soaked fat dreadfully,” said the little wo- man fn tite corkscrew curls. “—Always flirts in a company like this,” said the maiden lady, whose eyes were fastened on a handsome girl on the opposite side of the room. “Think family albums are just heavenly,” sald a gushing young thing in pink who was talking to a weak-eyed young man in glasses. ‘Don’t like these mixed times,” said the prim woman in gray hair and a jet black switch. “—I] eat sours on my stomach.” said the dys- peptic-looking man in the long black coat. “—Cut them off with father's razor,” said the girl in tight boots. ‘‘_Sewed a patch on the seat of his old ones,” said the fat woman in the baby blue sack. And silence fell on the assemblage. and the thermometer on the mantel dropped to twenty degrees below zero. q Nervousness im America. From the London World. 5 Men prematurely bald, old, ‘unable to carry their liquor” and anxions beyond their face years are getting conspicugusly common in America. The slow, sententious Yankee or the stage is becoming rare in the cities, and the cool individual who offers tle suspicious stranger a cigar light stuck in the m of a revolver is happily confined to Deadwood Grek or Gonge Eye Gulch. The women ‘are ingre lovely than ever. Their faces are the of angels chis- eied in marble; but the lor is unhealthy, and the liveliness of tne ‘American gir is, to great exters,tncipient distase. It is, like their beauty, part of that nervousness which % afflicting their race.‘ ‘Thefr minds are un- troubled by the cares of ‘housekeeping, for most of them live ia hotels or in bearding- houses. In Europe they contract dazzling mar- riages. But they svon fade; and while the English matron, and even her sister of Canada, who leads much the same kiud of life, is still in her prime, the once beautiful Americaine is often ale np, hysterical haunter of health resorts. The future is not a pleasant prospect. As men of leisure depart from the busy multitude, it is difficult to, see what they are to do with their money. There is a limit to the number of greenbacks which people can spend on a house, and even @ modest fortune is cumBersome to carry about in diamonds and watch-chains. They can, of course, always zo to Paris; but a Tuilleries American, as this hybrid Gaul used to be called in Napoleonic days, ceases to be an American, while, if he stays at home, It is hard to see how the rich ‘age republican is~to spend his money in any other way than that which has produced, and is increasing, the nerv- ousness of his race. Competitive examinations, which will, in time, add their worry to the end- less voting and electing of the present time, are calculated to intensify thetrouble. But for long the evil will not be much noticed. The country will be fertilized by a continuous stream of fresh- faced, simple-lived emigrants from “‘used-up Eu- rqpe.” These will mingle with the humbler natives, and, since the true-born Yankee of New England and the “fust-family” Americans of tne South are notorious for the fewness of their children, will keep up the population of the United States. Meantime, the learned folks, without the fear of patriotic papers before their eyes, will affirm that the European is not nata- ralized in the New World. At he is a nerv- ous edition of the gallant from whence he sprang, and. were it not for the new blood that is ever recruiting his jaded life, would dwindle away and become extinct. potenti ay eee ee ‘The Sensation of a Man while Falling Sixty Feet from a Beof. From the St. Louls Republican. Dick Sallivan, who fell sixty feet from the roof of the-Visitation Convent at the freafew weeks since, was down town yesterday, and while still using a crutch, he is able to get around. He said that when first he lost, his foot- hold on the roof he fell forward on his face and to in ee Mad nad diring Distt meen ae iug of what a horrible death he would meet. This feeling was but for a ‘Unless: unex] Engtand. only country in which Judge A fortnight ago in England a mob tried to put out of harm's ‘This is not the i alti a oF l BF i neither effort to sasist in putting out the fire. The Zanis First Sight of the Occan. From the Boston Post. The Zuni chiefs were driven to the New York Mutual building on Milk street, and from the summit ofthe marble tower, which is 185 feet from the ground, they caught their first glimpse of the ocean. On emerging from the tower upon the balcony which surrounds it Mr. Cushing pointed out into the bay, and informed the chiefs that the ocean was out there. Amid many exclamations of delight, they repeated, very many times. “Show a ha!” which Mr. Cush- ing states is a superlative term indicating the most profound veneration ana 4 At first they seemed a little but as ‘soon as they realized that they were at length in the presence of the much-lo1 -for “ocean of sunrise,” they all fell simultaneously to re- peating, in a sing-song undertone. certain prayers. These several minutes, and during their continuance threw to the winds handfuls of “prayer flour” they had brought with them—a mixture of fine sea shells and white corn flour. Having completed their devotions the chiefs commenced to expatiate upon what they saw around them, particularly room the tremendoys extent of the pueblo of Boston. Pointing to the line of the horizon of the bay, the chief of the five said: ‘That is the black blue of the ocean, and that is the foam thrown up when it is angry. We have waited for many enerations to see this which our fathers have ‘old us of. We now see it. Passing wonderful are the things we see here. On one side the ocean, and on the other a world of houses. The whole world is filled with different tribes of men.” SS ee is ES , Another Chinaman Naturalized. From the Philadelphia Times. Henry Leon, a tall, broad-shouldered,- burly Chinaman, was admitted yesterday to the rights of citizenship in the court quarter sessions. He has been in tnis country for about eight years, He sacrificed his queue long ago, and his clothes are in the prevailing American fash- ion, Heisa christian, and married. His wife is a pleasant-faced Irish woman and a Roman Catholic. Leon reads and writes English quite well, and speaks it fluently. He has a laundry on 8th street, and has made a good deal of money by starting laundries and selling them out to greener celestials. While court clerk Henszey was asking the usual questions James Gillin, a little man with a flaming red face, hurried into the court room. He was stopped at the gate of the space set apart for members of the bar. “Your Honor, I protest—” he began, when he was ordered out of the way: He got around by another way to the court clerk’s desk, and bothered that functionary with a voluminous dissertation on the anti-Chinese course of recent national legislation, and objected emphatically to naturalization of Leon as uulawfal. As the _ FAMILY SUPPLIES. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, ‘Wasursator, D. C., March 10, 1882. Prorosats will bereceived at the Contract Office of thie Department until THREE P.M. OF APRIC TWENTY- NINTH, 1862, for MAIL MESSENGER SERVICE be- tween the City Post Office and the Georgetown and Capi- ‘ol Hill Post Office Stations, and the ;Post Office Depart- ment, according to the schedule of arrival and depar- tare specified by the Department, in the City of Wash- ington, D.C., froit JULY 1, 1832, to JUNE 30, 1885, Pamphlet describing route, with inetrnctions to bid- ders, and forma for contracts and bonds, and all other necessary information, will be furnished upon applica- ‘tion to the Postmaster at Washington, D.C., or to the Second Assistant Postmaster General. 7. 0. HOWE, L U U MM MM BBB FEE .3 L 0 U MMMM 3B E R EU 8 ee Be Ee e" LiL UU MMM BBB EKE Rg WILLET & LIBBEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL ASSORT- MENT OF ALL KINDS AND QUALITIES OF LUM- BER, WHICH THEY ARE SELLING LOW FOR “CASH.” IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO BUY, OR CONTEM- PLATE BUILDING OR REPAIRING, BRING YOUR LIST WITH YOU AND THEY WILL GUARANTEE ‘TO GIVE YOU A BID LOWEK THAN YOU CAN GET ELSEWHERE. YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SURE OF SECURING A BARGAIN BY CALLING ON TREM. WE,NAME A FEW ARTICLES TO SHOW WHAT ‘THEY ARE DOING: PALINGS, 1x34 FEET LONG, PER HUNDRED, $1.25 FENCE RAILS, 2x3—16, DRESSED 4 SIDES. FENCE RAILS, 2x4—16, DRESSED 4 SIDES, 36 WHITE PINE SELECTS, DRESSED, PER HUN- DRED FEET, FOR $1.75, THE CELEBRATED W. F. PARKER NO. 1CYPRESS Chinaman left the court room a full-fledged citizen, he smiled benlgply upon bis opponent. ————_—_--____ ‘The French Censns. The results of the first counting of the returns of the cen sus of France taken on the 18th of De- cember show thatthe popuiation has only in- creased by 389,670 since 1876, the present popu- lation amounting to 85,597,000 souls. There is astrong tendancy throughout the country to \mmigrate into the towns and industrial quar- ters, a symptom which experience has not shown to be favorable to an increase of popu- lation. The population of the Department of the Seine, which ranks first on the list. has in- creased by 387,000 inhabitants. It contains now @ popniation ef 2,747,000. The Department of the Nord, with Lille as its capital, has aug- mented its population by 74,700; that of Rhone, containing Lyons, by 28.400; that of Bouches du Rhone, with Marseilles, by 28.300; Aude by 20,900; Pas de Calais by 19,300; Seine et Oise by 18,400, &c. The population of azricultural de- partments have diminished. All the Norman departments especially, except Seine Inferieure, with Havre and Rouen gs its chief towns, show a decrease. Mr. Tennyson’s New Song. From the London Times of March 15. ‘This song, [called an “Engltsh and Colonial National Song,”—Ep.] to be sung to-night by Mr. Santley, at St. James’ Hall, and throughout the colonies on the Queen’s birthday, runs thus in the first draft, though it has been alightl> altered for the sake of singing: HANDS ALL ROUND. First pledge our 2. this solemn night, ‘Then drink to England every guest, That man’s the best oostnopolite, Who loves his native country best; MWith larger ife from day today a fe 2 That man's the true conservative ‘Who lops the molder’d branch away. coe all round! God the traitor’s hope con- (0) tt ‘To the great cause of Freedom pal oed friends, And the great name of England round and round. ‘To all the loyal hearts who long To keep our English Empire whole! To all our noble sons, the strong New England of the Southern Pole! To land under Iudian skies, ‘To those dark millions of her ream! To Canada whom we love and prize. Whatever Hands all round! mothe great mame of ind drink, my friends, And all her glorious paste eae and round. ‘To all our statesmen 80 th foundl Za ‘To the it cause of Freedom fri alias fet sane Wigs ae tens A. Tennyson, Poor little blue bird. Therehe sat on thetwig of an apple tree this morning, with the raw wind rumpling his feathers and ewinging histail about as if It were a weather vane. He looked bluer than ever. He stamped his little feet on the head under his left wing to warm up his cold . 4 | [ gee g ta BE HEART SHINGLES, PER THOUSAND, $10.50, WILLET & LIBBEY, COR. 6TH AND NEW YORK AVENUE. mit LECAMPANE ae Soene For sale at office of the Washington Gas- ght Company, or atG. W. CROPLEY'S Drug Store, West Washington, OLD FRIENDS ARE FURIRES Ol Stand Enown for cd ce where “Grst-class SECOND-HAND respectable prices. ome STECD Old Stand, ‘No. 619°) stress, pete ‘th and 7th streets northwest, or Brana Store, No. 408 or Sth between Dand E astra west. Be Note by thal promptly attended Ge eOEwe NL pants OXLS, WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. PAINTS, oan EK ae os ready for use, zi Estimates furnisbed to Builders. A full stock of AR- TISTS' SUPPLIES always on band. GEORGE RYNEAL, Jn., m30 418 7rH STREET NoRrawest. Mom MUMM! MUMM! JOLES MUMM & CO.°8 FAMOUS CHAMPAGNES. she Original House, cecapying the Original Prem- BEWARE OF COUN’ re eben ble eed only 8 trial from DEINE THE WINE, AND NOT THE LABEL! RARBOUR & HAMILTON, Ne Poaaytetia 14. 615 and 617 jon, 614 and GG Pennsy’ avenue, and 615 and 6: B street northwest, Agents for the District, of Co- ComMPouND LICORICE POWDER, (German formula) for purifying the blood and re- ulating the system, 25 cents» Box. PUBE NORWEGIAN COD LIVERGIL, a. M, RICCLEVSEN'S PHARMACY, 423 Yih street. ‘OW OPEN FOR INSPECTION, OUB PARIS AND NDON IMPORTATION OF WOOLLENS Por GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. In selecting Novelties for Spring 1882. great attention has been given to the selection of such styles aa will eat- infy the presont tendency for the **/ ee 9 art at mis = = = = = DETERMINED NOT TO CARRY AXY CANNED GOODS over ti] next seascn. Therefore we offer the follow. ing: 200) Shavers Exy pina i a pees okt Sr a ea EE GEO. E. 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