Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1882, Page 6

‘The Extensive Growth of Picture-Card Advertising. BRIGHT COLORS AND ODD SitaPysS—TRADESW RALLY AFFLICTED WITH THE CRA: "M1 rising ont of an in- mass of blue clouds, pink roses, and wily waving wooden on a bright-col- Bpoon is the pic Ored fan which is just nuw bein distributed sand in divers places. In some ty round and bordered in divers fnstane: aha is p circle of ces it Is 8 or a shield, but in each case ngly bri us the cen . who is appare: ibe waying a large wooden spoon in to a dainty silver one, but a second the spoon explains the pecuti- bowl of a «mail silver spoon ripe In one of printing mary card-beard. aad ti had been cut out witha in the sp at the will of the had handles, but t pact bundles of Wu.te bla wis, to be of the fans keel up in com- “We sell th hundreds of th: 2 “and t is u very great demand for pose of them just as you see them e sticks are ordered we are ready so print any busi. pe “What do these fans cost:” asked the re- porter. “Oh, anywhere from $3 to #6 per thousand. We make ated advertising novelties from $1 upt usund, and there is a st ily increasing demand for'devices ot the most expensive kind. Come ‘n here and I will shew you some of our work Leavy large w men, boys, and packing the cards were evid hile ot! achine into a baske they were no better than waste paper. Th: ines cards with a half borde thousand, and were bought by large retail con- cerns to distribute on the streets and to throw into the doors or windows of hous of colors seemed to be used in prin e adv levices, and comet 6 sppear on one P “butter-fly” card was being printed ine colors, and a littie further on a press was t ing out sowe imitation drums in six color: daintiest piece of work shown at this estab ment was a ten-leaf book, cut in the form of a lady's bonnet, the covers printed in delicate bine and drab tints, with an imitation of lace effect. This job was being executed for a millinery firm out of town. Displxyed upon shelves and counters were a varicty of beautiful and e: nsive noveities, such as plaques, palett fans, larze roses in fuil bloom, birds with bri lant little pictures in imt- tati : our own designer for all sings,” sald the pi sionally we buy a design for a lette pil from some fir i erable rivalry amo: able trade, in the manner of issuing their business announce- ments. Each firm, of course, desires to have the newest and nicest card, circular, or device, ‘and extravagant prices are often paid. For Mnstance. if a choice plaque is ordered we may ave to pay an artist £100 or #200 for the design or picture and then tive work of lithographing and printing must be executed with extraordi- Rary skill and care. This kind of advertising must pay, for some of the largest New York firias have steadily increased their expenses in this direction during the last three years. The custom of using picture cards and curi- ous printed devices for advertising purposes in this country has been one of a few years’ rowth. About iv TS azo, according to the r illuminated business cards in large quantities began. It has Increased until now many of the most skillful nious printers in the eauntry are em- ployed in this bra trade alone. At would condescend room of Mississippi College. the name ofthe firm ing on the side of t! . These are prin five or six different colors, are cut out with a die and sold at whole- le for from % to #4 per thousand. New ts of florists’ cards are being prepared for-cir- jation. They are printed on a single sheet of trunstuscent card-board, some having the shane and appearance of boquets of flowers and others resembling dainty little baskets of flowers with a white card attached. Upon this white card, of course, may be printed the name of the firm issuing the device. Other cards appropriate for the florists’ trade are ordinary pictures of ladics’ hands holding tiny bunches of violets, migno: ette, or daisies, a lily ora rose. There are sets of cards designed especially tor grocers, shoc- . druggists, &c., representing manner some particular feature in exch business. Some of these “trade cards,” as they are cailed, are cut out in the shape of butter tubs, shoes and slippers, clocks and bot- ues, § laques in lin price are the delicate tinted folders” which are so frequenlly used by fas ionable trades-people to announce their ware and by caterersas menu cards. These “folders” are made in various si and generally bear a ullar attractiveness. Plain printing them, and the pink are very pretty. A large lot of 8 by 5 inches in size, is to be ured here for a firm in Boston at a ost of $45 per thousand, and each card will have upon its title-page a dainty steel eagray- ing representing different scenes from Shakes- plays. On the last page will be a pic- ture ofa flower or bird and the winter an- | Rouncement and catalogue of the Boston firm will appear on the inside pages. Confidence is pressed by dealers in the ising <oods that there will scon be an eé a i fer fine engravings on business had so it is said, that ti | they will turn with relief to pictures of & more subdued and artistic char- acter. One Nassau street, concern has an engraver now at work making small por- traits of well-known actresses which are to be used on the reverse side of some of these fold- ing cards. A very pretty novelty that is soon to make its ‘ance is a tambourime printed in colors, and having on the drum” an artistic picture of a Spanish girl in the act of dancing to the music of the tambourine. This will be larger and more expensive than the usual line < devices, but its projectors have orders for 100,000 already. A latge old-fashioned teapot, embossed and embellished with flowers, has been in quite extensive use during the past spring. The plaques and palettes have arrived at such a dexree of popularity that they are be- | coming counion, yet they-are still being manu- i | factured in great quantities. Exquisite por- traits and feney pictures appear on some of them. Smal! round plates are now being made with an imitation five-dollar national bank bill and two or three gold coins lying upon them, and other plates are made to resemble card-cases, with four or five business or vis- iting cards, apparently resting upon a cluster of violets or rose-buds. Among other pretty |devices shown the reporter was a series of f | dainty little palm-leaf fans decorated with deli- 3 and occasionally a child’s ls of these will be used by mil- s in fancy goods. The list of | advertising novelties would not be comple | without mentioning the Oscar Wilde sunfloy | | with its broad, bright yellow bo:der and black cente! This sunflower has been seen almost eral months past, and it is used as an advertising medium by at least a score of tradesmen. Sometimes the flower | smoothly round, sometimes its border is scal- jloped, and at other times it appears with a | neatiy pointed border. But no matter in what | way the shape may have been modified, it has proved a popular agent to tell the public ot the merits of somebody's toothache drops, or some- body else's skin compound. In fact, It has be- come almost as ubiquitous as the nasteboard foot-rules, paper tape-measures, and card cigar- ette cases that have atllicted the public for so long. One ingenious manufacturer has devised a series of ical pe and-ink and water-color sketches, which is beginning to command atten- tion in the trade. These sketehes or caricatures are drawn by hand on neat gold bevel-edge cards, and, although expensive, they may used very effectively for advertising purposes. Each subject is varied in design, and familiar sayings are illustrated ina strikingly original manner. For instance, Enoch Arden is repre- sented as returning to Philip Ray's well-filied home dressed in the height of fashion and bear- ing a plethoric valise in his hand. The meanin: of the familiar saying ‘Every dog has his day,” | is shown by the forced entrance of a dog into a sausage factory, and “Two souls with but a sin- gle thought” is the expressive title of a picture ot two eager urchins reaching simultaneously into a jar of jam. A Mississippi Studenvs Question, From the N. ¥. Sun. A remarkable question fs propounded to us by a student in Mississippi College: . Will you please give me the stamp and handkerchief flirtatious? I mean thelr language. By vo doing you will greatly oblize a vast number of young men who read The Sun with increasing interest in the reading We are not aware that the stamp and hand- announcements upon pi is. Now, t! is scarcely a large re- tali house in any kind of business that does Rot issue something in the way of a fancy card. The motive that leads to this general gratui- tous distribution of picture cards is not rivalry alone, but it is the desire on the part of deal- ers to put some sort of acard into the hands ot buyers that will attract attention and will not be carelessly thrown away. In this desire i found an explanation of ti fashionable up-town firms. ing devices of the most costly description more beautiful and artistic a card or plaque is, it is argued, the longer it will be kept in sight and talked about. The superintendent of a Very large faney goods store in this city said to the reporter not longsince that he had observed Seores of ladies making little purchases in his store for no other reason than as an excuse to ask for one of the firm's elaborate spring an- Bouncements. These pretty devices are, of eourse, carried home by the ladies, carefully Preserved, and shown to friends who, in turn, no time in visiting the store that issues them. = “What started this craze for picture-card ad- Vertisements?” a down-town dealer in adver- tising novelties was asked. “I de know,” was the reply, “unless it [onal of the large importation of fancy pic- from Germany and France, which were Drought here for the purpose of decorating boxes and book-covers, anc subsequently jars and vases. There has certainly been a ual development of artistic taste in this picture, business. At first almost any kind of a deco- Fated card would answer the purpose; then something a little more elaborate was demanded, and now the tendency seems to be toward = art. The greatest demand is for the est kind of work, and both producers and dealers make more money cut of such goods than any other kind. At the present rate of improvement there is no telling where this pic- ture advertising business is going to stop. You ‘Will hear of clothiers sending out oll paintings, and shoe-makers giving their customers port- folios of steel engravings next. Honestly, I think that the colored cards are iving way to steel engravings. I have already handled larze quantities ot business cards with beautifully engraved steel prints upon them. Many of these are new things Just gotten out for the fashion- able summer resort hoteis.” “From what dealers do the largest orders for Well Tah opel from th - . ould say from the dry goods, cloth- Ing, and ty dealers. The fancy goods trade uses eat many, and milliners, shoe- makers, and confectioners also have them in general use. Hatters are always on the alert to pick Up novelties in the way of advertising.” ‘he vast proportions which this business of Manufacturing decorated and unique business cards has assumed, and the wide range it has taken in the way of coloring and design-can best be ascertained by visiting the numerous mares peatiog: establishments in Nassau, Beek- man ene or two hen yer streets. Not rr of concerns, but other adver- tising novelties are being pared for the fall trade which will put to ie all those pre- ceding. The manufacturers are not confining themselves to printers’ Ink either. Crayon and water-colors are freely used, combi- Pations of the printer's skill with the work of the best steel engravers also give promise of at- with pardionable stlfaction that wore ee with work was brisk, and that the waste of cardboard in trim- mings, &c., in his shopalune amounted to about 2,000 per week. fan sets of grotesque, sea-side | whiek were first issued Deing reproduced in vast | has been understood for ages by the maidens of | Kerchief flirtations have any perfected language. There is a language of flowers, which 13 very beautifully expressive of sentiment, and which all lands; and the deaf and dumb communicate with each other and with those who are not afflicted as they are by means of signs, which are made to convey not only simple affirma- tions and negations, but also elevated and po- etical thoughts. The Rey. Dr. Gallaudet, for instance, at his church in 18th street, preaches along sermon to the mutes by means of signs, or translates by Signs the spoken sermon of another, and his silent congregation show by their faces that they thoroughly understand him. It is a beau- tiful and a Suances Lege pe who have never studied sign guage at all, even young children, are not in doubt as to what the actors in a pantomime mean. The beasts of the fields and the birds of the air undoubtedly have a language of their own, of sounds and signs both. And lovers will often carry on @ conversation altogether satisfactory to them with looks only. In the case of people of all kinds a gesture, an ex— pression of the face, will Rosnentty tell more than words. Some sort of sign language is used more or less by everybody, and under- stood by everybody. We may give more weight to an interlocutor’s looks and manner than to his spoken words, to the expression of his eye and his mouth, if he allows us to see it. than to what he says, in judging of the sincerity of his utterances. We are all to some extent students of faces. Thieves, too. have thelr sign language, and so have tramps, wild Indians, freebooters, and pi- rates. There are impudent and Insulting fellows also who attempt to communicate with women they do not know by means of signs. They will thus seek to attract their attention in public places or in public vehicles. They shouid be put in the hands of the police as public nuisances, For aught we know, those shameless scoundrels would be able to Instruct the Mississippi stu- dent in the sign language in which he is so anxious to be proficient. Meantime he might make experiments in the stamp and hankerchief firtation on his own ac- count. Perhaps in the course of time he would suffer personal violence at the hands of the male relatives of the girls with whom he sought to so communicate, but he would be learning the language all the same. Still, cannot the students of Mississippl col- lege, in these days of atheletic sports, fn some more manly diversion? If they flirt with the oar, the bat and the football, the dumb bells and the Indian clubs, the spur and the whip, we assure them that they be far more likely to win favor in the eyes of the Mississtppl girls than if they become the most perfect of experts in the waiving of handkerchiefs and stamping of feet to attract feminine attention, ‘The Change in the sion: ‘From the Providence Journal, The learned professions, as they used to be styled, have long ceased to be the only callings in which educated men are to be found. juently by those who have entered. them for other pur- suits which, in an equal if not greater degree, require tramed and instructed minds. Journal- From the London Truth. Tewflk is the son of a slave, and his father, Ismail, in changing the order of succession, never intended that he should be the heir. The ex-khedive gave the place of legitimate spouse to another woman, who is now staying with him in Naples. Ismail intended to establish the Na- poleonic distinction between a civil and a royal family. vi 10) that he it ily. can was encouraged eee aes sultan. But when Abdul Aziz found there was no more money to be extracted from the khe- inlght purchase the right to dive, and learned that Tewfk was easy tem jpered and very ignorant, he insisted upon his right of primogeniture being respected. Only a few in- triguing friends, wno hadpsecretly backed his luck, when Ismail was at Cairo, knew that he was not so ignorant as he made believe. One of them was Signor Martino, the cousin of his Italian friend, and now his private secretary, Tewflk was supposed to be in the hands of Martino. This was an error. He had a very clever wife, and was uxorious. The Hanem Emeneh feared no rival. It was she who would reign, and she was an Anglomaniac. Her dear- riends were English ladies. Whenever the khedive gives an audience to a minister or for- eign consul the Hanem Emeneh is posted be- hind a sereen of carved wood, where she hears and sees, but remains invisible! One day a con- versation between the French controller and Tewfik was suddenly interrupted by an alterca- tion behind the screen. The disputants were Emeneh and her mother-in-law, who is jealous of her influence, and Is a superstitious, ill-tem- pered old woman, who thinks that it was by the virtue of her incantations Ismail was deposed. If the old lady had her own way, a sorcerer would have been placed over the cabinet when her son began his reign. Tewfik would be de- lighted if Emeneh had a stronger belief in sor- cery. His taiti in the supernatural, such as it has been revealed to him by his mother, is abso- est fi lute. He is fond ot the companionship of children, and himself directs all the Christmas and other juyenile parties that are given by his three young people. The etdest of the trio is twelve years old, and the most youthful, Princess Kad- shat, is in her fourth year. A prodigious quan- tity of Roman candles and Bengal lights are consumed at these fetes, to which the children of distinguished Europeans at Cairo are in- vited. As a ruler, Tewfik has adhered to the consti- tutional theory of government. He is satisfied with drawing his pay, and leaving to his min- Whatever they decree, he countersigns, and asks no questions—except behind the scenes, where he applies for informa- isters all responsibility. tion and advice to the shrewd Martino. Tewfik has never been In the money market, If there is one thing in which he is firm, it is in the auditing of his household accounts, which he looks into carefully. His good nature shows itself ina thousand small ways, but never in profuseness. Cairo is no longer the Eden of the Palais Royal actress. An Episode of C! Life. Another New York club is stirred from center to circumference, and the dailies of the great metropolis recount the facts with great minute- ness. It appears that the temple of the Rac- quet club, on the cornor of 26th street and 6th avenue, lias been invaded by policemen, who | triumphantly bore away two members, Jose j Aymar a d Thomas Bach, and John Whitehurst, the neg tably eating a frugal repast the other evenin; when a policeman of the 18th-street statio! called Whitehurst to the door, and as that in- dividual quickly returned the man of buttons followed him with the remark that he had stolen a pocket-book and must journey hence with him. At this point varying verslons of the raid are given. The policeman asserts that he gave the walter permission to change his rai- ment, and was about to follow him to his boudoir, when he slid out of the door, which Aymar and Bach quickly closed and locked, making the policeman a prisoner inthe room. However, he shouted from a window to another officer, who ran to the station with word that a guardian of law and order was in the hands of Philistines, and soon a force of policemen ar- rived and took Whitehurst, Aymar and Bach rigoners to the station. ‘The indignant Pcaustare tell another tale. They say that the officer was without a warrant, and rough and insolent, but finally consented to remain in the room with his prisoner until his superior officer was heard from as to the right of arresting without a warrant; that the door had no key and could not have been locked; that the officers were not opposed except by “expostulations,” and that Aymar, though he begged for permission to enter his room and don some garments, being clad very scantily, as he had Jately come from the bath, was hustled away by violence and with profanity and very hard language. Meantime, says the reporter, some of the “‘more conservative” members hat retired, fearing for their safety. At the police court Aymar and Bach, who have a “distaste for ublicity.” paid $10 fines and were discharged. ‘ut the end is not yet, for it is asserted that a policeman tried to Knock with his club the inof- fensive head of Mr. Travers, president of the club and a well-known wit, and $20,000. will be raised to prosecute the whole array which en tered the Racquet’s sacred precincts. White- hurst, the waiter, was proven innocent and dis- charged, to the sorrow of the policemen, who see visions of criminal suits, civil suits, and all manner of comp faints which will make them de- cidedly uncol 2 —E Scientific Abstraction. From the Buffalo Commercial. Griftin, Edison’s private secretary, once told me a funnily characteristic story of the manner in which Edison came to get married. The idea was first suggested by an intimate friend who made the point that he needéd a mistress to preside over his big house, which was being managed by a housekeeper and several ser- vants. I dare say the idea had never occurred to him before, for be it known heis the shyest and most bashful of men, but he seemed pleased with the proposition, and timidly in- quired whom he should marry. The friend somewhat testily replied, “anyone;” that a man who had so little sentiment in his soul as to ask such a question ought to be satisfied with anything that wore a petticoat and was decent, and concluded by saying; ‘“There are a number of nice girls employed in your factory over yonder; they aren't especially refined or culti- vated, I must confess, but they are reapectable, and that is the main consideration after all.” Edison looked them all over, and after mak- ing his selection, put the question plumply to her. It was Edison’s way of doing business, but it embarrassed the young lady all the same. She asked time to consider, and Edison granted her a week. At the end of that time she accepted him, and they were married with- out delay. They had decided to visit the New England states and Canada and make quite an extensive tour. As the bridal part drove to the station they his laboratory. Turn- ing to his wife, Edison excused himself for a few minutes, saying there were some matters that needed his attention and that he would be at the station in time for the train. The train came and went and so did several others, but no Edison. The bride, who knew his pe- culiarities, finally drove back to the house and waited her liege lord’s pleasure. She never saw him again for forty-eight hours. Immersed in some idea that had suddenly occurred to him, he became oblivious to Srides, honey- moons or anything else. . Hi to Both Sexes. From the London Truth. The gilded youth of the day wear exceedingly tight trousers, well-defined waists, slightly sug- gestive of corsets, hats with curved brime, very tall collars, very light ties, and a white flower placed very near their estimable chins. Their boots taper at the toes to points so sharp as to defy nature and encourage chiropodists. Ladies who adopt the straight skirt with no ‘table. ‘0 waiter who ministers to the wants of the Racquet men. The members were comfor- The art shown in sword-making was not by any means confined to beautiful forms and elaborate ornamentation. The greatest skill was exercised in the manufacture and temper- lng of the blade, which, in the days when swords were not only worn but used, was more import- ant than any other part of this weapon. In Eu- rope, the atin manufacturers of Spain first gan to have a reputation for producing work of supericr quality, and the armorers of lo stood foremost among their countrymen. A “Toledo blade” was considered to be a weapon of great value, and, even now, when we wish to speak of something’ remarkably fine-tem- pered and sharp, we compare it to one of these swords. The pecullarity of the Toledo blade was not only its extreme bardness, which enabled it to receive and retain the sharpest and most delicate edge, but its elasticity, which allowed it to be bent without being broken. Some of the most famous of these swords could be bent so that the AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. TBUSTEE'S Sal Fy DPSTRABLE Al yEATUPROVED PROPEL ON spring back toa perfectly etraugit line. it i spring toa ly ine. is ledo, sword-blades have been seen in the cutlets’ shops coiled in boxes like sald that, in To! virtue of a deed of tri watch-springs, and although they might remain ini this position for some time, they would be- come perfectly stralght when taken out, Other places in Furope were also famous for producing good swords. Mahy excellent weapons were made in Italy, and Andrea Ferrara, the Italian sword-maker, who hag been mentioned before, was better known thrdughout Europe than any other of his craft. To possess a genuine Fer- rara blade was considéred a great thing by the nobles of France and England. eet t along a alley 65 of besinning, improved by a fren TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY VALUABLE PROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROPER BRIGHT WOOD, D. O.. UN THE EAST SLD) THE SEVENTH STH ROAD. AND IMD DIATELY OPPOSITE THE BRIGHTWOOD But it is to the east that the world owes the pasos of the most finely tempered swords it has ever seen, atid the steel of Damascus has been celebrafed for many hundred years as su- perior to any other metal that has ever been made into sword-blades, Even the cutlers of Toledo doubtleas owed their skill and knowl- edge to the Moors, who brought from Damascus the art of making blades that were as hard ag diamonds, as sharp as razors, and as elastic as whalebone, Wonderful stories arerelated of these Damas- One-fourth cash ; balance in equal and 18 months, notes with inter If terms of sale are not ‘Trostee reserves the right Iti rehaser. KUSH PLUMLEY, oo Je trust $100 required at time of complied to resell at risk and cost _W M. 3. SMITH, Sales: DPPXC4SS0N BROS Executors OPERTY OF “THE Gi DUNCANSON BR caL PRESBYTERIAN ZI0! ,” AT AUCTION. By virtue of a day of October, 187 No. 808, folk District of Col cus swords. We have been told that with one or them a full-grown sheep could be cut in half at a single blow, a heavy iron chain could be severed without turning the delicate edge of the sword, and a gauze veil floating in the air could be cut ueogt by one gentle sweep of the ‘hese wonderful sclmitars are not manufactured now, but their fame has ex- ceeded that of any other weapon of their kind, glittering blade. HHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. CHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATE 1 ALLYTOWN, D. C.. AND ALSO VAL- IMPROVED REAL ES’ N. BRANCH ROAD, By virtue of a deed of trust to ua, 4 executed, date , corded in Liber No, 918, folio 37,et seq... of the la records in and for the istrict of Colum 08 thoreby, we will oall at m,on FRIDAY, JULY SEVENTH, 1862, LUCK P.M., in front of those certain lots of gnonnd and pret numbered nineteen (19) and 1882, in eauly are No. recorded subdivision of original and it is quite certain that their extraordinary excellence has not been exaggerated. It is prob- able that the workers in steel of the present day might be able to discover the peculiar methods by which the Damascus steel was made, but as there would be little use or demand for the Dlades after they had been produced, it is not likely that their manufacture will be attempted. We should consider, however, that although the present age is pre-eminent as an inventive and manufacturing perfod, there are some things which have been produced by the ancients and the artificers of the Middle Ages which we of the present day have not been able to equal. It is possible, therefore, that our steel-workers might never be able to make a Damascus blade, even if they wanted to. Some of the swords of Japan are said to pos- sess wonderful qualities of hardness and sharp- ness. The cane, is told thatif one of these cele- is held upright in a running stream the leaves floating gently down with the current will cut themselves in two when they brated blades reach the keen edge of the sword. But these Japanese swords, some of which were held in such high esteem that they were worshiped, and temples were built in their honor, were only hard and sharp; they had no elasticity, they could not bend and they might break, and in this respect they were far in- ferior to the splendid scimitars of the Moors and Saracens.—From “Swords,” Uy John Lewees, in St. Nicholas for July. —_ Some of Brudder Gardner’s Views. Rev. Penstock rebuked for hisconceit: ‘“Brud- der Penstock, you jined dis club fo’ y’ars ago. You am a preacher of de gospil, an’ you has traveled. You has bin down to Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina an’ Ala- bama. You imagin@dat you has seen de ele- fant an’ tooken in the circus. On varus occa- shuns you has disinterrupted de harmony of de meetin’ to k’rect de language of dis cha’r, an’ on varus odder occashuns you has intimated dat de purceedins lacked chic an’ tone. Bekase you know what sic eemper cum digis solis plu- ribus curanter means in English you regard de rest of us as poo’, ignorant black trash. Brud- der Penstock, you has reached de eand of de clothes line “ But, ‘sah—but—" An’ you mus’ stop! Ize bin "lected ober all opposishun to run dis club. “You mus’ not disinterfere wid | © me. If you persist. in so doin’, I gib you fa’r warnin’ dat I shall lay aside Mr. Cushin’s man- ual, walk down de aisle, an’ move de prevus queshun in sich @ manner as will seriously in- terfere wid or, feelin’s. Drap back on your cheer, Bradder Penstock—drap back!” Brudder Gardner's views on the “only child’: When you meet aman who carries his cigars in his hind pocket an’ goes off behind de ba'n to take . chew of terbacker, sot’ him down fur an oniy son. De only son am de man who takes up tvoseats in de Kyars—who crowds de chill’en at a festival—who eats hisself sick when he pays two shilling fur all he kin eat. Once in a life- time you may h’ar of.an only son who hasn’t turned de family out of doahs nor had all de nayburs fur a milé aroun’ shoot at him an’ offer to buy him a tombstone; but be keerful how you believe it. “When you meet a woman who puts you in mind of selfishness out far an’ alrin’ sot her down as an only darter. When you fin’ a woman who expects de kyar to stop in de middle of a block—when you meet a woman whose husband am allus res i to dodge, set her down for an only darter. De only darter grows up to whine an’ complain au’ tyrannize an’make de world mo’ wretched ‘ur people wretched ‘nuff befo’. Pity de fadder wid an only son—thrice pity de mudder wid an only darter. Wid dese few con- figgerashuns, frowa out in a speerit of astonish- tent an’ intensity meant to accomplish no de- sirability in percickeler, we will now close de winders, put a leetle mo’ wood in de stove, an’ pureeed to asphyxiate de transcendent order ot de inviduous program.” ———_—__+o-_ “em of Genius ged and After Mar- riage, From the Gentleman's Magazine. The love-makings of men of genius, before and after marriage,with or withontit.aretempt- ing subjecte of inquiry, and all the information of this sort we can get, if it sométimes does no more than amuse an idle curiosity, may be, and Capatal is, as instructive as it is entertaining, ith fuller information than we have about the rivate relationships between Socrates and Xantippe, we shoula nnderstand better than we do the public work of the great father of Greek philosophy. A flood of light, which would other- wise be wanting, is thrown on the mystic scholasticism of Abelard by the extant records of his dealings with Eloise. If as much were known, from their points of view, of Beatrice and Laura as we know of Dante’s and Petrarch’s written praises of them, perhaps our estimate of the men’s man- hood would be somewhat different from what it is, though-our admiration for the poet's poetry might remain the same; and for an au- thentic biography of Anne Hathaway all but the more pedantic Shakespeareans would be willing to surrender two or three of his less memorable plays. Coming down to our own century, it will suffice to hint at the scientific value of the little that has been disclosed re- specting Clothilde de Vaux in elucidating the ition of suguse Comte as a great teacher. verywhere and always a man’s worth must be epee to some extent, pronen only in part, by lomesticity. Some or the work donein the world lias; of course, been done by men of small private worth. A man of genius is not to be judged by ordinary standards. Genius is eccentricity. The duties it im on its pos- seasors may make it their duty to neglect duties Hel ayes by custom, or‘somet! more authori- ive than custom, on ‘common folk; and their i highest moniot ith of conventional virtues. But for 24 ets are men lag) are anything else, w! poets or tsophere ieee : the and amon; bered four hundred and y-mine (47 ty ashingt wuprovemen nats Fram arch ES memises, the followii oe. in Tennallytown, Hilger gtr re of the purchase money to be the balance at six, twelve and eighteen months, qh interest at the rate of aix per um, more or lesa, and oni and days’ notice of auch resale iu F ketsoN, } Trusteos T. COLDWELL, Auctioneer. ALUABLE REAL, auction, in front of the premises, the following described. ited in the county of W: road, to wit: Onetract of 9 40-100 ac: Sonne ae “Va Bue grauite gantry it. Said prop- a fine quarry upon Offered separately and in the order ten beeen orany further information had, ‘erms as to all the proj residue in three equal " pet and eighteen months, ree sae ‘secured by deed ESTATE ON NORTH SIDE OF A AVENUE, BETWEEN SEC- RD STREETS NORTHWES' RESS CO.'S OFFICE Seed pe 3,081 eauare feet im tory brick building, No. 227 il! _be offered for sale eud; ich ve ove incumbrance cash. A deposit proved by a three-t at the r. Allconveyancing urchaser. S"Light Foor, ngetown, D.C. WILLIAMSON, ‘Louisiana avenue. Terms: Over and al of $100 required on day cf sale. hi if terms of eale are not comp be resold at the risk of defaulting FILLMORE BEALL, for the Owners, ten days property will purchaser. THIS EVENING. FPHOMAS DOWLING, Luctioneer. UE SALE OF V. 1 SEPORTS AN W MISCELLANE my auction rooms, sou! eylvania avenue and 11th HOMAs DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘RY DESIRABLE THREE S”“ORY AND BASE- M ENCE, No. 2196 4 E, BETWEEN TW! FIRST AND TWENTY-SECOND. STREE RNOON, JUNE THIRTIET! in front of the premises, feet 436 inches of lot 15, square No. 75, running back toa 28 foot alley, con- ng 4.014 equate feet of provements; containin, Terms: third BLE LAW BOOKS,. AND TEXT BOOKS, '$ BOOKS. 1 ESI OCLOCE, at are NINT! shall sell the each evening at EIGHT O'CLOC: ove im- THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. with the above im. jern conveniences. ‘the balance at one, two and TO-MORROW. IEANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTA’ ON SIXTH STREET, Bi N -THWEST. Under and by virtue of s decree of the Su Court of the District of Columbia. 7, 1861, in cause No. 7,801, xin front of the prem ron herein FIUNE, 198s at Bt seo parts of Lot ity, D, C.: bewinning at a point on ches south from the northeast c thence south 12 feet 3 nay DOWLING, Auctioneer. SIXTH, 1882, at ON! ‘vania, hundred 1 avenue, one hun ani seat tae lateral security pany, by Us as col ‘secur H. D. COOKE, Jn., & CO. Ww ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, USTEES SALE 0} ROVED PROPERTY 0) 7 rues RENCE BETWEEN SIXTH AnD SEvenTH STREETS NORTHEAST, AT deed of trast, dat 9th, A.D. recorded in iver ado, Solio 80, records of the District 5 .d with'a two-story fram ning, improve a two-story fram offer for sale the following part of # west inches: thence east 75 ‘15 feet; thence north 12 feet 3 int of ing, improved with a two- een and twenty-four: months from terest weyancing at pur- JAME! HNSTON , THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. rooms DOWLING, Avctioneer, CHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL ESTATES Under and by Court of the 188. in cause No. 7,880, Of the said court, the und |, ws tren Sele at public auction in trout of the premises on PHIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE, 1c, wisi orcla M., part o . 20 SQUAT uucton ety, Homing on'the west ine of said tot at m pote 72 feck 3 inches north from its southwest coruer: eart 49 feet 5 inches: thence north 27 feet 9 inches to am. alley: thence west 49 feet Sinches; thence south 27 feet, 9 inches to the beginning. ‘Terms of sale, as prescribed by the decree: One hing of the purchase money in cash, bal ea fu: venta, in six, twelve iuterest from the day of ale to be secured to the entiefaction id trastecs. If the purchaser fail to comply with said terms within week f day of wale, the trustocs reserve the to resell the property at the Star newepaper. <A deponit of $36 cn tae ewapaper. it on the prop will be required at the sale. Ail conveyancing JOHN F. 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The genuine, elope bears pri uate and monogram of 8. BIGESMOND. daeomuia Cure Addn Bree SIGESMOND, $4 Vanderbilt Building, New York. mad 7)®. 20nN TRIPS Di %eate zor Sse, Boron ney Diseases and all Dn. JOHN TRIPP. UCTION SALE OF UNREDEFMED PLEDGES. D, NE TWENTY-NINTH, FRI- EXE THIRIIETE, 1863; at SEVEN will fell at, the ‘avenne, botween 12th redemption at this Vatchen,” Chaine, “Diamond, ing tickets on wi a aoa ob time a Pleaso take notices HEIDENHEIMER, Broker, M. FOLEY, Auctioneer. Tink und coat of defant seu-akds WILLIAM B. (OMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. Al F VERY VALUABLE IM- een ven SALE 0! * PROPERTY AT MOUNT OF COLUMBIA. deed ot trust [(OMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. rine of a deed of tru Feeorde r rds of ict of Columbia, we wil the Distri tie suction, in front Sk, Oe Senoalens, 08 and the residue in ten years, bear- until ‘THOS, J. MYERS, Je24-d&ds GRAFTON D. HAN! ALTER B. 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