Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1882, Page 6

STAR: Otp GreeN with i fasiiionable © a~ Fasmios Actio + less false hair | than ever is to b+ Oup ¢ i and old rouge | Souz have artificial ve. ir neck, arms | and hands. of the | Of alik brightened with < Hers ws a Teesinen Wa Teader of fashion at New a and has ri liculed is for pl “Isn't it may be ouly a nzo's breast slipper or ib wien it ways be worn over | ‘iat of the ; evening dr and sin White, pure | it has been | amumer, and it ia | aad yellow. | s willbe worn this fail. trimmed Satron H with a ribt- « yas the crown, drawn tightly arour en tied with an upright bow at one side. A wreath of poppies or corn- flowers, or a mixtnre of both. is frequently added with The dyed straw matched tot asiiy found. as t come in nearly ever this jaunty shape. | ELgoast wear are made of | Black satin de I me plain biac with a collar JeRsEYS woven into ribbed cloths known as Je nS are more comi! 1 ularize all | that. silk | crevette, and sky es for evening | a repped silks, and jes the many advan- “k lace bonnet. It can lle. With a handsome Ts it becomes suitable for the opera or the races; without them it may be Worn anywhere. In using fine laces milliners @re not adding beads, having at last discovered that fine lace needs nothing to bring out its Deauty. Less expensive laces are, however, elaborately beaded, and are used in combina- tion with jetted crowns. Oval or round beads, for outlining, continue to be used. In choosing Imitation pearl beads for use on bonnet: 3 tended for evening we: q Yellow tinge should | ected, because they gre more like the real Romana pearls. For possessors of costly jewelry » tion Is, excepiing on great oceasi Play it. When, however, the time arrives for its exhibition, it is the custom to la Jewels, not upon the neck and arms alone, but over various portions for, besides the Recklace, eardr used | toad formerly to consti sole adornings, the | draperies are now held in place by jew clasps, rings and crescents. There are ress butt x Anne of Austri pestious gems, a wx, and othe: A Pretry Wack Ye made of dark bi ashmere in colors of gold, blue, olive and faint | @ashes of searlet. A scarf of the edzed with the fabric, divides t skirt from the he casaquin i d over the back with I. The bodice is tapering The ton, Ptisht ch. The sailor hat is of dark blue satin braid, trimmed with a band Of dark blue surah anda wreath of biuebells, Scarlet poppies and foliage of olive green rose eaves. Rerrep Six Skiers are imported ready made, and the economist can buy one of these of the useful black silk, and wear it with a ®olored braided cadet Jacket of cloth, or a Jer- Sey waist woven in shape, or else made of elastic ribbed cloth, or with a velvet jacket, or @polonaise of cashmere. a cloth pelisse, or any @f the many waists or over-dresses that will be Qsed, of different fabric from that of the skirt. these are biack silk skirts with tnree groups of lenzthwise pleats on the front and Gides, beginnins at the belt. and extending to the foot, but which are broken by a single wide cluster of shirring athird of a yard above the foot; the back has lonz and bouffant drapery. Other black silk skirts have deep satin fans in- Serted at the foot to divide the silk part into four panel breadths; the top has the short full Einslers that are made of lengthwise pleats. | skirts cost from $28 to ¢ HANpKeRrcninr Povcuss axp Bags continue Mn fashion. They add very much to the finish of Stollet desizned for any occasion, be it pienic, party or ball. Very handsome ones are now Soid, made of black velvet, embroidered tn tiny buds with leaves. elved with gold lace, inside with gold ed silk. and depend Ing from the beli-clasp with a tine Freneh gold ehatelaine. These pouclics are too expensive for ordinary purses, but ‘here are innumerable Varieties made in every shape and style, and sold at reasonable pri St) lish modistes now send home their most expensive costumes with ‘& pouch panying the dress, made en suite ‘with thetollet. Ingenious !adies, however, who eannot afford to compensace madame for her devices, make their own mouchoir-bags, latest adorning to these dainty trifles being, ‘when silk or satin is used, a new kind of “imin- eise of velvet with the Indian sliks of soft yet Fich quality, with brocaded figures that cover ‘the surince entirety. Old green with dull red is fabric, such as old- will be used for _ of the dress just described, and w green shales around the basque and on the ofthe skirt. Ts silks of dull faded with dull green and red hues prevailing, combined with dull green velvet in quaint that are said to have been copied Id portraits in the French galleries. nier over-dress of the velvet, high collar and sleeves that stand zs. above the armholes, with a vest formed of ‘ puffs of the silken , While similar : s border the skirt form panniers. The rts wf ail such costumes are short, and there fell bonnets made up of aud imported to match them. Very yellow ig around the neck and wrists in rull frills. jit i 4) 2 Ee = | ney, the dingy stat air will remain | *' r dinner and | riou jm A STRANGE STORY. From Biackwood's Magazine. » it fell to my lot to be on the march with a subaltern of my regiment in Ire- land. Ty king a detachment into a remote part of the country, where, I believe, some dis- turbances were apprehended, and we had been Started off at pretty short notice. I have even now a lively recollection of a long railway Jour- we passed, the tedious al plashes of rain against carriage windows, and our final exit froin train in a dark, drauzhty shed with a py platform. From here we had a good march to our halting-place, throngh a vaste, past hillsides of black bog, worth calling one to be seen, a tumble-de hovel by the and off and on the rain pelting down ort of searching cold showers one gets icak parts of Ireland in the autumn time. where we were to stay the it was neral dinziness. After e men down into their billets, we prospected” the prine pal inn in the place, got a couple of very middling bed-rooms, and made up our minds to make the best of the situation. had divesicd ourselves of our wet uniform, ed our f itting rooin with its welcome amined some hideous sacred walls—among them I eronica dispia: with the Saviour’s face busy planning what to asso- jacketed potato, a note was brought in and handed to me, message that so ‘aiting for It he officer ” but an official com- pe being a dainty white handwriting almost. unmistakably It turned out to be avery cour- m froma Mr. and Mrs. M——, of ishderry Ha (we will call it), who, having rd that some troops were passing through Moynetown to-day, hoped for the pleasure of ficers’ company at dinner that evening. y a timely as well as a hospitable so A——, my subaltern, and I at once ed to accept it: hen evening came around, and ne car that was to jolt us to wr'sclattered up to the ‘inn door, ve ner had cleared a little. Well do I re- member the drive; the cold, keen air; a pale half-moon lizhting up the sombre landscape; ‘k islands of bog alternating with pools of ing water; hill slopes near but myste- 8 far as I can remember we entered the ds ishderry Hall about a mile and a from the town. Already the country had a to wear a prettier aspect; patches of wood ed, and after passing the lodge gate we began to descend a valley—broken, rocky h clumps of spruce and larch on ill suddenly emerging from this pt around @ corner, and we were view of the sea. A few minutes more and we were looking down over a charming little bay snut in by cliffs, with a boat high and dry up the beach; and from this point till we sighted the lights of the house copse, park and heather in- termingled one with the other to our left, while oa the right great white lines of surf quivered and broke in the moonl It was a beautiful scene as it presented itself to us in the obscurity of the night-time. Possi- bly by day some of its enchantments might have but we did not see it in daylight. Such as was it probably impressed me, and amped itself in my memory more on account f the the oifet se, as we drew up to it, seemed a large and handsome one. It had a great any dows, ‘a steep-pitched roof, and was partly ivy-ciad. Two long ranges of outbuildings were attached to it, one at Sither end, and from that nearest us as we approached ran out an old wall Matted with ivy stems, and forming an inclosure screened by a row of thorn trees, behind which one could just make out the ruined gable-end of @ smail building. Our driver, who had been most uncommunieative all the way out as to our host and hostess, condescended to tell u#this was @ very ancient chapel, which some ancestor ot the family had puiled down and dismantled, “bad luck to him!’ The fine entrance hall—I can recall it now— warmed by an ample stove and well lighted up, with a few dressed skins lying about, anda huge ebon cabinet over against the door, made acheery contrast to the outside car and sur- roundings we had just left. Round the walls ‘were grouped a splendid pair of stag’s horns, a fox’s head and brush, a stuffed seal, and other trophies of a sporting life; and a black buffalo’s massive frontlet surmounting a sheaf of asse- led | ais, suggested at once what we afterward learned to be the case, that our host had been uth Africa. *‘I wonder what sort of people y are, Major?” were A——’s words to me, sotto voce, as he gave his sleeves # final jerk and glanced down critically at his boots, while we followed the butler to the drawing-room. A moment more and we were face toface with our lew acquaintances. I do not recollect anything very noteworthy about our host. He was a tall and rather hand- some man, but of somewhat faded aspect—quiet and genial in his manner. “I am an old soldier * was his greeting to us, “and I never ne in the service to pass our place on ithout our finding him out.” But our As I shook hands with her she at once ed my attention. Iam at a loss now, as then, to define the nature or cause of the peculiar interest she seemed at once to excite in Certainly she was a remarkably handsome man, but uy observation of her at the mo- w | ment of introduction was quickly diverted by the strange demeanor of A- + Thadturned around and was in the act of presenting him when he suddenly started, stopped, and, without attempting a salutation or advance of any kind, stared ather. For the instant the situation was embarrassing. Was the man going to faint, or was he off his head, or what? There he stood, stoek still, facing Mrs. M—, till, in a severe tone, I said: ““A—. this is our hostess.” “Mrs. M—, allow me to introduce Mr. A—.” ‘This appeared to rouse him a little, for he made asort of backward movement which might do duty for a bow, though a very poor apology tor it, and said, “I—I—I beg your pardon,” re- tiring immediately into the backgroun If ess, 1t was a curious form of this was bashfuln it, I thought, and certamly new in my knowl- edge of A——. This littie incident over, I had leisure to look around the room. There z= peared to be about a dozefhi people in all. A M— Introduced me to a relation of his, a baro- net, whose name I forget; toa parson, who assured mein Hiberniam accents that troops had been down here “rej ily;” and to a ni hom I was to take in to dinner. I caught a mo- mentary glimpse of A——, and saw to my sur- prise that he wus furtively but intently watch- ing the lady of the house from an obscure corner. I was quietly slipping up to him to ask what it all meant when dinner was announ At the dinner table I found myself on the left of our hostess, the Baronet opposite me. A—— was placed some distance down on the other side, so that I could keep an eye on him, which I soon began to think I must do, I had now an opportunity of noting more Ptuleny Mrs. (——'s personal appearance. Her age I should judge to have been somewhere about eight and twenty or thirty, considerably under her hus- band’s. Her figure was faultless; neck and arms of that nameless tint one has go often seen imperfectly described in novels as “ creamy white;” acorona of hair of that deep auburn red which so sets off a fair woman; and a face of singular beauty, of which you forgot every- thing but the eyes the aement you looked ini them. Such Sy pa they were! Their particular size, shape, this or that color, would never oc- cur to one; it was their effect when turned on you that one felt. It was as though they divi what you were thinking of and could answer your thoughts. Yet it was not a satisfactory or a restful face. I can recall certain half-disagreeable sensations I experi- enced as ae eee occasionally rested on mine while we talked, and once or twice a flash as of something almost malevolent seemed to pass out of them. One incident I recollect. We were discussing pictures, and ee M—. pointing to some fine strange, almost weird, be a marabout feather border of | been ing in looking round the table, which, had I peen superstitions, might not have added to my mfort. We were sitting thirteen. Mrs. M——, I rather think, must have noticed me counting the numbera, for she made some remark as if in reply to my thouglt—‘So sorry we were dis- appointed of one of our party at the last mo- ment’ Meanwhile A—— was again attracting my at- tention by his extraordinary behavior. His partner, a ‘pretty-looking, lively girl, was evidently doing her best to make herself agree- able, and he was answering her in an inter- mittent fashion; but I could see he was eating very little, and crumbling his bread in a ner- vous preoccupied manner, while every now and then his eyes wandered to Mrs. M—— with a curious fixed stare that was positively ill- mannered, and aitogether unaccountable. In- stinctively 1 turned to the same quarter to see what could be the object of this persistent scru- tiny, bat in vain. There indeed was a beauti fal woman, dressed to perfection, and with those wonderful eyes; but what right had he to gape at her like that? I began to wonder if she or any other of the guests would observe A——'s rudeness. I tried to cateh his eye, but without success. In a little while I lapsed into compara- tive silence, and set myself to watch A——’s movements more narro' as weil as I could, across the table. After a time it seemed te me that the direction of A—'s gaze must be at Mrs. M—"s head, or a little above it; but there was nothing I could see to account for this. To be sure, she wore, fastened into the thick top coil of her hair. a jeweled ornament of some kind that seemed to sparkle at times with intense brilliancy; but still, why this repeated and of- fensive contemplation at her own table of a married woman on whom, so far as 1 knew, neither A. nor I had ever set eyes before. Could these two have been known to each other in some bygone love affair, or was the man gone out of his wits, or had he taken too much drink? How this memorable dinner struggled on to a conclusion I hardly remeber. The more Sggety t I got the more irresistibly was I drawn to watel A—. His face wore a pale, scared aspec quite foreign to him, forhe was ordinarily a cherry, common-sense fellow, not easily dis- turbed. At length it seemed that our hostess became aware of the intent observation she was being subjected to, and before the ladies rose ‘om the dinner table her handsome features had grown very white, there was a visible trembiing movement in ker hands, and her eyes took an uneasy expression not previously there. As soon as we men were left alone, and almost before we could re-seat ourselves, A—— turned to our host andinan odd muffled voice an- nounced that he felt unwell, and begged per- mission to take his departure. Mr. M—— glanced at me with a puzzled alr—‘He was 80 very sorry. Could he do anything? And, of course, the carriage was entirely at Mr. A——'s service.” By this time it was evident some- thing was really amiss with A—; so I_made some sort of excuse that I feared he had had a hard day's march and got soaked, sent out sincere apologies to Mrs. M—, and. rejecting the kind offer of the carriage, we fouad our- selves out azain in the moonlight. The moon was well up, and as we passed the old ruinous chapel you could see, through a little pointed window inthe gable, the wall beyond half lit up, and dappled over with long shadows from the thorn trees alongside. We walked for a little while In silence, I deliberating what to say, whether to be stern or sympathetic, but de- cidedly inclining to the former. Indeed, whether he were well or ill, the extraordinary gestures and demeanor of A—— that evening were unbecoming In the extreme, and, taking place as they did in the presence ot his or office could’ not be passed over. “Mr. at length I bezan, in an official tone, “I must ask what is the meaning,” He had been hurrying on with his face averted from me; but now, as [spoke, he suddenly stopped, turned round, and, grasping my arm, broke in with, “So help me God, major, the devil stood behind her!” -*The devil stood behind her!” I said, in utter amazement; “what on earth do you mean?” “I mean what 1 say; the devil was standing behind her all the time.” His voice fell almost to a whisper, and he looked back toward the house, which was still in it. I could haye no doubt who he meant by her, but I was so taken aback that what to go on saying to the man I knew not. It was obvious he was under some strange mental delusion. We walked on. Presently he spoke again, as himself: “Behind her by the mantelpiece” —“‘be- hind her chair”’—“that fearful thing’s face”— “those fiendish eyes, my Goc ‘As I said before, I'am not superstitious, but it was neither quite comfortable nor canny hear- ing these queer exclamations under the peculiar circumstances: in a moonlight walk, dark, utn- brageous thickets on one side of us; on the other black, cavernous cliffs and the melancholy, mur- muring sea. As far as my memory serves we were still @ little way from the lodge gate, when A—— stopped again an instant and sald: ‘Listen! what's that?” I could hear nothing, but ina few seconds came the distant clatter of a gal- loping horse along the drive. “Something has happened to her,” whispered A—, laying a chill hand on mine. “Anything the matter?” I shouted to the groom who passed us on the horse. The man called out something which we were unable to catch, and galloped on. We could see him pull up at the gate. and a woman come out to open it; but by the time we reached her, horse and rider were out of sight. She was standing staring down the road after them, and I asked her it anything was wrong. “‘Jesu.’save us, sur!” she exclaimed, crossing herself, “the man says mee lady is dead; she has taken her life ead! taken her life!” was my ejacula- tion. “Why, we've only just left the house!” Here was indeed a climax to my bewilderment! But what an announcement! I was utterly unable to realize it; it seemed too monstrous. My first impulse was to run back at once to the kall and see if we could be of any use; but on second thought it seemed better uot. Then. as we hurried out of the park through the tall, massive gateway, I heard my companion mutter, evidently still_ possessed with his hallucination, “Did she see it, too?” About half way to Moynetown we met our car coming. out to tetch us, and mounted it. “I seen M's mag ridin’ by jist now like smoke,” was the remark of our whilom taci- turn jarvie; “there's somethin’ up, I belave. They tells quare tales of that house, an’ the ouki chapel, an’ the lights seem about it o’ nights, an’ the sthrange noises paople hears thereabout. Och, thin, shure an’ there's bad luck in that house, sur!” I was too stupefied to stop the fellow’s gabble till his words were out, and they have often recurred to my mind since. When we got back to our inn the ill news was already in the air. I sent for the landlord, inquired for the principal medical man in the town, and dispatched an urgent m to him, jntimating what we had heard, and Ing him to go out to the hall imme- diately,’ brought back that the doc- ” Word was tor had already béen sent for, and gone. This done, I felt I hardly dared ak further questions of any one Just et. Yet the whole thing seemed like a horrid dream, hardly credible. We sat up late into the night in the little inn parior—I absorbed in the occurrence of this eventful evening, and in painful anticipation of hearing more; A—— «not aword, but. glowering into the fire. Next morning we were to make an early start. Before the fall-in bugle sounded the little bust- ling landlady had communicated to us all sorts of rumors concerning the terrible event that had taken place the night before. Clearly the tragic stor was all over the town by this time, but the only coherent upshot of the mat- ter we could extract was that the ir lady down at the Hall had gone up to her. -room immediately after dinner, and then and there taken poison—that they found her stretched on the floor quite dead, the face turned to oneside, as if averted from something, and with an awfully fearsome look upon It. It =o be imagined I was anything but when I and my men mounted the steep hiil overlooking Moynetown, on the road to our next billets, with our backs turned m the scene of this CHANGES IN CIGARS, ‘The Smith Family Reunion. From the Brooklyn Eagle, “My name is Smith,” said a tall countryman entering the city editor's room. “Glad to hear you have such a widely known and usually respected cognomen,” said the editor. “Yes, my name is Smith,” repeated the coun- tryman, slowly sliding into a chair, and gazing thoughtfully out the window. “You see I've Just been over to Jersey to the convention. Big time over there. Never met so many relatives inall my life. Three thousand of ‘em plump there, Every mana Smith. I tell ye we're a rousin’ big family, we are. No nonsense "bout the Smiths, neyther. I could see that, an’ I had @ darn good chance ter judge ‘em. very one ' that three thousand Jus’ got right down ter business at once. Drew up alot o' resolutions, an’ after business went in fur a high old time. We had, you bet. I was introduced till I couldn’t stand up, un so was the rest o’ the com- ny. Every time I was introduced the other fel- low would say: ‘Let's smile,’ or ‘Let's have a ball,’ or somthin’ o’ that sort. Well, ye know I didn’t exactly understand the fust two or three fellows, but it didn’t take me a very consider- able time ter find out what they was upto. I always said yes after that, an’ always took apple jack. “That seemed ter be the most Inno- cent lookin’ drink goin’ round—least wise it looked most like water, but, bless your soul, It's the most deceivin’ stuff you ever see. Yes, it's Just lightnin’, but the Smiths seemed to take ter it like babies, an’ I, bein’ a Smith, didn’t want ter let go my end o’ ther saw. I knew what [ was adoin’. I could feel ita creepin’ down inter my legs and a buzzin’ around in my head, but I wasn’t agoin’ ter cave with tliree thousan’ rela- tives standin’ round takin’ me in. Some o’ the other fellers seemed to be o’ the same mind as I was, fur I noticed they didn't shirk the pizon’ stuff_no more norI did. Well, we 'gan ter get kinder mixed all round. Did you ever drink apple jack?” “Never touch anything,” sald the editor. “Well, apple jack is right there every time,” said the countryman, ‘an’ it just took hold on our entire family. You never see such a mixin’ up of Smiths afore in all your life. We was tangled up more nor a modern bank cashier's accounts, and we ain't unraveled yet.” “How is that?” asked the editor. “Well, you see, we spent a whole day tryin’ to sort ourselves out, and the more we tried to arrange things the more trouble we tell inter. You see, we was all Smiths, and that mixed up the hull business. We couldn't say who was which. { dunno whether I'm myself, or my third cousin, or, perhaps, somebody else’s brother, un’ that’s the way with the hull crowd. We started in ter sort out the Johns first, un’ that floored us. Every other man was John Smith, un’ we couldn't begin ter place’em. Then come the Ebenez- zara. There was more Ebenezzars than you could count ina month. Then the Jameses and the Georges un’—why, bless your heart, it's just terrible. Yer don’t get me ter no more family gatherin’s.” “But you surely know your own name?” said the editor. “I did, but I don't no more,” sald the coun- tryman, withasizh. “If I'm who I was when I left hum, I belong out in York state, but I may be somebody else un’ then I dunno where I live. I was sorted out with the Jameses; then somebody swore I was a John, un’ afore I knew it they had me over with the Richards. [ tell ye that applejack jus’ finished up the hull Smith tribe un’ no mistake. Now, I jus’ come in ter get your advice in the matter. If I go hum un’ find I live somewheres else why I’m left, un’ if 1 don’t go hum where do I live?” “Give It up,” said the editor. “Then you can’t give me no advice?” “I'm afraid your case is hopeless.” “Well, now. you jus’ bet I don’t goto no more family gathering, so long’s I'm a Smith,” said the count: an, backing out the door and walking in a dazed way downstairs. Embarrassed. From the Detroit Post. The Rev. Mr. — was one of the most bashful men In the profession, and was constantly get- ing into scrapes through his nervous mistakes. At one time he rose in his pulpit to give out the hymn, “This world ts all a fleeting show,” and after clearing his throat he struck a high pitch of voice and began solemnly: “This world is alla floating shoe.” Every- body smiled except the deacons, and the minis- ter was covered with confusion as he began The Wrapper Receiving the Most At- tion—American Growers Careless, Prom the New York Sun, “How will you have your cigars—stylish, col- ory, or is it flavor that you want?” “Are there styles and fashions in cigars?” “To be sure,” the tobacco man replied. “Fashions and styles change in cigars even more than they do in dress. The judges of a really good cigar are very few indeed. The av- erage smoker buys acigar through his eyes. Now, here is one,” taking it from a glittering show case, ‘that sells for five cents. You will notice that it Is rich dark, glossy, and hand- some. It has no qualt yat a smoker is satisfied with it because lit it looks well, and stuck in his mouth, it serves the purpose of a 25 cent cigar. Iremember when it was fashionable to smoke light-colored ci; Claro or Colorado as they are known in the trade, but now every- body wants dark, colory goods. - This has led to the use of coloring extracts, and Havana tobac- co extract is now a staple article of merchan- dise In the, trade, In shapes the cigar manu- facturers are controlled by mould makers. who, in order to stimulate their business, are as in- exorable in their season’s changes as are the makers of hatters’ blocks. Cigars are pressed into wooden moulds before the wrapper is put on, and, according to the mould, the cigar is turned out to be thick or thin, dumpy, pointed atend, or entirely round. Smokers, as I sald before, are attracted by appearance, and some shapes become very popular and have a great run; others don’t take at all, andthen the mould makers get up another shape. As tor quality, it is simply a matter of taste. Some men actually prefer the taste of a nickel cigar, Just as an rishman will cling to his clay pipe and ‘nigger- head.’ But it is a curious fact that if a smoker once inhales the flavor of a fine cigar he loses all taste for a cheaper article. “Yes, peopleare gradually becoming educated in the matter of taste, and there would soon be no market tor nickel cigars if the ranks of smokers were not constantly recruited from boy cigarette smokers, Last year the consump- tion of cigarettes was fourteen million less in this country than the year before. This shows that recruits have been added to the ranks of clgar smokers. Perhaps you don't know that New York has become the largest manufactur- ing center of the cigar industry in the world. For the seven months of this year ending July 80 there were 441,236,000 cigars made in New York city. These, at $6 per thousand, yielded a very handsome revenue to the government. “The cigar industry is controlled by foreign- erg,andall have made money. Cigar makers come principally from Germany; many are from Bo- hemia, and afew are trom Belgium, Holland, and England. German cigar makers are com- ing over now in large numbers, and are settling in New York at the rate of 2,000.a year. They all find employment at renumerative wages. A good workman gets $4.50 per 1,000 for making cigars, and he can turn out front 500 to 700 cigars a day. “Tobacco isapeculiar plant. Every leaf dif- fers. The more tender the leaf the finer the quality. No machinery has yet been perfected to supplant the skilful manipulation of the human hand, although there have been numer- ous attempts to make cigars by machinery. The essential parts of a cigar are the filler and the binder, which is called a bunch, and the wrapper. The wrapper ts not the thirtieth part of a cigar, and yet it is the part which imparts flavor to the whole. A bad wrapper will spoil the filler and binder, while a good wrapper put on a poor bunch will make a very good smoke. The introduction of a new tobacco grown on the Island of Sumatra into this market has lately caused a great flutter in the trade. This tobacco is grown under the direction of a wealthy Dutch syndicate at Amsterdam, which empl coolies to raise tobacco on their pos- sessions inthe East Indies. The tobacco has only been in this market for two years, yet it is gaining favor so rapldly that the importations of it have increased at the rate of 100 per cent ayear. In1874 the total tobacco product of the Island of Sumatra was only 96,463 pounds. Last month 147,224 pounds alone were brought to New York. The Sumatra leaf is cured so well,,and is so glossy and handsome in appearance, that cigar makers eagerly take to it. Its quality is very poor, but since four pounds of it will cover 1,000 cigars, where twelve pounds of seed or domestic are ordinarily used, it is much cheaper to use Sumatra tobacco, where appearance only 1s con- sidered, notwithstanding its duty of thirty-five cents @ pound and ten per-cent ad valorem. Cigar manufacturers say that American growers of tobacco have become very careless in the cul- tivation of their tobacco crops. It requires one year of curing before the crop is ready for the market, and the 80 and the ‘81 crops have been found so poor that in self-defense the handsome Sumatran stranger has been given the preference. Lately the tariff com- mission, while at Long Branch, heard argu- ments for the suppression of this Imported to- bacco by placing on an additional fifty per cent or one hundred per cent ad valorem duty. Cigar maufacturers aver that they prefer to use Pennsylvania or Connecticut tobacco, if they can get it fit for use in cigars. The native leaf, they say, lias the quality, but itis poorly cured and of bad color. The sorting of colors of Sumatra tobacco ts graded with the most per- fect nicety. There are, for instance, thirt; shades of brown, comprising dark, red, . and middle browns and light and dark tallow. It is this nice arrangement of colors which causes the Sumatra tobacco to be preferred, and it is said that American growers might | take a valuable lesson from the care and skill which characterizes the coolie labor.” +2 ‘The Minnesinger’s Wife. A. D. 1285, again: “This world fs all a shouting flow.” This only made matters worse, and the un- happy man cleared his throat with tremendous force and began once again: “This world is all a floating she.” Then he slammed the hymn-buok down, and, wiping his clammy brow, sald: “Brethren, for some reason I cannot read that hymn as it should beread. We will omit it, and the choir will please sing the grand old lines beginning: “Just as I am, without one flea.” i A New Proof thatthe Earth is Round. ¥rom the Lon‘ion Post. A new proof of the globular form of the earth has been produced by two scientists in Geneva, Messrs. Dufour and Farell. They have called at- tention to the fact that the images of steamers and surrounding mountains, when reflected on the surface of the immense lake, invariably ap- pear in a diminished size. Hence they con- clude that the surface of the lake must be bent in a convex shape, otherwise it would not pro- duce the same results as a Japanese diminshing mirror or a conyex lens. Of cougse, this obser- vation is not confined to the Lake ot Geneva, but must be true of all great water surfaces which are sufficiently stilland placid to serve as mirrors. A critichas asked why this phenome- non has not been noticed until recently. MM. Dufour and Farell reply that it has possibly been noticed by private observers, who have not L Not only in my lady’s eyes Do I her beauty find, But all the love that poets prize thought of its interest or importance as a con- is garnered in her mind. firmation of the theory that we are fiving upon 1 aglobe. They add, Seepee et the eet of the reflected objects is so slight that it wo Rar naaee naturally escape the notice of the greater num- The pipe, the shell, the chorded string, ber of observers. oT Motes Brother Gardner’s Philosophy. a, “De man who expecks leas’ of de world am Ne eee de one who has de fewest complaints,” said the old man as the sound of rattling hoofs died away inthe hall. “De man who imagins aat triendship will borrow money at de bank am doomed to disappointment. My frien’ may len’ me his shovel, but he expecks me to return his hoe in good condishun. He may inquar’ arter my wife's health, but it doan’ foller dat I kin turn my chickens into his garden. If I am sick, I doan’ expeck de worl’ to stop movin’ right long. If mynex’ doah naybur whispers to my wife dat he am willin’to sot up wid my corpse, he am doin’ his full duty. If I am in want, dat’s nuffin’to de people who have Sove what I have more sweetly heard My lady sing or say. rv. She gazeth at the flower and star, And seadeth in their looks A mystic meeainy ceepet far ‘Than any writ in books. v. I often to my love have read. ‘The bards of olden tim And then some happy word she said. Outrivaled all their rhymes. vw bo bien Nec rp lis ns) jenty.” If Tam intronble, dat's nuMn’ to peo- eoeas eure ort an ie Shs have sunthin’ to rejoice ober. De ‘Whom I have snared and caught. worl’ owes me only what I can airn. It owes me room to pass to and fro, space fora grave, an’ sich @ funeral as de ole woman kin pay fur an’ keep de bin full o° ‘taters, De world’s friendship reduces a man to rags as often as it clothes him in fine raiment. De world’s sym- pany blisters a man’s back as often as it warms heart. De world’s charity excuses the crime of @ hoss-thief, an’ am ‘horror-stricken ober de stealin’ of a loaf of bread by an orphan. De world promises eberythin’, and ALS only what am convenient. ee Tieodore Titton, |" “De man who pals on de poneey at ne pub- Me instead of de ofa log will ‘Tho Straussos and Their Music. | havo no harvest apples for sale. De man’ who vi She loves me with a love go true ‘It never can be told,— A love like love when love was new, Before the gre vu. © never yet such lovers were, evermore shall De, For I am all the world to her, She, all the world to me! at the Volks Garten, near by the 5 is a fiat, enclosed piece of ground, shaded with horse chestnut and other trees, with walks and hedges, end with two music stands i E ie 3 z . E Hit if i [ “Am der Peg oan! "actly i ‘wid dat sentence?” de word ‘continuate,’ E i E i f ze i FS Tg & Et F I : 5 | Hy i i F } i | i 5 He Ei i i 3 3 FF i i i “How are the colored voters coming on out on Onion creek?” asked an Austin candidate of @ darkey with a load of hay. Bie 9 heap sickness out dar among colored : ily I i : i the t i H 4 5 i to YDIA E. PINKHAM'S L VEGETABLE COMPOUND, A SURE CURE FOR ALL FEMALE WEAKNESSES, INCLUDING LEUCORRHGA, IRREGULAR AND PAINFUL MENSTRUATION, IN- FLAMMATION AND ULCERATION OF THE WOMB, FLOODING, PROLAPSUS UTERI. &o. 827 Pleasant to the taste, efficacions and immediate in iteeffect. It is a great help in pregnancy, and re- eves pain during labor and at regular periods. PHYSICIANS USE IT AND PRESCRIBE IT FREELY. £9~ For Aut Wraxwrsses of the generative oncans ofeither sex, it is second to no remedy that has ever been before the public; and for all diseases of the Kip- evs it is the Greatest Remedy in the World. S27 KIDNEY COMPLAINTS OF EITHER SEX FIND GREAT RELIEF IN ITs USE. LYDIA E. PINKHAMS BLOOD PURIFIER ‘Will eradicate every vestige of Humors from the Blood, at the same time will give tone and strencth to the sys- tem, As marvelous in results as the Compound. €F Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are pre- pared at 233 and 235 Western avenue, Lynn, Maas. Price of either, $1. Six bottles for $5. The Compound issen by mail in the form of pills, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, $1 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose 3 cent stamp. Send for pamphlet, Mention this paper, §2-LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S LIVER PILLS cure Constipation, Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. 25 cents. 5B Sold by all Druggista, ye10 H*®*? A HOUSE THOROUGHLY BY USING RICHARDSON, BOYNTON & CO.'3 GAS-TIGHT DURABLE FURNACE. (Furnaces for Coal or Wood). Embody new 1882 improvements not ford in other goods. Contains more practical and useful features, Cost lees to keep in order—use less fuel, will give more ‘heat and a larger volume of pureair than any furnace made—Cheapest to buy and use. ucuancsox, Borxtox, & Co., Manufacturers, 282 & 234 Water St., N. ¥). Sola by CHAS. G. BALL, 1837 Est. n. w., Washington, D.C, 4y29-s, tu&th, 3m VEGETABLE PRODUCT, > Only used in Aven's AGve Cure, has proven itself a never-failing and rapid cure for every form of Malarial Dieorder, Fever and Ague, or Chilis and Fever. No in- Jury follows its use, and its effects are permanent. It rouses the system to ® condition of vigorous health, cleanses the blood of malarial poison, and imparts feeling of comfort and secunty moet desirable in Ague HOUSEFURNISHINGS. pottery AND PORCELAIN. DIRECT IMPORTATION ‘or FRENCH, ENGLISH AND. GFRMAN POTTERY RICH CUT ENGLISH AND FRENCH GLASS, ‘We call special attention to our new Fall Stock arriving, which has been selected with great care as style, quality and price. M. W. BEVERIDGR, 1009 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N. W. 709 wousine xomomrox. 709 We are now to offer to Housekeepers « fall line of WHITE FRENCH CHINA and STONE PORCE> LAIN in NEW SHAPES, DECORATED DINNER, TEA and TOILET SETS. TABLE CUTLERY, FINEST PLATED WARE and KITCHEN UTENSILS, atthe Lowesr Cas Prices. WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, 709 MARKET SPACE. EDUCED PRICES. wall Gt any wit ATORS AT. \DOW SCREENS: EAM FREEZERS, THN alee proved LACE CURTAIN STRETCHER, GEO, WATTS, ju S14 ‘7th street, 5 doors above Penna. svenne. EFRIGERATORS, WATE. COOLERS AND OLL STOVES AT REDUCED PRICES, Onr stock of above goods being too Jango. will sell ab them out m0 bie and brick- RANG! raWACLS and SCATE MANTELS. “a cite. DANFORTH’S VAPOR STOVE; the boat in the market. DANFOKTH'S FLUID constantly HuiEe Ssssqb Here Ssss5 ppp & NATURAL MINERAL WATER IN GLASS. B.W. REED'’S SONS, 1216 F STREET NORTHWEST. TRADE SUPPLIED. wit NOTICE TO HOUSEKEEPERS! COG EE ERE SS Eh F 8 EEE BR Eee %gss° 7 sSS88g TITT FEE XN ON OGG 3 TE EXNeoo “iP Tides Ssss8 Tf ERE WN NN God ¢ RRR EFEL % Foc pew RRP L N 0 CE pee AES oie B RERELULL NN COU ERS GGG. oo Lf NON G GOOL RN 6 "00 NN 6 ca 0.0 NN GGG “oo LLL XN districts, Itis an excellent tonic and preventative, as of AveR's AGUE Cong over any other compound is that it contains no Quinine, Arsenic, or mineral; conse- quently it produces no quinism or injurious effects whatever upon the constitution. Those cured by it are eft as healthy as if they had never had the disease. The ion of AYFn's AGUE CURE uy the river and Digestive Ongaitvmutea't a major fomed ” fae windy rooactalls 728-4 : for Liver paint ai Sea eben ape hat WM. M. GALT & CO. CLARET! CLARET We offer, as agvectalty, THREE BOTTLES TABLE CLARET FOR §1, OB $3.75 PER DOZE tof HIGHER GRADES OP at res. CLARET! For sate by all druggists. SINGLETON & HOEKE, 801 MARKET SPACE, CARPETS! CARPETS If We are now showing a full line of all the newest de- in ite, Body and Tapestry Brussels, Threo- Ply and Carpets. 4 complete Smyrna, Moquette, Velvet and Bru Also, novelties in our upholstery department in Lace Curtains, Shades, Window Draperies, Furuiture, Cov- erings, Xc., in new and elegant designs. Lowest cash prices. New goods received daily. SINGLETON & HOEKE. au29 801 Marker Spacer. V ASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 27, 1882, low KLES, OLIVES, PANNED + for and ig GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, No. 1209 F STREET NORTHWEST. _ ‘VEN R. EELLY, Leer, Lams, VERE MOTION, tc: CORNED BEER ant PECIALTY, onnebaien 208 Northern Liberty Mirket, or Addresd delivered free of charge to allpartsot the MEDICAL, &e. _ Set Lees DE* ATION, PREMATURE lity Youthful Errors, Weaknesses, &e., positively and perina: ycured without medi> ine or pat. Diseases of bot: i m5 and 206 and 2 Box 71, City Marketing Desiring to retire from the Book and Stationery busi- DWE! ness, I now offer for sale in bulk my entire stock, in- eludii da lease of the premises. Book and Stationery will an Tif the older exabihed ct, and offers @ rare opportunity to Duainess, (7 ty one wii toto he ‘or particulars apply to FRANCIS B. MOHUN, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 1015 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. In the meantime a discount of 20 per cent. will be al- Jowed on all cash sales. = ie; Foe THE SUMMER Us AMERICAN PALMER'S GINGER ALE, ‘Retail Price One Dollar ($1) Per Dozen, ‘For Bale by Dealers and by the Manufacturer. SAM'L C. PALMER, 1224 TWENTY-NINTH STREET, ‘West Washington. "2 Telephonic connection. aylt pace PAREBS! APPLE SLICERS!! COMBINATION; CIDER AND F. P. MAY & CO, 634 Penna. zvenue, near 7th street. PC misfortune to 8 man. by the Joss of mi despit his mind becomes shro n «lou and de- spondency. Consult DR. BOTHEAS, 906 i southwe 21m" ENTLEME: IT treatment 906 B strect southwest, thi tising Physicians in the Richards, Justice of the pox: ed at our Laboratory, and a cure guaranteed in all *taces of Secret Diseases, No free prescriptions, A word to the ‘Wise is sufficient. "Advice fre Cary ICORD'S VITAL Ri RESTORES NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL DEBILI- TY, LOSS OF MANLY VIGOK, &, ‘This infallible remedy has been scrutinize! and doreed by the Academy of Medicine, of Poris, an tested for half @ century by the medical celeb: ities Enrope. It contains no phorour cantherides, rau Foraas ty’ Gakfsriant eucar com 481 Pe criptive cir it the private full yivania uve Washington, where Culare cant be had. "None sentalne. with ry Stamp with monogram and above. NOTICE, HA’ iG aT 7 RY SEG IOIET EERE aE Ee QIAND. FOR It HAVIN TL) is WI’ HN, ST $1, ENTLEMEN CAN HAVE iC TREATS Saari ibe ecaenece te ictnen, ALLAN'S SOLUBLE MEDICATED ROUGIES, Patented October 16, 1876. One box No. 1 will cure any case in foar days or less. Xo; 2 wall care the most ‘case, DO matter of ng : bi *S¥o omic doe tcubel, copabna co of sandale “Bice $1.50." Bold by all druceista, or mailed on re P.O. Box 1,633. J, C. ALLAN CO., 83 John street, x st-tuta,ectne CO., 83. New York.