Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1882, Page 6

ee. a : SS A SUSPECT! Love Struggling With a Fierce Balidog. LOPEMENT. 48 IMPRISONED Met: aX mate F EN WILLS OF VERMONT. Thad loved [i Teay that Iw +, my renders of Not that this hatl,o! f course, Bella's charms Her father had then ad s The old lady toek to ea yn with old | $23 when the alinde to rs of the ‘Vermont. specimen of t freeze to the than a lobster ting finger. and deteri the other. k his word » only thing I er. The old tarm- a very unustal and she was he top flour. st one or was she day that in de- re she ttable fre-es¢ fs In- hed through my mind. n doing so heard these simplest in the world. ry coul t No, sir, thing, and ‘ud amuse itself all the house and 80 Hight and ea: when folks ¢ s baby-juinp Va half. ment, seein’ you * to lave one for an ady keeps a hotel. and you'd o the protection of yo nly two stories jump out or And the care- nd?” L asked of thi ‘ing in the 's section, anyhow. ‘There isn h enough for & man to hurt himself much if he rolled off the roof. and a Vermenter “ud sooner tal on his life than spend a dime, any day.” “Ff tell yeu how you can ‘sell one escape for $20, and no tronble either.” “You will! Tunfolded my plot, and found a sympathetic er. He was to go up to B house and tryto sell an e=cape. Of knew that would be perfectly hopeless. being rebuifed. he was te i aving one 00 trial for a week or two, until he came around again. He was also to try to smugele a letter to Bella, explaining that she was at nicht to get Possession of the escape. attach it to her bed- Stead, and slide down inte my waiting arms, wich wonld be waiting as near as the dogs Would let them. On the night she was ready, she was to sicnal in a certain way with a candle at the window. The peddler started off, and soon returned, haying been successful! in getting the letter to Bella. and havin: on of how to ‘use the escape. I waited in vain for the sign: last it was shown. I €4 not hear th s about, and I gently crept h It was © aid, dear?” ied the end ronnd the bed- think I ¢ put of the road.” to try now. Oh!" f off from the side, ‘uily. © Use the check nt too quickly.” second floor, waen there vaatable “Loosen th eck.” “it 1s quite loose.” . Oh! oh! It’s no use: it won't move,” “Can't you sl!p out of the loop and slide down the rope? I'll cateh you.” “No, I cannot: I am sitting in them, and can't out. On, what's to be done?” “Pl try to climb up and see. Bella sat dangling in the air, like Moham- med’s coffin, between heaven and earth. I tried to climb, but the rope was not half an Ineh thick. and I slipped back. Then came the tragic sequel. There was arush of something behind me, anda bulldog seized me in that part Which had been nearest to him as heapproached. Thave heard of soldiers riddled with bullets, or almost cut and thrust to pieces by swords and bayonets, who have st!ll_ advanced upon the en- emy, Idon't believe they could have done it with a bulldog hanging on rearward. If any one of my male readers doubts this aspersion ot man’s courage, let him get an angry bulldog and ry. Other docs began to give tongue. Bella Sereamed, Lights were seen moving In the house. “Go!” she cried; “they will killeyou if they find you.” “But I cannot leave you, Bella.” I must own this was not true. 1 was leaving her in small sections down the dog's throat, and I felt that I ‘must run away. “Go; save yourself.” By a convulsive effort I shook off the dog, a considerable portion of my trousers, and a cou- of good mouthtuls of my anatomy, and manded over a fence and upatree. From there I beheld the triumphant Vermonters haul Bella into a second-story window. Then they came out, and with much crying and swearing began to look forme. I am happy to say they were unsuccessful. About two hours after- wards I ventured to limp home. Bella never tried to elope again. She re- mained proof against all the arguments her unele and the charms of his Green Mountain Doys, and when she became legally her own mis- tress she became mine legally, too. Never saw that Soot managain. Per- it was better for him I d He never catled for his machine. Possibly he heard some- thing of the story in his travels. I don't know that there is any moral to this tale. except never to use “When a Indy el Dewn a ladder ofr She may go to Hongkong for me.” —VJulian Magnus, in Argonaut, ———_—_—-e-_—___ Rescarches {i ¥ Pockets, Tcannot deceive myself—I was horribly tipsy case throw the first empty bottle at me! How did it happen? In this way. I, aeivil- ‘fan, reading law, was invited to dine at the gar- Fison mess. I had never been at a similar enter- tainmert. and I cannot but think, now that I Took back on It, that the officers played some trick on aoe a en gta that they were pro- digiousiy le, Ww! ways looks suspicious. From a certain point, from the third course, I very littie; a sort of cloudy curtain the curtains that come Saceroopts the View Like +, be impressed by Make | down In pantomimes, and all the rest of It Is hike @ pantomime, and I don't know whether I was clown or pantaloon or columbine. Yet something must have happened to me, a greet many things. I've been sleeping in my wiite tie; and then my face! What ingly veilow, dissipated face! Upon my word, it isa pretty affair! At my time, one-and-twenty, to be overcome by wine like a schoolboy out for aholiday! 1 cannot express what I think of it. m I to know what happened last night? Ask my landlady? No; I cannot let her see how ashamed Tam. Besides, she would only know the condition in which I came home; and that I can guess. They say that from a single bone Professor Owen can reconstruct an entire antedituvian ani- mal: I must try and do something similar to re- | construct my existence during the last twelve | or fourteen “hours. I must get hold of two or | three clues. | Where I find them? In my pockets, perhaps. |, Since f was a smail boy I have always had the | habit of stamng them with all manner of things. sis the time for me to search them. ‘ble. What shall I find? | (Searches his waisteoat pocket.) |__Thave cently insinuated two fingers Into my | waisteeat pocket. and have brought out my Emp Hang it! (Lifts his overcoat from the floor.) Oa picking up my overcoat J have found my pocketbook, half open, and the papers fallen | from it on the carpet. } The ese. se papers which eatches my of last night's dinner. Wel How many of us? Several of of course; but which of Happy thought! The menu will remind their Various tastes and reveal their c. é Well I know that the colonel is a s hand at oysters, so I am sure he Was ther | Muilizatawny. That is Capt. Simpkins’ soup, | or rather Iquid fire, so Simpkins was there. Two ofthem. es me think of little Du- y man who wants to be a nglishman. He was there. of mutton. Tom Horsley, the invete- That is Ned Walker, who Is from “Petersborough to Now I know pretty well who some of my fel- low-guests were, As for the othe (Picks up some photographs.) ! were there women at the mess? ‘tainly not. Then we must have talked of men, and the men must e given me s of their female rels trange ! especially as I don't know the ladies. Here’® an ancient and fish-like pi | s in a blue jersey. Dumerque’s grand- | mother, Pi be bound. Here a’ stout, middle- me, widow probably. I know Simp- s wants to marry a widow; but why give | me her portrait ? | And thi Quite in the low forehead, small nose, tiny and what splendid eye she is fair, as well as one photograph. And the little on her forehead are like rings of gold. so young—a mere child. A lovely figure; such lashes! judge from a | curis | And pur forefathers would have compared her to a A | rose tree, but then our forefathers were not | strong in necklace imilies. She has neither earrings nor haps that gives her that look of Disdain! "s nothing yet of but tries to seem tired of it. They are all Who is she? She must be the colonel’s daugn- | ter; I've heard that his daughter is a pretty girl. | | must have expressed my warm admiration of | the photograph, and he must have responded by giving itto me. Did I ask him for her hand? | Did he refuse it? or did he put off his reply? Perhaps that was why I drank too much. Now let me proceed. What further happened? Let me continue my researches. (Tries the pockets of the overcoat.) By Jingo! Two visiting cards! The first say Hl Captain beige 3} irst Royal The other; Major Garnet Havelock Cannon, Rifle Artillery. Now. what does it all mean? I do not know | those military gentlemen. They must have been | guests like myself. How do I come to haye their cards? There must have been some dis- pute. some quarrel, some row. These two cards must have been given in exchange for two of mine. It all comes back to me! ‘A duel—perhaps two duels! But duels about what? Whom did I affront? I know I'm an awful fire-eater when I’ve drunk too much. But was I the challenger or the challenged? I think my left cheek is rather swollen as from a blow; but that is mere fancy. What dreadful follies have I got myself into? I can make out some pencil marks on the first card, that of the captainin the Lancer dragoons. Yes. “Ten o'clock, behind St. Martin’s church.” Ah, a hostile meeting, that is clear. run; perhaps I shall be in time. No, too late, it is half-past eleven. Tam dishonored, branded as a coward! No one will believe me whenI say that I hada headache and overslept myself on the morning of & duel. }_ I have no energy to look further in my Pockets. Still, one never knows —- (Brings out a hanikerchief.) A handkerchief—a very fine one—thin cam- brie. But itis not one of mine. There is a coronet in the corner. How did I come by this handkerchief? Could I have stolen it? arman, er Dragoons. I must seem to be on the road to the county gaol. Oh, how my head aches! A flower is In my button-hole. How did it come there? Forget-me-nots; thelr blue eyes closed, all withered and drooping. I could not have bought so humble a bouquet at the flower- shop; it must have been given me. It was given me, it came to me from the fair one with golden curls. Her father gave it to me from her, Knowing that I was about to risk my life— to risk my life for her sake no doubt. Yes, that is it. My fears increase. I dread to know more. Iam afraid to prosecute my re- searches in my pockets. Imay find my hands full of forgeme-nots—or of blood! Oh! Ah! by Jove! What now? This overcoat—is not mine. No, mine fs dark gray, this is ght grey. I have not traveled through my pockets, but through the pockets of somebody else. But then—if the coat Is not mine, neither is the duel. Not mine the carte. Not mine the photographs. Not mine the forget-me-nots. Not mine the cards. I have not stolen the handkerchief. 1 am all right; thank goodness, I am all right! And my romance about the colonel’a lovel: daughter—I am sorry about it, upon my wor At least, I am sorry for her, for I fear she will never now make my acquaintance. ——__cee—____ A MISER’s DEATH. ‘The Wealth of a Colored Preacher—an Old Washingtonian. The Rey. Joshua Provine Bond Eddy, aged eighty-four years, died last week in Philadel- phia in a wretched state of squalor and misery ina tumble-down shanty on South street, near Fifth, He wasacolored preacher, the son-in- law of the late Rev. Bishop Allen, a well-known Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church, and was a familiar character in the sec- tion of the city in which he lived, being known as “Old Josh. Eddy.” He was entirely without friends and not a soul ts there who mourns his loss. He was long known to be possessed of considerable money, but no one knew until he died the extent of his wealth, which will foot up fully $100,000. He invested his hoardings in houses and lands. Among the real eatate which he owned were thirty-seven houses in different arts of that city, nine in Camden, two farms in New Jersey, and some pro) in Frankford and Chester. This is all thee his brother, who STEWART’S STORE NO LONGER. The Last of the Great Dry Goods Firm. CHANGES THAT ARE MAKING IN THE BUILDING— 4A TALK WITH JUDGE HILTON, From the N. ¥. Tribune. There was little indication in Stewart's store last Saturday afternoon that the last day of its occupancy under the name of A. T. Stewart & Co. had arrived. There were about the usual nuraber of shoppers and clerks along the coun- ters. A wooden partition was being erected across the store, east and west, to divide the floor for the retail and wholesale firms. The former will use the north side and the latter the south, excepting @ space in the southeast cor- ner, which Judge Hilton will reserve during the time necessary to settle up the accounts of the old firm. The clerks were busy in changing the goods from oneside of thestore to the other last evening. The new firms will take tie present stock on hand and will also open with new goods as well to-morrow. The same ‘ystem of doing business will be adhered to as was used by the old firm, and asthe same em- ploy: as arule will be retained, there will scarcely be “a new face at the door” to shop- pers who call at the famous store. Edwin J. Denning, who superintended the retail business of the old firm, is the new proprietor of the re- tail business. Of the new wholesale firm Sam- uel ocock was at the head of Stewart's hos- iery department, Horace C. Sylvester was at the head of the Paris branch of the house, Edward B. Hilton, a son of Judge Hilton, was in Paris, and Henry Graham Hilton, another son, has been in charge of the mill department for two years. : Jude Hilton was at the store yesterday and talked with a Tribune reporter in regard to the changes taking place. “Of course it 1s to be expected,” said he, “that the public should be interested in this store. It is known all over and is almost a public enterprise in some re- spects. It is sixty years since the flag of A. T. Stewart was raised over the store, and the growth of its business has beenewonderful. During all that time {t has been an honorable and honored firm, and it never had better patronage or a finer stock than at present. Tire building has the best of facilities for accommo- dating the public.” “Will the closing of A. T. Stewart & Co.’s business throw many people out of employ- mont * Well, I had 13,000 nathes on the list before Tclosed ‘some of the departments; and there were about 7.000 in the city. But the clerks in this store by the new firms, with few ey indeed some of those who sought position elsewhere are want- ing to be taken back. The other dry-goods houses were anxious to get hold of them. It was the same way im our branch houses. We e supplied clerks to lots of houses. The head of our Lyons house secured a new position before he left the old one. That was one reason why I gave the notice on April 1 of the proposed retirement of the firm. The employes would thus have a chance to find employment through the summer in time for the fall trade. A good number did so. Many re- mained and were apparently much pleased every time I postponed the closing of the store, as I did from July to August and then to October. When it was announced that the business was to be carried on by new firms the clerks were pleased, and Mrs. Stewart was giad also. So was 1. Some people seem to think I should have consulted them, and some newspapers think I should have consulted them. The onlyreason I sold out the business was that I was tired. It was not because the store was unprofitable, for It was not. But this store, with its seven branch , Several mills, and the property in Gar- den City and this city, were too much to attend to. I was wearing out. I could not go to Sar- atoga or Garden City without being beset by telegrams, and I couid not go anywhere else. Now that I have settled it so as to keep the store open and give the employes a chance to keep at work, I am happy. Many ladies have also expressed great satisfaction on learning that the business would be carried on.” ‘* How about the branch houses ?” “They will be closed, excepting the Paris house, which will be kept open by the new wholesale firm. That was the best organized foreign house in Paris. The clerks there are generally not up to the efficiency-of Americans. They want a room to themselves and the privi- lege of taking home the books to write them up. Our Nottingham mil will be taken by the wholesale firm, and its product, the Star under- wear, sold to the retail house. It has 400 em- ployes inside and 400 outside. The carpet fac- tory back of Fishkill I will run awhile longer; at least till I use up the wool on hand—over a miilion pounds. The building itself is an im- mense one, having 32,000,000 bricks in it. The Cal sey is being taken here faster than I can make It, but I will not promise any ahead. “What will the upper floors of the stores be used for?” “T intend to make the whole building intoa commercial apartment house ; something unique in the country, I guess. I presume the present. firm will keep the two first floors; that Is, if they pay the rent. The other floors I shall di- vide and fit up tor wholesale dry goods firms. I will provide elevators for each section, and have the rooms lighted by electricity and taken care of, so that a man peed not look at his store after he gets through business. I expect that dealers who have to climb up stairs in dark stores further down town will be glad to get in a well-lighted, fire-proof structure such as this. The plans are’ already drawn for the proposed alterations, and they would have been begun sooner only that the carpenters are busy alter- ing the old wholesale store at Chambers street and Broadway. Two stories will be added to that, and Edison’s electric Nght put in, 80 as to make it a first-class office building.” 9. Eulalie MecGirlygirt. From the Chicago Tribune. “Iam cutting my corns,” As the words floated out upon the soft air of @ June afternoon and fell upon the ear of Ber- wick Heatherington, who was swinging lazily ina hammock that hung beneath the larches, he smiled the cold, cynical smile he had learned in Kenosha and then he raised himself on one elbow and fell out of the hammock. The noise attracted Eulalie McGirlygirt’s at- tention, and she came to the window, holding a shoein herhand. Leaning out over the case- ment, she was about to offer words of condo- lence and sympathy to Berwick, when her fuot slipped, and the loud crash of iture which followed so startled the girl that she dropped the shoe. * * * * ‘Will this patient ever recover?” asked a visi- tor by : eae insane esylum. oe Re & hopeless case.” replied yhysician. “He was brought to the Hospital os years ago dreadfully mangled, and when his health was restored reason had fied. His one idea is that the Ccurt-house is falling on him. * * * * * * “We have kept the secret well, daughter,” said Mrs. McGirlygirt to Eulalie one summer aiternoon. ; “Yes,” was the reply. “But do you know that I have never wornthe shoesince that day?” “How foolishly notional you are, darling,” sald the mother. “You might at least give it to some poor family who have no home to pro- tect them from the cold.” o,”_ answered the girl. “It is a sacred relic, and I shail always keep it to remind me of one who might have been my husband.” soe das AT THE THOUSAND ISLES, President Arthur Fishing for Bass aud Catching a Muscalonge. ALEXANDRIA Bay, Oct. 1.—The season at the Thousand Isles had come to a sudden end, the bass were becoming scarce, the chilly nights were making blankets welcome, and of all the cottagers on the Isles, only Mr. Hayden and Judge Lobatt remained. This was on Thursday morning. Just then two men came to the Crossman house. One registered in enormous builder, as proud as a cabinet officer by askit for him, and then talking about models an lines and that sort of thing. He was 80 agree- able to a waiter in the that the waiter said he was the most commonplace man he ever saw. He meant to say unassuming. After the President had chatted awhile from his seat on the spile the sixty-foot steam yacht Minnie, which has the tonnage of a small tug- boat, was put in readiness for a fishing cruise. Bass fishing had been about given up and trolling for pickerel was ha its turn, but the President would havenone of that. He was going to bunt the y but elusive bass with rod and line, He is too true rtsman to troll when he can do better. Comstock acted as guide, and took the party around Oak Island, off the American shore. They were at it a long while, but most of the time was con- sumed in dining and talking. They caught 33 bass and ate some of them for dinner. Last night and again this morning President Arthur ate with the other guests in the dining room and from the regular bill of fare. The office seekers and bores had been off the scent for forty-eight hours, and he was enjoying the respite. Ex-senator Winslow, of Watertown, was his only caller. When the President walked down to the wharf-after breakfast half dozen persons followed him. I am told that half as many would have lagged after anybody whose departure would serve to break the mo- notony. He boarded the Minnie again with Mr. Dun, Capt. Westcott, and Messrs. Griffin and Comstock, fishermen. They took him wy the river to Eel Bay, at the head of Wells Island. The day was perfect. A summer's breath rippled the surface of the great river. The sky was cloudless, and here and there along the wooded shores isolated flashes of color, like so many smail fires that are soon to set the woods ablaze with autumn flame, added to the beauty of the view. A few bass, averaging less than two pounds each, were caught, but it was the Presi- dent's good luck to land a splendid big musca- longe. Just as he was getting hungry, the guides dressed and cooked it, and it was made the center dish of a meal of elaborate arrange- ment. Inthe evening the President did not ap- pear in the dining room. He had supper sent to his room. Afterward he sat on the ver- anda long enough to smoke a cigar, and then he retired. ee WILLIAM NEILL DENNISON’S WIFE. The Daughter-in-law of Ex-Governor Mnison Appears on the Stage. The fact that Mrs. William Neill Dennison, a daughter-in-law of the late ex-Governor Demni- son, who was at one time Commissioner of the District ot Columbia, has gone on the stage in St. Louis has created considerable excitement in fashionable circles in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Dennison, who ig a remarkable beautiful wo- man, left some weeks ago, and it was supposed that she was visiting friends in Cincinnati and attending the exposition. Rumors have been in circulation for some time to the effect that she was studying for thestage, but fora long time there was believed to be no truth inthe state- ments, especially as Mrs. Dennison recently inherited a fortune from a relative, and her husband, who 1s practicing law in Colorado, willinherit more than $100,000 of lis father’s estate, Colonel W. Neill Dennison has been ab- sent from the city for a year or more, but it has not been supposed that he and his wife had sep- arated. It is not known whether Mrs. Denni- son acquainted her relatives with her intention of joining a comic opera company at the time of her departure from the city, but it is safe to say that she did not, as it is surmised that they would have opposed any such step. It has been learned that one evening about two weeksago, there arrived at Ubrig’s Cave in St. Louis, two ladies, one young, pretty and fresh-looking, the othe somewhat older. They inquired for Mr. Charles E. Ford. They told him that they had come from Columbus to join his opera company in answer to a telegram, and had never been on the stage. He knew noth- jug of their antecedents and engaged them as a purely business venture. ‘They were sent to a boarding-house, but had not been there longer than two days when the younger one was recog- nized by another boarder as the daughter-in- law of ex-Governor Dennison. Mrs. Dennison said she was the wife of Governor Dennison’s son. She said she was about to join a comic opera company. She made her tap- pearance in ‘‘The Merry War,” and was on the staze each evening during the remainder ofthe engagement. The lady who recognized her earnestly urged her to return home, but she de- clined to take the advice. Mrs. Dennison says that she wants to earn an independent living and she believes. moreover, that she has natural talents for tie stage. She is now in that city. Mrs. Dennison is unde- cided whether she will port the position of leading lady in the ‘Judge Slasher company,” raoantly, organized here and now playing in the country towns, or go to New York and perform in light opera. ee ‘The Quiet Garden. All silent is the garden Where the children used to stray; The children, men and women now Grown up and gone away. Amid the strife and toll of life Have never time to play! Here in the rustling beeches ‘Once the linnet loved to sing; ‘The bird still seeks the old home-nest ‘While human hearts take wing, For man has less of faithtulness ‘Than any living thing. Oh heart, grown sour with sorrow While the swift years fly apace, : Is there no everlasting love, ‘That knows.not time nor space? Allloves revive, and grow and thrive In God’s great resting-place, The treasures of His kingdom Are our old things all made new, Oid hopes, old scences, and faded flowers Bapti with heavenly dew; ‘The sin and doubt he washes out. And leaves the pure and true, Wait in the gaee garden While the linnet thrills its song; ‘The other voices, silent now, Shall come to thee ere long; Earth’s weakness past, love’s tone at last Shall ring out clear and stron; eee ee ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris. From the San Francisco Chronicle. There is a lady in this city of wonders, an American, who is undoubtedly one of the love- ltest creatures that ever were. She is called Mme. Gautherot, and her husband, a French- man, is a rich importer, who came up to Paris from Nantes to spend his proney saa show off his wife. Some say she is from or Los Angeles, or Marysville, or from some- where slong tie Pacific coast. I have heard, too, that hails from New York, from palmate oe Lima, from Panama—from any numl of places that ought to be, and I dare say would be, proud to own, her. The nderance of evidence isin fayor of Frisco, and so I am going to write her down .a8 a bright, accidental star which has come to us a perfect specimen of the kind of women that thrive apace in the “glorious climate of Califor- ny.” I have seen her several times, but the best chance I had to admire her was a few weeks back in the magnificent salons of Mrs. Morton, the wife of the American. minister. A young lady from Chicago was leaning on my arm, and we were slowly traversing the rooms, when we came upon Mme. Gautherot, who was standin; talking with M. Clemenceau, the famous radi deputy, whose wife is an American. I knew from the way my companion acted that she was deeply moved by the lovely apparition, whom she had now seen for the first time, and she whisperingly asked if I knew who the lady was. “Oh, yes,” I replied, “that is Mme. Gautherot. 3 sald to be the most beautiful woman in “Well, they might sayin the world. Of all the beanties I have ever seen she is, in face, hair and complexion the most beautiful.” I should guess Mme. Gautherot to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years of age. Her head ie atrictly classical; and she wears % wavy tresses in leaux. Her form is faultless. She isthe Venus de Medici trans- mitted into flesh and blood and covered by the D. 0. MILLS’ NEW HOUSE, The Interior of the Mansion of White- law Reid’s Father-in-Law. From Harper's Magazine for October. The “new departure” in furnishing, ¢om- bined with laxury, is seen to every possible ad- vantage in the house ot D. 0. Mills, lately fin- ished by Herter. The library, panelled in carved mahogany to the frieze, is a superb room, which has cost $60,000. The chimney-place is much accentuated, as in all internal decoration. It is in three compartments, adorned with shelves, and vases, and clocks, and plates, and the fire- place is filled with fine brass and tiles; mirrors are set in the framework of the chimney-plece. A fine bow window, hung with gold embroider- ed muslin, and also shaded with heavy plush curtains, commands the ever-yarying gay pano- Tama of 5th avenue. Large library tables, and superb lounges and chairs covered with eastern stuffs, give this room the easy and inhabited look which its splendor might efface. The grand salon of this superb house Is in the white-and-goid and carved, work of the days of Napoleon I. The chimney-piece, with its little Corinthian piflars and capitals heavily gilt, re- calls that picture of the t emperor nursing cn his knee the sleeping king of Rome as he looks ona map of the world that he has re- cently conquered. The ceiling of this generous room Is Venetian, in the style of the famous one in the doge’s place. Stones of deep red color, like glowing car- buncles, are let into the gilded woodwork, and Limoges enamels ornament the walla. The chairs are white and gilt, of the “Em- pire” shapes, covered with the most exquisite pale satins, embroidered with here and there a rose, which looks as if Flora had just flung it down, and again with patterns in gold embroid- ery; all the colors are delicate and refined. The boudotr, or first. drawing-room, is hung in yel- vet of most delicate crimson, embroidered where it meets the frieze with gold and colors, to imitate precious stones. The woodwork of this room is dark. The hangings are of crimson yelyet—not a high, but a pale crimson—and the ceiling is frescoed with the colors of spring flowers. Fine paintings ornament the walls. The chief charm of the interior is that, in spite of its magnificence, It has a home look. The chairs are easy, the curtains are hospita- bly drawn, books and photographs and engray- ings lle around on tables; and although one is breathing the heavy air of luxury, there seems to be nothing too good for a human being, which is the perfection of art. This is,perhaps, the key-note of the modern school. The deco- Tators strive to efface themselves, just as per- sons of the highest breeding possess the sim- plest manners. One is conscious of beauty, of the serenest loveliness, but it is toned down to one harmonizing chord. The addition of valuable ofl painting, so fash- fonable now in internal decoration, finds ex- pression in a frieze at this magnificent house: it 18 the frieze In the gold drawing-room, which was painted ap api by the best trieze painter of to- day. ‘his is simply several hundred feet of fine picture, with classical subjects, nymphs, fauns and other dreamy subjects. a THE FRENCH DUEL. Hiow Editors Dichard and Massas went for Each Other. From Paris Letter to New York Tribune. When the signal was given for the attack Massas rushed upon his adversary. The rapidity ot his movemertts was bewildering. He wasa very brilliant fencer. Had Dichard lost his cool- ness and forgotten the injunctions of the friend who gave him a fencing lesson, he must have fallen inthe fray. Once the foot of Maseas caught in a thick tuft of grass, and he fell upon his knee, but throwing his head back his eye just escaped the point of Dichard’s weapon. This accident appeared to. call out in him a savage feeling. He quickly arose and attacked with more impetuous feeling than -before. It was at this phase of the duel that he must have Inflict- ed the hand and head wounds which in the heat of the action were not felt. Long hair and the glove concealed the blood from the seconds, whose eyes could not follow the sword of the duelist who was fated to die in M. Rogat’s gar- den. The weapon flashed and was parrled. At last, getting out of patience with the monctony of Dichard’s tactics, M.de Massas raised his hand to make a diagonal, downward thrust, and in doing so uncovered his chest. His weapon came down on the upper part of the armpit. As it was entering the fiesh the sword of Dichard was thrust to a depth of fifteen centimetres into the unprotected bosom of Massas, who te hit home harder had made a forward movement and literally impaled himself on the weapon of his adversary. The seconds thought at first that Dichard alone was wounded. But the single doctor upon the ground ran up to the other duelist, crying: “It’s all up with this one. The sword went far Into him and he does not bleed. There must be internal injury of a fatal nature.” And 80 there was. An ounce of blvod did not trickle out through the external orifice. But in making an effort to speak a quantity rushed out through the mouth. Dichard’s weapon had entered in a slanting direction between the ribs above the liver, cut through the lower portion of the right lung and touched the heart. Massas was just able to articulate, “Wife! Children!” and to make the sign of the cross. The women ‘servants of M. Rogat’s house- hold looked on from an upper window, crying and wringing their hands, while the duel was being fought. His aunt was ima prie dieu chair before a crucifix, imploring Mary and Joseph by thelr intercession to prevent the combat ending fatally. She did not dare invoke guardian angels who, the duelists being engaged in a mortal sin, had clearly deserted them. M. Rogat, when Massas had drawn his last breath, had his corpse taken into a cellar, where 1 would not rapidly decompose. A crucifix was placed upon the breast, and the pious aunt, though halt dead with terror, called upon the whole family to go and recite the litany for the dead beside the body. She sent to the parish church for a pair of wax candles and a provision of holy water.As repentance was expressed in the sign of the cross she hoped the best and im- lored for Divine pity in bel of the dead man. it was she who went to break the news to Madame de Massas at Bois Colombes. None of eee had the courage to face the poor widow. Ht 1g not true that Mme. de Massas went with the dueling ey to Nogent. She was not aware that a duel was contemplated, but felt that a disaster of some sort was about to hap- In greeting her for the last time her hus- Spl aera the ion_he betrayed by 8a he was goingto Paristo wind up the affairs of the Combat, which was to be ex- tinguished that morning. Bhe ejaculat “Thank God! I shall now enjoy a quiet mind. The terror that journal has caused me was al- most too great for me tobear,” It wasappointed that the wife and husband should meet in the evening at the house of a M. Weil, her cousin, at dinner. The corpse of M. de Massas was borne there in a wagonnette from Nogent. As she was at the station the chef de er came up to her with tears in hiseyes. He had seen in the afternoon pa) an account of the duel. She could not understand why he ap) 80 sorrowful and sympathetic until she got to Sober where, seeing crowds around a kiosk. she asked what the excitement was about, and was told by a stranger the cause. The poor lady did not faint nor cry. She became transfixed with horror and speechless, and stood gazing stu- pidly at the people that were snatching up the newspapers at the kiosk. A member of the Weil family came up toher. He saw that she had been nfossaed of iy ee eines 5 ene we no sign of recognition, but mec! ly Hepped into a carriage which he hailed, and was taken by him to the house where she was to have dined. CHIHUAHUA, A Quaint Old Town of the Seventeenth STEAMERS. &c. oOo” RELIABLE. FALL AND WINTER SCHEDULE. 2p ane after OCTOBER ist, 2882. the eteamer ARROWSMITH will lea wharf, Heit Se MOSDAT THURSDAY AY for 3 river Jas « say Cy = s URSD, y, Stone's ‘Cobsone and os oat’ Gartoman Ga BSATUMDAY, Ourrioman ‘The steamer MYSTIC leaves every MONDAY, WED- NESDAY and SATURDAY at 5 p.. teres for ali Landings on the districts. It was a motley gathering of open-eyed, won- der-stricken, excited and curious people, the adults, whether Castilian or Mexican or Indian, ee ee and interested as the chil Had these le been gathered on an ordi- Mary occasion Ther would, in their variety of face _ and costume, have made =— A STRIKING PICTURE. Fo POTOMAC RIVER LANDIN But now, climbing on the cars, creeping about homer the wheels, or standing on tiptoe to get ® PEEP | cic gee roo. Wotnestag at the gentlemen inside, scampering wildly | ana Friday ‘at 7 o'clock am. anit bak. about at every whistle of the locomotives or | Fare and treicht as low as by any other boat every clang of the bells, they made a picture not | General Uftice, 613 15th strect, 223m to be described. HI HE STEAMER “MATTAN AVES Trm Among, the hundreds of, dantaped, dark: | Aaa Tat ocegas at od Gaeta skinned, black-haired women and girls present | igndings, etopring at landings in Ronin! on Tuesdays only three or four wore bonnets. The others =a x Creek on Sundays and Thuce- carried parasols or wore dark shawls thrown | poe nat and Breat's Wharf Sundays *\town' and “2 Oreck over the head, or braved the eun without | 24 Wetnesdays, “up,” and Mattawoman, Creo on shelter of any kind. Of the men, some yr in a every Monday, and ordinary American dress, others in that fantas- “pena sd " tie Mexican ranchero costume, and others inthe | Fe" formation applyia rimitive costume as the ame —— howd my?8 fe jundreds present few were refooted, but | > ry — am Lian many of the boys wore simply the light leather | POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE. sandal, tied on the bare foot. ‘On and after MARCH 19th the STRA’ tain W. C. GROW Among the first to report at the train was the mayor of the city, who informally welcomed the Americans in the name of the state and the mu- nicipality. After breakfast the crowds were allowed to pass through the cars, an opporta- nity which they embraced with eager alacrity. ‘The wonder was the sleeper with its beds and the dining-car with its tables, and for hours a curiousand excited throng passed through these. THE STEAMER LADY QF THE LAKE. Inthe meantime thecrowd outside had dropped | willJeave her wharf, foot of 6th MOND. down in the shade under the cars, and many of | WEPSESDAY and FIIDAY ORFOL WHARF, f iret EVERY SUNDAY. at four ARF, foot of 7t RY O'clock pim.. for Baltimore and River Landuigs ‘Ad iiver Freight must be Prepaid. Eciunung, arrivein Washington every gaturiay night STEPHENSON & BRO., AorxTs, mié6m Tih street Wharf and Cor, 12th and Pa, ave, JNORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. them BOSNECT er LK WI HAD GONE TO SLEEP. AND PROVIDENCE ST! Fortress Monroe and The people could not be made to comprehend | funn iaey sare to orires Monroe and = econd m1 fo that they were in danger, they regarding the cars | piropd;clom fare t Fortress Monn and Novae 133 as they woud hou Round trip fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout. ‘Second-claas fare to Pin TUESDAYS FHUMBDAL aad SATURDAYS: a dvec'clock . = x . (THERE IS BUT ONE GENUINE THEN RK STi MERS . st lea . g ESSENCE OF SATURDAY. at four’ otchock pom, ad Geoneetown or every THURSDAY, at 7 o'clock a.m. apply to arent. 63 Water strect. JAMAICA GINGER jekets and ice, 61; staterooms can be gecured at Sn iath streets "National ‘Setrorolttady Banke offi 5 7, AND 11s nomey gt & O. Ticket re sc ‘Peunsylvauis ave- y MARKEE’ THA’ ue; Si are Hotel, anc a tue * cz ALFRED WOOD, Secretary. YEW YORK, ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, ‘The first-class, full powered, Ciyde-built Dutch FRED'K BROWN'S, ADELPHIAs Steamships of this Lin a AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM. SCHIEDAM, All others are Imitation, or made torellon the repn- Ae N. MAAS, tation of the ORIGINAL and may do harm, while | Carving the U.S. Mails to the Netherland. Yeave com- pany's Pier, foc recularly every sterdam, altern First H. CAZ. FREDERICK BROWN'S, PHILADELPHIA, will 7 i; always be a blessing in Me at stn Se: ous. South Willi W. G. M TzeMOTk 5 eral 2 SPRING, New York, For fama apy % 8 7 &0O., % Pennsylvania avefiue, Washington. Yy4seces Lise. AUTUMN, WEEKLY LINE OF sTPAMERS LEAVING NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAT aT NO! Pas ENGLAND, FRANC) ND GERMANY. uk pply to mange wus!” OB. RICHARD & CO., i Passenger Agents, G1 Broadway, New York, Or to PERCY G. SMITH, 1 1619 Pennsylvania avenue. Sena for “Tourist Gazette.” AND WINTER. In all STOMACH DISORDERS, for SLEEPLESS- NESS, for SUDDEN CHILLS, when Drenched during tho EQUINOX, when Cold in WINTER, when Distressed in SUMMER, buy a bottle of your Druggist or your Grocer for 50 Cents (insist on having the GENUINE given you—FREDERICK art BROWN'S, PHILADELPHIA, ), and you will secure an | WORTH GERMAN LLO article which will serye you well—ALL THE YEAR Sreamsur Lixe Between New Yorn, Hava, ROUND! NDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREM - Tho steamers of this company will sail EVERY SAT EDAX from Bremen piney to Ti Bd ntrect, Hoboken iow ESTABLISHED 1830. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, 621 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ‘Latest Styles of DERBY HATS in BLUE, BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, at $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $450 and $5. YOUTHS’, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S —HATS,~— at50c., 75c., $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50. SILKE, GINGHAM, ALPACA AND MOHAIR UMBRELLAS. Ratz $80 and $100 for ‘sccommodations. Btecrage at very low rates. Dlosrage uckets from Live erpool and Quecistown and all other paris of Ruropest ‘Through ‘bills of laden given for wcay ‘tatoo UMEAP GOO, | Favre, Autwerp and other ports on the ‘Continent and rok THE SUMMER Rg oy go ying ‘and ontin to he Gis BIGELOW'S'OO., 00s ‘rin strec, Wanhingtom, PALMER'S “| VERNON H. BROWN & CO., New York; AMERICAN Orto Mesurs. OTIS KIGELOW & CO., GINGER ALE. Janl2 605 7th street, Washington. MEDICAL, &e. DEUS, BYQTHERS AND GRAY GIVE NO FREE Prescriptions and send you to some side show drug- Pat who will agree to divide profite with the doctor. ‘hoes disappointed of a cure of Gon 8; B Price One Dollar ($1) Per Dozen, For Sale y Dealers and by the Manufacturer. or Gleet should consult Dra. BROTHERS and GRAY, 906 BAML 0. PALMER, B strect southwest, who will furnieh you mediéiney and guarantee @ cure or DO pay. five 1224 TWENTY-NINTH STREET, en uenceonnd a SS CAN HAVE SCIENTIFIC Ltn ‘West Washington. ment and a spends, Cureot all Venereal Diseases Pe en ee pane iting Dr. LEON, 237 Pennsylvania avenue. Pre- con scriptions and advice free of Ottice whatever, urs—2 t> 4 and 6 to 8, ‘830-Lm SINGLETON & HOEKE, 801 MARKET SPACE, Deeeos tHe, oF ESTABLISHED AND only reliable Ladies’ Physician in the city, can be consulted daily at 237 Pennsylvania avenue. Complaints and ities i CARPETS! CARPETS !! We are now showing a full line of all the newest de- and Taj ‘Brussel 50 REWARD IF DR. BROTHERS FAILS TO sens in Moquette, Body is, Three- premeed Menstroa- cure any case of sup) ‘oF and Ingrain ‘Carpets. A complete assortment of | tfon, Leucorrhea, (or whites, ) and Sniyrna, Moquette, Velvet and Brussels Mate and liwen, | Irresulunties of the Mon Periods: Also, novelties, in our upholstery department in Lace | ricrce; 906 B strect southwest. Curtaina, ‘Window Draperies, Furniture, Cov- ADI READI eringe, &c., in new and elegant designs. R* READ Lowest cash prices. New goods received daily. SINGLETON & HOEKE. aus9 801 Marxer SPace. Fcoxemican AND SAFE. WEAVER, KENGLA & 00.8 LAUNDRY SOAP Is ECONOMICAL, BECAUSE IT IS PURE; BEING FREE FROM ALL ADULTERATIONS, SUCH AS MARBLE DUST, SOAPSTONE, PIPE CLAY, SILI- CATE, &c., WHICH ARE USED TO ADD WEIGHT AND BULK, AND WHICH QUICKLY WEAR OUT AND ROT THE CLOTHES. IT IS SAFE, BECAUSE IT If MANUFACTURED FROM STRICTLY PURE MATERIALS, VIZ: STEAM REFINED TALLOW (PREPARED BY OURSELVES), PALM AND COCOANUT OILS; WHILE ON THE CONTRARY MANY OF THE SOAPS ON THE MAR- KET ARE MADE FROMGREASE PROCURED FROM THE CARCASSES OF PUTRID DEAD ANIMALS, ‘THUS ENDANGERING LIFE AND HEALTH. PUT UPIN BARS, AND EVERY BAR BRANDED WITH OUR NAME. FOR SALE BY GROCERS GENERALLY, AND WHOLESALE AT OFFICE, e183 3244 WATER STREET, GEORGETOWN, D. C. ee ee T! PUBLIC 18 REQUESTED CARE- FULLY TO NOTICE THE NEW AND ENLARG! SCHEME TO BE DRAWN MONTHLY. S2-CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. TICKETS ONLY $5. SHARES IN PROPORTION. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY, Incorporated in 1868 for twenty-tive years by the Legis. Eapitsh of “$1,000,000 7S which = boskere Tuna ot $280; 000 finn Since boom added an eos VITAL RESTORATIVE. RES’ NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL DEBILI- TONTY. Loss OF MANLY ViGule bo. eatesay of Medicine, of Paria Sig century by the medical cel I For sale ‘by CaniSFAsE Drage fat Foun ‘culars can be had. "None acnuine cithenr doe witn monogram and full pase IT NEVER SCALES OR POSTPONES. ITS GRAND BENGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS TAKE PLACE MONTHLY. ASPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO ‘A FO! RTUNE. TENTH GRAND DRAWING. CLASS K, AT NEW survives him, knows of at but there is @ great deal more than this seattered neve and there in Philadelphia and the adj: country. Edd: born in Virginia on a tation, and came north, set- eight churches, and to Mount Holl; lumbia, Pa., last nicht. Let him who has never been in like | preacher, follo He continued this to 1851, when he _—_ estate, and continued to increase tune up to the time of his death. div from his wife while at Columbia. ————_—_-+.____ chicago discharged all the struck on Saturday and sors, and the them, charactera, “Chester A. Arthur.” traced in minute lines the name of “RB. G. Dun.” The latter is head of hp house of Dun, Wiman & Co., of New York. came of these en- tries. The half dozen ple who were about to quit the hotel resolved to stay. The sun agin August. The bass The President is well best man or woman dress-maker of the capi- tal. We stood and looked sn Rint came of hands of a to me my com- feast