Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1882, Page 3

re WINTES® IN WASHINGTON. & Brilliant Outtook Socially and Polit- ically. Washington Correspondence New York Commercial The elections are over, the Forty-seventh Congress will soon reassembie, and the social thoughts of the national capital are lightly and rapidly turaing toward the next “season” Mn Washington; and the next “season” is kely to be an unusus!ly brilliant one. A large number of members of Congress will leave Washington next March by the expira- tion of their terms, and their families and friends will be eager to improve the closing opportunity to indut: ayeties of the Rational capital while they cau be buoyed up by social station t Houst of Repre- two mdte mem- 1 the members not unlikely desire ad to make a little maths —th learning to be} winter Is the most | and the most in- X ars aC “ no mirth, px ¢ no attra tion for peopie whose official business or who f ts did not command their pres- n it has beeome un- nest and most impr its eighty miles of floors, “its nu- places for mg you at once merous beaut, the French reyo- ington. ed in the world, are attractions of the nington is al- | become the most interesting and artistic United States. The northwestern part of y. afew years ago awild desolation, is dotted now with beautiful residences. Mr. Pen- @ieton, Mr. Windom, Mr. Cameron. Mr. Rol n and Mr. Blaine are prominent among the men Who have gtve: hitecture of fonal capital in and it is this varie the arts that ¢ Washington hc the art of architecture. chief charm of the student and lover of a A November Day. A sun, a wind, a skv like March, rand blue, . arch Which nvt a cloud ts sailing through; Asinile of Eurth, a festive way, As thouga she woxe from slumbering And entered on a hoildsy ‘Might tempt one half to dream of spring— Except for trees whose slow ts fled, Ex cpt for withered leaves and brown, ‘That rustic underneath our tread And make a Woodland of the town, For, as I waiked, I turnet to see ta of s! Above, the branches softiy bent And Seattered still thelr brown and gold; aine to the pathway lent ‘The glamour of som. ale of old. To-morrow morn the rain may fall, Th clouds may gloom, the day be dull, But I must stil remember all That makes this day So beautiful. —Emily S. Oakey in Outing for November, = ay esi Christmas Giits. From Harper's Bazar. Now that with so little money such a variety of material is obtainable from which lovely presents can be made, no one need lament her Imability to ramember se whom she wishes to at this one time of all the year. One of the little er-leaf or trefoil tables makes a charming sift, and both cost and labor are trifling. In the city they are easily obtained, and the village carpenter can make one with a few directions. The top should be of seasoned ‘Wood, any kind, cut clover-leaf shape, and well fastened on three legs, turned, and 2 little less than an inch in diameter: these legs should meet and be securely fastened te her about the ghitly tacking around the edge. Purchase some gill- net twine, the sort fishermen use in hanging their gill nets. No. 9 is the best size, and costs y-five centsa pound. The quantity needed depends so entirely upon the size of the table that no cuide can be given. It is better to have too much or it may not mateh in color,and What is left can be returned. Examine it before purchasing to sce if the coloris unitorm. Alight cru works up very well. Use rubber Knitting- needies a trifle small for the work, as [t must be knit tightly. Cast on thirty-one stitches; knit the first one, bring the thread toward you, car- ing it between the points of the needies across he stitch, then around tothe back just as it was when you first knit it; knit one plain, and then comnience the herring-bone. ‘Throw the thread toward you, and knit two stitches together; there will how be a loop and a stitch on the needle, instead of the twostitehes you had on the other needle. Knit one stiteh plain, and contiaue the h work until you b iy the needie you are taking Have ready @ number of strands for the tringe, each one six times the lengtii you wish the fringe to be When finished. It it Is to be 12 inches, cut each one two yards lon: if IS, three yards must be al- Jewed. When the table will admit it, the latter size is to be preterred. e each strand into three.so that it may now be one-third its original t three thiekn: y the middle of t stitch knit and the e other needle. It with the work, one nitter, the other on stitch of the four; bring from you. They willnow the knitter. Knit r stitches; pat libeen the other ‘of the stiteh that was plain constant widening and a plain row, forms At the end of every ro Leount the mently, as, i ame ining. varied if preferred by mak instead of one wide on row of large holes. e may be it into two rows, dividing them by a h which ribbon can be run. The pecal y of managing the thread when e the end opposite the fringe fo y loop that keeps the macrame fo place when tacked on the table; this should be done with large bra: ‘led nails throush those tiny le n nailed to the Even the fringe, and carelessly tle it in rezular distances. This Xcellent substitute for real no comparison whatever of time macrame, and trouble. Almost the only home-made mat I ever cared to own was one knit of little pieces of zephyr; old shawls, nuibias and sontags of a by-gone zene eration had been utilized; mittens lad been Washed and ravelied ont. Cut first from a piece of clean carpeting—old ingrain will answer as weil as any, in fact, better thana heavy Brus- sels—a e the size the mat is to be when fin- ished. Reserve the freshest for the outer side, and baste down the cut edge so as to avoid all Favelling on the other. It not only makes a heat dinish. but cives strength, which is needed, ‘The border is the first to be knit, and should be either black or a blue that is only a shade off. Use ordinary smali steel knitting-needles, and @ stitches, knit backward and forward wiat is called garter stitch, until you have a strip as long as the greatest length of the carpet. Bind off, dampen — thoroughly and press util dry with a moderately het fron. To remove the imperceptible moisture plice in a warm, not hot, aven over night. Knit five of these strips of black—a jJarge mat will require seven—and these serve for the border at the top and bettom. The col- ered wools go in the center, and it will be richer and handsomer if the predominant colors are bine, white and yellow; dark and bright red, pinks, greeas and otier colors added in smaller Proportions. In knitting the other rows com- its | | | | in! wavy appearance very pretty. Sew on half the strips of black, using coarre black thread, and allowing the outer one to tend beyond the carpet sufficiently to conceal it. Next put on the colored rows, the length black at either end serving for the border at the sides. There must be a sufficient number of strips to have them placed very closely together when sewed on, so that it may be a heavy mass, not separating and showing the foundation. These inats are nearer in coloring and texture to the pretty imported ones then Gn hel ever saw, and in the tasteful parlor of its clever worker made a very pretty bit of coloring. Odd bits of silk can be utilized into table scaris. Cleanse well any soiled pieces you may have of old dresses, either the dress itself or the trimmings, or bits of ribbom that have done service on hats, bonnets, or as scarfs and ties. Cut and sew together as you would carpet rage: that is. Into pleees about a quarter or an larny Castle.—Rec. W. W. Boyd, in the Universe. ——____s9-____ WASHINGTON’S WIFE, Interesting Particulars Concerning Her Ancestry and Life. R. A. Brock contributes to the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch the following letter received in response to a request from him through that paper for + Gladstone, he said, has a) clear, penetrating volce, so that you can hear him in any part of the house, and that is the first condition ot ef- fective speaking. The devatg on the part of the Cpposition is closed, and the-prime minister has to reply. He has nothing to say, but for a quarter of an hour his words will ring out over the house, gathering aroutd him, in a great mist, 80 tospeak. What he says has a sense of sound, alw coherent, an@ thesense of se- quence is not violated, andcyet whenhe has spoken for 15 minutes, no one can tell what it is 2117-119 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPENING DRY GOODs. _DRY GOODS. _ TP HANKSGIVING Day, 168, * SEMMINE SHIRTS OUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED, Ses seae eather tae “Hania” Shirt for 75e. Mi ‘Wil be OPEN UNTIL 6 a jor . on WEDNESDAY, 2th suppiy these in wanted TABLECLOTHS AND NAPKINS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Bleached German Damesk TATTLE CLOTHS and 'NaPRING. Cantina one e oer in “ey Cream Dainaak bes le vith Genuine bare : DAMASKS st Nerf | Splen- Sets cn a ba RR Se Ree it . ard. Finer Qualities of German DaMASRs sis £2 Aa to $2. pceial x Blerant Qual it e NAPS. 8, = NAP! cine 50, $3, yo0ce4 and $4 $0 per Good Serviceabie % Ger- nd tor 1233 and 25¢. Boveltios in Silk Neckwear ‘Te. Scarfe wold for 0c. At MEGINNISS, 1002 F street. __ LADIES’ GOODS. RS. M. J. HS i ia inch ia width. Kubber needles that are bought for the purpose of knitting these silk Tags, as they are called, can be found at any of the ‘s. The number of stitenes put on must pon the width the scarf is to be. One itches make a width of twenty-seven. hes when Knit net too tightly. The pieces ean be used just as they come, without any errs udied and prettier Wind all the solid colors, ‘uch as browns or grays, into balls, and the guyer ones separately. Knit the latter into the borde ich will be the first end of the work, Gepth desired; then use the plain balls, the last end with the same depth of the as the first. Itcan be varied again by iz the highly colored pieces in rows at ” * end. imitating, as far as e ible, the de- izn ina Roman scarf or tie. The ends can be Gnished with a hea ilk fringe. Milliners and dressinakers orten ve a variety of pieces that can be ent and worked in to advantage. Two widths can be used asa portiere for a narrow but allowance must be made in the length sagging that is apt to follow much use, avery careful knitter whose work ‘The slight ravell ing ie cousequent fuzziness that comes to the ele of the strips while knitting is not by any jeans an objection, but rather an improvement, i it blends and softens the colors one into an- other. linen, either cream-colored or white, shaped into dainty bureau covers or y useful wash-stand protectors. Fither hem or edge with lace. Draw all over tial, as if wafted there by the breeze, ves—maple, sumac, and five-finger, 2 outline stitch and veining, using ‘haded crewels or silk. Give the brilliant ture does in the real leaves, studying ‘acter of.each, and you will find there a lesson in it as well asa little bit ot ho can attempt yet more in the way ing ean fashion one of the lovely fringed- work aprons now go much desired by every art amateur. A very quaint design is that of three or four children seated on chairs and stools, and busily engaged at their work. In the opposite corner, and a trifle higher, the couplet, When the day ts flitting We all take out our knitting. Use one shade of brown silk for the latter, and a darker one for the children; both should, how- ever, harmonize with the stuff. Other colors can be used, but do not have the same effect. Another pretty design fs a kitten playing with a ball of yarn that belongs to a partly knit stock- ing or mitten. Arrange these that they shall not come just in the middle of the apron, but a littie at the side. Often in a family a handsome present tor one of its members, to which the rest have all con- tributed, is more available than the many less handsome ones. Cut from cheese-cloth, cotton. crepe cloth, which isa new material, or bunt- ing, enouzh pieces, four inches square,to nearly cover the top of the bed. Line each one with muslin of any shade deslred. and turning in Woth outside and lining, run together with largestitches. Embroider in outline-work a small design on each, using ec!ored silks or crewels. The pattern may be a very simple one, andthe work of one color, if preferred. Cut as many pieces of effective but inexpensive lace inser- tion, two inches wide, as you have squares of material, each piece of insertion belng a trifle longer than the squares. Turn in and run down the raw edges of each end, until both squares and lace are the same length; overseam them together, having a piece of insertion between each two pieces of material, until there is a strip the length desired tor the spread. Unite these to equally long ones of insertion. If an extra finish is desired, edge the whole affair with lace; but it will do very nicely without, and can be merely tucked in. A beautiful fire-screen ean be made from a square of stamped plush or velvet. The sim- plest way Is to outline the design with heavy silk or arrasene; but when more labor can be bestowed. fill in the larger flowers with heavy work aud knot stitch. Use any material or stitch that will give the effect you want. For the stamens, make the knots very heavy, piling one over another until it is one mass of work, keeping a regularity about it ali through,or the work will be careless looking. Long strips of cretonne, selecting a floriated pattern, make very artisticand showy mantle lambrequins. Use the English crewels for the main embroidery, and filoselle for the more delicate part. where it is desired to lighten it. Do not piece the material, bat purchase enough to go around the mantel, cutting offa strip the width you wish. The remainder will he available for chair backs and sofa cushions, elther worked in the same manner or used Just as itis. The piece cut for the mantel is now nothing more thanthe groundwork with a design stamped upon it, and must be treated as such. Use satin, Kensing- ton, or knot stitch, shading the flowers and leaves es much like nature as possible. Tiny gilt spangles here and there add very much to the beauty; avoid steel, as it soon rusts, even if of the best quality. The cheaper qualities of Madras curtains form charming sofa pillows. The ground 1s generally cream-color, with groupings of flowers in pinks and blues. Out- line them in filoselle or arrasene, not too heavily, but enough to accent them somewhat. Indian silk, a new fabric, at two dollars a yard, the tint a crushed strawberry, 1s also very satisfactory. Trace a little at one side a few Interlaced disks, and outline them with silk in a darning stitch. having the long one on top, and the short one on the back. Balance these with a tew geometric figures. Break the eenters by what are called “Japanese sky lines"—a few straight lines close together, but not of uniform length—to break the monotony; they can be put in with silk of the same or a contrasting color. The sott foulard satins used for dresses, the ground-work a creamy white, and the design pompadour bouquets of pale pink and blue, show a touch of embroidery here and there very effectively. To cover a handsome pillow that {s subjected to real wear and tear, ornament a square of fine lace-edged Mnen with drawn-work. It may Lave a border around it. and the center sub- divided into smaller squares. Tiny clover blos- soms end sprays in the natural color of the flower give it @ very dainty and inviting ap pearance. —_____+e-______ Kissing the Blarney Stone. Who has not heard of the famous Blarney Stone— Which he who kisses Never misses ‘To grow eloquent! You will find this at Blarney Castle, five miles from Cork. The ride is an exceedingly Pleas- ant one on the north bank of the river, with lovely views all the way. The spot where the castle stands is one of exceeding wildness and singular beauty. Green pastures lead to the lake—a fine expanse of water about a quarter ofamile from the castle. Every step is hal- lowed by a legend. It is implicitly believed that the last Earl ot Clancarty, who inhabited the castle, committed the keeping of his gold and silver plate to the deepest waters of the lake, and that it will never recovered till a Mac- Carty be again lord of Blarney. Enchanted oo on Parana nights dispute the pasture wi 108e of nt possessor, and man; fin eartily bull has been worsted in the contact, As to fairies, their rings are upon the grass from early summer to the iast week in harvest. The main attraction of the castle, however, Is the “Blarney Stone,” which is su] to endow whoever kisses it ‘“‘ with the Sweet, reeptible suasive, wheedling eloquence” so pet in the of the Cork people. He who has been dip; in the Shannon never lacks that “civil courage” which makes an Irishman at ease in all places and under all ces; and so he who has kissed the Blarney Stone never wants @ fluent and persuasive tongue to gain his ends. i liticlans the Timagine that some of our local have secretly visited Blarney Castle summer. definite information concerning the family of Mrs. Martha, wife of Gen. George Washington: WILLIAMSBURG, V4., Oct. 25, 1882, Martha Dandridge was born at her ancestral homestead, * Eltham,” in New Kent county, Va., Sunday, May 8, 1722.’ Her maternal ancester was the Rev. Orlando Jones, a native of Wales, who was established on the banks of the Potomac, and is buried in the grounds of tie old Bruton Parish Church, in this city, now the oldest English church in use in America, as it dates from 1632. We first heard in colonial annals of Miss Dandridge 83 a duzziit.g belle at the court of Governor Dinwiddie, at Williamsburg, the seat of vernment, where she met Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, of “ Arlington,” on the eastern shore of Virginia, the son of the Hon. John Custis, and, a8 his father had been before him, @ member of the King’s council, and at the deliberations of which he was in_attend- ance. The meeting ripened into love. The mar- riage was at first ‘oppos2d by the father of the groom, but in 1749 Col Custis bore his bride to “The White House,” on the banks of the Pamun- key, In New Kent county. Three children blessed the happy union, the first of whom, 9 son, dying in infancy, was soon followed by the father, and Mra.Custis was left a young,beautiful.ind wewlthy widow, the sole executrix of an estate appraised ‘at £30,000, In 1758 Washington, attended by a ser- ‘vant, crossed the Pamunkey on’a military misston of importance at Williamsburg. Stooptag. for aj} moment at the house of a friend, a Mr. Chamber- layne, in New Kent county, he yeas pressed to re- main. He at first declined, but the graces of Mrs. Custis, who was a guest at the house, quieted the scruples of the Hug warrlor so effectually that his stay was prolonged for two days and a night. He had met his domestic tate, and Mrs. Custis became Mrs Washington on the 6th of January following, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. David Mossom, at St. Peter's chureh, in New Kent county, and near “The White House.” Of the two surviving children of Mrs. Washington bf her first marriage, a lovely daughter (Martha) died in 1770 in the seventeenth year of her age, and ha son, Col. John Custis, an alde-de-camp on the staff of his ilustrious step-father in our glorious struggle for national independence, died of malig- nant fever at Eltham, on the 25th of October, 1781, While the camps from Williamsburg to Yorktown were resonant with the pzeans to the triumph that ended the weary and bitter struggle. Col. Custis had married in 1775, and left four children, one of whom was the father of the wite of ourgrand hero, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mrs. Washington died in 1801. Tam very truly you hha (Mrs.] Mary E. NEEL. How the Te! Shoals, Got joubled Up. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Old Mr. Jones, senior partner of Jones & Son. considered it a good stroke of business when he had a telephone put in hisgrocery store. It took the old gentlemen several days to get the hang of the thing; but it pald to have tustom- ers order goods by telephone of him from a dis- tance, when, before he hada telephone, they would run to the nearest shop. Mr. Jones was congratulating himselfupon thisthe other morn- ing, when the telephone bell rang. After the usual number of helloes, he distinctly caught an order for ten pounds of sugar, two pounds of coffee, a pound of crackers, half a bushel of po- tatoes, a peck of apples, and a codfish, to be de- livered; but he didn’t quite catch the name. After several vain trials, he asked the other party to spell it, while with his pencil he pre- pared to write it down on a sheet of wrapping paper. ‘Double u,” sald the voice. down and sald, “Yes,” “Double u.” “Well, put it down in." “Yes: Be ahead.” “Doubie u.” “Why, I've got that.” “Put It down again.” “But I have it down twice.” “Well. put it down three times.” Jones sighed and wrote it in. “A double d. “A double d—that’s add.” soliloquized Jones; then he shouted back, ‘(Add what?” “Add nothing. Just put down a double d.” “This ts infernal nonsense!” muttered Jones; but he cheerfully called back, “Yes; go ahead." “E double 1.” “Wha-a-t?” “E double 1.” Mr. Jones stamped on the floor, and pulled his whiskers savagely; but he put it down and sweetly answered, “Yes.” “That's all.” “All what?” “All the name. ” Then Mr. Jones studied his paper carefully a moment, when he had written thus, “ U-n -e-I-1,” and remarked to himself, “Why, that’s confounded nonsense.” He then'helloed through the telephone in vain, and wrung up the central office and inquired in vain who had been. talking with him. Then he studied his writing some more. Pretty soon in came his son, the junior partner. Mr. Jones showed him the let- ters and told how. he got them. The Junjor partner studied them hard, read-them both ways, looked on the back of the Paper, and finally said it was the infernalest bosh he ever saw. They showed the paper to the bookkeeper, and he said it was sheer foolishness. The big clerk said it was absurd. The little clerk thought somebody was crazy. Finally the er- rand boy looked at it and was told it was meant for some customer’s name; thereupon he asked Mr. Jones to call off the letters as near as he could remember the same ashe had received them by telephone. Mr. Jones did so, when the errand boy nearly choked with laughing, said. “+ Why, that’s perfectly plain; it is W. W. Waddell.” Mr. Jones never felt such an im- mense relief since he went into business. Mr. Jones all Jones" wrote it +e. _____ The Distribution of asphalts. Bituminous substances, apparently of organte origin, are found in various parts of the world. Sometimes they occur in a free state, as in the Island of Trinidad, and at others impregnating calcareous rocks, or serving as a cement to hold the particles together, as at Val de Travers or Seyssel. For several reasons the asphalt lake in Trini- dad possesses special interest for us, The island, which is the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles, lies off the northern coast of South America, and is easily accessible from any of our sea-ports. Here, amid the most luxuriant vegetation, isa lake three miles in circumfer- ence, on the service of which lies a crust of as- phaltum of such tenacity that in the rainy sea- son a person can walk across it; but, under the infinence of the hot sun, it softens toa thick tar. This crust receives accessions from beneath, and formerly it would overflow and run into the sea, more than two miles away. A similar substance, known as “Jews tphsoge is washed ashore in consider- able quantities around the borders of the Dead tea. In Texas, south of Snreretarss there is sald to be a pitcn-lake rpapery large quanti- ties of bitumen, but little is yet known about it. In southern California there are accumulations of asphalt on the coast at Santa San Luts Obispo, etc., which resembles, when pure, that from Trinidad. It promises to supply the wants of the western coast, as Trinidad will that of the eastern part of this country. In Ken- tucky there is a considerable quantity of as- phaitic mineral which may some time be utilized for road-making. % 4n interesting and valuable ben pamabae mineral, known as Albertite, is found in New Brunswick; and a similar one, called Grahamite, occurs in West Virginia and other In the mountains west of ‘Denver, in Colorado, is a vertical bed of hard and brittle asphalt, not unlike Grabamite, while Albertite is found in ~ small quantities in Lorain county, Ohio, and Casey county, betaot ead Bs Bitumen is likewise found in Cuba, and is ucht Into commerce the name of chapopote, or Mexican as- the Swiss canton of Neufchatel, 14 Neufchatel. and 16 or 17 miles by borders; that he hasbeen saying. But all this time he is thinking upoh the subject and preparing to say something to the point. He presently stands erect, places his hands at his coat lapels, pulls down his coat witha slight jerk, and thatis the indication that he has concluded what to do. And then follows a torrent of words, thunder and lightning—lightning chiefly—mak- ing so luminous the subject that the most stupid persons in the horse—and there are enough of such there—are able to see every- thing relating to it, Then comes the perora- tion, in sentences, bright, crisp and impressive. peer is convinced and the question is car- ried.” In that way many of his greatest orations have been made. The prime minister has a stately impetuosity. He speaks with felicity and facility ofutterance. But there is a higher charm. Dr, Pusey said of Cardinal Newman that he has the faculty of speaking the truth without wounding a single human heart. Mr. Gladstone has this same faculty Ina very large degree. John Bright has no faculty of the kind. His object is to state strongly and with overwhelming force and to educe the conciusion he desires, and if anybody is wounded, so much the worse for them that they did not do the right thing before he spoke to them. Both Bright and Gladstone have humility; but they have It in different kinds and degrees.’ Bright's humility rises from @ con- sciousness of how far his great powers fall short ot enabling him to accomplish the good which he intends. Mr. Gladstone regards his endow- ments as endowments given to him by agreat power, not for his own glory, but for the service of the people. He is always on the watch for the true way, and that is why his life has always been progressive. I have never, the speaker here remarked, seen the attribute of Christian humility so beautifully exemplitied in any hu- man being as it is seen every day in Mr. Glad- stone, when he {is confronting a hostile and im- placable opposition. He never wounds his enemies; never makes invidious comparisons between his own superiority and their inferi- ority. Of Bright's oratory, the speaker sald that it is exceedingly impressive. There is no voice in the house of commons or anywhere else to be compared with his. His speeches are massive, and his mode of expression is so distinct and in- dividual that if you see a line of his oratory standing by itself you will know that it is Mr. Bright's at once.’ If you take any of his sen- tences, the clear, strong, massive way in which the thought is ‘conveyed, will render any im- provement impossible. All this has been ac- uired. It has been acquired as Lord Beacons- leld juired power, who {is the man who “elimbed on phrase to power.” Beaconsfield was a Jew, had no principle of any kind except for his own aggrandizement; was poor and dis- lked, and yet by his native brightness, by his perpetual study of mode of expression, by label- jing the members with appropriate terms, by natural facility in the selection of terms, by coining the proper phrase at the right time and waiting until the mght time to use it; in this way he attained ‘the highest distinction that could be accorded to any man by England. Cobden, the associate of Bright, the speaker sald, wasa man of marvelous common sense, and a great desire to state it. He used to go before the people to convince them, Bright to incite them to carry out that of which they had been thus convinced. Lord Beaconsfield, he continued, had this disadvantage, that nobody believed anything that he sald. And go far ag can be fudged, he did not care about that at all. Then he had a voice that was not satisfactory. No doubt, added the speaker, you haye heard speakers in whose accent there is a sense of ane larceny. Further than this, Beaconsfield tried to Jook like an idiot, and in that he was very successful. The speaker only remem- bered of Beaconsfield’s laughing but upon one occasion, and that was when an Irish member sald: “The whisky in my country isthe real thing. It goes down the throat like a torch- light procession.” > Mr. Roebuck, the speaker sald, was the most mathematical speaker in the house of commons. He always relied upon the mathematical princi- ple that the shortest cut between two points is the straight line. His statements were more direct and more impressive (becauee direct) than those of any other speaker. When Lord West- bury spoke it was as though the words came out from amachine. In the continuity of his thought he resembled Lord Bacon more than any other member. The story is told of West- bury that when he was pleading before a court the judge interrupted him in the middle of a word for recess. Westbury took his seat, and when the court again came in continued his ar- gument, eee | upon the syllable where he had broken off. The speaker mentioned Mr. Lawson and Mr. Osborne as among the humor- ists of the house. Their humor differed in kind. however. Lawson’s humor was like the u! corking of ginger beer. It affected the house like a flow of soda water. Mr. Osborne’s humor was of a rougher order—more the-humor of the stable-boy. In bringing his remarks to a close the speaker summed up the qualities of the ora- tors of whom he had spoken as follows: Glad- stone is elrcumambient and luminous; Bright, massiy. Cobden, argumentative; Roebuck, mathematical; Beaconsfleld, epigrammatic. —___-o- WHAT'S IN A NAME? The Fashion of Nomenctature, Chris- tening and that Sort of Thing. From the Pittsburg Telegraph. The past decade has brought about many changes in our nomenclature, and the new gen- erationis christened from a later calendar. A preference is now shown for what are called old-fashioned names, and senseless diminutives are quite out of favor. Young ladles who have been christened Elizabeth or Katherine or Caro- line or any other such name, have come at last to appreciate the stately sweetness of these pre- nomina, and henceforth there will bea nappy dearth of Lizzies and Kitties and Carries and of the rest of the i.e. sisterhood. It is in the story books that we find the strongest marks of inno- vation in this respect. Twenty years ago the heroine of romance, having just got rid of the Clorinda-Viola-Angelica, Rosabella nomenclature, fell heir to a number of pecaao coquettish diminutives, such as Nellie, Fannie, Mamie, Lillie, Nannie, Winnie, and so onad nauseam. But these proved only rapid ephemera—thank heaven! and were succeeded by the type that is called “quaint.” Later day novels abound in young women who are known as Dorcas, Phoebe, Marcia, Barbara, Phyllis, Agatha—el id onine genus. Whither; the novel writers have wrought this change or been sub- Ject to it, I cannot say, but certain it’s that the ees oe clue to the omanplatnre of aie on, which is supposed ave something of an esthetic cast. The French becom! Wieder: present Tage is for things German. is quite out of date, for umlauts are very pretty lips, and fer sentiment, Auf , ap German customs, and now we;haye an influx 3 the sweet old German—the real Teutonic hames, The Ethels and Adelatdes, Ediths and Berthas, Harriets and Paulines increase and multiply. rhe is a general disposition to choose names have a pleasing consonance withthe cogno- ‘men, and hence the fashion of namesakes is not 80 commonly in vogue, except where there is an illustrious, time-honored lation handed down through centuries, Desennarel @ name that ex some character. The sentimental- Lage weakness, but it joe ona new ¢ maidens who, in bygone days, would have bloomed out ei Lillies and now become Beryls and Amaralylises and Juliets and Irenes. Some people ran to heroics, and the wee ones are as Cornel TAKES PLACE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, TUESDAY, NOVEMBEB 28, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. AS A SOUVENIR, SPECIAL REDUCTIONS, POSITIVELY FOR OPENING DAYS ONLY. PPP A A IT gS8Sq Pr aa aa ut § Bre AA E AA H Ssssg P_ a 4 LL A A UE Sass8 oo y ya of $8 Gy 4 E 2 0.0 os nag 211-1119 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. K ING'S Patace 1 814 SEVENTH STREET. THE LARGEST MILLINERY STORE IN THE UNITED STATES, EXTENDING FROM 7TH TO 8TH STREETS. GREAT MARK DOWN IN BEAVER HATS! ELEGANT BEAVER HATS, Sold formerly at $2.25, Are now 75c. only. BEAVER HATS, Sold formerly at $2.50 and $3, Are now sold at $1.25 to $1.75 only, ELEGANT FRENCH FELTS, At50c., 75c., $1 and $1.25, LOVELY PLUMES, At i5c.. $1 and $1.25. BLACK AND COLORED TIPS, At50c. a Bunch, SPLENDID KNIGHIS TEMPLAR PLUMES, From 27 to 30 inches long. BIRDS, - a aes VELVETS, = ‘RIBBONS, CLOAKS FOR CHILDREN, MISSES AND LADIES, IN GREAT QUANTITIES, AT LESS THAN MARKET PRICES. KID GLOVES, CORSETS AND HOSIERY, At Importers’ Prices, KING’S PALACE. ‘No branch store; no connection with any other estab- Mshment. n23 FOR Boys surrs, From {To 17 YEARS, at about one-half the prices asked for elsewhere, go tothe MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and F. For fine black all-wool Diagonal Orerooat st$18, as good as any. x0 SF MRE, Cor- ner 10th and F streets. For a Boy's Overcoat MISFIT STORE, corner For a Black Suit, Prince Albert Coat, at $18, sold else- here for $40, goto the MISFIT STORE, cor. 10th and ‘For anobby Niezerhead Suit, at $20, gold cleewhere at $90, goto the MISFIT STORE, cor. 10m antY sts, For a good Man's Suit, at $8, worth $12, goto the MISFIT STORE, corner 10th aud'F strects. ” ©” ¥or a Chinchilla Overcoat, at $7.50, usually sola for $12, go to the MISFIT STORE, cor. loth and Fetvoots For an Ulster. at $8, worth $12, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and F streets. For a satin-lined Chinchilla. Overcoat, at $25, worth $45, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner ith and F- ‘To have satisfaction guaranteed on any kind of Cloth- ing you buy, go tothe MISFIT STORE, cor, 10th and 4 at $2.50, worth $4, goto the ana F. For every sort of Fine Clothing, well made and trimined, go to the MISFIT STORE, ‘comer 10th and F For Gossamer Coats, suitable for holiday preeents, at 22, #00 and | $3.50, worth double the price, go to the SEIT STORE, corner 10¢h and F streets. For a fine Chinchilla Overcoat at $15, cheap at $25, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and F. For a Black, Blue or Green Beaver Coat at $15, worth $25, go to the MISFIT STORE, oqrner 10th’and F For fine odd Pants st about one half the usual price, go tothe MISFIT STORE, corner 10th and F streets. For a fine Busines Suit, at about one-half tne usual Ae f price, go to the MISFIT STORE, corner and F. Fora fine Overcoat at $15, worth $25, go to the MIS- FIE'STORE, comer ii and F ates For a fine Black Dress Suit (swcllow tail coat) at $30, aa good as any sold at $60 cluewhere, go to the MISET’ STORE, corner 10th and F streeis. For black all-vool Diagonal Suit, either sack or frock coat, at $15, worth $23, goto the MISEIT STORE, corner stree For a light weight OVERCOAT at $9, cold elsewhere for $15, go to the THE MISFIT STORE. CORNER TENTH AND F STREETS. 588g EER A L fssg fe fh E SEAL Sgss8 KER A A LuL DOLMANS. 558g Poh os Q u gq ed 585g Sss8, AA 86 & U ER Sass, Sess 24 S08 UU EEE Sgss5 ENGLISH DYED, from $160 up. FUR LINED GARMENTS, IN SILK AND SATIN. LADIES' FURS OF ALL KINDS. LADIES’ SEAL CaPs. GENTS’ FUR CAPS, GLOVES AND MUFFLERS, BOYS’ SEAL CAPS, FUR TRIMMING. FUR CARRIAGE ROBES, AGENTS FOR DUNLAP & 00.’3 CELEBRATED NEW YORE Hats. JAMES Y. DAVIS SONS, 21 PENN. AVE., between 6th and 7th streets. Established 1830. n3-Im B4Azeains IN BURT'S SHOES. BURT'S BHOES FOR GENTLEMEN. BURT'S SHOES FOR BOYS’. ° All the Leading Styles, ‘We make s specialty in the above goods, as they are the very best Shoes mde in thia countey. Couzen’s fine SHOES for Ladies’, in hand and ma- chine sewed: all of which we sell at a very small ‘advance above cost, S2A call is kindly solicited at SINSHEIMER & BRO.’S, 808 7th strest, between H and I, nlé-lim = And 3151 M-street, ‘Weet Washington. Fic oines Bitaioemtuntsvrlmtonl! esd! ces ANOS AND ORGANS Seta ae wih ‘Bald for cash oF on instalments, xenfed or exchanged. GEO. STECK & CO. AND EMERSON PIANOS, Han Damask NAPRINS at 1.97 and $1.50 yor donen, SPECIAL BARGAINS. BOSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 921 WOODWARD & LOTHROP. 1909 F STREET, OFFERS HER ENTIRE STOCK OF FELT HATS a3 ACTUAL COST, TOMAKE ROOM FOR HOLIDAY Goons. ne z N RS. A, JEFFERS, “ 2138 Peunsylvania avenue northweet, Har added a new depuctun om 23 **pRY GooDs.” Kensington, Arrasene 2. thn heamoms, (material far- TRUNNEL & CLARK, Bished.) Pull etock of Mi LLTNERY GOODS incipaine Feo) Gooas'ane Reta Se bee eos Te j ancy Goods and ‘Noticns Stuuping Patterns. 811 MARKET SPACE, M"= PALMER, GOUDEY snd inttle ok neteece ea ante eee 1007 F STREET NORTHWEST. prices and qualities. WINTER OPENING rr PARIS AND LONDON MILLINERY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22p. s-Table Lin ‘owels, Napkins, &c., great variety.” rele, Blankets andl Cloaking ‘The latest importation in colors and shapes. nI8 hie, Ladies and Genta.* —_ a aa lid Stock." M® SELMA RUPPERT, (008 NintTu STREET, orrosiTs Parent OrFicR, MADAME HUNT of New York, has leased oursecond ARRASEN| RIB. joor, and conducts Dress Making'in ail its branches. SMBNOIDERINS ead eit ass work at reasonable prices, n22 Materials for the ss.me. Complete Stock of BATEENS, PELT and INGES for Lawbrequins, Table and ers. Belect Assortment of WORK, PAPER and WASTE BASKETS Plain snd Trimmed. T WORSTED GOODS, Prices. PROMPTLY EX- ssdistedett seer WORSTED L. BEHREND'’S BALTIMORE STORE, Piano Cov- je 98 SEVENTH STREET, Berweex I axp K Nontawest, Higud respecttully invite attention, to his setections of HANDSOME NEW GOODS, which are offered at r-- mi ily low prices. Gerster Cloth, all colors, 25¢., Terra Cotta, Bronze, Beantifel Peside, Sitk sina Wool, 25e.: formerly 50e, Figured Dress Gc éd at 20, only ise. in. PL ECUTED. M, Witrian, . Tinporter of KICH SEAY. PLUSH DOLMANS AND JACKE’ BLACK OT! OMAN SILK PALETOI®, = f CLOTH AND SIL. 5 > BLACK AND COLORED gEUSEYR, MILITARY JACKETS, FUR-LINED DOLMA AND CIRCULARS, SILK QUILTED CLI CULAKS AND DOLMANS, Comprising all the most desirable novelties of at V STAMPING AND nls dV ality, $1.25. i, Broca: New Shades in Ladies’ Cloaking Cloth. UNDER WEAK for LADIE: pete and CHILDREN 7 Cite Trevise, Penney ivani: We particularly. recommend fering tro = oo ie a a sr oo = et A sab ae Feathers dyed and rocarled equal to new wear, $1. |.50 each; or we apure jcanall NKIN ve CENT el ot ered Fangalat ic. jer vied cued ewede med: | PEKING TWO cpxts PER YARD! retailed for 75c._ Ve of styles. Special rates to Dreasinakers. 38, 50, 75c.. $1, $1.25 and up. PLAIII NG (Patisiad siode ae, perpen Have just received jolt! puns fiven Handkerc Decca s, eer ims, Demorests 4 slightly imperfect, at lece ‘than half prices. - Call < teeem ne see them b.fore they are all sold out. Full stock of Domestier, Tebie Linen and Towels. INE MILLINERY, Blankets, Casetineres and Housekeeping | a! LLINERY, but not least, Misses’ Woolen Hose, in sizes from 810834, 25c. eos BALTIMORE CASH STORE. n3-1m 908 7th street northwest. At Popular Prices. BAU M’'S, 416 SEVENTH STREET. « NEW YORK FASHIONABLE Streot northwest. Prices low, work. Suits cut and basted, tin all Canes, De. CALVERT, MODIS1E, 923 'F consistent with good an perfect fit 2 fm GLASS’, NINTH STREET,—OUR NEW LU of INFANTS and CHILDREN'S Woks ie Se ULSTERS, SHAW GINGS, “Ants, BOOTS, DRAWE a received, and indies who have been waiting Will finda complete axsortment at uiumually ASK IE" of Bas- ling Work Beckows latent ieeaket Weaee Fr Kecely -g tobe eal a regal Another lot of HAIR CLOTH CHINO! 5 CLOTH BUSTLES, 50c. new style, double tapes, best qu TON and MERINO UNDERWEA SETS, GLOV: Goons. D®* THE FINEST BUILDING NEW YORK! SOUTH OF LOVER, LACES. NOTIONR, wer ta weread —— variety and at lowest prices’ The CHOICES T HON For ladies and children. without exception, in this city. 000 treat a varity of handsonte deans a can te fon =, SQUARE 2EET DEVOTED) 90) Sens eit nce ene te ae | BUSINESS! 3 fram competent judges. DOUGLASS", 9th strect, "ME VON BRANDIS, MoDis: formerly with Lord & Taylor's, New York; Wm. Bare & York: » St, Louis, Mo. Cloake, "Dolmans and Suite made. OTIS’ FINEST ELEVATOR Correct lee tat teen ee eee Eine Dresses, Bridal Trousseaus a specialty. — AND EVERY MODERN IMPROVEMENT THaT | —! 07 Pennsylvania ave., over M. Willian'e. HK. RUPPERT, SCIENCE CAN THINK OF ON THE PREMISES! . ‘NOS, 403 AND 405 7TH STREET NORTHWEST’ RARE ATTRACTION OF NEW NOVELTIES, IN FANCY WORSTED WORK All thoss who have seen it admire it, and judging from the immense business of the last month we must | ¢f Po Chet tee 8 fall Te ‘Worsted and Kn confeasitisa grand success, and wo shall strive to | Gouds, Child's Bonnets, X1:broidered Cloaks, all wises, maintain the confidence of all, and instead of doubling our business, as we did last month, we shall try and tripleitduring the first year. Where thereis a will there is a way, and we know howto do it—that isby piermantown and Zephyr W lungarian Yarne, all colors. material on hand. Stamping 430 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST, buying only from first hands by the original package, | Msken CORSETS to order in every style and inatertal = ER SPECIALTIES ARE— #0astosavethe middle man's profit, and selling‘at a Tange SPECIAL S living profit. When wesay profit itis something scl- and finest Im ee ee dom touched by advertisers; but no merehant can exiet without it, asitcertainly costs something to pay One Hundred and Thirty-six Hands, which we now have on our pay-rolls. ‘This is a large number for Washington, but not one too many for us, and we are now willing to ite tn merits engerecet hate al if we | Fee OS Sa TEC only knew where towetthem. We do notemploy all | mang. Sa GOULD, aii Dik nino Bee ude, “tap, these for show, and must have work to doit. owe — = —— : Come and convince yourself that notwithstanding the OLD OUT. 4 OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF PIANOS and ORGANS completely SHRIVELED in cue . ‘The people have learned to hi gains,” they know it means something, ron on us like rain in an April shower. We have now a few special bargains remaining which must be sold to aclean sweep for our HOLIDAY STOCK, which surpass in attractiveness (to the purchuser of a piano, orgsn, or auy kind of & musical instrument) anything ever before offered to 8 musically hungry public. WE WILL ITEMIZE. No. 1—A mperb Chickering & Sou's Plano, nevr, cost 5700 pio S50, 0: warm spell our building is like a bee hive, and reminds anybody of the Bonmarche, of Paris. We have given ourimport orders for March and April delivery for about One Hundred Cases Dress Goods, Cashmercs, White Goods and Linen Housefurnishing Goods, etc. ‘Is it a wonder that we should be entitled to buy at lower figures than other merchants, as our house is classed with the largest Jobbing houses of New York and second to none IN STANDING. 2 Tho memorandum invoices of the above we have nowonhanil. Weaskone and all to deal with us. In return guarantee to sell at lowest New York retail prices and in many instances much lower (as we can prove by New York Retailers’ Pattern Books.) Our as- sortments shall always be complete, and we slall try to make our building and business the pride of tho Cap- ital. For bulletins of geods and pricss sco other daily and weekly papers, and remember that we only adver- ce, used 00; e, $185. Xo Boithe hendeomest organ in @he world at Atty cents on the dollar. His: S—an claeane haithaccs Upceht ome 00 eam —An chores M4 i . AR CHAUNCY J. REED, 2% 483 BEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. PowveER AND SHOT. ooo 600 A tise such goods.as wohave in quantities, soastogive|§ 9 9 O f4 f partiesfromthe distance ashow to writefor thom. | G9 0 AAs Lis ‘Thanking you all for the liberal patronage and friendly footings extended to us during tho last twenty years, ‘ee D, gts - ‘Weare, respectfully, your obedient servants, 2 8 3 a = LANSBURGH & BRO., pak ana weed - “ se casas be ™ |e STORE SUPPLIES AND = GENERAL HARDWARE, ¥. P. MAY & 00, al 634 Penna. avenue, near 7th atreat Fr ‘We have ancther Supply of BEAL SACQUES, ‘85, 96 and 37 inches long, RECEIVED TO-DAY—AT SPECIAL PRICES, GPECIL ATTRACTIONS I FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS AND NOVELTIES AT CARTER’