Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1883, Page 7

FASHION WRINKLES. SROCADED VELVETERNS—CHECKS AND PLAIDS— PRINTED FABRICS—WEITE GOODS—NEW BUT- ToNs, BTC. BrocapeD velveteen appears among spring sand plaids will be the feature In spring silks. Fre Cares and collars are fastened with long flbbon strings tied ina full, flowing bow. um linings nd greater favor than far ings that fatigue the wearer by their great Diack passementerie cord are the trimmings for | cloth redingotes. Wores trimmings of white down are pre- to fur or chenille for trimming opera | Berrercurs and blackberries are the latest Perisian combination for bouquets. I :s of velvet, whether plain or brocaded are elegant and fashionable fer afternoon, din- and reception tollet. TREMELY pretty embroidered silk, musiins, and ganzes are employed this season for evening and ball dresses. New black Spanish laces, with hand-run out- nes of the figures, are to be further orna- mented by polka dots of velvet. Srrays of flowers, beautifully imitated in precious stones, are taking, as brooches, the Place of the hideous insects #o long in favor. Gouv lace in Flemish gutpure designs, with colored silks woven in the flowers and leaves, are used on dark velvet bonnets, and brighten them very effectively. ALL high dresses for Indoor wear are now fin- ished by @ straight band at the neck, inside ‘ich a standing rufile of lace ts placed, which minates In a jabot in front. i® novelty in spring styles consists In all the ing being on the skirt. The overskirt is rery light, and only hemmed on the jower border. Srnays ofcherry blossoms, blackberry flowers h their fruit, and strawberries of varied with pears, plums, and mandarin oranges, hionable designs for brocaded ottoman w size are fx silk: Cor-Frower blue is one ofthe stylish shades for the wool dresses imported from Paris, andis seen in dark rough cloth pelisses that are worn raded ottoman silk skirts with blue grounds strewn with red carnations. Tux pretty standing collars which make a Tim of linen above the band at the throat of the dress are well worn as ever, and are accompa- nied by narrow eufts for the wrist. which are found convenient, even though they are covered by the long gloves. ux polonaise has Increased {n popularity, le of the richest fabrics, with but lit- tle drapery. Some of the new designs have Yeats shaped on them, and apron drapery with boutfant back; these garments must be close fitting to be stylish. Cun bracelets of India designs, made of w gold, are in great favor, and bangle “ts of cold wire as fine as thread, several ornatone time, are likewise highly popula New Fi nach hats are trimmed with narrow sry. Ofcourse, in this case the » dress in material and color, land the smooth brim has a WEL. ornaments for the hair.are y fashionable.especially the clear amber ®ort in different shapes. The most becoming and the £ = are the hairpins with small balls at the top, two or three ing used to or- Rament the hair on one side. LES of dress as well as mantles, hats ifs made of material to match the cos- re now trimmed with handsome bows. d small fur collars are fastened with ons, and muffs are often to be seen ows to match, in the middle or on both ‘otters say that these far muffs strive in ‘Vain to compete with the delicious little fancy affairs culled muifs, made of lace, silk or gold chenit; ribbons, Mrds, ornaments, that are gToupl around a morsel of damask ellk, plain oreubossed velvet, brocade, and gathered or pleated satin. A WALKING-Dness recently made for a French ‘83 was of striped limousine, the color bread.” The all-round skirt is bor- dered with two floances, embroidered in dark Fed square tabs or turrets. A scarf, similarly brudered, encireles the hips; and'the blouse is gathered at the waist. elegant new trimmings may be men- tioned bead passementerie on white and delicate colored velvet and bi jet or satin, in the sem- Diance of “eye” peacock feathers, These are | Srranzed to ferm the front of a satin or velvet eveninz bodice; trimming to mateh is arranged for the sleeves and 5! A Very Haxpsome Fvenine Dress is of white satin, broeaded with nasturtium blossoms in rich shades of red, looped up over an underskirt of ruby . trimmed round the foot with a ruche of rose colored satin. The peaked bodice cut low and round, is of the brocaded material, | ped with garnet red and rose color. In the ir 4 wreath of nasturtinm blossoms. Asuoap the latest fashionable craze is for old | coins of all countries, which are made into artis- tic medallions, bracelets and brooches. Mono- gTamson note paper are arranged to imitate coins. bearing the initials, arms or favorite de- | Yice of the writer, this fashion being adopted by j the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Queen ot Br aud the Grand Duchess Valadimir of Rus- Ortomax Risnoss in many loops, with edzes | cut in sharp trregular points called cockscombs, 2 for ornamenting dresses in various vays.- Six different colors appear in a cocks- comb bow of large size, to be worn on the cor- sage just where the fichu meets, or else without a fichu bigh ou the left side. A thick ruche of loops and ends ali jazged is made around the skirt of a shrimp pink satin dress, and various Shaies from shrimp to deep red are used in this Tuche. A ruche of violet shades on mauve satin is also very effective. A Garment which Is to continue in wear throuh the spring months, as well as the cape, isthe “douiblette Moldave.” This will be of | light fabrics, such as black veiling lined with colored foulard, pongee or “surah glace.” It Will be closed all the way down the at with loops of satin or ottoman ribbon, or with jet fastenings and drooping ornaments combined with a shell-shaped lace trimming. This will be & very useful for ladies who do not ke tight-fitting waists. It is also serviceable for evening wear. For this purpose, however, pelisse of plush or India cachemire are much more elegant, but they are too costly to be gen- erally adopted. Prixtep fabrics promise to be more fashion- able next season than the woven brocaded fig- ures that have been so long in favor, and among these are fonlard silks of plain surface, or with satin finish. or else with very broad twills, like those of silk Surah. These are shown in the high colors and large figures described in the | Indian pongees, and an oft-repeated design Suene. these, called the “crushed-rose pat ” bas fu gether without foliage, and entirely covering the surface of the fabric. The mosaic { also show many colors,and there are it blae grounds with white linked rings, bars, ks, and balls that will make most tasteful dresses, blown roses of every color, thrown to- | WATCHES AND MAGNETISM. An “Open-Face” Considered Indispen- sable for Accurate Time. From the Philadelphia Press. “Sir, you should wear an open-faced watch if you desire to be accurate in your time,” said a watchmaker on Chestnut street to the stout ; Man; you are too magnetic.” “Why, what the duecé has the case got to do with it?” was the interrogative reply. “Everthing. Your watch has a hunting-cas® necessitating steel springs for openingand shut- ting. By constant association with your body | those springs become magnetized, “and they generate their condition to other necessarily steel portions of the watch works, and thus render their movengents imperfect.” “Then, if I were not fat my watch would not lose two minutes, more or less, a day,” said the puzzied stout man. “Exactly,” returned the watchmaker. “I have worn your watch for over a week, and it has neither gained nor lost a dozen seconds; but then I am, from a corporal point ot view, your antithesis. Iam exceptionally thin and slender.” The stout man mused. ‘‘Accordingly,” said he, ice tickers forfat men,” closed cases for thin, eh?” “Not at all,” replied the other. “Thin men have at times more magnetism in their systems than fat men. Everybody is more or less mag- netic; you happen to be particularly so; I happen to be quite the reverse; hence my remarks and advice. For the rest, open- faced watches are always more ac- curate than hunters. They are more air-tight for one thing. As for the steel springs in hunt- ing cases, mechanical science has not yet dis- covered anything else to replace them; THE PUBLIC LIKE DOUBLE CASES, and there the matter remains for the present. There are, however. many ill-contrived portions in watches, and, while the demand continues for watches of a certain price, it is impossible from @ commercial point of view. to think of im- provements. Long-used methods and ingent- ous engines have been specially provided to fashion and cut out every one of the minute parts which go to compose the existing instru- ment. Every watch consists of over 200 pleces, employing over 200 persons, distributed among forty trades, to say nothing of the tool-makers forthe artisans. If the construction of the watch were materially altered, all the trades would have to be re-learned, new tools and wheel-cutting engines would have to be devised and the majority of working watchmakers be- come useless. The consequence would be that the watch would become enormously enhanced in value and its possession a token of wealth. You see, in your complicated state of society even machines in the process of time come to surround themselves with a circle of ‘vested interests’ which embarrass attempts at improve- | ment.” “You are interesting me,” remarked the stout customer, as he placed his watch in his pocket. “You have been many years, I suspose, in the business. Of course there must have been some improvement ip your time ?” “Of course. Watches during the past ten years have grown much in thickness. Qld- fashioned watches are thin and flat. I have had a watch in my charge as flat as a trade doJar. It is impossible to properly ADJUST THE WORKS FOR HEAT, POSITION under such circumstances. I should have to give youa long explanation of the packing mechanism to explain to you why,” “Well, has the increased thickness raised the value 2?” “No. On the contrary, watches are now worth 25 per cent less than they were twelve | years ago. That fact.you will say, bears against | my previous rem cheaper grede of watches worn by the majority | of people. There are watches which bring | $1,500, and watches which can be purchased for $183 adozen. Ifyou are willing to pay for costly work almost anything can be accom- plished. ‘ “I made a watch tor a physician which fitted Into a sicnet ring not much larger than a pea. It had only second han¢ It was perfectly ac- | curate, and was used he doctor to time the | pulse of his patients. That cost 2400. Watches are made from the size of a ten cent plece to half a dollar, and worn as trinkets by ladies. They are also fixed in bracelets, brooches, tops of pencils, eye-glasses, and even umbrella handles; but they are very luxurious toys.” The stout man paid his bill and went home. COLD AND Saturday Smiles, Shovel and pick brigade—a party of Ameri- cans at dinner.—Burtington Free Press. Eggs will soon be cheaper, for there is a di- | vinity which shapes our hens.—Whilehall Times. How natural that inventors should get scant Justice in the law courts, since necessity js the mother of invention, and necessity knows no law, and good lawyers fiht shy of a case of ne- cessity.—Turners Falls Reporter. The average age of different men fs put down thus: Merchants 55, physicians and lawyers 58, | farmers 61, clerzymen 64, and great geniuses 75. It will be observed from the above that the journalistic profession tends to longevity.— 38. It’s no use. It on the day the plumber fixes your kitchen sink you give your pretty cook a day’s leave of absence. and temporarily secure the services of a homely negress, the knight of the soldering iron stays justas long and charges you extra to pay for his disappolntment.—Bos- ton Post. Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake asks: ‘Is ita crime to be a woman?” It certainly is when there is a great necessity for dressing in @ hurry.—Piiladelphia Chronicle. The papers are discussing the origin of the word mashing.” We believe it grew from the very heavy manner in which a very fat young woman sat down on the delicate, consumptive youth who was trying to teach her how to skate.—Philadelphia Chronicle. In a town not many miles from Boston a man stepped into a neighbor's house, where he saw the head of the family lying upon his back on the floor, and his wife standing over him, as he thought, with a threatening air. He was about to withdraw, when the prostrate man shouted: “Come along in, Steve; she is only chalking me out a pair of pants.” ‘Some men are mighty ready witted and quick with an excuse.—Bosion ‘ost. Lent and its uses: ‘Conversation overheard In a street car: First young debutante—‘Oh, T'm 60 sorry Lent is here.” nd ditto—Oh, how wicked; I’m real glad, for my ball dresses were getting frightfully shabby, and, besides, mamma says I am lool alittle worn with rring to the | th the late hours and brilliant lights, and { am to go to bed early and stay = good deal during ‘the day in the dimly lighted church. Lent Is really & great comfort to me,” and the dear thing sighed plously.— Boston Herald. Concealed deadly weapons: A Wolf met a nice, tender Goat in # quiet, retired spot on the Mountain one Day tn the soft Summer time and immediately picked up his Knife and Fork and began looking over the Bill of Fare. “What would you do?” asked the Goat, with much Teas “I would discover what sort ed & y-out this Caravansary can spread.” rep! the Wolf. “Are there no ” inquired the Goat. “Ido not Know; nor-do I care, as I Expect to take but one Meal here.' ‘But— but—,” stammered the Goat. -‘Aw, don’t but "answered the Wolf, ishly, and the next moment the Goat had hit him amidshi and knocked him over a Precipice 200 Feet High. Moral—There should be law against carrying concealed deadly weapons.— The Drummer. Treasurer Gilfillan doesn’t know what to do with the new five-cent piece—but the man who has it in his trousers pocket and wants a beer does.— Phila. Press. Remedy worse than the disease: Patient— “Ah, doctor,I am not well.” r—‘That doesn’t astonish me in the slightest. Your ill- Lope is the Sars of going oat parties and ite suppers. you desire Tegain your health you must renounce such habits.” Pe there to ‘The star patterns—white on red, blue, brown, or | tient—"Yes; but then, doctor, what is others with i green crounds—are very neat, and mal! ite sprigs repeat the popular designs of ‘Rabbit hunting by moonlight {snow a fash- Sonabiv <port in various parts of Illinois. In driiling ror an artesian well at Chesterfield, Jowa. a stream of a milky substance was struck which is believed to be magnesia. The well-known elephant in the Zoological eS cnn oie a is ~, used bed conveyance of ren mun ‘as just killed his keeper. i Awan who was burned in two years -—- Quincy, Ill, has just out who in- the demonstration. and commenced a sult against him for $10,000 damages. A chemist in Germany has introduced a new system of preserving butter by covering it with inch in thickness of a strong solution of sulphite of lime, which he algo used to pre- Eighty thousand packages of tea live for?”—The Judge, No aid wanted: and the biank was asked. She answered A woman recently applied ‘ Modern Literature. From the Boston Transcript. The return of the Adantic to its first literary loves is the startling confession of a fact which good observers have for some time noticed, We have just lived through a generation of creative literature, and the men who made the generation illustrious by their originality have either passed away or are standing “one inch from life’s safe hem.” It needs no reflec- tion that, if an equally strong series of writers were pressing into the vacated places, the editors of the Atlantic would have con- tented themselves with new talent in the nat- ural sequence of things. But their action is 8 virtual proclamation of the intellectual dearth® which Just now marks New Eng- land authorship. We have developed a generation of critics, and criticism has superseded creation. A chief employment of our newer writers has been to talk about the greater men who went before them. The process isa natural one and has occured in the literary history of other countries.Germany rested luxuri- ously for a long time upon the laurels won in the Goethe-Schiller era; and her scholars are still analyzing the great dramas and fictions of these two creative minds, instead of producing new work. There is, to be st & hew series of German novelists and poets, but they com- pare with the earlier giants as water with wine. it seems as if we, in New England, were repeat- Ing this old story of the bldxsom, fruitage and decline of authorship. Nor need we confine the statement to New Engiand, for we may look with straimed vision over the whole field of American talent tor a single powerful novelist, essayist or poet, unless, perhaps, we except the coarse, democratic gentus of Whitman. We are doing much in the finesse of criticism and sur- face description; we are holding arguments and amassing statistics; but we are not producing serious original work. One of the largest liter- ary activities of our day is the itinerant type— books of travel and comment; but this, too, is a sort of reportorial profession. It is worth while to look for some ofthe prob- able causes for this changed quality of our literature. How comes it that we see nomen likely to become the spiritual and artistic suc- cessors of Irving, Bryant, Hawthorne, Emerson and Longfellow? Howells and Henry James, Jr., are the two strongest writers to whom we can point among younger men. We are thank- ful tor these, and hedge them about with dis- creet praise, lest they, too, may fail us. But the great number of novelists, poets and essaylsts who mast feed such magazines as The Century and The Atlantic are a weak fraternity, Thus, very naturally, the magazines are stretching thelr hands toward England or reaching back into our own past. Ifany principle of protec- tion could be appited here, it is certainly to be prayed for. But our literary talent of good class ig so well paid that no reason can be found here. One undoubted cause of the dearth is the pre- vailing restlessness and lack of seriousness in the present American nature. Let one read the sweet, thoughtful measures of Longfellow’s posthumous poem, ‘Michael Angelo,” and he will at once sec that the fine penetration which makes such a poem a possibility can only be the evolution of at least two or three generations of deep-natured and earnest ancestry. Bret Harte, Wait Whitman and:Joaquin Miller are better exponents of our contemporary spirit than the genialand fine-grained men who have either vanished or are fast vanishing. Whittier speaks to us now only in the infrequent intervals of in- firmity, but his song has lost none of its simple power. Thereisnosizn of decrepitudein Holmes’ Rew paper, and we are rejoiced to find in it the old neighborliness which his didactic wit neyer obscures. There is not one of our new writers who speaks to us with this old glow of affection. We feel like clinging to the hands hat have ministered to us so long: and a cer- tain sense of tual orphanage falls upon us in thinking back upon the tenderness as well as the intellectual insight of these men of the past. ‘The new w do not stand in the same rela- tion to us; and it is questionable whether that almost brotherly interest which men like Emer- son and Longtellow cherished toward their fel- pear in a generation so immersed ism as ours. It takes much more than information, ambition and mental activity to constitute a great writer. Moreover, our political life of the past twenty years has not favored mental repose. The civil war created and left for us a legacy of hot emo- tious, which are but just dying away. Social and economical problems have acquired complexity and have absorbed energy. We are still in the turmoil of these large, immediate questions; and art and literature can scarcely flourish in a soil which is being continually pionghed by an- tagonisms or debates. Just now sociological matters bid fair to make a large demand upon our best minds for a good while to come. But we can hardly make full excuse for ourselves in this way; since English nationality has devel- oped In a corresponding turmoil, and yet has given life to the rich and deep temperament of Tennyson, Browning und George Eliot, in the very heat of such upheavals. After all we can only say that we have somehow missed the golden conditions which give life to great liter- ary art; and it ts doubtful if any atudied obsery- ance of conditions will give us what we have missed. One thing is plain, however: that ear- nestness of lifeand a fine moral rectitude are Ingredients of a worthy literature. The im- mense increase of American literature is but a sorry compensation for {ts lowered quality. There are those who doubc if the materials for a great poem orromance can be found inthe United States. Drama and fiction, it is snidyexpress the tragedy and suffering of humanity, and the study of modern clvilizztion is to obliterate suffering. There ts truth in this; but without being pessimists‘we can see that some struggle and soffering is inevitable. Moreover, the drama of personal development always offers alluring material to the artist of human nature. It isnot believable that a@ dearth of material can explain the dearth of writers. It is more creditable that the spread of the scientific spirit which brings all the phenomena of life within the reign of law may have indisposed the stronzer intellects to poetize human experience. That such poetization is compatible with keen sychologic analysis, we have demonstration in hackeray and George Eliot. But whatever the causes of this lowered quality of American authorship, it is impossible not to teel a regret at the undoubted fact. ro —___ The Lime-Klin Club’s Stove. From the Detroit Free Press. When the Lime-Kiln Club was first organized It lent Samuel Shin eighty-five cents in money and took a chattel mortgage on a box-stove val- ued at @1.75. Samuel failed to return the loan and the stove was foreclosed on and placed In Paradise Hall, where it has been for the last four years. When examined by a special committee a week ago they found nineteen cracks, twenty-seven ‘ares, five or six seri- ous dislocations, and were compelled to admit that the safety of Paradise Hall was seriously Lee every time a fire was built in the stove. As the various members put in an LE gireionni) atthis meeting they were dumbfoun: at sight of an elegant new stove in place of the old one, and their surprise was permitted to continue tilt the meeting opened. Then Brother Gardner Diandly explained: “Dis eavenin’ marks a new epoch in de his- tory of dis organizashun. De old has ‘sway an’ de new has stepped on deck. ‘eowe dis new an’ elegant piece of furnichure to de un- conquerable energy of Pickles Smith. He dis- ktvered a family which needed five bushels of “taters wuss dan dis stove, an’ he made a trade. Brudder Smith was behind jist €3.85 on his dues, an’ our treasurer attached de stove tor de dues. A poo’ family am’ provided wid ‘taters fur weeks to come, Pickles Smith am on bis dues, and de Lime-Klin Club am sartin of belng warmed up fur de nex’ ten y’ars.” On motion of Giveadam Jones vote of thanks was given Brother Smith, and though it didn’t seem to cheer him much, he had to put it in his pocket and tickled half to death. ll take ina nail keg without any squeezing,and is started within fifteen minutes after gs elnite? fille —ee The serious illness of Mr. Fawcett has agi- tated the public mind and evoked popular sym- pathy toa degree which is almost without pre- cedent. There Is probably no living statesman— Mr. Gladstone alqne excepted—who occupies the same high place in the regard of all classes of the community, independently of politics, from royalty,to the humble artisan, as the sub- ject of this agticle.: The popniarity he enjoys is of the most epviabje kind, for it is largely com- posed of hopest sdmiration for his personal character. Ibis not alone his extraordinary mental powers, his sturdy independence, and his unswerving Integrity which have evoked these sentiments. Other famous men have possessed the same noble qualities as he, both of mind and disposition, but few have gained so firm and deep hold upon the affecgions of their fellow-countrymen. He has specf.l claims to sympathy and admiration, owing te the way in which his undaunted courage and force of char- acter have triumphed over a physical affliction of a kind calculated to paralyze a man’s energy. both mental and bodily. To every one, and: es- pecially to unfortunate persons laboring under the crushing misfortune ot loss of vision, Mr. Faweett’s life and career furnish bright and glorious example, the practical value of which it would be ditficult to overestimate. The melancholy accident which deprived Mr. Fawcett of his syengus fortunately did not oc- cur until he had taken high honors at Cam- bridge; though, considering what he has since accomplished. it is hardly likely that the mis- fortune, had it happened later, would have revented him from attaining high academical Gancra: Even previously to the gad event he had suffered considerably from tailing eyesight, and was obliged to wear blue spectacles, and i¢ is doubtful whether the shocking afftiction which came upon him altered the course of his life in any way; nor Is it on to imagine that it has seriously interfered with his career. He was already well known at Cambridge as a young man of singular promise and power, aud the appointment of professor of political econo- my, which he subsequently held, would prob- ably have fallen to him inthe ordinary course of events. He became known to the general public through the medium of certain manuals of political economy of which he was the author, besides various contributions on econo- mic and political science to different magazines and reviews. His entry into the arena of prac- tical politics dates from 1857, when he unsuc- cessfully contested Southwark. After other vain attempts at parliamentary honors he was finally returned for Brighton in 1865. The manner tn which he first introduced him- self to the electors of Brighton is characteristic of his courageous spirit and his cheerful indif- ference to his affliction. He trayelled down to Brighton one afternoon alone arid unattended, and when he reached his hotel he heard there was & political meeting in the town that even- ing. He asked the waiter after dinner to ac- company him thither, and started forth under the man’s guidance. ' He found the meeting oc- cupied in selecting candidates for the approach- ing election, and, without a moment’s hesita- tion, he rose and said that he did not wish to disturb the harmony of the evening, but begged to announce that he intended to offer himself as acandidate. This bold address naturally took every one by surprise, but his candidature was adopted with acclamation, and he subsequently represented Brighton for nearly ten years, Alttle ineident. which happened to him shortly after he took his seat in Parliament is worth noting. He had ordered his dinner in the dining-room of the. house one evel when some one came up to him and sai fesor Fawee you appear to be alone, have 5 any objection to my dining at the same table with you?” , Mr. Faweett replied, “Certainly not,” but with rather a puzzled expression. He could not imazine who the speaker was, for he failed altogether te recognize his voice. His unknown companion, noticing his perplexity, ‘aid quietly, ;‘l see you do not know who I am. Tam Mr. Dispaeli.”” Mr. Fawcett could hardly believe his ears, and for once in his life was ly taken aback, This little act ot friendly good-nature .on the part of the great tory leader towards a young member whose views were so utterly and irreconcilably at variance with his own touched Mr. Faweett very much, and in spite of their political differences and their passages of arms in after years, the recol- lection of Mr. Disraeli’s graceful courtesy on that occasion always remained vividly in his mind. 7 Mr. Fawcett married, in 1867, a clever member of a highly-gifted family, who is a sym- pathetic and devot helpmate. He occupies an old-fashioned house, with an acre or so of garden, in the South Lambeth road, and lives in a most simple, unpretentious fashion, being, in fact, a very poor man. He is proud of his garden, in which he takes the greatest In- terest, and he frequently boasts of the tact that within halfa mile of the city he can grow his own fruit and vegetables. In his own house he moves about quite unattended, and the last thing at night he always walks alone round his beloved garden. In the family circle, which consists only of his wife and daughter, he is bright and cheerful, much given to good-hu- mored chaff, and constantly chuckling over a Joke. He is fond of society, and dines out a good deal, is a generous host, and a most inter- esting talker. His chief literature consists of the daily papers, which are religiously read to him from beginning to end, and appear to furnish him with sufficient mental pabylum. Probably no one afflicted with blindness ever suffered less restraint in his bodily actions from that cause than Mr. Fawcett. That he should be ableto find his way alone about his own house and garden is, perhaps, not extraordinary; but he frequentiy comes home from St. Stephen's late at night ina strange cab quite unattended, and if the driver goes a yard out of his way, or takes a wrong turning, the error is instantly detected and set right. Heis fond of fty-fish- ing, and rarely misses an opportunity of indulg- ing in that sport. He is also a good oarsman. a fearless swimmer, and in fact is able to enjoy various forms of athletic exercises, including skating, at which he ts extremely proficient. He is an indefatigable walker, and is keenly ap- preciative of beautiful scenery, though; of course, he only sees it in his mental visfon. But he eagerly catches up any descriptive words which his companion may iet drop. and frequently completes the picture with singular accuracy of detail. He will pause sometimes in awalk, and look around him admiringly as though he were actually enjoying the view be- fore him; while a sudden burst of sunshine or some atmospheric change will sometimes elicit from him a remark which sounds most.singular from the lips of a blind man. ——___-o-—___ Cleopatra and Her Nose. From the London Daily News, Pascal says somewhere that the history of the world would have been different if the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter. From this state- ment we may gather that Pascal supposed Cleo- patra’s nose to have been just the right length. Otherwise she would not have enjoyed those social successes which did affect the history of Egypt and of Rome. Mr. Alma-Tadema has Led added his viston of Cleopatra to his col- lected pictures in the Grosvenor Gallery. The painting 18 admirable, we may almost say of course, and nothing can be finer than the reflec- tion of the water of.the Alexandrian harbor on ashieldof bronze, Punt we are chiefly concerned with Mr. Tadema’s idea of Cleopatra. She is adark beauty, with a rather bright complex- ES and she leans back luxuriously in her cush. ons, with a pleasant sense that she can sway “the current ef men's blood,” and especially of Mark Antony’s, whose boat is just approaching her barge. The length of Cleopatra’s face in this picture recalis faintly the very long-nosed effigies of thig lady on medals. Ihe Cleopatra of coins must haye won men’s hearts by her wit rather than ber/beauty. Mr. Tadema’s is a more probable Cleopatra’ thegood-humored grinning mulatto whom Mr. Millais drew to represent Mr.;Tennyson’s “Queen with swarthy cheeks and bold biagk eyes.” But we venture the suggestion thatthe daughter of the Ptol- emies, Greek by .blood, may have been a. fair beauty in the style of Becky Sharpe and Blanche Amory. This sork af Cleopesre. all unlike the Cleopatra described in Hawthorne's ‘Marble Faun,” would have the charm of novelty. 2 zy “Pi that the New Gaines. The aera Teport crew, numl ve been eaten by the Keowal tribe- sone Proporal to forbid law the ri of ek pand iin the moralag, New Eng oO ? ‘salt just discovered in the Wy- inderliee @ tract fitteen miles | te. depth of from Aa Es Lai est Geneva Letter tothe London Times, the local press. The controversy arose outof a iscussion in the International Hygienie Con- gress, which was held here in August, and Dr. Plachaud, a member of the congress, has since contended, in a letter addressed to the Journal de that trees in streets do more harm than that they impede the circulation of air, and that, as for the shade they afford, peo- ple who do not Ilke sunshine have only to keep on the shady side of the street. Instead ees 3 ‘more trees in towns, as some propose, would rather, in the interests of hygiene, re- Move all existing trees. To him replies Prof. Goret, of the university, who, though an emi- nent physicist and chemist disclatms an; ki lodge of medicine or hygiene. He treats the matter from an exclusively common sense and scientific point of view. As for people who want shade keeping always to the shady side of the street, he points out that, as streets have generally shops and houses on either side, Dr. Piachaud’s advice in this however ingenious, can hardly be regarded as practical. But the fanctions of trees in streets are not Mmited to acting as screens for sun-shunning wayfarers; they temper the heat and serve as a protection against dust. The evaporation from the leaves tends to keep the surrounding air cool and moist. One of the best means of re- freshing the air of a sick-chamber is to place in it plants and branches and sprinkle them with water. A like effect is produced by trees. Sunlight 1s necessary to health; but trees, if not too thickly planted, do not inter- cept sunlight; the perpetual vibration of their leaves and swaying of their branches admit the light every instant, and in sufficient measure, and serve, moreover, to protect the eyes from the noonday glare. So far from trees impeding the circulation of air, they help to purify the air; the evaporation from their leaves deter- mines a current from above, and the fresh air thus brougut down helps to drive away the heated and dust impregnated gases of the streets. Another useful property of foliage is that, while in hot, dry weather it moistens the surrounding atmosphere, thereby rendering it fitter to breathe, this effect, which is due to evaporation, ceases in wet weather. Trees, moreover, act as purifying agents by absorbing carbonic acid and giving out oxygen. But the action of trees on the alr is far less important than their action on the soll. Their roots draw up stagnant waters and absorb the organic mat- tere contained in the filth from which the streets of the town are never free, and which, after inflltrating the ground, are a frequent cause of fevers and intection. Trees, in fact, have the same effect on the subsoil of towns as fields have on the contents of their sewers— they act as disinfectants. Taking these facts Into consideration, Prof. Goret ventures to differ from the conclusions of the Hygienic Congress, and strongly recommends the planting of trees in streets and squares. Butthey must be planted with Judgment. They should be two or three meters apart, and the branches should not be allowed to come In contact with the buildings near which they grow. The sorta best adapted for street planting are those which grow to a considerable height and spread out their branches. The fashion that prevails in some continental cities of cutting trees down to a uniform size is highly objectionable. Tho branches of trees so treated become impervious to light, and the shade they give, although deep, is too circumscribed to be of much use. - ee Studies im Spiders, From the Philadelphia Press, Most readers of the Press are donbtiess famil- iar with the names of Mrs. Mary Treat, of Vine- land, N. J., whose studies In natural history have been from time to time recorded in the columns of the monthly magazines and other periodicals. At present Mrs. Treat’s observa- tions are contined chiefly to spiders. Calling at her cott: in the suburbs of this city, where she is cosily “at home” in @ suit of sunshiny apartments which she occupies alone, I found the spider lover——1 cultured, refined, delicate little lady, whose hair is lightly’ touched with gray—returning from a morning spent in an oak opening at a short die- tance in the rear of the house. Books and papers, marked “with the author's compll- ments,” occupy the” reading-stand; in the sunny bay-window a microscope is stationed ready for use; bright woods, gathered leaves, souvenirs of an autumn journey in the north,adorns the walls, anda small table, placed at a sufficient distance from the window to allow easy passage around it, holds several large bouquets of more brilliancy than beauty. “Those are not placed there to admire,” she says, In answer to the notice they call forth, “but to entice some spider, out in search of @ building site. Several haye settled down to business already. Would you like to take a peep at them in their own domicilea?” moving around the table with as much pride as though it was plush-embroidered sunflower she was about to exnibit. ‘There is one of my especial pets; isn't he a beauty?” There he was—a brown, hairy, long-legged fellow, sitting with his knees doubled up, evidently waiting for some incautious visitor in theedibleline to come along and supply him with a meat dinner. How do they subsist now that fly time ts over?” Iasked. ‘Oh, I for for them,” she answered. “When the weather is cold they eat nothing. There is a colony of them now under that bell- glass in the light; they have gone into winter quarters. Sometimes they keep active the winter through without food; but whenever days are sunny dinners are plenty, for I throw open doors and windows. set out some gTowing things to make the room bright as possible, and the flies come buzzing In, and I am able to harvest a sinall crop. It isa poor day when my spiders and 1 together cannot lure a tew unwary vic- tims into a neat little trap. By moderate strategy I make the capture, and they put the prisoners to death.” “Is it true that they devour thelr kind?” “Sometimes. The male isa henpecked fel- low, and the female will eat him if she getsa chance. Occasionally a mother spider kills some of her numerous progeny to feed her remaining ravenous brood of spiderlings, At one time I brought up an entire family in a bottle, and you can have no idea how interesting I found them. The babies, in astonishing numbers, swarm on the mother’s back and craw] over her body until big enough to win, which Is not until they are from four to six weeks old. At that time she kicks, shakes or scrapes them off by the dozen, and after a few ren they run away to set up housekeeping for themselves, It is amusing to watch the mother feed her brood. I have fre- quentlv offered her a nice plump fly, which she accepted eagerly, and immediately’ several. of the little ones were bidden to the Three orfour would ey ‘round and suck the juices while she held the dainty morsel for . When they had drawn plenty off thoy scampered anda new relay came up to lay ho of the tid- zu “It ts plain you do not share the popular an- tipathy Sod eee I remarked, endeavoring to make satisfactory ing] ion and still maintain 8 respectful distance 8 sprawly black crea- ture that goes stalking about on some mysteri- ous errand connected with its spinnti “No, [ have no antipathy for them,” she ga: warmly. “They are pretty good companions when one lives alone. I have spent several pat coring them here and in portions of ew England, ony their ture closely, and yet I teel that Iam ould beguanine to know their ways. They are to know me and will take builain ym my hand when I offer it. A ler lives several ears, and besides their domestic life, their uilding and spinning and weaving, which are beautifully and systematically carried on, there are births and deaths to be chro: nicled, and curi- ous characteristic traits which only the close observer discovers.” ——_—+e2-____ The state anditor of Indiana was profane in the presence of a policeman, who immediately dragged him off to a cell. Aman drew @ crowd at Westfield, Mass., going home with a fashionable bonnet on his ead. He was winning that article on a wager. A bill making such amendments to the atate constitution as will prevent special legislation has been introduced in the Connecticut legisia- Mr. RY 17. 1883—DOUBLE SHEET. Ut | bored sight wundied and elgttoen O'CLOCK P. M., all of ‘twenty-two (22) in Jno. F. Carpenter's sub-divinon of orginal for 8 original Tand 9, in num- Sosa ae Sasi hs sie Sh ib), the improvements. T 2 3 in six, twelve (sie of sale: Ope-thied cash: balance tn ais. twelve Sole heirs of WM. H. WARD, Trustos, RANK AWAD, REREL ‘SMITH, Salesman, for Jobn Sherman. f3-cokis S2-BY DIRECTION OF THE TRUS’ ;USTEE’S SALE OF OVED REAL ESTA’ at TBBEING "0. 100 1H STREST 80! a Ken tat ~ ‘virtee: deed ‘trnst, and st Old Potnt with C sek dares fateny, “B® fee" So ficken ena orn cy Feconded’ tn Liber NG. totio Ts8i Pe. ave. Be site! ane eee $f, The lund records for’ the District of - | omtiee, 613 15th at, WOOD, beo'y a Wid Tras, ss isconsed i ed ei al waranty from FF Soarorx, routexo , MONKOS DaVOF FEBRUARY, AD-188 ATHALETASTFOEE | ~ Potomac Company's fteaner EABatpm. at eATCuDAvaa seme ‘Ohio Gare, thawte the wodersianad ve ft A M®™ VERNON! ur. VERNON ._ W. CORCORAN atrent (oxcent he 3 ‘ernon at 10 o'clock @ m. ; returuing reaches t. Looke wu York anc Jomes river steamers. and ‘Western and. Seal Point with the Chesapeake and ; aed wal §>- Be orme, On. — STEAMER W. wharf 2 x. Brake, captain. bo. is Postponed until A7URDAY, SEVER above fale med until 8. 5 “ TEENTH INSTANT, at the 1 ir and place. TewE dds JOHN RHENMAS RCO, macte, JUNCANSON BROS., auctioneers, — leave com pans: foal COUPE, WITH POLE AND SHAFTS, BUILT BY street, Jersey City, N.J.. regulariy every Wi WOOD BROS, AND TRIMMED IN GOAT SKIN, EAD AY for Kertetdany snd dmrterdna, citer ue Ne ¥ cal 70: second cabin, On TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY TWEN- | 'CAZAUE, Goer henee oy Sou we TIETH, at TWELVE O'CLOCK M., w- will sell in | Now York. For panes to W. G. MET: front of our salesrooms the above-mentioned Coupe, | & C0.. 925 Penn. ave, W being in excellent condition. eal Peer aaa WAL TEE B. WILLIAMS & 0O., Auctioneers, eS phy Haven, — LONDOS, SOUTHAMYTON axp BREMEM. PARLOR SUITES, UPHOLSTERED IN REP: WAL- | ‘The steamers of this company will gail EVERY SA's NUT BEDROOM SUITES. SEWING MACHINE, | CEDAY from Bremen pion. fostot hd street, Hobelvens BREEN IOS TABLE, DININGHOOM, CHAIRS, | Kates of pamage: From New York to Harr, Condom BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS AND WASHSTANDS, | Bouthampton and Bremen, first cabin, $100; Bi yh TABLES, HEATING STOVES, CROCK: gions $30; prepaid mcersere cnet 5 a }. For freight or P Noe york. Ww al On MONDAY, FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, at TEN | 00., 2 Bowling Green, New York; W. G. MET O'CLOCK A. M., we shall sell at ronidence No. 1914 & | & CO., 925 vania avenue borthwest, Agents street, the above collection of furniture. Washington. fes-d_ WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO... Ancts. IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. USTEE'S SALE OF A DWELLIN ETRE ENTHETREET, NEAR : THER ON FIFTH STREET Wi 5 i STREET, BOTH DESIRABLE KEST i Of & deed of trust from Nathan C. foli 1 tbs iain records of the Diseietof Gol Prepaid. certificates for Feiendaand Baledieas 10 87, of the lan s of the Di Colum! and of the order of the Supreme Court of the District from the dit Country. toany railroad station OF team of Draper vs, Hyde et al. equity, Sot eanatog 2 the United states. dibe only line taking: No. 6,428, dissolving the injunction, the subscriber Papgenaers direct from Galway: ‘Will eell, to the bighest Inder, in front PEPE: | ,ubecteamors are unsurpassed for safoty and on THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEB- | andare fitted up with all improvements ve. RUAKY, A. D. 1883, “ot numbered 8 eight), and the | the comfort of ‘Cabin, $50, $70 and north haif of lot numbered 7 (seven, )in square num- lowest rates. ber 296 (two hundred and aix)" and “lot EW. 71) 7th st.; Mra. D. A, square ‘number S10 tive (hiimdzed gmnd ten) "os oy LEE. & ALDEN. “General am are num! ive (hum 3 % We comminaioners appointed by the court todivide the | New Vork, 20T Brower tectonics 18 Seay at Hoilldge estate,” all in W city, District of Co- | Pb! Pa., N.£. Corner Brosd and eae 510 at FOUR 0 P.M, and tn | > SF Oe nee = juare 296 at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. HA™eere Lins. ‘erms of sale: One-third of rich ¢190 ‘on each etek r equal sume’ tn one, tac: nad tive Fens, oo news vib 2 ee ‘one, two, an ‘ the purchaser, bearing inbereet at six per ‘oan LEAVING 2EW YORE EVERY THURSDAT annum from day of sale, payable semi-annually. to be AT NOON. secured on the pro} {2 he natiet FOR ENGLAND, FRAAGE AND GERMANY. Trustes. To be sold subject to tai ‘Apsenenen DccPassage appiy to 588 ts, gud conveyancing and recording to beat the cost of the mrchuser. ANTHONY HYD! Pyed-daeds aaa §2~ THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPON! sequence of the rain until MONDAY. NINETEENTH, 1853, same hour and piace, of Trustee. fl THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctionesr, POTOMAC FISHE JES AT AUCTION. at TWE! "4 I |., in front of the Market House, I shall seif the three Fisheries on the Upper Potomac, mown as ““Cloud’s Landing. felt igs rela iUMAS DOWLING, ‘Auctioneer. HOS. J. FISHER & CO., T Heal Estate Auctioneers. SALE OF ABOUT TWENTY-ONE LAND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF D PRINCIPALLY LYING BE- TEENTH AND SIXTEENTH ENDED, SUBDIVIDED INTO A a Under and by virtne of a decree of the Equity Court, passed uber Sth, 1882, in a cau Rhein Mary A; Holiead et al. are complatuaute, and Columbus J. Eelin re defendants, © tru ‘wilt sea. on “Ticaspay Rey 0) re on y ‘OU MARCH FIRST. “ACD. 1583, at HALE-PABT THRE O'CLOCK, on the il that tract of IN CON- KUARY. ‘By order CHANCERY Nine ‘Gratien font porenet, Cebu Ly aa ae aE etxbaM Zan kan to the Ny ian enya coments Pee iz LIVERPOOL, QUEENSTOWN, Cc UNARD LINE THE CUNARD Pavonia Servia AND EVERI-WEONESDAY rtoM DEW ORR Te $60, $80.snd $100 for Fteerage at very low erpool ai lowest rates. Havre, Autwerp tor Medit “For freight and parare No. 4 Bowling gs BIGELOW & Orso jenl2 ‘BOK LaN Ling. TO AND FROM BOSTON AND BALTIMORE, GLASGOW, LONDONDERRY ©. B. RICHARD & 00., Genera Passenzer Agwate, 61 Broadway, New ior, (x to PERCY G. SMITH, 1361 and 619 Pennayivanta avenue. for ‘Gazette, N NE! CALLING AT FROM PIER 40. ‘ed., Feb. 21. Med. Fob. 28. Kea. arch 7. | ervit > April tc, March 14, | Bounis:- Weal, April OF Passaor: parts of Tales. Stevrace a Luropeat all other of Jaden t ana other forts ur the Costisont aaa i Porta. at the Company's me 1 cabin 8 Oc. 605 Tah trot, Washsingtome VERNON A. BROWN & CO., New York: Messrs. OTIS BIGELOW & 00., street, Washington, ____RATLROADS. ‘SOHN J JOHNSON irnetes, = 328 436 street. GPYXEH'S AUCTION, BAZAAR AND LIVERY ‘No. £68 and 470 C street northwest, Back of National Hotel. SALPS EVERY FRIDAY AT 10:30 A.0. COME AND SEE US. SEND YOUR HORSES. Carriages, Waszonr, &o., that you want sold: Storage and Board at reasdnable ra iberal advances made. Wealeo offer Horses, Carriages, Wagons, &., at pri- ‘Delephone = W. F. GEYER. Ja50-lm ROB'T. VOSE & CO., Auctioneers. (HOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF WASH! NGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMEL ADJOINING THE POTOMAC TERRA COTTA COMPANY'S LAN! AND BOUNDED BY THE LINE OF THE METROPOLI- TAN BRANCH BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL By virtue of a deed of trust, dated the 24th or Feb-, ruary, A. D. 1879, and duly recorded in Liber Ni § =| 90%, at folio. 292, Ke., of the land ‘Fecor.'e for the! of Columbia, ‘and by the direction of the secured tuoreby, 1 shall tel on tne if Heth Se as eee oa Ge ee % ‘at the hour EM. ail that 7 7 “mn we §:00—Baltim jeott City and te: BALTIMORE EXPRESS, 6:50—Haltimore. Anna; We bey Miiaaer Hograem aed falg Sood 1745-8, €:20—Point 0—P EXPRESS. 8:40—Staunton and Valley E: 9: ‘at Point E and Way Btad 30—BALTIMORE EXPRESS, 18:40_PITTSBURG, THE M oper ane BAe ONLY LIsa q S REUWEED TEE #AST AND TRE WES SSURDAL NOVEMBER fore boos EK lore. SUSTLEAVE WASHINGTON. ‘and St. Louis Fast innatt, St. Louisand ign St Eonigngd Cour: in "E MIAD ELPA er and :00—BAL CLE iD and DETROIE EXTRESS Bloopmng, eeiasbans. 40 PHILADELD NEW YORE BOSTOR » ESS, Sloopinie Care te 1 t ‘will be taken for bagywage euy point 19:56~Chioazo, ‘and. Sleeping Cars to C: Bt. 30 BALTIMORE AND Wa EXP! ‘ew York. EToulana STATIONS, wy; Other trains. a from Washington stop at Ticket Washington Station, 619 and corner 14th street, where: or bee wo be checked Sl seseieedass in the city. CHANCERY SALE IMPROVED Or sevENTH ontety on Rae No. 1008. BEE TWEEN K AND L STREETS Ni WEST; AND ALSO ON THE EAST SIDE OF ELEVEN’ STREET, Bt ING No. 112) BETWEEN ARE ALEX, A AND FRED: SO ASR ER EA i i i ; i —_ 5S Te Bee eee Ting, 6:40am, and 4:40 p.m. daty, am. and 6:40 p.m. dally, exept “same 8b