Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1883, Page 7

FASHION WRINKLES, WAT TAT. ORNAMENTS—MUSLIN: DRESSES—SPRING COSTUMES BOUFFANT AS EVER—RED THE PARIS COLOR—TAILOR MADE SUITS AGAIN, ETC. Onsxce and flame color is the latest color @om bination. Rinnows bid fair to be used to excess as dress garnitures. Nannow Prrsu Rimgons are the coming fancy for bonnet strings. Stix Pompons grow more and more in favor @s dress trimmings. Many of the new suits now being made for Easter are of cloth. CastMERE jackets complete costumes of ribbed Ottoman silk and velvet. Wire muslin dresses have the skirts covered With: wide flounces of embroidery. Tuk pleated skirts with velvet ribbon borders are on nearly all the spring suits. P:_atps In subdued colors are made for travel- Ing dresses or for morning wear In the house. Gi.oves and stockings are worn to match with ng toilets. The brown tans—not reddish still prevall. rex ornaments are on the new spring bon- nets in the shape of balls, pins with round heads, slides, hairpins, and half-moons, New spring costumes are as bouffant as ever, jet there Isa contradictory report that panlers fed going out of fashion. Sraaicwr Coars of black sicilienne. lined with old green plush, are worn over black velvet sses and are trimmed with feathers. CaT-TaILs, reeds and swamp grasses trim the wicker basket hats that are already imported for suinumer use. Heads of wheat are made into bows for such bats. SttovipeR bows of ribbon are very fashiona- ble set against the standing collar on the left side. . Rosettes of wool brald and a wide band of White Hercules braid trim English round hats of felt and of braid. Tue first flowers of the season, narcissuses, Jonquils, hyacinths, crocuses, violets and lilacs, are now fashionable for trimming evening bon- nets. Tae London Lancet has an article condemning the crinolette as injurious to health, EvsromErep muslins are to be the favorite material for fine white dresses next summer. Tue red fez, encircled by a band of dark brown far—beaver or sealskin—has been adopted by a few young ladies. Tue new Hamburgs are marvels of beauty in open-work designs, Irish point and guipure pat- terns being the favorite styles. Lerrers from Paris say that red Is the popu- Jar of the day, and at all public and private entertainments it predominates. Srrrs of woolen goods will be completed by & jacket of medium length, made with fluted box pleats in the back, and trimmed with disks made of silk cord or of braid. Jaronica, prawn and strawberry pink are the pale shades to be used to combine with all the dark fashionable reds, such as claret, garnet, etrew berry and terra cotta. Tus high Bernhardt collar, stiffened by fine wires, 1s worn with a narrow square opening below the throat, which is filled in with lace. This ix becomi: very thin ladies. Srytisn Basgres are sharply pointed in front and back. with very shallow side pieces. The shoulder seams arc short and exactly in a line with the shoulder; the sieeves are close to the arm except at the arm-hole, where they are iehtiy bouffant. . New baimoral skirts have two or three steels inserted in the back widths to form a tournure. Moreen balmorals are gored perfectly plain from side to side, and the back breadth has two thick bex pleats tied back to them very full. Scan Tentes braided with silver or gold are passed around the hips and knotted behind on the kilt skirts that are on wool dresses. Several Fows of the braid are sewed around tue kilt pleats nearly at the bottom. Jorn. and mandarin yellow, mahogany, to- acco and Havana brown, Turkey red, French gmy. and corn-flower blue are the names of the eolurs which will ve most fashionable for milli- Bery purposes this season. Qcaxer Gray, dove and cloud grays are the pre i shades of gray which are represented fine wool materials for spring costumes. Casnwere figured stuffs, especially those with palin leaves, remain in favor for elegant eprinz wraps for the carriage. and with evening Costuues for the theater. Haxo-rcw Andalusian lace with figures as heavy as those of embroidery ts the fashionabie garniture for black Ottoman silk ‘Tuy Narty tailor-made cloth suits that clean easily were never more appreciated than in the Present season of unsettled weather. They are worn almost as uniform at morning Teadinzs. lectures and lenten services in church, Daxk colors are much worn by children. Their hate are dark with dark feathers, their @resses are of corresponding shades. and their stoc! are black with dresses of any color. ‘Te broad esthetic collar of embroidery and the cuffs to match are the only glimpses of white Visible in their costumes. Suoxt Mantixs in visite shape will be chosen for dressy wraps for the early spring. Heavy Diack Ottoman siik with passementerie and iace will be used for mantles that are to be worn with various dresses. For the summer are Spanish net mantles dotted with velvet. Antistic and esthetic @omen are arranging quaint demi-toilets forthemselves, trom the eream and old-gold Syrian muslin curtains, sold at one shiliing e: each curtain is four yards CITY NEIGHBORS, How They Manage to Get on Without Quarreling. From the London World. The dwellers in great citiesare generally dls- posed to adopt an attitude towdrds their neizh- bors which may be described as one of armed neutrality. The occupants of the immediately Contiguous house are regarded as persons who at any moment may be belligerents. Prudence dictates to both parties a punctillous respect for the convenance of social life. Each, if he 1s discreet, will be on his best behavior, and will scrupulously minimize all possibility of collis- ion. The best way oF ae this is systemati- cally to eschew any pe: acquaintance with those who live on the other side ot the partition wall. and inall matters which can possibly af- fect them to bear oneself as inoffensively as may be. Hence, it has become a tradition of our social life that London neighbors not only should be,but as a matter of fact are. in a happy state of mutual ignorance. To know nothing of those who dwell next door is unquestionably a convenience and a safeguard. Anything like intimacy between two families who live in such close geographical contiguity is certain to involve embarrassments, and likely to end in open hostility. One of the two house- holds presumes upon the privileges of friendly Intercourse, and makes, very likely in pure in- Mocence, some Indefensible proposition—re- guests the loan of some article that ought not to be asked for; expresses the hope that a bed- room may be granted to a friend of the family who has casually arrived; or displays an incon- venient and inconsiderate propensity to drop into lunch. If these overtures are met in a friendly spirit at the beginning, and are even reciprocated, the relations established between the two houses will be for a while those of per- sonal friendship; but it is friendship that will be a sure harbinger of war. The ruptare between the attached neighbors is as certain as the little storms which vex the married life of the turtle doves of the pre-nuvtial era. Nothing is more certain than that people who are closely connected, either by tips of family or neighborhood, cannot afford to take liberties with each other. Half the quarrels which estrange and embitter kinsmen arise from the fact that they presume upon their: consanguinity. The mere circumstance that they are related by blood ought to make them exhibit toward each other a most scrupulous respect. For this very reason they should beware of requesting little loans at Impecunious moments, or of sending telegrams suddenly to say that they are coming up from the country, and will be grateful for a dinner and a bed, The point of honor is said to begin where compulsion ends, and pre- cisely because the usages of society would not allow the kinsman importuned in the man- ner just described publicly to reprimand his re- lative. his relative ts guilty of an offence against the laws of tamily honor if he pleads the privil- ege of relationship. So it is with neighbors. As long as they do not make the mistake of sup- posing that neighborhood Imphes famifiarity, all will go well. Directly that truth is ignored, the prospect of civil war is assured. The inhabi- tants of one of the crescents or squares deyoted to middle class Londoners will exist in a state of mutual peace and good will so long as they keep each other at arm's length; but when once any project which involves community of action is broached—such as the painting the house- fronts in one color, or reorganization of the garden enclosure—misunderstanding, and finally feuds, become inevitable. ——___+e._ Starving in Eddystone. ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. The keepers at Eddystone light-house have had a very unpleasant experience during the late stormy weather. One of them was entitled to be relieved some eight weeks ago, but it was not until Monday that he was brought on shore at Plymouth. For several days previous to this relief arriving he and his comrades were reduced to y great straits, and, excepting that two or three hard biscuits remained in the light-house, were without the necessaries of life. Their reserve stock of food was exhausted, their last installment of flour had to be fried in lamp oil on Thursday in order to furnish a meal, and they continued to use this oil as diet until assistance from the shore reached them. They were without firing for several days, and the only warmth which they were able to obtain was the heat furnished by the lamps which they were burning. The men were reduced to such a con- dition that they were only able to converse with each other in monosyllables. They kept signals of distress flying daily for a fortnight in the hope of attracting the attention of passing ves- sels. These signais were seen by seyeral ship: but so boisterous was the weather that It was found impossible to effect any communication with the unfortunate men. itis allezed that there were several opportunities since Christinas i TOES pte eae THE EVENING STAR: W. NGTON. tt SATURDAY. Mi A Book Agent’s Opinion. — Erom the Boston Globe. “Ma's up stairs changing her dress,” said the freckle-faced littie girl, tying her doll’s bonnet strings and casting her eye about for a tidy large enough to serve as a shawl for that dou- ble-jointed young person. “Oh, your mother needn’t dress up for me.” replied the female agent of the missionary sool- ety, taking a selt-satisfled view of herself in the mirror. “Run up and tell her to come down just as she is in her every-day clothes, and not to stand on ceremony. = “Oh, but she hasn't on her every-day clothes. Ma was all ‘tees up in her new brown silk "cause she expected Miss Dimmond to-day. Miss Dimmond always comes over here to show off her nice things, and ma don’t mean to get left. When ma saw you coming she sald ‘The Dickens!’ and I guess she was mad about something. Ma sald if vou saw her new dress she'd have to hear all about the poor heathen, who don’t have silk, and you'd ask her for money to buy hymn books fo send'em. Say, do the nigger ladies use hymn-book leaves to do their hair up on and make it frizzy? Ma says she guesses that’s all the good the books do 'em, if they ever get any books. I wish my doll was a heathen.” Why, you wicked little girl; what dé you want of a heathen doll?” inquired the mission- =r lady, taking a mental inventory of the new things in the parlor to get materiai tor a homily on eonaly extravagance. “80 folks would send her lots of ntce things to wear and feel sorry to have her going about naked. Then she'd have hair to friz; amd I want adoll with truly like Deacon Sliderback’s when he says amen on nay I ain't @ wicked girl either, ‘cause Uncle Dick—you know Uncle Dick, he’s been out west, and swears awful and smokes in the house—he says I’m a holy terror and he hopes Til be an angel pretty soon. Ma'll be down in a minute, so you needn't take your -cloak off. She said she'd box my ears if I asked you Ma’s putting on that old dress she had last year, “cause she said she didn't want you to think she was able to give much this time, and she needed a new muff worse than the Queen of the Cannon Ball Islands needed religion. Uncle Dick says you oughter go to the tsiands, "cause you'd be safe there, and the natifs'd be sorry they was such sinners anybody would send you to ‘em.. He says he never seen a heathen before Monday last when the men might have been relieved, but that on each occasion the steamer usually employed on this duty was en- gaged on other work, and her services, there- fore, could not be obtained. +o _____ Sherman on Political Generals. Gath, in San Francisco Chronicle. Said I, “Gen Sherman, I find in Ohio consid- erable ot a boom tor John Logan for President of the United States, because of his attitude on the Fitz-John Porter case.” “I do not wonder at it,” said Sherman, “those western soldiers entertained aview during much of the war that the Army of the Potomac was more suangee maki military he some kind than & fishing es teteeene eal going home. Naturally, that old opinion in the west breaks out when acontest like thisfsraised half a generation after the war. The western soldier is a thorough republican and democrat. |" He does not care about twining great laurels around.any man’s brow. The war to him was a matter of duty, and he wanted to whip the en- emy, restore the authority of the government, and go back and get in his seed and plow hiscorn. Hence,John Logan only requiresto represent that long and one yard wide. The work at the base ix arranged as trimming, and the founda- tion of the dress is batiste or silk. Lapres who have fine arms wear the pretty sleeves that are drawn up two inches shorter in the outside than their inside seam; these are for day dresses; lace sleeves, or no sleeves what- ever. =< Seer — arciae haces, but oe ves for ress conceal the tapering ba arm below the elbow. . A Mixture of dull brown and electric blue is very effective fn the thick droguet or wool dama=k of which redingotes, coats, basq tunics are made. ‘The skigt of velvet: made abeotutely plain may be brown, red or blue, of the shade most conspicuous in the drognuet, and the large buttons are of wrought metal, broaze, steel or gilt. A Caruso Costume for a young brunette ‘has a pleated skirt of brown or orange striped terry poi with yellow stri; laid on the under side of the pleats. The ice and tunic are of brown eo hair 0" Fox dancing tollets are Imported very beanti- fal transparent silk muslins, of exquisitetexture and finish, with single large flowers, such as Toses and carnations, dropped upon pale-tinted grounds. One P mapas in these fabrics shows a pale tea-rose yellow ground, brocaded with pale pink’ azaleas and fol and a second pattern, alreudy made upin Watteau style, has a gronnd- work on pale blue, scattered over with blush roses and sweet pea blossoms. The dress is made up over pale blue surah. Paxis correspondents report a clearly ex- Pressed wish to introduce a more becoming stric than the swall Grecian knot, which, altho charming for a graceful head and re- fined features, ts horribly unbecoming to Plain, uncoimely faces; this has been lately arranged much larcer and often with a braid pinned rouné the top of the head, to look like a coro- Ret. The baudeau Selome of larze curls dressed high and ornamented with jewetied pins and aigrettes of Jet. enanel, tortolse-shell, or steel is lovely fur evening toilette. A New Kixp of thick, gold embroidered lace eomething like Venetia polat is delighting the fashionable world: and, though of French origin, has received the name of Persian. Dressmakers employ it with exquisite effect as kilted or gathered flounces cauzht up here and there with a knot of ribbon, smail bou of flowers, | few pompons. or silk tassels of different sizes op the skirts of evening dreeses. These tassels are mech In vouue for trimming tollettes as well as large trimmed hats and miniature capotes, which they ornament perfectly. Tue Flower oF Tus Dar isthe violet, and Glasters are to be seen on hats, bonnets, muts andon evening costumes. In a-week or two they Fill be succeeded by other fowers ayer in ree, such as daffodils, buttercups and primrones. * For evening wear the pale Neapoli- violets are. popular, and are to be seen ar- aslarge buckles, looping up full folds on skirts and gathering up lace on one shoul- Ger, or forming the lining of a hich ‘This last i: and becoming fagh- roats, as it forms a frame feeling to awaken a very deep interest among the western soldiery. You see the Army of the Potomac for some time was quarreling among its commanders, McDowell, Pope, McClellan, Hooker, Burnside. It looked to the plain west- erm volunteer like a stragzle of jealousy of military factions. I don't wonder at all,” con- tinued Sherman, ‘to find that the Porter case starts that excitement afresh.” * Well, General, what kind of commander was John Logan?” “ First-rate, first-rate,” said Sherman, “as a fighting man, a hearty man—no coward nor trimmer. was very good. But my ob- jection to him during the war was the same ‘that [ had to Frank Blair, in going to the rear after we had won some battle to make speeches about it. Ineverliked the mixing up of the soldier's work with the politician's. in, and weat- brave t: ot the ern boy, and, if Rey haa not politicians, I Would have had no com it to make of them, ‘That was why I gave neither ot them McPher- son's army. I would not give that sorg of re- sponsibility to men who were political speech- kers.” ————_~-2.____ A Word for the English Sparrow. From the Boston Journal. Iv is possible that much of what issaid against the English sparrow is based more upon preju- dice than upon observation, and it is only just tothis greatly condemned bird that when a word is said in its favor it should have a wide hearing. Such s word is saidby the German- town Telegraph, and resuits from close observa- tion. | The writer of an article In that paper says that the birds are daily before him upon his premises, whereon he raises all kinds of fruits and vegetables, They have been caretully ob- served, and their behavior has been noted at all times and under all circumstances, the conclu. sion drawn being that they are the most efficient and valuable Insectivorous birds on the premises, and though, unless fed in the spring with yege- table offal, they will eat the early inach and } lettuce, and the first tender leaves of frait trees, | they do not eat to an extent to cause material | damac icy eat no fruit of any kind. When pear in the spring, upto June or Aug- ust, they appear to be unremitting In feeding | upon them, and the pear crop on the ses in question has never been so free from the of its enemies pugnacious themselves, they do not drive away other birds, as is proved by the fact that on the premises in question there are more robins than ever and as we can ‘used for food, as it becomes very fat, and the writer trom whom we are ba ed for food, would that they should be allowed to as their increase is 80 -that there always be an ample A Novel Pleasure Mevert, Madison S | in the be of the 130 shops to be provided on ; Second floors will third will bee tory. Concerts ara to be | hours every moraing and: out the ing aw will be cl ecessitate the hungry enough to eat you, ‘less ’twas a blind one, an’ you'd set a blind pagan’s teeth on edge so he'd never hanker atterany more missionary. Uncle Dick's awful funny, and makes pa and ma die laughing sometimes.” OUNCES OF PREVEFTION. Fs, 3 Ventilation in Winter. ‘From Harpér’s Weekly. - How toget good verttflation either mm winter or summer is tion of importance, and sometimes a diMtult question; and its difficul- ties ate the darkening of counsel of those who sometimes write about it. The commonest ret We see made about ventilation is that fydu open a window from the top and bottom the cold air will flow in be- low and the warta above, and that pres- ently all the air will.b@ changed inthis way. Now this is tras dione case and one only— namely, when the outside air is but slightly colder than the mside. the experiment on a cold winter day; the air will rush in from both above and below. Try iton a warm summer day, when the air within and without ts atthe same temperature; there will be indeed an in- sensible of air, but not any perceptible movement, inward or outward, uriless the breeze actually blows through the house. Even small apartment is not self-ventilating always. Large buildings, as halls of Congress, theaters, churches, require complicated machinery for forcing pure air in and for expelling the foul; but this branch of the subject need not*be dis- cussed here. How shall we best supply pure alr to an ordinary living-room ? The leading pomts about the winter ventila- tion of an ordinary dweliing-house or apartment are but two: 1. A regulated supply of pure air from with- out should be led. 2. This cold atr should be introduced without creating draughts. In all ordinary cases more or less cold air will come in, whether you wish it or not. The mo- tive (shed the Inward draught, is due to the fact that the inside of the house is warmer than the outside air, so that there is always a strong rising current of alr which escapes through the chimney, while the alr forces its way in through nearly all parts of the building, even through the walls and the roof. Allof the materials of an ordinary house, except the tron-work and the glass windows, are pervious to air, and more so than.1s commonly supposed. Pettenkofer shows that you can blow outa candle through a dry brick, if the experiment be managed so as to concentrate the escaping breath at one point. A square foot of the ordinary iath-and-plaster ceiling allows the passage of one anda half cubic feet per hour of air at 72°, if the air above be at 40°. Look carefully at any old ceiling, and ou can see every joist and lath drawn upon it in marks a little whiter than the rest of the ceiling. The marks show that the wood and the plaster together are less pervious than the plaster alone, which has been turned to a darker Unt by the long-continued stratning out of the impurities of the air which passes through it. “Your Uncle Richard is a bad, depraved wretch, and ought to have remained out west, where his style is appreciated. He sets a hor- rid example for little girls like you.” “Oh, I think he’s ri He showed me how to slide down the bannisters, and he's teaching me to whistle when ma ain’t round. That's a pretty cloak you've got, alt it? Do you buy all your good clothes with missionary money ! Ma says you do.” Just then the freckle-faced little girl’s ma came into the parlor and kissed the missionary lady on the cheek and said she was delighted to see her, and they proceeded to have a real Sociable chat. The little girl’s ma can’t under- Stand why a person who professes to be 60 charitable as the missionary agent does should go right over to Miss Dimond’s and say such ill- natured thingsas she did, and she thinks the iissionary is a double-faced gossip. Why They Drove Down Town. From tne four, Here Is a story of the late Governor Morgan. A short time ago, when about to enter his car- riage, an acquaintance was passing his house in Fifth avenue. It was ex-Congressman Elnstein, who weighs about 250 pounds. - “I will drive you down town,” sald the old man. “Many thanks, Governor,” was the answer; “the doctors order me to walkdown town every day to reduce my flesh.” The 250 pounds got Into the carriage anddown town they went ata rattling pace. When they arrived at Exchange place the Governor began carefully to examine his vehicle, and said to his pound companion : “T asked you to drive down with me because gee &@ new carriage, and I wanted to give it a al.” —___-e-_____ A Short Crop in Georgia. Colonel Glenn stepped in to inspect Donnie Bain’s stock of hardware tke other day. “Hello, Donnie, what are these 2” “Spokes.” “Where did they come from ?” “Tennessee.” “Why. we have got plenty of good timber in Georgia to make spokes—why don’t you get your spokes here at home ?” “Weil, Colonel, we have got plenty of good timber in Georgia to make the spokes out of, but we are awful short on timber for spoke- makers. It we had fewer lawyers and doctors we might have more spoke-makers !” The Colonel acknowledged the corn, and saw the p'int.—Smail’s Georgia Major. A Rare Instance. From the Detroit Free Press. “Father,” began a Cass avenue lad the other night, “is Mr. T. a good man?” “Yes, my son. I regard him as one of the best men in Michigan.” “Do you believe he would lie?” “What, young man! are you crazy? Why, Mr. T. would not tella lie for all the gold on earth. What makes you ask that question?” “Why, when a man says he saw a spring robin Port the 15th day of February what do you call it?” “Did he say he saw one?” “He did.” “‘Are you sure?” “Oh! I heard him tell three Didn't he lie, father 2” “N-n-o, 1 think not,” mused the father; “but let it be a great moral lesson to you all the same. It isn’t once in a thousand years that a robin comes up here from Tennessee at that date and exhibits himselt to a single citizen and returns on the afternoon express different men so. ——_—_+o.___ = ‘To Clean Lamp Burners, From the Country Gentieman. Kerosene ofl 1s generally used for lights in the country, and the cleaning of Iamp chimneys is quite tiresome, bat must be attended to every day. The burners often get out of fix, and it is very vexatious to keep them in ranning order. When they get clogged and will not turn up or down, and are all covered with soot and gum, do not throw them away, but take a little iron kettle and put in a pint of wood ashes and a quart of water; put in the burners and set them on the stove, and let them boil five or ten minutes; take them out, and, with a soft rag, wash them clean and dry them well. They are then as good as new, and will do another eix months. It is very little trouble to do it, and Bayes much vexation. After one has tried it once-she will not be apt to forget it. Nice look- ing, clean lamps are quite ornamental, while a smoky chimney and bad smelling burners are not agreeable. ———_~+e-—_____ I¥ WE are to believe one of the few French admirers of Wagner, Mme. Judith Gautier, daughter of the great critic and novelist, the composer concealed under a somewhat rude and haughty exterior an exceedingly tender heart. His house at Lucerne was filled with poor relatives, who came on a visit and. never went away. His kindness to animals ts the subject of many an anecdote. Mme. Wagner says that while he was composing the “ Meister- singer” at Zurich he became Interested in a stray dog which he found prowling around the house, and which was suffering from some dis- ease. He took it home and nursed it; and though the creature bit him for his pains, it was none the less carefully attended. Mme.Gautier once asked him what he intended to do with his son. ‘My ambition,” he answered, ‘‘is, first of all, to leave him a odes: Le alge oe spared the worry from w! ave Then I gird 7 @NOI man and eas 2 1 have often peen afflicted by the sense of my own helplessness when an accident has occurred in my presence. James’ Gazette. eb ea The prohibitionists ot Michigan have made Nominations for the php Reger Judicial Pos which are to be filled at the spring elec- lon. liquors. “Dude” is what the girls hampered young man, Now in what way are we to Introduce pure cold air without creating draughts? Ifan open fire is used, we shall seldom need cae special contrivance; the open fire draws in air by every Seeing then th door and window chinks, through keyholes, through the walls them- selves. Only be sure that the air admitted comes by a clean route, not an unclean one, as when it passes through badly ventilated halls, or from a ground surface that may be foul. The open fire is a great ventilator. But stoves, furnaces and hot pipes draw in much less air from without, and provide much less chance for its exit ; and when these are used we shall be the better off for some opening specially pro- vided to admit the outer air. “Natural” venti- lation, like many other natural arrangements, has great faults; It sends the air creeping along the floor to chill our feet. If we make the arti- ficial opening near the floor, a draught upon our feet is created; if we make it near the ceiling, then there isa draught upon the head. How shall we admit cold air in such a way that there shall be no draught atiall? By making the air current ascend as it enters, rising like a foun- tain, and then falling like spray until It is warmed. This is easily accomplished by either of two simple devices. The first is to fit a plece of board three inches wide Into the bottom ot the window. Shut down the lower sash upon the edge of this board, and put up the upper sash; that will leave a narrow chink, just-ehree inches deep, betweenthe two sashes, at the middle of the window. Through this opening the air will pass In, and will'be foreed directly upward, like & fountain, toward the ceiling. whence it will diffuse itself through the room without striking amy one. In very cold weather, either remove the board and make the window tight, or have some narrow lids attached to the top bar of the bottom sash, which you can turn over, and so cover the openings‘ when necessary. If you have to guard against’ smoke or dust without, a little cotton may be between the sashes so as to filter the incoming alr; the cotton should be changed often. The second device consists in making an open- ing over the door or window into the outer air; in this put a piece of board with the inner end pointing upward. The incoming air isthus sent upward, as in the case Just described. The board should have cheeks, or side pieces, to pre- vent the air from escaping sldewise and down- ward; it should not be put too high, else the cold air might rebound directly from the ceiling @ownward; and It should clear the heads ot the Occupants. A good height is about seven feet from the floor, unless you chance to have visit- ors who are taller than this. The ‘“ Sherring- ham valve” is this contrivance made In tron,and provided with strings to regulate the proper de- gree of opening for the valve. Still another simple and good contrivance, where a stove is used (though it is a rather un- sightly one), is to bring atin ptpe about three inches in diameter from the outer air to a point nearly but not quite over the stove and near the ceiling. The cool air comes in through this, and is warmed and cspereed by the rising current of hot air from the stove. sy using either of these devices the draught will be avoided, and one may be sure of getting good ventilation during the coldest weather, it he will pay its necessary price in fuel. Titvs Mcnsox Coay. —_-2._____ Terra Cotta in Architecture. ‘Hester M. Poole in the Continent. The traveler going westward in New Jersey, from Woodbridge or Perth Amboy to New Brunswick, will find‘his road bordered by fre- quent hollows, which stretch irregularly on elther hand. The color of the soil, denuded and exposed, varies from a soft buff to that deep rea which owes its richness to the presence of fron, a trace of which fs found in all the circumjacent region. Fora long distance his way will be marked by these exeavatious, which are some- times scores of feet indepth. At the bottom, sinuous wagon-roads lead around banks of clay, muuers large gangs of laborers are constantly at work. The undulating surface of the Sparse- ly ened ana Srequentiy one A a see growth of young pines, es and maples, ives no indication of the riches concealed below, for underlying it all is one vast bed of the best and finest of that clay which is used in the manufacture of fire-brick and terra cotta. This clay {8 practically exhaustless. Though ite presence has been known to the geologist ever since the set of New Jersey, it is only about five years alnce the first attempt was made to use it In,the shape of terra cotta. Even now, few of the denizens of our metropolitan centers are aware.to what extent this noble American industry has been carried, or what It ies to become; apd as this immense clay leld, contiguousto:tha seaboard, and situated between New York and Philadelphia, ia the most important and characteristic of all that Ue within our stateg, so;the architectural deco- rations which hi modeled from its_plas- tic substance, as weil.ag the magnificent bunild- ings they adorn,sre among the most noteworthy OI modern construction. = As our traveler. proceeds he finds himself in a curious and interesting spot. Within a few miles from elthen of ‘the busy little towns from to lose itself in the bay of thesame namea little farther to the southeast. It broadens there toa great width, andthe railway running from New York to Long Branch leaps lightly trom pier to pier over its swift tide, like 9 bar of mi across which the locomotive hour! its! =e ly chants itsrefrain of travel between, bounded on ille-and South and Perth Am- boy, widens: out on its fourth side into the Lower New York Bay, and that into 0. 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. sit bie AUCTION SALES. Cmmun SHAMS. SWINDLEES AND THEIR VICTIMS—HOW CARE- TR BA onran LESS PEOPLE SUFFER IN, HEALTH AND ox e » AT Al ON, wo POCKET. H Every streak of sunshine creates « shadow, and be- hind every truth crouches its corresponding He. Who- cover bas not been in some way fooled and robbed by tewindlers and their works has had better luck in lite han most mortals. In fact the best witnesses to the value of agivon article are the counterfeits and tmita- tions which seek to share its suocess without possessing a fraction of its merit. Hence it goes without saying that FL ; t Su eee} and runni F B ; i i i Tr a oe r fe “BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are pursued by a host of miscrablé‘and worthless imita- tors, eager to appropriate what they can of the fruits of ite victories, ‘These leeches commonly take the form of ‘a.chesp plaster. ‘Now, those harmless and worthless plasters would be detected in @ minute if people were careful (n reading and remembering names. But most persons merely glance at them, understand partially and forget in- stantly, What result? This: Desiring to buy BEN- SON'S CAPCINE PLASTER, thelr own careleseness enables some storekeeper or druggist, who cares more for five or ten cents additional profit than for the sweets of an approving conscience, to roll them up instead some cheap imitation with asimilar name. The deceit often works, while the fraudulent plasters never do. Don't permit yourself to be thus victimized for lack of moment's care, BENSON'S CAPCINE PORUS PLASTERS have stood the test of science and experi- ence and are the product of both. Examine the artiéle, and satisfy yourself that the word CAPCINE iscur in tt. Seabury & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Chemists, New York. Highest awards—medale—at International Expo- sitions, mhi0 A8 BLUE FLANNFL GARM. XX. iE} OF INFERIOR QuaLiry OF GooDs: 2 ‘s sta SOHN T MITCHELY.,} Trustee w* P. YOUNG, Real Estate Auctioneer. AO TOUSE. Now i388 B otheny aovrawesh T wilt soll at of the SA Eee otek tae eee cellar an: building wey hee ne, No. 1868 Sterne and fall Sosoription at Pan ty Sopot ze gute terme aosoet conned wit tn eg Gaye fe property will be resold et risk and cost of ; Pemba 10, 19414 D. B. WAINWRIGHT, (08. J. FISHER & 0O., Real Estate Auctioneers, SALE OF BOYLE'S Wi TELS 6 Rh a NEE'S SALE OF ‘MILLINERY AND FANCY opp GOODS, FIXTUKES, DARD 04 © STRE T NORTH! 2 ADJOINING PKOPERTY, NOS. THEET. AN UNRIVALLED COLLECTION or JAPANESE ART TREASURES COMPRISING SUPERB SPECIMENS OF KINKOZAN, OKUMURO, KAGA, OKAYAMA, WAKAYAMA KISA, OWABI, NINSHEI, TANZAN, two three-story Brick vwiuich will wd epparetely ci : third cavh, and balance for which ‘notes of the MANY OTHER WARES MARVELLOUSLY AED DECORATED, CLOISONNE ENAMELS, ELEGANT CABINETS, HANDSOME SPECIMENS OF OLD AND MODERN GOLD LACQUERS, ARTISTIC BRONZES, ECIMENS OF RARE JAPANESE PORCELAIN — * AND POTEnY NOTICE. XX, "om CARVINGS, are ld as the wine lesex," which are not AUCTION SALE OF HAINES, Ree a fe jeeex order AGES, WAGON: ARNES! EVER! Genta seeennes | “Mette mamorsnso ones | Seay a ia ake x SW AN) ACH’ LESS OF WEA|HER. Sone aera ma ite hae eae MAGNIFICENT SCREENS, £0. roan ot ed ad rae aterm eet é baal lending coda, must ear Sra Sa Noaunedd Runm arma to all parties o: dering the roods. Carefully selected by & Japances Expert, and acknowl- | Boosignmcns, Haruees stc., ste. Libsral advances em ‘edged by connoisseurs to be the most ese = WENDELL, FAY & CO., “ CABLE AND CHOICE COLLECTION EVER bine BEOUGHT 10 THIS COUNTRY. ‘The whole will be sold without reserve, on ‘WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MORNING AT ELEVEN 0'0: AND AFTER- . NOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, EACH DAY, March 14th, 15th and 16th, 1883, At my Art Salesroom, 11th street and Pennsylvania ave. On exhibition March 12th and 13th. SELLING AGENTS, MIDDLESEX COMPANY, 86 and 88 Worth st., New York; 37 . Boston ; 214 Chestnut st., Philadelphia. 306-2, 178 TS 1S TH x FE. xreenive thought and new iden Ecoxomzoas Aw 8 The MUTUAL RESERVE FU ‘TION is the new idea in Life 4i rroval of the wisest In«ursn. Gented eur ins a mout Office: 1609 Hi street, nl6-6m WEAVER, KENGLA & 00.'3 LAUNDRY SOAP 1S FCONOMICAL, BECAUSE IT IS PURE; BEING YREE FROM ALL ADULTERATIONS, SUCH AS I. ¥. KNIGHT. Manacer. MARBLE DUST, SOAPSTONE, PIPE CLAY, 8ILI-| Rooms comfortably heated. wus STREET OPERATION CATE, &o., WHICH ARE USED TO ADD WEIGHT “ AND BULK, AND WHICH QUICKLY WEAR our | _™b7-Tt THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. The old-established Banking House of AND ROT THE CLOTHES. IT 18 SAFF, BECAUSE IT IS MANUFACTURED FROM STRICTi-Y PURE MATERIALS, VIZ: STEAM REFINED TALLOW (PREPARED BY OURSELVES, ) JOHN A. DODGE & CO., No. 12 Watt Sraeer, New Yore, Buy and sll all active stocks on three to five per comb marein, ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. RLOR SUITE; WALNUT MAR- AMBER SUIT KS; COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, BUKEAUS AND WASH- = They end free their 5 PALM AND COCOANUT OILS; WHILE ON THE WALNUT EXTENSION TABLE AND. “WEEELY FINANGIA REPORT, CONTRARY MANY OF THE SOAPS ON THE MAR- MCHA PATHE Showing how lapxe profits can by mindecn inv KET ARE MADE FROM GREESE PROCURED FROM THE CARCASSES OF PUTRID DEAD ANIMALS, THUS ENDANGERING LIFE AND HEALTH. PUT UPIN BARS, AND EVERY BAR BKANDED WITH OUR NAME. OR SALE BY GROCERS GENERALLY. AND WHOLESALE AT OFFICE, 813 3244 WATER STREET, GEORGETOWN, D.C. Ger Tur Besr “THE CONCORD HARNESS." THE GONCORD COLLARS, Srewaer BROWN'S SONS, Wa. Hanwax Brown. AvIsON Brows, Gro. ALEXANDER Browx, member N.Y. Stock Exch'ga, 38 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. Stocks and Bonds Bouxht and Sold on Commission. «ft E RO! Lo} HEATING — STOV. RANGE: CHINA, GLASS and CROCKELY WARE, KITGE: EN UTENSILS, Bo. On MONDAY. MARCH TWELFTH, commencini st TEN O'CLOCK 4-M., we shail sell at the rexidence tleman declining honsek WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00., Aucts. PevaTe STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES mi-d XECUTOR'S SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI- E TURE. Brrwees — 8 WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND RICHMOND, + 497 PENSSYLVANIA AVENUE, Fourreds tae S A the es at TEN O'CLOCK nouse No.831 14 Eole Agents for Hill's Celebrated Concord Harness. ——— consisting TRUNKS and HARNESS in great variety, at Lowest | Hacks whe Stop es & H. H. DODG! Bee f2i_ | conditions “Terma cash” bd RTHUR A. BIRNEY, Executor 5 Mi E. Cary, deceased. ‘WILLIAMS & CO.. ‘Auctionsors. Bonds, Stocks and Investment Seourities Bought en WALTER B. mre told on Commission, IMPORTER AND TAILOR, 1111Penneyivania Avenue Northwest. For first-class work and artistic tailoring place your orders with the leading house of Washington. 024 a E AN! RRIAGE BaZA. so. " GJETEE'S HORSE AND Ce Ses. No. £39 1$rm STREET, (CORCORAN BUILDING) lagen, Robes. Whips, Blankets, every FRIDAY MOURNING at PAST TEN ‘OCLOCE. Conriyn ments voticited. By 13 aly = aly : HOBCET VOSE & CO., Auctioneers. HOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioncer. feel SALE OF VALUABLE HOTEL PROP- ERTY, CONTAINING ABOUT THIRTY-ONE (3: ROOMS. "KNOWN AS Sales of Horses. Carrii and Harnesa by auction Agency for Prince and Whitely, Stock Brokers, 64 Broapwar. Naw Yous. Gas Cooxme Sroves, FOR SALE AT THE GASLIGHT OFFICE, TENTH STREET. [2 UTHE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS OF COLUMBIA, HOLDIN« FOR ORPHANS’ COURT | Bazris, late of the Distelct of Columbia, deceased.—Ap- | plication for the probate of the last will aud testament | and for ‘eters testamentary on the estate of the said | deceased has this day been made by Samuel B. | of Washington city. surviving executor. All persons | interested are hereby notified fo appear in this court on FR TWEATY-THIRD DAY OF MARCH NEXT. at ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. M., to show cause why the said will should not be proved ‘and admitted to probate and Letters ‘Testamentary on the estate of the said deceased should not is-ne as prayed: Provided, a of this order be published once a week for three ve tbe Warnington Law and Evening ar previous to the 5 By the Court. CHANLES P. JAMES, usiice. : H. J, RAMSDELL, Kegister of Wills for the District of Columbia. CHAS. 8. WHITMAN, Solicitor. 24-lawsw KP. AND ALL URINARY TROUBLES: Quickly and Safely Cured with DOCUTA SANDALWOOD. "Days. Avoi jurious imitations; none bit the Docute genuine eal dice mat Price, $1.50; half boxes, 75 conta, All druggists. mb3-lawl3t 4 pe ens oe ESTED CAREFULLY SCHEME 10 BE DRAWN MONTHER ee Trorars SHLYE Guanes Sr Peorontion. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. ““Wedo hereby iy that we The Lowiasona Bate Miter paar boty nega ‘all pote ‘and we ‘puthorte ‘ihe Sonttnrte allachad. oe one 4) regarding the Markets received through ow wires INSTANTLY direct irom the New York Stodl Exchange. nl ap kn Swelve. (120, with the np § i toned above. ‘Terie of sale: “One third of the purchase money in cash and the residue in two equal payments, at six ard twelve months from day of sale, ith interest at six per yable semi-annually, secured by deed of trust sold, or all cash, at the option of the chaser. If the terms of saleare not comylied with within fen (10) days from day of sale the right to at the rink and eli the cont Of rexel ropel of the Gefaulting purchaser. "A deposit of £280 will pe required when bid is accepted. Ali conveyancing ani — = A. JAMES, mh3-d&as SABES | Truntece, Cues SALE OF VALUABLE AND DESIR. ABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY, SITUATE THE EAST SIDE BE! N’ 2 RY, MEDICAL, &c. S. BROTHERS AND GRAY GIVE NO. Sroccht itn atte Sedge pat tor. “Those disappeiuted of a curt of pr should connul ¥, Abts xorcax CONFIDENTIALLY CONSULT Dr, BHOTHEES, 90 Bat.s.v. Particular atte se al carrera’ Oo one eae . an Thllty.tve years exrerten oa, 128-1 x j0OD KESTORED BY USING A two of Dn. BROTHERS’ Invigorati Seminal Weak . LEON, THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED ANB Dour reba * Physician in the ci 3 14 id icee : the - ise the arrange- Company cot imran NGS, LARGE 8TOC! CH Fels Sabatoelen Cara DINE GOODS, HAT AND BONNET HON GRP ARE Bictks v. Breclalty TITY OF SPECIALTIES. AT NEW ORLEANS, AY, MARCH 13, BS. M. A. FRENCH, MAG! 100, 000 Tickets at $5 each. in fifths, in pro- 1 Capital 000 1 Gapttal ‘000 ~ 2c on ni, BEAN TENSALET OWN DO, 5 +--4 ot 8 deed of | Bearing date the 3 iio 303 Go: 08 300 500 fs 000 1000 ‘000 H 2 1967 Prizes, +8265, BO | i iz i