Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1883, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. WILKIE COL. A Chat with the Great Englixh Story | Writer—Hijs Views and Mcthods, HIS HOWE. Wilkie Collins, writes a London correspond- ent, lives in one of the gioomiest streets tha runzout of gloomy,aristocratic Portman square. His house is one of a number of monotonous, dirty brick struetures, which look as forbidding as the st which receives the evil influences n, but, once within its hospitable portals, the contrast Is as great as that between AT HONE | he iy ‘e me £200 for the story, which vas a capital price for an unknown and un- tried writer. He published it in bridal white and gilt, and exhausted almost the entire edi- tion in sending coples to the nobility and ymai~ nent peopie. Then came ‘Basil,’ ‘Mr. Mayo’s Casket,’ ‘Hide and Seek,’ and by this time I was fully einbarked upon a literary career. After that I became a regular contributor to House- id Words, then edited by my friend Charles Dickens, and my stories haye ever since been first published In a serlal form. There you have my literary career In brief. I have written some -two or twenty-three novels, and hope to some more. ‘I had the plot for many others in my mind.” : ow do you work, Mr. Collins—rapldly?” midnight and A broad, generous SUE Sore OLenme eee Lwite: shout stairway at theend of the great hallway leads mpeger ota book Gay whan: work up to Mr. Collins’ workshop, and thither Tam | regularly. It usually takes me six months to led by the p servant who | turn ont a book after I get fairly started upon sr Lop Is theback | it. I work chiefly at night, and use very large ee neler “yz | Sized sheets of paper, on which I write very yoemt of Ms Grawings room floor. It} 9, anil ent a great deal. Here, now, 18 hasa high uuserivt of my last story, ‘The Black of the all 10 minutes, perhap: story tellc and | fore the gi ploy the intery hibr ¥ novels ocenpying . dust be An and Bal- dd the mail librar, umes, tellin; ¥ book that ea! authors o ¢ ) many stories. Eve be made to streteh over thr form in angs between nd that th and never table air, n its busine ‘hy th a apppeary 1 seen his pict: books, and him and hy pleture gives ans have seen Bat his ng over .. this descrip- Alan of. twitha stec etween lis ay nds: de- lays not his ta trip to America “It ts a sp has written the nothing about the sea. ad even niy A tinetively Am his treatment of this day may the poet who was, per- ¢, can be easily But Coop- The Dee fa @ Classic. “How at you, who hi s not made use of vd to write them in your he repli nevels, 't tempte re Was jn the dratna, Mr. Collins happened, in some way, to refer to CHARLES READE, and spoke of his present iin prove fatal, and adde: from him. He man than I: in Tam not yet fifty I thought that s, which may Ihave just bad a line quite Hl. But he is an older early sixty-two, while between the of these two great story-telte ously Mr. Collins was struck wit! he went on quickly to be sure, bat « by all kin earted man us hearts in is -s of temper, <i does things that he forgets on for, but which lead to his having lots < hen them icasters ch_he has such a it is not any won- He does not ion. n be a ‘ors have no f f + as Ddebeve t ana the m he is a splend: hearted as a ft woman, and as liberal as he ean be. I have always been a sincere admirer of his works, through which flows his own per- sonality—carrying a club most of the time, too, and always his trlend as well, I have known ast take you back to your days in literature. Tell me of that.” THE BEGINNINGS OF A CAREER. “Well, if you think it would Interest you. My father wasea royal academician, and was anxious to give me all the opportunities to fol- low the Went of my own genius. I had been abroad with hima good deal, and when I re- turned to London, I wanted to go into the tea business. Ithought at that time of the im- mense wealth to be gained by it and the power ofthe merchant. It wasn't very long before I tired of that, and my tather agreed with me I should become a barrister. I was duly articled, but | hadn't been there very long be- fore I was told by the chlef that he noticed me scribbling too much. ‘Now,’ says he, ‘you must stop that, or I won't keep you here. It would be wrong to take your father's money. But if you will stop that scriboling and read law and Rothing but law for three years, and then give attention to the profession whose rudiments by that time you will have begun to acquire. I can to see you at the top some time. But you must read law and nothing else. You may have the Times newspaper as arelief, but only that.’ Weil, I don’t know whether !t was the prospect of the Times or the law. but I was discouraged and gave over the study, but kept on scribbling Just the same, and ate the requisite number of dinners, and was finally called.” “ Had you launched anything yet??? = my poor father died about this time, and I bezan at once upon his biography, whieh Tsubsequently published. By the way, here is one of my father’s pictures.” He pulled up the green baize curtain, which I referred to before, and half dozen portraits in ofl, and em of color and drawing, rep- a clif at the southwest entrance to the ples. “That,” said Mr. Collins, with a oper pride, “was my father's masterpiece. ‘or it the createst patron and wealthiest con- nolsseur of the time repeatedly offered his blank eheex. I would not seli it. The others are fam- ily pictures. own early THR FIRST VENTURE. -4 ‘efore I published my fathers’ biography, how- ever, 1 launched a book on a classical subject, It was ‘Antonina.’ I secured Its publication an=1 alded. and after only one refusal of It. I took % to Richard Bentley, whe accepted it right cot y to find a well-worn olumes is pub- | ess, the room | 1) They ouzht to You see It isscratched and worked over y devipharable. The er, even if, you can’t, coaldn’t read it at a glance, and T am not sure that [ could read it at all. And yet I have ers written by Jobn W. Forney, and : Cut what Horace Greeley was trying to It was cut, Interlined, the interiines aterlined again, sentences written on th Hne around them, which looked as though the writer, to scratch out something, tried also to york for me to get ina day.” w column, | “When T come to the last I get the fever on. | and { make the fly. Then Lam in a way j and I write and write till nature either stops 1m orl & When I came near the end of ‘Man 1 Wite’ f wrote away for dear life some 12 or | 14 hone | Ltook when I got on the floor to act my situa- | tions and represent iny characters, and no fur- ther refreshment than a little dry champagne ‘ariably. Tha to consider what would do, and how, before I try to tell for certainty how, under given cireum- they would’ behave i book exhausts me | st . | like that ee pra Mints for the Library. | From the New York Crit | Books which children can read should be put on the lower shelves of the boc | the children may be tempted to ta | for themselves and have a tr | These books within a child se, 60 that them down y at their contents. reach need not be and indeed had better not be. be travels and biographies, ritten and fallof pictures. Especially of Harper's Magazine or The Cen the young ones may readily On the other hand, beoks which el uid net handle should not be within cir | Lead not the little ones up your Rabelais, and ing, where Httle ry - or_his sister, may Out of sight out of he doors of all closed should be epened now ang then, . to let ‘ht and to chance the | six montis, is well to whe being dusted and luster for ther. wn history. * price paid for it, the ‘pl bought, and the date when it was with a ma re put down the wuthor. e. It is best, at least twice, ain under the have more than two or | three hundred be don't attempt to cata- ue them before you have learned how to do Cataloguing is not as easy as it looks at | author's name. If ry Never ent open the pages of a hook or a zine with anything but a paper-cutter. is too blunt, and tears the edges. A arp, and i un st y. Wood and bone are nearly as good. Metal is not. Never deface books in at ble on them needlessly with unnecessary sta appropriate pla ri way. Never scrib- er disfleure them 1p, Or with stamps in - A good book is a good nd, and should be treated with the respect toa friend. Never wet your fingers to turn over aleaf. Be warned by the fate of the king In the Arabian tale. Never turn down a corner of a page to hold your place. Never put ina soiled playing card, or a stained envelope, or bit of dirty string, or apiece of damp newspaper. Always use a regular bookmark. The simplest, and one of the best, isa card as large as a small iting card. By cutting thistwice longitadinally from one end almost tothe other, you will have a three-legged bookmark which rides astraddle of the page. one leg on the page below and two on the page you wish the book to open at. Never allow your books to get damp, as they may mildew. the boards may warp, and the leather may crack. Never put them on a shelf high up near the ceiling of a room lighted by gas. as the re- uits of gas combustion are highly injurious. rT put books with metal clasps or with en «dl sides, or albums ornamented with deco- rative nalls, on the shelves, by the side of other ks, for the delicate bindings of the other ks will suffer. Put all such hedgehogs ot ks in drawers or trays by themselves. as it racks the cover. If the absence of one or more books from a shelf makes It difficult to keep the remaining volumes upright, insert a wooden block in the place ot the missing books. It is well to have a supply of ash or walnut blecks resembling in size and shape an octavo volume. If these are at hand, one of them cag be substituted for any book taken down, whether for study or tolend. A. little slip of silicated paper glued on one side of this block would enable a record to be kept of the date when the book was taken away and of the pur- pose. When there are only a few books on a shelf, the best bl to cause these to stand up- right is made by sawing diagonally in half a cube of wood six inches every way. It 1s best not to cover the books of a library with paper, As Mr. William F. Poole puts it, “the covering 1s expensive, troublesome, and quite as much an injury as a protection toabook. A book covered with paper Is likely to need rebinding sooner than It it be not covered.” A room full of books covered with paper 1s dull and monot- onous; and no one who has ever glanced into such a room will de inclined to dlagres with Mr. Poole when he says that “books lose their individuality by being covered.” This is not only an esthetic disadvantage; it also reduces the usefulness of the books, as they are less easily handled and kept apart and in order. However, it may be well to cover children’s school books, but with muslin, not paper. Never attempt to classity books on your shelves by the colors of the binalt or by the sizes of the books themselves. Put the works of an author together, as far as ible, how- ever incongruous their sizes may be. And try to keep books on the same and kindred subjects as close together asmay be convenient. Never ieave books or pamphlets out of sight in drawers fora long time, without examina- tion to see that the mice have not made a ie in the drawer out of the margins of the oks, i: ——__-e-______ How It Was Done. The Mattoon, Ill, Journal 1s authority for the statement that when Dr. J. M. Gregory, formerly regent of the Illinois In- dustrial University, was a boy, he used to live in the same Baptist neighborhood in the Green Mountain State with the Green Mountain boy who is now pesident of the United States, And Chester A. Arthur and J. M. Gregory used to be tow- headed school bovs together. The Doctor used to know the Arthur girls, the President’s sisters, and when he was a young man used to sing in the President's father’s ohureh choir. Conse- wently, when Mr. ion went to see the President in Mr. Gregory's behalf, It was soon decided that he would be a good man to have on ‘out further rest than the exercise | paper-cutter is a thin slip of | ever allow them to get hot, as | Never let books lean sideways for a long time, | ELEGANT ME! ‘What is Proper in Fall-Dress and Busi- meses Suits, From the Brooklyn Eagle. In full dress there has been a tendency to change a little from the conventional black cloth to the wale cord or fine diagonals of French manufacture. The coat is made with a very small cord binding onthe edge, the size of a steel knitting-needle, which gives It a fine finish. The vest is cat with four buttons, and has a serpentine braid laid on about one-fourth of an inch from the edge. Vests will be made mostly with a rolling collar, but some still prefer them without. The stylish vest for @ change 1s the figured silk or cashmere in gold or black. Small checks and fine stripes in dark colors will be chosen for trousers this season. All high-colored goods will be avoided by well-dressed men. The trousers are cut medium—that Is, neither tight nor loose—and in all cases pantaloons intended to wear with a full dress suit are made with the pocket in the top seam instead of on the side or in the corner as In others, and no pistol pocket. If there is anything that mara the appearance of a full-dress snit, it Is to see either, by the flap- ping out of the skirt, that the gentleman wear- ing it has his handkerchief in the pistol pocket, or to see the wearer standing with his hands in his pockets, which temptation 1s out of his reach when the pockets are not in a convenient place. The double-breasted Prince Albert is always appropriate tor evening wear, but some, with propriety, prefer the stngle-breasted or what is kn as the Broadway coat; the latter is especially suitable to a slender figure; both of these styles should be bound with a silk braid lald on flat, and a facing in many casesadds to the effect, though, of course, | that depends somewhat on the material used for the coat. The frock coat will be worn to | some extent with alow roll to show the shirt bosom, as In the ease of business coats, In fact, | it may be said that the higi buttoned style of 5 | dress which has met with so much favor will soon haye seen its day. ‘The swallow tail dress coat with its low cut front has lapels faced with the heaviest silk, and its edges are finished with afine cord, the Silk facing, however, is a matter of taste, and may be omifled. The vest is cut as low as the coat with wide lapels, and fastened with three ent and finish 1 by men of The trousers have a'stripe down the outside seam on the leg made of Silk braid for young men, or of slight cord for elderly gentle- men. Scotch homespun plaids, worsteds and cassimeres, of neat small checks and mixed threads of color, are used for the entire suit, trousers, worn by men during | business hours. ‘The goods with red. brown and green threads, woven together to produce qulet, dark effects are most liked. ‘The plata whipcord j.Worsteds in many different colors, olive, gray and brown shades, will be much worn by’ fash- | tonabi The cheviots, melton and | nevally are double stitched on the | edge three-eighths of an inch, but the worsted sare bound wide with braid laid | on flat, whieh produces a zood effect. The three | and four button cutaway is as_popular as ever, ‘as is also the four buttoned sack coat, but hion seems to favor a change from the high | cut style of dress toa low roll skowing the shirt | bosom with one stud and a neck scarf. = See is Anything ext ha suit is carefull Cauve for the Extinction of the Horsen of the Post-Tertiary, From Nature. A traveler in the park region of northe:. Colorado, and the central portion of Wyoming | 15 years ago, could not fail to notice the im- | mense numbers of skulls ang other bones of bisons in districts at that time no longer fre- quented by these animals. _ Scattered specimens to be seen in all directions, some of them bearing marks of bullet and knife which left no | doubt as to the agent of destruction. Others were to be found in numbers in localities which ted that they had been surprised by death ing shelter from the weather rather hitman destroyer. In such cases,tumbled ed by the scavengers, they were thickly strewed over small areas, and the contour of the surface often was such to bring them closer tozether with the moyement of water or When asked the cause of the wholesale f y of the natives was almos invariably, ‘Tie hunters killed a great many, but the most died in the deep snow and cold ther some 25 years ago.” The great losses experienced by the cattle men of the Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain rezion, only a couple of winters ago, are too recent to have been forgot- ten. The next spring and summer the unfortu- nate owner found the carcases of his cattle in positions similar to those occupied by the bands of bisons. In small parties they had huddled in sheltered basins or nooks, and some, upheld by the snow through the winter. we ill on | their feet. Since then these “‘bone-yards” have | become similar in appearance to those of earlier ai Last summer the kindness of Prof. A ‘iz enabled me to make some discoveries | inthe Mauvaises Terres of the eastern slope of | the Rocky mountains which vividly brought to | mind the pockets full of recent skeletons. Sec- tions In the post-tertiary beds here and there | disclosed groups or herds ot fossil horses (Equus) in circumstances so similar as to leave no alternative to the conclusion that the same causes had filled the bone basins in the olden and: in the most recent time. | Stripped of the strata above them, the contour of the surface would have been similar, and | the old-time coyotes in their feasting had evi- | dently brought about an equal amount of con- j fusion in the remains. About the time of the deposition of these fossils the horses became ex- tinct. Why, {8 still an open question. Such evidence as was gathered there has led to the | belief that, in that region at least, occasional | “cold waves” of days—perhaps weeke—In dura- | tlon, which deep snows caused, or were the | principal causes of the extermination of the horses. Other causes that may be suggested are these: Lack of water and an extended glacial period. A consideration of the charac- ter of the deposits, the drainage of the | mountains at the time, the absence in these | beds of proof of a glacial period affecting | them since, and the continued existence in the same locality of other creatures, somewhat less | Sensitive to the cold, would seem to be sufficl- | ent objectionsto thelr acceptance. The tradi- tion of the Indians that there is a winter of ter- rible destruction to the animals once or twice in the life-time of a man—say once in about 40 vears—appears to be confirmed by the testl- mony of the whites. A few degrees or a few days added to the measure of the “wave,” or “blizzard,” and a tew ipches added to the depth of the snow would suffice to sweep the herds from the pastures. Weather of this character ig a possibility every winter in the Bad Lands, though we hardly expect it. Apparently the rocks contain evidence of such weather in post- tertiary times. And it may not have differed so very much from that we are having to-day. They Are Not Strangers, Mamma. ‘Mre. Helen Williams, in the Chicago Woman's World. Not long ago [ stood by the death-bed of a little girl. From her birth she had been afraid of death. Every fiber of her body and soul recoiled from the thought of it. #Don’t let me die,” she said; ‘‘don’t let me dle. Hold me fast. Oh, I can’t go.” “Jenny,” I said, “yon have twu little brothers in the other world, and there are thousands of tender-hearted people over there who will love you and take care of you.” But she cried out again despairingly, ‘Don’t let me go; they are strangers over there.” She ‘was a little country girl, strong-limbed, fleet of foot, tanned in the face; she was reared on the frontier; the fields werd her home. In vain we tried to reconcile her to the death that was inevitable. ‘Hold me fast,” she cried, ‘don't let me go.” But even as she was pleading her little hands relaxed their clinging hold from my walst and lifted themselves eagerly aloft; lifted themselves with such straining effort that they lifted the wasted little body from its reclining position among the Pillows. Her face was turned upward; but it ‘wats her eyes that told the story. They were filled with the light of Divine recognition, They saw something plainly that we could not see; and they grew brighter and brighter, and her little hand quive in eagerness to go where strange rtals had Oe upon her astonished vision. jut even in that supreme moment she did not forget to leave a word of comfort for those who would gladly have died. in her place. “Mam- ma,” she was saying, ‘mamma, they are not strangers. I’m not afraid.” And ey Instant the light burned more oy in her blue eyes till at last it seemed as if her soul leaped forth upon its radiant wayes,andin that moment her trembling form rela) among its pillows she was gone. ————__+9-__ A Case OF ALLEGED BiGaMy.—Miss Zora Col- Jey, of Chattahoochee, and Cullen Jones were married last week, and the couple went to Tal- lulah Falls, Ga., to spend thelr honeymoon. A woman went there on Friday but- | WEDNESDAY. AP. “IL. 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. A STORY BY -TOURGENIEFF. The Fable of a Foot, showing How He Became a Wise Critic, From the St. James Gazette. “There was a fool. For many years he lived comfortably. Then, little by little, the news came to him from all quarters that he wae a brainless fellow. ‘The fool was very much confused by this, and was very anxious to find some way to put an end to such disagreeable news. “At last a sudden idea brightened his poor head, and without much ado he put it into practice. “An acquaintance met him in the street and began to praise a famous painter. ** ‘Mercy!’ exclaimed the fool. ‘This painter was forgotten long age. Don’t you know that? I did not expect that from you. You are be- hind the times:’ “The acquaintance was confused, and has- tened to agree with the fool. “What a beautiful book that is,’ another ac- quaintance sald to the fool, talking of a new {Gractous!’ exclaimed the fool, ‘that book 1s good for nothing; there is not a single novel {dea In it. Everybody knows that. Don’t you know it? Oh, you are behind the times. “And this acquaintance also was confused, and he, too, agreed with the fool. “What a fine and noble man my friend N. N. is," said another person to the tool. “ ‘Oh, dear me!’ exclaimed the fool, ‘he is a well-known scoundrel; he cheated all his rela- tives. Who does not know that? Youare be- hind the times.’ “And this person agreed with the fool and forsook his triend. And the same sort ot re- marks the fool made whenever they praised anybody or anything in his presence. Some- times he added: “Do you believe yet in authori- ties?” “Thus It came about that people began to talk of the fool thus: ‘What an angry misan- thrope ho Is!’ ‘But then, what a clear head!” Anal what a sharp tongue!’ ‘Ah, he is a ge- nius!? “At length the editor of a large Journal asked the tool to conduct its department of criticism. And the fool criticised everything and every- body in his own pecullar manner. “The fool who denounced all authorities has now become an authority himself, and the youths revere him and fear him. They cannot help it, tor did not they revere the fool he would class them among those who are behind the thes.” ——__—__-e._____ George Eliot ay a Housekeeper. True t8 her woman nature, George Ellot dla not allow her almost unrivaled genius to curb or destroy the feminine instincts for home- making. In Mathilde Blind’s interesting biog- raphy she glyes us this pen-picture of George Eliot’s girlhood: At a very early age Mary Ann and her brother were sent to the Village free school at Colton, in the parish of Griff, a not unusual custom in those days, when the means of tultion for little children were much more difficult to procure than now. There are still old men living who used to sit on the same form with little Mary Ann Evans learning her A, B, C, and a certain William Jacques ne original of the delight- | fully comic Bob Jakins of fiction) remembers carrying her pick-a-back on the lawn in front of her father's house. When she was 12-years old, being thon, In the words of a neighbor who occasionally called at Griff house, *‘a queer, three-cornered, awkward girl,” who Sat in corners and shyly watched her elders, she was placed as boarder with the Franklin at Coventry. ‘his school, then h repute throughout the nelglborhood, kept by two sisters, of whom the younger, Miss Rebecca Franklin, was a woman of un- usual attainments and lady-like culture, al- thongh not without a certain taint of John- sonian affectation. She seems to have thor- oughly grounded Miss Eyans in a sound Eng- lish education, laying great stress in particular on the propriety ot a precise and careful manner ot speaking and reading. AS A SCHOOL GIRL. Mary Ann, or Marian, as she came atterward to be called, remained about three years with the Misses Franklin. She stood aloof from the other pupils, and one of her school fellows, Miss Bradley Jenkins, says that she was quite as remarkable in those days as after she had acquired fame. She seems to have strangely impressed the imagination of the latter, who, figuratively speaking, looked up at her “as at a mountain.” There was never anything of the school girl about Miss Evang, for even at that early age she had the manners and appearance of a grave, staid woman; so much so that a stranger, happening to call one day, mistook this girl of thirteen for one ot the Misses Franklin, who were then middle-aged women. In this also there Is a certain re- semblance to Maggle Tulllyer, who, at the age of thirteen, is described as looking already like a woman. English composition, French and German, were some of the studies to which inuch time and attention were devoted. Being greatly in advance of the other pupils in the knowledge of French, Miss Evans and Miss Jenkins were taken out of the general class and set to study it together, but though the two girls were thus associated ina closer fel- lowship, no real Intimacy apparently followed from it. The latter watched the future George Ellot with intense interest, but always felt as if in the presence of a superior, though socially their positions were much on a par. This haunting sense of superiority precluded the growth of any closer friendship between the two fellow pupi All the more startling was it to the admiring school-girl when one day, on using Marian Evans’ German dictionary, she saw scribbled on its blank page some verses, evidently original, expressing rather senti- mently a yearning for love and sympathy. Un- der this granite-like exterior, then, there was beating a heart that passionately craved tor human tenderness and compantonship! A HOUSEKEEPER, About the age of 15 Marian Evans left the Misses Franklin, and soon afterward she had the misfortune of losing her mother, who died in her forty-ninth year. For several years after this Miss Evang and her futher remained alone together at Griff House. He offered to get a housekeeper, as not the house only, but farm matters had to be looked after, and he was always tenderly considerate of ‘the little wench,” ashe called her. But his daughter preferred taking the whole management of the place in her own hands, and she was as consclentions and dill- gent in the discharge of her domes- tic duties as in the prosection of the studies she carried on at the same time. One of her chiet beauttes-was In her large, finely shaped feminine hands—hands which she has indeed described as characteristic of several of her heroines; but she once pointed out to a friend at Foleshill that one was broader across than the other, saying, with some pride, that it was due to the quality of butter and cheese she had made during her housekeeping days at Griff. It will be remembered that this is a character- istic attributed to the exemplary Nancy Lam- meter, whose person gave one the idea of “ per- fect, unvarying neatness, as the body of a little bird,” only her hands ‘bearing the traces of butter-making, cheese-crushing, and eyen still coarser work.” Common Senso Gospel Truth. From the New York Critic. Congress should take warning by the fate of the Lenox library, and not make its lterary treasures inaccessible tothe public. The Lenox ts housed In a fine building; the Congressional lbrary, on the other hand, is well supplied with books, but has no home of its own, and ita books and manuscripts are hidden In damp,dark cellars. Con; seems disposed to inctease its stores, and has set aside this year an extra appropriation of $20,000 forthe purchase of the ‘military papers, etc., of the Connt Rochambean. and @8,000 tor the purchase of some important records and briefs belonging ta the estate of the late Senator ater. But of what avail is this gathering together of rich material, if it 1s only for burial? Books are not toads; they need light, and airand hu- man companionship; else they get grimy, thelr covers takeon mildew, or their backs crack and their stitches break. prourr ACTION If NEEDED WHEN CRAMPED, DON'T EXPERIMENT ON YOURSELVES. YOU NEED BELIEF AT ONCE! Getit, if possible, by using the ” GENUINE FRED'K BROWN’S GINGER. am TAKE NO OTHER! Ei eed mS Hear what one member of the prefes- sion testifies regarding the scientific Preparation of a brother member. Ms. Dawzry has been in the drug business in the city of Providence twenty-five yearsas clerk and pro- Priotor in good standing, and knows whereof Reaffirma Ep. Mr. D. says: ‘For many years I have suffered, in- tensely at times, with what is generally called rheuma- tiem. When first attacked I was confined to my bed and could not walk a step, Icould not bear the weight of the bedclothes, so excruciating was the agony Ien- ured. I always noticed that before theee attacks came on my kidneys were affected; before there would te any pain in my limbs or any ewelling of joints or Umbs, the color of the secretions from the kid- neys would be very dark and the odor strong and feverish. Tho last attack was very severe, sbout five Years ago, and I was confined to the honse several weeks, ‘and was unable to attend to business in three months. During the time I was confined at home and the time of my convalescence I employed four of the best doctors that I could obtain, but none of them gave me per- manent relief, for they did not go to work at the cause of the trouble. Having been acquainted with the proprietor of Hunt's Remedy a long time I wasinduced by him to give ite trial, hoping that it might reach the seat of the disease; and after taking one bottle Ifound myselt very much improved, and after taking the second I was feeling better than I had after any previous attacks. During many months Previous to taxing the Remedy my hands and fingers ‘would be much swollen and stiff every morning; my lef “alde, in the region of stomach and spleen, was very lame and sensitive; at times I would be taken with severe cramps over the apleen, and be obliged to aprly mustard or cayenne for temporary relief; I was very nervous nights and could not sleep; I was obliged to be very particular in my diet, and my physical system was sadly demoralized. Since I have taken Hunt's Remedy systematically ail theee things have changed; I have no swollen hands or limbs, no pains or cramps in the side, can eat all kinds of food, sleep soundly and get thor- oughly rested, and my kidneys are active and perform their functions promptly, thus taking out of the system all tho poisonous secretions which contaminate the whole system where the kidneys do not act efficiently. My friends, what Hunt's Remedy has dono for me it will do for all of you. I believe it tobe the only suro cure for all diseases of the Kidneys, Liver and Urinary organs, Respectfully, E. R. DAWLEY, 8 454 Broad street.” RRR OO Y ¥ Ar Mends Glasa,Crockery, RRO OY ¥Y AAT — Wood, China, Leath RREO O VY AAL — Se..e6lidasric BOO ¥ AAAL | anedemant! FIRM AS gz 00 ¥ A’ ALLEL GRANITE!:strongest, toughest and most elas: aco ft U U_ EEE tic Giue on earth! @ Gr UU SamsonianGiantamong G Lb UU EE allotherGluee and Ce- Goa -L U_U E_ monte! Absolutely Un- GGG LLLL UU ERE breakable and Ineep- arable! NoHEATING! Xo Proparation—Always Ready—Always LIQUID! Mends Marble. Stone. Patches on Leathor and Rubber Goods, Bric-a-brac, Jewelry, Metals, Billiard Cue T: and Cloth, Card Board in Scrap Books, Leather Belting. kind, Book Backs, ‘Earthenware and Ornaments of ever; ve fin evérlactine ingeperable tenacity 1! erything else wi Labels, Textile Fabrica. ev. Maunfacturers of Gummed Fine Ca: riage and Pianos and Cabinet Makers, Scroll Sawyers, &c., supplied by gallon or barrel. 20 Cts. per Bottle; by mail, post-paid, 0c. extra. Mailod only by the nianatacturers ee J. U. O'MEARA & CO., 1347 Pa. ay., Washington, D.C. Live Avonts wanted everywhere. Sold by Druggist Grocers, ‘Stationers, Hardware and general aoreee N. B.—The names of winners m_the test will be announced about April 1st. $100 word con- mb22 Dycxernorr Porrtaxp Just arrived, and in Warchonse at BISOOWS TeNTH STREET WIHARVES, EMENT. Avargo fresh trom Factory at Amoneburg, Germany. ‘Testimonisls from responsible eonsuiucrs, and exports who have ueed and tested this Cement, proves conc.u- sively that it is the best Imported Cement in the market, For information as to pricer, &c.. apply to H. L, CRANFORD, Sole Agent D. 1420 F Or, H, L, BISCOR, 10th st. wharves. PAVEMENTS FOR ELL ASFHALTUM. ALL WOKK GUARANTEED. H. L. CRANFORD, 1420 F street northwest. ‘UM mhl4-Im Pours Axo Isviconarine. ‘Thore who may wieh to purchase, either as a delicious beverage or for medicinal purposes, an unadulterated Whiskey, are invited tomakea trialof the celebrated U U PPP PPP FRE RRI TTTT KEE NN N U Ube pop gee RRR. T RO NNN Oper eee em, of Be ERE vu P P KEER BR T KEEN NN wow whe SS8s K K KERB Y Y¥ Wwww Ho Hit § SKK KE YY WWW HHH I Ssssg KK RR YY wow H Hu Ssss8 K K ERR OY ‘This Whickey, upon an: analytical examination, has Proved tobe FREE from Fusil Oil, and indeed of any of thé modern ingredients which are used to give a fic- titious age and flavor to thie popular drink, = For sale by BROWNING & MIDDLETON, BARBOUR & HAMILTON, J. B. BRYAN & BRO., B, W. REED'S SONS, and N. T. METZGER & BRO. ‘Washington, D. C. H. & H. W. CATHERWOOD, PHILADELPHIA, $a18-78t BOLE PROPRIETORS, Ger Tur Brsr_ ‘THE CONCORD HARNESS.” THE CONCORD COLLARS. LUTZ & BRO., 497 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUF, Adjoining tho National Hotel. Sole 4 rents for Hill's Celebrated Concord Harness. p,JRUNKS and HARNESS in great variety, at Lowest ice. H D. BARR, . IMPORTER AND TAILOR, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. SPRING GOODS. Complete and carefully selected stock of Suitings, ‘Trouscrings ‘and Vestiuge of spprovel etylen Cu, fashion nouse mai” H, D. BARR. Das. G. Hares & Cowrany, ‘NO. 934 F STREET NORTHWEST, SOLE AGENTS FQR LOW'S TILES. A LARGE STOCK CONSTANTLY ON HAND. mh9-2m FH4A™BoRe LINE. WEEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS, LEAVING NEW YORE EVERY THURSDAY ©. B. RICHARD & O0., 61 Broadway, N. ¥. Or to PERCY G. SMITH, 1861 and 619 Pennsyivanjg avenue. Send for ‘*Tourist apl New “Discovery Tn Menicie. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ‘Will curein 48 hours all derangementS pees : wide for é 2 ‘We wrote over ae tec er Baia fe STEAMERS. &c. iz SreAmen JOHN THOMPSON i Leaves Sixth Street Whar? EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDA st atnear}y ati rr landings as far down aa | Eecianheat alte, tinge sae Kaquise at Geneenl ‘OMce, 613 15th street or at bos FAMILY SUPPLIES. _ 11 Ins. -. 1 00 3 Hons GEO. A. O'HARE, Casu Grocer, 1213 7th etreet northwest, bet. Mand N. “Ware Swax peresac TRANSPORTATION LINE ‘The steamer EUF. Capt W. 0. Geoghoran, Jeare® phenson's wharf, foot of 7th street, INDAY, Step : at4o'clock p. m., for Baltimore Xiver Landings Seturning, leaves Baltimore every FRIDAY at 6 o'clock aps _— Pat ‘sccommedations strictly fret am a THE HIGHEST GRADE OF MINNESOTA SPRING | SATURDAtS cae = ene ved om WHEAT PATENT PROCESS FLOUR MADE eu, DLEPHENSON & BRO., _. IN THE WORLD, mié-6m Teh street wharf and 12th st. Stee. HY STEAMER MATTANO LEAVE a WA GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, ly oe 1209 F STREET NORTHWEST. wharf Sun: down and Wedpeada ys upg ent'sand © Point Thusedays down and Mons We make a specialty of “Old Government Java estination) Sunday Coffee.” Prospect ay wt (Geetination) Tuend information g:ven at and 1114 Venarylvan B O8TON Cocumsens Boston Tomatoes, th street whut a a Boston Lettuce, M®™ YERNoNT wr. VeRnonti Philadelphia Capon, Fresh Salmon, —_ . STEAMER W. W. conconaN Oysters, eto, af eaves 7th street wharf daily (except Sanany) for MR PALACE MARRET, vernon at 10 o'clock a, ab. ; returning reaches Warhinge 28 FRANK J. TIBBETS._ | ton shout 3.90 p.m. Sk eel c ? : TO SEKEEP! eee 4 Eads se SOE a ae FFOeTRESs MONKOF, NORNOI K, PORTSMOUTH go rE Bess inland and Seaboard pees ae t Steamer, Inland ani Coasting Co.'s Elegant ri o a RRR, a bd LADY OF THE LAKE, caves 6th street wharf every" 008 Ere ho ERR Sgssi iW AV and PUDAY ac 8:30 p. x and Toit Lockout «0 THT EER AR TNR aco, lk with Besta, Frome ? ke NNN G y end all railroad lines Sg TR RE WN NNG co. aempenkee & aso &, Ssss8 Tt KER K H U2 NN GGT | og oye ag eee RPRERED It A RN 8 000 ERB tt ALFRED WOcbyReoy & trean RRR be E TAANWNG CER JOR NOKFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FT. MONKOB = ee BAAN NNO CK oe Ree ne Roce nae eee Com- R RERELLLLIA AN NN COO BERT pany’ popular steanuer EXCE! cra GGG 00 ppp ERR NNN Fraven fin stzect wharf ev DAYS and THUGS @ GoO°0 BRED RENN 33 and Tes top § oa 8 3 E DER NNN Fi a 28 te 6 ca 0 DDE NEN turning. Connecting 11 Norfoik Boston. “Pros GGG 00 LLL bop xen NNN dence ew Vork steamers, and all raliro-d lined non YE 02a Fount with theCheenpadke&.Ohig 11 Hon it relat B&O. Thole Hun i L Wetels and at ome, HoT fun tos 7 DGINS, ‘Gon Sunk WILL ALWAYS MAKE BEAUTIFUL ROLLS, a mubi9 BREAD AND BISCUITS. Wholeealo Depot, corner Ist strcot and Indiana avenue, jel W : E" ROPE M. M. GALT & CO. aol UEN R. X, COOK'S GRAND EXCURSIONS “ DeAten my Prnst-Crase lenve New York April 20th, June Ist, June 13th an@ BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTT ‘CORNED BEZF thn, AES TON, Re. ABRPECIALTY. Btalie 628, 629 and 630 Center Market, 9th street wing, gna 206 and 208 Northern Liberty Market; or Address x M city. Tickets by a Atlantic Steamers. Spoctal fa OD BERN, S for individual travelers in Rue i “ME Ke rates, 20ORS EXCUKSIONTST. with Maps and full pare toulars, by mail 10 cents. Address THOS. COOK & SON, 261 Broadway, 7, City Post Uffice. farketing delivered frev2f charge to slipartaof aa msn? HOUSEFURNISHINGS. Epp Rerniornators NARD LINE. HAVE A 2 REPUTATION OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS" STANDING, OWLEDGED & VERY WHERE THE AND ARE ACK! DGED & BE: R FAMILY USE. ce our testimonials. M. W. BEVERIDGE. 1009 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. M NEW YORK, Sole Agent for the District. Fry steerage: os, including Scythia, for departure ae ant $i epi "ecole WALNUT AND ASH DINING ROOM REFRIG- es efter Apri 11th $80 an . ee mb30 ERATORS. aiation. tecrage at very low rates. Rteorage tickets from Lis a erpec! and Queenstown and all other partsof Luropoat Daxrontms F LUID. eThroush bile of taden et Belt: 5 wen for rp aud other forts ou the Continent ana iy at the Company's iterranean porta, For freight and passage oon, | Xo. 4 Bowline Green, or both stecraco and enbin Gis BIGELOW & OOe 605 ‘Tah siret, Washington e VAKNON A. BROWN & CO. We have just received » car load of the genuine DAN- | FORIH'S FLUID direct from and are now reputed to furnieh tin any quantity. We alsoexhititthe Fargest axsorts ent cf VAPGI STOVES ever chowmin this city. Before purchasing, call aud examine our stock, and if you will give the’ Danforth's Fluid a trial you Wil be convinced of ite #up ty to Gi large line of COC STOVES, RANGES, Ta- BLE and BRICK S$) LATROBES, BLATE alAN- TELS aud FUKNACES constantly on hand. W. 5, JENKS & 00. 117 7th street nortuwest. Ww “MAK CROCKERY, CHINA, and @ mh29 ater Firrens. SWART, cHEN UTENSILS, | kr Best quality nt lowest prices, » WAL EW YORK, AMSTERDAM. <= TTERDAM, J, firet-clars, fall powered, Ch d¢-bullt Dutta | hie of this Ling, AMSTERDAM, ROTTER- TEDAM, 1 Et 2 P. CAs .. . W. A. ROHOLTEN, MAAS, ine the U. 2, **Washiny to the Netherianda. leave company's Pier, foot Mr. C. Aucrbach, Awent Jormey City, N.J., reculariy every WEDS 7th att Hf sts. Washington, SDAY for Rote nd Ameterdam, alternately, Mr. Leitch being about to buy # Sewing $70; vecond cabin, $50: $26, Machine, ko hud three or tour different kinds sent to | eperal Agent, 27 Sot {hist his houses, (Wheeler & ueen. Domes iy to W. G. METZERO’ ‘and ‘he, having ¢ y Judyinent an Mechanical inan, went for iue to give my opinion which ‘was the best machine for him to invest in. Atter a thor- Sou, Gaamination. Tunhesitutsucly gave st ae my can- did cpinion that the Queen was the best, simpleat,-mont durable and hightest running Bowing Machine that had ALTIMOKE ND « ne ever come under my burit on best mechanical pantie eins rinciples and of best mater 1 mightadd that when THE MODEL FAST AND THE ONLY LINE sakes” Tteapecttutiys "D CKENZIE, Foreman | THE ND THE WEST pake. Dec a Forem: ff [ AN! N 3 Bake Basentted A baad AND THE WEST via WASHINGTON, p NOT BUY A SEWING MACHINE oe TRSTEEL RAlES Ty COUPLERI nti! you have examined and tried the HARTFORD | gchedule to take effect SUNDAY, NOV. 1 SEWING MACHINE. Its movements are so casy that | _ Leave Washington, trom Station’ corner ew Jane i “for ‘Clicag0, Chicinpati, Louisville, and ‘or ucinnat isville, an @atly, at 4:00 a me IOS ke mn Oi3S P.™m., wil through couches and Palace Slecping Cars to ab Points, without change; 10:15 a. m. dally to Chicagoy except Saturda: the most delicate lady can use it without labor or fatigue: makee # beautiful lock stitch alike on both fides and will sew from fine Swiss naingook to heavy cotton orcloth snd leather without alterations. We will St 1 send the Hartford for trial to any address without charge. Call or send to our office for descriptive eiren- lars, S. OPPENHEIMER & BRO., Popular and Reliable Sewing Machine and Fashion 528 Orn STREET RonTHWRsT, Cloud Building. EVER FORGET McKENNEY, Nitielot lati 'Sewtuy Machine map Tama He id not id long in the inees ‘to tell meat" tuuchinen. “T kecponeeytuing iy. For Fitteburg, ‘Clevelan Detroit at 10.15 a. m, ad. and -» daily; 8:40 p.m. is a solid train to Slee] ae, Care attached. ine for Philedelphja and ‘New York at 8:10 a.mg parcent Bunday: 3pm. and 2:40 pan. dailgy with Parlor and Sleepine Care attact ; 50, 7:48, 8.1 96, 4a For Baltimore on week at 210 and 4:40; on Sunday, Sand 10 mbu busin fell mean’ machines, way stations between Washington and Beltimore, ‘Worth selting, Renting and repairing. $:5", 9 a.m.. 12:10 p.m., 9:30, 4-40, 7, and 11-30 peme 128 EPO erect nortaweat._ | Fer'staticns 22 Rte 3:30, 4°40, 1, and 1120 ines os ys excesst Sunduy, for FINANCIAL. fown and Frederick, 6:40 a.1n:- 10 16, 4°48 dally excop® = sunday. > = Harm C. Towss & Co. 345, 8.350, ‘37 p.m. ; Sunday, 7 pm. ror Staunton, 2:48 p.m, daily, Sunday. Fon, Frederick. Hagerstown’ “and inernsodlate 25.a.m.; Frederick and way stations, 9:15 a. » and 7:20 p.m. » except Sun- BANKERS #ND BROKERS, 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST, eins leave Baltimore for Washington at 3, 4 Wasrraron, D.., 40, 7:10, 718, &, 9:10 and 10-90 ace, IPAS, 28 dag at 3 Site eta ta Secrets DoaGeneral Benking, Brokerage and Insurance Bust- | *’Aij trains’ stom ivachineon San ness. HARRY C. TOWERS is a member of the | Relay Station. Pot further sntormation apply at the Baltimore and fide Ticket ‘mice, ‘Washington ‘station, 619 and 138k Feuueyivania avetiue, corner. 14th strect, where ie taken for ‘erage 7 be checked and recelvod a nantan the city ~CLEMPNIS. BM. Of T., Baltimore, and C.K, Stock Exchange. mhl7-3m ferpott i joni ponies THE 1 = ox: jeated lat faulers and ‘motticrs of famiion and & plee et foe ghee canbe understond, is Uhat of the Stutual Ioecrve Wh LORD. G. i. A. Fund Life Ausociation.’ Office 1509 mar ndioneidioris mht I. ¥. KNIGHT, Manager, WpHe areas ENNSYLVANTA W 41" STREET OPERATIONS. TO THE AOuTE, WEST AND 30 ERT, —— DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY.” The old-establisbed Banking House of STEEL RAILS." MAGNIFICENT EQUIPM: JOHN A. DODGE & CO.. IN £FFECT FEBKUAKY vbr, 1883, No. 12 Wau. Street, New Yorx, Buy and eeli all active ‘stocks on three to five per cent, in, margin. They send free thelr. “WEEKLY FINANGIAL REPORT,” Showing how large profi ‘made on in' ite can of $10 to $1,000. P2®vAte STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES BETwEre WASHINGTON, KEW YORK AND RICHMOND. H. H. DODGE, Bonds, Stocks and Investment Securities Bought and told on Commission, No, t39 167m STREET, YORCORAN BUILDING.) Agency for Prince and Whitely, ®tock Brokers, IRIE PaaS Ting, 6:40a.m, and440 p.m. dally! 4 Bnoapwax. New Your. 9:20, 13 00. 11:25. Rt. 6:30 and 12:25 amj ay 3: He 00 sire